Merchant Row is famous for its 40-plus islands, loaded with grand pines and sloping granite boulders that meet the brilliant blue sea. It was a beautiful passage out Casco Bay by Halfway Rock and Seguin Island, with a lunch anchorage in magnificent Merchants Harbor, off Merchant Island south of Stonington and Deer Isle. We set out on our 98-nautical-mile journey to Mount Desert Island and Southwest Harbor. Our wounded one, whom we dubbed One Wing, insisted that we stick to our itinerary and head Down East in the morning.Īfter a nice dockside dinner at DiMillo’s Marina and a night’s rest in the gracious staterooms, we awoke to squawking seagulls and a perfectly calm sea and sun. Two hours and X-rays later, we were all back on board sipping drinks, one broken humerus in a sling. But our first order of business had to be getting medical attention for our stoic friend’s quickly swelling shoulder. Friends of ours had purchased a beautiful new 48-foot Sabre and invited us along as crew for the maiden voyage - we’re locals who know our native Maine waters. I have to give her credit, she spilled not a single beer out of the overloaded cart into Portland Harbor, nor did she shed a single tear. No, not into another boat, but of our friend, tumbling down the ramp at low tide. Our Maine boat adventure began before we even left the dock - with a crash.
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