Boothbay, ME, August 8, 2008

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.