My good friends Charlie Wing and his partner Barbara are not far in front of you. Last email, they were in City Island. They intend to go down the ICW and to the Bahamas over the winter. They'll detour up the Potomac for a week or so before heading further south.

They're great folks, you'll love them. Charlie has done this trip a dozen or more times, but this is Barbara's first real sailing trip ever!

Thanks for keeping us involved here.