Gagetown, New Brunswick on the St. John River

We've covered a lot of water since the last update. We spent several weeks getting to Northeast Harbor, Maine, stopping at several beautiful harbors on the way, including the Goslings, Snow's Island, Sebasco Harbor (all on Casco Bay), then Bath and the Maine Maritime Museum on the Kennebec River, Christmas Harbor, Hog Island, Maple Juice Cove on Muscongus Bay, and Camden, Pulpit Harbor on Penobscot Bay, and the Wooden Boat School on Eggemoggin Reach.

On the 10th of August we departed Northeast Harbor, along with 25 other boats, for our Fundy adventure! Since then we've visited Cutler, Maine, then Grand Manan, Dipper Harbor, crossed the reversing falls at St. John where we entered the St. John River and stopped at the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club. At that point we spent several days cruising north on the St. John River, eventually all coming together again at Gagetown, New Brunswick, about 30 nautical miles upstream from St. John.

We'll be departing Gagetown tomorrow (Wednesday the 20th) for the RKYC, then on the 21st we'll again cross the reversing falls and head toward St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where we'll spend several days before heading to Eastport, Maine, and clearing back into the United States.

For the most part the weather has been rainy and foggy, with many ocean cruising days in the fog, never seeing land until we get within a mile of shore. However, we've gotten used to the gray skies, and welcome any bit of sun that peaks through. The next 4-5 days are predicted to be sunny, so hopefully the sunshine will follow us back into Maine when we're making our way westerly to Portland, Maine, for a get together with friends over the Labor Day weekend.