We woke up to overcast skies and no wind. The water was as smooth as glass. After a check on the weather we decided it was a go. We finished up the two bagels we had left from the day before that Richie had bought us and readied the boat for leaving. We said our thank yous and goodbye's to Richie and headed out. Freeport will always be one of the good stops on our voyage. The seas had light winds and rolling waves about 1 to 2 foot, perfect.  It is still cold outside so Bella and I stayed below until it warmed up. About half way through our day Carl decides to check the fuel line and the prop shaft to see how everything is going. It turns out the a fitting in the fuel line is loose, so he tightens that, and that water is not dripping on the prop shaft so he fixes that. Good thing he decided to check, keeps us up and running. We did very good in mileage today considering that we didn't leave until almost 10 am. we made it to Manasqaun Inlet, New Jersey about 50 plus miles. I think you can say we are officially out of New England. A very phenomenal place to explore but not this late in the year by boat... New England will always hold a special place in our hearts.... We start looking for a place to anchor which is not easy since its a small channel and it has lots of commercial boats. We find a place at the end of the canal where another sailboat is anchored. We get our hooks down and I start to make dinner when we see this guy on shore yelling at nobody and acting really crazy. He is swearing and treating to kick someones butt, but there is no one around. Then he chains his bike to a pole  and gets in the dingy on shore and heads to the sailboat next to us. We took one look at him and chose to move, he looked like big time trouble and crazy......We pulled anchor and moved farther up the canal. We found a place to anchor for the night and it was a much nicer part of town. The other spot had a few strip bars, next to us on shore. And the neighborhood didn't look all that good. I wasn't all that comfortable.. Not the best area..Dinner was made and we settled in for the evening. Later as I went to us the head I noticed that the shore is right outside the port hole. The tide had dropped so 5 or 6 foot and brought the shore within about 8 or 10 feet. Turns out we were on a ledge in 9 feet of water. Carl went topside to check anchors and the swing of the boat. Carl shortened up the anchor rodes and stayed up most until the tide had changed to make sure we didn't swing into the shallow side after the ledge. All was well and we woke up today with the treat of thunderstorms all day so we are gonna head up the New Jersey ICW. We don't want to be on the outside if a storm hits...  Southward we go in Windward Spirit...