Pearls from the Ships Log

Saint Pierre back to Canada

Saint Pierre back to Canada

This was arguably our most memorable and enjoyable summer cruise. The scenery is breathtaking, the navigation challenging and the people truly the salt of the earth. We learned tremendously from...

Saint Pierre back to Canada

This was arguably our most memorable and enjoyable summer cruise. The scenery is breathtaking, the navigation challenging and the people truly the salt of the earth. We learned tremendously from...

Grand Bank to France

Grand Bank to France

It is only 28 nm from Grand Bank to Saint Pierre but what a world of difference!  Saint Pierre & Miquelon are definitely France!  The majority of goods here are...

Grand Bank to France

It is only 28 nm from Grand Bank to Saint Pierre but what a world of difference!  Saint Pierre & Miquelon are definitely France!  The majority of goods here are...

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...