Our position is: 44:09.231N 68:52.917W

The next morning we went alongside for fuel, water and a pump out and I nipped into town to pick up some fresh bread, then we searched out Dragon’s Toy in the outer reaches of the harbour so we could return Tom’s sunglasses, left on board the night before. After all that it was time to set a course for Pulpit Harbour on North Haven.

We sailed with just the headsail as we threaded our way between the islands across Penobscot Bay. Pulpit Harbour takes its name from the large rock at the entrance shaped (unsurprisingly) like a pulpit. On the top is an osprey nest, which has apparently been there for 150 years – the nest, not the same osprey. The harbour is very attractive and peaceful. On arrival we were wondering where we could anchor as most of the harbour was taken up with moorings (quite a lot of them empty) but when we enquired of some people rowing past, one of them immediately offered us his mooring, which was nearby, and we accepted gratefully. We were eating lunch when Dragon’s Toy arrived and encountered a similar problem but with no helpful natives to hand. They picked up an empty mooring next to us and prepared to wait on board for a bit to see if anyone complained.

In the meantime we went ashore to see what we could find. A walk took us up to the little village and then we opted to follow a road that claimed to go to a point. We walked along for some distance encountering strange caterpillar nests in the hedges but with very limited views because of the trees and eventually decided we were never going to reach a point so turned back.

We had just arrived back at the boat and were contemplating a cup of tea when Tom and Cary returned, having given up waiting to be moved from their buoy and gone ashore to explore as well, and they invited us for drinks and dinner so we headed over to their boat for a most enjoyable evening.

Sailing across Penobscot Bay                                                                                                                                               no escaping the lobster pots or the schooners

Obviously worried about pot buoys!                                                                                                                               Pulpit Rock (named after its shape)

And the 150 yr old osprey nest on top of it                                                                                                                   Pulpit Harbour with many moorings

A schooner sailing into the harbour past Pulpit Rock                                                                                                    Strange caterpillar nest

A watcher on the road along the island                                                                             Moorglade is in here somewhere!

It’s a while since we had a sunset picture                                                                                                                           Down below on Dragon’s Toy