All's well than ends well...

We're anchored in Port Howe which is gorgeous and uninhabited. Last night a low passed through with associated high winds, rain, and overall meteorological nastiness. We were secure with reasonable protection and 250 feet of chain and our nearly-200-lb Bruce anchor and the anchor alarm set. We did get up and check every so often as the wind changed but our track drew a nice ragged semicircle around the anchor point as the winds changed.

We encountered plenty of lobster floats on entry to Port Howe to hamper navigation though. We call them "baubles" and they are to be avoided. Here in Nova Scotia, the lobstermen's technique is to set them with floating line from the trap and the float and not to shorten the line based on the water depth. This means that wherever there is a float, there may be 50 feet of floating line along the surface, upwind of the float, just waiting to entrap the unlucky propeller.

There don't seem to be and floats beyond the 150-ft depth so most of our coastal sailing is 5+ miles offshore to stay in the deeper water.

We were more than rewarded for our efforts when, yesterday, Ralf and Edward on an exploratory dinghy ride, approached a lobsterman intending to take of video of him working his traps. Instead, he gave us three huge lobsters which we enjoyed immensely last night. Lobsters so big we needed to steam them one at a time! With garlic butter, fries, and a wilted spinach salad, life on Celebrate is Excellent!

Tomorrow, we head for Louisburg and then on to the French Island Country of St. Pierre.