Hurricane Prep

Our last leg....100 miles....Cape May, NJ to Rock Hall MD
Cape May is the point at teh Delaware Bay
Rock Hall, MD is in the Chesapeake Bay, safer area

We are currently running the Delaware Bay from Cape May NJ to the C&D Canal where we will then run down the Chesapeake Bay to our home port of Rock Hall, MD where we will dock. Tonight we will strip the boat of all sails, canvas, dinghy, and tie up with extra dock lines and spring lines. We have booked a room for Sat PM to move off the boat as the winds will be so high that the boat will be rocking and bouncing so much that it could be dangerous, plus during a storm like this, there will come a time, if you are on the boat, that you will NOT be able to get off. That is very dangerous....so we will move off to land. We hope everyone fairs well in this EPIC storm!

Here is the forecast for today and Sat at our home dock.

TONIGHT
 SE WINDS 5 KT. WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
 AND TSTMS IN THE EVENING.

 SAT
 TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH
 GUSTS TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES
 1 FT...BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
 TSTMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF TSTMS IN
 THE AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

 SAT NIGHT
 TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 40 TO
 50 KT. WAVES 5 FT...BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF
 TSTMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.

 SUN
 TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 40 TO 50 KT...
 BECOMING NW 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE MORNING WITH VSBY
 1 NM OR LESS.