Manasquan, NJ

Our Nyack anchorage turned out to be one of the worst nights on anchor that we’ve ever had.  The boat rocked incessantly throughout the night with the dinghy banging like crazy. The slap of the waves was not even rhythmic enough to lull us to sleep.  Each of us woke up several times in the night and Jonny kept getting up to check the anchor app to make sure we weren’t dragging.  Fortunately, the anchor held fast. 

It was a relief to leave that anchorage which we did at dawn on Tuesday, October 16 in order to take advantage of the ebbing tide on the Hudson.

We wanted to make time over the next three days so we could get to Delaware City by Friday.  The plan was to have Stephanie pick us up there so we could spend the weekend with her in Philadelphia.

It was cold enough to cruise from down below in the saloon.  We made our way down the Hudson passing the Tappan Zee Bridge which was under construction and very close to where we had anchored.  

We passed the majestic Palisades and George Washington Bridge.

Cruising by Manhattan  is always a thrill and requires hyper vigilance with all the ferries and other watercraft crisscrossing New York Harbor.  We never tire of the view of the skyscrapers, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

Even Jersey City looked beautiful in the morning sun.

We were making great time the whole day with the currents in our favor and the sun shining brightly.  Rounding Sandy Hook, NJ we cruised down the Atlantic coast to Manasquan Inlet passing all the attractive summer homes that line the shore.

Turning into the inlet, we made our way to one of our favorite anchorages, Glimmer Glass.  This is a very calm estuary that is entered by way of an old draw bridge.

It’s a perfectly calm anchorage and we were surrounded by lovely homes with docks.  Only one other boat anchored there. 

We had a wonderfully peaceful night at anchor, quite  the opposite of the previous night.  We enjoyed the lentil soup that Lynn had made the day before, perfect for this chilly weather.  Surpringly, we had no TV reception but we managed to watch our favorites, PBS New Hour on their website and The Voice using Stephanie’s YouTube TV app.