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Sailing in the Time of Covid: The 2020 "JOST ST MICHAELS"/Chesapeake Reunion and Back to the Boats

Please bear with me. This 2020 memory is long, but in too many ways to count, so was the year! For the week of July 10-17 2020, I planned to sail the British Virgin Islands with boating friends and sailors from across the country. Yachts had been chartered, itineraries planned and airline reservations made. I saved every email from Joan Jackson, longtime friend and one of our trip organizers, in a file named BVI2020. I looked forward to a week on a Moorings 5000 from which I’