Sailing from Boothbay to North Haven

9-7-05
The sleep on the boat was very comfortable with little wind or wave action. In the morning I got up and heated water for tea. We then had eggs, sausages and fried English muffins. It was rather good. After breakfast we brought the boat into the dock for diesel fuel and water. Our motor from South Freeport took a little over 5 hours and consumed about 5 gallons of diesel for about 5 miles per gallon. The motor and boat in general worked very well. There was little smoke from the engine and no problems with the transmission. We headed out Down Eeast rounding Pemaquid Point and heading toward Hupper island where Pam and Buzz have house used primarily by their cousins. Brint’s wife Carolyn’s family landed at Pemaquid before the revolutionary way and may be the source of the name of Bailey’s Island passed the previous day. We motored into Port Clyde and viewed the beach where a couple of years ago Mark Gerber and I went ashore in the dingy only to fine on our return that the tide had left the dingy high and dry. We then motor sailed to Tennets harbor and few miles up the coast and investigated the harbor. It was beautiful spot and would be a very pleasant place to spend the night but Brint wanted to go to a place that could not be reached by a car on the land so we headed for North Haven. Tennets harbor is associated with the Weyeth painting family. The wind came up and we actually sailed a bit but the wind was at our stern so avoiding a jibe was not easy. On our entry into North Haven we could not find a mooring in the mooring field recommended by the marina. We tried one but the fellow in an Ericson 38 from Boothbay who was already there told us to find another as we were too close to his boat. Brint and I motored to the other side of the harbor and found one mooring available that was away from other boats. Browns marina told us to use the other mooring field but here we are.

Our dinner was steak coated with butter, garlic and pepper, steamed veggies and a slightly used baked potato from the Black Tide restaurant last night along with salad. The steaks were done on the grill attached to the stern of the boat. We had wine and listened to classical music as I wrote down these notes on my laptop.