The Manesquan inlet is probably fine, but no longer connects to the rest of the ICW, there is a house sitting in the middle of the channel there. Fred ---------------------------------------- From: "MY ALLEZ" <my_allez@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:30 AM To: "fred@tug44.org" <fred@tug44.org>, "Wade Ehlen" <wehlen@yahoo.com>, "Loop" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: Re: GL: ... New Jersey ICW Wade; Thanks for asking, same thing is on our mind. Fred Thanks for the Input. I have been talking to guys on the SSB Radio as a Ham radio operator and staying in touch via www.waterwayradio.net Cape May New Jersey is OK. They are good. So question is what about after Cape May. I suspect that the major inlets Manesquan ? etc will be Ok, at least hope so. We will be also looking into it as we get closer to March. We will examine our planned route and check out the stops on www.activecaptain.com and make some phone calls before hand. . With our 5 ft draft we were not planning to do the inside ICW through New Jersey anyway. Capt Bob Kovach KJ4UGE Onboard M/Y ALLEZ! MT50 WB Lying Cocoa, FL MTOA 2631 AGLCA 1969, WRCC, USCG-ARC, USPS-ARC USPS SQUADRON, CHARLESTON S.C. EMail: my_allez@yahoo.com From: "fred@tug44.org" <fred@tug44.org> To: Wade Ehlen <wehlen@yahoo.com>; Loop <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:42 AM Subject: Re: GL: ... New Jersey ICW During the storm, the barrier island breached and flushed a bunch of houses into the ICW. A week or two ago, in a normal storm, that same spot breached again. When spring gets here, you should assume that the ICW is not available in New Jersey, would not surprise me if it were only a foot deep in places. This was all in the area of the Mantoloking Bridge. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "Wade Ehlen" <wehlen@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:20 AM To: "Loop" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: ... GL: New Jersey ICW Ahoy All: Even though we're currently docked in the Florida Keys for the winter, summer cruising is less than 6 months away. A planned "Loop" adventure is kind of on hold right now, for a few reasons, one of them being the unknown condition of the NJ ICW. Do any on the list have current information about conditions after Sandy? anchorages, shoaling, missing signage,...? Any and all comments will be appreciated. Wade Ehlen MT 36 Shady Lady Currently docked at Mangrove Marina, Tavernier _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com