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Overfalls drops anchor on 2023

The Overfalls Foundation says out with 2022 and in with 2023, as a lit anchor is lowered to the deck at the stroke of midnight. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
January 2, 2023

Nearly 100 people brought in the new year by watching the Overfalls drop a lighted anchor welcoming in 2023.

The Coast Guard donated the light ship to the Lewes Historical Society (LHS) in 1973 to serve as a floating museum. LHS brought her to her current location on the canal in downtown Lewes and painted on a new station name, OVERFALLS, in honor of the lightship station closest to Lewes. The Overfalls station is in the mouth of Delaware Bay where lightships had served as a mid-channel marker from 1898 to 1960.

Bringing in 2023 at the anchor drop were (l-r) Jose Camarena, Josianne Borea and Astrid Baigorria.
Welcoming in the new year with a smooch are Cherylyn and Jason Minto.
The crowd watches as the anchor drops on the Overfalls.
Toasting the new year are (l-r) Karla and Robert Silvagni and Guy and Marie Aniello.
Dancing the Hokey Pokey before the anchor drop are (l-r) Eric and Diane Stein and Frank and Anna Thorp.
Overfalls Board of Directors President Mike Safina welcomes the crowd and counts down to midnight.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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