SOUND BOUND OCTOBER with M/Y “Carpe Diem”

SOUTHBOUND OCT 2019

10/8 RHODE ISLAND TO NYC 6AM – 7PM 13HR

AV. SOG: 19KT

REFUEL: LIBERTY LANDING

FUEL: 875 G @ $3.49/G = $3063 (PAID BY CHARTER FEE)

DOCK: 79TH ST BB $3.50/FT= $600 (PAID BY CHARTER FEE)

WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DEPART R.I. ON 10/9 BUT IN WE LEFT ONE DAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN PROACTIVE ACTION TO AN APPROACHING NOR’ESTER SCHEDULED TO SHOW HER UGLY TEETH IN NEW ENGLAND SOUND ON WEDNESDAY. WE WERE PROVIDED WITHAN EASY BEAUTIFUL SUNNY RIDE DOWN THE SOUND AND MET THE EAST RIVER AROUND SLACK TIDE.

IF YOU’VE NEVER BOATED AROUND THE GREAT PORT OF NEW YORK CITY, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE WATER TAXIS: THEY ARE ALL ON A RELENTLESS MISSION TO BE AS FAST AND RECKLESS ON THE WATERWAYS AND OUT-DO EACH OTHER IN BEING SO… THEN IF THEY SEE YOU IN A FANCY “WHITE BOAT” THEY WILL REDIRECT THEIR ENERGY AT YOU BY COMING ALONG EACH SIDE AT 35KTS WITH A MASSIVE WAKE AND WATCHING YOU BOB AROUND LIKE A LOST LAMB ON THE RIVER. FOLKS: THESE GUYS DON’T PLAY, SO GETTOUTA’ TH WAY!

STOP OVER FOR FEW DAYS CHARTER UP THE HUDSON.

10/14 NYC TO ATLANTIC CITY NJ 6:30AM – 4:30PM 10HR

AV. SOG: 9.3KT

REFUEL: KAMMERMANS

FUEL: 500 G @ $3.58/g =$1794

DOCK: GOLDEN NUGGET $3.50/FT

AS WE ROUNDED THE BEND AT BARNEGAT INLET FOR THE FINAL STRETCH OF ‘JERZY COAST, I RANG THE MARINA TO TELL THEM WERE INBOUND FOR FUEL. BAD NEWS: FUEL PUMPS ARE DOWN FOR RECERTIFICATION? LUCKILY WE GRABBED FUEL ACORSS THE CREEK AT KAMMERMAN’S FIRST THING AND WITHOUT MUCH DELAY TO THE PLAN.

10/15, 10/16 ATLANTIC CITY TO COINJOCK NC 7AM – 5:30 PM NEXT DAY

AV. SOG: 9.7KT

REFUEL: COINJOCK MARINA

FUEL: 500G @ $2.67/gal = $1337

DOCK: COINJOCK MARINA $2/FT

INTERCOASTAL CLUSTER FUCK DUE TO LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OFFSHORE… LINES AT BRIDGES, ANGRY SALTS YELLING OBSCENITIES WHEN A PASSING ARRANGEMENT GIVES THEM A WAKE