On Friday, 9 August 2013 22:37:22 UTC-3, Wayne. B wrote:
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT), True North

wrote:



On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 07:54:00 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:

On 8/5/13 11:55 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:



On 8/5/2013 10:40 PM, True North wrote:



We're finally going to have three nice sunny days in a row so the



wife, dog and I will haul our Legend down to the Bras d'Or Lakes in



beautiful Cape Breton for a few days.



I've always wanted to explore a half dozen islands in the Marble



Mountain area.



Can someone step up and control Snottie's craziness and FlaJIm's



legendary humour while I'm gone?











You really have a problem don.. hope you have a ****ty time and loads of



bad luck...











Is Don putting together a crappy kiddie motorbike racing team?



Well, made it back in one piece in spite of Snottie's 'curse'.

I did have to bump & rattle the boat & trailer over some of the worse back roads I've seen in quite a while and when I returned yesterday...no internet access..so this has me thinking..

Is our Little Snottie a witch in addition to being a bitch?



BTW.. service provider says the problem was in programming and fixed at their end. They cancelled the tech appointment I was expecting this afternoon.



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So how was boating on the Bras d'Or Lakes? I've always wanted to go

there but it's a long haul for us, even if starting in the North

Eastern US.

Gorgeous..we launched at marble mountain in the West Bay section of the Bras d'Or lakes.
Water was very smooth at 1100 hrs so we hightailed it south west to the Crammond Islands, which are a popular overnight anchoring spot for cruising sailors.
there is a narrow channel between the two islands that's a bit tricky to navigate. Looked down at one point and saw the bottom staring back at me with a reading between 3 and 4 feet on the Hummingbird.
Got about 3/4ths of the way through when we spotted a fiberglass bow rider type boat beached on a sand spit. Asked the young guy if we could go any further and he said yes, but it was tricky. My Garmin Blue Charts America showed the way but in rough detail compared to the detail showed around Halifax.

On 8/9/2013 10:39 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 9 August 2013 22:37:22 UTC-3, Wayne. B wrote:
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT), True North

wrote:



On Tuesday, 6 August 2013 07:54:00 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:

On 8/5/13 11:55 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:



On 8/5/2013 10:40 PM, True North wrote:



We're finally going to have three nice sunny days in a row so the



wife, dog and I will haul our Legend down to the Bras d'Or Lakes in



beautiful Cape Breton for a few days.



I've always wanted to explore a half dozen islands in the Marble



Mountain area.



Can someone step up and control Snottie's craziness and FlaJIm's



legendary humour while I'm gone?











You really have a problem don.. hope you have a ****ty time and loads of



bad luck...











Is Don putting together a crappy kiddie motorbike racing team?



Well, made it back in one piece in spite of Snottie's 'curse'.

I did have to bump & rattle the boat & trailer over some of the worse back roads I've seen in quite a while and when I returned yesterday...no internet access..so this has me thinking..

Is our Little Snottie a witch in addition to being a bitch?



BTW.. service provider says the problem was in programming and fixed at their end. They cancelled the tech appointment I was expecting this afternoon.



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So how was boating on the Bras d'Or Lakes? I've always wanted to go

there but it's a long haul for us, even if starting in the North

Eastern US.

Gorgeous..we launched at marble mountain in the West Bay section of the Bras d'Or lakes.
Water was very smooth at 1100 hrs so we hightailed it south west to the Crammond Islands, which are a popular overnight anchoring spot for cruising sailors.
there is a narrow channel between the two islands that's a bit tricky to navigate. Looked down at one point and saw the bottom staring back at me with a reading between 3 and 4 feet on the Hummingbird.
Got about 3/4ths of the way through when we spotted a fiberglass bow rider type boat beached on a sand spit. Asked the young guy if we could go any further and he said yes, but it was tricky. My Garmin Blue Charts America showed the way but in rough detail compared to the detail showed around Halifax.
We decided to re-trace our steps out and head back up to the half dozen other islands off Marble Mountain and then turned off the engine and drifted while having a light lunch.
By 1300 hrs wind had picked up a bit out in the open lake so we just scooted back and forth in the more sheltered area. Tossed the dog in a couple times to cool off. Nice area with a nice launch for boats not too much larger than mine, unless you're pretty good at backing up.
Roads leading to the place need to be completely re-built.
Place was quite busy until 1st WW with 1000 men working at marble quarry.
Now about 75 people live there and some say that is an exaggerated number.
From lookout above beac and water are very attractive due to all the white marble chips left from the old operation.

WHERE DID YOU LEARN MILITARY TIME SPEAK?

On Sunday, August 11, 2013 9:29:53 AM UTC-4, Meyer wrote:


WHERE DID YOU LEARN MILITARY TIME SPEAK?


The same place he learned how to spell incorrectly....Idiot School.

Sad part is that no one cares what this idiot that cant even back up a trailered boat does.

Canadian Power and Sail Squadron among other places... Such as elementary school.

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:15:25 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Canadian Power and Sail Squadron among other places... Such as elementary school.

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So how were the Bras D'or Lakes? I've always wanted to go there.

Gorgeous.. See my post 2 above.
Today it was the beautiful Mahone Bay.
Took one of my wife's co_workers with us.
That place is busy this time of year.
Last week it was the Pirate and wooden boat festival... AND on Wednesday the Chester Race Week starts..the largest keelboat race in Canada.

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:08:18 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Gorgeous.. See my post 2 above.
Today it was the beautiful Mahone Bay.
Took one of my wife's co_workers with us.
That place is busy this time of year.
Last week it was the Pirate and wooden boat festival... AND on Wednesday the Chester Race Week starts..the largest keelboat race in Canada.


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Sounds nice, thanks.

Hopefully we'll get at least as far as Maine next summer.

On 8/11/2013 9:08 PM, True North wrote:
Gorgeous.. See my post 2 above.

Can you be a little more specific as to what you are talking about, and
which post of yours you are referring to. Most of us aren't using google
groups.

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 22:59:44 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 8/11/2013 9:08 PM, True North wrote:
Gorgeous.. See my post 2 above.

Can you be a little more specific as to what you are talking about, and
which post of yours you are referring to. Most of us aren't using google
groups.

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I found it OK, posted at 10:39:

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Gorgeous..we launched at marble mountain in the West Bay section of
the Bras d'Or lakes.
Water was very smooth at 1100 hrs so we hightailed it south west to
the Crammond Islands, which are a popular overnight anchoring spot for
cruising sailors.
there is a narrow channel between the two islands that's a bit tricky
to navigate. Looked down at one point and saw the bottom staring back
at me with a reading between 3 and 4 feet on the Hummingbird.
Got about 3/4ths of the way through when we spotted a fiberglass bow
rider type boat beached on a sand spit. Asked the young guy if we
could go any further and he said yes, but it was tricky. My Garmin
Blue Charts America showed the way but in rough detail compared to the
detail showed around Halifax.
We decided to re-trace our steps out and head back up to the half
dozen other islands off Marble Mountain and then turned off the engine
and drifted while having a light lunch.
By 1300 hrs wind had picked up a bit out in the open lake so we just
scooted back and forth in the more sheltered area. Tossed the dog in a
couple times to cool off. Nice area with a nice launch for boats not
too much larger than mine, unless you're pretty good at backing up.
Roads leading to the place need to be completely re-built.
Place was quite busy until 1st WW with 1000 men working at marble
quarry.
Now about 75 people live there and some say that is an exaggerated
number.
From lookout above beac and water are very attractive due to all the
white marble chips left from the old operation.
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Good cruising post.