Spent the day touring Cape May. What a pretty little town. It has the highest concentration of Victorian homes in America, and by the looks of it, half of them are for sale or rent. I'll try to attach a few pictures, but we all know my luck with that. The great thing about walking around here...not a single hill...couldn't even find a bump that was pretending to be a hill. Sweet!
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Because of the nor'wester blowing thru, we are going to hang out here until Friday and then head up the Delaware. Tomorrow will be a day for topping up the water and diesel, and then wandering around town some more. People have started decorating for Halloween so we're enjoying the easy walk and great scenery.
Life is GOOD! :)
Day 39 - Sept. 23
Quell Surprise! Here I thought we were going to have another day to relax and enjoy Cape May ( along with getting fuel, water, and groceries) when don't we get a phone call asking what we thought of leaving....right now). We had a good weather window for today, with nasties setting in for Wednesday and Thursday, so it only made sense to go today. So, within 1/2 hr, we got things in order on the boat and were leaving the harbour. Initially it looked like we might have some good sailing, but as soon as we turned north in the Delaware Bay, we hit the north wind and the current and managed a crawling 4.3 kts for the next 9 hours. Ugh! But we made it to our anchorage (very open, so please, please let the weatherman be right and give us a NE wind tonight).
Day 40 - Sept. 24
What a nice night. No winds, and no rolling. Finally a peaceful night's sleep. Woke this morning to overcast skies, but a brisk north wind so maintained 7.5 - 8 kts for several hours until we had to turn north into the wind. I love our boat, but when it comes to pointing, she ain't worth her weight in dog poop! I watch our speed drop to 3 kts at the same time as Salvation tucks in her nose ( or is that snubbing her nose at us) and takes off as if she's got a team of horse pulling her.
We make it to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C& D) by 10:00 am and are relieved to get in where its calmer and quieter, giving us a little break for a bit. We're not in the canal for 15 minutes when Greg tells me to look behind. There coming up behind us is a huge car carrier. Those things are big. We squeeze over to starboard to let her pass and take lots of pictures .
Because we wanted to make Chesapeake City before the weather worsened, we accepted the fact that we would be working against the tide till almost noon which was okay, until we got to Chesapeake City just as the current came around full force. Salvation had pulled into the city dock first, and as we came around to pull in, the current caught us and hauled us to a stop in the water. I kept giving it more power, but it felt like forever before Peace and Quiet was able to push back and get us into the little cove. Once inside I only had to line the boat up perpendicular to the dock the the wind/current pushed us straight in. Nice :). They have 24 hr free dockage, but because of the approaching storm the dock master said we could stay on. They would never make someone leave in bad weather, so we'll have two days dockside without charge. The dock across the way charges $2/ ft so the 2 days would have cost us $140. The dock master (Buddy) also drove Heather and I to the grocery and liquor stores which are several miles away. A nice older gentleman who told as a lot about the area.
Another boat from Canada came in and anchored in the little harbour at the same us. The boat, Black Hawke, is a Legend 45 from Ontario and single handed by Ross, heading to the BVI's. He spent the afternoon with the guys on our boats and then invited us to bring our supper and spend the evening with him on his boat. Needless to say we were all in boat envy when we saw all the extra space another 6' will give you. It was a very enjoyable evening and I hope we meet up again as we make our way south.
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