Beach Point - Newfoundland
Behind a massive spit on the west coast of Newfoudland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Beach Point is a very safe haven and a local harbour for the haddock and lobster fishermen. By pure coincidence we arrived on the last day of the lobster season.
As you can imagine when we arrived and took up half of the harbour we were as welcome as another thick fog. Despite this the boats piled in and drove around and around while we moved our warps and tried our best to become small. :-)
They were in good spirits though and made us welcome, typical of all the people we have met on this voyage..........the locals are just fantastic, welcoming, friendly, generous..........just brilliant.
We followed "VOLO" (owned by Max and Sandy) into the harbour after following them all the way up the coast. Hard to believe, but "Ding" met in them in French Polynesia in 2007, he even had made a note in his log that they had no wind generator at that time............they could'nt believe it. The world cruising fraternity is extremely small !!!! Max & Sandy have been cruising since 1979...................have been everywhere.........an amazing couple !!!! Soooo cool !!!
Behind a massive spit on the west coast of Newfoudland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Beach Point is a very safe haven and a local harbour for the haddock and lobster fishermen. By pure coincidence we arrived on the last day of the lobster season.
As you can imagine when we arrived and took up half of the harbour we were as welcome as another thick fog. Despite this the boats piled in and drove around and around while we moved our warps and tried our best to become small. :-)
They were in good spirits though and made us welcome, typical of all the people we have met on this voyage..........the locals are just fantastic, welcoming, friendly, generous..........just brilliant.
We followed "VOLO" (owned by Max and Sandy) into the harbour after following them all the way up the coast. Hard to believe, but "Ding" met in them in French Polynesia in 2007, he even had made a note in his log that they had no wind generator at that time............they could'nt believe it. The world cruising fraternity is extremely small !!!! Max & Sandy have been cruising since 1979...................have been everywhere.........an amazing couple !!!! Soooo cool !!!
next morning ..............and the fog rolled in......ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh joy !!!
Entrance to Beach Point harbour, Steve nearly had a fit ......it was tiny.......not really for a 60 foot yacht.
Next stop Ship Cove & Onion Island after passsing through the Belle Isles Strait
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