Friday after breakfast we started what I’ll refer to as the more remote part of our trip. By this I mean that we are spending more time anchored off of little islands and far less time in established harbors. Now our ‘neighbors’ are other boats and the wildlife of the nearby islands. We enjoy the scenery en route and then the scenery ashore as we walk along the little islands. We spent Friday night at Burnt Island off the northeast corner of North Haven (a North Haven Conservation easement Island). Our only neighbor was the schooner Heritage on its first night of a 3-day excursion with 14 guests. They sent a crew member over to ask about Lady. (That’s happened a lot on this trip.)
Saturday night we anchored off Hay Island in Seal Bay on the eastern side of Vinalhaven. We counted 8 other boats, but it’s a big bay and was very quiet. Dave and Dad tried fishing, but all they caught was a mackerel (later used as bait), and a wrymouth, which we had to look up because none of us had seen one before. He was released and swam away quickly!
Today (Sunday) we are anchored off the east side of Butter Island alongside Orchard Beach and we are alone. We passed one sailboat anchored off Nubble beach on the southeast part of the island. Butter is privately owned. Visitors can walk along the east side only and up to the top of Montserrat where there is a memorial to the elder Cabot whose family owns this island. We climbed said mountain, and the views are spectacular and the raspberries plentiful and delicious! We even found a few wild strawberries.
Time for our evening game 😊
Life on Lady 