Make sure you are in VHF contact with the High Speed ferry boats and that
they acknowledge your position on their radar. Two weeks is a tight
schedule. Unless your known someone from the Chebogue boat club leaving
your boat is Yarmouth is not well recommended Getting into Yarmouth is a
long way from the open sea. At time the access gets narrow and you have to
give a wide berth to commercial vessels. When the fog sets in it gets a
little tricky nothing you cannot handle with a good radar and dept sounder.
Getting out of Yarmouth in the fog to go to Halifax via the Schooner passage
could be challenging if you do not have local knowledge. The same thing
applies for getting to the Chebogue boat club.
That is probably why so many US sailboats choose Shelbourne as their
favorite landfall. Not to say that there are no other preferred landfalls.

"Armond Perretta" wrote in message
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Ansley Sawyer wrote:

I am planning a trip to Nova Scotia this summer and will be sailing
from Maine across to Yarmouth and then up the outside shore as far
as we will get before we have to go back to work. Two weeks are
planned.

Not much time, so expect to reach Shelburne or even Mahone Bay and then
return (weather permitting).

I would like to have any information on diesel stops and boatyards
near the Yarmouth area where the boat could be left for a couple of
weeks in the event of bad weather.

By "near the Yarmouth area" I suspect you mean points south toward Cape
Sable. Yarmouth itself is the most convenient, but I am not sure you
would
be permitted to leave a boat on an unattended mooring for the amount of
time
you require, and the "dockage" facilities are not entirely satisfactory
along the waterfront. In any case you have to enter at Yarmouth these
days,
so you can inquire then.

There are any number of safe locations along the route to Cape Sable, but
you will have to arrange transport to and from Yarmouth (usually not too
difficult, as Nova Scotians are extremely hospitable). You could try the
Chebogue River (small boat club and very friendly), the Lower Argyle
(ditto
re facilities), etc. Do not expect to be able to leave your boat in a
fishing port unattended, although you can usually arrange short term
dockage
while staying on board.

As for fuel, you should be prepared to use jerry cans. If you have 4 or 6
jerry cans you will be able to purchase diesel at most ordinary gas
stations. Usually you cannot buy fuel where the fishermen buy because of
tax implications. There is diesel at Lockeport, which is probably the
only
"marina" style facility in this area. You should be able to arrange
longer
term dockage there.

I have charts and the cruising guide by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron but would appreciate current info from residents or recent
visitors.

There are many better guides than the CCA booklet. Look at the books by
Loveridge, Dechman, etc. If you have specific questions I can try to
answer
via e-mail.

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/