We had a very fast, somewhat bumpy passage from Block Island to the Delaware Bay. We achieved almost 200 NM over 24 hours which is over 8 KT average. The fastest we saw on the GPS was over 15 KT surfing down waves. The wind started on the starboard bow and we pounded into some decent sized chop. As we got more offshore the waves got longer and the seas came around to the beam, then the aft quarter.
The last 12 hours was with quite large seas from dead astern with some good surfing opportunities. The wind was consistently 20-25 with gusts over 30 KT. All in all a fast way to get to Delaware Bay. Our plan is to anchor on the Delaware Bay side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal tonight. We will transit the Canal after high tide tomorrow morning (08:24 am) so we get maximum effect of the current. I understand there are video cameras at many locations on the canal. https://candd.nap.usace.army.mil
We will make sure that we wave to the cameras :)
Our plan is to be in Annapolis by the end of day Oct 7. When we started the trip we had only 3 dates we wanted to meet:
1) Sept 7 - leave Kingston
2) Oct 7 - arrive Annapolis for the Annapolis Boat Show
3) Nov 7 - planned departure from Norfolk VA to Tortola BVI
So far so good...
Jon
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