8/13/22 -- Stage Island Harbor to Portland

                                             8/13/22 -- Stage Island Harbor to Portland

            Got up late (almost nine) after a lovely night sleeping with open hatches and water lapping on the hull. Weighed anchor at 10:20 and ran close along the coast to Portland. Pulled up to the fuel dock at DiMillo's Marina just after noon and got a pump out as well as filling up with diesel. Checked in at the marina office and then had lunch at DiMillo's waterfront restaurant (a longtime place in Portland). After that we walked into town to pick up a couple items (and search unsuccessfully -- yet again -- for the Weekend WSJ). Got back to the boat about 3:30 to do some chores and catch up on the blog. Janet sat out on the back deck and watched all the goings on. The marina is mainly local boats and there was a lot of activity on a Saturday evening. We showered on the boat (didn't want to be schlepping our gear to the marina on a busy Saturday night) and then walked into town and found a lovely Italian place (Solo Italiano) for a late dinner.

Elizabeth Head Lighthouse

Portland Head Lighthouse


Fort Gorges inside Portland Harbor
(built 1858-64 but never used because advancing naval technology made it obsolete)

the marina's floating docks have to handle a vertical range of about 12' -- shown here is an ultra-low tide of neg. 1.2'

even though the Portland waterfront is very touristy, they still find room for the lobster boats

beautiful old customs house, built 1868
(back when import duties were a major source of revenue for the US government)




Comments

  1. Kim PAugust 15, 2022 at 6:31 AM

    Looks like a great weekend!

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  2. DamonAugust 24, 2022 at 4:51 AM

    So much good food there. Hope you found a great spot!

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