Full day in Castine

Hi F and F,
Well this morning we woke up to fog after a rainy and windy night .The wind died  down but fog replaced it .We were due to move off the slip and go to a mooring ball because a large group from Boston Yacht Club were due to take our slips.But due to the weather many cancelled and we got to stay!!!We decided to walk up to the Castine Inn for a cooked breakfast Great deal $10 for full breakfast each in a lovely old home turned into the Inn. To walk off the breakfast ,we carried on up the hill along to the Historical  Society Museum. This building was the original Abbott School back in 1859. There was a great video of the Penobscot  Expedition in 1779  during the revolutionary war, in which the British brought about the destruction of the largest  Americal Naval  fleet assembled during the Revolutionary war.
Also there was a display about the large Herimone Ship which was involved also around that time .This is the vessel we had seen earlier on  the 4 th July in New York Harbor. We wandered back down the hill.
I did some damage in a lovely little boutique call Lucky Hill , buying some items for the boat, our  grandson and a lovely scarf and cotton blouse . We have  to help these shop owners , they only sell in the warmer months! The others went back to the boat and I decided to go to explore more of  the town and also try to find Marianne ( a friend of our Sabre friends Nancy and Bill) who lived in the town of Castine near the yacht club. There were lots of plaques in the town marking various forts and places where English, French and Dutch had inhabited the area.I made my way to the Wilson museum which houses an interesting collection of items from all around the world and also across the road from there was a collection of small houses holding demonstrations  with a blacksmith, a wood turner and also rope making. I had a damaged NZ kauri wooden bowl so decided to go back and get it off the boat and return to see what the wood turner could do to help put it right.Sandpaper and walnut oil was the answer .I was pleased with the results and helpful advice.
Marianne and her partner had meantime been to our boats and we were invited to have drink out at their house on the point , a short drive away.They came by around 5 pm picked us up and we enjoyed a lovely time enjoying the views and sharing stories.
We all went back to Eatons boat yard and joined in on the Lobster stew evening put on  by the  owners of the boat yard.Originally this was supposed to be a meal especially for the Boston YC group .
Out of the 40 boats due to come , only 12 had showed up.So we got invited! It was held in the old boat yard shed along with old equipment  stacked around the sides and we had at wooden bench tables. The lobsters had been caught very recently and the stew was made to a family recipe. We had fresh biscuits and salad to accompany the stew and delicious blueberry cobbler to follow .All for
$ 17.50 a head Our cheapest dinner out yet! We just brought our own drinks.Very fun evening.
Over and Out
S and S