We need to leave with the correct tide so we slip the lines at 8 am and motor out. Victoria had still been in bed and comes charging out indignant that Mike had not told her we were making an early start Welcome to my world, Victoria!
There’s a lot of activity on the water today and we have good wind and a very, very helpful current pulling us along and giving us an extra three knots of speed. We just sail with three-quarters of the genoa out and still do eight knots.
The 27 miles to Martha’s Vineyard means that we arrive at lunchtime. It’s Labour Day Weekend (yes I know it’s spelt ‘Labor’ day in this part of the world but I just can’t bring myself to do it) and I expect it to be very busy. I’m not disappointed.
Photo: The lighthouse at Edgartown Point
As we go around the lighthouse at the end of Edgartown, opposite Chappaquiddick Island, we can see the mooring field stretching out along the edge of town and round into Katama Bay. It is full of yachts and tinky winks and ferries and fishing boats, a veritable impenetrable hedge of maritime obstruction. But of course there’s always more space to wind your way through than you think and as we leave Edgartown behind us and head south it thins out.
Photos: Once through the town the usual beautiful houses line the shore
The channel markers disappear so Mike has me sitting at the chart table guiding him to exactly the spot marked ‘x’ on the piece of paper Bill gave us showing the location of his mooring, and there it is, number 463 Dingwell, written clearly on the side.
We moor up and have lunch, not quite sure what to do with the rest of the afternoon. There is quite a strong wind blowing through from the north and it’s over a mile into town by dinghy. Not a pleasant thought. We will stay here another night and have a full day here tomorrow so in the end we decide to just relax for the afternoon and slob around in the pretty surroundings.
Since Edgartown was the setting for the town of Amity in the 70’s film, Jaws, we decide to watch it in the evening to see if we can spot anything still remaining. After all, it’s only been nearly 40 years since it was made! Comments from FB friends tell me there are a lot of sharks around at the moment. If there were any thoughts of going in the water, slim at the best of times, there’s definitely no plan now!
Photo: Sunset at Martha’s Vineyard
Position: 41 deg 22 min N, 70 deg 30 min W
Distance so far: 2056 miles
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