Sunday, 14 September 2008

Good Buy from the sailing season of 2008!





We are now getting ready to leave Aros More for this year. Our last preparations are taking place and tomorrow we leave Rockland and the boat at 5.00am to catch a bus to Boston and then fly home. It will be all strange to have dry land under our feet. We have have had a wonderful season, seen lovely places, met friendly people and made lots of new friends.
we have taken more photos than you would like to know!
It has been a most memorable Summer and I am sad to say that the season is over!

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Red -Right - Return

Red, Right ,Return! Red to starboard when you go to back to a harbour.... on this side of the Atlantic!
We are now heading home to port! as we are into our last two weeks of sailing for this year. Yesterday we booked our home tickets and fly out form Boston on Tuesday 15th September to arrive in Edinburgh on Wednesday 16th September in the afternoon. We shall leave Aros More in Rockland, ME. all wrapped up in plastic for the winter.
We are still having a wonderful time sailing in lovely surroundings and in good weather. This little town of Camden claims to is the world capital of windjammers ( schooners) .
These beautiful old sailing vessels sail around here with tourists and as sailing schools.
On the photo of the motor yacht you can see a helicopter on the aft-deck. We were anchored next to it last night, and the helicopter kept taking off and landing again after a trip round the bay.
We are expecting very high winds for the week end and have been advised to go to a hurricane hole , which is a small bay, Pulpit Harbour, very protected from winds from all directions. we shall sit out the storm there till Sunday night.