Edgartown to Plymouth to Boston

After two wonderful days on Martha's Vineyard, we departed Edgartown Wednesday morning under overcast skies and a lite breeze. The first part of the journey took us across Nantucket Sound to Vineyard Sound and through the Woods Hole Inlet into Buzzards Bay. That lead us northeast through the Cape Cod Canal, a 10 mile "ditch" that cuts through Cape Cod and connects the two bodies of water. Since we had never traversed this area before, we were extra cautious in making sure we followed all the markers always attentive to the radar and AIS for oncoming boats and large ships. I guess it was beginners luck as we basically had the waterway to ourselves for the entire run.

Once we entered Cape Cod Bay and turned north, we were quickly and repeatedly introduced to lobster pot floats. Now, we have boated extensively in Florida waters as well as the Chesapeake Bay, so "crab pots" are nothing new to us. But lobster pots are a different thing -- both in terms of quantity (think lots and lots of them) and in their scattered array and clusters. Fortunately, "Endless Summer" is a fairly maneuverable boat and we simply played "dodge" as we worked our way north.

Coming into Plymouth of course, took us back to our US history lessons and the whole Mayflower-Pilgrim-Plymouth Rock thing. Once we docked, we decided to take in a little of that history first hand by visiting the Pilgrim Hall Museum and THE Plymouth Rock -- which is just that -- a rock!

This morning we left for Boston under clear skies and lite winds. Since the winds and seas forecast was for increasing in the afternoon, we opted for a early start for our short 50 mile run to Boston.

Coming into Boston Harbor was nothing short of spectacular. There is so much history, so much beauty, so much to see and do. We are docked at Waterboat Marina right in downtown Boston with a terrific view over the harbor and the city.