What are the best ports while sailing MA & RI?
With summer ending faster than we would have liked, we sailed on through Massachusetts. There were too many possible stops to do everything we would have liked, so we chose: Gloucester, Marblehead/Salem, Cape Cod Canal and Cuttyhunk. Then on to Rhode Island with stops in Newport and Block Island. Don't miss Hammond Castle and Newport Cliff Walk!
Gloucester - past Ten Pound Island, famous for The Perfect Storm. We picked up a city mooring. https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/179/City-Moorings
Our first stop ashore was the Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial. The list of names is staggering: 5,368 men lost between 1716 and 1923. https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/74/Lost-at-Sea
Hammond Castle, built between 1926 and 1929, was the fortress of John Hays Hammond Jr., the "Father of Radio Control." This is the genius who, with hundreds of patents to his name, successfully piloted a full-sized ship from Gloucester to Boston at just 26 years old using only radio control. It’s a MUST see. Read about more of his inventions here. https://hammondcastle.org/curators-picks/
Marblehead & Salem - Nothing prepares you for 2,000 mooring balls packed along its 14 miles of shoreline. https://marbleheadma.gov/harbormaster/
The Cape Cod Canal: At 7.5 miles long, 32 feet deep, and the world’s widest sea canal at 540 feet, its currents are formidable. We sailed down from Marblehead on a screaming 25-knot beam reach, our SOG hitting a thrilling 9 knots. We shot the entrance perfectly, but deep inside, the tide turned. For about an hour, we slogged against wind and tide, making a painful 3 knots while cyclists on the shore path breezed past us—that was embarrassing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Cape_Cod_Canal
After a call night in Onset Harbor, we weighed anchor at dawn for a glorious sail across Buzzards Bay. We made landfall at Cuttyhunk in a thick fog, but the next day was beautiful for hiking and enjoying the views.
Our passage continued to the epicenter of American sailing: Newport, Rhode Island. Plenty of restaurants and shopping of course. But Our favorite shore leave was the Cliff Walk, a spectacular 3.5-mile path with panoramic ocean views, stunning, century-old Gilded Age mansions, and beautiful = well - rocks!. https://www.discovernewport.org/things-to-do/cliff-walk/
Our final port of call was Block Island. We dropped the hook in the Great Salt Pond and rented scooters to tour the island, completing the 10-mile loop past Monhegan Bluffs lighthouse and the Overlook. It’s an explorer’s paradise, and it's easy to see why: forty percent of the island is set aside for conservation. We were there when the great fire destroyed the Old Harbor Inn. You can read about it here. https://blockislandguide.com/2024/07/11/block-island-fire-does-not-stop-shops-from-selling-their-wares-in-2024/
But a sailor can't stay in one port for long. The charts are out, and a new course is laid. Next stop: Long Island Sound!
TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Gloucester
3:49 Hammond Castle
5:10 Marblehead/Salem
6:27 Cape Cod Canal
8:25 Onset Harbor
9:08 Buzzards Bay
9:28 Cuttyhunk
9:47 Newport
11:41 Cliffwalk
16:49 Block Island
MUSIC:
Audiio_Beren_Outward_The-Beauty
Audiio_BrilliantSky_Skyward Motions
Audiio_JYLN_Radiance
Audiio_JYLN_Solstice-Minimal
Audiio_JYLN_Umbra
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With summer ending faster than we would have liked, we sailed on through Massachusetts. There were too many possible stops to do everything we would have liked, so we chose: Gloucester, Marblehead/Salem, Cape Cod Canal and Cuttyhunk. Then on to Rhode Island with stops in Newport and Block Island. Don’t miss Hammond Castle and Newport Cliff Walk!
Gloucester – past Ten Pound Island, famous for The Perfect Storm. We picked up a city mooring. https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/179/City-Moorings
Our first stop ashore was the Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial. The list of names is staggering: 5,368 men lost between 1716 and 1923. https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/74/Lost-at-Sea
Hammond Castle, built between 1926 and 1929, was the fortress of John Hays Hammond Jr., the “Father of Radio Control.” This is the genius who, with hundreds of patents to his name, successfully piloted a full-sized ship from Gloucester to Boston at just 26 years old using only radio control. It’s a MUST see. Read about more of his inventions here. https://hammondcastle.org/curators-picks/
Marblehead & Salem – Nothing prepares you for 2,000 mooring balls packed along its 14 miles of shoreline. https://marbleheadma.gov/harbormaster/
The Cape Cod Canal: At 7.5 miles long, 32 feet deep, and the world’s widest sea canal at 540 feet, its currents are formidable. We sailed down from Marblehead on a screaming 25-knot beam reach, our SOG hitting a thrilling 9 knots. We shot the entrance perfectly, but deep inside, the tide turned. For about an hour, we slogged against wind and tide, making a painful 3 knots while cyclists on the shore path breezed past us—that was embarrassing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Cape_Cod_Canal
After a call night in Onset Harbor, we weighed anchor at dawn for a glorious sail across Buzzards Bay. We made landfall at Cuttyhunk in a thick fog, but the next day was beautiful for hiking and enjoying the views.
Our passage continued to the epicenter of American sailing: Newport, Rhode Island. Plenty of restaurants and shopping of course. But Our favorite shore leave was the Cliff Walk, a spectacular 3.5-mile path with panoramic ocean views, stunning, century-old Gilded Age mansions, and beautiful = well – rocks!. https://www.discovernewport.org/things-to-do/cliff-walk/
Our final port of call was Block Island. We dropped the hook in the Great Salt Pond and rented scooters to tour the island, completing the 10-mile loop past Monhegan Bluffs lighthouse and the Overlook. It’s an explorer’s paradise, and it’s easy to see why: forty percent of the island is set aside for conservation. We were there when the great fire destroyed the Old Harbor Inn. You can read about it here. https://blockislandguide.com/2024/07/11/block-island-fire-does-not-stop-shops-from-selling-their-wares-in-2024/
But a sailor can’t stay in one port for long. The charts are out, and a new course is laid. Next stop: Long Island Sound!
TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Gloucester
3:49 Hammond Castle
5:10 Marblehead/Salem
6:27 Cape Cod Canal
8:25 Onset Harbor
9:08 Buzzards Bay
9:28 Cuttyhunk
9:47 Newport
11:41 Cliffwalk
16:49 Block Island
MUSIC:
Audiio_Beren_Outward_The-Beauty
Audiio_BrilliantSky_Skyward Motions
Audiio_JYLN_Radiance
Audiio_JYLN_Solstice-Minimal
Audiio_JYLN_Umbra
LINKS:
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SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/
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Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us!
Master Captain: Stephen Bell
First Officer: Dawn Bell
#catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing
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