Log of Sunday, June 8

June 8th (Sunday) - Warm (near 59) with sun burning its way through the clouds. No real wind to speak of.

Marcia & Lynn are due to drive back to Boston this evening. Our plan is to sail to the village of North Haven, in the middle of the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, and put them on the mid-afternoon ferry to Rockland where the car is. The sunny morning transforms Pickering Island from its misty mysteriousness of the night before. And, since it is finally warming up a bit, this is a cheerful morning.

08:50
Marcia wishes we did not have to start the motor. After french toast, fruit salad (w/mango!) and coffee/tea we are stalling leaving Pickering Isl. because without wind we will have to disturb the glass-like conditions in the cove. Substantial time is being used to 'binoclule' the wildlife. Lynn is basking in the sun.

1000 Off Butter I.--Light SW has filled in. Set sail & finished with the engine. Several curious seals observed us & we observed them. A couple of porposes add to the scene. Breeze is light--making about 2 kts.

1058--Elevenses

~1115 Breeze died--motored for a few minutes to get to the next wind line & then resumed beating out the bay.
Decided to just continue sailing into the Fox I. Thorofare rather than rush to anchor for lunch & then rush to meet the ferry--Lynn & Marcia go home on the 3:45 ferry. Wish they had more sunny weather before it is time for them to go.


2:30 Having sailed past N. Haven, enjoying looking at all the houses, etc., we decided that sailing was so much fun (especially since it has warmed up considerably) that we should sail across to Rockland. thus M+L have longer sailing with us :). By 2:45 we are approaching Fiddler Ledge, well on our way (rather than turned back to the ferry dock.)
Its cooler again as we leave the land mass but still very sunny breezy, which is key. :) (B)

4:00pm Entering Rockland Harbor. Glorious sail across. We determined after much estimating, calculating + measuring (even w/ teeth) that we were traveling at a speed to beat the 3:45 ferry. And so we were.
We reached up to 6.7 knots coming across. Lovely sun. Now, we feel the land warmth & have a bit of a harbor hurricane. Time to furl. B.

1700--Saw the girls off in the car 15 min ago--about to leave the town landing for Pulpit.

2000--Nice reach over to Pulpit--arrived ~1900 and motored in to anchor in our usual spot. Victory Chimes was anchored near by with a musical crew ranging in age from toddlers on up. Gusty at first, but the wind died during the salad course. Not it is quiet as sunset approaches. A front is forecast to come through after midnight giving us a NW wind in the morning. We should be quite well sheltered so "no matter the weather, we'll weather the weather, whether we like it or not."