July 25th Update - Delaware Bay, Delaware

10am - We are currently motoring south in the Delaware Bay.  The plan, which has changed at least 3 times in the last 24 hours, by the way, is to head straight for Block Island without stopping.  The forecast is for southwest winds and we should be able to make it there by tomorrow night, if all goes well.  There is a front that is scheduled to pass through the area on Wednesday night.  Even if we don't make it tomorrow, we should be there well ahead of the front.  Listening to the weather on the VHF this morning, they were calling for the hottest day of the summer tomorrow so I am just as glad to be out on the water for it. 

We spent last night at the Summit North Marina in Bear, DE.  It is about half way through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.  It is a nice enough spot, but I felt myself getting anxious to leave only a few hours into our stay.  The earlier plan was to wait out the front (which was then forecast for Tuesday/Wednesday) at the Marina.  I was not looking forward to another day of hanging out there.  Then, over dinner with the Dussauds at the marina restaurant, we decided to sail to Cape May, new Jersey today (Monday) and then make a few hops up the coast, hopefully winding up in New York City, from where we could then pick our weather window to head for Block Island.  Our scheduled departure was for 6am.

The alarm went off at 5:30 and thunder and lightening were all around us.  Needless to say, we went back to sleep.  Claude and Joe went up to the marina office at 7am to check the weather on the internet.  By 7:30 we had an entirely new plan - sail straight for Block Island.  I'm excited for my first ocean passage.  Four hour watches during the day and two hour watches at night.  I'll write another update from Block Island once we have caught up on our sleep. 

Wishing you all the very best.

Christy, Joe, Cassie, and Juliana 

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