Little did I know, this would be the last time my boat would see East coast waters. This “short film” is a conglomeration of footage I shot while exploring part of the Maine Island Trail. In this trip, Mic and I sailed all the way around Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay (trip report here). The video [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Penobscot Bay’
Maine Island Trail (the movie)
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, tagged Adventure, Little Hen Island, Maine, Maine Island Trail, Penobscot Bay, Ram Island, Sailboat, Sailing, Tinef, Vinalhaven on September 6, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Vinalhaven Circuit – Trip Report (17 photos)
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, tagged Adventure, Maine, Maine Island Trail, Penobscot Bay, Tinef, Vinalhaven on August 24, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Mic and I were blessed with agreeable weather last week, allowing for a successful passage around the Fox Islands in Penobscot Bay, Maine. We made use of the Maine Island Trail for a few nights of camping along the way as we circumnavigated Vinalhaven. The trip was mostly uneventful although the crossing back to the [...]
Back to the Mainland
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, tagged Adventure, Crossing, Fog, Maine, maine Island Trai, Mainland, Owl's Head Light, Penobscot Bay, Rockland, Sailboat, Sailing, Tinef on August 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Goodbye islands. A successful circumnavigation of Vinalhaven was made. Yesterday required a scary crossing back from Ram Island. The wind was great so the trip was fast, but the visibility was quite poor. I’ve never sailed in such dense fog. At times I could only see maybe a hundred feet ahead. Just for safety’s sake [...]
Vinalhaven Circuit – Trip Plan
Posted in Aquatics, tagged Chester Yawl, Maine Island Trail, Penobscot Bay, Sailing, Tinef, Vinalhaven on August 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
FYI, Here’s what I’m thinking: This should be about a four day trip to get all the way around Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay. Looks like good conditions for a crossing tomorrow: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.104351509943406&lon=-68.994140625&site=gyx&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=marine I’ll be sailing out of Rockland. Should conditions allow it, the plan is to sail around the North end of Vinalhaven (North Haven) to [...]
Adventures on my mind
Posted in Aquatics, Nomadics, tagged Adventure, Expedition, Eye of Quebec, Maine, Penobscot Bay, Quebec, Sailboat, Sailing, Tinef on July 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If you look at any map of North America published after the 60′s, you’ll see a fascinating annular lake directly North of Maine. This is the Manicouagan Reservoir, or the “Eye of Quebec.” It’s a big crater formed about 200 million years ago during an event causing a fire ball that extended to New York. [...]
