! 2014 Summer Cruise Cruiser’s Guide ! ! BYC 2014 Cruising Fleet ! 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] ! 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 TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Cetacean TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Cetus TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Charmer TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Galexy TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE Genie TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Ginger Beer TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE Goosebumps TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Goosewing TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE Gratitude TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE Horizon TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE Mandate TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Mind Eraser TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Mischief TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE Mist Approach FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Morningstar TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE One of the Girls TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Orion TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Paradise Cay TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE Passages TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Sea Rose TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE Seabiscuit TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Sedna TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Shearwater FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE Silver Lining TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Spindrift TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Starlight TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Time Out TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Top Cat TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE True Blue TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE Two Knights TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Voltaire TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE FALSE Weatherly FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE Wings of Gold TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! Music Cruisers are encouraged to pack musical instruments and to join others in playing and singing sea chanteys and other appropriate numbers. ! ! Cuttyhunk ! Day Captains: Barry and Denise Schrutt, aboard Mind Eraser ! 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. ! 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 ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! ! 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 ! ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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.) ! 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 ! 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. ! Showers and restrooms may be found at the Edgartown Visitors' Center on Church Street, or at North Wharf on Morse Street. ! A pump-out boat is operated by the Harbormaster's Department, and may be contacted on VHF channel 74. This is a free service. ! 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. ! 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 ! 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. ! 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. ! 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 ! ! 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. ! In Nantucket… • • • • Consult the printed Nantucket Official Guide distributed at the cruise meeting. Go to the beach. Explore the harbor. Visit the town. Vineyard Haven ! ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! ! 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. ! In Vineyard Haven… • • • • • ! 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 ! 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. ! Slack tide at Quick’s Hole occurs at 1130 and 1700, and is most foul — 2.3 knots — at 1400. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! In Padanarum… ! • 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. ! 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. ! 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. ! 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.
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