Manasquan, NJ

We departed our Liberty Landing anchorage at 9 on Saturday, September 26 and had a smooth trip through New York Harbor.

Boat traffic was heavier than the day before. The skies were cloudy, the seas were relatively calm, and the temperature was comfortable as we left NYC and cruised on the Atlantic down the coast of New Jersey.

Unfortunately, it didn’t last too long.  Little by little the wind and the seas picked up and it became rougher with 2-3 foot swells in 4-5 second periods.  It was fairly uncomfortable and also became quite chilly. So much so that Jonny was kind enough to make lunch. He heated up soup and brought it up to the flybridge in Turvis cups - genius!

By around 2, the sun started to emerge as we entered the Manasquan Inlet, a very bouncy entrance.  As soon as we entered the inlet, the wind died down and it was much more pleasant.  People were actually swimming at the beach there!  

We cruised up the Manasquan River past what we assume are beach or summer homes until we came to the drawbridge that we had to pass through to get to the Glimmer Glass anchorage. The drawbridge only opens on the hour so we had to dawdle for 30 minutes.

Once inside we cruised up the lovely long estuary that is Glimmer Glass in search of the best place to anchor. Even though there were no other boats there it took us three tries before we were properly situated.

Glimmer Glass is one of our favorite anchorages in New Jersey.  It is long and calm with few, if any, other boats anchored. It also has the best name!  

The shores are lined with homes placed cheek to jowl with lots of boats tied up.  There’s a park on one side with train tracks behind it.

We settled in for the evening and Lynn made a new recipe called Colcannon (an Irish dish with potatoes, kale and crispy shallots) - very homey.

That night we watched the movie Emma on the big TV. The movie was just OK but Lynn was happy to not have to try to watch a show on the small IPAD screen for a change!