Forked River, NJ
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:15 pm
I'm putting the boat in the water in a few days at the State Marina at Forked River (NJ). Got lucky and wound up with a huge slip (60 feet long x 18+ feet wide) for a good price, so I took it. It was starting to shoal (just under 4 feet of water at low tide) and they couldn't get anything big (deep) in there, so they gave it to me (because of the width) and charged me for 28 feet. I may even be able to get it in there without folding either ama in. I know there's at least one other Telstar in Forked River. Saw it today at another marina on the hard. For that matter, any Telstars on Barnegat Bay should get back to me and maybe we'll get together on the bay somewhere.
I must have checked out 30 marina's over 3 days of driving. Started in Perth Amboy (Raritan Bay - NY Lower Harbor) and went as far south as the town of Barnegat. Didn't really see anything I liked until this one. The width got me. The others had bridge or tide gate problems, too exposed, very shallow, narrow slips (say 10 feet?), narrow fairways, or were falling apart or ridiculously expensive. The Jersey shore is really power boat country.
By the way - there's another one just like it right next to me, and another one next to that. If anyone wants to park their Telstar at Forked River, we could start a fleet. Since it's a NJ owned marina, the boat has got to have a NJ registration.
I must have checked out 30 marina's over 3 days of driving. Started in Perth Amboy (Raritan Bay - NY Lower Harbor) and went as far south as the town of Barnegat. Didn't really see anything I liked until this one. The width got me. The others had bridge or tide gate problems, too exposed, very shallow, narrow slips (say 10 feet?), narrow fairways, or were falling apart or ridiculously expensive. The Jersey shore is really power boat country.
By the way - there's another one just like it right next to me, and another one next to that. If anyone wants to park their Telstar at Forked River, we could start a fleet. Since it's a NJ owned marina, the boat has got to have a NJ registration.