The Coast of Maine: Pretty but Challenging 

My mother struggled with the care of her mother when Alzheimer's hit. We all pitched in but it very often falls to one care giver. There's too much to mention and commiserate over. Wishing your dad all the help and support he can get.

Your spirit is infectious, inspiring all sailors who love to voyage.

I'm sorry to hear about your mother. My father, who was a teacher, passed suffering the same. Well done helping out at home. Your life speaks of wisdom and layers of richness I'm sure passed on from your parents.

I'm going to look at southern cross 31 this weekend ruth avery is the reason I love them

How to sail the oceans where you don’t tack, you hang a right lol, purely technical sailing term that. Good to see you back, thanks.

I'm taking care of both my parents who have dementia. It's not easy but you do the best you can. I think you did an excellent job with the hard dodger and it compliments your boat.

The pure simple joy of sailing.

Well done Kevin lovely video as always. Sorry to hear about your mam dementia is so hard especially for the caregivers who knew her in her prime. Take care of your dad its so easy to get burnout. Your dad must be so proud of you off on your sailing voyages using the talent that he helped nurture in you. Wishing you good luck and fair winds always

Spent the first week in September in Maine with the wife on our bi-annual vacation our first time there. Thanks for allowing us to be apart of your life and getting a peak at what real sailing is.

Kevin, so sorry to hear about what your folks are now facing at home. What many of your subscribers see in your postings is the " wonderful life" of a nautical rovers but do not understand the difficulties of a sailor's life at sea when illness and death hits our loved ones ashore. Times apart weigh very heavily indeed offshore...Barb and I are thinking of you, thanks for posting and keeping it real my friend. T

Great content Kevin, so much enjoy just getting straight into the vid without the 'ad nauseam' intros of other channels that seem to go on and on.... Glad to see you out there and it will be interesting how the perspex rear 'window' works out...... seems ingenious 👍

Like your videos mate, up there with the best for sure,

Another peaceful ride that went well with fresh sunday morning coffee...thank you

Sending good wishes to your parents. Went through the same and it is so hard to watch their difficulties without ‘fixing’ the situation. A good dose of warm fellowship and love goes a long way.

The Basin on the New Meadows! Visited there many times on family vacations 30 years ago. Great memories that I haven’t thought about in a long time. Holbrook’s wharf in Cundy’s Harbor just across the river is worth a visit too. Doesn’t get much more Downeast than that. Thanks for the memories 😊

Congrats on passing 25K subscribers. Well deserved. Thanks for another nice vid!

Ahoy!! Great to see you back on the water again. I’m sorry to hear about your Mum. My father had Alzheimer’s me it’s heartbreaking. Hats off to you for pitching in and helping out your dad. Looking forward to more of your journeys. Thanks again for taking us along.

That coast is very similar to West Scotland and the islands of inner and outer Hebrides. Tides, reefs, rocks. Lots of anchorages. There is a constant test of navigation skills. The weather can change a lot too, from calm and sunny to wet, windy, foggy over days.

Good on you for helping out your folks. My mom is having the same issue. Dad’s gone now so she’s in a memory care home. Not an easy thing to go through.

I follow another sailor obsessed with night tec electronics from stem to stern. Boy, am I glad to follow in a single hull, gaff rigged cutter, with lines about and blue water. Maine is a fine sail if ya like crab pots a plenty.

Its a relief to see you using an auxilliary lol

The most capable sailor on RU-vid…👍👍

truely beautiful cruising area, thanks for the journey.

Great addition to your dodger, love the simplicity of the lashings, a sailor solution. Kudos to your dad for caring for his wife, blessings to you and your family.

My boat is now indoors for winter, enjoy watching your videos this winter as well

Boothbay and the area around it are my favorite part of Maine. Beautiful area.

Great stuff mate 👍

Love the tune at the end! Good production, playing, and writing!

Enjoyed two week days in the Basin. My favorite anchorage this season was Seal Bay.

I was wondering where you had got to. Good to see you again. Fair winds and happy days Kevin

Just bought a wooden L.Francis H. Cat Yawl. Going to Gloucester and Maine. Finished the bottom work and she’s floating like a cork on Martha’s Vineyard. Looking forward to some peaceful Maine coastline this summer. Thanks for the videos and inspiration my friend.

I am driving to Fla.to look at a International Folkboat 26 because of your content wish me luck !

I sailed out of maine last week. Loved it but was nice to be out of Lobster Pot central south of Gloucester. No Prop for you to catch on which is nice.

A lovely little ship-boat, and I like your creative dodger set up. Thanks for taking us along.

Good to see you on the water. That bit of coast looks delightful to visit and weave through. The phase of life your parents are going through can be challenging, they are lucky to have your support. Keep getting out on RA Kevin, it will do you a lot of good.

I love cruising along Maine

Same here with the maternal dementia problem which in our case interferes with CPAP therapy resulting in every 2-4 hours putting the face mask back on. Love seeing the laptop sitting on the companionway cover - icing on the cake.

i love your videos!

Im surprised people in the other sailboats are waving hello.

Had to laugh towards the end, you hear a "thud" followed by an "Owww". That had to be Keith hitting his head on the new hard dodger. You'll get used to it soon.

Dear Sir, Our love SV Ruth has refitted her bell to starboard. This is a call for you captain to give her a ring.

Thank you for another great video! I am sorry to hear about the dementia, and empathize with you having to spend time helping your parents. My father has Parkinson's and my mother recently had her hips replaced. The result was that I have been helping out for a few years, doing the various jobs around the house, making breakfast, lunch, etc. I wish you and your family well. You have inspired me with your projects and how you sail. I have not been able to devote a proper amount of time to rebuilding the one boat, but thanks to you, I am now working out the details of what I need to do. I was originally going to renew the Volvo MD6A engine, but now it is a very low priority. Instead, I am going to use the 4 horse outboard and build a sculling oar until I decide if I need or want the inboard. If I get rid of the ancient engine, I'll gain just over 400 lbs of load (175 Kg) and a fair amount of storage space! Your hard dodger has given me some thoughts too. Thanks again and Fair winds!

Quite different to the VIs. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy & stay safe

Great video my friend.

Your a good guy

Good health& sailing to you. May fair winds guide your parents safely along. Strength to them& the good son.🦋☮️

Good boy

Maine Love it.

Sorry to hear that about you mum mine has to. It's hard work

Your boat really is looking beautiful Kevin I can see you have been painting and I love the colour white you have used. Pilot house is just the job too. You could have a permanent monitor built in to it somehow.

Ayuh. Don't expect you'll be cruising Downeast to our neck of the woods, but if you do decide to head up this way, give us a heads up Kevin. Hope you enjoyed the visit with your folks. You just missed the annual pirate festival in Eastport but there is still plenty of this & that going on. The annual wild blueberry harvest is now wrapping up, so you might want to get your fill of fresh Maine wild blueberries while you're in the neighborhood. 👍

Looking forward to your travels around the Maine coast, keeping your mother and all of her caretakers in my prayers, beautiful scenery your parents must have loved sailing adventures in this area, something to remember and cherish. Fair winds.

Loving the new pilot house very sympathetic

Those lobster pots would age me Kevin. You must surely have picked some up in the past. How hard was it to free yourself? I guess one would be well-advised to have a warm wet-suit when sailing in those waters in case you need to go over the side. Fair winds.

Lots of Pearson’s and Albergs in Maine I see…

One of life's very bitter moments. Wish your father and you your God's indulgences.

Damariscove Island.. ;) Where to this winter?? Is it time to do the circle?

man there's a lot of lobster pot buoys there!

Hey Kev. Glad to see your well. So sorry to hear about your Mom. That's a tough one to swallow. How long will you be at your parents? Thinking I would drop you another care package. Don

Love my 3 T-shirts. Thanks.

So sorry to hear about your mother. It’s an awful affliction. My mother in law has it.

Good one…..thx, Andrew

Thanks Kevin. Sorry to hear about yourMum

Best wishes to your family. How many lobsta pots in this video?

OK m8’ how many times, by now, have you hit your head into the dodger?

Boating in that area sounds a lot like sailing in the Puget Sound

When are you going to get a fish finder or two on that boat? One facing fore and one facing aft and you have forward and rear facing running sonar, as well as a good idea of where to find dinner. wonder units of a few years ago are like $40 each on Ebay brand new.

nice sail boat you have there, is that a Ketch?

slowly sail into the anchor? Letting it spin you with the current?

are there many places off the coast of maine where you can anchor without paying a fee? thx

Two questions. 1. Does the dogger affect your point of sail?. 2. How to avoid not stepping on your solar panels?

M36@4:15

Sorry about your Mom Kevin. That is a devastating disease. Great vid as usual. Please always keep this channel about pure sailing buddy. If I see another vid with some dude’s chick crying about “scary” the big waves are I think I will literally puke…

Do you have any links/info about your wind-vane? I have a little double-ender and would love to add a trim tab like that but have had no luck looking around.

Hi Kevin, thanks for the inspiring sailing videos, I'm curious how you connect your laptop so it knows your location? I've been using Navionics on my cell phone but that's just too small a screen to be useful. Also, In your current sail through Maine will you be traveling near Little Cranberry Island?

Hello nice aereo video graphics 👌 😎 don't forget to become a remote pilot. Saludos Bro

is this a westsail 32 ?

What size motor and how fast will it pish you?

Did you say "fire up the out board" ?!? I must have missed that addition! Lol

Did you misspronounce Boothby harbour?

I know you’re the real deal and I’m a wannabe, but your mini pilot house has no helm so don’t you still have to brave the elements to pilot your boat? Seems like Amel figured this out. Best of luck with sailing and caregiving.

BRASIL-sp

Very difficult to watch the progression of dementia.

Your mom should look into water fasting. Loren Lockman on RU-vid has supervised 15k people in 20+ years who have done long term water fasts and one of the most often experienced benefits they all experience is clearer thinking. Of course for real healing she'd need to be on a clean clean mostly raw fruit and veg diet for a good while.