25 August 2015:   More fog!

      Another foggy morning, but the bright sun promises that it will soon burn off the fog. At least in Passamaquoddy Bay. No need to rush as we will wait for the tide to turn to head down the bay, why fight it. Barely a breath of wind as we steam across to the South of Saint Andrews and join in the St. Croix River and down to Eastport where we see a fuel sign. Next fuel opportunity might not be until Jonesport or SW Harbor, so raising our quarantine flag we swung in to meet the US Customs Agent to clear back into the States.

      Traditionally the Captain meets with the customs agent and clears the whole boat in, but things change. Now everyone on board must be seen by the man, and he is a one man show in Eastport. So after I hiked up to the Customs Office and checked in, the friendly agent came down to see Kathy and the Willie. We had no issues and were cleared right away. It turned out to be a busy day for Customs, as we saw numerous other boats clearing in, mostly s ail vessels from Canada.

      After our customs stop, we backtracked to the Eastport Fuel Dock and filled up. Bob, the retired Coastie who owns the marina and gas dock was very nice, and no charge for ice!

      We were soon on our way, and owing to the SE wind in the tomorrow's weather forecast, we will wait a day before re-entering the Grand Manan Channel, so we headed up between Eastport and Lubec to Federal Harbor to anchor, about the quietest Harbor you are going to find, not a house in sight. It had turned cooler, but we dined in the cockpit, while Tommy the cat tried to sleep.