September 25, 2016 Cape May

September 25, 2016
8:00am- Left Atlantic City Golden Nugget Marina.

We fuelled up yesterday so we could get an early start.

The sea is about 1 ft. chop with a 4'foot swell.  Steve put up the Genoa and made the ride smoother.  The wind is coming over the starboard quarter.

When we swirl down a wave we hit over 9 knots.  Didn't think the GaYa had it in her.  

It is amazing how shallow it is around Atlantic City.
 

10:00am-  In a distance, we can see 5 sailboats heading the same direction.  Guess everyone takes advantage of the good sailing weather.  Our AIS is telling us that one of the boats is named Sofira. She is 52 ft long,13 ft wide and going 6.9 knots.  Don't you just love technology.

10:45am- We just passed several boats

11:00am- the seas got a little rockier.  Between Zofran, crackers and ginger ale, I managed my sea sickness well.  

Steve was on his own though since I choose not to move unless I have to.  I keep hydrated however, darn, I then keep peeing.  It is not like Steve who has a special male tool that he could pee straight in the ocean.  He always says:" I am going to raise up the ocean's water level".  I on the other hand have to go down below in the washroom.  Do you know how hard that is when you are being bounced around?  It is all part of the adventure though.

12:00pm- We are about just under 5 miles from Cape May.  We are hearing other sailors talking between themselves on the radio about anchoring outside the Coast Guard station in order to get an early start in the morning.  We might just do the same. 

1:20- Arrived at an anchorage in Cape May.  Very beautiful. 

3:00pm- Steve and I took the dinghy down from the boat and thought we would go explore.  WOW!  Unbelievable to see the wealth!  Beautiful condos on the water and gorgeous fishing boat.  Brent (my son-in-law who fishes) we found you your boat.

Better keep working though! 

 

There was a neat boat which was turned into a restaurant.  We were tempted in going however I had meat pie cooking in the oven. 

 

We scoped out the bridge which we would have loved to go under to avoid going out into the ocean however our mast height might not make it so we will have to go the long way and go out into the ocean early tomorrow.  

Came back to the boat after exploring, and had to bring up the dinghy and motor.  Now that we are in salted water, we needed to run fresh water thru our dinghy motor before covering her up.  We have to keep every as clean as possible.  

Steve is managing to catch up with his reading while I am knitting.  It is hard to do anything when there is so much activity around you.  Always getting stimulated.

Had a wonderful meal and topped it off with coffee and dark chocolate macaroons which Natalie and Michael bought for us yesterday along the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Boy were they ever good.  

 

What a gorgeous evening.  We covered 34.90 miles today