Escape From Cape May!

This is S/V Cheeseburger in Paradise being moved to yet another dock by Sea Tow. He has engine troubles and was one of the boats that had difficulties at anchor in Cape May.

This is the sun rising on the horizon as we entered the Delaware Bay on Tuesday morning. We cast off our lines before dawn. The tide was in our favor to enter and have enough clearance under the bridges. We went for it, even though it is scary, the bridges look so close. The bay was a bit choppy at the South end but became calm after a few hours. I told Larry I would have to find my sea legs after being at dock for so long. I was having difficulties standing up right.
















This little guy hitched a ride with us. I guess he was tired from the wind. I think it was a sparrow and a very young one. If you look close or click on the picture to enlarge it you will see him on the oar of the dinghy.




















I had forgotten how large these navigation lights are on the Delaware. I sure would not like to run into one in the fog! Ouch!
















There were lots of these big guys to dodge. No sleeping at the helm! Over the VHF we were told that the C&D Canal was closed and that caused the freighters to be clustered in a group when it reopened.
















This was another boat at anchor with us on Bohemia River. We had the tide thus current with us the entire distance of our trip so we chose to go about 8 miles past Chesapeake City. Our anchorage for the evening was so peaceful and quiet it was hard to believe we were actually on our boat. It would be great is every night was this peaceful.















We woke to a beautiful sunrise in the fog. The morning was just as still as the night before. We weigh anchor and were under way as the sun was about to rise. We traveled to Annapolis with an out going tide then it went slack. As we entered the Chesapeake Bay the wind and waves were on our nose making headway a little slower. The weather report was for high winds for the night so we decided to rent a mooring ball. Our plan was to stay another day if the winds and waves were high and strong but when we woke it was calm so we left for St. Michales. The waves were indeed big but we only had about an hour before we would tack and have a more comfortable ride. We arrived in St Michales around 12:30 and decided to take a dock.

With the hurricane coming up the coast we were very glad about 2 AM to be at at dock. This was the night sky at sunset. The way it looked anything was possible. Today is Saturday and we had planned to leave this morning for Salomon Island but the winds continued to blow and we stayed put. Late this afternoon the winds subsided, so the plan is to leave in the morning.