CODA BAHAMAS BOUND 2024-2025 (16)

CODA : A day in Cape May 

10 October 2024

Utsch's Marina, Cape May,  New Jersey 

Another beautiful Cape May cottage.

Marc- Today started off with seeing Michael off at the bus station here in town.  He is taking a few days off to go back home.  The Acme supermarket was across from the bus station so I picked up a few items.  Did I say the bus station was a 45 minute walk (exercise is good).  I walked back to the boat on a different route and saw smaller but just as interesting homes.  The remainder of the day as spent doing repairs to the auto-pilot, a few other boat chores, and planning for my next segment of the cruise.  This requires a good review of the future weather and state of Bay currents.  Delaware Bay can be very nasty if you are in a wind against tidal current situation.  The solution became clear that by breaking the next segment into two days I could make it work.  Another key step is planning to get under the two Cape May bridges that are supposed to be 55 feet at high tide.

Come back soon Michael.

Cool house.

If you look carefully at the height board you will see only a 52 foot clearance 

(this is at high tide).  NOAA reports that tides are elevated due to Hurricane Milton 

now hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic. CODA's mast is 53.5 feet and needs a little more clearance.