Water in the dinghy after Hurricane Hanna
Tuesday Sept 9 – Northeast Harbour
On Tuesday we did a little school in the morning and then caught the bus to Bar Harbour again, but this time we took Rudder with us. He was really good on the bus. From Bar 
Harbour we caught another bus to Sandy Beach and from there we walked past Thunder Hole to Otter Point. It is a really pretty walk. At Thunder Hole the waves come in a narrow break in the rock and into a low cave so it sounds like thunder when it hits. There can also be some pretty big sprays of water when it hits. We just got on the bus again at Otter Point and the rain started pouring down. We hadn’t shut all the windows on the boat, so when we got back to Bar Harbour, Annie Dave and Rudder headed back to the boat and Kristen and I went to get groceries. On the way back on the bus, Chris and Penny got on too so we had a chance to catch up with them. They are heading out tomorrow for Carver’s Cove, then Christmas Cove and then Portland.
After supper we went over to Seahawk and the kids had a rousing game of Pit. We got home around 9:00.
On Tuesday we did a little school in the morning and then caught the bus to Bar Harbour again, but this time we took Rudder with us. He was really good on the bus. From Bar 
Harbour we caught another bus to Sandy Beach and from there we walked past Thunder Hole to Otter Point. It is a really pretty walk. At Thunder Hole the waves come in a narrow break in the rock and into a low cave so it sounds like thunder when it hits. There can also be some pretty big sprays of water when it hits. We just got on the bus again at Otter Point and the rain started pouring down. We hadn’t shut all the windows on the boat, so when we got back to Bar Harbour, Annie Dave and Rudder headed back to the boat and Kristen and I went to get groceries. On the way back on the bus, Chris and Penny got on too so we had a chance to catch up with them. They are heading out tomorrow for Carver’s Cove, then Christmas Cove and then Portland.After supper we went over to Seahawk and the kids had a rousing game of Pit. We got home around 9:00.
Wednesday Sept 10 – Somes Sound
Dave went to town in the morning and did the laundry and checked email. We left Northeast Harbour at 12:30 after school was finished. Our first stop was the fuel dock that was at the mouth of Northeast Harbour. Next we went into Southwest Harbour to go to the marine store. It was pretty windy and we had a bit of a time finding a rental mooring. Then we got really wet in the dinghy going to the store. It wasn’t as easy as I had thought it would be! We picked up a few things we needed and then left there around 3:30 or 4:00 to go up to Somes Sound. This is apparently the only fiord on the East Coast on the US. It is really worth seeing – there are steep cliffs and high hills covered in trees and rocks. We picked up a mooring in Somesville at 5:00. At the top of the sound is a really pretty little town that was originally settled in 1761. Everything was closed when we got there but we saw a library, a museum and a bookstore. We had pizza for supper. After supper we went exploring in the dinghy and just around the other side of the island there was a campground with wooden platforms for the tents. It looked like a great campground.
Thursday Sept 11 – Carver’s Cove – Vinalhaven Island
We went back to the village in the morning to go to the bookstore. We bought a couple of books and then dropped the mooring at 10:30 to head back down the sound. We motored most of the day as we were going into the wind (again) and we were zig zagging between lots of little islands. We saw several beautiful schooners sailing off in the distance. It was nice and calm and the girls were able to get all their schoolwork done under way. Around 3:00 we were able to put all the sails up and we had a glorious sail in the sunshine and sailed the rest of the way to Carver’s Cove. We dropped anchor at around 5:00. As we were dropping the anchor, the girls noticed that there was a line caught around the propeller. Dave tried to get the line free from the dinghy but there was just no way to free it. Finally, I went swimming (the water wasn’t that bad – warmer than the air) and after 4 or 5 attempts I got it off. Then I got the piece of seaweed out of the knot meter so we could see how fast we were going again. Funny thing… looking back in our log to our last trip, I went swimming to clean off the propeller and free up the knotmeter on Misty on Sept 10 in Tenants Harbour which is just on the other side of Vinalhaven.
Friday Sept 12 – Carvers’Cove to Boothbay
The forecast was for calm seas and light winds so we left the dinghy in the water with plans to tow it instead of putting it up on the davits. About an hour after we left the seas were getting pretty choppy and confused so I went back to look at the dinghy line and it was starting to fray. I put a chafe guard on it and we decided to hope for the best. A little while later I looked back and heard a snap just in time to see the dingy float away from the boat. We were able to go back and pick up another line in the dinghy and get it reattached to the boat. I tried to make a new chafe guard but ended up cutting my thumb instead. The wind continued to pick up, as did the seas. It was overcast and we had occasional showers. The bow kept getting buried in the waves and the waves would wash over the deck. At one point the boat really slowed down and we were only going about three knots instead of our usual six. This continued for a little while and then Dave decided to go see if we’d picked up another line in the propeller. There was no line caught in the propeller, but he could see a line dragging in the water on the starboard side of the boat. He went forward and found that we had caught a lobster buoy in a wire stay that runs from the bow spit back to the bow of the boat. We must have snagged it one of the times the bow went under the water – what are the chances?? We’d been dragging a lobster trap for a couple of miles (that will be pretty confusing for some lobsterman won’t it!). We finally got to Boothbay at 5:00 and picked up a mooring off the Tugboat Inn. We went out for supper at McSeagull’s we ordered way too much food and ended up bringing enough back to the boat for lunch tomorrow. In Misty’s log we had a similar day going to Boothbay with large confused seas – we sent the dogs below and Simon managed to turn off the main battery switch!
Dave went to town in the morning and did the laundry and checked email. We left Northeast Harbour at 12:30 after school was finished. Our first stop was the fuel dock that was at the mouth of Northeast Harbour. Next we went into Southwest Harbour to go to the marine store. It was pretty windy and we had a bit of a time finding a rental mooring. Then we got really wet in the dinghy going to the store. It wasn’t as easy as I had thought it would be! We picked up a few things we needed and then left there around 3:30 or 4:00 to go up to Somes Sound. This is apparently the only fiord on the East Coast on the US. It is really worth seeing – there are steep cliffs and high hills covered in trees and rocks. We picked up a mooring in Somesville at 5:00. At the top of the sound is a really pretty little town that was originally settled in 1761. Everything was closed when we got there but we saw a library, a museum and a bookstore. We had pizza for supper. After supper we went exploring in the dinghy and just around the other side of the island there was a campground with wooden platforms for the tents. It looked like a great campground.
Thursday Sept 11 – Carver’s Cove – Vinalhaven Island
We went back to the village in the morning to go to the bookstore. We bought a couple of books and then dropped the mooring at 10:30 to head back down the sound. We motored most of the day as we were going into the wind (again) and we were zig zagging between lots of little islands. We saw several beautiful schooners sailing off in the distance. It was nice and calm and the girls were able to get all their schoolwork done under way. Around 3:00 we were able to put all the sails up and we had a glorious sail in the sunshine and sailed the rest of the way to Carver’s Cove. We dropped anchor at around 5:00. As we were dropping the anchor, the girls noticed that there was a line caught around the propeller. Dave tried to get the line free from the dinghy but there was just no way to free it. Finally, I went swimming (the water wasn’t that bad – warmer than the air) and after 4 or 5 attempts I got it off. Then I got the piece of seaweed out of the knot meter so we could see how fast we were going again. Funny thing… looking back in our log to our last trip, I went swimming to clean off the propeller and free up the knotmeter on Misty on Sept 10 in Tenants Harbour which is just on the other side of Vinalhaven.
Friday Sept 12 – Carvers’Cove to Boothbay
The forecast was for calm seas and light winds so we left the dinghy in the water with plans to tow it instead of putting it up on the davits. About an hour after we left the seas were getting pretty choppy and confused so I went back to look at the dinghy line and it was starting to fray. I put a chafe guard on it and we decided to hope for the best. A little while later I looked back and heard a snap just in time to see the dingy float away from the boat. We were able to go back and pick up another line in the dinghy and get it reattached to the boat. I tried to make a new chafe guard but ended up cutting my thumb instead. The wind continued to pick up, as did the seas. It was overcast and we had occasional showers. The bow kept getting buried in the waves and the waves would wash over the deck. At one point the boat really slowed down and we were only going about three knots instead of our usual six. This continued for a little while and then Dave decided to go see if we’d picked up another line in the propeller. There was no line caught in the propeller, but he could see a line dragging in the water on the starboard side of the boat. He went forward and found that we had caught a lobster buoy in a wire stay that runs from the bow spit back to the bow of the boat. We must have snagged it one of the times the bow went under the water – what are the chances?? We’d been dragging a lobster trap for a couple of miles (that will be pretty confusing for some lobsterman won’t it!). We finally got to Boothbay at 5:00 and picked up a mooring off the Tugboat Inn. We went out for supper at McSeagull’s we ordered way too much food and ended up bringing enough back to the boat for lunch tomorrow. In Misty’s log we had a similar day going to Boothbay with large confused seas – we sent the dogs below and Simon managed to turn off the main battery switch!
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Gosh guys you look great! I have to say one cannot help but get envious of the experience.Glad to see the happy, smiling faces and Cathy you even managed to get one picture in there of yourself! I will be checking in so keep us posted. Miss you.
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