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Most of the shoreline around the Lakes is privately owned, so there are only a few places that are accessible by dinghy, for cruisers to get ashore to stretch their legs, without treading on private land.

Local boaters have for decades taken advantage of private foreshores, perhaps believing that they open to the public; one often sees crowds ashore on the Crammond Islands, even though they are privately owned.

One day land gets sold, usually to off-island owners who don't understand our Cape Breton ways, and the new owners put up 'keep off' signs or arrive with a shotguns under their arms and tell boaters to "Get off our property!"

I'd like to compile a list of landing places, other than public wharves and launch ramps, so that the information can be put on the charts, and perhaps a webpage for the benefit of visiting and local cruisers. One place that we've used, for example, is the little causeway at the head of Cribwork Cove in Big Harbour/Malagawatch that connects Big Harbour Island to the 'mainland'. It's easy to get ashore there and it's right on the road. There must be many places I'm unaware of.

Comments, please, on this idea and suggested landing places should be submitted under this thread.]]>
Most of the shoreline around the Lakes is privately owned, so there are only a few places that are accessible by dinghy, for cruisers to get ashore to stretch their legs, without treading on private land.

Local boaters have for decades taken advantage of private foreshores, perhaps believing that they open to the public; one often sees crowds ashore on the Crammond Islands, even though they are privately owned.

One day land gets sold, usually to off-island owners who don't understand our Cape Breton ways, and the new owners put up 'keep off' signs or arrive with a shotguns under their arms and tell boaters to "Get off our property!"

I'd like to compile a list of landing places, other than public wharves and launch ramps, so that the information can be put on the charts, and perhaps a webpage for the benefit of visiting and local cruisers. One place that we've used, for example, is the little causeway at the head of Cribwork Cove in Big Harbour/Malagawatch that connects Big Harbour Island to the 'mainland'. It's easy to get ashore there and it's right on the road. There must be many places I'm unaware of.

Comments, please, on this idea and suggested landing places should be submitted under this thread.]]> https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=9 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:03:55 -0400 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=9 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=8 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:40:47 -0400 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=8
Several Cape Breton websites I visited recently claim that Lake Bras d'Or is "Canada's Largest Inland Sea".
Yet in the article titled "Ultimate Cruising Destination" your site seems to refute this claim, saying, "...it is by no stretch of the imagination "Canada's Largest inland Sea"—neither salt nor fresh—as some would have you believe...", but you don't say what is.

What's the truth, here?

Bram]]>
Several Cape Breton websites I visited recently claim that Lake Bras d'Or is "Canada's Largest Inland Sea".
Yet in the article titled "Ultimate Cruising Destination" your site seems to refute this claim, saying, "...it is by no stretch of the imagination "Canada's Largest inland Sea"—neither salt nor fresh—as some would have you believe...", but you don't say what is.

What's the truth, here?

Bram]]> https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=7 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 12:34:22 -0400 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=7
We have much bareboating experience on 40- to 45-foot mono hulls, including: St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua, Spanish Virgin Islands. In addition, I am an ASA certified sailing instructor and we've sailing in the New York harbor for 15 years on J24s.

We appreciate any help you can offer locating a boat for us to charter. Hope to meet some of you while we're there!
Regards,
Jackie]]>
We have much bareboating experience on 40- to 45-foot mono hulls, including: St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Antigua, Spanish Virgin Islands. In addition, I am an ASA certified sailing instructor and we've sailing in the New York harbor for 15 years on J24s.

We appreciate any help you can offer locating a boat for us to charter. Hope to meet some of you while we're there!
Regards,
Jackie]]> https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=6 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:38:09 -0500 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=6
We are looking forward to seeing so many new places and experiencing different cultures along the way. We expect one of the highlights to be Cape Breton. Given that we will have just under 4 months on the Down East Circle portion to make our way about 3,000 statute miles (about 4,800 km), we cannot stay long in any one area.

So, once inside Bras d'Or Lakes via St. Peters lock/canal, what highly recommended stops can you offer? We will be switching from sail to power before the trip, so 5 hours at 12 kts will be an easy day for us. We enjoy a mix of anchoring out as well as visiting ashore (via dinghy or a marina stay, if recommended). I have access to much information about various places, but that is not quite the same as a local advising which ones are on the "must visit" list.

Thanks so much.

Duane Ising
Punta Gorda, FL, USA]]>
We are looking forward to seeing so many new places and experiencing different cultures along the way. We expect one of the highlights to be Cape Breton. Given that we will have just under 4 months on the Down East Circle portion to make our way about 3,000 statute miles (about 4,800 km), we cannot stay long in any one area.

So, once inside Bras d'Or Lakes via St. Peters lock/canal, what highly recommended stops can you offer? We will be switching from sail to power before the trip, so 5 hours at 12 kts will be an easy day for us. We enjoy a mix of anchoring out as well as visiting ashore (via dinghy or a marina stay, if recommended). I have access to much information about various places, but that is not quite the same as a local advising which ones are on the "must visit" list.

Thanks so much.

Duane Ising
Punta Gorda, FL, USA]]> https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:24:26 -0400 https://cruising-cape-breton.info/CCB-Forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Please do not follow links posted in member profiles or other member information.  Such links are forbidden under the GUIDELINES.
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