Usually when we bring Archer up from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, we motor a lot. Not this time! We sailed 99% of the time. Wind was up and down so our speed varied from 5-12 knots, but we moved comfortably along in front of SW winds. We arrived at the Cape Cod Canal a bit before the current changed, dropped the hook in Hadley Harbor for a few hours sleep before moving on up to our mooring in Hornbarn Cove in Muscongus Bay....right around the point from our house. A three day, 5 hour trip.

Soon after we arrived, life got very busy. Ted and Rebecca, Owen and Eli arrived for their vacation week. The Collinses joined them. All eight of them....four adults, four kids.....took over the house. We were happy to join them on and off during the day and then retreat back to Archer at night!