Brier Island, Nova Scotia Canada

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Brier Island NS

Setting sail from Yarmouth NS in beautiful sunny weather, our intention was to set sail to Grand Manan Island NB via the Brier Island pass. Not even an hour out of Yarmouth we sailed into very heavy fog, lasting the duration of our sail and making the approach to Brier Island a very challenging one. Not to forget that in the passage of Brier Island, when not in slack tide, there are currents between 7 & 9 knots. With radar on and keeping a close watch, we slowly entered the passage and made way for the Town port in order to take refuge until the heavy fog lifted, after which we would once again set sail to Grand Manan... Well as we always say.... Sailing plans are made in Jello... Saling are PLANS Always moving... We ended up having to stay in Brier for three and a half days.... after making a few attempts to depart in the fog and then in heavy seas.. In all three attempts we had to reset our coarse, always ending back in the same rafted spot...

On the positive side, we did get to experience 19 - 20 foot tides every +/- six hours.. That represents an ebb or flood tide of almost four feet every hour!! That’s nothing compared to the upper Bay of Fundy which has some 38 foot tides, but it is amazing to see how powerful the ocean tides can be.
We did made the long hike too Seal Cove to see the local Seals. They fish and feed during high tide and when low tide comes, they congregate on the appearing rock ledges. As you sit on the beach they pop out they heads and look back at you and bark.. I guess that’s why they are locally called Sea Dogs...

Cheers till next time...
Annie, Eric & Shellsea onboard s/v WeBeSailing
WeBeSailing@yahoo.com
http://www.WeBeSailing.com/

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