Monday, June 6th

Today's leg of our journey takes us north along the Jersey coastline from Cape May to Atlantic City, a distance of 41 miles.  Since winds are light, we are motoring all the way to Absecon Inlet, which provides access to Atlantic City from the ocean.  Similar to the Cape May Inlet, Absecon is wide, well-marked and easily navigated in good weather.

We enjoyed an unannounced visitor aboard Cutter Loose today.  Mary, the fly-eating canary arrived at noon for a lunch of delectable flies...those tiny sand flies that are sluggish and pesky.  During her one hour visit, Mary managed to consume twice her body weight in flies.  Mary was not shy.  She repeatedly perched herself on our arms and legs in order to establish a productive angle of attack.  Within an hour, she efficiently dispatched and consumed her lunch, then moved on to more productive hunting grounds.

[caption id="attachment_249" align="aligncenter" width="274" caption="Mary (the fly-eating canary) double checks the Captain's entries in the logbook"][/caption]

We are currently anchored just south of the Brigantine Bridge near Trump's Taj Mahal casino.  But games of chance are not on the agenda for the crew of Cutter Loose this evening.  Tomorrow promises to be a long day on the water, which will necessitate another daybreak departure.