Delaware City DL - July 21-22

Delaware City

The stop is located on the Delaware River just at the exit of the C&D Canal.  This city, like most that we have visited, has a bunch of historic houses, but because we were here for only one evening, we didn't see very much.  The owner of the facility, Tim, gave me a good tutorial on currents and tides in the Delaware River, which we would have to travel the next day to Cape May, NJ.



The creek on which the marina is located is only 65 feet wide, with a very strong current. 


It was fascinating watching the very experienced dock hands manually turn our boat around in the creek, holding on to one line tied to the forward cleat on the boat and letting the current spin the boat around.

You can see how narrow the creek is



Part of the fun of this trip is learning new things about boating, and this was certainly a new thing to learn!

The next morning, before we headed east to Cape May NJ, down the Delaware River into Delaware Bay, we went to the local farmers' market and got some lettuce and tomatoes.

The folks at the marina gave us a ride in their golf cart
As forecast, the seas were calm--the winds and the currents were in the same direction so there was no wave action.  However, there were several huge freighters traveling on the river, going to and from the port of Philadelphia which was 60 miles from Delaware City going the other way.  Even though we gave these ships a wide berth, maybe 1/4 mile, the wakes they generated gave us some rocking and rolling every time they passed.  We were traveling at around 10 mph, and these huge ships travel at about 18 mph.


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