day ten - lobster on the menu

Awake at 5:30, a peaceful morning with glassy calm water. 6:05 under power, round the schooner AMERICAN EAGLE anchored nearby. Surprised to see just one person on deck on such a pretty morning.Out on Somes Sound a lobster float tells me I've got a helping ebb tide. 6:30 shake out the reefs from yesterday and raise the sails with a light west wind. Motor sailing. 6:50 a little more wind off Southwest Harbor. Notice that the moorings in the harbor are full, and even outside the harbor there are several boats anchored. I had heard about a flotilla of boats coming up from New York, maybe they have taken over the anchorage. Sailing at 2.4. 7:00 sailing, but it is the tide that is doing most of the work. Great Cranberry Island off the port bow. 7:40 can feel the swell coming off the ocean. Out of the cut and Long Ledge to starboard, almost fully exposed as we approach low tide. 8:00 wind and sailing again, begin a series of tacks west to cross Bass Harbor Bar. Making 3.5. 8:45 better wind.…