Morning comes with a sky that glows. Cool and clear, forecast of north winds now that the front has moved through. 5:50 leaving the anchorage behind Green Island. 6:30 wind fills in.
7:05 round up in a little harbor with a town town dock, tie up to get rid of trash and empty the head.
7:15 under sail and the wind just keeps getting better.
7:40 passing between Bartlett and Hardwood Islands, wind forward of starboard beam and making 5.2.
Fall off downwind keeping Tinker Island to port, 8:30 jibe once we are past Tinker Island. Can't ask for better sailing.
9:00 jibe to the southwest, doing in 5.9 helped by a rushing ebb tide. 9:30 Eggemoggin Reach to starboard, choppy confused waters as tides collide. Look up the reach to see three windjammers sailing together. Beautiful.
Once out of the chop, making 5.3 with wind on the beam and sailing across the ebb tide. 10:50 in Deer Island Thorofare. 11:25 sails down, motoring into Stonington. Time for lunch, a nice salad, at a restaurant called Crybabies (don't understand the name) and then a glass of iced tea (with high speed wifi on the side) at the coffee shop.
I take a self-portrait. Not in too bad of shape after three-plus weeks on the water.
2:00 sailing west on the Thorofare, tacking towards Burnt Cove. I hear there is a grocery store there and a dinghy dock. And a friend of a friend says I can tie up at his boathouse.
3:30 Burnt Cove, but can't find a dinghy dock, just private docks. And it is an extreme low tide, can't get close to the boathouse. Decide to pass on grocery shopping.
4:00 sailing northie light winds. Nothing but blue skies and glassy water.
I search Navionics looking for a good spot to anchor. A gentle sail carries us up behind Sheephead Island. Anchor down 6:00.
30.9 NM
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