We (and over a dozen other pleasure boats) picked the perfect weather window / day for the long outside passage along the NJ coast today.
Key points: two friends chose the inside route yesterday, from Atlantic City NJ to the Manasquan River, Both reported they succeeded without incident. One reported that they left Atlantic City 1 hour before high tide and they never saw less than 5 ft the whole way. Harmony & Destination were boats choosing the inside.
But several of us held out for what turned out to be a near perfect day on the outside.
“Days like this on the outside are few and often far between.”
We took on fuel and ice at Captain Bills Landing; we decided to stay here for the night after a cruise that started at 5:50am and went for 7.5 hours. The longest day this season for us. ((NJ doesn’t offer lots of good choices for transient cruisers.))
Special thanks to Katie for taking this pic for us all. She was a master of composition to have the M/V Shellerina in the background and worked to have radiant smiles on everyone’s face!
Shelly’s love for Soft Shell / long neck New England “steamers” was the primary culinary “entertainment”. Shelly has simply has not seen them on any menu in a couple years as we travel… and they are her fave!!! The menu indicated these clams were from Ipswich MA, very close to where she grew up.
