I did an early morning run around the Lunenberg harbour. Running is a great way to explore a town. I ran up a very steep hill and had an awesome view of the harbour and the town.
We walked the town and explored the shops. Noah got a replica of the Bluenose II. Very exciting.
We left Zwicker wharf around 1130 am to head to Mahone Bay.
We started off cruising at 15 knots then the conditions were pretty windy a across the bay and we slowed to 8 knots. We arrived in Mahone Bay to gusting 30 km winds. The slip on the floating dock that we called about was taken and we had to tie up on the end of the public wharf. It was a bit of a challenge in the wind at low tide. I had to go over the rail and get on to a ladder and climb up to tie the boat. It was a challenge and not one of our finer dockings. There was a fair amount of yelling involved. I must have hit something on the wharf as I ended up with rope burn and a bruise on my arm. Good times.
With the high wharf, the strong winds and rising tide it took us a bit our lines settled and secured to the wharf. We even had to get out the trusty fender board.
We went for a walk to check out the town. -- what a disappointment. No cute shops and only one nice restaurant (which was quite pricey). We got provisions at the grocery store for our weekend guests and headed back to the boat.
The wind had died out and we were not keen to stay on the wharf all night so we decided to go out to a mooring bouy.
An evening on the bouy was much more relaxing and we had a great view of the harbour.
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