Anchored in Terence Bay: It’s Time for Some Rock Climbing
This week, I move the boat and drop anchor in Terence Bay—which is surrounded by some of Nova Scotia’s best climbing areas. But Robin is still making her way back to Canada with the truck and all of our climbing gear. My rock climbing stoke will have to wait just a few more days…
To get into Terence Bay, I had to navigate a narrow channel on the high end of a rising tide—otherwise we would strike bottom on some rough sounding rocks. It was disconcerting to be able to see bottom in the most shallow sections of the cut, but I made it through without seeing anything less than 4’ under our keel.
Terence Bay is another beautiful anchorage. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Everything in Nova Scotia has been beautiful. Quiet, well-protected, and filled with little islands for Akiva to explore.
While I wait for Robin, I dig into our Nova Scotia rock climbing guidebook and find the best and most convenient crags around. There is some bouldering and trad climbing pretty much right at the anchorage, and I decide to go scout out the climbing so we know just where to go as soon as Robin gets back.
I also take the opportunity to tackle some plumbing projects on board: getting our shower installed. To do this, I needed to run hot water to the shower, hook the shower pan into the gray water tank, and seal the shower pan. Our pressurized solar shower has been fine, but with cooler weather on the horizon, having a hot shower will be a nice treat! I wrestle the plumbing together, and viola! We have a shower!
Robin returns, and we waste no time—we head out to explore Sorrow’s End, a small and scenic rock climbing crag about a mile away from our anchorage. Despite some interesting navigational instructions, we find the crag…and are humbled by our fitness. We have some training to do…
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This week, I move the boat and drop anchor in Terence Bay—which is surrounded by some of Nova Scotia’s best climbing areas. But Robin is still making her way back to Canada with the truck and all of our climbing gear. My rock climbing stoke will have to wait just a few more days…
To get into Terence Bay, I had to navigate a narrow channel on the high end of a rising tide—otherwise we would strike bottom on some rough sounding rocks. It was disconcerting to be able to see bottom in the most shallow sections of the cut, but I made it through without seeing anything less than 4’ under our keel.
Terence Bay is another beautiful anchorage. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Everything in Nova Scotia has been beautiful. Quiet, well-protected, and filled with little islands for Akiva to explore.
While I wait for Robin, I dig into our Nova Scotia rock climbing guidebook and find the best and most convenient crags around. There is some bouldering and trad climbing pretty much right at the anchorage, and I decide to go scout out the climbing so we know just where to go as soon as Robin gets back.
I also take the opportunity to tackle some plumbing projects on board: getting our shower installed. To do this, I needed to run hot water to the shower, hook the shower pan into the gray water tank, and seal the shower pan. Our pressurized solar shower has been fine, but with cooler weather on the horizon, having a hot shower will be a nice treat! I wrestle the plumbing together, and viola! We have a shower!
Robin returns, and we waste no time—we head out to explore Sorrow’s End, a small and scenic rock climbing crag about a mile away from our anchorage. Despite some interesting navigational instructions, we find the crag…and are humbled by our fitness. We have some training to do…
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Acorn to Arabella started as a wooden boat building project in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve began the journey as an amateur wooden boat builder crafting a 38′ wooden sailboat in his backyard: designer William Atkin’s Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel’s gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and now sailing the boat—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that traditional wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project continues beyond the boat shop, as Steve and crew travel and learn to cruise aboard the handmade wooden boat that they’ve built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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https://www.acorntoarabella.com/how-to-help
Acorn to Arabella’s wishlist:
https://www.acorntoarabella.com/wishlistpriority
TotalBoat supports A2A! Please consider using our Total Boat referral code. Click here, then shop: https://www.totalboat.com/acorntoarabella They’ll kick 10% our way!
To offer recurring support via Patreon, CLICK BELOW. Just $5 a month gets you an invite to our monthly patron-only livestream Q&A sessions!
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Original Soundtrack available at benfundis.bandcamp.com
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