Hi.
It looks like I'm taking possession of a Chris Craft Commander 55 that's moored near the Statue of Liberty in NYC. I'll need to take her south to Baltimore and have been trying to determine the best route. By the looks of things, running outside to the Cape May Canal might be best as this vessel has a 48" draft and I hear bad things about the ICW through NJ...lots of shoaling and vessels hard aground in places where the channel depth is 8' on the charts. From there, we'd cross the C&D Canal and head south via the Chesapeake.
We're talking about making the trip July 1-3. Any particular weather, tide, local knowledge we should be aware of?
Cheers
Q
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06-12-2012 11:32 AM #1Senior Member
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Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
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06-12-2012 11:57 AM #2
Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
Wow, a 55 Commander, what a good looking boat and one of my favorites. Would you please post up pictures or any other info on your new boat?
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06-12-2012 12:45 PM #3Senior Member
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Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
Probably best to run outside. Decent inlets are Shark river, Mansquan (stop there give me a shout), Absecon (atlantic City), then cape may. Cape may to Utch's (or anchor). When I run it in my 43 it's cape may to Brielle (manasquan) not a bad run at hull speed. Bill
Bill Allen 1973 43 dc
Brielle N.J.
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Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
Yep - done that exact thing several times - Outside to the Cape May canal; stay overnight at the South Jersey Marina at Cape May then up the Delaware to the C&D canal (be prepared for sloppy going in Del bay or the first 10-15 miles, maybe more), spend the night at Chesapeake City on the canal and then an easy ride to Bal the next day.
Mike P
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Kent Island MD; San Antonio TX
1980 53MY "Brigadoon"
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Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
OH NO, you bought Whitney's boat? Ask him for the bridge back!!
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Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
there is very limited anchoring space in Cape May. Utsch is the best bet for cheap fuel and dockage. if the weather is pretty good, i like to go thru Cape May and anchor in the lower Del. Bay, along the north shore, off the Maurice River. obviously not a good thing to do with southerly breeze or if any thunderstorms are expected
as mike said, the lower del. can be nasty with northerlies and an opposing tide with short steep waves. if that's the case, wait a day in CM.Pascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
Slip at PNYH is waiting for you....
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06-12-2012 05:27 PM #9
Re: Route advice request: NYC to Baltimore MD
The ICW is out, forget that and look for a weather window. This time of year avoid the Delaware on southerlies against an ebb tide; just enjoy lovely Cape May for another day or two. We also like Utsch's as a marina. We used to anchor in Brigantine across from AC, Cape May was too long a day from NYC (Staten Island) for us at hull speed. Nice anchorage and fun to dinghy around there. You thenhave a short hop to CM is you want to see that or you can also anchor up behind Reedy Island on the Del and it's one day to Baltimore from there if you are in a hurry. We had a trip south once where the Delaware was absolutely dead flat bathtub calm, almost eerily so. So conditions vary greatly.
George
Former Owner: "Incentive" 1981 56MY
2007-2014
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