Shelburne

Hi everyone,

We spent four nights at Shelburne.  We explored the town and waited for a reasonable weather window to move on.  Mike the OCC Port Officer had held a parcel for us which at last gave us fuel filters for our engine.  Thanks Mike!

Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club

The yacht club is very friendly and offers not only pens and moorings but also access to club facilities when anchored off.  This includes a free dinghy dock and paid-for showers and laundry.  Good beer at their bar too.

The town is fairly small but has several cafes and pubs and a good supermarket.  Pub food and beer prices are much lower than in the US or Australia.  The waterfront has various memorials.  Many of the buildings there were renovated or rebuilt in period style for the movie "Scarlet Letter".

Fishermen's Memorial

Waterfront buildings

There are a set of three museums alongside each-other on the waterfront.  Interesting to learn about the settlement of Shelburne and the building of the local style of dory - a flat-bottomed rowing boat - historically used in fishing the Grand Banks.

Museums on the waterfront

Inside the museum

Military memorabilia

The street that Scarlet Letter Productions built

Militia memorabilia

The Dory Shop museum

Dory under construction

We provisioned at the local supermarket and filled with water at the yacht club.  We visited the weekly Farmer's Market.  We serviced the engine.  And we waited for the fog, rain and windy weather to pass.

Zen Again anchored off the town

While in Shelburne we met the crew of OCC sv Kelper.  Their home port is Port Stanley in the Falklands.  Interesting chatting with them about South Atlantic sailing.