Havre

Havre De Grace
N 39 32.729 W 076 04.948

On Sunday the remnants of tropical storm Betty passed by. It was cold and rainy all day long so we just sat it out and did nothing all day.

Today started rainy too but we were restless, so we headed across the bay to Havre de Grace, at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. This is yet another place where we've never been before. We tried to get here last year, but just as we entered the very long (7 mile) channel in, we got hit by a very powerful 30 knot north wind that raised steep 5-6 foot waves almost immediately. That made us change our mind and we retreated to the Sassafras River.

Today, we had a mission. We were nearly out of clean clothes and some provisions. We hadn't had a chance to do either since Solomons. Therefore, we sailed here to Havre and took a mooring at Tidewater Marina for 75 cents per foot. While Libby did laundry, I walked around the town. There was nothing of great interest.

There is a railroad bridge nearby with an amazing amount of traffic. It seems that a passenger train passes every 15-20 minutes. I suspect that this might be the main train route from New York City to Washington DC. There is a highway bridge just upstream from the railway bridge and I suspect that it is the I-95 crossing.

When our chores were done I elected to not stay the night. I wanted to cross the bay to the Bohemia River so that we could be in a better position to traverse the C & D (Chesapeake & Delaware) canal tomorrow morning. We slipped the mooring but soon thereafter we got a weather report of a severe Thunderstorm near Annapolis heading our way, so we changed our minds and came back.

Tomorrow, we'll have to get up early and be underway by 05:30. The reward for timing it right is a rapid ride on the canal's currents. If we do it right, we'll have 4.7 knots of current with us as we pass Chesapeake City on the canal. Wow! If things work well, and if the weather holds up, we will be all the way or most of the way to Cape May NJ before sunset tomorrow.