"Thomas Wentworth" wrote:

Just goofing and I was looking at the Chesapeake bay on a google map. I see
the canal that connects the Chesapeake to the Delaware river.

Do sailboats use this waterway? Do the sailboats unstep their mast?

This is just a goof question

Yes they use it and no they don't unstep the masts. The bridges
aren't that low - it isn't that kind of canal.

One of the things that some people like to do is circumnavigate the
DelMarVa peninsula. (that little piece of land where pieces of it
belong to Delaware, Maryland and Virginia) It takes a couple of days
to a week depending on the weather. Bob and I have no desire to do
that - there's no place to go from the Atlantic if the weather kicks
up - at least not for a boat like ours. And the canal isn't all that
friendly either.


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
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