29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
08 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
07 October 2016 | Hotel on West Side of Hwy I-95, Brunswick, GA, USA
07 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
06 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
05 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
04 October 2016 | Photo off Outer Banks near Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
27 September 2016 | Piankatank River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
22 September 2016 | Current Position - Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
16 September 2016 | Orient, Long Island, New York, USA
11 September 2016 | Ebenecook Harbor near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
07 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
05 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
04 September 2016 | North Haven, Vinalhaven, Maine, USA
28 August 2016 | Castine, Maine, USA
27 August 2016 | Belfast, Maine, USA
12 August 2016 | Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA
06 August 2016 | Canada/USA Border Crossing
04 August 2016 | La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Under Attack
26 June 2016 | Ebenecook Harbour nr Southport, Maine, USA
Vicki – Air 20c, Sea 18c, Clouds 1/8, Wind 10kn S
Perhaps I shouldn’t tempt fate but we’ve had an amazing trip so far. Vanish is working like a dream and Maynard and I are very happy that we have the freedom to do as we want without dealing with boat issues. For the last 35 days, we've been travelling and sitting at anchor. We haven't spent time at a marina yet. With only two people on board the demands on Vanish are quite minimal so we’re spending more time than ever doing land based activities. This week we moved from our Snow Island anchorage at Harpswell to Ebenecook Harbour near Southport, ME. After anchoring we whizzed over to Boothbay Harbour 3.5 miles away in our dinghy down Townsend Gut, the thoroughfare between the two bays. We didn’t realise the Windjammer Days Festival was in progress and found ourselves in the middle of the blessing of the lobster fleet. As we zoomed in and out of the 30 or so lobster boats packed with people having loads of fun, I waved at the Catholic priest onshore who kindly blessed us as well.
Back on Vanish this evening, we heard extremely unusual sounds of screeching, moaning and trumpeting. In the distance we saw an osprey attacking a sandhill crane in the water. It tried to fly away but the osprey was relentless. A sandhill crane is 47” tall with a very long neck. It is not normally found in Maine. It lifted its wings, it laid its neck along the water and did all it could to survive, screaming and flailing. What a battle. Finally the osprey had taught the crane a lesson on never coming back to Ebenecook Harbor and flew off to a nearby tree. A very lucky day for the crane. There is always something happening out on the water.
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(For more photos, see Album called Under Attack.)