Having got tired of being in Cape May and with forecast
of a couple of days with possible wind, I lifted the anchor on Monday 20th
at about midday, to take advantage of the outgoing tide, however it did make it
a bit lumpy at the entrance; I raised the sails, but the wind rarely reached
the forecast levels, so had to motor sail for all but about five of the forty
four hours of the voyage. During the leg we passed through two areas of dead
fish and a fishing competition, allot of boats of all sizes spread over a large
area and moving every so often.
We passed around Sandy Hook at just about dawn,
after doing about 2 ½ knots for the previous 10 hours to arrive after high tide
(tidal currents run at up to 3 ½ knots here) with the New York skyline visible
to the North, and anchored off Atlantic Highlands at 8am on Wednesday 22nd
in about 3m in mud.
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| Sunrise at Sandy Hook |
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| Atlantic Highlands Harbour |
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