I have lots to tell you about “In the Beginning” but first I want to tell you about today. Rob and I are on an anchor in Seal Bay on Vinalhaven. The trip out was spectacular. The water moved with currents no wind. I was at the helm for the 3 hours it took to get here following Garmin chart plotter and Blue Charts. I am starting to understand a little bit about the way they work. It is about 80 plus or minus degrees and clear skies the next few days promises to be the same. Can you believe I heard people complain because it was suppose to be cooler this time of year?
It was a bit nerve racking to get into the bay and after some zigging and zagging we found our way through the rocky places. After settling on the site to anchor we met another challenge. I was at the helm while Rob dropped anchor and out the anchor came. The anchor chain jammed as it came out of the locker and once the links were unjammed the windlass overheated and wouldn’t work at all. We found out that there is an auto shut-off when it over heats, but we were a little miffed about how we were going to get home if we couldn’t raise the anchor. Now we know about our anchor and hopefully know what to do next time.
There were 3 other cruisers in the bay no rocking or rolling during the night just a nice place to be. We understand that there is a place to hike and nice places to go with the dinghy but we stayed put taking care of boat chores.
Here are some charts showing where we are.
In this chart you can see Vinalhaven and North Haven
This one is of the Fox Islands Thorofare that runs between Vinalhaven and North Haven.
This chart shows a close up of Inner Inner Seal Bay and gives you a sense of the winding through the
rocky areas that presented a challenge for us.
I like this ariel photo because it gives you a pretty pictures of Seal Bay. We were not in
outer Seal Bay but anchored in "Inner Inner Seal Bay".
outer Seal Bay but anchored in "Inner Inner Seal Bay".
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