Probably the boom tent made this trip possible, that and the wooden insert
that turned the cockpit into a sleeping area. At the end of the day it's
nice to have room to stretch out. The cockpit mod is shown at the bottom
of this page.
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This map shows the area we sailed in. Our track was stored in a GPS during
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At home before setting out to Maine. Boat looks big. |
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Arrived at Northeast Harbor. Boat looks small... |
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At Northeast Harbor Day 1 |
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Heading out of Northeast Harbor to Sommes Sound
New England's fiord |
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Free mooring at Valley Cove at Sommes Sound |
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First night in our homemade boom tent! |
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Day 2 heading from Sommes Sound to Frenchboro, Long Island, Maine. That's a
Friendship Sloop (http://www.downeastfriendshipsloop.com) |
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Day 2 heading to Frenchboro
We went by Bass Head lighthouse and heading to Frenchboro.
It took about 5 hours to sail there. |
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Arrived at Frencboro. We had a lobster dinner at Lunts.
There are about 50 year round residents on this island. |
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Day 3 we hiked 5 miles around the island. |
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Moss forest on Frenchboro, Long Island. |
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Hiking around the island. |
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Some profile rocks on the island. |
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We collected a few lobster bouys. Actually, the entire shore is littered with
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This is Eastern Cove on Long Island, Maine. |
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Mount Desert Island in the background from Long Island, Maine |
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Day 4, We will head back to MDI and Little Cranberry Island. I know we can
have another good seafood meal there. :) |
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Day 4 back sailing to Little Cranberry Island. |
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Friendship Sloop at Western Way |
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We made it back to Cranberry Island in only about 3-1/2 hours with the wind
behind us all the way. Great sail. |
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View of Mount Desert Island from Little Cranberry Island. |
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Isleford Dock Restaurant. Yum ! |
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This is a wooden insert I made to bridge the space between the cockpit seats.
It made a large sleeping area under the boom tent. |
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It assembles in four pieces. |
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This boat we saw at Frenchboro happend to travel to Little
Cranberry the same day as us and moored next to us. |
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Day 5 - We tried out our Jiffy Reefing kit while heading back to Northeast
Harbor from Little Cranberry. It worked fine. |
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