By Paula
We know the seasons are changing as the leaves are turning red and orange in New England. The temperatures are cooler, the sun rises later and sets earlier, and the water temps are becoming chilly. The weather is at the center of this journey and as Fall takes hold, more and more “gales” and fronts have altered some of our travel plans. Originally, the plan was to sail from Provincetown to Nantucket along the outer Atlantic coast of Cape Cod and hopefully see some sharks and maybe more whales, but hurricane Teddy had other plans for us with big breeze and waves. Instead, we chose the inside route again through the Cape Cod Canal and stopped a few days in Onset, Ma. This town is at the southwest end of the canal. A lovely anchorage and mooring field with accessibility to a gas dock and water, etc. The yacht club like all the clubs along our summer route were closed to outside guests with no reciprocity due to Covid. It was a great SUP locale but the town was not too special…not even a coffee shop…what? We left after 2 days and timed the raging 4 knot current through Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, home of the original Black Dog. This was a quick 1.5 day stop en route to Nantucket. We will be back to MV just need to keep moving again due the weather. Brian and I were able to enjoy some time in Vineyard Haven. Coffee at Mocha Mott’s followed by a long bike ride on the west side of the island. Our Annapolis friends Peter and Margaret have a home in Vineyard Haven and kindly lent us their bikes for this adventure. We had a great lunch at Waterside Market on Main Street and a nice walk to the shops. We anchored in the harbor which is good, but has a lot of ferry traffic late at night and early morning, so definitely “rolly”.
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