Sept. 15 - Woke up to a beautiful sunny calm day. Motored out of Cape May Inlet and started up the Delaware. What a day. Passed by lots of large cargo ships, etc. Wound up doing over 60 miles from anchorage in Cape May Harbor to anchorage behind Reedy Island just before C&D Canal. Had light winds for most of the day but around two o’clock picked up following wind and strong following current. By the time we got to the head of the Bay we were doing over 9.5 knts with main and iron jenny (needed to make the time to get to Reedy anchorage before dark). Scary little entrance with strong winds and currents and the submerged dike on either side of two very unassuming markers, but we got in and anchored and had a nice dinner. Whoops, it’s never what it seems. Middle of the night the wind starts roaring and the waves are up and we’re rocking and rolling. Squall passes through in about an hour or so and calm once more prevails.
Sept. 16 - It’s overcast in the morning but the winds are down and it’s a good day to go through the C&D Canal. Enter from behind Reedy Island. It’s a narrow passage but tide is high and plenty of water if you stay where you belong. Still had my heart in my mouth most of the way. Not much traffic in the Canal. Just our luck, only lift bridge in the Canal is down and undergoing maintenance when we get to it. Have to wait about an hour, but no wind and current is not bad so it’s not a struggle. Exit from Canal into Elk River is absolutely beautiful. Rolling wooded hills, high clay promontories, beautiful houses (not too many). The whole section between the exit from the Canal on the Chesapeake side to the Sassafras River where we go in for the night is just perfect. Wind our way 6 miles up the Sassafras River to twin towns (one on either side) Georgetown and Fredericktown and take a mooring at the Georgetown Yacht Basin. Ducks come in large groups hoping to be fed and a Great Blue Heron takes up temporary residence on the mooring ball next to us. Sun is out and temperature is mild.
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Maryland
Kryss reported that you guys are enjoying Baltimore Inner Harbour. Isn't it nice??? I only have the land lubber's perspective which is a very positive one. Although I've experienced this only twice... I get a thrill motoring past massive cargo ships - something humbling about it. So is the piano working out alright for Kryss? I've been meaning to ask - for two athletic people, how are you guys doing without exercise? No tennis, no walking, no Pilates...Andy, you are a shadow of yourself - is that the stress of captaining a 50 ft sailboat of your own for the first time?