Weather holding us up in Chesapeake City... the next leg of our trip includes the Atlantic Ocean along the New Jersey shore... forecast for the lower section Cape May, NJ to Atlantic City, NJ was for 100% chance of rain with 7 - 10 ft seas and winds to 35 knots... this is a "NO GO" forecast for SAILS.

Even without the weather forecast we would of stayed put today... our friends Cathy and Jim Fisher drove over to visit us for the day... had a great visit with them catching up on all that has happened since we last saw each other and an awesome lunch at the Chesapeake Inn Restaurant.

We left this morning from Herrington Harbour Marina at 0630... forecast was for partly cloudy skies and mild winds... we had a terrific boost from the flood tide all the way to Chesapeake City... running from 7 knots to almost 9 knots the last hour of the trip today.

We arrived to Chesapeake City our destination for the day at approximately 1445... we were securely docked with power at 1500... our position for the night N39°31.638', W075°48.669’. We traveled today for 8.5 hours covering 62.0 nautical miles averaging 7.3 knots.

We left at 0630 from Reedville... winds were calm. Forecast was for winds to pickup out of the SE in the afternoon.

We had a favorable current pushing us all day... not a lot but kept our speed over 7 knots all day... the winds did pick up as forecast in the afternoon to around 20 knots... seas also increased from 1-2 ft to 3-4 foot... larger waves but a following sea that is a very comfortable ride compared to the same seas on the nose.

We arrived to Herrington Harbor South our destination for the day at approximately 1530... we were securely docked with power at 1545... our position for the night N38°43.563', W076°32.568’. We traveled today for 9.0 hours covering 64.8 nautical miles averaging 7.2 knots.