Coinjock to Atlantic City non-stop

Certainly one of the best boat days I have had in a while. We had an absolutely beautiful morning.  The weather was cool and crisp and ripe for flat seas. We pulled off the dock in Coinjock at 6:30am to make the first bridge in North Landing. All the bridges and locks were right on schedule and we were in Norfolk, VA by 10:30am rounding Hospital Point (mile marker zero "0" on the ICW). We cleared the no wake zone and set the throttles at 2050 rpm, about 23kts or 26 mph and let'em rip. We didn't touch the throttles again for 8 hours. I guess that is the definition of "continuous duty".

We turned out of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay at 11:30, cleared a few shoals and headed for parts north. Tonight we pulled in off the ocean at 6:45pm in Atlantic City, NJ, a scant 265 miles from where we started the day. We were on the move for just over 12 hours today. Seas were near flat for most of the day. Not until about 5:00pm did we start to get any seas at all and by the end of the day we probably had 3 footers on the stern. However for about 5 hours, we could have served afternoon tea on fine china. Not a wave, swell or ripple to be seen. It was an ideal day off-shore. My mate, Brad Hanks, is getting spoiled.

Now for the fun part. Let's fuel up so we can do it all again tomorrow. I knew "About Time" would be thirsty and I was right. How about 523 gallons worth. But those big Volvo D-12's purred all day and haven't burnt a drop of oil. Life is good.

I didn't get any great pictures today, but there were a few I snapped during our 12 hour run:


The 2 boats behind us were each about 100 feet as we headed through the bridges approaching Norfolk.


North Landing Bridge






It just doesn't get any more flat on the open ocean than this.


So very flat.


So flat that Brad caught up on his past issues of Sports Illustrated.