Maine and Canadian coasts

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2 augustus 2018
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vrijdag 27 juli 2018 om 21:54
⛅ 75 °F
Hoogte: 43 ft
Verenigde Staten Squirrel Hill 42.249591, -70.90850742°14’59” N 70°54’31” W
Getting ready in fits and starts
27 juli 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
So much left to do. Right now I’m concentrating on putting the ditch bag together. Tomorrow I need to hunt down a solar phone charger and supplies to make a water still (to distill seawater into something drinkable in case of, gulp, an emergency😳). I have no idea what David is responsible for. Let’s hope it’s the watertight-ness of the boat.Meer informatie
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zondag 29 juli 2018
⛅ 81 °F
Hoogte: 43 ft
Verenigde Staten Squirrel Hill 42.250007, -70.90840442°15’0” N 70°54’30” W
Getting ready
29 juli 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Modern hardtack. (With brown sugar, almonds, and ginger added)
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dinsdag 31 juli 2018 om 20:59
🌙 75 °F
Hoogte: 43 ft
Verenigde Staten Squirrel Hill 42.249977, -70.90847242°14’60” N 70°54’30” W
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If not one thing, its another...
31 juli 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
Does this look like a boat ready to launch? We are waiting for the solar panels and new multifunction display (MFD)(like GPS) to be installed. It was supposed to be done by last Saturday!!!!
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ReizigerNot shipshape!
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Reiziger Ok, my time estimate, and budget, were a tad off😊
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donderdag 2 augustus 2018
☀️ 90 °F
Hoogte: 43 ft
Verenigde Staten Lower Neck 42.252366, -70.92369742°15’9” N 70°55’25” W
Have patience.
2 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
The solar panels are installed, and the new MFD is installed. We started loading to boat tonight but I can’t put anything away because it’s all still a mess! We will clean it up in the morning, finish loading, and look at the weather. Right now they are predicting a 60% chance of rain and thunderstorms from around 11 am to 8 pm 😫 AND I just found out that it’s bad luck to start sailing on a Friday!! Don’t you think someone could have mentioned this several weeks ago?!?!?! So, I’m still not sure if we will be going tomorrow.

Also, I met some fellow sailors tonight who said that up in the Bay of Fundy (the Canada coast) it stays light nearly all night! That will be interesting.Meer informatie
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 11:00
⛅ 84 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Boston North Channel 42.362932, -70.92185542°21’47” N 70°55’19” W
Set sail
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We set sail this morning. It’s hot, with little breeze, so only motoring now. We decided to leave today because the thunderstorm threat for today was revised, and are supposed to be only tomorrow. We will go to Marblehead and moor near a friend of David’s. It’s nice to be on our way!! Although still lots of unpacking to do yet!Meer informatie
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 13:17
⛅ 86 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten East Point 42.421761, -70.87996242°25’18” N 70°52’48” W
Under sail
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Put the sails up; 9 knots, making 3.5 knots. We are towing the dinghy, so that slows us down a little.
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 13:32
⛅ 84 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Phillips Point 42.441828, -70.84908242°26’31” N 70°50’57” W
Going 5.2 knots
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
ReizigerLooks like fun! Enjoy! God bless!
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 13:48
⛅ 86 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Outer Breakers 42.453463, -70.82385842°27’12” N 70°49’26” W
Missed the storm!!
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The thunderstorms are now behind us. That’s Boston under the rain clouds!
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 14:46
⛅ 86 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Marblehead Harbor 42.507483, -70.83720542°30’27” N 70°50’14” W
Safe in Marblehead Harbor
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Made landfall ahead of the 2nd storm coming our way😊
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vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 om 21:27
⛅ 79 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Skinner Head 42.496441, -70.84796542°29’47” N 70°50’53” W
Marblehead
3 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
David and I had dinner with David’s former colleague, Don, and his wife Noelle. They gave us the rundown on all the good spots to stop in on the Maine coast!!
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ReizigerWe loved having you! See you on the return voyage. Happy & safe sailing!
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zaterdag 4 augustus 2018 om 11:00
☁️ 75 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.057995, -70.72730343°3’29” N 70°43’38” W
Leaving Marblehead
4 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
These are pictures that Noell Henrich took of us as we were leaving Marblehead. She and Don gave us some vital trip information as well as a stash of terrific coffee!!!
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zaterdag 4 augustus 2018 om 15:08
🌧 81 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
North Atlantic Ocean 42.49627, -70.72069442°29’47” N 70°43’14” W
Sprinkling
4 augustus 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
Starting to rain!! Good thing we left the bimini up!! Still warm though.
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zaterdag 4 augustus 2018 om 14:32
⛅ 73 °F
Hoogte: 16 ft
Verenigde Staten Rockport Harbor 42.658633, -70.61443342°39’31” N 70°36’52” W
Rockport MA
4 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Made it to Rockport. We were able to sail for an hour or so this morning in 10-13kn winds, before the wind died to nothing and we moored instead. The rain started, and gradually became more windy, up to 32 knots. The swells were only 1 to 3’ but were against us for a good part of the way, leaving me feeling a little green around the gills! Our docking situation is an unusual one, as you can see by the picture. We have to pull the boat in to the pier to climb up the ladder! (The yellow line is an electrical one we ran to plug into the marina’s power.)Meer informatie
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ReizigerSmooth sailing and may the wind be always at your back! -jan
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ReizigerI am following your trip....very interesting and neat.
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ReizigerHow exciting that you are underway. ⛵️
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zaterdag 4 augustus 2018 om 15:04
🌧 73 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
North Atlantic Ocean 42.495594, -70.72916442°29’44” N 70°43’45” W
Destination: Rockport
4 augustus 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
Heading to Rockport,MA today. We left Marblehead around 10 am but it’s not tracking us for some reason.
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ReizigerWell, it is electronics on the ocean, that is possibly one reason it isn’t working properly :-)
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ReizigerHey, don’t worry, according to the weather report it won’t rain on the coast today.
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ReizigerYeah, that was a lie.
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zaterdag 4 augustus 2018
🌧 73 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.058017, -70.72738243°3’29” N 70°43’39” W
Signs from Rockport
4 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 73 °F
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zondag 5 augustus 2018 om 16:00
⛅ 82 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.057964, -70.72731843°3’29” N 70°43’38” W
Portsmouth
5 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Arrived at Little Harbor, Wentworth Marina, just S of Portsmouth Harbor.
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ReizigerThinking of you
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zondag 5 augustus 2018 om 22:08
🌙 72 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.05798, -70.72736443°3’29” N 70°43’39” W
Wentworth By the Sea
5 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
No wind today, so we had to motor all the way up from Rockport. Leaving that “dock” (more like a pier) was almost as harrowing as it was coming in, but we did it with no mishaps.

We made it in about 6 hours, under sunny skies. It was hot!! At one point David slowed the boat down to 2 kn and jumped off the bow of the boat and floated to the stern. I asked him what he wanted me to do if he couldn’t catch up with the boat ( I was at the helm)(because we had to get to Portsmouth to see friends of ours for dinner). He said, “I hope you’ll turn around and come back and get me!!” Okay, whatevs.

David saw 2 seals and one (what he claims was a) Minke whale. I sent in the sighting to the Whale Alert app (our first sighting, Hannah!) so I hope they don’t come after us if it turns out to have been a seal.😳

Had a great time with dear friends, Angela and Andrea, tonight. We will probably stay here tomorrow night too, because David wants to fix the pressure regulator on the propane tank.Meer informatie
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ReizigerGood morning! Agreed, it can get hot out there especially when there is no wind. If you don’t want to jump overboard while sailing, you can attach a clean bucket with a line and scoop up the water and dump it over yourselves. Misting spray bottles can also help keep you cool. 😎 Love reading your blog!
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ReizigerThat’s a GREAT idea, Noel! Don’t know why I didn’t think of that!!
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maandag 6 augustus 2018 om 18:38
☀️ 86 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.057947, -70.72728943°3’29” N 70°43’38” W
No, we are not making several round trip
6 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Apparently when I was trying to add pictures for earlier dates it counts it as a trip back to that location. I turned off that feature, so now when I post pictures from a place after we had left, it will just show the location of where I posted the pics, not where they were taken.Meer informatie
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maandag 6 augustus 2018 om 18:46
☀️ 86 °F
Hoogte: 23 ft
Verenigde Staten Blunts Island 43.057968, -70.72733143°3’29” N 70°43’38” W
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USS Albacore
6 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Since we stayed an extra day in Portsmouth, David and I went to (West Marine for an unfruitful trip 😤 and happened upon) the USS Albacore, one of the first experimental torpedo shapes of US submarines which changed the entire design strategy for submarines in 1953. Unbelievably confined space and every single thing had a function.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Just like the movies.
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ReizigerLooks like the Scamp
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dinsdag 7 augustus 2018 om 09:44
☀️ 82 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Frost Point 43.055987, -70.71820743°3’22” N 70°43’6” W
Leaving Wentworth/Portsmouth
7 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Let’s hope it is cooler on the water. It was in the 90s here, very humid. Happy birthday, Brian! And happy birthday, Amber!!
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ReizigerWe stayed at the Hotel up there last fall and that harbor looked like a nice place . Hope you enjoyed it.
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ReizigerSo sweet of you to remember! I am enjoying your travels. Keep posting. We loved our trip to Maine for 10th anniversary. Gee that was awhile ago. ;-)
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dinsdag 7 augustus 2018 om 17:30
⛅ 84 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Halftide Rock 43.451885, -70.35079543°27’7” N 70°21’3” W
Arrived Wood Isl. Harbor, Biddeford, ME
7 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
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woensdag 8 augustus 2018 om 00:44
🌧 77 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
North Atlantic Ocean 43.280178, -70.40964543°16’49” N 70°24’35” W
The Day's Happenings
8 augustus 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
We had a great sail today. We set off around 10, on the motor, but around noon the wind came up (eventually to 13-14kn) We sailed along with the motor for a while (we can keep up our speed (6kn) without using the motor as much— reduces gas consumption) but finally were able to shut the motor off and just sail for a few hours. We were able to make between 4-6kn, and it was great to see the sails full.

Our big excitement for the day was seeing a shark!! We still don’t know what kind. I’m posting the picture, so let us know what you think it is. Please do not say “a lobster pot,” because it definitely was not!! It could be a whale, but 1) it was sniffing at David and 2) the dorsal fin was not as floppy as a whale’s. It had a light underside and dark topside.Meer informatie
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ReizigerSounds like a good day at sea. How does it feel to be away? Love Mary
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dinsdag 7 augustus 2018 om 20:52
⛅ 77 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Halftide Rock 43.451752, -70.3507243°27’6” N 70°21’3” W
Tomorrow: Portland, ME
7 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
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woensdag 8 augustus 2018 om 08:40
⛅ 77 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Negro Island Ledge 43.461227, -70.33609943°27’40” N 70°20’10” W
Leaving Biddeford, to Portland
8 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
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woensdag 8 augustus 2018 om 08:52
⛅ 77 °F
Hoogte: Zeeniveau
Verenigde Staten Negro Island Ledge 43.461227, -70.33609943°27’40” N 70°20’10” W
Like a Starbuck's on every corner ...
8 augustus 2018, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
. . . there‘s a lobster pot every 3 feet.
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