We just beat a good storm with 50 knot winds into Bay of Islands, and take shelter in Wood's Island Harbour and then dock at Bay of Islands Yacht Club. We explore Corner Brook and do some re-provisioning before sailing up to Goose Arm to anchor and do some...
Each stop further east on Cote Nord would take us to smaller ports, less traveled but no less interesting, Baie Johan Beetz, Natashquan, and then a 175 mile overnight crossing, of the Esquiman Channel, to Bay Of Islands, on Newfoundlands west coast.
At St. Ann Des Monts we would cross the river to the port of Sept Isles, on the St Lawrence's much less traveled and remote North Shore. From Sept Isles we sailed east along Quebec's rugged and beautiful Côte-Nord-Duplessis region, to the fantastic Ming...
From Grande Bergeronne we sail across to the St. Lawrence's south side and dock in Rimouski, Matane and east to St Anne Des Monts.
Rimouski is a major fishing port and we've found some of the best sea food on the east coast there!
Sailing from Québec City east to Cap-a-l'aigle the river widens and some really good sailing begins if you play the current right. We explore the Saguenay's fiord and then sneak into Grande Bergeronne just east of the Saguenay's mouth.
In chapter 1 we set sail from Lake Ontario down the St. Lawrence through the 7 locks of the seaway and dock at Basin Louise in Québec City. From Basin Louise is the perfect place to explore Marché du Vieux-Port de Québec and the old cities winding stree...
Jayne and I had always considered Newfoundland one of our ultimate sailing destinations, with careful planning and preparation, our goal seemed not easy but within our ability. We would have to give up idyllic weekends spent enjoying the sun, winds and anc...
With the wind about 15 knots on the bow, the sky dark with clouds, we beat towards L'Anse A Beaufils, taking into account we could stop at Grande Riviere if the wind didn't fair.
Grande Riviere is reported to be by the CHS sailing directions a good, altho...
Gascons is a unique and beautiful harbour, we raft to a local boat and set out to explore the near by town.
Upon returning from our anchorage at Anse A La Barbe we went off in search of the possonerie, and finding it we realized we had not brought any mone...
Just off the town lies an excellent anchorage sheltered by Isle Caraquet.
We spent an idyllic afternoon walking on the island and swimming off the boat in what was the warmest water we'd discovered since arriving in Gaspe.
A high point of the day was fin...
We spend some time exploring the town of Caraquet New Brunswick on foot and by bicycle.
Situated right on the shore of Chaleur Bay on New Brunswick's Acadian Penninsula Caraquet seemed to us a mythical destination after battling 30 knot head winds to get ...
Departing from Gaspé, Quebec we sail down the coast to Rock Perce to tie up at L'Anse-à-Beaufils. From there we sail to Chandler and then cross the Baie des Chaleurs in gusty conditions, to Caraquet, on New Brunswick's Acadien Coast.
Chandler proved to ...
Just to illustrate where we are sailing in this seasons Down East Circle...
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Leg 1, Our shakedown cruise, is from Gaspe Quebec to Anse a Beufils, about 35 NM.
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Leg 2, will take is from Anse a Beaufils Quebec across Bay Chaleur to Miramichi New Brunswic...
With some reservations we set out on the longest passage of this seasons trip, it would be nicer if it had come later in our journey to allow us to become more acustomed to the boat and it's motion. It turned out to be almost ideal, of course the winds wer...
Sailing from Gaspé & L'Anse-à-Beaufils, Québec to Miramichi & Bouctouche, New Brunswick
With some reservations we set out on the longest passage of this seasons trip, it would be nicer if it had come later in our journey to allow us to become mo...
Sailing from Popes Harbour to Halifax Nova Scotia.
Arriving in Halifax from the remote anchorages of Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore was a bit of a shock, their annual Busker Fest was in full swing and our tie up at the foot of Sackville Street was surrounded...
Caribou Harbour to Ballantyne's Cove, Haddock Harbour, Isle Madame & Canso.
Canso is a small, coastal fishing town on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia with a population of about 1000. It is one of the oldest fishing ports in the Maritimes, having been ...
Sailing from Bouctouche, New Brunswick to Summerside & Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Caribou Harbour, Nova Scotia.
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