Yes, thar it is, as seen from an Eastport Windjammers whale watch in nearby Canadian waters.
For more whale watching experiences, take a look at my Lolling with Whales photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is actually in Maine
The historic boatyard, now a booming submarine maintenance facility, is situated on an island across the Piscataqua River from New Hampshire’s Seacoast city of Portsmouth. It’s seen here from Kittery Foreside, the town with the military base gates.
Dinghy ready and at rest
I would have called it a lifeboat, but it does get used for excursions to shore during a typical cruise aboard the schooner Louis R. French.
For more schooner sailing experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
Cruise ship tender heads for the shore
Many cruise ships to Rockland, Maine, are too big for the harbor itself. Instead, they drop anchor just beyond and ferry their passengers to the town.
This is how it looked from the historic schooner Louis R. French last summer.
For more schooner experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
Where did everyone go?
Just down the road from the birthplace of the U.S. Navy, the decommissioned Bucks Harbor Naval Radar station has an otherworldly presence, as if everyone had been taken away to another planet in the middle of the night.
Cool Beans in a crowded harbor
Pleasure boats are everywhere in Camden Harbor at the height of summer. It’s iconic Maine, after all. This detail was noted aboard the historic schooner Louis R. French last summer as we set out for five days of prime sailing.
For more schooner sailing experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
Truly blue
On a clear day, the North Atlantic turns this incredible blue color.
This was seen aboard the historic schooner Louis R. French last summer while plying Maine’s Penobscot Bay.
For more schooner sailing experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions. You won’t get wet.
Looking for whales
Everybody on board the Eastport Windjammers’ Ocean Obsession was engaged in looking for the next whale to appear, as were a few other vessels beside Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada.
We did observe humpbacks, finbacks, and minkes on the outing, but the rare right whales are less frequently seen.
For more whale-watching experiences, take a look at my Lolling with Whales photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
Old Glory in a golden light
A longstanding highlight of Eastport’s annual Old Home Week and Fourth of July festivities is a U.S. naval ship visit. Here is the destroyer DDG 98 Forrest Sherman from last year’s edition as illuminated in glowing late-afternoon sunlight.
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Pendlebury Lighthouse in St. Andrews
No longer a working lighthouse, it remains a landmark in the New Brunswick seaside town on Passamaquoddy Bay.
It’s about eight miles from our home in Maine, but an hour-and-a-half drive away.
For more lighthouse images, take a look at my Beacons Above the Water photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
