I was in Halifax for a whole 3 days before I started sail preps for my deployment on the STV Tuna the navy s sail training sailboat. This is the fourth year that I have been bring the Tuna to HMCS Acadia in Digby, NS. We will be spending 2 weeks here taking 6 to 10 cadets out for the day for a basic introduction to keel boat sailing.
We left Halifax on Thursday July 24th and made it as far as Liverpool where we spent the night at Brooklyn Marina. It was a small club, but it was a protected marina with hot showers and electric pluggin.
The next day we sail along the coast up until we got off of Yarmouth around 2 am were our engine stopped. After trying to restart it with no luck we ended up sailing the rest of into Digby where the cadet boat was waiting for us to help us come alongside the dock. The next day we tracked down the problem to the fuel pump was not pumping fuel. So we ran up to Canadian Tire and purchased a small 12 volt fuel pump and installed it. Now the engine works great.
We have been taking the cadets out each day from 9 am till 3 pm. So far everything has been going well and the cadets are enjoying themselves on the boat. The highlight on Monday was the porpoises that we're swimming around the boat. Tuesday was the 25 knot winds the made for a fast sail.
We visited Annapolis Royal twice this week.
On Saturday we raced in a fun race to raise money for the museum in Digby. We had 5 staff cadets with us for the race. We were in 3rd place but had to stop racing in time to get the cadets back to base for supper.
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