08/20/2008, Warren Island State Park (near Islesboro, ME)
Back at Warren Island
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 10 AM Warren Island State Park (near Islesboro, ME) Water temperature 60 F
For awhile yesterday morning it looked like we spend another day at the dock in Winterport. It started pouring down rain and the temperature dropped as a front came thru. But, by 1 PM the rain had mostly stopped and we headed down river. We started out motoring; then the wind picked up a little and we were motor sailing. By late afternoon, the wind was blowing and we were sailing on a broad reach doing almost 6 K with just the jenny. We returned to Warren Island where we were a month ago and picked up a (FREE!!!) mooring at the Warren Island State Park. (Thank you Maine) We had our new heater running all day when the engine was running (it works just like a heater in a car and only works when the engine is running) and the boat was nice and warm inside. Once the boat was secure we went down below and closed the hatch. It was so nice to get out of the wind and to be able to peel off some layers.
We had planned to launch the dinghy today and go ashore to pick blueberries. But, the wind is still blowing hard and we are bouncing around a bit on the mooring. If the wind dies down some later, as forecast, we might do it; but for now it looks like it could be a (kinda) quiet day at anchor.
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08/18/2008, Winterport, Maine
Almost Underway
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 10 AM Winterport, Maine Water temperature 70 F
I turned in our Avis car this morning at the Bangor Airport and caught a ride back to Winterport Marine with one of the fellows from the marina. We still need to fill the diesel tanks and pay our bill but we are about ready to get underway. That is as soon as the tide changes. At 11:30 this morning there will be a 3 K current heading upstream. At 1:30 PM, it will be slack water and then the current will start flowing downstream. Since we will be heading downstream; we'll just wait for the flow to be going our way.
We got back to the boat last Thursday and worked on it every day until it was launched yesterday. Patti removed our brown mustache (from tannin in Dismal Swamp water); patched a nasty gouge I put in the bow with the anchor; waxed the hull; polished the chrome and set up her sewing machine on a picnic table and re-stitched the blue sunbrella on the jenny. I replaced the zincs; repositioned the cutless bearing (it had slipped past the set screws that were supposed to hold it in place); sanded and painted the bottom and installed the heater we bought last spring.
The boat was too much of a project work room to try to live on board so we stayed in a motel in Bangor while the cat stayed on the boat. Kalko was real happy to see us in the morning when we got to the boat. We checked out of the motel yesterday and moved onto the boat. Once the boat was back in the water I got the refrigerator running and then we went grocery shopping.
We are looking forward to some quiet time at anchor.
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07/23/2008, Bridgeport, WV
It was a rainy day in the mountains of West Virginia, so I put a new album on the blog.
Spring Summer 08
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