Sept 28-29, Martha's Vineyard

Rain stopped this morning in Nantucket but sky is still somewhat overcast. Temperature is 70 and it is expected to cool off later today after the front passes through. We head out for a walk around town after breakfast. A beautiful, but grey, early morning.

Katie and Dan in front of an interesting shop in Nantucket

Owen and Dan both catch their first Striped Bass

Our mate in front of a portion of our 18 fish, all 20 pounds or more.

Dan and Owen have been looking for a fishing opportunity and decide the best option is to go fishing in Nantucket for Striped Bass before we head for Martha's Vineyard. We joined with four other anglers and charter a boat in the harbor at Nantucket, JUST DO IT TOO, that was fishing for Striped Bass exclusively, and seemed to know what they were doing. The other anglers were all from Florida (two Seminoles) and all were experienced Striped Bass fishermen and had been on this boat before. Our crew of six left the harbor at 11 am and motored to the east side of Nantucket, just under the Sankaty Head Light, where the captain knew the fishing was good. Dan and Owen had never caught Striped Bass. We started fishing about 12:00 pm and began catching fish right away. The six anglers caught and kept 18 fish (our limit - all keepers of 32 inches or more) by 1:30 pm and we quit fishing and returned to port. The captain said he had never had such a good day and he took lots of pictures of all his fishermen and the fish for his website. Said our trip would be the "defining trip" that he would use to advertise his fishing business in Nantucket.

We got back to the dock about 2:45 and after getting our fish cleaned, we boarded KOKOMO II and motored about 20 miles in some fog (visibility one mile) to Martha's Vineyard and the town of Edgartown.

Linda and Katie as we near Edgartown in Martha's Vineyard.

Edgartown Lighthouse at the entrance to the harbor

We are staying at the Harborside Inn which has some docks and is located in the heart of Edgartown. One deficiency - no shorepower. So we run our generator at the dock. Location makes up for the deficiency.

Edgartown Harborview Hotel

Edgartown ferry's to Chappaquiddick cut in front of us as we enter the Edgartown Harbor

Our marina at Harborside Inn, on Katama Bay, downtown Edgartown

Weather on our arrival is clear and is getting cooler. Beautiful evening at the dock. We are cooking fish (Striped Bass) for dinner and have so much we give some to a sailboat crew next to us on the dock. After dinner we walk downtown Edgartown. Most of the shops are still open. We stop in the two bars along the main street and look for celebrities but nobody's out so far tonight.

Saturday morning is clear and cooler (60) in Edgartown. Wind has shifted around after the cold front came through and is now blowing from the north at about 15 mph, but we are sheltered at the dock by a big shed next door. We all explore Edgartown and find it is a VERY attractive residential area. Lots to see.

Downtown Edgartown

Harborview Hotel, Edgartown

Commercial fishing boats in Edgartown

KOKOMO II in front of Harborside Inn, Edgartown

About 11 am Dan and Katie head off in the local bus to see the rest of Martha's Vineyard and Linda and Owen move the boat 5 miles north to Oak Bluff, still on Martha's Vineyard. Seas have a three foot chop this morning with the north wind and we have a very bouncy ride for about an hour. KOKOMO II is now secure in Oak Harbor and we are watching the Saturday college football.

Ferry from Hyannis to Oak Bluffs docked next to us when it comes to drop off passengers

KOKOMO II with the ferry from Hyannis at Oak Bluffs

Crowds are noticably smaller this weekend than last week when we were here, probably because of the wind. We don't mind as we have the area to ourselves.

Dan and Katie find a 13 pound lobster in Menemsha at a lobster pound. They bring it back to the boat for our last dinner. WOW !!!