Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make your
entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and go south. I
draw 4ft.

Tom wrote:
Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make
your entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and
go south. I draw 4ft.

Yes, use Cold Spring Harbor (a.k.a. Cape May) Inlet. Some local boats use
Hereford Inlet, but this is not _at_all_ recommended for strangers or boats
with significant draft. I think Steve Shelikoff (sp?) knows this inlet
well.

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:26:16 -0400, "Armond Perretta"
wrote:

Tom wrote:
Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make
your entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and
go south. I draw 4ft.

Yes, use Cold Spring Harbor (a.k.a. Cape May) Inlet. Some local boats use
Hereford Inlet, but this is not _at_all_ recommended for strangers or boats
with significant draft. I think Steve Shelikoff (sp?) knows this inlet
well.

I know Cape May inlet well. I just went into it last Friday evening.
Conditions were rough, with 40kt winds from the ENE, a 3kt current from
the the NE and a confused chop of 8-12 ft. at the inlet entrance. And
with all that, it was still not that difficult to get in. A little
exciting and bouncy, but it's a very nice inlet with long protective
jetties. Once you're in, you can go under the drawbridge to the right
to get up to Wildwood. I usually don't do that though, so I don't know
what the conditions are like up that way. I usually just pass through
Cape May as a way to get from the Delaware Bay to the Jersey coast
without having to round the point, which can get very rough.

On the other hand, I won't go into Hereford if I can at all avoid it.
I've listened on the VHF to enough boats grounding there and getting
pounded by the surf.

Steve

By all means, use Cape May harbor entrance, turn right, under the
drawbridge, follow the daybeacons of the inland waterway, there are several
fine marinas at Wildwood Crest. Good Luck!
"Tom" wrote in message
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Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make your
entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and go south.
I
draw 4ft.

Great. Thanks Guys. I had also Hereford should not be tried unless you
grew up there. ;-)

I'll stick to Cape May Inlet.


"John K Kudera" wrote in message
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By all means, use Cape May harbor entrance, turn right, under the
drawbridge, follow the daybeacons of the inland waterway, there are
several
fine marinas at Wildwood Crest. Good Luck!
"Tom" wrote in message
. net...
Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make your
entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and go south.
I
draw 4ft.

Great. Thanks Guys. I had also Hereford should not be tried unless you
grew up there. ;-)

I'll stick to Cape May Inlet.


"John K Kudera" wrote in message
...
By all means, use Cape May harbor entrance, turn right, under the
drawbridge, follow the daybeacons of the inland waterway, there are
several
fine marinas at Wildwood Crest. Good Luck!
"Tom" wrote in message
. net...
Does anyone have experience cruising to Wildwood, NJ? Do you make your
entrance via Cape May Inlet and go north or Hereford Inlet and go south.
I
draw 4ft.