Rock Hall to Annapolis

We moved Foreign Affair from Haven Harbour Marina in Rock Hall to Bert Jabin Yacht Yard on the Back River in Annapolis.  Tomorrow, she will be hauled and put on Brokers' Row for sale.  It is time to turn her over to Keith Mayes with Annapolis Yacht Sales to get her sold.  Its is time for us to return to Kansas and Missouri to spend time with friends and family.  We are looking forward to being home during the 4th of July holiday.

Our trip across the Bay was a great way to end our days of sailing Foreign Affair.  Initially, the winds were 10 knots and increased in velocity to 15 as we continued to move toward the Bay Bridge.  It was definitely one of our best days of sailing ever.  Unfortunately, we had to drop sail just north of the Bay Bridge as a storm front started to move in and the winds were really picking up speed.  A weather alert came over our VHF radio to warn of the storm's location, direction of travel and intensity.  We motored the rest of the way to Annapolis and arrived just in time to get the sail cover on before it rained.  Keith met us at the dock and helped us secure the boat for the evening.  We were parked opposite a superb ocean racer capable of going three to four times our best speed of the day which was 6.7 knots.  Foreign Affair was in the grove all morning.  It was a rare, super sail day.

Close Hauled and Moving Fast - Our Last Day Under Sail

Chessie Racing is a Whitbread 60 designed by Fahr Yacht Design a foremost designer of racing yachts.  She was built to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race which was the forerunner to the current Volvo Ocean Race.  She has competed in numerous off-shore races during her career and has an amazing race record and set several records over the years.  An entire book has been written describing her construction and racing exploits.  A brief book review is at the following link:

Sharing the Dock with Chessie Racing a Renown Ocean Racer

Chessie Racing - 64 Feet Long, 17 Feet Wide, Draft 12 Feet

Must Be A Ghost Ship - She's Underway With Furled Sails http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/