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| 1136.1 | Cruising Guide | ECADSR::FINNERTY | | Fri Feb 24 1989 11:03 | 8 |
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I'd suggest you get hold of a copy of "A Cruising Guide to the New
England Coast" by Roger F. Duncan and John P. Ware. There are
photographs and 6 pages of information on the Kennebeck River.
- Jim
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| 1136.2 | CRUISING GUIDE TO MAINE | CVG::MONTIVIRDI | | Fri Feb 24 1989 13:35 | 6 |
| "A Cruising Guide to Maine" is also an excellent reference.
I can't remember the author, offhand, I'll post it here on
Monday.
VM
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| 1136.3 | usually OK, sometimes not | DNEAST::BELTON_TRAVI | Travis Belton | Mon Feb 27 1989 08:11 | 17 |
| I've sailed (actually motored) down the Kennebec and out and it
wasn't pretty. The wind was stiff and out of the east, straight
up the river. I guess the tide was running out because when we
got past Fort Popham we encountered huge waves that lasted until
we had cleared Cape Small. It was brutal.
For the next two years we regularly went around Sequin Is. to avoid
the area around the mouth. Now, however we almost always cut inside
Seguin on our way past the Kennebec and have found it to be fine.
You just have to watch the weather and tide. The current seems
to run about 3 kts max in that area so you will be able to motor
against it.
Travis
P.S. Where is Strought's Point?
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| 1136.4 | Can be interesting! | SAGE::WALKER_K | | Mon Feb 27 1989 12:47 | 7 |
| We've been past the mouth of the Kennebec several times and I certainly
agree with .3. If the wind is from about SE to NE blowing against
an ebb tide it can be VERY interesting and much better to stay outside
of Sequin Island. I wouldn't want to enter the Kennebec in those
conditions unless I was in one of those BIG ones with the guns that
they build upriver in Bath!
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| 1136.5 | | GONAVY::GINGER | | Mon Feb 27 1989 13:36 | 10 |
| I have also sailed by Seguin several times, and concur its a great
place to sail WELL PAST, like 5 mi offshore.
As an example, the tour boats from Boothbay that make the run past
Bath alter their direction in accordance with the tide, since they
cant make it reliabliy up the Kennebec against the tide.
I would keep a boat around the other side of Cape Small, well away
from the Kennebec.
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| 1136.6 | Strought's Point | HYEND::SVAILLANT | | Wed Mar 01 1989 10:12 | 4 |
| Strought's Point Marina is in South Freeport on the Harraseeket
River. Quite/protected harbour.
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| 1136.7 | If you find an anchor.... | BRAT::FAULKNER | | Tue Mar 07 1989 12:55 | 20 |
| I think it was four years ago I anchored in behind Ft.Popham on
a cruise downeast. It seems to be a quiet and interesting spot,
especially if you're a history buff what with the fort and all.
I didn't especially care for it as an anchorage however, probably
my own fault for not being more carefull where I dropped the hook.
There's apparently a large eddy in that area from the river/tide
which I found out later collects all manner of dead trees and god
knows what else. When I was there it seemed to shallow up fairly
quick when you get away from this central eddy so we anchored in
what we thought was good depth with soft mud bottom according to
the lead line. That night we were woken several times by large logs
which had apparently been floating down river and out to sea before
being caught in this eddy, and CATHUMPing into the side of the boat!
In the morning we discovered the anchor had snagged on something
on the bottom that clearly didn't wish to give it back, try as we
might to free it for better part of the morning. Being on a tight
schedule I opted to just tie a float as far down the rode as I could
then "cut my losses". Not a bad spot other than that !
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| 1136.8 | Try the New Meadows around Sebasco | RAINBO::BURR | | Thu Apr 27 1989 20:01 | 17 |
| If you have a place near Cape Small, why not look for a place on
the eastern shore of the New Meadows River. Check out the cruising
guides. You will find that there are several excellent and well
protected harbors quite near the mouth of the New Meadows including
the area around Sebasco and Sebasco Harbor. I have a house across
the river with a mooring behind Rogue Island off of West Cundy's
Point so I have spent a fair bit of time in the area. The area
behind Bear and Malaga Island is VERY pretty, very well protected
from almost anything and is still in the same town (Phippsburg)
that I assume your house is in. You could probably drop a mooring
there for free.
I wholeheartedly agree with the others who have commented on mooring
in the Kennebec. Unless you are only a fair weather sailor or get
your fun from going backwards over square waves or have a BIG boat,
the Kennebec is not my idea of a place to keep a sailboat.
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