Boat Delivery Cruise
May 28, 2015
We left
Bohemia Bay in Chesapeake City MD at 0600 to begin our journey north. The engine hours were 3035. The weather was beautiful the seas were flat
and the winds light.
Elaine and
I, along with Capt. Bill Madison, cruised up the Elk River and into the C&D
canal. From there we then headed
southeast down the Delaware River with the outgoing tide at our backs. The boat handled better than expected and we
made great progress entering Cape May Harbor NJ at 1400.
We took a
slip at the South Jersey Marina and settled in for the night. The marina was hit hard by Sandy so most
everything was new construction. The
docks were great, the service was excellent and the marina facilities were very
clean. It was a stern tie with pilings,
no finger piers. We had dinner at the
Lobster House restaurant which was a short walk from the marina. If you tell the marina you would like to eat
there they will get you in without waiting.
We left
Cape May NJ at 0550 with the engine hours at 3049. Again, the weather, seas, wind, and tides
were perfect.
The trip up
the coast of New Jersey was as good as it gets there. Everything lined up perfectly. The water was as flat as being on a
lake. We were not sure how far we would
get. We were hoping for Sandy Hook, NJ
but also considered Atlantic City, Barnegat Light, and Manasquam it the weather
or seas were bad. Luckily everything
held and we made Sandy Hook, NJ at 1900 with the engine hours reading
3073. We got a slip at Atlantic
Highlands Marina. This was also a stern
tie with pilings and no finger piers
We had a
little incident while getting into our slip.
It was very windy and the wind was pushing us into the next slip and
boat. The dock hand had trouble catching
a stern line and when he did he put one wrap around a cleat without tying it
off. When the cleat slipped the line
went into the water and wrapped the prop.
Fortunately the line was old and did not wrap too badly because we were
able to spin it off.
The marina
was no big deal. It is a municipal
marina. The people on the dock were nice.
The showers were clean but very basic.
We had a nice dinner on the boat and drifted off to sleep.
May 30, 2015
We left
Sandy Hook, NJ at 0530 with the engine hours at 3073. Once again the weather, seas, wind, and tide
were perfect for us.
We crossed
Lower bay and under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into the Upper bay of New York
City. We cruised toward Manhattan, went
east of Governor’s Island and into the East River to cruise up the east side of
Manhattan. This was the most picturesque
day of our journey with beautiful views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan. We continued on up the East River, through
Hell’s Gate and past Riker’s Island and up into Long Island Sound.
We took
advantage of the perfect conditions and made it all the way to Old Saybrook, CT
by 1800. The engine hours were 3085. Here we had our second incident of the
journey. After clearing the breakwater
and entering the Connecticut River we called the Saybrook Point marina to
request a slip and to tell them we were coming to the fuel dock. However, about 200 yards from the fuel dock,
we ran out of fuel. We dropped anchor in
the channel, may our securite call on the VHS and called for SeaTow. Fortunately we had purchased the unlimited
gold insurance only weeks earlier.
SeaTow was
very prompt and courteous and got us to the fuel dock. We fueled up with 98 gallons in the starboard
tank and 80 gallons in the port. We had
a little bit of a back flow problem and I got a little soaked with diesel.
This marina
had the best staff on the docks that we had encountered. They knew exactly how to work lines and got
us into our slip and hooked up quickly.
The facilities were beautiful.
They were affiliated with the Saybrook Point Inn & Spa. However, the Inn did not treat the marina
guests very well. We felt a little like
second class citizens.
We again
had dinner on the boat and slept well.
May 31, 2015
We
left Old Saybrook at 0745. Engine hours
were 3085. The early part of the cruise was calm and we had the tides with
us. As the day continued the wind and
waves continued to build. As we neared
Point Judith we ducked into the harbor for a few minutes break. After leaving Point Judith harbor we headed
northeast toward Narragansett bay. We
surfed a few waved and broke 15mph on the GPS a few times. Once we reached Beavertail things calmed down
quite a bit.
As we made our
way up the bay the Quonset air show was going on. We got to see the Blue Angels perform as well
as a few other aircraft. Bonus. We reached our slip at Brewer Cowesett at
1500 with the hours at 3092.
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