The DEYC had a Day Tripper event today. Boats met up at Burnt Island, 43 49.61N 69 38.50W, for lunch and to
explore the island. We had 7 boats
rafted up on a single mooring. Luckily
the wind was light!
We were the 6th boat to arrive, and Melanie on Windependence
arrived shortly after us. She was
sailing single handed and rafted to us.
We all had lunch, Melanie had to leave shortly afterwards, and soon
after that everyone else left. We
returned to the mooring to explore the island.
Just before we set off in the dinghy, we had a call from
Melanie who had snagged a lobster pot.
(Did I mention that there are lots of lobster pots in Maine?) It’s hard enough getting free of a lobster
pot when you have a crew, let alone when you’re single handed, so we jumped
into our dinghy and set off on a rescue mission! She wasn’t too far away, and between us,
after an hour of struggling to free the pot wrapped around her rudder, we cut
the line, tied a plastic milk bottle to the lobster pot line (so the lobsterman
could retrieve the pot), and Melanie was able to sail home.
We returned to Quinita and went ashore to explore the
island.
We returned to Dave and Genie’s mooring, had dinner aboard,
and joined Dave at his campfire.
Ships
Log: 5705.5, Todays Log: 9.3, Seasons Total: 10.3
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