Side Beach At Point Lookout

 

Sarah, Kaitlin, Lauren & Adam

 

"Boardwalk Empire" Filming

 

Family & Friends Reunion in Point Lookout

We spent 9 days in Point Lookout helping Jeanne (Jim's Mom)around the house, enjoying visits with nieces, Kate, Sarah, & Erin, daughter Lauren & Adam, son Jamie & Liz, and LOTS of friends & family. The culmination of the visit was a wonderful party hosted by Jeanne at The Fishermans Catch Restaurant. It was great to get reacquainted with old friends and family for Jim & a chance for me to meet so many folks that I had only heard about. During our stay in Point Lookout, an HBO episode of "Boardwalk Empire" was being filmed a couple of docks away from us. It was a night shoot - complete with fog machines!

Sitting at a Dock in Point Lookout, NY

After debating our departure day from Atlantic Highlands, NJ, we made a decision to leave yesterday (June 21st). Thought we'd have the best conditions of the next couple days. Although there were small craft advisories & gusty North winds forecasted; the conditions were perfect for our 25 mile easterly sail to Point Lookout. All was great until we were going through Jones Inlet. A rain storm came through and we could barely see the buoys for the channel. Fortunately it was short-lived and we proceeded into Reynolds Channel. The Fishermans Catch dock, where we thought we could tie up was filled with 3 large fishing boats, so Jim's Mom made arrangements for us to go to a friend's dock. But.....the current was running at nearly 5 knots, so we decided to anchor in Reynolds Channel for 4 hours til slack tide. Finally at 2000, we were tied to a great floating dock. We are happy to have made our schedule to be here by June 23rd, when Lauren (daughter) & Adam (boyfriend)from Montana are arriving! Ahhh....schedules!

Anchored Behind Breakwall in Atlantic Highlands NJ

We are spending a few days anchored in Atlantic Highlands NJ waiting to go to Point Lookout L.I. This is a very cruiser friendly spot - short dinghy ride to the dock, nice town with hardware, marine supplies, restaurants, movie theater, grocery store, & deli. Yesterday it rained all day so we didn't get off the boat. Today should be nice. We'll be here til Monday, June 22nd.

"Kismet" Does New Jersey

Since our last post, we left Chesapeake City at 0515 on 6/13/09 and motored and sailed down the Delaware Bay to Cape May NJ. As soon as we exited the Cape May Canal a very thick fog came in; we were happy to be safely anchored by the Coast Guard station within 20 minutes. The current was with us going down the Bay and at times we were traveling at close to 10 knots. The next day we checked into Utsch's Marina for one night to fuel up, change the oil, do laundry, go to the grocery store, and fill the water tank. The weather forecast sounded abit foreboding for the end of this week, so we decided to make tracks up the Jersey Coast in a two day trip; Cape May to Atlantic City & AC to Sandy Hook - a total of about 134 nautical miles. Ab & Karen on "Whipporwill" were our traveling companions for the trip. In Atlantic City we anchored behind Rum Point, a beautiful spot that we stayed in on the way down. Yesterday, we weighed anchor at 0515 and motored and sailed about 80 miles to Sandy Hook NJ. It was a very long day, and Jim had abit of "mal de mer". We set the anchor down by the coast guard station in Sandy Hook and went to bed by 2030! "Whipporwill" and "Kismet parted ways this morning; as they are heading back to Lake Erie and "Kismet" is heading to Long Island in a few days.