Strong Winds and Currents – The Not So Good
- Flies, Flies
- We were hoping to spend more time in the Chesapeake Bay, but life sometimes throws you a curve ball so we are moving quickly to get home
Calm Seas and Sunshine – The Good
- Mother Nature suppling beautiful weather and cruising conditions to help us move fast and safe
Where, When and How – The Stats
- Solomons, MD to Annapolis, MD
- 7h 8m/45NM via the Chesapeake Bay
- Annapolis, MD to Chesapeake City, MD
- 6h 18m/51NM via the Chesapeake Delaware Canal (C&D Canal)
- The C&D canal is a working waterway with over 25,000 vessels a year using the waters. Since it is a deep canal lots of commercial ships and tugs move across the canal with recreational boats.
- We were pondering going further to Delaware City but the currents were not in our favor and it would have been low tide when we approached the dock. So, we decided to drop anchor at the basin of Chesapeake City. However, luck was on our side when we turned into the small basin we noticed a spot on the free town wall.
- Chesapeake City, MD to Cape May, NJ
- 8h/3m 67.7NM via the Delaware Bay
- The Delaware Bay lays between Delaware and New Jersey and supports a large number of commercial vessels.
- There is no place to run for cover on the Delaware Bay and with high currents and tides one must plan carefully and pick a perfect day to cross the Delaware Bay.
