Fair-lee Tight

Brio has entered some harbors with narrow passages and some with shallow stretches. Some have involved tight turns and hold-your-breath stints. But to have all of these combined was a true blessing provided by coming into Fairlee Creek just past low tide. We took comfort that the tide was rising and would lift us off any grounding. We also experienced navigation glitches. The screens that helped us see where we were on the charts stopped working. Fortunately, Charlie had his back-up Navionics system on his phone. This last helped us in northern Quebec going the last few miles up the Sangueney River.

We realized this was a tight entrance in the midst of following the entrance descriptions in the cruising guide ("be sure to stay at least 20 feet off the beach") and guessing that we had to give that beach's sandy point a wide berth before abruptly turning more than a right angle and then facing an inlet with point bars sticking out into the channel on both port and starboard. This last part is where we held our breath, assuming that such a narrow passage between the two point bars meant the current had carved a deep channel in the sediment. Fortunately, the fathometer went from 7-foot depths to 20-foot depths as we went between the point bars.

Keep those green cans to port!

Then Come in between the Point Bars (Now Covered with a Rising Tide

We were in!

We explored our new digs, Safe Harbor (that's a chain) Great Oak Landing. At the northern end is a playground for adults and kids. Alcohol seemed to be a theme.

And something for the kids:

This playground was deserted. But one can only imagine what it would be like at the height of summer!

What remains is the calm of the October post-summer season.

Cheers,

Brio