Monday, June 1, 2015

Delaware City

5/30/15
Now we're getting really anxious to get home, so we left Annapolis and headed all the way up the bay to the C & D Canal. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile-long, 450-foot-wide and 40-foot-deep ship canal that connects the Delaware River with Chesapeake Bay. The wind is still blowing hard from the south making big waves on the stern. We're getting tired of surfing the boat on these waves everyday as the autopilot works hard trying to keep us going straight.

We wanted to stop for the night in Chesapeake City, but because it was the weekend the place was packed. We decided to press on and stopped at Delaware City Marina. We were stuck at this marina for several days due to bad weather the last time we were in this area. Delaware Bay is notorious for being rough when the wind is from the south. We really don't want to get stuck here again, because there's not much going on in this town, but the weather forecast doesn't look good.


Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse 

The upper Chesapeake is very pretty, and reminds us of upstate New York


This ship is ready to respond to an oil spill on Delaware Bay or the upper Chesapeake.

Bridge on the C & D Canal



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