Summer Sailing Aboard Moon Dancer II: Chester Area Sail

Haven't had internet access for a few days...Here's an update. Left Mahone Bay after the Pirate Festival on Tuesday, August 7th, weather conditions were such that we knew we would be motoring all day...so we decided to take an inside route to Chester. That turned out to be a great plan. Lots of places for anchoring and spending an evening. One particular placed we passed, Round Island, had several moorings so we decided to take up and have lunch and a swim. Have been in contact with my son who was driving from Cape Breton to meet in Chester for a couple days of sailing and whatever. A nice restaurant on the waterfront in Chester, called "The Rope Loft", had dock space available and advised we were welcome to spend the night if we ate at the restaurant...that made up our minds...Excellent food! Dan met us there and we had a chance to catch up on a few errands and have a nice meal. We stayed on the dock that night.

Wednesday, August 8th, we had breakfast on the dock, picked up a few grocery items and went out for a sail. 10-15kt winds gave a great opportunity to see a lot of the basin. We landed at Round Island at about 2:20pm and picked up the mooring for the evening. Spent the afternoon swimming, walking around the beach, then a campfire in the evening after dark. By dark, the 2 or 3 other boats that were there had departed leaving us alone. Nice spot, very relaxing.

Thursday, August 9th, dropped Dan at his truck back in Chester as he had to be back to Fredericton to get ready to fly back out to Alberta on Friday. Enjoyed the time! I headed back to the Island where we spent the another night.

T'was a remarkable place.