Departed Delaware City Marina at 7:16 aiming for Cape May at the tip of New Jersey, gateway to the Atlantic Ocean. Going down Delaware Bay there are several impressive lighthouses.
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| Ship John Shoal Light... cleared at 9:57am |
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| Miah Maull Shoal Light ..cleared at 11:32 |
We had very calm seas and were 'pushed' by a good current...we were making 9.4 knots at 1600 rpms...screaming for our little boat!!
At 1:50 we entered the Cape May Canal and dolphins greeted us...Welcome to New Jersey. We arrived at Utsch's Marina at 2:35 after traveling 52.8 nautical miles.
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| This marina has been owned by the Utsch family for 60 years. |
Our next leg is The North Atlantic Ocean, the first time we have been on the open ocean. The weather looks dubious so we plan to wait until the easterly winds die down.
Friday, May 13
Kerm bounded Linda and I out of bed at o'dark thirty and figured we should make a run up to Atlantic City. We left the dock at 6:40am and steered to the Cape May Inlet. In the Inlet, the waves built and it was difficult to keep the boat going in a straight line. Waves were building 6-8 feet with occasional 10's and 12's. We wqere getting tossed around so we decided to abandon. By 7:30am we were back in our slip at Utsch's before anyone knew we had left.
Linda and I walked 3 miles into town and a really nice couple offered us a ride back to the marinawhich we accepted. Turns out they are the owners of a marina a little north of here and he's a licensed Captain. We got a ride home and some valuable local knowledge as well.
Got some peel and eat shrimp and clam chowder at the fish market attached to the Lobster House. It turned out that the chowder was absolutely delicious. We had so much shrimp we couldn't even finish it all...heaven.
Weather reports are still bad. Going to bed, Linda and I made a pact...if Kerm tried to wake us up for a quick morning getaway we were determined to mutiny in joint fashion!!
Good night all.
Christie
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