A very foggy morning as we got underway from our anchorage in Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon Island. Day 2 of our transit from Greenport LI to Nantucket takes us into Vineyard Sound, and Nantucket Sound. The Schooners Lettie G. Howard and Spirit of Mass. sailed off in Company on their way to Block Island. We passed Block yesterday but never laid eyes on it. Thick fog requires good ears on Bow watch. Among the 5 members we have on board for the transit is Ed Jackson. Ed is a captain with the Steamship Authority which operates the Ferry service from the Mainland to the Islands of Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket. He is all ears on Lookout.

We set the Fore and Jumbo in the light Southerly, and motorsail past Woods Hole, and Vineyard Haven. The Breeze filled in a little as we transit Cross Rip, and we shut down the Main Engine for some quiet sailing. Not exactly silent sailing because we continue to sound our Fog Signal; one prolonged blast followed by Two Short, every 2 minutes.

Lots of other vessel Traffic on the Radar. Fast Ferries from Hyannis to Nantucket pass the Schooner like low flying planes on the Radarscope.

As we approach Nantucket Harbor to the South, we strike Sail and Motor on. The heat of the midday sun is able to 'burn off' the Fog North of the Island, and suddenly, visibility returns about one mile offshore. 130 miles and two days of travel in the miasmic Fog "dissapears" as our visible world expands beyond the deck of our Schooner.

Welcome to Nantucket. We arrive alongside the Boat Basin at 1400, and Members and Crew go ashore to explore.

At 1700 we have a Cape Verdean Potluck on board, and invite all dockside visitors to tour the vessel.

Special thanks to Stephen Wolfe for sending along some of the photos!

Captain: Willi Bank
Program Coordinator: Inette Rex, Crista Mellican and Traudi Coli