day seven - fog, a friend and Freya

Wake at 5:00 to thick, thick fog. Only two sounds are water lapping against SPARTINA's wooden hull and the muffled cries of eagles in the trees. The only goal is to get to Southwest Harbor, and not a breath of wind to get there.Slip on the drysuit and put the fog horn on the starboard seat. 6:00 under power. In the shallows following the GPS track from yesterday. 6:15 at green marker "3" turn south inside of Halftide Ledge to head to deeper water. 6:30 green marker "1" in the fog at the southern end of Calf Island and slip out onto Frenchman Bay. 6:40 motoring with Stave Island to port though I can't see it. Feel the wake from a lobster working pots to starboard. 7:10 Long Porcupine Island to starboard, as the GPS tells me, but can't see it. Glad it is a Sunday morning, less lobster boats out on the water. 7:25 unseen Iron Bound Island to port. 8:20 the sun reaches though the thick grey fog, brightens my spirits and feels good. 8:25 hear bell on a buoy before I see it. 8:45 thicker…