27 July 2017: Shippagan, N.B.

27 July 2017: Shippagan, NB.    Waiting out High wind and Wave warnings.

Aquarium visit.

Marc- Today is a day to stay in port and regroup and replenish.  The Environment Canada Marine Forecast was foreboding so we decided not to venture out.  It is hard to believe that it is nasty out there sitting here in the harbor but we do hear gusts every so often.  Winds have been 15 to 20 knots since 12:00.  It appears that the worst of it won’t get here until tonight. In hindsight we may have been able to outrun the nasty stuff but who knows. No inlets are fun to run into when the wind is 15 to 20 knots with a hundred mile fetch to build up waves. 

So far we have taken the Zodiac to the Marina and filled two Jerry jugs with gasoline.  The 10 gallons filled the tank that we had run on yesterday.  We also bought of few food items at the nearby supermarket.  Our fun today was visiting the local aquarium and the marina restaurant.  The first had most of the local species in tanks while the second had them on the menu.   There were some notable exceptions like the friendly seals in the outdoor pool.  There was a film about the local fishing industry (a very big deal here with a least a hundred fishing boats and most of the large trawlers out of the water for the season).   

Lobstering season starts up on August 10 but those boats are in the 45-50 foot range. Glad we missed having to deal with all of the lobster trap buoys offshore.  Lunch was really fine.