OSPREY 159 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Les Anses-d’Arlet, Martinique 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Training Wheels 70 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I’d tell you, but then I’d have to kill you..... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sugarbird 98 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Hard to choose just one... Tobago Cays here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 You can choose more than one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Wherever mine is the only boat (see background). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Q 471 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Not the warmth of previous shots But this one I liked very very quiet.. The Y shaped area in the middle of the map. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.3457882,-7.2153334,1491m/data=!3m1!1e3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Conception Island Bahamas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Conception is iffy... I’ve seen it very crowded Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 I guess I was there at the right time we were the only boat for four days in June 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ajax 2,066 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 @Kris Cringle will be along shortly to shame us all with beautiful photos of Maine and his boat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 899 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 You guys are going all sunny...so here's my submission. Every morning I wake up, it's different. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Pirates Cove on De Courcy island 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, OSPREY said: I guess I was there at the right time we were the only boat for four days in June Summer is the best time for the Bahamas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.J. Porter 2,916 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Oh man, so many. I don't have great anchorage shots for all of them. Some of my "great anchorages" may also have more to do with with what's around specifically, as opposed to the actually beauty of the spot. I mean, the Lagoon in St. Martin is packed full of boats and not particularly nice as anchorages go, 1) you're in St. Martin with easy access to both sides with tons of restaurants, groceries and marine services, 2) It's protected from roll and wind, 3) it's full of other cruisers and a pretty social place. Blackwattle Bay in Sydney is in the middle of of the city, which is in no way remote or quiet. But you're in the middle of Sydney, anchored for free, with easy access to everything there. Chaugaramas in Trinidad wasn't a special place, per se, but Trinidad was. Makemo, Faka Rava, and Rangiroa in the Tuamotus are high on the beauty list, so was Isla Isabela where the penguins and sea lions swim around the boat. Tobago Keys, Pain de Sucre in Guadeloupe. All lovely, as well as Seal Bay, Vinalhaven, Long Island (Frenchboro), all the spots on Mt. Dessert Island, Linekin Bay. etc. etc. Just a few... Pain de Secure, anchored with a sister ship. Smith Harbor, Maine near Castine Tahoie (sp) Bay, Faka Rava Mo'orea Seal Bay, Vinalhaven So many more... 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cruising Sailor 7 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Ascension Island, South Atlantic 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 West Palm Beach Florida 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 "ANNA" at Maskells Harbour, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, a 56' Racing/Cruising Sloop - Launched: 2007 - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Builder: Brooklin Boatyard I'm standing on my boat taking this photo. A half hour later the fog burned away, the blue sky showed itself, and we had a glorious day of sailing. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 In the lagoon between the Crammond Islands, in the West Bay of the Bras d'Or Lakes on Cape Breton Island. Someone keeps a mooring ball there, well maintained, free for anyone to use. The power boaters are friendly and polite, just there to enjoy the little sand beach and the sheltered water between the islands. Still, they generally leave a dusk to head back to the mainland, leaving us to enjoy the stars. That's us, the dark blue hull. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Island Point Harbour, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Salazar in Otter Harbour, Great Bras d'Or, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Cossitt Cove, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during an annual East Bay Regatta. We were racing on the Yael, a C&C 35 Mk.1 (She's there with her name on the sail cover). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Baddeck Harbour, tucked in behind Kidston Island, on the Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,439 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The Pinkerton Islands, west coast Vancouver Island Princess Louisa Inlet, BC Dixie Cove, Hohoae Island, west coast Vancouver Island Blue Lips Cove, Amai Inlet, west coast Vancouver Island 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SASSAFRASS 588 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 8 hours ago, SloopJonB said: Pirates Cove on De Courcy island Was too crowded when we came through, but had a couple great night's in Herring cove by ourselves. Up there Tenidos is one of our favorites. Chagres river was the last pretty nice one. Howler monkeys and toucans 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 1 hour ago, SASSAFRASS said: Was too crowded when we came through, but had a couple great night's in Herring cove by ourselves. Up there Tenidos is one of our favorites. Yeah, it's a lot of people's favourite. Outside of July & August it gets a lot more private. Cool history about that island - Brother 12 and all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LMI 9 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I have anchored many places far and wide but this well worn photo is of a back bay anchorage close to home. It was, is, and always will be my favorite. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kris Cringle 1,204 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 This could be my favorite all time anchorage. In Merchants Row in a small basin formed by Shiver Island. The anchorage is too sketchy for 99% of sailors to use, so I've never found it occupied. As the tide lowers the shoreline emerges and nearly closes you in a small bowl. Most think you'd be trapped until the tide comes back. There's room for one boat to swing if the breeze pipes up. If you're lucky and your light goes low with the tide, walking on the temporary archipelago, feels lunar like with so much exposed rocky land surrounding the tea cup in the center that your boat is floating in. My partner, a beach comber extraordinaire, is very happy here(tiny figure below-center). 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjkrad 2 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Mistake Island Harbor, Maine. Also gets my vote for "Best Name." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 942 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 For us, most cruises begin and end at George's Harbor, Allen Island, ME. It's a convenient spot, not too far off the rhumbline for Penobscot Bay. The islands are owned by Andrew Wyeth's widow Betsy. She lives here in the summer and has a boat, Archangel, run into Tenant's Harbor to bring the crew of day workers out to maintain the islands. One day, as the boat was motoring away, I asked a pretty girl aboard what the purpose of all these buildings was? She said "It's just my grandma's way of decorating!" The Wyeths were the founders of the Island Institute, whose mission is trying to find ways to help the old island communities survive. I imagine this place is what a romantic artist envisions when thinking about island life. Pure eye candy wherever you look. The only downside is the rolling you take from local lobster boats going to work at 4 am each day. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,439 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Ishmael said: The Pinkerton Islands, west coast Vancouver Island I realized in the middle of the night I had mislabelled this...not that it matters much. It's actually the Bunsby Islands. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 942 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The slot between the ominous sounding Devil's Island and Hell's Half Acre, ME Not the best protection, but certainly scenic with great hiking on Isle Au Haut, Duck Harbor Someone already mentioned my all time favorite, Seal Cove, Vinalhaven. A perfect hurricane hole. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, Ishmael said: I realized in the middle of the night I had mislabelled this...not that it matters much. It's actually the Bunsby Islands. Over the years I've come to realize they're all much of a muchness. "It's Tuesday"? "This must be Shoal Bay" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
23feet 22 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Bonita Cove, Golden Gate. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bryanjb 132 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Wherever the boat is. Currently here 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Rio Guadiana 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DDW 672 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 A couple of recent ones. Yeah, I know that's my trawler (but it's trawler country there). I wish I'd had the drone much earlier, nothing like it for an anchorage shot. There were some spectacular anchorages in Newfoundland and on the Van Isle west coast, but no good pictures of them. Only got the drone last year. Fury Cove, BC: Kumeleon Inlet, BC: Teakearne Arm, Desolation Sound: I'd agree on Mistake Harbor - though is was clogged with lobster pots when we were there: We liked The Pool in the North Channel, Great Lakes: The Benjamins, also North Channel: Bear Drop Harbor: 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SASSAFRASS 588 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 lousia is pretty awesome Muertos is the first warm water awesomeness inside Baja super cool spot, the shadowing the bottom so wierd for PNWers 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snubber 60 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 T Top. Cleary Cove, in the North Channel of Lake Huron. It's tight and shallow inside, and the two entrances are even tighter and shallower. But it is perfectly protected from wind and wave and I rarely see another boat, even when I have been there for a few consecutive days. Solitude. Bottom pic is of the harbor (harbour, eh) on the south side of South Benjamin Island, North Channel. Most boats like the big harbor between N and S Benjamin and I like that just fine. But the south harbor is quieter and is one of my favs. Snubs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,439 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, SloopJonB said: Over the years I've come to realize they're all much of a muchness. "It's Tuesday"? "This must be Shoal Bay" Well, I should be able to remember the difference in this case. This is really the Pinkertons. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SASSAFRASS 588 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Don't have any good pics but Squirrel cove is another one you could spend a month in, the cove on the north end even more. We went paddling in the lake and a Japanese fam on some huge powerboat made the mistake of following us in there huge rib dindy, then the tide went out, portaging sups not so bad, a 15' rib??? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Harbour de Lute, Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Very sheltered from all directions, huge tides though, at the mouths of the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay. The tide is nearing high tide in the first photo. The second is nearing low tide. In that photo the dingy is on a line that runs from the shore (near the yellow ball to the right) to the post out in the water. You pull the dingy out to where you think it won't go aground at low tide, and use the line to bring it in to wherever the shore happens to be, depending on the height of the tide, when you need it. These were take from the shore of our good friends summer home there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Halifax 260 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Salazar said: How come instead of pictures in your post all I see are these text strings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russell Brown 806 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Anyone know where this is? Hint: Francis Chichester rebuilt his Gypsy Moth airplane just to the left of the frame. What kind of trees are those? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Big Majors Cay Bahamas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SASSAFRASS 588 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Russell Brown said: Anyone know where this is? Hint: Francis Chichester rebuilt his Gypsy Moth airplane just to the left of the frame. What kind of trees are those? Cheated on Wiki, not what I thought. Celestial single-handed sun shots while flying then long hand nav all the while still flying solo, guy was impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,439 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Russell Brown said: Anyone know where this is? Hint: Francis Chichester rebuilt his Gypsy Moth airplane just to the left of the frame. What kind of trees are those? Pointy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anomaly2 75 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 9 hours ago, snubber said: T Top. Cleary Cove, in the North Channel of Lake Huron. It's tight and shallow inside, and the two entrances are even tighter and shallower. But it is perfectly protected from wind and wave and I rarely see another boat, even when I have been there for a few consecutive days. Solitude. Bottom pic is of the harbor (harbour, eh) on the south side of South Benjamin Island, North Channel. Most boats like the big harbor between N and S Benjamin and I like that just fine. But the south harbor is quieter and is one of my favs. Snubs Nice Long Micro. You the builder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Veeger 352 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Russell Brown said: Anyone know where this is? Hint: Francis Chichester rebuilt his Gypsy Moth airplane just to the left of the frame. What kind of trees are those? Norfolk Pines? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zenmasterfred 452 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Wallace Island, Canadian Gulf Islands, my One Particular Harbor. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zenmasterfred 452 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Twin Islands, Desolation Sound, BC/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paranda 53 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Somewhere, the Bahamas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Somewhere else, the Bahamas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maarten 12 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Behind Telegraph Island, Khasab Inlet, Strait of Hormuz. Christmas time. Good times, Seemed like we were alone on the World. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maarten 12 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 There was more tidal hub than expected. Parked a bit wrong but got a good chance to clean the bottom. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Jim in Halifax said: How come instead of pictures in your post all I see are these text strings? It looks like a Google thing, which is where some of those photos are stored. I can see them all but it looks like some of them just show as text strings to some (all?) I'll try putting them elsewhere and reposting them. Thanks for the heads up Jim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 5:52 PM, Salazar said: In the lagoon between the Crammond Islands, in the West Bay of the Bras d'Or Lakes on Cape Breton Island. Someone keeps a mooring ball there, well maintained, free for anyone to use. The power boaters are friendly and polite, just there to enjoy the little sand beach and the sheltered water between the islands. Still, they generally leave a dusk to head back to the mainland, leaving us to enjoy the stars. That's us, the dark blue hull. Reposting as some of these photo don't display properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 6:01 PM, Salazar said: Island Point Harbour, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island Reposting as some of these photo don't display properly for some viewers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 7:25 PM, Salazar said: Cossitt Cove, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during an annual East Bay Regatta. We were racing on the Yael, a C&C 35 Mk.1 (She's there with her name on the sail cover). Reposting as some of these photo don't display properly for some viewers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Salazar said: Harbour de Lute, Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Very sheltered from all directions, huge tides though, at the mouths of the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay. The tide is nearing high tide in the first photo. The second is nearing low tide. In that photo the dingy is on a line that runs from the shore (near the yellow ball to the right) to the post out in the water. You pull the dingy out to where you think it won't go aground at low tide, and use the line to bring it in to wherever the shore happens to be, depending on the height of the tide, when you need it. These were take from the shore of our good friends summer home there. Reposting as some of these photo don't display properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malaya 19 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Forney"s Cove Santa Cruz Island 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Max Rockatansky said: Somewhere else, the Bahamas They're a little behind in raking the beaches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, maarten said: There was more tidal hub than expected. Parked a bit wrong but got a good chance to clean the bottom. "I meant to do that". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 942 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Malaya said: Forney"s Cove Santa Cruz Island Careful, you can get a bit of a potato patch off the point when the afternoon winds come up. Saw my first ever greenwater over the bow there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,618 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Malaya said: Forney"s Cove Santa Cruz Island I don't see any evidence of that being a cove. Not even a bay for that matter. Looks like what we call a fully exposed anchorage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snubber 60 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 "Nice Long Micro. You the builder?" [pics clipped for thread's sake]. Anomaly2. Thanks. Yes. Built her myself and launched into Lake Erie in August 2007. Sailed on Lake Erie until 2009 when I moved to Texas. Couldn't find good sailing nearby in Texas, so I started trailering her to the NC in the summer of 2010 and I keep returning. She is a good boat for simple rigging and sailing (unstayed rig, the mainmast is in a tabernacle, she only draws 21 inches), but is not a sport boat by any stretch; 4ksb. I spend 2-3 weeks living on her each summer in the NC. Snubs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
23feet 22 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Red Rock, SF Bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,439 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, SloopJonB said: They're a little behind in raking the beaches. It's taking longer to rake the forests than expected, so they are a bit behind. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kris Cringle 1,204 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Another favorite, anchored off Isle Au Haut. Not in a cruising guide anywhere, we dubbed it Eden. At near high tide, a river formed and flowed back and forth over the bar between Isle Au Haut and Western Ear. We drifted in the ebb and flow and watched the bottom through the glass clear water typical in Penobscot Bay. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Secret Experiment 63 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Port Davey, SW Tasmania 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 5,326 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, snubber said: "Nice Long Micro. You the builder?" [pics clipped for thread's sake]. Anomaly2. Thanks. Yes. Built her myself and launched into Lake Erie in August 2007. Sailed on Lake Erie until 2009 when I moved to Texas. Couldn't find good sailing nearby in Texas, so I started trailering her to the NC in the summer of 2010 and I keep returning. She is a good boat for simple rigging and sailing (unstayed rig, the mainmast is in a tabernacle, she only draws 21 inches), but is not a sport boat by any stretch; 4ksb. I spend 2-3 weeks living on her each summer in the NC. Snubs Cool! Where in NC? FB- Doug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snubber 60 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Steam Flyer said: Cool! Where in NC? FB- Doug Doug, Sorry. The context of NC = North Channel (of Lake Huron, Canada) was lost when I trimmed the original post for brevity. I have not sailed in North Carolina, but I am intrigued by Pablo Petey and possibly spinning my shirt like a helicopter. Snubs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 5 hours ago, 23feet said: Red Rock, SF Bay. Nice Tiki. I used to have a 21. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bryanjb 132 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Must be me but I never seem to have nice calm anchorages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 159 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 One close to home Ocracoke island Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steam Flyer 5,326 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 5 hours ago, snubber said: Doug, Sorry. The context of NC = North Channel (of Lake Huron, Canada) was lost when I trimmed the original post for brevity. I have not sailed in North Carolina, but I am intrigued by Pablo Petey and possibly spinning my shirt like a helicopter. Snubs Thanks. I have not been able to spend much time in the North Channel but what I have seen of it is certainly beautiful. I liked Collins Inlet the best but there were lot of high points. I've thought that the Long Micro would be a good boat for the NC (North Carolina) rivers and sounds too FB- Doug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anomaly2 75 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 9 hours ago, snubber said: "Nice Long Micro. You the builder?" [pics clipped for thread's sake]. Anomaly2. Thanks. Yes. Built her myself and launched into Lake Erie in August 2007. Sailed on Lake Erie until 2009 when I moved to Texas. Couldn't find good sailing nearby in Texas, so I started trailering her to the NC in the summer of 2010 and I keep returning. She is a good boat for simple rigging and sailing (unstayed rig, the mainmast is in a tabernacle, she only draws 21 inches), but is not a sport boat by any stretch; 4ksb. I spend 2-3 weeks living on her each summer in the NC. Snubs A good friend had one in SE Alaska so I know the boat fairly well. He used to complain of excessive weather helm in higher winds but I really like the design. Was mesmerized by one that pulled into a shallow bay in Thailand once and tried to swim over to talk to the guy but he departed before I reached him... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eliboat 329 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 On 2/8/2020 at 11:45 AM, Willin' said: For us, most cruises begin and end at George's Harbor, Allen Island, ME. It's a convenient spot, not too far off the rhumbline for Penobscot Bay. The islands are owned by Andrew Wyeth's widow Betsy. She lives here in the summer and has a boat, Archangel, run into Tenant's Harbor to bring the crew of day workers out to maintain the islands. One day, as the boat was motoring away, I asked a pretty girl aboard what the purpose of all these buildings was? She said "It's just my grandma's way of decorating!" The Wyeths were the founders of the Island Institute, whose mission is trying to find ways to help the old island communities survive. I imagine this place is what a romantic artist envisions when thinking about island life. Pure eye candy wherever you look. The only downside is the rolling you take from local lobster boats going to work at 4 am each day. Right from the vantage of that last picture I lost my anchor a few years back. I love that spot too. Muscungous bay is one of this great places few people ever venture off too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 899 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, eliboat said: Right from the vantage of that last picture I lost my anchor a few years back. I love that spot too. Muscungous bay is one of this great places few people ever venture off too. Hush yo mouth! it's uncharted and scary and off the rhumbline to Penobscot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar 107 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 13 hours ago, Bryanjb said: Must be me but I never seem to have nice calm anchorages You should have been in the Virgin Islands last week (we were, for the week). There was pretty much no wind so every anchorage we were in was calm. From your blog it looks like you're there now, any wind? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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