Saturday, August 16, 2014

Fram #71 Drags Her Mooring



From Martha off Fram:





Fram #71 Underway in Maine's Penobscot Bay Before the Storm
We woke up at 7 this morning to see that our boat and mooring had dragged almost to  shore and  the tide was still going out .The larger dinghy had also broken free and ended up on the beach. He walked out to the small dinghy and got on Fram from there . He started Fram and dragged the mooring back out, but he knew he couldn't trust it to hold. We both got on Fram and took her to Front Street Shipyard to have it pulled. He knew we were not taking on water but wanted to check for damage. On shore we could see that 3 of the four prop blades had been bent slightly . They will take prop off and deme it for repair. We are in Roger's car going back to Islesboro to pick up our dryer which broke yesterday. We will try to have it repaired in Belfast. ... then back to Islesboro sans Fram. We will really miss her while we are on the island!

Enough excitement? Three boats sunk in Belfast.

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