We had a small weather window before a gale was predicted to move in. Anxious to get to Canso, we headed on through the St. Peter's Canal, as soon as they opened, and on across the Strait of Canso. The St. Peter's Canal is a narrow man made canal with locks that allows access to the south end of the Bras D'Or Lakes
We knew we had arrived in Canso when we spied "Irish Towner:"
We had a brisk sail across the Strait of Canso (steadily reducing sail as we went) but by the time we arrived it was blowing a steady 30 knots and we had to winch Evergreen into her slip since it was broadside to the wind.
Within a couple of hours it was blowing a steady 40 knots which made us very thankful that we were behind the breakwaters:
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