Sunday, July 24, 2016

Saturday July 23rd.

Happy birthday Rome!

We woke up to another hot sunny day.  Winds were light so we dilly dallied around in the morning.  

Eventually it was time to set off towards North East harbor or Sommes Harbor, despite the lack of wind.  We motored for 3 hours and then the wind picked up and we beat through the lobster pots until we got to the entrance to North East Harbor, 44 16.80N 68 16.44W.  The sailing was great now and having motored for so long, we decided to continue sailing up Somes  Sound, 44 18.90N 68 18.63W.  Somes Sound is billed as a fjord in the sailing guides.  It was beautiful, but nothing like the fjords in Newfoundland.  We arrived at Somes Harbor, 44 21.62N 68 19.63W and dropped the hook next to several other like-minded sailboats.  It is a beautiful harbor, albeit crowded with moorings. 

We planned to take our bikes ashore for an exploratory ride, but thunder and lightning reared their ugly heads in the distance and we decided to stay put.  As it turned out we didn’t get any storms in the evening. 

We put the mosquito nets up and dined on lamb chops, asparagus, potatoes and carrots, washed down with red wind.  Life is tough on the high seas!

After dinner Ron tried his hand at fishing again, but returned fishless with tales of the multitude of mosquitos out there.  It seems our mosquito nets work quite well!


Ships Log: 5900.6, Todays Log: 22.5, Seasons Total: 205.4

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