GL: New England Cruising.

[Ralph Yost (home)]

I have say a big AMEN to the responses by Jeff Siegel and Bob McLeran about 
Maine.
We live near Atlantic City and used to regularly sail up the coast all the 
way into  Maine. Initially we explored New England and Long Island Sound. We 
loved it. Then we discovered Maine. Then we REALLY knew what love was ! Once 
I discovered Maine, I told all my boat friends and THEY started going up 
there.
In fact, since we bought our trawler in 2007, my wife has been nagging me 
about when can we go back to Maine. We wont be able to make it until the 
year AFTER we do the Loop (May 2012). So it will likely be Summer 2013 the 
earliest we can get our boat up there. But believe me, it is definitely in 
THE PLAN (Lord willing and the creek dont rise!).
R.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McLeran" <rmcleran at ix.netcom.com>
To: "T-GL" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: GL: New England Cruising.


> I'll defer to Jeff Siegel regarding your plans; he lives in a beautiful 
> area of Maine and knows of what he speaks! His advice is right-on.
>
> We've cruised from Florida to Maine two years (last year beyond to New 
> Brunswick, Canada). We'd do it again in a heartbeat. It's difficult to 
> believe that anything can be as spectacular as the verdent hills (some 
> might call them mountains) rising beyond the cold, deep ocean and rivers; 
> the cruising grounds and spectacular anchorages are simply unlimited. And 
> that only describes Maine!
>
> Between Chesapeake Bay and Portland, Maine, you have over 750 miles of 
> more incredible cruising: Long Island Sound (two sides), Rhode Island and 
> Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod 
> from Cape Cod Bay, Boston, Cape Anne, the Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth, New 
> Hampshire, and suddenly you're at Portland, Maine. You still have another 
> 150 or so miles to go down east before getting to Penobscot Bay, Northeast 
> Harbor, Bar Harbor, and another day or so to get further east to reach 
> Cutler, then Eastport and finally cross over into Canada (New Brunswick) 
> and visit beautiful St. Andrews! Wow, makes me want to change our cruising 
> plans for this summer.
>

>>  We're laying plans for our summer cruise 2009 and are looking to leave
>> Chesapeake early July and travel northeast to Maine, likely going up as 
>> far
>> as Portland/Freeport, and possibly farther north east, depending on
>> schedule.