July 2 - Atlantic City to Toms River, NJ

We again started with a windy, rainy and grey day. A number of persons suggested we not take the inside route to the Manasquan Inlet - the reasons given included debris from Hurricane Sandy floating in the Iinter-Coastal, no depth, etc. Since the only other option was to go outside, with waves reported to be 7 feet, we chose to take a chance on the Inter Coastal. Even though we had some close calls, we did not encounter the problems about which we were warned. It helped that I had Thressa checking that I stayed on route and Neil at times served as our look-out. Around noon time the sun came out and it was pleasant, but still windy. The more north we cruised, the more we could see damage caused by Sandy. However most of the damage seems to be fixed or in the process of being corrected. at the north end of Barnegat Bay, we came to

to the Toms River and decided to anchor in one of its many small bays. Instead we noticed the remains of a marina with a very nice area where we were able to tie up for the night.