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