Log of September 5, 2008

Friday, 5 Sept 08 - Light easterly & early clouds dissipate. Variable & Sunny.

0845 Underway, motoring to Rockland for provisioning & crew change.

1045 Alongside Knights Marine. Water & 22 gal Diesel (for ~37 hours motoring at

1700rpm) Marked stick & suspect it is a 25 gal, not 30 gal, tank.

1145 Along side town dock to change crew--Betsy arrived, Ryck & Jenn near.

14:10 Leaving dock in Rockland, heading to Warren Island/Gilkey.

1540 Fog rolled in--headed for Gilkey hbr 065M/3.75nm 4.5kts.
Fog has lifted--New slogan for the Pine Tree State, "Maine--Lousy with schooners."

16:30 Sailing past the Ensign Islands, a sweet passage up to Gilkey.

1800 (aka 6) Pick up Warren Island mooring under sail to the amazement of the sober(?) people on the shore.

This was the start of a fun short cruise with Ryck and Jenn which had a little bit of everything in the way of weather. The fog was in and out during this afternoon and we were listening to reports of the approaching tropical storm Hanna on the radio. We have been to the anchorage behind Warren Island a couple of times. Perhaps we will get ashore on the state park one of these days. It certainly seems like a nice spot.