Rick's decision to stop in Sandy Hook on Saturday morning turned out to be a good one. By early afternoon, the rains came and continued most of the night. Winds came up to mid 20's and would have been right on our nose as we beat down the NJ Coast. Instead, we waited until the front passed on Sunday and decided to leave about 1400 hours in order to time our arrival at Cape May at sunrise. Our delay was rewarded by a nice sail down the coast.... a close reach @ 8-9 knots. The moon is nearly full and will be up for my entire watch until 4am. The seas were pretty lumpy when we started, but have settled nicely in the last hour or so.

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