Built in 2003 at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Somerset, Massachusetts, Grey Lady operates between Hyannis and Nantucket.
Grey Lady’s Stats:
LOA: 143.3’
Construction: Aluminum
Draft: 6.43’
Beam: 34.33’
Engines: (4) QSK60-M Cummins
Total Horsepower: 7500
Approx. Speed: 30 knots
Passenger Capacity: 293
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Nantucket Island
In 1602, Nantucket Island was discovered by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold. In 1641, Nantucket was deeded to Thomas Mayhew of Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1659, Mayhew sold the island to a group of investors, reserving an interest for himself, “for the sum of thirty pounds … and also two beaver hats.” In 1966, it was designated a National Historic Landmark District as being the “finest surviving architectural and environmental example of a late 18th- and early 19th-century New England seaport town.”
Total Coastline: 110 miles
Size: 14 miles long, 3-1/2 miles wide
Distance from Hyannis: 22 miles
Total Year-Round Population: 10,000
Summer Population: 50,000
FUN FACTS:
ACK is their airport code
1819 whaling capital of the world
