Tuesday, July 28, 2009

In the beginning...

Fog rolling in
These would have been day 2 of creation if light or dark hadn't been created yet...
or something like that...

Fog has been a problem here in Maine. When the weather report says visibility of 1 nautical mile or less...this really means 500ft. When looking for marker buoys...they literally are there before you even have time to make it out. Boats sort of creep around like they do in pirate movies and just show up like ghosts. Its a little spooky. Thank goodness for radar, GPS, charts, fog horns, bells and about every other resource you have on your boat for navigating.


"FOG ON THE MAINE COAST: FOG is a fact of life on the coast of Maine. It is most likely to occur in the months of July and August, but quite common from May through September. The amount of fog varies from area to area, as shown on the accompanying graph, and locally it can be totally unpredictable. Sometimes you will be shut in for a day or two, sometimes a week or more."









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