the Maine Mojo Blog - electrics in the field

Today's adventure was to York River and Smelt Brook in York, Maine. On this trip, we rode the incoming tide to see how far up each river or brook we could go. Kayaking past the grasses made for endless visual and audial entertainment on this lazy summer afternoon of a Labor Day weekend.

A return trip to the Scarborough Marsh in Scarborough, Maine, but this time, with a dawn launch from what is becoming a favorite place to motor-kayak.

Today's adventure was to the Scarborough Marsh area in Scarborough, Maine. It was wonderful to be surrounded by so many shorebirds, and resulted in the some of the closest encounters I've had with most of the species you'll see in the photography and video.

After motor-kayaking the West Shirley Bog for Moose in the morning, I added Bald Mountain Pond to the list. It wasn't easy to find, but now I know how to get there! It is a true wilderness experience, with only one barely visible structure on the shore, and on the day of my visit, my only company were a couple of through hikers at the Appalachian Trail camp site at the far Northwest end of the lake.

I was blown away by the results of some photo/video shoots from the West Shirley Bog the other day. The combination of gear that I was using resulted in the greatest success rate (i.e., number of keepers) that I've ever had by a wide margin. There just isn't anything else that compares to what this kayak rig can do.

It all started with the goal of outfitting a motorized (electric) kayak that had to be solar powered, sustainable, quiet, and powerful. And the navigational control needed to be hands-free. And it needed one more very important thing.

It all started with a big, huge, motorized kayak fail.