Marblehead
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Sat 4 Aug 2012 21:50
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Our position is 42:30.002N
70:50.868W
It is not far from Winthrop to Marblehead, one of
America's premier yachting harbours, so we had time for a gentle start to the
day and to go alongside to fill our water tanks before heading out at 12:30. The
wind was light and close on our bow so we motorsailed most of the way. However
by 14:30 the wind had strengthened and veered a little so we were able to sail
the rest of the way. While sailing towards Marblehead Neck past Great Pig Rocks
a whale surfaced may be 200 yards in front of us heading South. It is hard to
judge but I think it was just a little shorter than the boat. We spotted it
again on its next surfacing but by then it was a long way away. Unfortunately
although it was well within range the moment passes so quickly that we have no
photos to record the event.
We motored up the very crowded harbour threading
our way through the 2000 moored boats and then hailed Boston Yacht Club who
quickly found us a mooring for the night. Unfortunately when we set off in the
dinghy to explore ashore it started leaking oil again and as I did not want to
be seen to be polluting the harbour we returned to Moorglade and I had another
go at fixing the problem. The weather by now was threatening rain so we
postponed our trip ashore until the following morning and settled down to a nice
dinner aboard and a dvd.
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