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• Suggestions for Delaware Bay - C&D canal itinerary?
  • With W and NW winds in the forecast
    • are you suggesting he go north
      • Yes and no.
        • Larry, the tide "up" the Del Bay strats just after 7:00 AM
          • The current turns to ebb (at mid-bay) around 3PM tomorrow, give or take
            • I'm not sure what current charts you're looking at...Nobeltec, Navionics (Northstar) and Furuno all say otherwise?
              • Funny that NOAA doesn't have downloadable current tables...
                • Funny also that the iPhone insists on capitalizing after every CR.
                  • Yeah like Outlook... programs that try to be "too smart."
                • Try this NOAA site
                  • What I was looking for was a downloadable table...
                    • THere are other sources, DDW
                      • Hmm.... that one is pretty good, but you can only get one location at a time?
                        • Get a Nobeltec Version (even an older one from Ebay) w/ Tides and Currents
                          • We have had lightening, thunder, and continuous rain since about 8 pm...
                        • LMAO! This is a classic example of how this all was SO much simpler 30 years ago... (grin)
                          • Never seen one of those before.
                            • Jon was on the H.M.S. Beagle
                              • hell, he was on the Ark
                          • That is a thing of beauty....
              • DEpends on what current station you look at
                • From my experiences
      • Itinerary For Del Bay
        • These are my 'stomping grounds'
        • Great post
        • his 6.5' draft makes Ches City very iffy
  • Either get up early tomorrow morning or...
  • the Coast Guard anchorage...
  • Summit North Marina on the Canal
  • With an early start, tomorrow sounds do-able in your boat...
  • Different approach
  • Could have been luck, or youth, 3 times through the Deleware have all been surprisingly easy.
  • Thanks! Going to stay in Cape May a day or two...
    • Buy a paper chart and a hand bearing compass!
      • What the hell are those????
  • When at Cape May, I use...
    • Tied up at South Jersey now...
      • I would wait for a favorable wind
        • C&D at night is probably a perfect case for AIS
      • Farley State Marina..... :-P
  • food for thought
    • Except for on thing.....