Portland, ME to Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick

We left Portland at around 11:00 on Friday and set out for an overnighter toward Maine's "Down East". We sailed through the night and only had to start the engine late the next morning. Travelled east most of the day on Saturday and stopped to anchor for the night at Great Wass Island. The anchorage was literally littered with many different colors of lobster traps- it looked like a living room the day after a New Year's eve party. On Sunday, we motored most of the way up the Grand Manan Channel, then we were able to motor sail on a starboard tack. We made it to Canada by around 1:00pm on Sunday. Customs was easy- a telephone call; the officer just took the boat name and documentation number, not our personal passport information. We were able to get a free mooring at North Head on Grand Manan Island. We took a hike this morning, and then a friendly fellow boater loaned us his car for the day and we were able to explore the entire island. Pictured: the sun sets during our overnighter over Monhegan Island; Leiby on the deck; Darlene on the deck; the wall showing the water line (tidal range here is 18 feet); the fishing weirs at North Head; Leiby sitting on top of "The Hole in the Wall"; the lighthouse at North Head.