Cruising Maine September 2011 III
03 September 2011 | Seal Bay, Vinalhaven, Maine
Roland
Cruising Maine September 2011 III Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 9 AM Seal Bay Vinalhaven, Maine Water temperature 62 F
Yesterday was a blustery day and we canceled our planned dinghy ride from Seal Cove to North Haven. Instead, we pulled anchor and jib sailed from Seal Cove to Seal Bay. Coming into Seal Bay we passed a ledge that is out of the water at half tide or less and usually has seals sunning on it. True to form, there were sunbathing seals stretched on the ledge yesterday as we passed by. They were the first seals we have seen out of the water this year. We always see seals when we are moving the boat and often see them swimming around when we are at anchor but we seldom see them out of the water.
We worked our way back into the far end of Seal Bay where the water was smooth even though the wind was gusting twenty knots. There were four boats anchored there already and by the end of the day four more had come in. There was still room for twenty more so crowding was not an issue. It was a quiet night at Seal Bay.