[Public-List] Help with Trip Planning

[Janet Kirk]

Chris... Good luck; I admire your grit.

Those are long jogs but others have done them. Foremost, watch the weather, 
and don't be afraid to abort. For your kind of schedule you'll be motoring 
all the time, with a little assist from the wind, sometimes, maybe. Have 
faith in your engine plus spare gas (diesel?) cans & oil. Anything 
requiring spare parts would kill your schedule, anyway. Have unlimited 
towing insurance. That first day is probably too long; can you layover 
halfway in Atlantic City? Although if you're not singlehanding, you may as 
well sail overnight and just stop in Cape May for gas. You do have an 
autopilot? You can't make the trip without it singlehanded. Have GPS. You 
can laptop navigate with free NOAA charts and the free SeaClear software. 
For offshore, an EPIRB never hurts, but you're probably always in VHF range.

It's not clear from your email if you're only planning two days to 
Chesapeake City, and then pick up the boat another weekend, or if you're 
continuing on to Annapolis. In either case, you don't need to go near 
Delaware City. Your legs would be roughly,
Forked River - Cape May 70nm (You deserve a marina in Cape May; reserve one.)
Cape May - Chesapeake City 60nm (nice anchorage, crowded weekends)
Ches City - Annapolis 50nm

Things always take longer than planned. Storms never last, do they?
If I were a betting man...

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181

At 10:50 AM 7/10/2010, you wrote:
>My 'new' boat is finally ready so I need to bring it home from NJ. The 
>boat is
>currently in Forked River, NJ and I am near Annapolis. I am reading 
>everything I
>can, sourcing charts and so on but wanted to reach out for any advice on the
>trip.
>
>First day to Cape May. Next day to Delaware City. Through the channel to
>Chesapeake City?
>
>Not the best approach, but due to work I cant take a week off and take my 
>time.
>I appreciate any advice or pointers. This is my first trip of this 
>distance and
>it'll be in my new old boat. I cant wait!


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