Archive for September 2026

Sept 8 2025 Lillian B’s Path to Avrion Bay Google Maps image of Avrion Bay with the “pool” at the end The CCA Cruising Guide to Newfoundland touts Avrion harbour as “a cruising sailor’s dream with the pool at the head of the harbor not to be missed.” We cast off our lines at Francois…

Sept 7 2025 Lillian B path from Facheux to Francois, NL Google Maps image of the Bay of Francois, NL The motor/sail from Facheux to the fiord of Francois took six hours against  moderate wind and waves with a light fog shrouding the water. As we entered the fiord, the waves calmed and the fog…

Sept 6 2025 As Brimmer, Burke, and I were motoring about in the Zodiac in Brent Cove, Hill was back on-board preparing dinner. If you ever crew on the Lillian B, you will, in turn, be assigned to be  Chef and bottle-washer for the day. You can choose whatever you want to offer the crew,…