On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 07:50:16 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/1/2018 7:25 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2018 21:58:10 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

We left Cape May, New Jersey this morning in fog so dense we couldn't
see either breakwater on the way out of the inlet, couldn't have done
it without RADAR. The expectation was that the fog would lift by
mid-morning and we'd have clear sailing up the Jersey coast into the
NYC area. It didn't happen. If anything the fog got worse as the day
went on and we never saw anything for the entire 113 nautical miles
until anchoring in Atlantic Highlands late in the evening. It was
instrument flying all the way on RADAR, GPS chart plotter, compass and
AIS for the entire trip. There's a nice sense of accomplishment in
doing that but it's also very stressful and hardly a pleasant day on
the water. We'd have waited for clear weather but there's a 3 day
nor'easter in the forecast and we have family obligations in NY next
week.

More dots for 'Airree:

http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack

Scary even thinking about it. I'd have probably turned right back around. Glad all went well.



I don't mind fog that reduces visibility to about 25-30 yards or so but
when it's so thick that you can barely see the handrails on the
bow pulpit where the anchor sits it gets hairy especially in congested
areas in a harbor. That's what it was like when we left Montauk harbor.


We got in fog like that in the Estero bay once. We were coming back
from Matanzas pass, running the East side and it dropped on us like a
blanket. I got out my aerial photos and picked our way through the
mangroves just by matching up the shapes and using the compass.
When we finally got into the river, my wife wanted to go back, she
said it was so cool. I told her we should quit while we were ahead.