Fun with the Stackhouses and Tallship regatta

We had a great,foggy fourth of July enjoying steamed lobster and roasted farm fresh root vegetables at Herb and Cathy's quaint waterfront cottage in We found out that the small part we need for the frig is delayed due to the 4th holiday so we decided to sail behind the tallships to Camden and stay the weekend there admiring the all wooden vessels! The regatta from Rockland to Camden was the final event in the area's Independence Day celebration. The sail was a reach with 12 plus knots of breeze, and we reached 6.5 knots. we got great photos of the race finish at the mouth of Camden harbor! The flash in the pans steel drum band from Blue Hill played for the post race party . We hear they build the steel drums ther in Blue Hill. And we enjoyed the concert from the boat on an inner harbor float just 25 yds from 6 moored schooners! Gorgeous view! Saturday, We climbed Mt.Battie in Camden State Park after walking the 2 miles to the park then up the moderate to strenuous trails to a spectacular view on all sides! One can see at least 50 islands from the top and on the land side mile after mile of tree covered hills! We sailed back to Rockland yesterday and Herb came over and sailed back with us. He is not only a skilled turkey hunter and expert fresh water fisherman but a durn good sailor! Calling about the frigo fridge part and trying to get some info. Though the block ice works fantastic here in cool Maine. We are disappointed that the photos that Cindra posted and SAW on the blog last week have disappeared! We tell you there were 2 photos posted and poof! We will try again. Steamed lobster onboard last night and WOW! Cindra, David and Lulu

shakedown cruise to Pulpit Harbor on the Isle of North Haven

ahoy! We shoved off from Journey's End Marina on Saturday, June 30th and sailed 12 miles to what may be one of our favorite spots since starting our cruising last summer. the entrance is noted by the Pulpit rock with a 100 year old osprey nest on top! on our sail over we refreshed ourselves with the chart plotter and radar, checked our battery usage, used the sails to be sure things were rigged correctly and that things had been restored to their rightful places since the mast and all shrouds and stays had been removed when the mast was unstepped for winter storage inside. the boat was dropped into the water on Wednesday June 27, and Friday morning we were shoving off the docks as other boats were being dropped in and space was needed. David did nearly all the work while I shopped for provisions. How he put the boat back together so fast is a mystery to me! We found the refrigeration which worked like a champ last year was running but not cooling. we had a slow leak so a new valve was ordered and would be in the following week. we stayed our first night out on a mooring in Rockland Harbor. The weather is so cool at night that sleeping is heavenly! I enjoyed awaking before sunrise to see the day begin. I captured it on the camera! pulpit Harbor was a great place to take inventory and stow gear and start relaxing. we started to walk the 2.5 miles into the town of North Haven on Sunday morning when a nice man from Mass. Offered us a ride and tho it was cool, we decided to take him up on his offer and walk back after church for exercise. we arrived at the church and enjoyed a service led by a most reserved Baptist priest with a talent for classical music and conducting. That Sunday was the last Baptist service to be held in that church for the summer. The small summer Baptist congregation would move up to Pulpit to a small church and allow the summer Episcopalians to use the larger church. we were interested in attending as we had met Fr. Fred Emrich at the Navigator Motor Inn earlier in the week while having breakfast there. He told us he had summered in North Haven for the past 40 years and served as the summer priest. We sailed back to Rockland after 3 great nights in Peaceful Pulpit harbor. We pumped out and took on water and laid alongside to load on 5 new deep cell batteries as we realized they had surpassed their expectancies. Luckily, a man was driving up to Rockland this very morning to drop something in town and he could bring the batteries from Westport a few hours drive away! After doing some more provisioning, a shower and a load of laundry we dinghied back to second wind out moored now in Rockland Harbor. The refrig part turns out won't be in today as expected . It should arrive by Friday, so we will enjoy the 4th here with Kathy and Herb Stackhouse at their home in Sprucehead eating lobster! oh well, someone has to do it! Cindra, David and Lulu

Jesse's Seafood has great picnic stuff!!

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Fido at the desk.

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Back in Rockland, Maine

Hello Landlubbers,
We arrived by car a few days ago, and we were happy to arrive to temperatures in the 70's! As we approached Rockland the fog was rolling in, and we loved it as we had been enduring hot travel days!

Yesterday after attending a service at St Peter's Episcopal in Rockland, we packed a picnic of lobster salad and sat at the public park above the harbor for dinner. Arriving on the weekend has forced us to relax as we could not really start the ball rolling on dropping Second Wind into the water which first requires stepping the mast and replace the rigging.

We snuck LULU into the Navigator Hotel disquised as a small dog. For some reason, the pet policy is dogs only. She is enjoying being a dog for a few days! Though her bark is more like as squeak.

Now onto the making of the shopping list for provisions!

Cindra, David and Lulu