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August 25, 2005
Our First Abort
We decided to leave Trump Marina and continue heading north. We met a wonderful couple on Ten-X that gave us some good suggestions, and met three brothers trying to make Boston by the end of the weekend. All were leaving. We felt it was time. The forecast was NE winds 5-10 knots. We left right behind the brothers on Rhapsodie at 7:30am. The depth sounder read 0.2 metres. We slid out of the mud and got underway.
Once out of the inlet, we discovered 25 knot winds. We would sail straight into the wind, under motor, for 14 hours. Problem was, we were only doing 3 knots, and it was very rough. We decided to sail, tacking into the wind, and lost even more headway. I got nervous, expecting a LONG and ROUGH passage, and persuaded Chis to turn back to Atlantic City. We heard several people on the radio losing their dinghies, trying to enter inlets unsuccessfully, and figured we had done the right thing.
Back to the DONALD we went, tail between our legs. Beaten, for the first time, by the elements.
Posted by dave at August 25, 2005 01:19 PM