August 24th, 19:28 2008This is a sunset at the north entrance to Casco bay We anchored at Haskel Island. This was the beginning of my boating experience in 1956. I was 8. Henry Chaplan owned the Island. I was allowed to use his rowboat but I could not untie from the dock. So I would row as fast as possible to the end of the line and try to snap it. Never did, but I tried for hours. The Chaplans' were impressed with my persistence. It was foggy on this trip and the anchorage was tight. The next morning we circled the island with very many lobster pots. No wraps this time. The lobster boats were concerned because we were not in the channel but with sonar and good GPS electronic charts we had no trouble finding our way to Cousins Island where we started this trip.
August 24 12:39 2008 We left Booth Bay around 11 am and ended the day at Haskel Island around 9pm. Very light winds 3-7 knots all afternoon. This light is leaving Booth Bay.
August 22 09:02 2008This is an Squirrel Island leaving Booth Bay. Lots of very large new houses but not very many that are beautiful. They seem to value size and not quality on this island. Not like Newport, Islesboro, York, Kennebunk, Mt Dessert. We motor-sailed most of the way..
August 22nd, 2008 The above sunrise may be from our overnighter. We left the Shoals at 10:00 again but did not make it to and an entry point by nightfall so we decided to stay offshore. We did not make it in because of a delay when we brought the spinnaker down. It caught the water at 5-7 knots, stopped the boat very fast, ripped the chute to shreds, and broke the boatsprit! By the time we recovered it was dark so we drifted for a few hours. We were 10 miles off Sequin island and then sailed at 3 knots on triple reef in 5 knots wind so that we did not get into the pots until daylight. Slow sail into Booth Bay.
August 21, 2008
We had a slow windless motor around the isles getting the autopilot working for the first time since installation in 2006. It worked well the rest of the trip.
We had a slow windless motor around the isles getting the autopilot working for the first time since installation in 2006. It worked well the rest of the trip.
This is a shoal 100 yds from the boat and we are 150 from the shore at the light. I had to swim again to free a prop from a pot! 64 degrees.
August 21,2008 10:17 The light at Isle of Shoals 
August 20 18:39 2008 At anchor at the break water at Smutty nose with Appledore in the distance. Like a lake yet 15- 20 knots of wind made it very bouncy night for the boats on the other side of the breakwater with the moorings at Star Island. 
August 20 12:27 2008 We have passed in front and turned to Isle of Shoals. I think they were heading to the Cape or a wide birth to cape Anne.
August 20 12L21 2008 David Damiecki, from NYC firnds tallships as nice as tall buildings.
August 20 12: 19 Frank Bourn, my brother in law finds the experince on Whats Up Doc unlike on his Prindle on Lake Winnipesaukee
August 30 23:17 approaching Friendship of Salem
We had a rough start at Cousins Island in Casco bay. The Dinghy came undone and drifted to shore. This lead to motoring the boat closer to shore so my swim ( 66 degree water) was not too far. I rescued the dinghy only to get back and have not one but two prop wraps on lines in the water . One was a lobster trap and was easily unwrapped . the other twas a hard to see 2X4 as a buoy connected to a large mushroom anchor. I would not unwrap it and had to cut the line. By the time I had the prop free and I was back on board we had drifted on to the shore. However, Frank and David were doing a good job keeping Whats Up Doc off the rocks by using the awning poles. We were lucky the wind was light as it increased to 20-25 knots within 30 minutes after we gotinto the clear. This was a lee shore. Anyway we were underway around 11 am, not the 6 am as we had planned. The first delay was to get water which we got from an outside faucet at a camp on the island. Not easy as the dinghy row is 200-300 yards. At least it was not windy like the arrival the afternoon before. With whitecaps, the dinghy got mildly swamped, soaking some of David's cloths and suitcase (don't bring suitcases on a boat).
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