On Nov 1, 2013 4:11 PM, "John Kwak" <jckwak@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hello
all,
Dutchess
and crew are proceeding south to warmer climes.
We
traveled down the Hudson from PYC, anchored in Haverstraw bay at Groton point,
anchored
in Sandy Hook NJ, sailed along the New Jersey coast to Atlantic City and
anchored in the dark,
and
then to Cape May where we stayed 2 days in Utsch’s Marina.
Then
we waited for low tide and braved the Cape May Canal with no problem
and
went all the way to Chesapeake City an 11 hour trip to long never again we say.
We
entered the C&D Canal at 6pm and went in the dark to Chesapeake City a 2 hr
ride.
Anchoring
in the dark I short scoped and dragged anchor at 3am re-anchored to no avail
and ran aground trying to leave the little harbor.
We
waited 3hrs for higher tide to free the boat and then had an over temp alarm I
thought, shut the engine off, anchored on the edge of the C&D Canal and
waited for daylight. After much analyses I finally realized that the alarm was
from the VHF radio about the coming storm not the engine.
I
had checked the exhaust tubes and they were cold but tired and at 4am I did not
think too clearly.
At
daylight and high tide we pulled anchor and took a dock at the Chesapeake Inn
Marina for $99.00 for the day.
As
old as I am I can still learn a few things.
Tomorrow
we proceed to Annapolis.
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