Atlantic City to New York Harbor

We were planning to leave from Atlantic City early on Monday morning and boat the whole way to New York City in one day. Sandy figured it would take us over 10 hours depending on weather, waves and whether we did the whole trip on the ocean or went into the Intercoastal Waterway. Josh went out to a casino Sunday evening and showed up about 5 minutes before we were plannning to leave (5 AM). Needless to say he slept most of the trip up the coast of New Jersey......

The Jersey Shore is one long beach with white sand and lots of ferris wheels/amusement parks and beautiful homes. We ended up motoring part way in the ICW to see what it was like and at one point due to wind and waves . It was slower than out in the ocean but not near as choppy. We came out to the ocean a second time at Pt Pleasant and went into the harbor to see what it was like. It had beautiful homes and a busy waterway. A home in the Pt Pleasant harbor.
After 9-10 hours we finally came into New York Harbor. There is no ICW (Intercoastal Waterway) from Manasquan to New York. Fortunately the wind and waves were OK most of the trip.

It was spectacular to see the Statue of Liberty and be able to motor by on our way up to the East River.
It was a long 11 hours of motoring day and we were glad to finally reach our marina, The World's Fair Marina, located between Laguardia and Shea Stadium about 10 miles up the East River. You go past Riker's Island and turn right.