July 27 — Day 20 —Cutler to Deep Cove (back side of Eastport) — 37 NM

 Consideration of staying another day in Cutler, where there is nothing to do except work on the boat. This because of a forecast 70 percent chance of heavy rain. But a closer look showed that The forecast  was based on a negligible chance of rain in the morning, growing in the afternoon, averaged with a near certainty of rain in the evening. So the morning looked dry and we left at 8. A trade off: dry weather in the morning with adverse tide vs. a wetter but much faster trip in the afternoon. But the wind came up strongly on our starboard quarter, such that even with the strong adverse tide we were making six or seven knots over the bottom! This with main and small jib, and a preventer against the accidental gybe.

The fog was less than in prior days though still precluding sight of the coast, 1/4 mile to port. Here is a “view” of the east coast of Campobello Island.

But no lobster traps in Canadian waters!

Rounding the northern tip of that large Canadian island we got a text from Verizon welcoming us to Canada. Then East Quoddy Light

and a beat down the west side of the island. We also got a blast, for a few seconds, of hot, land warmed air, welcome on a cold windy day. But the SW winds were less there and we furled and motored the last few miles. 

We took a mooring in Deep Cove, on the west side of the Moose Island. The Island’s bustling east side is the downtown area of Eastport, where we stayed before. The renter had told us to take either of his round white balls with his firms initials on them. We entered the cove and searched but could not find a ball. Lene called the renter and then it dawned on me. We had been eager our evening activities and I had entered Broad Cove; Deep Cove came next and we found our mooring there. The early sprinkles at 12:30 pm had turned to a steady light rain but we took the dink fifty yards to the dock and hitched a ride into town: the public library with its Wi-Fi to get caught up with my blog, dinner out, a visit to the IGA supermarket and a hitch hiked ride home.

Heavy rain did not arrive until we were back aboard. We tiptoed through the raindrops. Deep Cove is a cheap mooring, but nothing else: no showers, no fresh water on the dock and a mile and a half from town. there are large fish farm areas (surrounded by yellow floats seen in the next picture, center to right, and the last picture shows the large, sturdy, industrial style dock.