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Jean-du-Sud en terre de Caïn

Par André Vallières, avec la collaboration d’Yves Gélinas.

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We are currently in Mahone Bay and will most likel

We are currently in Mahone Bay and will most likely be there for the upcoming month. Awesome sailing plan.

Plans have changed, for the best, although less sailing with Jean-du-Sud is involved. This most likely mean a haulout in late October.

Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. #alberg30 #jeandusud #cr

Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.

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Little walk in the Havre-Aubert village. Quite a b

Little walk in the Havre-Aubert village. Quite a beautiful place, more geared towards tourists than fishermen.

Today is our last day in the Québec province. We jump 55 nautical miles east to Chéticamp, a little fishing village in Nova Scotia.

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Havre-Aubert. #jeandusud #alberg30 #cruisinglife #

Havre-Aubert. #jeandusud #alberg30 #cruisinglife #magdalenislands #ilesdelamadeleine

Left from Étang du Nord ("North Pond") to go to H

Left from Étang du Nord ("North Pond") to go to Havre-Aubert. Easy passage.

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Pic 1: Cap aux Meules ("Grinder cape") with the fi

Pic 1: Cap aux Meules ("Grinder cape") with the fishing port/marina. They use to make seed grinders for windmills from the rock there, hence the name.

Pic 2: near Havre-Aubert ("Aubert's port"), the southern marina.

Pic 3: Île d'entrée ("Entry island") in the fog induced by the Northeast (stormy) winds. You need to pass between the main island and this island to get to Havre-Aubert. Fun fact, the cows are free to roam on entry island, but the houses are fenced.

All pictures taken from the city "Cap aux Meules" (near the cape) on the main island.

Etang du Nord is very well protected, even in stormy days like today.

We mostly run errands today.

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Magdalen Islands.

Magdalen Islands.

Land ho! Magdalen Islands, after a 36 hours passag

Land ho! Magdalen Islands, after a 36 hours passage.

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The Bout du monde ("End of the World"). Behind, th

The Bout du monde ("End of the World"). Behind, the opening on Baie de Gaspé. We must tuck in before 2200 tonight, before the remainders of the tropical storm hits us.

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Parc Forillon, Cap l'espérance and the Bout du mo

Parc Forillon, Cap l'espérance and the Bout du monde ("end of the world").

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6.0 knots on a beam reach with no waves. The very

6.0 knots on a beam reach with no waves. The very definition of an easy morning.

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Rivière-au-Renard. One of the most prolific fishi

Rivière-au-Renard. One of the most prolific fishing village in Québec. It provides Cod for the Northeast America (with other villages). Great port of Refuge.

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Small visit in Grande Vallée. #alberg30 #jeandu

Small visit in Grande Vallée.

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Jean-du-Sud using his asymmetric spinnaker. #jeand

Jean-du-Sud using his asymmetric spinnaker. #jeandusud #alberg30 #sailing

We are at anchor in Mont-Louis, a small fishing vi

We are at anchor in Mont-Louis, a small fishing village in between the Chic-chocs mountains in Gaspésie. Mont-Louis is on the northernerst stretch of the south shore of the St-Lawrence. After Matane, the next big city (> 10 000 people) is Gaspé.

Mont-Louis is a natural port, sheltered naturally by the mountains, and extended later with jetties. There are two or three of them in Gaspésie. Besides fishing and tourism, there is not much more (that I know of).

Chic-chocs comes from the language of the Mic-Macs first nation, occupying the territory long before the first French settlements. It means "impenetrable barrier", and is a quite accurate description of the landscape. It looks like the Fjord on one side, but the St-Lawrence opens up on the other side, leaving the impression of the Atlantic coast. The other side of the river is 58 nautical miles north, and Anticosti island, seriously scouted by german u-boats during WWII, is about fifty nautical miles northeast.

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Ste-Anne-des-Monts. If you are of the hiker type,

Ste-Anne-des-Monts. If you are of the hiker type, you may want to stop there for a week. This is the closest port to the Gaspésie national park, arguably the nicest hiking ground in Québec. For those who know, the Canadian extension of the Apalachian trail goes through the park.

Small sailing day, with the first ten miles with peaks of 5.6 knots, and the last remaining ten under engine.

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At anchor at Gros Méchins. #jeandusud #cruisingl

At anchor at Gros Méchins.

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Matane was incredible, but too short. Such a nice

Matane was incredible, but too short. Such a nice little town.

We entered the marina at night, which was a good brush-up on using alignment lights to get between jetties. The marina entrance requires a tight turn right before a bridge. The thing is that the entrance reveals itself at the last minute. Piloting at 3 knots towards a bridge without seeing an entrance is slow, but is still pretty nerve-racking.

We met fabulous people in Matane. Third pic: Skipper @juliettelevasseur17 prepping her boat. The last two pics are related to painter Anne Bilodeau, who sketched Jean-du-Sud while we were there. Her work is amazing.

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Slowly getting ahold of the CapHorn windvane. #jea

Slowly getting ahold of the CapHorn windvane. #jeandusud #alberg30 #caphorn

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