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!
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...
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.
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...
After a 100 nautical mile motor sail along Quebec's rugged and beautiful Côte-Nord-Duplessis region we stop to explore The Mingan Archipelago, and it's lovely Acadian port of Havre St Pierre
The Mingan Archipelago features colossal limestone outcroppings...
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A brief description of the harbours in Newfoundland & Labrador that we'll be sailing to in the following 4 episodes.
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Departing from Corner Brook, and the Bay of Islands on Newfoundland’s West Coast, we’ll sail north about 45 miles to Bonne Bay to anchor at Neddy Harbour, from where we’ll explore the stunning beauty of Gros ...
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The next day in calm conditions, we cross the Strait of Belle Isle sailing about 40 miles to Red Bay Labrador, where several 16th century Basque fishing vessels have been discovered.
From Red Bay we sail 45 miles ...
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We cross Belle Isle sailing south east 45 miles, anchoring in Noddy Bay, on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, within walking distance of the National Historic Site at L’Anse aux Meadows.
Sailing down the...
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Departing Fourche we leave Great Northern Peninsula crossing to La Scie on Cape St John.
Leaving the La Scie town dock we round Cape St John and enter Nippers Harbour 35 miles away, our first stop in Notre Dame Bay...
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In this special feature Jayne cooks a delicious moose stew, tries preparing cod tongues and Mike creates Pizza Phantasia, in the galley of their Niagara 35.
In part 3 of Newfoundland Circle, Jayne and I will sail Phantasia south from Lewisporte, on The Bay of Exploits, down Newfoundland’s central east coast.
We anchor in Morton's Harbour, tie up with shrimp boats at Twillingate and visit Change Islands, New...
Our first day out finds us on a blustery shakedown sail, from Lewisporte Marina to secluded Morton's Harbour on New World Island, where we anchor overnight.
After a short day’s sail from Morton’s Harbour, we tie up with the shrimp boats in Twillingate...
Arriving at Seldom Come By in a thunderstorm, we stop to explore the workings of their FU – Fisherman’s Union museum and cod liver oil factory, before crossing Hamilton Sound into compact Lumsden Harbour, where we’ll spend a day walking miles of gray...
Friendly locals at Fogo ply us with fresh cod and we day hike to magnificent Fogo and Brimstone Heads, under sunny blue sky’s we ponder the view east, unobstructed all the way to Europe.
Facing strong south westerlies, we sneak into Trinity Bay and anchor in Port Union, stopping to explore the historic Sir William Coaker, Fisherman’s Protective Union museum.
Against another strong south west wind, we cross Trinity Bay to tie up in Bay D...
After crossing 230 nautical miles from Gaspé, Quebec to Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland,
we sail east to many of the south coasts famous harbours: Isle A Morts, Garia Bay, Rose Blanche, Grand Bruit, Cinq Cerf, Burgeo, Grey River, Francois and Hare Bay. Fro...
Sailing Newfoundland’s South Coast
Come sailing with Mike & Jayne on their new boat as they close their circumnavigation of Newfoundland.
Departing from Cobourg on Lake Ontario we’ll look at transiting the St Lawrence Seaway, anchoring near downtow...
From Hare Bay, Newfoundland we cross to St Pierre, France to enjoy some French food, wine and culture. Sailing back to St Lawrence on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula we cross Placentia Bay, to tie up with the fishing fleet in St Brides Harbour. From there w...
Caldera do Faial, walking the rim of the crater trail, on one side it drops 1000 feet to the North Atlantic on the other it drops 1000 feet into the crater. Sun, rain, mist, wind, a wonderful and exciting way to spend a day!
Arriving in Lewisporte, NL. we spend 14 days in quarantine in our friends Bob’s “Little Yellow House” then set about preparing Loon's Lace for ocean sailing: installing our new Hydrovane XT, provisioning, sewing projects, waxing, grinding, painting, ...
Departing from Fogo Newfoundland for Horta in the Azores we sail through, sun, whales, birds and sea life passing the Offer Wadham Islands. On the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, we encounter cold, fog, waves and wind shifts. Once over the Grand Banks, the La...
In Episode 7 we explored the islands of Faial and Pico. In Episode 8 we have a blustery sail from Horta to Sao Jorge and anchor under the cliffs at Velas, where there is a large colony of Cory's shearwater. We swim, walk and take a road trip to visit their...
In Episode 6 we sailed 1300 miles from Fogo Island on Newfoundland to the Azores Archipelago. In this Episode 7 Jayne and I will sail, anchor, walk, swim, shop and generally explore Faial and Pico Islands, in the central group of the Azores. Thanks for wa...
Praia da Vitória, Terceira - Azores
March-June 2022
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We traded Ontario’s March weather for the very early spring in the Azores. Our apartment turned out to be better than expected, warm, comfortable and...
A North Atlantic Crossing – Azores to Ireland
In Part 3 of “Loons Lace Atlantic Circle” Mike & Jayne arrive in Praia da Vitoria Azores from where they set out on a 200 mile shakedown to Sao Miguel, for some site seeing, hiking and to enjoy Ponta ...
In Part 1 of Sailing Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way we've just arrived in the Republic of Ireland, having sailed 1300 miles from Praia da Vitoria in the Azores. With fine summer weather and fair winds we setout to discover some of Dingle's secrets and then se...
Just back to our boat after a road trip to Dublin we sail north from Galway Bay to wonderful Inishbofin where we hike, paint and photograph, then wrap a crab trap anchor around our prop on the way to Little Killary, forcing us to sail into anchor. Sailing...
Sailing east from Killybegs on Donegal Bay we take a mooring at Teelin Harbour then anchor at Arranmore Islands Rosillion Bay, from there its a short sail to Gola Roads with a view of fantastic Mt Errigal. Sailing north to Lough Swilly we avoid some poor w...
From Ballymastocker Bay on Lough Swilly in the Republic of Ireland Jayne & Mike prepare to round Malin Head and cross the Irish Sea to Scotland. Cruising the Scottish west highlands into the fall they explore, Islay, Jura, Crinan, Mull and Oban and the...
In the company of our Scottish friends Kathy and Alex on their beautiful, blue Vancouver 38 we round Scotland's Cape Wrath, at times losing site of each others boats in the waves. Loch Eriboll provides a welcome overnight anchorage before we set out for St...
Our 39 hour North Sea crossing from Lerwick, Shetland to just north of Bergen, Norway compressed into 2 minutes
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