The day has arrived, 18th June 2014.
The expedition is officially underway.
We set sail from Camden today and headed for Winter Harbour, not a great distance from Camden, just a nice little run to get us into it.
On the way out of Winter Harbour , next morning
Next day onto Mount Desert Island (MDI), via Stonington.
A schooner getting under way in the channel opposite Stonington harbour
Bass harbour head lighthouse (MDI)
One of the smaller pads on the way up Somes Sound (MDI).........all empty i might add. They are all the same, only inhabited in the Summer months............July to September.
Somes Sound is the largest fjord on the Eastern seaboard of the USA, sorry, but have to say, a very poor relation to the Norwegian or New Zealand examples...........i thought everything was bigger in the USA....!!!!!! :-)
Sunset over Somesville Harbour
Next day the 20th June we went to Bay Harbour (DOH, forgot my camera) to check out with the US customs. luckily a cruise ship was in port and the customs officials were in abundance. It transpired none of them had ever checked out a yacht going to the Arctic before, so they were all very interested and promised they would watch us on the Novara blog.
Cool dudes, sailing out of the USA is great.................... unlike flying into the USA..............with it's endless queues.......aaaahhhhhhh.
The expedition is officially underway.
We set sail from Camden today and headed for Winter Harbour, not a great distance from Camden, just a nice little run to get us into it.
On the way out of Winter Harbour , next morning
Next day onto Mount Desert Island (MDI), via Stonington.
Stonington village
A schooner getting under way in the channel opposite Stonington harbour
Bass harbour head lighthouse (MDI)
One of the smaller pads on the way up Somes Sound (MDI).........all empty i might add. They are all the same, only inhabited in the Summer months............July to September.
Somes Sound is the largest fjord on the Eastern seaboard of the USA, sorry, but have to say, a very poor relation to the Norwegian or New Zealand examples...........i thought everything was bigger in the USA....!!!!!! :-)
and another
Sunset over Somesville Harbour
Next day the 20th June we went to Bay Harbour (DOH, forgot my camera) to check out with the US customs. luckily a cruise ship was in port and the customs officials were in abundance. It transpired none of them had ever checked out a yacht going to the Arctic before, so they were all very interested and promised they would watch us on the Novara blog.
Cool dudes, sailing out of the USA is great.................... unlike flying into the USA..............with it's endless queues.......aaaahhhhhhh.
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