Chris, Transient Slip in Atlantic City Checkout the marina area on Google Earth to aclimate yourself
Making landfall; Atlantic City Heading south you need to round the outer bouys to clear shoals in front of Brigantine. Once in the channel of Absecon Inlet, in a sailboat or trawler, stay near center, so speedboats can pass either side, and once in view aim the bow of the boat for the center span of the long arched Brigantine Bridge to stay near center in the deep, wide channel. You will . You'll come to a channel intercection marker with one color on top and one below, turn left and head so the smaller red nuns are close on your starboard side. Current can run strong here so you may have to crab. You want to stay as far right as possible to clear fishing lines from the steel bulkhead on your left, but keep red nun buoys near on your left. There is a sandbar beyond the buoys almost up to the beach in front of the large Coast Guard station on your right. Slip choices: 1) Turn left into the first lagoon, Gardeners Basin and tie up at the floating dock in front of the restaurant. You can eat at Scales, the big restaurant on the water, but I'd recommend the Back Bay Ale House located right behind it. It's a house turned into a restaurant serving a great 8oz cheeseburger with steak fries w Old Bay Seasoning. Ask for the "Cheeseburger In Paradise". They have some micro brews that are nice too. I think the burger is $8 but prices are the lowest in the area and you can stay tied up, no charge. If it's not crowded, you may be able to stay here if you arrive late. Depends on the crowd, so I wouldn't try it on a weekend. http://www.backbayalehouse.com/ 2) The city maintains a park at Gardners Basin with about 20 slips, most are rented for the season. They may take a transient overnight? They dockmaster's name is Roy: 609-348-2880 x12, leave a message and he calls you back. Their website states 6ft minimum, but the dockmaster measured three slips for me and it's filled in to 4 ft at low tide. 3) There is a great protected anchorage behind Brigantine, that is worth knowing. The way in is only 20 ft wide, but 10' deep. There are wooden stake markers marking the channel which takes you close to the marsh to clear the beach on the right side. Tides around here are normally 4.5 ft, so with your draft you can go almost everywhere at high tide. 4) Golden Nugget / Farley Marina is the most expensive but most reliable. Floating docks, good power, TV, Casino, restaurants, laundry, restrooms, fuel dock and pumpout. A little known fact is they offer "courtesy slips" for a short stay to go gambling or eat in their restaurants. You can always try this. There website sould explain which VHF freq to call. http://www.goldennugget.com/atlanticcity/marina.asp I usually time a run to Cape May so I arrive there at low tide to clear the 55 ft bridge across the canal. Then I ride the flood tide all the way up the river. Atlantic City to Cape May is 5 to 6 hours and same to Ship John Shoal Light where the river narrows. You can anchor in the Cohansey if you run in a few turns. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Price" <iceboa...@comcast.net> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 7:26:23 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd:Paint job and half hull Thanks, Chuck. By the way, are there any transient slips where you are that are reasonable? I'm bringing a trawler down from NY to the Chesapeake next week. Chris Price Pradel 35 Mk I ----- Original Message -----
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