Fog and Heat

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Sun 12 Aug 2012 12:45

Fri & Sat – 10th & 11th Aug

 

We woke again to dense fog but since we had to wait for Nick the engineer to turn up at some stage, Sarah headed off to Walmart and the shopping mall to buy another phone as we have discovered that AT&T has very poor or no reception in Maine, but Verizon coverage is good.  So for the grand sum of $9.98 we have yet another phone to add to our collection.

 

In the event there was a bit of a communications error and when the boatyard asked me to come to the yard, they did not mean for me to pop over in the dinghy, but wanted me to bring Serafina in to their dock so Nick could do the work! But this was not worked out until after the workforce had finished for the day and so it was agreed that we would bring Serafina into the yard at 0700 hours the next morning.

 

Sarah returned after a successful trip and was safely back on board before it turned very cold and wet. We were battened down inside when we heard our names being called and emerged on deck to find Il Sogno passing us close by, having just raced up here from Marta’s Vineyard, by way of Portland. We exchanged hellos and agreed to meet up in the morning.

 

So at 0700 hours we crept through the dense morning fog (are you getting the feel for this stuff yet?) and made our way onto the fuel and work dock at Journey’s End Marina. Nick was soon aboard and in no time had replaced the timer and switch unit and we now have a fully operational warm air heater again. We took this opportunity to top up the fuel and water tanks, use the laundry machines and both of us  used the showers. We then headed back out into the fog and made our way out to the anchorage and dropped the hook close to Il Sogno all by 0940!

 

Then all four of us took Doris (our rib) ashore to have coffee and visit the ‘Maine Boat and Home Show’ that was taking place on the public landing area. This is a quirky little show, but in amongst the stands for furniture and the usual stuff, were some beautiful wooden craft, ranging from kayaks and small rowing boats up to an outstanding restoration of a 1924 100ft ketch, Adventuress. There were some stands that were of real interest to us, but the area reserved for dog and pet related exhibitors was close to bizarre. We simply had to photograph the stand selling oxygen masks for dogs – I kid you not! And there are buggies for dogs too.

 

We indulged ourselves in a nearby restaurant with lobster club sandwiches and returned to our boats.

 

In the evening we went over to Il Sogno for drinks which ended up Craig barbequing burgers for him and me, but did also have the merit that Craig and Sarah were able to agree on a common destination for tomorrow.  However before we head off, I have to pick up Seth who runs a canvas company, at 0700 hours from the public dock and bring him out to the two boats for him to quote to do some repair work for us.