ep47 - Sailing Chesapeake - Betterton to Edgewater - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Oct 2018

s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) left the quiet overnight anchorage of Betterton in the northern end of the Chesapeake and had a wonderful sailing trip to Edgewater on South River, just south of Annapolis. At first light wind and current against us, but it soon turned into an exhilarating upwind sailing on flat water. We arrived at Westbrook’s (OCC port officer) dock late afternoon in the very sheltered Almshouse Creek. The following days were very busy socially as we attended an OCC dinner, a Hallberg-Rassy reception, visited Annapolis with Alex, and then flying to Canada for Thanksgiving with family. The Annapolis Sailing Boat show was a highlight, except for too many “show offer” temptations, and budget was exceeded! We returned before planned from Canada, due to Hurricane Michael arriving in the Chesapeake Bay. And as we secured s/v Cloudy Bay for the hurricane, we also took the head sails down to prepare her for the yard time in Herrington Harbor North (the yard works will be in the next vi