Month: September 2013

Captain’s Log August 23, 2013 – Cape Breton and the Bra D’or Lake

M/V ARGO CAPTAIN’S LOG August 23, 2013 Cape Breton Island: We left Halifax after a lovely 12 day visit bound for St. Peters, a tiny village 175 miles north of Halifax. Our trip north was very pleasant with 4 ft. ocean rollers on our starboard quarter, sunny, and lovely. Our trip took twenty hours, but …

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Captain’s Log September, 2013 Newfoundland and Isle Saint Pierre

M/V ARGO CAPTAIN’S LOG September 5, 2013 Newfoundland: We left Sydney Harbor at 0500 bound for LaPoile, a tiny fishing village on the south coast of Newfoundland 120 miles away. It is a 17 hour passage for us. Our route took us across Cabot Strait, one of the most challenging bodies of water on the …

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