Scituate, MA to Three Mile Harbor, Long Island, NY

We returned to Trilogy early Wednesday morning, 8/17/11. Spent that day doing boat work and getting provisions. On Thursday morning we motor-sailed 3 hours to Dorchester Bay. Anchored in a mooring field- Leiby dinghied in to pick up Jerica, Jenna and Vanessa, who met us for a daysail. Sailed into Boston Harbor, back out of Boston Harbor and around the Boston Harbor islands, anchoring for a few hours at Georges Island. Leiby and the girls toured Fort Warren, which Leiby says is an incredible masonry structure. Sailed back to Dorchester Bay, dropped off the girls, and anchored there for the night. On Friday 8/19/11, we had an invigorating over 6 knot close-hauled, starboard tack sail to Cape Cod, Provincetown- an extremely colorful town with lots of different kinds of people. On Saturday we went into town and to the beach. Leiby toured the Pilgrim Monument. On Sunday 8/21/11 we had a long motor day dead into the wind through the Cape Cod Canal to the Elizabeth Islands, anchoring in Hadley Harbor. We were close-hauled all day Monday, tacking back and forth across the wind with multiple sail changes: full main, reefed main, jib sail, cutter sail- we worked hard for our destination of Block Island, anchoring just before 6:30 in Great Salt Pond. On Tuesday we took a long walk on Block Island, buying lemonade from several kids along the way. On Wednesday we sailed close-hauled on a port tack- wind was clocking around to the south. Our original destination was Montauk but we ended up at Shelter Island, anchoring in Coecles Harbor after beating into the wind all day. On Thursday we decided we needed a safe place to be for Hurricane Irene and made reservations at Gardiner's Marina in Three Mile Harbor, Long Island, NY near East Hampton. Yesterday, we motored to Three Mile Harbor and anchored. We dinghied into shore and took a long walk to East Hampton. This morning, we motored to Gardiner's Marina and completed our hurricane preparations: removing sails, canvas and clearing everything off the deck. We are as ready as possible for Hurricane Irene. Pictured: Jerica, Vanessa and Jenna on deck; The girls in Boston Harbor; the Pilgrim Monument; Underway; the southeast lighthouse on Block Island; the sky in our backyard.

Home

We had a wonderful time back home. Spent the first 3 nights as guests in Jerica and Brian's home, then 2 nights at Mom and Dad's. Leiby had some work to do while I went to Wildwood with family and friends. We are driving back to Scituate tonight with Jerica and Jenna, who are spending a few days in Boston. Plan to meet them in Boston on Thursday for a day sail. Pictured: Our gracious hosts, Jerica and Brian; our other gracious hosts, Mom and Dad; Brother Lou and Martha; Tasha and Nikki; Coral and John

East Penobscot Bay, ME to Scituate, MA

After leaving Castine, we travelled south and then east around Islboro Island. We enjoyed a nice, starboard tack sail through Gilkey Harbor to Pulpit Harbor. We anchored just off the entrance of Pulpit Harbor in a place known locally as Cabot Cove. We spent 2 nights at this anchorage, walking into town on New Haven and doing some boat work. On Saturday, 7/30/11, we had a rare NE wind and we were able to sail most of the way to Boothbay Harbor. Motored through the Townsend Gut and anchored just past the swing bridge in Hodgedon's Cove. On Sunday, we got an 8:30 AM bridge opening and motored back through the Townsend Gut to Boothbay Harbor, anchoring in Mill Cove. We were in our dingy after picking up some haddock for dinner, when Leiby spotted "Aquila" on a mooring. They already knew we were in Boothbay Harbor, as they had spoken to other boaters from the Chesapeake Bay who Leiby had met earlier in the day. We went aboard for some pre-dinner refreshments. On Tuesday 8/2/11, we left early, motored west through fog and anchored around 11:00AM at Jewell Island. On Wednesday, our friend Glen was due to join us for a few days so we anchored at Peaks Island until we heard from him that he had arrived in Portland.We then motored into Portland Harbor and Leiby rowed the dinghy to the pier, picked him up, and rowed back to Trilogy. We again anchored at Peaks Island for the night, and left early the next morning for a beautiful wing and wing and then port tack sail past the Isle of Shoals to Rockport, MA. We tied to a floating dock at the Sandy Bay Yacht Club. We left the next day around noon, anchoring in Hull Bay in the evening. On Saturday, we mostly motored SE to Scituate, MA and got a mooring at the Scituate Launch Boat Club. They were having a Heritage Day festival, and we walked through town enjoying the music and food. The boat will stay here for 12 nights while we go home for work and family functions. Missy drove half way through the night and picked us up for the ride back to Doylestown. On Monday, we attended the Leibensperger family reunion at Knoebels Grove.  Pictured: Leiby in Boothbay Harbor; Barb and Rich aboard Aquila; Glen in Portland after his long bus trip travel day; No all night parking in this area of Rockport, MA; Glen makes it to Rockport, too; Leiby and Glen on a wall in Rockport; Trilogy under sail- photo taken by Glen, who was sent adrift in our dingy, "Skippy"; Missy picks us up in Scitiuate, MA; Leiby makes friends wherever he goes; Pop and Julia on the train ride at Knoebels