Last day of our trip. Today includes going through the Cape Cod Canal as you can see in the map below. There are no locks in the canal and so it is open to both sides. So intuitively it seems that there should be no current in the canal. But that is not the case. This is apparently due to the tides not going up evenly on either side of the canal. The current can actually be up to 5 knots. So our plan was to be at the canal when the current was headed in our direction. That was forecast for around 11:00 am.
So we left Plymouth in the morning with enough time of maybe allow some sailing. That turned out to be the case and it was a beautiful day.
I am again amazed how narrow the Mayflower is and how it didn't capsize in even moderate seas.
The entrance lighthouse for Plymouth.
The entrance to the Cape Cod canal.
The first bridge to the Cape. It was very busy.
We did call Cape Cod Canal traffic control and confirmed that there would not be any closing of the railroad bridge. The reason for checking is we are enjoying a 5 knot current going in our direction and did not want to be in the position of having to turn into the current to hold position.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is located on the west entrance to the canal.
It was good to exit the canal and not have the Buzzards Bay chop in our face.
We only had to motor a few miles to reach Mattapoisett harbor.
We found the mooring for Chickadee and spent the afternoon cleaning the boat. Andrea will pick up us in the morning. I found out that there was an ice cream shop somewhere near the town landing. So after dinner I was off to find it.
Here is the very large town landing dock. There is nice park on the other side of the parking lot.
And here is my find. An ice cream trailer in the parking lot. The ice cream was great and it was a generous portion. A nice ending for our trip
It was a great trip. It always fun to move to different places by boat. It is so different from traveling by car in many ways including needing to really consider the weather and the speed at which you travel in which 30 to 40 miles is a full day. So now that I have finished my ice cream and returned to Chickadee III......So
Good Night and May God Bless
