We sat at the dock this morning as the forecast overnight turned from bad to terrible. It was originally forecast to be 3 to 5 foot seas. We had planned on leaving early. However, when we got up in the morning the forecast had changed to 4 to 7 feet with wind gusts to 35mph. We didn't want to get beat up, so decided to stay put. Around 9:00am one of the boats that came in with us on Friday decided to leave. I hailed him on the radio and asked if I can try him again in 30 minutes and if he would give me an update of sea conditions, which he was happy to do. At 9:30 when I called him back he said it was pretty nice off-shore with seas only 2 to 3 feet.
We quickly untied the lines and were underway by 9:45 as we could not bear another day in Atlantic City. Quite frankly, my wallet couldn't take it. The blackjack tables were not kind to me.
The 40 mile ride down to Cape May was really nice. Seas were around 2 feet and not very sloppy. We turned in at Cape May and made our way through the canal to the Delaware Bay. That is when it took a turn for the worse. The bay had solid 4 to 6 foot seas. We were taking waves over the top and had to slow the boat down to around 10kts to keep from breaking things and to stay in our seats. After about an hour and once we got around Miah Maul Shoal, we turned a bit to the north and the seas began to subside. The seas dropped to about 3 feet for the next hour and then as the bay narrowed at the top toward the C&D canal, the seas reduced to about 1 to 2 feet.
We arrived in Chesapeake City at 4:15 tonight. I did a major cleaning of the boat to remove all the salt from our day of travel. Around 6:30 we headed over to the Chesapeake Inn for a great meal and a cold beer.
We plan to leave early in the morning and make our way down the Chesapeake Bay to either Norfolk or Great Bridge. The forecast looks great tomorrow and we shouldn't have any problems and we are looking forward to good long run.
I'll try and post a few pictures tomorrow.
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