TCA PENETRATION WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative

ON RETURN FROM PLEASURE CRUISE TO SC TO NY; DECIDED ON VFR. FLT DOWN HAD BEEN IFR AND IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SCENERY. I WAS IN CONTACT WITH ATC THROUGHOUT FOR VFR TFC ADVISORIES. WHEN PASSED FROM PHL APCH/DEP AREA; TRIED TO CONTACT NY; WHO WAS VERY BUSY AND REJECTING VFR REQUESTS; SUGGESTING A CALL BACK IN 5 MINS. UPON RETRY; I FOUND HIM STILL BUSY AND NOW HAD CLIPPED THE TCA BEFORE FLYING UNDER. THEN I VIOLATED MORRISTOWN AIRSPACE (UNDER THE TCA) AND TRIED FLYING AT EXACTLY 7000' MSL; JUST ABOVE MORRISTOWN TFC AREA BUT LOWER LIMIT OF NY TCA. I AM EMBARRASSED AS I WRITE THIS. AT NO POINT DID I CONSIDER DEVIATING THE 1 MI NECESSARY TO GO AROUND THE TFC AREA AND TCA. I HAD BEEN WORKING HARD ON MY IFR CERTIFICATE FOR 6 MONTHS AND DURING THAT TIME WOULD NEVER TOLERATE MORE THAN 2 DOTS ON THE VOR. THERE I WAS; VFR; NO FLT PLAN; BUT I WAS HYPNOTIZED BY THE VOR. I HAD TO STAY ON THE ARWY! I ACTUALLY CHEATED A BIT; 2 DOTS; TO GET AS FAR FROM THE ARPT AS POSSIBLE; BUT NEVER CONSIDERED ALTERING COURSE!! ADVICE TO OTHERS: WHEN FLYING VFR AFTER EXTENDED PERIODS OF IFR FLT PLANS; REMEMBER THAT YOU AREN'T IN THE SYS AND THAT AIRSPACE MUST BE REQUESTED AT TIMES. (IN REREADING ABOUT TCA'S; I LEARNED THAT EVEN IF I HAD CONTACTED NY TCA; I WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST TRANSITION THROUGH TCA. IT IS NOT AUTOMATIC AS WITH IFR.)