Starting the cruise

9-6-05
I came up on the 5th and stayed over night on the Windchaser to check out the systems and get things ready for the 6th. Brint, Carolyn, and Brint JR. arrived at Brewers shortly before 9:00am. We all then drove to Shaw’s grocery in Freeport to get supplies for the trip. We procured the basics but nothing exceptional. The main meet was steak which we grilled on the boat on the 9th. Brint purchase several bottles of wine along with the eggbeaters, cheese, sausages, salad greens, crackers, frozen veggies, wraps, ham, turkey, English muffins etc.

Brint, Brint Jr. and I set off at about 11:00 for Boothbay. We motored south out of Casco Bay turning left just before Eagle Island heading past Balley’s Island for Point Small, past Seguin island and then up North to Boothbay. The day was beautiful but the wind was light so we mortared most of the way. The company was very good with many discussion of friends and family. One has trouble imagining the beauty of the Maine coast from the water. So much is missed from the land. Even the air cannot do it justice. All the green and blue interspersed with white fluffy clouds. The seas were relatively calm so there was no “sea sickness”. We arrived in Boothbay at 5:00pm as did Carolyn and their granddaughter Jessica. They were waving from the dock. Jessica is a very pretty 12 year old whose mother is going to medical school in Maine. Her father Brint Jr. is a house husband because of the difficulty of getting a job in the police profession. Full time jobs for both parents would not leave enough time for Jessica. Brint Jr. seems like a rather together guy.
We had a delightful dinner at my favorite restaurant, the Rock Tide in Boothbay just at the bridge to the center of town. The Rock Tide has excellent food and many wonderful boat models in the entry and lounge. They also have trains that go around the cealing along with beautiful view s of the harbor.