{"id":2389,"date":"2016-09-06T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sailingmilou.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2016-09-06T18:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:26:38","slug":"run-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sailingmilou.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"Run away!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, we survived our first hurricane, and fortunately for us, it was a total non-event.<\/p>\n

After a terrible introduction to ocean sailing (the boat behaved beautifully, the wind was excellent, and everyone was incapacitated by seasickness), we pulled in to Atlantic City and dropped anchor behind the casinos. There was a great, free, secure dinghy dock, and a lovely public library, and we were feeling pretty good about spending three nights there and waiting for the wind to shift our way; but after talking to a very experienced cruiser, and checking the weather a bit more closely, we decided to pull up stakes and run.<\/p>\n

\"Atlantic<\/a>
Atlantic City–view from our anchorage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have no pictures to share with you of Delaware Bay. We saw some beautiful things–porpoises! Stunning sunrise! Gulls flying a foot from our elbow, trying to land on the boat!–but we were so pressed to get north, we failed on the photo front. We went from Atlantic City to Lewes, then Lewes to a loooong slog up the Delaware Bay, against wind and into big waves, to get to the inside of the C and D Canal and a safe spot to wait.<\/p>\n

\"Hide-hole.\"<\/a>
Hidey-hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And so we waited. The storm went a bit out to sea, but was predicted to come back; so we waited some more.<\/p>\n