August 17-18 I joined the crew to deliver Ralph and Hannah Wolf's Whitbee 42 to Belfast, Maine. I went aboard in Portland. Landmarks of note were Seguin Island, Georges Harbor/Allen Island, Whitehead Light/Muscle Ridge Channel, Southern Island/Tenants Harbor. and the Owls Head light just before Rockland harbor.
Georges Harbor is where Englishmen first landed in Maine, commemorated on the tercentennial in 1905 by a granite cross and a big ceremony which treated the voyage of George Weymouth's Archangel as the state's founding event. Today it is a beautifully composed scene - Betsy and Andrew Wyeth's house on Benner Island and the lobstermen's wharf, old sail loft, houses and cottages of the Allen Island Sea Station - served by the namesake of Weymouth's Archangel.
I slept on a cockpit bench and awoke to first light and the low rumble of a lobsterman headed south past the seal ledges between Allen and Burnt islands.
Harvey and Ralph were amiable crewmates. I'm sure our work will be appreciated by Hannah and the kids - after whom CaLeRu is named.
