Photography & Naturalist Cruise

Angelique is now on the Photography and Naturalist Cruise, with Neal Parent and Michael Marion providing us with lots of learning opportunities. We have seen bald eagles, loons, osprey, and seals so far, and Neal is helping us learn how to use our cameras to their best ability. We have even seen a great blue heron!

We had a great lobster bake on Placentia Island, a beautiful spot between Swans Island and Bass Harbor. The island is abandoned now, but for years it was the home of Art and Nan Kellam. 

We had nice, cool weather on the water, unlike those of you on land.  We’re leaving Hell’s Half Acre for a trip to Stonington to walk on shore. We’ve had a great bunch of people from all over the United States. Angelique is having a brilliant time, and we’ve got photographs to prove it!

Boothbay Harbor Shipyard

Monday, our trip down to Boothbay Harbor Shipyard went well; it was a bit chilly at times. Heckle and Jeckle (Angelique's engines) ran great and didn't miss a beat (squawk!).

We hauled out at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, cleaned up the bottom, and got things ready for our Coast Guard inspection. The inspection went well Wednesday morning.

After lunch we opened the paint cans, and we finished up around 4:30. Then it was back in the water Thursday morning for the steam home! It rolled a bit on the ride back for a couple of hours, but Angelique seemed to like it.

Now Angelique is back in her berth, getting a well-deserved wash down late in the day. It's good to be back home. 

Next week we will paint the topsides, and do some more rigging. Bill, our chef, arrives today!

Angelique tied up along side Boothbay Harbor Shipyard dock, railway dock with blocking ready in the foreground.

Hauled out and power washing the bottom.

Rolling the bottom paint on.

All painted up.

Home sweet home, back in our berth in Camden Harbor.

The Cover Is Off!

The cover came off the vessel on last Thursday (April 26). We were running out of things to do aboard with the cover on. We have plenty to do now that the cover is off !

It has been a bit crazy the last few days . The shipyard in Rockland where we normally haul out Angelique for bottom painting and Coast Guard inspection has gotten a bit jammed up this year and can't haul us before our sailing season (we found out the day the cover came off).  Instead, we are going to head down to Boothbay Harbor Shipyard this year. We head out tomorrow (April 30) at 5 a.m. to make the trip to Boothbay.

The crew is excited to get underway and to have a change of scenery for a few days while we do bottom work on Angelique. We are there for a "shave and a haircut", as they say in the business ... clean the bottom, get new bottom paint, check the zincs, and Coast Guard inspection.

We hope to be back in the water by the end of the week. We are very fortunate that Boothbay had an opening that we could squeeze in.  Thanks to Captain Kip and the Victory Chimes crew for letting us sneak on the railway before them!

The crew has been very busy the last few days. Reports are that they are sleeping well at night!