JaneC Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Seven of us met on at the Bethal Point Launch for a, designed to be, leisurely 12 mile paddle to Malaga Island. A most remarkable day; as in there was virtually NO wind. We left Bethal Point and headed to the Basin on an incoming tide. We saw lots of boiling fish that I presume were menhaden. Also saw a few seals and heard splashing around so we stopped to watch. And, much to our surprise we saw a seal breach. None of us had ever seen anything like it so we hung around and watched it happen several more times. Then on into the Basin with a nice push form the tide. Not so on the way out as not only was the tide against us but the only wind of the day was too. From the Basin we headed into the breeze and tide for Malaga and lunch I spotted these mushrooms and we saw this eagle. And, we saw our seal friend again. After lunch we headed to Yarmouth Island and had a favorable tide to go through the cut. So rare in Maine, flat calm sea where usually you at least get rollers from the Gulf of Maine - no sea - not wind= hot padding Anyway, it was a great day, planned as a L2 and conditions were such that it could have almost been an L1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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