SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

We moved over to McGlathery Island in Merchant Row and anchored for the night. I followed a pretty path through the woods across the island. On the other side, I met some people who told me it’s possible to walk all the way around the island – so I did. Definitely not one of my

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Frenchboro is one of those special places – it’s remote, tiny, hard to get into, and has a great lobster shack that was sadly closed last year. This year we hit it perfectly! We came in on a lovely sunny afternoon and picked up a visitor mooring just outside the main mooring field. We think

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We headed Down East as far as Mount Desert Island. We tried to get a mooring in Northeast Harbor but as usual found they were full and headed instead for Little Cranberry Island, also known as Islesford. We anchored at the outside of the harbor and headed in to Islesford Dock Restaurant for an excellent

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With thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon, we went through Fox Islands Thoroughfare and anchored well up in Seal Bay on Vinalhaven, in thick Maine mud. The rain had moved through by sunset, and next morning was warm and calm with a little lingering fog. Seal Bay is so well protected that the scenery is often

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We’re on the move again! We left Marblehead on Monday July 24 and plan to cruise in Maine for 2 to 3 weeks. Our first stop was the Isles of Shoals, about 8 miles off Portsmouth on the Maine / New Hampshire border. We’ve sailed here before but not for over 30 years, and didn’t

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A weather window finally opened for us and we checked out with customs first thing on May 28. They are quite strict, and ask you to leave within an hour of checking out – doesn’t give you long to stow your dinghy and get ready! We raised our anchor one final time and headed out

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