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Each year for the past few, I have put together a little calendar using some pictures from cruising on the Maine coast, and give them to members of my family at Christmas.

I thought I'd post the monthly photo here, just for fun and help us remember why we do this whole sailing thing.

This month, you get two photos: First, the cover photo, and then January.

Cover: Sunset at Merchant Harbor


January 2007: Looking east from the rocks of Hell's Half Acre, across Jericho Bay towards Mt. Desert Island

That's a neat idea, Tim, thanks! (And I only have to wait 11 months now before I can do one....)

Those are beautiful, Tim. Is that clear water in the second photo at all swimable? We only get water like that on lakes around here And the most I have seen through in the bay was about 3 feet. The rivers are pure silty brown with visibility in the 1/2" range. Our bay is generally about 58 degrees in the summer. The ocean is around 56. That gives a skinny guy like me about 15 minutes of vigourous swimming before I lose the feeling in my fingers.

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Robert The Gray wrote: Is that clear water in the second photo at all swimable?

Well, I suppose. If you manage 15 minutes in 58? water, then you'd do just fine in Maine! Most places are a balmy 60 in the summer

This is actually a fun place to swim if the water is warm enough. I had fun on this particular day rowing and wading around all these rocklets at high tide. It was a perfect day out.

Nice idea and great photos ...

If that is Hell's Half Acre I don't have much to worry about. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Tim, what about February ?

Whoops! Thanks for the reminder.

Link to February