Aug 21, 2009 ::: Cuttyhunk

This picture is from Google Earth. It has been included to help everyone understand where where we have been recently. We came through the Cape Cod Canal to Hadley Harbor. Then through Wood's Hole to Vineyard Haven (Martha's Vineyard). Then over to Nantucket. Back to Martha's Vineyard, as you will soon see, and then through Wood's Hole again to Cuttyhunk and on to Newport, Rhode Island.




We had to return to Vineyard Haven so that Charlie could retreive his outboard motor. Ethenol had eaten up part of the carburator . . . replacement. And, while we were picking up the motor to continue to Cuttyhunk, MARINE ONE flew overhead. It has been reported that the President was coming to Martha's Vineyard . . . someone must have liked SONATA for I am sure they flew overhead just to take our picture and say hello.


We were then on our way to Cuttyhunk through Wood's Hole. Calculating the tide and currents is again very important. You can see by the struggle of Bouy #2 that the current here is quite swift . . . gave us a nice push, a nice fast ride.




As the sun began to set at Cuttyhunk over the mooring field, the fog began to roll in. There is an inside anchorage here . . . we stayed outside due to the reported still air in the harbor . . . hot and stuffy. The fog would have made it warmer and much more humid. The lyme-disease tick is said to be on the islands . . . we stayed aboard. The fellow that placed the mooring ball we used lives in the house there in the photo . . . with the plane. That apparently is his transportation to the mainland. By morning the fog was thick and stayed fairly thick until after we passed Bouy #2 (another Bouy #2) at the entrance to Newport Harbor, just off Brenton Reef.