okay when you spend all day in the fog .. day after day ..things get a wee bit stinky …there is no way to dry anything from the salt air , bath towels , wash cloths, dish cloths, clothes .. OMG
some times the inside of our boat is a maze between foul weather gear to dish clothes … oh well
Joe …….
make sure you open the hatch a bit before making coffee, so the steam vents out and not in the cabin …
these guys were unloading herring, these were small and it was being chopped up and frozen for lobster bait ..
the largest gulls we have ever seen, waiting for a fish to flop there way
this is the Portland to Yarmouth Ferry, it was so big .. thank goodness we did not have the right tide to leave the harbour at this time … a monster ship
well Modaki left at 1pm to get the out going tide .. it was dense fog .. nerve racking … we were in the river and going about 3 knots .. I on helm and Joe chart plotter and radar .. no visibility .. we saw land ahead, which was wrong .. suddenly 5 US boats appeared out of the fog , that was the mass we saw, then out of the river and head to Brier Island … I for sure love to be at sea .. I hate the landings and escapings of land …
again we were in fog for 6 hours until we saw Briar Island .. then
this is the ferry from Briar Island to the next Island, sorry forgot name … it blew its horn cause he saw us wondering about in the fog .. we went thru the small channel between Peter Island and Brier Island … Joe on Chart Plotter and Navionics on I-Pad , and I on the helm in dense fog … our wording to steer is go green or go red … it was not a happy site coming into this harbour … the mooring balls that we were to attach to was near the fish farm … finding the fish farm was one thing .. then when we found them it was to find the mooring balls … … the fog as only about 2 boat lengths … we found a bouy, but it was for the lobster cars, and it had no way to attach and had lines every where that would sure foul our prop … we said we had to go into the fishing port and catch the first boat we could find and tie to it … so I put down fenders and lines on both sides of our boat … so the first boat in side the harbour was the Coast Guard … not a good tie up to …. next was 3 fishing boats tied together … so we called it home .. later to find out we were in the home of a Whale Watching Cruise Boat spot … they understood why we landed here and were not upset ... it was a long day and …
our 6 1/2 hour motor in dense fog and dense fog arriving too
of course this picture has to show no fog in the harbour .. but look past Coast Guard Boat …
Modaki and fishing boat
we are so small against this boat
good night Briar Island and Modaki crew …
pooped after a long day of fog
…to be continued
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