15 Oct 14

Up at the crack of 08:00 for a run to Cuttyhunk Harbor. We dropped the mooring at 09:00, sailed north out of Edgartown, round the north end of Martha’s Vineyard, along Nantucket Sound, into Vineyard Sound, through Quick’s Hole, into Buzzards Bay and finally into Cuttyhunk Harbor, where we were the only transient boat in the place. We sailed nearly the whole way. Talking to the harbormaster, he let us know the season is over; he is pulling the last mooring balls tomorrow, although he said we could stay one more day if we want to. We picked up the mooring ball just after 13:00. After lunch, we went for a walk on Cuttyhunk Island and the town of Gosnold. The weather was glorious and we had a good long walk up to the top of the hill with fantastic views of Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Island and the Massachusetts mainland. Along the way, we were accosted by a most pleasant gentleman, Dr. Seymour Dimare, who is a year-round resident of the island (1 of 15). The good doctor gave us an excellent potted history of the island and a number of the highlights. We walked on to the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club, summertime haunt of President and President-makers (Teddy Roosevelt used to hang out at this club). We ran into Dr. Dimare later on during our walk and he gave us a ride on his golf cart and told us more about the island. He also very kindly invited us into his beautiful home at the top of the hill and amused us with more stories and details of the history of the start of the American Revolution. He also played us a song (Caprice Italien, by Tchaikovsky) on his harmonica and gave us a recitation of a poem “La Rondinella (The Swallow)” in Italian (Laurie speaks Italian). It was a magic afternoon. We finally tore ourselves away and walked back down the hill for cocktails and dinner aboard (leftover Thanksgiving Dinner). 41-25.565’N, 070-55.586’W.