Penobscot Bay to Mount Desert Island

It has been more than a month since we started our cruise from Yarmouth.  We have had generally good weather, and the first three days out were perfect allowing us to reach Tenants Harbor in Penobscot Bay.  Since then we have been visiting favorite anchorages and towns between Rockland and Mt. Desert Island.  We have also enjoyed meeting old cruising friends, and spending a week with friends who drove here from Houston.  A verbal recounting of the details would be boring (to write as well as read) so a few photos here instead give a feeling for our cruise.   (If you are interested in bird photos from Maine check out our Birding Blog also.)

South Island Light at Tenants Harbor, ME in the early morning.

Lobster boats at sunset in Tenants Harbor, ME.

"Windjammers" (passenger cruise schooners) on parade off the jetty at Rockland, ME.

Sunset in Pulpit Harbor, North Haven, ME. 

Cloud formations in Seal Bay, Vinalhaven, ME

"Windjammer"  "J&E Riggin" sailing through Casco Passage.

Rainbow at sunset from the anchorage at Devil Island near Stonington, ME

The other end of the rainbow lands on Devil Island.  The complete arc was to large to get in a single photo.

Goose Rocks Light at the east end of the Fox Island Thorofare.

Private schooner with immaculate brightwork (varnished wood) in Northeast Harbor, ME, one of many beautiful old wooden boats we see in Maine.

Anchorage at Somesville.  The closer boat was from Argyle, Scotland, and the further one from Victoria, BC, Canada.

Tropicbird a few days ago in one of our favorite anchorages, Seal Bay on Vinalhaven Island, ME.