Plan A was still in order as we headed into to Biddeford Pool at the end of Day 1. It had taken us about 9 hours to get here. Captain had previous driven to Biddeford Pool and met with the Biddeford Pool Yacht Club manager and they had talked about our trip and our arrival on this Saturday night. We gave him a call and sure enough, he was expecting us and had a mooring ready. He had also told Captain earlier that at low tide, it was low. Really low. Current was great when entering Biddeford Pool. Caution was to be taken and follow the chart, guidebooks, GPS, depth finder, all of it!
I helped guide us in. Captains eyes were glued to the GPS unit and the approach to the harbor. My job was to call out the depth meter readings and repeat (and repeat again and again) the paragraph in the guidebook on navigating the harbor. Sea Mist can go in as little at 4.5' of water. My calls of the depth meter reading made me nervous, 9', 8', 7.5'. Yikes. Captain called the Yacht Club manager again. He asked just how low does it get? He reassured us that we had "plenty" of water around our mooring. We spotted mooring ball #87 and I stepped up on deck, grabbed the boat hook and successfully grabbed the mooring on the first try. We had made it. Day 1 and we made it on our new boat.
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