The Republican journal., 1892-06-30
Down the Bay in the Marjorie.

THE FIRST TRIP OF THE SEASON. THE NEW
MARJORIE. OLD CASTINE AND ITS IMPROVE
MENTs. CAPE RozIER AND IT'S ATTRACTIONS.
THROUGH GILKEY S HARBOR AND CROW COVE.
THE SUCCULENT CLAM.
The sloop yacht Marjorie, owned by the
editor of the journal, achieved some notori-
ETY. last summer by her frequent VOYAGES
down the bay. The editor with his friends,
had double purpose-that of pleasant re-
creation, and to write up some of the many
attractive features of the ever beautiful Pc
nobscot Bay, the finest sheet of water of The
many that indent the rugged coast of Maine.
The Marjorie has been fitted up for sum-
mer cruising, and on Saturday made her
trial trip for the season of 1892. The boat has
undergone many changes, which We're sug-
gested by the experience of last year, and is
fifty per cent. better than before. Last wear
the boat was fitted with a cruising rig, stub
mast with no light sails. A new mast has
been put in,which is supplemented by a top
mast twelve feet in length above the mast
head. Spreaders six feet long give ample
support to the topmast, besides presenting
more Nachtlike appearance. A jib-topsail and
Il gatt-topsail, containing thirty-two yards,
have been added to the sail spread and these
Will he of immense advantage in the light
winds OF summer. In addition to the 400
pounds of iron on the keel, 1000 pounds of
lead have been put ON the skin, which with
1000 pounds of iron, places all her ballast
well down, adding much to the stiffness of
the boat. Besides this advantage, the COM
pactness uf the ballast gives more room in the
cabin, small feature in IL small craft.
During the short cruise last week, the light
sails We're much used and demonstrated
their value. The boat is more lively, starts
quicker, steers like a plot boat, and in fleet
ness bids fair to hold her own with like
crafts of Penohscot Bay.
The crew on the first voyage were Messrs.
George w. Burgess, Samuel Adams and
the editors of the journal. Burgess has
been appointed signal officer and is putting
i'll his spare time on signals and flags. The
wind was from the southeast when we filled
away, but veered more to the south that
Castine was reached without tacking. An
chor was cast and brief run made on shore
to inspect the yacht building by Mr. Alfred
Adams. This is the same craft that Mr..
Adams had on the stocks last year. and he
now expects to have her at1oat in August.
The boat is thirty feet long and will he
roomy and convenient.
Several new cottages have been built at
Castine and the historic old town expects
more summer visitors than last year. The
Acadian Hotel, which was closed last season,
is now being renovated and will be opened
to the public July 4th One of the hand
soonest of the new cottages is that erected by
Mr. Morey near the old fort. Friday fifty
five visitors We're landed at Castine from
the steamboats,. No ovelier place on the hay
for summer sojourn can be found than old
CaStine
The anchor is again Gated and the Mar
jorie ills away. The wind is blowing in and
several parties are watching the boat beat
out. There is d strong current IN Castine har-
boz and it is difficult to beat out unless one
understands it. The natives have the mat
ter down fine and they like to watch a
stranger nan'ruvre. The Marjorie stood over
to the opposite shore out of the tide, and in
the next tack weathered the monument and
made the run out OF the harbor in a manner
not to be eNcelled by native born
We We're To pass the night at Goose Falls
on the west side of Cape Rozier, the penin-
s'lla of Brooksville, so named for a French
nobEeman. who once wandered over it and
declared the place an Eden within itself
Goose Falls is d sheltered nook of the Cape
Just inside HulhrooIls island. The harhor
is small and narrow. Here is a natural dam
and water course. \ large basin is filled
with the incoming tide, and when il flows
out it washes over the falls with a force
which sends great masses of foam down the
waters of the harbor. The basin is called
THE Mill Pond, a pretty sheet of water, with
an outlet which dasbes down over slimv
powders under picturesque rustic bridge
that has at one end an old tide mill beside
the great two story Bakeman homestead.
The mill is now idle and the house vacant
just across the bridge is a store and several
pretty houses nesting in the nook, forming
pretty picture. Up the basin are the build
ings of the Rozier mine, now idle This
mime has turned ont silver and copper, and
~ 40 'NiiN'N't oiiftb pay my olt HOW lies III
the bowels of the mine.
The fall makes a strong current and it is
not a good anchorage. The Bible frequently
mentions the fact of the ancient mariners
casting anchors over the stern. Something of
tins KIND is necessary at Goose Falls. We cast
the anchor over the bow, and as ii precau-
ton ran d line from the stern to a mooring,
and this made the Marjorie secure for the
night.
There are many lovely spots on the cape,
and the locality is attracting attention as IA
summer resort. For picturesuueness one
can scarcely find a more delightful, health
giving locality than is here found High
hills, low green glades, dark cool woods
where great fallen giants lie in their nantles
OF moss, gurgling, mlurmuring streams which
"go on and on forever down into the sound
ing sea, where deep indentations of the land
are filled with old oceans foam. In ,lescrib-
ing the Cape a writer has said: .
Our beaches are beautiful where the
adrlft sllingle is being tossed hither ami Won
as old Neptune wills. Our harbors are IL
haven OF rest where yachts can swing at
their moorings throughout the most terrific
blasts of wind. Rozier has many lovely
fresh water ponds, whose banks are thiekly
studded with many species trees such as
I.