"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.