Maine may not have the clarity of Bahamian waters, but you have to say that our new underwater lights look awfully flash. Last night, the sky was clear and dark with not a breath of wind. A 117ft sailing yacht anchored near us so of course we turned on our new lights which cycled through every colour of the rainbow. It’s wonderful to be cruising again. We’ve visited Camden, the island of Vinalhaven and still have much to see. We are now in the middle of wild blueberry season and lobster season with lobster festivals onshore and mega pot buoys offshore. Last week a deckhand on a lobster boat near Friendship, Maine hauled in a 3 ft long 20lb lobster estimated to be 75 years old which they then released.
The season has had a slow start which is believed to be caused by the cold water left over from the brutal winter. Just south of the island of Vinalhaven, the sea temperature is still only 12.6 c/53 f.
Another lucky catch was finding this bubble in a high pressure watermaker hose.
This would have made quite a mess if it had gone undetected and burst under 800 lbs of pressure. The boys at Front Street Shipyard noticed that the end fitting was incorrect and probably led to the herniation. It was fixed within an hour with the correct fitting and new hose.
Unlike our last visit to Maine in 2012, there have been no hurricanes this year on the East Coast of the USA….so far. Fingers crossed it stays this way.
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