the 2008 International Wayfarer Rally * Hermit Island, Maine
Wednesday 13 August - 7
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Ellingwood Rock, north of Seguin Island
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The fleet leaves Seguin Island and heads back to Hermit.
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Nelsons with Rocks
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Admiral Nelson?
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Mary Asselstine
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Jim and Linda
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(l to r) Lisa, Jim, Tony
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Heading for the Kennebec River
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Our fleet runs back into Small Point Harbor, well ahead of ...
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... SHADES who has once again made the detour past Bold Dick.
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Conny's first time flying the spinnaker went very well! A natural!!!
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It was somewhere around here that we got a distress yell from a couple of ladies who had run their 30-foot catamaran aground on the rocks off Bald Head. We offered to radio in for help, but they declined. Could we not tow them off? A touching faith in the Wayfarer, but alas, overly optimistic in this case. Word is that a guy in a large motor cruiser finally pulled them off.
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Beach on Hermit Island
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Stephanie and Ralph aboard Solje
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Captain Stephanie
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Solje heads towards the harbour entrance.
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Ralph and Stephanie one more time
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Wow! A cushion!!
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Wednesday races for the Small Point One-Designs
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Next time we are in Hermit Island (2011??), we may be invited to participate in one of the Small Point One-Designs' races, Nick (one of the campground's owners?) told me. He knows the Commodore of the Small Point YC, and will talk to him about the possibility. More about these boats below:

Sailing in Phippsburg, Maine.

Up here in Maine the summer lasts about 8 weeks in a good year, so within this short window of time one has  limited hours to enjoy the outdoors.  What do I do? I sail, both for pleasure and for competition.   Specifically in Phippsburg, Maine, a wonderful peninsula to spend summers on as well as winters for the rugged.  A rural town, with a population of approximately 2000 year round that balloons to 5000-6000 in the summer. Waterfront property can still be found as low as 500K and with Popham Beach State Park offering a 2-mile sandy beach to enjoy as long as you can withstand the refreshing mid 60's water temps on a good day :) the peninsula remains relatively undiscovered and within an hour's commute to Portland.  

 For the sailor out there, the sailboats pictured are Small Point One Designs, a 19-foot sloop that was designed in the 30's by Sterling Burgess, designer of America's Cup sailboats including the Ranger in 1937. A wood-framed, sloop-rigged vessel with a heavy lead/iron keel, the Small Point fleet races every Wednesday and Saturday in July and August, and on a good day we get about 15 plus boats on the starting line. Racing off of Cape Small, the competition can be fierce, but is always fun. 
Posted by John Herrigel - Southern Maine Real Estate | Maine Coastal Property on 08/06/2007 09:42 AM
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Home again, and in very good time! Good thing, too, because tonight we're all off - by road - to the Lobster House across the way.
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Bailing?
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All tucked in for the night.
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