Another day in paradise

         We picked up an outdoor concert at the Library in Camden.

         Here is the town.  We ate at Cappy's excellent meal. Clam Chowder! yummm!

       Here is our water taxi.  If you get a mooring ball then they pick you up and drop you off.  Fun! All included in the price of the mooring ball complete with showers too! Coin op laundry... we were in need of laundry... have not done that since Mystic almost a month ago... no worries I brought 30 pairs of underwear cuz I learned last year it is far and few between washes.  This year I have only had to wash my undies and hang them out to dry as we sailed 0nce.  (True story, I would not let Ben take a picture of my underwear.)

        Here I go into cold Maine water in Seal Cove! the temp was 62 degrees. I know this cuz our chartplotter does that too! Here I go!!!      Connie and Jeff came to visit us. Our first visitors that have stayed on our boat this year! we had perfect weather!        Jeff after a few days sailing he is sitting in the Lions chair off the stern.

        They used our kayaks and had a great paddle around a cute little island.       Hi everyone! Look at me! I'm under Maine water and waving to you-all!

         Seal Cove. See that small island and how far away we are? When the tide goes out 11 feet will drop and that island will appear to be big and our boat will be looking really close even though we are in 30 feet of water we look like we should be hitting the rocks!

         Here are the islands.  These are surrounding us 360 degrees around! everywhere you look paradise! Connie and Jeff enjoying the morning paddle.

           I must be a good Captain that while sailing our friends felt so safe and comfortable that they took a little nappy.... Or I must be incredibly boring and I put them to sleep with the rocking of the boat and my boat yarns.  Anyway I was enjoying the view!!! how could anyone sleep through the Fox Thoroughfare? It is a narrow passage between two island stretching out about 8 miles.  It was interesting to see how the boats sail in this small passage.  Of course this day we did not time the tide/current right cuz we wanted to stay longer at seal cove... so we were against the wind head on... against the current.... one cannot sail like that.  So I watched the other boats that were going our way... you pull in your jib and motor then at the next Bend you put back out your jib and turn off your motor.  I'm not proud of it but for the first time through a narrow passage I used all the tools in the box and copied the natives.

Last year we were on the boat more and this year we are seeking out land opportunities cuz these towns are just too adorable to miss... I been eating, I think, too much ice cream cuz there are pictures I cannot show you of me in a swim suit.  I'll spare you all.  I am more toned cuz the work it takes to sail can be hard... or I can let Ben do the heavy lifting and stuff.  I try to do my share.

these last few days in Maine were perfect weather!  We sailed to Pulpit Harbor a popular place, Seal Cover not so popular but I give it 5 stars our of 5! or maybe 10 starts our of 5! it was that good.

Now comes our first Big North Easter... 25-35 knots and seas 5-8 moving to 6-9 and colder.  this should last for 2 days. I'm not sure where we are going yet but tomorrow will be a long morning of pouring over charts.  We don't want to be in a bad anchorage with that kind of winds! We don't want to be trying to travel NE in those winds and it is also supposed to rain.  there are no thunderstorms coming but everyone I've talked to has changed their plans to stay in town for two days.  I know Ben does not want to do that... I'm feeling ok with leaving tomorrow even though the winds are up, visibility is 1-3, seas 5-9, if we can find the right place to sail to at the right tide.

Cell phone coverage is spotty at the islands so there might be some times I don't post but I will still try to write each day the post afterwards.

enjoying Maine wish you all were here!

peace and calm

Pam