On Wednesday, September 26th, Guy and Tom Chesher, left Liberty Landing Marina in New York City bound for Annapolis Maryland....
I left by car the same afternoon to stay in a BB for 4 nights to hasten the recovery of my cracked sternum on land........
Miss Ellie motoring in front of the Statue of Liberty!
Louise: Why did you two decide to go from the marina in New York on the Wed, Sept 24th straight out into the Atlantic as opposed to the original plan of anchoring out at Sandy Hook? and leave the next morning? The pics look so threatening!
Guy: The wind was from the North West @ 5-10 knots which is ideal for this leg of the trip. The weather forecast was way worse for the oncoming week! So we chose this small weather window!
Louise: How many Nautical Miles was the trip?
Tom: 130 NM from New York to Cape May.
Louise: What time of day did you arrive in Cape May the next day? Did you stay at a marina? anchor? and did you go to shore?
Guy: We arrived in Cape May 22 hours after leaving New York . The overnight ride was lumpy as the ocean had leftover waves of approx 6 to 8 ft high from a storm the night before. We had a squall and thunderstorm come through at about 3 in the morning. After that the weather and waves settled down.
Guy: We docked at Utsch's after running aground twice. Luckily we got help directing us to the channel. We went to shore for dinner at The Lobster House. A big and busy restaurant.
Louise: I bet you had a good sleep that night!
Tom: We sure did....a few beers and a good meal....did the trick!
Louise: The next morning you headed out early?
Guy: We did...we left at 6:00 A:M. Friday Sept 28th and hugged the coast of Cape May. The Cape May Bridge in the Cape May inlet channel is a 55 ft fixed bridge and the low tide was not till noon. It is ideal for a sailboat to pass under this bridge to save many NM but not wanting to take a chance of ripping some antenna's off my mast or waiting for low tide, we went the long way going out and around Cape May. Our destination was Chesapeake City MD on the C&D(Chesapeake and Delaware) canal. It seemed to take forever to get there motor sailing the Delaware Bay. Fighting the tide and current set us back by a few hours and we did not make landfall till after dark. Our speed through the water was 6-7 kts but the GPS speed over ground was only 4-5 kts.
We docked at the city dock for free and went into the little historic town for some fish and chips.
Louise: The next part of the trip is to Annapolis Maryland?
Guy: Yes, we left on Saturday the 29th from Chesapeake City at 7:30 a:m. We continued on the C&D canal till we reached the top of the Chesapeake Bay trying to avoid hitting the numerous crab pots.
We arrived in Annapolis without any events at about 1730 hrs and anchored out in Spa Creek.
Tom and I lowered the dinghy and went to shore for dinner at Galway Bay Irish Pub with Gary McRae, George and his friend from Annapolis, Goldie.
The weather was sunny and hot!
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| Guy and Tom checking the Chartplotter and cruising guides before heading offshore. |
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| Leaving New York City |
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| A random sailboat crossing the bow! |
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| Guy and Tom on deck while motor sailing in the Delaware Bay |
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| Random freighters passing by. |
Pics of Historical Chesapeake City MD
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| A B&B |
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| Tom....the first mate Arr matey! |
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Our view of where we are anchored in Spa Creek Annapolis Maryland.
I returned to the boat last Sunday Sept 30th . Healing well and anticipating a full recovery by the end of this month.
Guy and I are very grateful and appreciative to have had Tom onboard to help deliver Miss Ellie from NY to Annapolis.
Thank You Tom for the great company, many laughs and all your help!
After spending a few fun days in Annapolis with us and one day at the boat show Tom left to return to Sarnia early Friday Oct.5 .
