Start time and hours 1000 3329.45
End time and hours 1545 3335.05
After three
nights in Manasquan NJ we gave up on going outside to Atlantic City or Cape
May. The weather reports were just awful
for the rest of the week. 20+ knot winds
and 6-9 foot seas.
This meant that
we would try our luck going “inside”, the New Jersey ICW. I have read many opinions on blogs and
websites about this route. They range
from beautiful and easy to awful, you will run aground, you will lose the channel,
don’t do it. With little to no choice we
decided to give it a try.
We started off by going through the Point
Pleaasant Canal. We went through just
after slack low tide so there would be less current. A full tide current can be 4+ knots. Needing to get through the canal at slack
tide meant that we would be travelling the NJICW on a rising tide. This means that if we run aground we can wait
for the incoming tide to float us off of the bottom.
This northern
portion of the NJICW was a very pleasant cruise. The water was calm and the winds were
mild. You just had to pay attention to
the markers and watch your depth. I
think the lowest we saw all day was 3.6ft.
We draft about 3.3ft so had no problems.
You really notice
all of the new houses alongside the water.
I think these may be rebuilt new homes because of Hurricane Sandy. Most of the homes have similar architecture,
but a few here and there stand out. We saw lots of birds and small fishing boats
but only a few fellow cruisers.
We cruised
through Barnegate Bay and past the inlet then went a little more south and
anchored off of Long Beach at the Beach Haven anchorage behind Ham Island. We were the only boat there and the night was
calm and peaceful.
 |
| The Beach Haven anchorage in Long Beach |
No comments:
Post a Comment