Another beautiful day, with 10-15 knot winds in the forecast
gusting to 20. The winds put us on a
broad reach to run all day. We couldn’t
use the screecher since we hadn’t sorted it out yet, but the genoa did just
fine. With 15 knot winds we were sailing
at 6-7 knots, and when the wind got up to 30+ knots, we rolled most of the
genoa away and were sailing at 8-9 knots.
Quite exciting sailing through lobster pots at 8 knots. We had planned to either sail to North East
Harbor or Sorrento, but with these winds the decision was easy. We continued to Sorento across beautiful
Frenchman Bay, 44 26.45N 68 11.68W.
We dropped anchor in Sorrento, 44 28.35N 068 11.00W, next to the many
moored boats and went ashore for a walk.
The views from Sorrento are stunning, looking out over the boat towards
Mount Desert Island. Sorrento,
apparently, was initially a resort town, but now there are no stores, or
tourist facilities, (not even an ice-cream shop!), but there are many beautiful
and expensive looking large homes in an idyllic setting.
We had a relaxing evening on the boat. Ron did a little fishing, to no avail and
Teresa spied on a deer feeding along the shoreline.
Ships Log: 5878.1, Todays Log: 23.4, Seasons Total: 182.9
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