Cliff Island, ME

On August 1, we left our pleasant stay in Portsmouth by 7:30 and stayed close to the coast as we passed Portland head and began our cruise along the Maine coast.  We entered a thicket of lobster pots which required constant attention to carefully navigate.  We cruised  along the Maine coastline to the Canso Islands with Glory Days and Seaquil way ahead of us because they are faster.

Seven hours later we grabbed a mooring in a bay by Cliff Island which was recommended by Roy who was accompanying us on Seaquil.  It was high tide when we came in and was quite a beautiful setting. There was a sandy beach with rocky outcroppings of shale nearby which we dinghied to with Archie who loved it! There were only four people on the entire beach. It was a beautiful setting. Jonny was thinking about bringing Zendo in closer to shore but it’s a good thing we didn’t because we discovered that there were nine foot tides.  When the tide went out, a number of pretty big rocks emerged which we could have easily hit!

Later that afternoon Pat and Joe hosted an early happy hour on Glory Days. We got a chance to begin spending some time with Roy and Marie Bouchon, friends of Pat and Joe’s who wanted to join us on the Maine cruise. Roy and Marie have cruised the coast of Maine for many years so they have lots of knowledge of cool places to visit which will be very helpful.

That night, back on Zendo, we had lamb chops and mashed cauliflower for dinner.  Our plan was to stay here for one night and head out to Boothbay Harbor the next day.