The overnight sail was pretty sporty. When Patrick and I switched out around 11:30, winds were 15-18 knots, gusting into the 20s, so we put in a reef (reduced the…
On Monday the 21st, we woke up and finished our preparations for a 24-hour passage. We had a lot of things to check and store before we left. Patrick looked…
The 19th found us making one final swing through Bar Harbor, to meet up with Melissa’s former work colleague, Tami, who had flown in the day before and was enjoying…
On Thursday the 17th, we left Blue Hill and headed back to Southwest Harbor. (For those who are curious why we’re back in SW Harbor yet again: I had found…
We woke to a beautiful day (thank goodness August’s weather has on the whole been much better than July’s!) and we headed to shore to check things out in Blue…
After our overnight at Little Cranberry, we decided to make our way up to Blue Hill. We have been there before; we hid out in Blue Hill in 2020 when…
We got up early on the 13th to leave Winter Harbor and motor over to Bar Harbor for a rendezvous with the Saffers. They were passing through on their way…
The next day, it was all about being off the boat, because Winter Harbor was having their 59th annual Lobster Festival! We dinghied over to the town dock, where everyone…
On August 11, we left SW Harbor and sailed to a new harbor to us–Winter Harbor. We had a nice sail over, finally getting some good breeze in the right…
The morning after the storm was beautiful, as so often seems to happen. We dropped the mooring at Abel’s and headed off for another of the Cranberry Islands, Great Cranberry…