Beautiful Morn, Dismal Eve

Such a beautiful morning today, we headed out of Fishing Bay near Deltaville, VA before the sun rose.





We had a spirited sail down the Chesapeake with 15 - 20 knot winds on a close reach with a reefed main and headsail. We sailed at a speed of 8.5 knots for quite some time. Our average speed for the day was closer to 7 knots. That's flying for us!



We ended our day tied to a free dock at the entrance to the Dismal Swamp Canal.

Not Much

Have not blogged recently. Frankly, not much new has been happening. Same old, working on the boat and attending and working at the US Sailboat show in Annapolis, Maryland.


We did get a new anchor...it was shipped to the marina office 4 blocks away. Ed made a "trailor" out of our hand cart and brought it back to the boat,




Looks good, doesn't it?





I had a number of sewing projects....this one I am pretty proud of. I replaced the cover for our Lifesling. I used heavy duty vinyl and cut out the old covers' instructions for use and sewed it to the new.




We had a very successful boat show. Ed and I worked 4 of the 5 days of the show. We are now beating feet south. Hopefully we'll have lots of pics of warm, tropical locations soon.