October 13

The Karen L was still in the water as we left Barnegat Inlet. The TowboatUS people were removing somethings from inside the vessel. We heard that attempts to get it back on its feet might start on Monday. One of the old hands on the beach said that if they don't do it fairly soon the waves and movement of the sand in the current will simply swallow the ship down. We wish them well.
It was a great day for us to be out there. The winds were just about as good as they could be for most of the sail. They got too much on the nose later and we motored which we needed to do anyway as we need to charge our batteries. Here Eagle's Wings shows her style and the sailing skills of her helmsman.
We arrived safely at Abescon Inlet (Atlantic City) and found a wonderful anchorage with lots of room and no traffic. We are here now with three boats having traveled today with Stray Cat and Eagle's Wings. I changed the oil rather than go ashore and the others volunteered to pick up some bread and milk for us. We'll reprovision at the next stop which is a marina at Cape May, NJ, Utsch's. This photo was taken because we are always finding little reminders waiting in the places we go of home. Here the boat's name, Grace Sea, is a version of what Gonnie (Annette)calls her little granddaughter at home.