Colin SpeediePublishedAug 3, 20166 commentsUpdatedFebruary 12, 2019
“Pèlerin” alongside in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Waking up in a new ‘home’ is always enjoyable—one of the greatest pleasures of the voyaging life and one of the main reasons why Lou and I go. And we already had a good feeling about Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from our arrival the afternoon before, so now, rested and recovered from a cold, lumpy overnight passage across the Gulf of Maine, we were looking forward to going ashore and getting to know the place.
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