Eastern Yacht Club ~ 2017 Annual Cruise

Marblehead, MA

Sunday July 9th • Rendezvous at Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Foreside. Distance: From Marblehead –86 nm. Kickoff cocktail party and dinner. Moorings available.

Monday July 10th • High Head Yacht Club, Harpswell Sound. Distance: 17 nm. Cocktail Party ashore. Anchoring and some moorings available.

Tuesday July 11th • The Basin, . Distance: 16 nm. Anchoring only.

Wednesday July 12th • Hodgdon Boatyard (Southport), Ebenecook Harbor. Distance: 19 nm. Cocktail party and lobster bake. Moorings available.

Thursday July 13th • Lay day at Hodgdon Boatyard. Choice of two side trips. One is on motor boats up the Sasanoa River via Lower and Upper Hell Gate to the Maritime Museum, Bath, then down the and back to Ebenecook. The other choice is a trip to the fabulous Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay.

Friday July 14th • . Captain’s choice: Port Clyde, 22 nm, moorings, OR Maple Juice Cove, anchoring, OR Turkey Cove, anchoring, OR Harbor Island anchoring, OR Hornbarn Cove, anchoring. Emphasis on exploring various Muscongus Bay attractions.

Saturday July 15th • The Gut, South Bristol. Distance: 17nm. Cocktails and local oysters at Gamage Boatyard. Moorings available on both west side () of The Gut and east side (Witch Island, John’s Bay).

Sunday July 16th • Potts Harbor/Dolphin Marina, Harpswell. Distance: 25 nm. Commodore’s reception and dinner. Moorings available.

Monday July 17th • Disband Commodore: Ulf B. Heide Fleet Captain: Robert F. Lakin Race Committee: Cheryl A. Byrne

1871 ~ Aurae Vela Vocant 2017 Annual Cruise