Slipping Away
Nathan Palmer, dock supervisor at the Nantucket Boat Basin, got his first taste of Nantucket in 1991 while crewing on the 150-foot Feadship Enterprise IV, which used to summer on the island. After several years aboard Enterprise IV, and later aboard Enterprise V, Palmer returned to his home in Daytona, though he tired of the hot Florida summers, “I really liked the seasons in Nantucket,” Palmer says, “and Daytona was on fire.” He returned to Nantucket in 1999, taking a job at the Boat Basin. He was only a seasonal resident at first, but was seduced by the charm of Nantucket, and has lived on the island year-round for the last three years. He expects a busy 2010 summer, as the Boat Basin celebrates 40 years of operation by lowering transient slip fees to what they were in 1970 for the month of June! For more information on the Nantucket Boat Basin, and their 2010 summer deals, visit www. nantucketboatbasin.com. Palmer wears the I.W.C. Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph ($12,600), which features a stainless steel case, a sapphire, convex glass with anti-reflective coating for easy legibility, and a see-through sapphire-glass back that lets you glimpse the watch’s meticulous engineering. I.W.C., (800) 432-9330; www.iwc.com