Day five finds us plying the Delaware Bay in 7-8 kts. of NE wind and moderately lumpy sea conditions (thank Nordhavn for Naiad stabilizers). Overcast skies make for a steely gray visual effect that is punctuated by the occasional behemoth freighters and sail or power boat.
Days four and five provided optimal sea and weather conditions for an easy glide down the Jersey coast with a stop over anchorage in Shark River and last night in Cape May. Unfortunately this voyage has been punctuated with electrical challenges that may or may not be the result of a lightening strike to a neighboring boat while docked this summer in Mattituck. Yesterday our electrical conundrum was complicated with the overheating of the generator which necessitated an impromptu after-dinner impeller change, thankfully a spare impeller was among the myriad spare parts stowed on board.
We are midway across the Delaware Bay and have the pleasure of the company of a hitchhiker, a Yellow-rumped Warbler! He flew in the open wheelhouse door and alighted and allowed me to pick him up and bring him outside; he showed no showed no signs of wanting to depart and is currently back inside perched on the rear-view camera monitor. I will encourage him to depart when we are in the C&D canal and the shore-line is closer.
As we approach the Chesapeake & Delaware (C & D) Canal and the bay narrows we are again seeing rafts of flotsam, some of it likely to be the remnants of the destruction to homes and shoreline caused by Hurricane Irene. While transiting the Hudson River in NY we encountered enormous floating detritus, reminders of the devastating flooding that the folks upstate suffered as a result of rains from Irene.
Port of call today is Chesapeake City:)
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