July 31, 2009Liberty State Park, NJ40°41.72N-074°03.85WSome cities command respect as you enter them, Rio de Janeiro, Belem and Miami for example. But there is nothing like New York City. Coming from the south, the full span of the Verrazano …
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Sandy Hook, NJ
July 23, 2011Atlantic Highland, NJ40°24.96N – 074°01.38WLast stop before New York City! From Cape May to New York City, there are really few anchorages. Atlantic City, Barnegat, and Sandy Hook are probably the best choices. For …
C&D Canal to Cape May
July 18, 2011Cape May, NJ38°57.01N-074°53.14WU.S. Coast Guard Station“Domino-Domino-Domino; Jabiru-Jabiru.” Gail’s voice comes through the VHF as I’m working the deck, ready to drop anchor in front of the USCG station at Cape May. …
Chesapeake City
Chesapeake City Anchoring Basin & MarinaJuly 16, 2011Chesapeake CityAnchoring Basin39°32N – 75°48WWho knew there was such a cute small town at the entrance of the C&D Canal, tucked way at the top of the Elk River? Frankly, we were not e…
Sassafras
July 15, 2011Sassafras RiverI should have gotten a clue when I was 5 years old and almost drowned when my swimming instructor tossed me in the middle of the river. Downstream from the tanneries, gulping acrid water contaminated with tanning aci…
Gunkholing
GUNKHOLINGJuly 13, 2011Still Pond, MDGunkholing! What a strange and beautiful word. I actually had to ask JP to look it up in his Kindle dictionary. It means navigating shallow waters. Well, that’s what we’ve been doin…
ANNAPOLIS
COLORSJuly 4th, 2011ANNAPOLIS, MDSouth AnchorageUS Naval Academy.BLUE! The Blue Angels that flew by on the 1st day of Commissioning Week, a blue blur through the hatch over our bed, a roar that dragged us out of our nap.BLUE! Navy blue, the U.S…
Knapp’s Narrows
June 30, 2011Knapps NarrowsHow do we leave friends behind, over and over again? Just by knowing that we’ll meet again, in another harbor, on someone else’s boat, or… on Facebook! We left Harris Creek early, sadly without the crabs th…
Eastern Shore
June 29, 2011Harris Creek, St. Michael’sCruising the Chesapeake Eastern Shore is a trip of its own. It’s as if we stepped back in time, stopped the clock, held our breath, held the whole world still, for that matter. The peacefu…
Chesapeake Living
Solomons Island Light house June 22, 2011Solomons Island Leason Cove38°20.024 N076°26.485 WWith its reputation as the yachting center of the Chesapeake, we did expect Solomons Island to be crowded with boats. How VERY crowded was what ga…
