Delaware & New Jersey

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Wed 20 Jun 2012 23:56

38:57.04N 74:53.06W

 

Wednesday 20th June

 

Well it's official:  horseflies get active well before 0600 hours, as do stinging black flies and 1000s of leaf hoppers, so anchor raising was fast and furious.   Unfortunately although the huge numbers declined we were pestered by the damn things until we finally dropped anchor 10 hours later in Cape May.

 

The day was hot and slightly foggy, which was a shame as we went past more lovely mini lighthouses but the conditions were not conducive to photographing  - you will all be relieved to hear!   And of course no wind, so we motored down the Delaware River and at one point were out of sight of all land, then into the Atlantic, and round the corner into Cape May, New Jersey.

 

Highlight of the day was a visit from ten  large Common Bottlenose dolphins and, as the water is getting less murky, we were just about able to see them bow wave before passing us by.

 

We are now anchored in a large lagoon by the Coastguard station, complete with its chorusing trainees,.  Tomorrow we will go into town which was apparently the first seaside resort in the US with lovely Victorian architecture.   One of the jobs will be to find a Raymarine agent as our VHF radio seems to be stuck on channel 16 and most ship to ship activity is on 13!