Thursday 7th July.

Did I mention Lobster pots?  They were sprinkled liberally amongst the moorings and half way through the night we heard a tap, tap, tap on the hull.  It turned out that we had a lobster buoy snagged on our centerboard.  Not a job we were going to deal with at midnight.  We were tired enough to sleep and figured we’d deal with it in the morning. 

Fortunately, by the morning, the lobster pot had freed itself, but we spent an hour hoisting up the mooring buoy and freeing our lines and the mooring pennant. 

The tides weren’t good for returning to Boothbay until 1pm, so we took a walk around town.  Wiscasset has an interesting “Museum in the Streets”.  You pick up a pamphlet which has 29 historical buildings on a map, and walk around to visit them.  Each building has a plaque with information outside, which makes for a nice outdoor museum.    It’s a very picturesque town.

After having a delicious Maine lobster roll and buying some Maine Jam, we returned to the boat and set off for Boothbay.  The winds were very light, but 3 classic Friendship sailboats had set off just before us and were sailing.  With their large gaff rigged mainsails, they were making slow progress.  We tried to sail with our screecher but, in 3-4 knot winds dead astern we were even slower and had to resort to the engines if we were going to make Boothbay on the tide. 

The bridge at Townsend Gut was now operational, and we tied up at the DEYC dock by 5:30pm. 

Ships Log: 5761.9, Todays Log: 11.4, Seasons Total: 66.7