ISLAND BOUND 2007!!
The morning came earlier than I expected it always does it seems. We fired up the atomic four, the atom bomb they call this motor and headed north up the Delaware bay to the C&D canal. “Chesapeake and Delaware Canal”. The Chesapeake and Delaware canal is a man made canal 55 feet deep and 18bmiles long connecting the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. The morning was cold as it always is. The sun would be out today as we had blue skies above us. We headed out at 7am trying to make as many miles as we can. The G.P.S said 87 miles and by the time the day was through it turned out to be 103 miles. It seemed like we would never get into the C&D canal as the miles slowly ticked off on the GPS. Around 8 pm we finally found the canal entrance and started down the canal with fumes in the gas tank. We had only 6 miles to go down the canal and we would be in the marina. The miles just dragged those last few till we seen the entrance of the canal and slid in tied up and went immediately to bed.
The next day we finished down the canal to the end in Chesapeake City were they had city docks that were free to tie up to with electric and easy access to the small town. We explored the small town and there kindness and stayed till the next day. The town was very small but lots of small shops in a Cape Town style. The cottages and houses were small and quaint. The streets were all brick and cobble stone.
We left the small town of Chesapeake City in the morning with moderate winds heading for Annapolis Marilynn at 7am. As we rounded the point down the Chesapeake bay some 25 miles down the winds came up strong and forced us into an unprotected marina. It was all we could find to save us from the winds so we made the best of it. The town was Bettertown and it was not better it was terrible. We walked 4 miles to a store only to find it would not take a credit card Debit card so we walked four miles back to the boat all a waste of time. The night found us with terrible winds and the boat rocking so bad it would knock things off the wall. So at 3:30 am we loaded the boat and headed out to Annapolis again some 35 miles away. The winds were strong but from behind us now and we made good time getting to Annapolis by 10:30 am. The city of Annapolis was really a treat. The town is all cobblestone very old 1625 and the Capital of Marilynn. The shops and town is all colonel and very historic. We got to see the Naval Academy and some of the Governors home and were the senate meets. Annapolis was a treat, its also the sailing capital of the United States. There are some beautiful boats here to say the least. Sailing vessels that are 60 and 70 feet long costing a million dollars. We caught up on laundry and got supplies, food, charts and such all within reasonable distance from our own mega yacht. Ya right. So there you have it, we are now heading for Norfolk Virginia some 110 miles south hopefully to some warmer temperatures. Thanks for taking the time to read the blog and look for another soon I will be Keeping you updated as I get internet. This is your captain saying keep it between the navigational beacons. SKIPPER OUT!!
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