May 23, Wednesday – Day 26: The trek from Cape May to Atlantic City was marred with mechanical concerns. The port alternator was running hot – so to make sure we didn’t damage it we turned off the port engine. The starboard engine can provide 85% of the speed of both engines so we were only slightly delayed – but the port engine powers the stabilizers. The stabilizers are an added feature that not all trawlers have – they are fins that protrude on each side underwater and they greatly minimize the roll of the boat. THANK GOODNES we encountered no waves today to need the stabilizers– so we were pretty lucky. We arrived in a Atlantic City later than we wanted – but luckily the anchorage – north of Atlantic City was huge and there was plenty of room for us. We had hoped to dinghy over to some of the other boats – especially the ones with Looper flags, but unfortunately we arrived too late for happy hour. The Atlantic City skyline was very pretty at night – one large building was a lighted billboard with animation.
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