day five - sunken money

Up at 5:30 after a calm night. Sounds of gentle surf breaking on the beach came from different directions overnight, telling me that SPARTINA was spinning in swirling winds. Damp, cool morning. Light northeast wind. Foul weather bibs, boots and the wool sweater.6:10 sail off anchor. 6:20 out of the cove and on Toothacher Bay, 2.1. There are a series of ledges extending south from Hockamock Head and with a quick look at the charts I head south to round Sheriff Ledge, the southernmost of the rocks. Watching a lobster boat come out of Burnt Coat Harbor Inlet I see it take a cut through the ledges. How nice! I turn southeast and follow the shortcut inside of Gooseberry Island. Making 2.5 to Burnt Coat Harbor. A friendly wave from a lobsterman as we sail beneath Burnt Coat Harbor Light. 7:15 past the light and making a surprising 4.6 in the south end of Burnt Coat Harbor, terns feeding on schools of fish. Take the narrowest of cuts to the south between two islets called The Hubs to port…