June 24 | 9.3 Nautical Miles

Headed to the boat with the family, arriving on board at 1200. By 1210 we were underway, powering away from the mooring and hoisting the main. With a blustery west wind, we had a lovely beam reach towards Portland, carrying speeds over 6 knots past the Brothers and towards Mackworth Island.

The wind eased briefly and became quite flukey for about 15 minutes or so before coming back up to a nice 10-12 knots out of the south-southwest. We rode in towards the Fore River, then took a couple of tacks up the Ship Channel before making off and squirting out the Escape Channel between Fort Gorges and Little Diamond Island. We had a nice broad reach to run back home to Falmouth and picked up the mooring at 1435 so that we could take Gavin home for a nap.