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Cuttyhunk Ferry Co. ferries people, mail, groceries and other goods to the mile-and-a-half by three-quarter-mile Cuttyhunk Island. Cuttyhunk is part of the town of Gosnold, which is made up of the ...
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
The company added deep-sea fishing charters in 1966 and started running seasonal passenger-ferry services in 1970, first to Martha's Vineyard and then to Nantucket in 1972 when Hyannis Harbor Tours bought out The Nantucket Boat Company, which at that time was doing business as Hi-line.
MV Nantucket is a 230-foot-long (70 m) ferry owned and operated by the Steamship Authority. It was built in 1974 by Belinger Shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida. She serves the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. [1] [2] She was named after a 19th-century paddlewheel steamer serving this route, the sidewheeler Nantucket.
“Nantucket is an amazing island if you like to bike,” Gailliot says. "You can spend 48 hours on Nantucket without ever having to rent a car. The town spent the last decade on bike paths that ...
The Block Island Ferry is running again now that seas have settled down.
Hyannis is the main point of origin for ferry service to Nantucket. The Steamship Authority runs a year-round two and a half hour auto ferry service to Nantucket. The island can also be reached by a passenger-only, one-hour catamaran trip run by the Steamship Authority (seasonal) and Hy-Line Cruises (year-round).
MV Grey Lady IV is a high-speed catamaran ferry operated by Hy-Line Cruises that runs on a route between Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts.. Hy-Line's request to regulator Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority to construct the ship that would become Grey Lady IV was approved in May 2014, [1] and the vessel was ordered from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in February ...