Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Cape May, NJ

We arrived in Cape May on Sunday, after a 9 hour motor sail from Barnegat. We were in thick fog for quite a bit of it, which is exhausting, staring at the radar, and navigating. We have great equipment though, so were always able to spot other boats. We also discovered that buoys will not report their intentions in the fog (haha). We pulled into Cape May Inlet at about 4:30, in a massive current. We watched a big tugboat in front of us get swept across the channel. We made it thru and were very glad to drop anchor. We went into Cape May for dinner and early to bed. Today we woke up to more fog, so decided to stay here at least another day. We've been working on installing a water filter into the dingy gas line, as we seem to have a recurring problem of water in the gas. The Ordways are here, and very nicely took John to shore to the hardware store to get the parts we need. Hopefully we will resolve this today. The dingy is sort of important...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looking forward to reading about all your great adventures! So so exciting! Sue and Brett. Ethan and eliza

Anonymous said...

These pictures look a bit scary with a high looking swell and currents - most impressed at your sailing abilities. Bampi would have been following your progress! Have you any time for delivering education? LAAx