August 12th, 2019
FOG
Our first experience of Maine Fog out of which materialized this beauty.
August 12th, 2019
CLASSIC LINES
August 12th, 2019
LIGHTHOUSE VIEW
The lighthouse is open to the public and so it proved a lovely spot to see a local Wind Jammer sail past in all her glory.
August 12th, 2019
CAMDEN LIGHTHOUSE
Camden has a rather lovely lighthouse that sits on an island that protects its bay.
August 12th, 2019
CAMDEN
People have been raving about Maine and Tracey has always wanted to come so its great to be here. Penobscot Bay is the heart of their cruising grounds and so it was a pleasure to drop the anchor in Camden, one of the sailing nerve centers.
We have finally arrived and are now looking forward to the next chapter of our adventure unfolding. As you can see from the picture Camden is lovely and offered a welcome spot to start to settling into Maine.
August 12th, 2019
MAPLE JUICE COVE
There are three million lobster traps in Maine and at times it's a job to work your way through them. We had been warned about them but I now find them an additional entertainment to the day as we hop from anchorage to anchorage. They become a pain when on a long passage for there is no respite making for a surprisingly tiring day. As we dodged pot after pot I started to wonder what they are baited with and the answer presented itself as I took my morning paddleboard in Maple Juice Bay. This is a local boat that I spent forty five minute chatting with as they pulled together their purse sein net. There are any number of shoals about that are easy pickings for the lobstermen as they head out for a days work. They are allowed sixteen barrels of bait and once collected they release the rest alive which is so good to see when consider of our mad system at home where perfectly good fish are thrown back dead.
You might think that three million pots would decimate the Lobster but catches are rising and its thought that the baiting is so plentiful that as much as anything they are farming Lobster with small ones being returned until of a legal size for consumption.
August 12th, 2019
BOUNTIFUL SEAS
Cape Cod became one of the most bountiful areas of the Empire thanks to the abundance of fish. My whale shots never came out but I did get this picture of one of the many Sunfish that waved to us in their lazy way. Don't underestimate them though for on close approach they shoot off and we saw one of them breach later in the day. There are huge shoals of fish about here and obviously oily for you can smell a shoal when downwind.
August 12th, 2019
PROVINCETOWN
Provincetown is tucked inside the curling embrace at the end of Cape Cod and makes for a safe anchorage. I have always wanted to come here and wasn't disappointed for it has a fun, rather bohemian nature thanks to the large and joyous gay community. We took a day out to nail our laundry, top up the stores and soak up the atmosphere. There is a huge monument dominating the town that is a copy of a tower in Venice. An oddity when you consider it was erected to celebrate the Mayflowers first landfall in America.
