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Log Entries (2009)
- Sep 09 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Sep 08 - At anchor near Port Mouton, NS
- Sep 07 - 50 nm east of Gloucester
- Sep 06 - Gloucester Heritage Center
- Sep 04 - Gloucester Heritage Center
- Sep 02 - On the Canadian - US border
- Sep 01 - 15nm S of Liverpool, NS
- Aug 09 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Aug 08 - Chester Harbour, NS
- Aug 07 - Chester Harbour, NS
- Aug 05 - Chester Harbour, NS
- Aug 02 - Mahone Bay Harbour
- Aug 01 - Mahone Bay Harbour
- Jul 31 - Mahone Bay Harbour
- Jul 23 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Jul 21 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Jul 19 - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
- Jul 16 - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
- Jul 15 - 20nm ESE of Lunenburg, NS
- Jul 14 - 70 nm SW of Cape Sable Island
- Jul 13 - 55nm NE of Cape Cod
- Jul 12 - Pier 4, Charlestown Navy Yard
- Jul 10 - Pier 4, Charlestown Navy Yard
- Jul 08 - Pier 4, Charlestown Navy Yard
- Jul 07 - 23 nm SSW of Portland, ME
- Jul 05 - Bath Maritime Museum, ME
- Jul 04 - Sheepscot River, ME
- Jul 03 - 40nm SW of Yarmouth
- Jul 02 - 20nm SE of Liverpool, NS
- Jun 22 - Bishops landing, Halifax
- Jun 11 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Jun 07 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Apr 18 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Apr 02 - Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
Date: Aug 07 2009
Ships Position: (Latitude:44 32.0 N - Longtitude:064 14.3 W)
Comments: The schooner association kindly offered to take half our crew today and half tomorrow for the races.
Captain Watson
Chester Harbour
Good Evening,
It was a quiet day here today as half the crew were away. The schooner association kindly offered to take half our crew today and half tomorrow for the races. The crew that were away today had a wonderful time and apparently they did well. Many thanks to the crews and skippers who entertained our crew.
Tomorrow the schooners are doing a sail past. They will parade around Chester Harbour before the start of the days race. I'm looking forward to seeing the vessels as they sail close by.
We did have some sad news today, Bruce Oland has gone aloft to fiddlers green. Our flag will fly at half mast for several days. He was 91.
In happier news tomorrow we will play a very small part in the re-enactment of a famous part of Chester history. The year was 1782. My uneducated understanding (with the help of Mr. DesBrisay's, "History of Lunenburg County") is that three privateer vessels with a captured local pilot, Mr Umlah, attacked the town. The local leader Capt. Prescott counter attacked and with some difficulty managed to hit one of the ships with his cannon fire. After this "engagement" there were some negotiations in which the locals led the privateers to believe they had been re-enforced by the troops in Lunenburg. In the morning the local women marched on the beach with their red lined capes on inside out pretending to be British Red Coats. THe Privateers believing that a regiment had come to support the blockhouse in Chester heaved up their anchors and left the bay. It is interesting to note that Lunenburg was sacked and robbed by privateers on July 1st of that same year.
Today was an interesting weather day as the wind swung wildly from north west to south west and from flat calm to 20+ knots. Looks like we will have some breeze tonight as well so extra attention will be paid by the anchor watches. Thankfully the wind will push us away from the land if we do drag the anchor.
That's all for tonight, our sincere condolences to Mr.Oland's family and friends.
best regards,
Phil Watson
Bluenose II
