Marc- We departed Tadoussac at 16:00 for tide current reasons. The sail out of the mouth of Saguenay River was fast and furious with gusts up to 25 knots out of the North. Only a few whales were sighted ( pod of Belugas and a large blue Whale.) I had only set the genoa but we soon discovered a significant decrease in wind speed once out in the wide St. Lawrence River. All sails were eventually set to a Northwest breeze blowing 15 to 20 knots until about 20:00. The plan was to anchor over in Moose Cove in the Ile du Bic provincial park. We did find the anchorage alone on schedule at 23:00 and anchored with a full moon. Steph woke up and came to help me set two anchors. I stayed awake for about an hour to make sure the anchors were well set. The GPS sowed minimal variation in our position. Another sailboat sailed in during the night and anchored far off. I assumed that the green hulled sailboat was Indian Summer but knew better when they weighed anchor heading west at 07:00. We later discovered that Richard and his crew had proceeded on to Rimouski Marina arriving at about 03:00. All were well. They paved the way for our arrival.
I proceeded to the fuel dock to top off the tanks and for a pumpout. All seemed to be going well until we discovered that the attendant was pumping diesel fuel into our #1 tank. we jointly came up with a plan to pump out the tank and to replace the fuel filters. I drove out to the various Auto Parts stores in town with the Staff finding just what we needed. All we cleared up at about 14:00 and we were assigned a overnight slip. Sara and Stephanie took the bus after getting to the mall. I picked up a Bell Sim card for $10 at the mall. The girls and Richard's friend Took the 16:00 bus to Quebec. They would then drive to Montreal with Cornel. Richard and Gregoire had Autum
(gray seal in the sun)and I over for a nice chicken dinner cooked on a marina grill, We brought the wine and the appetizer (french bread and a delicious tofu spread).
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