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Whale Tail
Richard
Tue Jul 12 18:37:04 EDT 2011, near Battle Harbor, Labrador, Canada

Despite the whales still not being all that cooperative about posing for pictures, there have been a lot of them, and they are really nice to see.
Wed Jul 13 12:17:28 EDT 2011 | Amos
A sweet moment, every time. The notion of these great creatures cruising the maine byways in deep water, going about their lives intheir whaley ways, is a wonder.
Old Rudder
Richard
Mon Jul 11 19:34:20 EDT 2011, Henley Harbor, Labrador, Canada

Old rudder, sitting against a rock at Henley Harbor.
Mon Jul 11 21:38:42 EDT 2011 | george ray
What is the type of wood you see mostly in these old items, rudder and buildings, oak, pine, spruce, fir ... ?
map shows you about 100 miles east of Isle of Wight . . .
Tue Jul 12 7:39:04 EDT 2011 | brian
I think the real plan is to invade Great Britain.
Tue Jul 12 12:04:49 EDT 2011 | Amos
Or at least seriously disorient it so it thinks it is Labrador...
Tue Jul 12 18:31:26 EDT 2011 | Richard Hudson
Perhaps the map position is a message from the heavens saying I should be sailing east...

George, I didn't take a close look at any of the wood to notice what kind it was. Likely local softwood, I think. Brian, do you know?
Wed Jul 13 9:25:02 EDT 2011 | brian
Not a clue on the wood, guess would be birch, it is considered hard wood up these parts.
Nicely compositioned photo though.
Outhouse at the End of the Earth
Richard
Mon Jul 11 10:00:00 EDT 2011, Henley Harbor, Labrador, Canada



Black Bear
Richard/Jordan
Sun Jul 10 20:06:10 EDT 2011, Henley Harbor, Labrador, Canada

While we were anchored, sitting out some headwinds, this black bear was wandering around, looking for fish, I think.
Tue Jul 12 7:35:59 EDT 2011 | brian
Three b bears shot around Nain in last two weeks. Not the ideal solution IMO but no other way of dealing with them unfortunately.
Thu Jul 14 18:50:38 EDT 2011 | Richard Hudson
Yes, that is too bad the bears had to be shot, but better that than someone getting mauled by one.
Milner Tickle
Richard
Sat Jul 9 22:55:24 EDT 2011, Chateau Bay, Labrador

Right next to Henley Harbor is Milner Tickle, which is the narrow body of water (which is what a "tickle" is in Labrador) is in the picture. We passed here on our way to anchor near Henley Harbor.
Sun Jul 10 10:07:14 EDT 2011 | terry
current/position seems to be working ... your apx 200 miles south of Battle Habor
Henley Harbor
Richard/Jordan
Thu Jul 7 10:02:00 EDT 2011, Henley Harbor, Labrador, Canada

We sat out some headwinds at anchor near the abandoned settlement of Henley Harbor, Labrador. The old buildings of the village remain and are interesting to see. I managed to step on a rusty nail (fortunately I have had a recent tetanus injectino) while wandering around, so hobbled a bit for the next few days :).
Sat Jul 9 18:46:10 EDT 2011 | terry
richard .... your current/position .... is not working ... i can't find your position .... can you fix it ?? we wanna see where are .
Sat Jul 9 23:01:01 EDT 2011 | Richard Hudson
I think the position map should be working now...I don't always put the lat/long of the position of the picture into the posts, so the map doesn't always get updated.
Sun Jul 10 8:34:06 EDT 2011 | george ray
Position has been consistently broke for many weeks. I mentioned it a while back and you did some sort of update but after that it went back to always showing you in portugal, go figure ?
L'Anse au Loup Lighthouse
Richard
Mon Jul 4 0:00:00 EDT 2011, L'Anse au Loup, Labrador, Canada

The lighthouse at L'Anse au Loup (French for Wolf Cove) shining through the light mist.
Whale
Richard
Sun Jul 3 16:53:55 EDT 2011, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador, Canada

I am not sure what kind of whale this is.
Mon Jul 4 15:56:21 EDT 2011 | brian
Could they be minke [grumpus]?

Getting close to Nain again.
Tue Jul 5 15:44:43 EDT 2011 | yann
I would say a humpback whale
nice picture, congratulations
friendly
Sat Jul 9 23:02:21 EDT 2011 | Richard Hudson
Thanks, Brian and Yann.

Yes,we are gettng closer to Nain, but not sure if/when we will get there :)
Whale Ahead
Richard
Sun Jul 3 10:02:00 EDT 2011, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada

Barely visible in this picture (the black dot), is a whale. We have seen a lot of whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence. They are not so easy to take pictures of.

We spent 10 days in Rimouski, Quebec, doing maintenance (mostly replacing hydraulic pressure hoses, keel bolts and fuel hoses). Rimouski is a small, pleasant city of about 40,000 people. As its port is used by yachts, a fishing fleet and cargo ships, and it has the only marine college in Quebec, it is a good place to work on boats.

AM's time off finished so he got off the boat in Tadoussac, Quebec. Ryan joined the crew in Rimouski.
Creek
Richard
Sat Jul 2 10:02:00 EDT 2011, Godbout, Quebec

Looking up the creek.

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