August 26 It had cleared quite a bit so we motored back down the bay to our spot in Rockland Harbor. We saw some new friends on another trawler and invited them aboard for cocktails. Craig is a distant cousin of some other friends from Maine and Greenwich.
August 27 Another stunnig day is Maine but our morning was busy with errands to get groceries and lobsters because we had some new guests coming. Richard and Michelle Sanger are sailing friends who share many other friends with us. We motored to a new anchorage for us on North Haven called Kent Cove and had dinner on the aft deck and watched the sun set over the pine trees. We then taught them how to play Mexican Train dominos.
August 28 After a leisurely breakfast, we motored the short distance over to Seal Bay and joined Chessy, Annie B, Rita Marie, etc. After lunch, we got the laser down and Richard and Michelle tried it out. Michelle “christened” it and was quickly rescued from the cold water. Larry on Chessy and Mike and myself all had a good sail on her. For cocktails, about 8 dinghys went in a conga line around the edge of the bay to a spot out of the wind and landed on the rocks where we feasted on goodies and cocktails. The tide was going out so we had to disband quickly when it was assertained that the escape channel was becoming too shallow! There was much poling but all escaped in time. As we went around the corner of the bay, we saw a sad sight- a large sailboat had misjudged the channel and hit the rocks in the middle
of the bay and was hard aground till the tide came back up much later that evening. Dinner and a movie rounded out the evening.
Aug 29 It was a sunny and cloudless day and we headed back across the bay to Islesboro and anchored in a new (to us) section of Gilkey Harbor off of some nice (large) houses. After lunch, we took the dinghy to Warren Island and had a walk through the woods. Dinner was on the aft deck again and dominos the game of the evening.
Aug 30 Got up early to get the Sangers back to Rockland but the engine didn’t want to start. John called our boat yard, got some suggestions as to the problem and tried again and sure enough it started- gremlins! We did make it back to Rockland in time to get them on their way back home.
August 31 It was unusually hot and humid. John did errands in the dinghy and we enjoyed having the boat to ourselves again.
Sept 1 Another hot day so we decided to swim around Windermere and clean her water line. I had seen ducks coming up to her and eating the long green algae growing on her! That night we had cocktails on Variant with Buddy and Gail and then a nice dinner ashore at The Pearl restaurant in Rockland.
Sept. 2 Got an early start up to our hurricane hole in Smith Cove off Castine. Hurricane Earl was on his way and several of our other sailing friends were already there. On our way in, John was distracted and bumped up and over a large rock that was about five fet under the water. The boat was ok but his ego was bruised. Once we got the dinghy launched, we took the Bluewater crew into Castine for sandwiches and ice cream. That evening there was a hurricane cocktail party on Bluewater. It turned out to be a mini OCC rally too.
Sept. 3 A gray day. We prepared for the hurricane and did other projects as well writing an article for the CCA magazine as requested by Doug on Bluewater. In the night, it rained and blew a bit but not badly. Everyone’s anchors held and gladly there were no mishaps.
Sept 4 It was still windy and rainy but by mid morning, blue sky was visible in the western sky and some of the boats started to leave to go elsewhere. We stayed to wait for Rita Marie because we had planned a big Biriba love in.
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