Vinalhaven to Rockland

Vinalhaven
Saturday, July 27 - The morning was sunny, warm and calm. I saw a seal resting on a rock and was able to get a good look through the binoculars, it was just hanging out. The morning made for a great cleaning day! I bucket washed a load of towels and washed down the forward head and shower. All the moisture in the air over the last 2 weeks created a lot of mold. Yuck. Since Kevin said we would motor to the next spot I was able to leave the towels on the life lines while we moved. We left Black Island at noon and had mostly a head wind at 11 knots. We pulled out the main sail to give us a little help and were able to go 6 knots. We passed by Stonington, a large community southwest of Bar Harbor, traveling next to and through the harbor which consisted of mostly lobster boats, and there were many! It looked like lobster boat capital. We considered stopping there as a couple we met at Black Point, Exuma; Carl and Conner, live there. We decided not to as Carl was out of town and Conner was cleaning house from her parents being there for the last 2 weeks. Though she welcomed us we thought best to keep going and hope to see them somewhere along the way in the fall. The landscape was absolutely beautiful with islands that have rock bottoms with pine trees growing on top. We anchored at 4:11 in an area that is by the island if Vinalhaven and surrounded by smaller islands. We tried to anchor by En El Viendo but they were in an area that was too narrow for us so we went further in between the islands where there was more space. The area is known as “The Davids” and consists of several small islands.

Rockland
Sunday, July 28 - We started the day with a half mile hike on the Huber Preserve trail on Vinalhaven Island. We identified a berry bush as black huckleberry and after researching they were not poisonous Renee and I tasted a few, they were good. The trail was nicely cut out but not too much. The hardest part was getting back to the dinghy as it was very muddy by the water.
We pulled up the anchor slightly after 11:00 a.m. with the intent of going to Fox Island, then tomorrow to Rockland. Gary hailed us and said they were going straight to Rockland as his engine was not starting well. I was happier going straight there instead of making another day hop to another uninhabited island. We have weeks worth of laundry to clean and our food supply is getting low.
At 11:30 I went below to make bread dough (since we had no bread) and shortly thereafter Kevin pulled out the mainsail. Around 1:00 we pulled out the jib and sailed on a beam reach with 15-20 knot winds coming over our port side. With the help of the motor we were traveling at 6.5 to 7 knots. By 2:15 we anchored in Rockland. It’s a good thing we went straight on given that it was only 3 hours! For dinner we went in town to Rock Brewery with Gary and Renee, the same place Kevin and I stopped at for a drink the first time we were here.もっと詳しく