Smooth sailing,
Jim
P.S. I'm trying a different method of attaching photos here so I can get by the 3 photo limit of the board. Please let me know if you can't see the photos linked below.
Arietta at her mooring before our cruise
The schooner J&E Riggin being pushed by her motorized yawl boat through Fox Islands Thorofare
A circus of puffins (with one guillemot thrown in for good measure) takes off as we sail by
Auxiliary propulsion engaged: The joys of engineless sailing
Our second form of auxiliary propulsion: the sculling oar
In the light air the normally shy harbor porpoises get much closer to our boat than usual
The schooner Victory Chimes sails through East Penobscot Bay
We sail past the Deer Isle Thorofare Lighthouse on Mark Island
View of East Penobscot Bay and the Camden Hills from our first night's anchorage at St. Helena Island
The schooner Victory Chimes motor-sails through Deer Isle Thorofare past Stonington
The schooner Eros motors through Deer Isle Thorofare
Sun rising over Wreck Island, Merchant Row
Sailing out of the St. Helena Island anchorage, with fog-shrouded Isle Au Haut ahead
Sunbeams over Jericho Bay
Racing lobster buoys in Jericho Bay. Some of those suckers are pretty fast--at least, faster than we can sail or scull in light winds and strong current...
A Cape Dory 28 gives up trying to sail in Jericho Bay, starts their engine, and motors away
The schooner Victory Chimes motorsails through Jericho Bay
The GPS shows our SOG as 1.3; the knot meter shows our speed through the water as 2.3. We are fighting 1 knot of current.
The gaff ketch Angelique sails through Casco Passage
Still sunset at anchor in Mackerel Cove, Swans Island
The full moon rises over Mackerel Cove, Swans Island
Early morning panorama, Mackerel Cove
The moment before sunrise, Mackerel Cove, Swans Island
Our dinghy Minima towing the mother ship Arietta out of Mackerel Cove
Finally a bit of wind! Running wing and wing past the lighthouse at Bass Harbor Head
Looking back at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Mount Desert Island
Waves from Hurricane Earl, far off in the Atlantic, breaking on South Bunker Ledge
An International One Design beats out Western Way
The Friendship sloop Linda sails past Bear Island Lighthouse
The view from our mooring in Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island
For our second night in Northeast Harbor we move to the marina so an elderly friend can visit us more easily. (Before you ask, that's me, not the elderly friend!)
Sunrise over Northeast Harbor
Looking out Eastern Way after leaving Northeast Harbor. The sun peeks through the clouds and shines on one of the few patches of breeze on the water.
Waves from Hurricane Earl are still breaking over the ledges two days later...
It's a bit scary watching the waves break behind the junk barge Great Auk in Western Way
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
Re-passing Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse on our way back home
Cloudy skies and still water while at anchor in Mackerel Cove
We aren't too proud to accept a tow from the lovely Bridges Point 24 Nancy B when it means we don't have to wait 3-4 hours for a fair current to pass through York Narrows
It's day 6 of our cruise and we finally have the first proper breeze of the trip
Beating past Deer Isle Thorofare Lighthouse, Mark Island
The schooner Mary Day sails in East Penobscot Bay
Now this is sailing! The breeze has finally increased to the point where we need to put a reef in the mainsail
Our track from the trip. Day 1 (red) - 5h31m, 11.4nm; Day 2 (yellow) - 7h04m, 16.9nm; Day 3 (green) - 7h25m, 14.7nm; Return Day 1 (blue) - 7h50m, 18.4nm; Return Day 2 (magenta) - 8h18m, 24.7nm
Just after we return to the mooring at the end of the trip, the schooner Heritage sails into our cove and anchors
I'm a little reluctant to finish up with this last shot, as the light was terrible, but this is how Arietta looked as we walked up the hill away from our mooring: all ready to go again!
