day twenty - a new harbor, an old friend

I wake to see Matto rowing TRIM out of the anchorage. He is off to Rockland to haul out. I can see Bobby is up and stowing gear on LAGNIAPPE, getting ready to head west to Portland.6:05 cast off from the mooring and it is a gentle drift over to LAGNIAPPE. I tell Bobby it was good to see him, hope to see him in the fall on Chesapeake Bay.6:50 out on Fox Island Thorofare, 3.3. Sailing into the wind with an opposing tide, it is a pleasant series of tacks with North Haven to starboard and Vinalhaven to port. 7:10 tacking west at 4.1, just a beautiful morning with clear blue skies.8:00 light wind leaving the thorofare, making 1.9. 8:45 passing the rocks known as Fox Ears in light wind, motor sailing. 9:15, better wind and sailing past Fiddler Ledge, turn to the northwest with no particular destination in mind. 9:30 choppy and confused water as the flood tide rushes over the shallows around Drunkard Ledge. 10:00 motor sailing north. 10:15 turn northeast to stay clear of the shipping channel…

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