This Is How We Escaped a HURRICANE [Ep. 6]

In this episode, it is September in Maine and it seems like it gets colder by the day. It is time for us to start heading south, toward the crystal clear blue water, white sand, and palm trees of the Caribbean. First, we have to hide out from the remnants of Hurricane Dorian. In doing so, we found some awesome places in Maine.

We sail from Some’s Sound, the United States only natural Fjord (at least according to Wikipedia, and yes it is much smaller than Norway Fjords), to Castine, Maine. Castine is home to a good hurricane hole and the Maine Maritime Academy. Our merchant mariners are the lifeblood of our economy, ensuring goods are moved around the world. They are also trained to assist the nation in time of need. Next time you see a ship go by at sea, it could be a past student of MMA or many of the other maritime colleges around the country.

While at MMA, we watch some college sailboat racing, visit with the sailing team, and get a tour of their training ship, the “TS State of Maine”. She is a 500 foot long oceanographic research ship that was turned into the training ship for the state of Maine. She may have even helped to hunt for submarines in the cold war, but you didn’t hear that from us.

After a great time in Castine, we head across Penobscott Bay to Belfast, ME to grab a few items at the hardware store. After quickly checking out the friendly town, we sailed down the coast to Camden. Camden is a hub of shipbuilding and home to the famous Lyman Morse Shipyard. Camden’s tight inner harbor is also home to a few other sister ships of our own boat, the J-Boats J/46.

After a quick sail through the harbor, we keep trucking south. Rockland is next, but not before Roxy goes for a walk around the heeling boat to try and stretch her sea legs. We anchor in Rockland for the night before we head further south to Nantucket, MA.

So who are we? Well, we aren’t Sailing La Vagabonde, Sailing Doodles, Sailing Uma, Gone With the Wynns, or Sailing Delos. We don’t have a fancy catamaran, but we do have a pretty spiffy and fast monohull sailboat that likes to eat cruising catamarans like the Fountaine Pajots, Leapords and Lagoons for lunch and leave them in the dust 😉 We are Kate and Curtis, a sailing couple, with our sailing dog Roxy, aboard SV Sweet Ruca. We used to be sailboat racers on the great lakes, and our goal is to cruise around the world via the capes (the wrong way or the hard way). We will see if this will happen or not, as the “new normal” has put quite a damper on our travels. For now, enjoy our videos and join us on our journey via our YouTube Channel.

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