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Dreamboat 2018 Cruise to New England

Vessel Name: Dreamboat
Vessel Make/Model: Hunter 410
Hailing Port: Kent Island, Maryland, USA
Crew: Bruce & JIll
About: This will be our second cruise to New England on Dreamboat. On the first one, we went past Newport RI and up the Narraganset River to Brian's in Warwick RI. This time we plan to continue on from Brian's to Jeff's in Manchester Massachusetts.
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14 July 2018

Plans change.

We had planned to stop and anchor in Still Pond over night and arrive home on Sunday. However, when we checked the weather this morning before leaving the marina, we found that we would have winds in our face all day in the high teens. We motored down the Chesapeake Bay all day and, with help from our friend Tom, were docked in our slip in Queens Landing by 4pm. This was a great trip. We saw family and friends along the way, stopped in many interesting places, even the historic Mulford Farm Homestead from the 1680's, but we are also happy to be home. The Captain and the Admiral

13 July 2018

Cape May to Summit North Marin, C&D Canal

We were under way at first light again. We went around the shoals at the Cape May Point and headed up the Delaware Bay. By accident, we had the incoming tide with us all the way to the C &D Canal, which connects the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake Bay. We are in a slip in Summit North Marina, where we spent the afternoon at the pool and had a nice dinner and drinks in the on site Restaurant. The Captain What a fast boat we have! We are almost home. Last Marina of the trip. One anchorage tomorrow. The Admiral

12 July 2018

Atlantic City to Cape May.

We woke up this morning planning to stay another day at Golden Nugget Casino because of the winds and waves of Hurricane Chris. Turned out all the slips are spoken for for the next two nights. With a little trepidation, at 20 after 9am we motored out into the ocean and turned south. We found seas that were a little rolly, but no pounding, and the wind was at our back. We turned into the Cape May channel at 2 pm and were anchored off the Cape May Coast Guard Station by 2:30. This is a no wake zone and the boaters seem to respect that. We plan for another 5am departure with a hope to get a slip in a marina in the middle of the C & D Canal. The Captain. Beautiful spot here for boat watching! Huge fishing boats came in with people on the bow scrubbing the windshield. Small sailboats were going by, reminiscent of lake sailing back in the day. Don't forget the jet skis and coast guard boats. All in all, an interesting Anchorage. The Admiral

10 July 2018

Boating on our 47th Anniversary!

We were up and out of the mooring field before 5am. We rounded the tip of Sandy Hook and spent the next 12 hours motoring down the Jersey coast to Atlantic City. The last hour and a half we had to slow down in the bigger waves. We are safely docked in the Farley State Marina which is run by Golden Nugget [...]

09 July 2018

Atlantic Highlands

We were moving by 5am this morning to time the tide at Hell Gate on the East River. The advice from the Boat US rep at City Island was right on. We were on a mooring in Atlantic Highlands Marina at 10am. We took a launch ride in after lunch, walked the dock area and much of the town, and were back on [...]

08 July 2018

Port Washington, NY

Very pleasant ride from Port Jefferson to Port Washington in calm seas. We are back in view of the NY skyline. Took on 40 gallons of diesel, washed the boat, filled the water tanks, and we are leaving the dock at 5am to fight the East River and Hell Gate currents. Next stop a mooring in the Atlantic [...]

Three Days on the water

14 February 2017
Our plan described in my February 11 post went almost according to that plan. We had a minor delay in getting started Tuesday morning due to pea soup fog when we woke up early for our planned 7am departure for Fort Lauderdale. We had to wait until 9am for the sun to come out and burn away the fog. Even then, we used our radar as backup visibility for the hour from 9 to 10 before it was completely clear. However, as we got up the ocean to the entrance to Biscayne Bay we started to pick up a push from the northwardly flowing Gulf Stream which added as much as two miles an hour the rest of the way to Fort Lauderdale Inlet, so we ended up pretty much back on schedule. As we got inside the inlet our prior experience dealing with the bridges showed as we timed the three bridges between us and the Coral Ridge Yacht Club perfectly. We are going to be staying in this fabulous marina for two weeks. The Captain

We had a beautiful three days on the water and I was able to swim off the boat two of the three days! Watching the keys go by made me realize that whenever I thought of the Florida Keys, I thought of Key Largo, Key Biscayne, and Key West. Since we left Marathon, we have passed Vaca Key, Fat Deer Key, Crawl Key, Duck Key, Conch Key, Fiesta Key, Indian Key, Angelfish Key, Rubicon Key, Ragged Key, El Radabob Key and at least a dozen more. They all looked stunning from the water. Now we are in the Intracoastal Waterway again in Ft. Lauderdale, just a short walk to the stores and the beach. It’s a very nice neighborhood: between here and the Publix Grocery Store, we passed a Ferrari and three Rolls Royces, not to mention the fancy waterfront condos. The Admiral
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