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Sconset $9,995,000

West of Town $9,875,000

Tom Nevers Head $4,995,000

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Polpis $4,995,000

Town $3,400,000

Quaise $1,995,000

Sconset $1,795,000

Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

“Everyone should experience the First Republic way – they are so personable and even have freshbaked cookies – I really love visiting my bank.”

STEVE DIFILLIPPO Owner and CEO Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

772 Boylston Street (617) 859-8888 One Post Office Square (617) 423-2888

(855) 886-4824 or visit www.firstrepublic.com New York Stock Exchange Symbol: FRC Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender

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that meet all FAA safety standards and additional safety standards established by Sentient. (Refer to www.sentient.com/standards for details.)

The Sentient Jet Card is a program of Sentient Jet, LLC (“Sentient”). Sentient arranges flights on behalf of jet card clients with FAR Part 135 direct air carriers that exercise full operational control of charter flights at all times. Flights will be operated by FAR Part 135 direct air carriers that have been certified to provide service for Sentient jet card clients and

I fly Sentient Jet. For me, life has always been an adventure.To get the most out of every journey, I want the confidence that the details are taken care of, and I get to my destination seamlessly.That’s why I carefully choose the right partner to get me there, every time.

I fly for adventure. I fly for my reasons. I fly Sentient Jet.

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Nantucket Oceanfront Estate

“The Sheiling�

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4 acres | 3+ lots | Custom 5 bedroom main house | 2 bedroom guest house 2 car garage with studio | 1 bedroom guest cottage | Gunite pool | Stairs to private beach

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Exclusive $21,500,000 | 40,41 & 43 Ocean Avenue

Jeanne Hicks | 508.680.6587 | jeanne@leerealestate.com 10 South Beach Street | Nantucket, MA 02554 | 508.325.5800 | leerealestate.com

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The Most Comprehensive Educational Programs on Nantucket PRIVATE K-12 TUTORING, SAT & ACT PREP, ISEE & SSAT PREP COLLEGE ESSAY COACHING, PRIVATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

Keeping students one step ahead.

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Eco-Elegant interiors by award-winning Dujardin Design. Creating rooms inspired by nature to inspire you.

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Location, Location, Kitchen

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Kitchen & Bath Design Window Treatments Tile Cabinets Hardware Counters Flooring Wood & Gas Stoves

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It’s All About the Water...

Wauwinet | $9,975,000 | Craig Hawkins

Sconset | $9,995,000 | Gary Winn

Tom Nevers | $7,900,000 | Marybeth Gibson

Tom Nevers Head | $4,995,000 Gary Winn & Kathy Gallaher

Squam | $15,000,000 | Juliet Hunter & Susan Chambers

Miacomet | $5,300,000 | Sheila Carroll

Miacomet | $5,300,000 Sheila Carroll

Sconset | $8,875,000 | Marie-Claire Rochat

Pocomo | $1,900,000 | Marybeth Gibson

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Pocomo | $1,900,000 Marybeth Gibson

Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com

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Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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Island Properties Real Estate

WAUWINET – MEDOUIE CREEK $11,990,000

“Deer Run” is a beautiful estate which offers serenity and comfort throughout.

A private oasis surrounded by conservation lands and facing Polpis Harbor.

The property consists of a Main House, Guest House with Garage, a heated Gunite Pool and 2.85-acres of professionally landscaped grounds. There is also a deep water dock and two moorings. This is a unique and stunning property!

POLPIS – POLPIS ROAD $10,000,000

Finely crafted and exquisitely designed by J. Graham Goldsmith, with gracious wrap-around covered porches, this home reflects an era of the classic summer home. A Main House, Guest House with 2-car Garage, Pool with Spa and Gazebo are all situated on over 2-meticulously landscaped acres abutting landbank property.

Also a direct path to Upper Polpis Harbor and a Mooring permit available!

SCONSET – LOW BEACH ROAD $10,750,000

POLPIS – QUAISE PASTURES ROAD $8,950,000

POLPIS - POLPIS ROAD $7,400,000

CLIFF - CLIFF ROAD $5,250,000

SHIMMO - PIPPENS WAY $4,595,000

TOWN – PLEASANT STREET $2,699,000

DIONIS – FINTRY LANE $2,995,000

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Tranquility sets the stage for this gorgeous estate set on 3.6-acres in Sconset.

Designed both for domestic comfort and gracious entertaining, this richly detailed property offers a Main House, Guest House with 2-car Garage, Pool with Spa, a Pool House, as well as a tennis court! A must see for the discerning buyer!

QUIDNET - BEACON LANE $7,900,000

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Harborfront - This Botticelli & Pohl designed home features a Main House, Guest House with 2-car Garage, as well as a 20x40 pool. The property is over 4-acres on Polpis Harbor with abundant privacy! Construction set to begin soon!

35A Old South Road, Nantucket, MA 02554 508.228.6999 PHONE • 508.228.8748 FAX • office@islandpropertiesre.com • islandpropertiesre.com

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OF COLLABORATIONS ON NANTUCKET!

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A special thank you for the support in growing our business!

We are grateful for the friendships we have gained while providing our decorative painting and design services over the years.

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Broker 508.414.1878 sully@maurypeople.com NantucketRealEstateAgent.com

$7,245,000 | Cliff | Beds/Baths: 5/6 EST Ventures collaborated with the best in class on Nantucket to create this stunning, sophisticated custom home.

Designed by Botticelli & Pohl and custom constructed by Cross Rip Builders this amazing 5 bedroom home of exceptional detail is a dream come true for family and friends.Within moments to Steps Beach, the Westmoor Club, town and harbor restaurants and shopping.

Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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508.228.1007 | crossripbuilders.com

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You can shape a better energy future for Nantucket.

By saving energy in your home or business, you can do your part to preserve this special place. And we want to help.

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Brian Sullivan Broker 508.414.1878 sully@maurypeople.com NantucketRealEstateAgent.com

Surfside | $7,995,000

Pocomo | $6,850,000

SHORT SALE – 7 acres with subdivision potential into 2 lots with views of Nantucket Harbor, Great Point, Coatue and Nantucket Sound.

Cliff | $7,245,000

Stunning family compound on over 5.5 acres abutting conservation offers total privacy.

Town | $4,495,000

Sconset | $3,595,000

Privacy,Atlantic Ocean Views, Nearby to Siasconset Village, abutting Sconset Trust conservation land, five star quality construction.

Town | $5,950,000

Offers all the modern amenities while fitting into the character of the 18th century homes that surround it.

Madequecham | $2,995,000

Pocomo | $3,525,000

Town | $3,395,000

Hummock Pond | $1,125,000

Mid Island | $680,000

Hummock Pond | $840,000

Beautiful constructed 5+ bedroom, 5.5 bath home is close to Town and Madaket bike path and rests on a half acre of manicured land.

Neighborhood surrounded by 100’s of acres of Nantucket conservation land, access to one of the South Shore’s most pristine beaches.

Generous room for expansion.Two bedroom apartment with central AC and FHA heat.

rand new construction 5 bedrooms, open floor plan, finished lower level, pool and pool cabana with full bath.

Nice buildable lot in well developed vacation neighborhood.

Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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¼ acre lot that could be subdivided. Large commercial garage with 1 bed apartment, views of Ladies Beach, Bartlett Farm & amazing Sunsets.

Extraordinary Harbor views in addition to the views of Coatue, Great Point Light House and Wauwinet. Direct Beach Access.

An amazing home of exceptional detail on Cliff Road with 5 bedrooms, pool, pool cabana, and a full finished lower level.

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Photography by Sam Gray

After 20 years of creating award-winning spaces for private homes, we thought it might be interesting to create something everyone could share.

Introducing Edson Hill. A reimagined Inn, Stowe, Vermont.

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Wau W i n e t Wat er f ron t !

A rare opportunity to own a five-acre waterfront property on the most private beach in Wauwinet with unparalleled views of the natural beauty of Coatue across Nantucket Harbor. This home offers expansive decks and water views from almost every room. Stroll across the lawn to private stairs leading to calm water ideal for swimming, boating and fishing or just relaxing with a good book. Breathtaking sunsets over the water. An ideal place to unwind in a tranquil peaceful setting with ample room for expansion. PRICELESS!

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WH AT IS YOUR TIME WORT H? Sitting in a car?

Or flying the ULTIMATE JET?

NOW F LY I N G F R OM M O R R I STOW N , N J TO N A N T U C K E T

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NAPLES, FL

1300 3rd Street. South 239-430-7500

At Best Of The Beach 2 Straight Wharf 508-228-6263

287 E. Indiantown Road 561-746-3199

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Renters staying in homes of Club members are also welcome guests.

AT THE NANTUCKET HOTEL 77 EASTON STREET, NANTUCKET, MA 02554 thenantucketclub.com

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To join, or for more information, contact Carolyn Hills, Membership Manager: 508-901-6780, concierge@thenantuckethotel.com

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Philip Bloom Gallery

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508 • 825 • 5973

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SERVING NANTUCKET SINCE 1944

Sales • Delivery • Installation • Service 134 Orange Street, Nantucket 508.228.0900 marinehomecenter.com

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WITH MAJESTIC HARBOR VIEWS

A Very Rare Offering: One of Nantucket’s premier properties,“Long Hill,” is perched majestically at the crest of historic upper Orange Street and enjoys expansive, panoramic views of the Harbor, Coatue and town.The beautifully landscaped grounds include a formal English garden with brick walkway rimmed by manicured boxwood, lovely rose gardens, specimen trees, a two-car garage and a towering privet hedge which surrounds the entire estate.

NOTE:There is a separate building lot on the property that is included in the sale. $18,975,000

gary@maurypeople.com | 508.330.3069 | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated.

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2015 TRENDING N 48

What’s going viral on #Nantucket?

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A numerical snapshot of August on the island.

NEED TO KNOW 56

The top ten events happening on Nantucket this month.

HEALTHNFITNESS N 58

N’s in-house fitness expert, Isaiah Truyman, teaches us how to lift like a girl.

NBUZZ 60

What’s the word on Nantucket’s cobblestone streets?

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Think you’ve seen upper crust on Nantucket? Wait till you get a piece of Oath Pizza.

NDULGE Goose’s Summer Soirée cocktails 64 Grey continue this August at eight of the island’s

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NDEPTH 118 OUR MAN IN DENMARK

Boston columnist Jonathan Soroff travels to Denmark to shadow longtime summer resident and US Ambassador Rufus Gifford.

127 SOUNDING A SIREN

Nantucket charter captain Pete Kaizer is fighting for the future of the island’s fishery.

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The hottest looks for women for August beach days.

NTEREST 151 INSIDE SCOOP

Everything you need to know about ice cream on the island.

158 SEA TO BELIEvE

Of all the fish in the sea, what fascinates local underwater photographer Ben Phillips the most is no bigger than his thumbnail.

176 MARKETING WITH A TWIST

Town Pool opened a new retail space on Nantucket that reinvents the idea of a pop-up shop.

NHA 185 OLD SPORT

Lace up your sneakers and run through some old photos of sports on Nantucket.

NUPTIALS 192 Alexis Roche and Will McNamara tied the knot on Nantucket earlier this summer.

NOT SO FAST...

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summer resident and ESPN analyst Field Yates.

CALyPso sAsiNA dress from erica Wilson ($595.00) NeCKLACe from Marcos Antonio Jewelry

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What’s happeNiNg oN #NaNtucket?

SURFING THE WEB Nantucket Island Surf School owner and operator Gary Kohner has been catching waves in a very different way this summer. Using a GoPro camera, Kohner photographs surfers inside the barrels of waves curling onto Cisco Beach. Check out his shots @Nantucketsurfing or catch your own wave with Nantucket Island Surf School by calling Gary at 508-560-1020.

SOME THINGS BREWING Cisco Brewery has been pouring more than beer, wine and whiskey this summer. The local king of craft beers has also been producing top-notch web content, including a series of videos that have flooded local social media feeds. To see what else the brewery has on tap follow @CiscoBrewers.

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Town Pool’s new retail space on Old South Wharf got some famous foot traffic last month when Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush popped in to say hello. Bush was also spotted perusing Sarah Powers’s new wine and cheese shop Table 1 located just down the wharf from Town Pool. For more information on the new Town Pool space, flip to page 176.

Pocomo

$8,700,000

· Location, location, location · 5+ acre harbor front property with level path to water · Panoramic harbor views in a tranquil setting · Small cottage and garage · Endless possibilities for your own family compound

Joyce Montalbano, Broker GRI, SFR Cell: 508-325-1666 Direct: 508-325-5015 joycem@congdonandcoleman.com

Polpis

$3,995,000

· Lyman Perry original design · 2.80 private acres · Beautiful vistas to Town, Nantucket Harbor and the Moors · Main House, cottage and garage apartment include 6 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths · Light and bright post and beam estate

Matt Payne, Managing Director Cell: 508-221-4554 Direct: 508-325-5023 matt@congdonandcoleman.com

Keri Kalman

Joe Lloyd

John O’Connor

Miriam Varian

Mimi Congdon

Mason Kennelly

John McGarr

Matt Payne

Tom Weinstock

Anne Gifford

Lesley Kennie

Joyce Montalbano

Paul Surprenant

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ANTIQUES & FINE JEWELRY

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Jacques Cousteau

ORIGINAL SHIP WINDOWS AS A BAR CART

MID-CENTURY SHIP LIGHTING

FOLDING TEAK CHAIR WITH CANVAS SEAT AND RETRACTABLE LEG RESTS

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ANTIQUE BRASS AND LEATHER TELESCOPE

NAUTICAL BRITISH CAMPAIGN OFFICER’S CHEST ON STAND

FURNITURE LIGHTING

SHIP’S PORTHOLE TABLE.

COPPER PORT AND STARBOARD SHIP LIGHTS

ORIGINAL SHIP’S TELEGRAPH

DECO DESK FROM SHIP’S STATEROOM

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NUMBERS

Nantucket by the

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Cost of a lobster roll at the Wauwinet.

11,650

21,400

Housing units on Nantucket.

546 Footage of longest hole at Sankaty Golf Course, # 17 “Long Journey” par 5.

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Employees at Marine Home Center.

7,456 Summer homes on the island.

The increase in cars on the island since 1976 (43,000+ in total).

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778lbs.

Cones sold per day at the Juice Bar in August.

150 105 Age of the oldest living Nantucketer.

Weight of the biggest tuna caught at the Angler’s Club

by Jay Lugosch in 1989.

Ships made port in Nantucket Harbor during the height of the whaling era.

$1.25Million Median cost of a home on Nantucket.

$330,000

$15

Cost of a lobster roll at the Angler’s Club.

Median cost of a home statewide in Massachusetts.

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Years the Chanticleer has been in business.

$78Million Spent on food and beverage on the island annually.

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Slips filled during height of summer today.

Nantucket to New York

Providing a level of service unique in today’s world, Lydia can help you navigate any sized transaction with personal care that extends way beyond the closing.

Lydia Sussek, luxury service at every price, in any season, from Nantucket to New York...

• Senior Global Real Estate Advisor • Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Club • Full-Service in Sales, Foreign investment, Rentals, Commercial and Residential Property Purchasing and Negotiation • Cartus-certified broker qualified to work with Fortune-500 Executives and top international Relocation firms from around the world • Market expertise - with experience and referrals, ranking in top 1% out of 48,000 NRT brokers nationwide • Member of Corcoran Cares • Winner 2011 REBNY Deal of the Year

Equal Housing Opportunity. The Corcoran Group is a licensed real estate broker located at 660 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10065. Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of The Corcoran Group.

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The Lydia Sussek Associati Team at The Corcoran Group I Licensed RE Salespersons I m: +1.917.721.7853 I lyd.sussek@corcoran.com

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SQUAM WATERFRONT

17 Squam Road | $15,000,000 Exclusively Listed with Juliet Hunter and Susan Chambers Exceptional waterfront property of 5.44 acres located in Squam, truly one of the most spectacular, private beaches on Nantucket.This over sized lot is the perfect setting for a beachfront compound.This pristine location is one of a kind and has been in the same family for over 60 years. Panoramic ground floor ocean views with direct and private beach access on this quiet stretch of paradise.

Juliet Hunter & Susan Chambers Brokers

Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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juliet@maurypeople.com susan@maurypeople.com 508.325.2580 Juliet cell 508.560.0671 Susan cell

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WOMEN’S WORKOUT WRitteN By isaiah truyMan

photogRaphy By kit noBle

all too often i workout with women who want to “look” strong, but are concerned about the training risks associated with lifting anything more than ten-pound weights. But if you want to look strong, you need to be strong. Women inherently carry greater risk of osteoporosis and have a lower percentage of muscle mass than men. one could easily make the argument that women need to weight train more than men for health and esthetic reasons. here are three simple exercises to train a woman’s body from all the angles: Maintain less than 10 repetitions with all exercises, alternatively increase the amount of weight if you can do more than 10 reps.

Kettlebell Swing excelleNt exercise for full body streNGth, especiAlly focused oN leGs, hips, core ANd shoulders ANd ArMs. 1. start standing while holding the Kettlebell

with both hands in front of you.

2. initiate the swing upwards from your

hips with a jump, maintain straight arms throughout the swing.

3. swing under control and increase speed as

you become more comfortable, maintain a flat back with head up.

A swing is performed quickly with rhythm and power, using a natural pendulum type movement, the weight should feel weightless for a moment at the peak.

Squat & PreSS GreAt overAll streNGth for eNtire body, MAiNly focused oN leGs, hips, core, shoulders.

1. start standing while holding 2

dumbbells at your shoulders

2. Under control drop to the bottom of a squat 3. stand tall and then shoulder press the dumbbells

overhead until arms are fully extended Maintain a strong core and upright posture with eyes focused forwards throughout the movement.

PuSh uP & row ideAl for upper body streNGth, chest, bAck, core, ArMs. Also Good for core stAbility.

1. start in a pushup position with dumbbells

in hand

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one dumbbell to your side

3. Perform another pushup and row on

the other arm.

Pretend that you are balancing a cup of water on the back of your hips and limit any side-toside movement in the core when rowing.

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NBUZZ KEEP TRUCKIN’ The food truck phenomenon has kicked into high gear on Nantucket this summer.

It all started back in May when former Food Network star Jimmy Kennedy rolled his Cabot Creamery cheese truck off the ferry to whip up his signature veggie mac and cheese for the Nantucket Wine Festival crowds. Since then, at least six other licensed food trucks have been cruising around the island, including Millie’s (tacos and quesadillas), The Lobster Trap (lobster rolls and scallop rolls), ACKFresh (cold pressed juices), Nantucket Beach Dogs (hot dogs), and Big Hug Dumplings (you guessed it, dumplings). At press time, Nantucket’s premier concierge, Enjoy Nantucket, was also preparing to roll its own food truck off the lot.

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SHARK TANK

WEDDING When Matthew and Erica Patrick tied the knot this July, it was a marriage made in marketing heaven. Presiding over the ceremony was Kevin O’Leary from the hit ABC television series Shark Tank. Mr. Wonderful, as he’s known on the show, is close friends with Matthew’s father and wanted to make sure that the newlyweds sealed

This past Fourth of July weekend, beachgoers had more than just a sunny day to smile about when a helicopter appeared overhead. Hanging out the open door of the chopper was fine art photographer Antoine Rose snapping photos of the crowds sprawled out on the beaches below.

The photos are part of his Up in the Air series,

the deal in true Shark Tank fashion. So it was that O’Leary became a justice of the peace for the day and hauled over an ABC camera crew to capture all the action as he smooth talked the couple through their vows. Also in attendance were three companies that appeared on the show—Bottle Breacher, Wicked Good Cupcakes, and Honeyfund—which provided gifts and services to the guests and wedding party. Rumor has it that the footage will appear on a future episode of Shark Tank, so stay tuned!

which is being showcased this month at the Samuel Owen Gallery on Centre Street. Originally from Belgium, Rose began shooting aerial images of beachscapes back in 2002, and has since perfected the harrowing process of capturing his iconic images. “Shooting from helicopters, all doors removed, three hundred feet above earth at twenty knots and getting tack sharp images

DANCE Dance dynamo Andrey Stanev is at it again this Au-

gust with a two-night performance of “The Picture of

a challenge,” claims Rose on his website. JoinN magazine

that can be printed as large as 120 inches is quite

LORD OF THE

Dorian Gray” at the Nantucket Dreamland. Touted as

ing him on the two-hour flight was N Magazine’s

his most ambitious dance production yet, Stanev will

own chief photographer and the director of Nan-

be sharing the stage with legendary island actor and

tucket Films, Kit Noble, who captured the action

director John Shea in bringing to life Oscar Wilde’s

on video. To see footage from the flight, log on

1891 philosophical novel in the form of ballroom

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dance. Doors open at 7 p.m. on August 28th and 29th.

NOSH NEWS

slice of Paradise WRitteN By Josh gray

a new Pizza joint on nantuCKet is PRovinG to Be tRuly uPPeR CRust.

Formerly the home of Nantucket Ice Cream and Juice Guys on Straight Wharf, the newly opened Oath Craft Pizza is quietly establishing itself as a go-to pizza shop in downtown Nantucket, serving personal, thin crust pies with a variety of toppings and specialties. A N magazine

collaboration of Doug Ferriman and Max Seel, the co-owners are as much entrepreneurs as they are pizza guys, though they are still

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very serious about their craft.

Hailing originally from Cape Cod, Doug has been in the pizza business for more than fifteen years along with his wife Melissa who runs the day-to-day at their other venture, Crazy Doughs Pizza, which has a handful of locations in Boston and Newport. An award-winning artisan chef at international pizza-making competitions (think “Chopped” for pizza), Doug has long been a culinary explorer on a mission to roll out “the perfect crust.”

“We’ve been constantly innovating and pushing the craft, but I really set out about a year and a half ago to reinvent the crust,” said Doug. “It involves two different cooking processes and a searing process that allows us to cook for only eighty to ninety seconds.”

Patrons of the small takeout restaurant could attest to the quick turnaround of the thin crust pies they order. These crusts are prepared fresh each day at 5 a.m., to ensure they are ready to go by the time they open for lunch each day.

From there, the pizzas are assembled (and fired at 500 degrees) in a manner reminiscent of other fast food restaurants, such as Chipotle or 5 Guys. As with many of said restaurants chains, Oath has a focus on quality.

“We literally use the best cheese you can buy and everybody loves the crust,” the exact recipe for which Doug said is a trade secret. Oath also offers up to a couple dozen toppings and sauces, with a selfie option on the menu that allows a diner to choose up to four toppings on one pie. All this comes at a very reasonable price range starting at $8 for a full single-topping pizza and the specialties come in around $12.

The vision Doug had for his creation was contagious. After winning a few awards, he began shopping his recipes and a business concept to venture capital firms in order to get a start-up in place. He found Breakaway Innovation Group of Boston and with it a member of their team tasked with due diligence on the project. This person was Max. Holding a master’s degree from Harvard University and a work history in biologic research, Max jumped ship from the firm to join Doug as a partner in the business.

On how they settled on Nantucket, Max said, “we were really just focused on Boston, but someone gave us the opportunity to open here and it was something we couldn’t turn down. We knew the history of the building and liked the idea of the ‘pizza guys’ coming in after the ‘juice guys’.”

Grateful for the response they’ve received thus far from locals and visitors alike, Nantucket is just the starting point with plans to open at least two more locations in the Boston area within a year. “We want this to be a movement as much as it is a brand,” continued Doug. “We want to affect culture internally and externally. I don’t think fulfillment is a word used too much in every town we’re in, and we hope as a byproduct this brings a sense of pride to those who work at and visit Oath.” The owners plan to stay open through the Columbus Day holiday in 2015.

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August…it’s what we wait for all year.

Warm days. Warmer waters. Sundresses, shorts, & the freshest provisions for al fresco dining.

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Good, Clean, fun. daily RefResHment: tHe auGust CHallenGe Isak Dinesen said that “the cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears or the sea.”

This summer, my friend, Julie Biondi, of The Lovely, has challenged me to a daily salve: Jump into the ocean everyday of August. Whether it’s a sunset swim in Madaket or a refreshing plunge during lunch, any dunk or dip will do (even skinny ones!) Who’s with me? Even if you are just here for the weekend, jump in each day and reset your spirit. I promise you won’t regret it.

wild BeRRies All over Nantucket, berries grow in the wild and it was only because of my dog, Ivy, that I discovered them. One day, while walking through the moors, I noticed her feasting on a bush, and to my surprise she was eating blueberries. That savvy pup just wanted her daily dose of antioxidants. Now we both pay close attention as we meander through the moors and stomp through the swamps. Early August is primetime for berry picking, so your starting point should be the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Sanford Farm walking trail. About halfway to the beach, head past the barn, down the hill, and look for blackberries on the right hand side of the trail.

tHe fResHest fisH On the way to Cisco Beach, 167 Seafood is my go-to spot for seafood. Locals refer to it as “Sandole’s” (pronounced san-doe-lee). Owner Bill Sandole, who happens to be the friendliest guy around, is the reason everyone loves this place so much. As a fellow shop owner, I especially appreciate the careful curating of his market. Just don’t ask him if the fish is fresh or you’ll be sent to the end of the line. Insider tip: Bring home the guacamole—it’s delicious.

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Halibut with lime butter & basil Bartlett Farm corn on the cob with feta & mint Arugula salad with tomatoes, cucumbers & radishes tossed with a lemon vinaigrette Wild Nantucket blueberry & blackberry crostata:

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Roll your favorite pie dough into a 10-inch round on a parchment lined baking sheet. In a bowl, mix together 1 cup of blueberries, 1 cup of blackberries, the juice and zest of 1 lemon, and 3 tbsps. of raw brown sugar. Spoon the berry mixture onto the center of the dough and fold over the edges to create a crust. Dot the berries with 1 tbsp. of butter and brush the crust with an egg white wash. Then, sprinkle the berries & crust with a little raw brown sugar. Bake for 20–25 minutes until the crust is golden. Serve with vanilla ice cream N magazine

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mental BReaKtHRouGH WRitteN By roBert cocuzzo

photogRaphy By kit noBle

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Summer resident Phyllis Rappaport’s quest to cure Alzheimer’s disease.

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ast June, a longtime Nantucket resident went missing from her home in ‘Sconset. The sixty-year-old suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s and was last seen walking up Milestone Road on the evening of Saturday, June 13th. After her husband reported her missing, a massive search effort was launched by local and state police, the Coast Guard, and over a hundred Nantucket volunteers.

Despite their efforts, she was never found, and while the circumstances around her disappearance remain a mystery, most agree that Alzheimer’s was ultimately to blame.

“It’s a brutal disease—it terrifies people,” says Phyllis Rappaport sitting in her summer home in ‘Sconset. “It’s almost back in the dark ages where cancer was. People are afraid of it. Nobody wants to get too close.” Phyllis’s husband Jerry lost his mother to the disease in 1986, and today the couple is helping lead the charge toward finding a cure. In 2007, Phyllis Rappaport helped found the Cure Alziemer’s Fund, which is today widely considered the preeminent authority in Alzheimer’s research.

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi chairs the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium. Named one of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time magazine this spring, Tanzi is often described as a “rock star scientist,” due to his groundbreaking research and for pounding on the keys behind Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith. “Rudy Tanzi was this young, dynamic man who had found three of the four genes of Alzheimer’s,” Phyllis Rappaport remembers of first meeting Dr. Tanzi in 2003, during her tenure on the President’s Council at Massachusetts General Hospital. “The whole genome study had just been completed and he was poised to really explode his research, but he didn’t have a lot of money.”

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“[T]he public needs to understand—and researchers need to better explain—that we will beat Alzheimer’s only with its full-throated support of fact-based science.

— Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

dr. rudolph Tanzi (right) will be on Nantucket this August presenting his groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research. Photo by dominick reuter.

ince gaining the support of the

jury.” According to Dr. Tanzi, Alzheim-

Alzheimer’s only with its full-throated

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, Dr. Tanzi

er’s affects 5.3 million Americans. As

support of fact-based science,” wrote Dr.

has made game-changing strides. Most

the baby boomers get older, those num-

Tanzi in The Wall street Journal article he

recently, he successfully created what’s

bers are expected to skyrocket, putting an

co-authored with David Shenk.

been described as “Alzheimer’s in a

unprecedented burden on our healthcare

On August 17th, the Nantucket com-

dish,” a petri-dish of human brain cells

system. “It’s the most expensive disease. I

munity will have the opportunity to un-

that can develop the signs of Alzheimer’s,

don’t think people realize that,” says Rap-

derstand this science more clearly when

thus allowing researchers to more effec-

paport. “[It costs] something like $200

Dr. Tanzi speaks at the Great Harbor

tively test drugs to combat the disease.

billion in Medicare and Medicaid.” That

Yacht Club as part of the Atheneum’s

At present, Dr. Tanzi is testing a total of

number is forecasted to climb to $1 tril-

Geschke Lecture Series. “Not only is he

6,200 drugs that are both on the market

lion in the decades to come.

a scientist in the field he knows, but he’s

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and experimental.

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Along with proliferating new infor-

made it his business to understand all as-

While a cure has not yet been discov-

mation, Dr. Tanzi and the Cure Alzheim-

pects of other diseases and biology, and he

ered, Dr. Tanzi’s research is helping bring

er’s Fund are debunking unfounded cures

explains it so well,” says Rappaport who

about greater Alzheimer’s awareness. “We

to the disease like consuming coconut

was instrumental in bringing the doctor to

now understand so much more about the

oil, cayenne pepper, low-carb diets, or,

Nantucket. “I think people will leave with

disease,” says Rappaport. “It gets started

most recently, marijuana. “[T]he public

a sense of hope and a sense of excitement

maybe twenty years before a person has

needs to understand—and researchers

about what’s being done around what’s

it. It can be started by traumatic brain in-

need to better explain—that we will beat

probably the disease of our time.”

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SOUND SWIMMER WRitteN By roBert cocuzzo

photogRaphy By kit noBle

how lifeloNG suMMer resideNt GrANt weNtworth is brAvely swiMMiNG Across NANtucket souNd to bAttle cANcer oN the islANd. By the time you read this, any number of things could have happened to Grant Wentworth. If all went to plan, he entered the ocean sometime after midnight on the shores of Seagull Beach in West Yarmouth, MA during the last week of July. He then swam between twelve and fifteen hours through the night and into the next day, crossing Nantucket Sound east of the ferry route, braving ripping currents and great white sharks, before reaching the shores of Children’s Beach on Nantucket. Regardless of the outcome of the swim, one thing’s for certain: Grant Wentworth’s heroic effort has raised over $100,000 for Swim Across America, every dollar of which will benefit cancer patients right here on the island.

Looking out upon a heavy shroud of fog hovering over Nantucket Harbor, Grant Wentworth cuts an imposing figure. At six feet eight inches tall with a wingspan just as long, the twenty-eight-year-old is a hydrodynamic specimen possessing broad shoulders and zero body fat. While studying at Princeton, Wentworth played forward in intermural basketball and rowed men’s heavyweight JV crew, but amazingly enough, he never swam a competitive lap in the pool. It was only after graduation, when he injured his back during basic training for the Marine Corps, that Wentworth first put on a cap and goggles.

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started swimming just as a rehab exercise,”

possible?” he says. “Basically one person

he says. “At first getting a couple laps in

has done it. Back in ’86 someone swam

Wentworth talks about the work

was a big deal, but then I decided to get in the

from Nantucket to the Cape, but no one’s

of Swim Across America and the patients

open water and signed up for a couple really

actually come from the Cape to Nantucket.”

whom the foundation helps with a passion

short distance events, like one kilometer,

Although the crossing would be an

that dispels any questions about whether the

one mile.” One of these events was Swim

enormous accomplishment on its own,

fundraising component is only a footnote

Across America on Nantucket. Wentworth

Wentworth wanted it to have greater signifi-

to his swim. “Obviously cancer is some-

loved the experience, and when he learned

cance. He pledged to do the swim as a fun-

thing that’s touched all of our lives,” he

about an English Channel relay that was be-

draiser for Swim Across America on Nan-

says. “Just in the last couple years I’ve lost

ing organized by Swim Across America, he

tucket, and within six months he had raised

an uncle and a grandparent to the disease.

joined the five-

Swim Across Ameri-

man team. They

ca brings oncologists

made the cross-

from Mass General

ing in twelve

to the Cottage Hos-

hours and raised

pital to help with

$60,000

cancer care on is-

for

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Swim Across America nationally.

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Now Grant’s goal is to exceed $150,000.

over $100,000. “Within the first month, we

land. They’re bringing the best cancer care

After the English Channel crossing,

got to $50,000,” he said. “So then we said,

in the world to Nantucket.” This oncology

Wentworth caught the bug for long-distance

how about we shoot for $100,000?” By Me-

program costs just over $400,000 to run

endurance swims, and before long he set his

morial Day, he had passed that mark. “All

annually, and between the fundraising as-

sights on conquering the body of water that

of that has come from off island, and every

sociated with Swim Across America event

defined his childhood—Nantucket Sound.

dollar of that stays here on island.” Most re-

held on island this August and Wentworth’s

“I’ve been looking at this body of water my

cently, an anonymous donor pledged an ad-

solo swim, the cost of that program could be

entire life thinking is this something that’s

ditional $25,000 to Wentworth’s crossing.

completely covered.

Beyond that, Wentworth will need to ary, the swimmer could be found trudging

be completely self-reliant in the water. Al-

through the snow in nothing but a speedo for

though he will have a team of kayakers, a

While the fundraising effort may

a quick dunk in the ocean. “A couple min-

support boat carrying coaches, EMTs and

have been easier than he thought, Went-

utes in February is worth an hour in May,”

Swim Across America personnel, and a

worth’s training for this swim has been ab-

Wentworth says. “Even just for a couple

pilot boat to guide him the thirty miles to

solutely rigorous. For two years, Wentworth

minutes, I got in the water every time I was

Nantucket, Wentworth is following strict

has logged thousands of hours in the water,

up here. You got a lot of people shaking their

guidelines that make this endurance swim a

battling through fatigue, loneliness, and the

heads, or are worried about you, but it helps

very rigorous endeavor. No matter the water

sheer monotony of staring at the bottom of a

your body acclimatize to the cold.”

temperature, he can only wear a speedo, cap

pool for up to six hundred lengths at a time.

Of all the questions he gets asked about

and goggles. He cannot come out of the wa-

Not all his training, however, has taken place

the swim, sharks are top of the list. “I look at

ter or even hold on to the side of the boat for

in between the lines of the pool.

it as something entirely out of my control,”

a rest. Food and water will be thrown to him

Throughout the year, Wentworth

he says. “If that’s going to happen, it’s go-

in a water bottle. “Anyone that knows the

spent a significant amount of time in the

ing to happen. I can train my body for the

Sound in Nantucket knows that within the

ocean—even in the dead of winter on Nan-

distance, I can train for the cold, but sharks

twelve to fifteen hours that it could take me

tucket. “I have a rule: whenever I am on

are not something I can train for.” Instead,

to cross, we could see some very different

island, I get in the water,” Wentworth says.

he’s improving his chances of survival by

wind speeds, current directions and so forth,

“This can be once a month or several times,

employing a team of shark specialists who

which could make this an incredibly difficult

as it was this December.” So it was that as

will jump into the water and fend off any

endeavor if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Nantucket Sound slushed over in Febru-

predators that come into his vicinity.

That’s my biggest fear.”

N Magazine interviewed Grant Wentworth just before he attempted his Nantucket sound crossing. To find out how he fared, log on to www.N-Magazine.com for a full and complete recap. swim Across America will be holding its annual N magazine

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HUNGRY

HOMELESS & ON NANTUCKET Written by Bruce A. Percelay

The other side of paradise Some may joke that a bad day on

The greatest need on Nan-

housing for people who work on

Nantucket is when there is a spike

tucket hits home, quite literally.

Nantucket throughout the year,”

in the cost of jet fuel. Indeed, the

“Housing and the lack thereof

the study states. “The lack of af-

island is home to an estimated

is the most significant issue that

fordably priced housing is a bar-

thirty billionaires, the owners of

we face as a community,” ex-

rier to a decent quality of life for

at least ten professional sports

plained Margaretta Andrews, the

workers and their families…”

franchises, legions of Fortune 500

executive director

CEOs and directors, making it

of the Community

one of the most affluent enclaves

Foundation

in America. And yet at this very

Nantucket. “Even

moment there are those on Nan-

if people find hous-

tucket who are desperately strug-

ing, a dispropor-

gling to meet their most basic

tionate amount of

needs.

their salary goes

for

Obscured by the imagery

to housing, which means they

It might be easy to dismiss

of mega yachts and finely mani-

can’t afford their food, they can’t

the problem as one that is limited

cured homes, there are islanders

afford their medicine.”

to recent immigrants to Nan-

To get a clearer understanding

tucket, but the profile of those

to pay their bills, and deciding

of the housing crisis, the Commu-

struggling to find housing is not

whether to buy groceries or pay

nity Foundation was the primary

what one might expect. During a

for medicine. How is it possible

funder of an independent study

discussion about the housing cri-

that real poverty exists on an is-

this spring of Nantucket hous-

sis organized by the Community

land of such immense prosperity?

ing entitled “Workforce Hous-

Foundation earlier this spring,

ing Needs Assessment,” which

a local retail shop owner stood

revealed that not only does half

up and candidly shared her own

of the island’s year-round popu-

struggles with securing a place to

lation struggle to pay their rent,

live. When she was unable to find

but 90 percent of Nantucket’s

an affordable housing option, the

year-round households cannot af-

shop owner was forced to sleep

ford a home of their own on the

in her unheated retail space on

island. “Nantucket has an undeni-

the wharf for a period of time this

able shortage of price-appropriate

past winter.

— Anne Marie Bellavance, Nantucket Food Pantry

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— Meghan

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ther desperate living situations on Nantucket

this utility bill? I can’t do all three of them; so what

are even more onerous, as is the case for a forty-

do I juggle to make this happen?” says Janis Carreiro

four-year-old Nantucket middle school teacher who

of the Rental Assistance Program, a nonprofit on

was recently forced to move into her van. Meghan

Nantucket that helps residents bridge the rental gap

(not her real name) has lived on the island for four-

in desperate times. “There are families on this island

teen years, and, until a few years ago, she owned

who will virtually live in their cars rather than move

her own home in town. “I went from being a year-

and take their children out of what they perceive to be

round resident, having a place, having tenants, to

a very safe and good educational environment.”

being divorced and moving out,” she explains. After

The domino effect that the housing crisis plays

three years of moving from place to place, sleeping

on the community is felt most acutely when it comes

on friends’ couches, and failing to find an affordable

to food. One only needs to speak to Anne Marie Bel-

permanent living situation, Meghan decided to move

lavance of the Nantucket Food Pantry to appreciate

into an old van. “I don’t think people grasp how dire

how many families are going day-to-day without

it is,” she says. “I know I’m not the only one liv-

meeting their most basic dietary requirements. “The

ing in a car.” Meghan wakes up early each morning,

number of unique individuals that we are serving has

moves her van, takes a shower down at the docks,

more than tripled,” she says. Compared to last year,

and then reports to work as a summer school teacher.

the Nantucket Food Pantry has ordered three times

She hunts for an affordable rental option every day,

the amount of food from the Greater Boston Food

but as of yet, nothing has turned up.

Bank, from 30,000 pounds of food to over 100,000.

“We’re dealing with people who make choices

Anne Marie expects these figures to increase as she

every month: Do I buy food, do I pay rent, do I pay

believes “much of the need is still underground.”

Until recently, it was exceedingly difficult for

sis on Nantucket, but there is still a lot to be done.

summer residents to find ways to help solve this

“There is no silver bullet here,” Margaretta Andrews

uncomfortable economic reality. While many chari-

said. “It’s going to be a multi-pronged approach no

table dollars are directed to high visibility building

matter how we look at it.”

projects on the island, little attention has been drawn

Nantucket in some ways is a victim of its

to what has become perhaps the island’s most press-

own success. The unintended consequences of the

ing issue. “This is not a case of people not caring,

island’s incredible allure is an increase in the cost

it is a case of people not knowing,” says Victoria

of living that has taken a particularly harsh toll on

McManus, president of the Community Founda-

the segment of the population that keeps the island

tion’s board of trustees. “The thought that there are

functioning. But, unlike many places in this coun-

children on this island who might be hungry is so

try, the good news about Nantucket’s economic di-

contrary to our perception of Nantucket that it is not

vide is that the problem can actually be solved. If

a part of many people’s view of the island.”

hunger and homelessness are approached with the

To help connect donors to vital island causes,

same level of focus as has been applied to a num-

the Community Foundation created the Nantucket

ber of other campaigns on the island, then anything

Fund™. The Nantucket Fund™ raises money and

is possible. However, in order to create a healthy

distributes it to numerous local organizations, in-

Nantucket, few alternatives exist. “When part of the

cluding the Nantucket Food Pantry and the Rental

community suffers, in one form or another, it im-

Assistance Program. This past year, 25 percent of

pacts the entire community,” says Margaretta An-

the grants issued through the Nantucket Fund were

drews. “This is a problem the island cannot afford

directed toward projects addressing the housing cri-

to overlook.”

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looking into

future the

WRitteN By daniel honan

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The fifth annual Nantucket Project will transport attendees to another dimension.

Every year The Nantucket Project faces the same challenge: how to stimulate its audience by exploring ideas in breathtaking new ways. Last year, for instance, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appeared onstage in the form of a live hologram. So how do you top that?

“We’re going to transport our audience to Africa via virtual reality,” says Tom Scott, who co-founded The Nantucket Project (TNP) in 2010 with Kate Brosnan. What that means is five hundred people will put on virtual reality (VR) headsets and watch a film that will immerse them in different settings in Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. The headsets use motion-tracking technology, so when you turn your head you can experience a 360-degree field of view.

The headsets also create an illusion of depth through the use of 3-D stereoscopic imaging. As Peter Rubin wrote in Wired magazine, virtual reality technology “hacks your visual cortex.” In other words, the experience will actually trick your brain into thinking you’re in Kenya.

TNP’s film will be one of just a few VR films ever made. The nascent technology is still many months—if not years—away from mainstream adoption. Virtual reality is currently being used to create both the cheap thrill (and possible motion sickness) that results from virtual roller coaster rides as well as therapeutic treatments for veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Scott sees VR as a transformative vehicle for storytelling. “We hope

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(Above) This year’s headliner, steve Wozniak. (Below) John Kerry, david rubenstein, and John McCain.

he Africa VR film premiere dance, an original film series and

“We want to be the best in

is one in a series of spec- talks by notable speakers like this

the world at what we do,” Scott

tacles planned for The Nantucket year’s headliner, Apple co-founder explains. “We’ve been doing TNP Project’s fifth installment, taking Steve Wozniak.

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of using new technologies as well as exploring fresh new ideas.”

In addition to the Africa VR

for five years now. But we’ve been

film, another original film set to

“We look for the best speakers doing work that’s perfectly analo-

premiere at tnp5 will explore en-

27th. “I’m not a big fan of confer- on earth,” Scott says. “When they gous—producing live shows, pro-

trepreneur

ences,” says Scott. “I prefer to de- ask us, ‘What do you want me to ducing films—for much longer

Musk’s mission to colonize Mars.

scribe what we do as the ‘Cirque talk about?’ our answer is specific: than that.” Scott says the strength

“A few years ago, people thought

du Soleil of ideas.’” The circus is We want you to give the talk of of TNP lies in storytelling, and

Musk was crazy—and many still

an apt comparison. The Nantucket your life.”

that will be on display more than

do,” says Scott. “But the fact is

Project, after all, is held under a

Scott is no less demanding of

ever at this year’s event, dubbed

he’s planning to go to Mars and he

large, airy tent on Nantucket Har- his staff. “He is always pushing us

tnp5. “Every year we try to push

might just make it. Our film will

bor. The TNP team works all year to do the best work of our lives,” the boundaries a little further and

show what this will mean for hu-

to create the experience that hap- says TNP chief operating officer redefine what a conference can

manity.”

extraordinaire

Elon

pens inside the tent, a celebration Jenelle Ferri. “It’s inspiring, and

be,” Scott says. “It’s our mission

It is precisely this desire to pair

of ideas that features music and sometimes really annoying.”

to live on the edge, both in terms

big ideas with revolutionary story-

telling techniques that makes TNP

bers Storytelling Project, a film

ises to have a more direct impact

aries to “leap forward immediately

not so much a conference, but a

series created in partnership with

right here on Nantucket. The main

to five years from now” and offer

circus of ideas. Consider the live

Harbers Studios. The film was in-

catalyst for this will be Richard

“a prediction with gravitas of what

hologram of Julian Assange, for

spired by a talk at The Nantucket

Saul Wurman, the founder of TED

they think is going to happen with-

instance. It was the first time that

Project by Larry Lessig in which

and a member of TNP’s advisory

in their narrow area of expertise.”

the technology had ever been used

the Harvard professor advocated

board. Wurman will moderate a

Wurman then plans to involve all of

live, and the world took notice.

for fundamental changes in elec-

special session at the First Congre-

the speakers in an improvised con-

“It was actually one of the biggest

tion funding. The film was viewed

gational Church on Centre Street.

versation in which the presenters

stories in the world for a few

3.5 million times online, surpass-

TNP hopes to fill the church with

will question each other on the pre-

days,” notes TNP co-founder Kate

ing the combined number of views

hundreds of local Nantucketers

dictions they’ve offered. “Inviting

Brosnan. “It really gave us a taste

of all of Lessig’s talks at the TED

who will be exposed to Wurman’s

Saul to host this mini-conference

of what our impact could be.”

conference, where Lessig is con-

conference-within-a-conference

in this venue allows us to really ex-

sidered an “All-Star.”

that is dedicated to “finding the fu-

pand our reach into the Nantucket

ture first.”

community,” says Brosnan. “It’s

As it turns out, the hologram story was just the tip of the ice-

While the TNP team continues

berg. After last year’s event, TNP

to dream big about creating impact

Wurman will ask an eclectic

released the first film in the Har-

in the wider world, tnp5 also prom-

and accomplished group of vision-

something you can expect to see us doing a lot more in the future.”

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(Above) Filmmaker eugene Jarecki speaking with Julian Assange in the form of hologram last year. (Below) Chris Matthews, TNP panel, Lemn sissay and Bob Wright.

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hat is the key ingredient to win-

twinkle in his eye, “but it really relaxed me

U.S. Opens once and nine times respectively.

ning as a professional athlete? Is

before a big match.” All jokes aside, the ath-

Although he was a strong athlete as a young

it eating your Wheaties? Drinking

lete chalks his successful career up to some

man, Davies was injury prone and had to find

Gatorade? If you ask Wayne Davies, it all

very hard work and a penchant to learn every-

a way to win on his own terms. “I’ve always

boils down to a good pint of beer. A former

thing there is to know about his chosen sports.

been a frenetic player,” he says. “I beat people

world-champion “real” tennis player and cur-

A native of Geelong, Australia, about

with my own style. Instead of going with the

rently a top-ranked croquet pro in the United

fifty miles outside of Melbourne, Davies be-

traditional methods of playing, I played with

States, fifty-nine-year-old Wayne Davies

came one of the most decorated real tennis

just brutal power and heavy cuts.”

blames some of his early losses in his deco-

players in modern history. Also referred to as

Now the founding sports director of The

rated sports career on an inability to relax.

royal or court tennis, real tennis is the game

Westmoor Club here on Nantucket, Davies is

The cure, he discovered, was an ice cold brew

from which lawn tennis was derived. Among

in the process of organizing an international

the night before every match. “I was so thin

his many accolades in the sport, Davies is a

croquet match between the United States and

and had such a high metabolism I could get

four-time world champion (1987, 1988, 1991

Ireland to be held in late August as part of the

a bit drunk on one pint,” Davies says with a

and 1993) and has won the Australian and

tony Cliff Road club’s 10th anniversary sea-

son. Davies will also be playing in the tour-

applied for the job of sports director and be-

nament. Over the last eight years, Davies has

came its first employee. His first assignment

become a top-ranked croquet player in the

from developer and principal owner Graham

United States. His path to playing croquet,

Goldsmith was to learn to play croquet and be

however, wasn’t an easy one.

able to teach it to the club’s members.

After winning his last real tennis open

“He told me to go down to West Palm

in 1999, Davies suffered a debilitating injury

Beach and learn how to play, and I wasn’t into

that required surgery and forced him into re-

it at all at first. But then I got down there and

tirement. He and his wife Beth had moved

my teacher started talking about [Sun-Tzu’s]

their family to Australia where he co-owned a

The Art of War,” he remembers. “This really

tennis club and created a career in software in

piqued my interest as he talked about the im-

Sidney. Beth Davies has long ties with Nan-

mense psychological aspects of the game.”

tucket, and when Wayne learned about the

Davies continued to train in Florida for weeks,

new Westmoor Club being built in 2004, he

often playing ten hours a day or more. Just a

year later, he competed in his first national croquet championship and finished fifth.

“The other pros laugh at me, but my favorite aspect of the game is that psychological part. It doesn’t guarantee a win, but if you can force another player to do something, to make him make a mistake and set him up to fail, that’s a big part. As it is with many sports, the player with the best stroke doesn’t always win. It’s the one that does his homework, the one that knows the patterns and knows where to leave the ball that often wins. Croquet is weighted to the player with the most knowledge.”

As Davies gets ready to take on some of the best in Ireland (including the reigning national champion) with his fellow teammates representing the United States, he is excited for a return to competition. “And you can’t get a more beautiful venue than Westmoor and Nantucket,” he concluded.

Many of the matches during the fourday, Aug. 20–23 tournament will be open closer to the event. Please email reception@ thewestmoorclub.com for more information on attending.

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Rand iNteRVieW By roBert cocuzzo

KeitH loCKHaRt CeleBRates twenty yeaRs at tHe Helm of tHe Boston PoPs Twenty years ago, when Keith Lockhart took over the baton from legendary conductor John Williams at the ripe age of thirty-five, the musical world was abuzz about this young, new talent who would be leading one of the most storied orchestras in the country—the Boston Pops. Over the next two decades, Lockhart has triumphantly conducted over 1,700 performances, eighteen of which took place right here on the island. On August 8th, Lockhart will continue celebrating his 20th anniversary when he returns to Jetties Beach for the Boston Pops on Nantucket concert, which benefits the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Before taking the stage, the conductor caught up with N Magazine to discuss his career, his plans for the future, and his love for performing on the island. n maGazine: you have performed on some of the grandest stages in the world. What makes performing on the shores of Nantucket unique from all the rest?

KeitH loCKHaRt: In two words—the view! The Pops concert on Nantucket has become a great tradition that really unites the whole island. We’re thrilled to be a part of it, and thrilled to be doing great things for Nantucket Cottage Hospital. What stays in my mind, though, is the incredible beauty of the setting. It’s great music in a sublime place.

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Nantucket Cottage Hospital hold greater significance for you?

KeitH loCKHaRt: We always love being part of something greater, not just performing a concert, but helping make other worthy causes possible.

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n maGazine: Looking back on your

about what goes into a performance like

expertise. And getting about a hundred

twenty years conducting the Pops, are

the one you’re leading on Nantucket this

Boston Pops musicians and staff over

there any funny or memorable moments

August?

to the island for the day is no easy task, either.

that stick out in your mind?

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KeitH loCKHaRt: After 1,700

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concerts, give or take, it’s hard to pick

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out your favorite moments. We’ve had

prises in store for the performance this

the lights go out. We’ve had the whole

summer? Anything new and exciting

audience evacuated. We’ve had soloists

coming to your Nantucket repertoire?

cancel on less than twenty-four hours

“All About That Bass,” perhaps?

notice. We’ve had people jump on the

KeitH loCKHaRt: If I told you

stage and try to join the party. Nan-

about them, they wouldn’t be surprises,

tucket has always been a great experi-

would they? Sadly, one of them is not

ence. I remember pretty fondly doing

“All About That Bass.” We have a great

Hawaiian Night a few years ago, with

version at the Pops, but can’t do it in this

the orchestra performing between two

KeitH loCKHaRt: The setup for

particular concert for a host of logistical

undulating, giant inflatable hula danc-

this concert is really a tremendous un-

reasons.

ers. It doesn’t get much better than that.

dertaking. The stage structure, as well as the sound system, electrics and pyro that

n maGazine: do you spend any time

n maGazine: What do you think

have to be brought in from off-island for

on the island beyond when you’re here

most concertgoers do not appreciate

the event require a lot of personnel and

conducting?

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How CHris FisCHer oF oCeArCH is on A mission to sAve tHe Future oF tHe oCeAn by proteCting its most FeroCious predAtors.

According to Chris Fischer, at least 200,000 sharks are killed every day. For some skittish swimmers, this information might come as something of a relief, but for Chris Fischer and others who understand the critical role these apex predators play in the ocean, the extreme decline in the global shark population is truly horrifying. “If we lose our sharks, there won’t be any fish,” Fischer explains. “They’re the balance keepers, the lions of the ocean. If your lions are thriving, your system is in balance, because they’re the top of the food chain.” When Fischer realized that “we were losing close to 100 million sharks per year for a bowl of soup” eight years ago, he set out on a bold mission to rescue these lions of the ocean, starting with the king of the pride: the great white.

“Man, I just remember fear,” Fischer says of the first time he climbed into the water to place a tag on a mature white shark. “The fear of the unknown. Everyone said it was impossible.” Aboard his 126-foot, 600 ton M/V OCEARCH research vessel, which was converted from an old Alaskan crabber, Fischer and his team of scientists and shark specialists have developed a revolutionary method of tagging and tracking great white sharks. Equipped with a custom lift that can haul up to 75,000 pounds, Fischer hooks great whites, lures them on to the lift and then raises them out of the water, allowing a team of scientists to descend upon the hulking predators to run tests and secure a tracking device on their dorsal fins. “The biggest issues we have are just getting slapped by a tail and getting your skin scraped off and getting an infection,” Fischer explains. “I mean the single biggest challenge for me has just been trying to survive and finance it.”

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ince tagging his first shark in 2007, Fischer’s nonprofit research organization, OCEARCH, has become a global phenomenon, giving way to an award-winning television series, tens of thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, and over three billion media impressions around the world. “We had over 7 billion people follow our work last year… that’s billion with a B,” says Fischer, who was inducted into the exclusive Explorers Club in 2009, where his name will forever reside along the likes of Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary.

At the age of forty-six, Fischer has led twenty-two expeditions. Cousteau led twenty-seven.

“We’re working to try to shift the tone of the conversation around sharks, shift it from fear to appreciation and fascination,” Fischer says. “I do believe we are going to win the shark war within the decade or so. The awareness level is driving down demand in China for shark fin soup, which is the primary issue.”

Scientifically speaking, OCEARCH is closing what Fischer describes as “fundamental data gaps.” Fundamental data gaps concern the migratory habits of the great whites as it relates to reproduction. In order to protect the future of the species, Fischer needs to protect where sharks mate and where they give birth, information that has remained largely a mystery to this point. Now tracking 129 sharks around the world, Fischer and his team are starting to piece together a surprising picture, a key component of N magazine

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“Nantucket is a crucial area for the

“we’re working to try to sHiFt tHe tone oF tHe ConversAtion Around sHArks, sHiFt it From FeAr to AppreCiAtion And FAsCinAtion. i do believe we Are going to win tHe sHArk wAr witHin tHe deCAde or so.”

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antucket is a crucial area for the North At-

nurseries. This is easier said than done. Fischer ex-

lantic white shark,” he explains. “It appears

plains that tagging a shark in the North Atlantic is

that that area and the Monomoy peninsula

much harder than elsewhere in the world. “We’re

are connected, and there’s a tremendous

dealing with descendants of the most nervous, elu-

amount of foraging opportunity there as the seals

sive white sharks that survived all that pressure [of

recover.” Fischer believes that the waters around

whaling and long lining,]” he says. “On the Atlantic

Nantucket may very well be a place where white

seaboard these are really wild sharks. They have no

sharks mate. His hunch is quite literally pinned on

cage diving component to their lives. They’re not

the dorsal fin of a 4,000-pound, sixteen-plus-foot

conditioned to come to a boat for food or anything

great white named Mary Lee, who OCEARCH

like that. So they’re super duper nervous, which I

tagged off Monomoy peninsula in September of

think is good for all of us.”

2012. Since they began tracking the mature fe-

Fischer insists that these sharks have been

male, Mary Lee has returned to the waters south

swimming among us for some time now and there

of Nantucket around the same time each fall. “If

is nothing to indicate that shark attacks will in-

she returns this fall, she’ll complete the first full

crease in the waters around Nantucket as more

three-year migratory loop of a mature female,” he

great whites begin targeting our growing grey seal

explains, “and then within that loop is the mating

population. “I think the issues are really only posi-

site, a birthing site, and then the full range which

tive,” he claims. “You’re going to see a more robust

we need to protect her.”

ocean, a more balanced ocean, more fish, a balance

Even if Mary Lee does return this fall, Fischer

in the seals, and the likelihood of an interaction

plans on leading another expedition in the waters

with these sharks is so statistically low that I don’t

around Nantucket to tag mature male great whites.

think you’re really going to see anything change.”

He needs a sample size of over fifteen “good ping-

But Fischer doesn’t want people to just

ing sharks” to provide enough data to confirm

take his word for it. All the data collected by scien-

migratory patterns, mating and birthing sites, and

tists aboard OCEARCH is made completely avail-

able to anyone interested. Enthusiasts can log on to Ocearch.org or download the OCEARCH app and track their favorite sharks. “Mary Lee has 80,000 people following her Twitter account,” Fischer says matter-of-factly. There’s even a STEM-based curriculum designed for third through eighth graders around the OCEARCH’s shark tracker online.

Despite this wealth of information, media hype, and some big name sponsors, Fischer says OCEARCH is struggling to stay afloat. “We’re making a billionaire’s impact on a workingman’s wage by being scrappy and entrepreneurial,” he explains.

“It’s time for the big boys to come in and really amplify and multiply this so that we can create a plan for the future of the ocean and apex predators all the way down.” Fischer says an $80 million endowment would keep OCEARCH sailing smoothly indefinitely. For that, he’s looking to Nantucket, hoping to find someone interested in leaving a lasting legacy on the ocean. “It’s just such a special place that you all have up there with a special group of people who have the capacity to affect the future of the planet,” he says.

“It’s interesting that this puzzle is really centralized around a group of people in a place that actually has the capacity to fix the problem at scale.”

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a day in tHe life of us amBassadoR and lifelonG summeR Resident, Rufus GiffoRd “My favorite thing about this job is that there is no average day,” says US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, answering the front door of the palatial ambassadorial residence in Copenhagen. It’s 7:30 on a Monday morning and he is accompanied by his yellow Labrador retriever, Argos. A lifelong summer resident of Nantucket, the forty-year-old political appointee entered politics in 2004, working for fellow Nantucketer John Kerry. But it wasn’t until the last election, when he served as chief of President Obama’s fundraising operation, that Gifford’s diplomatic future was sealed as the US Ambassador to Denmark.

“I’m here as the president’s representative,” Gifford says, “but on a broader level, I think we’ve lost the hearts and minds of a generation of Europeans. I feel that my mission here is to remind them that the US has led the world in liberation, from the Marshall Plan to the Civil Rights movement, to women’s liberation, to LGBT equality.” Unabashedly patriotic, Gifford remarks, “I will never say the US is perfect. We’re massively imperfect. But being able to acknowledge that and learn from it are what make us an example for the rest of the world.”

Rufus Gifford is the son of prominent Boston banker and civic leader Chad Gifford and his wife, Anne.

After graduating from Brown University, Gifford began his career in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, before entering politics. Even though he’s out of show business today, Gifford still finds himself in the limelight as the star of his own Scandinavian reality show called “Jeg er ambassadøren fra Amerika, (roughly “I’m the ambassador from America”.) The for a second season. It traces Gifford’s day-to-day life in the Danish capital with his husband-to-be, 55-yearold veterinarian Dr. Stephen DeVincent.

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The broad range of topics covered includes the G-7 summit, Turkish leader Recep Erdogan, climate change, “Schnitzelgate,” Beau Biden’s funeral, the prison break in upstate New York, immigration policy, tax cuts, a non-binding resolution before the European parliament, reports that 8 percent of Denmark’s farms are failing, the news that industrial production is back to pre-2008 levels, and the whale hunt in the Faroe Islands (Denmark’s sovereign territory includes these islands and Greenland). Following the briefing, Gifford’s day, which his press secretary had earlier described as uneventful, consists of back-to-back meetings to discuss things like a recent trip to Stuttgart to meet with two other European ambassadors, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, and four US generals. In between DeVincent, who is heading back to the US later that day for work, joins him for coffee in a long gallery overlooking the lush gardens. The ambassadorial residence known as Rydhave, located in the tony neighborhood of Charlottenlund, was appropriated by the Nazis in 1943 and served as their headquarters during their occupation of Denmark under Werner Best.

Where a swastika once flapped in the wind, the American flag now proudly waves. DeVincent points out an antique desk that once displayed a photograph of Hitler but now holds a silverframed image of Gifford with Obama.

At the end of the reception gallery, the icon-

meetings, Gifford manages to see DeVincent off at the airport.

“I have to be constantly ‘on,’ which is exhausting,” he says, “but also exhilarating. Whatever the issue—the military and NATO, trade, climate change—it keeps me on my toes.” In addition to his official duties, Gifford is surprisingly conscientious about personally answering the flood of emails he receives from Danish citizens, and his social media presence is impressive.

By 4 p.m., Gifford, or “Ambo” as some staffers call him, is in the car on his way back to Rydhave where he will host a reception for former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau. As guests arrive, he greets them jovially and encourages them to enjoy the uncharacteristically sunny garden. The crowd includes representatives of various Danish companies, a celebrity chef, and the producer of Gifford’s TV show. This sort of entertaining is central to his role.

ic Shepard Fairey image of the president hangs on the wall. Gifford and DeVincent have developed relationships with some of Copenhagen’s top gallery owners, who have lent them the impressive array of contemporary art that adorns the walls. The couple is currently in the process of redecorating the residence and will be married there in October. It’s perhaps not coincidental that Denmark was the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage. Days earlier, Gifford and DeVincent had marched in the Gay Pride parade in Aarhus.

Shortly before 9 a.m., a black Cadillac, followed closely by a black Range Rover for his security detail, arrives to transport Gifford to the embassy in downtown Copenhagen.

First on his docket is a regular morning briefing, during which Gifford and his staff review Danish, American and international headlines.

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running two minutes over,” there’s no lack of jokes about bad photographs of the ambassador in the press and humorous speculation about the upcoming Danish parliamentary elections.

(Top right) rufus Gifford as a boy on Nantucket. (Above) The Gifford family on Nantucket, and the Gifford family with President Barack obama.

“My job is to provide a more nuanced image of the US,” he says. “I like to smash the stereotype that Americans have with the Danes, and a lot of that is PR.” To date, his biggest challenge was responding to the terrorist shooting spree last Valentine’s Day that left two people dead, including one at Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue.

The situation required a three-part response: assuring the public that no Americans were involved, providing on-theground intelligence to Washington, and striking a tone of compassion and cooperation with the Danish government and people. “Denmark is a small country, but its contributions to the world are outsized,” Gifford says. “It’s an overused cliché, but they punch above their weight.”

This summer, he’ll return to Nantucket for some much needed R&R (not to mention anonymity). “Nantucket is my home. It’s where my blood pressure plummets. As soon as I land and smell that air, there’s a sense of ease and calm.” So if you spot a Scandinavian film crew following an improbably handsome couple down Main Street, stop and say hello to our man in Denmark, and congratulate him on a job well done.

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longtime nAntuCket CAptAin pete kAizer is leAding tHe CHArge to sAve our FisHery To hear Nantucket captain Pete Kaizer talk about the island’s inshore fishery is to get a history lesson that strays at times into an angry rant and genuine fear for the future. The thick schools of cod Kaizer

remembers just off Nantucket’s eastern shore—so thick he could simply use a gaff to catch free swimming cod—are all gone. The fall bass runs have declined, he says, and now even the baitfish, including the squid and herring that serve as forage food for larger species, are disappearing. “I’ve fished up and down this coast, and what’s happening here now? It’s textbook of how to destroy an inshore habitat,” Kaizer says aboard his boat, the Althea K, on an early summer evening in June. “A lot of these fisheries are at a tipping point where they’re probably not going to come back.”

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“Our fisheries will be done. And it’s happening in broad daylight.

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e cancelled two charter boat trips to attend a state Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Boston where he demanded emergency action be taken. He enlisted the help of the Nantucket selectmen as well as State Representative Tim Madden, who lives on Nantucket, to lobby then DMF director Paul Diodati. With Kaizer leading the charge, the campaign over the fall and winter was highlighted by letter writing, standing room only public hearings across the Cape and Islands, as well as an online petition to the DMF that was signed by more than 3,500 people. By March, the unlikely coup was complete as the

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“I’ve known Pete for a long time and he’s passionate, and it’s that type of passion that makes you want to pay attention and be supportive,” Rep. Tim Madden says. “He’s been a tremendous advocate and brought things to the surface that otherwise would have slipped through.”

Kaizer’s victory lap, if there even was one, was short-lived. “I said, ‘It’s approved.

Okay, now what’?” he says. Kaizer has already moved on to the next big thing: a pro-

posal for a gear-based restriction on small mesh mobile gear draggers operating in the herring management areas surrounding Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

The restriction would extend twelve miles offshore to the territorial waters boundary. It is intended to protect spawning sea herring, river herring and squid by keeping pair trawlers (when two draggers tow one large net together) and larger otter trawlers from Maine and elsewhere out of the inshore areas of the Cape and Islands.

“In recent years there have been as many as five sets of pair trawlers working these inshore waters—it looked like Alaska!” Kaizer says. Concerns over the efficiency of pair trawling have led other countries, including the United Kingdom, to impose bans in some fisheries. “Right now we have zero herring coming down here,” Kaizer says. “When you tow a small mesh net that is the size of a football field in close proximity to the bottom, you get massive, irreversible damage to the marine environment and unfathomable amounts of bycatch (fish caught unintentionally while targeting other species). It’s inherent in the gear type. We can’t allow these draggers to keep beating up this area.”

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f course, as a charter boat captain, Kaizer’s livelihood depends on a healthy inshore ecosystem that can sustain the fish his customers want to catch. He’s aware of how his efforts might be perceived by commercial

draggers,

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of whom he counts among his friends. “For thirty years I went commercial tuna fishing and diving for bay scallops. We’re not against commercial fishing, but we are against the collateral damage that the gear types can cause,” he says.

Kaizer was recently appointed to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and was named the Fisheries Representative for the Nantucket County Commissioners. He hopes the new roles will give his advocacy even greater weight as he pursues the gear-based restriction in the months ahead. If you had told him twenty years ago that he had a future as a fisheries watchdog, Kaizer would never have believed you. All of his efforts today, he says, are about protecting his livelihood, but also preserving something that makes Nantucket special and keeps people coming back to the island. “This effort is for the future generations and sustainable fisheries,” he says. “If you don’t take care of it, it can N magazine

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with bells, the first of which came from Burt’s son’s bobsled. However, over the years, the trucks virtually disappeared.

Forty of them alone were lost when a barge carrying them to a collector abruptly sank.

This summer one of the few remaining Good Humor trucks rolled off the ferry onto the island.

In 2013, Bruce Percelay bought a 1965 Good Humor truck and went through

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FlAvor poll When it comes to the traditional ice cream flavors, here’s who likes what on Nantucket: 1 Cookie dough: 31.8% 2 Cookies n’ Cream: 27.3% 3 Chocolate: 18.2% 4 Vanilla: 13.6%

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ost people do not choose to swim with sharks wearing little more than a wetsuit and a scuba mask, but then again, most people are not like Ben Phillips.

“I’ve dove with most species of sharks, and great whites are the most skittish and the least interested in people,” he claims. Phillips has logged over three thousand dives in some of the earth’s most vibrant and remote ecosystems, and now he’s returning home to apply his technical expertise as an underwater photographer to the waters where he grew up swimming. What does Phillips photograph? Microorganisms—tiny creatures invisible to the naked eye.

In his mid-twenties, Phillips travelled to Thailand where he became a dive instructor and slowly built his expertise in underwater photography. Living and working in Southeast Asia afforded Phillips access to the “coral triangle,” a 3.7 million square mile patch of ocean, spanning from Indonesia to the Philippines to Papua New Guinea, that’s home to the highest concentration of marine life in the world. Yet in this vastness, Phillips spends entire dives using high-powered zoom lenses to capture microorganisms that would be impossible to see otherwise.

“My biggest pleasure is showing people this stuff,” he says. “It’s like showing people aliens. We know more about space than about the ocean.” There’s the pink pigmy sea horses camouflaged in the exact color and texture of coral. Or the male mouthbrooder fish cradling thousands of the female’s eggs in his mouth before they hatch. All the while the saucer-eyed thresher sharks circle Phillips.

“I’m a little embarrassed. I’ve dove in the most remote places in the world, places like the Raja Ampat Islands and the Lembeh Strait, but I’ve never gone where I grew up.” Luckily for Phillips, there is at least one other islander who doesn’t mind chumming the waters and taking a cagefree dip in order to snap a few photos.

His name is Eric Sevetsky, known to many as the executive director of the Nantucket Land Bank, a fisherman, and underwater videographer. Sevetsky knows the best places to dive thanks to his boating skill and the help of a friend’s spotter plane. He is also better versed in videography than Phillips. Phillips is a more skilled photographer, particularly when it comes to capturing micro fauna, tiny organisms that can’t be seen

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ith Sevetsky’s help, Phillips will have a chance to see some of the same species he’s come to know on the other side of the world right in his backyard—species like whale sharks, manta rays, and schools of hammerheads. They plan to snorkel in eddies and currents flowing off the Gulf Stream anywhere from 30–200 miles offshore. No scuba gear is required; the species they hope to see are near the surface in the clear water of the open ocean. These photos will make up approximately half of Phillips’s second underwater photography exhibition, which will be held on August 22nd at the Nantucket Whaling

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“See it while you can,” he says, not of his exhibit, but of marine life in general. Like many scientists, Phillips believes that the decline in biodiversity in the oceans could lead to there being no fish or viable seafood species by 2048. “I don’t mean to be negative, but this is the reality.”

Despite this grim forecast, Phillips’s passion for documenting marine life goes unclouded. He’s excited to share it with anyone who will brave the ocean with him. He now owns a dive travel company called Next Level Adventure, bringing groups on customized diving trips around the world. So while these photographs bring you close to unraveling the mysteries of the ocean, you can get closer by participating in a dive yourself.

tRiP advisoR wHo to BooK Dive travel reservations can be made at Next Level Adventure’s website: www.nextleveladventure.com or by emailing Ben Phillips at Bthomasphillips@gmail.com. Trips are offered for families, educational programs, and small groups year round.

wHeRe to Go Isla Mujeres, Mexico: Highest concentration of whale sharks in the world (June, July and August.)

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here on Nantucket can you see a runway show, participate in a community discussion, and

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This summer, the co-founders of Town Pool, Luke Gutelius and Sean Dew, opened a unique retail space in the former digs of the Nantucket Ship Chandlery at the head of Old South Wharf that’s totally reinvented the idea of a pop-up shop. The space is unlike anything on the island, complete with a performance stage, a lounge, and a fake storefront outfitted to look like an old captain’s quarters. When entering, the far wall automatically slides away and reveals a sprawling 2,500-foot retail space packed

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gage. The most innovative aspect of the retail space, however, is that 99 percent of this inventory does not belong to Town Pool. Instead, more than nine different companies have rented out sections of the Town Pool space, resulting in a one-stop-shop that’s curated around island living.

The Town Pool boys kicked dlery. Before the doors even opened in July, Town Pool had its costs things off Fourth of July covered through the deals they had brokered with the businesses weekend with a packed house moving in. In return, these businesses are able to access prime foot for their first round table dis- traffic on Nantucket without having to go through the risky rigmacussion held on a small per- role of renting a storefront on the island. These businesses also benformance stage in the store. efit from having Town Pool plug their brands through their robust On stage to discuss sports, politics and Nantucket were ESPN ana- social media reach, which is the largest this side of Nantucket Sound. lyst Field Yates, NBC’s Luke Russert, and assistant general manager

“It’s genius,” Luke says emphatically. “It’s genius, but it was

of the Atlanta Falcons Scott Piloi, all of whom are longtime summer

a complete accident. We can’t take any credit for it.” The idea for

residents. It was the first of several events Luke and Sean have in this pop-up space sprouted last summer when an off-island clothing store for this summer season that make Town Pool much more than

company approached Luke and Sean to open a retail space for them

another retailer on the island.

on the island. After the Town Pool duo signed the lease and fronted

From a business standpoint, the space is a win-win for both the hefty sum to rent the property, the company backed out, leaving Town Pool and the retailers popping up shop in the revamped Chan-

Sean and Luke holding the bag. And that’s when luck struck.

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e started getting approached by other brands who wanted to rent out the space from us,” Luke describes. Fledgling fashion labels like Boston-based shoemaker Artemis Designs started holding pop-up shops in the space and experienced unprecedented success. “I had a unique opportunity to chat with all of my customers who came in,” says Milicent Armstrong, the owner of Artemis Designs.

“One of the ladies happened to be a writer for the Wall street Journal and she did a piece on Artemis. All of my inventory sold out in three hours, and I basically had an empty shop by the end of summer, which was an incredible feeling.”

Success stories like Armstrong’s led Luke and Sean to open another Town Pool pop-up shop in Boston’s Faneuil Hall over the winter, where they received significant press coverage and were able to refine the concept that they brought back to Nantucket this summer. “I love bringing different brands and people together,” Luke says. “I use the word ‘space’ to describe what we do, rather than store, because it’s a space for people to come and experience things. I want people to

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iven Nantucket’s history as a getaway destination, it’s easy to see how one could spend their summer

lounging

on one of the island’s many pristine beaches or taking leisurely walks up and down Main Street.

But what about those who want to stay active? Luckily, Nantucket always had a healthy selection of exercise and athletic offerings, from biking to baseball. Long before the days of yoga studios and fitness clubs, islanders broke a sweat with sporty pastimes like tennis, fencing, and boxing.

Nantucket once even boasted a bowling alley and a roller-skating rink, two athletic arenas that were staples of mainland recreation, and considered a novelty for island living. Take a look at some of Nantucket’s sports throughout history.

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Nantucket high school Fencing team, 1926–27 tennis on the lawn at the ’sconset actors’ colony underhill cottages on the south bluff in ’sconset, 1903

Members of the Boys industry & improvement association, 1930s the former Mid-island Bowl, candlepin bowling alley, on young’s Way, 1964 Baseball game on the field between cliff Road and sunset hill lane, ca. 1910

Women’s singles tennis competition at the Nantucket yacht club, 1913

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catboats drying sails in adams slip, easy street, 1898

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crowd watching a baseball game on field off cliff Road, ca. 1910 Baseball game on sunset hill, 1915 harvey young, left, on a columbia expert, and his brother Robert on a columbia Roadster, 1976

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Cisco Beach - $1,695,000 - Miacomet Golf Beautifully landscaped half acre lot in the up-and-coming Miacomet Golf Course area... with close proximity to Nantucket’s only public golf course, wonderful Golf Club amenities, fabulous south shore beaches, Conservation trails, Miacomet Pond, Bartlett Farm, 167 Fish Market, and Cisco Brewery. This property features a 3 Bedroom, 2 Full bath main house with spacious country kitchen, cherry cabinets, cathedral ceilings, and two separate living spaces, as well as a full basement, water filtration system, and 8 zone irrigation system. The 2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath attached cottage is practically brand new, and offers central AC, stainless kitchen appliances, and two brand new slate baths with custom glass shower doors. The yard is spacious and level, with 2 private outdoor dining patios, room for a pool, and so much more!

The possibility of easily converting to a single family home is also an option, and more ground cover is available for expansion, if desired! This is a substantial offering, and represents a great value in today’s market! Please call for an appointment today.

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NOT SO FAST

n mAgAzine: What’s something most people would

Field yAtes: Develop a voice. With a fully func-

be surprised to learn about what happens be-

tioning laptop and a topic to expand upon, a

hind the scenes at esPN?

dedicated sports media mind can start a blog

Field yAtes: Just how

within minutes—or a podcast or video channel

much work goes into

for that matter. Build a library of content, share it

a show or segment of

through any means necessary, and be undeterred

any length. The staff in-

by those who say “thanks, but no thanks.” With

volved with any program

patience, an opportunity will arise.

that ESPN shows on air is filled with incredibly hard-working people

n mAgAzine: Name five people—alive or dead—

A quiCk CHAt witH espn FootbAll AnAlyst & liFelong summer resident Field yAtes

who all share a common goal of developing an

you’d want to bump into at bar on Nantucket?

informative and entertaining product. The audi-

Field yAtes: Muhammad Ali, JFK, J.K. Rowling

ence sees those that are on the camera, but the

(who doesn’t love the Harry Potter series?),

work done behind the scenes should never be

Chris Farley, and Amy Schumer. Think of all

n mAgAzine: What’s your family’s history on the

overlooked.

the stories and laughs at that table.

Field yAtes: My mother was born and raised in

n mAgAzine: is there any sport that you think the

Columbus, Ohio, but each summer her fam-

Nantucket community is missing or could use

n mAgAzine: Tom Brady…best of all time?

Field yAtes: Yes. To think of what he has accom-

ily would make the trek from the Midwest and

more of?

plished already – four Super Bowl wins, in-

spend a significant chunk of the summer in

Field yAtes: I’m often surprised by how little

cluding two that are thirteen years apart – with

‘Sconset. I couldn’t be more grateful that my

beach volleyball I see on the island.

gas left in his tank. His approach to his craft

island?

siblings and I were able to do the same.

is unparalleled and his competitive spirit is be-

n mAgAzine: on a rainy day on Nantucket, Field

yond measure.

yates…?

Field yAtes: …starts a jigsaw puzzle—doesn’t have to be overly complicated, maybe five hun-

n mAgAzine: What’s quintessential Nantucket to you?

Field yAtes: A day that focuses less on what’s next

dred pieces.

and more on what’s happening now. I love the tempo of life in Nantucket. You have a greater

n mAgAzine:: What piece of advice would you give

appreciation for everything going on and eve-

a young sports enthusiast looking to

rything around you. The sights, the smells —

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TOWN $3,775,000 Fabulous five bay antique on a quintessential, quiet, cobblestone street. Restored to absolute perfection.

Beautiful yard and gardens and two off-street parking spaces.

QUIDNET $14,950,000 Private estate situated on over 14 acres in a pastoral setting with views of the Atlantic, Sankaty Light House, Sesachacha Pond and the Moors. Timeless finish-work and an excellent floor plan for entertaining both indoors and out. Opportunity to expand or add a guesthouse, barn, etc.

MADEQUECHAM $3,995,000 Private compound with 4 bedroom main house, 2 bedroom guest house, 2 car garage w/studio & bath.

Large garden area w/pool, hot tub, outdoor dining room under pergola with Wolf grill, refrigerator and sink.

Tennis court and play-scape with in-ground trampoline.

WAUWINET $5,975,000 Incredible home on 5 acres overlooking Polpis Harbor and Nantucket Harbor. Five fireplaces, granite counter tops, custom Rutt kitchen, bluestone patios, walks and stack walls. Nearly every room has French doors that lead to outdoor areas. Elevator to all floors - luggage lift in garage.

WAUWINET $ 3,855,000 Home on 5 private acres in an estate-like setting. Wellbuilt and maintained home with room for expansion, guest house, pool. New central A/C system. Spectacular grounds w/cutting and herb gardens, trails thru the woods, gazebo and a tree house. Ready for immediate occupancy.

WAUWINET $9,975,000 One of the most spectacular locations on Nantucket, nestled in the dunes on the haulover with incredible views in both directions. Walk out the front door to the beach or down the driveway to the harbor and boat moorings.

Enjoy beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

CLIFF $4,875,000 Beautifully restored 1747 antique home on desirable Cliff Road, a five minute walk into town. Many original features including four fireplaces, wide pine flooring, moldings and raised paneling. Private yard and gardens, and covered dining patio. Wonderful views of Sound from roof walk.

WAUWINET $3,999,000 Three acres of privacy and wonderful views of Polpis Harbor. Well-built four-bedroom house with covered porches and decks plus a garage with a two bedroom apartment also with views. Less than 1.5 miles to the public beach access and parking at Polpis Harbor.

TOWN $3,675,000 Beautifully restored in-town antique on an oversized, corner lot. Everything has been replaced; foundation, plumbing, electrical, roof, shingles, fireplaces, etc. All original moldings, flooring, mantels saved, stripped and refinished.

A beautifully restored home in a most convenient location.

DIONIS $ 4,995,000 5+ acres with views and 460’ feet of frontage on Eel Point. Existing three bedroom cottage on the highest point with views out over dunes and Nantucket Sound.

Create your summer dream house! Excellent potential for sub-division; two acre zoning.

TOWN $2,975,000 4 bedroom/3.5 bath home in the Old Historic District.

Large deck and gardens compliment the interior living spaces.

Top end kitchen appliances, marble counter tops, surround sound system, A/C, central vac., two fireplaces and custom built-ins and molding throughout the home. Move-in condition.

POLPIS $ 2,795,000 6 bedroom home on almost 2 acres with a private floating dock and 2 moorings in West Polpis Harbor. 2nd floor master bedroom suite has 2 sets of sliding doors leading to a deck and a 2nd spacious room. Lower level 2-car garage, exercise room, wood shop, irrigated garden, alarm.

TOWN $2,250,000 Large, totally restored barn. 5 bedrooms, 5 ½ baths, 3 finished floors, custom kitchen with Sub Zero, granite counters, etc. Large rooms throughout. Two patios, yard, garage and off-street parking.

TOWN $2,395,000 Renovated five bedroom, five and 1/2 bath home on Fair Street with original historic details throughout the house. Pine floors, chair rails and original doors are still intact. There is parking for one car with entryway off of parking area.

SURFSIDE $2,795,000 Large custom home in Surfside with a private path out to the beach and views out to the South Shore. Built on nearly 2 very private acres. The perfect beach house for a large family or entertaining. Extremely private location.

Original owner, never rented.

TOWN $2,395,000 Extremely well designed and built in-town home in perfect condition. Open, bright and finished with attention to detail. Oversized lot with plenty of room for a second dwelling and/or garage. Approximately 2500 square feet of ground cover remaining.

MID-ISLAND $ 299,000 First floor commercial unit in the Anchor Village commercial/residential development. Conveniently located on Old South Road. 551 square feet of space with two light-filled offices, a full bathroom with shower, and a full basement with 445 square feet of storage space.

TOWN $1,995,000 Two beautiful houses, one restored antique, the other new construction, on a large in-town lot. There are a total of 9 bedrooms, and 8+ baths. Each house has a private, outdoor patio area and off-street parking. Walk to Main Street, bike to the beach.

MIACOMET $1,395,000 Close to Miacomet Golf Course, South Shore beaches, Town and Mid-Island. Cape-style home, one-car garage and studio apart. Situated on a .5 acre corner lot. 2-lot sub-division of this oversized parcel. Offering includes 2 lots and HDC approval to modify existing house.

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SURFSIDE $1,395,000 Multifamily property with two dwellings, both in good condition. Main House: Ranch style home with lots of great living space, an open floor plan and hardwood floors. Back House: 3 bedroom cottage with full basement and wood floors. Good rental history.

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