Finally well underway! Sorry for the delay in updating. A connection to the internet isn't always an easy thing to come by on a boat. So, with my friend David Allsebrook, who came from Toronto to help me get the boat launched and on its way, I sailed last Wednesday from Holyrood to St. John's. A fair bit of motoring off the top, and then great sailing until rounding Cape St. Francis, where we were promptly flattened by gusts flying down off the headland. Twenty uncomfortable minutes later, there were two reefs in the main, and the genoa was replaced by the jib, and we had a great close-hauled trip to St. John's. After a couple of days at the Queen's Wharf, where Cook also anchored, I continued alone down to Bay Bulls, where I had a lovely dinner with Rick and Bonnie Johnstone. Now I'm "up the shore" at Port Kirwan, which is quite possibly the nicest seaside community I've ever visited. I had jig's dinner yesterday, and fresh crab, and the people, most of whom were born and raised in the cove, are incredibly friendly. I'm planning to leave tomorrow, but I think I could easily stay here all summer.
Miles sailed: 91.
Whales sighted: 22 (plus a dolphin who rode the bow wave on the way down to Port Kirwan from Bay Bulls).
Puffins sighted: 1. Strange, as I sailed right past their nesting colony in Witless Bay).
Items dropped overboard: 1. A red bungee cord.
Next stop: Trepassey.
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