Brigantine, NJ (return trip)

On Wednesday, September 18 we continued our passage on the ICW in New Jersey. We usually travel on the outside on the ocean, but the wind was much too strong to be out there. We left our Glimmer Glass anchorage in Manasquan by 7 a.m. to take advantage of the favorable current. 

The weather was quite blustery all day. We expected rain throughout the day but we were lucky because it held off until the end of the day.

It was a long day of travel through many of New Jersey’s shore towns.  It’s quite remarkable to see the hundreds of houses lining the shores in this part of the Jersey shore.  There was very little boat traffic which made traveling much easier. 

A lot of the ICW goes through open marshes which are very peaceful and evocative. But the open waters can be deceiving. The route we must follow is often very narrow and it’s really easy to run aground in the shallow waters.

By the time we arrived at our mooring in Brigantine (thanks to our MTOA pal, Glenn Westervelt), the wind had picked up considerably.  I had trouble getting Zendo properly positioned so Jonny could tie up to the mooring.  Fortunately, we were out in the open with no other boats or barriers to get in our way.  After a few futile tries, we were finally safely secured. We could see the storied Atlantic City hotels from our mooring. 

Along with the wind we got some rain as well.  Archie didn’t seem to want to go into shore so we actually skipped taking him  in - a very rare occurrence!

I made meatloaf, fried potatoes and onions, and green beans for dinner. We started watching a new Netflix series called The Gentlemen which is kind of fun.  We went to bed pretty early because we were going to have another early morning departure the next day as we head to Cape May.