First Leg - First Stop

   
    We're in Pasadena, MD on shore. We were hauled Monday the 23rd, only 5 days after leaving Mystic. We're here for our annual haul out for painting and maintenance.

     When we left Mystic we went to Port Jefferson. We had light winds and a good current for the early part of the day so when we slowed down it wasn't too bad. We had a little breeze at the start so we saw the genoa for a while. There were about 3-4 other southbound boats there. From there we went to Port Washington with even lighter conditions. All motoring.

     Port Washington has free moorings for transients so it's a nice place to rest, especially since we got there early.

     Next up was a very long passage: through the City and then along the New Jersey coast overnight to Cape May, NJ. We timed Hell Gate pretty well but the passage south had the wind and seas right on the nose which slowed us down quite a bit. We had hoped to go all the way up the Delaware Bay/River but the slow passage made us stop overnight in Cape May. It was a bit choppy because we had to go right into the waves so sleeping wasn't to great.

     The cold front passed through over night so when we headed up the Delaware the wind was on the nose AGAIN. We were headed south, the wind was SE to SW. We started north and the wind shifted N to NW. Sigh. We get used to choppy. Unwillingly. Not big seas but right on the bow. Not comfortable but we made it to the C & D Canal and Chesapeake City.

     We left the C & D in the morning and went all the way to Bodkin Creek which is Pasadena, MD just outside the Patapsco River which leads to Baltimore. Had a nice sail for a change.

     We pushed our luck pushing south in spite of semi-adverse weather because the marina needed us here sooner to avoid scheduled haul outs for other boats. It worked out okay. We've got our work done and I'll be taking the boat to Annapolis to wait for Carol to come back from her job. Also getting the opportunity to go to the NASCAR race in Dover, a 2 hour drive from here.

     Oh, did I mention the buoy in New York Harbor that jumped out and attacked us? A New York mugging? No? Never mind. Nothing  to see here.