Sunday 3^rd October. 

We have spent the last couple of days sailing the 180 miles or so from New York State to the Chesapeake Bay, as we are taking Discovery Magic to her debut at the Annapolis Boat Show.

Setting off at 3am on the first morning we had good wind and then the awe of the soft glimmer of pre-dawn, growing and glowing to sun-burst – I always feel it’s a privilege to see that moment.  Since then we have had strong winds, rain and lumpy, grey seas.

The landscape the amount of traffic and the weather are very different from our glorious summer in Maine, but for all that there is always something to amuse and interest.  We travelled along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (which shortens our journey to Annapolis by some 120 miles), with its assortment of bridges and large cargo vessels alongside us. The nicest travelling companion was a little bird who, with much fluttering, came and clung on to my fleece jacket for a while, before taking a rest on the stern of the boat.  

Now it’s going to be ‘clean and polish’ all the way to the Show.