[C320-list] Anyone in Nantucket between 7/1/2013 and 7/6/2013?

[Jack McDonough]

Hadley is a great, peaceful little harbor, as you know. At one time, you had 
to drop the hook. Then a few years ago the Forbes trust put in a lot of 
moorings, first come, first served. We've stayed a couple of nights, maybe 
three. You can't go ashore, as you know, so there's no water, fuel, etc. If 
the moorings are all taken, there is still some room to drop the anchor. 
It's difficult to tell when to go in to find a mooring. Sometimes people 
leave first thing in the morning, others a midday. It's a crap shoot.

I've always been a white knuckle sailor going through Woods Hole. That can 
be a nastty little passage. My first mate takes the wheel and I stand in the 
cockpit, chart in hand.

Anyway, it does make a huge difference if you can plan those transits --  
Buzzard's Bay and Nantucket Sound -- so as to go with the current.

Good luck on the 7/1 - 7/6 cruise.

jack







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hare" <catalina at thehares.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Anyone in Nantucket between 7/1/2013 and 7/6/2013?


>
> Yea, we're ok with up to 12hrs a day but we really prefer 5-7hr / sail. 
> It
> generally takes us 10hrs to get from NBPT to the Canal.   When we're 
> harbor
> hopping, we keep the trips shorter.  In this case, we need to be there
> Monday morning weather permitting.
>
> On these travel dates we have to go through the canal late afternoon or
> during hours of the day my wife would simply never agree to participate 
> in.
> :)    The Canal to Nantucket we've done twice before in single shots, but
> three times we've done this stopping in Oak Bluffs or Vinyardhaven.
>
> When the tides are in your favor, then you'll get almost a 1.5-2 kt push
> most of the way up Nantucket sound which makes a huge difference which is
> exactly how they're lined up this time.
>
> We love Hadley harbor but never stayed overnight, only grabbed a ball for
> lunch.  Are there any transient moorings available or do you have to 
> anchor?
> We really have no local knowledge there.
>
> When the tide timing is right we go out around Cape Cod from Nantucket 
> into
> P-town.  But this time, they're going the wrong direction.
>
> For reference, we once left Nantucket at 6:30am, caught the perfect 
> current
> down Nantucket sound and through Woods Hole, then caught the tide switch
> pushing us up into the Canal at max east flow.  We then went up to P-Town
> and were having a beer on our mooring in PTown by shortly after 3pm.
>
> -Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack 
> McDonough
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:57 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Anyone in Nantucket between 7/1/2013 and 
> 7/6/2013?
>
> Jeff:
>
> Newburyport to Onset?  Holy cow. You are one intrepid sailor. And I find
> that Onset to Vineyard Haven is quite enough for one day, thank you very
> much. Better yet, I'd vote for a stop along the way in Hadley Harbor. A 
> four
> or five hour passage is plenty for me.
>
> Jack
> "Sure Bet"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Hare" <catalina at thehares.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 11:44 AM
> Subject: [C320-list] Anyone in Nantucket between 7/1/2013 and 7/6/2013?
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I know this is local interest only, but we're sailing to Nantucket for 
>> the
>> week of July 4th.   If anyone is also planning to be there during that
>> week,
>> drop me a note and maybe we can meet for a drink.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Plan:   (we all know reality is a whole 'nother beast.)  :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> NBPT -> Onset 6/29
>>
>> Onset -> Nantucket 6/30
>>
>> Nantucket -> Onset 7/6
>>
>> Onset -> Newburyport 7/7
>>
>>
>>
>> Long sailing days, but the currents are with us both directions.  The
>> weather however has really been "not good" around here for months..
>>
>>
>>
>> Amanda and Connor are (hopefully) going to be in Keelboat sailing classes
>> the week of July 4th in Nantucket.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> -Jeff Hare
>>
>