The Voyage of Erasmus
Volume 1 - Ottawa to the Arctic

David and Helga Zimmerly

Contents

 
 

Foreword by Roy MacSkimming.......................................................................... vii
Acknowledgments...............................................................................................
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  .......................................................................................................152

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