Pulpit Harbor, North Haven. If I’m right, I’d be happy to tell you an interesting story about sailing out of the harbor (with the Isaac H. Evans!) on what I call the “wrong side of the rock.” Capt. Brenda and Brian Thomas s/y Isaac H. Evans Rockland, Maine
Sunset over Camden spectacular The Big Rock must be Pulpit Rock at the entrance to Pulpit Harbor in Maine. According to our log book, we anchored in the harbor on a hot July day in 1991. We were cruising with our family on Head Tide, our 27-foot Tartan sloop. Pulpit Harbor was beautiful, quiet, and it was exciting to watch the windjammers from across Penobscot Bay ghost in and drop anchor late in the evening. The sunset over the Camden Hills was spectacular with Pulpit Rock in the foreground. It brings back such pleasant memories of sailing in Maine. Weldon and Naomi Nelson Winchester, Mass.
A ‘Murder She Wrote’ connection I believe the Mystery Harbor in this month’s edition is Pulpit Harbor on the northwest coast of North Haven Island, in Penobscot Bay, Maine. The photo is of the infamous Pulpit Rock, taken from just inside the harbor entrance facing west toward the Camden Hills on the mainland. Pulpit Rock is crowned with a very large osprey nest, which has been there for over 150 years according to local sea lore. It’s a very beautiful and tranquil harbor considered a hurricane hole with excellent protection all around. The sunsets from Pulpit Harbor, with the sun dipping over the Camden Hills, are stunning. The cove stretching inward to the right, as you enter the harbor, is Cabot Cove. You may remember this as the name of the Maine coastal town setting for the very successful and long-running (1984-1996) drama/mystery TV series “Murder, She Wrote” starring
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Angela Lansbury. On any given night during the summer cruising season there can be several boats anchored throughout Pulpit Harbor, including a few big windjammers that cruise these waters. My wife and I make it a point to spend a night or two in Pulpit Harbor every summer when we cruise in the area. We’re sometimes joined by some cruising friends as well, which makes for a great time. It’s a wonderful place to kick back and relax after a weekend at the North Atlantic Blues Festival held in Rockland every July. Gerry Gosselin Vassalboro, Maine
She sails her trailer-boat out there I picked up the midwinter issue of Points East at the Boston Boat Show last week. I was doing a presentation about trailer sailing at the show, and one of the slides in the presentation was similar to your Mystery Harbor image Pulpit Rock in the entrance to Pulpit Harbor on North Haven Island, Maine, only not as foggy. I have been there several times, most of them trailering a boat to Rockland and then heading out for a couple of days. I have been there with my own boat for a quiet night. I was there once with a group of North East Trailer Sailors on a rendezvous. Our view of the rock was similar to yours. We spent two nights there, fogged in. My last visit was last summer in a “big” boat (a Morgan 38). We spent some time walking to the store, which was well stocked. I’ve sailed many places over the years (it’s easy when you can put the boat behind the car and get from New Hampshire to Rockland or New York in four hours), but this is the first harbor I could say for sure, with an easy glance, that I knew where it was. Barbara Garland Skipper, s/v Whale Crew, s/v Serenity Hancock, N.H.
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