Sailing the Bounding Maine - June 5, 2024

[@dinhpq]

Good morning Todd Dunn, thanks for sharing video. Have a good trip, and enjoy sailing your boat.

[@todddunn945]

I will do my best. Thanks for watching.

[@RoseBudFC]

So glad to see you having fun, especially in your very beautiful part of the world! I remember the beautiful sunrises and sunsets on Mount Desert. All the best!

[@todddunn945]

Yes it was a nice day yesterday. I greatly enjoy seeing the area from the water. I always suggest to potential visitors that they get out on the water if they can.

[@mpasquad6181]

Nice views

[@todddunn945]

It is a scenic place. Thanks for watching.

[@janetboyer23]

Loved it!!! Thanks Todd!! 🌊💙⛵️🌊

[@todddunn945]

You are very welcome. I am heading out again tomorrow (June 11), but it will be a light air day so not very exciting.

[@rogerterrell6987]

Thanks for taking us a long. Looked like you had the whole place to yourself out there. That will change soon.

[@todddunn945]

It is nice this time of year with almost no lobster gear and few boats.

[@jeffgrier8488]

Thanks for taking us out for the second sail, it looked like a decent day for a sail and it was great to tag along.

[@todddunn945]

It was nice. Shirt sleeve weather again, although my wife did put a jacket on for a while.

[@captainhml3868]

"Pick one of those up with your couch change..." Hahahahaahaaaa

[@todddunn945]

Well yeah!

[@RoseBudFC]

And thanks for sharing!

[@todddunn945]

my pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@naturescritter4691]

That looks so peaceful. ☺️

[@todddunn945]

It was nice out except for when the wind died. One thing about day sailing is that you don't have a destination on most days, you just go where the wind lets you. Later this summer we will sail around the Cranberry Islands which is a sort of destination day sail.

[@doughouston8907]

Do you have a triatic stay? New owner of a Princess. Hopefully we can meet up this summer.

[@naturescritter4691]

@@todddunn945 that’s the way I love to drive also. No destination. Wife and I use to play “get lost”, which was keep driving until we didn’t know where we were.

[@todddunn945]

@@doughouston8907 Yes I do. My triatic is 3/16" spectra/dyneema. I spliced the line to a tang at the top of the main. It runs through a block at the top if the mizzen and down to a cleat on the mizzen. I set it up that way so I can rig it myself without going up the mast. The triatic makes a huge difference. My otherwise very springy mizzen is rock solid with the triatic. Are you in Maine?

[@doughouston8907]

@@todddunn945 yes Falmouth. We met maybe 15 years ago, and you showed me Seaquester. I had no idea that a Princess would be my next boat. It was from the CSBB days. That is exactly how I was thinking of adding the triatic. Boat was dismasted, and that was one thing I did not replace, and it is lively.

[@BrendaChaney-n8q]

How did you learn how to Sail ?? Nice to see your wife aboard !

[@todddunn945]

I learned in college. Sailing was mandatory where I went to school. My wife is not a big fan of being on KZbin, but she agreed to let me leave her in. Normally I edit her out.

[@gailnovak2593]

Are there whales/ sharks in that water?

[@doughouston8907]

Yes

[@todddunn945]

There are whales, but they are mostly much farther off shore. 25 years ago you sometimes saw a whale where I was and I heard that a whale was spotted in the area I was in last summer, but I haven't seen one for many years. There are sharks here, but I have never seen one and this is my 29th season sailing here.

[@gailnovak2593]

@@todddunn945 COOL!

[@todddunn945]

@@gailnovak2593 There are daily whale watching trips out of Bar Harbor in the summer.

[@gailnovak2593]

@@todddunn945 that would be really cool to see, I can't imagine how big a whale really is, you see them on TV but in person would be awesome. Maybe a future vacation. :)