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Editor’s Notebook

with Gary Reich

The Cost of Entry

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ack in 1976, William Warner published Beautiful Swimmers, a book on watermen, crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay. About two years later, my father picked up a copy from Angler’s Sport Shop in Annapolis and read it over a period of two weeks with his nightly martini (not shaken or stirred, just cheap plasticbottle gin and ice in a coffee cup) while relaxing on our back porch in Crownsville, MD where I grew up. Before I knew it, dad had secretly put a plan together in his head that would have both of us pretending to be commercial watermen out on Prospect Bay. I was eight and it would be my first experience on the water.

After reading Beautiful Swimmers, dad wasn’t satisfied with being a “chicken necker,” as one particular character in Warner’s book called recreational crabbers who caught crabs with lengths of twine or traps baited with chicken necks. No, we would be using all-authentic materials and methods to harvest crabs; we’d be

trotlining. Dad fashioned a roller for our trotline in our basement out of a two-byfour, a couple pieces of cabinet trim, and a rolling pin from a kitchen store. It was a true masterpiece. Next, we needed a boat.

Dad rolled home one night with a hard-to-describe green skiff with Ted Williams and Sears written on it. I was totally embarrassed by her. My dad had a Sears, Roebuck and Company credit card back in those days and never feared to use it to buy everything from washing machines to the pea-green, 12-foot skiff and Ted Williams nine-horsepower outboard engine that was now sitting in our yard as our crabbing platform.

One hot July Friday night, my father showed up at home with a 30-pound bag of salted eel. “What the heck are those for,” I asked. “They’re for crabbing, Gary; they’re what real watermen use,” he said. We looked like amateurs that first sweltry night baiting up the line in our backyard. Dad tied the slip knot, while I cut the eel into

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Late during that same humid night, my dad loaded the ugly green Ted Williams monster up onto the cap of our old pickup truck (the truck was as ugly as the boat) and piled the truck bed high with our baited trotline, roller, bushel baskets, gas, two-stroke oil, a wire mesh dip net, a red Maryland Department of Natural Resources crab ruler, life jackets, and all the associated safety gear.

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Before I knew it, it was 4 a.m. and dad was 20 minutes while my dad poured another With one swoop I went for it. And I dragging me out from under the covers and cup of coffee for himself and I enjoyed a soda, while herons flew over and jellyfish missed. Dad wasn’t too happy with my shoving my limp body into the cab of the pulsed along through the water.

After our performance, but we got set up for antruck. break, we spun around to the other end to other and the line dipped again. I saw the I distinctly remember riding over the set up for our first run. distinctive white belly of a crab coming Bay Bridge in the dark toward the Eastern up from the greenish Shore while my dad depths and went in for drank hot coffee from a scoop. We landed a travel mug between our first blue crab— his legs. I could smell waterman style. that typical sweet “Bay We ended up smell” as we crossed with a full bushel of over the bridge and “jimmies” (slang for the air came whooshmale blue crab) that ing in through the day, and over the truck window. About Dad picked up the line with a boat years, my dad and I became serious (and 20 minutes later, we pulled up to an old good) crabbers. We’d often come home wooden launch ramp in Grasonville. It was hook and soon there were pieces of eel flipping over the roller with a rhythmic with our three-bushel limit and always around 5 a.m. and still dark. invited friends and family Dad insisted on heading over for a newspaper-onout into the black unknown table-style crab feast into to secure the best patch of the late hours of many bottom to lay our trotline steamy summer evenings. down on. We puttered on Our 12-foot Ted Williams out in the pitch black with took us everywhere (I’ll pre-morning fog further entertain you with a story obscuring our limited points about it nearly splitting in of reference, but at around half and its retirement in 6 a.m., the sun was up another installment), and enough to see where we had my dad and I enjoyed some ended up. Dad studied the unforgettable adventures chart carefully and picked in her. out an eight- to nine-foot The moral of the story is deep lump south of Cabin that the cost of entry into Creek on Prospect Bay off exploring and enjoying our Brian Point.

Bay—and providing you First we threw over a or your family with some cinder block that would unforgettable memories— fix one end of the trotline doesn’t have to bust your to the bottom and a float budget; our family didn’t to mark it. (Dad had even have a lot of money, and painted the empty milk our little green skiff gave us jug international orange to years of good times. While look more “commercial.”) you’ll see everything from Next we clipped on a length wooden pull boats to glossy of chain to further weigh varnished and polished down the baited trotline Your editor and family friend Shirley Cressy trotline for crabs picnic boats in PropTalk, to the bottom, and then near Ocean City years ago. Photo by Ronald Reich we’re all about getting we started paying out the people out on the Bay to 1200-foot-long baited line enjoy the salty treasure along the eight-foot shoal that lives right in our backyards. The point line my dad had found. We washed, rinsed, slap, while I sat poised amidships with my wire net waiting for the crabs. The line is getting out there—there’s a lifetime of and repeated the initial procedure at the took a sudden turn toward the deep. “Here memories to be had. other end, pulling the line tight to ensure a comes one, get ready,” my dad yelled out. good lie.

Surely enough I could see the white belly of See you out there, Once we had the line and markers all a good-sized crab just forward of the boat set up, we let the trotline “soak” for about

“We smelled so bad that my mother almost wouldn’t let us back into the house without hosing us down first.”

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Never Be a Chicken Necker

by Gary Reich

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ve never met Lester Lee, but William W. Warner, author of 1977 Pulitzer Prize nonfiction winner Beautiful Swimmers—Watermen, Crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay, made me feel like we were long-lost friends. Lee is among a long cast of characters (mostly watermen) whom Warner writes about in his scientifically accurate, but intensely interesting and well-written narrative on the Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs, the estuary’s ecology, and the people who make their living from it.

In the book, Warner brilliantly spins a story about the life cycle of the blue crab, or Callinectus sapidus as it is scientifically known (a Greek and Latin mixture that translates to “beautiful swimmer savory”), into the changing seasons and harvests of the Bay, with each chapter introducing a different character that interacts with the feisty crustacean in one way or another. Each season introduces a different method of harvest: crab potting, dredging, trotlining, and scraping.

A bit of a time warp, the book looks at the Bay from a 1970’s perspective—one where blue crab harvests were still fairly strong and the oyster market hadn’t quite collapsed. In contrast today, dredging for hibernating winter crabs is a highly controversial subject, recreational crabbers must be licensed, and some say the blue crab fishery is on the brink of collapse.

One of the most colorful folks in Warner’s cast of characters is Lester Lee, a past resident of Dominion, MD—a small town just south of U.S. Route 50 on Kent Island. In the book, Lee regales us with forked-tongue tales of chicken neckers— you know, the recreational set who dangle pieces of twine or collapsible traps over the side of a dock or boat with chicken necks used as bait. Lee’s disdain for chicken neckers wasn’t necessarily just pure Eastern Shore grit. He often had encounters with

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them when they had tangled their crab traps or line into his trotline, messing up his catch. We get several savory quotes from Lee in the book, but here’s a taste:

crab pots near the main Bay channel. Each of these subjects is tied to watermen Grant Corbin, Sammy Horner, Captain Ben, and Ed Parks, to name a few.

Calling the book poetic seems trite, but it isn’t. The way Warner describes even the most trivial Bay ecology—marsh grasses—is poetic in its explanation: “The same (Bay) waters, of course, also bring salt, which is what permits the cordgrasses to reign as uncontested monarchs of the marshland.”

Warner uses this prose in such a manner that even a youngster (I was eight when I first read Beautiful Swimmers) can enjoy it from cover to cover. Ranked among James Michener’s Chesapeake as standard reading for Bay dwellers, Beautiful Swimmers is a book I’ve pushed on at least a few hundred people (and read almost as many times).

Warner was born in New York City to a wealthy but highly dysfunctional family. His parents divorced when he was an infant, and he’s been quoted as saying he and his brother, Shot, went without a mother or a father at times. Warner’s step-grandfather helped raise the two boys, but the step-grandfather’s disciplinary tactics were so severe that Warner and his brother often retreated to the Atlantic shoreline where Warner’s fascination with nature began.

But Warner’s true draw to the Bay was its boats. The Washington Post quotes him as saying “In talking to watermen, I found it impossible to hear them casually drop such terms as ‘bar cats,’ ‘one-sail bateaux,’ ‘Jenkins Creekers,’ or ‘Hooper Island draketails’ and leave it at that.” According to Warner’s obituary in The Washington Post, he wrote Beautiful Swimmers “in a closetsized hideaway in an Audubon Society building in Bethesda, MD.” Warner died in 2008 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease in his Washington, DC home, but the book has never been out of print.

“Look ’a there,” shouted Lester with less than usual decibels. “He’s got his girlfriend into the boat. Durn chicken neckers.”

“Look ‘a there,” shouted Lester with less than usual decibels. “He’s got his girlfriend into the boat. Durn chicken neckers.”

Throughout the rest of the book, Warner goes on to describe crab potting off Deal Island, crab dredging off Windmill Point in Virginia, the lives and watercraft of watermen, the life cycle of the blue crab from egg to adult, pound netting, crab scraping off Smith Island, the town of Crisfield and its unique heritage, and working

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Letters Dear PropTalk Editors,

We (I and a lot of fishing friends) love your publication! However, we also maintain the concerted opinion that you need to be chided for your continual use of fishing photos that depict poor conservation and sporting etiquette! Issue after issue is chocked full of weekend warriors holding a Bud in one hand and an upside-down dead fish in the other. Alternatively, we are treated to timid anglers with their fingers or whole hand jammed in the species’ gills.

Just take the April 2010 issue for example. Here we see a boat full of good ol’ boys proudly displaying three dead rockfish. One is even displaying the tournament T-shirt—you know, that “catch and release” only opening day tournament! Let’s just say the law of averages is against the odds that all three of these fish were caught simultaneously and then quickly measured and gently returned to the Bay. Even if they were alive, where are the gloves, towels, or Boca Grips that are used in a conservation-minded outing? Please don’t glorify poor conservation and don’t preach conservation unless you know what you are talking about! Pretty please—have Capt. C.D. Dollar feature an article on the “right way” to handle a fish in our now very sensitive Bay. Thanks.

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Charlie—we think it’s great that you read PropTalk so closely. Also being a catch-and-release guy, I relate. Lecturing aside, we encourage all PropTalk anglers to return (safe and unharmed, not mangled and destroyed) their catches to the Bay unless they plan on legally harvesting them, then eating them at the dinner table. We have and will continue to feature articles on safe catch-and-release fish handling.

We also try to put a good number of catch-and-release photos in PropTalk to keep the mix right. All this said, if anglers plan on releasing a fish back into the wild, the best policy is not to touch it at all (towels and gloves included, as they remove the fish’s protective slime). Keep the fish in the water, and if you do have to take it out of the water, don’t keep it out for any longer than you can hold your own breath. For those interested in more information on proper catch-and-release techniques, visit carefulcatchmaryland.com.

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Hello PropTalk,

Each day I forget to send an e-mail off to you telling you what a grand job you did holding down the fort while the new editor search was in progress. It must have been an overly busy time for you. Well done!

Each month I send SpinSheet to a friend in Germany who is a sailor and also included that whacky February PropTalk cover. Ed and I got a good laugh out of that as we delivered in the throes of winter.

This is what our friend wrote back: “Your packet came in the mail yesterday. Thank you. Great photo of the tug with the roof rack and seagoing kayak. Does your Ranger Tug have a roof rack? Also interesting about the woman and her tug Daisy. As for the February PropTalk cover, I can only conclude that we are looking at: (1) a mass of humans infected with the lemming syndrome, (2) a meeting of Powerboat Alcoholics Unanimous, or (3) the survivors of a mass, simultaneous sinking of a fleet of motorized vessels.”

Elaine Henn

Annapolis

Sir,

Please let Beth Crabtree know that archaeologists, amateur or professional, would be no more interested in fossilized shark’s teeth than the general public. Archaeology is “The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence.” Paleontologists might be interested in ancient faunal remains because they study ancient animal life, such as dinosaurs and sharks.

Jim Owens

Nice catch, Jim. Jim is referring to the Chesapeake Classic article on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Finding fossilized shark teeth is fun, but it certainly isn’t an archeological dig for Tutankhamun.

All the best - Gary

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Letters Dear Editor,

I am general manager of the company that provides tug services for the tankers visiting the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal, which in addition to its primary function, is also a popular fishing spot that seems to draw anglers from all over the Bay. We’ve noticed in past years that there are some boaters and fishermen who don’t seem conversant with the Cove Point Exclusion Zone, or our tug moorings just south of the zone. As a result, we’ve had some unintentional damage to the moorings, and I know that Cove Point has recorded many incursions into their Exclusion Zone by boaters who just didn’t know any better.

I know most people, boaters in particular, want to do the right thing, but don’t always know what that is. So I hope that getting the information out there will help. You have a great publication, which as a Bay boater myself, I very much enjoy reading!

Reid Sprague

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Thanks, Reid! Mr. Sprague graciously provided PropTalk with the following guidelines for boaters transiting the Cove Point LNG Terminal area: The United States Coast Guard has established a 500-yard Safety and Security Zone— an “Exclusion Zone”—around the Dominion Cove Point LNG berth. Four private aids to navigation—white buoys “F,” “G,” “H,” and “J”—mark the corners of the Exclusion Zone. These buoys are lighted at night with white flashing lights. Dominion Security monitors the Exclusion Zone and all vessels in the area. Any vessel that violates the Exclusion Zone around the Dominion Cove Point LNG berth will be reported to law enforcement.

In addition, boaters should be aware that there are two tug mooring buoys near the southeastern border of the Exclusion Zone. These are large orange buoys about five feet in diameter topped with steel crucifixes. Attached to each mooring buoy is a long mooring line comprised of 2.5-inch diameter polypropylene line ending in a large eye, to which is attached a pickup line and float. At intervals along the mooring line, 12-inch diameter orange floats have been attached to increase the line’s visibility. These tug moorings are also under observation.

If you’re fishing and tangle your gear in these lines, we respectfully request that you call us; we’ll do all we can to get your gear back. Please don’t cut the lines! It’s expensive damage, and the consequent destruction or removal of the buoys and floats could make NOAA Chart 12264 the line harder for other boaters to see.

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Deadrise and Downeast Yachts: A Showcase

Just for kicks… Regan and Tom Weaver take an Eastport 32 through her paces one fine fall day on the Bay. Photo by Dave Gendell

ttention deadrise and lobster boat lovers: come celebrate 400 years of evolution, meet the builders behind the boats, and explore the finest modern boats that have deep roots in the workboat tradition.

Be at Sarles Boat Yard and Marina in Annapolis May 8 for a fun open house.

It’s the first in a series of showcase events for smaller boat builders all over the Bay. Organizer and all-around-rabble-rouser Tom Weaver of the Eastport Yacht Company says, “This is a new event to let people know that we are STILL here despite the tough economic conditions, our boats have pedigree, we are easy to talk to, we can do what customers want, and we are local.”

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At press time, boats and builders from Back Cove Yachts, Campbells Boatyards, Chesapeake Boats, Composite Yacht, Eastport Yacht Company, Elzey Custom Boats, Mast & Mallet, Mathews Brothers, MJM, Seaway Boats, and Zimmerman Marine will be there.

“Each participating boat builder can bring up to two vessels. I am bringing an Eastport 32, which is famous for its ‘tailgate’ transom, and will be happy to discuss our plans for the Eastport 26 and Eastport 43. In the past, my highly unscientific formula has been to ask my clients if I can ‘borrow’ their boats for a show. I then clean and detail the vessels, and then leave a nice bottle of wine aboard. I also invite

the owners along, because most of them are very proud of their boats and are happy to sit and grin. Rather than having a brand new shiny boat on hand, it’s more important to actually have a boat that people can get on,” Weaver laughs.

“We’ll also have a seamanship school (to teach docking skills and such), a finance company that specializes in construction loans, and more. Our long-term goal is to have a circuit of these types of events throughout the Bay,” adds Weaver.

Be at the inaugural event at Sarles at 808 Boucher Avenue in Annapolis; the fun will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PropTalk is a proud sponsor. boatbuildershowcase. blogspot.com proptalk.com

Don’t Skimp on Battery Maintenance ccording to BoatU.S., battery problems rank second after general engine failures in the top five reasons why boaters need a tow. Groundings, lack of fuel or problems with fuel systems, and propulsion system failures also stop boaters in their tracks. So, avoid the tow by monitoring your battery charge levels, cleaning wiring, and replacing corroded wiring. And double-check those charts for shoaling; remember, it’s red right returning… boatus.com/towing

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A New Tool Needed To Restore Clean Water to the Chesapeake ver seen a fish finder image like that on the right in summertime?

Unfortunately, you probably have.

This is a screenshot of a 50-foot-deep hole in the Severn River above Annapolis taken July 22, 2004. It shows rockfish holding high in the water column, which is warm enough to stress them. Why are they up there instead of in the cooler water below?

Because the dissolved oxygen underneath is low enough to suffocate them. That blank

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DOCKTALK screen area shows a “Dead Zone” caused by nitrogen pollution.

Pollution-driven Dead Zones now swallow 40 percent of the Bay each summer and last six months. They kill crabs, small fish, and bottom critters that support the Bay’s food web. We must reduce the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution from urban/suburban stormwater runoff, agriculture, and sewage treatment plants to help solve this problem The Chesapeake Bay is very sick. It needs stronger medicine, especially from the boating and fishing community. That means PropTalk readers! You have as much of a stake in clean water as anyone else.

If you won’t get active in this fight, why should you expect anyone else to do it for you?

The medicine to make the difference is the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009 (S. 1816/ H.R. 3852), the most important legislation for the Chesapeake Bay since the original Clean Water Act of 1972. Convincing Congress to pass this legislation is crucial for restoring the Bay and its rivers. Chesapeake boaters and anglers must step up and take action. Help convince your members of Congress to pass this bill to clean up our

Above, too much white space means a Dead Zone

rivers and the Bay. For more information, go to cbf.org/ccwa/anglers. Go online here to contact your representative: house.gov/ writerep.

We Chesapeake boaters and anglers should be at the forefront of this effort, working actively to advance such creative solutions. PropTalk believes that all of us who love to spend time on the Bay should be active players in restoring clean water to our region.

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DOCKTALK Annapolis Nautical Flea Market: Bigger and Better

by Beth Crabtree he Annapolis Nautical Flea Market (right) at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium May 29-30 promises to be bigger and better than ever. Organizers at U.S. Yacht Shows expect the 2010 event to be twice as large as last year. That means more great vendors and boating treasures for you and your family to discover. We’re talking everything from the boat and trailer to fishing gear, electronics, and even home dÊcor and jewelry. This event is put on by the same great people who bring Annapolis the U.S. Sailboat and Powerboat Shows in October. New this year will be several seminars put on by the Annapolis Division of the U.S. Power Squadron.

Just like last year, national vendors of boating equipment will be onsite with their overstocked and discontinued inventory.

Individuals and boat clubs will be offering previously owned marine supplies, boats and trailers. Looking for a gently used boat? Expect to see more choices this year than last.

Also expect to see the USCG Auxiliary promoting safety on the water. Local nonprofit organizations will benefit from a friendly “Dress Your Dog� hotdog competition. Winners will be chosen by attendees, so be sure to cast your vote. Price of admission is $5. Dates and times are Saturday May 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday May 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Parking is available onsite for $5, which benefits U.S. Naval Academy athletics. usboat.com

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April 21, PBS stations will air “The Last Boat Out,� narrated by Sam Waterston. The documentary by Washington, DC filmmaker Laura Seltzer tells the story of Virginia Peninsula watermen who are struggling to preserve their way of life on the Chesapeake Bay. It shows how local communities and commercial fishermen are helping to replenish the Bay through oyster farming and gardening. seltzerfilmvideo.com/watermen.htm

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June 12 Is National Marina Day

tarting May 8, the West/Rhode Riverkeeper led by Chris Trumbauer will run the HoneyDipper pumpout boat captained by Michael DeRogatis, who monitors VHF Radio Channel 71. The HoneyDipper will cruise the West and Rhode rivers offering sewage disposal services for $5 per pumpout. The fee helps support the service; it’s free for members of the West/Rhode Riverkeeper.

For the full schedule, visit westrhoderiverkeeper.org.

To help support the Riverkeeper, don’t miss Rhythm on the River June 19 (5 to 8 p.m.) at Hartge Yacht Harbor in Galesville, MD. With outstanding views of the West River, this casual party features live music, food, beverages, and a silent auction. Tender service will be available if you want to arrive by boat; call VHF Channel 71. Tickets run $40; $15 are tax deductible. amy@westrhoderiverkeeper.org

ational Marina Day (NMD) will be celebrated June 12, and Anchorage Marina (anchoragemarina.com) in Baltimore has raised the bar a notch. Plans for a full day are in the works, including a band, a cookout, a wine tasting, boat tours and demos, displays, docking contests, fishing pros, a water show, robots, kids’ fun, prizes and giveaways, and more. Anchorage Marina is one of 25 facilities in the nation selected to host NMD events. At press time, the only other Bay marina hosting NMD events is the Breakwater Marina in Woodbridge, VA. nationalmarinaday.org

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Starting at 6 p.m., the waterfront party will rock your socks off outdoors with great bands, grilled food and tasty beverages for sale, and more. The Eastport YC and the Eastport YC Foundation will be your hosts. The EYC Foundation offers a Scholarship Fund for Further Education in the Marine Trades. Nominations are due May 15. PropTalk is a proud sponsor of this event and others like it. eastportyc.org

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Folks enjoy the sea battle on Broadway Pier during Privateer Day. Fells Point was packed April 9-10 with a swashbucklers’ soiree, a costume party, re-enactors from Ft. McHenry, mock battles, kids programs, live music, specials at local watering holes, goodies of all kinds from vendors on the square, and of course, rides on the Fearless pirate ship. Photo courtesy of Jason Sullivan/fellspointmainstreet.org

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DOCKTALK • New in February 2010, Chesapeake

Fishing Unlimited accommodates chartered outings ranging from singleperson fly fishing trips to large corporate groups. The same experienced individuals who ran AAA Charters out of Deale for the past 15 years are at the helm of this new company. fishannapolis.net

• The Oysters on the Half Shell ExhibiSteve Schertler, who took this photo, says, “As long-time Bay boaters, my wife and I have looked for the best boats to allow us to appreciate all that the Bay has to offer. We recently added two Chesapeake Light Craft 17-foot kayaks to our ‘quiver’ of boats. We can T-top the kayaks on our 1966 Seabird 24; she’s a Ray Hunt design along the lines of his famous Bertram Moppie.”

• Tom Weaver of the Eastport Yacht

Company in Annapolis has announced the company’s plans to build a smaller version of its popular Eastport 32—the Eastport 26 (below). “Our original plan was to build three models: a 26-footer, a 32-footer, and a 43-footer. This is the progression of that plan,” Weaver says. The hull will be built

by Brooks Boatworks of Washington, NC and share similar construction techniques used in the Eastport 32. Weaver says, “The composite hulls will be laid up with biaxial glass and vinylester resin with a foam core.”

Unlike its big sister, the 26 will not have a drop-down hydraulic transom, but will sport many of the same design elements of the bigger boat. Hull number one should hit the water in early August, with subsequent hulls being completed in September and October. eastportyacht.com

tion will open April 24 at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. Kids will love the 1000-gallon aquarium with an oyster reef and Bay critters, a touch tank, an anatomically correct oyster, skimming and processing equipment, shucking tables, and wooden boat displays. amaritime.org

Landing Marine Centers, says, “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently dredged Parrish Creek Inlet near Shady Side, MD. The new channel is 2500 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 6.5 feet at mean low water. We have been working diligently for the past four years with federal, state, and local authorities to get the creek dredged.” clarkslanding.com

• Beginning this spring, the Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa will offer guided and unguided kayak and canoe rentals, including sunset paddles or fossil hunting expeditions. cbresortspa.com • Terrapin Adventures in Savage, MD recently added bike tours, photography kayak tours, and kayak fishing tours to its list of offerings. terrapinadventures. com

• Doug Curtiss recently joined the sales

team at Jarrett Bay Boatworks in Ocean City, MD. He has spent 25 years as an outside salesman for one of the country’s largest plumbing and heating wholesalers and dedicated more than five years to the marine industry in boat sales. Curtiss is an avid fisherman and long-time boater. dcurtiss@jarrettbay.com

A rendering of Eastport Yacht Company's new Eastport 26.

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• Jeff Truesdale, general manager of Clarks

Mark Fuchsluger (above) is the new owner and manager of the full-service Sue Island Marina on Sue Creek near Baltimore. To learn more and say congrats, call Mark at (410) 574-7373.

• Through May 31, Pettit Marine Paint

is offering rebates up to $20 per gallon on select Pettit antifouling paint. Pettit director of sales and marketing Don Zabransky says, “Being an entirely American company makes it easy for us. Instead of sending profits overseas, we give back to the people who matter most: our customers.” Requests must be postmarked by June 15; limit two per household. pettitpaint.com/recovery

Tri-State Marine staff weather the cold at 7:30 a.m. while directing parking for the Flea Market in Deale, MD February 26 (L-R): Sean Curran, Steve Lanham, John ‘Popper” White, and John Stafford. tristatemarine.com

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• Joe Parvana, an assistant manager at the biggest West Marine store on the Bay (below), says, “During our Grand Opening this March, we gave away scores of goodies, including fish finders, VHF radios, trampoline floats, T-shirts, and Frisbees. In four hours, we gave away 400 hotdogs! USCG Auxiliary members, tow captains, local marine businesses, and others all enjoyed lots of foot traffic. Duffy Electric boats even sold one during the event. People especially liked spinning the Wheel of Fortune, pointing out their boats or homes in our huge aerial photo of the Middle River, and seeing a yellow lab model a new pet PFD.” The store boasts more than 17,000 square feet and is located at 8640 Pulaski Highway in Middle River, MD. The store’s previous location was at 8821 Pulaski Highway. westmarine.com

• Herrington on the Bay Eco-Lifestyle

Events is the first Chesapeake Bay Caterer in Maryland to achieve Green Certification by the Green Restaurant Association (GRA),” says Anna Chaney Willman, Herrington on the Bay’s founder and operator. dinegreen.org

• Marinas participating in the new Green Gallon Project allow their boaters to add a surcharge of one percent onto their gas dock bill that will go toward buying renewable energy. info@thegreengallon.us

PropTalk’s Rachel Engle says, “It’s been 20 years since I first donned a pair of Sebagos.

As a fashion-conscious eight-year-old, my tan Docksides perfectly complemented my school’s blue jumper/white polo combo and made for easy playground maneuvering. For dressier occasions, my patent leather, penny loafing Sebagos were requisite. The good news is Sebago still offers an extensive collection of timeless shoes for ladies with aspirations of fashionable and functional boating footwear. While thoughtfully perusing the 2010 spring catalog, these classic taupe Islefords caught my eye. When my ‘welcome spring’ package arrived, it was love at first Nubuck panel and slip-resistant sole. The nautical-inspired braided shoe lace was a nice touch.” sebago.com

• The Rhode River Marina in Edgewater, MD and Rhode River Boat Sales near Ocean City, MD now carry the Southport line of outboard sportfishing boats. spboats.com, rhoderivermarina.com

• The Oyster Recovery Partnership

recently launched Maryland’s first Oyster Shell Recycling Alliance. Oyster shells are a limited resource; when reused, they provide crucial natural habitat for new oysters in the Bay. oysterrecovery.org

Send human-interest stories & photos of the Bay to ruth@proptalk.com.

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03:30AM 10:21AM 05:21PM 10:51PM

L H L H

18

05:14AM 11:51AM Tue 07:05PM

L H L

04:34AM 11:13AM Wed 06:03PM

11:48PM

L H L H

19

12:21AM 06:18AM Wed 12:43PM

07:47PM

H L H L

Thu

L 2 01:40AM 08:43AM H 03:54PM L

3 4 5

09:45PM H

03:18AM 09:59AM Sun 05:31PM

10:34PM

L H L H

04:09AM 10:49AM Mon 06:22PM

11:27PM

L H L H

3 04:16AM 11:01AM 06:22PM 4 5

6 01:18AM 07:28AM 01:36PM

H L H L

01:25AM H 22 07:41AM L Thu 01:51PM H

03:11AM 09:46AM Sat 03:16PM

09:42PM

H L H L

H 9 02:34AM 09:05AM L 02:32PM H

23

02:00AM H 03:21AM H 24 08:32AM L 10 10:02AM L Sat 02:25PM H Mon 03:17PM H

Sun

24

04:38AM 11:17AM Wed 06:22PM

11:55PM

23

12:58AM 07:17AM Fri 01:25PM

08:00PM

25

L H L H

H L H L

08:45PM L

20

12:45AM H 06:55AM L Fri 12:57PM H

07:21PM L

21

7

01:41AM H 8 08:02AM L Sat 01:46PM H

07:58PM L

Sun

08:33PM L

H L H L

10:17PM

H L H L

04:51AM 11:46AM Mon 04:47PM

10:51PM

H L H L

10

11:26PM

06:12AM 01:29PM Wed 06:18PM

H L H

04:48AM H 05:20AM H 27 11:42AM L 13 12:32PM L Tue 05:03PM H Thu 05:35PM H

28

03:30AM 10:16AM Sat 03:55PM

10:29PM

9 04:04AM 10:49AM 04:02PM

H L H L

12

H L H L

H L H L

8

04:42AM 11:45AM Wed 04:48PM

10:18PM

H L H L

10:49PM L

08:56PM L

02:28AM 09:01AM Fri 02:55PM

09:44PM

7

H L H L

03:55AM 10:43AM Mon 04:13PM

10:09PM

05:38AM 12:38PM Wed 05:51PM

11:29PM

H L H L

05:34AM 04:29AM H 11 12:39PM 25 11:24AM L Tue 05:33PM Sun 04:51PM H

11

12:25AM 06:22AM Wed 12:47PM

08:06PM

H L H L

H L H L

26

09:07PM L

05:10AM L 11:45AM H Tue 07:14PM L

04:04AM 10:55AM Tue 04:03PM

09:42PM

02:59AM 09:40AM Sun 03:21PM

09:28PM

14

10:56PM L

05:59AM 01:17PM Fri 06:22PM

11:38PM

H L H L

Mtn Pt, Magothy River +1:24 Chesapeake Beach –1:14 Cedar Point –3:16 Point Lookout –3:48

+1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

*0.88 *0.88 1.0 *1.12 *1.14 1.1 *1.33 *1.33 1.4 *1.37 *1.33 1.4

11:12PM L

05:25AM H 12 26 12:27PM L Mon 05:43PM H 12:02AM

11:53PM L 13 06:50AM 06:18AM H Thu 02:16PM 27 01:26PM L

07:05PM Tue 06:33PM H 12:40AM 12:33AM L 07:29AM 28 07:08AM H 14 Fri 03:01PM Wed 02:22PM L

07:21PM H

07:52PM

L H L H L H L H

01:13AM L 29 07:56AM H Thu 03:15PM L

Onancock Creek +3 :52 +4 :15 *0.70 *0.83 2.2 Stingray Point +2 :01 +2 :29 *0.48 *0.83 1.4 Hooper Strait Light +5 :52 +6 :04 *0.66 *0.67 2.0 Lynnhaven Inlet +0 :47 +1 :08 *0.77 *0.83 2.4

28 May 2010 PropTalk

03:24AM 2 05:38PM 10:13AM

08:27PM

10:55PM H

*0.50 *0.50 1.5 *0.65 *0.65 1.9 *0.58 *0.58 1.7 *1.12 *1.17 3.4

08:59PM H

1

02:15AM 08:39AM Fri 02:27PM

09:05PM

DIFFERENCES Spring

High Low H. Ht L. Ht Range

+1:56 +2:13 –0:07 +0:27 37°39’ +3:04 36°51’ +0:15

L H L H

05:44AM L 6 12:06PM H Thu 06:43PM L

DIFFERENCES Spring DIFFERENCES Spring

High Low H. Ht L. Ht Range High Low H. Ht L. Ht Range

Windmill Point Wolf Trap Light Urbanna Norfolk

01:25AM 07:56AM Thu 03:09PM

08:17PM

H L H L

06:26AM H 29 01:31PM L Thu 06:40PM H

10:51PM H

11:28PM

L H L H

Tue

17

01:50AM H 20 08:24AM L Tue 02:21PM H

6

02:35AM L 17 09:14AM H Sat 04:42PM L

Mon

02:32AM 09:31AM 04:38PM 09:58PM

L H L H

H L H L

6

L H L H

09:06PM H

Mon

07:29PM H

Thu

03:44AM 10:00AM 04:07PM 10:26PM

10:36PM

L H L H

19

5

08:28PM L

Sun

Sun

19

H L H L

01:58AM L 16 08:33AM H Fri 03:55PM L

15

H L H L

5

06:35PM L

12:56AM 07:30AM Mon 01:24PM

07:28PM

L H L H

1

12:54AM L 07:57AM H Sat 03:08PM L

08:16PM H

02:50AM 09:09AM Wed 03:11PM

09:25PM

08:58PM

02:38AM 09:27AM Sat 04:52PM

09:46PM

07:28PM H

06:26AM H 01:25PM L Thu 06:47PM H

12:51AM 07:44AM Sat 02:58PM

08:15PM

01:54AM 30 08:42AM Fri 04:05PM

BALTIMORE

L H L H

06:01AM L 11:57AM H Sat 05:58PM L

12:07AM H 18 06:40AM L Sun 12:33PM H

03:34AM L 29 09:38AM H Thu 03:29PM L

04:32AM 10:30AM Thu 04:28PM

10:43PM

12:10AM L 30 07:12AM H Fri 02:21PM L

ANNAPOLIS

Tue

02:21AM 01:55AM L 13 08:25AM 27 08:03AM H Thu 02:12PM Tue 01:57PM L

05:15AM L 30 11:12AM H Fri 05:13PM L

HAMPTON ROADS

L H L H

08:10PM H

DIFFERENCES Spring

High Low H. Ht L. Ht Range

Sharps Island Light –3:47 Havre de Grace +3:11 Sevenfoot Knoll Light – 0:06 St Michaels, Miles River –2:14

–3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

*1.18 *1.17 1.5 *1.59 *1.59 1.9 *0.82 *0.83 1.1 *1.08 *1.08 1.4

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April 15 - May 14 Currents

Current tables show location, day of the week, day of the month, event (Slack, max Flood, max Ebb), time, and current speed in knots.

CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE 0039 15 0715 1209

0358 -1.3 0934 +0.7 1547 -1.4 1852 2144 +1.1

0118 16 0759

1245

17

0435 -1.3 1012 +0.6 1625 -1.4 1931 2220 +1.1

0157 0845 1322 2015

0517 -1.2 1052 +0.6 1707 -1.3 2259 +1.1

0238 18 0933

1403

19

0608 -1.2 1136 +0.5 1757 -1.2 2103 2345 +1.0

0323 0706 -1.1 1028 1229 +0.5 1449 1857 -1.1 2158

20 0415 1128

0039 +0.9 0804 -1.1 1328 +0.4 1549 1959 -1.1

21 0518 1228

0138 +0.8 0902 -1.1 1430 +0.5 1717 2103 -1.1

0010 22 0622 1324

0240 +0.8 1004 -1.2 1542 +0.6 1849 2217 -1.1

0122 23 0720 1417

0351 +0.7 1105 -1.3 1656 +0.8 2003 2329 -1.2

0232 24 0813 1506

0504 +0.8 1159 -1.4 1750 +1.0 2109

25 0338 0905

0030 -1.4 0601 +0.8 1247 -1.5 1551 1835 +1.2

26 0434 0955

0126 -1.5 0650 +0.9 1335 -1.6 1636 1920 +1.4

27 0527 1041

0221 -1.6 0740 +0.9 1423 -1.6 1719 2006 +1.4

28 0617 1127

0311 -1.7 0831 +0.9 1509 -1.6 1802 2054 +1.5

0030 29 0708 1210

0357 -1.7 0922 +0.8 1552 -1.5 1848 2140 +1.4

BALTIMORE APPROACH 0116 30 0759 1255

0441 -1.6 1009 +0.8 1634 -1.4 1936 2225 +1.3

1

2

0201 0851 1339 2026

0528 -1.4 1055 +0.7 1717 -1.3 2311 +1.2

0246 0620 -1.3 0943 1145 +0.6 1421 1807 -1.1 2118

3 0331

1040

0002 +1.0 0717 -1.1 1239 +0.4 1507 1905 -1.0

4

0419 1140 1558

15 0255 0958

17

19

0151 +0.7 0859 -0.9 1433 +0.3 1709 2057 -0.8

6

0021 0601 1335 1831

0246 +0.5 0949 -0.9 1549 +0.3 2204 -0.7

7

0127 0646 1421 1940

0351 +0.4 1041 -0.9 1711 +0.4 2313 -0.7

8

0229 0457 +0.4 0727 1122 -1.0 1500 1752 +0.6 2040

0006 -0.8 0543 +0.5 1157 -1.1 1532 1822 +0.7

10 0410 0847

0049 -0.9 0621 +0.5 1232 -1.2 1602 1851 +0.9

11 0450 0929

0132 -1.0 0657 +0.6 1310 -1.3 1633 1922 +1.0

12 0529 1011

0214 -1.1 0737 +0.6 1352 -1.4 1707 1957 +1.1

13 0609 1053

0256 -1.2 0820 +0.6 1437 -1.4 1742 2035 +1.2

0016 14 0650 1135

DIFFERENCES ON CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE: Wolf Trap Light, 0.5 mi west of Stingray Point, 12.5 mi east of Point Lookout, 5.9 nm ESE of ON BALTIMORE APPROACH: Poplar Island, 2.2 nm WSW of Thomas Point Shoal Lt, 0.5 nm SE of Chesapeake Bay Bridge, main chan

0337 -1.3 0904 +0.6 1521 -1.5 1822 2117 +1.2

slack before

0048 -0.6 0710 +1.1 1357 -1.0 1743 2002 +0.4

0402 1123 1833

0126 -0.6 0750 +1.1 1442 -1.0 2048 +0.4

18 0443

1209

9 0323 0806

0012 -0.6 0632 +1.1 1314 -1.0 1653 1918 +0.5

16 0327

1040

0056 +0.8 0809 -1.0 1335 +0.4 2001 -0.8

5 0510 1240

C&D CANAL

0208 -0.5 0834 +1.0 1529 -0.9 1923 2137 +0.4

0003 0531 1258 2011

0024 +0.5 0614 -0.5 1226 +0.7 1539 1858 -0.8

23 0428 1023

0120 +0.7 0726 -0.6 1332 +0.7 1635 1949 -0.8

24 0528 1141

0213 +0.8 0831 -0.7 1435 +0.7 1729 2039 -0.8

25 0624 1250

0303 +1.0 0931 -0.9 1534 +0.6 1821 2127 -0.8

0021 26 0716 1354

0351 +1.1 1027 -1.0 1630 +0.6 1911 2214 -0.8

0103 27 0805 1451

0438 +1.2 1118 -1.1 1722 +0.6 2000 2301 -0.8

0146 28 0853 1545

0525 +1.3 1208 -1.2 1813 +0.6 2049 2347 -0.8

0229 29 0939 1637

floodmax flood

0610 +1.3 1256 -1.2 1902 +0.6 2138

slack before ebb

2

0448 1157 1903

3

22 0321 0901

0355 -0.5 1018 +0.9 1711 -0.8 2056 2327 +0.4 0502 -0.5 1120 +0.8 1804 -0.8 2138

0122 -0.6 0742 +1.2 1431 -1.1 1815 2043 +0.5

0211 21 0741 1444

0034 -0.7 0656 +1.3 1343 -1.1 1726 1952 +0.6

1 0400

1111

0257 -0.5 0923 +1.0 1619 -0.9 2230 +0.4

0103 20 0630 1349

30 0314 1025

4

0024 0540 1243 1950

0212 -0.6 0830 +1.1 1519 -1.0 2135 +0.5 0307 -0.5 0920 +0.9 1607 -0.9 2230 +0.5

0127 0406 -0.4 0638 1013 +0.8 1331 1657 -0.9 2036 2325 +0.6

5

0231 0509 -0.4 0743 1110 +0.7 1420 1748 -0.8 2120

6 0334 0855

0019 +0.6 0614 -0.4 1210 +0.6 1511 1838 -0.8

7 0431 1009

0110 +0.7 0717 -0.5 1310 +0.5 1602 1926 -0.7

8 0522 1119

0158 +0.8 0815 -0.6 1408 +0.5 1654 2012 -0.7

9 0608 1224

0242 +0.8 0909 -0.7 1503 +0.5 1743 2056 -0.7

10 0650 1324

0323 +0.9 0958 -0.8 1555 +0.5 1831 2137 -0.7

0026 11 0731 1419

0403 +1.0 1044 -0.9 1644 +0.5 1916 2216 -0.6

0059 12 0812 1511

0442 +1.1 1128 -1.0 1730 +0.4 1959 2255 -0.6

0133 13 0852 1600

0520 +1.2 1211 -1.0 1815 +0.4 2041 2334 -0.6

0208 14 0933 1647

0559 +1.2 1254 -1.1 1900 +0.4 2124

15 0534 1212

0142 -2.8 0833 +2.4 1434 -1.4 1714 2020 +2.2

16 0621

1305

17

0227 -2.9 0921 +2.4 1524 -1.3 1800 2106 +2.2

0708 1358 1849

0311 -2.9 1008 +2.5 1612 -1.3 2153 +2.1

0022 18 0757

1450

19

0357 -2.9 1057 +2.4 1703 -1.2 1942 2243 +2.0

0113 0849 1542 2037

0038 +1.9 0649 -2.4 1343 +2.1 1725 1948 -1.4 0140 +2.0 0753 -2.3 1439 +2.1 1813 2043 -1.6 0243 +2.1 0859 -2.2 1536 +2.1 1858 2140 -1.8

0058 24 0711 1346

0351 +2.3 1008 -2.1 1631 +2.1 1942 2235 -2.1

0201 25 0821 1438

0458 +2.5 1110 -2.1 1721 +2.1 2026 2326 -2.4

0302 26 0927 1528

0600 +2.6 1205 -2.0 1807 +2.2 2110

27 0400 1028

0013 -2.6 0700 +2.7 1258 -1.9 1615 1853 +2.1

28 0456 1126

0101 -2.7 0800 +2.7 1353 -1.7 1701 1940 +2.1

29 0549 1222

max ebb flood speed ratio ebb speed ratio

2

0042 0807 1453 2014

0403 -2.2 1109 +2.2 1710 -1.3 2236 +1.4

3

0124 0843 1536 2103

0445 -2.0 1148 +2.0 1758 -1.3 2322 +1.3

23 0555 1250

0322 -2.5 1028 +2.4 1623 -1.4 2153 +1.6

0545 -2.6 1247 +2.2 1854 -1.3 2138

22 0434 1151

0001 0725 1406 1925

21 0317 1047

0238 -2.6 0944 +2.6 1537 -1.5 1835 2111 +1.8

1

0447 -2.7 1151 +2.3 1759 -1.2 2338 +1.9

0211 20 0945 1634

30 0639 1316

4

0206 0529 -1.8 0917 1227 +1.9 1617 1844 -1.3 2153

5 0253 0951

0012 +1.1 0619 -1.6 1305 +1.8 1656 1927 -1.4

6 0350 1029

0104 +1.1 0710 -1.5 1343 +1.8 1731 2008 -1.5

7 0500 1113

0156 +1.2 0801 -1.4 1424 +1.8 1804 2052 -1.7

8

0029 0613 1158 1835

0251 +1.3 0856 -1.3 1508 +1.8 2137 -1.9

9

0118 0720 1244 1906

0350 +1.5 0953 -1.3 1555 +1.9 2222 -2.2

0207 10 0823 1329

0448 +1.7 1049 -1.3 1642 +2.0 1940 2305 -2.4

0256 11 0923 1416

0541 +1.9 1139 -1.2 1728 +2.1 2017 2346 -2.7

0344 12 1020 1505

0633 +2.1 1228 -1.2 1814 +2.1 2057

13 0431 1113

0028 -2.8 0725 +2.2 1320 -1.2 1555 1902 +2.1

14 0518 1205

0112 -2.9 0817 +2.4 1414 -1.1 1646 1952 +2.1

0150 -2.7 0855 +2.7 1447 -1.6 1747 2026 +2.0

food dir.

ebb dir.

flood knots ebb knots

+1:43 +2:18 +3:45

+2:00 +3:00 +4:53

+1:34 +2:09 +4:57

+1:36 +2:36 +4:15

1.2 1.2 0.5

1.0 0.6 0.3

015° 030° 340°

190° 175° 161°

1.0 1.0 0.4

1.2 0.8 0.4

–0:44 –0:25 +0:16

–1:26 –0:09 +0:08

–0:57 –0:43 –0:17

–0:49 –0:41 +0:13

0.6 1.0 0.9

0.8 1.3 1.1

359° 033° 025°

185° 191° 230°

0.5 0.8 0.7

0.6 1.0 0.9

Chesapeake Bay Powerboating

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Chesapeake Calendar presented by TO BENEFIT THE

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Bands Sand in the

SATURDAY, JUNE 19

Bands: S.T.O.R.M. & Misspent Youth Tasty food & drinks at CBF beach Tickets at www.cbf.org or 410/268-8816

April

15 15 15-Oct 15

Chesapeake Bay BridgeTunnel Opens, 1964 cbbt.com Tax Day

Tangier Island Cruises 12:30 p.m. Onboard the Steven Thomas. tangierislandcruises.com

16

30 Years and Still Going Strong!

Noon. Tiki Bar, Solomons. “Mai tai” suggest a Kocomo? tikibarsolomons.com

16

Bull and Oyster Roast 6 to 9 p.m. Hutchins Park, Havre de Grace, MD. Food, music, raffles, and auctions. Benefits Skipjack Martha Lewis. skipjackmarthalewis.org

16-25

Spring Flounder Tournament The Island House Restaurant and Capt. Zed’s Bait & Tackle, Wachapreague, VA. Over $5000 in cash and prizes! wachapreague.com/tournies

16-Oct 1

Ghostly Tours Annapolis.

Colonials tour and tell tall tales from beyond the grave. watermarkjourney.com

17

Avoid the Fleet: Shoot Some Skeet Noon. Talbot Rod and Gun Club, Easton, MD. (410) 822-4428

17

Betterton Beach Cleanup 9 a.m. to Noon. Food, beverages, and free T-shirts for those registered by April 9.

[Rain date: April 18.] kentparksandrec.org

17

Flares for Life 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Old Suffolk Campus of Tidewater Community College. nrpowersquadron.com 30 May 2010 PropTalk

FULL MOON PARTY

April 29 party benefits SAVE THE COCONUTS Thursdays:

The Way a Raw Bar Should be... oysters, clams, crawfish, shrimp, mussels, snow crabs and oyster shooters

April 29 D’Vibe & Conga May 27 Live music June 24 Live music

17

Fourth & Severn Eastport – Annapolis www.boatyardbarandgrill.com 410.216.6206

18-May 16

Free Splicing Seminar 10 a.m. to Noon. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. With rigger Julian Richards. westmarine.com

Tour Camp Tockwogh 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Worton, MD. April 18 and May 16. ymcade.org/branches/tockwogh

Nautical Flea Market and Cookout 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Young’s Boat Yard near Baltimore. youngsboatyard.com

Captain Chesapeake Kids’ Show Airs on WBFF in Baltimore from 1971 to 1990 Hosted by George A. Lewis.

17 17

Opening Day Rockfish Tournament! Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport. PropTalk is a sponsor. boatyardbarandgrill.com

17

Biggest Little Poker Run Ever!

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Salt Ponds Marina, Hampton, VA. usps.org

17-18

Diesel Engine Class Annapolis School of Seamanship. For more courses, visit annapolisschoolofseamanship.com.

17-18

Power in the Park Noon to 5 p.m. Portsmouth City Park, VA. powerinthepark.com

17-18

Virginia Fly Fishing Festival Along the South River in Waynesboro, VA. Gear, demos, tips, wine tasting, live music, and free lectures. vaflyfishingfestival.org

17-May 29

Boat Building by the Bay 9 to 11:30 a.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum. Hosted by Box of Rain. Volunteers welcome. kelsamclaughlin@yahoo.com

18

Earth Day on the Square 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Leonardtown, MD. Plants and produce, recycling, music, games, food, and fun. leonardtown.somd.com

18

Open House 2 to 4 p.m. North East River YC, MD. neryc.com

19

19 19-20

Ole Evinrude Is Born in Oslo, Norway, 1877

Safe Boating Course 6 to 10 p.m. Delaware State Fire School, Dover. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 12-05. uscga.info

19-May 10

Boating Safety Class Four Monday evenings. Hosted by Patapsco River Power Squadron. tomcat241@att.net

19-Oct 23

Build-YourOwn-Boat Classes Seven, 5.5-day classes at Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis. clcboats.com

20

Deadline for Design Challenge II Top designs in wood, composites, and metal get $1000. proboat.com

21-May 12

Boating Safety Class 7 to 9 p.m. Four Wednesdays. Jacobsville Elementary, Pasadena, MD. By USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 22-01. pegbarry@comcast.net.

22

Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Severn Inn, Annapolis. annapolisgreen.com

22-25

Bay Bridge Boat Show Stevensville, MD. For details, see page 38. usboat.com

22-25

DelMarVa Birding Weekend delmarvabirdingweekend.org proptalk.com

23-25

24

Salisbury Festival Riverwalk Park. Entertainment, car show, carnival, block party, food, kids’ fun, Wee Race, arts and crafts, and mini-Grand Prix. salisburyarea.com

John Paul Jones on Continental Sloop War Ranger Captures HMS Drake, 1778 Home Team: 1. Brits: Zip!

24

Nanticoke River Shad Festival Ward World ChampionVienna, MD. Boat rides, music, ship Wildfowl Carving local food, arts and crafts, exhibits, fun, and Competition and Art Festival Ocean City games for kids. nanticokeriver.org (MD) Convention Center. Competitors vie Oxford Day People/pet parades; for $70,000 in prize money. wardmuseum.org music and critters; arts and crafts; WineFest in St. flower basket competition; 10K run and 5K Michaels Celebrate the fun walk; dog show; kids’ fun; crab cakes, Chesapeake and help local charities. Wine, conch fritters, and more; boat demos; bake brews, Bay food, international specialties, and plant sales; wine tastings; free skipjack music, arts, shopping, tours, and more. rides; ferry rides; and more. oxfordday.org winefestatstmichaels.com Taste of Calvert County 6:45 to After a Series of Mishaps with 11 p.m. Annmarie Garden, Solothe Pneumatic Caisson Base, mons. Wine, food, and auctions to benefit Point No Point Light First Shines, 1905 Tidewater School. thetidewaterschool.org

23-25

24

23-25

24

24 24

Earth Day and Children’s Day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. Riversweep, knot tying, boat building, crafts, lunch, live music, and more. hdgmaritimemuseum.org

24

Treasure Our Waters Cruise 10 a.m. to Noon. Annapolis Maritime Museum. watermarkspecialevents.com

25

Arrh Mateys! 2 to 4 p.m.

Truxtun Pool Parking Lot, Annapolis. Pirate treasure hunt. annapolis.gov

25

Earth Day Festival Richmond, VA. Check out the funky recycled art, hands-on workshops, local food and music, eco-friendly resources, shad fishing school and other kids’ fun, fly fishing demos, shad fishing, river quality exhibits, and more. earthdayrichmond.org

25 26 28 28

Archimedes Builds a Better Prop, Sometime Before 212 BC After 32 Takes, the Beatles Record Octopus’s Garden, 1969 Maryland Becomes the Seventh State, 1788

Onboard Weather Forecasting Class 7 to 9 p.m. Oyster Cove Community Room, Kent Island, MD. Hosted by Kent Narrows Sail and Power Squadron. (410) 827-3376

28-May 4

Maryland Safe Boating Course 6:30 p.m. April 28 and 30 and May 4.

Taylor Avenue Fire Station, Annapolis.

Hosted by USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 23-1. annapoliscgaux.org

29

Almayer’s Folly, Joseph Conrad’s First Novel, Is Published in London, England, 1894

A Resort Marina on the Quiet Side of the Harbor in St. Michaels, MD…Need We Say More?

52 Slips – Dockside Electric 30-100amp, Water, Cable, Wireless Internet, Showers & Washers, Pool, 2 Restaurants, Ship Store, Day Spa Hotel Resort Amenities extended to marina guests include: Morning Paper, Coffee, Bikes & Free Shuttle into Town.

By Land or Sea, We’ll Get You into Town.

We offer complimentary shuttle service or an all day and night water taxi pass.

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30-May 2

Strictly Jersey Boat Show South Jersey Marina, Cape May. For details, see page 43. strictlyjersey.com

April Continued...

May

29

Save the Coconuts at Boatyard Bar & Grill’s Full Moon Party Eastport. Full and blue moon calls for an extra coconutty party! Help fight cancer with live music and drink specials. boatyardbarandgrill.com

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Guided Canoe Trip 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

James River National Wildlife Refuge, Prince George, VA. jamesriverassociation.org

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30 30-May 2

National Hairball Awareness Day!?

Nautical Flea Market and Craft Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rebel Marina, Norfolk, VA. (757) 580-6022

Decoy and Wildlife Art Festival Havre de Grace, MD. Demos, contests, auctions, exhibits, and more. decoymuseum.com

1 1

Open House Point Lookout Lighthouse, Scotland, MD. pllps.org

30-May 2

Chesapeake Bay. mssa.net

MSSA Spring Tournament

30-May 2

Kentucky Derby

Pro-Am Fishing Tournament Rod ‘N’ Reel Captain’s Association, Chesapeake Beach, MD. rodnreeltournament.com

Paddle for the Border Paddle the Dismal Swamp between South Mills, NC and Chesapeake, VA. cityofchesapeake.net

Marine Residential

1

Postponed: CRAB Spring Event Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating’s event has been postponed thanks to the generosity of Spring Sails Event, which will host a May 8 event to benefit CRAB and Annapolis Community Boating. crab-sailing.org

1

Spring Fishin’ Buddies Tournament 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gilbert Run Park, Dentsville, MD. Adult/youth team fishing tournament for ages six to 15. charlescountyparks.com

1-2

Attack on Havre de Grace War of 1812 Re-Enactment Susquehanna Museum, Havre de Grace, MD. lockhousemuseum.org

1-2

Clarks Landing’s Demo Days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shady Side and Chester Marine Centers. Extended Bay Bridge Boat Show savings and incentives on new and pre-owned Sea Rays, Cruisers, Carvers, and Silvertons. Free test rides, joystick-based docking fun, and family-oriented festivities. clarkslanding.com

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Deltaville Dealer Days 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deltaville, VA. New and used boats, food, and family fun. Enjoy the Open House Boat Shows at participating dealerships and enter the Grand Prize drawing for a chance to win a Sunsail Charter in BVI. dycboat.com

1-2

Open House Chesapeake Harbour Marina, Annapolis.

New and brokerage 34- to 62-footers from Annapolis Yacht Co., Crusader Yachts, David Walters Yachts, East Coast Yacht Sales, Interyacht, Intrinsic Yacht and Ship, Martin Bird & Associates, North Point Yacht Sales, Oxford Yacht Agency, Selene of Annapolis, Schulz/Shannon Boat Company, Walczak YBS, and more. (410) 268-1969

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2-Oct 24

Project Healing Waters 2-Fly Rose River Farms, Syria, VA. Special guest will be Lefty Kreh. Bring fly fishing fun to disabled military personnel and veterans. roseriverfarm.com

Water Taxi Cruises and Events 1 to 11 p.m. Saturdays; 2 to 9 p.m. Sundays. Middle River near Baltimore. Tours, wine tastings, evening cruises, Irish music cruises... you name it. middleriverwatertaxi.com

2-3

Chesapeake Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show Calvert Marine Museum. Part of Solomons Maritime Festival. calvertmarinemuseum.com

3-17

America’s Boating Course 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays.

Oyster Cove Community Room, Kent Island, MD. Hosted by Kent Narrows Sail and Power Squadron. $25. uspsd5.org/squadrons/kent_narrows.html

Seeking Boat Repairs or Maintenance?

1-2

Solomons Maritime Festival Calvert Marine Museum. Food, crab picking and oyster shucking, gospel and old-time music, waterfowl callers, Bay retriever trials, model boats, craft demos, and kids’ fun. calvertmarinemuseum.com

Make Sure it Gets Done Right!

1-7

Don Covington’s Wood Sculptures Skipjack Hallway Gallery, Chestertown, MD. chestertown.com

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) provides boat builders, dealers, yards and repair shops with the standards and education needed to increase the quality of workmanship and to get the job done right.

ABYC is the source for marine safety standards and technical workforce certifications. The ABYC Certified technician logo is a recognized symbol of safety, quality and professionalism around the world.

1-15

America’s Boating Course 9 a.m. to Noon. Three Saturdays. Oyster Cove Community Room on Kent Island, MD. Hosted by Kent Narrows Sail and Power Squadron. uspsd5.org/squadrons/kent_narrows.html

Next time you walk through the door at your builder, yard, repair shop or dealer, ask if they are an ABYC member, and if they have an ABYC Certified technician on hand.

1-31 1-Oct 2

American Wetlands Month epa.gov/wetlands/awm

African-American Heritage Walking Tour 1 p.m. Saturdays in Annapolis. watermarkjourney.com

To locate an ABYC Certified technician near you, use our online Certified Technician Directory at www.abycinc.org!

1-Oct 30

Bay Queen Cruises 1 p.m.

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1-Oct 31

Patriot Cruises St. Michaels Harbor. patriotcruises.com

1-Oct 31

Chesapeake Lights Lighthouse Tours Tilghman Island, MD. Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays on Sharps Island with captain Mike Richards. chesapeakelights.com

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may 5Â Continued...

Seafood Festival! Chincoteague Island. Clams, oysters, fish, spoon bread, French-fried sweet potatoes, grilled chicken, music by Midnight Country Express, and more. $45. esvachamber.org

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Cinco de Mayo

Oyster Day PropTalk likes ‘em baked and topped with crab imperial and bacon. Yum!

5Â

Pedro de Menendez de Aviles Sails into the Bahia de Santa Maria, 1561Â Who cares, you might ask? Bahia de Santa Maria is Spanish for the Chesapeake Bay.

5-Sep 30Â

Water Taxi to Baseball 5:50 p.m. Alexandria, VA. Ride the river to a Washington Nationals baseball game! potomacriverboatco.com

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No Pants Day nopantsday.com

7-9Â

Mid-Atlantic Kayak Festival and Demo Days Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD. Demos, advice, gear, seminars, yoga, cardboard canoe races for kids, music, food, drinks, and more. Benefits Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. midatlantickayakfestival.com

7-16Â

Captain Bob’s Flounder Tournament Chincoteague Island, VA. (757) 336-6654

8Â

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Chesapeake Bay Boat Builders Showcase Sarles Boat Yard and Marina, Annapolis. For details, see page 22. PropTalk is a proud sponsor. eastportyacht.com

8Â 8Â

Crab Feast: Art on the Half Shell Urbanna, VA. urbanna.com

CRAB/ACB Fundraiser Hosted by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating and Annapolis Community Boating, organizations that get physically challenged people out on the Bay. crab-sailing.org

8Â

OC Marlin Club National Flea Mara.m. to Noon. Ocean City, MD. Get rid of old fishing-related stuff so you can buy more! ocmarlinclub.com

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Piney Point Lighthouse Celebration 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Piney Point, MD. Lighthouse tours, exhibits, demos, food, and Potomac River Wade-In Saturday. stmarysmd.com

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MD/DNR Boating Safety and Certification Course 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 8 and 15; 6 p.m. review and test May 17. Eastport/Annapolis Neck Branch Library. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron. aspsmd.org

8-Oct 31Â

HoneyDipper’s Pumpout Season Is On! Call captain Michael DeRogatis at (410) 940-3754 or by VHF radio Channel 71. westrhoderiverkeeper.org

9Â 9Â

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day River Paddle Noon to 3 p.m. Deep Bottom Park and Boat Landing, Richmond, VA. Explore the tidal James River. jamesriverassociation.org

11Â

The Tuna Tower Is Invented on North Cat Cay in the Bahamas, 1952Â The rudimentary structure was first used by a skipper in the 1952 Cat Cay Tuna Tournament. proptalk.com

12

Clarks Landing’s Electronics Trainings 7 to 9 p.m. Chester (MD) Marine Center. Basic electronics, navigation, course charting, and refreshments. clarkslanding.com

14-15

Black Drum World Championship Bay Creek Marina, Cape Charles, VA. $6000 in cash prizes. esvachamber.org

14-15

Dominion Riverrock Brown’s Island, Richmond, VA. Kayaking, music, death-defying air dogs, Mud Run, acrobatic freestyle bike competition, trail run, mountain biking, and more. dominionriverrock.com

14-15

OkoumeFest 2010 Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis and Matapeake on Kent Island, MD. Small-boat open house, tours, demos, food and drink, deals, craft judging, awards, and more. clcboats.com

14-15

135th Running of the Preakness Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore.

And... They’re off! preakness.com

15 15

Clean the Bay Day Smithfield, VA. cbf.org

Coconut Ball 6 to 10 p.m.

Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Music by Tiki Barbarians and silent auctions to benefit Save the Coconuts and help fight breast cancer. savethecoconuts.org

15

Kent Island Day 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stevensville, MD. Tours, food, displays, arts and crafts, kids’ activities, entertainment, and more. kentislandheritagesociety.org

15

Navy Aviators in Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boats Make First Airplane Crossing of North Atlantic, 1919

15

Open House 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Boat rides, hayrides, climbing, and West/Rhode Riverkeeper Wade-In. Free shuttle service at Central Middle School. serc.si.edu

15

Tappahannock Rotary Croaker Fishing Tournament More than $3200 in prize money! Weigh-ins at June Parker’s Marina, Garrett’s Marina, and Dock Street Launch Ramp on Hoskins Creek, Tappahannock, VA. tappahannockrotary.org

15

Welcome Back to the Beach Day 2 to 6 p.m. North Beach, MD. Sack races, egg tosses, hula-hoop contest, tug of war, music, ballet, and more. ci.north-beach.md.us

15-16

Blue Angels Show Andrews Air Force Base, MD. blueangels.navy.mil

15-16

CRAB Cup Hosted by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, which gets physically challenged people out on the Bay. crab-sailing.org

15-29

Day on the Bay 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturdays. Cruise from Annapolis to enjoy seafood, shopping, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. watermarkjourney.com

photo: Billy Black

Potomac Wildlife Art and Decoy Show College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD. Wildlife art, jewelry, antiques, sculptures, decoys, appraisals, and more. somdgiving.org

15

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Medieval Day Noon to 5 p.m.

Steppingstone Museum, Havre de Grace, MD. Encampment and mock battles, arts and crafts, science demos and games, music and dance, and food. steppingstonemuseum.org

17-21

National Bike  to Work Week bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth

20Â 20-22Â

Chinese Brew Kui, 5000 Years Ago Beer is born!

Spring Turkey Hunt Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD. fws.gov/blackwater

21

Treasure the Chesapeake Fund raiser Annapolis. The Chesapeake Bay Trust celebrates 25 years with fun and a photo and video contest. cbtrust.org

22Â

Virginia Safe Boating Course 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Chesapeake Yacht Sales, Deltaville Yachting Center, VA. cysboat.com

Clarks Landing’s Women Only Boating Course Top captains will teach everything from tying knots to safety measures to driving and docking a boat.

Refreshments. clarkslanding.com

22Â

Harbor Party!

6 to 10 p.m. Cape Charles, VA. Live music, food, drinks, and family fun. northamptoncountychamber.com

22Â

Maritime Model Expo Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Radio-controlled boats, kids’ fun, displays, and more hosted by museum’s Model Guild and North American Steamboat Modelers Association. cbmm.org

22Â 22-23Â

National Maritime Day usni.org

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis.

Features headliners Chuck Berry and Buddy Guy and other to benefit Special Olympics Maryland, We Care, Camp Face, and Special Love. bayblues.org

22-23Â

Warbirds Over The Beach 1 p.m. Virginia Beach. Hosted by Military Aviation Museum. militaryaviationmuseum.org

22-29Â

U.S. Naval Academy Commissioning Week Annapolis. usna.edu

23Â 23Â

Heeere’s Johhhnny, 1980 The Shining is released.

Rockin’ on the Rhode II Noon to 7 p.m. YMCA Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD. Concert with great food and beverages and top local bands, including A Classic Case, The Rovers, and The Uncle Jack Band. Proceeds help send deserving kids to camp. campletts.org

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Spring Family Canoe Trip 1 to 3 p.m. Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton, MD. Canoes, paddles, and PFDs provided. pickeringcreek.org Final Cruise for TV’s Love Boat, 1986

Blue Angels Demo Cruise 1 to 3 p.m. Annapolis. watermarkjourney.com

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Chestertown Tea Party Festival Chestertown, MD. Tea toss reenactment, Colonial parade and crafts, cocktail parties, raft racing, street performances, local food, 5K and 10mile run, and more. chestertownteaparty.com

Soft Shell Spring Fair Noon to 5 p.m. City Dock, Crisfield, MD. Fresh local seafood, arts and crafts, Waterman’s Hall of Fame Awards, live entertainment, and more, all for free. crisfieldheritagefoundation.org

Season Opening of Boardwalk Café Rod ’N’ Reel Restaurant, Chesapeake Beach, MD. Live music, food, and fun. cbresortspa.com

Ocean City (MD) Restaurant Week oceancityrestaurantweek.com

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Maryland Safe Boating Course 6:30 p.m. May 26, 28, 31. Taylor Avenue Fire Station, Annapolis. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 23-1. annapoliscgaux.org

Full Moon Party Boatyard Bar and Grill, Eastport. Lunar chili, Jamaican wings, $1 oysters, yum! Live music. boatyardbarandgrill.com Blue Angels Flyover Annapolis and Middle Bay. blueangels.navy.mil

28-30 oparacing.org

Miss Geico Races Ocean City, MD

Annapolis Nautical Flea Market Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

For details, see page 24. usboat.com Let’s Go Fishing 9 to 11 a.m.

Fourteen Saturdays. Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry, VA. (757) 294-3625 Smith Island Cruises

12:30 p.m. Onboard the Chelsea Lane Tyler or Twister with captain Alan Tyler. smithislandcruises.com

Chessie Makes the Big Screen...

Perhaps, 1982 7 p.m. Love Point, Kent Island, MD. Robert and Karen Frew videotape a 30- to 35-foot-long, one-footwide, humped creature with a head shaped like a football.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day at Fort McHenry 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore. nps.gov

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Bay Bridge Boat Show What You Need To Know

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At the Bay Bridge Boat Show April 22-25, you’ll find powerboats and personal watercraft, tools and tenders, engines and electronics, galley wares and vessel décor, artworks and jewelry, and much more. The Bay Bridge Marina on Kent Island will rock with deals on more than 400 new and brokerage boats, equipment, and accessories. You’ll also have access to sound advice from the pros and free fun seminars.

We’re talking more than a hundred shiny, shiny, shiny boats from 59-footers on down to small, car-top toys. Classics, charming cruisers, trawlers, performance boats, fishing machines, runabouts, personal watercraft, inflatables, center-consoles, electric boats… whatever you need to get out on the Bay. Whether you’re a die-hard angler, cruiser, tuber, skier, crabber, or speed demon, the show will have the vessel of your dreams and the toys you’ll need to make things happen.

Dare To Dream Inside the expanded Active Outdoor Living section, you’ll find the latest in car-top boating. See in-water demos of small boats, kayaks, canoes, rowing shells, stand-up paddle boards, inflatables, and small sailboats from the likes of the American Sail Company, Backyard Boats, C.D. Outdoors, Chester River Kayaks, Maritime Solutions, Mercury, and Savage River Works.

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Walkin’ the docks during last year’s Bay Bridge Boat Show. Photo by Joe Evans

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Sweet! Hosted by the Annapolis School of Seamanship, the workshop costs $149 per person or $200 per couple. Fees include a two-day boat show pass, morning seminars, afternoon on-the-water boating, a continental brunch and lunch, a wine tasting social hour, as well as all educational materials. Preregister now at annapolisschoolofseamanship.com.

During the show, the all-new Rendezvous Package for clubs includes marina accommodations for up to four nights, six tickets into the Bay Bridge Boat Show, a Friday night party at the pool bar and grill, door prizes, and special gifts for all. For more details, call (410) 268-8828.

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Pangas for the picking during 2008’s Bay Bridge Boat Show. Photo by Mark Talbott

Free Seminars First come, first served. Friday through Saturday, grab a seat for Janie Meneely’s take on cruising the Bay (11 a.m.) and buying and chartering a boat (4 p.m.), Ann Miller’s insights on keeping your boat looking new (noon), John Martino’s thoughts about getting a captain’s license (1 p.m.) and marine diesel basics (2 p.m.), and C.D. Dollar’s secrets of fishing the Bay (3 p.m.). On Sunday, the last seminar begins at 2 p.m. You can again thank Chesapeake Bay Magazine and Annapolis School of Seamanship for providing these must-see seminars.

How To Get There The Bay Bridge Marina is at the eastern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Take U.S. Route 50 to Kent Island, take Exit 37, follow the signs and fluorescent flag wavers to parking near the marina, and give a small $2 donation to the friendly staff. Before you go, do your homework: visit usboat.com, see which exhibitors will be there, and then click on their websites. While you’re at the show, stop by PropTalk’s booth in Tent A3 near the main entrance and say “Hi.”

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Bay Bridge Boat Show:

What’s Going On Outside the Gates?

by Tony Ireland

Photos by Gary Reich

F

or many of us, the Bay Bridge Boat Show signifies the true start of the boating season. The weather is usually wonderful, the boats all gleam with new wax, and shorts and T-shirts are back in fashion again. But what should you do after you’ve toured million-dollar yachts, peeked into a dozen pristine engine rooms, and had your Maui Jim sunglasses adjusted (for free)?

Despite Kent Island’s goodly share of cornfields and cows, you will be surprised at what gets missed as you zoom down U.S. Route 50 on your way to the beach.

If one knows where to look, the area surrounding the Bay Bridge Boat Show offers a wide variety of highly worthwhile outdoor and culinary adventures. After enjoying the boat show, consider extending your time to experience something local before heading back home.

There are dozens of fun waterfront restaurants and bars along Kent Narrows (looks like the name, a skinny piece of water almost five miles east of the Bay Bridge) and great shopping at the Queenstown Factory Outlets where U.S. routes

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50 and 301 split, about five miles farther east. Many folks know the typical attractions, but most of the real gems are tucked away elsewhere on the island or otherwise hidden in plain sight.

Walk, Bike, Shoot, and Kayak

One of my favorite places is Terrapin Beach Park (the sign to the entrance says “Terrapin Nature Area”). Just northeast of the Bay Bridge, this award-winning, 276acre nature park features a 3.25-mile-long, oyster-chaff walking trail that meanders through wildflower meadows, wetlands, tidal ponds, woodlands, and sandy beaches.

The trail provides wonderful viewing of a vast variety of waterfowl, wildlife, and plant species. One evening while jogging along the trail at dusk, I counted nearly 30 deer out feeding in the fields. To get there, take state Route 8 north from U.S. Route 50 for almost a mile, make a left on Schooner Parkway and then a right on Log Canoe Circle. Follow the circle around until you see the “Terrapin Nature Area” sign.

For bicycle enthusiasts, try the Terrapin Beach Park Trail, which is part of Queen Anne County’s Cross Island Trail, a miles-long path that stretches from Terrapin Beach Park to the aforementioned Kent Narrows. Bicycle rentals are available just minutes away at the Bike Doctor (350 Thompson Creek Mall in Stevensville) or the Happy Trails Bicycle Shop (200 Castle Marina Road in Chester).

Another great outdoor option is kayaking. With all the various creeks, wetlands, rivers, and bays surrounding Kent Island, the kayaking is superb. Kayaks can be rented from Kent Island Kayak Rental, where staff will provide maps, guides, tours, or whatever else you need to explore this beautiful slice of nature ((877)-KI-KAYAK).

For those looking for more of the outdoors, there are sporting clays (golf with a gun) and gamebird hunting at the River Plantation on Pintail Point, golf at several courses in the area, or for high adventure, one can experience flying over the Chesapeake in an ultralight airplane, or take an air tour of the island from the Bay Bridge Airport adjacent to the marina.

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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Stevensville, one of two different towns on Kent Island (the other is Chester), was founded in 1850 as a steamboat terminal.

Today, the Stevensville Historic District has around 100 historic structures remaining from that period. Among these is a cute little yellow post office on Love Point Road, but for me, the best part of Historic Stevensville is across the street where you will find Rustico’s, a truly great little Italian restaurant and wine bar. Not only are the Southern Italian entrées worthy of

the most discerning palette, but Rustico’s makes all of their own desserts, and each is a foodie’s sweet dream. Rustico’s offers one of the best wine lists in the area, albeit mainly varietals from Italy.

Speaking of food and wine, if the bratwurst at the boat show is not your sort of thing, walk over to Hemingway’s, which is located right on the show grounds.

Where else can you be served a drink by someone appointed to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond? Biana Arentz, the proprietress of Hemingway’s, is as smart and gracious as she is hard working. One day she is bussing

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her own tables, tending bar, and chatting with patrons, and the next she is advising the Fed on fiscal and monetary policy.

If Hemingway’s is too crowded, there are a number of great options, including the Kent Manor Inn, the Love Point Deli, Kentmorr Restaurant and Crabhouse, and Lisa’s Small Plates. The Kent Manor Inn on Kent Manor Drive in Stevensville is a quiet, elegant place with great water views.

Love Point Deli Wine & Spirits (100 E. Main St., also in Stevensville) on the other hand, is the best of the island’s upscale delicatessen/liquor stores, and a great place to grab everything you need for a fine picnic at Terrapin Beach Park.

Kentmorr Restaurant and Crabhouse, located several miles south on Route 8, offers great views of the Bay and is a wonderful place if you are taking children along.

Then there is that amazing and unique asparagus taco at Lisa’s Small Plates. Located in a strip mall between Acme Market and Dunkin’ Donuts off U.S. Route 50, the quality of Lisa’s kitchen will amaze you, and the wine list is top-notch. But for one of the truly great wonders of the world, try ordering take-out crabs from Mr. B’s Seafood at 114 State St. in Stevensville. For that, you will have to come back in the fall, but it will be seriously worth your while.

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It’s easy to get trapped inside the show gates dining on funnel cakes and roast beef while gawking at the assemblage of boats, but the surrounding Queen Anne’s County area has much to offer if you’re willing to build some extra time into your schedule.

Whether you decide to take a hike on the Cross Island Trail, cast for some stripers from a kayak, dine elegantly, or eat at one of the restaurants with a more local flavor, there’s much to do outside the Bay Bridge Boat Show gates.

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magazines like PropTalk,” Allen says. “Although anyone is welcome to attend, we’re targeting serious boaters,” Allen adds.

The boat show is held at B and C docks at South Jersey Marina, so it offers dealers the opportunity to provide sea trials to serious buyers. Dealers definitely won’t be providing harbor tours to the public, but if you’re focused on buying a boat, chances are they’ll arrange to take you out into Cape May Harbor for a taste of the salt.

Allen says, “People often complain about the show hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), but we plan it that way so dealers can arrange sea trials before and after show hours.”

Qualified New Jersey boaters (those with a valid New Jersey safe boating certificate or Sea Tow membership) get in free, and complimentary tickets are available

through participating dealers and manufacturers. Admission at the gate for all others is $15. For more information, go online to strictlyjersey.com.

Allen tells PropTalk that there will be 25 to 30 new boats on South Jersey Marina’s “B” dock and another 30 to 40 brokerage boats on its “C” dock. This will round out the total boats on hand to around 70. Among the manufacturers you will find at the show will be Albemarle, Boston Whaler, Buddy Davis, Egg Harbor, Henrique, Hydra Sport, Mainship, Mako, Ocean, Predator, Ranger Tug, Sea Hunt, Silverton, Southport, Topaz, Viking, and World Cat. Those interested in exhibiting their boats, products, or services, or those with general questions can contact show manager Mark Allen. mallen@strictlyjersey.com

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ost of the people I’ve ever worked with will tell you I’ve dipped one too many times into the Apple Computer Kool-Aid vat.

But PropTalk’s motivation for showcasing iPhone applications isn’t to pay homage to Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs’ inventions, or the man behind their designs, Jon Ives. Truth be told, there are some fantastic and useful boating applications for the iPhone, with more being added to Apple’s “App Store” every day.

You can purchase these applications two ways: either directly through the App Store portion of the iTunes Music Store on your PC or Mac, or via the App Store application on your iPhone.

Bait Shops Price: $0.99

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Stuck in the middle of nowhere and out of silversides or bloodworms? Need a spool of 20-pound test?

Derek Trauger, developer of the application, tells us that Bait Shops “is a database-driven application that provides an easy way to locate more than 10,000 bait and tackle shops at your fingertips.”

Once the iPhone’s GPS locks in your location, you choose a specific shop, then the application shows the facility on a map, and you can get turn-by-turn directions using the Google Maps application that is supplied with the iPhone. Alternatively, you can also choose to search by ZIP code or city.

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Animated Fishing Knots Price: $0.99

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This application comes with 21 animated tutorials on all types of useful fishing knots from the Albright knot to a simple clinch knot. Knots are sorted on screen by their use (line-to-line, loops, or terminal connections). A simple tap on the movie camera icon next to the knot’s name starts a perfectly timed cartoon-like animation on how to tie the specified knot. Tapping on the “Info” button brings up a description of the practical uses of the knot you are tying.

Having trouble tying the knot? Just tap the “Pause” button or rewind the animation.

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Trying to plan when to fish the outgoing tide at Kent Narrows after work or when to play hooky during one of those first sunny spring days?

Tide Graph to the rescue.

The application shows you the times of high and low tides for the date and location you specify (via the iPhone GPS or manually), whether the tide is rising or falling, the height of the tide, and the rate at which it is rising or falling. But Tide Graph has a trick up its sleeve: it also shows the exact state of the tide pinpointed with a crosshair on an easy-to-read “up and down” graph.

As a bonus, the application provides sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times.

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Verona Solutions, LLC, developer of the NOAA Buoy Data Reader application, reports that their application “uses your current location to present a list of NOAA Weather Buoy locations near you.”

This is a great application for planning a trip, checking out the current winds, or finding out the water temperature near where you’re planning a fishing trip.

Once you have picked a data buoy, sea condition data like location, wind direction, wind speed, wind gust, barometric pressure, pressure tendency, air temperature, dew point, and water temperature are provided. A flip switch on the bottom of the screen adds the buoy to your favorites list.

Simply tap the “Forecast” link in the upper right-hand corner to get the latest National Weather Service marine forecast. You can also tap the link in the upper left-hand corner to read the full webpage for the buoy you have selected.

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Price: $9.99 This is the most expensive application of the bunch, but then again it does a lot.

It behaves like you’d expect most any simple GPS charting program to: an icon represents your boat and is overlaid on top of a moving chart of the surrounding area. All the usual suspects—aids to navigation, shoals, depths, designated anchorages, ranges, etc.—are all there.

Along with the basic chart data, there are icons on the chart that represent marinas and marine facilities. A simple tap on any of the icons brings up all the information about the facility. A tide application is also included.

For navigation purposes, you can tap and drag out a course and distance from your current location or tap out a point-to-point course for a longer distance trip.

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Developed by the same programmer who wrote the aforementioned Bait Shops application, Boat Ramps works along similar lines, allowing the user to locate more than 45,000 boat ramps, launch facilities, and marinas.

Like the Bait Shops application, the user simply opens up the application and is given a choice to search for a ramp/facility by current GPS fix, ZIP code, or city. Using the “Current Location” button will use your GPS fix and show a list of all the launch facilities within a specified radius of your location. Once you choose a specific shop, you can then show the facility on a map and get turn-by-turn directions using the Google Maps application that is supplied with the iPhone.

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After the Catch

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Price: $6.99

The After The Catch application touts itself as “an advanced fishing journal and a powerful fishing analysis tool with the least amount of complication.” The application is totally customizable by the user, allowing you to add and delete species, angling rigs, rods, reels, locations, tournaments, etc.

When you catch a fish, tap the “New Fish” button and the application automatically records the latitude and longitude of where you caught it. Once the application has recorded your location, you can then enter a trip name, date, species, weight, bait/ method, and a litany of other information to the log. You can even take up to four pictures of your trophy to associate with the catch log.

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This handy app is really a compilation of several nautical reference publications all wrapped up into one. Essentially an e-book, the developer tells PropTalk that the application “comes with 1800 pages of boating information that includes 457 illustrations, 94 photographs, and a myriad of charts and graphs.”

Among the information included are U.S. boating regulations, International, U.S., and Canadian Rules of the Road, marlinspike seamanship (shows more than 50 different knots), understanding weather, guides to boat types, designs and construction, AC and DC wiring, engine maintenance, a complete nautical glossary, and much more.

Boat Check

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Price: $0.99

Sunglasses? Check. Tackle box? Check.

Fishing tools? Check. Sunblock? Check.

While the preloaded checklist items Boat Check comes loaded with checklist items that may seem elementary and common sense to some, the wonderful thing about this application is that you can add items to your checklist and delete the ones you don’t need.

It’s totally user-customizable.

Check lists are divided into categories like “Before You Leave Home,” “Mechanical/Safety Check,” “Before Casting Off,” and more. You can add and delete checklist items inside these categories to suit your style of boating.

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Boating Weather does just what the name suggests and it’s very simple to use. Simply select a state and zone, and the National Weather Service marine forecast pops up on screen. No frills, but very effective and user friendly.

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Out of My Mind

by Ruth Christie

Isn’t It Romantic?

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ne reason why many couples cruise on their boats most often goes unspoken. But, if handled delicately and with humor, the topic of onboard romance is approachable. One key reason why my husband and I love to do overnighters on our boat, is… well, over the years in different boats, we’ve made our V-berths cozy and romantic. Whether at a marina or on the hook in an anchorage, it’s fun to tuck the kids into their berths and then look forward to a quiet evening with no TV, household chores, or other mundane distractions. It’s just you and a loved one out on the water. Nice! Here are details other couples can share.

Warren and Carol Johnson say, “We were anchored out in Johns Creek after cocktails at Vera’s White Sands enjoying a romantic dinner on our boat when the rumble of thunder prompted us to turn on the VHF to check the weather. Surprised to find we were in the middle of a tornado warning area, we spent the rest of the evening lashing, stowing, and tying things down while watching for the funnel cloud.

It happily never appeared, but then neither did our romantic evening.”

“Our romantic sailing story began with the naming of our beloved boat,” recalls Deb Coons. “When I asked my husband Chesapeake Bay Powerboating

Ken (a seafood industry insider) for the most romantic sounding fish name, his immediate response was loligo. ‘Beautiful,’ I sighed—adding as an afterthought—‘What does it mean?’ His decidedly unromantic response: ‘squid.’”

Tom Berry says, “A few years ago, I was backing out of my slip with three women, departing on an overnight voyage, when my mischievous wife, standing on the pier to bid us bon voyage, said, ‘Tom, did you tell the girls that this is a naked sail?’”

“At age 22 Celsius, I have likely forgotten most of the numerous romantic encounters. The many I do remember are under prudent censorship,” cautions Jim Jolly.

Andrea Landis recalls, “Our least romantic evening on the boat was during a raft-up when the raft captain said that we were drifting toward shore. Instead of being cuddled up with our spouses in our individual boats, everyone was on deck watching the raft rotate (and not hit shore).”

“Our romantic evening at Christmas Cove, the first anchorage of our honeymoon on a 26-footer out of St. Thomas, started way differently than planned,” say Carl and Sue Reitz. “Sue had to go up the mast to untie the jib halyard from the

spreaders after we doused the hank-on jib in an unexpected thunderstorm and the halyard ran up the forestay.”

Charlotte O’Conor says, “If you are a member of our boating club for singles and meet someone and get married (both of you in the club), you can stay a member.

About 10 percent of the club is married; it’s something of a ‘hot’ topic.”

Martin Jeffery Howell recalls, “We were in a shallow lake with lots of weeds, which we frequently had to raise the centerboard to clear. When doing so, I would warn my wife (my lovely, most excellent crew) that the very sharp centerboard was coming up.

The one time I failed to give audible warning that I was raising the centerboard, she sat down HARD on it. To this day, she will not let me forget it. I have never since failed to make double certain she knows when the centerboard is coming up. That event resulted in a moratorium on romance for a while…”

Joe Rutolo says, “I asked my wife if she’d be willing to share our first romantic encounter in the tiny V-berth of our 21foot boat. She said, ‘What happens on the boat, stays on the boat.’”

Care to share your stories of onboard romance? Send them to ruth@proptalk.com.

But, no photos, please.

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No Boat? No Problem!

How To Get Out on the Water When You Don’t Own a Boat

by Carrie Gentile

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hesapeake shoreside restaurants, piers, and beaches are heaving all summer with folks drawn to the water’s edge. But what if you want to actually leave the shore and explore the Bay? This might seem like an impossible predicament if you don’t own a boat, but there are plenty of ways and means to get out on a boat this summer—for a fee, of course.

Charter and rental companies are abundant on the Bay; they rent boats of all shapes and sizes. Choose from a one-hour rental, or spend weeks gunkholing the Bay. If you want someone else to do the driving, companies can provide a captain. “People are renting boats for two main reasons: it’s economical, and it’s hassle-free,” says Griff Bell, owner of South River Boat Rentals.

“Our customers don’t have to maintain, clean, or refuel before they go cruising.”

Bell estimates about 70 percent of his business is repeat customers. They rent

for a day or half-day and go waterskiing, wakeboarding, fishing, or cruising to their favorite waterfront restaurant.

Of course, like most charter and rental companies, Bell ensures his customers can adequately operate a boat safely before they leave the dock. He offers instruction to those with limited boat-handling skills. southriverboatrentals.com Boating clubs, the poster child of commitment-free boating, are increasing in popularity by providing the boating lifestyle without the hassle of boat ownership.

Boating clubs are set up like a gym, with an annual membership that gives owners unlimited access to the boats. Most have a simple reservation system—first come, first served.

“When we calculated that a boat slip was going to cost us $4500 a year, we realized the Chesapeake Boating Club was the right option for us,” says Dan Cle-

ments. Dan and his wife Amy have been members of the club in Annapolis for the last five years. The couple estimates they use the club’s boats at least a dozen times each year. Both Dan and Amy had dabbled in sailing and powerboating, and briefly considered buying a runabout. They reconsidered after they did the math, weighing how much they would use the boat against the sticker price, maintenance, slip fees, and insurance. Instead, for about $6000 a year, the couple has frequent access to three Albin 28 cruisers, a 36-foot Albin express trawler, or a 19-foot center-console catamaran. “I love it. There’s no scrubbing of barnacles and no responsibility of ownership,” says Dan. After the Clements completed a basic boat-handling course, they began frequently taking out the cruisers to St. Michaels, Severn River’s Round Bay, or Clements Creek (coincidentally named), where they

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moor out on Sunday mornings and read the newspaper. Often, the Clements invite friends and family to join them on one of the Albin 28s that can hold about 10 people in the cockpit. “We’ll cruise over to St. Michaels on a Saturday, eat lunch, go shopping, and then cruise back. It’s great,” says Dan. The company maintains the fleet, but members pay for fuel. Club members work on a points system, which they use to make reservations (a same-day reservation uses no points). And boats can only be reserved

up to 14 days in advance, so no one can monopolize the calendar. Members must have basic navigation and boat-handling skills, but companies will usually provide training for those who need it (for an extra fee). chesapeakeboatingclub.com With fleets all over the Bay, the Carefree Boat Club offers a similar program.

Locations include Annapolis, Baltimore, Middle River, and Pasadena. South River Boat Rentals’ club members use bow riders and center consoles, including a Monark 21, Wahoo 26, and a Wellcraft 21.

carefreeboats.com, southriverboatrentals.com Annapolis residents Rob and Julianne Fettus chartered a Luhrs 32 Open last September for six days from Annapolis Bay Charters to mark their one-year wedding anniversary. “Financially, chartering makes sense if you’re only going out a few times a year,” says Rob. “We didn’t want to be a part of the cattle call and have to adhere to someone else’s schedule. We wanted to shape our own route,” Rob says.

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hesapeake Beach, MD has been Small boat owners must also be aware one of the premier fishing destina- of the number of other boatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; planer boards tions along the western shore for running around the Bay when the rockfish a long time. I first went there in the 1970s run is on. Some captains will put a flag on when big bluefish their boards, while were the draw and others will not.

Live spot are the hot ticket for rockfish were in the Even the largest Chesapeake Beach rockfish. beginning of their planer board can Photo courtesy of Eric Burnley decline. Today the be difficult to see rockfish are back, when the waves are and the blues, while high, so skippers smaller, are still availmust keep a sharp able. Add to these an lookout. Believe abundance of spot, me; getting fouled croaker, white perch, up with six or eight and big black drum planer lines is not for a real smorgasthe most productive bord of fishing fun. way to spend the On my first trips better part of your to Chesapeake Beach, fishing trip. trolling was the most productive technique for catching both rockfish and blues.

Boats would pull eight or 10 lines using both wire and monofilament attached to spoons and tubes.

Today trolling is primarily employed in the spring for the trophy rockfish run, and while spoons are still used, you are more likely to find shads fished in tandem behind a bucktail or on an umbrella rig. Boats still troll multiple lines and are now aided Chesapeake Beach, NOAA Chart 12266 by planer boards. Some of these boards are so large they should require a boat license and will accommodate 10 or 12 lines.

One mistake I see trailer boaters make Some Chesapeake Beach boats travel over is trying to imitate the larger charter boats. to the Eastern Shore in the spring for a shot Running more than six lines from a boat at big black drum. Skippers motor around with an eight-foot beam can be problemslowly until the fishfinder lights up with a atic. Adding large planer boards will not school of big drum on the bottom. At this improve the handling of the boat, and with point, all hands drop a rig baited with peeler three or four heads onboard, the crew will crab to the bottom and hold on. Multiple be hard pressed to control all those lines. A hookups are common, and with the boats so better choice is to run the number of lines close together, things can get interesting real you and your crew can handle and leave the fast. If you enjoy exciting action, this may be big planer boards for the larger boats. your sport.

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Once the spring season is over, lighttackle fun can begin. My most recent trips out of Chesapeake Beach began a couple hundred yards off the beach catching spot and white perch. The perch were plenty big enough to eat, but were returned to the water. Some of the spot were also large, but enough small ones were caught to fill up the livewell.

Once the livewell was full with baitsized spot, we headed across the Bay to a location west of the Choptank. Here the live spot were dropped to the bottom, and waiting rockfish gobbled them up. My first two drops equaled a limit, so I switched to a Tsunami shad, and the fish kept right on biting. Some of the crew took a bit longer to catch their limit of rockfish on the live bait, and the rest of us played catch and release until the others accomplished their mission.

Now it was off on a run up the Bay where we encountered a school of rock and blues feeding on the surface.

We played run and cast with them exchanging our plastic shads for metal lures in deference to the bluefish. These were small fish, so they were safely released.

We finished the day anchored up and chunking with cut spot. This technique was quite effective on the larger blues patrolling the area.

We did not have the fast and furious fishing found at the rockfish hole or with the smaller fish under the birds, but the four- to six-pound blues invaded our chunk line in sufficient numbers to give all hands some excellent action.

In the fall, the top-water fishing improves, and light tackle anglers have great action. This is also the perfect time for the fly fishing crowd to get in their innings.

Another late summer/early fall fishing delight is catching big croaker at night.

Apparently, the big croakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite prey come out of the shell beds after dark, and the fish school up to enjoy the feast.

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“The four- to six-pound blues invaded our chunk line in sufficient numbers to give all hands some excellent action.”

While no one would wish a hurricane on anyone, Gloria did bring about some impressive changes to Chesapeake Beach. The flooding caused by the hurricane left the waterfront destroyed and the rebuilding process has provided the town with one of the premier hotels on the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Resort and Spa is a four-star hotel with fantastic accommodations that will impress the most discriminating traveler. As nice as this establishment is, they still cater to fishermen with an early breakfast and sit right next to the Rod ‘N’ Reel Dock where numerous charter and head boats tie up.

Chesapeake Beach is a short drive from Washington, DC, Annapolis, and Baltimore. It is the perfect destination for a group of friends to charter a boat for a day’s fishing or for a family weekend getaway.

Big spot are mixed in with the bait-sized ones.

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Shads are great for catch-and-release fishing. Photo courtesy of Eric Burnley

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In addition to the Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant, there are sports bars, crab houses, a steak and seafood restaurant, pizza parlors, oriental restaurants, ice cream shops, and more. chesapeake-beach.md.us Reach the Beach—During daylight hours, pack a picnic and enjoy the free public beach at Bay Front Park (also known as Brownies Beach or Randle Cliff).

The beach is narrow, but there’s a fishing pier and cliffs nearby. Remember: leave no trace. A few miles south of town, the Breezy Point Beach and Campground, located adjacent to the Breezy Point

Marina, offers swimming and camping at 80 waterfront or water-view campsites. co.cal.md.us Fine Family Fun—Not-to-be-missed events include a town-wide Easter parade, Water Park Family Fun Day (free for residents), Fourth of July fireworks, Halloween haunts, and Brightest Beacon holiday displays in the winter. More than eight water slides, fountains, kids’ pools, and a lazy river await your family at the Chesapeake Beach Water Park. Memorial Day weekend marks the weekend season opener, with daily operations starting in June. At the end of the day, your kids will have no fight left in them. Nearby, the Northeast Community Center boasts a gym, a game room, and meeting space. chesapeakebeachwaterpark.com For Fossil Fanatics—Located between Chesapeake Beach and Drum Point, Calvert Cliffs are just full of shells and fossils, including shark’s teeth, carbonized wood, and pieces of whales, porpoises, turtles, crabs, birds, and crocodiles, even.

When these sediments were laid down 10

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Spring Commissioning: Sort Of

by Charlie Iliff

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he weather has broken, and the snow is almost all gone, but we still have a lengthy list of things necessary to get Indian Summer really ready.

“Really ready,” of course, has three major components: First, all mechanical systems have to be upgraded where necessary, operating properly, and serviced recently.

Second, comfort items, such as cushions, chairs, and mattresses have to be in good shape—and comfortable. Third, the boat’s appearance has to be such that when someone sees her, outside or in, the obligatory “very nice” is not mumbled with fingers crossed behind the back. The pessimists among us predict that Indian Summer will never be “really ready.” But, we have some progress in each area.

That being said, we have hit a major snag: Spring has arrived and suddenly “let’s go boating” has a lot more appeal than “let’s rewire the starboard alternator.” Both engines run, the lubricants have all been changed, the fuel has been filtered, and the batteries are up. The electrical systems mostly seem to work—when we can find the right switches. And we don’t need the new navigation gear, cushions, or upholstery to run around the Severn a little.

Luckily, the water is still too cool for the hull to foul much. So, we’ve added a fourth requirement to the “really-ready” list: The operators of Indian Summer need to be experienced with handling her—at least in calm and sunny weather, which is when we plan to do most of our boating. So, a mechanical, comfort, or appearance project can be ratcheted a bit farther down the list, replaced by “operation practice,” a rationalization of which we are particularly proud.

Those who read our lack of progress report in the April PropTalk will recall the one thing that set back the schedule was the sinking of Indian Summer’s dockmate, Luce-Eel. Once most of the snow had melted, recovery efforts started. With the use of a couple of chains, some old anchor lines, and a two-ton Coffing hoist, Luce54 May 2010 PropTalk

Indian Summer's dockmate, Luce-Eel before recovery. Photos by Charlie Iliff

Eel was dragged around during a few high tides and pulled nearly upright, though still on the bottom with gunwales awash.

Then, during a particularly low tide, plastic bags were stuffed in her scuppers and a couple of electric pumps quickly got her floating again. The process took a lot more head scratching and grunting over the Coffing hoist than the description implies, but it did go smoothly with minimal new damage. Most systems aboard, however, are toast. The engine was full of water.

A vacuum pump removed most of it from the crankcase, and the glow plugs were removed to clear the water from the cylinders. After we filled the crankcase with kerosene, then kerosene and WD-40,

and then engine oil, and after we rinsed the starter in fresh water and WD-40, a jumper battery was connected, and a temporary fuel line was run from a plastic diesel can. It took some cranking, but the Isuzu diesel started. It made some disquieting noises, but may be salvageable. The same can not be said for the electric wiring, electronics, etc. Although she looks pretty good considering, Luce-Eel is in need of a lot of rehab.

So back to Indian Summer’s too-slow conversion and commissioning. Conversion is from Alpha Wave to Indian Summer with all of the implications of new ownership, new priorities, and tastes. And her name is changing, although without proper proptalk.com

safeguards from the wrath of Neptune. By the time this is printed, we will have removed the old name from the transom, after a completely unsuccessful run at that project in January. It seems that paint remover requires temperatures of 60-plus degrees Fahrenheit and prefers temperatures over 80 F. But a varnished board on her superstructure now proclaims her proper documented name, so progress there is.

All 12 of Indian Summer’s plastic portlights are damaged and deteriorated. They are glued in, of course, no doubt with the thought that removal would never be necessary. Having extracted one with significant effort and an array of thin-blade power saws— and hammers—we confirmed that the opening did not match any off-the-shelf port. The closest was a lovely stainless steel assembly, priced well above our target budget. After looking at everything we could find online, we finally selected white plastic ports that will require 1/4-inch shims to fit our openings. They are products of the Fuller Brush Company. Since we haven’t yet received them, we are now in the stage of hoping they are as good as the descriptions on the internet.

In last month’s article, we reported that we had replaced the lift pump on the starboard engine, thus curing a slow-start problem.

Well, we did replace the lift pump, and it does its job properly.

Unfortunately, if the engine sits a while, the slow-starting returns.

Therefore, a couple of days were spent troubleshooting. The Book says, right after “air in the fuel line,” that balky starting may be due to “improper injector pump timing.” Since no fuel is leaking out, no air should be getting in, right? And the engine has been worked on by an unknown cadre of mechanics over almost 30 years, so one of them is bound to have screwed up the timing, right? So, with careful perusal of the Book, we learned that the timing marks

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for setting up the injector timing are on the flywheel—at the back of the engine— visible through an access port low on the starboard side of the bell housing. I use the word “visible” here, because that’s what it says in the Book. The Book also says that in marine applications, “a small mirror may be helpful to see the marks.” The Book does not say “or not” so we’ve inked that in our copy.

The access port on the balky starboard engine is, of course, nearly against the engine bed rail, under a maze of pipes and hoses for fuel, lube oil, and coolant. Looking in the port requires three or four hands, on extremely long and skinny arms, holding flashlight and mirror, and really good eyes. Swear words don’t seem to help, and the timing marks always seem just barely in the shadow of something. So, off we went to Harbor Freight, and for just short of a tenth of a boat unit (a boat unit is still $1000, right?), we are the proud owners of a little flexible-wand camera, with LCD display and a light in its tip. After only an hour or so getting it lined up into the “viewing” port, cranking the engine back and forth, we were able to confirm that there are indeed timing numbers on the flywheel. And, when the injection index

Indian Summer sits ready for adventures on the Severn.

holes, accessible through another port on the upper right of the engine, are properly aligned with each other, and presumably with Arcturus and several other important stars, the flywheel index mark on the bell housing is between the 19 and the 21 on the flywheel—exactly where it is supposed to be. Timing isn’t our problem.

But both engines run, and we’ve decided to run around the river a little before we decide whether to take the injector pump off and send it for rebuild. Maybe it’ll get better. And maybe we’ll see an osprey and some lazy ducks along the way.

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Old Boat BUG

Nearly Terminal

by Charlie Iliff

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had a dream last night. I had the perfect name for the boat. When I woke up, it was gone.”

And so goes Jerry West’s Old Boat Bug. After the brief remission I reported last month, he’s still in Stage IV, Nearly Terminal. Stages I through III, of course, involved selling a perfectly good Lord Nelson Tug. His friends and family couldn’t quite sort through his mumblings about refastening and refinishing, plywood, and carvel and clinker planking. His malady further manifested itself by his perusal of coffee table books and magazines about old Chris-Craft, Hacker, Gar Wood, Matthews, and a vast array of a century or so of wood powerboats. And he went to the boat show in Annapolis in 2008 and collected only brokerage listings for restored antiques and junk. (The latter viewed by Old Boat Bug sufferers as treasure.) Stage I was evident.

In Stage II, a member of the Bullen family mentioned a wooden boat restorer, David Herbig, but advised that Herbig worked alone, at his own pace, and that he probably had no time available to add a new project. Jerry was excited rather than Chesapeake Bay Powerboating

deterred, his optimism was rewarded, and his Old Boat Bug aggravated. Herbig not only had a gap in his schedule, but knew of a pasture queen 26-foot Chris-Craft, which had looked pretty good 12 years or so ago, but had deteriorated since. The $200 purchase price reflected the level of work needed.

Stage III of Jerry’s disease involved continued optimism and a few hallucinations— vivid dreams about a graceful and shiny old Chris-Craft, rumbling up the Severn on a summer evening, with smiling passengers enjoying a proper vintage chilled just so. (Or, in the case of grandchildren, sipping juice boxes while towing miniature Chris-Craft runabouts behind the varnished transom.) What was really happening, however, was disassembly of the boat. The Chevy V-8, installed 12 or 13 years before but never run in the water, was removed and set aside. The cabin was cut from the deck and stored on sawhorses out of the way. The planked bottom (in bad shape) was scrapped for replacement with plywood so the boat could live on a lift. Rotted stringers and a few ribs were cut away, and replacements and sisters planned.

And then there’s Stage IV, Nearly Terminal, where progress toward a floating, running, shining antique was real and visible, and a consistent stimulus to the dreams. The new bottom went on, the sides were faired, and the engine was reinstalled and run with new quiet mufflers. The structure was restored for the helm station and the rear bench seat. The head was installed and the refrigeration specified.

Jerry seemed to be in remission briefly when snow paralyzed the area, comfortably assuming that Herbig had shoveled the path from his house to his workshop.

When Jerry was able to visit Herbig’s shop after the roads were clear, he found that the cockpit sole resembled fine furniture, and the cabin had been reattached, with Herbig’s careful measurement suggesting that the boat’s eventual removal from the shop might leave a whole inch of clearance to spare. And the transom had its first coats of varnish, posing its question to Jerry’s dream. What should her transom say to those seeing her on the river, or through the open end of Jerry’s boathouse when not touring the Severn? Stay tuned.

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The 2010 Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium

by Charlie Iliff

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were very technical in nature, detailing a researcher: He proposes the projects, r. Daniel Savitsky began his work steps forward in the ongoing development reviews them, accepts them, and assigns an on planing hulls in 1942 with of mathematical analysis and prediction of indeterminate deadline. He has published the Edo Corporation, working powerboat behavior. Equally technical were more than 80 technical papers, his most on the design of seaplane floats. It can be those describing tank-testing with models, recent in January 2010. argued that much of the progress in the radio-controlled model tests, and full-scale The second Chesapeake Power Boat understanding of the characteristics of development and testing. Some of the work Symposium was presented by SNAME, planing hulls in that era was derived from was directed at specific boats under developthe Society of Naval Architects and Marine floatplane studies and development. A fact ment, such as the U.S. Coast Guard ReEngineers, March 19 and 20 at St. John’s beyond argument, however, is that Dr. sponse Boat Medium, now being deployed.

College in Annapolis.

The symposium Savitsky created the single most important Some were directed at academic developadvance in planing hull analysis in his 1964 was sponsored by the Stevens Institute ment of knowledge—crepaper, Hydrodyating of databases of model namic Design of test results and confirming Planing Hulls. them against known perDr. Savitsky was formance data on full-size then a professor and vessels. Various monohull researcher at the and catamaran forms were Stevens Institute discussed in terms of perof Technology’s formance: speed, efficiency, Davidson Laboraseakeeping, and safety. tory. The purpose of Papers were presented on his paper, as he put personal watercraft (PWCs) it, was to take the safety and collision avoidarray of formulas ance, small-boat collision that his students analysis, and fire protection. had to learn, and Boat sizes discussed ranged then put them into from large ferry boats down a framework where to two- and one-person they actually could PWCs, with topics ranging put the math to from computer pre-design some use. That efhull shaping and analysis fort was so successthrough practical testing ful that it is arguable and mishap reconstruction. that every computer The U.S. Coast Guard’s Response Boat Medium’s hull design was among the For maritime design and analysis program currently in use topics at the Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium. Photo courtesy of USCG construction professionals, in planing powerboat design and some of the symposium analysis either uses his approach content may have helped particular projects, of Technology, Professional Boatbuilder directly, or compares its results to his work or given leads to developing analytical tools magazine, and Gryphon Technologies. to validate the output. and contacts with researchers and other The conferees, mostly professionals in boat The life and work of Dr. Savitsky were professionals. For a layperson, presenters design, construction, and teachers in the the opening topic at the 2010 Chesapeake showed that they are not only making progfield, proved the worth of the program by Power Boat Symposium. After a half-hour ress toward better design tools and testing attending Friday and Saturday sessions, presentation reminiscent of the old “This and better databases and computer profrom 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., despite beautiful is Your Life” TV show, Dr. Savitsky took grams, but they share a consistent enthusispring weather outside. the microphone to express his gratitude, asm for the process. The result will continue Presenters came from across the United but to request: “Please don’t take this as to be better boats. powerboatsymposium.com States, Canada, United Kingdom, Serbia, my eulogy.” He reported that he is only

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Cruising Club Notes

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he Baltimore Open-Water Swim To Fight Cancer near the Gibson Island YC September 19 will benefit Johns Hopkins University’s Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Organizers need different vessels for on-the-water event support. If your club wants to help, contact lbwindy14@verizon.net (swimacrossamerica.org). —Ruth Christie/ruth@proptalk.com

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Friends + Fun

uring the Wilmington Sail and Power Squadron’s (WSPS) change of command March 21 at the NautiGoose in North East, MD about 55 members and guests enjoyed a great buffet and a sunny day with wonderful views of the Northeast River (see top left). District executive officer Chris Brown relieved commander Sut Anderson and installed John Ingram as the new commander along with new bridge officers Mike King, Jim Robinson, Rita Shade, Barbara Sharpless, David Sharpless, and Marty Wagner. We have 37 boating events planned, including cruises, raft-ups, crab feasts, poker runs, picnics, marina meet-ups, navigation or sail contests, and five basic boating seminars this summer (wilmingtonpowersquadron.org). —by Harry (Sut) Anderson

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KNSPS’s Tidelines newsletter, edited by Edie Chapman, received the second-place Snyder Award for quality, completeness, and interest and the Distinction in Journalism award.

Karen Wimsatt (see left)—past commander of Annapolis and Kent Narrows squadrons— received a Life Membership Certificate from district commander Ralph Bernard and national rear commander Ken Link. The servicerecognition award goes to members who have accumulated 25 merit marks; KNSPS has four life members. For KNSPS’s safe boating course schedule, see page 30, call (410) 8273376, or visit KNSPS’s booth during the Bay Bridge Boat Show April 22-25 (uspsd5.org).

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Podickory Potluck

uring the Chesapeake Bay GradyWhite Club’s kick-off meeting March 23 at Podickory Point Marina, the potluck dinner was a delicious success, and the presentation by captain Wayne Morgan was informative and entertaining. Spring brings a social meeting in April and a club raft-up to see the Blue Angels in May. In early June, we will hold the first annual Sharon Finn Ladies Fishing Tournament and an offshore fishing trip out of Ocean City. We look forward to many other activities this year (cbgradyclub@yahoo.com).

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Tentative Timetable

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lassic Yacht Club of America members will enjoy the Ice Breaker Dinner/Dance April 24, Flag-Raising Rendezvous June 11-13, Mid-Summer Rendezvous July 16-18, Classic Yacht Festival Rendezvous August 20-22, Late Summer Rendezvous September 24-26, and annual Dinner and Change of Watch October 23 (classicyachtclub.org).

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A Plunger’s Promise

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ark Graham (right) of the Chesapeake Bay Power Boat Association (CBPBA) did his own Bay plunge to thank friends and family who helped raise $1628 for Special Olympics of Maryland during the Polar Bear Plunge January 29 at Sandy Point State Park. He did not jump into the Bay that day, because the second plunge was called off due to blizzard conditions.

CBPBA raised $11,991 for the kids.

CBPBA’s Rock and Reel Fishing Tournament will be May 8, and Rockin’ on the Rhode II Raft-Up will be May 23 at Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD (cbpba.com).

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The lone plunger… Mark Graham

Well, Thank Ya Kindly

he Washington, DC Metro Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association (MSSA) enjoyed the Fishing Expo in Bethesda, MD March 13. Many thanks to the organizer, the National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited. We talked with many interested anglers; thanks to all who stopped by our table to say hello. Our April 7 meeting with captain Greg Buckner was superb prep for MSSA’s spring Rockfish Tournament—the Championship of the Chesapeake—April 30-May 2. We look forward to our April 22 charter trip with captain Buckner aboard the Miss Susie out of Solomons; we will troll for spring trophy rockfish. May 5 brings Muff Diver’s captain Joe Riley and his take on shark fishing off the coasts of our fair Bay states (dcmssa.org). —by Jeremy Bendler

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Live and Learn

Page Williams, senior naturalist for J ohn the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, will

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New Members Are Welcome

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ells Point YC (FPYC) (above) members installed commodore Pat Brabazon, vice commodore Paul Shaub, rear commodore Lisa Forbes, fleet captain Lee Klima, and past commodore Paul Brabazon at Baltimore’s Tremont Grand Hotel March 20. The venue created a charming, old-world setting for our delightful dinner. As we looked back over the past year, we thought of friends and laughed at all our fun. We look forward to the upcoming year, filled with club cruises, parties for visiting ships, community outreach during Privateer’s Day, support of Pride of Baltimore II, the Parade of Lighted Boats, and the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (fpyc.net)! —by Pat Brabazon

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embers of Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland will learn how to fish the flats April 14 with captain “Walleye” Pete Dalhberg, enjoy a banquet April 15, shoot skeet or attend the Boatyard Bar & Grill Opening Day Rockfish Tournament April 17, and learn about oyster restoration April 24 (ccamd.org). —by Lew Armistead

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he Chesapeake Family Cruising Network (CFCN) seeks cruisers with kids who want to join a free online network of like-minded folks to share cruising and raft-up plans (pneumatos@7mcs.com).

—by Steve Codor

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—by Ernie Rojas

Starrs in Their Eyes?

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he Tidewater Grady-White Club (TGWC) (above) elected our second president, Joe Miller. Under local dealer sponsorship, we have almost 30 boats, while the actual people count is much higher. We’re all about smart, familyfriendly fun, including raft-ups, fishing trips, dockside dinners, and more. You are welcome to join us (paulprcca@aol.com).

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sed to be, we would stare in awe as new Silvertons would parade by our marina on the upper Maurice River. After they would pass, we would all talk about how we would love to own a Silverton someday. A few years later, we began living that dream. We now enjoy our third Silverton, a 2006 45-foot Convertible (below).

Being a member of the Silverton Owners Club is like having your own private consulting group and extended family, all wrapped into one. Priceless (silvertonclub. com)! —by Patrick and Mary Ann Sparks

Testing the Limits

embers of the Annapolis Chapter of the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) were well represented during the Open House and Boat Show hosted

by Crusader Yacht Sales at Port Annapolis Marina April 10-11. We introduced people to SSCA, toured boats, and enjoyed seminars, roundtables, and displays. Nancy Zapf gave a slide show about circumnavigating and recount last year’s trip from Fiji to Vanuatu and across the Coral Sea to Australia. As part of the Windjammers of the Chesapeake’s lecture series, we will be at the Severn School April 17 to hear Beth Leonard’s stories about the wild weather and stormy seas near the Great Capes (ssca.org). —by Sally Reuther

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uring the Pasadena Sportfishing Group’s 7:30 p.m. meeting April 12 at the Earleigh Heights Fire Hall in Severna Park, MD, members celebrated 19 years with refreshments, captain Mark Galasso’s “Fishing the Bay Bridge Tunnel” presentation, and $20 gift certificates from Anne Arundel Seafood. Those who brought a new member earned a fishing towel. All meetings are free and open to the public, with dinner and refreshments available for purchase. Stay tuned for news of two Kids’ Fishing Derbys this summer (pasadenasportfishing.com). —by Paul Coakley

For the Club Directory, visit proptalk.com. By April 25, send 200-word Club Notes, Directory updates, and fuel money to ruth@proptalk.com.

by Captain Bob Cerullo

Keelhauling

In modern times, a person who gets a “keelhauling” is on the receiving end of a powerful reprimand from a superior. In the bad old days at sea, it was a barbaric punishment that involved weighing down the offender and hauling them up to a yardarm. The poor rascal was then dropped into the sea where they banged against the hull and were numbed by the rushing cold water. As if that were not cruel enough, often a cannon was fired to further shock the poor devil. In some cases, the offender was dragged under the vessel with a rope attached to a yardarm on the other side of the ship.

It was hoped (if the person survived) that the procedure would have taught them a lesson.

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

Nautical history experts report that “letting the cat out of the bag” referred to the red leather or baize bag in which a cat o’ nine tails whip was stored. In the Royal Navy, sailors were often punished by flogging with the cat o’ nine tails. The “cat” was removed before someone was about to be flogged. Other sources insist the saying goes back to checking on dishonest merchants who would substitute a live cat for a live chicken or small pig in the sack that an unknowing buyer carried home.

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Racing News sOLOMONS oFFSHORE GRAND pRIX 2010 IS OFFICIAL

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ood news! Just as we were preparing to send this issue of PropTalk to the printer, we received official news that the 2010 Solomons Offshore Grand Prix race will be a reality. “We’re really excited to be able to officially announce this race, which will be held October 1-3 on the Patuxent River,” says Joyce Baki of the Calvert County Department of Economic Development. PropTalk will be on scene covering the event and we look forward to visiting with spectators on the water. It should be a great event. Now for the bad news: PropTalk received notice that the Raleigh and Elizabeth City races (May 8-9 and June 5-6, respectively) have been cancelled.

Cambridge, Kent Narrows, Hampton, and Port Deposit racing are still a go. If you’re in need of a racing fix while we wait for the Cambridge Classic to roll around, visit proptalk.com where you’ll find hundreds of excellent racing photos.

For our readers who peruse PropTalk, but breeze past this page each month, we’ll be bringing you some exciting and informative news on the racing scene this year—from the perspective of folks who may not know much about powerboat racing on the Bay. We’ve found either people don’t know what the scene is all about or are too timid to get involved.

Since powerboat racing is too much

fun not to get mixed up with, we’ll be running articles like “Powerboat Racing 101,” featuring “Prop People” stories on local racers and their boats, and be out on the water attending and supporting the Cambridge, Kent Narrows, Solomons, and Port Deposit races—keep your eye out for PropTalk there. We’ll be handing out magazines boat-to-boat, talking to spectators, and taking pictures of all the action. We can’t wait.

We want your input; if you have news or photos to share about your boat and team, or any racing news in general, send it to gary@proptalk.com.

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Max Parker of Zimmerman Marine works on the rigging of Godspeed, in for service at Zimmerman’s yard. Photo courtesy of Steve Zimmerman

in, and the related interior and exterior stainless work are moving into place. The hull received a treatment of Interlux Interprotect and Seaguard ablative antifouling, while the topsides received Ice Blue Imron.

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Ospreys have returned to the Bay, the snow has melted, and Bay country boatyards are starting to race around full-tilt. The good news is that many builders are reporting orders for new hulls, with one builder reporting seven orders lined up. Spring splash season is getting underway, and railways and Travelifts will soon be running at full steam as customers chomp at the bit to get their craft out on the Bay.

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huck Clark of Clark Fiberglass in Centreville, MD has just completed a total hull refinish of a 1975 Robbins 36. This boat is the only Robbins ever built with a left-hand helm station. Her original owners were both left-handed, so her name, South Paw, was fitting. The hull is wood, and Clark glassed her up using West System epoxy. The final touch is a beautiful coat of Fighting Lady Yellow Awlgrip paint on her topsides. At press time, Southpaw was getting close to being splashed.

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eaver Boatworks of Tracys Landing, MD has two beautiful sportfish hulls in the shop: a Weaver 63 that was popped from the mold in March, and a new Weaver 64 that is undergoing interior and exterior work.

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ake Glover of Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD updates us on the Calvin Beale 38-foot SW Boatworks Down Easter we last reported on in last month’s PropTalk. In our last issue, the 575-horsepower Caterpillar C9 engine and an Onan genset were in place with associated mechanicals being rigged in. Glover says that the project is nearing completion.

Her Nida-Core decks have been glassed

Chuck Clark installs a rubrail on South Paw, a 1975 Robbins 36. Photo by Bill Griffin

40-foot Robbins that Glover last reported on are also nearing completion. One of the Robbins received a new extended Divinycell hardtop, a raised cabin (for more headroom), and custom American Marine windows. The other has been pulled for a soda blast job to her hull with subsequent applications of Interlux Interprotect and Micron CSC antifouling.

Lastly, the complete interior refit of the 46-foot Rick Roe is nearing an end.

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ampbell’s Boatyards of Oxford, MD has been hard at work restoring Jay Dee, a Chesapeake Bay log canoe that was built in 1931 by John B. Harrison. Jay Dee was purchased about 40 years ago by John North II, grandson of the original builder, and is now skippered by his son, Dan North.

Tom Campbell, owner of Campbell’s Boatyards, says she is the largest of her fleet and the only log canoe with a transom-type stern. Campbell says repairs included restoring the existing logs and frames, reinforcing the decks, and rebuilding the foremast step. Her hull is slated to be sheathed with biaxial cloth and West System epoxy. proptalk.com

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atrick Mertaugh of Choptank Boatworks in Denton, MD tells PropTalk that his crew is currently focusing on a 27-foot, seven-inch Atkin Seabright skiff. Mertaugh says the hull sports Atlantic white cedar planking over mahogany frames. Planking and sheathing the hull are complete, and Mertaugh says his crew flipped the hull in middle March. Her powerplant will be a 25horsepower Beta Marine diesel. Ongoing projects at Choptank Boatworks include

Workers hit the sandpaper, fairing the hull of a new Weaver 63. Photo by Bill Griffin

restorations to a Flying Dutchman, a Chuck Paine-designed pocket cruiser, a Century Resorter, and a 41-foot Aage Neilsen yawl.

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eorge Hazzard of Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD says crew member Helene Breza has been busy with sandpaper and varnish on a 15-foot Yellow Jacket the company is currently rebuilding. The boat is a molded plywood boat that was originally powered by an inboard Crosley motor with a V-Drive, but she is currently pushed along with a mid-60s 25-horsepower Evinrude outboard. Once finished, she will be sporting a glossy envelope of Epifanes varnish.

A 30-foot 1964 Chris-Craft Constellation has new refrigeration going in and is close to being splashed after a four-year-long restoration. Among the other projects happening at Wooden Boat Restoration are a 20-foot 1946 Greavette, which is receiving new chines and hull planking (cedar planks over okoume bedded in 3M 5200), and a 17-foot 1963 Cruisers that will sporta new mahogany dash and sapelle plywood decks.

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en Spring of Small Open Boats in Port Republic, MD recently completed the restoration of a 10-foot, 11-inch yacht tender for the New Orleans Maritime Museum. Damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Lawton tender is approximately 60 years old and has a solid mahogany lapstrake hull. Spring reports that he replaced a garboard plank, two sheer planks, the breasthook, the centerboard case, and multiple sections

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eltaville Yachting Center in Deltaville, VA is starting to see its spring commissioning business pick up, but has been busy with custom projects as well. Odyssey, a Symbol 54, is in the yard and just received custom rail treatments to her swim platform. Other projects keeping the yard busy include davits, thrusters, and charging systems.

Jay Dee, a 1931 Harrison-built log canoe, gets the spa treatment at Campbell’s Boatyard.

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A 27.5-foot Atkin Seabright Skiff sits ready for epoxy at Choptank Boatworks. Photo by Patrick Mertaugh

of planking in the aft third of the boat. A variety of woods were used in the restoration including African mahogany, Spanish cedar, Santos mahogany, and ash. Once the reconstruction was complete, she received a coat of Pettit primer and a final coat of white Easypoxy. Spring is also undertaking the refit of his 26-foot Mackenzie Cuttyhunk. Named Carole Anne, the boat was first soda blasted by Chris Stafford of Gale Force Soda Blasting. Structural repairs are underway, and the engine is being rebuilt by local Ford expert Pat Gerek of Pat’s Speed Shop in Park Hall, MD.

ichard Scofield, boatyard manager for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels says “things are starting to wake up after a long winter.” According to Scofield, the museum soon will start its railway season to paint and haul the floating collection of boats in its fleet. Over the winter, Dan Sutherland has been teaching students how to build a 14-foot John Rushton-designed pulling boat for the museum’s weekend boatbuilding classes. She is planked in white cedar with white oak stems.

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ill Judge and his crew at Judge Yachts in Denton report that more than three hundred people turned out at their annual open house. As a result of the gathering, four more Chesapeake 27s were sold. In the meantime, interior and exterior work on a Chesapeake 32 is complete. She came out of the paint shop, received her final fitting out, and then set off on her maiden voyage to New York with new owners aboard. The Markley 46 project PropTalk has been keeping up with is now almost finished; the boat is now in the paint shop.

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arles Boatyard of Annapolis reports that it has just started replacing the corner posts, transom, and portions of the topside planking on Mary Kathryn, a 57-foot Chris-Craft that will be ready for spring cruising on the Bay. Sarles refitted its railway specifically to handle these larger boats and will be busy through May with the haul-and-launch rush.

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an Cada, operations manager at Ruark BoatWorks in Cambridge, MD tells PropTalk about a 28.5-foot wooden powerboat, Optimism, which is being built under a Maryland PropTalk May 2010 67

State Arts Council master-apprentice program.

Planked with white cedar and supported by oak ribs, she has a pine keel and a varnished ipe transom. The boat is scheduled to be complete in July. Also underway at the shop is Jolly Dolphin, a 45-foot bateau. nnapolis Harbor Boatyard in Annapolis is working on a number of interesting projects that are ready to splash or nearing completion. Among the projects are a 51foot Vicem that received new topside paint and fresh varnish, a 50-foot Jeanneau that will sport beautiful new Flasghip Blue Awlgrip topsides, a

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Helene Breza boogies with a sander on a 15-foot Yellow Jacket. Photo by George Hazzard

33 Soverell that is getting an Imron treatment, and a Cheoy Lee Rhodes 41 that will get a new engine and transmission along with some interior updates.

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llan Willoughby of Dickerson Harbor/Oxford Yacht Agency in Trappe has an interesting blog where customers and interested parties alike can keep track of what the yard is up to.

The blog is replete with informative photos, tips, and refit projects the yard currently has underway. oya.com/service/yardblog.php

Judge Yachts has seven firm orders for their popular Chesapeake 27. Photo courtesy of Judge Yachts

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on Farinholt of Chesapeake Marine Railway in Deltaville reports on Mighty Duck, a classic 1963 New Jersey racing duck boat (sail). Farinholt says that the shop has completely replaced the deck with juniper planks, installed a new mahogany cockpit coaming, sistered all frames using white oak, refastened the hull with bronze fasteners, refinished the rigging with Epifanes varnish, and repainted the entire boat in Sherwin Williams Celtic Green.

Tony Simpson of Deltaville Yachting Center installs a custom rail to the swim platform of a Symbol 54.

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ete of Mathews Brothers in Denton says the company is “full steam ahead with a multitude of projects on the shop floor.” The crew is still working on a Pearson 35 refit, multiple Awlgrip jobs, and spring prep work, but the real excitement is that the newest Mathews Classic Bay Cruiser 22 is coming along nicely with the crew currently installing her teak trim.

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ichael Kaufman of Kaufman Design Inc. in Severna Park, MD is presently designing an aluminum 50-foot waterjet-powered seafood handler for Cowart Seafoods in Lottsburg, VA. The boat will be used to plant and lift oyster cages, spread shell, and perform other duties. Kaufman Design is also designing a 30-foot draketail steam launch for a couple in California that is to be patterned after Thames River launches, with some American seasoning thrown in. Lastly, Kaufman Design is working with Mast & Mallet on upgrade and accommodation changes for a 28-foot Crowley.

A 14-foot John Rushton-designed pulling boat takes shape at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Photo courtesy of CBMM

Mary Kathryn, a 57-foot Chris-Craft gets sprayed on Sarles’ new railway. Photo courtesy of Sarles Boatyard

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he crew at Zimmerman Marine in Mathews and Deltaville is performing maintenance on the Godspeed replica for the JamestownYorktown foundation. Projects included refinishing the masts, painting the topsides and rails, and servicing the systems.

The Zimmerman crew was also busy with spring commissioning, including wrapping up several repower jobs and a challenging hull core replacement job on a 36-foot powerboat.

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Fish News

by Capt. C.D. Dollar Tuna on a Kayak? You Know it!

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n March, a few so-called friends weren’t shy to let me know I missed an outrageous bluefin tuna bite off Cape Hatteras. For much of February into March, the bluefin bite had been phenomenal as boats chunking, jigging, and trolling the edge of the Gulf Stream landed 100- to 200-pound bluefins.

But that seems like child’s play considering the method used by Virginians Lee Williams, Matt Shepard, and Ric Burnley, who is one of the pioneers of saltwater kayak fishing in the Mid-Atlantic region. These guys chose to tangle with these beastly bluefins from 15-foot plastic boats. No question: This style of fishing isn’t for the faint of heart or inexperienced yak anglers.

The 50-foot sportfisher Big Tahuna, based in Teach’s Lair and skippered by Capt. Scott Warren (bigtahuna.com), served as the mother ship for the three yak anglers, each of whom scored multiple hookups.

“Capt. Warren called from Hatteras and had a day off. The weather was forecasted to be tolerable, so he offered to take me and my buddies to target bluefin in our kayaks,” Burnley reported via e-mail. “Each of us carried two rods—one rigged with a vertical jig and one baited with a naked ballyhoo. The idea was to drift/troll the ballyhoo while dropping the jig on fish marks. Scott would troll down the line ahead of us and inform us over the radio when he marked fish. Then we would drift behind him while jigging.”

With swells pushing five feet, Shepard hooked a big one. He fought the tuna for an hour and a half and was dragged more than two miles at speeds of up to seven mph! Ultimately, Matt whipped the 166-pound tuna, which Big Tahuna mate Kenny Koci gaffed to finish the battle. A nice fish by most standards, it was Homeric on a kayak.

“The crew celebrated like they had won the lottery,” Burnley wrote. “Matt’s fish weighed 166 pounds—the first bluefin caught off Hatteras by a kayaker; doubtful that it will be the last.”

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Submits 2010 Flounder Regulations

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oormat (flounder) fishermen should be aware that on March 23, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) submitted new minimum size and creel limit regulations for the 2010 summer flounder season to the Maryland State General Assembly for approval, which should happen by April 7.

The most noteworthy change in the regulations is that both Bay and Atlantic coastal anglers are now subject to the same minimum size requirement, now set at 19 inches. In the past, Atlantic coastal anglers were required an 18-inch minimum size, while Bay anglers were held to a 16.5-inch rule. A creel limit of three fish per day has been consolidated, as well.

Previously, Atlantic coastal anglers were allowed a three-fish-per-day creel, while Bay anglers were only allowed one fish per day. Bay and Atlantic coastal anglers will be able to keep up to three fish per day under the proposed regulations.

“After long and productive discussions with dedicated flounder anglers from the Atlantic Ocean City, coastal bays of Ocean City, and Chesapeake Bay, this plan seems to do the most to encourage the enjoyment of our share of summer flounder while ensuring that Marylanders are doing their part to help restore the abundance of fish for the future,” says DNR Fisheries Director Tom O’Connell.

“Of the management options that were available to Maryland, this plan will provide the longest fishing season, which is of significant interest to sport fishermen as it will increase recreational opportunities and in turn support tourism and local businesses.”

Summer flounder regulations may change The proposed regulations are an effort to meet under a new Department of Natural Refederal requirements that were set up to preserve and sources plan. Photo courtesy of Captain Walt restore the flounder fishery by 2013.

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Matt Shepard of Virginia Beach becomes the first kayaker to land a bluefin tuna off Cape Hatteras. Photo courtesy of Ric Burnley

Coastal Conservation Association Maryland’s Inaugural Yellow Perch Celebration a Success

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or years, Maryland sportfishermen had to be satisfied with a pittance of a yellow perch run due to bad water quality and commercial nets. While the Bay still suffers from poor water quality, a decades-long legislation campaign spearheaded by Coastal Conservation Association Maryland (CCA MD) has helped reinvigorate yellow perch stocks. The group, along with the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association and others, was instrumental in getting legislation passed a few years ago that limits the commercial netting in spawning tributaries. The result has been two straight years of exceptional ned fishing.

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Gov. O’Malley Seeks $87 Million for Natural Resources

ast month Gov. Martin O’Malley, accompanied by Maryland DNR Secretary John Griffin, made his annual case to the state’s Congressional Delegation for more federal funding to support the state’s natural resource initiatives.

In his yearly pitch to federal elected officials, Gov. O’Malley said the funding would support programs “vital to the health of Maryland’s natural resources, the health of our state’s economy, and the health of Maryland families.”

The Governor’s $87 million request includes more than $30 million to help Maryland reach its two-year Chesapeake Bay cleanup milestones, nutrient reduction goals, and Clean Marina initiatives. Other projects that would benefit from the federal infusion include nearly $7.5 million for beach replenishment and shoreline protection along Ocean City, Assateague, and Smith islands. Five million dollars would help fund Maryland’s Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Redevelopment Plan, and another $3.5 million in grants would go to the Natural Resources Police to enforce maritime and conservation laws—including the illegal harvest of oysters, crabs, and striped bass.

The remaining $16.5 million balance of the Governor’s request go to expanding recreational opportunities and boating access, wildlife management, invasive species eradication, and hunting safety.

In a press release, Gov. O’Malley said, “From restoring the Chesapeake and rebuilding our oyster population, to creating jobs in Western Maryland, and providing employment and training for at risk youth, this funding will support our efforts to create a smarter, greener, more sustainable future for our state.”

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Sixteen Anglers Join Virginia’s “Master Angler” Ranks in 2009

f you aren’t familiar with Virginia’s Outstanding Angler Awards Program, you ought to know it’s no cake walk to become recognized as an “expert angler.” To qualify, you must have earned 25 citation awards in a minimum of five different species (a maximum of one citation per species per year allowed) over an unlimited period of time starting in 1996. In 2009, 40 anglers who registered six or more species of fish for citations qualified as Virginia Expert Saltwater Anglers.

While earning Master Angler Status is certainly the most demanding of Virginia’s special awards program, the most popular continues to be its Junior edition. Last season, 160 young anglers qualified for recognition as a Virginia Junior Angler. Any angler 15 years of age or younger is eligible and will qualify simply by catching and releasing six different species of saltwater fish in Virginia during the year. This program is free, there are no minimum size limits for the fish, and all species of saltwater fish qualify.

For information about the program or to download forms, click on the Virginia Marine Resources Commission’s website (mrc.virginia.gov). For more information, contact Lewis Gillingham, Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament, 2600 Washington Ave., Third Floor, Newport News, VA 23607. (757) 491-5160, vswft@mrc.virginia.gov

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Maryland’s DNR Continues its Crackdown on Poachers

ot only does crime not pay, but poaching fish and oysters from Maryland waters also will cost scofflaws hefty fines and even some jail time. In February, eight Rock Hall men were arrested for rockfish poaching and became the first suspects to face a new, tiered penalty system that imposes penalties on both first-time and repeat offenders, based on the severity of their crime.

Back in December, two of the eight men, William Howard Beck, 43, and John Franklin Riggs, 43, were also charged with oyster poaching. Subsequently, Beck has had

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his privilege to catch oysters suspended for the 2010 season because of his repeated criminal activity.

Riggs and Beck are also facing charges of failing to properly mark gill nets in the Chesapeake Bay and setting or maintaining an unattended striped bass gill net. On February 24, Natural Resources Police officers located several unattended striped bass gill nets in the Chesapeake Bay and were able to identify the nets as belonging to Riggs and Beck.

The 2009 law allows judges to fine individuals, if convicted, up to $1000 for a first offense and up to $2000 for each subsequent offense. Also, under Maryland DNR’s new commercial fishing points and suspension system, if convicted, the alleged poachers could have their licenses suspended.

Natural Resources police also seized approximately 16,500 yards of illegally anchored gill nets (approximately 55 nets) and 3200 pounds of rockfish during the last week and a half of February. The seized nets snared rockfish, but also killed diving ducks and loons. Five hundred pounds of the recovered fish were donated to the Joseph House in Salisbury, and the remainder was sold.

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Don’t Forget the Ninth Annual Catch and Release Boatyard Bar & Grill Opening Day Rockfish Tournament

couple of days after this issue of PropTalk hits the docks, the Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis will hold its ninth annual Opening Day Rockfish Tournament. The catch-and-release results are based on angler-supplied digital images of rockfish measured against the official 48-inch Boatyard Bar & Grill “yardstick.” Due to its catch and release rules, this is the only rockfish tournament that is allowed by the Maryland DNR before May. The entry fee is $150 per boat of four anglers; extra anglers cost $30 each. The tournament is limited to 150 boats and often sells out, so readers may be out of luck if they are unaware of the tournament at press time. Among the prizes include $1000 in cash prizes for CCA member winners, $500 in prizes for BoatU.S. member anglers, and a litany of gear provided by Angler’s Sport Center. The proceeds (usually about $30,000) benefit the Cheasapeake Bay Foundation, CCA and Annapolis Police Department Youth Fishing Camp.

PropTalk is once again a proud sponsor.

The skipper’s meeting is April 16 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with live music by Cuzzin Mark and Sean. Saturday April 17 starts the fun with anglers out fishing at dawn and in line at the Boatyard Bar & Grill to give judges their digital camera card or camera proof by 4:30 p.m. sharp.

The infamous (and seriously fun) party runs from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and features live music by D’Vibe & Conga. The vibe is Anglers and non-anglers alike jam out at the 2009 Boatyard great.

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FISH FORECASTS by Capt. C.D. Dollar

Opening day striper laid against the Boatyard Bar & Grill yardstick.

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ere’s the thing about spring fishing: Everyone gets a clean slate. Some point to New Year’s Day as the time for fresh starts, but not I; I know better. Only spring offers the chance to shed those horrific memories of missed fish and bury, once and for all, the colossal goofs of last season. The year truly begins when wild rockfish, herring, and shad run the Chesapeake’s length, fueled by an insatiable desire to perpetuate their species.

That first day on the water, with lures stretching back into the green Bay as reels glisten in the April sun, the stormy, long winter will seem like a tattered dream—vaguely recalled and almost inconsequential.

Maybe this is the year to witness your progeny, or a lesser family member, land their first trophy rockfish. Or perhaps you will venture into the bluewater and tangle with your first tuna, or stalk speckled trout from a kayak. In spring, anything is possible— especially with a fishing rod in your hand.

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apt. Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide Charters in Grasonville, MD says “The flowers are starting to pop, and the rockfish are on their way up the Chesapeake. Some rockfish are already starting to show in rivers, and by the time this column comes out, we should be in full swing.”

For much of April through May, Galasso will be running back and forth between Kent Narrows, where he will run trophy rockfish trips on his 35-foot Markley, and the Susquehanna Flats. where he’ll guide clients for rockfish on fly and light tackle with his Parker center console.

“I’m anticipating great fishing in both areas,” Galasso says. “The winter weather cut fishing efforts in half off Virginia and North Carolina, keeping many of the big coastal migrants well offshore and out of reach. That should mean good numbers coming back up the Bay to spawn and feed.

Now we just have to hope for moderating weather and low spring runoff to fire the fishery up. It should be interesting.”

Capt. Mark Galasso Tuna the Tide Charters exploredelmarva.com capmarco@atlanticbb.net (410) 310-1200

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apt. Jim Brincefield of Virginia Beach says that “large doormat flounder is the name of the game at the mouth of the Bay in May. Live spot drifted above one of the tubes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) or along the CBBT structure itself can produce some nice flatties. Also, bottom fishing with bull minnows, strips of squid, or cut spot or bluefish will work.”

Brincefield says drum should make an appearance in early May, and croakers and spot will arrive later that month. Also, by late May, he expects the first wave of tuna to appear offshore. Spadefish and triggerfish will start showing up at the end of the month.

“Large rockfish are here also during May,” Brincefield says. “Live swill work, and casting bucktails around the rocks at the CBBT can be a lot of fun on light tackle.”

Capt. Jim Brincefield Aboard the Challenger II captjim.com

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apt. Kevin Josenhans of Josenhans Fly Fishing says the last two weeks of April can bring some “heartstopping surface lure action on the Susquehanna Flats. Casting large Storm and

Stillwater poppers in shoal water no deeper than six feet can bring explosive strikes from stripers in excess of 20 pounds.”

Josenhans says the low-light periods of early morning and late evening are the bewitching times. A good fly rod caster with a nine- or 10-weight rod and floating line should be able to sling a large popper out far enough to entice the same results. If not, Josenhans advises trying the bait-andswitch method (using a spinning rod) to bring the ravenous rockfish within casting range.

“Tangier Sound will heat up beginning in May with speckled trout and red drum arriving on the scene. The specks can be caught casting Clouser deep minnows around the marsh banks and grass beds of the sound’s numerous flats,” Josenhans says. “Specks are school fish, so if you hit one, fish the area thoroughly before moving on. Trophy-sized red drum can be caught casting soft crab baits around the sod banks during late afternoon and evening hours. Fish a flood tide for best results. These springtime reds will average in size from 20 to 40 pounds. Hang on!”

Capt. Kevin Josenhans Josenhans Fly Fishing (443) 783-3271

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or Capt. Dale Weems aboard Time Off Charters in Solomons, spring means opening day of rockfish season.

“We’ll fish for large stripers until midMay, trolling with planer boards over deep water in search of fish coming in from the ocean to spawn in the Bay or one of its tributaries,” Weems says. “We concentrate on the top 25 feet of the water column, using the standard double rig on most rods.

We use parachutes with nine-inch shads, and of course we all have our favorite color patterns—mine is a purple head with white hair and chartreuse glitter shad.”

Capt. Dale Weems Time Off Charters timeoffcharters.com

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apt. Gary Neitzey of Fish Hawk Guide Service will spend April on the Susquehanna Flats hunting for big rockfish with light tackle and fly gear.

By May, he’ll head back to the Eastern Bay and Poplar Island area.

Capt. Gary Neitzey Fish Hawk Guide Service flyfishthechesapeake.com (410) 758-4262

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apt. Walt of Light Tackle Charters out of Pocomoke City, MD will concentrate his efforts from midApril to May 3 at the top of the Chesapeake Bay on the Susquehanna Flats for the annual catch-and-release season.

“We’ll catch large striped bass up to the 50-pound-plus range using relatively light tackle (15-pound class gear),” Capt. Walt says. “We’ll be fishing from my new Parker 23SE center console.”

For the rest of May, he’ll run out of Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, MD on the Chesapeake side and Ocean City, MD, Chincoteague, and Wachapreague, VA on the ocean side.

“We’ll target mostly flounder on the ocean side and speckled trout, red drum, and striped bass on the Chesapeake side.

The Key West Flats boat draws very little water and is equipped with a poling platform that allows me to ply the shallows around Smith Island and Tangier Island to fish the skinny water with light tackle and fly gear for specks, reds and rock.”

Capt. Walt Light Tackle Charters LTCharters.com (410) 957-1664

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apt. Jeff Popp will split his time between the Susquehanna Flats “catch-and-release” season and trolling for migrant stripers off the Patuxent River from April through May. During the trophy striper season, which kicks off April 17 and runs until May 15, Popp will be based out of Solomons.

“Everyone wants a big fish on light tackle, so don’t let the flats season go by without giving it a shot,” Popp says. “From Solomons, we’ll troll the deep water of the Bay’s main channel with the umbrellas rigs, parachutes, and bucktails.”

Capt. Jeff Popp captjeffpopp@yahoo.com (410) 790-2015

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apt. Jeremy Blunt aboard the Samurai 1 is ready to roll for the 2010 fishing season, having done routine maintenance on his 60-foot Hatteras sportfish. Drop him a line to book your offshore trip.

Capt. Jeremy Blunt Samurai 1 Jeremy91873@aol.com (410) 507-4150

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apt. Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters spent the harsh winter fishing and relaxing in Florida.

He’s back and ready to fish and is taking bookings for the 2010 trophy striper season on the Reel Relief out of Solomons.

“May is the month of change. The days are longer and warmer with a lot less windy days, and the trophy striper season should be going well with many nice stripers caught,” Forrest says. “By the end of May, light tackle fishing will be in the wings as small bunker and spot are on their way up the Bay.” Capt. Sonney is trying to use fresh, live bunker on bobbers in deep water over stripers with spinning gear, which is great fun. If the bigger spot show up, he’ll use them as volunteers and bunker as chunk bait. If that doesn’t work, he’ll troll spinning rods on the planer boards for more action. Remember, you can release fish and they still count.

Reel Relief Charters (443) 532-0836 captainsonney.com

Spring silver on Captain Sonney Forrest’s charter boat. Photo by Joe Evans

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ill O’Brien at Shore Tackle and Custom Rods in Kent Narrows, MD is running great guns with excellent deals on custom and factory rods and anticipates another great fishing season. He’s wrapped up the fishing show circuit and has all of the tackle, rods, and reels you’ll need to be successful during the 2010 fishing season.

Shore Tackle and Custom Rods Kent Narrows, MD tacklecove.com (410) 827-7765

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apt. Monty Hawkins on the party boat Morning Star out of Ocean City, MD will be ready for the offshore wreck fishing for flounder, sea bass, and tautog, or whatever else might swim by.

He’ll sail from the Ocean City Fishing Center. Call to book your spot, and visit his website to see the boat’s layout.

Capt. Monty Hawkins Morning Star morningstarfishing.com (410) 520-2076

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enclosure, twin 270 Crusaders, boat is in excellent shape. Owner moving up, looking for offers. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 995-0732, www. theyachtgroup.com

26’ Four Winns ‘03 With Trailer & generator. Barely used and in top condition, priced at $47,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com

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27’ Grady White ’99 Sailfish With twin Yamaha 225s. Fish ready with low hrs $44,900 Call (410) 827-9090 or www.knot10.com 27’ Sea Ray 270SD ’04 Great family boat. Spacious open bow w/enclosed head and side sleeping berth. Great for tubing & skiing. Canvas includes bimini top & cockpit cover. Stern Drive ’04 Mercruiser MX 6.2L MPI BR3, 320 hp with 334 hrs.$38,500. In Chester, MD. See pictures at Clarkslanding.com, (800) 442-7601.

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29’ Back Cove ’06 S-315HP Yanmar w/low hrs, cruises @ 22 knots and tops out @ 29 knots. Raymarine chartplotter w/radar overlay, depth, GPS, AP, VHF, Am/Fm/CD stereo, anchor windlass, hardtop w/aft enclosure and much more.

Here is a great weekender for friends and family at a great price. Asking $149,500 OBYS (410) 226-0100 29’ Mathews Brothers Patriot ’02 JWB Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 315hp dsl engine. Kept in top cond. at MathewsBros IndoorBoatStorage facility. $150,000 Purchase today! Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

29’ Mathews Brothers Patriot ’04 Summer Inn Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 315hp diesel engine. Kept in top cond. at MathewsBros IndoorBoatStorage facility. $189,000 Purchase today! Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

29’ MJM 29z ’07 3 mpg at 24 knots will ease the pain at the gas dock.

Wrap around seating for more people than you probably want to take out. PRICE REDUCTION. Offered at $257,900. Contact Paul Mikulski at (410) 280-2038 or Paul@northpointyachtsales.com Will be on display at the Bay Bridge Boat Show, Yacht Collections at Chesapeake Harbor and during the Spring Sails Event 29’ Robbins by MathewsBros ’03 Miss Claire Fiberglass hull, 310 Marine Power gas engine, Top cond. at IndoorBoatStorage. Available for immediate purchase. $68,500 Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

29’ Robbins Chesapeake Bay boat ’03 Built by the Mathews Bros. 310-hp Marine Power gas engine, cruises @ 20 knots and tops out @ 26 knots.

Flag Blue hull make her stand out in a crowd. FBG canopy, dual helm stations, windlass, Furuno 1650 GPS, radar, depth, VHF, Am/Fm/CD stereo with 4 speakers, trolling valve and more.

Asking $68,500 cost to build today would run around $120,000 OBYS (410) 226-0100.

29’ Sea Ray Amberjack ’05 $89,000.

One owner, our trade, beautiful boat w/ all the options. BLUE HULL, LIGHTLY USED. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

29’ Talaria 29 R 2009 BOOMERANG is as close to a new boat as you will get for this year!! A mere 105 hours on her engine. She comes with a brand new boat warranty and the reminder of her warranty on her Volvo 435hp diesel.

Cruises at 31kts. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard phoward@hinckleyyachts.com or 410.263.0095 30’ Sea Ray ‘03 Twin Merc 350’s, gen, cherry interior, and very clean inside and out for $69,900 Call (410) 8279090 or www.knot10.com 30’ Mainship Pilot ’98 $64,500 Priced to sell! Yanmar 230hp dsl, bow thruster, reverse cycle heat/Air, plotter, full cockpit canvas, excellent cond.! Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com 31’ Mainship Pilot ’09 Yanmar 315 HP dsl. Fully enclosed pilothouse sedan.

Bow thruster. Windlass. Generator.

A/C with reverse cycle heat. $199,000 Chesapeake Yacht Sales (804) 7769898 or info@cysboat.com 31’ Marlago Open CC ’02 $64,900, 157 one-owner hrs on 200 HPDI Yamahas, perfect shape and recently detailed.

Owner moving up. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

32’ Chris Craft ‘00 Sleeps 6, enclosed head, shower, full galley, reverse cycle A/C, chartplotter/radar, 5 kw generator.

Twin 5.7L Volvo I/Os. $45,900 Chesapeake Yacht Sales (804) 7769898 or info@cysboat.com.

32’ Maxum ‘99 Low hrs, Clean & ready to go. Generous accommodations w/ double berth fore 7 aft. Convertible dinette, full galley. Double wide helm seat, walk-thru windshield. T-5.7 Mercruisers, Kohler Generator. Family fun boat. $58,500 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

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32’ Carman ‘98 Ready to fish, crab, or cruise? This 32' Carman is ready with a 230hp single Volvo Turbo Diesel I/O $69,995 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com

32’ Mabry ‘03 Yanmar 315HP, Electronics, Full Equipment, Beautifully Finished, $130,000. (410)476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz

34’ Rinker Fiesta Vee ’03 Blue Hull.

Less than 100 hours. Spacious interior, stall shower, cockpit seating for eight, full wet bar, walk-thru windshield.

Electric engine hatch. T-350’s w/Bravo II outdrives. Generator, Dinghy w/outboard. $88,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022

32’ Ches. Deadrise ’00 PRICE REDUCED TO $47,500!!! No engine or gear, Ready to drop in gas or dsl, Finished to fish, Full electronics, Fresh Awlgrip, (410) 476-4414, www. compositeyacht.biz

34’ Sea Ray ‘01 The best priced 34 Sundancer out there. New canvas and exceptional at this price. $75,000 Call (757) 438-1494 or www.knot10.com 33' MAXUM EXPRESS SCR 2000, T-5.7 Merc Bravo II, Genset, A/C, Heat, Windlass, Radar. $45,000 Call Buzz, Sunset Harbor Marina 410-687-7290

32' Custom Downeast ‘82 Beautiful example of down east styling tempered with fly bridge cruiser. Many upgrades and very efficient powered with Volvo TAMD60B turbo diesel.

Price Reduction $78,000 Contact David Malkin at (410) 280-2038 or David@northpointyachtsales.com 33’ Cruisers 3372 Express ’03 Twin engines, AC/generator, low hrs, fully loaded. Motivated sellers, reasonable offers encouraged. Priced below current comps at $79,000. Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime.

2008 Eastport 32 The Jake Hull # 3, Loaded, like new. Twin Yanmar-BMW 260hp fully electronic turbo charged diesels with only 38 hours, Furuno Navnet electronics. Interior has extra cabinets and A/C. Set up for the serious fisherman but retains the comfort of a luxury weekender.

Offered at $359,000 In Annapolis.

Listed by the Eastport Yacht Company, call Tom Weaver (443)951-1380 ext 1101 www.eastportyacht.com 32’ Island Gypsy ’83 Sedan Trawler Powered by single 135-hp FordLehman. New 5KW Gen-set, Air, Propane Galley and fully enclosed Fly-Bridge $72,500 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939, www.crusaderyachts.com

33’ Custom Baybuilt ’71 454 Crusader w/180 hrs, 2 steering stations, awlgrip, enclosed head & refrigerator. View at http://www.westrhoderiverkeeper.org/ index.php/about-us/boats.html. $10,000 obo Call Bob (301) 261- 5021.

33’ Sea Ray 33 ’97 Express Cruiser Bank Repossession. Open Cockpit is ready for a large crowd or awesome fishing groups with its spacious cockpit and roomy interior. Balt prep station/wet bar, in-deck fish box. Twin MerCruisers Inboards. $59,000. Make an offer. In Chester, MD. See pictures at Clarkslanding.com, (800) 442-7601.

34' Mainship Pilot Soft Top '02- dark blue hull, full tan canvas w/ enclosure; thruster; GPS/plotter; radar; windlass; new A/C; new stereo/CD; new inverter. Low hrs on 370 hp Yanmar; 16-knot cruise.

Best on market. $149,900. Rick Casali 410-279-5309 rickc@noyceyachts.com

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34' Mirage Sportfish '04 Twin Merc 225HP 4 Strokes Very well maintained & LOADED, Great electronics package, Sleeps 4, A/C, Plenty of sportfishing options, $95,000. www.compositeyacht.biz, (410)476-4414

34' SEA RAY SUNDANCER '04, T-8.1 Horizons, FWC, V-Drives, A/C, Heat, Genset, 2 TVs, Extended Warranty thru 09/10, Only 215 hours. $132,500. Call Buzz, Sunset Harbor Marina 410-687-7290 34’ Silverton Convertible ‘86 Sleeps 6. Twin 350 Crusader engines. Twostation heat w/reverse AC. New fuel tanks, remanufactured port engines.

New v-berth w/thermopedic mattress & Sunbrella fabric. Outriggers, full canvas, electronics & more features.

Steve (757) 289-5886 (c), (757) 3258388 (h).

34' Formula PC '99 A well built boat with plenty of sex appeal! Sleeps 6, both staterooms have privacy curtains. Entire aft section of cockpit can be turned into a giant sunken sunpad. Good performer, cruises at 23 knots. $110,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410)639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com 34’ Mainship Trawler I ’79 $ 42,500 Perkins 160hp dsl, 3.5kw Gen set, AC., upper & lower helms, full fly bridge canvas, inverter 7 much more. Clean!

Recent survey Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. www. greatblueyachts.com; email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com.

35’ Silverton Aft Cabin ’98 Sidewalk deck model. Spacious full beam salon, two staterooms with stall showers.

Large Flybridge, staircase from swim platform to aft deck. Low hours on T-454 EFI’s plus Kohler Generator. $95,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022

35 Albin TE SF '01 Cum370s 42 Legacy Sdn '06 Cummins 31 Pursuit '94 Mercru454s 28 Albin TE '98 Cum300 (410) 990-0404 nickc@yachtfindersannapolis.com

35' Cruisers Espirit 1997 - Low hours - aft cabin sleeper upgrade and ready to cruise the bay - a comfortable weekend boat - $79,900. John McDevitt - Bluewater Yacht Sales 610-220-5619.

35’ Cruisers Yachts 330 Express Two Volvo 8.1 Penta gas, 375 hp. Wellequipped with creature comforts. Call for details and price on this great boat.

In Shady Side, MD. More boats at Clarkslanding.com, (800) 442-7601.

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35’ Donzi 35ZF Daytona ’01 $64,900 This 35 Donzi rare w/ 2003 Mercury Racing 250XS Optimax outboards.

Under 400 hrs, unmatched by either 225 Optis or 250 EFIs. Optional Daytona package w/higher level of equipment & appearance upgrades. Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

35’ Tiara Open ’02 All the right options; low hrs on turbo Cummins; upgraded electronics & canvas; shed kept; meticulous care; best on the market today. Asking only $199,000 Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com

35’ Doral 350 Sport Cruiser ’95 All the options! Bow Thruster, AC/Gen., TV/VCR, ice maker, fridge, full galley, GPS plotter, trim tabs, power bow spotlight, elect. windlass, two staterooms, Mercruiser 7.2l engines, 24k cruise/33.4k top speed. $39,900.

Motivated sellers, all reasonable offers encouraged. 100s of photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime 35’ Marlago Cuddy ’05 $119,000. Dark Green Awlgrip, 114 hrs on 275 Verados, Trailer, full covers & electronics. Owner moving up, looking for offers. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 9950732, www.theyachtgroup.com 35’ Marlago Cuddy ’99 $68,500 Enormous electronics package, (sonar, EPIRB, etc.) Myco trailer, 2 sets of canvas. 351 hrs on 250 Mercs. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 995-0732, www.theyachtgroup.com

35’ Maxum ’04 Rare dsl powered model cruises at 27mph with a 16 gph fuel burn. Two staterooms and clean. $129,500 Call (410) 827-9090 or www.knot10.com

35’ Tiara Open ’98 T-Cummins 370HP dsls. This is a lovely, well equipped, lightly used and meticulously maintained vessel. Excellent electronics package, comfortable interior, and preferred engines. Seriously for sale and looking for offers! Asking $139,500. OBYS (410) 226-0100.

36’ Carver ‘89 Aft-deck motoryacht, 2 strms, heads & showers, convertible dinette, full galley, good electronics.

Twin 350-hp gas engines, generator. $47,500 Chesapeake Yacht Sales (804) 776-9898 or info@cysboat.com

1987 B 40 MK III Yawl ALLEGRO at $260,000

2009 T 29 R BOOMERANG at $350,000

2001 Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ENCORE at $310,000

1972 B 40 MK III Yawl ARETE at $150,000

2002 Hinckley Talaria 40 GENISTA at $650,000

36’ Luhrs Convertible ‘03 T/Cats, low hrs, many updates, just surveyed, our trade. Boat is turnkey and beautiful. At our offices and ready to fish or cruise.

Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 995-0732, www.theyachtgroup. com

36' SEA RAY SUNDANCER '06, T-8.1 HO, FWC, V-Drives, Genset, A/C, Heat, Bow Thruster, only 50 hours. $174,900. Call Buzz, Sunset Harbor Marina 410-687-7290

35’ Silverton MY ’03 Shows like new and is priced well to sell. Loaded boat with 2 large staterooms like new at $159,900 Call (410) 827-9090 or www. knot10.com

35’ Tiara Open ’02 Twin dsl, hardtop, dark interior. Lift kept and ready for a serious buyer to step aboard. $199,000 Call (410) 827-9090 or www.knot10.com

2007 T 40 MAHARANI at $890,000

36' Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ‘99 HAIL MARY is a great boat that is ready to go. She is easily seen in Oxford, Maryland. Interior provides sleeping berths and stowage, head with shower, and a galley that offer comfortable accommodations for two. $ 260,000 Offered by Hinckley Yacht Brokerage, contact Peter (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com

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Perkins 160 hp Diesel, Generator, Air Cond., Full Fly Bridge Enclosure. New 8D Batteries, GPS, Pilot.

38' CARVER SUPERSPORT '06, T-8.1 MPI Crusaders, FWC, Genset, 2 A/C & Heat, Windlass, Radar, Only 235 Hours. $199,000. Call Buzz, Sunset Harbor Marina 410-687-7290

36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nauset Sedan Cruiser â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03 High quality DownEast Yacht, lightly used, completely equipped for cruising, outstanding condition!

Electronics duplicated helm/flybridge, single Cummins, Generator, Bowthruster, A/C. $249,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Carver 370 ACMY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95Â T/454 Crusaders w/325hrs, fully equip, meticulously maintained, exc cond., Specs & photos @ www.ablboats.com Listng #86939. $106,000. MD(410) 852-0838 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Egg Harbor Convertible â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01Â This is an exceptionally clean vessel that has been professionally maintained! Only 580hrs on her Twin 420HP Caterpillar dsls. She has an inviting interior with above-average workmanship. 2 stateroom layout w/varnished teak woodwork, designer fabrics & top-shelf furnishings. She has been priced to sell & is looking for offers. Asking $194,500 OBYS (410) 226-0100.

38' Marine Trader Tradewinds Sundeck â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;86 Good livability, little money! Twin Lehman 135's, 8.5kw Kohler Genset with low hours, new Norcold refrigerator, good instrumentation, knowledgeable owner. $99,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com

37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Formula â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 Silver Imron, Twin Mercs & Bravo III drives, Bow Thruster, the 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; is the blend of speed and luxury $156,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com

38' Mast & Mallet/Wesmac Down East '02 $70,000 in upgrades; Bristol condition; 440 Yanmar; bowthruster; new genset; new A/C heat; new electronics; new Awlgrip. $299,500 Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com

37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Formula PC â&#x20AC;&#x2122;06Â $289,000. Volvo common rail DIESELS, low hrs, Bay usage. Beautiful one owner boat. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

Pacemaker Flushdeck â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;78 $99,000 3 Cabins, Upper and Lower Helms, Twin Detroit Diesels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cruise at 17knots, Generator, 4 Zone Air / Heat, New Upper and Lower Helm Canvas Enclosures.

Bayliner Avanti 40 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;97 $79,900 Beautiful! Twin 8.2l Mercs, Generator, Heat / Air, Full Enclosure, Centerline Double FWD, Athwart Ships Aft Double, Tremendous Cockpit.

38â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cruisers Yachts Express â&#x20AC;&#x2122;99Â With Cat dsl power & many extras. Cherry interior, 2 staterooms and 2 heads w/ large salon & galley offer plenty of family space below. The 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6â&#x20AC;? beam provides stability, safety, & lots of entertainment area for after hrs entertaining. Currently stored under cover & meticulously maintained. It does not get any better than this. Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

Trojan 11 Meter â&#x20AC;&#x2122;88Â Two 454s. Gen set, Air/Heat, new radar/Plotter, Sub Zero side by side refrig & freezer. radar. Call Tony Tumas: (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com

38â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Meridian 381 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;03 Sedan Bridge Lewmar windlass, full bridge enclosure, Kohler generator, auto fire ext system, converter, Raymarine electronics RL 70C GPS/Plotter closed, Array radar, ST40 depth finder, VCI flat panel computer w/tide and chart, equipped galley, salon & staterooms. $159,000.

In Chester, MD. See pictures at Clarkslanding.com,, (800) 442-7601.

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42’ Krogen Pilothouse Trawler ’87 Very rare mid-ship master stateroom, stabilized, epoxy bottom, washer/dryer, dinghy, water maker and complete electronics. Excellent value. Located Annapolis. Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

396 Carver ‘04 Aft cabin motor yacht.

Excellent cond.. Less than 200 hrs on twin Cummins. Contemporary design. Luxurious, spacious interior. $279,900. Call (202) 285-5317.

40’ Bayliner Cockpit MY ‘00 Three staterooms w/full berths. Two heads w/showers. Full service galley, large dinette w/salon on same level. Lower helm, large aft deck. T-270 Cummins Diesels, 8kw Westerbeke Gen. Great family yacht. $192,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 2215022 40’ Carver ’97 Spacious, well maintained fresh water aft cabin. Two staterooms, 2 heads. Galley & dinette down. Large salon. Aft deck wet bar, walk-around helm. T-7.4 Crusaders less than 400 hrs, 6.5 Kohler, Trac vision, modeled steps to aft deck from swim platform. $144,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

40’ Sabre 402 2002 A near perfect example of this wonderful model from Sabre. She is extraordinarily clean and the care and loving her owners give is evident. She is the cleanest boat of this model you will find. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard 410.263.0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com

41’ Meridian 411 Flybridge Sedan Sake Maru lift kept, beautiful cond., only 411 hrs on Cummins 370 hp dsls, 600 on generator. Spacious layout for cruising or living aboard. Inventory includes Onan 11kw generator, docking on command system, full canvas, bridge AP, radar and color GPS plotter & more. Motivated sellers, reasonable offers encouraged. $199k. 100s of photos www.yachtview.com. (443) 223-7864 John Kaiser cell anytime.

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40’ Formula 400SS ’99 Super clean performance boat with 502 Motors.

Low hrs and turn key. $110,000 Call (410) 827-9090 or www.knot10.com

40’ Robbins ’94 Caterpillar diesel, Electronics, Full Galley $130,000 (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz 40’ Robbins by MathewsBros ’07 Madeline, Fiberglass hull. 540 Cummins dsl eng. Delivered in May of ’08, this highly customized boat is practically new! Available for immediate purchase. Asking $485,000 call MathewsBros at (410) 479-9720.

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Perfect for the Chesapeake, ICW or Bahamas. Built by the well respected Phil Jones on Hooper’s Island. Asking $289,000. Contact marc Thomas Luke Brown Yachts - (410) 991- 0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com

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42’ Cruisers Yachts 4050 Express Motor Yacht ’03 w/Yanmar dsl power, less than 200 hrs, full hard top w/cockpit air/ heat and many extras. Cherry interior with 2 staterooms and 2 heads along w/full galley & wide open salon w/plenty of natural lighting provide the new owner w/lots of living space. This boat has cockpit space galore & cruises at 20 knots while sipping fuel. KadeyKrogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

42’ Cruisers Yachts Express ’99 one owner, lift kept, Cat dsl power, low hrs w/many extras & options. Lightly used in the Chesapeake Bay this proven winner has cherry interior, 2 staterooms, and 2 heads for the cruising couple w/friends or family. 14’ beam, raised spacious helm, and large cockpit space provide more than enough entertainment area.

Ready to go. Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

42' Grand Banks '92 Comfortable live aboard - economic cruising boat bow thruster - new Northstar 6000i and new Avon 10’ RIB - brightwork covers - $310,000 - John McDevitt Bluewater Yacht Sales - (610) 220-5619.

42’ Jones ‘00 575 HP Diesel, Gen-set, A/C & Heat, Full Electronics, 6 Pack, Ready to Fish or Cruise. $239,000 www.compositeyacht.biz.

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42’ Krogen Pilothouse Trawler ’95 Widebody model. This is a real waterman’s boat. Original owner.

Maintained to high standards.

Meticulous records & logs. Benefit from the owner’s extensive knowledge & experience. Located Solomons. KadeyKrogen Yachts (800) 247-1230 42’ Riviera Flybridge ’05 $499,000.

635hp Cummins QSM11s make it the fastest ever. Stidds, Sat TV, custom props, fish rigged but cruised only. Very custom, very nice. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

43’ Eastbay 00 EX This boat is ready for spring and waiting a new owner to enjoy. Boat is very easy to view! . Contact Ken Comerford at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@ NorthPointYachtsSales.com. Will be on display at the Bay Bridge Boat Show, Yacht Collections at Chesapeake Harbor and during the Spring Sails Event

43’ Eastbay HX43 ‘02 Mint! Loaded with standard factory/custom options.

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Prepped for 2010 season! $535,000 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 43’ Viking ’90 Convertible., 671 TIs. Cruise, entertain or fish in this wellmaintained yacht. PRICED TO SELL $224,900. Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

42’ Jones ’97 Cummins 635HP, Full Electronics, 6 Pack, Easy Conversion to Passenger Vessel, Built & Ready to Fish $179,900 (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz

43’ Wellcraft ’87 Portofino Express, twin 454 Chevys w/360 hrs, new radar w/GPS & depth, new canvas, 7.5-Kw genset, many other upgrades, call for more details, Sea Scouts, $60K obo, James Klimek, (240) 271-4631, jk3043@aol.com.

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44’ Travers ‘89 Custom built Chesapeake Bay Flybridge Sport Fish.

Cedar plank over oak frame. Bulkheads and interior are mahogany with teak & holly interior floors. AC, full galley & accommodations for 6 overnight. Decks are fiberglass. T-Cummins 250-hp w/ less than 1000 hrs. Generator $66,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022 45’ Californian Aft Cabin ’90 $185,900 This well-maintained, highly updated Californian is now on the market.

Featuring the upgraded 3208TA Caterpillars, Satellite TV, a RIB tender, updated electronics and interior, she is ready to go cruising now. Do not miss this boat! Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

45’ Cherubini ’01 Trawler Unique custom interior. Beautiful blue awlgrip hull. AC, genset, Espar furnace, cruising comfort, electronics galore! $395,000 Crusader Yacht Sales (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 46’ Belkov Down East Express ‘01 ex- Big Easy. Among the prettiest yachts built in the region in decades; world-class looks & performance; 25knot cruise; shows like new; lovely decor; Stidd helm & mate seating; dark blue Awlgrip; matching tender on platform. Asking $575,000. Bring offers!

Try $399k. Rick Casali 410-279-5309 rickc@noyceyachts.com

46’ Sea Ray Express ’89 Must sell, Make offer! Extra clean, ever popular Sea Ray express. This boat is mint cond. w/extremely low hrs (300), on the durable 3208 Cats. She is in the water and located in Seaford Delaware. One hour from our office. The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

46’ Custom Bay Built ‘04 Solid fiberglass hull built to Coast Guard specs with the best equipment. Twin 370 HP Cummins, Aqua Drive, Dripless shaft seals, 6 KW Northern Lights, 30,000 BTU AC/Heat, Furuno NavNet Radar & GPS, Simrad Autopilot, Windlass, and much more. A great family boat, or ICW cruiser, with high end yacht quality finish inside and out! Offered at $495,000 by Luke Brown Yachts - Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com

46' Grand Banks Europa '01 "Geronimo" has been maintained to the highest standards since new.

Optional 435 HP 3208TA CAT diesels provide a fast cruise speed as well as a very economical displacement cruise speed. Naiad stabilizers, extensive electronics, watermaker, Aqua Drive, 24 volt Side-Power bow thruster, Novurania RIB with 25 HP Yamaha, and much more. This fresh water Europa is turn key! Trades considered. Asking $597,500 Offered

by Luke Brown Yachts - Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com 46’ Grand Banks Europa ’02 $629,000.

Twin 3208 Cats with only 350 hrs.

Beautiful boat, teak just done. At our docks. Call Paul Lippincott, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

46' Carman '01 TWIN John Deere 375HP, USCG Cert. 36 Passenger + 2 Crew, Fully Equipped Inside & Out, No Expense Spared, Incredibly Priced @ $269,900 (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz

46’ Cruisers ’06 Hardtop Volvo 480 dsls, washer/dryer, thruster, two staterooms, $415,000. Call (410) 827-9090 or www.knot10.com

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48’ Selene ’04 A turnkey vessel.

Lovingly maintained. Fully equipped for long range cruising and a comfortable live-aboard lifestyle. This is a must see vessel. Selene Annapolis (410) 2800006, john@seleneannapolis.com

47’ Grand Banks Eastbay Flybridge ‘06 Commissioned new in 2008 w/current and extended Caterpillar warranties till 2012 on her C-12 705 hp Diesels which cruise her at 26K and top at 31K! She is in flawless condition and has a current survey to confirm her pedigree as one of the highest quality yachts available. She features all the highest quality cruising inventory including a wireless yacht controller which will operate her bow & stern thrusters in concert with her engines to give her owner total control of her motion from anywhere on the yacht. Her owner has planned a trip to New England this summer and will be interested in selling her in the fall after their cruise. Please feel free to contact his agent John Kaiser @ 443-223-7864 to review her original purchase details and all of her current owners upgrades and additions! She is the finest and most fully equipped Eastbay 47’ available at half her replacement cost!

Over 100 current photos @ www.yachtview.com 47’ Riviera M470 Excalibur, ’02, ’05, 496 Mercs, both lift kept, both in amazing condition. 50 MPH speed in utmost luxury. The perfect move into cruising for the fast boat enthusiast.

Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group.

(800) 827-8089 48’ Chris Craft Catalina ’87 $169,900, Heavily updated in past three years.

Kept under cover. 3208 Cats. Beautiful boat. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089 .

46’ Markley ’05 Built to fish and charter ready, Full electronics, John Deere diesel, Fishing gear goes with sale, $225K, (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz 46’ Pacemaker Flush Deck MY ’78 $99,900 Twin Detroits, Gen, 3 zone air/heat, new canvas for upper & lower helms. Perfect live-aboard! Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com

48’ Krogen Whaleback ’00 The Whaleback is the biggest 48’ boat on the water – 3 staterooms, 2 heads, saloon & galley all on one level. Shiplike pilothouse with 360° visibility. AC and separate dsl heat. Fully found & ready-to-go. Located Solomons KadeyKrogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

49’ Selene ’07 As a Next Generation Selene, she features extra height in the engine room, the cruiser stern, and other features that distinguish her as a Selene for serious cruisers. Immaculately kept and well equipped. Contact John Dennison (410) 280-0006, john@seleannapolis.com

50’ Ocean ’82 Super Sport model.

Three staterooms, large salon with galley down. Custom built interior cabinets. EZ2CY enclosure. Twin rebuilt 8V92’s plus Westerbeke 15KW Gen. A Must See. $145,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022 50’ Bestway ’87 Volvo dsls, shed kept, stabilizers, and an EZ2CY enclosure.

Great layout to cruise or live on. $224,000 Call (410) 827-9090 or www. knot10.com 50’ Carver 504 ’99 Only 214 hrs on Cummins dsls, best priced one on the market. Easy to see at our docks. Call Jim Lascaris at The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

50 Fairline Low hours and the owner has spared nothing while caring for this beauty. The 65 is the blue hull express and should read: low hours and the best electronics - maintained and cared for by a professional. John McDevitt - Bluewater Yacht Sales (610) 220-5619.

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53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hatteras â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79Â Great live aboard, loaded. New bottom & barrier coat.

Top end rebuilds, Stabilizers, Genset, washer/dryer, AC, diesel heater, more $269,000 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939, www.crusaderyachts.com

50' Cherubini Independence '03 Thoughtfully equipped with the best!

Extremely comfortable cruising yacht.

Twin Yanmar diesel engines, Northern Lights Generator, washer/dryer, hydronic heat, A/C, full size refig/freezer, and a Jacuzzi Tub just to highlight a few features. $949,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com

53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Selene â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03 The only twin engine, three stateroom layout available. In excellent condition and ready to cruise. New Awlgrip paint! Contact John Dennison (410) 280-0006 john@seleneannapolis.com

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52â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jefferson Monticello â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 Classic three staterooms, three heads.

Enclosed main salon with lower helm station. Teak paneling throughout.

T-375 Cats & Generator. Complete maintenance log. $160,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

52' Menorquin 160 '04 Looking for luxurious, live aboard or weekend trips with accommodations to sleep 8? This yacht has semi-displacement hull with a full keel, twin diesel engines for a top end of 18 knots.

Beautifully maintained throughout and well equipped. $795,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com

53 Selene 2010 A virtually brand new Selene with twin engines and beautifully appointed is suddenly available. Widebody design creates a huge salon and galley. Three cabin, two head layout. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this opportunity to own a new boat without the wait and cost of new. Contact John Dennison 443-995-8670, john@seleneannapolis.com

54â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vicem Down East FBMY â&#x20AC;&#x2122;06 Absolutely perfect in every way; 2 staterooms; 2 heads; price reduction to $849,000, $150,000 price reduction. Bring offers. Rick Casali (410) 279-5309, rickc@noyceyachts.com

55' Fairline '00 Three stateroom, 2 heads - 2 helm stations - new electronics, shaft seals, exhausts - 25 knot cruise - owners have spared no expense - $525,000 - John McDevitt Bluewater Yacht Sales - (610) 220-5619.

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56' Alden Grand Saloon Express '97 Twilight was built for Royalty! With Aldenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renowned C. Raymond Hunt deep-V high performance hull fitted, with the upgraded & preferred 660 HP CAT 3196E dsls, & 5 bladed props, produce a fast 20 knot plus cruise speed in most any sea conditions.

Two staterooms with 2 heads, exquisite teak woodwork w/elegant raised panels hand-built by Alden craftsmen! New Awlgrip Carinthia blue paint job. Trades considered $650,000 Offered by Luke Brown Yachts Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com

Look to Latitude39 Marine Services for all your marine surveying requirements. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a condition and valuation survey for the boat you are planning to purchase, or a report of condition and value required by your insurance carrier or bank, Latitude39 will handle it all for you with a thorough, professional evaluation tailored to your needs. Call 410-745-2454 today for more information or to get an estimate.

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56â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jefferson Rivanna â&#x20AC;&#x2122;00Â $789,000 To describe this boat as in excellent condition is an understatement, she is better than new! She has had an easy Chesapeake Bay life. New Atlantic Towers hardtop with enclosure, bridge is air conditioned. The anchor has never been down. The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

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70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hatteras CPMY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;91 Features an enlarged fully air conditioned aft deck, 4 staterooms including 2 VIP guest cabins. Updated interior. Low hours on recently overhauled engines. All offers considered. Contact John Dennison (410) 280-0006 john@seleneannapolis.com

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Chesapeake Classic The Artful Dredger ld Point is one of the finest examples of a Chesapeake Bay dredger still in existence. She also is one of only two surviving log boats specifically designed for motor power over 50 feet on the Bay. The other is the F. D. Crockett at the Deltaville Maritime Museum.

J. G. Wornmon of Poquoson, VA built Old Point in 1909.

Her hull up to the waterline was made of seven, 12-inchthick, yellow pine logs pinned together. She was designed to carry passengers and to catch and haul just about any critter imaginable in the Bay’s waters.

Old Point has worn many hats, and you could say she was a creature of the seasons, working all year long. This 51-footer from Virginia was once used to run fish and dredge clams during the summer, carry oysters during the fall, and dredge crabs and haul fresh fish in the winter. From 1909 to 1956, the Old Dominion Crab Company in Newport News, VA owned her and worked the Lower Bay. About 70 percent of her original logs remain. She had a fire in the foc’sle (forepeak) years ago, and they poured cement into her there after the blaze.

She eventually ended up in the hands of Richard ‘Kip’ DuPont, who used her as an island-supply boat in the Caribbean. She was donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels in 1984 and thus joined the largest collection of historically significant Chesapeake Bay boats in the world.

When Old Point arrived at CBMM’s Navy Point, she had a 690-gallon fuel tank built into the hull; it actually was welded in place. For years, the museum used Old

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Point quite a bit, taking her all over the Bay for festivals and events. During all those travels, not once did she require refueling. Imagine that; not ever having to fuel up! When it became obvious that she

sel’s “working years.” Before they removed the fuel tank, don’t you know they still had to pump out some fuel. They also had to figure out how to splice new wood with her ex-

Old Point after her facelift. Photo courtesy of CBMM’s Richard Scofield/cbmm.org

Old Point in May 1997. Photo by William B. Folsom courtesy of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service at photolib.noaa.gov

needed some serious hull work, shipwright apprentices at the museum’s boat yard began a major restoration in 1999, and she was finally relaunched in 2006. Old Point was a constant in the boat yard since the beginning of the Shipwright Apprentice Program.

To restore her, workers had to determine exactly what she should look like. CBMM curator Pete Lesher and shipwrights Tom Howell, Mike Amory, and Richard Scofield chose the 1950s as representative of the ves-

isting logs. All told, she represents the most extensive log boat restoration on record. The biggest challenge wasn’t the woodworking, but all the starts and stops and picking up where someone else has left off.

In the end, she received some nice attention to details, fine craftsmanship and care, and a new Detroit Diesel 6-71. Old Point now spends her time as a floating classroom keeping history alive at CBMM. There, she teaches kids and others about the life of a Chesapeake Bay waterman.

She competes with a tugboat and a Hooper Island draketail, not to mention several old-time sailing vessels, for the attention of visitors. But, if you look carefully, she’ll be happy to tell you some stories of her working days, cruising life, and rejuvenation.

If you have a classic Chesapeake Bay photo and know the story behind it, drop us a line at ruth@proptalk.com. We are always interested in blasts from the past in the form of history-laden stories that celebrate Bay boats, people, events, and places.

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