Port Washington Mooring FieldWe spent the day waiting for tropical storm Andrea to move across the regional. The rain and winds increased all day. We were glad we had a good place to ride out the storm. We enjoyed just relaxing, reading, w…
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June 6 – Port Washington, NY
Port Washington Mooring FieldOur beautiful weather we had yesterday quickly turned to cloudy cool weather today. A front was coming in from the west and Tropical Storm Andrea is moving up from Florida. I think we’re going to have a few r…
June 5 – Jersey City, NJ
Liberty Landing MarinaWe moved the boat to Liberty Landing Marina first thing this morning, so we could take our bikes on the ferry into the city. The ferry took use from the marina to the ferry terminal in the financial district in lower …
June 4 – Jersey City, NJ
Liberty Park – AnchorageFirst thing this morning we pulled the anchor and made our way up the Point Pleasant Cut into the Manasquin River. Our plan was to anchor and wait for the wind to calm down a little, but it seemed hard to waste the day like that…
June 3 – Brick, NJ
Metedeconk River – AnchorageToday we woke up to cloudy, drizzly weather…a cold front is suppose to move through tonight. That’s why we’ve had such windy weather lately. We’re hoping the winds will subside enough on Tuesday afternoon for us to make th…
June 2 – Ocean Gate, NJ
Cocktail Cove – AnchorageLast night was long, windy and loud. The wind blew all night long, and the only anchorage in the area gave us little protection from it. We were so tired from the stressful trip up the ICW that the sounds of the howling wind, t…
June 1 – Atlantic City, NJ
Brigantine – Anchorage We had a busy morning even before we left the dock. Stan filled the water tanks and washed the boat and I took care of paying bills. It’s hard to believe it’s already June. We waited until the tide was coming in to leav…
May 31 – Cape May, NJ
Miss Chris MarinaWe were up early, very early, so we could catch the tide going out when we got to the Delaware River. We had a great push for over half our trip. Our normal speed is 7.5 knots, which is a little less than 9 MPH, today we were up to 12….
May 30 – Chesapeake City, MD
Chesapeake City Free DockWe had a short day, from Fairlee Creek to Chesapeake City is less than 30 miles and we had a nice push from the tide. We were tied up and had the AC on before lunch. It was nice to have electricity since it was the hottest day …
May 29 – Fairlee, MD
Fairlee Creek – Anchorage We decided a few days ago to by pass spending time in the Chesapeake this spring and head north to new cruising ground. Looking at the up coming weather in the Atlantic makes us question that decision. The forecast for th…
