Off to Martha's Vineyard.

Hi F and F,
Got up this morning to find the wind had finally died down  finally and at 10 am we set off for Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Bit of fog to contend with but not too bad.
Roger headed out and we followed him out through the entrance of the harbor. Lots of traffic coming in and out including the big Ferry boats. But there was enough room for us all.
One interesting fact we learnt yesterday from our historical tour. The harbor entrance in the 1800's had a big sand bar lying across it causing many difficulties for the larger whaling ships.
Originally it was thought if they could dredge the area that would improve the situation .But that was not  a good long term solution as the sand would just build up again.They decided to build parallel jetties made of New England granite stone, at each side of the entrance to change to flow of the water and it worked ! Gave the boats an extra 10 ft depth in the channel and it still works today.
Once we got out , the water was like a mill pond.Made for a smooth and easy 1 1/2 hour journey to Martha's Vineyard. Entrance there was easy and we fueled up ,got water in the tanks and then headed off to find our mooring balls. While fueling up we met a lovely young lady from Croatia who was manning the tanks. We ended up exchanging cards as she wants to go to New Zealand and we want to go to Croatia. Planning on giving each other some traveling tips.
This Harbor was a piece of cake in comparison to Nantucket .The lines were lying on top of a cylindrical wide mooring buoy and very easily picked up in one shot and tied onto the boat cleat. No bobbing float attached to a stick that is often to short to grasp! Also the harbor area was more intimate and surrounded  by lovely old sea captain's  houses. On first impression all four of us liked this better!
Took a trip into the town .Had to try the icecream at Mad Martha's .It was the best so far!
Graeme and I headed for the information center to get literature on what to do and where to eat.
We had been here back in 2009 when we brought our first boat the Sabre 40 down from Maine.
So we recognized several buildings and remembered the fun day we had had watching the 4 th July Parade .
Armed with maps and info we checked out a few of the restaurants and settled on Chesca which we had also eaten at on that previous visit. Food turned out to be just as good and we had a lovely evening before taking the water taxi back to our boats.
Over and Out
Skipper and Skipperette.