Trip dates:
Friday, June 30, 2023 to Sunday, July 9, 2023
Trip length:
10 days
Type of watercraft:
Sail
3 SOB + 1 pup
Baltimore to Cape May: 23hr
Cape May to Block Island: 34hr
- Set a straight shot way point, unfuled the sails, GO!
- No tacks
- No engine
- Just beautiful offshore sailing
Block Island to Newport, RI: 4hr
- Morring ball from the harbormaster right off of Ft Adams
- Bobby was our tour guide and we were his dinner guests
- Cliff walk, Marbel House, and dinner at Brick Alley both wonderful
Newport to Cuttyhunk: ~4hr
- Little wind so only sailed a little chunk
- Sunny and 80 degrees made the passage so pleasant
- Long hike (with ticks, wouldnt do this one part again)
- Long soak in the mooring field
- Raw barge with fresh oysters and clam chowder, a highlight of the trip
Cuttyhunk to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard: 3hrs
- Very foggy ealy passage through quicks hole
- Caught the current perfectly for 9kt motor (zero wind)
- Oak bluffs is full of gingerbread houses and very lively restaurants
- Rented bikes to visit Edgartown, South Beach, and stopped at Bad Martha's Brewery on the way home
- Herb and Wendy ferried in for dinner at Red Cat
- Next day and we walked to Vineyard Haven before taking off for Nantucket
Oak Bluffs to Nantucket: 4hrs
- Perfect close reach in 17-23kts and some passing fog
- The THICK fog coming through nantucket channel was spooky especially since we follower Linx, the tall ship local to this area
- Grabbed a mooring ball and wandered into the BBQ joing for delicious dinner
- Liz and Voctor arrived the next day and we rented bikes to see Cisco Brewery and the beach
- Dinner at Galley Beach was exteremly picturesque
Nantucket to Hyannis: by ferry 1hr
- Very easy and convenient ferry back to Hyannis
- Rented a car and drove 9hrs home with a stopf for Jersey pizza at Sfizio Pizza
Left the boat up there for the summer and looking forward to some amazing trips!