Coming Back

The southbound delivery crew is also signed up and ready to go. Two years ago, they broke all kinds of personal records by delivering the boat dock-to-dock in just over 44 hours! That's some serious speed. With the distance of about 325 nautical miles, that means Apparition's average speed was 7.4 knots! I think it took us about 58 hours to get up to block that year, but we had the same strong winds on our nose.

I seriously doubt they can make that good of time again, but you can be sure skipper Sean will be trying to beat his record. The crew should be well advised to do sightseeing in Block because there will be no slowing down on the return. The crew coming back is:

Sean Reilly - Our most experienced blue water sailor, Sean has done several trips to and from Bermuda including a double-handed race back from Bermuda a few years ago. He's also delivered boats (including Apparition) up and down the East coast.

Jim Comegys - Raced to Bermuda in 2008 and has delivered Apparition back to Annapolis from Block before. Jim is a long-time crew member of Apparition and is definitely the muscle in the middle of the boat.

Keith Scala - He's doing the delivery up to Block, racing for the week, then delivering back! Hopefully he will not be tired of us by he time he gets home. Keith is regular crew on Apparition when racing off Annapolis.

Tom Reilly - Sean's father was somehow coaxed into helping deliver Apparition back. We all look forward to stories of who was really in charge of the delivery home. My prediction is Sean's Mom. Sean didn't fall to far from the tree - Tom lots of experience racing and cursing.

Now the delivery crews can move on to important tasks like what to eat on the trips.