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The day started out calm, sunny and the seas were relativley flat.  When we got outside of Wilson’s cove, we felt Poseidon’s fury.  The seas were a lot bigger than the 6 to 8 feet, according to Bob the electronic weather recording.  I was stearing and the motor was down.  Spruce thought we should have the jib help out.  Check out the scarry video.  We tried to anchor at Cape Small but the following seas, coupled with the rocks on either side made it difficult and gave us a weird feeling.  We decided that Cundy’s Harbour was a better choice.  So the decision was made to anchor in Dingley Cove.  

When all the chores were done, we decide to go ashore to meet the local people and see the sights.  On the dock we met two lobstermen, (See Pictures).  We then


stopped at Watson’s General Store.  We are eternal grateful for the hot dogs and chips.  The owner of the store told me the waves were really 10 feet and her lobstermen did not go out!  Tonight we charge battery number two and hopefully we do not have to bask in the warm glow of the GPS for anchor watch.

The trip started out, like any other Whited / Caron adventure, with a few minor mishaps.  The first thing that happened was, Spruce misjudged his footing on the dock and fell in between and hurt his knee.  While trying to leave the mooring, the wind was so bad that we almost hit another sailboat.  

While under sail the wind was so strong that we were able to go 5.0 to 6.0 Kts all the way.  Due to the small craft advisory we had to duck into a safe port, so we chose Wilson’s Cove.  Upon lowering the motor the boat pitched and Spruce fell on the tiller and broke it.  he was forced to stear the boat with a small piece of wood still attached and I was left to scramble to get the sails down and drop the anchor. 

The night was spent with the warm glow of the Gps on anchor watch.  The anchor did not drag even though we had gust of 25 Kts winds.