On 19 May 2007 20:48:39 -0700, richard
wrote:

My friends are vacationing on their 20 ft powerboat in Penobscot bay
for 3 weeks starting this July 15. They are planning to put in in
Belfast and they need to be at Vinalhaven on July 19. We may join them
in our 25 ft powerboat for 2 of those weeks. I know that the area is
beautiful as I have been there a couple of times and was wondering
where people would recommend to cruise if you had 2 or 3 weeks to
spend between Belfast and Bar Harbor.

A cruise through Merchants Row and Deer Island Thoroughfare, both on
the south side of Deer Island is a good start.

I would follow that up with a run through Casco Passage and an
overnight stay in Mackerel Cove on the north side of Swans Island.

A stop at the Wooden Boat School at Brooklin, east end of Eggemoggin
Reach is also an interesting way to spend an afternoon. They have a
small dock and some moorings there, also room to anchor.

Hopefully your friends have a good chart plotter and maybe radar. At
the very least I'd recommend a radar reflector.