MV Lady Martha 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 and new engines
Martha's Vineyard on the island, and it was also the setting for Robert Harris' 2007 novel "The Ghost". Martha's Vineyard was known as an "everyone signed" community for several hundred years, and many Deaf people view Martha's Vineyard as a utopia. A high rate of hereditary deafness was documented on Martha's Vineyard for almost two centuries. The island's deaf heritage cannot be traced to one common ancestor and is thought to have originated in the Weald, a region that overlaps the borders of the English counties of Kent and Sussex, prior to immigration. Researcher Nora Groce estimates that by the late 19th