Rick, I've run Cape May to C&D several times and found I could stay in the tide all the way up. I time it to leave Cape May after low tide, so it is flooding in as get to the shipping channel. I run just outside it on the Jersey side and hit the C&D at slack after High tide. I run the C&D as the tide switches and ride the ebb south down the Chesapeake. The last time I ran my boat alone and ran from Cape May to Sassafrass River in one shot. Going the opposite way you don't have the tide helping for as long, because it is a wave headed West and you are headed Southeast, so the tide helps you for 4 hours maybe. Best to time it so high tide happens twice the day you go, like 5am and 5pm to get two ebbs. Get through the C&D at 6am and then into a favorable ebbing current where the river is narrow, run south with the greatest boost from the tide, then after about 4 hours, you'll loose the tides help so get out of the adverse current, and just keep speed up as best you can for a while until the tide fights you and then reverses again, helping you again.
Love Cohansey River. I winter stored my boat at Hancock Harbor for 7 years. Great people. Docking can be difficult because of the strong currents, but I usually timed it to arrive near slack water, and got so I could do it solo. If the tide is running, just anchor out till it settles down. Things can go wrong quickly when it's running at 5 knots. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "rick bushie via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "rick bushie" <rickbushie...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 12:34:37 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List 2016 C&C Northeast Rendezvous -- Mystic Seaport, CT -- Sept 10-12, 2016 It's just under 65 miles from Chesapeake City to Cape May. Hitting the current right is critical if I want to get there in under 12 hours. I've found that a confluence of favorable wind and current is as common as sightings of the Jersey Devil. If worse comes to worse, I can duck into Cohansey Cove for a break. 12 - 14 hour trips are no problem as long as I'm not crashing into 6 foot square chop not too uncommon on the DelBay with opposing forces. But, you're absolutely right about the canal route being the way to go. Rick Bushie Anchovy, 1971, 30-1 Tolchester, MD _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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