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pfduffy
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Initially Posted - 10/14/2011 : 13:16:23

This incident occurred in my neck of the woods. The Barnegat Inlet is treacherous!

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/coast_guard_rescues_4_people_f.html

Pat Duffy
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 14:09:30

Yup--the chart shows lots of submerged stuff there--parts of jetties and a breakwater--not to unusual, actually. The sea tends to reclaim its shoreline, leaving rubble along the way. At Barnegat Inlet, the chart shows you've GOT to enter and exit between the red and green lights a half mile out--no shortcuts!

North of the inlet is (apparently) an emergency mooring buoy "B"--perhaps for hanging out if the inlet is too rough.

Glad the USCG was there and all are OK.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 14:28:23

Different worlds - your neck of woods verses ours - ours being an inland lake.

Night sailing . . . you - buoys, us - lights on the public restrooms.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 18:03:21

LOL OJ - We navigate by flashing lights on radio and water towers around here. To enter Barrie's public docks you line up on the Hooters sign.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/14/2011 : 20:22:18

I was reviewing the shoreline along NJ as one of my workmates sails out of Navesink I don't see how the Jersey Shore can be considered as a portion of the ICW, since you "can't get there from here" in most of the channels.
Looking at water depths in the 3-5 foot range almost everywhere behind the barrier beaches, and only a 2 foot tidal range, I'd have to say anybody with a fin keel is in big trouble mostly everywhere.
For those traveling from Block Island to Cape May, I reckon your best bet has got to be a blue water passage. Just pray sea conditions aren't too bad for your passage.

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Response Posted - 10/15/2011 : 08:40:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 For those traveling from Block Island to Cape May, I reckon your best bet has got to be a blue water passage. Just pray sea conditions aren't too bad for your passage.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...or get a C&C 39.

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Response Posted - 10/16/2011 : 05:33:03

Have spent many, many weeks over the past 20+ years vacationing on Long Beach Island and what you learn early on is their are precious few sailboats on the bay side -- and those are almost exclusively dingys (some of the best dingy sailors can be found at Brant Beach and Spray Beach Yacht Clubs) The large boat sailors, if they choose to head ashore, will go through the inlet to one of the marinas next to the Coast Guard Station at Barnegat Light. You can theoretically sail through the bay side but only in a very narrow area with any depth and even then with the shifting sand I would not venture through unless sailing a Hake Seaward with retracting keel!

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Response Posted - 10/16/2011 : 06:55:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Voyager
 For those traveling from Block Island to Cape May, I reckon your best bet has got to be a blue water passage. Just pray sea conditions aren't too bad for your passage.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...or get a C&C 39.

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Ha! I've had a couple of rough rides going from NYC to Cape May and vice versa. But the first rule in this business is NEVER to go into an unfamiliar port in the dark or without an extremely accurate chartplotter. Major fail on the skippers part.

sten

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