I'm so glad you got her new name on the transom!

Maiden voyage of the Mollymauk after her lunch on Tuesday 8/19. We arrived at South Port Marine at 8 AM, set up the boom and bent on the sales. After trying without success to figure out the lazy jack set up we opted to proceed without this and we were able to depart from South Port Marine at about 1015. Navigated Portland Harbor with no issues, headed out between peaks Island and Cushing Island and set sail at a close haul. We were able to sell for about an hour averaging 5 to 6 kn and she performed beautifully. We encountered mild swell but much less than forecast, effects of hurricane Erin happily not as severe as they could have been but we still had some queasiness when we were down below. Wind ended up having a less favorable angle and dying down considerably and we motored most of the rest of the way back. We gave a wide berth to the heavy current at the mouth of the Kennebec and saw extremely impressive large breaking waves between fuller rock and Griffin head, happily none of which we’re close enough to us to have any significant impact. We came through goose rock passage at almost exact Slack low tide and did our first docking maneuver in order to pick up the dinghy without incident. We were in the car on our way back to pick up the vehicle in South Portland by 6 PM. It was a fabulous day, made particularly wonderful by the presence of Natasha Salvo and her excellent coaching and guidance!

Mollymauk Launch Voyage

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