8/4/08
Day 6
We started the Jersey Shore leg of our journey with a breath-taking sail through the night. We raised sails off of Sea Bright, NJ and sailed without engines almost the entire Jersey coast. We has a perfect point of sail with winds at 25 knots and an average speed of 8.5 knots. Everyone volunteered for an underway watch for an hour during the night. We awoke just off Cape May. A short while later, dolphins were spotted all over. We had a bagel and biscut breakfast as we sailed to Cape Henlopen, DE. We sailed again without engines across the mouth of the Delaware Bay with little wind. The trawl net was set in Captain Rich's special place, but only brought up jellyfish and a few hermit crabs. The boat approached the cove breakwater and motored with only the main to our anchorage. The anchor was set, the awning put up, and the bathing suits put on. We were brought to the little beach inside the cove by Swampy, the dinghy. The water was warm. We sained a bit, only catching a few fish. The ocean beach was filled with fishing poles so we couldn't swim there. It was after this that we had a little phone time before returning the the boat. We relaxed before a rosemary marsala chicken dinner was served. Next came the dog watch and more dolphin sightings. We used a hydrophone in the water which allowed us to listen to the dolphins clicking and sqeeking. Muster was on the foredeck. Captain Rich announced we could sleep on deck and most of us are planning on it. We all have anchor watches tonight. Tomorrow holds a transit to the mouth of the C and D Canal and light winds. See you on Friday!
Written by Jimmy
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