Time for the 120 miles overnight ocean passage from New York to Cape May! After checking the tides...we had to accept the fact that again, the best time to leave was a t 5h30!!! Ah! cruising life can be demanding...espeically when it's cool outside...5h30 is early. But we did...and by 7h30 we were on the ocean, bopping up and down waves of 4 to 5 feet, with a light southerly wind (on the nose...) for all 24 hours! The west winds never came...and the waves diminished, as soon as we were 3 miles offshore. It was an uneventful passage during which we slept, taking turns on watch and eating well. I prepared pasta salad, sandwiches, coffee, and non-alcoholic beer and water for the drinks. I made tea...enjoying the russian chocolate bouth in Staten Island!!! We read...I actually read a complete book which was quite fascinating (The Bone House by Betsy Tobin...) and which made the night go by quite quickly!!! At 7h30 we were entering Cape May. Given the tide in our favor, we decided to continue the trip and cross the Delaware River to arrive at Chesapeake City at 18h30, entering the anchorage with a 8 knots speed! Youpi!