We sailed from Atlantic City to the next (and only) good inlet which is Manasquan Inlet. There is no anchorage that I am aware of so we called ahead and got a slip at Brielle Marine Basin for the sum of $90.
There were a few problems with this marina and not just the fact that it was over priced (but the same as the other marinas here). The docks were old fixed docks that were missing a few boards but the person who checked us in warned us to not step where the boards were missing or broken. Thanks a lot!
Patrick went to check out the rest room and it was filthy. The shower required 50 cents for 7 minutes of water and you would not step into it without shower shoes (fire boots would have been better). The water did get warm half way through.
As you can see in the picture there is a railroad bridge right next to our slip. The bridge closes every 20 minutes for a train. That isn't enough though, they use a fire siren before it opens and when they close it. This goes on day and night! So you have a siren going off, then a train that sounds like it is going to run over you, and then the siren again. Most of the boats are commercial fishing boats and the fish smell is everywhere, especially in the restrooms. While I was sitting in the cockpit some guy (the official fish cleaner I would guess) came to the end of the dock and dumped a whole big container of fish guts into the water. I guess that's the way they get rid of them here.
We left at 6:30 and I didn't bother to check the weather. It couldn't be bad enough to get me to stay here another night!
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