First mate-- After a few days of resting to reassure that Dick was in "good and stable" form to travel, we untied the lines at 6:00am. In fact there was a caravan of boats leaving which gave us some reassurance that we wouldn't be alone on the water.
The sun was rising as we made our way out onto the Delaware Bay. It was a delightful trip up the bay as the seas were absolutely flat. The current was in our favour which gave us a push up the bay. We were travelling at 9 - 10 knots most of the way. The timing worked out perfect for entering the canal we were doing over 10 knots. What could have been a long 10 hour day turned into an easy cruise of 6 hours.
Our stop for the day was Chesapeake City and we discovered that nobody occupied the free town dock. Just as we finished tying our lines to the free dock, two sailboats pulled in behind and we helped to secure their vessels. The city provides a 24hr free docking allowance but they won't make you leave in inclement weather.
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