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After a few sails around the harbor earlier in June we finally had a week of vacation and decided it was time to take Rose Lee out on a bit of a cruise and get to know her a little better. For our 1st leg we chose to take a short ssail down the coast to one of our favorite anchorages on the south shore called Rouges Roost (formally a hideout for privateers back in the day). We had a pretty calm passage with little wind so the yanmar pushed us along with a little help by the genoa. As you leave Halifax Harbor and turn right you have to navigate through Sambro channel which is full of rocky hazards but well marked. It took a bit to get back into chart work after being out of it for eight years. I know it sounds pretty old school when you have a chart plotter but what can I say I like keeping my skills up, particularly in the fog bound coast of Nova Scotia. Once we cleared the channel which is about five miles in length we turned right again for anther 5 mile down the SW shore to our 1st destination. The wind came up a little so we rolled out the jib and had a really nice run albeit short, arriving at our destination around 2:30pm. The Roost is a great hurricane hole with excellent holding in mud however make sure you get some local knowledge before entering. The channel is only 50ft wide between submerged rocks and the plotter doesn't accurately represent where you need to be to get through, We have been there a lot so no worries. This is such ab great spot and we enjoyed a nice bbq and a great sleep. 1st passage Woo Hoo! Joyce and I are so happy to be out sailing again awesome.
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