We departed Charleston at 3:00 AM the morning of Sunday, May 29. The weather forecast predicted southerly winds for the next 3 days. Unfortunately the weather prediction was wrong. The first day we had little to no wind and motored. Michael did catch a couple of Mackerel that day though, one of which had a big bite tken out of it's tail! Monday the winds picked up. The only problem was that it came from the northeast, just the direction we were trying to go. For the next several days we had wind on the nose and a short period of gale force winds. We considered changing our plan and heading for the Chesapeake or Delaware Bay, but ultimately remained committed to our course.
Friday night found us east of Atlantic City in dense fog. Visibility was just about nil! The fog stayed with us until Sunday morning and finally dissipated as we neared Vineyard Sound. We elected to stop at Oaks Bluff on Marthas Vineyard and take a break before continuing on to Nantucket. It was a relief to get a good nights sound sleep, not having to get up after about 3 and a half hours sleep because it was your turn back on watch!
Oaks Bluff is a cool little place with all these neat little cottages. The history of the place is that it used to be a camp area where Methodists used to get together for vacation and fellowship and big tent meetings. Over the years people began to build platforms and then walls and eventually these adorable cottages were the result. They are painted very prettily and manyof them have intricate trim work.
Tomorrow we are off for Nantucket. I will try to get some pics posted in the next few days.
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