We started the day early. I was unsure weather to go the inside route or brave the outside. Several boats were leaving the same time and were planning the outside route. As we were starting to leave we met a Texas boater who had done the loop twice before. He had a larger boat and said he was going inside. So we followed him out of the marina and along the NJ ICW. It wasn’t more than a half hour…
Our trip this day was to take us along the New Jersey ICW. This route is known to be shallow in places so it is not the popular route. We left Cape May late in the morning to time our trip with the rising tide. This gave us the chance to eat a pancake breakfast at the local diner and take another walk through town before casting off at around 1pm. Leaving on a rising tide meant that if we…
This day was one that I had been dreading for a few weeks. I had read that the Delaware Bay can get rough and our little boat is not so comfortable in a moderate chop. I was encouraged looking at the weather report that said waves would be less than two feet and winds 5 to 10 knots. The other important aspect of the Delaware River is the current. If you catch it at the wrong time you might face…