The "Cat"

Later in the afternoon, we headed into town to get our ferry passes and drove on to the terminal. The "Cat" is a catamaran ferry, billed as the world's fastest ferry, and it runs from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth Nova Scotia in about 4 hours, at an equivalent of more than 50 miles per hour. They load up all the motorcycles in one section of the ferry, and provide straps for you to secure the bikes so they don't fall over. Since it was a beautiful day for our crossing there was little reason to think the bikes might fall over, but better safe than sorry.