First A Note…

You may note four separate posts for four separate days, all on today’s date. On the 26^th we had weak internet and lost our blog three times before we finally gave up and went to bed. After that we decided to write everything in Word then cut and paste it to the blog. We don’t find access every day but we’ll write them and post the lot whenever we can.

Today is May 29^th.

Yesterday evening we ended our run by going up that really neat canal that cut through Cape Ann Peninsula and picked up a mooring. Despite the fact that I burned the chicken we had a really good evening. The night… Not so much! Despite the fact that Gary had tied back the halyards we got just that right wind that caused one of them to hammer on the mast. The sound of it down below was unbearable. I went on deck and repositioned the halyard then went back to bed. The next thing I knew there was a vicious BASH against the hull right next to my head. I thought we were stove in. It turned  out to be the mooring buoy. I tried to push it away from the hull but it kept coming back and we had to live with it all night long. This morning we had breakfast and headed out for Portsmouth.

There was coastal fog with visibility of about one nautical mile. Very little wind from well astern. We motored but put the main up and Gary tied it to port with a preventer to keep it from gybing. Seas at the outset were one to two metres (mostly one). Later the wind came up and we unfurled the jib and shut down the motor.. We made good time but saw more two meter swells on the starboard quarter. With the wind blowing from offshore the seas had room to grow. By the time we were an hour out of Portsmouth we had to be careful to hold on.

By around 2:30 we got to the first buoy marking the channel. We motored into Little Harbour and pulled up to the fuel dock at the Wentworth by the Sea Marina. Surprisingly over the last three days we only burned three gallons of diesel. The marina is really nice. It has shore power. WiFi and SHOWERS!!! I haven’t done that since the morning of the 25^th. Gary has used the shower on Galefilero but I haven’t resorted to that yet. Anyway following a dinner of Barbecued steak, sautéed vegetables and portabello mushrooms, we hied ourselves to the showers. As I write this entry Gary has been reviewing the charts and preparing our long cruise to Portland tomorrow.

Gary:

Despite Don’s indication of having to hang on, it was no more than just another day would be in Trinity Bay.  In fact with the 1 to 2 metre seas and the fog, we could just as easily have been in Trinity Bay.  Overall the leg was not terribly eventful … the way passage making should be.

As Don indicated, the marina here is great … glad I’m not the one paying the bills.  We walked for a while before dinner to stretch the legs.  Visited Fort Constitution which was taken from the British in an overthrow in 1774.

I am happy Don has finally had a shower!