Sails up 7:15 in light north wind. Calm water and sunny. Just a brief sail around Moose Island, I've been invited to sail with a friend.
Bruce was one of my first sources of information about Maine. He has sailed up there for years, and a friend at home had put me in touch with him. This year he has invited me for a sail on LOON, the classic Friendship sloop that he spent years rebuilding.
Bruce arrives on his dinghy at 10:00, with both water that I had asked him to buy for me and also a batch of fresh baked cookies - how nice!
Soon we are underway, with SPARTINA left behind LOON's mooring.
It is an easy sail north, light winds and a helping tide towards the southern tip of Bartlett Island.
We grab a free morning at Dogfish Cove, enjoy a light lunch and then head into the beach for walk.
By the time we head back south to Seal Cove, the afternoon southwesterlies have filled in.
Great sailing close-hauled as we sail east of Hardwood Island, eventually heaving-to so we can tuck in a reef. A lot of canvas on Friendship sloops, reefing comes earlier than I had expected.
An hour or two of tacking carries us back to Seal Cove. Just a fantastic day of sailing. A little bit out of the normal for my cruises, I enjoy every minute.
Back at the mooring, Bruce heads down below to heat up some pasta alle vongole - pasta with clam sauce - that he had prepared the night before. That, a salad and a glass of wine, what more could I ask for?
As sunset arrives, Bruce rows back to the dinghy dock for a drive home. I motor to an unused mooring and set up the boom tent and sleeping kit.
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