Cruising Estrella del Sur: C&D Canal to Chesapeake City

October 4-10 2016

Departed Delaware City at 12:20 pm and headed down the canal to Chesapeake City, very happy to get off the bay as it was still very rocky in the morning. We arrived at the Chesapeake Inn Restaurant and Marina at 2:20 pm with the intentions of staying one night, we stayed a week. Seemed this was a good as place as any to wait out hurricane Matthew. Later that evening we met up with Hank Schmitt our Skipper and mentor from our trip from New York to Bermuda two years ago. He had stopped by for a night stay on the way to the boat show, what a surprise. We shared some drinks and some stories at the onsite Tiki bar. We also had the pleasure of meeting Eric and Corinne from Montreal on Reflection 2 and later in the week Sam from Vermont on Sweet Pea, instantly making some new friends. On the Thursday we were able to make it to the Annapolis Sailboat show, which was great

Night time shot from our boat

and had the rest of the week to work on projects. We were able to order a replacement water tank and fittings from Defender, Brad installed the new tank which seems to be working perfectly. He was also able to eliminate the air from the port tank. In addition to some small jobs we spent several hours running wire from the house battery bank to the sensor input on the voltage regulators for both diesels. Here’s to hoping it works and corrects the no charging/overcharging problem that has plagued us since they were installed. On the Saturday night we all had a wonderful dinner on Reflection 2 and we reciprocated with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Then Monday we had the pleasure of Sam for dinner. This remarkable woman is single handing a 28 ft Cape Dory, named Sweet Pea from Vermont to the Caribbean.

What a great marina and would highly recommend, not only was it about $280 US for the week but it is a very sheltered marina with floating docks with a restaurant and Tiki bar on site. Chesapeake city was a very beautiful little town with early 1800’s wood-sided homes maintained in immaculate condition. Great stay but time to get heading south, the nights are getting very cold.