C & D Canal

We left Cape May at 11 a.m., traversed the Cape May Canal dodging tugs towing barges and ferries and after about a half hour of lumpy waves, headed up Delaware Bay which actually turned out to be very calm (less than 1 ft. waves) and arrived at the Cohansey River at 6:20 pm. This river is all marshland and the river winds back and forth. We anchored in 25 ft. with a full moon rising. Beautiful! After a supper of Tacos, Albert & I sat in the cockpit enjoying the moon and the quiet.

We left the Cohansey River about 7:00 a.m.Tuesday morning and rode the flood tide to the C&D Canal averaging 7.8 knots. Once in the C&D canal, we continued on to Chesapeake City (about a 2/3 down the canal). We anchored in a quiet little pond (11:30 a.m.) at Chesapeake City Basin and waited for Radical Jack to catch up. They arrived around 2:30 p.m. having left Cape May at 4:00 a.m.

We noticed that Dick & Ruth (S/V Grace C. and are heading south as well) were already anchored here and they joined us for cocktails, etc. aboard Tip Toe. I can’t believe it! It’s 8:30 p.m. and I’m in a tank top and shorts and it’s October 14th! Wow! Now we all feel that we’re actually doing it! This is what we’ve been waiting for!!!! Yahoo! So now it’s time for bed (soon) and we’ll decide tomorrow morning when our heads are a little clearer (hahaha) where we will head next. Chesapeake Bay here we come!!!