Overnight to Cohensey Cove, Delaware Bay

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 – Overnight to Cohensey Cove, Delaware Bay

We arrived off the Cape May Canal at 10:30am and went through it to Delaware Bay which for us, at 7 knots, is about 7 hours long.  The Cape May Canal is very narrow with a few 3-4 foot depth marinas and limited anchorages at its north entrance. Delaware Bay doesn’t have much going for it other than water to get from one place to another. 

 

The best of Delaware Bay

Convenient bird roosting spot

 It is shallow with a channel up the middle for ships.  We cruised 5 hours to Cohensey Cove before stopping as there were no marinas available. Anchoring is good with lots of 5-10 foot depths and a mud bottom except there were crab pots like Maine has lobster pots!  It was next to impossible to find a place to anchor and back down without running them over but we managed.  Current and wind were opposing so it looked funny to have the boat facing one direction and the anchor chain going another.  Dinner, showers and to bed before 6pm!  It was a long day.  Overcast, breeze is picking up, high 70’s and humid.  Rain predicted for tomorrow.  We’ll see.  A radio station reported that the tropical storm off the Bahamas was now a hurricane.