Have made the same trip from Boston to North Carolina in late September/October.
Found trip from Atlantic Highlands to Atlantic City a great sail but a long day. Atlantic City to Cape May short day, the the stay in Cape May well worth the stop. Found the canal not to be a problem in my 39 Gulfstar Sailmaster with two fixed bridges at 55' and made the trip from Cape May to Chesapeake City (on the C&D Canal to be a fairly long day as well. From Chesapeake City to Annapolis the following day an easy trip. Doug Laurie SV Windfall ---- Dave Skolnick <[email protected]> wrote: > We are on a sailboat and we are > getting a lot of wind on the nose.? Going from Cape Cod to Cape May is a trip > we > might do, but looks like we can only get a fair wind for part of it.? *snip* > We are currently in Falmouth on the south side of Cape Cod about 50 miles from > Block Island and 170 miles from Sandy Hook.? I had wanted to go outside Long > Island, though Norm and Steve Weinstrin make it seem like I should reconsider > that. Didn't you say you were comfortable with passages up to 48 hours? From Falmouth you could close-reach SSE down to the latitude of Delaware Bay and then tack in. Cape May is a lovely little town, but I'm not a fan of the canal. Can you fit under the fixed bridge? If not, consider anchoring behind the inner breakwater at Cape Henlopen. If you don't fit under the Cape May bridge the total distance covered is about the same as going into and out of the Cape May inlet. If you want to get off and stretch your legs Lewes DE is right there and is also a nice little town. Cape Henlopen is an easy set up for running up the DE Bay or heading back out toward Cape Henry. > It looks like Atlantic Highlands is the place to wait for a window to run the > Jersey coast and it looks like Atlantic City is the only safe duck-in on this > coast. I've been in a number of other inlets along NJ but agree that Atlantic City is the best of the lot. Sandy Hook to AC and AC to Cape Henlopen are easy daylight(ish) hops in most conditions. I recommend activecaptain.com to you as a great resource for getting good data about each of the inlets. Good reading ahead of time. sail fast and eat well, dave S/V Auspicious _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
