The crew is back onboard HD after leaving her in Cape May to drive north to attend a very special party this past weekend in Connecticut.

Having just left Stratford, Connecticut a few days ago this land excursion was necessary to position HD in the Chesapeake for  the Sailboat show that starts Thursday and more importantly be ready for her youngest crew member to arrive in two days. Not being sure of Sophia's sailing skills (although this is her second cruise on HD) we wanted to save her  the North Atlantic Ocean passage between NYC and the Delaware Bay.

Now HD is back in the more protected Chesapeake Bay and will be in Annapolis by night fall to attend the sailboat show this weekend. AND tomorrow we test sail an Oyster 46' as we are contemplating a new boat. These are made in the UK and are a true blue water world cruiser. So the decision is whether to make the splurge and continue cruising for a while or stay with HD and consider a land base as well.
My guess is that an Oyster is in our future and if we go used in our very near future as a new one takes a year to build.

Note; Sailed the Oyster 46 and it definitely doesn't have the sailing symmetry of HD. Gives us something more to ponder