Nordik Express hits a rock
This morning, it was cloudy and cold when we woke up, so I also got to light a morning fire for a change. After breakfast, we went for a short walk through the village, and then got ready to go and visit my parents. Unfortuanately, when we tried to start the car, the battery was dead, so we had to get a boost from our neighbour Jim. After that, we were on our way, but without any real plans for the day.My mother told me that the Nordik Express was at the wharf, so we got into the car to see if we could see any damage from the accident in Harrington Harbour. When we got to the wharf, they had already unloaded all of the freight for the village, and were now loading frozen fish from the local fish plant. We looked along the side of the boat, and could not see a hole, but someone working at the fish plant told us that the hole was below the water line. We also found out that it was a thirty foot hole, and was in one of the ballast tanks, so this is why they were able to continue. With both ballast tanks filled up, the boat was very low to the water, and it looked like the ship would not be able to go into very rough seas.
After lunch, Ellis came by for a visit, and asked if I wanted to go on his sail boat today. Since I didn’t have anything else planned, I thought that it was a good idea, and we went out. After we got out on the water, the sun started to come out, and it turned into a beautiful day. We didn’t actually put the sails up, and just went around with his outboard motor. We steamed around for a couple of hours, and went to Red Bay, Old Post, and down near Big Point. It was a very nice and relaxing ride.
After dinner, we packed up our gear, and went back to our house in Mutton Bay. We were a little sad that this was probably going to be our last night on The Coast until next summer. Of course we could still get to enjoy the wood stove for one more night. Sitting in the small living room with the wood stove crackling is definitely the thing that I enjoy the most about this house.
