June 21st, Day 8 - In Glimmerglass Bay

Well, after making Gerry a terrific Father’s Day breakfast (not made from scratch pancakes, eggs, and bacon), Linda re-organized things again. Gerry checked the alternator connections (found a loose wire), fixed the leak in the rear hatch (again), and spent 3 hours on trying to get the macerator pump out working. Finally found that the sea cock valve was simply not opening when you turned the lever. Had no luck trying to free it, so that will be one of those things that will be repaired when we get a haul out (we expect that we'll have to do that at some time along the way). We definitely need to do it before we go to the Bahamas – they don’t believe in pump out stations, so we will need a way to dispose of the “stuff”.

It quit raining long enough for us to go for a dinghy ride and do some exploring. We eventually went into Point Pleasant for lupper (meal between lunch and supper) at the Shrimp Box. It was ok, but not great. We also took a walk down the inlet breakwater and over to the boardwalk to get a bit of exercise. The sky took on a nasty black look, so we headed back to the dinghy and a quick ride back to the Vineyard. We almost made it, but ended up getting pretty wet before we finally got to the boat.

Had a new neighbor in the anchorage when we got back. A sailboat from Rhode Island had pulled in while we were out playing. We will have to go meet them when it stops raining.

Listened to the weather and it sounds like the forecast is changing for lighter winds tomorrow. Hope so, would like to get back on the road again.


The Vineyard in Glimmer Glass Basin

The fishing fleet in Pt. Pleasant.

Gerry at Manasquan Inlet after lunch at the Shrimp Box.

Manasquan Inlet from shore.

I think it is time to go back to the boat. It was too late, we got soaked.

Gerry & Linda

Monks' Vineyard