3 August, 2005 - On Board the Mary Day - Burnt Coat Harbor to Dogfish Cove & Pretty Marsh Harbor

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37.3 KB	140.5 KB	The schooner Lewis R. French riding at anchor in Burnt Coat Harbor.
55.9 KB	210.7 KB	The pinky schooner Summertime at anchor.

At Swans Island Barry had purchased live lobsters for the lobster bake that evening. We headed off in search of a nice place to have it.

42.7 KB	167.5 KB	Heading out of the harbor.
43.6 KB	173.2 KB	Outside the harbor, the schooner Nathaniel Bowditch sailing past.
44.5 KB	204.1 KB	The Nathaniel Bowditch again.
39.7 KB	157.1 KB	Mount Desert Island.
44.7 KB	186.1 KB	Three schooners in the distance.
47.0 KB	181.7 KB	Three sloops.
65.7 KB	218.8 KB	Emily with passenger Greg behind her.
52.6 KB	174.5 KB	First Mate Emily Evans.
40.6 KB	135.9 KB	Wind filling the Mary Day's mainsail and main topsail.
87.3 KB	285.6 KB	Passenger Sally sits on the windward side as the Mary Day heels in a fresh breeze.
81.2 KB	275.6 KB	The lee side of the deck with Seth bending over his work at the rail.
63.3 KB	193.8 KB	Emily and Eric furling the jib as Seth waits nearby.
73.6 KB	269.0 KB	A small island in Blue Hill Bay.
60.7 KB	226.4 KB	Mount Desert Island again.
54.4 KB	205.1 KB	Another small island.
67.6 KB	225.7 KB	Lis aft at the rail. Barry's at the wheel in the background.
59.9 KB	202.8 KB	Lis and I standing near the rail.

Finding his intended location at the north end of Bartlett Island already occupied, Barry navigated us south through Bartlett Narrows to Dogfish Cove on the south end of the island. The lobster bake, attended by much gluttony, followed.

115.6 KB	447.5 KB	A cliff near the beach at Dogfish Cove on Bartlett Island.
46.3 KB	172.3 KB	The Mary Day anchored in Dogfish Cove.
38.4 KB	138.8 KB	A closer view of the Mary Day.
32.4 KB	120.8 KB	Eric and Jen ferrying passengers from the Mary Day in the dinghies.
42.5 KB	149.8 KB	The Mary Day viewed from a small promontory to the right of the beach.
41.7 KB	164.0 KB	A larger view of the same.
49.6 KB	189.0 KB	The Mary Day's masts reflecting in the water.
110.7 KB	413.7 KB	The beach viewed from the promontory.
92.9 KB	366.7 KB	A closer view of the beach.
103.5 KB	369.6 KB	Lis at the water's edge.
97.5 KB	332.7 KB	The pile of cooked lobsters. Liz is pouring melted butter.
32.8 KB	114.6 KB	Later in the evening, the Mary Day's masts reflecting nicely in the water.
91.2 KB	321.1 KB	The promontory mentioned above.
26.7 KB	96.0 KB	Sky effects of the sunset above the trees.
34.6 KB	130.7 KB	What we can begin to see of the sunset on the water.
43.2 KB	163.2 KB	A more distant view of the sunset.
42.4 KB	173.5 KB	The sunset from a somewhat different perspective.

Before we turned in for the night, Barry had the crew move the Mary Day from Dogfish Cove on Bartlett Island to the nearby Pretty Marsh Harbor on Mount Desert Island.

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