CODA : Chesapeake City: Favorable weather continues.
1 May 2025
Chesapeake City, Maryland
City Center.
Marc- Today was another day of very favorable currents and lite winds for 52 miles from Annapolis to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Army Corps of Engineers mooring Basin. There are no actual moorings here, just open space for anchoring and some docks. We chose to anchor since the end space at the free docks was taken (the only space with deep water at low tide). It is much quieter anchored by the Army Corps. of Engineers base at the northern end of the basin. It also makes it easier to see the Canal Museum. Unfortunately we were locked inside the base when the museum closed. I did find someone to let us out. The base is staffed 24 hours a day. Most commercial ships, tugs and barge traffic occurs at night.
We recognized the boat in our coveted free dock space as belonging to a couple we had befriended from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I did discuss our plans with Captain Bill for reaching Cape May, New Jersey tomorrow. The back up plan is to reach Chantey Creek, New Jersey. We also discussed foul weather possibly later in the week. We may buddy boat tomorrow.
The coveted deep dock space.
Our quiet anchorage with the geese family.
Mural inside the Canal Museum.
Before steamboats there were mules.
The big picture of where we are just above the "Md." on the left and the far right hand upper corner which is New York Harbor. There is no direct route only a zigzag down Delaware Bay and up the New Jersey Shore in the Atlantic Ocean.
Happy thoughts of ice cream.
The ice cream bench. The Mint Chocolate Chip was very good.
A really nice antique toy store in town.
Pretty porch quilt.
Almost every house in town has a porch with rocking chairs.
2 comments:
Very shallow entrance there. Did you hug the sea wall on entering? Seems to always silt in!
Timing your transit of Delaware Bay is crucial. We actually positioned ourselves at the east end of the C&D in order to sync with the tides and currents. Good luck.
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