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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Lewis Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Maine Cruising Reccomendations Stephen: You have already received several good recommendations and you have Taft's book which is excellent. I prefer to anchor out and to stay away from the more touristy places like Camden or Boothbay. Some of my favorite anchorages in the Penobscot Bay area are: Duck Harbor on Isle au Haut: a small harbor with limited anchoring room, but a wonderful anchorage in anything but a westerly when it can be rolly. You can harvest all the mussels you can eat and can hike the trails of the National Park. Stay clear of the pier where the mailboat arrives to pick up and drop off campers. There is usually room except on weekends. If the harbor is full, you can easily go to the Isle au Haut Thoroughfare and pick up a mooring (rental moorings are marked and have a plastic coke bottle attached where you leave the fee on the honor system). Use two anchors here. Castine: Tons of anchoring room in Smith Cove or you can pick up a mooring from the yacht club. A quiet town -- home to the Maine Maritime Academy -- with lots of history and convenient stores and restaurants if you need a break from cooking aboard. Brooklin: Anchor outside Center Harbor either at WoodenBoat or, better, behind Torrey Island. If you're lucky, you might be there during the WoodenBoat races. Sail down Eggomogin Reach Burnt Coat Harbor (Swans Island): Anchor north of Harbor Island and dinghy to the eastern shore where you can walk to the old quarry and see some spectacular granite. The last time I was there you could swim in fresh water pond at the quarry. Lunt Harbor (Frenchboro Long Island): Pick up one of the rental moorings and do the wonderful hike around the island through the forest on the edge of the sea. Good lobster at a good price on the dock. Well worth the stop. Winter Harbor and Seal Bay (Vinalhaven Island): Secluded and secure. Great scenery and lots of anchoring room (but watch the depths, especially in Seal Bay). Pristine! These are a few of the hundreds of possibilities in Penobscot Bay. You didn't say how long is your charter, but if it's for more than a week, then by all means try to get to Roque Island. A favorite stop of mine is the Cow Yard on Head Harbor Island just west of Roque. Mussel Ridge Channel - High, Dix and Burnt Is. anchorage, anyplace in Merchant row, Pulpit Harbor, Perry Creek Enjoy Maine! Alan Lewis "Victoria" Gulfstar 41 #160 Lying Kittery, ME K1ALL > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:39:53 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Liveaboard] Maine Cruising Reccomendations > > We are chartering a boat out of Rockland, Maine this August. Our daughters > 6 & 8 will be with us. We've never stepped foot in Maine, let alone cruised > there. We've been researching online and have bought a chart book and the > Taft's "Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast". It's a bewildering number of > options and choices. Any insights, recommendations, suggestions, etc. from > those who know Maine would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > -- > Stephen Petri > S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161 > http://www.teamwitchcraft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _____ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. Get started. <http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_W L_Refresh_messenger_video_072008>
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