Saturday mid morning sail down river against the flood after low tide slack.
Mid 90's with 5 to 8 knot breeze out of the southwest and at time no air stirring,
Watched a Boeing Chinook test flight, take-off fly to the New Jersey side, return land and repeat.
Barge traffic picked up with the flood pushing up river.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Saturday June 21, 2008
A slow Saturday morning on the Delaware river, low 90's F almost no wind out of the southwest, against a flood tide. The Boeing plant at Ridley was taxi testing a Chinook twin rotor heavy lift helicopter at their dock, the twin rotor technology was developed by Piasecki Aviation across Darby Creek in Essington. At Eddystone the power plant was off-loading a coal train, and freighter, tug and barge traffic starting to move up river with the flood tide.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday June 9, 2008
Monday June 9, 2008, high 90's F, 5 to 10 knot breeze out of the west with periods of still air.
Go for an evening sail with Katherine, just passing through with a flight out tomorrow morning.
Sail to the Valero terminal at Billingsport NJ, then back across the river to Mifflin Dike but not enough wind to gain speed over the flood tide, so motor back to the marine.
Expansion of the Valero terminal has been delayed due to new archeological finds at Billingsport the site of a companion insurgent fort to Fort Mifflin PA, protecting the approach to Philadelphia from the British. Further up river above the Ben Franklin Bridge archeological finds have delayed the Sugar House Casino on the site of a British Fort protecting Philadelphia during the French and Indian war, that has uncovered a Lenape settlement at least 5,000 years old.
Go for an evening sail with Katherine, just passing through with a flight out tomorrow morning.
Sail to the Valero terminal at Billingsport NJ, then back across the river to Mifflin Dike but not enough wind to gain speed over the flood tide, so motor back to the marine.
Expansion of the Valero terminal has been delayed due to new archeological finds at Billingsport the site of a companion insurgent fort to Fort Mifflin PA, protecting the approach to Philadelphia from the British. Further up river above the Ben Franklin Bridge archeological finds have delayed the Sugar House Casino on the site of a British Fort protecting Philadelphia during the French and Indian war, that has uncovered a Lenape settlement at least 5,000 years old.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday June 7, 2008
Saturday June 7, 2008, high 90's F with high humidity, the first day of a 5 day heat wave.
5 knot breeze with gusting to 10 knots out of the southwest
Monday, June 2, 2008
Monday midday sail off Little Tinicum
Slack after high tide, low 80's with 5 to 10 knots breeze out of the northwest.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Sunday Morning Sail
Sunday June 1, 2008. A morning sail from Darby Creek to PHL, 15 knots out of the west, gusting to 25 at slack before high tide.