THURSDAY 25th AUGUST
2011
Ohhhh, what a dull morning and
whats more, things are not looking good for the weekend,
Hurricane " Irene"
is heading north along the U.S.
coast and is expected here by Sunday, and this is not a place
to be, so we will
have to leave tomorrow, and go
and hide in Smiths cove which is about 25miles from here,
Gawd, this place was buzzing
today where they lifted out 20 boats and another 20 tomorrow,
all trying to be secure
for the weekend, mind you, some
of them are comming out because its the end of the season as
far as they
are concerned,
At 07.00 hrs this morning,
skipper went to the " Ships Store " and got some 3M caulking
and alcohol and returned to
the boat and began the long
overdue task of removing the aft deck hatch to the master
cabin and resealing the thing,
It did not take long to unscrew
and remove the hatch, The bedding was scant and perished ,
with little or no
adhesion to the cabin top and
only about 40% of adhesion to the hatch itself, This was one
of the new windows
installed at " Fox's" boat yard,
Ipswitch early in 2007, and like the rest of the new windows
they installed , have
leaked almost from the beginning,
and their only response was to suggest that the bedding or
caulking suffered
from the changing climates on our
way around the world,
Amazing, none of the original
windows on the boat , now 10 years old, ever leaked ! only the
new ones installed by Fox's boat yard.
It would be interesting to have
their response to that !
The whole project took skipper
about 2 hours, which included cleaning all the frames and
cabin top before rebedding
the hatch again,
Later, like 5 hours later, it got
well tested with some torrential rain, and to our delight, no
leaks ..........
At lunch time , Gerard returned
with the parts for the generator, and after a couple of hours
got the generator running and
shutting down as it should, but
the thing was still overheating so more work there tomorrow,
Skipper continued with replacing
the linings to the insulation in the engine room with a new
adhesive silver tape , It
looks great, but only time will
tell if it is the right stuff or not,
On the home front. Our friend
Margaret How is making slow progress from her newmonia , and
our daughter " Leah"
and her son Jamie have returned
from India to Ireland for a few days to the delight of their
friends, not to mind
our daughter Sarah and son Stefan
who are so happy to see their sister, ( their real mother )
Now back to last Monday
22nd ,
In the afternoon we went to "
POINT LOOKOUT " resort for 2 nights, this was one of the
prizes we won at the weekend
so we decided that now was the
right time, We were given a tour to the top of the resort by
the staff and we were bowled over
with the sheer beauty and views
from that location,
The views across " Penobscot Bay
" were simply stunning.....................
The resort hold their weddings
and receptions here and on a cclear day it is just
magnificant, but the building really
impressed skipper, the
architectural details were really special and the model yachts
and ships were awsome,
This place was the HQ of MBNA
and it seems our Irish friend " Shane Flynn" was the boss
there before it was all
bought over by " Bank Of America"
and subsequently shut down,
Now , it is a posh holiday
resort,
We had dinner later in the "
LOBSTER POUND " down in Lincoln Ville village and the
value was great, a pair of
lobsters for $ 32...... plus all
the trimmings, like fresh sweet corn on the cob, baked
potatoe, salad, etc,
Later we watched telly ,
something we are not used to before crashing out for a good
nights sleep in a real bed,
Tuesday 23rd,
Skipper returned to " A lady "
and worked on re-covering the insulation around the generator
and watching the mechanic
work on the generator itself,
Later, skipper got a loan of
Brian Smullen's V.W . a tourag which skipper had a few years
ago. but, BUT, But, this was
a V8 , grab that , a beautifull
car and responded to the owners touch, the doors would lock or
open just at the touch
of the owner or driver,
incredible,,,,,,
So , skipper used the car to
return the the " point Lookout " and the 2 of us went off for
anothe great meal in " Chez Michel"
Skipper had a lobster and crab
pie, it was one of the best dishes had in a long time,, yum,
yum,
Wednesday 24th
Up early, we packed our bags and
signed out of " Piont Lookout " resort and drove to Belfast
, for breckfast and a look
around the place before returning
to " A lady"
The breckfast included Irish "
corned beef hash" a pair of eggs, bacon, english muffins,
beans, coffee, It was massive,
we were bursting when we finished
and struggled our way to the car just a couple of hundred
meters up the road,
10.30hrs we reached the boat in
Camden and got ourselves ready for our guests, Micheal, and
his mother Beverly
and father Rick Peiser,
Micheal is a good friend of our
son " Stefan" and he lives in Ireland at present, but is
American and his father is a proffessor
in " Harvard University "
Boston,
They arrived at 12.15 and we went
for a sail in " A Lady" , we sailed to Rock port ,
just about 10 miles south of here
and had a great sail in 22 / 25
knots of wind, we had a great beat down and a fetch back by
tacking downwind,
Rick steered the boat most of the
time and really enjoyed the day, as did Beverly and Micheal,
later when we reached
port we guzzeled a bottle of
white wine before our guests departed back to " Booths Bay"
where they are staying for a few days,
They were really impressed with
our beautifulll " Oyster 56 "
We , on the other hand, drove in
our beautifull V.W over to " SHEPPARDS PIE "
restaurant in RockPort for dinner,
RockPort is only a few miles from
Camden, so we arrived in less than 10 minutes,
the place was mobbed and we had
to mope around for 40 minutes before we got a seat,
We met people from " New Orleans"
and they never met Irish People before, they dont even know
Irish people, but were
very familier with " St
Patrick " and the parades, dumb, dumbs,
We enjoyed the night even though
the food was only so,so,
That brings us up to date, and
today,
Sooooo, thats it for now,,,
,,,,,,,,,, EarthQuakes, Hurricanes, and rain, whats next !
! !
Signed ;- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
