It’s a clear, blue sky which greets us today and practically no wind. This is the day to sort the boat out. The weather forecast is also good for tomorrow but not for Wednesday.
Joe has said we can moor the boat against his dock at high tide, slack water and in light wind conditions so today is perfect. At around 0730 I am hauled out of bed (after the prerequisite two cups of tea) and taken by dinghy to the dock and left to wait to take Jeannius’ lines when she comes alongside. Although she is pretty clean outside, the cockpit is filthy. I have no idea where it all comes from. I think it must arrive in the fog! Anyway, at the dock we can hose her down and scrub her. It takes a while as we scrub and scrub but she comes up looking very shiny eventually. When we have finished we put her back on the mooring then Mike goes over and picks up Joe and Judith’s next door neighbours – we had been talking (shouting) to them from the dock and they are interested in seeing a catamaran.
Once we have shown Lara, Barry and their daughter Molly around, we go off to have lunch, ending up at the place where Judith and Joe took us on our first day in Boothbay Harbor – Robinson’s Wharf. I can’t resist. I have twins again.
We also go to their fish market and buy more lobster and crab meat to put in the freezer. At least there’s now a chance that some of it will still be there when Victoria comes out for a holiday next week!
After lunch we have the shopping to do. I get a lot of the bulky items for the stores as we don’t know how easy shopping will for the next few weeks. This sounds stupid – we are in America and shops abound – but they seem to be away from the docks and marinas.
We are schlepping all the stuff back to the boat when Molly calls over and invites us for a drink. After stowing all the stuff away and making myself more presentable, we go back in the dinghy and spend a pleasant time on their porch chatting. They have a lovely chalet-style house, beautifully decorated and furnished. I am tickled to find and Ikea kitchen in it though. I didn’t realise they had Ikea in the US.
It turns out that Barry is an orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in hands and he confirms what the surgeon back home told Mike, that operating on his arthritic finger joints would not be beneficial. In fact, I think he said he wrote a paper for the NHS outlining when surgery should be considered as a treatment for arthritis. So at least Mike now knows that the NHS was not just trying to save money by not doing it.
It’s a quiet night. The mooring ball is not needed to hold Jeannius in place and bumps against the side quite rhythmically. I am tired. It doesn’t keep me awake.
Position: 43 deg 15 min N, 69 deg 38 min W
Distance so far: 1786 miles
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