We left Sandy Hook, nervously quiet and serious and headed out to the open sea to head down the coast of NJ. Getting out of there on a Sunday morning was like being on the 401 with no lanes. Every fishing boat of all sizes, plus a pile of other commercial boats were zooming somewhere. Not enough eyes it seemed, to keep track, even with 3 of us on the boat. The waves were very confusing as the some were from the wind and others were piling up from all directions from the boats. It was a relief to get further from shore.
Getting farther out though, meant our first venture out on the ocean – just the three of us, this little boat and what looks like a zillion miles of water, with the wind churning it up into waves that easily toss us about. But for the next two days we would be fortunate to have the wind more or less behind us with the waves providing a bit of surfing, if we could hold the right angles.
It took a while to settle in and get the gittery tension out of our systems. Then it was really cool to be cruising along and gazing out across the expanse. Christopher of course enjoyed this too and speculated on the direction of the Island of Sodor across the Atlantic.
Our first port was Manasquan Inlet. It was a shock, but shouldn’t have been to swing down into this inlet and again be confounded by a myriad of fishing boats in the most narrow channel we’ve ever been in, complete with extra narrow lift bridges. We pulled in to a dock which was conveniently located next to one of the bridges. As luck would have it, it was a train bridge and we were once again treated to a number of fine passenger train displays courtesy of NJ Transit. Here we met another Ontario boater who knows one of Christopher’s teachers from Mono Amaranth – Willie Brown. If any of the MAPS folks are reading this can you tell Willie that Jock Tulloch is venturing down the coast, mostly on his own, in a catamaran he built himself. One of these pictures is Christopher with Jock. (If we ever refer to a picture that is not there it means we have to wait for a better internet connection then we will.) You never know who you are going to meet once you set out!!
Monday Oct 6
Up early and heading out at 7 am to do the longer ocean stretch from Manasquan to Atlantic City. Once again we had good speed the whole day with the wind pushing us along. The waves were bigger and a bit different so it took a while to get used to it. But then Christopher was able to get some boat schooling in and we did a lot of singing along the way. By 3pm we were pulling into the harbour of Atlantic City and the grand Trump buildings and Casino. The afternoon weather was great and after landing we took a walk down to the boardwalk. As we were walking along we stopped and looked at each other, amazed that we arrived here by sailboat. It seems a bit surreal now that 2 years ago we didn’t know anything about sailing and here we were.
Getting farther out though, meant our first venture out on the ocean – just the three of us, this little boat and what looks like a zillion miles of water, with the wind churning it up into waves that easily toss us about. But for the next two days we would be fortunate to have the wind more or less behind us with the waves providing a bit of surfing, if we could hold the right angles.
It took a while to settle in and get the gittery tension out of our systems. Then it was really cool to be cruising along and gazing out across the expanse. Christopher of course enjoyed this too and speculated on the direction of the Island of Sodor across the Atlantic.
Our first port was Manasquan Inlet. It was a shock, but shouldn’t have been to swing down into this inlet and again be confounded by a myriad of fishing boats in the most narrow channel we’ve ever been in, complete with extra narrow lift bridges. We pulled in to a dock which was conveniently located next to one of the bridges. As luck would have it, it was a train bridge and we were once again treated to a number of fine passenger train displays courtesy of NJ Transit. Here we met another Ontario boater who knows one of Christopher’s teachers from Mono Amaranth – Willie Brown. If any of the MAPS folks are reading this can you tell Willie that Jock Tulloch is venturing down the coast, mostly on his own, in a catamaran he built himself. One of these pictures is Christopher with Jock. (If we ever refer to a picture that is not there it means we have to wait for a better internet connection then we will.) You never know who you are going to meet once you set out!!
Monday Oct 6
Up early and heading out at 7 am to do the longer ocean stretch from Manasquan to Atlantic City. Once again we had good speed the whole day with the wind pushing us along. The waves were bigger and a bit different so it took a while to get used to it. But then Christopher was able to get some boat schooling in and we did a lot of singing along the way. By 3pm we were pulling into the harbour of Atlantic City and the grand Trump buildings and Casino. The afternoon weather was great and after landing we took a walk down to the boardwalk. As we were walking along we stopped and looked at each other, amazed that we arrived here by sailboat. It seems a bit surreal now that 2 years ago we didn’t know anything about sailing and here we were.
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Awww the ocean.So peacefull:D(or isn`t it?)
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