It must be getting close to that time, that wonderful time: summer by the sea. Here you see a sure sign: “Vulcan,” Brooklin Marine’s moorings vessel, setting moorings in Great Cove yesterday. Soon a summer fleet of varied and colorful sail, power, and rowing/pulling boats will be hooked to those moorings out there, bobbing and swinging in between flights of salty-scented freedom.
Basking nearby were some small sailboat mooring gear – metal mushroom and rotary anchors that will be chained to the roped buoys.
They’re being readied by the WoodenBoat School to be set in the Cove, where only the buoys and some of their rope will be visible until fall.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on May 15 and 16, 2024.)