On to Northeast Harbor

We were the ones to break the silence in Tenents Harbor when we started our engine at 6 am...the lobstermen don't work on Sunday. We had a 51 mm day ahead of us and we wanted to arrive Northeast Harbor mid-afternoon...that's why the early start.

Sunrise in Tenents Harbor

I was glad to see there was no fog in the harbor. That would make it easier navigating the moored boats, empty moorings, and lobster pot floats that filled the harbor.

Soon after entering Penobscot Bay, we were in pretty thick fog and I turned on the radar. At least we didn't have to worry about encountering working lobster boats on a Sunday morning and it was too early for most pleasure boaters to be out.  The AIS only showed a few moving boats and none near our course.

I had plotted a course south of the islands, rocks, and ledges between Penobscot Bay and Mt. Desert Island. The only exception being a 3’ MLW ledge we would pass just north of. We had to maintain careful watch throughout the day for lobster pot floats.  They weren’t continuous, but periodically pods of them would be on our path.