Shelburne Nova Scotia

In Travemunde until May 2020
Nick Pochin
Mon 27 Apr 2015 15:37
position 43:45N 65:19W. 
Not the best of starts on our 2015 trip. We finally got away from East marine ,Chester on Sunday the 26th of April. Two frustrating days getting our new furnace  (Eberspatcher heater) working and stepping the mast.A very enjoyable last supper of fresh lobster with Hans and Phil. We handed the hire car in and vacated our rented house in Chester and set sail on a 29 n mile shake down journey to Lunenburg. Six mi9les later we got a fuel blockage and the engine died.(no wind) Two hours later we had blownn the pipes and cleaned the filters and we were back on the way. An hour later the Chart plotter expired and we sailed the rest of the way using Navionics on an I Pad.Trouble is we can only use the Radar through the plotter! so no radar.We got to Lunenberg and organised a spare plotter I had at home to be despatched to Yarmouth. hopefully arriving in 2 or 3 days time. The weather was good so we sailed on the next day to Shelburne eighty miles away. Everyone here are so friendly.The policeman had to make sure we were in April as I think we are the only boat in NS on the water this year !By the way as we entered Shelburne it was snowing! Today the weather has turned nasty and won't improve until wednesday so when rape is inevitable relax and enjoy it! If we get to Yarmouth any earlier we will only be waiting for the plotter to arrive.There could be worse places to be shipwrecked We are berthed on the yacht club quay with happy hour from 1630 until midnight!