Boothbay Harbor, ME N43° 50.828' W69° 37.990'
20 July 2008 | 43 50.828N 69 37.990W
Randy
We left Portland (I forgot to list the coordinates in the last update: N43° 39.825' W70° 14.352') at 1000 after taking on fuel and water and travelled the 35nm in good time arriving here at 1600. It was a grey day all day, foggy, and rained a fair amount. The ride was a bit lumpy and the boys weren't crazy about it, plus it was motoring all day, so they did not seem to enjoy the sound of the engine anymore than I do. But once we arrived, all was well and Rocky was back to kicking Spike's little ass. After less than 2 days, Nikki has them doing their business on a pee pad nearly all the time, which is huge.
We saw our first whale today near Halfway Rock (N43° 38.715' W70° 03.075'), about 20 nm southwest of here. Not sure what it was, but it was BIG. Even though the weather was crappy, it was a wildlife viewing kind of day, as we saw 5 harbor seals and some very small porpoises we think are harbor porpoises, based on what we have been able to research on the Internet.
Tropical Storm Cristobal is climbing up the coast and will probably slide by just east of us on Tuesday. There is a weather system coming from the west that is actually giving us the business more than Cristobal, and we plan to spend the next couple of nights here, and possibly head to Camden (50 nm) Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on the weather. We will use tomorrow as an opportunity to take the boys ashore and get reacquainted with terrafirma.