Day 2 took us from Chesapeake City, MD at the mouth of the C&D Canal to Cape May, NJ with a 5.5/6 hour run mostly through the very calm Delaware Bay – so 3 states in 2 days. We met 3 other looping boats in Chesapeake City including Diana and Marshall on Escape who invited us onto their boat for dinner to pick crabs with them – what a treat! We arrived in Cape May early afternoon with the plan to ride our bikes to Nauti Spirits Distillery, owned by our friends and neighbors Steve and Caroline Miller. After a little help from “pops” at the local dive shop to tighten one of the fittings that kept the wheel and handlebars in line (rather important!) we were off!! Sadly, Steve and Caroline were not there, but the delicious vodka drink and the fun atmosphere complete with Adirondack chairs and corn hole did not disappoint. We met 4 additional looping couples including Perry and Vicki on Blessed Again, a Fleming 55. Our evening was capped off by a great dinner at The Lobster House and the beautiful sunset above. It was early to bed and early to rise for a long run (about 12 hours) on 5/27 from Cape May to Sandy Hook, NJ. The weather window for an open ocean run up the NJ coast looks great for 5/27, but not 5/28 or 5/29 so we will skip stopping at Manasquan and “go the distance” in one go. We are on that run as I type this with 1-3 foot waves and bright sunshine. All good!! Learnings so far – carry a bike pump and small took kit on the bikes!!
Cindy
Great to see you are on your way and enjoying all that is on offer on your route! It will be so fun to see other ‘loopers’ and run into them again on the journey, it is like a whole new floating group of friends!