Tenants Harbor/Long Cove to Camden to Pulpit Harbor - 7/8/15

Danny was the first to awaken this morning in Long Cove.  We were socked in and the seas were a little troubled.

6:15am

Darin still sleeping.  I use a CPAP machine
so I can burrow as deep as I like.
 I get my air pumped in.

I went through the morning ritual of preparing the coffee while we listened to the marine forecast.

Prepping coffee

Listening to the forecast

Dan consulting the charts while
still in his berth.

"This page joins..."   grrrrr! 

One of the many things Dan wanted to do on this trip was some "foul" weather traveling by sail or motor.  Since we were up so early and the conditions weren't right for faffing about, we decided to head out roughly in the direction whence we came.  This was our sixth day on the water.  Though we still had plenty of days left for sailing, we wanted to take our time and hit more stops on the way back as well.

Dan weighing anchor.  The Mantus is exceptionally good 
at biting.  Especially, in 
mud or clay.

Developing a technique for single-handed anchor pulling

Motoring out of Long Cove

This was an excellent time to deploy the radar-reflector.  

The wind was southwesterly as were the currents.  Perfect conditions for making a northeast run.  So we did.

It was awesome!    

Flying the radar reflector

A little rolling around

Wesley follows

We were running with the genny and the whisker pole.  And, just like last year, when we set our speed record, our whisker pole collapsed.

Dan:  "Here comes a little lift."
Darin:  "Sweet."

Whisker Pole:  "Snap!"

whisker Pole-mourning

Two thoughts:

1. buy a better whisker pole

2. reevaluate when to use a whisker pole

The run was so good that by lunch we found ourselves at the entrance to Camden Harbor.  We had made up two days of sailing in four to five hours.

Also, the fog burned off and the weather was glorious.

Scoping our options

May I present Camden Harbor.

A little water to hydrate before rowing to the town dock.

Super cool dory with a Gray Motors "Hit and Miss."

View of Camden Harbor from Camden Park.

Cool pavilion area in Camden Park

We walked around the shops a little bit and then found a place to eat.

I had clam chowder.  'Nuff said.

After lunch we made our way back to the town pier by way of ice-cream.  On the dock we started chatting with a family on vacation from Connecticut who were just getting back from taking there son to a sailing lesson.  While I chatted with the parents about wine and dogs, Dan showed their son around the boat.

Dan getting schooled in medieval weaponry, I think.

We sailed from Camden Harbor to Pulpit Harbor, north west side of North Haven Island.  Again the winds favored us.  Coming now from the northeast we were able to more or less reach right across to North Haven

We passed Pulpit Rock and the giant egret nest on it.  There were a few other boats already on anchor and positioned for the show.  We took our place in the row and dropped anchor.  Pulpit harbor is a fully-enclosed harbor save the entrance.  It is a wonderful place to watch the sunset over Camden Hills.  And we did.