Get ready to experience the people, the food and the captivating beauty of coastal Maine. If you love misty New England mornings and the scent of saltwater spray as you test your skills of navigation, you'll love Bayliner Discovery Island Trail, Maine new adventure (www.iamdiscovery.com). Join National Geographic Adventure Magazine Editor and renowned kayaker, Jon Bowermaster, as he and his buddy, Bruce Alter, take the helm of a Bayliner Discovery 288 Cruiser.
During their voyage, Bowermaster and Alter Travel from Portland to Bar Harbor, cruising by Jewell Island and Eagle Island, the former home of Admiral Peary Arctic explorer Robert. Lobster fishermen are bringing witnesses fresh fish on the docks in the port of Cundy, visit Pemaquid Point and camp overnight on Basin Island. Both cases of OJ Brown and Sons boat builders, in operation since 1888, and restored Stonington Opera House. On the way, Bowermaster seizes the opportunity for a foggy afternoon kayaking at Goose Cove. "The freedom of boating lets you make your own rules - and then break on a whim," said Bowermaster. "The only rule is to follow your strong spirit of adventure."
With the unveiling of the first of three webisodes Maine Island Trail on the trip to www.iamdiscovery.com, Bayliner Discovery takes you on an adventure with nature. The Discovery 288 Cruiser - a best-in-class, two-level mini-yacht - captained by Bowermaster is one of the new line Bayliner Discovery runabouts, cuddy and cruisers. "The command on the bridge has triggered an incredible feeling of expansiveness, while the second bar and large cabin windows gave us protection against the elements without sacrificing our enjoyment of the scene," said Bowermaster.
Over the coming weeks, iamdiscovery.com treat visitors at the end of the Maine Island Trail adventure additional webisodes, photography and journal entries on the rocky coastline, the quiet calm, and colorful characters.
What follows on the heels of Bayliner Discovery's first journey, where Motor Boating Magazine Editor John Wooldridge and his buddy Ken Nicholson challenged a new Bayliner Discovery 246 Cruiser in the Pacific chop from San Diego to Catalina Island and across the canal park Islands National in Santa Barbara.
Website visitors followed the two men as they kayak near sea caves, went on a buffalo safari, and met people Catalina Island. The surprisingly cool navigation of the site transported visitors to webisodes of Wooldridge travel, magazines, travel planning links and Bayliner Discovery.