Barnegat Bay Maritime Museum

BARNEGAT BAY MARITIME MUSEUM HISTORY

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LATEST MUSEUM NEWS

(MARI)TIME WARP! 1924: RUMRUNNERS RESCUED BY COAST GUARD

Chased thru a driving hail and sleet storm by a revenue cutter, forced to throw overboard a cargo of liquor, then after having eluded capture, lost at sea when his boat ran out of gasoline and oil, and drifting for several hours in the angry water, finally forced to call his arch enemies--the Coast Guard--to rescue him, is the harrowing experience of a local bootlegger whose eventual trip to rum row on Saturday was replete with thrills.

(MARI)TIME WARP! 1924: THATCHER'S SPY TAKES SEWELL CUP!

Battling a stiff breeze from the southward The Spy, owned by Commodore Thatcher, of the Seaside Park Yacht Club, captured the historic Sewell Cup here today in one of the greatest races ever conducted on Barnegat Bay.

YOU'RE INVITED! Beckett's Bucket A-Cat Race Fundraiser - Friday, Aug. 16th @ Ocean Gate Yacht Club

See the majestic A-Cat fleet compete in barrel racing from the deck of Ocean Gate Yacht Club on Friday, August 16th!

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