The Atlantic

From C and D Canal to Delaware Bay, Cape May, Atlantic City, NJ ICW to the NY Harbor

Amtrak commuter train.

Barnegat and Brielle

We left Atlantic City via the New Jersey Intercoastal Waterway (NJICW). We’ve read a great deal about this sometimes skinny, often shallow waterway. Our strategy was simple: go slow, stick to the chart plotter and watch the depth gauge, and when the helmsman felt anxious, we both watched and called out the depth. There were …

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Pete takes the helm in the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantic City

Another amazing day! With excellent wave and wind reports we departed Cape May and entered the Atlantic Ocean. Winds were calm and the waves were 3 to 4 feet, enough to feel “tippy” in our upper flybridge, so we chose to navigate from the lower helm. Still, we were on THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!  There was …

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