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 7/19- Rockland ME    Well the last week or so has been interesting to say the least. We ventured out and sailed across the bay to Carver Cove where we sat for a couple of days. The wind has been west and northwest for quite a long time now which is unusual. We enjoyed ourselves in Carvers as we dinghied in to a beach we hadn’t known was public. It had a nice little walk through the woods in some sort of preserve.     The wind was still west. In the morning so we put a reef in to try out the new sail. We just had the stay sail up for now as we anticipated tacking through the thoroughfare. We would have made it except for the very narrow section where we ran out of room. Mr Perkins came to the rescue and once we cleared the buoy we sailed the rest of the way. Once we were past the 26 buoy we ran up the head sail and took off for Rockland. While we were tacking out we crossed paths with another CD 36 with the same sail configuration up. It was a bumpy crossin...
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Rockland

 7/9- Rockland ME    The rest of our trip went pretty well. With the forecast of east wind we took off early. It was light at first but the wind eventually came around and once we cleared the buoy at the end of the harbor it was right behind us. I tried a bunch of things to get the jib working but finally just retired it. With just the main up we were doing 4.5 knots. We cruised through the dreaded Casco passage with no problem and turned up into the Eggemoggin Reach. I poled out the jib and put a preventer on the main as the wind was directly behind us. This worked for a bit but we had to adjust course around some buoys and again we just rolled up the jib. We cruised right up to Bucks Harbor where we took a mooring.      This must be the magnet place for Cape Dories as there were 3 right in a row on moorings and at least 3 or 4 others in the harbor. It was a pretty quiet night and morning.      We left a little early and just sat for a coupl...
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Sailing

 7/5-Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island ME    Well we finally set off on an adventure having to pull us off the flypaper that is Rockland. It seems when we get into Rockland it gets really hard to leave. There always seems to be one more thing that would be fun to do or person we would like to see. Anyways we tore ourselves away finally.     We had a very nice sail across the bay and sailed all the way through the Fox Thoroughfare. What was kind of amazing about this was we hardly adjusted the sails at all even though it was a twisting and winding passage. We ended up anchored in Seal Bay close to our usual spot. We were joined later by 3 or 4 other boats. It was a windy night but we were dug in and it calmed a bit in the morning.      Again this morning we had good wind coming from the southwest which propelled us nicely across the bay. We got a little confused as to where to enter Merchants Row because the fog was slow to lift here. Even...
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Spring has sprung

 6/25- Rockland ME    Well it’s been a while since I checked in here and so I thought I would update what’s been happening. We got to Rockland around mid June and set to work getting Nutmeg ready for another campaign. We didn’t have a whole lot to do so we basically cleaned her up and enjoyed yard life for a while. We checked in with old friends and new and saw what was new in Rockland.     The fun began when we were launched. The launching went well and we got all the sails on just in time for a big storm to hit. We sat all the next day in the wind and rain being tossed about like being in a washing machine. It was one way to get your sea legs. There were some 4 foot rollers cruising through the harbor that made cooking dinner a bit more exciting than normal.     After things calmed down a bit we headed out for a sail up to Holbrook Island. It was a nice reach in about 10-15 knots of west to northwest wind. That is until we ran into the squa...
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Finish

 9/9- Rockland ME    That’s all folks!! We got hauled today and are sitting on the boat in the middle of the parking lot. It went about as you would expect for our reverse challenged boat. We started off fine but then drifted off and couldn’t recover gracefully. It all worked out in the end as how far in this narrow channel can you go.      Now we begin the process of winterizing and also landizing ourselves. We have been on the boat since May. Our gait may look a bit unsteady but finally boat has stopped moving. We also have to drive a car soon and we have not been faster than 30 mph in 4 months.      This may be the final post for a while. I might summarize some things in a random post but who knows. I want to thank all 3 and sometimes 4 readers who have faithfully followed us on our adventure. How you put up with my dribble is beyond me but I do appreciate it. Thanks
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Floating

 9/8- Rockland ME    The forecast called for the wind to be decent between 7 and 9 this morning. We got up early to try and at least get the sails dried out. It turns out those forecasters lied. The wind was 10 knots out of the west that lasted from 7 until noon. Those bastards made me sail all the way from Holbrook on a beam reach sometimes getting up to 6.5 knots. The nerve of these people!!     Of course by noon we were not in Rockland but were about 5 miles away. We were at this point drifting faster than we were sailing. The decision was whether to continue to wait for the wind which was coming eventually from the south or to give Mr Perkins a nice workout. We figured Mr P deserved to end the season on a high note so we fired him up and burned off some carbon.     There was a huge cruise ship in the harbor today which was constantly ferrying people back and forth into town. There was close to 3000 passengers on the ship being brought into a t...
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Rain

 9/7- Tom Codd Cove   Rain rain rain all day. We woke up to rain this morning along with no wind so it was an easy decision to stay put for another day. It didn’t rain real hard but it was steady all day. It was much needed around here as most of Maine has been in a drought.     Again it was a day to just while away by reading and napping. There was so little wind I’m pretty sure the dinghy never moved. We couldn’t even get out for a walk.     Hopefully the weather will clear and maybe we’ll be able to see some of the lunar eclipse. It does happen at 2 am so it may not matter if it clears or not. We hope to head out tomorrow and get back to Rockland to prepare for hauling out. Not much wind is forecasted but we’ll take what we can get. 
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