Jack Tar Adventures

On Saturday, the waves were six to eight feet high on the Atlantic, and on Sunday, they were about four to five, and still too rough today, so we continue to wait it out in Cape May.  We learned that you want the time between waves to be at least three times as long as the height of the waves. So, for example, two-foot waves six seconds apart would be ideal.  That was the mistake we made four years ago on our second day on the Atlantic. The waves were two feet high but only about a quarter second apart, so it felt like riding a mechanical bull for 11 hours. Tomorrow we expect the waves to be comfortable, but now a new complication is that it’s been very foggy. Sigh.  So we’ll have to see what tomorrow brings.

On Sunday, we had a lovely dinner at a local restaurant called Lucky Bones with our new friends at the marina who are in the same boat, so to speak.  And then we enjoyed an impromptu drink with the same two couples on the Salty Peanut this evening.  It’s been so comforting to have other like-minded boating folks to talk to and compare notes.  Alas, they are both about to end their current long journeys up from Florida, both headed to Long Island, as we are just beginning ours.  But we have high hopes of staying in touch and maybe even meeting up again on our loop back around home.