On Wednesday morning, August 19, we left Westport for a fast run of 71 miles to 
Saint John. It was fairly clear, visability of 3 miles or so, the sun was starting to light up the eastern ski, the wind was SW at about 12 Kts, and we were running with a rising tide of about 2 MPH into Saint John until 11:19 AM. With a SW breeze, you want to run to Saint John on a rising tide or face very large, square waves. We put the throttles down and got ODYSSEE up on top running through the water at 15 mph. With the tide behind us we were averaging 17 MPH over ground, and with the ocassional surf off a big wave, we were up to over 19 over the ground. What a boat ride, probably one of the nicest rides we've eve
r had on this old gal. We arrived at the entrance to the harbor at about 10:30 and were tied up to the Market Place Pier by 11:00, where we waited until 1:35 pm for the 1:45 slack water at the reversing falls at the mouth of the Saint John River. The reversing falls are created by the difference between the river level and the water level in the Bay of Fundy. With a tide swing of 24' in the ba
y, when the bay is higher than the river, the bay flows into the river at the falls and when the bay is lower than the river the river falls into the bay, so you must pass through the falls at slack water, when the water levels of the river and the bay are the same. We followed another boat through that is a local and when timed correctly it's a non event. Once in the river we tied up at the docks of the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club.
I was now fairly close to our truck which is still in Mirimachi. On Thursday morning I rode my bike 4 miles to the bus depo, purchased a ticket, folded up the bike and put it in it's bag and checked it through. Once I arrived in Mirimachi, I unpacked the bike and rode it three miles to the truck, folded it up again and put it in the back of the truck, and drove the truck back to Saint John. On Friday I moved the truck to Bangor, Maine where Steve and Jean Purdy picked it up to drive back to South Carolina where they have their trawler for the summer. I checked my bike, got on the bus back to Saint John, unpacked the bike, and rode it the four miles back to the boat. So, the truck is heading south, will be back in Hilton Head in a couple of weeks.
We left Saturday morning on a drizzely morning for a trip up the river to an anchorage in Grand Lake, Douglas Harbour. HAPPY CLAMZ is traveling with us, and beat us to the anchorage and had picked out a spot by the time we got there. Doug and Leslie joined us on our boat for dinner.
Sunday, Tropical Storm Bill w
as now a little SE of us and we were getting a NE breeze and rain. We pulled anchor and headed for Fredericton, arriving shortly after noon. By the time we arrived, the weather was clearing. As t
he capital of New Brunswick, and a history that goes back 1500 years, there is much to see and learn about, and they do a nice job at telling you about their city with most of the walking tours and government building open free of charge. All afternoon, one night, and the next morning until 3:00 gave us enough time to see most of it.
Monday afternoon into the evening we cruised back down the river in an anchorage called Kinston Creek, about 2/3 rds the way back to Saint John. It was a beautiful afternoon, no wind, just a great day for a lazy cruise down the river.
Tuesday morning I went under the boat with my third lung to inspect everything and change zincs as necessary before we got back in the cold salt water. I found a rope wrapped around the starboard propeller shaft and I did change out the rudder zincs, the shaft zincs will make it back to Beaufort. That project done, we finished our cruise back to Saint John and are at the RKYC.
Wednesday morning we left early for a trip back thr
ough the reversing falls at 7:10 AM. Once through the falls we continued down the coast of the Bay of Fundy to Dipper Harbour in a ebb tide, arriving at Dipper Harbour at 10:30 AM just before low tide. The waves in the Bay of Fundy were 4-6' in every direction and the fog was thick giving us visability of less than .2 of a mile so we were glad to get to our destination.
Saint John. It was fairly clear, visability of 3 miles or so, the sun was starting to light up the eastern ski, the wind was SW at about 12 Kts, and we were running with a rising tide of about 2 MPH into Saint John until 11:19 AM. With a SW breeze, you want to run to Saint John on a rising tide or face very large, square waves. We put the throttles down and got ODYSSEE up on top running through the water at 15 mph. With the tide behind us we were averaging 17 MPH over ground, and with the ocassional surf off a big wave, we were up to over 19 over the ground. What a boat ride, probably one of the nicest rides we've eve
r had on this old gal. We arrived at the entrance to the harbor at about 10:30 and were tied up to the Market Place Pier by 11:00, where we waited until 1:35 pm for the 1:45 slack water at the reversing falls at the mouth of the Saint John River. The reversing falls are created by the difference between the river level and the water level in the Bay of Fundy. With a tide swing of 24' in the ba
y, when the bay is higher than the river, the bay flows into the river at the falls and when the bay is lower than the river the river falls into the bay, so you must pass through the falls at slack water, when the water levels of the river and the bay are the same. We followed another boat through that is a local and when timed correctly it's a non event. Once in the river we tied up at the docks of the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club.
I was now fairly close to our truck which is still in Mirimachi. On Thursday morning I rode my bike 4 miles to the bus depo, purchased a ticket, folded up the bike and put it in it's bag and checked it through. Once I arrived in Mirimachi, I unpacked the bike and rode it three miles to the truck, folded it up again and put it in the back of the truck, and drove the truck back to Saint John. On Friday I moved the truck to Bangor, Maine where Steve and Jean Purdy picked it up to drive back to South Carolina where they have their trawler for the summer. I checked my bike, got on the bus back to Saint John, unpacked the bike, and rode it the four miles back to the boat. So, the truck is heading south, will be back in Hilton Head in a couple of weeks.
We left Saturday morning on a drizzely morning for a trip up the river to an anchorage in Grand Lake, Douglas Harbour. HAPPY CLAMZ is traveling with us, and beat us to the anchorage and had picked out a spot by the time we got there. Doug and Leslie joined us on our boat for dinner.
Sunday, Tropical Storm Bill w
as now a little SE of us and we were getting a NE breeze and rain. We pulled anchor and headed for Fredericton, arriving shortly after noon. By the time we arrived, the weather was clearing. As t
he capital of New Brunswick, and a history that goes back 1500 years, there is much to see and learn about, and they do a nice job at telling you about their city with most of the walking tours and government building open free of charge. All afternoon, one night, and the next morning until 3:00 gave us enough time to see most of it.
Monday afternoon into the evening we cruised back down the river in an anchorage called Kinston Creek, about 2/3 rds the way back to Saint John. It was a beautiful afternoon, no wind, just a great day for a lazy cruise down the river.
Tuesday morning I went under the boat with my third lung to inspect everything and change zincs as necessary before we got back in the cold salt water. I found a rope wrapped around the starboard propeller shaft and I did change out the rudder zincs, the shaft zincs will make it back to Beaufort. That project done, we finished our cruise back to Saint John and are at the RKYC.
Wednesday morning we left early for a trip back thr
ough the reversing falls at 7:10 AM. Once through the falls we continued down the coast of the Bay of Fundy to Dipper Harbour in a ebb tide, arriving at Dipper Harbour at 10:30 AM just before low tide. The waves in the Bay of Fundy were 4-6' in every direction and the fog was thick giving us visability of less than .2 of a mile so we were glad to get to our destination.
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