Thanks all - very very helpful. Sounds just like Jersey City!
John > On Apr 2, 2016, at 6:12 PM, Dave Syer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > 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 <mailto:kenhea...@gmail.com>> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List A little help from our neighbors up north... > Message-ID: > <CAAbfP6SNnXrixUJ6XZNMYRcKX29-byHnY=t8vkhww8emftv...@mail.gmail.com > <mailto:t8vkhww8emftv...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > "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 > <mailto: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 > > <mailto: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/ > > <http://thisfish.info/fishery/species/atlantic-lobster/> > > > > Ken H. > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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