The landscape of New Brunswick is so different from Quebec. Very low lying tidal marshes and a lot of shoals. You need to stay well out from the coast in deep water.
The crossing was great and after we arrived in New Brunswick our luck changed a bit. First we went to Caraquet to get fuel as there are few options for fuel along this coast of New Brunswick. We arrrived to find out that their fuel pump was broken. (Guess we should have called first). We had 60% fuel so that was fine, we just wanted to fill up to get to Shediac the next day. Well, that was an hour wasted. So we headed on to Shippigan. As we approached Shippigan we made a wrong turn so to speak. We thought that the marina was after the bridge so we went under the bridge to find out that we had missed the turn off to the marina (oops, not so easy to turn back). We now found ourselves in the Shippigan Gully at possibly the worst time. Low tide and a flooding current. The effect was like being in a rapids of rushing water. We made it through that (about 5 minutes of major rolling in the rough water) and were then faced with having to go on to the next port which was Escuminac about 45 nm away. Another 3 hours. So for a day that was supposed to be short, we were now tacking on an extra 4 hours.
Noah took it well as did the rest of the crew and we plodded on. The upshot was that we could get fuel in Escuminac.
We were originally going to skip Escuminac as it is a fishing port with no amenities and in remote location. So glad we did not. What a pleasant surprise it was. The fishermen were very welcoming, the fuel and moorage the best deal of the trip and there was a great beach there for us to explore. We went for a 2 hour walk in the afternoon collecting shells and dipping our toes.
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