SHANGO

Shango is a 1996 Pacific Seacraft 40. Her crew, Amy Jordan and Roger Block are from Newburyport, MA, USA. Their normal cruising grounds are the North American East Coast from Nova Scotia and Maine to the Caribbean and Bahamas. In 2015 they completed a 5 year westbound circumnavigation.

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Posted: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Pellelier Island. Wonderful spot right off the lake in a very protected cove.We saw a grey wolf 3 times during our 2 day stay. He was very wary but interested in the strangers on a boat in his cove.

Posted: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Baddeck. Home to Alexander Graham Bell. Will visit museum before heading back south. A bunch of sailboats in harbor. Nice to see so much sailing interest in Nova Scotia. Every town seems to have very

Posted: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Maskell's Harbor.Home of the CCA. Huge anchorage.Very pretty with great protection.

Posted: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Ben Eoin Marina outside Sydney. Renting a car for a couple days to tour the Cabot Trail and see Louisburg.

Posted: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Johstown Harbor. Another great spot on the eastern shore of lakes. Views of open wide area of the lake and back to the land. Good mud in 16 feet.

Posted: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 - 00:00

On mooring at St. Peter's Marina in Bras D'Or lakes. Great weather continues and getting ready to go into a Lobster Fest for dinner.

Posted: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Port Howe. Favorite spot so far. Another beautiful and well protected anchorage all to ourselves. Spent a lay day to enjoy the setting.

Posted: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Liscombe River. Another remote anchorage. Looks a bit like Alaska with several cabins around. A bald eagle in a nearby tree is overlooking us. A couple miles further up the river is a small lodge

Posted: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Sally's Cove. Beautiful anchorage. Great protection. It is good to experience a a more remote part of Nova Scotia.

Posted: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Inner Sambro. Nice spot in settled SW winds. We're off to Bras D'Or lakes. Ujam'n is going to Halifax and Kite to Bras D'or as well before they head to Newfoundland. Nice time in Lunenburg. Good town

Posted: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Lunenburg, NS. Met up with U'Jamn.Great to catch up.Will spend a couple days here enjoying the town.

Posted: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Cape Mouton is like a mini Roque Island in Maine. Beautiful sandy beach and quiet setting

Posted: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 - 00:00

Connected with Kite for the passage to Shelburne, NS. Just like old times! Shelburne is quite a nice spot to make landfall.

Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 - 00:00

Motored to Rockland, Maine with no further issues. We think we identified the problem and will avoid the action that caused the problem. Fingers crossed.

Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 - 00:00

Unexpected transmission issue caused us to bail on our Nova Scotia passage and return to Maine for a closer look

Posted: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 - 00:00

Nice to be away from the dock.Isle of Shoals is a great spot for our first night aboard

Posted: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 - 00:00

Shango is back in the water. We're now making final preparations to get ready for a departure sometime in the week of June 26

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