Pulpit Harbor is one of the great overnight stops in Penobscot Bay. We avoid it on the weekends (too busy with crowds from Rockland and Camden), but we got in Sunday afternoon after a great beam reach run across the bay. We dropped anchor and then proceeded to watch a boat from Massachusetts attempt to anchor not one, or two, but five times. Poor anchoring technique and faulty crew (not letting the anchor set and gunning the engine) made things difficult for them, but they finally anchored in a spot where if they dragged, it wouldn’t be down on us.
Lawrence and Viviane arrived a couple of hours later and we had a lovely cocktail hour aboard Tanqueray. Then it was back on board to start dinner, alternating with popping up into the cockpit to watch the spectacular sunset.
The next morning we watched more anchoring mishaps, as a trio of Canadian sailboats took forever to up anchor, (more importantly) clean the mud off the chain, and manage their dinghies as they left the harbor. We opted to stay another day, so after a morning row Trip set up the sailing rig on the dinghy. We sailed down to the public dock and went for a walk to explore a bit of North Haven, stretch our legs, and check out the local grocery store.
We got back to the boat to find a sailing mega yacht named Thistle anchored next to us. Over cocktails in our cockpit with Lawrence and Viviane, we watched what appeared to be a high end engagement party on Thistle (or that’s the story I made up).
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