Wednesday 6th July.

We were destined to have a foul tide through the narrows back out to the Sheepscot river, if we were to have a fair tide up to Wiscasset, so we left early (ish) before the tide through the narrows was too strong.  Another hot day, but no wind, so we motored to Wiscasset, 43 59.88N 69 39.95W. 

At Wiscasset we popped into Wiscasset Yacht Club where they were very friendly, allowed us to use their dinghy dock and pointed out the town moorings, one of which we picked up.  The mooring pennant was thoroughly wrapped around the mooring chain, which at the time didn’t worry too much, since we usually rig our own lines because, unlike a monohull, we need a bridle. 

After mooring we jumped on our bikes and set off for a ride.  The ride was billed as a 55 miler, but given that the temps were forecast to be in the mid 80s, we worked out a shortcut.  As it happened, we should have worked out a shorter shortcut – we were both exhausted when we got back from a 45 mile ride. 

Arriving back at the boat, we discovered that one of our bridle lines was thoroughly wrapped around the mooring chain.  We didn’t have time or energy to fix it, so we dropped that line and used a different one for the night.

The kind folk at the Yacht Club allowed us to use their showers, (perhaps because they were downwind of us), after which we had dinner at Le Garage followed by an early night.

Ships Log: 5750.5, Todays Log: 5.9, Seasons Total: 55.3