We stayed Thursday night at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, a short distance
south of Annapolis on the western shore. Got an early start, and made it
as far as the northern end of Delaware Bay last night after being slowed
substantially (2 knots) by a westward tidal current through the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

We’re anchored behind an island (Reedy Island if you have a chart) out
of the way of the passing ship traffic and protected from the wind and
some of the current. We were up at 0530 for a 0600 underway time, but
the fog is keeping us in our anchorage. Although we have radar, we’re
not willing to use it when the visibility is less than 1/4 mile and we
have plenty of time to get where we’re going!

We had hoped to get to Atlantic City tonight, but now may only make it
as far as Cape May (about 50 miles down Delaware Bay from our location).

Watched TV for an hour last night (first time on the trip) and tried to
get some national news at 0600 this morning, to no avail. We don’t have
much of an idea of what is going on with the new “war” in the middle east!

Took advantage of our delay and the cooler engine room (93 degrees) this
morning to do a little maintenance on the stuffing boxes. Also worked on
our anchor light which seems to come on for awhile and then turn off.

We realized two days ago that we didn’t have charts or a Waterway Guide
for north of Cape May. I brought the wrong chart book by mistake. We
called a bunch of marinas along our path yesterday, and none of them had
the charts we needed. So as we pass through Cape May today we’ll stop
and take a taxi to West Marine to get what we need to continue!

Cats are enjoying a respite from the engine noise!