BYC Summer 2014 Cruise Guide.pages

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2014 Summer Cruise
Cruiser’s Guide
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BYC 2014 Cruising Fleet
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Boat
On Board
Boat Type
Mobile Phone
Email
Cat’s Sass
Nancy, Ralph Oleson
Nonsuch 30
401-862-4864
[email protected]
Cetacean
Susan, Peter Maloney
Sabre 36
401-225-8142 (Peter)
[email protected]
Cetus
Larry, Laura, Robb (16), Laura (14) Tambascio
Beneteau 36
Larry: 508/410-1147
[email protected]
Charmer
Will, Marilyn Pease
Gulfstar 40
401-965-3314 (WP),
[email protected]
Galexy
Jared, Cathie Stubbs
Catalina 42
508-243-2880
[email protected]
Genie
Leslee, Craig Lippman
S 2 36
508-981-6399 (CL)
[email protected]
Ginger Beer
Steve MacQuarrie, Kate Martin
Catalina 36
(S)617-840-4826
[email protected]
Goosebumps
David, Kathryn Swanson
Dyer 29
401-256-0079
[email protected]
Goosewing
Bob, Camille Hamel
Pearson 33
(B)714-2084
[email protected]
Gratitude
Janet, Roland Gendreau
Catalina 34
774 284 1443
[email protected]
Horizon
Bill, Judy Campbell
Cal 35
401.578.0817
[email protected]
Mandate
Betsie, John Cummings; Joe, Betty Brito
Tayana 58
973 698 2335 (BC cell)
[email protected]
Mind Eraser
Barry, Denise Schrutt
Freedom 28
401-301-9797
[email protected]
Mischief
Marti, David Schwartz
Lyman-Morse 40
401-2613647,
[email protected]
Mist Approach
Bill, Ann McGovern
Grand Banks 36
(B)401-556-5658,
[email protected]
Morningstar
Kevin, Shirley Slattery
Catalina 34
508-212-6685
[email protected]
One of the Girls
Brad deWolf, Wendy deWolf, Marc deWolf, Amanda
Michaud; Grace 10,Kit 16
Albin 35
401-413-1179
[email protected]
Orion
Peter, Carlie, Kara (5), Julia (4) Pisasale
Hunter 33
(P)401-919-9194
[email protected]
Paradise Cay
Gail, Mike Perkins
Grand Banks 36
(M)603-231-0050
[email protected]
Passages
Fred, Cathy Eichmann
Pearson 33
401-935-9084 (FE)
[email protected]
Sea Rose
Alan, Marilyn Dimson-Doyle
Island Packet 31
508-631-0511
[email protected]
Seabiscuit
Mary Beth, Max Taylor
Shannon 32
508-813-7531
[email protected]
Sedna
Richard Weber, Bird Stasz
Beneteau
518-469-8014
[email protected]
Shearwater
Chris, June Bjerregaard, Ted, Kate
BH 36
(J)401 486-0655
[email protected]
Silver Lining
Susan, Steve Dolan
Nauset 28
401-465-9795
[email protected]
Spindrift
Mark, Suzette, Delaney (15), Mackenzie (10) Stephens
Hunter 33
401-480-8298,
[email protected]
Starlight
Jil Westcott, John and David Bell
J-42
(J)617-484-3039
[email protected]
Time Out
Tim Harrell, Tamara Barney, Ryan Barney (10
Catalina 30
(401) 378-8508
[email protected]
Top Cat
Jim, Kathi Lengel; Paul Sanromá; Etta (8) and Charlotte
(4.5) Rota
Alerion Express 38
(J) 508-904-0749, (K)
401-835-4736
[email protected]
True Blue
Donald Croteau, Susan Grandpierre
C&C 30
203-376-3237.
[email protected]
Two Knights
Holly, Harold Knight
Legacy 32
617-413-9277
[email protected]
Voltaire
Carolyn, Martin Needleman
Sabre 34
401-447-6914
[email protected]
Weatherly
Sharon DeLucca, Paul Castaldi
Concordia Yawl
401-323-7961
[email protected]
Wings of Gold
Bev, Steve Russell
Pearson 34
(S)401-787-4523
[email protected]
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Boat
Saturday, July
12, Cuttyhunk
Sunday, July 13,
Edgartown
Monday, July 14,
Edgartown
Tuesday, July
15, Nantucket
Weds, July 16,
Nantucket
Thursday, July 17,
Vineyard Haven
Friday, July 18,
Padanarum
Cat’s Sass
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Charmer
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Galexy
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Genie
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Gratitude
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Horizon
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Mandate
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Mind Eraser
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Mischief
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Mist Approach
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Morningstar
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Orion
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Paradise Cay
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Passages
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Sea Rose
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Seabiscuit
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Sedna
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Silver Lining
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Starlight
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Time Out
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Top Cat
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True Blue
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Two Knights
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Voltaire
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Weatherly
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Wings of Gold
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General Information
Communication
The Fleet and Day Captains will monitor VHF channel 72 for official cruise business
throughout the cruise, from sunrise to sunset. You may call Fleet Captain Kathi Lengel aboard
Top Cat by mobile phone at any time for any purpose at 401.835.4736.
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Flags
On all boats, the national ensign will be flown from 0800 until sunset, and the Bristol Yacht
Club burgee night and day. BYC Officer’s Flags will be flown whenever the Officer is aboard.
Other signals may be flown at each skipper’s discretion.
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Navigation Notes
Skippers interested in discussion of the next day’s course options and sailing advice should meet
during or after each day’s cocktail hour.
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Racing
Skippers interested in racing to the next port should indicate their intent at the cocktail hour the
evening before. Handicapping and sail inventory will be negotiable, and the value of any wagers
shall not exceed the cost of a bottle of single malt from the western islands. Suggest potential
racers pack a bottle or two on board, unopened, in case they lose.
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Children
…may not be wagered in any races, though the cruise will find many aboard, ranging in age
from 4 to 16. Group activities may be offered for these young sailors at selected ports.
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Music
Cruisers are encouraged to pack musical instruments and to join others in playing and singing
sea chanteys and other appropriate numbers.
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Cuttyhunk
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Day Captains: Barry and Denise Schrutt, aboard Mind Eraser
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Sailing to Cuttyhunk
Cuttyhunk, at the tail end of the Elizabeth Islands chain, lies about 30 sailing miles from Bristol.
If you depart the BYC at 0800 on Saturday, July 12, you'll pass under the Mount Hope bridge at
about 0830 with a favorable current. Coming around the bend and through the narrows at
Tiverton between 0900 and 0930 you'll enjoy a favorable current of up to 1.5 knots. Sailing
south down the Sakonnet you'll enjoy a 0.5 knot favorable current all the way, and arrive at
Sakonnet Light about 1130.
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Bearing off on Rhode Island Sound to the east toward Cuttyhunk, you won't find much current
either way. As you approach Cuttyhunk, perhaps at 1430, you'll enter a slack which turns in
your favor at about 1515. At is time, the tide will be low and just beginning to rise, pushing you
gently into Cuttyhunk Pond.
Mooring at Cuttyhunk
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You may pick up a mooring ball in Cuttyhunk Pond (well-protected but crowded), or in the area
to the east of the harbor channel entrance (less crowded, and less protected). You may anchor in
the area north of the harbor entrance channel, but watch out for the rocks. Moorings balls are
first-come, first served; no reservations are possible. Should all the moorings be occupied upon
your arrival, you may raft with another BYC cruiser, up to three boats per raft, weather
permitting. The mooring balls in the pond sprout a fixed ring on a metal pole, so prepare a dock
line to pass through the ring and onto your cleats. Fees for the moorings, $45 per boat, are
collected through credit card, cash, or check by the town skiff that makes the rounds at dusk.
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Cuttyhunk’s Harbormaster is Capt. George Isobel, who may be reached on VHF channel 9, or
by cell phone at (508) 971-1388. The Town runs a marina with slips available at $2.50 per foot,
plus electricity cost. The marina may be reached at (508) 990-7578. Bay Keeper, the pump-out
boat, may be reached on VHF channel 9.
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No launch service is available at Cuttyhunk, so you’ll need your dinghy to go ashore. Leave it at
the dinghy dock behind the marina slips. Ice, lobsters, fish, and ice cream are available on the
town dock. Restrooms and trash disposal may be found near the dinghy dock.
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BYC Activities at Cuttyhunk
We’ll have a beach party at 1700 at the beach on the south side of the entrance channel about
halfway down. Look for the BYC burgee, beach your dingy, and walk to the party. Bring some
food — heavy hors d’oeuvres — to share, as well as a table and chairs if you have them. The
drink of the day is Peach Sangria, available from the big yellow beverage cooler on the beach.
Want something else to drink? Bring your own. BYC 2014 Cruise cups and shirts will be
distributed at the Cuttyhunk beach party, to be used throughout the week.
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In Cuttyhunk…
• Walk to the observation tower at the top of the hill for a spectacular view, and good exercise.
• Visit the beaches, and go for a swim.
• Buy your supper from the raw bar boat from the shellfish farm, that will make the rounds in
the pond at cocktail hour. Clams, oysters, shrimp, chowder.
• Tour the village, see the museum, and the old school, and visit the general store.
• Buy an ice cream cone, or a lobster, at the Town Dock.
• Watch the fishermen clean their catch on the Town Dock. Edgartown
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Day Captains: Peter and Carlie Pisasale, aboard Orion
Sailing to Edgartown
The sail from Cuttyhunk to Edgartown, about 27 nautical miles, takes you through some of the
most beautiful islands, sounds, and headlands in our region, as well as some of the most
interesting shoals and currents. Keep your chart handy, and maintain a careful reckoning. On
Sunday morning, on your way to Edgartown, the current will be with you through Quick's Hole
from 0700 until noon. The current in Vineyard Sound sound is with you until 1300, when it
turns against you and strengthens to almost three knots, setting westerly, by 1600. Around West
Chop, the current turns against you at 1300, and reaches 2.5 knots westerly at 1600. So an early
sail is advised: cast off at 0700, sail through Quick's Hole at 0800, and round West Chop before
noon. You'll enter Edgartown Harbor around 1400 with the current behind you. Watch out for
the ferries that cross the harbor entrance channel frequently.
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Edgartown is lively, cosmopolitain, full of boats large and small, as well as restaurants and shops
of all sorts; the opposite of Cuttyhunk in many ways. We’ll stay at Edgartown for two nights,
plenty of time to enjoy the town and the island of Martha’s Vineyard.
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Mooring at Edgartown
BYC has reserved moorings for the cruisers who reserved them through Day Captain Peter
Pisasale. Cruisers should have paid the $40 per night mooring fee to Peter directly or through
PayPal on the BYC site.
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After you pass through the twisting entrance channel — beware of the currents and the ferry —
turn to port and into the harbor. You’ll see boats moored on both sides of the channel. To find
out which mooring is yours, call the Edgartown Harbormaster on VHF channel 9, explain that
you are with the Bristol Yacht Club, and have reserved a mooring. The Harbormaster will tell
you which mooring to use.
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Anchorage is available in the outer harbor to the southeast of red nun bouy #8. The
Harbormaster may open Katama Bay under some northerly wind conditions. If Katama Bay is
opened then yachts may anchor south of green can #13. Harbormaster can be contacted on
VHF channel 74. When the wind changes direction yachts are asked to leave Katama Bay and
re-anchor in the outer harbor.
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Dockage is available, and very expensive, and you need to call for availability:
• Mad Max Marina (508) 627-7400
• Harborside Inn (508) 627-4321 (Priority given to hotel guests.)
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Launch Service
The Town uses Oldport Marine as the launch provider for Edgartown waters. Oldport Marine
provides service to all moorings within Edgartown inner harbor, Katama Narrows, and the
outer anchorage (anchorage runs go to the top of the hour). Yachtsman can hail Oldport Launch
on VHF Ch. 68 for service. Launch rates are $4 per person each way to the mooring field, $5
per person each way to the anchorage or Katama Narrows
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A dinghy dock is available in front of the Atlantic Restaurant on the west side of the
Edgartown Yacht Club. If you lock your dinghy to the float, please leave at least an 8 foot bow
line so others can land on the float. If you are going to be absent for more than a day please
leave you’re dinghy at the mooring so the float doesn’t get overloaded with dinghies that are not
being used.
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Showers and restrooms may be found at the Edgartown Visitors' Center on Church Street,
or at North Wharf on Morse Street.
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A pump-out boat is operated by the Harbormaster's Department, and may be contacted on
VHF channel 74. This is a free service.
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BYC Activities at Edgartown
We’ll enjoy a beach party on Sunday, July 13th, at the Sheriff ’s Meadow Beach, at 1800. Take
your dinghy out through the harbor entrance, turn to starboard, head east past the beaches with
their cabanas, and look for the BYC burgee. Bring some food — heavy hors d’oeuvres — to
share, as well as a table and chairs if you have them. The drink of the day is Half ‘N Half (sweet
tea, vodka, and lemonade), available from the big yellow beverage cooler on the beach. Want
something else to drink? Bring your own.
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In Edgartown…
• Visit the Cape Poge Lighthouse (sign up for a tour in town).
• Enjoy the many beaches all around the island:
• Katama Beach (South Beach), three miles of barrier beach on the south shore at the end of
Katama Bay. Fine surf on one side, protected salt-pond on the other. Open to all.
• East Beach (Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge and Wasque Reservation), one of the best, located on
Chappaquiddick Island. Open to all; however, subject to regulations of The Trustees of
Reservations.
• Lighthouse Beach, a harbor beach at Starbuck’s Neck, off NorthWater Street near the center of
town. Open to all.
• Fuller Street Beach, at the end of Fuller Street near Lighthouse Beach. Open to all.
• Take a bus to the beach, to Menemsha, to Oak Bluffs, or Vineyard Haven.
• Shop and eat at the many venues in town. Nantucket
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Day Captains: Sharon DeLucca and Paul Castaldi, aboard Weatherly
Sailing to Nantucket
We’ll be covering about 27 nautical miles on the sail from Edgartown to Nantucket Harbor,
through open seas and shallow waters. Follow the channel, and don’t cut the corners. If you
leave Edgartown harbor between 0600 and noon, you will find a current of up to 1.5 knots
escorting you out through the harbor entrance. As you follow the buoys that mark the deep
water out of Edgartown outer harbor, the current will be setting to the east, toward Nantucket,
from 0800 through 1400, reaching a peak of 2 knots at 1100. The current continues with you,
at 1.5 knots at its peak, in Cross Rip Channel about half way to Nantucket, until 1400. At
Tuckernuck Shoal, as you turn to starboard heading toward the harbor, you’ll find a fair current
until 1330. And the current is with you in the Nantucket Harbor Entrance Channel until 1500,
peaking at 1.5 knots. So to profit from the pull of the tides, it might be best to depart Edgartown
at 0800, pass through the Cross Rip Channel at 1030, around Tuckernuck Shoal at noon, and
into the harbor by 1400.
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Mooring in Nantucket
As you enter the harbor, the moorings are straight ahead of you, and the town is off to
starboard. You should have made and paid for your own reservations with Nantucket Moorings,
who you may contact on VHF channel 68 or at 508.228.4472 to find the location of your
mooring. You might also have reserved dock space at Nantucket Boat Basin, which you may call
on VHF at channel 9, or by phone at 800.626.2628. Anchorage is available northeast of
mooring field, or between First and Second Point for shallow draft vessels.
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The Harbor Launch service, at $5 per person each way, may be hailed on VHF channel 68.
A dinghy dock is located at the Town Dock. Showers may be found at the Town Dock and at
Nantucket Boat Basin. At this point in the cruise, you may need to clean you laundry; washers
and dryers may be found on the south dock of the Boat Basin. BYODetergent. And if it’s time
for a pump out, hail Headhunter on channel 14 — well in advance of your anticipated need.
Ice may be found at the Town Dock and at Stop & Shop located near the Boat Basin.
Nantucket Boat Basin
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BYC Activities at Nantucket
We’ll host a pot luck gathering on Tuesday, July 15 at 1700 at the Nantucket Boat Basin dock.
Bring some food — heavy hors d’oeuvres — to share, as well as a table and chairs if you have
them. The drink of the day is Blue Hawaii (blue and tropical, with coconut rum), available from
the big yellow beverage cooler on the dock. Want something else to drink? Bring your own.
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In Nantucket…
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Consult the printed Nantucket Official Guide distributed at the cruise meeting.
Go to the beach.
Explore the harbor.
Visit the town. Vineyard Haven
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Day Captains: Holly and Harold Knight, aboard Two Knights
Sailing to Vineyard Haven
As we sail west on our way back home, our next stop is at Vineyard Haven, a working harbor
with boatbuilding, commercial fishermen, big ferries, friendly folks, and great seafood. This is
one of our longest sails — about 30 nautical miles, much of it into the prevailing winds. The
current is strongest around West Chop on Martha’s Vineyard, where it will be setting to the east
— a foul current — from about 1000 until 1600. It reaches its peak of 2.5 knots at 1250. So in
order to avoid this tidal trouble, you might depart Nantucket very early (0430); or choose to sail
later in the day. Just make sure you arrive in time for the BYC lobster feast.
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If you sail out of Nantucket Harbor at 1100, you’ll enjoy a slack current in the entrance
channel, you’ll reach Tuckernuck Shoal at about 1230, where you will face a foul current of 1
knot. This same level of current will fight you at Cross Rip Channel at about 1400, and off
Cape Poge at 1530 it will be down to about half a knot. As you pass due north of Edgartown
Harbor at about 1650, the current will turn in your favor. As you round West Chop at 1700,
you’ll have 1.5 knots in your favor.
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Mooring in Vineyard Haven
The BYC has reserved moorings for cruisers. Upon entering the harbor and reaching the
breakwater, please hail the Vineyard Haven Harbormaster on VHF channel 9 and identify
yourself as a BYC cruise member. You will be instructed to switch to the working channel 69.
Please provide the Harbormaster with your vessel name and length. The Harbormaster will
assign you a mooring. If you require directions to the assigned mooring please ask. Vessels may
be rafted on moorings with other cruise participants at the Harbormaster’s discretion. The fee is
per vessel, not per mooring.
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You may anchor in the outer harbor beyond the breakwater on the west side, or southwest of
the bridge on the west side of the harbor, or through the bridge in the lagoon. You may also
reserve dock space at Black Dog Wharf.
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Water is available on the face of the town dock. The Harbormaster requests that you limit your
time at the face of the dock to 15 minutes. A dinghy dock available for your use is located on
the north side of the town pier and also on the north side of the Steamship Authority slip.
Showers and bathrooms are also available in the Harbormaster’s building ashore from the
town dock. A launch service is available, for a fee, from the Black Dog Wharf. The launch
may be hailed on VHF channel 72.
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BYC Activities in Vineyard Haven
We’ll all meet for a lobster feast at 1730 at the shelter at Owen Park, adjacent to the Town
Dock. You should have made reservations and paid for for your lobster and other side dishes
with Holly Knight. Chairs and tables will be provided. The drink of the day is Gin and Tonic,
available in the yellow cooler at the lobster feast.
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In Vineyard Haven…
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Walk to Martha’s for an ice cream cone.
Take a meal at the Black Dog Tavern (leave your dinghy right in front, on the beach).
Use the bus to visit other parts of the island.
Go to the town beach, right next to the town dock.
Watch the big ferries come and go. But don’t dinghy in front of them.
Padanarum
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Day Captains: Brad and Wendy DeWolf, aboard One of the Girls
Sailing to Padanarum
This quiet harbor, home of the New Bedford Yacht Club and the Concordia Company, hosts
our last stop on the 2014 cruise. The trip is about 20 miles if you go through Wood’s Hole, and
23 by way of Quick’s Hole. Slack tide at Wood’s Hole — the best time to go through — occurs
at 0900 and again at 1600. The current is most foul, at 4.5 knots, at 1330.
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Slack tide at Quick’s Hole occurs at 1130 and 1700, and is most foul — 2.3 knots — at 1400.
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If you depart Vineyard Haven at 0800, you’ll enjoy a fair current around East Chop and down
Vineyard Sound until 1100. Then through Quick’s Hole at the slack, and then a 10-mile reach
across Buzzard’s Bay into Padanarum, arriving about 1330.
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Or you could depart Vineyard Haven at 0730, go through Wood’s Hole at slack tide, and then
proceed westerly (probably tacking) across Buzzard’s Bay, arriving at Padanarum at about 1330.
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Should you sleep late, and catch the afternoon slack, you will likely not reach Padanarum in
time for the party aboard Mandate at 1700. Should you choose to fight the currents through the
Sound or the Holes, good luck to you.
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Mooring at Padanarum
New Bedford Yacht Club
Moorings
You should have contacted Brad DeWolf to reserve and pay for a mooring at the New Bedford
Yacht Club for Friday night. When you enter Padanarum harbor, past the breakwater, hail the
NBYC on VHF channel 68. Explain that you are part of the BYC group, and ask which
mooring to use. Your mooring fee includes launch service, showers, and other facilities at
the New Bedford Yacht Club. The Club also has fuel and ice and water available at its pier.
Anchoring may be possible, but limited, just behind the breakwater.
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BYC Activities at Padanarum
Mandate, the largest boat in the 2014 cruising fleet, has kindly offered to let us enjoy our drink of
the day aboard this fine yacht. Beginning at 1700, you may dinghy over to Mandate (look for the
big BYC burgee) and join your fellow cruisers. Bring some food — heavy hors d’oeuvres — to
share. The drink of the day will be Dark and Stormy (rum, lime, and ginger beer). Need a different
drink? Bring your own.
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In Padanarum…
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• Admire the beautiful yawls moored at the Concordia Company.
• Take a meal at the New Bedford Yacht Club.
• Walk the town, get some ice cream, enjoy a meal.
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Sailing back to Bristol
This last 36-mile sail, our longest, takes us down Buzzards Bay, into the prevailing winds, and
then up the Sakonnet on what we hope is a broad reach, then through the narrows at Tiverton,
around the corner, under the Mount Hope Bridge, and back to Bristol Harbor. To take
advantage of the tide, you’ll want to leave Padanarum very early in the morning, or late in the
day.
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Departing Padanarum at 0730, you’ll pass through slack tide at Round Hill Point, then
southwest down Buzzards Bay with perhaps half a knot of current against you, until 0930, at
which time you’ll round Hen and Chickens, and the effects of the current will diminish. By
1100, if the wind cooperates, you’ll turn to starboard and enter the Sakonnet, with a fair
current, and perhaps a fair wind. By 1330 you should pass through the narrows at Tiverton, at
slack tide. By the time you turn the corner and pass under the Mount Hope Bridge, the tide will
be slack there as well.
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The afternoon sail might begin at 1400, enjoying a fair current down Buzzards Bay, passing
Hen and Chickens at 1600, and into the Sakonnet at 1730. By the time you pass through the
narrows at Tiverton at 1930, you’ll have 1.5 knots of current with you. You’ll find slack tide
under the Mount Hope Bridge at 2030 — by now you’ll want to make sure your navigation
lights are lit — and be back at your mooring within an hour of sunset.