Sunday/Monday, August 10th-11th - Days 1 & 2 - The Delivery Begins

 We depart Salem and the Brewer Hawthorne Marina where we found it earlier in the summer.   The first leg is along Massachusetts Bay, with a potential stop in Plymouth if we decide we cannot make Cape Cod due to conditions or whatever.   Fortunately the day is just about perfect and we leave Salem to fuel up in Marblehead.  The start of the trip features smooth water, fair winds and the navigation going smoothly with clear sunny skies.  The chart plotter is loaded with waypoints, the charts are ready, the iPad is hooked up.

 The stop at Marblehead Trading Company for fuel was most interesting.  While we were there a large powerboat went by with a brass band playing old tyme music.  We could not figure out why the boat came so close to the fuel dock area passing by... then we saw and heard the band with the old guys playing away on the stern.  Their Sunday stroll through the Marblehead shoreline by boat.  Very sorry no camera to catch the moment!

We arrive in Cape Cod at end of afternoon with plans for one night there before heading into Canal.
Unfortunately, there is an "oops" at fuel dock and some gasoline is pumped into the tanks... without going into details, the marina makes good on the mistake, but we are forced to spend an extra day/night there to wait for pump out truck, suck-out, tow for refueling, and test run before departing into the Cape Cod canal the next day.   They tow us in for the procedure so the truck can reach us.

SALEM, MA to CAPE COD CANAL

We leave Salem Harbor to fuel up at Marblehead

Fuel up at Marblehead was very interesting - Lots of activity

We pass Boston off in distance

Cape Cod Canal Ahead -- Click to Enlarge for more plotter detail: 

An Oops at Sandwich - gasoline being pumped out after tow where truck hose can reach