Where is Waretown?

The last few days have been pretty eventful. Graham showed up in Tarrytown right on schedule and we left early the following morning to catch a bit of the ebbing tide towards "The Big Apple". The trip down the last 25 miles of the Hudson River went according to plan and we arrived at the Liberty Landing Marina where we had reserved a slip, at around 3 pm. It was necessary to reserve the slip, as I found out; the first place that I called was full. Where we ended up was connected to the Liberty Landing State Park, a great place to walk the dog and one with a large restaurant where Graham and I later had some dinner. After our end of day beer, we hopped aboard a water taxi and went across the river to Manhattan. Graham took me on a tour of a small portion of that area before we returned to the marina around 7 pm. I was a bit surprised at how much construction is still going on at the site of "ground zero". I had expected to see some form of memorial already in place but all that I could see ere construction cranes in and around the area. It would be nice to return to the city and spend a bit more time looking around. The waterfront area alone would take days to really appreciate. One comment that Graham made a number of times was that there seemed to be a lot of public green space down where we were - small and large parks where one could be comfortable - with benches and flowers and buzzing with activity.
We had planned on doing a 5 hour trip the following day (Sunday) to Sandy Hook before we dod our jump "outside" on the Atlantic for the hop to the Manasquan Inlet in New Jersey, but the weather was so good, and the tide in our favour, that we decided to add the hop to Manasquan to our day's run. After about 8 hours, we arrived in the Manasquan Inlet where we had our first brush with difficulty in finding a marina. We ended up tied alongside a fixed pier at the fuel docks at the Brielle Yacht Club - an upscale place with upscale power yachts and a very rough fuel dock that was exposed to a strong current from the river. We docked, then decided to make a run for an unknown anchorage the other side of a lift bridge, then changed our minds and returned to the rough dock where we spent the night, anxious to get out of there the following morning.
We did leave at around 10 a.m., and rode a following wind through the start of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. NJICW. It is quite shallow in most spots so we had to keep to the centre of the channel with one eye on the depth sounder as we went along, but after calling a reserving a skip at a marina in Waretown, we relaxed a bit, let out some sails, and actually had the motor off for a couple of hours.
Waretown is a small community on the west bank of Barnegat Bay - a large body of water about 15 miles long and in places several miles wide, but with an average depth of only about 7 feet. That meant that the strong winds that we were sailing in did not raise much in the way of waves on the bay. Still, we were relieved to arrive at a really well-protected, new marine facilityexpecially since the weather forecasts for the next several days point to cery strong winds. I think that we might be here until the weekend, which means that Graham's sailing times on Resolute this trip, might be behind him. The winds are forecast to reach gale force by Wednesday and Thursday so this cruiser will be staying put.
Well, Graham just returned from a shower after his run, time for a snack. I will post a few photos - Graham with the Statue of Liberty in the background, the two of us leaving NYC, and one of the waterfront at the marina in Waretown. By the way, the washrooms here are fabulous; I would highly recommend this place.
I may get back to you again before our stay here is over.

Food for now.

Mike