There is a beautiful, rugged island just outside Boothbay
Harbor which our cruising guide gives 5 stars, and so we decided to
explore. We were moored in the outer
harbor, with few obstacles nearby, and a nice fresh N wind so we dropped the
mooring under sail, which was very nice and peaceful.
A broad reach took us all the way to Damariscove Island, 43 45.30N 069 36.88W. We sailed into the harbor but when we found
out how small and crowded it was, we chickened out, dropped sails and motored
in to find mooring. They were all taken however, but when we returned
to the outer harbor to find somewhere to anchor, a boats crew told us they
would be leaving in 15 minutes, so we picked up the mooring that they vacated.
We went for a walk around the island which was very rugged
and natural. And full of biting flies!
We returned to Quinita, and watched as a sailboat a little
larger than ours sailed calmly into the harbor, went right into the inner harbor
under sail, rounded up and picked up a mooring.
They certainly put us to shame – we didn’t even think they had room to
turn their boat!
We swam to cool off – the water was certainly cool – cleaned
the log impellor which hadn’t been working, and rinsed off with sun
showers.
Ships Log: 6039.2, Todays Log: 0.1, Seasons Total: 344
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