Pearls from the Ships Log

Lobsterin' for amateurs

Lobsterin' for amateurs

Lobster Fishing May 2012-06-03 After sailing the Eastern Seaboard from New York to Newfoundland for many years, I’ve become pretty proficient at dodging Lobster Pots in their many configurations whether...

Lobsterin' for amateurs

Lobster Fishing May 2012-06-03 After sailing the Eastern Seaboard from New York to Newfoundland for many years, I’ve become pretty proficient at dodging Lobster Pots in their many configurations whether...

Farmed fish & Dory Races

Farmed fish & Dory Races

"Jamie explained that when they relocated the community in Jersyman’s Harbour, they just took the houses with them!  Dragged the houses down to the water, floated them & towed them...

Farmed fish & Dory Races

"Jamie explained that when they relocated the community in Jersyman’s Harbour, they just took the houses with them!  Dragged the houses down to the water, floated them & towed them...

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Grey River to Hare Bay We are learning to speak nautical Newfie.  A ‘sunker’ is a rock lurking just below the surface of the water – usually spotted by the...

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Grey River to Hare Bay We are learning to speak nautical Newfie.  A ‘sunker’ is a rock lurking just below the surface of the water – usually spotted by the...

Charming ghost town

Charming ghost town

Squid Hole to Grey River With the help of the radar & GPS we made our way east to Rose Blanche where we docked at the government wharf.  Rose Blanche...

Charming ghost town

Squid Hole to Grey River With the help of the radar & GPS we made our way east to Rose Blanche where we docked at the government wharf.  Rose Blanche...

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Our friends in Nova Scotia raved about Newfoundland; the fjords, the islands, the food and the people but two things had always dissuaded us - cold and fog.  2011 was...

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Our friends in Nova Scotia raved about Newfoundland; the fjords, the islands, the food and the people but two things had always dissuaded us - cold and fog.  2011 was...