In article KkdGf.119$Pb.106@trndny08,
"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

This isn't a goof answer.

As other mentioned, that's the C&D Canal. We've done it in Xan a couple
of times. Any boat that can do the ICW won't have to unstep their mast.

BUT, the current can run at 6 knots, particularly to the east. Choose
your transit time carefully.

Once you get to the Delaware River, choose your time as carefully, as it
can run that speed (ebb or flow) as well.

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Jere Lull
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