Sailing J24 Portland Maine

J24 Downeast regatta at the Portland yacht club.
Sat and Sun racing just North of Portland. Nice day Saturday and then more wind Sunday after some AM storms. Great place to sail and nice to get out on the ocean. Went with John, Jill, Dave, and Mike. We ended up 3rd out of 21 boats.
Saturday night was lobster, clams, corn, and potatoes all cooked on a large fire outside the club. A crew member from Jam, another VT boat, had 7 lobsters! Unlimited beer and rum. They know how to run a regatta!
We were bow number 40 and sail number 1048. Some pictures below. I tried to include out boat (Spooky) in most of them.

Ramp going to dock at Portland yacht club

The next 2 pictures were up on the regatta web site but I think they are from last years race. We were in that one also!

Bike ride North

Biking from house: Bike path through UVM to Intervale and Ethan Allen park. Then bike path along waterfront back to bike path near Overlook park.

Early Sept

Mostly hiking in early Sept. Mid summer weather still.

Beach:

Camels Hump:

Bolton Mtn:

Mad River (Stark mtn)

Someone should be living here in the summer. Nice house!

Mansfield:

Rock Garden

Long point:

Looking South toward diamond island

Thompson Point: