{"id":4829,"date":"2016-12-23T13:34:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickcoraccio.com\/boat\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2016-12-24T17:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:50:17","slug":"cohasset-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rickcoraccio.com\/boat\/?p=4829","title":{"rendered":"Cohasset Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dscn8974\"<\/a>
\nIt’s early morning in Gloucester Massachusetts. We are following a couple of working boats as they head out the South Channel past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island, and\u00a0Niles Pond. We\u00a0joke about sounding the air-horn and throwing the lighthouse keepers kid a wave, like George Clooney in The Perfect Storm.\u00a0To bad\u00a0there’s nobody to wave to.
\nEven though the\u00a0weather hasn’t quite sorted itself out yet,\u00a0it’s sure looking like\u00a0“wicked nice.” Todays seas\u00a0are predicted to be one foot or less, which is awesome, and almost never happens.\u00a0I was able to chart\u00a0a straight line course right through Massachusetts Bay. For the next four hours we will be following one long heading from Gloucester’s Dog Bar Channel to our destination: Cohasset, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"Course\"<\/a>

Course<\/p><\/div>\n

All day yesterday I tried\u00a0to reach Cohasset Harbor Marina, the only option listed\u00a0for that small harbor, but it was like nobody was home. The phone kept ringing and ringing.\u00a0I was planning on calling them this morning while underway, but we’re so far from shore that I can’t get a reliable signal.<\/p>\n

There is not another boat in sight, no birds, no buoys, no anything. Not even clouds. We toy with the idea of bringing games with us\u00a0for entertainment\u00a0on long straight voyages like this one. Pop-o-matic Trouble would certainly work. I think we could play Yahtzee if we rolled the dice into the box top. Maybe next time. The ride is so smooth I’m able to whip up a cheesy 4 egg omelet with mushrooms, onions, peppers, mozzarella,\u00a0and pepperoni. It\u00a0tastes like pizza.<\/p>\n

\"We're<\/a>

We’re all alone in Massachusetts Bay.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally the lighthouse on Minots Ledge comes into view. We’re very close to Cohasset but\u00a0still nobody answers the phone at the marina. I guess we’ll have to anchor in the outer harbor, which is not so bad, but I really wanted to\u00a0stay in\u00a0the well protected Cohasset Cove.\u00a0There is\u00a0one more thing we can try: the radio.
\n“Cohasset Harbormaster, Cohasset Harbormaster. Motor vessel Ginger Lee, over.”
\n“This is Cohasset. Go ahead Ginger Lee, over.”
\n“Good Morning. We were hoping you have\u00a0a mooring for us overnight, over.”
\n“I probably do! What’s your length?”
\n“Thirty-two.”
\n“Head straight in. Call when you get to the breakwater. I’ll have someone meet you.”
\n“Solid copy Cohasset. Call you at the breakwater. Ginger Lee out.”
\nYee haw! We’re in.<\/p>\n

\"Cohasset<\/a>

Cohasset approach.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s very shallow here at low tide. Our depth gauge is bouncing between 3 and 4 feet.\u00a0There’s a gaggle of young student sailors heading right for us.\u00a0I know they have the right-of-way,\u00a0but I have zero room to maneuver in this narrow channel. So we come to a dead stop. They’ll\u00a0just have to\u00a0go around\u00a0us.<\/p>\n

\"Sailing<\/a>

Sailing school.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cohasset<\/a>

Cohasset mansion.<\/p><\/div>\n

As promised, two young Harbormasters in a skiff meet us and show us to our mooring. They actually handed the XO the pennants. What service!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

Following the young Harbormasters. Whenever we dock or moor, the XO and I are always in direct contact with each other with our two-way headsets.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"View<\/a>

View forward from our mooring.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"View<\/a>

View aft.<\/p><\/div>\n

After ten minutes we’re so taken by this gorgeous place that\u00a0I\u00a0call the Harbormaster and ask if it’s possible to stay longer than one night.
\n“Stay as long as you like,” was the answer. Cool.\"dscn9002\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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