A fast week with lots of travel.

Our night at Worton Creek was very pleasant with a steady wind giving us some wind power and a gentle rocking motion to the evening. In the morning we set off for Kent Narrows to spend an evening with good friends John and Barbara Locke. The wind of course was it's usual non-cooperative self and dropped into single digits from behind soon after going to sail. So we motored most of the way to Kent Narrows which fortunately wasn't very far.

We spent a fun evening with the Locke's who sponsored us with their yacht club at Kent Narrows for the night.

Tuesday morning we left Kent Narrows after getting some needed provisions and refueling. Then we headed out the channel and began to sail. Even though the wind was mostly behind us it was strong enough that we could have a pleasant sail. About midway up the Choptank River we changed our intended destination from Edgar Cove to Peachblossom Creek because the wind was perfect for that. So we were able to sail for about 5 hours very comfortably.

We anchored in Peachblossom Creek and had another very quiet and beautiful night. Enough wind to keep it comfortable as we were protected from the strong northeast winds.

Wednesday we went into the Boatyard where the boat is now for repairs. We pulled it out of the water initially to do the gelcoat repairs from the collision back in July but after pulling her out we decided we need to raise the waterline. Given all the added weight from our cruising outfitting most of our boot stripe was under water so we're raising it so we can bring up the bottom paint. If we continued running under water the barnacles will eat into the gelcoat and the continuing growth of slime will slow us down and increase fuel use.

Thursday we gt things wrapped up and headed for Illinois. We got out in early afternoon and spent the night in Dayton, Ohio and got to Champaign-Urbana, IL about noon Friday. Friday we met a college classmate, Greg Haugens for lunch. Great to see him and a super way to kick off our trip to visit friends and family.

Next update when we get back to the boat and finish our updates.