Another early rising day at 5:30AM. Our favorite town, Annapolis was behind us by 6:30 AM.
There were 12 large tanker or cargo ships anchored in the bay waiting for a turn to go to Baltimore. The tall ships event is in Baltimore until tomorrow. We are happy to be heading through the C & D canal before the ships come through on their way to NY. We just may see them again though on the way. Our trip today was another perfect day with sails up motor sailing through slack tide most of the way north. There were not many other boats around. Cruising season seems to be at it's end and we only see a lot of boat traffic on weekends.
There have been high tides with coastal flooding for the last few days so we have been seeing a lot of logs and stumps floating in the water. There were quite a few to do some damage to smaller boats. Finally about noontime Peter contacted the Coast Guard because we were playing dodge the log in the river leading up to the canal. So upon arriving we fueled up and Peter got a ride to the grocery store. This was great because we can now keep travelling for a bit more before re provisioning. This marina is in the middle of the canal which surrounds a national woodland park. It has lots of birds & bugs and is very tranquil.....that is until a train rumbled through at 4:14 this morning. Tomorrow's forecast is for light S winds and only 1-2 foot waves in the Delaware River. Unfortunately we can not use the Cape May canal which avoids a trip out of the river and around the headland. That adds probably another 10 miles to our trip but can't be avoided.
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| Starting to feel like New England |
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| Captain at the helm |
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| A very cold admiral takes her turn |
There were 12 large tanker or cargo ships anchored in the bay waiting for a turn to go to Baltimore. The tall ships event is in Baltimore until tomorrow. We are happy to be heading through the C & D canal before the ships come through on their way to NY. We just may see them again though on the way. Our trip today was another perfect day with sails up motor sailing through slack tide most of the way north. There were not many other boats around. Cruising season seems to be at it's end and we only see a lot of boat traffic on weekends. 
There have been high tides with coastal flooding for the last few days so we have been seeing a lot of logs and stumps floating in the water. There were quite a few to do some damage to smaller boats. Finally about noontime Peter contacted the Coast Guard because we were playing dodge the log in the river leading up to the canal. So upon arriving we fueled up and Peter got a ride to the grocery store. This was great because we can now keep travelling for a bit more before re provisioning. This marina is in the middle of the canal which surrounds a national woodland park. It has lots of birds & bugs and is very tranquil.....that is until a train rumbled through at 4:14 this morning. Tomorrow's forecast is for light S winds and only 1-2 foot waves in the Delaware River. Unfortunately we can not use the Cape May canal which avoids a trip out of the river and around the headland. That adds probably another 10 miles to our trip but can't be avoided.
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