Still Waiting for Weather for NJ 'rounding - Atlantic Highlands

We're still waiting for a weather window to go 'round NJ... and down towards Cape May, then up the Delaware....

tow Boat US - hip towing 38 footer with ripped sails, and broken rudder.

It's been very stormy, and now windy here...  The ocean is a wreck (waves)... and you can see by the photo some didn't believe in or even look at the weather forecasts...

captain bounced this 38 footer off the bottom at Sandy Hook channels. OUCH!

We have had great holding with our Manson anchor, and chain rode (10:1 storm scope), but we've been "dragged down on" twice today... by others dragging anchor in the high winds.

The maximum wind we saw was 33+ knots.... but sustained winds of 27 knot went on most of the daylight hours.   This wind, andt the resulting waves put some strains on lots of ground tackle in this harbor.

Things calmed down a bit near 1700 hours, so Susan and I went for cocktails at the s/v Second Wind (anchored near by).  There are quite a few cruisers here now... waiting for that weather window to get South.  We'll see how many go on Sunday, and how many wait for Monday or longer...   It would nice if we could more than two weather web pages to agree on what the forecast will be....for this coming week.