Northward

At Sea, N 43 28 W 70 04

This morning we attempted to meet up with the family again. They were going to have brunch at a place called Wentworth By The Sea which is located in Litle Harbor just south of Portsmouth. We motored over to Little Harbor and called the Wentworth By The Sea Mariina on the radio. We asked for a place to tie up while we went to their restaurant. They said no. We looked around the harbor for a place to anchor, but there wasn't any. Every possible place was filled with moorings. We had to phone the family and tell them we couldn't come. Too bad.

We set sail for Boothbay Harbor. That's about 60 nm away. In a good wind we could be there in 10 hours, but today the winds were 0-5 knots. It will take us 24 hours or more to get there at this rate.

We also discovered more damage from the lightning. Our wind instrument, our navigation lights and our anchor light all failed. It makes me wonder if there is someplace where the wiring bundle is melted. I really hope it's not too bad. A man in Kittery on the next mooring told me that his boat was struck by lightning too and it took three months in a boatyard to rewire the whole boat. That's scary. We are live aboards and I don't know what we would do if Tarwathie was laid up for an extended period.

RIght now we're sailing illegally without running lights. When we get to Boothbay, my first priority will be to try to make those work.