Seal Bay to Boothbay Harbour
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Sun 9 Sep 2012 17:40
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Our Position is 43:50.941N
69:37.725W
The holding in Seal Bay was very good, giving us a
good night's sleep despite the storm, but the downside is that, in the morning,
there was a lot of very sticky mud to wash off the chain as the anchor came
up. In spite of that we were away by 7:30 as we had a good day's passage ahead.
We chose the route south of Vinalhaven, across the bay and through Fishermans
Passage. Occasional sightings of seals and dodging through the masses of lobster
trap buoys kept us entertained at first but the passage seemed long enough by
the time we were entering Boothbay Harbour. The season is over now and hailing
the Tugboat Marina gained no response so after picking up one of their buoys for
a few minutes to get our bearings we spotted a space on their face
dock and went alongside. A local liveaboard was minding the shop for the
dockmaster, who had nipped off home early. We had just settled in, taking on
water and hooking up the shore power when Dragon's Toy picked up the buoy we had
briefly occupied, so I rowed over to suggest we had dinner together.The marina
restaurant were doing a special deal on lobster.
Tom had lost a lazy jack up the mast, so I helped
him with his trip up the mast first. We all enjoyed the lobster later, two for $15, was good value.
The following day, Monday, we had an easy day
looking round the town and doing a bit of shopping. As usual the real grocery
stores were out of town so the excersise walking to the Hannafords was a
bonus. There was however a good hardware store in town where I bought
some silicone gasket for the outboard repair, and the clothing stores had
some excellent bargains as they tried to clear the last of the summer
stock. The items I fancied buying were only available in XXL or XS, but Kay
fared better. The town which is crowded in summer was pleasantly empty.
 Lobster boats in Fishermans
Passage
Unconventional way of marking the ledges
 Lobster supper with
Tom and
Cary
Early morning in Boothbay Harbour
 Well stocked hardware
store
Christmas comes early in Maine.
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