The Voyage of Erasmus Volume 1 - Ottawa to the Arctic David and
Helga Zimmerly |
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Foreword by Roy MacSkimming.......................................................................... viiAcknowledgments............................................................................................... viii About the Authors.................................................................................................. x Contents................................................................................................................. xii Introduction............................................................................................................ 1 Force 10 Imminent – Davis Strait....................................................................................................... 1 Why We Did It................................................................................................................................. 1 Arluk - Learning to Sail..................................................................................................................... 4 Erasmus - Heading Out to Sea...........................................................................................................6 Prologue.................................................................................................................. 9 Building Arluk............................. ............................................................................................... 12 Launching Arluk........................................................................................................ 13 Resentment Builds.................................................................................................... 14 Georgian Bay.......................................................................................................... 15 Domestic Bliss......................................................................................................... 18 Heading South......................................................................................................... 19 Reunion .................................................................................................................20 Florida at Last ........................................................................................................ 25 Bahamian Adventures ............................................................................................... 26 Island Hopping ........................................................................................................ 27 Learning to Cruise .................................................................................................... 28 Heading Home ........................................................................................................ 29 Finding Erasmus ...................................................................................................30 Time to Get Married .................................................................................................33 Making Plans ..........................................................................................................34 Ottawa to Labrador ..............................................................................................38 Gearing Up ............................................................................................................39 Provisioning .......................................................................................................... 40 Saying Goodbye ..................................................................................................... 42 Out the St. Lawrence ............................................................................................... 42 Erasmus Runs Away .................................................................................................43 Baie Comeau .........................................................................................................44 Chez Julie .............................................................................................................44 Fresh Fish .............................................................................................................45 Red Bay, Labrador ...................................................................................................46 Into the Atlantic ......................................................................................................48 Labrador - The Land God Gave to Cain ...............................................................50 Sailing Plan ............................................................................................................50 Navigation ............................................................................................................51 Inhabitants ............................................................................................................52 A Royal Reception in Labrador ........................................................................... 54 The King Family .......................................................................................................54 Cod Were Endangered ...............................................................................................55 Provisioning - Labrador Style ...............................................................................58 Happy Valley/Goose Bay ...........................................................................................58 Down Labrador ......................................................................................................61 Mugford Tickle .......................................................................................................63 Hebron ................................................................................................................64 The Moravian Brethren .............................................................................................64 The Mighty Hunter ...................................................................................................65 The Butcher/Chef ....................................................................................................66 Canning Meat ........................................................................................................67 Northern Labrador ..............................................................................................70 Turned Away .........................................................................................................71 Domesticity ...........................................................................................................72 Two Bits Escapes .....................................................................................................73 McLelan Strait ........................................................................................................75 A Nervous Night ......................................................................................................76 Entering Hudson Strait ..............................................................................................77 Shaftesbury Inlet - Baffin Island ..........................................................................80 Grab the Bread Knife ................................................................................................81 We Needed to Rest ..................................................................................................83 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island ...................................................................................86 Lake Harbour .........................................................................................................86 The Home Stretch ...................................................................................................88 Finally, Cape Dorset .................................................................................................90 Getting Established ..................................................................................................91 Haul-Out Time ........................................................................................................93 Aqjangajuk Shaa Saves the Day ....................................................................................95 An Arctic Winter ..................................................................................................96 Settling In .............................................................................................................96 Our Purple Shack .....................................................................................................98 Topping up the Cruising Kitty .......................................................................................99 David’s Jobs For All Seasons ......................................................................................103 Thinking Ahead .....................................................................................................104 Amusements ........................................................................................................104 The Army Arrives ...................................................................................................107 Environment ........................................................................................................108 Mid-Winter .........................................................................................................109 Thinking Ahead .....................................................................................................114 Lucassie Dies .......................................................................................................114 A Joyous Spring .....................................................................................................115 Play Time ............................................................................................................117 A Lesson on Survival ...............................................................................................121 Canada Day North Of 60 ............................................................................................121 Time to Move On .......................................................................................................124 Leaving Cape Dorset ..........................................................................................130 Into the Ice .........................................................................................................130 Goodbye to David J. ...............................................................................................131 An Old Inuit Encampment ........................................................................................132 Nannuk Harbour and Loks Land .................................................................................133 Exiting Hudson Strait ..............................................................................................134 Engine Trouble .....................................................................................................135 A Rough Transit ....................................................................................................135 Davis Strait ..........................................................................................................137 Nuuk, Greenland ...................................................................................................137 Last Minute Preparations .........................................................................................140 Postscript ............................................................................................................142 Volume 2: Greenland to the Mediterranean ...................................................................142 Volume 3: The Red Sea to Thailand .............................................................................143 Appendix ............................................................................................................146 Smooth Sailing With a ‘240 .......................................................................................146 Bibliography 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