That is exactly how the day went for us today. We started this morning at 6:00am running down Long Island Sound. You could not have asked for a prettier or nicer day. Dead calm flat water, sunny and no wind to speak of. It was just beautiful.
We got down to NYC around noon and came under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge leading out to the Atlantic Ocean around 12:30. As we turned south toward Sandy Hook and the NJ coast, the swell was a solid 7+ feet. The good news is that the swell was a good 10 seconds apart and we had no problem as we made our way south.
Over the next hour or so, the wind picked up out of the south to 20kts and the chop on top of the swell started to get very big… like 4 to 6 feet right on the nose. We took a few waves over the top before we finally had to pull the throttles back to keep from pounding as we fell off the top of the steep waves.
We almost lost the dingy at one point, but some very quick thinking by my mate Dave along with some luck and skill we were able to get the dingy secured and continue on our way. Nothing like a good adrenalin rush to keep you on your toes.
We pulled into Atlantic City tonight at 6:30 after 12 and a half hours. We covered 221 miles from CT today. Not bad given the sea state. We will try and make Annapolis tomorrow, but the seas will be bad in the morning as we head on to Cape May, NJ before turning up the Delaware Bay.
Checked Out ran great today and she performed flawlessly in the heavy seas. It is always comforting to have a good boat beneath you as you take on challenging conditions.
A few pictures from this morning when the conditions were near perfect.
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