CODA : Last day in New Jersey
12 October 2024
Cohansey River, Greenwich, New Jersey
Marc- I left Cape May on my solo trip up Delaware Bay with some Canadian friends, Olivier and Lori, I made on sailing vessel Equinox. We both had mast height issues getting through the two Cape May canal issues but it was easy when the height boards indicated 55 feet 1 hour and 15 minutes after low tide. Our next challege was getting out of the western end of the canal while a very large and fast Lewes-Cape May ferry was coming to its New Jersey landing. We both made it out in the Bay without issue. Waves were 4 feet in the Bay with 15 knot winds from the South. Fortunately I unfurled the genoa 1/2 way and off we went at 7 knots. This lasted only 1/4 of the way up Delaware Bay and the wind changed to Southwest and diminished significantly. The waves also dropped to under 1 foot. We ended up motoring with a favorable current to the Cohansey River at 8 knots. The entrance to the River is not properly charted making it a real adventure in ignoring most charts and following the directions. I did find that the Sonar charts from Navionics were spot on (see photo above). These are crowd-sourced charts.
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