We completed another long passage, going from New York to Maine in just over a week. Aside from Janet and I, we had my son, Christoper onboard with us. We put him through a mini-sailing camp complete with navigation, sail trim, line handling, knot tying, engine maintenance, and general boat cleaning. It’s an awful lot to ask a 12-year old to live on a boat for 8 days, but he did it like a champ.
I’m certain Janet will write more later, but we alternated anchoring in small coves for the night, and picking up a mooring or a slip. We tried to sail every day until about dinner time, allowing us to make 60+ miles every day under really nice conditions.
One thing that I learned is that it’s possible to walk from Gloucester to Portland stepping on lobster buoys and not get your feet wet. I was astounded at the number of lobster traps in the water. We had to get pretty far off shore to lessen the risk of getting entangled in one of the lines.
The wind was all over the place; a little bit of everything. We got a chance to reach a bit, but mostly we were running downwind as we made our way northward. We even had the Parasailor up a few times in light winds to see how she flew. What a great sail!!
