This past Memorial Day weekend we had the first of many lobster bakes of the season.  The weather was rather spotty with rain and 35kt winds.  Some brave friends headed out in spite of the nastiness.  We opted to wait until Sunday when the rain subsided and sailed to the Gosslings.  That evening we steamed about 15 lobsters on the beach of middle island as the sun started to poke through the clouds.  We also enjoyed camp fire cooked corn on the cob, garlic bread, cheese and crackers and other goodies.

The next morning we were greeted by sunny, dry skies and a brisk NW wind that provided a nice sail back to Portland.

Photo courtesy of Rodd Collins.

Well, it has been a while since I lasted posted.  We are still living aboard Carina at DiMillos in Portland.  We had a nice 2012 sailing season but was cut short a little when Sandy showed up in mid November.  We moored Carina far up the Harraseket and stayed with our friends the Collins for the storm.

Kathy and I have been mountain biking a lot and have a couple of trips scheduled this year to visit Kingdom Trails in Vermont.  We went there twice in 2012 and had a great time.

Carina is almost fully commissioned for our 2013 season.  We still have some cleaning and waxing to do.  We plan to take 2 weeks in September to do some Maine cruising.  In 2012 we visited Roque Island for the first time and it was so beautiful.  You can see our cruise photos here.

Our winter was snowy and blowy.  Quite a few blizzards this year but we just hunkered down and turned up the heat.  We spent Christmas at Burke mountain and did a lot of hiking with Shamus.

In March we spent 10 days in the BVIs with some friends and Mark and Di.  We charted a couple of boats for a week and then spent 3 days at the Sugar Mill hotel on Tortola.  See our video below.