That Barnegat Inlet barrier is weighing heavily on my mind. I've yet to pass thru the inlet. We play in the bay. The jeers from Sue are grating on my nerves … "you haven't even gone out the inlet yet" she says. But she won't go with me until I prove my worth. "Take somebody along who knows how to do it" she says. But that's not my style. I tend to challenge myself alone. So this weekend appears to be my opportunity. She's busy … I'm itching to sail after a month absence from the boat.
Weather calls for a high pressure system moving across the mid-Atlantic. NOAA says Saturday winds are N-NE 10-15 knots gusting to 20. Seas are 1' to 3'. Seas are a bit higher right now but westerlies are knocking them down before the weekend. I can pass thru the Barnegat Inlet at 9:00 am Saturday morning at high tide. Current will still be flooding but slacking after the high tide. I'll be bucking about a 2 knot current as I pass thru the inlet.
I'm looking forward to a nice 8-hour romp heading south to Absecon Inlet (Atlantic City). If I arrive around 5 pm, I'll be entering the inlet on a rising tide with the current.
I need to go back to work after the weekend, so I'm uncertain about the return. NOAA says the wind on Sunday will be East 10-15 knots. The course along the coast is NNE. It could be a little bit of a beat with a lee shore. Windyty seems to indicate that the wind is likely to be NE on Sunday. That would not be good for the return. The prevailing swells are from the SE. I suppose I could motor into the wind, but I don't like the idea of bucking through the wind waves.
Monday looks much better. Winds shift to the SE at 10 knots with 2' - 4' seas. This could be a perfect beam or broad reach, likely heading with the prevailing swell. The only trouble is the chance of scattered thunderstorms that NOAA warns about for Monday. They also talk about the potential effect of Dorian, starting Tuesday.
My inclination is to chill on the boat and at the beach Sunday in Brigantine and return on Monday, unless we find the forecast for SE wind on Monday arrives early on Sunday.
Weather calls for a high pressure system moving across the mid-Atlantic. NOAA says Saturday winds are N-NE 10-15 knots gusting to 20. Seas are 1' to 3'. Seas are a bit higher right now but westerlies are knocking them down before the weekend. I can pass thru the Barnegat Inlet at 9:00 am Saturday morning at high tide. Current will still be flooding but slacking after the high tide. I'll be bucking about a 2 knot current as I pass thru the inlet.
I'm looking forward to a nice 8-hour romp heading south to Absecon Inlet (Atlantic City). If I arrive around 5 pm, I'll be entering the inlet on a rising tide with the current.
I need to go back to work after the weekend, so I'm uncertain about the return. NOAA says the wind on Sunday will be East 10-15 knots. The course along the coast is NNE. It could be a little bit of a beat with a lee shore. Windyty seems to indicate that the wind is likely to be NE on Sunday. That would not be good for the return. The prevailing swells are from the SE. I suppose I could motor into the wind, but I don't like the idea of bucking through the wind waves.
Monday looks much better. Winds shift to the SE at 10 knots with 2' - 4' seas. This could be a perfect beam or broad reach, likely heading with the prevailing swell. The only trouble is the chance of scattered thunderstorms that NOAA warns about for Monday. They also talk about the potential effect of Dorian, starting Tuesday.
My inclination is to chill on the boat and at the beach Sunday in Brigantine and return on Monday, unless we find the forecast for SE wind on Monday arrives early on Sunday.
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