Home at Mystic

     As I write this we have been home almost a week. Back in Mystic. Back to working (for one of us) and boat upgrades and repairs and mail hassles and medical visits and family visits and occasionally just relaxing and enjoying our beautiful home mooring.

     We had a pretty decent and relatively easy last leg to home from Annapolis. Our passage to the C&D Canal and Chesapeake City was fast and smooth except for the debris in the upper Bay. Our passage from Chesapeake City went smoothly also except for getting caught in a large branch as we pulled out of the basin in the dark (0445). Luckily it let us go without causing us any major headaches. The upper part of Delaware Bay also had major patches of debris and these were impossible to totally avoid so we had to plow though some of the patches and hope the thumps on the hulls were not going to come inside the hulls for a visit. Ended up with no obvious damage. When the water warms enough for swimming maybe we'll learn differently.

     The second half of this passage turned into a very nice sail and going around Cape May was very nice for the first time in a while. The wind started picking up when we got into Cape May and we were stuck there for an extra day.

     When we left Cape May it was almost calm. Nice, easy seas. We stopped in Atlantic City for a few hours rest and food before continuing on towards the big City. Had a sail for a few hours but then the breeze faded as we got into the night. Not quite calm overnight but close enough. Pleasant... for a change. Going through the City went well as we had timed the currents so they were with us. It was our last nice day.

     We stopped in Port Washington for one night before continuing on with rainy days but light to no winds to and from Port Jefferson and to home. After being behind our normal schedule for more than a month we actually got home a few days early.

     Here are some photos from Annapolis. These are the ducks that would wake us in the morning by tapping on the hulls for the food growing on them and upset the cat by walking around the deck or resting on our back steps.