T&T: Current Direction & Flow Predictions

[Jim Ague]

> night".  The rule of thumb is to leave Cape May at low tide and you'll get 
> a
> free ride for the 60 miles to the entrance of the C&D canal.

I have found leaving Cape May at mid tide rising (3 hr after low) gives me a 
1 kt push at the beginning and later a 2.5 kt push in the upper Delaware Bay 
all the way to Chesapeake City on the C&D Canal. If the day is still early, 
it makes it a tough decision to stop a C City. There is nothing finer than 
having a 7.5 kt boat flying along at 10 kts for 3 or 4 hours. It's like a 
33% drop in fuel prices.

-- Jim
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Jim & Rita Ague
M/V Derreen, Monk 36
lying Galesville, MD, in a calm rainfall
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