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| Photo by Jody Dole |
Some 30 miles off the south coast of Cape Cod, Nantucket juts out of the
Atlantic. Once a beacon of the world’s whaling industry, the island and
its storied past are preserved in cobblestone streets and gray-shingled
cottages. One only has to amble along its wooden docks to appreciate
the enduring maritime spirit of this place — to feel the Nantucket of
Herman Melville’s epic prose. Yet instead of bloodied whaleships bobbing
in the harbor, lavish yachts and pleasure boats now tie up in slips and
to moorings come summertime.
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