No Respect for Delaware

Cape May, New Jersey
N 38 57.002 W 74 53.246

We made very fast progress today. 80 miles in 12.5 hours. If we maintained that for 24 hours it would have been a 150 mile day; our second best ever. It helped a lot that we had the current against us for only 3 of those 12 hours. Studying the current tables can really pay off.

This is the third or fourth time we made the passage to/from Cape May to the C&D Canal. Each time we pass from Maryland, through Delaware to New Jersey. Yet, we still haven't ever set foot in Delaware. I think that even when traveling by car, that we've always passed through Delaware without stopping. There seems to be nothing of interest to attract us in Delaware; hence no respect. Now I expect emails from blog readers who love Delaware. Let them come.

As we approached the C&D canal, we were making 5 knots under power at 2000 RPM. As we exited the canal we were doing 8.9 knots, still at 2000 RPM. Two hours after that we were doing 8.9 knots under sail, with a double reefed main. No wonder it was a fast day.

Coming in to the Cape May canal I plugged in my computer and the new WiFi gadget and scanned for a signal. Soon I found one coming from a house along side the canal. I told Libby to stop and circle near the house while I checked email. She did so. When I was done I came up on deck and saw an apparently irate homeowner on the shore staring at us. I suspect that he was angry at the thought of sharing his Internet with passers by. Too bad for him.