Port Aux Basque To Isle Aux Mort

We had had 2 nights on the dock in this ferry town. Got my hair cut bought a new towel and worked out the logistics of picking Claire up from the ferry next week. It was time to go somewhere new and Isle aux Morts is just round the corner 8NM through the rocks downwind in 25 knots. What could go wrong. But first to get off the fishing dock we are pine don by the wind . All kinds of tricky springing manoeuvres required. But managed .

Quick Genoa only sail down through the narrow western channel wher th government could not be bothered to put the navigation buoys back in yet . Then another tricky parking manoeuvre in 25kts side on . On the fisherman’s pier. Lucky Rob is nimble with the ropes we are on safe but a bit of a heavy bump as she settled. Time to see what the island of the dead is all about.
Turns out is!!!
absolutely dead. Rob is suicidal with Boredem. People are apparently super friendly here just no one here. Rumour of pub opening at 6 pm maybe we will give that a go. Luckily it Stanly cup Ice hockey on the tv and there’s a crowd , 4 to be exact all of which are now our mates and offering to lend us trucks and bring us food (moose meat). Sun is suppose to be out tommorow so we should head west and see what we can findRead more