Clarenville

Deer harbour number 2 is well down towards the SW corner of Trinity Bay and guess what we have a consistent strongish northerly wind pinning us down there! So to move up the bay we need to tack right across towards the opposite shore approximately 14 miles and back again to make the entrance to the fjord on the south side of Random Island.
The wind is meant to be changing to the East but seems to be on its own time frame. Playing for time we explore 2.5 miles of the SW Cove, Deer harbour, before we leave by the entrance that had been a bit of a challenge on entry.

It’s a long way round and very cold - luckily there’s enough of the industrial batch of chili left for lunch. No great wildlife sightings today either.

Somehow (perhaps Austen’s good judgement) we are bang on target after our long tack to enter the fjord - it’s close to 20 miles down the length, Rocky cliffs that have not had human interference coated in lichen and trees both sides, reminds us of the Norwegian fjords, smaller scale. In between where there is good access by water, clearings have been made and homes or cabins perhaps more often, established, Closer to Clarenville is looking like a smart property area.

Finally the wind changes and gets behind us so we zip along at good speed. We reach a tiny yacht club well into the evening having done a 50+ mile day - so that’s 2.5 Fowey trips.

I’ve made risotto of the use up all the oddments variety (food stocks now low)
Tied on a pontoon we settle to eat and the first friendly face appears, Keith owns the neighbouring boat and explains we need a key to even get off the pontoon (we hadn’t noticed that!) He provides a number to ring and leaves it unlocked for us.

We stay a couple of days as the weather’s not great and Austen needs an admin day and extra time to continue starter issue resolution.
He’s excited to find Mercer’s Marine at the yacht club entrance, having previously checked out their on line catalogue. For those who don’t know he’s partial to digesting the odd catalogue. We have access to supermarkets, laundry and showers, find a Vietnamese restaurant and opportunistically arrive just in time to see England play Croatia in football World Cup! We win the sweep stake and return the following evening to claim our prize!
Progress on the job front is slow as we appear to be hosting coffee and tea breaks for the yacht club, Clayton, Mark and Jenny being our regulars!

Austen’s regretting giving away a couple of relays to a fisherman fixing his boat (as he had no use for them) that Patrick gave him only a couple of weeks before. He now needs them! By the time we leave the starter is firing well again and we have a complicated fist full of wires that provide a plan B should it be required, so feeling happier about that.Читать далее