A lot of you have great boating weather year round but here in Maine, boating weather starts late and ends early, so when it does come, enthusiasts get very excited. This weekend looks really great but most boats are still in the parking lot with their shrink wrap cocoons over them. My wife and I on the other hand launched our Back Cove 33 Paper Moon last week and ran her down to Boothbay Harbor on Friday and then to her home port of South Freeport, Maine on Saturday.
One of my favorite things about our home port of South Freeport is something that only boaters can see As you approach past the tiny island named “Pound of Tea”, a castle turret appears on the top of the hill overlooking the Harraseeket River. The history of this turret is that it was once part of the Casco Castle. “In 1903, the castle and an amusement park were built here by Amos Gerald to encourage travel by trolley cars, although the hotel would burn in 1914.”
The turret remains in place to this day and as our summer season begins I look forward to seeing it each time I return to port with the sun glinting through it’s windows.
