New York New York, the town so nice they named it twice

 


Our journey to NYC. From Cape May NJ to Atlantic City NJ was an offshore trip. Then we spent a couple days in Atlantic City waiting for a decent offshore weather window. We HAD to get to NYC to meet Sarah and Zach. Well, the offshore weather was dicey all week. We (I) picked a window and out we went on 7/8. Tide was going out and the sea swells were coming in to the inlet at Atlantic City. Wow! There were some huge waves. Once out of the inlet we turned north for the 90 plus mile run. The sea swells were at least 8 footers coming at us from the starboard stern thus rolling under and past us. This is far from fun but the situation was forecast to improve a little which it did. I drove the entire time with the autopilot doing the steering. The less experienced crew went back to bed. Thank goodness for my offshore supply boat experience?? Maybe a little too bold. But we had a schedule and made it to anchorage safely. They say the boat can usually take more than the crew can. We were rewarded with a fireworks display at the anchorage that have been delayed a week. Our fourth fireworks this season.

New York city views so far are amazing. What a huge city. Meeting some very nice people along with some really surly northern attitude. More on NYC after our visit this week.

New Nebo Logs

updated Nebo Logs

New Relive videos

To Atlantic City

shifting to anchorage

Rough offshore trip to Atlantic Highlands

to Great Kills YC on Staten Island

New Pictures added

pics update

Trip summary

Trip

Date

From

To

Miles

Total Miles

1, 2

5/9/22

Cabbage Key

Ft Meyers

36

 

3

5/17/22

Ft Meyers

Labelle

31.5

67.5

4

5/18/22

Labelle

Clewiston

37.2

104.7

5

5/19/22

Clewiston

Stuart

56.8

161.5

6

5/20/22

Stuart

Ft Pierce

30.5

192.0

7

5/21/22

Ft Pierce

Melbourne

55.9

247.9

8

5/22/22

Melbourne

Titusville

36.5

284.4

9

5/23/22

Titusville

New Smyrna Beach

34.6

319.0

10

5/24/22

New Smyrna Beach

Palm Coast

39.7

358.7

11

5/25/22

Palm Coast

St Augustine

26.4

385.1

12

5/27/22

St Augustine

JAX

38.6

423.7

13

5/28/22

JAX

Fernandina Beach

26.4

450.1

14

5/31/22

Fernandina Beach

Darien GA

83.6

533.7

15

6/1/22

Darien GA

Thunderbolt

75.2

608.9

16

6/3/22

Thunderbolt

Hilton Head

30.7

639.6

17

6/4/22

Hilton Head

Beaurfort SC

30.1

669.7

18

6/6/22

Beaurfort SC

Church Cut anchor

47.6

717.3

19

6/7/22

Church Cut anchor

Chareleston

18.8

736.1

20

6/8/22

Chareleston

Adenwa Cr

35.9

772.0

21

6/9/22

Adenwa Cr

Georgetown

33.5

805.5

22

6/10/22

Georgetown

Barefoot landing

51.3

856.8

23

6/14/22

Barefoot landing

Bird Island

18.3

875.1

24

6/15/22

Bird Island

Carolina Beach

50.6

925.7

25

6/17/22

Carolina Beach

Adams Cr

106.3

1032.0

26

6/18/22

Adams Cr

Belhaven

51.3

1083.3

27

6/19/22

Belhaven

Alligator Rvr Anch

55

1138.3

28

6/20/22

Alligator Rvr Anch

Portsmouth

71.2

1209.5

29

6/22/22

Portsmouth

Hampton

13.1

1222.6

30

6/24/22

Hampton

Deltaville Walden

45.8

1268.4

31

6/25/22

Deltaville Walden

Deltaville Fishing

11.5

1279.9

32

6/26/22

Deltaville Fishing

Reedville

29.2

1309.1

33

6/27/22

Reedville

Solomons

47.9

1357.0

34

6/30/22

Solomons

Rock Hall

65.1

1422.1

35

7/1/22

Rock Hall

Chesapeake City

49

1471.1

36

7/2/22

Chesapeake City

Deleware City

17.1

1488.2

37

7/3/22

Deleware City

Cape May

60.9

1549.1

38

7/5/22

Cape May

Atlantic City

44.1

1593.2

39

7/8/22

Atlantic City

Atlantic Highlands

94.4

1687.6

40

7/9/22

Atlantic Highlands

Great Kills YC

12.5

1700.1

41

 

Great Kills YC

Liberty Landing

 

1700.1

42

 

Liberty Landing

 

 

1700.1

 


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