Super Fund

Smith Cove, Brooksville, Maine

Tanqueray returned to Smith Cove this time with Viviane aboard. We re-connected with Trip and Nicole aboard Kalyra and spent time ashore hiking the public trails on the west side of the harbor.

I'm still smitten with Smith Cove. It's the perfect place to keep a boat moored or anchored, albiet a bit far from civilization. The only minor problem is the nearby superfund site.

I expect to blog less frequently now that I'm slowly heading home and often visiting places for a second time. I also know the blog timing can be confusing. Tanqueray visits a destination on one date, I write the blog entry at a later date and then I post at a still later time when I get some internet access. Healthy stretches of procrastination are mixed in to further extend the schedule.

Eggemoggin Reach

Center Harbor, Brooklin, Maine

Center Harbor is home to a lot of beautiful, old, wooden boats. It's also where the video website Off Center Harbor is based. They produce videos about all things sailing and nautical but with a heavy slant towards old classic boats.

The videos are very well done. After watching only a few you will want to move to Maine, lose your r's and buy an old wooden boat.

Eggemoggin Reach

Center Harbor is located on Eggemoggin Reach. Likable because it has a cool name, very few lobster pots and is the first suspension bridge Tanqueray has gone under since the Throgs Neck bridge.

Kollegewidgwok

Blue Hill, Maine

looks green to me

Blue Hill is home to the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club where we rented a mooring. When I first called them on the radio, I didn't even try to get the name right. Instead, I tried to slur something quickly that started with a 'k' and had a 'w' in there somewhere. I soon realized that no one has any idea how to pronounce the name and so everyone just calls it KYC.

Blue Hill Bay

Allen Cove, Blue Hill Bay

Blue Hill Bay is one of the nicest stretches of water we've sailed in Maine. One can see Blue Hill to the north, the Acadia mountains to the east and, best of all, there are few lobster pots cluttering the way.

We spent one night in Allen Cove, a quiet cove exposed only to the north.

Homecoming

Southwest Harbor, MDI, Maine

Our last destination on MDI, Southwest harbor is where our Morris Justine was born - 27 years ago at Morris Yachts. It's the first time she has been home since we've owned her. Morris was purchased by Hinkley Yachts a couple of years ago. I suspect it's no longer the family owned business it once was.

The Mountains of Acadia Park above Southwest Harbor

fjards

Somes Harbor, MDI, Maine Somes Sound is the only fjard in the lower 48 states (or something like that). It was impressive to be sailing in such deep water nestled between the mountains of Acadia Park. Some day I hope to visit even more impressive fjords in Newfoundland and Quebec. Not sure why I didn't take a picture.

End of Easting

Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Leaving Swan's Island and heading northeast brought us to Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. This is the farthest east Tanqueray will go this summer. There's not much between here and the Canadian boarder.

Admiral V

Northeast Harbor is home to the most expensive collection of boats I've seen since visiting Nantucket. The local population (including several billionaires) voted against allowing cruise ships to visit the harbor.