When you are making a 12 hour ocean run up the New Jersey coast, BORING is exactly what you want and exactly what we got! We left Cape May around 6:45 am and headed into a little bit of bounciness (1-3 foot seas and 12-15 knot headwinds) which gradually eased to flat seas and 5-6 knot tailwinds. The shift of the winds propelled us to about a 10.5 knot speed vs. 9.5 in the morning. Arrived at Sandy Hook around 6:30 pm and found a great anchorage right near Blessed Again, again! Enjoyed a simple dinner aboard and a fantastic sunset. Our decision to press on with the 12 hour boring run is proving to be the wise decision, as the weather in Cape May looks rainy and windy for the next 3-4 days. Sorry to see posts from the loopers who are there being “locked in” for a few days.
It was exciting to see the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge and NYC off in the distance as we rounded the corner into Sandy Hook. Last time we did this trip, NYC was one of our favorite legs. Sunday, we will travel past the Statue of Liberty (always a thrill), up the East River with Manhattan to port and Brooklyn to starboard, through Hell’s Gate into Long Island Sound. We plan to spend the night in City Island, reminiscent of a cruise we took with the kids when we lived in Centerport, NY. It was Labor Day weekend just before 9/11.
Janet Klinck
So glad you are “bored” and things are going so well!