At 6:30 AM, we slip silently from our mooring in Salem Harbor, taking care not to awaken the Saturday night party crowd. Our journey today will take us 49 miles north, passing from Massachusetts into New Hampshire. The winds today are calm, so we rely entirely on horsepower to reach our destination.
Our course initially takes us northeast through Salem Sound, then around Cape Ann and due north into Bigelow Bight. By 1 PM, we leave the Isle of Shoals archipelago astern and soon we are entering the harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We steer a zigzag course through the channel in an effort to avoid the hundreds of lobster pot buoys that decorate the harbor.
We elect to drop the hook for the night in Pepperell Cove. The interesting aspect of this small cove is that it lies partially in New Hampshire and partially in Maine. We are anchored on the state line. When the wind is out of the south, Cutter Loose lies in New Hampshire. When the wind shifts to the southwest, she swings through the border into Maine.
Tomorrow, we will take a slip at a marina in the downtown area of Portsmouth in order to explore the town and to give Cutter Loose a much needed bath.
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