Now We're Three

Penobscot Bay, Maine
N 44 07.712 W 68 59.274

Well, for the next few months we have three aboard Tarwathie. Myself, Libby, and our grandson Nick. Nick is 16 years old and he's anxious for a taste of open water sailing. Nick sailed with us through Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands last year, but not yet in blue water. We'll try to accommodate that.

Nick arrived yesterday around noon with his father John and his other grandfather Dick. That's right, Nick has two left-handed Dicks as grandfathers :)

Libby and I took the gang to the Rockland Cafe for lunch. We feasted on seafood chowder, fish and a lobster roll. They have awfully good food in that Cafe. After a visit to Tarwathie, John and Dick left to drive back. It is a 9 hour drive for John to get back to Rome, NY.

Last night, Nick and I went ashore in the dinghy to go to a movie. We saw Mongol, a movie about the origins of Gengis Kahn. The photography and the nature of Mongolia shown in the movie were spectacular. The action however, dragged out. Both Nick and I nodded a bit at times.

Our plan for this morning was to go to the city dock to take on fresh water and then depart. Last night however, there was a huge cruise ship, The American Star, tied up to the end of the city dock. That was quite a sight. A 150 foot long cruise ship tied to a 30 foot long section of dock. Fortunately, there was no wind. American Star and her sister boat American Spirit, cruise up and down the east coast. We've seen them in Florida and Georgia and North Carolina and in the Chesapeake. I'll
bet that it is really fun for her passengers.

This morning The American Star departed, and we pulled in to her spot to tie up and take on fresh water. Then it was departure time. I planned to go to Dix Island, which we heard was very nice. However, Libby found a place in the guide book called Pulpit Harbor. The description of Pulpit Harbor in our guide book was effusive in it's description of the place's charms. Therefore, we changed plans and we're heading for Pulpit Harbor now. There's just enough breeze to let us do it under sail.

The weather calls for three or four days of cold, gray, rainy weather. That's OK. That's what Maine is famous for.

After Pulpit Harbor, we would like to visit Camden, then Castine, then Searsport, and finally Belfast. In Belfast we'll get to say hello to our friends Don and Margaret from the W32 Heron. We might also visit Northport Yacht Club. We've been members of that club for two years, but we've never been there yet.