Tentative NJ to MA Cruise - Suggestions Wanted

[sailboatcnc]

kptmorgan,

If that trip is in a sailboat its way too much in too short a time. One day from Cape May to NYC, one day for LIS.

Go ahead, enjoy yourself.

[labatt]

Sailboatnc - they've got a day and a half for an overnight sail from Cape May to NYC... that should be about right...

[sailboatcnc]

From what I gather the boat is a 36' ketch which means, to me, that it's going to be motoring almost all the way. I see little fun in watching for stuff in the water all night long. Things like lobster pots can cause problems.

Of course it can be done but I see no fun in it. And I have delivered boats from Cape May to eastern LIS and its just hard work.

As to a restaurant on Fishers I. there are none. There is a bar that serves sandwiches at times. West Harbor is a good harbor otherwise and easy to anchor in and to pick up a mooring as well.

I would not go thru Watch Hill Passage to Block I. in the dark. There are rocks all over the place.

Having done all this for decades and not smashing up a boat I suggest, once again, that the schedule be far more flexible and slower.

[sailingfool]

Originally Posted by Goodnewsboy

Going outside Cape Cod:

Outside the Cape, especially around Monomoy,... Also, there are very few refuges until Provincetown.

Actually there are NONE, which is way less than very few.

Are you offering advice about traveling outside the Cape because you've done it? I doubt it - I don't know anyone who has and I suggest you don't offer comments that might encourage a reader to do something you should be smart enough to know iwould be foolish.

[Goodnewsboy]

Au contraire, Sailingfool, I have done it, albeit many years ago as, I am sure, many others have before and since.

Perhaps I inadequately stressed the point that one should do so only with the greatest of care, good weather, and the ability to stay offshore for the entire passage.

My other point was intended to warn that the available harbors are shoal and difficult of entry without what the Coast Pilot has always called "local knowledge".

Sorry to have offended you.

[sailingdog]

Unfortunately, Chatham Harbor now has an eastern entrance, since the barrier beach was breached in a storm earlier this year.

[Tartan34C]

Originally Posted by sailingfool

Are you offering advice about traveling outside the Cape because you've done it? I doubt it - I don't know anyone who has and I suggest you don't offer comments that might encourage a reader to do something you should be smart enough to know iwould be foolish.

Well now I do feel like a fool, a sailing fool and in fact many times over the fool. Just because your limited experience has prevented you from enjoying the company of others who have done what you have not doesn’t mean it’s not done or is unsafe if done properly. I have sailed outside every time I sailed to Maine or points further north with only one exception. And on that trip I found the canal to be more of a problem then just doing it right and sailing the least congested and most direct route to my destination.
All the best,
Robert Gainer