On 2007-08-21 16:22:56 -0400, Vic Smith said:

Does Chesapeake Bay present a special challenge for a boat of his
draft? It may be he wanted a good sail without those concerns.
Not knowing these routes and I'm all ears.

No, there's no real challenge, except that there's a constant flow of
water south and he's running in or near a current running north, which
can make a big difference in distance made. Weather would be similar
inside or out, and as others have said, the Delaware Bay passage is
often no picnic.

MY problem is that I listened to the weather Sunday, and the offshore
forecast was for small craft advisories and lots of rain -- which we've
had ever since. A front has been sitting at about the VA/DE border with
lows running down it. Even up here near Philly, we've been getting
monsoons.

He has the advantage of a fairly heavy boat that likes heavy air, at
least better than our cork, but he should have realized they were going
into known sloppy conditions, and Linda shouldn't have been so
optimistic, not taking meds beforehand.

Personally, this week was one to take the slower inside route where
they had the advantage of a multitude of "plan B" anchorages in fairly
easy reach. I expect they'll make it, perhaps have made it already, but
that was a "yeah, we done it" sort of passage.

Skip, please stop rushing.

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Jere Lull
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