Nano’s Summer Dreamin’
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Nano has slept the winter away on the hard in Standish, Maine all the while dreaming of summer travels. But where will the Captain Paul set his sights? For we all know that every voyage begins as a gleam in the captain’s eye. This year phylogeny will recapitulate ontogeny. The captain aims to return Nano to his earliest sailing venue - Casco Bay on the Southern coast of Maine.
Back in the last century Paul and Marj brought their first cruising boat, a Catalina 30 they named Outahere to a mooring at the Centerboard Yacht Club in South Portland. They proceeded to learn the ropes and the nearby sailing destinations. The captain was so proud to learn how to sail, pick up a mooring, and anchor under sail. Perhaps the highlight of those summers was a solo sail to Sebasco Harbor Resort twenty miles from our yacht club mooring.
Twenty miles solo seems pretty tame after 20,000 miles of sailing and motoring. It’s involved having crew and always keeping to an admittedly loose schedule. I have rarely anchored. Perhaps under a dozen times. This year I thought I would try a more relaxed cruising style. I have a framed copy of the chart for Casco Bay — NOAA #13290 on my living room wall. It has some of my favorite routes penned in including the way to Sebasco Harbor. There are at least a dozen places to dock and dine on the bay and at least that many handy anchorages. I intend to sample the majority of them. None of them are more than twenty five from Southport Marine where Nano will be berthed.
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While cruising on the West Coast in Southern California I noted that Monterey Bay is just about the same size as Casco Bay. Monterey Bay sadly has no islands whereas Casco Bay has so many they are called the Calendar Islands. Not only that, but Casco Bay is about as wide as the entire cruising area of The Moorings in BVI. Not too shabby as a cruising ground.
Monterey Bay, California NOAA #18685Santa Cruz to Monterey - 26 Miles |
Casco Bay, Maine NOAA #13290Richmond Is. To Seguin Is. - 26 Miles |
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Moorings BVI Cruising Ground ; 26 Miles |
Very nice to hear of your upcoming adventures. Smooth sailing to you!
ReplyDeleteGood news Skipper. I if you wait a century more or less, then you may anchor in downtown Portland, though the last usnavy hydrological office prediction was 2 meters by end of century. Though the navy has classified any further updates.
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