Tuesday

May 30th, 2017 evening edition

Fire and Rescue dove on a race boat to raise it that collided with another in last weeks high speed race.

Not much to see so far until they lift her up and out...

Tuesday

May 30th, 2017

Manasquan Inlet which we hope to be heading out of tomorrow, Wednesday, morning... Weather report shows the winds at 5mph...and we'll be heading to the Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island, just south of New York...

Today though, it's still rolling...

Below, pictures are from our walk along the ocean side boardwalk...

The homes you see are all rentals.  We were told this is a New York summer vacation area.

Jeff, Brenda, Mike and Joell all dressed warm for the beach.

This bar is right on the water.  All inclosed with sliding doors.  Great for a blustery day like today. 

Here we are looking at the ocean front bar from the outside.

Carnival stile booth after booth.

Many small restaurants.

We ate lunch today at this restaurant.  We looked for the one with four enclosed walls.

Monday

May 29, 2017

We are currently stuck at Captain Bills Marina.  The boat next to us went down the river further to another Marina.  They were rolling terribly through the night.  Take a look. 

We have pulled our lines in a little tighter and are now able to get off the front of the boat.  Joell  borrowed our friends step stool to get back on, but got off with the help of Larry and Mike.

Mike getting on the boat.  Notice the water is up to the top step on the wall ladder.  4 foot tide change.  

Sunday

May 28, 2017

We spent our last day in Cape May exploring the beach area.  It was a sunny, yet not too warm of a day.  Seas were still showing us large swells, so we waited until the next morning, Friday May 26, to continue north on the Atlantic Ocean.  It was a wonderful day at sea.  We were very glad to have patiently waited for good weather.  

We spent the night in Atlantic City, at Farleys' State Marina on the Golden Nugget grounds.  We drank and ate a nice evening meal.  The next morning, today, we headed north again.  Enjoying the weather window.  

We are now at Captain Bills' Landing Marina.  We hope to leave tomorrow for Staten Island, NY.
No electric or water hook up but at a dollar a foot we'll take it...

Windy but beautiful at Cape May beach.  Larry and Elke just enjoying the sun.

All the rocking chairs were taken, but a great idea!

Mike and Larry wanted to see what the 2017 bikini's looked like.

Must be a group hug...

We were amazed how many people were on the beach.  It was sunny but in the 60s.  The folks also had to pay to use the Cape May beaches 😒

All the restored buildings looked better from on foot.

Ate huge pieces of pizza at the Mad Batter.

Many of the homes were decked out for the Memorial Weekend.  Beautiful!

Look at the detail on this home.

Beautiful bloodies and beer after lunch.

As we approached Atlantic City the skyline looked pristine.

Elwood slept a little during the ocean ride.  Tells you it wasn't too bad.

Today we arrived at the Captain Bills Landing Marina.  It is an experience to say the least.  At a $1 a foot, there is no electric or water, just a place to dock.  Can't even get off the boat except by dinghy.  These slips are for workboats which are currently down in Cape May...

A cold Holiday Sunday and the locals have to get out.

This sandbar is totally under water after the tide comes up about 4 feet...

You don't want to tie your boat up too tight, otherwise it'll be hanging by the lines...

Thursday

May 25, 2017

We safely made it to Cape May, New Jersey!  Left Bohemia Bay Yacht Harbour on May 21 and headed down the Chesapeake/Delaware Canal to Delaware City Marina.  From there we staged our ride down Delaware Bay.  The Marina owner held a talk each evening at 5:00pm to let us know if we could leave.  We were lucky to only spend two nights at Delaware City Marina.  Many loopers in the weeks before us had to spend quite a few more nights there before taking off for Cape May.  The Delaware has a reputation for straining the nerves.

We are currently at Canyon Club Resort Marina in Cape May, New Jersey.  We will be holding up here until Saturday, hopefully.  Then taking the Atlantic coast up to Atlantic city and beyond to New York Harbor.  The intercostal is too shallow to risk, unless we were stranded and desperate.




The restaurants in Delaware City, Delaware are very unique to say the least.  We ate the first night at Crabby Dick's.  The marina gave us coupons for two free Crabby Balls with a shot of Seaman Sauce. 😁
We have the menu to prove it.

Above is a picture of one of the Crabby Dick t-shirts.  This one we took a picture of, because they didn't have the right size for Walt.

This was taken before we ate.  All loopers here.

Mike took this picture.  Don't know why.

This is a picture of the table we ate at.

You can see the table better in this picture.

Another wall at Crabby Dick's

Crabby Dick's ladies room.

Another restaurant we visited in Delaware City was Lewinsky's on Clinton St  (get it?).  There were pictures of Bill Clinton there.  We were told it was a Polish restaurant, but only saw German food on the menu...

We had a decent ride down the Delaware Bay.  Here is the nuclear power plant we passed.  Had to stay beyond the yellow buoys or a military boat would give us trouble.  

We were told there would be massive freighter/barge traffic.  This is the only one we passed, that was moving.

This is a working lighthouse on the Delaware Bay.  A bell was constantly ringing.

When we finally made it to Cape May, NJ it was cold, rainy and windy.

When the sun came out it warmed up for a few.  Above is the fudge shop we bought salt water taffy there.

We also bought very good custard at Kohr Brothers.  Ben & Jerry's and DQ were also down the street, in this little town.

Below are a few of the restaurants in Cape May.  All on the same street. 

We also took a trolley ride around town, looking at the Cape May historic district.  The town claims to be America's first seaside resort and has numerous buildings in the late Victorian style.  

George Allen House-1863

J.R. Evans House - 1882

Chalfonte Hotel - 1875

To maintain the historic district, all new homes must be built to compliment the older historic homes. One can't just build a home in Cape May.  Even out of the historic district one must get permission to put up a fence and it better be the right kind.

This is the Emlen Physick Estate.  It is said that Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. would inherit the entire estate of his parents if he would go to medical school.  He did, but never practiced a day of his life.  The Physick's, a well-known Philadelphia family owned most of Cape May at that time.

After our trolley tour, the guys found this neat car.  They believe it is for a handicapped person.

Last night, Wednesday, we went out to the Lobster House Restaurant.  

We have been waiting for someone to try the soft shell crab.  Elke tried it at the Lobster House.  She only ate half and Mike tried it...  It looked like something from the movie Alien where it leaped up and sucked onto your face laying eggs inside of you...   Not impressed...

Mike got a little goofy.  He actually looks good with his hat on upside down...

After eating we went to a marina near by and visited with some more loopers.  This boat, as it looks is very large.  There were four couples eating there before our group of 6 even arrived.

Here's a video of our group on Herb's boat having a good time.... Herb is the white haired gentleman that's standing up...He went to leave a couple days ago, dropped his iPad Pro onto the floor which took his eye's off of what he was doing out in the channel and hit big Red-16 ATON(Aids TO Navigation) and smashed the crap out of the support on the starboard stern quarter of his boat that supports the aft cabin roof... he shook it off...