Circumnavigating Delmarva
Peninsula—A Guide for the Shoal Draft Sailor
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Map: Course of 2006 and 2007
aboard Cherokee Sun 5
Preface 7
Trip Summary 2005 to 2012:
Anchorages, Stops and Inlets Transited 8
Preface to Second Edition 10
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Departure 12
Lesson 1: Preparations 14
Day 1: Deale to Solomons
Island 24
Lesson 2: Single-handed and
Shorthanded Sailing 30
Day 2: Solomons Island to
Cape Charles 33
Lesson 3: Kids 41
The Cape Charles Impact
Crater 49
Plate: Smith Island, Southern
Point 50
Day 3: Cape Charles to
Wachapreague 52
Plate: Cobb Island, Southern
End 58
Plate: Hog Island Inlet 59
Plate: Hog Island Inlet and
Broad Water Area 60
Plate: Wachapreague Inlet 61
An Alternative Passage: Cape
Charles to Wachapreague
by
the Virginia Inside Passage 63
Hurricanes, Swell, and Night
Sailing; Cautionary Tales 72
A Brief History of Cobb
Island 76
Day 4: Wachapreague to
Chincoteague 78
Lesson 4: Settling Down for
the Night 83
Day 5: Chincoteague, a
Non-Sailing Day 85
Lesson 5: Safety 88
Day six: Chincoteague to
Ocean City 97
Lesson 6: Tips for the
Trailer Sailor 101
Day 7: Ocean City to Cape May 103
Days 8-11: Interregnum - Cape
May with Family 107
Day 12: The Approaching Storm 110
Day 13: Cape May to
Chesapeake City 111
Day 14: Chesapeake City to
Deale 114
Three Weeks Later 116
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Appendix I: Cruising Guide 117
a) Delaware Bay and Atlantic
Coast from Cape Henlopen to Cape Charles
b) Camping Opportunities on
the Delmarva Barrier Islands and Chesapeake Bay
c) Chesapeake Bay—Details and
Corrections of Interest to the Shoal Draft Sailor
Appendix II: Access: The Delmarva Barrier
Islands and Chesapeake Islands
151
Appendix III: Recommended
Reading 155
Suggested Inserts 159
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