August 24, 2011
We dropped anchor in Mushaboom Habor @ Taylor's Head Cove: 44 deg 48.8' N; 62 deg 32.2' W. The wind was blowing out of the SW and forecast to back to S 25-30 kts. Once again, a pretty little cove that was protected for S'ly wind but exposed to anything from the North. We didn't have to worry about that since all wind was South.
We spent another 2 days in this anchorage waiting on the wind to subside. Finally, on August 26th @ 1730 hrs the wind started to subside. We weighed anchor and got underway @ 1806 hrs. Once outside the anchorage, the seas were still running 6' but the wind was moderating and we were able to make 4-4.5 kts towards Halifax about 48 nm distant.
We entered Halifax's West Arm @ 0500 hrs and continued up to the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Marina. Since it was so early in the morning, we picked up a mooring ball and waited for the office to open. We were exhausted and crashed until 100 hrs when we got a call on the VHF radio from our friends John and Karen. They had arranged a berth for us. We dropped the mooring line and moored inside the marina.
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