All of our followers were worried something was wrong since we didn’t post since June 16. So to ease the minds of both of you, here is our latest report of what’s happening. Not much.
After leaving Leanardstown, MD for the second time (it’s really a little gem of a city), we motored back to Fairview Beach, VA (little also but more of a costume jewel than a gem) so our generator mechanic can install the part that Westerbeke said we needed. Well that didn’t work.
Poor Gil worked on it again on Friday the 21st (could well have been Friday the 13th the way things were going). After the equivalent of three full days working on it and not getting support from the manufacturers, he have up. He refused to charge us anything because he said he didn’t fix it. I never met a mechanic (or electrician or plumber or anyone) like that. So I told him if I didn’t see an invoice in my inbox by the 27th, I would just send him something. We departed for Leanardtown (again). Hey, it’s on our way to the Solomons plus it has a great ice-cream shop near the wharf.
That night in Leanardtown we sat outside and watched the beautiful full moon come up.
We arrived in the Solomons the afternoon of the 22nd just thankful to be on our way North again.
Sunday the 23rd was quite rough as we headed to Annapolis because we had following seas with a current going in the opposite direction.
We thought Sunday was rough until we REALLY experienced rough on the 24th going from Annapolis to Cheasapeake City in the C&D Canal. That ride was a bad decision but we made it. We were rewarded for our perseverance the next day when the winds calmed way down for our 68 mile trip down the Delaware river. That river is one of the more treacherous according to local folks and the loopers that traversed it.
We won’t comment on the scare we had with the low oil pressure alarm on the Stbd motor. Better told while sipping a beer with old friends.
The 26th we left Cape May, NJ and headed for Atlanic City (and made it). It was very hard to find a marina with an open slip. We snuck into Historic Gardners Basin by the Atlantic City Aquarium just after they closed. Diane did a great job snagging a cleat on the finger dock in 18mph winds (still).
Today’s trip was long, not just the miles but the channels were super narrow and very shallow (yes we found the bottom) but the scenery was pretty nice. Lot’s of pretty (and huge) houses dotted much of the route separated by marshland. We are now sitting in the Metedeconk river. Well not literally. Our boat is docked there and we’re still in it. Also apparently only people from New Jersey know how the heck this river is pronounced.
Sorry of the long narrative. Now on to a few photos
Each dot is a marina. You would think at least one has an open slip