Schooners 6/25/2021

Maine has hoodwinked us this year. Since we arrived on June 10, the weather has been relatively benign if not balmy. There have been a couple of patches of rain and thunder storms but hardly anything to talk about. 

Though for the last few days Pulpit Harbor has been fogged in and with it the creeping cold. Not that this has stopped numerous large tourist schooners from Camden spending the night. Friday while visiting with friends onshore the Mary Day and the Heritage schooners anchored to either side of Carrie Rose. 

 

From the dingy dock, we could not see out to Carrie Rose due to the dense fog and waning light. Our way was visually compromised, but pointing the dingy westward got us back to the boat. Due to experiences returning to the boat in the fog, I usually leave the anchor light on to guide us back like a lonely lighthouse minus the foghorn. 

 

But there was no drama this day, other than when we got close to CR the two large schooners appeared out of the fog. Suddenly an angelic voice was heard from the Mary Day singing an aria from Tosca, I think. Once the final note drifted off in the wind, present seafarers clapped. Then from Heritage, a quickly truncated tenor responded, but it is hard to best a soprano in full voice.