A beautiful part of the world, though I may be biased. As mentioned
previously, the fundy side is a tide and fog (and whale) festival -
beautiful country but navigation and currents can be tricky close inshore.
If you are sailing north you will probably be intending to make your first
landfall somewhere between Yarmouth and Halifax. That stretch of coast is
known as the "south shore" and has great harbours civilized small towns,
huge secluded beaches and really beautiful scenery. (full disclosure, I
have a house in that area)
Be ready for morning fogs inshore. You are certainly not likely to be
becalmed, but before mid july you are not guaranteed sunny days, weather is
better in August, and at least on land, September is fantastic. You have
a great piece of coast there to cruise and anchor, stopping in at towns all
along the way. Shelburne is great, has a friendly yachtclub, all
services, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. (was a
marshalling point for WWII convoys) Halfway up the harbour Wave to my
house as you pass the 19th century lighthouse, look across the harbour, and
wave to my dad. If you see a tan coloured steel trawler yacht "J.
Michael" on a mooring in his "front yard" it's his. Check out what's going
on at The Osprey Theatre, have dinner at Charlotte lane. Reserve both in
advance. A short hop up the coast and anchor at carter's beach. Dinghy
to dinner dinner at "The Quarter Deck". I can vouch for the anchorages in
both places. (Dad was a steel-sailboated ocean cruiser - and has coastal
cruised this neighbourhood many times, by sail and now by trawler.)
Keep going up the coast to Mahone bay, check out when the wooden boat
festival is, hit the bakery, and continue to chester, check when race week
is. closest thing to Newport I suppose. ooops, I missed very beautiful
Lunenburg, but don't you miss that, and when you are there you must check
out the fisheries museum of the Atlantic. OK, back on track, by now you
are at Halifax. Lots to do there, great downtown, and don't miss the
market. Dinner at the bicycle thief. Your next stretch of coast is more
remote and rural. How's that for a start?
Real - Nova Scotians - I don't know all the anchorages, there are many
many, (Jordan bay and the LeHave River come to mind) but otherwise, how'd I
do? ;-)
Another thought - look at your chart and see the birthplace of Joshua
Slocum (yes, he was Canadian - ) Brier Island. It is at the end of a
chain of islands and truly feels like the end of the world, You can see the
shop where he toiled as a child (mentioned in SAATW) and understand why he
might have got the urge to ramble. If you can, go whale watching from
there, and go by zodiac, not on one of the big cape islanders. (local
inshore fishing boat type) Have done this twice with visitors and it has
been amazing, both times.
Oh yeah - you can get some pretty good seafood in the area. ;-)
Dave
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 09:18:29 -0300
From: Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com>
To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List A little help from our neighbors up north...
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"So what are the prevailing winds in Nova Scotia? (Mid-May - Mid Sept,
south coast)."
Predominately south-west all summer. They start turning more northerly in
September / October.
"I won?t even ask about tides (and I?m coming from Long Island)."
Most of coastal Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, about 4' to 5' of tide. Bras
d'Or Lakes, essentially no tide (1" perhaps, more related to atmospheric
pressure than the moon).
The Fundy side of Nova Scotia, now that is a whole different ball of wax.
Up to 50' of tide at the head of the Bay of Fundy.
"Yes, I know I can get all this from a cruising guide and already to some
extent have but I thought I might ask folks who actually live there."
That's what we're here for.
Ken H.
On 31 March 2016 at 22:05, John Pennie via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
> Ok, I think I can survive the temperature. So what are the prevailing
> winds in Nova Scotia? (Mid-May - Mid Sept, south coast). I won?t even ask
> about tides (and I?m coming from Long Island). Yes, I know I can get all
> this from a cruising guide and already to some extent have but I thought
I
> might ask folks who actually live there.
>
> John
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 8:52 PM, Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> For most of Nova Scotia, Lobster Season ends by mid July so no traps and
> trap lines to worry about after that.
>
> However, different regions have different seasons, a few radically
> different than the others.
>
> An overview listing is here:
> http://thisfish.info/fishery/species/atlantic-lobster/
>
> Ken H.
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