The weather forecast for today (wind and waves) said it
should be pretty much like it was yesterday, but it wasn't.
Viridian
was the lead boat again and the first 10 miles of our 63-mile offshore run from Atlantic City to Manasquan River,
NJ was rough.
Second Wave radioed us and said they were turning
back and would wait for calmer seas before heading north. The rest of the fleet decided to go further
offshore to deeper water and it seemed to help a bit, but it didn't smooth out much
until we had gone north about 15 miles. From then on we had good seas but
cool air, high only 68 deg.
Timing for entering the Manasquan Inlet needed to be as
close to slack tide as possible, so we slowed our pace to arrive at 3:00 but
had to wait in line to get into our marina slip at Hoffman's Marina.
Once tied up,
Viridian was
washed down with fresh water to get all the salt spray off until we can wash
her properly with soap. Our slip is a stone’s throw from the Brielle RR Lift
Bridge where commuter trains come through every 15 minutes. The RR bridge
has to be lowered for this to happen, and that combined with a strong tide
current has caused several boat wrecks over the years. Boaters did not
realize how strong the current was until it was too late and wound up smacking
into the bridge as a result. We will make sure we contact the bridge
operator in the morning and make sure the bridge will be open when we are ready
to leave.
Tomorrow we will cruise an easy 40
miles into New York Bay and over to Staten Island to the Great Kills Yacht Club
Marina and spend the night.
That's the news and here's some views:
We are
here
Today's cruise from Atlantic City, NJ to Manasquan River, NJ
Red in the morning?
Manasquan River Inlet
Catching Libe-sta!
Commuter train crossing the Brielle RR lift bridge
Viridian on the T-dock at the end of the pier
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