Everything looked fine and it turned out that the 9 foot
waves actually formed a big swell from the east, and was not uncomfortable at
all. Our destination was Shark River, some 25 nm away, although we
had also discussed pressing on to Atlantic City, 81 nm away.
Winds were light, from astern, and with the engine’s help we
were doing 6 – 7 knots to Shark River. Conditions
were pleasant enough and so we decided to take advantage of the
uncharacteristic northerly wind and press on.
We arrive at about 8pm and docked in the dark at 8:20pm. Although a pretty boring day, with engines on
for 13 hours, were pleased to have broken the back of the trip down the New
Jersey coast. To break up the boredom a
little, a few dolphins came to entertain us.
We docked at the Golden Nugget Farley State Marina, 39° 22.667N 074° 25.147W, and went for a
walk to find pizza. The dock had more seagull
poop and shells on it than you could shake a stick at. Uugh!
We found pizza with Mrs. Google’s help and walked 1.7 miles
thereto. A nice change after being
cooped up on the boat all day. Atlantic
City is very glitzy with casinos all over the place. Our pizza place was in a less salubrious part
of town. This was interesting to see,
but we didn’t get to see much of the glitzy part. Oh
well, perhaps another day!
Our boat has an impellor mounted in the through hull fitting. This little paddle wheel revolves and records
the boat speed through the water. Unfortunately,
after being inactive for 5 days, some marine creatures had decided the impellor
was a nice place to stay. So we were
without boat speed all day.
Ships Log: 6808.3, Trip, 81.1, Trip Total: 218.2
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