Happy 4th of July. Up at 5 am off the dock by 545 am. This time I have a picnic lunch made for us.
We are heading for Portsmouth New Hampshire.
15 minutes out and we noticed a significant vibration on our port engine. Back to the dock. Great someone has taken our spot so we need to slip in in front of a sailboat. Back on the dock before 7am.
We mounted the Go Pro camera to the boat hook and put it under the boat to film. We discovered that there is a line wrapped around our port engine prop. Great.
We arrange for a diver and he is here is less than 40 minutes. He dives under the boat a cut the line loose. Only $125. Not bad for a National holiday.
So after a later start at 1030 am, we did a 100 nautical mile day and went all the way to Portsmouth New Hampshire.
There is a channel leaving Rockland that was a bit stressful. It was a fairly high traffic area and it was full of lobster bobbers, so we were back to leap frogging our way through.
Once out of there it was smooth sailing. We charted a course offshore that was a straight rip for 80 nm to New Hampshire.
We travelled about 10 miles offshore and cruised at 15 knots. The ocean was like glass. We could not have had better conditions.
We arrived at Castle Island at the mouth the Portsmouth Harbour around 630 pm. We went on a mooring buoy at the Portsmouth Yacht club. It is a very nice facility and the Island has beautiful historic homes dating back to the 1720s.
There was a 4th of July private party going on at the Yacht Club. We enjoyed the music while we had a late BBQ dinner on the stern deck.
After dinner, we rowed to shore in the dingy. It was good to go for a walk and stretch our legs. We checked out the historic homes. It was a quaint island community and I expect that the real estate prices would be very high.
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