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• If you've sailed anywhere between Southern New England and Downeast Maine, I could use your help.
  • a bit on southern Maine
    • and let's not forget Boston
      • I thought specifically of you Tom for info.
        • Okay, you're out of the canal or around the cape and coming up on Boston Harbor
          • Fantastic. I'm copying these for reference.
          • From Worlds End, it's less than an hour's sail to many of the harbor islands
            • Working north to Gloucester
              • I can't believe I haven't seen some of these. Thanks Tom
                • The responses here and a few from the older thread total 1500 words!
  • Tom - you and others have already documented a lot of this here
    • Thanks Larry, I'll go through that. Please, any thoughts,
      • Boston
        • Boston's Spectacle Island
          • Thanks Jon, into my file.
  • Don't come to the MDI area or even think about going further east than that...
    • You neglected to mention the constant fog and uncharted ledges.
      • And dragons. A guy with a new sailboat asked me, "How do I get to Maine?".
    • Single sailors : Don't go for the women
      • Hilarious, Doug. I just posted that on the Thomaston Lobstermens Wives webpage.
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      • Why not. They are cute if they are under 40 and talk to an old bugger like me
      • but I've heard it said from
        • That sounds like the guys that could never get a date.
      • Maine women
        • Lake Woebegone, Not
    • ;^))))
    • BEYOND HERE THERE BE CANADIANS
    • mostly true
  • Routes and stops to Maine
    • Thank you David. This is great.
  • We have done that trip a couple of times
    • More good info. Casco Bay was our first entrance to Maine. Thanks.
  • We've done it several times; none exactly the same.
    • You're a wealth on this, Dave.
  • Stops
    • Rich, where do you go in Little Harbor?
      • Wentworth
        • An excellent dinghy ride up the river
          • yum
        • Great Richard, thxs.
  • Probably outside the scope of your article, but...
    • Nice out of the box idea, Jon.
  • the slow way
    • I was hoping you would chime in Jerry.
    • Seal Cove?
      • How many Seal Coves are there in Maine?
        • Or Long Cove.
          • or Christmas Coves
      • there aren't a lot of goood choices
        • It looked more protected than the open cove of Richmond.
    • Why don't you reccomend the Canal inside Cape Ann?
      • It actually is (or takes) longer than going outside.
        • Nice photo. How long does it take to go through?
          • The bridge or the canal/river?
            • Total transit time from Gloucester side to Rockport side.
              • Of course.
        • 38 feet wide, according to charts
      • It's not to be missed in nice weather but Jerry has a point
      • Done it several times
        • I'm beginning to see a stickey wicket or two in the canal.
        • Also mysterious mark placements.
      • let me count the ways
  • Our trips..
    • Thanks for the help, Al. I'll be going through your website.