Six women were celebrating a 50th birthday in style aboard a tiki boat in Barnegat Bay recently when they heard cries of distress. A man who had earlier been walking along the edge of the marsh and clamming had gotten caught up in the current and was treading water.
Capt. Tom Barrett of Tom’s Tiki Boat Tours sped his boat over to where the man was struggling to keep his head above water. The tiki boat is a flat barge, low to the water, so it was easy for the man to grab hold.
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