Excursion to Baddeck

On the afternoon of July 3rd, we went out for a day sail.  My brother,  Gerard,  and his girlfriend,  Yara, my uncle Mike and my Aunt Cathy,  and my cousin Andrew joined Justin, Vada, and I.  It was a perfect  day for sailing: sunny, 20 knots of wind,  and 1 to 2 ft of waves.

Justin shuttled us all from the wharf to the Just Dreamin using Da's motor boat.  He then kayaked out to Just Dreamin.  We left around 2:00 pm.  We tacked up the Bras d'Or Channel to Baddeck, pulling the kayak behind us.

We tied up at the main wharf in Baddeck at 4:30 and walked up the street to get ice cream.  As we were not planning on stopping, nobody but Gerard had their wallet.  So he treated us to ice cream.

Waiting for ice cream

 We sailed downwind back to the wharf.  The kayak flipped on us twice,  making us stop to dump it out and slowing us down.  We arrived home at 8:00 pm.

A bit of history here with Alexander Graham Bell's home

Andrew at the helm