Hoffman's Marina-Manasquan, NJ - 5/29/12

All three boats left Atlantic City at 7:00 a.m. with Carried Away leading followed by Quest and Moor $tuff.   We didn't have far to go until we were out in the Atlantic Ocean for the 64 mile trip to Manasquan, NJ.

Out on the Atlantic

 The weather report said we would have 3 to 5 foot seas with a SW wind.  Since we needed to get several miles off shore, we had a beam sea for several miles then turned NE for many miles.  The beam sea continued and it was getting a little rough.  Ricki went down stairs and had to clean up messes from the pantry door coming open a couple times until it got taped shut.

Moor $tuff

 My opinion of the weather report is that when they say 3 to 5 foot seas ... add them together for an accurate report.  We not only had 5 foot seas but had a few 6 to 8's thrown in as well.  I asked the other guys if they had anything on board that could get my teeth marks out of the stainless steering wheel.  When we finally made the last 10 mile turn toward the Inlet we had a neat whale show.  It actually jumped out of the water a couple times then apparently was feeding since we saw its flippers come out of the water many times.

Entering Manasquan Inlet

The break wall coming into the inlet is made of concrete jacks like the ones we used to play jacks with as kids.  Later after we docked, Ricki heard on the radio that a pleasure craft had got into them trying to enter the Inlet.

Manasquan Beach

Too bad the trip was so nasty.  It was hard to get any pictures with the boat lurching and bobbing so much.
 After spending over 7 hours traveling we finally landed at 2:45.

Coming into Marina

Hoffman's had 2 marina locations.  One just short of a railroad bridge where we staged our passage through the bridge, and a new one just on the other side of the bridge. The tide is about 5 feet here and creates a really strong current.  Carried Away and Quest were assigned T-dock ties while Moor $tuff was right beside us in a slip.  The wind and current was so stiff that the marina manager took the helm of Moor $tuff to dock it.

Cute

Our Marina

 The marina is still being built and is really nice.  Everything is brand new including the lifts and docks.

Our Marina

Going Up

Here's our view of the railroad bridge which is up until a train comes.  This appears to be a main line for commuters since all we have seen are passenger trains and they run several times an hour.

We all pitched in for dinner on Quest and celebrated our trip today.

Tomorrow, if the weather is better, we will go out in the Atlantic once more for the 25 plus mile to Sandy Hook, NJ where we will plan our run through the NY harbor on Thursday.

Our location for tonight is:  N 40  06.388  W 074  03.047