Today it was sunny and warm ... yippee! I had a fun trip on the "Ruth" in the morning. There were 13 people on the tour, including three young guys who work at Sebasco armed with smart phones and a selfie stick. They just couldn't get enough photos of themselves ... particularly standing next to their Captain! Then there were two young boys (~9 and ~7 years old) who were very keen to steer the boat. That worked out great - it's really not hard - you just turn the wheel to the left then to the right, constantly because the boat won't go in a straight line very easily. Lets just say the steering isn't very responsive!
Later Gloria and I made a quick trip to Bath to fill one of our propane tanks and to try and get some sewing supplies. We managed to get a seem ripper but failed to get a cutting board as the shop didn't have the right size (hopefully next week). At $1.79 that's what I call a good trip to a quilting store!
Whilst out, we got the call from the front desk to say we had people signed up for a late afternoon cruise on Cotinga. It turned out to be a couple from Harrogate, England visiting the USA for the first time. We also took Nina, a lovely young lady who works on the front desk and has been a great help to us. Winds were light but we had a very pleasant sail. Our guests asked if we could get closer to land to try and see wild life, so we did some nifty sailing, including a couple of gybes, and cruised right up the side of a long rocky ledge, just a couple of hundred feet off the rocks but with plenty of deep water. We saw lots of birds, mostly nesting cormorants, eider ducks and turns.However, shortly after that we saw two bald eagles, one flying and one perched in a tree. We also got a brief glimpse of a dolphin. About 15 minutes form teh end of the trip the wind finally died and so we motored back through the very picturesque harbor of West Point. A great trip.
Back on Cotinga, we were about to cook dinner when Gloria noticed the beautiful reflection of the sunset in our compass cover. Out came the camera! After a yummy dinner of ham, eggs and beans we settled down to watch series 3 of Homeland from Netflix. I tell you - it's all mod cons on this boat!
A beautiful sunset reflected in our compass cover - shot from the companionway you can see the mast, boom and dodger silhouetted against the setting sun
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