We left Port Washington and motored down the east river,
with the sun setting just as we got to New York City. Neat to see all the city lights, but a bit
nerve racking, with all the lights, hard to see boat lights – but most everyone
except a couple of sailboats had AIS, so that was nice.
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| Tug with large side tow barge passing us on the East River |
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| Pepsi Cola Sign all lit up on East side of the river |
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| Getting darker as we are approaching Manhattan |
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| Colorful lights at Pier 17 |
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| Manhattan skyline at dark |
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| Leaving New York, under Verrazano bridge |
No wind, so motored till around 2:00 a.m., but then the wind
filled in and we got in a good 10 hours of nice downwind sailing. Even used the spinnaker for a while
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| Offshore sailing down NJ coast. (under spinnaker) |
We had a little friend that joined us somewhere offshore around Atlantic City. Brave little one, even landed on the steering wheel for a while. Kris got out a little container of water, and our feathered friend was happy for that, and drank a few times from it. He/She hopped all over the boat munching on little gnats, and then Kris got some sprouts and he/she enjoyed those as well.
Had to turn the motor on as we approached Lewes, DE, for just a little more speed, so we would not have to anchor in full dark
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| Sun setting as we approached the anchorage |
We anchored at Lewes DE, for the night, and our
little friend was still there in the morning, but left around 9:00. We left shortly after and were able to sail
up the Delaware Bay – against the current
all the way, but the winds were strong enough it wasn’t an issue.
Anchored over night before the C&D Canal, and next day motored
with current down the canal to Chesapeake City. Walked up for burgers and ice cream at the Real McCoy restaurant.
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| Nice small park in Chesapeake City |
We only spent two nights in Chesapeake City, then sailed
down to Rock Hall, MD, as it was the only winds over 8 knots for the next week
going our direction.
Usually when we have anchored in Rock Hall in the past,
there are only a few boats, 4 at the most. Maybe it was the Labor Day
weekend, but there were already 5 boats in the anchorage, 4 of them
catamarans. As the day went on, more
boats came in.
Friday, we walked to town, and took our old dinghy seat, and
old tachometers into the Marine Consignment store. Back to boat and watched even more boats come
in.
Saturday was the big day| We walked in to town and went to the Scrapple Festival at the Fire station. Scapple for those of you who don’t know (we
didn’t – had to look it up) Scrapple, also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name Pannhaas, is traditionally a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices. The mush is formed into a semi-solid congealed loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then pan-fried before serving.
There was an all you could eat breakfast featuring Scrapple,
and some vendors set up as well selling handcrafts. We did not partake in the food, but it was
interesting to walk around. Quite the
large nice building for the volunteer fire department.
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| Rock Hall volunteer Fire dept. building |
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| Inside Fire dept. building - lots of folks enjoying their scrapple |
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| This shirt sums it up nicely. |
After that, a quick stop at the hardware store, and then
onto the 5th annual Car Show at the American Legion building. Fun to see all the fixed-up cars. We aren't car buffs, but below a few pictures of some of our favorites.
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| Quite a few cars of various years on display |
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| Who doesn't love tail fins |
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| Can you imagine this guy pulling up to your house fire? |
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| Love the rear fenders |
We then headed to town to a really nice market, full
of local grown fruits and veggies.
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| Fresh Start food market |
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| Lots of nice local grown foods as well |
They even had a small deli counter, so we had
lunch there as well as getting some produce.
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We split a large sub sandwich
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While eating lunch we listened to the chimes from the local Methodist church ringing in the noon hour, Music, then 12 bells, then more music, then more music, followed by music. Quite the noise for such a little church - but it was enjoyable
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| Small Methodist churn in downtown Rock Hall |
On the way back to the boat we stopped at the Waterman's museum, which was open for the first time that we had seen, so had to stop.
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| Waterman's Museum - not a large building |
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| Dean practicing his Waterman moves |
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| Inside the museum |
Back to boat, and even more boats had come into the anchorage. Lots of boat rafting up, including 7 behind us, which turned into 8 later in the evening. Glad there are no strong winds, and only one anchor out for all 8 boats. |
| Quite the raft up of boats |
Usually when you get so many boats in an anchorage, and multiple raft ups you get loud music and such, but none of that here - everyone quiet and respectful
Will be here a couple more days, then head over closer to
Baltimore in preparation for Kris to fly out to Boise next week.
