Grey river to GrandBruit

 

We motor out of the Grey River harbor to find a clear horizon in front of us (offshore), and an easterly breeze – the forecast was calling for calm, and this is a nice surprise. We hoist the spinnaker  (but not the main, in the American sailing vocabulary this, I think, is called wanking) and it gives decent traction. 

A bit of stress coming in, it is quite rocky, and there are no strait strategies to reach in the harbor using natural landmarks - and we cannot the main entry point, a masonry tower about 11 meter high. we trust the GPS to get in (in fact, we should not fret about it: trusting the GPS is what we would do, if there was fog, isn,t it ?). It is later confirmed that the tower has been swept by hurricane Fiona 2 years ago. We use electronic charts that are supposed to be updated immediately... In situations likes this, the difficulty is not so much finding a safe way to get in, than managing the uncertainty: if this tower is not there, what else should we doubt ? 

By the way, one notable landmark that is likely to be kept in place is a very tall communication mast (showing as a chimney on the nautical charts, this is traditional signage). It is probably 100 meters high - and the irony is that, in the harbor, there is no cell phone reception.

Grand Bruit  (it takes its name from a waterfall that cascades in the harbour, we actually take care of tying Séluneto minimise the noise).It has been "resettled" about 10 years ago, but there are still a few inhabitants - in summer only, probably. 

I see a kid fishing out of the pier (the one teenager in town ? ighe very well be), he is after mackerel, and shows me how his line is set. I will put this to work next morning as we leave for Port-au-Basques, we deploy a line and within 20 minutes we have 2 mackerels (well, 1 and half) although we were travelling at more than 3 knots... This is getting interesting, not to mention that 1) Eric knows how to cook mackerel 2) I have finally found the Maille Dijon moutarde and 3) are judging that this deserves opening a bottle of Bourgogne blanc. 

Another very nice spot.