[TO NARRATIVES AND PHOTOS LIST]
AUGUST 6, 1999
This is a typical lobsterman's boat, and it is anchored in Northeast Harbor. It's a pristine,
calm morning and a warm day is in the forcast. The lobsterman shows up about every three days
and goes out, I guess, to his licensed lobster pots. He pulls them up off the
right side of the boat's cabin, takes out any trapped lobster, rebaits the trap and lowers it again. Off the port
side of this boat's transom is a small wood box that's barely afloat. There's usually a few lobster in that
box that the lobsterman will sell to you. Water visibility is easily 10 feet, and although
biological conditions seem good, I've never seen a single fish in
the water. Some dolphins swam by one day, and we did see one harbor seal. Locals say
the area was 'fished out' when the canneries were working in the area.
Sarah in the shrouds trying to get better cell phone reception! NE Maine is not good for cell phones.
Silver Heels at a mooring in Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert Island near Acadia National Park, Maine.
We met two people here who knew the original owner of Silver Heels
and cruised on her along the Intracoastal Waterway and on into the Bahamas.
They enjoyed the ICW especially.