C&D

 6/2- Reedy Island, Delaware River DE

   It was a beautiful day for a sail, cough, I mean motor. The sky was blue and cloudless as we followed the ebb tide down the Sassafras. The wind did pick up as we entered the bay but so did the ebb which slowed us right down. We motored on heading up the Elk River into the C&D canal. Here we picked up the flood current and went flying. This boat doesn’t go much faster than it did today. We were doing 8.5 knots over the ground and we chewed through the canal in a couple of hours. 

    When we hit the Delaware we ran smack into the flood tide so while I would have liked to keep going it didn’t make sense. We pulled in to Reedy Island channel and dropped anchor. This channel is swept by 2-3 knots currents changing direction every 6 hours or so. The entrance is tricky because it is narrow and it is guarded by long dikes which can’t be seen at high water. We came in at low water so we could see the hole in the dike it’s just that at low water it’s pretty shallow. We made it fine and settled down to wonderful view of the nuclear power cooling towers just across the river. Maybe we can plug in tonight!!

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