We are in the slip that leads to the Travellift. The actors are waiting behind the curtains. The stage is set for some aerial acrobatics. Scott drives the Lift. Jodie will swap the props. I know there will be others who position the slings to just the right places on Brio to lift her up. There are small labels on the hull where the slings are to be placed to not damage any underwater fittings on the boat. But we have another story to tell before UPS arrives with the lead actors, the props themselves.
When Brio stopped in Portsmouth, we stayed at a friend's marina and were generously offered a slip. It was terrific and made our stay easy. The slip owner, whom we don't know, gave us this burgee with DECL on it. Down East Circle Loop. He left for the same trip a few days before us. It is a beautiful burgee, made of very durable cloth.
You can see our proposed route. The Bay of Fundy is the body of water between the star and the red peninsula, Nova Scotia. While the DECL goes straight across the Bay of Fundy from Maine to Yarmouth, NS, we chose to detour up the Bay of Fundy to Passamaquoddy Bay and St. John's, neither of which are really shown on the burgee.
If the repairs today are successful, we will leave St. John's on a slack tide through the Reversing Falls and out to the Bay of Fundy. Then we cross over to Yarmouth, about 100 miles of open water. Once there, we will move up the coast of Nova Scotia, stopping at Shelburne, a little anchorage recommended by a friend, Rogue's Roost, and then Halifax.
After Halifax, we continue up the coast to Canso where the little extension sticks up. That represents Cape Breton and the Bras d'Or Lakes. Bras d'Or means "Arms of Gold" and indeed they are beautiful.
We will go through the Lakes to Sydney and from there across the Cabot Strait to St. Pierre, a French island, and the southwest Newfoundland coast. We are off the burgee "map" now! But we will soon return.
Below you can see the "charts" showing our crossing from Saint John across the Bay of Fundy to Yarmouth. Then we go around the south end of NS and up the east side of NS to Halifax and Cape Breton.
You can see Sydney located on the northeast corner of Cape Breton. That's our stepping-off point across the Cabot Strait and Newfoundland, shown on the chart below.
Above, you can see Ile Saint Pierre and two other French islands. That's our next target after crossing Cabot Strait. Then we go west along the Newfoundland coast after a few baguettes and croissant to Port-aux-Basques. Then we head west down the Saint Lawrence, rejoining the burgeemap and the Loop.
But first things first! Now to repair Brio's propeller!
Cheers,
Brio
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