Tenants Harbour - Penobscot Bay, Maine
AJAYA'S CRUISE
Phil & Nikki Hoskins
Sun 11 Jul 2010 23:29
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43:57.82N, 69:12.45W
Well the wind was favourable all the way from Cape
Cod Canal to Penobscot Bay blowing from the southeast at 15-20 knots. Just like
a trade wind sail but...... at 1700 when we we were half way along the
passage the fog rolled in and stayed with us all night all the way to the
mooring ball in Tenants Harbour. We saw none of the surrounding islands, buoys
or boats around us, spending the whole night in visability of 200 yards or less
with eyes out like organ stops. At one point Nikki went below to make a drink
and could see mist swirling around the saloon so shut the doors wishing she
could stay on the inside! Outside everything was dripping wet and a four hour
watch left you feeling like a wet dog after a walk in the rain. Fortunately with
the excellent electronics we have the situation was more of an inconvenience
than a real danger which enable us to 'see' a 40 ft fishing boat some six miles
away heading our way. When Phil called him he had stopped to haul nets in the 20
knot winds - rather him than us we thought. He later called Nikki on her watch
to say he could see us and was passing astern of us. That was the only traffic
we couldn't actually see but knew of in our vacinity! Arriving off Penobscot we
couldn't see any coastline until we entered Tenants Harbour where the fog
magically reduced and we were confronted by thousands of lobster pots in the
entrance. We had arrived in Maine.
Having successfully avoided running over and
tangling with any of the lobster pot buoys we picked up a mooring ball belonging
to the Cod Head company feeling pretty tired. We have now reached our summer
cruising grounds and look forward to seeing the beautiful bays and harbours so
reverred by east coast cruisers. A look at the water temperature gave an
indication of why fog is so prevelant here. It was 10 degrees C or 50F if that
sounds warmer. Falling overboard is no longer an inconvenience to be lightly
taken.
This was a 'not so bad' stretch near
the
entrance
Picturesque Tenants Harbour is a working lobstering
port..........
......with just the odd metal crab to
grab you as you pass
by
Lots of traditional boats come here
Cod End seafood shack (Cod End is the last
part of a fishing net that holds the fish) Granite
ridges exposed at low water require a yachtsman's deepest
respect
  Pretending to be interested in lobster
pots
Customers are warned - they are waiting to pounce on your
lobsters!
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