[alberg30] Re: sailing an Alberg to Maine

[Kurt Rauscher]

From: "Kurt Rauscher" <rauscher at lincoln.midcoast.com>

Your trip to Maine sounds like it will be great fun.  The sailing here in
Maine is the best in the world and you can't beat the scenery and isolation
that you can find.  During the week here you can just about go to any of
our many islands and there won't be anybody there but you.  Fog can be a
problem but if you are in no real hurry just hang loose and enjoy the local
pub scene wherever you might be and wait for it to clear.  I am located on
the Pemaquid peninsula and have sailed pretty extensively off the Maine
coast, ran a tour boat operation and would be happy to answer any questions
that you might have.  Cap'n Kurt

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> From: Marjorie Goettle <mgoettle at erols.com>
> To: alberg30 at onelist.com
> Subject: [alberg30] sailing an Alberg to Maine
> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 12:07 PM
> 
> From: Marjorie Goettle <mgoettle at erols.com>
> 
> From: Marjorie & Bill Goettle & the cat crew: Jubilant #435
> 
> We would like some wise words from those who have done so on sailing an
> Alberg to Maine.
> 
> We are considering sailing Jubilant up there later this summer.  It is
> contingent on our still owning her, as she is for sale.  We would leave
> around the last week in July, return by mid-September, and then put her
> back on the market.
> 
> Our idea is to get north to Penobscot Bay as fast as is comfortable, and
> then amble back.  Thus, we would sail up via the Cape May/Block Island
> route, thru the Cape Cod Canal, and then do day or overnight hops up. 
> Although we sailed Jubilant from the Chesapeake as far south as Long
> Island in the Bahamas 2 winters ago, we have never sailed north of New
> York into fog territory before, which concerns us (the fog, that is!).
> 
> We have GPS, Loran (have'nt used it since we got the GPS!), a radar
> reflector that ships report that they see, but no radar. We do not want
> to put radar on a boat that is for sale.  If you have gone north, did
> you have radar?  Would you go again without radar?  Do you agree with
> the advice that we have received that August and September are the most
> fog free months?  What anchor type held best (we have a Bruce and
> Danforths)? Also let us know about the good stuff, as what are
> your favorite anchorages and spots to visit?  Any other advice would be
> really welcome?
> 
> If this all comes together and we go, we would welcome company for any
> part of the sail.
> 
> Marjorie
> 
>
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