Harboring: Cohasset

Harboring visits Cohasset today... and you only really need the top part of the lighthouse anyhow, I guess.

A tale of two Joes.

My reflection makes it look like I'm kicking over the lighthouse.

It's not all death and destruction... many a good time has been had at the Cohasset Sailing Club.

CSC flying their colors...

You really can't overdo US flags... other countries may talk poorly of us, but they can't say that we don't have a cool flag.

See?

You take the little boat out to the big boat.

It's not quite a lighthouse, it's... a... uhm... Atlantica thingy.

Big Blue

Even ritzy Cohasset has a few working boats.

An outdoor view of the Cohasset Sailing Club's outdoor view.

Ready to catch whatever you catch with one of those...

Inside the boathouse.

"...the reputation of the NWA crew"

Taking the day off, or at least the part of the day that I was there. I'm not making fun of him, lobstermen keep odd hours and he may have been on the clock for 5 hours by the time I got up.

We never pass up a beach house.

Thanks, Cohasset!

Ned Point Light In Mattapoisett, MA

We paid a visit to Mattapoisett, Massachusetts to check out Ned Point Light.

Ned Point Light is also known as Ned's Point Light by the locals. It was built in 1838 for $4500 of those 1838 dollars. John Quincy Adams was instrumental in getting the funds. It is older than Mattapoisett, which was part of Rochester until 1857. It was built on the land of Edwin “Ned” Dexter.

It was made with stones that they found nearby. The contractor (Leonard Hammond), who also owned the town tavern, didn't finish in time. Stalling an inspector at his tavern, he had a crew try to make it look finished. The inspector stepped into the lighthouse and fell through the floor, which was merely planks laid over barrels.

It used to have a lightkeeper's house, but that was floated across Buzzards Bay to Bourne, where it now serves Wings Neck Light.

Ned Point Light was deactivated from 1951-1963. It was restored by locals in the 1990s.

It isn't open for touring, other than once a week in the summer. It's 39 feet high and has 32 granite steps.

She guards the northern edge of Mattapoisett Harbor.

Ned!