On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:49:46 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

On 2008-10-02 11:16:45 -0400, Larry said:

He's passing right through my day cruise grounds now, off the New
Jersey coast. I'll be interested to see if he takes the Cape May
canal, up the Delaware Bay and through the C&D into the Chesapeake. Or
if he goes around Cape May without going through the canal. Or just
stays offshore.

Steve


As a 46' ketch, I believe the plan is offshore all the way to Miami....as
she was designed for.

Are those canals clear for 7' or are they all silted in from neglect like
the ICW through SC is?

Hell, in some places where the channel used to be, an outboard motor drags
in the sand.

The C&D and Delaware River channel both are relative super-highways for
deep-draft cargo boats (possibly not the deepest-draft ones just yet)
going from Baltimore anywhere north. Finding 7' is NOT a problem there
or in the Cape May canal.

Another's post indicates this in their general area:
'25-35 knot winds, gusts to 50 knots, and 18-25' seas, while certainly
within the capabilities of crew and boat...."

Oh, BOY, I sure hope they ducked in somewhere by now if those are the
conditions they're in. The boat can handle it, but that sorta stuff
will challenge even the most testosterone-poisoned crew.

Sorry for any confusion. That quotation was taken from "Dragon Lady,
Ruff Times and High Times" to illustrate Skip's 'cocky' attitude.


Looking at Spot just now, they haven't taken the right turn and are
well out from the coast, well past Cape May and making distance
consistently, so they're pretty much locked in for the next 24 hours.
The DelMarVa shoreline doesn't really offer hidey-holes and the weather
typically comes from the north.