Cape May

Monday July 10, 2023

As you know, if you live on the Chesapeake, a trip north begins with a winding trip south to Cape May:  north up the Chesapeake Bay, east through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and south down the Delaware Bay to Cape May.  You are then free to turn the bow north up the New Jersey coast.

Our two favorite bridges (for the third time)- the St Georges at 8:02 this morning. Hopefully we won’t see them again until September!

After yesterday’s aborted start, we had 50 miles to cover to reach Cape May – about 4 hours.

The boat was running fine, and the first two hours were very pleasant.  Mostly on autopilot.  The second hour was a little choppier, and the final hour was hard work…manually steering in confused seas.

But here we are, tied up at South Jersey Marina – one of our favorite stops.  Our chores are finished, the boat is refueled, and we’re looking forward to dinner at a new restaurant here at the marina.  

Then tomorrow, we head north.  We’ll start out outside, and then head into the Barnegat Bay (at the Barnegat Inlet).  We plan to stay overnight at my brother’s house on the Metedeconk River, at the north end of the bay, close to Bay Head.

Our next stop after Metedeconk is Liberty Landing in New York Harbor – within sight of the Statue of Liberty.  We’ll post again after we make it to NY