While the leaves changed color, along the waterfront crews planned and fitted out for the annual voyages of vessels determined to follow summer. Once year-round occurrences, today long voyages are usually a seasonal migration taking place between mid-November and mid-December, which is to say, after the hurricane season and before the onset of winter gales. Or at least, that’s the hope. This year is no exception, and we wish fair winds and following seas to all.

From Edgartown:

Tango II, Jim Green’s 47-foot sloop, to Florida; Gadget, Andy Heyward’s Hinkley 64, to the Bahamas; Resolute, Bob and Pat Snyder’s Little Harbor 53, to Florida.

From Vineyard Haven:

Juno, Robert Soros’s 65-foot Gannon & Benjamin auxiliary schooner, to St. Barth. Charlotte, Nat and Pam Benjamin’s 50-foot G&B auxiliary schooner, to Haiti. Destiny, Rick and Chrissie Haslett’s 42-foot ketch, to the Bahamas.

From Tashmoo: 

Ranger, Bruce Campbell’s Pearson 42, to Florida.