Nova Scotia

Altera on the Move

Altera on the Move

We’ve made great progress in the past week knocking off more than 600 miles in our journey to warmer weather.  We departed Arichat last Tuesday evening, a year and a day after we departed our home port of Penetanguishene.  We…

Bras d’Or Lakes

Bras d’Or Lakes

We toured south through the Bras d’or Lakes which are a beautiful cruising ground that in many ways reminds me of our home waters on Georgian Bay.   We only spent a week here, but you could easily do a…

Ingonish to Baddeck

Ingonish to Baddeck

We departed the Magdalen Islands last week and sailed overnight to Ingonish on the eastern shores of Cape Breton.  We had steady winds in the 15 knot range and we were reaching most of the way which made for a…

Headed for PEI

Headed for PEI

We finally decided that we couldn’t wait any longer for summer to arrive on the east coast so we set off in hopes that it will come looking for us.  Unfortunately our leisurely sail out of Arichat harbour progressively slowed…

We Made it to Cape Breton

We Made it to Cape Breton

We left Martha’s Vineyard last Monday and had strong SW winds to carry us across the 220 mile stretch between New England and Nova Scotia and then along the southern coast to Halifax.  

Back to Canada

Back to Canada

It seems hard to believe, but we are just 6 days short of having spent 6 months in the islands and now we are about to point north.  We had been hoping to make Cape Breton by the end of…