I want to mention that when we went into Criehaven in a really dense fog last week; I moved up the harbor toward the beach and turned in to pick up a nice large mooring buoy, so I could row in and get someone's permission. They said that buoy belonged to a man who had a very nice lobster yacht tied up at the last dock on the right and he only used it in a storm (name may be Cleveland and they were referring to using the mooring only in a storm). But when the tide drained out, I noted with some alarm a ledge just to the northeast of this mooring to which a number of large chains appeared to be fixed. These may be the "cables" that hold the moorings. If you are up there you may want to take a look for yourself. This ledge stands out sixty or more feet from shore. It is off the north shore at the eastern end of the harbor and there is nothing there to mark it. It is a good thing that we did not swing too wide on picking up the mooring. The harbor was great and we never saw anything of Ragged Island or Matinicus due to the fog. John Maull
Thank you very much for this alert. I will post it on our forum now and will definitely look for it the next time we are at Criehaven, which we love. It always has that end-of-the-earth feeling.
Tue, 15 July 2008 16:35
