 We departed Charlottetown around 8:00am and had a relatively lobster-pot-free trip to Ballantyne’s Bay, Nova Scotia. There were a few pots along the way but nowhere near as many as we had encountered to and from Shediac. The day was very calm with no wind so I decided to try switching fuel tanks again to see if the fuel supply from the port-side tank would work. We stopped the engine, switched feed lines and started the engine up again. The engine only ran about 20 minutes and quit. Same as before—the fuel line became air-blocked. I switched back to the starboard tank, bled the fuel line, and started the engine. It runs without difficulty on this tank. I need to figure out once and for all what is going on with the port tank. |
| We were about 2 hours from our destination when we spotted a small fishing boat headed out towards the point of land in front of Ballantyne’s Bay. Looking through the binoculars, we saw that the boat was stopped and observing a school of about a dozen black dolphins swimming in a tight circle. |
| We adjusted our course slightly to come closer and it soon became obvious that the dolphins were feeding on something and their circular motion was to keep their prey trapped. This went on for about 30 minutes more and then the circle broke up and the dolphins swam north up the Northumberland Strait. |
 We arrived in Ballantyne’s Bay late in the afternoon. The community has a small marina and is also home to numerous fishing boats. |
 The townspeople have built a small museum that is attached to the marina office. It has an interesting display about tuna fishing in the region and about other aspects of the local fishery. |
 Shortly after we arrived another sailboat came in to the marina and tied up to the dock beside us. John Dennis is the owner/captain of Chapter II. He and two friends were on their way back from Saint-Pierre & Miquelon, two islands close to Newfoundland that are still associated with France.
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