28 June, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. 41.22.79N 70.30.31W
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David Batten
Thu 9 Jul 2015 23:15
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June. After an uncomfortable night at anchor off Menemsha, we set off in
sunshine but with a very cold wind again, so no bikinis even when going
downwind. After a pleasant downwind sail until the last 2 miles, when we
had to motor into the wind into the entrance of Edgartown’s harbour, we picked
up one of the town buoys without even needing to put the keel up.
Edgartown has a huge mooring field, with plenty of depth and room and it is a
very pleasant spot, with an efficient, if not cheap, launch service and very
good ice creams in town.   The Skipper on the town launch with the remains of an ice cream in
hand.
Typical small town house, Edgartown and....
  ....and a rather grander establishment overlooking the
harbour.
It’s not all swanning around in the sunshine drinking and sun bathing, Julian at
work on Domini.
26 July. Another tick alert, this time on Venetia and presumably an
escapee from the Shelter Island searches, so another visit to the doctor
scheduled for the afternoon. Before that, a bus ride and delightful walk
in the Felix Neck/Audubon reserve, with more bird watching and exploration of
marsh, wood and meadow lands. After that and the doctor, more ice creams
and lobsters for supper, definitely a red letter day with great walking, fine
weather, fine dining and fine company.
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Three naturalists exploring Felix
Neck/Audubon
An unhappy Willet trying to distract us when we must have been close to a
nest.
27/28 June. Not such good weather, so boat jobs, kayaking around the
bay, a great barbeque at Anne and Fred Osborn’s in Edgartown with the most
wonderful all male choral group to finish off the evening and the weather just
holding off from drizzling on the barbeque and the singers, plus a revisit to
“Jaws” in the local cinema as it was filmed in Martha’s Vineyard.
Tomorrow we are going to run the gauntlet of the infamous Wood’s Hole, with
it’s fierce currents and rocky outcrops which provide an excellent living for
the Tow Boats in the summer. We will be doing it at slack tide of
course!
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