Parade

 8/8- Rockland ME

   It seems we have finally gotten into the swing of this Maine cruising. We are the kind of people who get up and want to go. That unfortunately means we often get to our destination just as the wind starts to pipe up. Experienced Maine sailors have told me you never leave before 11:00. Well today we got close as we left around 10:30. 

    As we pulled out into the thorofare I looked back and it looked like the Spanish Armada was coming. There was a long line of boats both sail and power steaming intently into the thorofare. There were AIS targets filling the screen of the chart plotter. Eventually, which turned out to be right at North Haven, the armada caught up to us. Talk about being in a washing machine. There were boats coming and going in a fairly narrow stretch of water. 

    Once we got around the corner we peeled off and ran up our sails. Now everybody could go by us which they promptly did. After a couple of tacks we cleared the entrance buoy and set our sights on Rockland. 

   It was a very nice sail cruising along at 6 knots until we got about a mile outside the breakwater. There the wind found its legs and started running at us. It certainly made the end of our cruise a little more exciting. 

   We caught a ride over to Camden and had a nice dinner to celebrate the conclusion of our CDSOA cruise. Happy sailing to everyone and we can’t wait until next year. 

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