Old ships, old cars, old sails and old movies

The tall ships are active during August traveling the ports of New England.  Going into Pulpit Harbor on North Haven in Maine we met these two ships leaving on a rainy Saturday.  They are classics and a joy to watch sail.

Going ashore in Pulpit Harbor we were able to land our dinghy at a floating dock.  It made a perfect opportunity to take our folding bikes ashore for a ride on the island of North Haven.  Jay shows how compactly a bike folds.

We enjoyed riding the quiet roads across the island of North Haven to the Fox Island Thorofare which we have sailed through.  This classic Dodge caught our eye as it waited in the parking lot for its owner to arrive on the ferry from across the Penobscot Bay.

A real treat was to have the right following wind to sail our spinnaker as we headed toward Seal Bay on the island of Vinalhaven on Sunday.  This spinnaker is nostalgic for us as we purchased it used from Bacon, a consignment marine store, in Annapolis, way back in 1983.. and it is still sailing-just like us!

Monday we sailed on to Port Clyde, Maine.  We explored the little seaport town and walked to the Marshall Point Lighthouse on the point.  Do you recognize it?  Did you watch the movie "Forest Gump"?  Port Clyde was excited when Tom Hanks and his movie crew came to town for four days to film the thirty seconds of the movie when Forest ran across the USA and touched the east coast lighthouse - the Marshal Point Lighthouse!  The volunteer at the Lighthouse said :Tom Hanks walked into a trailer in the parking lot and Forest Gump walked out a few hours later".

We decided we'll have to watch the movie again and look for the lighthouse.