The effects of the coastal storm this weekend could be seen Monday morning in Katama Bay, where a sailboat had run aground Saturday night.

The Mass Transit, a 105-foot racing sloop that had been anchored in the Edgartown harbor, was carried by winds to upper Katama Bay, after its anchoring system failed, harbor master Charlie Blair said during a phone call on Monday.

The boat had not traveled far — less than half a mile, Mr. Blair said, with no one on board. Fortunately, it did not hit anything along the way, he added.

Boat owner Nick van Nes said the ground tackle of the mooring broke loose, and his boat dragged it along with an anchor toward the beach. He said the boat sustained no damage as a result of the incident. Mr. van Nes has been building the Mass Transit for 30 years, he said, and has sailed it for 10 years.

“You asked if I own the boat, but the boat really owns me,” Mr. van Nes said. “That’s the way of boats, there’s a lot of maintenance: one step forward and four steps back.”

He’s hoping for the right conditions — high tides and a lull in the winds — to get his boat back where it belongs, he said.

The Edgartown harbor is pretty well protected from the northeast, Mr. Blair said, unlike the Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven harbors. For that reason, Mr. van Nes called Mr. Blair two days before the storm to arrange for his boat to anchor there.

Despite that precaution, the winds prevailed.

“It blew pretty darn hard here,” Mr. Blair said.

He reported no other significant damage in his harbor during the severe weekend weather.