Log of September 6, 2008

Saturday - 6 Foggy morning, slow morning.

1110 Underway with 1/4 mi visibility for Castine. All plain sail. Light Sotherly - scaled up off Seal Cove - lots of good misty views of the Camden Hills. Rounded Turtle head & into thick o' fog in East Bay. Scaled up near the Castine Bell.

3:05 Tied up at Castine YC. Ran into old friend/shanghaied by David Bix to go see Peter Tenney at Peter's niece's big roast wedding (Ryck + George).
Betsy & Jenn toured the town on foot.
Early lobster at Dennett's Wharf.

6:30-7:40 - Anchoring at Smith Cove in rain. Set claw first to windward. Then the regular anchor. Spot was far SE corner behind Sheep Is.

7:55 Break out eh booze, chashews, raisins & music.
-awaiting Hurricane Hanna remnants

8:15 Hanna!! Tropical rain has arrived big time.

9:55 Listening to Hard Hearted Hannah on iPod.
Overnight--heavy rain and gusty wind, but nothing extreme. We lay under the hill to the east in quiet water. We ended up lying to the claw without incident.

This is about the best spot I know for a hurricane hole. but then again, it is my childhood stomping ground, so I'm sure there are lots of other good spots around. We were in there with a wedding cake power yacht, another cruising boat and what looked like a good size Alden ketch. We were closest under the bluff and had a very quiet night. If it had come on to blow hard from the west I would have preferred to be a bit further off the bricks.