Chesapeake City - Oct. 13-14th, 2009

We left Cape May at 6:00 AM and headed out into the ocean for the long trip around the Cape and into the Delaware River and Bay. It took us two hours before we were in a position to turn up into the river as there were many shoals and shallow areas that we were avoiding. The sun came up and it was quite warm and once we turned up into the river the ocean swells disappeared. The tide was not with us today so it took 12 and one half hours to reach Chesapeake City but that was fine with us as there is really foul weather coming in for the rest of the week. Pete Lawler was on the helm as we came into view of the C & D Canal and it was blowing 28 knots. He loved it! We anchored in the anchorage with three cruisers and some sailboats. The dock is too shallow for Waves of Grace. We are just opposite the Canal museum, park and dinghy dock so Ranger is happy. Wed morning we visited the museum and walked to town. We can look out into the canal and see the monster freighters passing with their tugboats either pushing or pulling them. The canal is 450' wide and 35' deep. The canal reduces the water routes between Philadelphia and Baltimore by nearly 300 miles.