May 16, Wednesday – Day 19: Traveled only 15 miles to Delaware City.
Since we had heard the tidal currents getting into this marina can be a problem, we planned our departure so that we would make the turn into Delaware Branch Canal at slack current. We had no problems. Great boaters here –
Sandy and Eddie on Tarquin, who have completed the loop and are going back to Canada for the summer, invited us to dinner. Barb and Skip on Moor $tuff, who will cross their wake in New York, loaned us their car to go to Wal-Mart!!
May 17, Thursday – Day 20: Tim, the owner of the marina here is awesome! He took us to West Marine, Staples and Home Depot. And of course, after our trip to Walmart yesterday, we thought of three more things we need so I tagged along with two other ladies on another trip to Walmart! The rest of the day was boat chores. But the highlight of today was visiting with Stan and Coleen on Next Endeavour, a gorgeous 48’ power cat.
May 18, Friday – Day 21: Our plan was to leave this morning for Cape May, New Jersey but after one last check of the weather we decided Saturday would be a better day for the 50 mile trip down the Delaware Bay. The Delaware Bay is wide and shallow, so wave height and wind are a huge concern. We checked the winds this afternoon on the lower bay and it was showing 33 knot (38 mph) winds – we made the right choice! Right now the weather looks good for heading south tomorrow – but we’ll check the weather again right before we leave.
Since we had heard the tidal currents getting into this marina can be a problem, we planned our departure so that we would make the turn into Delaware Branch Canal at slack current. We had no problems. Great boaters here –
Sandy and Eddie on Tarquin, who have completed the loop and are going back to Canada for the summer, invited us to dinner. Barb and Skip on Moor $tuff, who will cross their wake in New York, loaned us their car to go to Wal-Mart!!
May 17, Thursday – Day 20: Tim, the owner of the marina here is awesome! He took us to West Marine, Staples and Home Depot. And of course, after our trip to Walmart yesterday, we thought of three more things we need so I tagged along with two other ladies on another trip to Walmart! The rest of the day was boat chores. But the highlight of today was visiting with Stan and Coleen on Next Endeavour, a gorgeous 48’ power cat.
May 18, Friday – Day 21: Our plan was to leave this morning for Cape May, New Jersey but after one last check of the weather we decided Saturday would be a better day for the 50 mile trip down the Delaware Bay. The Delaware Bay is wide and shallow, so wave height and wind are a huge concern. We checked the winds this afternoon on the lower bay and it was showing 33 knot (38 mph) winds – we made the right choice! Right now the weather looks good for heading south tomorrow – but we’ll check the weather again right before we leave.
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