LORD'S PRAYER LOG, Part 169:
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Underway in the Gulf of Maine, enroute to Sawyers Island, Boothbay, Maine
0030 We attempt to connect on the SSB radio to exchange email but are unsuccessful in raising the shore station.
0055 The wind is SSW 6-7 kts. We set the main and jib
0105 Moonrise.
0140 The wind is SSW 8-9 kts. We are making better than 6 kts through the water motorsailing, but are slowed slightly by tidal current.
0147 We pass again port-to-port a half-mile abeam with Scotia Prince (the ferry).  She has been to Yarmouth, back to Portland and is now enroute back to Yarmouth, since we passed one another at about 0900 yesterday morning.
0205 The Northern Lights are dramatic on the horizon to the north. This is the first time I have personally ever seen them. Chris has seen them before, she believes, when she was much younger.
0405 Wind S 10 kts; we secure the engine; boat speed is 5 - 5.5 kts. Matinicus Rock light is in sight off the starboard bow.
0454 We pass abeam (4 nm to the south) of Matinicus Rock Light.
0507 The light at Monhegan Island is now visible ahead on the starboard bow.
0600 We switch steering from autopilot to the Monitor Windvane and transfer email via the SSB radio.
0611 Sunrise.
0721 From our current position, 10 nm south of Metinic Island, the Camden Hills are prominent on the horizon to the north; the hills are the only part of the mainland that we can see from here.
0845 We pass 3.5 nm south of Monhegan Island. The wind is SSW 12-13 kts.
0915 The wind is SSW 15-16 kts. We are on a port reach still steering with the windvane.
1020 Five nm SE of Damariscove Island, I make a call to US Customs via the cell phone to see if there are any new procedures required to clear back into the US; we are much relieved to learn that we will not have to take the boat to Portland or something of that sort. I answer a series of questions; the agent takes a moment, probably to check our information and then the clearance is issued. Marvelous!
1110 We pass Bantam Rock south of Damariscove Island; the breaking waves on the rock are spectacular. I stow the windvane and shortly afterward, the jib.
1205 We start the engine, as the wind has died off.
1242 In the mouth of the Sheepscott River we douse sail. The wind is gone!
1345 We put the boat alongside the Boothbay Regional Boatyard fuel float to take on fuel and water and secure the engine; we top the water tanks and load 33.8 gallons of diesel fuel at $1.37/gal.
1400 We are underway enroute to Sawyers Island.
1420 We secure the boat to the float at Sawyers Island. Position: 43 52.090 N 69 40.508 W.
1853 Sunset. We will remain here for a few days before getting underway to start the trip home to Maryland.
END OF LORD'S PRAYER LOG, Part 169


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