 I departed Shelburne at 7:00am and headed to Yarmouth. The swells coming in from the open ocean were huge, but very gentle. No whitecaps or “sheep”, just giant rolling water. Apparently these swells were generated by Hurricane Daniel. Each swell coming towards me looked like a mountain of water and when I was in the “bottom” between two swells I was not able to see the land on my starboard side. |
 An hour or two from Shelburne the wind began to blow steadily towards the shore so I put the mizzen sail up and the jib out about 50% of the way. The sailing was awesome! I then picked up the current and was motor sailing at speeds consistently over 10 knots and often passing 11-11.5 knots! |
 This was a great ride for about 2 hours until I turned north to go around Cape Sable Island, which is the southernmost point of Nova Scotia. Now headed north, I was headed straight in to the wind, so down came the jib but I left the mizzen up for stability. My speed slowed to less than 7 knots as I “climbed” against the current and the tide. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. |
 I arrived in Yarmouth around 5:00pm. A great day on the water and I was now getting very close to “home”! I tied up at the marina and went in to town for dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner I walked around the downtown and enjoyed a fantastic sunset. |