Re: NY to Cape May-update
Grandpafish,<br />If I am not misstaken the trip from manasquan to cape may is about 90 miles, you must have been doing 30 mph to do it in 3 hours 15 min.<br /><br />What kind of boat did you do it in? also what do you have for power?<br /><br />Do you have an idea how much fuel was used on your trip?<br /><br />I have made this trip many times but always in a sailboat and usually not in calm conditions.<br /><br />Watch out for delaware bay, that upper bay can be a nightmare with winds against the tide.<br /><br />We once came down the bay with 25 to 30 knots from the north and a incoming tide, the results were waves that were extremely steep and coming at us from different directions.We were in a 43 ft. sailboat 30,000 lbs and felt like we had a dingy, this is one time I will not forget soon.I have since read stories about other peoples similar experiences on delaware bay and thought I would pass mine along.The main problem with the bay is it is about a 60 mile trip from cape may to chessapeake city with almost no deep port to duck into when conditions get bad.<br /><br />Glad to here you had a nice trip without problems.<br /><br />Good luck on future cruises<br /><br />Bill
