Leaving Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at 0640 Friday morning:
Passing the Cape Furcho lighthouse, an hour later:
Looking out the hatch at the sunrise the next morning, just off Penobscot bay, Maine:
It was nice broad reach sailing, jib plus main sail, and the self-steering wind vane holding spot on. At sunrise the sun peaked through for about 10 minutes, giving nice light:
Thankfully there was great wind, so that I did not have to motor through the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of lobster trap buoys. I arrived in Rockland, Maine, USA, around 1 pm. Belfast, 20 miles away, will be the start of the journey in mid-May, and the end the first week of October.
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