Tag Archives: sailing nova scotia

On the Move Again.

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Bill Kinney

After a hurricane passes over your boat there is one good result: Your boat is CLEAN. It basically gets a freshwater power wash for hours and hours. Yesterday we spent all day undoing all the things we did to prep … Continue reading →

Just waiting…

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Bill Kinney

We were talking earlier today about the “good old days” of sailing. Back when we mgiht have heard that there was a hurricane that had hit the Bahamas last week, and this morning it was a bit cloudy and breezy, … Continue reading →

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Ready!

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Bill Kinney

We are almost as ready as we will ever be. We are about 36 hours from the first touches of Dorian. Right now it is dead calm, quiet, and clear. Harmonie is settled in to a narrow shallow cut off … Continue reading →

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Stay and hide!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Just a quick update to our storm plans. One of the nice thing about having a network of people is you get help from unexpected places. After our post about our hurricane plans we got an email from one of … Continue reading →

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Run Away!! Run Away!!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bill Kinney

The official NOAA Hurricane Center Forecast for Dorian out five days has the storm still at hurricane strength AND located right on top of where we are now. There is only one thing to do: Run Away! In this case … Continue reading →

Night Skies

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Some of you might have heard that a moderate solar storm was forecast for this past weekend, which brings the Northern Lights further south than they are normally seen. Being in a place pretty far north, and quite dark, we … Continue reading →

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Baddeck

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Bill Kinney

As the “Big City” (Pop. 793) on Bras d’Or Lake, Baddeck is where it all happens. Just to put things in perspective, we are about 4 hours by car from Halifax. Baddeck had been on our list of places to … Continue reading →

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Bras d’Or Lake

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Our sail from Sable Island back to the mainland was a delight. Overnight we saw water with as bright a phosphorescent glow as we have ever seen. Doubly fun when dolphin swim by looking like glowing green comets in the … Continue reading →

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Island of Sand, Fog, and Bones

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Bill Kinney

Sable Island is a 26 mile long, crescent shaped, sand pile over 100 miles from the coast of Nova Scotia. It is so remote that it is visited by only 6 to 8 private boats a year. Most people who … Continue reading →

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The Bawleen

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Bill Kinney

The Bawleen is a beautiful bay enclosed by three islands at the entrance to Spry Habrour about 50 miles east of Halifax. I haven’t found any derivation of the name, but it has the ring of a Scots word, as … Continue reading →

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