LONG CRUISES -
“NORTH THRU THE CANAL TO DELAWARE CITY - 2020
Cruise Itinerary has arrived! NOTE Date changes
The files below cover:
1. CCBA Long Cruises from 2005 to 2018
- If you have looked at the 2005-2011 document before, it now includes 2013 & 2014 & 2015.
Please excuse the size - it is over 13 Megs!
2. Several prior cruises include the around Delmarva.
1. CCBA Long Cruises from 2005 to 2018
- If you have looked at the 2005-2011 document before, it now includes 2013 & 2014 & 2015.
Please excuse the size - it is over 13 Megs!
2. Several prior cruises include the around Delmarva.
NORTH THRU THE CANAL TO DELAWARE CITY - 2020
Introduction
After an easy mileage cruise on the mid-western shore, at the request of the cruising membership, we will break out of the Chesapeake this year to the Delaware River. The destination is Delaware City Marina on the Delaware City Branch Channel. We will stage from there to travel by land to the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, DE. CCBA cruiser and Hagley Museum employee Mike Crawford will arrange a tour for us. The club has experience on the C&D canal, but needless to say with known tides and currents: VHF radios, engines and anchors all need to be in good order. A boat count will be needed for the Delaware City Marina, where all visitors are moored bow to stern and LOA dictates docking fees. More details to follow on the familiar anchorages, but here’s the abbreviated itinerary for preliminary planning.
Tuesday 9/22: Destination – Swan Creek above Rock Hall (39-08 N; 76-15.75 W)
Wednesday 9/23: Destination – Veazy Cove on the Bohemia River: 29 mi (39-28.3 N; 75–55 W)
Thursday 9/24: Destination – Delaware City Marina; Delaware City Branch Canal North of the Bridge: 23 mi (39-34.75N; 76-35.1W)
Plan: This is the C&D Canal transit. The canal floods easterly. Leave the anchorage at Veazy Cove OOA 0800. Key information:
Friday 9/25: Delaware City Marina – Lay Day for Hagley Museum
Plan: Transportation by land and return will be arranged for the group
Saturday 9/26: Delaware City Marina – Lay Day for Pea Patch Island
Plan: Walk into town and take ferry service to historic Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island. This facility was a Union prison for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and is run by the Parks Department. Upon return, dinner at Crabby Dick’s. Deb and I tried during our recon trip a few weeks ago… absolutely worth the stop; a CCBA cruiser’s stop that John Brown would approve.
Sunday 9/27 Destination – Still Pond below the Sassafras River: 35 mi (39-20.2N; 76-08.2W)
Plan: This is the return C&D Canal transit. The canal ebbs westerly. Leave Delaware City Marina OOA 0700. Key information:
Tuesday 9/29: Destination – Homeward Bound
Plan: All on their own to head home as individual voyage plans dictate.
General Cruise Notes:
Marc Cruder
mcc
After an easy mileage cruise on the mid-western shore, at the request of the cruising membership, we will break out of the Chesapeake this year to the Delaware River. The destination is Delaware City Marina on the Delaware City Branch Channel. We will stage from there to travel by land to the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, DE. CCBA cruiser and Hagley Museum employee Mike Crawford will arrange a tour for us. The club has experience on the C&D canal, but needless to say with known tides and currents: VHF radios, engines and anchors all need to be in good order. A boat count will be needed for the Delaware City Marina, where all visitors are moored bow to stern and LOA dictates docking fees. More details to follow on the familiar anchorages, but here’s the abbreviated itinerary for preliminary planning.
Tuesday 9/22: Destination – Swan Creek above Rock Hall (39-08 N; 76-15.75 W)
Wednesday 9/23: Destination – Veazy Cove on the Bohemia River: 29 mi (39-28.3 N; 75–55 W)
Thursday 9/24: Destination – Delaware City Marina; Delaware City Branch Canal North of the Bridge: 23 mi (39-34.75N; 76-35.1W)
Plan: This is the C&D Canal transit. The canal floods easterly. Leave the anchorage at Veazy Cove OOA 0800. Key information:
- Flood starts @ 0911 at Old Town Point Wharf
- Flood east at Chesapeake City until 1510 (Max Flood is +1.84 knots at 1130)
- Flood east at Delaware City Branch Channel Bridge until 1555
Friday 9/25: Delaware City Marina – Lay Day for Hagley Museum
Plan: Transportation by land and return will be arranged for the group
Saturday 9/26: Delaware City Marina – Lay Day for Pea Patch Island
Plan: Walk into town and take ferry service to historic Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island. This facility was a Union prison for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and is run by the Parks Department. Upon return, dinner at Crabby Dick’s. Deb and I tried during our recon trip a few weeks ago… absolutely worth the stop; a CCBA cruiser’s stop that John Brown would approve.
Sunday 9/27 Destination – Still Pond below the Sassafras River: 35 mi (39-20.2N; 76-08.2W)
Plan: This is the return C&D Canal transit. The canal ebbs westerly. Leave Delaware City Marina OOA 0700. Key information:
- Ebb starts @ 0635 at Delaware City Branch Channel Bridge
- Ebbs west at Chesapeake City until 1154 (Max Ebb is -1.02 knots at 0848)
- Ebbs west at Old Town Point Wharf until 1236
Tuesday 9/29: Destination – Homeward Bound
Plan: All on their own to head home as individual voyage plans dictate.
General Cruise Notes:
- Working with the tide schedule thru the canal, it worked out to be 8 days with a Sunday to Sunday itinerary.
CRUISERS: Mileage coming back thru the canal to Still Pond is more than we usually like to do in a day, but with fair canal tide, doable. I would like to hear from those making the trip. I am open to coming back to Veazy Cove, then adding a night so that there are 2 more stops instead of just one. Let me know your suggestions. - In my opinion, dinghies will not be necessary with this itinerary, particularly in light of mooring where there is current. They will only be a bother.
- Trailer sailors, for access locations in Anne Arundel County:
See: https://dnr.maryland.gov/Boating/Pages/water-access/boatramps.aspx - Anchorage locations are the key to finding the group. Channel 72 will be monitored at noon and 1700 daily. Alternate is my cell at 202-680-3803.
Marc Cruder
mcc
Long Cruises 2016 - 2019
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Long Cruises 2004-2015
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Delmarva Circumnavigation 2000
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Little Choptank 1997 Cruise
Download the 1 Article below.
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