Tuesday, August 9, 2011

11 Knots SOG But Sooooooo COLD!

Since we left Anse du Petit Mitsis the swell and the cold just keeps following us. It just won't quit! One good thing, Roy never wants to sail to Alaska. It's not because of the cold, it's the dampness. Roy will go into the details of the sailing part.
We arrived in Riviere-au-Renard last night around 7pm. The people here are so nice. We where exhausted, couldn't eat all day, and cold to the bone. The woman who was at the marina was nice to drop us off at a restaurant and arrange for the owner to bring us back to the Marina. We tried to tip them and they would not accept any money.
As I said before the next week or two will be tough for internet and phone service. We lost phone service on Saturday and didn't get service back until late Monday. Which was sad for me, since I always call Jacob and Nate (our grandkids) every weekend. My daughter Tara, said Jacob kept wanting to speak with me. She kept calling all weekend finally she got a hold of us on Monday.
I had a fun aftenoon, making lobster bisque soup( to freeze but oh so yummy) and a Peanut Butter Pie for Roy.

Roy: This NE swell will not quit. Even though we finished our sail to here with a 25 knot SW, we were still plowing into a 6' NE swell. Sometimes, the two swells would combine and form a huge wave that we would surf down and kept hitting the 11 Knots SOG. Our gauges showed 9.8 to 10.1, so Yammy wants to make sure that we all know we did not break her 10.5 yet.


Now, if we could only change this weather pattern to get the westerly winds we expected and keep hearing about.





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