We left Cape May at 0800 hrs to a nice 15 knot wind and not
too much of a swell. To get around Cape May point requires quite a few miles of
travel away from our intended destination, as there are many shoals around. Of
course the wind died within an hour contrary to the forecast, which said 10-15
knots til early afternoon. I guess they go to the same school as our Canadian
meteorologists J
The tide was against us for most of the trip and the
Delaware River is quite shallow with many shoals around. There is a deep
channel but the large ships use that and it can be quite busy so we stayed well
to the east and worked our way through the shallow spots. It was a 40 nm run to
Cohansey River, which is really only one of a few spots that we can stop at on
the Delaware. We are starting to see a few boats that are obviously heading
south, especially when you see bikes and kayaks tied on.
We have started seeing the dreaded traps in the water again,
but instead of lobster it is crab or oyster egads!
Our anchorage is not very protected but we are expecting
light winds tonight, course they may be wrong…….
Tomorrow we will go down and into the C & D canal
(Chesapeake and Delaware) and hopefully stay in that area for a day as some bad
weather and high winds are forecast for Thursday.
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