I remember in the early 60's there was a huge nor'easter that came tearing up the Atlantic coast. Dubbed the Ash Wendsday storm of 1962, it is the most devastating storm to ever hit the Jersey shore. Although they wern't the biggest tides ever recorded in NJ it was 5-6 days of super high tides ... it was so bad that it drove the Destroyer USS Monssen aground in Beach Haven Inlet, Long Beach Township. She was being towed up the coast to the Philly Naval yards and she broke loose from the tug during the storm. It took almost 6 months to get her afloat again. It cut a path through the island into Barnaget Bay in several places and nearly destroyed the island in it's entirety.. More than 4000 homes along the NJ coastline were destroyed. 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer
1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.
If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so
Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.
(Leave the rest to God) 
Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
Last edited by Destroyer; 08-19-2011 at 12:51 AM.
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