MV Lady Martha before entering service. MV Lady Martha MV "Lady Martha" is a high speed catamaran ferry operated by Hy-Line Cruises out of Hyannis, Massachusetts. "Lady Martha" was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and was delivered as "Grey Lady II" in 1997, the second vessel of the name to operate for Hy-Line between Hyannis and Nantucket Island. She remained in this service until 2003, when she was replaced by . She was leased to an operator on the US West Coast for several years before returning to Hy-Line in 2005 to operate between Hyannis and Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, receiving interior modifications
Martha's Vineyard (steamboat) Martha's Vineyard (steamboat) The Martha's Vineyard was a sidewheel steamer operating as a ferry serving the island of Martha's Vineyard during the second half of the nineteenth century. It was built in 1871 in Brooklyn, NY. It was a 515-ton vessel, 185 feet long, with a 29' beam. A 1961 "Vineyard Gazette" article noted the beauty of the vessel: "The "Martha's Vineyard"...had decorated paddleboxes that made large, rhythmic and beautiful half-circles on the sides." as well as how exposed it was: " The "Martha's Vineyard" at first had no hurricane deck open to passengers, and eventually only a partial one."