The story of the Chappaquiddick ferry, which travels only 527 feet between two islands, is a history that is nestled into the lifeblood of Martha's Vineyard - as vital as the whaling era that left behind Edgartown's beautiful captain's houses. It is the oldest business on the waters of the Vineyard and has always been at the heart of the waterfront that helped define Edgartown as a fishing, whaling, and recreational center. Its brief trek across the harbor from the "big" Vineyard to tiny Chappaquiddick has been continually marked by drama and hijinks. Its twelve owners and captains have shown a passion for their work that continues today. The Chappy Ferry Book tells an amazing, dramatic, myth-busting, two-hundred-year-old story.