Rockland back to Boothbay

Rockland
Wednesday, August 7 - We left Castine in Penobscot Bay at 8:50 a.m. to go south to Rockland for one night. Winds were light at less than 10 knots and straight on our bow. Temperature was a cool 64 degrees on land. It’s sunny but more rain is in the forecast and the plan was to find a hiding place by Long Cove until the storm passes. At 11:54 the wind had picked up to 14 knots and off the port side of our bow, we pulled out the jib and motor-sailed to Rockland, arrive at 1:00 p.m. That night we went to happy hour at High Tide Cafe with Gary and Renee, the one tavern we had yet to visit in Rockland.

Morse Island
Thursday, August 8 - As the sun rose in the east we left Rockland for the third and final time. After bringing the anchor home shortly after 8:00 a.m. I stayed up at the bow watching for lobster pots as we were pointing directly into the sun. I became mesmerized watching the sun sparkling on the water like fireworks. The sky was clear and it was a beautiful day but little wind, and the 7 knots that was blowing came from behind us. We motored for 5 hours and anchored north of Morse Island at 1:10 p.m. This was our hiding hole for the next several days as rain, high winds and strong waves were predicted. I spent the remainder of the afternoon cleaning dog hair from the boat before the rain came as once the boat gets wet it’s impossible to clean. I also made blueberry cobbler for dessert. Gary and Renee came over and we grilled dinner, ate cobbler and played cards. Just as they were leaving the rain started.

Friday, August 9 - It rained most of the day then heavy fog set in. The day was spent reading, exercising and baking. This is week 33 of our journey, day 231.

Saturday, August 10 - The night was rough for Kevin as it was very windy causing the boat to swing a lot and setting off the anchor alarms to go off every 15 minutes or so, he had 2 set so one would go off then the other one about 30 seconds later. While the alarms kept waking me up he eventually got up around 4 am and slept little from there on. By the time the sun came up the rain was gone and so were the remains of Hurricane/tropical storm Debby. Gary flagged down what he thought was a lobster boat, it was not but the man offered to get him some on shore! Now that’s Maine hospitality! We cooked them that night then watched a beautiful sunset.

Boothbay
Sunday, August 11 - We left a little after 8:00 a.m. to go to Boothbay. We had not yet gotten out of the harbor when Kevin thought he snagged a lobster pot as the boat slowed down significantly. I went down below to listen for banging noise and did hear some. Kevin moved the boat in a tight circle forward and reverse and was able to shake it loose. We were heading southwest with a nice amount of wind, 18 knots, directly over our bow. We motor-sailed with the mainsail out at 4.8 knots. We saw porpoises swimming off our starboard side, they do not come out of the water as high as dolphins and are not as playful, they don’t seem interested swimming in the boat’s wake. We moored in Boothbay at 12:19. I did laundry while Kevin went grocery shopping. The town shuttle was not operating that day and the marina offered a shuttle service, however the harbor master just let Kevin use his truck! So Kevin was able to get a few extra items that he may not have gotten if he had to transport via shuttle.もっと詳しく