Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Atlantic City anchorage MIShap
We left Cape May by 0630 and arrived at Atlantic City before noon with great expectations to see the area. But alas, that as we were anchoring for our first attempt we snagged a mooring ball and chain around our port engine prop. After about 2 hours of freediving to attempt unravelling the rascal, we finally called Boat US, which turned out we are covered for their services. A hefty set of bolt cutters set us free and we are anchored now in safe waters. A great start of the day on the ocean from Cape May to Atlantic City, and a nerve racking afternoon chained to a mooring ball. Lets have peace this night. Here is LH with the famous mooring ball that snagged us.
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What's an adventure without a little misadventure! You've been in waters I know well. Two summers working at the NJ Oyster Research Lab while I was in college. The lab is in Cape May Courthouse, on the bay side of the peninsula, but I spent several days each week in the coastal waters between Cape May and Barnegat. I was on either a 60-foot surf clam boat leased by the lab to dredge for young surf clams, or a 20-foot Boston Whaler collecting plankton samples to look for even younger surf clams. Lots of great memories. Fair seas to you both!
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