Cruising

Saturday, August 19

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:56. | | |

17.5 Nautical Miles | Bucks Harbor

With rain in the forecast for the entire day on Sunday, it was time for us to get back to Bucks Harbor. NOAA was calling for strong winds out of the southwest, and since it was still blowing at 15 knots in Mackerel Cove, and had done so all night, we were inclined to believe them.

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Friday, August 18

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:55. | | |

11.8 Nautical Miles | Mackerel Cove, Swans Island

We had planned to head down to Frenchboro, Long Island from Northeast, but the weather forecast called for heavy rain all day on Sunday, the day we were going to return to Bucks Harbor. I told Heather that we could go back to Bucks Harbor on Sunday, but I was going to spend the trip down below. With this in mind, we decided that it might be better to head somewhere closer to Eggemoggin Reach so that we would have a reasonably short day on Saturday to return to Bucks.

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Thursday, August 17

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:54. | | |

Lay Day | Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island

Gavin was up early. He wanted to ride the bus. After trying to ignore him for a while, we eventually gave up and dragged ourselves out of bed. That's the royal "ourselves." Heather had already gotten up.

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Wednesday, August 16

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:53. | | |

22.7 Nautical Miles | Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island

Enough of Blue Hill! We hadn't planned on staying another day anyway, so we set our sights on Mount Desert. As loyal readers of my logs may know, we always spend at least a couple of days on Mount Desert. Especially with Gavin, its a great place to cruise to: lots of things to do ashore, and convenient busses to get you there.

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Tuesday, August 15

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:52. | | |

Lay Day | Blue Hill Harbor

We decided to stay on another day, as we really wanted to go ashore to explore the town of Blue Hill which we hadn't been able to do the preceeding day due to the fact that the tides and Gavin's naps didn't coincide.

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Monday, August 14

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:51. | | |

16. Nautical Miles | Blue Hill Harbor

It looked like we might have favorable conditions for a sail up Blue Hill Bay, so we planned to head up to Blue Hill Harbor. But first we had a couple of things to take care of...

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Sunday, August 13

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:48. | | |

11.0 Nautical Miles | Wooden Boat School, Brooklin

The winds continued to blow overnight, and were still blowing at 5-10 knots when everyone awoke at 0715. After a trip ashore, and some breakfast, I put the boat together, and by 0935, we were ready to head out.

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Saturday, August 12

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:47. | | |

Lay Day | Bucks Harbor

Another quiet day in Bucks Harbor. I expected the family to arrive later in the day, thereby beginning the "family" portion of the cruise. Further, I tentatively expected another Triton owner to be sailing down from nearby Smith Cove for an informal rendezvous.

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Friday, August 11

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:46. | | |

13.3 Nautical Miles | Bucks Harbor

The wind continued overnight, and was forecast to blow out of the north all day, so I decided to just hot-foot it up to Bucks Harbor where I had planned to be later that day anyway. I had no desire to hang out in Pulpit Harbor any longer.

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Thursday, August 10

Submitted by dasein668 on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 20:45. | | |

Lay Day | Pulpit Harbor, North Haven

What was a mostly lovely lay day turned ugly--and nearly disasterous--in the evening thanks to yet another stupid anchoring debacle. It seems that I always manage to have at least one moment of angst on every cruise: snagging a lobster pot on a 25 knot day, running out of fuel, bilge water rising above the cabin sole...

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