June 1st, 2nd & 3rd Days 321, 322 & 323

June 1st
Did some boat stuff and laundry, walked to town with Jim & Sharon. There are some real old houses which have been kept up very nice. There is a shopping area similar to the one in Burlington Vermont. Went down to the beach where there were a few people on the beach. We did a take out at a seafood restaurant with Jim, Sharon, Herk and Millie who are headed home to Rhode Island. WE had take outs and ate on our boat.
Plans were made for travel if the weather is good.

June 2nd.
Up and ready to get underway Jim and Herk have to fuel before we leave, opens at 7am.
Herk could not get his port engine started. I went to give him a hand first thing I asked was is the transmission in neutral? We checked batteries and switches a few times I asked about being in neutral.
To make a long story short he was not in neutral, problem solved. In the mean time Jim could not get his port engine started. The engine was flooded and it finally started. Two boats returned after heading out as the Atlantic was not nice. So maybe the engine problems were a good thing as we would have been out in bad seas. Lin and I organized a docktail party and everyone decided to get some fish at the local fish market and we would bar-b-que out. We used some charcoal and wood in the cooking pit. We ended up with 14 people for docktails and dinner. It was a lot of fun

June 3rd
Up and checking out the weather, looks pretty good. Decided to move out into the Atlantic to see how it is. Left at 7:30 after Herk and Jim got fuel. Once out of the harbor we had rollers from 2 to 4 feet. We were taking them on the port bow so the ride was not too bad. We ran about 4 miles off the coast and had our sights on Atlantic City. Originally we were going to run 70 miles but with the seas we decided on Atlantic City. We arrived here around 1: 30 after 44.5 miles bringing our total mileage to 5,736. Hung out around the boat and did some charting for the next few days. Had everyone over for cocktails then had dinner and we took a walk up to the Casino. The money that goes over the tables is hard to believe. Half of the games we could not figure how to play. We will leave here tomorrow and go as far as the weather and time permits.

Lin & Rich
Farley's Marina
Atlantic City, New Jersey