Saturday 8/24 we left Sandy Hook Bay and made our way to Atlantic City, where we anchored in the harbor for the night. We traveled 93 miles and it took 12 hours! It turned out being a really nice anchorage considering all the traffic that was going by all evening. Once it got dark the current took over and we were nice and still all night.
Being anchored in the harbor, we were really close to Gilchrist Restaurant and the Farely State Marina at the Golden Nugget Casino. So being we had plenty of time, we jumped into the dingy and had breakfast at Gilchrest. So good!
After getting back to the boat we started our normal process of pulling up the dingy but we ran into a problem....the motorized wench was not working. It had been acting up, but hadn't actually quit working!
Bill had to hand crank the dingy the rest of the way up. Another project! At least we have a replacement motor. Hopefully finding it under the master bed will be the toughest part of replacing the wench.
We made it into the dock without issue and did some cleaning, laundry and boat washing, then we were off to the Golden Nugget for a little video poker. I started off strong, but ran out of playing money and headed back to the boat. Bill was doing great on the craps table where he made up for what I lost and then some! All in all, fun night.
Monday while I worked, Bill finished up washing the boat. After I got off work we decided to walk to Harrah's. We just were not having good luck there so we wondered back to the Golden Nugget. I sat at the machine I played the day before and about 15 hands in I got a Royal Flush! Totally awesome!
We decided to take our winnings, have some dinner and call it a early night. We were leaving Atlantic City in the morning headed to Cape May.
Tuesday morning, Bill released the lines while I worked in the office and we started our way outside along the coast. Not too far into our ride we noticed that the engine speeds were fluctuating up and down by itself. Turns out the throttle rod was broke, Again! This happened before in Little Current.
Luckily, Bill used a leather bootlace to control the throttle as we continued down the coast to Cape May. Once we came in the inlet I had to drive and Bill controlled the throttle from down in the engine room. Thank goodness for our headsets!
We got anchored and had 2 emergency repairs to tend too before we could get the dingy down and take Roxie to land. First the throttle, then replace the wench. Always something! Oh, and the issue with our battery charger...that needs fixed too, but we will get repaired/replaced in Baltimore.
Wednesday the 28th we left Cape May and went 55 miles to Delaware Bay, Reddy Island next to the entrance to the C&D canal where we anchored for the night. There was a threat of a storm but it just missed us.
Thursday morning we left Reedy Island and started our 10 hour ride to Baltimore, MD. We got a dock at one of our favorite marina, Anchorage Marina where we stayed a week to get a travel break and do some maintenance and cleaning.
We were lucky enough to be there for the Labor Day holiday. The marina hosted a BBQ cookout and a live band. We also got to catch up with the friends we made as we came through in the spring. In addition friends we had made in Stuart FL came in!
Dinner at Captain James Seafood!
