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August 8 – 11: Holbrook Harbor, Castine and Camp Island
We motored up towards Castine in a near gale, with southerly winds gusting up into the low thirties. Leaving Islesboro to starboard, we were in relatively flat seas, and our brave little dinghy suffered no harm. Nevertheless, the only other boats we saw on the move were windjammers and an Outward Bound boat full of…
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August 6-8: Sailing with friends – Hells Half Acre, and Long Cove, Hurricane Sound
We woke to a beautiful sunny morning in Pulpit Harbor. After a quick provisioning trip ashore, we left for Merchant Row. For once, conditions were perfect for sailing, so long as we weren’t in a hurry! We had a pleasant trip over and anchored at Hell’s Half Acre. In the morning the tide was low…
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August 3 – 5: Sailing with friends – Seal Bay, Perry Creek and Pulpit Harbor
Friends Sue and Denny, who we met on the Salty Dawg Rally, joined us in Camden. We headed over to Seal Bay to ride out a stormy night. Next morning was still rainy and we didn’t go far: we stopped in Perry Creek initially as a lunch stop, then decided to stay the night. The…
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August 1 and 2: McGlathery Island to Camden
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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July 31: Frenchboro, Long Island
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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Julu 28 – 30: Mount Desert Island
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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July 27: Reflections in Seal Bay
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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July 24 – 26: Marblehead to Penobscot Bay, Maine
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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May 28 – June 1: Bermuda to Marblehead
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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May 20 – 26: Waiting in Bermuda
I’m not going to say we’re “Stuck” in Bermuda, because this is a beautiful place to be – but we are still here, waiting on a good weather window to make our way back north. St. George’s harbour has a very transient feeling: everyone here has arrived from somewhere in the Caribbean or Bahamas, and…
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