Monday, June 9, 2008 - 6:30 am
We pulled out of our slip at 7:45 am. We had less than 20 miles to go today so our plan was to get to the Delaware City Marina by noon. As we headed out of the mouth of the Bohemia River, we heard a loud blast from a boat and then began to see the boat steaming south coming out of the Elk River. It was a huge white boat and looked new. The sun was shining on the boat and making it sparkle! It wasn't long before we were headed up the Elk River ourselves and into the C & D Canal. Delaware City is located on the "old" original canal and we found the marina with a little help from Captain Charlie, the guy working at the time. We docked the boat and started the air conditioner as the temperature was approaching 100 degrees again!
This afternoon, Gale changed the engine oil and performed some other chores on the boat while Maureen drew and cut patterns for cabin rugs. Masters Floors has indicated they can make the rugs for us. About 5:30 pm, a large sailboat came in to dock beside us. Gale was out on the dock with the marina owner, Tim, and another boater. Maureen was inside and saw the boat coming at her looking like it was going to run right into Blue Heron! She got up and went outside and grabbed onto this other boat's handrail to try to guide it away from our boat. We heard slight crunching sounds; fortunately, we had three bumpers along the dock, the sailboat ran into our rub rail on the port side stern at an angle and pushed us up against the floating dock. The captain of the sailboat was by himself and not very apologetic after the accident. Tim helped us look over the boat for damage and also listened to Gale's comments about what happened. Gale was particularly upset that the guy did not seem to care or take responsibility for his maneuvering. Tim indicated that he was not surprised since the guy was from New York. In fact, he asked us where we were from and when we said Iowa, he understood why we were so surprised that the sailboat captain wasn't more apologetic.
After wrapping up on the chores we had been working on, we decided to shower and drive downtown to find something to eat. We were told to try Crabby Dick's at the Delaware City Hotel and, also, to be sure to order a margarita as they make a very good one. Maureen ordered a margarita (rated a 7 on a scale of 10), Gale had beer, and we ate salads, soup and bread for supper. It was a very enjoyable evening. We headed back to the boat for another glass of wine and went to bed at 10:30 pm.
We pulled out of our slip at 7:45 am. We had less than 20 miles to go today so our plan was to get to the Delaware City Marina by noon. As we headed out of the mouth of the Bohemia River, we heard a loud blast from a boat and then began to see the boat steaming south coming out of the Elk River. It was a huge white boat and looked new. The sun was shining on the boat and making it sparkle! It wasn't long before we were headed up the Elk River ourselves and into the C & D Canal. Delaware City is located on the "old" original canal and we found the marina with a little help from Captain Charlie, the guy working at the time. We docked the boat and started the air conditioner as the temperature was approaching 100 degrees again!
This afternoon, Gale changed the engine oil and performed some other chores on the boat while Maureen drew and cut patterns for cabin rugs. Masters Floors has indicated they can make the rugs for us. About 5:30 pm, a large sailboat came in to dock beside us. Gale was out on the dock with the marina owner, Tim, and another boater. Maureen was inside and saw the boat coming at her looking like it was going to run right into Blue Heron! She got up and went outside and grabbed onto this other boat's handrail to try to guide it away from our boat. We heard slight crunching sounds; fortunately, we had three bumpers along the dock, the sailboat ran into our rub rail on the port side stern at an angle and pushed us up against the floating dock. The captain of the sailboat was by himself and not very apologetic after the accident. Tim helped us look over the boat for damage and also listened to Gale's comments about what happened. Gale was particularly upset that the guy did not seem to care or take responsibility for his maneuvering. Tim indicated that he was not surprised since the guy was from New York. In fact, he asked us where we were from and when we said Iowa, he understood why we were so surprised that the sailboat captain wasn't more apologetic.
After wrapping up on the chores we had been working on, we decided to shower and drive downtown to find something to eat. We were told to try Crabby Dick's at the Delaware City Hotel and, also, to be sure to order a margarita as they make a very good one. Maureen ordered a margarita (rated a 7 on a scale of 10), Gale had beer, and we ate salads, soup and bread for supper. It was a very enjoyable evening. We headed back to the boat for another glass of wine and went to bed at 10:30 pm.
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