Day 72, August 28 -- Potts Harbor to South Freeport 7 NM

In the morning, I did more cleaning while Lene did the laundry -- after our free blueberry muffins and coffee was delivered by Dolphin Marina. We did not get underway until 1:30 and used the genny alone on a broad starboard reach the whole way, with gentle winds and a tidal assist. We closed with a dark hulled sloop which was headed more west to our north, and took the lead, both boats using genoa only. We furled and motored into the harbor past Pound of Tea island (The price paid for it to the Native Americans)

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But I got a bit confused about the course to follow: which side of the second small island, to the right or the left, should we go.

We have been into South Freeport at least four times before and yet I was confused about which way to go.The water was in the 30-40 foot range so we just went to neutral and circled permitting the dark hulled boat to catch up and then we just followed him in. Easy.

We took a dock at the Brewers Marina in South Freeport in anticipation of the arrival of our niece, driven by her dad, Ken, who is not a boat person, making docks easier for him than moorings. Same procedure as when Ken brought his son, Mendy to us in Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert Island in 2013. But a failure of communications: They are not coming until tomorrow morning, having booked a motel room in Portland. South Freeport, the view out past Pound of Tea, is a pretty harbor.

We fueled up, 8.5 gallons since Belfast, and took 1.5 gallons of gas for the dink. The marina gave us a ride into Freeport, a couple of miles north, and we did the shopping that Lene was burning to do, mostly clothes for me and shoes for her, none of which were needed, but...
Another quiet evening.

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