July 12th- Chesapeake City, MD to Cohansey River, NJ

Due to the tropical storm we spent 2 extra days in Chesapeake City. We wanted to let the Delaware Bay calm down a bit. I studied the tide and current charts for the C & D canal and Delaware Bay. We had a pretty effective plan for riding the current to our destinations which, to my surprise, worked.

Our first stop was the Cohansey River. We anchored in here on our way south. The river’s main attraction is it’s about half way down the bay and it has a little island I can land Ollie on. Unfortunately it also has giant Greenhead flies. Screens up! Fly swatter out! We mostly stayed in Catalpa.

Goodbye Chesapeake City.

Bridges on the C & D.

I hate giant flys.

The evening commando run. This shack is on the island.

July 13th- Cohansey River to Cape May, NJ

We were up early to catch the ebb current down the bay. The anchorage near the island was deep. I get a good workout cranking in almost 200 feet of anchor gear.

Sunrise.

Catalpa anchored on the Cohansey River (at sunrise).

We made it down the Delaware Bay to Cape May in good time. The wind was light but we had the current working for us.

Entrance to the Cape May canal.

The Cape May anchorage is over a mile from anyplace to land the dinghy for shore leave. We’ll likely just stay on the boat for this stop. There is a beach off the back of the boat. It is owned by the Coast Guard and is off limits. There were rumors of a scraggly looking grey Border Collie running on the beach.

View off the back porch.

The Coast Guard facilities.

Lots of boats passing by the anchorage on this sunny summer day (and lots of wakes).

Next stop, Atlantic City. I find the New Jersey coast to be difficult. It’s basically open ocean. Most of the inlets are difficult to get into if there is a weather issue. We are looking at the wind directions over the next few days and trying to find a few good days to get up to New York. The wind doesn’t always cooperate. With a little luck, we’ll make Atlantic City tomorrow.