The crew of Rich Terry, Jeff Gardiner, and I had our first meeting last week.  We decided that to sail the entire way on Cachalot would be too much of a time commitment for each of us.  By establishing a drop dead date of August 14 as an arrival date then adding four days for inclement weather and how long we want to sail we figured out where to will start the trip.  The boat will be trucked to the Jabin Yacht Yard in Annapolis.  I will return to Boston from New Bern to get the boat ready to ship then help rig the boat with the yard's help.  The crew will join me on July 20th.  Our current plan is to sail down the Chesapeake to Norfolk.  At Norfolk we will enter the ICW and motor down the Dismal Swamp Channel.  As we exit the Dismal Swamp we will decide to either proceed down the ICW or sail down the various Sounds.  I hope that we can have a good window of weather to complete the trip in two weeks.  Rich is the navigator and will be posting our proposed course soon.  Anyone that can recommend a Yacht Club or overnight stop please chime in.