Aug. 11 Another early departure to get the tide up to Metghan Harbor. The harbor is manmade and full of fishing boats except for one floating dock which we zened ourselves on to along with a beautiful yacht next door that looked completely out of place. Our mission in this part of the world was to meet the builder and designer of Windermere. She was built at the A. F. Theriault yard which was nearby. Arthur Theriault and his wife, Peter Sever and Graham (the project manager) came to see the boat and have dinner. They were very pleased to see it in such good shape and so loved. 

Aug. 12 Arthur and Peter picked us up and took us to the shipyard for a tour. Boy, is it big and they work in steel, aluminum, and fiberglass. After the tour, they took us to lunch and dropped us back at the boat. Later, Peter and the Theriaults took us to a restaurant by the sea with a great view of a big deep sand beach and the sunset. The weather had cleared and we had a glorious evening!

Aug. 13 We managed to extricate ourselves from the dock and harbor and roared up the Bay of Fundy trying to get to Saint John in time to go through the reversing falls. Our friend, Bill Nugent was planning to hop on the boat and guide us through but we just couldn’t get there in time. When we did arrive, Bill told us where we could anchor for the night out of most of the current. Tomorrow, he would take us through the falls to his wonderful house on the far side. 

Aug. 14 Bill came to the docks and John worked his way through the foam in the harbor to pick him up. (When salt water meets fresh in the right proportions, it creates foam) Bill was our pilot through the falls and on to his house where we anchored nearby. After we were secure, their house guests came out to see the boat and we all spent the rest of the day socializing, swimming, and eating and of course, drinking. The CCA cruise was stopping nearby for the night.

Aug. 15 Krista took Pam Kellett and I to the grocery store then they all went to the zoo and John and I did chores on the boat till cocktail hour. Bill made dinner and a good time was had by all.

Aug. 16 We headed out with Krista aboard and joined the long conga line of CCA boats going through the reversing falls again. Now, we were heading to St. Andrews in Passamaquoddy Bay. The weather was gray but not bad and we had a nice smooth trip. I even made a cobbler for tea along the way! Once in St. Andrews, we were helped to a mooring by the wharf monger, B.B. who knew Bill and Krista. Bill drove down and was brought out to the boat by B.B. Did I mention it was now pouring rain! All of us dried out and had a delicious duck dinner and played dominos in our warm cozy boat.

Aug. 17 It was a beautiful sunny day and time to explore St. Andrews and all of its shops. The men went in search of some parts for the boat and Krista and I went to a nice display garden. Afterwards, we all met up for lunch and went back to the boat for cocktails on the flybridge. Then it was time for dinner and to finish the dominos tournament. 

Aug. 18 Another beautiful day so we took the boat out for a spin in the bay. We found a nice big cove to anchor in off Deer Island and had lunch with an eagle watching. Then we went out through Leteete Passage in the currents to see if we could find the whale watching boats. There were plenty of small porpoises jumping in the currents probably fishing. The whaling watching boats were out too far so we returned to St. Andrews and dropped the Nugents off with B.B. Now, we headed towards Eastport and were able to find a protected cove with more eagles. During cocktails, three deer came down to the water’s edge which was a strange sighting indeed. 

Aug. 19 The fog was thick but we wanted to clear into the USA in Eastport so we went over there anyway. Luckily, the sun burned the fog off in time for us to go into the dock and clear customs. We were finally back in the good old US of A. We wanted to do an overnight down to Rockland to get the final leg over with and the pea soup fog didn’t help as we were now back in lobster pot land. It was amazing to us that there were pots even in 300 ft of water! these guys were extra big and doubles even. Dodging them in the fog was indeed a challenge. As darkness closed in, we just had to let the chips fall as they may because we couldn’t see a thing. By daybreak off Vinal Haven, we could actually see the sea of “jelly beans” we were surrounded by. Luckily, we never picked up a single one and made it into rockland around 7 am. I went right to bed again and John came shortly after.

Aug. 20 Back in the land of the internet and cell phones again! lots of communication and john went to town to try to find a part for our air horns. He ran into the man who owned an interesting boat called Oasis that we had seen the summer before in Castine. We were invited by Cliff, the owner, to come and look at her later and we did. Then we played cards and had an early dinner and to bed.

Aug. 21 It was partly cloudy and we got a lazy start to the day until Cliff called and said he wanted to see our boat. We gave him and his wife and crew the tour. As we were doing so, a CCA friend on his trawler passed us on his way to a mooring. We called him and it was decided we would go to lunch together in town. It was fun catching up and meeting his son and a friend to boot. Then we were off to the grocery store to restock for the next week. The rest of the day was filled with chores, cards (we finished a tournament and John won this time) dinner, and a movie in bed during a wild rain and lightening storm.