Delaware City, at the top of Delaware Bay is a quaint friendly blue- collar
town. We enjoyed visiting here to stage our trip down the Delaware Bay. The
town is very welcoming and unpretentious and Delaware has no sales tax, a
nice bonus. We left the next morning at 5:45, first light, to take advantage of
the strong current that runs in the bay. Unlike our trip in the fall we encountered
lots of freighters and large barges but we stayed out of their way and had no
problems with them. With the current, going down the bay we spent most of
the day doing 9 - 11 1/2 mph.
Since getting to Utsch's at Cape May we have had high winds and seas so we
are waiting for a weather window to head all the way up to New York City.
There used to be a few inlets to tuck into along the NJ shore but they are iffy
since Sandy decimated the coast last fall. We recently reconnected with
"Rubaiyat", a boat from Detroit, MI we had met last fall in the Erie Canal.
We may both be heading out into the Atlantic Ocean tomorrow, with a little
apprehension because conditions aren't going to be great. It should be roughly
24 hours to New York. Another boat, "Epiffany" will be joining us as they
travel back to Connecticut.
Jan and Lynne from "Rubaiyat". Carol
had to wear her OSU shirt to counter Jan's.
They went all the way down to the Jimentos
and Ragged Islands this winter.
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