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08-02-2007 | 06:37 PM
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Frank's Marine Service
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From: Elkton, MD
I'm on a lift at the marina I don't trailer but, most people launch from Atlantic Highlands Municipal Marina. It has the largest/safest ramp in the area.
http://www.ahnj.com/ahnj/Harbor
http://www.ahnj.com/ahnj/Harbor
Last edited by Panther; 08-02-2007 at 06:40 PM.
08-02-2007 | 07:14 PM
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I'm on a lift at the marina I don't trailer but, most people launch from Atlantic Highlands Municipal Marina. It has the largest/safest ramp in the area.
http://www.ahnj.com/ahnj/Harbor
http://www.ahnj.com/ahnj/Harbor
08-02-2007 | 08:40 PM
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Panther - I enjoyed reading your thread and looking at the maps, etc. I grew up in Fair Haven (Sea Bright was my stomping grounds 
) however, have been down in Virginia for the past 13 years. Since I have gotten into High Performance boats, I think about how cool the area I grew up in was and how nice it would be today with my current rig. My parents had a slip down in Red Bank (Irwin's)...with that today, I could just mosey out around the Hook and be in heaven. In fact, I remember sitting on the beach at Surfrider and watching the offshore boats go by and thinking how cool it was!
Virginia is good...we can take the James River out to Chesapeake Bay and then around the cape along Virginia Beach however, that is a long ride! I am curious...can you leave from the Hook and make it to lower Manhattan by boat or is it too rough? I remember being able to see the twin towers from the overlook in Atlantic Highlands on a nice day (then we would go by Bud's Grave). In any event, I have fond memories and miss the area tremendously. When the kids get a bit older, I will return for some Poker Runs. In the interim, I will need to stay put as the Wikepedia shows that the cost of living up there keeps on rising ($110k median in Fair Haven?) which means I likely wouldn't have my new rig if I was still living there!
) however, have been down in Virginia for the past 13 years. Since I have gotten into High Performance boats, I think about how cool the area I grew up in was and how nice it would be today with my current rig. My parents had a slip down in Red Bank (Irwin's)...with that today, I could just mosey out around the Hook and be in heaven. In fact, I remember sitting on the beach at Surfrider and watching the offshore boats go by and thinking how cool it was!Virginia is good...we can take the James River out to Chesapeake Bay and then around the cape along Virginia Beach however, that is a long ride! I am curious...can you leave from the Hook and make it to lower Manhattan by boat or is it too rough? I remember being able to see the twin towers from the overlook in Atlantic Highlands on a nice day (then we would go by Bud's Grave). In any event, I have fond memories and miss the area tremendously. When the kids get a bit older, I will return for some Poker Runs. In the interim, I will need to stay put as the Wikepedia shows that the cost of living up there keeps on rising ($110k median in Fair Haven?) which means I likely wouldn't have my new rig if I was still living there!
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08-02-2007 | 09:23 PM
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Frank's Marine Service
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From: Elkton, MD
Panther - I enjoyed reading your thread and looking at the maps, etc. I grew up in Fair Haven (Sea Bright was my stomping grounds ) however, have been down in Virginia for the past 13 years. Since I have gotten into High Performance boats, I think about how cool the area I grew up in was and how nice it would be today with my current rig. My parents had a slip down in Red Bank (Irwin's)...with that today, I could just mosey out around the Hook and be in heaven. In fact, I remember sitting on the beach at Surfrider and watching the offshore boats go by and thinking how cool it was!
Virginia is good...we can take the James River out to Chesapeake Bay and then around the cape along Virginia Beach however, that is a long ride! I am curious...can you leave from the Hook and make it to lower Manhattan by boat or is it too rough? I remember being able to see the twin towers from the overlook in Atlantic Highlands on a nice day (then we would go by Bud's Grave). In any event, I have fond memories and miss the area tremendously. When the kids get a bit older, I will return for some Poker Runs. In the interim, I will need to stay put as the Wikepedia shows that the cost of living up there keeps on rising ($110k median in Fair Haven?) which means I likely wouldn't have my new rig if I was still living there!
) however, have been down in Virginia for the past 13 years. Since I have gotten into High Performance boats, I think about how cool the area I grew up in was and how nice it would be today with my current rig. My parents had a slip down in Red Bank (Irwin's)...with that today, I could just mosey out around the Hook and be in heaven. In fact, I remember sitting on the beach at Surfrider and watching the offshore boats go by and thinking how cool it was!Virginia is good...we can take the James River out to Chesapeake Bay and then around the cape along Virginia Beach however, that is a long ride! I am curious...can you leave from the Hook and make it to lower Manhattan by boat or is it too rough? I remember being able to see the twin towers from the overlook in Atlantic Highlands on a nice day (then we would go by Bud's Grave). In any event, I have fond memories and miss the area tremendously. When the kids get a bit older, I will return for some Poker Runs. In the interim, I will need to stay put as the Wikepedia shows that the cost of living up there keeps on rising ($110k median in Fair Haven?) which means I likely wouldn't have my new rig if I was still living there!
The area is nice, I enjoy it! We can run up to NYC and get there in 20 minutes. Run down the ocean to Pt. Pleasant in 30 min and run out to Long Island in 30 min.
Buds Grave... Wow, that brings back memories... They took the shrine down years ago, I don't know why...
The area is very expensive these days, house prices are thru the roof.... I grew up in Middletown and have since moved back... I bought my house for well over $150K more (half the size) than what my parents sold their house for back in 1995... Sometimes I think about moving south to get more bang for my buck but then we drive around and I realize why I like the area so much!!
08-03-2007 | 07:46 AM
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Frank's Marine Service
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From: Elkton, MD
Feel free to pass the word around it is an open party!!! There will be all kinds of boats from row boats to Vikings to Sea Rays to Apache's.
Here's a short video with one of the bands playing on the beach.
