My Life As A Stern Man #7

Aug 30, 2013

Hi Folks,

I haven't had a chance to write much lately. We've had my best friend Joan and her husband Bob visiting and have been showing them around beautiful Maine. We all had a wonderful time, ate too much, and ran ourselves ragged. We even brought them in to Maine Lobster Direct to see where our lobsters go...they said 'hi' to a few they recognized. One of the places we went to was the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. It's at the site of the old Percy and Small Shipbuilding Company. This shipyard built the world's largest commercial wooden schooner - the six masted 'Wyoming'. The Wyoming was 426 feet long and launched in Dec 1909.  You can tour the original factory buildings in the shipyard and the adjoining museum. It's a great day trip and we highly recommend it!

The weather was perfect all the time they were here but the day they left it started raining and then a huge fog bank moved in and stayed the whole day!

It's as if Mother Nature knew I was missing my best friend.  But now it's time to get back to work. 

We really see a lot of activity and interesting vessels here in Portland Harbor/Casco Bay. 

The annual Lobster Boat Races were held last week...heck no, we didn't enter... and the harbor was clogged with everyone watching. It's a constant challenge navigating around everything from kayaks to cruise ships.

I got a nice surprise the other day.

The Cap'n decided it was time to 'upgrade' his stern-man and bought me new gloves,  apron and boat shoes.

Pretty spiffy, huh? I never imagined this job would have such great benefits...chuckle.

We head up to Camden the day after Labor Day. We're going on a four day lighthouse cruise on the Schooner Mary Day and we couldn't be more excited.

Trading a diesel engine for wind power and a hammock will be a nice change. Look for an update and some photos in an upcoming blog.

That's it for now. Be safe and, as the Cap'n likes to say, "stay out of the hot sun"