Friday we left Ferry Point Marina and had a nice sail to the
Bohemia River and anchored in Veazey Cove.
We anchored where there was supposed to be 7 feet of water. At low tide
we had about 2 inches under the keel.
Our lack of maneuverability was concerning when we saw an overturned
Hobie Cat drift by. Luckily while we were radioing the Coast Guard a fast
powerboat came along and helped the crew.
Later the powerboat next to us dragged their anchor and we had to use
the air horn to warn them.
Saturday we left the Bohemia River at 7:20 in the morning
and had a fun run through the C&D Canal with the current. Our trip down the
Delaware Bay was an uneventful motor boat ride in the mirror like calm.
Although the afternoon rain was cold and dreary the weather redeemed itself
with a bright double rainbow over the Cape May Canal.
We had hoped to go into
Utsch’s Marina but there was no room so we anchored for the night at 6:20p.m. after our 11 hour day.
Sunday we pulled into Utsch’s fuel dock and the amazingly
kind staff found us the last place in the marina. Doug picked us up and we
spent the afternoon at Doug and Jackie’s house enjoying their hospitality and
visiting with their now adult children, Nick and Kelly. Nick was a baby at our wedding so this made
us feel old! Tom and Jerilyn drove down
to join us so we had a nice family reunion.
Our plan was to leave on Monday, but we ended up staying at
the dock for two reasons. One, the weather was rainy with wind from the north,
and two, our autopilot fell apart. Auto
Von Helm is a valued crewmember. Bill performed reconstructive surgery so
hopefully we will not have to hand steer all the way home! Re-assembling the
autopilot took a few hours, mostly with trying to keep the ball bearings in
place. Every time we had them where they were supposed to be a boat would wake
us and they would roll all over the place.
In the afternoon the weather cleared up a little bit so we
walked to town to look at the Victorian houses. The touristy section of town
was very popular, it looks like the merchants are off to a good start to the
season.
Tuesday we tried to leave Cape May, but as we were going out
the inlet it was raining and we were already cold. We remembered that we have no scheduled to keep and that we were in no hurry.
We decided to turn around and wait another day in hopes of better weather rather
than being cold and wet for the 24 hour trip to Port Washington. The scattered
rain showers turned into all day rain so I think we made the right
decision.
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