Freight runs and delivery windows to Peaks Island
Every unit bound for Peaks Island rides the Casco Bay freight boat and comes ashore at Forest City Landing. Peaks Island freight sailings carry vehicles on a limited schedule, so the drop lands in a narrow window. A Peaks Island order placed midweek usually makes the following freight run rather than the next day. Once ashore on Peaks Island the unit goes out by truck along Island Avenue and the shore roads. Pickups from Peaks Island are booked the same way, which is why extensions are simpler than early returns.
Summer visitors and events on Peaks Island
Day visitors pour off the boat at Peaks Island from June through Labor Day and concentrate around the landing and the beaches. Peaks Island public events at the community hall and the ball field take short weekend sets. A Peaks Island road race or parade gets units staged at the start area and near the finish. Because the Peaks Island crowd peaks in the middle of the day, service runs on the first morning boat. Peaks Island weekend rentals arrive Friday and go back on the Monday freight sailing.
Cottage and shore road work on Peaks Island
Cottages along the Peaks Island backshore get roofs, decks and foundation repairs in a short May to October window. A Peaks Island contractor keeps a single standard unit for the season rather than shipping one out twice. Peaks Island shore roads are narrow and soft at the edges, so the set goes on gravel near the road end. Ledge and sand across Peaks Island both argue for a pad under the unit. Storm-washed shoulders on the Peaks Island backshore are the other steady source of work each spring.