The weather was lousy in the morning so we spent more time getting ready and stowing things onboard. The weather did look good for today's departure so we watch and hoped it would get better. We talked with Nick and Karen on "Caribbean Dream" about it and they said they were staying put. The weather cleared in the afternoon and it appeared the tide was right so we decided to leave and do a night passage to Cape May.
The New York harbor was scary with all the ferries and commercial traffic. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were fantastic! What an incredible journey so far!!
We sailed through the night. It was a very calm night compared to what was predicted. Vicki got to see Atlantic City all lit up from about 3 miles off shore at 5AM or so. We made it through the Cape May inlet at about 1PM on Saturday. It was a little hectic as the inlet is pretty small and there were a bunch of small boats anchored in it fishing. We docked at Miss Chris' marina after passing under a 55 foot bridge. We are 53.5 feet off the water and it was a bit un-nerving watching the mast go under the bridge knowing that there would be nothing we could do if we hit. We finally got a pump out but Mark sprayed crap all over himself. He took a shower on board and we went in town to do laundry and then for dinner.
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