"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:32:21 GMT, "Thomas Wentworth"
wrote:

I always see postings that say the New Jersey coast has no place to put
in.
Is it just that the harbors are not good for sailboats? What about along
the coast like near Ocean City Maryland?

Going south to the Atlantic from the northern Chesapeake is several
hundred miles out of the way if you are headed to New England.
Virtually everyone would opt for the shorter C&D Canal/Delaware Bay
route.

Ocean City, MD is a tricky inlet for a sailboat and is not considered
usable in rough weather. Currents are strong on the inside and
require a great deal of caution when entering marinas. Cape May and
Atlantic City are the only "all weather inlets" on the entire coast
until you get to NY harbor, although Manasquan and Barnegat are
frequently usable. It is not a good trip for the inexperienced.

I would add that you could also put-in at Shark River Inlet - just 6 miles
north of Manasquan.
Easy short inlet with one bridge that opens upon demand to get inside. Can
anchor off just before the second bridge on north side of channel.
Shark river is the last northern inlet before you get to the tip of Sandy
Hook.

Sandy K.