It's never too late to change your mind - but you might get flak for it. A couple of years ago, Hy-Line Cruises, which carries tourists round Nantucket Island, Martha's Vineyard and Hyannis Harbour, condemned plans for the Cape Wind project as a navigational nightmare.

Now the Scudder family, which owns the ferry excursions firm, sees the wind farm as a bright new opportunity.

Hy-Line