Arriving in Newfoundland

7/24/2016

No sooner were we away from North Sydney, but the fog moved in. There was still a bit
of sunshine overhead on the sun deck, but it was hard to see much out beyond the ship...

The fog became so thick, that we couldn't see anything.

Six and a half hours later, the girls went back up on deck to get their first look
at Newfoundland, as the ship slowly made it's way into Port Aux Basques.

"I can't see hardly anything!"

Jane

7/24/2016 03:01:42 pm

Oh my goodness! This just goes to show that I know nothing about travel on the sea! Just look at all that fog!
Your photos are awesome as ever though.

And that was on heck of a crossing at six and half hours too!!!

Martha

7/24/2016 03:24:53 pm

The old ferries, which looked more like cruise ships, took just five hours to cross from North Sydney to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. But a few years back they redesigned the ferries as more of a 'transport ship' with focus on the trucks, and to save fuel, they go a lot slower. And considering you have to be at the ferry dock at least two hours before sailing time, it's now a whole day affair. And that's just for 160 km of open ocean!

There is another seasonal ferry that goes a couple of times per week to Argentia, at the far other end of Newfoundland near St. Johns, and it still uses the old faster ferries, so it takes 15 hours. We took that one once, and I'll never take it again. That's WAY too long at sea! We'd rather drive the 900km from St. Johns to the Port aux Basques ferry.

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