Tuesday August 9th.

Our cruising guide suggested a dinghy ride around the harbor at low tide.  So we did.  Its usually more interesting seeing harbors at low water and this harbor was no exception.  The guide also mentions that cormorants do not have oils in their feathers as other sea birds do.  So when they dive, the cormorants wings get soggy and need drying out.  Here’s how they do that.

Probably our shortest voyage yet!  We sailed for 5 minutes then motored to Love Cove, 43 49.94N 069 40.24W.  On the way we stuck our nose in Pierce Cove, 43 50.06N 69 40.56W just to take a look.  We have cycled past these coves many times on the way from Hodgdons to Boothbay harbor and were interested to look at them from seaward.  With our centerboard up we have a draft of 3’, so we explored these coves up to a depth of 7’.  (However, the next day we noticed that we hadn’t raised our centerboard, so we were exploring with a draft of 6’!)

Ships Log: 6011.1, Todays Log: 2.1, Seasons Total: 315.9