Just got back from moving the sailboat from New York to the Chesapeake.

[Bonhomme Richard]

What an experience. We left New York harbor and sailed offshore overnite to Cape May NJ. About a 23 hour trip and averaged about 6 knots. We had rain with 3 to 5 foot waves out of the east and 5 to 8 foot swells coming at us from the south which made for a pretty bumpy ride. It was my first time ocean sailing and my first time sailing at night and it was a strange experience especially when the fog came in and you felt like you were in a cocoon. Kind of unnerving being in the shipping lanes with fog. Came away from it feeling a sense of accomplishment.