A foggy evening

If there's one thing Cape Cod is famous for, it's fog. Thick, soupy, ethereal fog so dense that it muffles sound. On the Cape, fog settles in any season and occurs when the dew point drops after a temperature decrease. Though nostalgic on land, fog on the water poses a serious navigational hazard for marine traffic.

Taken one July morning steaming by Massachusetts Maritime Academy's training ship, USTS Kennedy. By the way, it's difficult trying to take pictures on the deck of a pitching yacht.

Summer afternoon off Onset jetty watching the fog build.

thickening fog...and to think the morning started like this:

and ended like this:

 

Steaming through fog is eerie; you hear fog horn blasts, mysterious buoys dinging in the void, and feel your senses heightened wondering when a huge ship will blast out of the mist and cream your small boat.

Massachusetts Maritime wind turbine appearing out of the mist before disappearing again.

Looking toward the canal railroad bridge. The fog is so dense that the railroad bridge, with it's blinking red lights, is completely obscured.

Last Thursday, an intense fog bank shrouded Bourne, our marina and upper Cape. From the boat, we could hear fog horns from many passing ships. It was especially memorable when a large product carrier blasted it's horn in the middle of the night when passing through the canal.