Cape May, NJ

The vessel under sail in the back ground is a skip jack, taken in St. Michales the night before we left. There were many of these sailing/fishing boats used on the Chesapeake for oystering. Many rules surrounded the regulation of oystering and one was it had to be done under sail not motor. The main boat didn't have an engine but the small dinghy type boat you can see behind it was about the size of a dinghy but was all engine and used for pushing the main boat in and out of it's slip and to the oyster bar. The one you see in the picture is a restored skip jack used for sightseeing.















This picture was taken as we were leaving Annapolis. The two boats you see the tall ship is the Santana and the river boat is the Harbor Queen. Both are used for sight seeing. I guess I forgot to tell you we arrived in Annapolis on Thursday. We anchored and dinghyed to town, then back to the boat for dinner and a good nights sleep. The good sleep didn't happen because of the wake from the boat traffic during the night. We were awake early in the morning, 6:30 so we decided to pull anchor and get an early start. What we hadn't planned on was the dense fog that hit us as we entered the bay. We had to go under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge but we could not see it for the fog so we turned around and we arrived back to the anchorage at 8:30 to wait out the fog. We tried to take a nap but the wakes were still noisy so we ate some breakfast and took up anchor and were under way again at 11:30 AM.















This picture is of the bridge the second time we went out. At least we could see what we were getting into. Better than the first try.
















After a very long late day we arrived in Chesapeake City on the C &D Canal and this was the sunset we were treated to from the cockpit of our home. This is some of what makes it all worth while.
















This picture is of the Cape May Light House as we rounded the Cape onto the Atlantic Ocean. We left our anchorage in Chesapeake City before 6 AM because it was going to be a long journey to Cape May. All was very well until around 2 PM in the afternoon when the front moved in and brought with it 20 to 30 knot winds. Needless to say this is not what makes this life enjoyable. We broached in the channel coming in and dishes flew off the shelves and some broke and so did a lamp. The NJ coast is certainly not my favorite or Larry's nor any other cruisers that we have met. It looks like we are going to have a good window of weather tomorrow and will do an overnight to get to NYC. I don't particularly like over nights but if it means we don't have to do another NJ inlet I'm for it.