On to Swans Island

We woke to pretty dense fog and were in no rush to get to Burnt Coat Harbor on Swans Island which was only about 5 nm away. Plenty of time for a good breakfast.

By 9am, the fog had started to clear in the harbor and we decided to head out. As we came out from the protection of land we found ourselves enveloped in pea soup fog. I slowed the boat and turned on the radar. Joe went to the bow to watch for floats. We were still in the land of toggles.

We waited for the ferry from Bass Harbor to go by before departing our mooring.

Lobster boats were out working. Sometimes I could see on radar that they were close and we could hear a motor nearby, but not see them. One came roaring up behind and passed us to port. We caught a fuzzy glimpse of him as he passed and we rocked in his significant wake.

At one point we could see what appeared to be a dark float on the water and strained to see an attached toggle. As we got closer, we could see it was a fin and as we passed it, the body and distinctive head of a shark was visible in the clear water.  Okay,  no paddle boarding here.

The fog lifted as we approached the Burnt Coat Harbor entrance and inside the harbor was clear. We found a rental mooring and chose that over anchoring as it was closer in to the dock and much easier than anchoring (anchoring is fine in Burnt Coat Harbor, but you have to do it clear of the lobster pots that dot the harbor).

Lighthouse on Hockamock Head at the entrance to Burnt Coat Harbor.

This Windjammer anchored near us.

 After lunch.  We took the dinghy in to the Fishemen's CO-OP and learned that they only sell lobsters and do not cook them. We heard that the market about a mile down the road will cook lobsters.

We turned the left on the road to walk to the harbor entrance lighthouse, opposite the direction of the market. Down near the point we found a park area with a hiking trail to go us of and away from the road to walk the last bit to the lighthouse.

We decided to have a simple dinner aboard before the concert and did not walk up to the market.  We would have to do that hike later to get to the Oddfellows Hall for the concert.

This ship with Sweet Chariot Music Festival musicians serenaded the boats in the harbor.

These cute young boys sailed by in this beautiful sailing dinghy.

 Sweet Chariot Music Festival Concert