A first for us.
We saw no less than 6 feet of water beneath us the whole day. 6.5 hours, 50 miles, not nearly as scary as the charts show!
I recommend it!
Click on video below.
Fortunately, this marina had a reduced rate for a week-long stay. (They use Dockwa.)
We stayed at the Sen. Farley State Marina for seven nights waiting for a weather window on the outside, that never came; plus we spent a night anchoring out in Rum Basin. We lost over a week of progress before finally deciding to try the inside route. Both Janthena & Galene had done this passage years ago, and Destination did it a week or two ago. So, “Can’t be scared!”
As it turns out, it was a very good cruise. We’ll certainly do this route again, without hesitation. “Just time it with the tide.”
Our passage was complete when we pulled into Sunset Lake just north of Cape May.
Red (on left) and green (on right) buoys at the entrance to this anchorage meant, “Do no go between us!” As you can see there is a shallow spot right in the middle of the entrance. Take your pick on which side to go. We chose the west side then anchored in 150 yards or so.
Very close to Cape May, this is arguably, a better anchorage than by the USCG Station and Boot Camp. No current, less wake, etc.