Real estate signs promote a “water view” when they can. In Maine, that can be tricky. There are views of the Atlantic Ocean, bays, reaches, lakes, rivers, and “other” waters, not to mention coves and harbors withing those waters.
Here, as it appeared this morning, you see a view of a cove (Great Cove) protected by an island (Babson Island), within a reach (Eggemoggin Reach) – all of them as calm as a curled-up house cat in the sun.
However, below, you’ll see Great Cove yesterday being ruffled by 24-mile-per-hour wind gusts. Therein lies a joy of people who like to watch weather and are lucky enough to live on a reach.
A “reach,” geographically speaking, is a length or arm of an ocean, river, or other large body of water that extends up into the land. It often experiences complex winds that sailors love. Eggemoggin Reach is an island-congested channel extending from the Atlantic Ocean up and into Penobscot Bay. It has some of the best sailing winds in the world and some of the most interesting weather in Maine.
(Brooklin, Maine)