Took our dingy to the Lobster House, walked down a...
Took our dingy to the Lobster House, walked down and bought some supplies from the ships store.
We had called ahead to see if they had a slip. When the guy said no, wasn't anything unusual so I asked if they had fuel and pump out facilities and that we would be in port in an hour. I was rudely told that there was a shark fishing tournament and the fuel dock was not available. I was shocked. As this on the chart looks like really the best if not only deep water access fuel and pump out docks. I called other Marinas that said come at high tide. We are just choosing to continue to sail north, our water tank low and holding tanks filling up. I really feel let down by the lack of facilities and there unwelcoming attitude towards full filling the desperate needs of a live aboard cruising sailing from Florida to Wisconsin on Dragon's Lair a Catalina 470. (Shameless tagline).
But anyways it gets better. While at the ships store I see the fuel dock is empty. So I mention to the guy I called and was told due to a shark fishing tournament the fuel dock wasn't available. He very aggressively told me that this didn't happen. I wondered did I dream it up, but no my first mate looked at me he remembered. So I just told the guy: "hey I'm just giving you feedback." He said when? I said yesterday 3:45pm. He said it wasn't him. And not in a nice like no worries man, but like you wanna fight about it? I didn't feel like arguing further so I paid for a deck brush and some stickers and left.
2/10 I'll skip Cape May next time...
