El and Bill
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Bob
We thought this discussion on cruising the east coast would be best done with it's own heading.
We thought this discussion on cruising the east coast would be best done with it's own heading.
I am going to have to disagree with Bill. Formally the Atlantic Coast ICW runs from mile zero at Norfok VA, to Mile 1089.0 at Miami, Fl. You can continue in mostly protected water down to Key West, FL. On the North end, you then enter the Chesapeake Bay, then the Chesapeake Delaware canal, down the Delaware Bay. The New Jersey Waterway can be entered from the Delaware Bay at North Cape May--Higbee Beach. There are several entrances to the Atlantic ocean--and even boats with 5 foot draft (on rare occasion, with the right tides have made it to Manasquan Inlet in New Jersey. I have looked carefully, at both my paper charts, Navionics charts, Skipper Bob's books, and the Northern Waterway Guide. There is no inland waterway between Manasquan Inlet and Sandy Hook which would allow access to New York Harbor. I have sailed the entire Atlantic ICW, the West Coast ICW, and the Gulf Coast ICW--including from Maine to New York Harbor (inside Long Island)--and Sandy Hook. However with 7' draft and 65 foot air clearance, I could not venture into the New Jersey canals or ICW. You have to go outside for the 25 miles from Manasquan Inlet to Sandy Hook, to get to New york. After Long Island Sound, there are mostly open stretches, with the exception of the Cape Cod Canal.
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