Arriving in Hyannis Port

8/9/07 – The wind had shifted overnight and had grown in intensity so that it was blowing right through the harbor entrance, bringing with it large and violent waves. Everything that was not secured on deck was sliding around so I had to get up in the middle of the night to lash everything down. I went back down below and finished the night with broken, restless sleep. I got up as soon as the sun rose and got the boat ready to go for the day. I cast off the mooring at about 7:00am and began my trip up Vineyard Sound. I had to motor for a good portion of the morning because I had a direct headwind and a current against me that would make tacking back and forth a futile effort. I put up the sails between Woods Hole and Hyannis and sailed into Hyannis Harbor at about 2:00pm. I had talked to Mikey, the Hyannis Port Yacht Club tender operator that I knew from last year, and he let me tie up to the yacht club’s floating dock for about an hour while I gave the boat a bath. While I was there, a power boat full of people came up and had a bit of trouble docking. I ran over to help them and heard a voice that I immediately recognized as that of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He and the Shrivers had been out at Egg Island for the afternoon. The tender operator told me to take Senator Kennedy’s mooring for the night since he was up in Maine with his boat for the weekend so I motored out and secured myself to the mooring. The tender picked me up and I went back to shore. Kenny drove me to his brother’s hotel room where I took a shower. Kenny and I ate dinner at a local burrito place and then drove over to Max Kennedy’s rental house. Troy, the guy I worked with last summer, just happened to be there at the same time that I was so we caught up and talked for a while. Max eventually showed up and I talked to him for a while too. Max’s new employee, Brian, arrived after a little while too. Kenny, Troy, Brian, and I went down to the pier and met Teddy Shriver and a few other local guys for a little while. Troy, Brian, and I left after a little while to go to the Foxhole, our favorite bar from last summer.

I went to Eddie’s hotel room to sleep and I found a spot on the floor next to the air conditioner. I fell fast asleep since I was so tired but woke up at about 3:00am, completely soaked. Apparently the air conditioner was dripping lots of water onto the carpet right next to my torso and then blowing very cold air right on top of me. I was about as cold and uncomfortable as I can remember being so I immediately went into the bathtub and turned on the hot water. After I got warm again, I went back and found a different spot on the floor that was drier and continued to sleep until morning.