Bay De verde, what a day

Our exit through St John’s narrows was in total contrast to our entry. Port control said head out when you want nobody around. The sky was blue and the sea was flat. We were not mor than 100 metres through the narrows before the first whale came to visit. And there were blows everywhere. Sails up nice little westerly and we are doing 7.5kts. Dolphins whales sea birds blue sky. Could not have been better. Our intention was to head round to Newfoundland yacht club. But as we were rounding the headland, to head south we spotted something weird on the horizon it looked like a giant sugar lump. Iceberg??? Check the radar something but not determinable. After some faffing about we decide to go and find out. We set coarse for the the sugar cube . Radar suggested 7 miles. Definitely worth investigating on this beutiful sunny day. The closer we get the smaller the sugar lump gets, weird. Turns out it was a well known phenomenon that lifts things above the visible horizon. We are still exited and plough on. In the end we did 12 miles of whale and bird spotting before we got there. It was worth every minute a berg about 70 metres long by 40 metres and about 25 high surrounded by whales breaching and calling out loud. We spend 2 hour gently circling the bird od engine off glauiding withe the whales. Absolutely magical. As sunset approaches we choose a spot for the night on the chart and head to Bay de Verde. Via Baccelieu Island to see on final wildlife show, the giant gannet and puffin colonies. Unbelievable noise and activity, so much that we decide to do all the same again tommorow. We bump into Aaron our American frien in the harbour and spend the evening talking about and watching whales on the harbour wall.
Up early Aaron want to do a walk before we leave t re visit the iceberg.Read more