It was nice to enjoy a leisurely morning with breakfast at anchor after getting down the NJ shore and up the Delaware. We had a quiet night behind Reedy Island, although Deeter reported hearing the waves slap on the stern when the current held us stern to the waves during the night. She did say it didn't prevent her from sleeping after the long haul from Atlantic Highlands. With the morning relatively calm, we wondered if we'd made the wrong decision to have kept pushing yesterday, but the wind was soon piping up from the NW and was forecast to be even gustier and stronger which would have made for an equally long day had we stopped in Cape May. Besides, we were glad to have both these, less favorite, legs of the trip behind us and be heading through the protected waters of the C&D Canal and upper Chesapeake.
After looking at distances and currents, Leonard decided we should get underway by 1030 to take advantage of the current once we were half way through the canal and to push us into the Chesapeake. Although both the chart plotter and computer were in agreement on the current timing, nature was not, and nothing tops (or changes) Mother Nature. Well beyond what was supposed to be slack water, we were still fighting the current, and the boost down the Elk River into the Bay was minimal. What you see is what you get and part and parcel of cruising. At least we arrived at the anchorage behind Ordinary Point at a reasonable hour and could relax and enjoy the scenery!
Sunrise on the Sassafras River
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