Somesville Harbor, ME 28 August 2008
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We are having the bottom of our boat checked by one of the local divers. He is replacing the zinc bars on the propeller shaft etc and he noted the bottom does not have much barnacles and marine growth. We had been at anchor at a small harbor east of here during the past few rainy days and then came back to Boothbay Harbor to have the bottom checked (routine). It is a beautiful sunny day-at last!!!
We arrived in Boothbay on Tuesday August 5 after a 27 hour run from Provincetown, Cape Cod MA. There was little wind during the daylight hours but after sunset the wind came up and increased to about 18-20 knots all "on the nose" so we could not sail and the seas were building and very uncomfortable. Between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m we were making very little progress. In fact a wave hit us from behind and threw me from my bunk to the floor ( I did not have the lee cloth attached). I have a nice bruise on the left hip after I graced the floorboards. We headed east toward Portland and the seas calmed and wind lessened so we continued on to Boothbay. We have been playing tourist in town, visiting the shops along the wharf but it has been rainy and cold for the past few days. Today, the sun finally came out!! We grabbed the free trolley and restocked the boat.