The Gist:
We extended our stay in Edgartown by two days. Transited Woods Hole about an hour before slack and continued on to Red Brook anchoring there for one night. Timed the early morning canal current for next leg to Provincetown.
TL;DR:
We had a lovely six nights in Edgartown. Out of that time, we really only went out to explore land a couple times. We managed to get in a 30 mile bike ride and walk around the town a bit. We were able to stock up on some groceries and get some other logistics done too. Mostly we worked our day jobs in Edgartown, but it was a perfectly nice office.
We delayed our departure from Edgartown for a couple of days. One day because the winds would been a bit high and on the nose for getting to Woods Hole (not to mention, not really wanting a 17kt cross wind inside woods hole). The second day delay was because of those damn day jobs. We both were pretty booked on the work calendars that day.
Slack in Woods Hole was 1515. We left our mooring at 1100 and motored and sailed as slowly as possible towards Woods. We still arrived way too early so we did a few loops outside. The sound current was so strong, we could just sort of point northeast and slide sideways down the sound. Eventually we transited Woods at around 1400.
I think it’s only the second time we’ve ever gone through woods. The 1kt of following current was no trouble for us. Linda piloted.
Red Brook – Bath Water and Tight Quarters
We arrived at Redbrook around 1700 near high tide and motored toward the anchorage. There were lots of power boats in there, including a pair that were rafted up together on anchors. We tucked in between that pair and another single power boat. We assumed that none of these would be overnighters and we would have some room, but the rafted up pair actually had a third much bigger boat tie up to them for the night. Normally in Redbook, you share the anchorage with one or two other boats across the whole thing. This night, we had three within one boat length of us. They were quiet and fortunately by the next morning the wind shifted again and they were no longer over our anchor as in this photo.
Like last year, the water behind Bassett Island was very warm. Not the usual refreshing cold plunge when you dive in on a hot day. That said, the scenery never disappoints and this is a favorite stop.
Off to PTown
We had to weigh anchor early so that we could transit the Cape Cod Canal by 0900. We were actually on the move about 0630 so our timing was great for the canal. The wind forecast was for dead air in Mass Bay so we planned on anchoring off Sagamore Beach on the far end of the canal for a few hours to wait for it to fill in.
That was the plan but – hey we’ve got 10 kts.. So we put just the Genoa out and pointed the boat toward Provincetown. I’m writing this from the middle of Mass Bay with 7.7kts of wind way behind the beam and the boat making about 3 kts over ground.
