The wind and waves remained high and the pursuit lasted for several days and nights.

Captain Olney realized Cabot was being overtaken and steered to the Nova Scotia shore and beached the vessel near Chebogue River, a short distance from Yarmouth.

One observer noted that Captain Foot's "unbounded liberality to American prisoners is Well known to many.

After this period, Foot continued to trade with Boston the release of American prisoners for other goods and supplies.

[14][15] American privateers remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war.