Sandy Hook is a cape at the top of New Jersey just South of New York City harbor. We're anchored in a "cove" near the shore. It's a pretty spot, but no real protection from the many wakes that come across the large bay from all the passing boats across the bay, including large ferries to NYC.
On our way around the tip of the cape, we could clearly see New York City 12 miles away..... but it's not so clear in the picture. Maybe if you get your binoculars and look at the picture, you can see New York too.
We can dinghy into this beach near the boat. It's a completely deserted beach because it's hard to get to from the roads and is on the "bay side" of the park instead of the ocean beaches are well groomed, easily accessable and have ocean waves surf. Unfortunately, even though the beach looks nice down here by the water, it is also loaded with trash and flotsam at the high water line towartds shore, and there are acres of solid poisen ivy between the beach and the roads. Oh well, I guess we won't see these National Seashore beaches today, but at least we have an OK place to walk the dog and a nice view from the aft deck.
Tomorrow we're going in to get fuel at Atlantic Highlands Marina, where they supposedly have the lowest diesel fuel prices on the East Coast. Then we're meeting "Walter P", a Hatteras Owner's Forum member we met at the Miami boat show Hatteras boat displays. His Hatteras is here at the Patten Point Yacht Club in the Shrewsbury River nearby.
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