4 August, 2005 - On Board the Mary Day - Pretty Marsh Harbor to Buck Harbor

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We went ashore and spent a little time tramping around the Acadia National Forest on Mount Desert Island.

94.9 KB	364.4 KB	A spiderweb between trees in the Acadia National Forest.
129.3 KB	482.3 KB	Moss-covered ground in the woods.
141.1 KB	481.9 KB	A small clearing.
83.4 KB	272.1 KB	The Mary Day at anchor in Pretty Marsh Harbor.
87.0 KB	270.7 KB	Pretty Marsh Harbor viewed through the trees.
100.4 KB	331.7 KB	View from the top of the stairs leading back down to the beach.
45.2 KB	174.3 KB	The Mary Day in Pretty Marsh Harbor.
51.3 KB	207.5 KB	Pretty Marsh Harbor.
82.4 KB	302.9 KB	Balanced pile of stones that Joe built. Seth is readying the dinghy to ferry folks back to the ship.
48.1 KB	183.9 KB	Another view of the Mary Day in the harbor.
49.7 KB	162.9 KB	Passenger D.J. diving off the bowsprit.
72.1 KB	226.3 KB	Passenger Cameron. She's D.J.'s older sister.
53.4 KB	197.4 KB	Blue Hill Bay scenery.
31.7 KB	123.2 KB	View back at Mount Desert Island.
27.3 KB	104.9 KB	An island in Blue Hill Bay.
60.1 KB	225.3 KB	Seaside houses.
58.5 KB	194.6 KB	Liz tidying up prior to cleaning out the dinghies.
54.5 KB	213.6 KB	Scenery somewhere between Blue Hill Bay and Jericho Bay.

We sailed up Eggemoggin Reach, one of the main passages between Jericho Bay and Penobscot Bay. There is a high bridge that spans the reach between the mainland and Little Deer Isle. The trouble is that the top of the Mary Day's masts stand at about 100 feet above the water while the bridge clears the water by about about 85 feet. So the Mary Day's topmasts had to be lowered...

46.2 KB	171.4 KB	The Deer Isle bridge which spans Eggemoggin Reach from the mainland to Little Deer Isle.
81.9 KB	271.5 KB	Seth preparing to help lower the topmasts.
61.5 KB	206.7 KB	Lowering the main topmast.
59.7 KB	211.1 KB	The bridge looming ahead.
79.2 KB	275.2 KB	The bridge is closer yet.
56.3 KB	182.2 KB	The lowered fore topmast as the Mary Day sails under the bridge.
54.8 KB	183.0 KB	The main topmast has cleared the bridge.
75.7 KB	241.6 KB	The bridge is now astern.
49.4 KB	158.8 KB	Raising the main topmast again.
69.5 KB	253.7 KB	Pumpkin Island Light ahead.
58.1 KB	214.3 KB	Closer to Pumpkin Island and its lighthouse.
58.9 KB	211.4 KB	Close view of the Pumpkin Island Light.
67.4 KB	252.0 KB	Houses on the shore of Little Deer Isle.

I believe that Barry had planned to sail around Cape Rosier to the north and into Holbrook Harbor. However, it being late in the day and finding hardly any wind, Barry instead headed the Mary Day about and sailed into Buck Harbor.

53.8 KB	203.1 KB	Pumpkin Island again.
62.0 KB	224.0 KB	Buck Harbor near South Brooksville on the mainland.
92.6 KB	334.9 KB	Houses barely visible in the wooded shoreline.
49.0 KB	166.0 KB	Sunset in Buck Harbor.

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