We brought ENDURANCE down from GIBY in Harpswell, Maine on Saturday, June 28. A 59 nm ride with the wind on our stern quarter and following seas gave us a consistent 6 knots for a good seven hours. Good, means the length of time sailing. Good, does not mean comfortable. Though Tess and I were the only ones aboard, we downed enough Stugeron to equal all prior trips. It was cold. And damp. And wet. And dark. And rolling. But, hey... we were sailing.
It started raining as soon as we reached Portsmouth.
Nothing but work since then. Making the boat ready and provisioning. Our Thursday, July 3 debarkation is only a day away.
The plan has us on a four leg trip as follows;
Leg One: Portsmouth, NH to Shelburne, Nova Scotia. 260 nm.
Leg Two: Shelburne, NS to Halifax, NS. 112 nm.
Leg Three: Halifax, NS to Louisbourg, NS. 183 nm.
Leg Four: Louisbourg, NS to Ste. Pierre et Miquelon, France. 174 nm.
These legs give us a 1 & 1/2 to 2 day run with a day of rest planned in between. The result, we hope, is to reach France for Bastille Day on Monday, July 14. We'll spend the week enjoying Ste. Pierre & Miquelon, await the arrival of the Route Halifax - Ste. Pierre sailboat race competitors and after Saturday's Awards Ceremony, head to Fortune Bay in Newfoundland. From there, it's a tour of the Southwestern Coast of Newfoundland, crossing the Cabot Strait back to Cape Breton, sailing the Bras d'Or Lakes and southern coast of Nova Scotia, then home via Downeast Maine.
But, as mentioned on last Saturday's delivery from Harpswell, if the Canadian Maritimes are anything like that Casco Bay delivery, we may be home sooner than we think.
Let's hope summer returns within the next 36 hours......
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