August 8, 2012

There is a hissing sound made as the salt water passes by the boat as it's moving through the water. It's a very pleasant sound and we can, and do, listen to it for hours. It doesn't matter if we are sailing or even when the motor is running it's a very peaceful sound. Throw in a complete fog, as we had this morning, and adds even more to the serenity.

Ballantyne Cove is a beautiful little harbour just around the tip of Cape George which was covered in fog and rain as we came in yesterday about 14:30. There are lots of fishing boats in the cove as the business is all about fish here. We saw a number of pilot whales on the way from Pictou. We met up with a family that was coming the other way, from Port Hawksbury that reported they saw more whales than they could count and quite close to the boat so we're hoping they'll still be around as we leave toward that way today.

We've been docking almost every night so far and are looking forward to doing some anchoring along this stretch of the trip. We'll try a small cove tonight called Inhabitance Bay which was recommended by the couple from Halifax.

Huge bluefin tuna are caught in Cape George Bay, some as big as 1400lbs! There's an information centre that explained the history and significance of the tuna in area. A large board with a number of questions on flip up panels was set up for a display. The picture on todays blog is the answer found under question #10 "Why do giant Bluefins come to the Cape George area"...we thought it was hilarious.