June was mostly devoted to working on some maintenance items and summer planning. On Friday, July 18 after getting some electronics work completed, we started out on the 2014 trip to Maine. After a night at anchor in Sachuest Harbor we zipped up Buzzards Bay to meet Lee and Cheryl aboard their Outbound 46 sister ship, Hippocampus. We both went through the CC Canal and motored together across Stellwagen Bank and the Gulf of Maine, en route to Boothbay Harbor.
List of items that we encountered: Seals, dolphins, small whales, crossing fishing boats, crossing cruise ships, birds, lobster pots, lobster pots, and lobster pots.
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| Pratique and Hippocampus let the Maasdam cross our bows. |
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| Seals |
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| Maybe a Minke whale? |
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| The Becky Lynne graciously allows us to pass port-to-port |
We arrived at Boothbay Harbor at 0800 the next morning after an uneventful overnight. Unfortunately there was very little wind so the motors were on the whole way. Boothbay, however, was just as beautiful as it was last summer:
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| Morning in Boothbay Harbor |
After lobster dinners aboard Hippocampus it was time for an early bedtime, since we didn't get much rest the night before.
Next morning we said goodbye to Lee and Cheryl who were going to cruise around the Boothbay/Casco Bay area. Off to our first tour of Penobscot Bay . . .
