day twenty-five - the lobster boil

Foggy, quiet morning on the Benjamin River. I have no specific plans for the day. Might head to Merchant's Row, might head to the Opecechee anchorage just above Swan Isle. Sail off the morning 7:20 with a light north wind. A couple of tacks through the mooring field to enjoy the boats, then motor sail down the channel as wind falls off.7:45 on the north edge of Eggemoggin Reach. Wind, what little there is, is now out of the south. Cold and damp with fog, I put on the wool sweater. I get a text from Bruce, who had me out for a sail on his Friendship Sloop LOON. It is an enticing offer, one that persuades me that Opechee - an anchorage surround by Pond Island, Sheep Island, Black Island and Opechee Island - is now my destination. I tell Bruce I am headed that way. I will check in with him at noon to confirm that I will be there, and we will also discuss then who is buying the lobsters off a lobster boat.8:10 ghosting in light air, doing less than 1.0. Motor sailing. 9:05 hear a diesel,…