Steve The water tastes different when it splashes all over your face Sailing is good in Halifax. Generally consistent breezes, tides are an issue a bit due to currents but more so in that where you had plenty of water 6 hours ago you will have less now. All obstacles in Halifax area are well marked and the water is very deep - you can sail within feet of the shore in most areas before tacking. In Halifax you have a number of clubs situated in Northwest Arm, Shearwater (near Eastern Passage), Dartmouth and Bedford. You can pick flatter water in the Basin area of more open water near the Harbour approaches. In Halifax there are a number of public docks downtown as well as some in Dartmouth. You can tie up for the afternoon or evening and go to a restaurant or to Buskers etc ... Leaving Halifax harbour and approaches you turn right and sail to destinations such as St Margaret's Bay where there is typically more and steady breezes. While there be on the lookout for Dwight in his 35. I believe that is about a 30 mile trek from Halifax by water. In between there is a popular overnight anchorage "Rogues Roost" and a few other small inlets. Past St Margaret's Bay and Peggy's Cove you come to Mahone Bay, then Lunenburg and that whole area. Excellent destination and sailing. Keep on going and you can pass Yarmouth and sail across the Gulf of Maine destinations in New England and beyond. leave Halifax and turn left and there are less sailing areas but there are some interesting harbours. 120+ NM and you are nearing Canso, Chedabucto Bay and the choice to go to the Bras d'Ors Lakes in Cape Breton (world renowned) or thru the causeway to Georges Bay and then left to Northumberland Strait (where I sail) which is bordered by Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Rather than turning left into Northumberland Strait you can continue on around PEI to the Magdalene Islands. In Halifax, Mahone Bay, Lunenenburg/South Shore areas the waters are very cold. Hearty people love to go for a swim but it had better be warm weather and later in the summer. In the Bras d'Ors lakes it warms up in August and the water is great for swimming at anchor. In the Northumberland Strait water is 20+ deg C by 2nd week of July and all summer. Typically 24 in our Bay. Downside of sailing in Halifax and on that coast is fog. With a SW wind it is often just off the coast and some days you will find yourself sailing thru very thick fog. This is not so nice when you consider that Halifax is a major commercial port. Mahone Bay stretches inland and is mostly fog free. Bras d'Ors Lakes and Northumberland Strait are spoiled but never see fog (almost never). If you like racing you can go just about anywhere in Halifax, St Margaret's Bay, Chester, Lunenburg, etc on that coast or Charlottetown, Shediac and other p[laces on the Northern shore of Nova Scotia. Also Beddeck in Bras D'Ors Lakes and Sydney in Cape Breton. So basically if you love sailing there is a lifetime's worth of it in Halifax if you like to venture out of port once in a while and fun sailing in Halifax if you don't. I sail in the Northumberland Strait in Amet Sound June, July and August while it is warm, unpolluted and great summer weather (light winds mostly) and then in Halifax in the Fall for a bit of fun on windier brisk days - 250 NM by water or a quick two hour drive with boat on a trailer. Hope this helps Mike ________________________________
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:17 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Baby Stay Hey Bob, question for you from a Torontonian that's getting tired of this city .. what's the sailing like out in Halifax? I'm sure it's a lot more interesting than Lake Ontario but coming from a lake I've never dealt with tides and currents. Is the sailing very challenging out there? Do you haul your boat over winter? I work at OCAD University and I check the job postings at NSCAD pretty often. Nothing yet but I want to stay in higher ed, particularly art & design and Halifax is very appealing. In fact, the east coast in general is very appealing! Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Bob. That certainly explains the fitting/tube thingy on the floor of the vee birth. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: Steve: Mine is hull #277....the baby stay is on a tunrbuckle connected to the deck.....there is a 'SS rod' that runs from the deck to the floor connection in the vee birth that supports the upwards pull of the baby stay. A few of the 32 owners here have simply taken their baby stay off the boat(s). Since Rob Ball designed it there, I have left mine on. It does make tacking a little more cumbersome. Bob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, NS On 2013/05/15 11:32 AM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: Thanks all. I figured I'de be ok but your feedback leaves me with some peace of mind and that'll make the job, any job, easier. Bob, no baby stay on mine . weird eh? I know the 32 had one, mine doesn't. However mine does have a weird metal tube thingy on the floor of the vee birth .. right by the door. The surveyor guessed that it might have had something to do with a baby stay though there is no evidence on deck of there ever being one. Is your baby stay just connected to a fitting on deck? I'm hull number 59 so I figure by then they would have settled on how they were building these but i guess not. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto
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