Dental hygiene on board...
Hi all,
First a bit of housekeeping: there we we a few typo's in my last update, thank you those that pointed them out.
1. The link to the blog should be : http://paulfkerrigan.blogspot.com
2. The MapShare site may ask for a password. The Password is: NWP (all caps).
3. The link to ShipTrack is working but no positions are being displayed for the last
60 days. Yotrep has been informed and they are working on whatever is causing the problem, so patience is required. As soon as it's working again I'll let you know.
4. Some on this list have elected to receive our automatic Satellite reports three times a day. I expect this may become tedious after the initial excitement wears off. We can manage this list and remove any that so elect. I like a clean inbox myself so don't be afraid to ask.
5. All of us enjoy getting your SMS via the Delorme InReach site, our Inreach tracker/communicator resides in the cockpit and all the crew have learned to use it to send and receive short messages. It's something to do on the long night watches, so keep them coming whenever you find the time.
Drina is at sea again enroute to St John's in Newfoundland about 500NM up the coast of Nova Scotia and across the Laurentian Channel. But I get ahead of myself, first let me tell of our adventures in Halifax.
We reached Halifax later than planned on Monday evening and dropped anchor just outside the channel about 100 meters from the Armadale Yacht Club (AYC) situated at the end of a long narrow channel off the southern arm of Halifax Harbour proper. Think Northbridge or Cammeray arms of Middle Harbour as the Sydney equivalent.
The trip from Lunenburg to Halifax was a very easy sail, We started early and in glassed out conditions, left the very picturesque harbour of Lunenburg for the 65 mile leg to Halifax. The breeze filled in as the morning wore on and by about 1100 we were sailing nicely on a fine, sunny and very flat sea. By 1700 we were making the turn onto the approaches of Halifax Hbr. and on schedule for quick beer at the AYC, when Michael suddenly jumped to his feet and started pointing excitedly at something in the water to our port side. The skipper disengaged the autopilot and swung the boat round to close on the object in the water. On closer inspection we were all left more that a little surprised. A deer, or as Michael described it a Santa Deer was swimming steadily and determinedly headed for the open sea. A quick calculation showed us to be more than a mile offshore and at the RATE THE DEER WAS SWIMMING WOULD SOON BE TWO. We decided that the deer had lost it's way and that we should convince it to reverse course and head back to shore! We swung the Dinghy out for this purpose however Murphy struck and we were unable to start the outboard. So we swung it back onboard and set about herding the reindeer in Drina. About an hour later after much coaxing we had the little fella ashore. Good deed for the day accomplished, we resumed course and dropped anchor later than expected only to find the pub shut.
Drina at sea 25/06/2014
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