8/6/15:  Out of Bras D'Ors Lakes...

       After showers and goodbyes at St Peters Marina, we headed toward the bridge, canal and lock out of Bras d'Or Lake. We locked thru with a lobster boat and headed out into a Stiff West wind, 20 knots. We made for Lennox Passage as it seemed a bit windy to cross the lower portion of Chedabucto Bay.

      We made good time despite the head wind and approched the Bascule bridge hoping it would open today.Apparently on a hot day the bridge expands enough that it gets stuck in the down position. Today it made an awful groan as it slide by, but opened none the less. I asked the bridge-tender what would happen if it didn't close all the way, would he go out and jump up and down on it? He replied that he would go home first to eat and get heavier, then jump on the bridge. In any event, it did close and traffic resumed.

      At the Western end of Lennox the wind had mostly died out, so we turned and headed down Chedebucto Bay for the fishing town of Canso.. The wind picked up again for a wild reach thru Canso's barrier islands. The half dozen windmills behind town looked like they were right over the town, but as we passed the area we could see that the mills were well back.

      Andrews Passage is a beautiful twisting turning channel thru the islands and near the Western end we turned up into Portage Cove where the wind died out just after I set the second anchor. This is a tiny sheltered cove that lined by rocky shores to beat all. Part of the reason to set two anchors was that there was no room to swing. A slight swell rocked us to sleep.