[Rhodes22-list] Maine Sailing Anyone?

[JeffSmith]

Radiant returned from Maine yesterday after 2 weeks on the road and sea.
After stopping at the local trailer place to replace a tail light (but they
both worked yesterday!) We drove for about 9 hours to Rockland and stayed in
the Harbor View Hotel for a couple of nights to load and prep the boat. 
Hotels and restaurants make Emily happy and "Happy wife, etc." Thanks to
research by Peter Nyberg we had a good launch at the Snow Park Ramp - the
best in my limited experience - with a dock all along side.
After a short motor (light wind on the nose) we took a mooring from Lyman
Morse in Camden foe a couple of days to explore the town. A night in the
Hartstone Inn where the beds were way too soft. And then on to the Fox
Island Thoroughfare, where we picked up an open mooring in Perry Creek,
where we stayed for three nights.
Then on to Stonington for a couple of nights on the dock at billings marine
and eventually back "home" to Rockland.
The weather was spectacular! Delightful temps in the day and cool evenings
as opposed to the high temps and humidity back in NJ. Very few bugs and the
few mosquitoes were kept at bay by a THERMACELL device that worked off a
camping gas can. Neither of us had a bite.
The personnel at the marinas were outstanding!!! Friendly and helpful beyond
belief. Shout Outs to Charles and Celia (who was very interested in the R22)
at  Lyman Morse, Don at Billings and Mark the Harbormaster at Rockland, who
helped us get the boat on the trailer.
So a few lessons learned on our first cruise:

1. Bring less stuff! The boat is small (duh) and the constant shifting of
bags to sleep or open the cabin is 
   a pain. We used half of what we brought. I also brought too many tools,
which took up floor space.
2 The Sea Eagle 370 is about as small a dinghy that can be stowed under the
seats and is fun - but wet.  
   It tracks very well, so there is not much reason to need to stow it at
all.  Next time we will tow our 
   small Achilles inflatable.  
3. The Igloo Cooler next to the icebox worked well, needing a couple of bags
of ice every 2 days - and 
    kept the food, seltzers and beer cold.
4.  The Magma grill was good for the usual and even heated up locally bought
pizza.

Pix are here:
>https://www.jeffsmithphoto.net/Rhodes-22-Radiant-2020-Penobscot-Bay-Sailing-Vacation/ 



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Jeff Smith
2009 R22 #101 RADIANT
Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
Atlantic Highlands, NJ

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