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32 Essential Guide to the U.S. Powerboat Show

40 Inside Annapolis by Gary Reich 46 Going South with PropTalk 50 Gone Crabbin’ by Rick Franke 52 Merf’s Sketchbook – Captain Canvas by Merf Moerschel 54 Chesapeake Buyboat Reunion by Cindy Genther 58 Volunteer Spat – Planting Oysters by Lew Armistead 60 Dreamboat—Hunt 52 by Mike Kaufman 77 Tunnel Vision by Captain C.D. Dollar ON THE COVER:

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Editor’s Notebook with Joe Evans

It’s Not Over

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or the better part of three decades, I’ve suffered under the misconception that the October Boat Shows marked the end of active boating for the year.

Looking back, I realize that in spite of my delusions, I never put my boat away until the river iced over, something that has rarely occurred in my time here. Come to think of it, neither did my neighbors. But there was always this sense that the rest of the recreational fleet had packed it in and turned to macramé, wood chopping, harvesting maple syrup, or some other pursuit that I don’t comprehend. I’m from down south, after all.

Fall comes to the Chesapeake in high definition. Crisp days on the Bay are lifeaffirming events and priceless occasions to cruise beneath a saturated azure sky toward a sharp horizon. These are transcendental excursions that summer’s shimmering heat can’t provide. And yes, there are fewer boats out to tamper with your illusion of

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solitude and adventure. The jaunt brings blood to your cheeks and brain and makes you feel certain that you are getting the best from your maritime commitment.

My inspiration to keep going comes largely from knowing that the best fishing of the year peaks in the Upper Bay in October and November. Then, the action simply moves south as the fish retreat to the mouth of the Bay. (See Tunnel Vision—Fishing the CBBT by C. D. Dollar, page 77).

If spectacular fishing doesn’t inspire you, the certainty that there will be limitless room to swing at your favorite anchorage and plenty of dock space wherever you go should make the difference in deciding between a trip and pouring pink antifreeze in the pipes and hauling your gear from the boat to the basement. There’s nothing more relaxing than a cozy sleeping bag in your berth while the waves rock through a cool November night.

On the other side of the moon, there is

no finer thrill for a light tackle angler than drifting into an acre of voracious stripers and blues that are mauling schools of tasty baitfish in advance of their southern migration. Lefty Kreh, our native saltwater fly-fishing icon, says, “Casting a fly into a fall striper blitz is like rolling a wine bottle into a jail cell.” The nearly guaranteed success of being there with the right gear, in the moment, and tugging on a stout fish will make you feel powerful, sharp, and very much alive.

So, let’s just say that September ushers in a change of boating seasons. Fall and winter bring new sensations and hazards.

Falling overboard into cold water is more likely to be fatal. I remind myself that wearing a life vest helps me stay warm and comfortable even when I’m not treading water. I also make up a plan for climbing back on board in the event I lose my footing in the heat of battle—a ladder or a knotted retrieval line. I also test my VHF while the engine warms up, just to be sure. proptalk.com

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I take my cell phone along and also make sure someone who cares about me knows my float plan.

As you would expect, people in small open boats like the ones we use for light tackle fishing are the most susceptible to risk and cold issues. In spite of the time I’ve spent chasing fish in November and December, I am always impressed with how much colder it is on the water than on the dock. Layering up with fleece is the answer.

However, I will confirm that those fancy fingerless gloves that high-end outfitters like to sell are not working for me. I’ve tested the concept extensively at considerable expense and even worked for a while for a company that made them in three fleecy flavors. The results of my research conclusively indicated that my fingers rapidly froze to the point of extreme burning pain. I’m pretty sure that is because the gloves don’t have fingers.

I’ve learned to pack a bag of sweaters, a thick ski hat, a snug life vest, a wind-proof shell, and gloves with fingers. I keep the bag by the door and watch the weather for that glorious high pressure system that will spread such a clear vision and opportunity across the Bay.

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Letters Virginia’s Historic Triangle…and beer Dear Joe, really enjoyed your Kingsmill article in the September issue, and thought I’d take the opportunity to tell you a bit more about Historic Triangle marinas.

Coming from the north, as many of our visitors do, Riverwalk Landing in the heart of Historic Yorktown, is quite a bit closer than the James River marinas. Once ashore, the offerings for visiting boaters often inspire visitors to extend their stay far beyond their original plans, sometimes by many days!

As noted, we are located in the historic village of Yorktown surrounded by the site of the last major battle of the American Revolution. Visitors have a choice of six different restaurants and a variety of shopping experiences within easy walking distance.

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Now to one of my favorite subjects, and apparently yours—beer. Those restaurants offer 48 different brands of beer! As you note at the end of your article, “I do like a cold beer every once in a while.”

For those less inclined to walk, there is a free trolley to take visitors around the town. This includes stops at the Yorktown Victory Center, the Colonial National Historic Park, and the Watermen’s Museum. From the Victory Center and the Visitors Center there is free transportation to Jamestown and Williamsburg.

There are ongoing entertainment events on the waterfront, and as we tell visiting boaters, one of the best places to enjoy the show and listen to the music is the flying bridge or the cockpit. Here’s a look at recent entertainment and what’s coming up in the Historic Triangle:

September/October—Virginia Symphony, Rhythms on the Riverwalk - jazz, swing, big band, Market Days - just across the street from the piers, Yorktown Wine Festival, Yorktown Tea Party, Yorktown Victory Weekend November: 11/11—Veterans Day Ceremony 11/14—Market Days at the River 11/14—Chili Cook-Off 11/26-28—Foods and Feasts of Colonial Virginia Check it all out at riverwalklanding.com and yorkcounty.gov/tourism.

So, the next time you head south and are looking for a good beer (not limited to one brewer) come on up the York River a bit for a visit. Give us a call at (757) 8903370 for reservations.

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Mike Pierson Relief Dockmaster Riverwalk Landing Dear Mike: Thanks for the tip. Forty-eight types of beer, you say? I trust that you have done the research, and I’m on my way.

Meanwhile, watch your mail for a couple of special PropTalk cozies to keep your beverages cold.

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The Flu Shot—Another Seafaring Cocktail

e have another potent recipe from an anonymous source inspired by the now-famous PropTalk Maritime Cocktail spread in the September issue. This one addresses the changing weather and the threat of flu season as we continue to venture out no matter how bad we might feel: The Flu Shot: If you wake up with a fever, call work and tell them you’re not going to post.

Then, simply add a shot and a half of Yukon Jack Whiskey to a cold tumbler of grapefruit juice and drink it as if it were medicine. Yukon Jack is a honeybased Canadian spirit testing out at 100 proof.

Just what the doctor ordered.

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t’s contagious. Clean Marina certification, that is. Congratulations to Maryland’s three newest Clean Marinas: Campbell’s Boatyard at Jack’s Point in Oxford, Clarks Landing Marine Center in Chester, and Tradewinds Marina in Middle River. All hail the newest Clean Marina Partner, the Port of Snow Hill, a facility that serves trailered boats or transients and educates visitors about clean and green practices. This brings the state total to 155 Clean Marinas, 25 Partners, and five Pledges.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Marine Trades Association of Maryland developed the Clean Marina “best management practices” program. Using Maryland as a model, Virginia, Delaware, the District of Columbia (along with the National Park Service), and New Jersey created similar programs, bringing more than 125 facilities into the fold.

Numbers don’t lie. In January 2009, Maryland’s DNR staff surveyed Clean Marina participants in Maryland and two dozen other states. What they found is enlightening.

For starters, 35 percent of those polled had attracted new customers as a result of their certification, and 24 percent realized cost savings by becoming a Clean Marina. Seventyone percent felt that implementing Clean Marina Rules for customers and contractors led to a cleaner facility. More than 99 percent would recommend that other marinas join the program and felt being certified was worth the time and expense. And, more than 93 percent felt certification helped them comply with state or federal regulations and permits.

Not yet part of the solution? For marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs, the process includes a bit of learning, a pledge and an assessment, mentorship and visits, some work, and many rewards. In addition to great signage and materials, your facility will gain good press in many publications (PropTalk included) and benefit from public displays of affection all over the place. To learn more, email dmorrow@dnr.state.md.us. Request free program materials by visiting dnr.state.md.us/ boating/cleanmarina.

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(L-R): Rana Weaver, Michelle Horton, and first-place winner Cassie King (Nansemond Suffolk Academy)

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EYC Lights Parade News

he 2009 Eastport YC Lights Parade in Annapolis Harbor and Spa Creek will run from 6 to 8 p.m. December 12. Participants must attend the safety meeting December 10 and are invited to a post-parade brunch at EYC December 13 and the awards party in January. To learn about new contests and parade particulars, visit eastportyc.org.

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(L-R): Cheryl Riddick, Rana Weaver, and first-place winner Brendan Old (Florence Bowser Elementary)

ansemond River Power Squadron (NRPS) members recently held a “Boating Is Fun!” poster contest open to all Suffolk children ages six to 14 years (see left). The local contest was a feeder competition for district and national contests held by the U.S. Power Squadrons. All winners received a cash prize as well as a gift; first place winners also got a trophy.

Thanks to Brendan Old’s first-place finish (ages six to eight years), Florence Bowser Elementary received $150 from NRPS. For Cassie King’s firstplace finish (ages nine to 11 years), NansemondSuffolk Academy received $150 from NRPS. Other winners included Terryaton Brothers and Nautica Harris. —Report and photos by Rana Weaver

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nnapolis Community Boating (ACB) recently received a grant through the Spirit of America program, a USCG-sponsored boating safety course aimed at kids.

In exchange for new canoes, kayaks, and dinghies, ACB will teach at least 64 kids a year the boater safety curriculum. Not even two years old, the nonprofit ACB introduces people to boating and gives them some boating education.

ACB’s partners—Chessie Jr. Racing, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, Box of Rain, Brendan Sail Training Program, and the National Sailing Hall of Fame—lend boats and staff. ACB programs target certain populations, such as teens, at-risk youths, and

people with disabilities. The first free youth boating safety program wrapped up its six-day curriculum in August. Anne Arundel County offered the use of Mayo Beach Park, and 36 regional youths swam, paddled, turtled canoes, and learned how to properly use motorboats, jet skis, sailboats, and more. They also learned how to handle inclement weather out on the water. On deck is a 16-hour Annapolis after-school program.

ACB is looking for a permanent facility for storing boats and allowing patrons to park.

Eventually, ACB would like to own a fleet of boats that community members could use for a nominal fee. To learn more, visit annapolisboating.org.

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t 4 p.m. November 17, there will be a once-in-an-era opportunity to bid on three notorious yachts docked in Ft. Lauderdale. If you are immune to bad juju, perhaps these big bad boats will be just the things to complete your arrival. Bernie Madoff’s impeccably-restored 1969 55-foot Rybovich (Bull) and his 2003 38-foot Shelter Island Runabout (Sitting Bull) will be auctioned. Included in the event is a 20-foot Maverick skiff (Little Bull) adorned with the most ridiculous-looking T-Top yet created. Also on the block will be Madoff’s 1999 Mercedes Benz convertible and a 2003 61-foot Viking previously owned by Madoff’s CFO. As you would guess, no expense was spared in the restoration and upkeep of these yachts. To be sure, the current owners (U.S. Marshalls) haven’t done much varnishing or polishing since taking possession of the property. But, reports indicate that the vessels are in good shape other than the required vinyl stick-on signs indicating government possession, which have been plastered over the glossy Awlgrip paint work.

That will take some heat, scraping, and adhesive remover to get off. PropTalk recommends Goo Gone or 3-M General Adhesive Remover. The SEC has yet to develop an effective Ponzi scheme remover. And, we don’t have any suggestions for what solvent will remove evil mojo. To view some images and register to bid, go to yachtauctions.com/madoff.

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t’s the fall planting season, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants you to get cracking. “Plant and Be Counted” wants Marylanders to plant trees this fall, register them online, and receive a $25 coupon to purchase any native tree costing $50 or more from participating nurseries throughout the state. There is no limit on how many coupons can be used, and they can be printed directly from the website. This site also has guidance for selecting and planting trees for your location as well as a tool to calculate the benefit of the trees planted.

The goal is to have citizens plant and register 50,000 trees a year to help improve air and water quality. When your trees are registered on the website, you become eligible for prize drawings, which include park passes, outdoor furniture, and a yacht tour for 10 on the West and Rhode Rivers in spring 2010. trees.maryland.gov

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Local Winning Poets and Artists

ugust 29, Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources announced winners of this year’s River of Words (ROW) poetry and art contest (right): poets Nicole Foggan and Makae Luzader and artists Brandon Casas and Jack Hardy. In all, 415 kids from 10 Bay tributary regions entered Maryland’s ROW. The program uses art to teach future generations about watersheds. Each champion received a $100 savings bond courtesy of BB&T Bank and a gift basket.

The deadline for next year’s ROW International Poetry and Art Contest is December 1. Visit dnr.state.md.us/education/are/row to see the winning works.

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New this Spring

he Dominion Foundation of Dominion Resources recently awarded a $200,000 grant to the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland to buy a buoy to be placed over the 320-acre Dominion Reef at the Gooses. The Bay buoy will provide real-time weather, wave, and water data for anglers and cruisers. It also will monitor the health of local Bay waters, assess fish populations, and provide educational opportunities for students and vital data for Bay scientists. As part of the 3000-mile Captain John Smith Chesapeake Trail, the buoy even has something for history buffs.

Due by next spring, the buoy will be part of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The whole “shebang” is a federal partnership with the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative, the Friends of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake Trail, and other Chesapeake Bay organizations.

Already online are CBIBS buoys off Jamestown, Stingray Point, and Norfolk and near the mouths of the Patapsco, Potomac, and Susquehanna Rivers. November will bring two new buoys: one off Annapolis and one up the Potomac. Stay tuned with PropTalk for more Bay buoy news. eyesonthebay.net, buoybay.org

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Make Sure it Gets Done Right!

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.

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.

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

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Smart Boating

he states surrounding the Bay now require licensing and education courses to boat legally. The District of Columbia requires that at least one boater onboard must be able to show that he or she has passed an approved boating course. If you were born after 1972 (Maryland) and 1977 (Delaware), you need to complete a boating safety course to operate a motorized vessel on state waters. By 2016 in Virginia, all powerboat operators will have to complete an approved boater education course to boat legally.

Boater education classes are readily available from the USCG and local power squadrons. Thirty-seven states—including Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Delaware—have approved the course and exam offered online at boaterexam.com.

The course/exam run $29.95. Even if you already have passed a safety course, the animated/text/voice site is a great way to refresh your memory. For more information, visit boat-ed.com/state_laws.htm.

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Safe Boating at RiverFest

harlestown (MD) RiverFest September 12-13 went from soggy to sunny. The community party brought arts, crafts, rides, music, food, and wharf-side fun. Among the many exhibitors, the Northeast River Power Squadron (NRPS) provided some safe boating fun in the form of knot tying, line tossing, gutter sailboat racing, sextant and charting 101, and more.

Attendees also entered a drawing for a chance to win a free boating safety course. charlestownriverfest.org

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Jon Morris (right) recently completed an intensive American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) certification training to become Deltaville Boatyard’s sixth ABYC Master Certified Technician. deltavilleboatyard.com, abycinc.org

• Thinking of buying? Why not charter first? Selene Annapolis Yachts now offers charters on a 2005 Selene 53 (Isis) and a brand-new Selene 47 (Holiday) in the Chesapeake Bay area. Charter packages (extended, bareboat, and captained) are available with a four-day minimum from April through November. Captained charters can be as educational and hands-on as you like. seleneannapolis.com

• The Take Me Fishing arm of the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation based in Alexandria, VA recently launched new fly fishing features on takemefishing. org. You’ll find tried-and-true fly fishing techniques, where the hot spots are, names of must-have flies and gear, need-to-know casting tips, and tricks of the trade.

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• Rodney Gentry recently came onboard as the general manager for Bluewater Yachting Center’s marina in Hampton, VA. Colby Wilson is the new assistant dockmaster. bluewateryachtsales.com

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

DIFFERENCES Spring

High Low H. Ht L. Ht Range

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

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

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Windmill Point Wolf Trap Light Urbanna Norfolk

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

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

+1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

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

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PropTalk’s Tide & Current Tables Provided by

October 15 - November 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

15

0013 -1.1 0622 +0.7 1254 -1.1 1619 1838 +0.6

31

0033 -1.4 0613 +1.0 1258 -1.5 1835 +0.9

0411 1014 1658

16 0420 1023

0121 -1.4 0657 +1.2 1353 -1.6 1701 1922 +0.9

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17 0502 1112

2 0419 1037

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0253 -1.5 0829 +1.3 1532 -1.6 1840 2100 +0.9

0335 -1.4 0915 +1.3 1616 -1.6 1930 2147 +0.8

0415 -1.4 1000 +1.2 1658 -1.4 2020 2231 +0.7

0121 0454 -1.2 0802 1044 +1.1 1412 1744 -1.3 2110 2317 +0.6

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0139 21 0652 1214

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0317 -1.2 0856 +2.0 1501 -2.9 2207 +2.4

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0039 0417 -1.4 0724 1005 +1.2 1342 1715 -1.3 2031 2246 +0.7

7 8

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0048 +0.7 0727 -1.2 1304 +0.8 1640 2016 -1.2

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0549 +0.6 1130 -0.8 1752 +1.2 2118 0033 -1.1 0638 +0.6 1214 -0.7 1457 1836 +1.2 0120 -1.1 0726 +0.6 1258 -0.7 1538 1920 +1.2

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0232 28 1450 0745

0211 13 0826 1509

0309 29 1538 0840

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0501 +1.0 1152 -1.4 1725 +0.7 2023 0000 -1.3 0543 +1.1 1245 -1.5 1559 1810 +0.7

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

slack before

0053 -1.1 0659 +0.4 1215 -0.5 1448 1842 +1.2

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0330 0948 1646

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slack before ebb

0039 -2.0 0640 +2.1 1246 -2.6 1631 1933 +2.7 0131 -1.8 0723 +2.1 1332 -2.6 1723 2029 +2.6 0223 -1.6 0806 +2.0 1418 -2.6 1813 2119 +2.6

0311 -1.5 0847 +1.9 1500 -2.5 1900 2203 +2.4 0355 -1.3 0926 +1.7 1538 -2.4 1942 2243 +2.2 0439 -1.2 1006 +1.5 1616 -2.2 2019 2322 +2.1 0525 -1.2 1047 +1.4 1656 -2.0 2053 0001 +2.0 0613 -1.2 1133 +1.2 1404 1742 -1.9

0134 -1.2 0715 +2.1 1319 -2.9 1723 2026 +2.5

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27 0551 1145

12 0556 1225

28 0625 1237

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0026 29 0657 1328

0135 14 0724 1426

max ebb flood speed ratio ebb speed ratio

0041 +1.9 0658 -1.2 1224 +1.2 1452 1833 -1.7 0121 +1.8 0742 -1.3 1317 +1.2 1553 1925 -1.6 0202 +1.8 0826 -1.5 1411 +1.3 1706 2019 -1.6 0246 +1.9 0911 -1.7 1508 +1.4 1820 2116 -1.5

0333 +1.9 0958 -1.9 1608 +1.6 1928 2215 -1.5 food dir.

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0451 +2.1 1104 -2.6 1750 +2.2 2347 -1.3

0040 -1.3 0625 +2.1 1230 -2.9 1633 1936 +2.4

10 0424 1011

0249 +0.5 0827 -0.7 1456 +1.2 1828 2143 -1.0

0557 +2.1 1200 -2.4 1834 +2.6 2200

25 0437 0956

0149 +0.5 0737 -0.8 1408 +1.1 1739 2050 -1.0

0023 14 0520 1114

0228 +0.6 0837 -0.7 1502 +0.8 1822 2124 -0.7

29 0520 1144

0132 +0.6 0752 -0.7 1420 +0.7 1738 2032 -0.6

0045 +0.6 0646 -0.8 1318 +1.0 1952 -0.8

13 0426 1031

0408 -0.9 1032 +0.6 1624 -0.5 2230 +0.7

0139 0501 -0.9 0824 1129 +0.7 1445 1738 -0.6 2035 2338 +0.6

28 0430 1109

0316 -1.0 0935 +0.5 1511 -0.5 2125 +0.9

0234 11 0906 1548

0615 -0.8 1243 +0.5 1833 -0.4 2110

0339 1032 1649

0139 -1.1 0748 +0.4 1306 -0.5 1931 +1.1

0227 -1.0 0840 +0.4 1405 -0.5 1638 2025 +1.0

0156 0523 -0.8 0906 1149 +0.5 1451 1728 -0.4 1959 2332 +0.7

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0305 +0.8 0950 -1.2 1531 +0.6 1839 2219 -1.3

0207 -1.1 0815 +0.5 1344 -0.6 2005 +1.1

0009 -1.1 0613 +0.4 1130 -0.6 1404 1757 +1.2

22 0640

1144

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0253 +0.3 0917 -0.8 1527 +0.5 1836 2209 -0.8

0551 +0.6 1212 -1.0 1804 +0.6 2040

0232 0537 +2.1 0819 1145 -2.8 1545 1843 +2.3 2226

0444 +0.5 1012 -0.6 1636 +1.2 2325 -1.0

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0221 0715 1250 2007

0158 -1.5 0746 +1.2 1448 -1.5 1801 2022 +0.8

0506 +2.1 1124 -2.4 1757 +2.0 2133 2357 -1.4

17 0401 0944

2

0458 +0.7 1046 -0.8 1707 +1.2 2031 2344 -1.1

0158 31 0803 1508

0145 0740 1457 2130

0218 17 0744 1336

0225 0511 +2.1 0819 1113 -2.2 1436 1734 +2.5 2058 2347 -2.1

1

0113 -1.4 0704 +1.1 1405 -1.4 1718 1938 +0.8

0420 +2.0 1042 -2.2 1704 +1.8 2033 2308 -1.5

0315 16 0902 1535

0358 +0.5 0934 -0.7 1558 +1.1 2241 -1.0

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0511 +0.4 1125 -0.9 1727 +0.5 2001 2338 -0.9

15

0129 0634 1218 1926

0247 26 0951

1553

0134 0411 +0.5 0652 0957 -0.7 1247 1620 +1.0 1945 2257 -0.9

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0405 +0.7 1001 -0.8 1622 +1.1 1943 2253 -1.0

0028 11 0624 1300

0113 30 0729

1418

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0116 16 0656 1255

0155 +0.3 0821 -0.8 1423 +0.5 2115 -0.8

0149 0407 +0.3 0643 1024 -0.8 1357 1638 +0.5 1921 2259 -0.8

0321 +0.6 0918 -0.7 1542 +0.9 1904 2212 -0.8

0008 0307 +0.7 0605 0914 -0.8 1215 1534 +1.0 1851 2159 -0.9

0056 26 0530

1258

0035 30 0608

1216

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0052 +2.1 0658 -1.7 1258 +2.1 1613 1914 -2.1 0146 +2.1 0754 -1.9 1407 +2.1 1732 2021 -1.9 0241 +2.0 0852 -2.1 1520 +2.2 1844 2128 -1.8

0333 +2.0 0948 -2.4 1629 +2.4 1951 2226 -1.7 0420 +2.0 1036 -2.6 1729 +2.5 2053 2316 -1.5

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

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1.0 0.6 0.3

015° 030° 340°

190° 175° 161°

1.0 1.0 0.4

1.2 0.8 0.4

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–1:26 –0:09 +0:08

–0:57 –0:43 –0:17

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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

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Ghost Tours Annapolis.

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Point Lookout Lighthouse Open House 10 to 2 p.m. Point Lookout State Park, Scotland, MD. The lighthouse opens up for the public the first Saturday of every month through November. pllps.org

Thru Nov

15-16

Weems & Plath Tent Sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eastport. Mega-savings on hundreds of nautical necessities! weems-plath.com

15-18

U.S. Powerboat Show Annapolis. Find luxurious motoryachts to high performance boats and more. The new Outdoor Living section, will feature canoes and kayaks for car-top boating. usboat.com

15-Nov 30

Ghost Walks Baltimore.

Fridays and Saturdays. Mount Vernon or Fells Point. baltimoreghosttours.com

16

Crisfield Waterman’s Festival 12:30 to 4 p.m. Somers Cove Marina. All-you-can-eat oysters, crabs, clams, chicken, sides, and more. $40.

Hosted by Crisfield Heritage Foundation. crisfieldchamber.com

16-17

Chestertown Wildlife Festival Party and exhibition Friday night; festival runs Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Works of more than 40 carvers, painters, photographers, and artists; boat tours; auction; slide show; nest box building; lively raptors; music and sing-alongs; decoy demos; Eastern Shore food; and more. chestertownwildlife.org 26 November 2009 PropTalk

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16-18

Fort Algernoune, 1609: Celebration and Conference Fort Monroe, Hampton, VA. Celebrate the 400th anniversary of AngloAmerica’s first coastal fortification with a reception to open a museum exhibit, Miss Hampton II cruises, tours, national speakers at a jam-packed symposium, and more. fmfada.com

16-18

Poquoson (VA) Seafood Festival Celebrate watermen with music, arts, crafts, seafood, kids’ fun, workboat races, baby beauty contest, Chesapeake Bay exhibits, and more. Bring beach chairs and blankets for all concerts. poquosonseafoodfestival.com

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C&D Canal Opens, 1829

Crabtoberfest Noon to 7 p.m.

Sailwinds Park, Cambridge, MD. Beer, bratwurst, crabs, kids’ fun, folk dancing, music, and more. $5. crabtoberfest.com

17

Fall Festival 2 to 8 p.m. First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach. Hay rides, pumpkin decorating, kids’ crafts, special exhibits, roasting marshmallows, sing-alongs, and more along the waterfront. dcr.virginia.gov

17

oysters, clams, shrimp, crawfish, mussels & oyster shooters

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

17-Nov 7

Fall into St. Michaels Town-wide celebration, with decorations, a 5K run/walk, parties, competitions, food, a Kids’ Pumpkin Patch, ghost tours, dog races, auctions, Halloween haunts, trick or treating, and more. stmichaelsmd.org

18

Kids Release Crabs and Creatures 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Tilghman Island, MD. Brave kids help release horseshoe crabs, blue crabs, and other critters into Knapps Narrows. Food, drinks, and new aquatic exhibition bus. pwec.org

18

West River Heritage Day Oyster Festival 12:30 to 5 p.m. Captain Salem Avery Museum, Shady Side, MD. A full slate of entertainers, artists, authors, craftsmen, and food along the fall-kissed waters of the West River. shadysidemuseum.org

19

Battle of Yorktown Ends, 1781 Yorktown turned out to be the last major engagement of the American Revolutionary War.

19

Boiling Mad at British Tea Tax, Annapolitans Destroy Brig Peggy Stewart and Her Cargo, 1774

19-20

Tilghman Island Day 6 to 10 p.m. The island will rock with rowboat and workboat races, boat docking at its best, crab picking and oyster shucking contests, local seafood specialties, live auctions, and more. tilghmanmd.com

Safe Boating Course 6 to 10 p.m. Delaware State Fire School, Chestnut Grove Road, Dover. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 12-05. $35 for adults; $20 for those 17 or younger. a0531205.uscga.info

St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD. Food, fun, and entertainment for the whole family. National Oyster Shucking Championship and National Oyster Cook-Off. usoysterfest.com

American Mariner Is Sunk Off Smith Island To Serve as Navy Target Ship, 1966 The 442-footer replaced the 274-foot The Old Hannibal, which was blasted beneath the waves long before.

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Fall River Cleanup Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, VA. riverfriends.org

24

Haunted Boatel Prince William Marine, Woodbridge, VA. The haunted house provides frightful fun for the whole family. pwmarina.com

24

Ships, Spooks, and Seas Portsmouth (VA) Naval Shipyard Museum. Kids will build a ghost ship, hear spooky stories, make a pirate flag, and see porthole monsters. portsnavalmuseums.com

22

All About the Patuxent Naval Campaign During the War of 1812 5:30 p.m. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. Donald Shomette tells how Captain Joshua Barney led his Chesapeake flotilla against British invaders. mdhs.org

23-24

Canal Ghost Walk 6 to 9 p.m. Chesapeake City, MD. Boo! chesapeakecity.com

23-24

Richmond Oktoberfest 6 to Midnight. Showplace Exhibition Center. Beer, food, music, dancing, and prizes. richmondoktoberfest.com

23-24

Spirits of Point ookout Point Lookout State Park, Scotland, MD. Learn about Point Lookout’s many legendary hauntings. stmaryskiwanis.org

23-28

Fall Foliage and Lighthouse Cruises Sail on the Skipjack Martha Lewis out of Havre de Grace, MD. Select dates. skipjackmarthalewis.org

24

Fall Open House North Point Yacht Sales, J/Port Annapolis.

See and demo new J/Boats, MJM Yachts, and Pilots as you partake of refreshments. northpointyachtsales.com

24-25

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

24-25

Open House 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Prince William Marine, Woodbridge, VA. See 17- to 60-foot Sea Rays as you enjoy light refreshments and talk to the pros. pwmarina.com

24-25

Rock Hall Oyster and Seafood Festival Waterman’s Crab House, Rock Hall, MD. All you can eat buffet and more! Live entertainment, kids’ fun, and the Oyster Ball. rockhallmd.com

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Safe Boating and Piloting Course North East River YC, North East, MD. Take America’s Boating Safe Boating Course (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and get your USPS and Maryland eight-hour class certification. Take the piloting course from 2 to 4:30 p.m. $35. wilmcoop@comcast.net

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“The Port that Built a City and State” 2 to 5 p.m. The Baltimore Museum of Industry will host the premier of this 60th anniversary documentary video about Baltimore’s Historic long-running maritime TV series. thebmi.org

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31

Masquerade Dinner Cruise 7 to 10 p.m. Inner Harbor, Baltimore. Buffet, contest, cash bar, and DJ on Spirit of Baltimore. spiritcruisesbaltimore.com

31

Howl-O-Ween Barkin’ Bash 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis. Can you pooch’s costume win Most Annapolitan, Dog/Owner Combo, Scariest, Funniest, Most Creative, and Best in Show? Enjoy games, demos, raffles, and more. $5 per competing canine benefit the Dog Park and Dog Beach. friendsofquietwaterspark.org

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31

Three Student Filmakers Disappear in the Woods Near Burkittsville, MD, 1994 That is, if you believe The Blair Witch Project.

25

Jack Russell Terrier Races and Dachshund Dash St. Michaels.

Pooches register at 9 a.m., race at 11 a.m., and party at the Carpenter Street Saloon at 3 p.m. stmichaelsmd.org

25

Ladies’ Night at True Value 6 to 8 p.m. Annapolis. Demos on saving energy, drywall repair, winterization, carpet cleaning, composting, and more all for free. truevalue.com/hardwarehouse

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America’s Boating Course 7 to 9 p.m. Bass Pro Shop, Arundel Mills Mall, Hanover, MD. Taught on Mondays by the Patapsco River Power Squadron. $35. (410) 7576486, tomcat241@att.net

29-Nov 2

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Florida celebrates the 50th running of the world’s largest boat show with an expanded showcase of yachts, gear, clinics, seminars, and more. showmanagement.com

30-31

Haunted Campout Camp Tockwogh, Worton, MD. Ghost stories around the campfire and a midnight hike will have you jumping at every rustling leaf! All ages welcome. tockwogh.com

31

Halloween Bash Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant, Dumfries, VA. timsrivershore.com

31

Halloween Night Paddle Chesapeake Paddlers Association, Columbia Island, Washington, DC. cpakayaker.com

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Halloween Party for Kids 1 p.m. North East (MD) Community Park. Kids’ fun and costume contest. northeastchamber.org Follow us on Twitter—twitter.com/proptalk

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November November

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Daylight Saving Time Ends 2 a.m. Spend your extra hour wisely.

North American Rally to the Caribbean Bah, Humbug, Mr. Winter!

Schedule your departure from Newport, RI (or best weather window thereafter) for Bermuda and beyond. sailopo.com

5

Full Moon Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport. Howl at the moon and enjoy live music with your buddies. boatyardbarandgrill.com

6-7

Urbanna Oyster Festival Savor oysters and other tasty regional specialties; take in music and waterfront exhibits; and enjoy arts, crafts, parades, an oyster shucking contest, and more. urbanna.com

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Discovery Dredges 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Havre de Grace, MD. Select dates. Experience life on the Skipjack Martha Lewis while oystering. $125. skipjackmarthalewis.org

Oyster Jam St. Michaels. Brand-new town-wide celebration of an “R” month’s favorite bivalve. Photo ops and open shops, oyster tastings and wine pairings, boat rides and lively entertainment, and more. stmichaelsmd.org

7 7-8

Tug of War Noon. Eastporters versus Annapolitans. themre.org

International Beachcombing Conference Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, Annapolis. Pros share their expertise on everything from sand and shells to ecology, ethics, and art during panel discussions and workshops. Enjoy the holiday beach bazaar. beachcombingconference.com

8

Pirates by the Bay 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House, Havre de Grace, MD. Pirate camps, antics, and history. lockhousemuseum.org

Veteran’s Day Thank a Veteran for their dedication and service to preserving our way of life. Join a wreath-laying ceremony in your community!

Sock Donning Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport. Live music and dancing and drink specials. Bring your own socks. boatyardbar&grill.com

13

Sail Baltimore’s Beer, Boats, and Ballads Phillips Seafood, Baltimore. Live music, cocktails, delicious fare, a silent auction, and great fun! This fundraiser brings tall ships to Charm City’s slips. sailbaltimore.org

13

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons. Texas-style blues and power rock.

Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 7:30 p.m. $45. calvertmarinemuseum.com

13-15

Waterfowl Festival Easton, MD. Hard to beat fall on the Chesapeake! Wildlife collectables and sporting gear, contests and concerts, food and demos, antiques, crafts, and adventures await! The fun spills over into neighboring Oxford, St. Michaels, and Tilghman Island. waterfowlfestival.org

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Chili Cook-Off 1 to 4 p.m.

Sample the competitors’ chili and vote in the competition. Additional chili may be purchased. Watermen’s Museum, Yorktown, VA. yorkcounty.gov/tourism

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Market Days at the River 8 a.m. to noon Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown, VA. Local produce, fresh meat and seafood, baked goods, cut flowers, art, and live musical entertainment. Free. yorkcounty.gov/tourism

15

Colonel Ripley Memorial Fuel 4 Life Race 9 a.m. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis. Includes a 5K, a 2K for disabled participants, and a 1 Mile Fun Run for kids. Benefits the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. Support Team SpinSheet/PropTalk. active.com

16-18

Marine Dealer and Conference Expo Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. Learn about growth, profitability, and solutions for navigating today’s market. boating-industry.com/mdce

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21

Jimmy Buffett in Virginia!

Don’t miss the Big Kahuna at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. margaritaville.com

17-19

Diesel Engines and Support Systems Certification Annapolis. Hosted by American Boating & Yacht Council. abyc.org

17-Jan 5

Safe Boating Course 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Fairfax (VA) High School. Eight sessions hosted by Northern Virginia Sail and Power Squadron. $40.

(703) 777-8378, runis_320@yahoo.com

20

Bruce Springsteen in Charm City 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band bring on the Working on a Dream tour. brucespringsteen.net

20-Jan 3

100 Miles of Lights Tour millions of holiday lights displays in Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. 100milesoflights.com

Thanksgiving Day Parade 11 a.m. Baltimore. See Santa Claus, floats, marching bands, and equestrian units usher in the holidays. promotionandarts.com

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Parade of Lighted Boats Middle River. Benefits local kids’ programs. chesapeakebaymemories.org

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he eminent U.S. Powerboat Show begins now and runs through October 18 in the harbor and along both sides of Ego Alley at the base of Main Street in Annapolis. At press time, the momentum includes more than 400 exhibitors with displays of more than 200 new boats, countless accessories, and copious cash-and-carry opportunities such as deck shoes,

boat gear, fishing stuff, fashion statements, food, and drink.

PropTalk is proud to be a home-grown part of the show in our customary location along the Dock Street seawall at booths F5 and F6. Please come by to say hello, get a tattoo, and let us know what you’re thinking and what you would like to see in our coverage of boating on the Bay.

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n addition to the Bonadeo 34, Grand Banks 41 EU, Hood 43, Hunt 52, Maine Cat P-47, and Selene 44 that PropTalk featured last month, look for these new beauties [in this section] at the 2009 Boat Show.

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How Will I Ever Get There?

There is not a Navy Football game in town this time around. So, we will have ample parking at the stadium off of Rowe Boulevard and less competition on the Route 50 exit into Annapolis.

Don’t even dream about finding a parking place downtown. Your best strategy is to pay the $10 fee at the Navy-Marine Corp Stadium and hop on the free shuttle to the show. Or, if you are very early, you might find a spot in Eastport where you can catch the Water Taxi ($2) at the Chart House dock on Second Street.

To get to the stadium, take exit 24 from Route 50 and follow the signs about a mile to Farragut Road and the parking lots. The shuttles run continuously from 9 a.m. until an hour after the show closes each day. For more information, call the show office at (410) 268-8828.

Public Restrooms are attached to the Harbor Master’s office just outside the Main Show Gate in addition to the portable ones provided within the Show.

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The list includes Clontarf Irish Whiskey, Dewars White Label, Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon, a rainbow array of Johnny Walkers, Sam Houston Bourbon, and classic single-malt scotch whiskeys, such as Cragganmore Speyside, Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie, Lagavulin 16-year-old, Oban 14-year-old, and Talisker. The cost is $29 for show goers with wristbands. Others will have to pay the full $34.

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Breakdown Party—Be at Pusser’s Caribbean Grille at 6 p.m. sharp October 18 to sip a Painkiller or two, reminisce about your brilliant purchases, and kiss the powerboats goodbye.

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An Insider’s

Annapolis

by Gary Ian Reich

Dotted with historic cupolas and interweaved by winding brick-paved streets and sidewalks, Annapolis is a charmer. The city has an old-town feel with a nautical flair that attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year. A mix rarely found only 30 miles from a major city like Washington, DC. When making your way into Annapolis via the Severn River, you can’t help but spot the plethora of marinas and boatyards lining the shores. Sailboat masts vie with treetops to cover the skyline, and in some places, it seems the sailboats win. Scattered among the masts and treetops are charming neighborhoods, historic homes, and a past steeped in nautical tradition.

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Where To Stay - Marinas Discussions about Annapolis usually refer to downtown Annapolis, on the north side of Spa Creek, or Eastport to the south.

Though both technically part of the city of Annapolis, the two sides are very different places. Downtown Annapolis is where Maryland state government business takes place and the most shopping is available, while Back Creek and Eastport are the maritime centers of the area and have the largest collection of marinas, boatyards, and maritime businesses.

Yes, there are plenty of marinas, and yes, you’ll almost always want to arrange reservations, especially on weekends and holidays or during special events (e.g., fall boat shows). Most Annapolis marinas make special efforts to accommodate transient visitors, but keep in mind that they sometimes will not have space available.

Transient tie-ups are available on both Back Creek and Spa Creek. While Back Creek is farther away from downtown, there is water taxi service, and you can tie

your dinghy up at the street ends on the north side of the creek and walk downtown. Spa Creek is closer to downtown and has more regular water taxi service.

One very popular place to tie up downtown is in “Ego Alley,” where the city maintains a number of slips for transient boaters. Docking here puts you in the middle of the action, which can be good or bad, depending on your disposition. You can tie up for a three-hour maximum at an hourly rate, or overnight for $2 a foot.

The only caveat is that the Ego Alley area is closed during the fall boat shows and for the Maritime Heritage Festival in spring.

Mooring and Anchoring

Anchoring in Annapolis used to be a freefor-all challenge, as there were no moorings in the harbor. The Annapolis Harbormaster now maintains 71 public moorings in the harbor and another five strategically

placed in Back Creek on the Eastport side of town. These run $25 a night.

Simply grab the mooring of your choice, and a member of the Harbormaster’s office will stop by and collect the fee. Pump-outs are available by hailing “Annapolis PumpOut Boat” on channels 17 or 09. The charge is nominal – $5 for up to 50 gallons.

If you don’t have a dinghy, a water taxi service runs throughout the harbor during the season and charges a $2 fee to take you to most any location along Spa Creek.

Limited trips are available to Back Creek for $6. Hail “Annapolis Water Taxi” on VHF Channel 68, or call by phone at (410) 263-0033.

If you have a dinghy, keep in mind that all streets that end at the water in Annapolis in Eastport are public. Some are even equipped with floating docks and dumpsters where you can dispose of your trash.

There is a large anchoring field off the Naval Academy seawall, but dropping the hook here comes with warnings. First, the

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An Insider’s Annapolis continued... holding ground is poor, and it can get quite rough with boat traffic and afternoon sea breezes. Second, it is technically a designated naval anchorage, which means if you drag and go up on the jagged, rocky seawall, your insurance company may turn a blind eye when it comes to a claim.

Things To Do

To get started, you may want to visit one of the two visitors’ centers. The Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau operates two centers: a full-service facility at 26 West Street and another seasonal booth at the City Dock. Each offer brochures, information, and guidance on what to do and see during your visit.

The U.S. Naval Academy is obviously a draw, and guided tours are conducted daily. You are free to walk the grounds yourself, but keep in mind you will need a government-issued ID to get onto the grounds. The best place to begin your tour

is at the Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center ((410) 293-TOUR), which is inside Gate 1. (Gate 1 is at the corner of King George and Randall Streets.)

If you have a bent toward the historical, get in contact with the Historic Annapolis Foundation, which can direct you to guided or self-guided tours. The self-guided tours feature pre-recorded narratives and allow you to walk at your own pace. For more details on tours, visit History Quest at 99 Main Street downtown or go online to reservations.annapolis.org.

Tours by boat are available from Watermark Cruises ((410) 268-7601) and depart from Ego Alley downtown. Some are small narrated cruises on comfy tugtype boats, while some are large charterexcursion types. If you’d like to take a sail, Woodwind Cruises ((410) 263-7837) run two-hour cruises from the Annapolis Waterfront Marriott dock.

Maritime history buffs will want to visit the Annapolis Maritime Museum at 723 Second Street, ((410) 295-0104) to learn

about the maritime heritage of the region or even take a guided tour of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse. The fully-restored museum building is a fine example of community spirit and volunteerism, as most of it was destroyed in 2003 by Tropical Storm Isabel.

Provisioning

For cruising boaters passing through and in need of a grocery store trip, Graul’s is an excellent grocery store with local flavor and an nice selection of deli meats, cheeses, produce, and essentials. The store is located about two miles from downtown on Rowe Boulevard.

If you need boat supplies, hard to find marine parts, charts, or good advice, Fawcett Boat Supplies is located downtown on Ego Alley and is worldrenowned for its service and selection.

There is also a West Marine store farther away on the Eastport side.

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Fuel is available at two marinas on Spa Creek and a few on Back Creek. All offer gas and diesel fuel. LPG (propane) and CNG (compressed natural gas) refills require some hunting; ask your marina dock master for advice.

Places To Eat

The best steamed crabs are found outside of Annapolis at Cantler’s Riverside Inn on Mill Creek (485 Forest Beach Road, (410) 757-1311). It requires a knowledgeable cabbie to find the place, and it’s definitely worth the trip. Another good bet is Mike’s Crab House on the South River, just a few miles down Riva Road.

One of the best-kept secrets for seafood is O’Leary’s (310 Third Street, (410) 2630884), which serves traditional Chesapeake fare in a cozy environment with excellent service. For the best views in town, try Carrol’s Creek (410 Severn Avenue, (410) 263-8102) or the Chart House (300 Second Street, (410) 268-7166), both serving

traditional and upscale seafood creations with waterfront views of Spa Creek and downtown Annapolis.

For a more salty atmosphere, hit the family-friendly Boatyard Bar & Grill (400 Fourth Street, (410) 216-6206) and Davis’ Pub (400 Chester Avenue, (410) 2687432). Both in Eastport with traditional seafood and excellent bar fare.

For a dockside experience, Pusser’s Landing at the Annapolis Waterfront Marriott, is located directly on Ego Alley where you can watch boaters parade their vessels along in a procession of pride. Don’t leave without trying Pusser’s signature Painkiller cocktail.

For more international dining, there are some great choices downtown. Joss Sushi is located on the upper end of Main Street and serves some of the finest Japanese food in the state. Calls of “irashai” are bellowed by the staff when you enter the restaurant.

Locals know to get there early (5 p.m. for dinners), as the restaurant fills, and a line forms quickly. Reservations are not taken.

Tsunami on West Street offers a pacific fusion menu ((410)990.9868) while nearby Pad Thai ((410) 280-6636) serves savory and spicy Thai creations. For French Food, try Café Normandie on main Street ((410) 263-3382) and for Italian, cruise over to Maria’s near the City Market House just a few yards form the show. In between all of this you’ll find excellent pubs, taverns, fudge shops, and ice cream parlors to enjoy.

Yours To Explore

Annapolis is high up on the list of must-visit ports for Bay trippers, daytrippers, and long-distance cruisers alike.

Enjoy your stay.

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Out of My Mind

by Ruth Christie

Dad (Jim) shares a cool treat with Nicholas while relaxing at the Ice Cream Galley on Crisfield’s waterfront.

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oating is therapeutic. Here’s proof. Five days after my husband had spinal fusion surgery on his neck, we took the kids on a week-long boat trip.

When he learned of our plans, the neurosurgeon was speechless. Jim’s take-home message: “Well, he didn’t say, ‘Absolutely not.’” Friends and family members thought we were nuts, too. But, we knew better. Limited mobility, heavy-duty painkillers, and a gruesome gauze bandage made driving to work a non-option for Jim, who was convinced a rear-ender would flip his head back like a PEZ dispenser. After four days of “house arrest,” the patient was bored, threatening to do yard work, and planning an escape.

Unable to provision, pack, lug, and stow, Jim began to see the beauty of post-op boat prep. His jobs were to plan our route, make marina reservations, drive the boat, and not lift anything heavier than 15 pounds.

Each night before the trip, I’d return

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from work to a carpet full of wheel ruts. Using an ergonomic chair on casters to move around, Jim explained, “It makes a great walker!” I have to give him credit, though. He weaned himself off hard drugs early, didn’t over-exert himself, and rested when tired, unlike his normal MO. On day one (August 1), a flat breezy Bay allowed us to cruise faster and farther than planned. We anchored in the Corrotoman River’s western branch. To our surprise, the riverside community was on the mend, too; a wicked storm had ripped through some weeks prior. On several homes nearby, holes gaped under blue tarps where windows and walls should have been. “Hurricane Alley” was a tangle of shredded branches, tumbled tree trunks, and broken outbuildings.

During the day, the sounds of chainsaws and backhoes kept time with the cicadas.

The next day, we found no such damage along the Corrotoman’s eastern branch or in Carter Creek; must

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Why the Trip Wasn’t Stupid

e wouldn’t have taken this trip so soon after surgery if we hadn’t had the right equipment onboard and the right attitude. Key ingredients included our 40-foot Down East style cruiser, an autopilot with a remote control, air conditioning, a memory foam mattress in the V-berth, pain relievers, an enclosed helm station mid-ship, a flybridge retreat, a cell phone with a broad range, extensive local knowledge, and Chartplotter technology. Unlike other trips, we cruised only in calm conditions, stayed at marinas longer, anchored out less, toured fewer creeks and rivers, and kept travel days short and few and far between. I drove whenever possible and made backup plans in case Jim’s condition worsened. We visited familiar places and kept meals simple and itineraries flexible. Above all, the patient followed doctor’s orders. Now that we’re back at work, I think my neck is starting to hurt a little.

have been a violent, isolated storm.

As always, the Tides Inn was just what the doctor ordered. Taking in healthy doses of southern charm for three days, we enjoyed sitting on the hill overlooking the creek, talking with friendly slip mates, swimming and playing croquet, and dining out.

On Wednesday, we cruised over to Crisfield for three nights. There, we enjoyed shelter from storms, swimming, local flavor, and puddles of bait fish. Disappointed that the Sidestreet Café was also on the mend [closed for renovations], we nonetheless enjoyed daily prescriptions of ice cream and quiet walks around town.

We left on Saturday for the Solomons Yachting Center, where we were invited to join Rock the Dock.

The poolside party for slipholders featured great BBQ, sides, potluck specialties, desserts, and Margaritas.

Dinner always tastes better when it’s free.

By the end of the trip, Jim had regained some of his well-being after having severe neck pain and numbness for months. His incision was healing well, and he no longer needed his “walker.” We all got some exercise, ate well, and enjoyed the time out.

Funny thing about our autopilot, though. Off Tangier and Smith Islands, it shut itself off, and the boat headed toward Solomons. Perhaps, she is as enamored with the Tiki Bar’s medicinal offerings as are her handlers.

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ruising doesn’t end with the first signs of winter; it just moves south.

Drawing from the experiences of the greater PropTalk community, we have assembled this list of attractive southern destinations for your consideration.

Coinjock, NC

There is a gigantic slab of prime rib waiting for you at the Coinjock Marina Restaurant at mile marker (MM) 50 along the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). Located at the southern end of the narrow Virginia Cut section of the ICW, Coinjock is more of a stop-off place than a destination. Nonetheless, if you enjoy prime beef, make sure you plan your fuel and rest stop around dinner time any night of any week at the “Home of the 32 oz Prime Rib.” Amenities include laundry, wireless Internet access, diver service, car rental, fuel, provisions, and beer and wine to go.

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New Bern, NC

Farther along the ICW at MM 182 is the Neuse River, which will carry you the 30 miles to New Bern, North Carolina’s second oldest town. With 300 years of practice, this is one of the most hospitable places on earth with historic gardens, an active cultural calendar, and Moores BBQ, the best pork barbecue in the east since 1945.

Harvey & Sue Smith, who previously operated Annapolis Marine Diesel, moved to New Bern a little over a year ago to enjoy the laidback pace and culture of Eastern North Carolina. “About 10 years ago, we came down for a vacation, eventually bought a place for retirement, and made the move. After a couple of weeks of retirement life, we decided to get back to business and opened Atlantic Marine Diesel,” says Harvey. “It’s the weather, the

place, and the people that make the area so appealing. Ask anybody,” he says.

Accommodations include Northwest Creek Marina with slips to suit yachts up to 60 feet, Skysail Yacht Club & Marina at the Sheraton in New Bern with space for yachts up to 200 feet, and the new Bridgeton Harbor Resort Marina with transient accommodations for boats as long as 150 feet.

If you are in need of engine service, there’s a pretty good argument for taking her up the Neuse to have Harvey perform the work at North Carolina’s favorable rates.

Beaufort, NC

“Bo-Furt” is another old place (1709) and an excellent rest stop on your trip down the ICW. The bluewater fishing options perk up in the winter with bluefin tuna action east of the Shackleford Banks and Cape proptalk.com

Lookout. If yours is not a fishing boat, you can pick up a first-rate charter from the many that line the docks of Morehead City and Atlantic Beach just east of the Beaufort waterfront. PropTalk recommends Captain Joe Shute’s Fish Finder Charters ((800) 8680941) for a light tackle experience.

Imagine catching a tuna within sight of the famous Cape Lookout lighthouse. Surprisingly, there is no central clearinghouse for booking charters in the area as you would find at Oregon Inlet and other fishing centers. If you are more inclined to big boats, heavy equipment, and fighting chairs, call Captain Shute for a recommendation. He can also help you gear up through his tackle shop on Atlantic Beach.

If you need to have some work done, the renowned Jarrett Bay Boatworks has the facilities and talent to do anything on a 175acre site in Beaufort at MM 198, right on the ICW.

Charleston, SC

Your next stop on the PropTalk southern tour must be the South’s holy city, so named because of the marvelous variety of historical churches that define the city’s ancient skyline. However, the title could just as well be for the exquisite plate options beginning with shrimp and ending with grits.

The place to dock is the 2005 National Marina of the Year, Charleston City Marina at ICW MM 469.5 featuring nearly 20,000 linear feet of dockage covering about 40 acres of the Ashley River. Three thousand feet of that dock space make up a floating high-speed fuel dock to accommodate yachts of any magnitude.

As luck would have it, the absolute best place for shrimp and grits is the quaint Marina Variety Store Restaurant, which serves a challenge called the Bear Island Special—grilled shrimp, onions, and peppers sprinkled with bits of smoked sausage over creamy grits drizzled with dark brown peasant gravy.

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Charleston where you can immerse yourself in the hospitality and style of an undiluted past that recalls the glory days before the War Between the States.

If you would prefer to fly down and charter a boat to tour the harbor, Low Country, and nearby coastal ports, Matt Galvin at Coastal Yacht Charters has a small fleet of excellent boats available with captains to show you around— coastal-yacht-charters.com.

Tip—don’t leave town without buying a woven sweetgrass basket. You’ll find them at high but slightly negotiable prices on the sidewalks of Market Street, the city’s shopping hub for the last 340 years.

Fernandina Beach, FL

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We don’t mean to imply that Georgia is worth skipping. Savannah, St. Catherines, and St. Simons have much to offer.

But, if you’re going south, you might as well book it on down to Amelia Island, FL for your first real dose of subtropical atmosphere. You don’t need to stay long to get a feel for old Florida’s checkered history. Since being claimed by French Hugenots in the mid-1500s, the place has been a sovereign hot potato passing though the hands of the Spanish, the British, a Mexican sympathizer, the United States, the Confederates, back to the United States, and to well-heeled northerners in need of a balmy escape from winter.

When in Fernandina, dock at the newly-built town marina managed by the island’s most fervent Red Sox fan, Coleman Langshaw. Tell him hello from Joe at PropTalk. From there, you can launch a sublime stroll up Centre Street to the quaint shops and eateries that define this gingerbread village. Langshaw recommends breakfast at the Bright Morning Café on Third Street just two blocks from the marina. Lunch is good at the Café Karibo next door. An Asian-inspired dinner at Bonitos on Centre Street will complete the set. Fernandina is also home to the Palace Saloon, Florida’s oldest tavern. Drop in for a drink of history.

St. Augustine, FL

According to Jody Reynolds, PropTalk’s classic yacht correspondent from the waterway and the 1st mate/social chairman on Hermione, a classic 57-foot Elco built in 1925, enjoying continental America’s oldest port by water is the perfect approach. Arrival at the excellent Municipal Marina puts you in the ancient part of the nation’s oldest place. What’s more, the world’s oldest mini-golf course is situated right at the marina.

Some say that Ponce De Leon played a round on his famous fountain of youth tour. Reynolds recommends the Scarlett O’Hara Raw Bar for drinks, casual food, and good music.

She has also done exhaustive reconnaissance on the Mill Top Tavern located on the top of a 115-year-old mill house, and she recommends the experience highly.

If you need professional support and skilled workmanship, Reynolds endorses Camachee Island Harbor, a protected marina on the ICW about a mile north of the St. Augustine Marina.

Sweetgrass basket weaver in Charleston, SC. Photo courtesy of the Charleston CVB

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New Smyrna Beach, FL

Following in Ponce de Leon’s wake, the PropTalk route would have you skip Daytona altogether and make your next stop at New Smyrna Beach, where surfing and fishing reign.

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perience requiring a completely different wardrobe and attitude.

The newly renovated municipal marina is the place to dock. However, across the Indian River (ICW), a mile north near the bascule bridge is the Riverview Hotel and Spa. Reynolds brings us glowing reports of the spa experience and this unique chance to feel what old Florida is all about. “It’s a charming place with slips for guests, and the hosts are the nicest people you’ll find anywhere,” she says.

Eau Gallie, FL

Pronounced “oh galley,” this ICW stop and shop just south of Cape Canaveral and Melbourne at MM 914, is about an hour’s drive east of Orlando. In the mid-1800s, a boatyard was built in a basin along the river, which soon became known for being the best deep-water harbor on Florida’s east coast. The Eau Gallie Yacht Basin is still one of the safest and most accommodating havens along the ICW. Hermione and her crew spent the better part of the winter of 2008-09 happily ensconced in the basin enchanted by the charms of this quaint community.

with tropical rum drinks. As these boomers have aged, so has their desire to pull halyards, grind winches, furl sails, and adjust rigging when the time could be better spent making cocktails and snoozing. Thus has developed the demand for comfortable powerboats to support the light adventure and heavy relaxation that comes so easily in the Bahamas and Virgin Islands.

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Gone Crabbin’

by Captain Rick Franke

A young trotline crabber and his dog.

Captain Rick Franke in 1955

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never heard the term “chicken neckers” used to describe recreational crabbers while I was growing up on South River. That’s a new concept that’s crept in somewhere along the way. If you lived on the water you always had crab lines or a crab trap or two hanging off your dock. It was such a common practice that it went almost unnoticed. I don’t ever remember chicken necks being used as bait. We used mostly dead fish or cut up eel or unidentified organ meats from the butcher shop as bait on crab lines. Hand lining with a dip net from a dock or boat was always fun and productive, but if you wanted a serious mess of crabs you ran a trotline.

Like most things in my memory of that era, the idea for a trotline came from my Dad’s maritime guru, Old Pete.

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One summer afternoon, the regulars at the bar in Paul’s in Riva were debating the merits of various crabbing strategies and Pete mentioned that most serious crabbers, by which he meant watermen, used trotlines.

Intrigued, my dad asked Pete to explain. After pushing his empty beer glass forward to claim his consulting fee, Pete said, “You go across the street to the general store and buy you a couple of pounds of salt eel. Then I’ll show you what to do with it”.

Pete proceeded to outline the plan for a trotline on a bar napkin and gave it to my Dad. It went something like this: First you bought a full spool (600 ft.) of one-quarter- or three-eighthsinch manila or sisal, that’s cheaper, three part line. Then you rounded up a couple of cement blocks to use as proptalk.com

anchors and a couple of empty gallon jugs with nice tight tops for floats. You also needed a couple of bushel baskets.

You cut two pieces of line about twelve feet each and tied one end of each to a block and the other end to a float. Then you unrolled the spool of line and carefully coiled it into one of the baskets.

As you went, about every six to ten feet you’d open the lay of the line by twisting it and slip a 3 or 4 inch piece of eel into the line and twist it tight.

When you were done, you took the whole thing to the rowboat and rowed out to your favorite spot. Then you set the trotline by tying the top end of the coil to a cement block and lowering the block into the water with the float and the baited line attached. Then you backed slowly away, allowing the baited line to pay out and sink to the bottom.

At the other end you lowered the second block and float overboard.

At this point, according to Pete, you went ashore, found a shady spot, and drank a beer. This was what Pete called a “one-beer set,” his preferred method.

Then you rowed quietly out to one end of the trotline, pulled up the float and the block until you could slip the baited line through an oarlock and pull the boat slowly along the line toward the other float. As the boat moved forward, the baited line lifted gently from the bottom and ran through the oarlock, bringing the hungry crabs to the surface so you could net them and put them in the other basket.

The first time we ran our new trotline we discovered that Pete had forgotten a most important point. I was netting with a standard twine dip net. The second crab got tangled in the net and while I was trying to dislodge him, I missed several big crabs that actually hung on the bait out of the water and almost into the boat before they let go! A quick run ashore produced a piece of chicken wire to replace the twine net, and then everything worked as planned!

Running a trotline was a lot of work, and you only did it in shallow water and quiet weather. The results were almost always worth the effort. It was a rare day when we did not get a bushel or more of keepers from two runs of the trotline.

When you were done for the day, you

simply picked up one end, untied it, and coiled the line back into its basket as you picked it up. One batch of baits was usually good for about a half dozen sets before they needed replacement, and if they spent some time in the hot sun to ripen, they worked even better!

If you used it regularly, a trotline was usually ready for the dump by the end of the season, but it would produce many bushels of crabs during that season!

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The bait of choice in those days was salted eel, because it stood up to multiple uses and was strong enough to stay in the line, even while being attacked by a hungry Jimmie.

I suppose chicken necks would work on a trotline, but I never tried any.

About the Author: Rick Franke holds a 100-ton inland USCG Master License. He retired as the Annapolis Sailing School and Annapolis Powerboat School general manager in 2006. He is an occasional captain on the Woodwind charter boats in the summer.

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eorge Whitehead (aka Captain Canvas) operates from his shop on Broadwater Creek in Churchton, MD. He creates and delivers quality work at a good price. I’ve used him for several projects, so I know. His outward roguish appearance belies the depth of the man.

Whitehead got his start in the Navy as a parachute rigger where he learned more than just how to sew. As he puts it, “I didn’t just repair and repack chutes. I worked on all kinds of airdrop stuff, like survival gear and life rafts. If I messed up, someone could suffer badly, and if the cause was traced back to me and proven to be my fault, I’d end up in Leavenworth!” A larger, more important lesson learned was an attention to detail in pursuit of perfection.

After his Navy hitch, he decided that whatever career he settled on he wanted it to be enjoyable. No inside job stuffed in a cubicle. He liked sewing, so why not stay with it? He landed a position with the Cover Loft in Eastport in 1989. One project led to another, and he quickly gained recognition not only for the quality of his work, but his ingenuity and creativity.

Translated: take a customer’s request; guide it through all the nuances and tradeoffs in materials, boat shape, three-dimensional mysteries, and cost; and produce an endproduct.

Most of us boaters associate the work of a canvas shop with bridge covers and such.

Whitehead points to some other rather interesting challenges. Some years back, the Navy was seeking a source for special covers for Electro Magnetic Imaging (EMI) equipment. Whitehead played a key role in this effort. The task required the usual design, fabrication, final assembly, and fit-

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ting, but with one additional complication.

A new fabric was needed! The makers of Gortex were approached and a special run developed. This contract was so successful that the Navy followed up with a similar contract for Radar Dome Covers.

One day, Whitehead got a call at the Cover Loft from someone representing the Rolling Stones. They were on their 1994 Voodoo Tour and had experienced damage to covers for their equipment. Tour deadlines required an extremely fast turnaround.

From boat covers to amp covers! Referrals are everything in any business, and he later did related work for U2 and Bryan Adams.

In 2006 Whitehead went on his own as Captain Canvas. Asked how he hit on the name, he explains that it came to him in a dream. This moniker won out over “Captain Cockroach” and “George the Scourge.” In a marketing sense, he figured that he needed an Aaaargh… hook! Next stop, the Renaissance Festival for costume inspiration, and it all came together. The roach in his beard and the big scissors are clever touches.

Whitehead’s career travels aside; his success story is based on how he ap-

proaches his profession. Consider being contacted to do a canvas job and given an idea, a need. He visits the customer’s boat to tackle cockpit curtains, bimini, cushions… whatever. A design grows from the discussion. Possibilities become challenges and vice-versa. Options once aired, reality becomes a mix of tradeoffs, alternatives, and cost. An example of his craft is how best to design and construct a cockpit enclosure around the skipper and crew height or perhaps special physical considerations.

Such details define what type of entry or egress and those mundane things like zippers and snaps.

As customers, we may think broadly, but Whitehead is definitely into the details.

To him, such details are the most critical part of his task. They define meeting a customer’s expectations in quality and price and on time!

Taking these factors a step further, any canvas guy will have any number of jobs going at any one time in various stages of completion. Whitehead describes this part of his job as inherently dysfunctional!

Keeping the individual elements of designing, bending, cutting, gathering materials,

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etc. separate yet in focus for each customer can be daunting. As a one-man show, it was essential that Whitehead have a wellorganized shop. So, he has constructed a series of separate interior work stations for design, layout, upholstery, foam cutting, sewing, and an outside area for jig building, bending, and metal work.

Visitors to boat shows or other boating venues will find Whitehead well turned out in his pirate regalia. His fancy pirate getup may be a bit of professional alter-ego, but it serves well in another way. Every Halloween, Whitehead gets in character

and hands out candy to local kids whose numbers have happily grown over the years. The festivities also include food and some typical pirate spirits for parents and other adults. I suppose it’s a pirate’s way of sharing his booty!

Captain Canvas, can be reached at (410) 867-9497.

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Chesapeake

Buyboats The 2009 Reunion by Cindy Genther The Delvin K. still working the waters of the Chesapeake Bay pulls into the railway at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels for haul out and maintenance. Photo courtesy of Cindy Genther

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uyboats worked the Chesapeake Bay from the 1930s through the 1960s. These cross-planked and deadrise-constructed work boats were originally built to buy oysters from skipjacks and run them to packing houses around the Bay. But buyboats also hauled coal, lumber, and produce. In their time, they were the tractor trailers of the Bay. Today, only a handful of these 50- to 80-foot buyboats still work the Bay— seeding oyster beds or hauling freight.

The remaining 40 to 50 Chesapeake Bay buyboats are owned by museums and a few

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individuals who are devoted to keeping these historic vessels alive.

The Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association started five years ago when Kevin Flynn, owner of the P. E. Pruitt invited the buyboats to Rock Hall, MD for a rendezvous. Since then, a fleet of about 15-20 buyboats gathers annually to share their passion and stories in waterfront towns around the Bay. Captain Flynn is the unofficial commodore of the Northern Fleet, which includes the Nellie Crockett and Muriel Eileen of Georgetown, MD, the Thomas J. from Rolph’s Wharf (Chester

River), and the Bessie L. and P. E. Pruitt of Rock Hall. About 10 boats make up the Southern Fleet led by “commodore” Dave Rollins, owner of the East Hampton of Poquosin, VA. This year, the buyboats gathered on the Rappahannock River in Urbanna, VA August 1 and 2. But the annual buyboat reunion is much more than a simple gathering of old boats. It’s a living history lesson of the Chesapeake Bay, where families who owned the buyboats come to reminisce about the days their fathers, brothers, and uncles worked these boats. Each of the

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stories is as interesting and colorful as the people who’ve owned these boats.

For example, the Ward Brothers of Deltaville, VA owned both the Nellie Crockett and the Muriel Eileen in the 1960s.

These boats have never been berthed more than five miles apart since they were built in 1925 and 1926, and today they still float together on the Sassafras River. The Ward family comes to every reunion to visit their boats and talk with the current owners about their restoration work and travels.

Inevitably, the stories turn to memories of days when the Wards worked the Nellie and the Muriel Eileen and a fleet of buyboats out of Deltaville.

Then there are the Pruitts. Paul Pruitt’s daughter Edwina and family come to the reunions to relive childhood memories aboard the P. E. Pruitt. Legend has it that Paul E. Pruitt found the keel timber for the Pruitt in 1925 and built the boat in succeeding years until he launched her in 1935. Work boats back then, and now, were typically named after a daughter, or less frequently a wife. (Wives may change, daughters don’t). The story goes that Paul Pruitt thought enough of himself that he named the boat after himself. Pruitt worked the boat out of Tangier and Deltaville until he sold her to Tom McNeal in the 1950s.

The McNeal family—father, mother and two children—lived aboard the P. E. Pruitt in the wheel house and forward cabin for years. McNeal would drop the kids off for school in Crisfield in the morning. Then, he and his wife would work the boat all day on the waters of Tangier Sound and return to pick up the kids after school. That life continued until Mrs. McNeal became pregnant with their third child, and they sold the Pruitt to the Wards in the 1960s.

The Wards named the boat the Thomas W. for their son who was killed in an automobile accident.

The boat regained her original name and became a pleasure vessel in the 1990s when she was acquired by Merideth Robbins.

Robbins added a center cabin and planned to sail the Chesapeake Bay and beyond until poor health and the big old boat got the best of him. Flynn bought the boat in 1996 and named her Chesapeake, until other buyboat owners convinced him to return the name to the original. She’s been the Pruitt ever since and has travelled the Chesapeake Bay and away to New York Harbor and back.

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Photo by Ruth Christie

Northern Bay Buyboats in Solomons— Nellie Crockett, Muriel Eileen, Bessie L., and Thomas J. Photo courtesy of Cindy Genther

The Delvin K. still working the waters of the Chesapeake Bay pulls into the railway at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels for haul out and maintenance. Photo courtesy of Cindy Genther

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As in the past, today’s owners of the Chesapeake Bay buyboats are a hardy bunch. They range from families with young children (Nellie Crockett, Muriel Eileen, and Emmitt H) to a retired Navy Chief and businessmen. All these owners have traits in common. First, they love these big old boats and their histories. There’s not a current owner who can’t tell you the history of his boat. Next, a good mechanical aptitude and the ability to make repairs underway is not just mandatory, it’s fun. On this year’s trip from the Patuxent River to the Rappahannock, in 25 knots of wind, the Pruitt developed a leak that bilge pumps struggled to keep up with. The crew steered for hours while Captain Flynn and Mate Genther located the source of the leak and made the necessary repairs to get us to Urbanna.

Imagine developing a one-inch hole in the hull of your boat and making repairs underway.

Could you, and would you enjoy it? If so, you’re a good candidate for buyboat ownership.

Then there’s the historic gear onboard these boats. The Nellie Crockett, a National Historic Landmark, has rope steering. It takes many revolutions of the wheel and tremendous force to turn the boat. But Nellie’s crew including mom, Mimi Parish, and young sons Austin and Logan can steer and dock this 72-foot, 52-ton boat almost as well as dad, Captain Ted Parish.

It’s all part of being a buyboat owner and family.

Along with old boats come old engines.

Muriel Eileen’s Catapillar diesel engine has a pony motor that must be started first before the old Cat can be fired up. It’s a loud process that starts early in the morning before the boat departs a port. But loud is what the buyboat fleet is about. Air horns, sirens, and potato cannons signal the fleet’s arrival and departure. We like to leave each port with a lasting memory of our visit.

We nourish our friendships at each Buyboat Reunion, and we extend our love of these historic old boats with people in towns around the Bay. We’re one big happy buyboat family preserving a vital piece of Chesapeake Bay history and having fun along the way.

About the Author: Cindy Genther with her husband Dale own Mobile Marine Services, a boat refinishing and restoration business in Rock Hall, MD. When they’re not at work, they enjoy sailing their 37-foot 1955 Sparkman & Stephens sloop or cruising in their 30-foot deadrise workboat, both berthed at the Harbor Shack Restaurant in Rock Hall.

They have been part of the P .E. Pruitt Buyboat Reunion crew for four years.

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Volunteer Spat

by Lew Armistead

A 6000-gallon setting tank filled with 350 bushels of oyster shell and over one million oyster spat. The mesh bags are laid out in concentric circles to allow the oyster seed (larvae) to readily attach themselves to the oyster shell. Water rich in algae and phytoplankton is then pumped from a nearby creek; this water is used to distribute the oyster spat into the bushels of oyster shells. The seeds swim freely for about three days then attach themselves to the oyster shells with a adhesive they excrete. Photo by Ken Tidy

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before, not fewer.”

As recreational anglers, we have a responhe Chesapeake Bay provides The project began in 2008 in St. Thomas sibility to help restore and protect the some of the best saltwater Creek, St. Mary’s County when CCA volresource.” fishing I’ve experienced, and unteers placed 34,000 oysters in floats. Not With that commitment, the Patuxent it’s right out our back door,” believes Chris only was it the first distribution of oysters, River Chapter has built a partnership of Moe, veteran Bay light tackle and fly fishit was also a learning experience for CCA ing angler. “But we are at risk of losing this recreational anglers, aquaculturists, local members, many of whom had not worked treasure. I can’t accept that. I want my sons citizens, and a major corporation, resulting with this bivalve before. It also was the first and their children to be able to enjoy all the in the distribution of more than 1.5 miltime the chapter partnered with aquaChesapeake has to offer.” lion oysters now growing in tributaries to culturists, housing It’s that belief that “We have distributed more than 1.5 million oysters their floats at the St. has led Moe and others Thomas Creek Oyster in the Patuxent River without using one cent of our membership dues.”

Company operated by Chapter of the Coastal Bob Parkinson, and using oysters provided Conservation Association (CCA) to roll the Patuxent. When they reach adult size,

by Richard Pelz of Circle C Ranchers they’ll be placed on sanctuaries to continue up their sleeves, get their sandals muddy, Association in Ridge, MD. Pelz, who had their valuable work of filtering water. and start raising oysters to help filter Bay earlier spoken at a Patuxent River Chapter “The oyster is really an amazing creawater. The chapter, which is in its third ture,” notes McGuire. “A single adult can meeting, has created a line of Crassostrea year, adopted oyster restoration as its comvirginica, called the Lineback oyster, which munity service project when it was formed filter up to 50 gallons of water each and at the urging of Scott McGuire, chapter every day, ridding it of algae, silt, unwanted contains more meat and grows quickly. He worked with the CCA members teaching president. nutrients, and other suspended particles. them how to construct the floats and place “Clearly, we understand that our chapter The problem is that the native oyster is oysters into them. at an all-time low of one percent of its alone will not be able to restore the oyster “It was very important for our chapter to historic population in the Chesapeake. population or cleanse the Bay, but we are With the pollution that we are putting into develop this relationship with the aquamaking a difference,” says McGuire. “To culturists, as we didn’t have the funds to do nothing is to contribute to the problem. the Bay, we need more oysters than ever 58 November 2009 PropTalk

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purchase equipment or oysters,” McGuire says. “In fact, we have now distributed more than 1.5 million oysters without using one cent of our membership dues.”

In addition to the involvement of aquaculturists, chapter members were another key to success, providing an estimated 312 volunteer hours in constructing floats, placing oysters into sacks attached to the floats, placing the floats into St. Thomas Creek, and flipping the floats. The flipping occurs to see whether crabs, which feed on small oysters, have invaded the floats, and to clean off any debris that will hamper oyster growth. Floats are flipped every three weeks, and re-flipped 48 hours later after exposure to air has dried out algae growing on the sacks.

The second effort in 2008 demonstrated the third important aspect of the CCA approach to oyster restoration—involvement of waterfront property owners.

“All projects except St. Thomas Creek will rely on property owners who care to make a difference in water quality to hang either floats or cages from their piers,” adds McGuire. “To date, we have brought almost 400 local citizens into the restoration project, educating them about the value of oysters to clean water and the need to protect the Bay. Most of them are not anglers, but citizens who want to make a difference.”

The Patuxent River Chapter approach is to find a “Creek Captain” for each project who is responsible for publicizing the project to local residents, recruiting participants, coordinating placement of the oysters on their piers, and developing a schedule for maintaining the floats or cages. Moe handled that role in Hellen Creek, the second location where CCA distributed oysters.

Through the distribution of flyers and a planning meeting for residents at his home, Moe brought 27 homeowners into the Hellen Creek project, and they placed 33,000 oysters into their creek in July 2008.

Again using oysters provided by Pelz, the Hellen Creek participants have seen rapid growth in their bivalves and will be placing many of them on sanctuary this fall. While it typically takes an oyster a couple of years to reach three inches in diameter (normal adult size), some of these Hellen Creek oysters grew five inches in seven months.

“The success we have seen is fueling our ability to grow more oysters” says Moe. “We believe our project is demonstrating that conservation-minded citizens, aqua-

culturists, and recreational anglers have a path toward restoring oysters. This can potentially have a hugely positive impact on Bay water quality.”

After a successful first year, the chapter’s oyster committee set its sights higher envisioning efforts to place millions of oysters into the water in the coming years. But a major roadblock to such an ambitious plan was funding, and that’s when another partner came into the picture. The Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources which operates the LNG facility at Cove Point in Calvert County, awarded CCA MD a $25,000 grant to expand its project. This allowed the chapter to envision a new approach, which would lead to greater numbers of oysters—placing spat on shell in cages that would be hung on local residents’ piers.

Additionally, CCA has been accepted into

cages at their piers in a project coordinated by 13-year-old Boy Scout Calvin Davies, who served as Creek Captain. Davies, who already had an interest in oysters, recruited homeowners, supervised the distribution, and is coordinating cage maintenance as his Eagle Scout project.

This summer, CCA distributed spat on shell in at least five other tributaries to the Patuxent and is looking for Creek Captains in other areas to coordinate projects. Hellen Creek residents have added 150,000 spat on shell to their piers, and 100,000 spat have been distributed on Hungerford Creek.

“To say that our success has exceeded initial expectations is a vast understatement,” McGuire reports. “What’s really heart-warming is seeing so many different people and organizations coming together to work on a project that can benefit ev-

Volunteers from the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) load a pallet with bags of spat on shell and then float it to storage area. Photo by Ken Tidy

Governor Martin O’Malley’s Marylanders Grow Oysters program.

With these new resources, the chapter developed an ambitious plan for 2009 to distribute more than 1.5 million oysters. As those plans developed, a new group joined the project—Boy and Girl Scouts. Through a contact that CCA MD Executive Director Tony Friedrich had, Edgewater Girl Scout Troop 2428 became involved in oyster restoration with CCA support. In June, the Scouts planted 28,000 oysters in Glebe Creek in Anne Arundel County as part of the troop’s Silver Award project.

One month later, 48 homeowners on Mill Creek placed 250,000 spat on shell in

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eryone who uses the Bay. As a group of recreational anglers, not only are we having a direct impact on improving water quality, but we’re also helping others not involved in fishing to see how they can make a difference in the Bay.” More information about the CCA oyster project can be obtained from McGuire, smcguire20653@gmail.com.

About the Author: Lew Armistead is the volunteer communications coordinator for the Coastal Conservation Association in Maryland—ccamd.org.

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DREAMBOAT

Hunt Yachts New 52-Footer

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ver the past few years, Bob Price of Queenstown, MD has happily cruised around the Bay and the East Coast in a Hunt Harrier 36. Hunt Yachts president Peter Van Lancker approached him to see if he would be interested in a larger Hunt-designed and built boat. He was. Price then approached Bob Mathews, one of the wellregarded boat-building Mathews Brothers, over a glass of black rum to see if he would be interested in one of these boats. He was.

The two met with the design team at C. Raymond Hunt Associates in New Bedford, MA to work out what was first intended to be a 48-footer. As certain requirements and wishes evolved and inserted into preliminary weight calculations, the designers realized that the boat would have to be longer to meet the requirements and most importantly, still perform well.

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Hunt Associates chairman John Deknatel says, “She needed bigger wings to fly with.”

Many times, planing boats are designed to float level and on their lines, and engines are specified that will push the estimated weight at the desired speed. What is sometimes not considered is the bottom loading at speed, the amount of weight per square foot that is applied to the bottom area that is in contact with the water. If this load is too high, the planing angle increases to an undesirable degree and handling is affected.

If the bottom loading is kept low, the results are faster acceleration, low rotation angles throughout the “hump” range, and more responsive handling.

This new 52-footer with her efficient bottom is a beautifully fast cruiser featuring Hunt’s signature elegance. The hull has a strong raked stem with a hint of sweep to the sheer, a touch of flare forward, and a bit of tumblehome aft. An integral swim platform you could play tennis on finishes off the powerful hull. The weather deck

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Below the bridge deck, the master stateroom is forward with the master berth oriented the reverse of most centerline berths with feet forward, head aft. There is an elegant bureau at the head or aft end for storage of remotes, books, glasses, and such, providing privacy even with the master cabin door open. The guest stateroom is to starboard opposite the galley. Large sliding doors allow this space to be used as a dinette so that the area is not wasted if guests are not onboard.

The galley is well equipped, with refrigeration a high priority, as there are three refrigerators on board, (two in the saloon), plus a freezer. A dishwasher and a washer/ dryer complete the housekeeping appliances.

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the gear is immediately accessible. Access to the engine room is through saloon access hatches or through the dinghy garage aft. Moving about the engine room is easy and comfortable.

The dinghy garage arrangement is spectacular with access through a large lifting door, which includes part of the swim platform, the transom, and the aft seat on the afterdeck. Opening the door reveals a set of launching rollers and a retrieval windlass and strap. Parked on a cradle is an 11-foot Hunt-designed custom-built center console runabout with a 20-horsepower Yamaha outboard. With this configuration, you could deploy a makeshift Seal team after evening cocktails on the aft deck.

Our test ride on Godspeed, the first of the boats to be completed, embarked from Price’s dock on the Wye River on a dappled sunny day. There was a 10- to 15-knot breeze blowing and a one- to one-and-a-halffoot chop running on the Miles River. Bow and stern thrusters were unnecessary during most maneuvering, as she handled well at low speeds with the twin Cats.

Idling out of the cove at 600 RPM, we moved along at 7.2 knots. We idled to the speed buoy where Price said, “Watch this.” He pushed the throttles forward to 1850 RPM and the boat accelerated quickly to 25 knots. Increasing the RPMs to 2150 accelerated the pace to 31.5 knots. Pushing the throttles to their stops produced 2336 RPMs and a speed of 34.4 knots. At all speeds, she threw a low clean wake, and the chop was

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barely noticeable. Cutting through another boat’s wake was smooth with no tendency to pound. Turns were carved and controlled, including hard turns at wide open throttle. Rotation through the hump range was minimal allowing ample visibility when moving onto a plane. This 52-footer certainly has the nimbleness of the 36 with the comfort of a boat larger than what you would expect on most 52-footers.

The Hunt 52 blends big boat comfort with elements of small boat maneuvering and acceleration. She is a pleasure to handle, comfortable on a long passage, and a great living and entertainment retreat on the hook or at the slip. Hunt Yachts are offering the boat with optional jet drives or the Volvo IPS system. The IPS option allows an extra stateroom and you still get to keep the dinghy garage.

Hunt Yachts can set you up with one of these beauties for $1.8M. About the Author: Mike Kaufman has been a professional yacht designer and surveyor for more than 30 years. He has designed and assessed both power and sailing yachts for a full range of purposes around the world. Kaufman is a National Association of Marine Surveyors Certified Marine Surveyor and has served as regional director and chairman of the Membership Screening Committee for that organization. He is a life member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers—kaufmandesign.com.

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Cruising Club Notes Fabulous Fall!

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his month, our clubs are all over the place. Most are happily using the Chesapeake as their own private playground for fishing, cruising, learning, and partying. Going to great lengths, others have toured the Hudson River and Pacific Northwest. As the cold fingers of November tighten their grip on the Bay, sit back and rake in the tall tales of fall. —Ruth Christie/ruth@proptalk.com

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Oysters “R” Us

uring the September 9 meeting of the Northern Virginia Coastal Conservation Association, Patuxent River Chapter leaders Scott McGuire and James Cotugno discussed their grassroots efforts to restore native oysters to the Chesapeake Bay and ways members can help. We also discussed fishing plans for fall.

All of our meetings are open to the public; bring a guest (ernierojas@verizon.net). —by Ernie Rojas

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Well, Aren’t You Special!?

he Hatteras Long Range Cruiser (LRC) Club, with a large contingent from the East and West Coasts (as well as globally), enjoyed a rendezvous and cruise in the Pacific Northwest September 13-20 (below). Thirty-one people on two 65-foot Hatteras LRCs, three 58-foot Hatteras LRCs, and three charter boats attended. As is true on the Bay, the cruise instructions emphasized “watch out for crab pots and fish nets!” The fun included cocktails and cruises, tours and seminars, high tea and low tides, a boat show, and food and more food (hatteraslrc.com). —by Carol Hudgens and Walt Higgins

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Down Easters Down East

ctober 3-4 brought at least 10 members of the Down East Cruising Club to Madeline and Don Moodie’s (Miss Rachel) verandah for a raft-up, BBQ, shared side dishes, and camaraderie on the Little Choptank (rickc@noyceyachts.com). —by Rick Casali

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Gone Fishin’

veryone had a great time during the annual Huck Finn Daze for kids ages 12 years and younger hosted by MSSA’s Susquehanna Chapter in Gettysburg, PA August 22 (below). The kids, many of whom had never fished before, were given a bamboo pole with a line, hook, and bobber and set loose. At the cookout, seven kids won prizes.

Thanks to our sponsors Edible Arrangements, F&S Yamaha Marine, Gander Mountain, and Snyder’s of Hanover (gnpdrake@epix.net).

—by Gary Drake

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Potomac River Pros

he Potomac River Smallmouth Club met September 30 for our annual Club Experts Event.

Members shared our favorite fishing techniques and the finer points of rigging lures, fishing a tube for river smallmouth bass, fly-fishing for fall smallmouth, fishing a fluke in moving water, equipping a kayak for fishing, and the best gear for fishing for river smallmouth.

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Tempted by the Fruit of Another…

SST… Ever wondered about the dark side, known as sailing? The Bay and the world are your oysters, that is, if you can believe the rag haulers during the Windjammers of the Chesapeake’s winter lecture series at the Severn School in Severna Park, MD. Listen to tall tales

by Beth Leonard (December 5), Tania Aebi ( January 16), Gary Jobson (February 13), and Dick and Dixie Goertemiller (March 13) (windjammers-chesapeake.org). We won’t tell your buddies. —by Leah Duer Alfriend

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Remembering Bill Burton

eptember 19 brought the Pasadena Sportfishing Group’s third Kids’ Fishing Derby of the year and dedication of the Fort Smallwood fishing pier in Bill Burton’s honor. More than 25 volunteers and 200 kids caught the attention of rockfish, white perch, and spot, while others took part in the casting contest. Registered kids received bait and assorted fishing gear, and pre-registered kids scored a new rod and reel combo.

Everyone enjoyed hot dogs, chips, cookies, and sodas. During our October 12 meeting, Captain Mark Hoos discussed offshore fishing while Bill of B & B Knives sharpened members’ knives (pasadenasportfhsing.com).

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SOC It To Me!

his summer, Painted Dreams (a Silverton 42 convertible) based in Brick, NJ took Pam and me up the Hudson River past West Point and beyond with our club friends, Randy and Karen Edrington from Westminster, MD, onboard. The Edringtons keep their 1995 Silverton 41 convertible at the Podickory Point Yacht & Beach Club in Annapolis.

We got to know them from some of the Silverton Owners Club dock parties we co-hosted in Cape May, NJ. What a pleasure going on a trip and being able to hand the wheel off to someone else and just sit back and relax for a change! I was able to sit on the bow and just enjoy the sights. We spent seven great days with great friends we made through SOC (silvertonclub.com).

—by Steve McGuire

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CRUISING CLUBNOTES Fifteen Tens

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eptember 10-13 brought 23- to 41-year-old yachts to the annual rendezvous of the Hatteras 1510 Club at National Harbor on the Potomac (below). Fifty members shared cruising stories and maintenance ideas, toured yachts and local haunts, enjoyed seminars and sightseeing, and partied with friends. Thanks to event planners and fleet captains, Tom and Phyllis Earnest, who own a 58-foot Yachtfish and a 46-foot Convertible. Each year, I am more amazed how well members know their boats. Whatever you want to do to restore one of these boats, one of our members has “been there and done that” correctly and can’t wait to talk to you about it. With roots in Baltimore and more than 100 members, the club is open to all boating enthusiasts, not just owners of vintage Hatteras yachts (hatteras1510club.com). —by Harry Hamelink

Hatteras 1510 Club members gather at National Harbor this September.

Switching Gears

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he Jewish Navy gunkholed over the Labor Day weekend on the eastern and western shores of the Chesapeake.

Cockpit discussions moved from solving national issues and sharing boating tips to sharing i-Phone apps. We have begun the new year of 5770 and can honestly say “Shofarsogut.” The Jewish Navy rendezvoused during the U.S. Sailboat Show to dream of bigger boats and plan winter boat projects. We are also finalizing our monthly winter Speaker-Luncheon series. The Jewish Navy looks forward to another year of fun with compatriots who enjoy Bay boating, share ideas, and recognize that age is a very high price to pay for maturity (jewishnavy@jewishnavy.org).

—by Adiva Sotzsky

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hesapeake Raiders, a PWC club (below), is “down for the season,” so to speak. We may reconnect for a winter trip or two to go skiing, snowmobiling, or horseback riding (chesapeakeraiders@comcast.net). —by Martin Tross

CBPBA anglers enjoy the Bay bite.

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Onboard the Tracey Lynn charter boat out of Edgewater, MD, Sherry Greulich, Joyce Rinehart, Joann Barker, and Maryanne Cox played hooky from work one nice day in July and found themselves limiting out on rockfish. Captain T. J. Johnson and first mate Pauline Johnson sure know where to catch the fish and how to have a great day on the Bay doing it (cbpba.com). —by Joann Barker

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Having a Hull of a Good Time

hile enjoying the Lord Nelson Victory Tug (LNVT) Association’s second annual East Coast Rendezvous at Rock Hall Landing Marina September 18-20 (below), owners shared their common interests and love for these unique boats, which received a warm welcome from the quaint, colonial community of Rock Hall. The Kent County News announced the tugs’ arrival, and many people visited the vessels and their owners, including Alegria (Hull 19, Natalie Ambrose), Growler (Hull 33, Steve

and Julie Sell), Knock Off (Hull 66, John and Jeanne Niccolls), Kukui (Hull 75, Bob and Hannah Spatola), Last Call (Hull 47, Peter Nordlie), Loon (Hull 57, Alice and Andy Mutch), Nellie D. (Hull 63, Dave and Bicki Howell), Titan (Hull 31, Key and Jo Stage), and Victory (Hull 2, Bob Allnutt).

Highlights were a picnic potluck dinner at the marina, boat tours, and “Tug Talk” and the social and awards dinner at the Black Duck Inn. Next year’s rendezvous will be at Gibson Island, MD (lnvt.wikidot.com).

—by Dave Howell

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he Back Creek YC rafted up on the Rhode River September 19 and enjoyed an all-you-can-eat fat crab feast October 3 at the Annapolis Naval Station hosted by John and Maddie Yates and Bill and Karen Kranzer.

Forty members attended the U.S. Sailboat Show Breakdown Party October 12 at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel hosted by Bonnie and Otto Hetzel, which featured a knot-tying contest and a prize for guessing when the “pin” will be pulled allowing sailboats to leave. November 1 brings our annual membership meeting at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis (gobcyc. com). —by Otto Hetzel

Bob Spatola, a Rock Hall resident, drives Kukui during the Rock Hall Rendezvous this September. She is the next to last LNVT 37 built.

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elow, HarborView Marina in Baltimore welcomed about 25 vintage vessels from the Classic YC of America (CYCA) for the annual Festival/Rendezvous September 18-20 (classicyachtclub.org).

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uring the first annual Beach N’ Boat Tournament September 12-13, hosted by the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association (MSSA) (below), surf, kayak, bridge, pier, and boat anglers competed in the same division for the same prize money. Top honors went to Ed Krell ($1000), Greg Nesselroad ($385), and Jason Leishear ($215) for flounder; and Kevin McMenamin ($400) for sea bass (mssa.net).

CYCA members flocked to the Classic Yacht Rendezvous at Baltimore’s HarborView Marina this September.

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CLUB DIRECTORY Albemarle Boat Owners Online albemarleboatowners.com Albin Cruisers albincruisers@yahoogroups.com Albin Owners Group albinowners.com Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron aspsmd.org Back Creek Yacht Club gobcyc.com Black Boaters Association of the Chesapeake Bay romeroarms@bww.com Capital Area PWC Club dcjetski.com Chesapeake Area Professional Captains Association capca.net Chesapeake Bay Bermuda 40 Association richardcooper28@verizon.net Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association oysterbuyboats.com/cbba.html Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society chesapeakebayacbs.net Chesapeake Bay Grady-White Club geocities.com/cbgradyclub Chesapeake Bay Grand Banks Owners Association cbgboa.org Chesapeake Bay Power Boat Association cbpba.com Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association cbsa-sabre.com Chesapeake Bay Yacht Clubs Association cbyca.org Chesapeake C-Dory Club c-brats.com Chesapeake Mainship Group groups.yahoo.com/group/ chesapeakemainshipgroup Chesapeake Outdoor Group chesapeakeoutdoor.org Chesapeake Paddlers Association cpakayaker.com Chesapeake Raiders chesapeakeraiders.com Chesapeake Women Anglers chesapeakewomenanglers.org Chesapeake Yacht Club chesapeakeyachtclub.com Chris-Craft Commander Club commanderclub.com Classic Yacht Club of America classicyachtclub.org Club Sea Ray clubsearay.com Coastal Conservation Association Maryland ccamd.org Coastal Conservation Association Virginia ccavirginia.org Crabtowne Skiers, Inc. crabtowne-skiers.org Cruising Rally Association carib1500.com

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Delaware River Power Squadron uspsd5.org/squadrons/delaware_river.html Down East Cruising Club rickc@noyceyachts.com Dundalk Sail and Power Squadron uspsdundalk.org Eastern Shore Anglers Club esanglersclub.org Elk River Yacht Club elkryc.com Fells Point Yacht Club fpyc.net Georgetown Yacht Club georgetownyachtclub.com Hampton Roads Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/hamptonroads Hatteras 1510 Club hatteras1510club.com Hatteras LRC Club hatteraslrc.com Herring Bay Yacht Club hbyc.org Jewish Navy jewishnavy.org Kent Narrows Sail and Power Squadron uspsd5.org/squadrons/kent_narrows.html Krogen Cruisers johnloving@yahoo.com Lord Calvert Yacht Club geocities.com/lcyc.geo Lord Nelson Victory Tug Owner’s Association lnvt.wikidot.com Lyman Boat Owners Association lboa.net Main Line Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/mainline Marine Trawler Owners Association, Chesapeake Bay Cruisers mtoa.net Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association mssa.net Maryland Yacht Club mdyc.org Midnight Lace Owners Group tbarba@steptoe.com Miles River Sail and Power Squadron mrsps.org MSSA Annapolis Chapter mssaannapolis.com MSSA Frederick County Chapter mssafrederick.com MSSA Northern Bay Chapter mssanorthernbay.com MSSA Susquehanna Chapter 23 gnpdrake@epix.net Nansemond River Power Squadron nrpowersquadron.com Norfolk Anglers Club norfolkanglersclub.com North East River Yacht Club neryc.com

Northeast River Power Squadron wilmcoop@comcast.net Northern Neck Sail and Power Squadron docwolski@aol.com Northern Virginia Sail & Power Squadron nvsps.org Pasadena Sportfishing Group pasadenasportfishing.com Patapsco River Power Squadron patapscoriverpowersquadron.org Portsmouth Anglers Club portsmouthanglersclub.com Potomac River Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/potomac Potomac River Smallmouth Club prsc.org Richmond Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/richmond Rockville Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/rockville Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis seafarersyc.com Silverton Owners Club silvertonclub.com Solomons Island Model Boat Club simbc.wetpaint.com Solomons Island Yacht Club solomonsislandyc.com Somers Cove Yacht Club scyc.info South Harbor Yacht Club shycmd.tripod.com South River Ski Club southriverskiclub.net Stingray Harbour Yacht Club stingrayhyc.com Sue Island Sail and Power Squadron usps.org/localusps/sueisland Tidewater Grady White Club ocnsir@yahoo.com U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 6 jhc0239@aol.com Upper Chesapeake Ski Club ucskiclub.org Upper Chesapeake Yacht Club groups.msn.com/ucyc/ucyc.msnw Virginia Coastal Fly Anglers vcfa.org Waterway Radio and Cruising Club waterwayradio.net Wilmington Sail and Power Squadron wilmingtonpowersquadron.org Windjammers of the Chesapeake windjammers-chesapeake.org

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Racing News

by Joe Evans

Raging on the River, Port Deposit, MD

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im Flayhart reports from Port Deposit that the sixth running of the Ragin’ on the River series over a beautiful Labor Day weekend went well with about 30 boats participating and hundreds of shore side and anchored spectators cheering the action

2009 Maryland Cup Winners:

1 Litre Robert Wilson and Keith McMullen 1.5 Litre Stock Doug Hagatha and James McMullen 2.5 Litre Stock Sam Horner and Robert Kennedy 2.5 Litre Modified Clarence Pfaff 5 Litre James Martin National Modified Stephen Short Jersey Speed Skiff William Darby and Patrick Dender

on the Susquehanna River. The Port Deposit event is the deciding race in the chase for the Maryland Cup, an award recognizing the cumulative winners in each class over the season in Marylandbased races.

Raging on the River Winners:

1.5 Litre Stock Doug Hagatha and Jame McMullen 1 Litre Robert Wilson and Keith McMullen 2.5 Litre Stock Sam Horner and Robert Kennedy 2.5 Litre Modified Clarence Pfaff 5 Litre James Martin National Modified Stephen Short Jersey Speed Skiff Tom Pakaradooni and Brandon Kennedy

Daniel J. Murphy Jr. Memorial Regatta, Mays Landing, NJ

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eorge Conover of the Winding River Boating Association in South Jersey reports that 36 boats came to race on Lake Lenapee near Mays Landing, just 10 miles west of Atlantic City over the September 12 weekend. Saturday opened with cloudy

1.5 Litre 1 Litre Modified 2.5 Litre 5 Litre National Modified Grand National Pro-Stock Jersey Speed Skiff

skies, drizzle, and falt calm waters to allow a full schedule of racing in each class. Sunday came on with clear skies, wind, a slight chop, and another full run of races to crown the following overall winners:

Brandon Kennedy, Bear, DE Valarie Wilson, Hampton, VA Sam Horner, Baltimore Don Thompson, Cordova, MD Dave Sutton, Bridgeton, NJ George Conover, Egg Harbor Township, NJ Dave Paraskevas, Tinton Falls, NJ Dave Greenlaw, Upper Black Eddy, PA

For the second year, the event was sponsored by the family of Daniel J. Murphy Jr., an avid unlimited hydroplane racer who passed away some years ago. The family also sponsors a memorial award based on performance, appearance, and sportsmanship. This year’s recognition went to Dave Greenlaw and his Jersey Skiff.

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A traditional 27-foot working boat takes shape at the Ruark Boatworks in Cambridge, MD.

at about 14 knots with her 54-hp Yanmar engine. She is berthed in Oxford, MD with her owners Ralph and Susan Myers.

Bob Pelrine’s Mast & Mallet-built Thomas Point 38 came into the shop for some routine maintenance, woodwork, and paint and to have her wooden windshield frame replaced with powder-coated aluminum.

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ick Doyle reports from the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum that the museum boatshop crew enjoyed a busy summer with boats to refurbish and build under the seasoned supervision of Jay Rohmann, the director of the Reedville boatshop program. The main project has been the completion of a classic Virginia deadrise—a project that the shop takes on every year. Additionally, the team renovated a locally-owned deadrise while continuing the upkeep on the museum’s fleet. The main winter project will be the restoration of Foggy River, a 42-foot “chunk-built” roundstern deadrise workboat that will become part of the museum’s collection. Charley 72 November 2009 PropTalk

Gilmer is heading up this project. The work will entail replacing the cabin with one that more closely matches the original. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the work days at the shop. They always welcome extra hands and help, so come down to Reedville and join the crew.

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oe Reid’s crew at Mast & Mallet in Edgewater, MD has launched, tested, and delivered Suzie Q, a 25-foot deadrise cruiser based on Reid’s original Chesapeake 22 from about 20 years ago.

The 25-foot design was stretched and reengineered by Mike Kaufman. Reid reports that she popped right up on a plane

Dick Doyle's new Deltaville deadrise at Butlers's Reedville Marine Railway.

Mast & Mallet has also completed the strip-planked hull for Bill Donohue’s Homewood Landing 24, a power launch to be completed in the Annapolis Classic Watercraft shop in Annapolis.

Also complete and delivered is a vintage Chris-Craft Capri after extensive refurbishing, varnish, and repowering with assistance from Keith Gunther at GPS Marine next door, who put the engine together.

With the 25-foot deadrise out of the shop, Reid and crew are set to build a 22-foot interpretation of a Smith Island Crab Skiff. She will head out with a 60-hp gasoline-powered Westerbeke engine.

The crew also built a mold and a hardtop extension for a Mainship 34 while Reid himself was installing teak decking on a sailing yacht at the dock. Reid says that both jobs, “turned out beautiful.”

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eid Bandy at Bandy Boats in Annapolis is in the final stages of an ultralight 26-foot express design, which he expects will top out at 40 mph with a 150 four-stroke outboard.

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The shop action has centered on the restoration and artistic recreation of John Bildahl’s 1960 16-foot Owens runabout, a “free” boat sourced from a widow’s back yard. Bandy found, rebuilt, and repainted a vintage 75-hp Mercury Stinger engine and performed an heroic one-man job of wrestling a new plastic rub rail on the boat. He fastened in a spare seat, and the two went for a South River test run. They returned unharmed and without incident, a good start to a continuing saga. PropTalk will follow this project with expectations for a

Mac MacGlaughlin has been heading up the building of a 27-foot working boat with apprentices Frank Antes, David Bodey, and Ed Airey three days a week in the shop. After two months, her bottom is complete up to the starter plank.

Interested buyers have been kicking around as her oak, pine, and cedar hull has taken shape. There is some talk about making this design an annual project.

The museum has been given a partially completed hull for a 40-foot skipjack originally started by Jack McClain to

The Chesapeake 25 deadrise from Mast & Mallet.

Bildahl's 1960 Owen's runabout with her Cherubini paint job and Bandy-built Stinger engine. She still needs a windshield and seats

strong showing at next year’s Antique and Classic Boat Festival in St. Michaels.

Bandy will be showing his 50-knot, 27foot fishing machine on Dock F-2 at this U.S. Powerboat Show.

a Harold Ruark design. Work on this boat will remain on hold until the Jolly Roger returns to the water. The plan is to complete her to U.S. Coast Guard specifications so she may be used to take passengers. Please contact Dan Cada at the Ruark Boatworks to donate time, talent, or financial support for this project and the James B. Richardson Foundation.

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he volunteer artisans at the Ruark Boatworks in Cambridge (part of the Richardson Maritime Museum) are deeply into the reconstruction of the skipjack Jolly Roger, the museum’s signature restoration project. The boat was hauled, flipped, and blocked under a work tent on the property this summer. Since then, virtually all of the ribs have been replaced along with much of the starboard side and bottom planks. Work on her port side and bottom is commencing over a new chine log and a 40-foot laminated cedar starter plank. Pieces for her new transom have been fit and joined and are waiting for installation while the new skeg and sternpost are being shaped. There’s a chance that the crew will be ready to turn her upright

by November.

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ick Roe at Roe’s Marine in St. Michaels has seen a flurry of interest in a 26-footer he built a few years ago. Unfortunately, the original hull mold for the boat is shot. Roe had been thinking that the design would be improved with a bit more Chesapeake-style flair in the topsides and more deadrise aft. So, he sketched it out and commenced building a cold-molded plug for a new mold. His thinking is to offer the boat in pretty much any configuration using a molded fiberglass hull and build the rest to suit the customer’s vision. The boat could then be outboard or inboard powered, center-console or express layout, or just about any way someone wants. He hopes to have the mold ready for action by spring.

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he Mathews Brothers in Denton, MD have an extensive refit project ongoing on a 35-foot Pearson for Tom and Carla Witzel, including changes to the cockpit configuration, deck hardware rearrangement, interior layout changes, repowering, new fuel and water tanks, and fresh paint all around. They are also laying up their 19th Hampton one-design sailboat for the Chesapeake Bay fleet. Also in the laminating bay is the hull for a new Mathews Brothers Bay Cruiser 22, which is the 78th boat to come from the shop. Oth-

Doug Lowery takes a break on a transom rebuild job on Tilghman Island.

Photo by Bill Griffin

erwise, the crew has been busy on the road on routine maintenance and repair projects.

The office has been busy booking storage and care business for the company’s packaged indoor or outdoor winter care program.

The Mathews Brothers are showing their elegant 40- and 29-footers at the U.S. Powerboat Show in the usual place, Dock F-2.

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ravis Pittman at Tiffany Yachts in Burgess, VA reports slow but steady progress on the new Tiffany 38, as the yard and boat shop remain busy with repair and upgrade work on other boats.

The molded main salon deck has been built and is being finished and trimmed to fit.

Meanwhile, the engine compartment is being faired and finished in advance of the power installation. The forward stateroom is taking shape and being trimmed out with teak seats and counters and even a solid teak sink, which was shaped on the company’s computer-controlled router.

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erry LeCompte at Dockside Boatworks in Cordova, MD is replacing the bottom on a 1931 Chris-Craft Deluxe. He and his crew recently completed the restoration of an 18-foot 1957 Chris-Craft Continental.

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omposite Yacht in Trappe, MD recently launched a new 46-foot deadrise pleasure boat featuring a pair of Volvo IPS-600 430-hp engines.

Initial sea trials netted 38 mph wide open before the customary prop adjustments and trim tab installation. They are expecting a top speed of 40 mph once she is trimmed and tweaked. She settled in to cruise at 25 mph.

The boat features granite countertops, a 17-kW Onan genset, teak trim below, a Vacu-Flush marine head, flat screen

televisions everywhere, air-conditioning, and ice-making equipment. She’s painted fighting lady yellow, and she’ll be on Dock J2 at the Annapolis show along with a 26and 32-footer.

Now in the works at Composite is the continuing development of a unique fishing and coastal cruising boat developed

by Jim Thimsen in Deltaville, VA. The Dagmar T-28 design is based on the classic Deltaville deadrise evolution, featuring a fine entry, a full keel, and a bit of S-curve in the fair body forward of the propeller to

elva Capps at Capps Boat Works in Virginia Beach is refurbishing a 1991 Capps 27, after delivering his latest creation, a 45-foot Carolina-style sportfishing yacht, to Larry Dempsey in Hatteras. Capps is also putting a fresh pair of Cummins 315s in a 33-foot fishing boat.

Bob Wohlfarth's unique cruising version of the Judge 36 slides into the Choptank River for her sea trials.

Herman and Ronnie Haddaway have been building and fixing boats on the Eastern Shore for over 30 years.

A new transom takes shape on a 1938 26-foot Richardson Little Giant at Will Stahgren's Heritage Wooden Boat Services in North East, MD.

form a discreet prop-pocket to reduce draft and allow a larger wheel. Composite has the complete set of tooling for the boat and is working with Thimsen to build and sell the boats.

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A 1931 Chris-Craft Deluxe gets new bottom planks at Dockside Boatworks in Cordova, MD.

Eastport Yacht Company designers and their builder Roger Brooks are set to begin buiding the first flybridge version of the Eastport 32.

eorge Hazzard at Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD reports under the theme of “love and sawdust” that two members of his team who first met in his shop three years ago have gotten hitched. Jeff Breza and Helene Hall were married in Georgetown September 9. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of work to do after the honeymoon, including installing a rebuilt Chris-Craft 283-V-8 engine in a 1958 22ft Chris-Craft Sea Skiff Ranger, and the refurb of a 1968 Boston Whaler Montauk.

esigner Mike Kaufman in Severna Park, MD is developing a 45- by 17-foot aluminum oyster handling boat for Cowart Seafoods in Lottsburg, VA, one of the largest oyster processors in the country.

The boat will be built at Atlantic Metal Products in Topping, VA. Kaufman is also handling the engineering and details for the USCG certification of a 46-foot passenger vessel being built by Chesapeake Boats in Crisfield, MD.

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Fish News by Captain C.D. Dollar Dolan Hurley, Cheryl Duffy, Russel Knapp, John Sparrow, and Mike Lyons show off their $500 checks from the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge ceremony. Photo by Joe Evans

Lucky young anglers from across the State were awarded guided fishing trips:

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Wade Mayberry caught this fish in a top-secret spot.

Photo by Joe Evans David Wilhelm of Perryville, MD won the luck of the draw at the grand finale of the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge and took home a new boat package from Tracker Marine. Photo by Joe Evans

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Perryville Man Wins MD’s “Fishing Challenge” Grand Prize

n September 19th, in front of a crowd estimated at 1,000 people – including sponsors, anglers and their guests – Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown handed out $30,000 in prizes to lucky anglers at the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge finale. Throughout the summer long contest, nearly 1,500 anglers from as far away as California qualified to participate in the grand prize drawing. As an added youth component, children participating in various fishing rodeos across the state qualified for the chance to win a guided fishing trip.

“Recreational fishing is an important part of our culture, our heritage and our quality of life,” said Lt. Governor Brown. “Together, we are committed to making sure fishing in Maryland remains affordable, accessible and memorable.”

David Wilhelm of Perryville, Md. Walked away with the grand prize–a boat, motor and trailer from Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Boats. Wilhelm’s catch of a 40.8-inch striped bass off of Tilghman Island on May 10 won him the boat package.

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“My family and I attended last year’s finale event and didn’t win anything, not even a door prize,” said Wilhelm. “I’m definitely glad that I came back for this year’s finale. I’m so excited about this new boat and I can’t wait to get out on the water.”

Additional winners included Greg Howell of North East, Md. who won a prize package worth $1,500 from Bill’s Outdoor Center. Dan Baker from Millersville, Md. and Norm Bogarde from Mt. Airy, Md. won $1,000 prize packages each, also from Bill’s Outdoor Center. Joan Putt of Lebanon, Pa. received $500 from Bass Pro Jewelry.

Lois Burton, wife of the legendary outdoor writer and angler Bill Burton, was presented a framed copy of this year’s Challenge poster. Bill, who was instrumental in both establishing the original Diamond Jim tournament in the 1950s and its return in 2007, passed away in August. This year’s Challenge celebrated his life and work, and recently the Board of Public Works voted to name the Choptank River Bridge fishing pier Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park in his honor.

aleb Williams of Baltimore, Md. and Krista Josenhans of Mandela Springs, MD will receive guided fishing trips on one of Maryland’s trout streams sponsored by Mid Atlantic Trout Unlimited; Edward Kramer of Baltimore, Md. and Connor Poole of Little Orleans, Md. each won a bass fishing trip courtesy of the Maryland Bass Federation; Joshua Green of Salisbury, Md. and Emily Mills of Delmar, Md. will each receive a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip from the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association; Theotis Shenett of Baltimore, Md. and Chris Probst of Ridgely, Wv. each won a fishing trip of their choice from the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland; Rachael Wolfkill of Baltimore, Md. and Alijah Metz of Cumberland, Md. each won a trophy rockfish fishing trip off of either Annapolis or the Eastern Shore courtesy of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Association; and Matt Utrera and Kijia Davis, both of Baltimore, Md., won a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip made possible by the Maryland Charter Boat Association.

“Catch a fish” is one of the rights in the Maryland Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights, issued by Governor Martin O’Malley in April and part of Maryland’s Partnership for Children in Nature, an initiative to get young people to connect with the natural world and become informed and responsible stewards.

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CBBT’s Winter Rockfish Season

by C.D. Dollar

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ishermen plying the waters around the fabled Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT), a 20-mile engineering feat that links Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Virginia Beach, know it as a worldclass winter striper destination. In my experience, there can be two CBBTs: one that features calm, almost sedate waters around the bridge-tunnel, and its evil twin—an angry wash of ocean-Bay water churned by tide and wind.

Like many anglers who fish the CBBT in the winter, I’ve experienced both conditions. More often than not there is almost always some wind. You can sometimes dodge the breeze by hiding in the lee of the numerous pilings or one of the four “islands” that anchor the tunnel entrances.

But that doesn’t always work. One borderline weather day a few years ago comes to mind, when two clients and I were fishing a pod of rockfish on the edge of Nine-Foot Shoal. The bite had just turned on, yet at the same time the wind cranked up a few notches and began crashing into an outgoing tide. The result was a hairy froth. My client had a nice striper on the end of his fly line and barely noticed the rollers behind him. With one eye out for any rogue

wave and another on the angler on the bow, I held my breath until that 20-pound striper came over the gunwale. A few quick photos and I scampered out of those angry waves.

It’s that lure of hard-fighting rockfish that draws fishermen to the CBBT, even in less than ideal conditions. Only a harsh fall in which water temperatures plummet below 44 degrees will drive the rockfish into ocean waters. Typically, the fishing can be good in December and January. Virginia’s 2009 fall striper season runs from October 4 through December 31, during which fishermen are allowed two stripers from 18 inches to 28 inches. Anglers can keep one rockfish 34 inches or longer as part of their two-fish possession limit. It is illegal, however, to keep any rockfish between 28 and 34 inches. It’s also worth noting when the Bay season ends, most fishermen head to federal waters off the capes. But many rockfish remain, and the welcomed solitude can be matched by loads of fish available to catch and release fishing.

The key to success at the CBBT, like most places, is locating bait. Many of the professional captains look to the gannets to tell them where the bait is schooled up, as well as active feeding by stripers. When

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Worth the effort. Photo by Captain C.D. Dollar

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birds aren’t active, use your sounder to locate bait and mark stripers before you drop lines.

Anglers of every stripe can get in on this striper fishery. Trollers score using everything from massive ruby-lipped, Mojo-style bucktails to Mann’s “Stretch” swimming plugs 25s and 30s or humungous bunker spoons. Most anglers troll with stout boat rods teamed with conventional reels loaded with 30- to 40-pound test. Live eels are deadly at the High Rise, especially at night.

On the lighter side, lures and flies that resemble menhaden or anchovies (three to 10 inches long) in colors like pearl, chartreuse, and white are standard rockfish catchers. I fish several kinds of artificial lures, and my short list of soft plastics includes BKDs (Bass Kandy Delights), Bass Assassins, as well as swimming shads from Storm, Gulp! and Tsunami. I like the Li’l Jimy jigheads from Specialized Baits, in weights of ½ to 1½ ounces.

My box also includes Stingsilvers, Hopkins, and Crippled Herring

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‘Wired Bunker,’ using single strand wire to give it a higher profile when retrieved.”

Other fly anglers, this writer included, like the above flies tied in combinations of black, white, chartreuse and olive with healthy doses of flash material. Also, on some days I’ve found a fly with pink can work, too.

For the better part of a decade, we’ve been spoiled by this great late-season striper fishery.

Let’s return the favor and keep only one true trophy if you must. There are plenty of plump stripers for the table. If we do that, this annual pilgrimage will be around for years to come.

and several selections from the Chesapeake Bay Lure Company. Sizes range from one to five ounces. Rods with good backbones, such as St. Croix’s Tidewater series or those made by OB Custom rods, in six-foot lengths, loaded with braided line are good choices. Braided line cuts through the swift current, doesn’t kink in cold water, and is more resistant to abrasions (such as from gill plates) compared to monofilament.

Fly chuckers use nine- or 10-weight gear to throw large bunker patterns, tied to a 30-pound leader attached to sinking or intermediate lines. Work the CBBT pilings and rockpiles surrounding the islands. When the gannets, pelicans, and other sea birds crash bait on top, the action can be astonishing.

You can use a floating line when the rock bust bait on top.

“Any large fly resembling a bunker tied in the four- to 12-inch range generally brings rockfish strikes. Large Lefty’s Deceivers, Bucktail Deceivers, and Half’n’Halfs are good bets,” says Captain Chris Newsome—bayflyfishing. com. “I tie a bunker pattern I call the

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by Captain C.D. Dollar

his is the time of year when I keep one eye on the sky and the other on the fish finder. As October yields to November, our feathered friends from Canada and the pothole prairies on the U.S. Plains migrate south to winter on the Chesapeake’s rivers, fields, and marshes. It’s also a transitional time for fish.

By the second week of October, the rockfish and blues typically kick into survival mode, feeding heavily to store fats in anticipation of colder waters. Soon the summer visitors such as spot, croaker, and flounder become scarce, if not gone altogether. This is when it gets good. As long as it’s a gradual cool down, and not some oddball Arctic freeze, the shallow water bite can be stellar in October. In past years, we’ve had some outstanding days fishing over breaking rockfish and blues, as they corral and smash massive schools of bunker, anchovies, and silversides. The ensuing piscatorial mayhem does Heath Ledger’s maniacal incarnation of the “Joker” proud.

By November, the game shifts to trolling bucktails and swim baits or jigging with light tackle. Even the fly guys have their share of opportunities. I like to use dense metal spoons or tungsten jigs with plenty of profile, tipped with soft plastic lures. Often, the birds aren’t working over baitfish, so this is when a good sounder, and your ability to read it, makes the difference between fish on the hook and a fish tale. And don’t forget that the offshore tuna bite, weather permitting, can be excellent through Halloween.

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Three-year-old Rivka Abelow shows off a pair of blues after a day out of Solomons with Captain Sam Ostrowski. Rivka (the V is silent) caught an honest slam including blues, rockfish, and a 25-inch Spanish mackerel. Photo courtesy of J. J.’s Tackle

Don’t be shy; try your hand at cast’n’blast–wing shooting in the morning and fishing for rock and blues in the afternoon, or vice versa. Both pursuits oftentimes require boats, and it’s that versatility of craft and sport that makes living on the Chesapeake pure joy.

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aptain Sean Crawford of Terrapin Bay Guide Service (Eastern Bay) will continue to chase breaking fish in October into November throughout the mid-Bay area.

Additionally, he plans to fish shallow water during high tides and/or low light conditions.

“A really nice grade of rockfish can be found in the shallows taking topwater lures this time of year,” he says. Some of his favorite lures for light tackle include Stillwater Smack-it Jrs. and ‘walk the dog’-type poppers.

“A nine-weight fly rod is perfect matched with a floating line and any popper you can throw well that makes a lot of noise,” Captain Sean says. “I prefer hard-body flies like the Spirit River saltwater poppers.”

Captain Sean Crawford

TerrapinBayFishing.com (410) 490-5942

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aptain Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters (Solomons) says the fall looks very promising as long as we don’t get too much rain. In wet autumns, excessive freshwater runoff has caused the baitfish to leave the Bay earlier than usual, with the chance that the large, ocean-run big rockfish don’t show up in great numbers. Time will tell.

“My prediction is that by mid-October, we will see the last of the bluefish in the Middle to Upper Bay, and flounder will still be making the last showings on the channel edges,” he says. “Stripers will be in two groups: smaller fish and the medium-size stripers. There will be many schools of smaller fish breaking all around the shallow waters. The medium fish will school in deeper water feeding on the bait fish leaving the Bay. These will be the trolling class of fish.”

Captain Sonney adds that unfortunately he thinks sea trout will be far and few. The good news is for fishermen who love white perch, it’s your time to fish the rivers and creeks.

Captain Sonney Forrest

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ill O’Brien of Shore Tackle and Custom Rods (Kent Narrows, MD) predicts that topwater fishing will get even better in October in the Mid-Bay area. “We’ll start to see plenty of 25-inch rockfish breaking throughout the area over the next couple weeks,” he says. “The Spanish mackerel will start to make their way south once the water temperature dips into the 60s, and many of the bluefish will follow the anchovies out in October, but we’ll be left with plenty of larger bluefish and some of the best rockfish action of the year.” O’Brien anticipates that the topwater action will heat up in the shallows, particularly in the low light periods of the early morning and late evening. Some effective top-water plugs include Stillwater Smack-its or Atom Poppers.

Another option in October is to break out the trolling gear. We should expect good action on bucktails, tandem parachutes, and Tsunamis as the water temperature drops.

Shore Tackle and Custom Rods Kent Narrows, MD

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aptain Walt of Light Tackle Charters (Crisfield) knows that October will bring excellent light tackle and fly fishing for striped bass right on the Maryland-Virginia line.

“The rockfish will be schooling and migrating down and out of the Chesapeake, headed toward their wintering grounds just off the coast of either Virginia or North Carolina, depending on how cold the winter is,” he says. “Large quantities of them will be in this section of the Chesapeake in October. They’ll crash large schools of bunker that are schooling right now.”

He suggests fishing under or near oil slicks on the water surface, which are a result of the “carnage from the bunker that are being attacked and destroyed by the stripers in a feeding frenzy. The oil slick appears as a thicker and calmer area of water, because it is heavier than the surrounding surface water, and often is marked by the rainbow colors any oil leaves on the surface of the water.”

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Liam Leishear on his first fishing trip with his grandfather and Captain Harry Nield on Tangier Sound.

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FISH FORECASTS

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aptain Dale Weems of Time Off Charters in Solomons predicts that a slow transition this month has already begun. Bluefish will move out of the Bay and so will the silversides and other small baitfish.

“Pull out the trolling gear and start fishing structures and bottom contours again for rockfish,” he suggests. “If you’re lucky enough to still be sitting on a stash of live spot, live lining will be an alternative to trolling for a little while longer. But it will be something to do while we wait and hope for the migration of the big rockfish.”

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15’ 4” LuCraft ’73 Center console boat w/built in fishing rod holders & bimini, 1996 50 hp Johnson OB w/power tilt, 12 volt battery, and 18 gal gas tank.

Equipped w/depth meter, speed, temperature gauges, galvanized trailer w/spare tire, VHF marine radio, fender, dock lines, anchor & rode, console cover, boat cover, bilge pump & USCG package. Only $3500. Norris Howard, Yacht Broker, (410) 742-6795 or (443) 944-3322 or nhowardboats@aol.com

17’ Holby Bristol Skiff ’08 Dealer demo with very few hours on the engine. In excellent condition. Reduced in price.

Offered at $18,500 Contact Ken Comerford at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com for more info.

17’ Invader ’87 Bow rider, excellent cond., 2007 trailer, 4.3-L OMC I/O w/352 hrs, covers, Sea Scouts, $4800, James Klimek, (240) 271-4631, jk3043@aol.com.

Shamrock 20 ’96 W/trailer.

Radar, fish finder, VHF, AM/FM cassette, center console, T-top, rebuilt engine. $14,500/offer, (301) 838-7798.

21’ Supra ’91 Good cond., trailer-fair cond., inbd Ford 351, ski tow boat, Sea Scouts, $5000 obo, James Klimek, (240) 2714631, jk3043@aol.com, or Steve Alexander, (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@msn.com

Proline 211 ‘98 Walkaround Cuddy with a Johnson Ocean Runner 150 HP O/B and EZ Loader trailer. One owner. $10,500 Call (410) 263-2509 PropTalk November 2009 83

22’ Mathews Brothers Classic Bay Cruiser ’02 Surprise Fiberglass hull.

Yanmar 100hp dsl engine.

Stored and maintained by IndoorBoatStorage. Available for immediate purchase. $99,000 Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

BARELY USED!! Seafox 236 ’06 Walkaround w/ Trailer $25,000. 175-hp Suzuki 4-Stroke Outboard <50 hrs, Live Well, Fresh/Raw water, Humminbird, 2 battery system, AM/FM/CD, portapot, bimini top.

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25’ Parker 2510 Deep V ’00 twin 200 hp Yamaha Saltwaters w/EFI & 300 hrs; hardtop; outriggers; AP; radar; GPS/plotter; color fishfinder; trailer. Lift kept. Asking $27,900. Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com

25' Ranger Tugs R25 ‘08 This R25 is trailerable! The hull is fast and efficient with great comfortable cruising capabilities and accommodations up to 5 people. $117,000 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com 25’ Sea Ray ’06 On a trailer and had a recent survey, 50 mph+, thru hull exhaust, double axle trailer, sport tower, $39,995 Call (443) 650-0316 or www. knot10.com.

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26’ C.W. Hood Wasque ’01 Perfect Down East 'pocket yacht' for day boating or overnighting, be it meandering up riverways or heading across the bay. Offered at $99,500 Contact David Malkin at (410) 280- 2038 or David@northpointyachtsales.com for more info

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 26’ Pursuit ’05 Center console/cuddy cabin, twin 225 Yamahas (160 hrs), head, windlass, Raymarine E-120, VHS, outriggers, battery charger.

Lightly used - quality fishing/ cruising boat. Reduced to $88,000 obo. (410) 647-6635.

26’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’05 $49,500. Low hrs on 300 Mercruiser, just waxed & detailed, owner motivated. At our office and easy to show. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089 Sea Ray 270 ‘88 Hardtop, Recently repowered w/twin 5.7L $18,500. www.compositeyacht. biz (410) 476-4414.

28' Albin Flush Deck ’04 Only 506 hours use, always indoor stored in a boathouse for the past four years! Located in St. Simons, Georgia. $109,000 obo. 100’s of Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell

28’ Albin Tournament Express ’93 Equipped with reverse cycle heat & air, bow thruster, radar & more. Located in Annapolis. Motivated Seller.

Must See!! PRICE REDUCED to $58,500! Call Charles (410) 267-8181 or charles@ annapolisyachtsales.com

28' Chris Craft 2007 Complete Restoration of 1977 Boat! Better than new! New custom windows, St. Steel hardware, upholstery, canvas, dash gauges, thru hulls, etc.

Awlgrip topsides and stripes, gorgeous! Must see! $35,000 Contact (410)353-0766

28’ Four Winns Horizon ‘02 Twin Volvo 5.0 gas engines w/250 hrs. ‘04 aluminum trailer.

Owner leaving country must sell! $28,900 Must see! Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime

29 Chaparral Signature ’05 Lots of custom features including custom hard top, salon upgrades.

Twin gas engines. Extended warranty on boat and engines until 2010. Like New! $79,950.

Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime 29’ Sea Ray Amberjack ‘05 $89,000. One owner, our trade, beautiful boat w/all the options.

At our offices & ready to go. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

29’ Back Cove Hardtop ’06 She is a very economical Downeast Cruiser and she is well equipped with radar, AP, AC and much more! $171,900 Call Charles Gomez (410) 267-8181 or charles@annapolisyachtsales. com 29’ Back Cove Soft-top ’06 Single optional 260HP Yanmar dsl engine with 100 hrs, Striking Claret, Navnet 1720GPS w/ 7” screen, Furuno depthsounder & Horizon VHF. She is nicely equipped & ready to cruise Asking $ 139,500 OBYS (410) 226-0100.

29’ BackCove ’07 Hardtop w/ Yanmar, bow/stern thrusters, custom enclosure, dingy on chocks. Equipped for the “Loop”.

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29' Luhrs 290 Open ‘00 This Luhrs 290 Open has had all of it electronics upgraded and the boat shows like a 10. Offered at $79,500 Contact Ken Comerford at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com for more info.

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) 4799720.

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42 MONK DOUBLE CABIN 1989. Comfortable cruising or a great live-a-board. Present cruising couple has done both the great and little loop. Large saloon, queen size berth aft, shower stall/tub and spacious flybridge make this an ideal cruising boat. Take advantage of low cost financing. For photos go to: www.symbolyachtsales.com and click Preowned.

37 NEWBURYPORT DOUBLE CABIN 1987. Large enough to be comfortable yet easy to handle by a cruising couple. Economical single engine with bow thruster. Large saloon with two doors to side decks, galley and lower helm.

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29’ Mathews Brothers Patriot ’04 Summer Inn Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 315hp diesel engine. Kept in top cond. at MathewsBros IndoorBoatStorage facility. $225,000 Purchase today! Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720

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29' MJM 29z ‘07 3 miles per gallon 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 $259,900 Contact Paul Mikulski at (410) 280-2038 or Paul@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ Sea Ray Sun Sport ’03 $49,900, our trade! Twin 260 Mercs, A/C, full canvas.

Freshwater boat, always stored inside. Just serviced and detailed. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

30’ Bertram Moppie ‘94 This is an exceptional vessel! T-310 Mercruisers with 780 hrs, hardtop, autohelm, Furuno radar, Icom VHF, Furuno depthsounder, Alpine Stereo & CD changer & much much more. $ 85,000 OBYS (410) 226-0100.

30’ Grady White ’06 Twin Yamahas and clean as can be.

Lee outriggers & full electronics package. $147,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.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’ 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’ Ches. Deadrise ’00 PRICE REDUCED TO $45K!!! No engine gear, Ready to drop in gas or dsl, Finished to fish, Full electronics, Fresh Awlgrip, (410) 476-4414, www.compositeyacht.biz

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

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

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32’ Halverson Island Gypsy ’03 Very well suited for the Bay. Galley up, huge master stateroom forward, separate walk in shower.

Great weekender or liveaboard.

Reduced to $229,900 Call Dan (410) 267-8181 or dan@ annapolisyachtsales.com 32’ Jones ’06 Cummins 370, Beautifully finished, built with comfort and ease of operation in mind, Ready to fish or cruise, Well Priced @ $159,900, (410) 4764414, www.compositeyacht.biz 32’ Mabry Yachts Custom Deadrise ’07 GenSet, bow thruster, AC and radar-GPSchartplotter.

Volvo Penta D-4 dsl with state of the art engine function display. MUST SEE! $149,900 Call Paul (410) 267-8181 or paul@ annapolisyachtsales.com

34’ Mariner Orient ’02 Exceptional upgrades, Single Cummins diesel, Upper & lower Helm, Bow & Stern Thrusters $175,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com 32’ Tiara Open ’04 Price just reduced and detailed for the summer! 200 engine hrs. on Crusader fresh water cooled 8.1L MPI engines. All Raymarine electronics including GPS/ Radar/ VHF. $177,500 all reasonable offers encouraged. 100’s of Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime 33’ Carver Mariner ’84 Sleeps 6, private staterm, enclosed fly bridge, swim platform, 2-zone AC, range & oven, refrigerator & freezer, pressurized h/c water, enclosed head w/shower, toilet & w& and twin 350-hp engines w/low hrs. This boat is in great cond. Only $20,000. Norris Howard Yacht Broker (410) 742-6795 or (443) 944-3322 or nhowardboats@aol.com

330 Sea Ray Sundancer '96 T310 Mercruisers, Kohler gen., Garmin GPS, AC/Heat, micro., color TV/VHS, stereo, all factory extras, only 450 hrs., new tune-up $49,950. (443)3244938 dann@islandpilot.com

34' Cruiser 340 ‘07 Sporty cruiser with precise handling, good speed, and overnighting accommodations for up to six.

Offered at $187,500. Contact Ken Comerford at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@NorthPointYachtSales.com

34’ Sea Ray 340 Impeccably kept and truly turn key. Just 200 hrs on FWC 8.1 Mercs and generator. Not many boats this clean. $134,000 Call (443) 6500316 or www.knot10.com

35' Bruno - Stillman Flybridge 3208 Cat. 320hp, deep shear, built in transom fishbox, one large fighting chair.

Two smaller chairs, Lee outrigger, center rigger, stereo, chart plotter, fish finder, GPS, recent survey, VGC. (804) 276-8550, $75,000

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58 Alden 2003 $695,000

62 Offshore 2005 $1,350,000

42 Sabreline 2001 $ 295,000

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54' Vripack Halcyon $795,000

43 Chris Craft 2006 $449,000

Hatteras 54ED 1990 $349,000

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35' Carver 355 Aft Cabin ‘98 Very comfortable motoryacht with flybridge, 2 private cabins, dining area converts to double berths - sleeps 6, 2 heads, well maintained, twin Crusader 454's will cruise at 20. $121,500 Gratitude Yachting Center (410) 639-7111 www.gratitudeyachting.com 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’ Doral 350 Sportcruiser ’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. Motivated seller! 100’s of Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime 35’ Marlago Cuddy ’02 $64,900, One owner, 225 Yamaha 4-strokes w/98 hrs, trailer, many options. Flag Blue Awlgrip, lift kept. Change of owner’s plans forces sale. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

35’ Marlago Sport Open ’06 $109,900 275 Mercury Verados w/low hrs. This is one of the best kept Marlagos on the market. No expense has been spared on her.

Comes loaded with options! Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089 35’ Maxum ’04 Rare diesel powered model cruises at 27mph with a 16 gph fuel burn. Two staterooms and clean. $149,500 Call (443) 650-0316 or www. knot10.com.

35’ Tiara Open ’02 Twin diesel, hardtop, dark interior.

Lift kept and ready for a serious buyer to step aboard. $199,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www. knot10.com

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 $212,500 Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com Mainship 37 MY ’95 $75,000 Twin Marine Power, Air, Gen

Trojan 11 Meter ’88 $47,999 Twin 454’s, Gen, Air, Radar

36' Ellis ‘99 S/Yanmar with thruster. Beautiful example $247,000 (410) 268-1611 www.walczakyacht.com Pacemaker 46 ’78 $119,900

Carver 43 ACMY ’96 $189,900

70’ Custom Trawler ’84 $235,000 46’ Bertram Convert. ’86 $139,900 46’ Pacemaker Flush Deck ’78 $119,000 43’ Carver ACMY ’96 $189,900 43’ Kha Shing Sea Star ’93 $165,000

38’ Offshore Sundeck ’87 37’ Carver 370 ’96 37’ Mainship 37 MY ’95 37’ Trojan 11 Meter ’88 34’ Mainship Trawler ’79 33’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’94

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Twin Cummins, Air, Gen, Radar, Pilot

$69,000 $99,000 $75,000 $47,999 $33,900 $35,900

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36’ Sabre Double Cabin Fast Trawler ‘98 This is a lovely & well maintained vessel. Upgraded electronics, awlgripped flag blue hull, T-300hp Caterpillar engines that cruise at 14 knots and tops at 20 knots. Great live-aboard or weekend cruiser for the family or with friends. She is asking an incredible price of $172,500 and willing to listen to offers. OBYS (410) 226-0100.

36’ Grand Banks ’86 Classic, single screw Lehman. Cruise equipped; generator, Heat/Air, Dsl heater, Davit system, more!

Recently reduced: $139,850.

Crusader YS (410) 269-0939, www.crusaderyachts.com

36' Jarvis Newman Pettegrow '88 None nicer. Repowered in '05 w/ 370 Yanmar; 15 knot cruise; thruster; genset; A/C; Espar; A/P; radar; 3 GPS/plotters. Price down to $219,000 Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com

36’ Nauset Sedan Cruiser ‘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 36’ Sabre Express ’99 T-300hp Caterpillars, cruises at 20 knots and tops at 25 knots.

Norcold fridg, AP, Furuno Radar, Garmin GPS, Flat screen TV, Audiovox DVD player and much much more! Asking an incredible price of $169,500 and willing to listen to offers. OBYS 410-2260100.

37’ Formula PC ’06 $289,000.

Volvo common rail DIESELS, low hrs, Bay usage. Beautiful one owner boat. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089.

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37’ Formula ‘04 Silver Imron, Twin Mercs & Bravo III drives, Bow Thruster, the 37’ is the blend of speed and luxury $169,000 Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com Mainship 37 MY ‘95 $75,000 Twin marine power, air, gen.

Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. www. greatblueyahcts.com; email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: greatblueyachts.com Trojan 11 Meter ’88 Two 454s. gem aor. radar. Call Tony Tumas: (443) 553-5046. www. greatblueyachts.com; email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts. com

2002 & 2004 True North 38 Highly functional and visually stunning boats! Exciting adventures, romantic weekends, fun day trips await you! Starting at $289,000 Call to set up an appointment! (410) 267-8181 or info@annapolisyachtsales.com

38' Marine Trader Tradewinds Sundeck ‘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

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 39’ Mainship ’03 Single dsl, Teak and Holly floors, very clean. Two stateroom layout and ready to go down the ICW in style.$179,000 Call (443) 6500316 or www.knot10.com 40’ Carver Aft Cabin Motor Yacht ‘00 One of the most spacious aft cabins on the market today. Enormous interior with 7’ of headroom. Full galley, sleeps 8. Visit our website at www. theyachtcenter.com to view pictures and specs. $165,000.

Quality Yachts for Safe and Comfortable Cruising

2006 Selene 57. Loaded with the best equipment and ready to take you wherever your heart desires.This long range cruiser is economical, handles easily and is comfortable in any conditions.

2007 Selene 49. 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.

39’ Bar Harbor Yachts Cruiser ’06 Dealer Demo! Real downeast lobster boat … finished with finest yacht quality composite construction, fine furniture and superb systems. A liveaboard cruising vessel with superb accommodations for couple + guests and true offshore credentials. Single Cummins QSC540 with 20+ kt cruise at >1mpg. $585k. Bar Harbor Yachts (508)922-4101. Full photos/details see barharboryachts.com 40’ Robbins by Mathews Bros ’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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2003 Selene 53. The only twin engine, three stateroom layout available. In excellent condition and ready to cruise. New Awlgrip paint!

2002 Selene 43. Yankee Girl is exceptionally clean, well-maintained and equipped. It has seen light use and is dry stored in the winter.

A great offshore cruiser and is also ideal for the "Great Loop".

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40’ Fathom Expedition Fast Trawler ‘08 Popular flybridge model w/low hours, 425 Cummins, 9KW genset, stabilized, hard bottom dinghy, sat. antenna, dual electronics, hydraulic crane $449,900 contact HarborviewYacht Sales 1 - 8 6 6 - 9 3 3 - 5 4 1 4 www.harborviewyachtsales.com

40’ Viking ‘73 Completely redone inside and out and hard to find anything wrong. Cummins 450 diesels. Call (443) 650-0316 or www.knot10.com 41’ Maxum 4100 SCB ‘01 Owner says sell. Price lowered some $20,000 to $139,900. 330 Cummins dsls with only 407 hrs. Full electronics including AP. Visit our website at www.theyachtcenter.com to view pictures and specs.

41’ De Fever Trawler ’87 2 cabin, 2 head, galley up, interior & exterior helms, electric windlass, generator, solar panels, single Yanmar 6PHM-TE. $99,000 Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 776-7575 or jonathan@ annapolisyachtsales.com

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.

42' Sabreline extended hardtop sedan ‘01 low time, very clean and great buy at $295,000 (410) 268-1611 www.walczakyacht.com

43’ Eastbay Flybridge ‘00 Just Hauled, clean bottom. New dark blue awlgrip, New bimini and eisenglass. 420 hp Yanmars, Excellent condition.

Well maintained and ready for your next adventure! $449,000 Photos @ www.yachtview.com John Kaiser (443) 223-7864 cell anytime 43’ Carver ACMY ‘96 $189,900 Twin Cummins, Air, gen, radar, pilot. Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com

42’ Jones ’97 Well Equipped with 6 Pack, More Info Coming Soon, $179,900, (410) 4764414, www.compositeyacht.biz

43’ Viking ’90 Convertible., 671 TIs. Cruise, entertain or fish in this well-maintained yacht.

PRICED TO SELL $224,900.

Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

42’ Krogen Pilothouse Trawler ’84 Very rare. Island berth forward, stabilized, epoxy bottom, new galley, washer/ dryer, electric dinghy davit and complete electronics. Excellent value. Located Annapolis. KadeyKrogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

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, $67K obo, James Klimek, (240) 2714631, jk3043@aol.com.

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43’ Eastbay EX ’00 Kelly’s Catch Beautiful soft top express cruiser w/low hr CAT dsls, 25 knot cruise speed, 8kw Onan, dripless shaft seals, extensive electronics, flat screen TVs, DVD, Bose, CD, Stidd seats, windlass , 6 person life raft, covers for everything, A/C in helm area. Two staterooms, teak & holly sole, opening ports & overhead hatches for great ventilation. Recent Flag Blue hull paint & new non skid as well.

Aggressively priced to sell at $359,000. Contact Marc Thomas – Luke Brown Yachts – (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown. com

2002 Selene 43 Yankee Girl is exceptionally clean, wellmaintained and equipped. It has seen light use and is dry stored in the winter. A great offshore cruiser and is also ideal for the "Great Loop". By lowering the mast the bridge clearance is reduced to less than 15 feet allowing easy access to the loop canals and locks.

Selene Annapolis (410) 280-0006 john@seleneannapolis.com 44’ Krogen Pilothouse Widebody ’06 Very well equipped & in excellent cond.

Complete electronics, RIB with 25 hp Yamaha, KVH, hydraulic stabilizers, washer/dryer & much more. Ready-to-go in every respect. Located Annapolis.

Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230 45’ Californian Aft Cabin ’90 $199,900 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! $440,000 Crusader Yacht Sales (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 46’ Maxum 4600 SCB ‘99 Well-equipped, well cared for maxum has been lowered by $50,000. Boat has custom hard top, galley, spacious salon.

Powered by 450 Cummins dsls and a complete complement of electronics. Visit our website at www.theyachtcenter.com to view pictures & specs. $199,900.

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' Carman '01 TWIN John Deere 375HP, USCG Cert. 36 Passenger + 2 Crew, Fully Equipped Inside & Out, No Expense Spared, Incredibly Priced @ $279,900 (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz proptalk.com

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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 $659,000 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’ Markley ’05 Built to fish and charter ready, Full electronics, John Deere diesel, Fishing gear goes with sale, $239K, 410-4764414, www.compositeyacht.biz 46’ Pacemaker Flush Deck MY ’78 $189,900 Twin Detroits, Gen, Air, Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. www. greatblueyachts.com; email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts. 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.

2002 Selene 43 Yankee Girl is exceptionally clean, wellmaintained & equipped. It has seen light use & is dry stored in the winter. A great offshore cruiser and is also ideal for the “Great Loop”. By lowering the mast the bridge clearance is reduced to less than 15 feet allowing easy access to the loop canals and locks. Selene Annapolis (410) 280-0006, john@seleneannapolis.com.

47’ Grand Banks Eastbay Flybridge ’06 Arroway is hull #21, Purchased in 2008 and in “Brand new condition”, 185 hrs on the fully-warrantied Cat C-12 705hp dsls w/extended transferable warranties. A ‘Yacht Commander’ remote system operates both bow and stern thrusters and engine function, unbelievable control!. $850,000/ New price 1.4M Photos @ www.yachtview.com (410) 923-1400 or (443) 223-7864 John Kaiser/cell anytime

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47’ Marine Trader Tradewinds ’90 Fast Trawler with bow-thruster and stabilizers.

Two en-suite staterooms, great cond., very well equipped, includes dinghy & OB. $169,000 Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 776-7575 or jonathan@ annapolisyachtsales.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.

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47’ Grand Banks EU ‘07 Traditional and timeless Grand Banks styling. Fast, efficient, shallow draft (3’10”) with a smooth ride on the modified V-hull design. Exceptionally well equipped with very low hours.

Contact John Dennison (410) 280-0006 john@seleneannapolis.com 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 48’ Krogen North Sea ’07 Popular widebody model that is in near perfect cond & exceptionally equipped including hydraulic stabilizers, water maker, dinghy crane, excellent electronics & custom décor. This was the Trawler Fest Peoples Choice award winner in ’08.

There is absolutely nothing to do or add. Just GO! Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230 2004 Selene 48 A turnkey vessel. Lovingly maintained.

Fully equipped for long range cruising and a comfortable liveaboard lifestyle. This is a must see vessel. Selene Annapolis (410) 280-0006, john@ seleneannapolis.com

2004 Selene 48 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) 280-0006 john@seleneannapolis.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 50’ Jefferson Rivanna SE ‘05 Priced way below book value. t/480 Cummins dsl. Owner looking for quick sale. Looks like it just came off showroom floor. Visit our website at www. theyachtcenter.com to view pictures and specs. $439,000.

50’ Bestway ’87 Volvo diesels, shed kept, stabilizers, and an EZ2CY enclosure. Great layout to cruise or live on. $224,000 Call (443) 650-0316 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’ Ocean Alexander ’79 MK 1 Monk design Portugese bridge/flybridge combo. Tri cabin.

New plumbing/electrical. Needs work but a wonderful opportunity. $150,000 Firm. Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 776-7575 Photos at www.annapolisyachtsales.com proptalk.com

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

54’ Vicem Down East FBMY ’06 Absolutely perfect in every way; 2 staterooms; 2 heads; price reduction to $995,000. Bring offers. Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com 55’ Fleming Pilothouse ’00 Professionally maintained and is equipped to cruise in style. Please call to arrange for a personal inspection. Price Reduced to $799,000 Call Charles Gomez (410) 267-8181 or charles@ annapolisyachtsales.com

54 Hatteras classic Motor Yacht ‘87 bow thruster, stabilized best buy $349,000 (410) 268-1611 www.walczakyacht.com

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56' Alden Grand Saloon Express '97 "Twilight" was built for Royalty! With Alden's renowned C. Raymond Hunt deep-V high performance hull fitted, with the upgraded and preferred 660 HP CAT 3196E diesels, and five bladed props, produce a fast 20 knot plus cruise speed in most any sea conditions. Two staterooms with two heads, exquisite teak woodwork with elegant raised panels hand-built by Alden craftsmen!

Asking $699,000 Offered by Luke Brown Yachts - Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com

56’ Jefferson Rivanna ’00 $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.

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58' Alden ‘03 Circe one off cockpit motor yacht.

3 staterooms, 3406E Cats, Hunt deep V hull. Stunning boat inside and out. Asking 40% of original build cost. Boat is a work of art. $695,000 410-980-5364 www.walczakyacht.com

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58’ Krogen ’03 Midship master layout w/VIP stateroom & additional day head. This boat has received constant attention & upgrades including new RIB & OB, electronics, décor & much more. Not only is this a go anywhere trawler, but it has all the comfort & conveniences of home. Located Annapolis.

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62' Offshore pilothouse ‘05 Vanishing Act Very popular design outfitted with the best of everything. 3406E Cat main engines, 2 generators, stabilized and hydraulic bow thruster. New listing asking 30% under replacement. Smaller boat trades considered. $1,350,000. www.walczakyacht.com 410-353-4712

65' Marlow Explorer '01 "Never Better" has been exceptionally maintained by a full time Captain since new. Private access from the salon to master stateroom with adjoining office and split head arrangement. Two staterooms forward plus crew quarters aft.

Reliable 800 HP 3406 CAT diesels, Naiad stabilizers, 12 Kw & 20 Kw Northern Lights generators, Satellite phone and TV, watermaker and much more. Asking $1,390,000 Trades considered. Offered by Luke Brown Yachts - Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown.com

70’ Hatteras CPMY ‘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 80’ Trumpy Cruiser ’60 Trianon One of the finest Trumpy Yachts ever built, with new teak decks & beautiful varnished woodwork everywhere!

Aft of the pilothouse is the main salon w/private access to the 2 queen bed staterooms below, both w/ensuite heads. Spacious aft deck high/low teak table, fully equipped wet bar & access to

the swim platform. Forward of the pilothouse is another salon which converts to a 3rd guest stateroom, w/ensuite head.

Offered by Luke Brown Yachts – Contact Marc Thomas (410) 991-0939 or Marc@LukeBrown. com

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Chesapeake Classic Boat Show 1972

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n a recent expedition through the PropTalk archives, we found this shot of the 1972 In-The-Water Powerboat Show, as it was called, showing a single floating dock connecting Dock and Compromise Streets, one circus tent, and about 100 boats to see. Pretty much all of the records and images of the early shows were lost in 2003 when Tropical Storm Isabel flooded the show offices in Eastport, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the details of this show. However, a tattered publicity page for the 1975 event tells us that admission at that time was $4.25 for adults (including tax) and $2.25 for children. One hundred and fifty-five boats were on display, with 40 under 26 feet, 87 from 26 to 40 feet, and 28 over 40 feet. The premier manufacturers were Chris-Craft, Hatteras, Trojan, and Bertram; and the onshore displays had grown to include three tents.

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2006 Mariner 35 Seville Yanmar, Bow Thruster $247,000

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