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Great Loop - Florida to Maine - 2006

South of St. Augustine Rte A1A and the ICW almost become one.

How things change quickly.

Dredging crew in northern Florida.

Check with the dredge captain before proceeding.

Crossing the St. Johns River at Mayport - floatin drydock with Navy guided missile cruiser.

Anchorage at Fernandina Beach Ethical Commercial Archeology research vessel on its own spuds

Ethical Commercial Archeology research vessel on its own spuds.

The Admiral and guest.

Sunset at anchorage Graham Creek, NC, ICW mile 439

South Carolina ICW around Santee River

Parade passing huge tow with a tug pushing/steering . . .

. . . and another tug pulling.

One of several bridges across the Virginia Cut section of the ICW south of Norfolk, Virginia

and another,

and yet another.

Waiting for a bridge with an Army Corps of Engineers boat.

Another Navy guided missile cruiser in a floating drydock at Hampton, Virginia

"Underway on nuclear power!" Not a trace of a radar return.

Northbound freighter on Delaware Bay in slight fog near Reedy Island.

Waiting for morning fog to lift in Cape May, New Jersey, at anchorage near the Coast Guard station.

Approaching Manhattan in the channel east of Governor's Island

Southern tip of Manhattan with one of the fast ferries serving the area.

Cuttyhunk Island mooring field (Massachusetts off Buzzards Bay)

The Admiral and whale skeleton at New Bedford Whaling Museum (Massachusetts)

Exterior of Seaman's Bethel. Across the street is the Whaling Museum.

Herman Melville sat here in the Seaman's Bethel (chapel).

Memorial plaques in the Seaman's Bethel.

Sanderling on mooring at Woods Hole

Woods Hole mooring field in Eel Pond.

Pier and breakwater at Provincetown, Massachusetts. Mooring field to the right (west).

Sanderling's crew taking a whale watching cruise at Provincetown.

Two whales spotted about 15 nm north of Provincetown on Tellwagen Bank.

Two whales travelling together were an adult female named "Salt" and her young calf named "Pepper."

Plymouth Plantation at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Plantation is worth the trip by bus from downtown.

Sanderling at Rockport, Massachusetts, on Cape Anne. A terrific place to visit.

The smaller protected harbor is crammed with small boats. Lobstering is a real deal here.

As is tourist kayaking!

Decorative lobster pot buoys.

The fisherman's memorial at Gloucester. There is a bus from Rockport.

Looking back at Rockport departing the breakwater.

On the Piscataqua River at the Portsmouth Yacht Club moorings. Looking at the old Naval Disciplinary Command on Seavey Island at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Navy Yard (actually in Kittery, Maine.)

Did we mention that the moorings are just off the main shipping channel?

Which has some scenic benefits.

Maine lobstermen off loading to their lobster pound and "buy boat at Cliff Island, Maine."

Eagle Island - Home of Rear Admiral Perry

Three sided fireplace in Admiral Perry's home.

From Mt. Battie looking into Camden Harbor, Maine.

At Wooden Boat School mooring field, Eggemoggin Reach

Sunset at Wooden Boat School mooring field, surrounded by beautiful wooden boats of all sizes.

Sights enroute to Bar Harbor.

Real sailing country!

Bar Harbor park looking at the harbor.

View from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, looking over Frenchman Bay.

Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island

Same, looking west from the trail to the Thuya Gardens on the northeast side of the harbor.

Thuya Gardens. Beautiful!

Castine, Maine, shortly after sunrise.

The yacht Yorel (built in East Boothbay, Maine) in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Restoring part of the Bounty at a shipyard in Boothbay Harbor.

Lobster pot buoys as art.

Beautiful water, blue and deep.

Entering Annisquam, Cape Anne, Massachusetts.

The Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport.

Sanderling heading up the river to Mystic.

Hard aground on a well-marked shallow area off Shelter Island, Long Island Sound.

Moorings at Oyster Bay, Long Island.

New York City and the Staten Island ferries.

Atlantic City, New Jersey, waiting out a storm.

The boardwalk. We walked every mile of it!

Schaefer's Marine on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal for sale. We understand it has now been sold.

Sunset at anchorage in Veesey Cove, northern part of Chesapeake Bay.

Bonnie Blue docked in the Great Dismal Swamp Canal near the north lock.

Sanderling at the same dock, waiting out another Nor'easter!

War museum near Charleston Harbor Marine.

New (2005) bridge at Charleston, North Carolina.

Khepera at Isle of Hope Marine near Savannah thinking about abandoning ship!

He decided to stay aboard.

Julie (top) and Khepera - boat cats.

Sunrise from the Mosquito Lagoon, north of Cape Canaveral, Florida.