We left well before sunrise this morning at 0530... this allowed us to arrive to our destination Cape May, NJ before it got dark. The sunrise was awesome.

The seas were a bit calmer than yesterday with the same ground swell from the NE... a smooth ride all the way Cape May.

A lot more boat traffic today heading south... other than a couple of sailboats all appeared to be boats being delivered.

We arrived at our destination Utsch's Marina in Cape may at approximately 1800 and were securely docked at 1815. Our location for night N38°57.088', W074°54.370'. We traveled today for 12.75 hours covering 86.1 nautical miles averaging 6.75 knots.

We had a late departure from Stamford this morning getting under way at 1000 due to tide. It was dead low tide when we wanted to leave ad we could not get out of the slip as the water behind us is too shallow... even at 1000 we were churning up some mud... even the channel going out to Long Island Sound was pretty shallow with the depth sounder unable to get a reading... just flashing 5.0 LAST... LAST... LAST. We finally made it out to deep water and headed west on the Sound bound for New York City.

Arrived to Hell Gate at slack tide and it was uneventful... we started getting a boost from the ebb tide as we passed the United Nations building and soon we were being pushed with the current at 8.6 knots... not that big a push but any push is better than having the current against you. Carried the boost from the current to 4 or 5 miles south of Sandy Hook.

The seas were great... light chop on top of a 2 to 3 foot ground swell that gave us a very gentle ride all the way to Manasquan, NJ.

We arrived to our destination in Manasquan at approximately 2000 and were securely docked at the Shrimp Box Restaurant at 2015. Our location for night N40°06.110', W074°02.255’. We traveled today for 10.25 hours covering 71.1 nautical miles averaging 7.0 knots.

We departed from Fishermen’s Village Marina, Punta Gorda, FL on April 1, 2023 and arrived to Stamford, CT on May 4, 2023.

Overall: 34 days
Moving: 27 days
Stopped: 7 days
1 day in Pelican Bay, FL to clean boat bottom/running gear.
1 day in Daytona, FL Easter with friends.
2 days in Hampton, VA for weather/visit friends.
3 days in Chesapeake City, MD for weather/visit friends.

Distance traveled: 1690 statute miles
Moving: 223.25 hours
Averages:
62.6 statute miles per day
7.6 miles per hour
8.3 hours per day

Marinas, Docks, Anchorages:
11 nights PAID Marina/Dock
11 nights FREE dock
12 nights anchored