During this trip, it has been a continuous challenge to find a decent cell signal for connecting with loved ones as well as uploading and downloading photos and blog posts. Of course, the harbors that are prettiest are also the same harbors that are most remote. So sometimes, we'd visit a spot, determine that we wanted to come back, and head off to find a reliable signal. Such was the case on this day.
We started the day in the upper right-hand corner of the chart. Just off the chart is where Buckle is. We came out of York Narrows, crossed Jericho Bay (which is at the bottom of Blue Hill Bay) and entered the absolute jumble of islands lying between Isle au Haut to the south and Deer Isle to the north.
We planned to spend the night on the north side of McGlathery Island, which is sort of a y-shaped island, in its cove. There were quite a few boats there, some of which we guessed were "day-trippers."
We had to find a good cell signal because we had scheduled a What's-App call with UK grandchildren. Very important!! So we headed from McGlathery to Stonington, where we knew there would be a good signal. To get to Stonington was a bit of eye of the needle threading exercise between rocks and islands and using twisty channels.
The chart proves the non-Euclidian principle that the shortest distance between two points is NOT a straight line. The good part of this exercise is that the chart displays create "snail trails" that track where you've gone as you go between islands. The return trip is much easier!
Here's Brio at the Stonington docks. We had a two-hour tie-up, so we were able to have the call AND a scoop of ice cream. Honestly, it doesn't get much better than that!
Once done with all we intended to do, we headed back along those snail trails to McGlathery.
All the boats were gone. They were all day-trippers! So, emboldened by our good fortune at Buckle, we anchored close to shore and inside a menacing boulder.
The next morning it was foggy and we crept away from our close encounter with the shore.
And just to our stern:
It was an hour after dawn and we aimed to stop at Billings Marine for water. We learned that while the washing machine worked, the dryer was broken. Similarly, the pump-out had not been fixed all summer. Neither services were available.
Billings, though, had wonderful showers! 5 minutes of hot water for a dollar. That's a sweet deal. Billings was also a good place for a shave. And a stepping off point to head further west into Penobscot Bay.
Cheers!
Brio
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