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Set sail this summer on a relaxing Cape Cod cruise

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Writer: Haley Cote

Set sail this summer on a relaxing Cape Cod cruise

Cape Cod LIFE July 2017 | capecodlife.com

Cape Cod Life  /  July 2017 / ,

Writer: Haley Cote

Blue Claw Boat Tours

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Blue Claw Boat Tours • Photo courtesy of Blue Claw Boat Tours

Cruising on a Blue Claw Boat Tour is about more than just seeing seals—as appealing as they may be. Case in point: “We had a woman onboard a few years ago who had lived in Orleans for over 50 years and had never once been out on the waterway between Orleans and Chatham,” captain Rob Wissmann recalls. “She was brought to tears by how beautiful the waterway is.”

From the dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore, to the vibrant coastal scenery along Orleans and Chatham, to the fishermen offloading their catch at the Chatham Fish Pier, and to the hundreds of seals sunbathing along the barrier beach, Blue Claw offers a variety of sightseeing tours from early May through October. In addition to the Seal Watch Adventure Cruise, the company also offers a combined Seal Tour and Beachcomber Expedition—in which passengers get an hour to explore a barrier beach—and a Full Moon Cruise in Little Pleasant Bay. New tours for 2017 are the On the Water Scavenger Cruise and Lazy Lunch Cruise. Also, every Fourth of July the company’s three 17-passenger boats take guests out to Pleasant Bay to watch the holiday fireworks.

Learn more at blueclawboattours.com

Blue Claw Boat Tours • 235 Main Street, Orleans

Haley Cote

Haley Cote is the assistant editor for Cape Cod Life Publications. A lifelong Cape Cod resident, Haley is an alumna of Barnstable High School and Cape Cod Community College. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Suffolk University. When she’s not writing, this self-described “pop culture junkie” also loves discovering new music and catching up on the “Real Housewives.”