photo by Geoff Rand
Looking east out of Cuttyhunk Pond down the narrow entrance channel.
Visiting Cuttyhunk presents the classic paradox of travel to all remote and uncommercial places: how to appreciate them without undermining the very qualities you came to admire. Gosnold (the municipal name) is a working island town whose residents, both year-round and summer, have chosen to live just outside the patterns of mainland life. It's a choice that's familiar to any sailor who has spent hours beating upwind or drifting in calm rather than turn on the engine.
Crosslinks
nearby harbors (n/w)
- padanaram
- marion