Atlantic City to Cape May, anchor

Given the weather remains a total bother, we continued on the New Jersey ICW southward. 

We recalled from last year that this section, from Atlantic City to Cape May, was the worst part, with lots of skinny water and twisty routes. For some reason, this time it just didn't seem that bad. It took us a while to realize why.

First, we thought the trip was about 8 hours. It goes by many neighborhoods filled with slow zones. Turned out it was only 6, getting us here in time for naps!

Second, we had a brandy-new Corp of Engineers scan to go off of. Last time we used the sonar charts on our Navionics. This was so much better. No guess work, totally accurate.

Up and out early in the morning.

Third (and we only realized this in the last couple of miles) they'd dredged the channel. Some sections remain (or quickly became) shoaled. But mostly we had good depths. Also, it wasn't as twisty as I recalled.

To be fair, it's still skinny. This is what we see on the water...

...and this is what the charts read. Throughout the day, tho, 
we mostly had 10 ft or more. This section was thin, around 5.
But with wind and tide we never saw less than 3 feet beneath us.

Needless to say we had a good day, staying off the choppy and miserable Atlantic, and boy does it continue to be.

We finally got to Dock's Oyster House, in AC.
Had halibut with their "pommes souffle".

Not sure how long we'll be here, now. We're thinking Thursday or Friday to get up the Delaware, then it's a quick 2nd day ride back to Baltimore. Our slip is rented until Oct 5, so this should be good timing.

Too bad I've relapsed and am now sicker than I'd been since before my trip to NYC.