14 Aug 15

We slept like logs and woke up refreshed. After breakfast, we walked around Pictou some more, then headed to the Hector Museum of Scottish Heritage (or something like that), which commemorates the 1773 journey of 200-odd Scots men, women and children from the Highlands of Loch Broom to Pictou. 200 souls on this 85 foot long boat for 11 weeks must have been hell; they really wanted to leave Scotland to put up with that. And upon arrival at Pictou, it got even worse; interesting saga. We pulled away from the dock about 11:30 and headed out into the stream of the Pictou River, saluting “Bluenose II” on the way (which salute was not returned in proper naval fashion; a complaint will be lodged with the NS tourist board). Forecast wind was SW 14 - 18 all day, but we had SE 2 - 3 all the way, so never even thought about raising a sail. We motored all the way to Ballantynes Cove on a glassy sea, rounding Cape George and entered St. Georges Bay, thus departing the Northumberland Strait, and finally tying up at the “marina” at 17:00. This place is the back of beyond, although they are very nice. Believe it or not, this place is famous for blue fin tuna and, during the season, is apparently swamped with Japanese buyers trying to obtain their quota for the home country. Dinner aboard.

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