Breeze On

The surgeon gave me some very good news at my post-op visit. He told me that everything looked good and I had no restrictions. That meant I could get in and out of the dinghy and go up and down the swim ladder. Yippee! So, we packed up some provisions and clothes and took off for a week-long trip. Our first stop was in Ball's Creek near the mouth of Broad Creek. The entrance into the creek is quite tricky. It is rather narrow with several switch-backs and gets pretty shallow. In fact, on our way in we watched the depth drop to 5.6 feet. I am not sure how we didn't go aground. Our depth instrument must not be calibrated as accurately as we thought. In any case, we were grateful to get into the anchorage and drop our anchor. Next on the list, swimming! Later in the evening we kept our eyes on thunder storms in the area. We saw lightning all around us but no storms passed over us. Phew! We were up early the next day and weighed anchor before breakfast. The winds were suppose...

Day three was a day of showering, eating a brunch of sloppy joes and wine at 10 am (planned dinner from the night before), napping, talking to the broker about the broken boom vang and jib block, talking to Simrad about why the AIS system doesn't work and figuring out the radar. It was good to rest and the day seemed to pass quickly. Day four started with fog. By the time we were ready to leave and weigh the anchor, the sun was out and the fog was lifting. As we headed out of the Cape May channel the fog thickened considerably so we turned around to go back to the anchorage. As we slowly motored in the channel, Suky blew the air horn to signal our presence to any boats who couldn't see us. We dropped the anchor again and waited an hour for the fog to lift. We weighed the anchor again and headed out of the Cape May channel. The fog thickened as we entered the Delaware Bay and Suky continued to blow the air horn every few minutes. We closely monitored the radar for any ships or o...