Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey

We stayed put another day at Half Moon Marina, the weather just doesn't want to cooperate with us. We left there Saturday morning and traveled to Liberty Park to anchor out for the night. You can see by the picture the sky was very overcast, just a very dull day. By the time we arrived in NYC the sun started to come out and shone on the city as we passed by the Statue Of Liberty. It was not quite out when we passed by the Empire State Building. It still is impressive even with out the sun.

We had a quite night and rose early to pull up anchor and leave by 7:00 AM. The seas were very high, 4 to 8 feet with winds less than 2 knots. It is very different on the ocean compared to the lake when the seas are big. On the lake it would be a rough ride because the frequency is quick and the waves crest, on the ocean they are at a longer frequency and they are more of a swell. All was well until we got to Manasquan Inlet. The tide was going out as the large waves were coming in. I was to busy holding on to go below to pick up what went flying off the shelves. It was good to get to the dock and wait until the tide stopped going out. Things will stay clam until the next tide change.

While we were on the ocean I got a thrill of a life time, a whale surfaced about 50 feet away from the port bow side of the boat. At first I wasn't sure what I was seeing. I can say I'm sure glad he surfaced that far away from the boat and not under it, he was much bigger than us. While we traveled last year there was constantly whale watch being requested on the VHF but until now we had not seen any.

Tomorrow we plan to be in Atlantic City for the night.