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Falcon’s Hope An old sailboat washed up on a beach makes a sailor ponder the real value of such a boat—not in dollars, but in its many owners’ memories, dream fulfillment, family secrets, and history.

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ast month, I witnessed a kindhearted, wild-haired idea as The next day, with 18-year-old Whitney driving, Kate and it sprouted, magically opened doors, and manifested itself Elizabeth trimming jib, and Alison working the foredeck, Team into an exceptional sailing weekend. This may be my first Rafiki won the first race and became the talk of the town. Forget and last Milwaukee-New-Orleans-Chicago-Annapolis sailing sto- that they had a few races they would rather delete the next day. ry with an Oahu twist, so bear with me as I untangle the details.

These young sailors captured a first, a second, and a third in a As co-president of the J/30 association, Dave Erwin (New seven-race national regatta and earned a fifth-place overall finish Orleans, LA) was the first to read a newsletter article about the of 19 competing boats (see page 125). They had the time of competitive, all-girl teenage crew who sail the J/30 Rafiki out of their lives.

Milwaukee, WI. The father of two of the teens and the newsletter Here’s why this story matters: Team Rafiki’s skipper, Whitney, article’s author happens to be Nicholas Hayes, the author of a college freshman, will turn 38 years old in 20 years. I can promSaving Sailing, a book about how families and communities can ise you she won’t stop sailing between now and then. She’s going carve out time to make healthier choices, namely sailing more to pull out a can of whoop-ass and win in J/30s and beyond. She together (find his latest article on page 56). will buy boats, organize events, and invite newcomers into sailing.

Erwin and his sailing buddy, Louisianan Scott Tonguis, I promise you that Alison, who had “the best sailing weekend of pondered how they could get the all-girl Team Rafiki to sail [her] life” will do so, too. Genetically, Kate and Elizabeth have no with them in Annapolis for the J/30 National Championship choice but to sail for life and share the sport with others.

Regatta September 16-18. Following a Facebook inquiry, parental Kate’s note to me says, “I’ve never had a sailing weekend like conference calls, requests for that before. Everyone we met school days off, a borrowed was so incredibly supportive boat, and a second borrowed and genuinely excited to see boat for lodging, and more us there. Whenever we ate e-mails than any of the dozen (which we did a lot of), we players can count, the idea pulled up extra tables and started to materialize—within extra chairs for the sailors who three weeks—much to the would come visit with us. We surprise and delight of all were surrounded by a whole involved. bundle of new friends. When Hayes forked out frequent I got home, the next day at flyer miles. Annapolis J/30 sailschool, I felt lonely. I was suror Bonnie Schloss offered her rounded by kids my own age, boat Bear Away and her local but it just felt empty without knowledge as a crewmember. that constant flow of sailors.”

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Jewell, who was leaving for a on your boat to “save sailing.” surfing vacation in Oahu, HI, Don’t invite them because you offered his Eastport-based, 40-foot O’Day Moon Bounce as lodgwant to earn brownie points into heaven as a mentor. Do it for the ing for the young sailors. Chicagoan J/30 sailor and 160-pounder same reason Erwin did—he thought these young sailors seemed Dennis Bartley agreed to round out the crew to make the team like a breath of fresh air. He felt inspired by them. He thought the weight work. A dizzying number of puzzle pieces came together girls would be cool to hang out with on a race boat. His hunches as if magnetically. were on the mark.

I met Whitney and Alison Kent and Kate and Elizabeth Hayes Whitney, Alison, Kate, and Elizabeth call themselves Team (all between the ages of 14-18) in the marina parking lot next Rafiki. Rafiki was the monkey from “The Lion King,” whose name door on a chilly, drizzly September 15 evening, after they had means “friend” in Swahili. Why not give a young person a chance woken up at 4:30 a.m., flown to Baltimore, met Erwin for the first to steer your boat because he or she seems like a neat person you time at the airport (with their PFDs in hand), gotten weighed in, would like to befriend? It worked for Erwin and Tonguis. I had and practiced spinnaker drills on the Bay for a couple of hours. dinner with the motley Milwaukee-New-Orleans-Chicago-AnTeam Rafiki looked undaunted, yet a little travel-weary. Their napolis crew. I know this much to be true: after one unbelievable eyes lit up when they saw their weekend floating home, complete weekend sailing together on a borrowed J/30, they will always with heat, a shower, and a stereo with an iPod plug-in. There were be friends. smiles all around as I gave them a mini-tour of the boat’s systems and left them alone.

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y initial fear of Hurricane Irene was from the storm surge taking my Pearson 33 over the dock at Herrington Harbour South (HHS) and into the neighboring yard on the other side of the bulkhead against which my boat was docked. I was secondarily scared of other boats coming loose from their slips and congregating at the inside of the cove where my slip is located. In response to my fear, I made the decision on the Tuesday before Irene was scheduled to get on the haul-out list. I had my boat on the hard by Thursday afternoon.

When I returned on Sunday to survey the damage at HHS, upon seeing that most of the boats remained in the water and the storm surge never happened, my girlfriend asked, “Are you second-guessing your decision to have your boat hauled out?”

Before I could answer, we rounded the dock to my slip and saw “Danger—Do Not Cross” tape across the dock right in front of my slip. We stood there with our mouths agape. A huge black jack oak tree from the yard was uprooted and fell directly into my slip. Its branches touched neither boat on either side of where mine is typically docked. If my sail boat had been there during the storm, the tree trunk and branches would have surely demasted her or worse, crushed the foredeck and sunk my Pearson. I’ve only had the boat since June (after looking for that boat for close to two years). I am happy to say that she is still on the hard awaiting new bottom paint, wax, and a refinished wood toe rail before being relaunched. . . now that the power is back on, that is.

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hile we were out not too long after another hurricane, I don’t recall the amazing volume of big stuff floating in the Bay that we saw after Irene. It provided a source of amusement for a recent sail. Nick set out to pull up a big white plastic barrel (and managed to do it!) and dragged ashore a huge tree that was about five times the size of what you could see floating above the water. It’s sort of frightening to think about what might happen to boats if you aren’t aware of the size of some of those things.

Is there any formal, organized effort to pick up any of this, or does it just float ashore eventually?

Lisa Summers Via e-mail The September 9 opening of 50 of 53 of the Conowingo Dam’s crest gates following Tropical Storm Lee (just after Irene) was the most substantial opening of gates since Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972. We have received reports of telephone poles, barrels, large trees, tires, a riding lawnmower, buckets, and floating islands of debris. It’s dangerous, yes, and also disheartening. Ironically, well in advance of the storms, the Ocean Conservancy had organized Coastal Clean-Up Day September 17, with Chesapeake Bay volunteer efforts. The organization is open to more clean-up days year-round.

To learn more, visit signtocleanup.org.

Locally, I would check with your nearest Riverkeeper, which you may find via waterkeeper.org. ~M.W.

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Colliding with Ships

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just saw your spinsheet.com post from August 8 about collisions between large ships and sailboats on the Chesapeake. I know of two of them.

The one on the Upper Bay was between a sailboat and an oil tanker (2003 or 2005?). It occurred at night when the operator of the sailboat misjudged the speed and direction of an inbound tanker.

Testimony at the subsequent U.S. Coast Guard inquiry indicated that the sailboat operator lost her wind and tried unsuccessfully to start the engine. The sailboat operator and her husband radioed a mayday, donned life jackets, and abandoned ship. The tanker, under the command of a Bay pilot, ordered five blasts of the horn (extreme danger/collision is imminent) and took evasive action by turning away from the sailboat—and out of the channel—resulting in a soft grounding.

The sailboat just glanced off the hull of the tanker, causing little or no damage.

It was later found somewhere by Gibson Island, where a homeowner towed it to his pier and secured it. The sailboat crew, a husband and wife, was in the water most of the remainder of the night, when they were finally located by search crews.

The tanker pilot ordered all stop, dropped his anchors, and waited for a hull inspection. Once it was determined that no oil was leaking, the tanker was permitted to continue on to its destination, presumably Curtis Bay. The USCG concluded that the operator of the sailboat was 100 percent at fault, and she was fined.

I don’t recall many of the details of the Lower Bay collision, except that it was during a regatta, and the indignant owner of the sailboat insisted, even after the collision—I understand he hired a lawyer to sue—that he had the right of way over a ship in a narrow channel because he was a sailboat under sail (wrong).

Over the years, SpinSheet has done an excellent job of informing its readers of the rules of the road as they pertain to large ships. I commend you for this, and repeat what has been said in several articles you’ve published on the subject since 1995: Stay out of their way!

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More Than Beer and Boats

by Molly Winans

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fter attending Sail Baltimore’s signature fall event, Beer, Boats, and Ballads, for many years, SpinSheet staffers believe that however clever and poetic the name is as it stands, the party could be re-named to describe it more accurately—perhaps, Good Beer, Amazing Food, Cool Venue, and Dark and Stormies? How about Crab Cakes To Die For and Rock n’ Roll? Maybe Most Creative Silent Auction on the Bay With Beer in a Hip Party Space?

Anyone who hasn’t yet ventured to the Phillips Foods World Headquarters, located en route to Fort McHenry in Baltimore, should free up their evening Friday, November 4 from 7 to 11 p.m., for a memorable party to support tall ships and education programs. The casual, yet festive event, which unfolds in a restored warehouse that could just as easily be the venue for an edgy modern art show as a sailors’ party space, attracts sailors of all ages and all stages of attire from cocktail dress to blue jeans.

The words “silent auction” don’t always conjure exciting images, but wait until you see what the Sail Baltimore party organizers have gathered. We’ve seen Ravens Game Packages that include dinner and hotel rooms, ski and beach weekend packages, symphony and rock concert tickets, baseball paraphernalia, stunning artwork, and one “girls

day” package we’re sure would have pleased any woman we know (spa treatment, dinner out, and house-cleaning services while you’re out!). These organizers think creatively year after year, and the silent auction, which is enormous, is not only fun to peruse but also a great way to strike up conversations with new friends—and to raise money for tall ships, of course.

Phillips being Phillips, you can expect excellent food stations and tasty seafood morsels, Maryland crab soup, meat dishes, and scrumptious desserts. When it comes to entertainment, you will hear cocktail hour music mellow enough to qualify as “ballads,” but later on, expect to rock a little harder. There will be a few surprises in store. Last year, to gather party goers into the main room for a short live auction, a performance artist did a live statue of liberty painting, while rotating the painting, so quickly, she amazed the audience and brought down the house. All guests receive raffle tickets on their way in the door, and the chances to win something cool are high.

A $75 ticket covers all food, drink, entertainment, 12 raffle tickets, an upbeat evening, ample parking, and a number of chances to ensure that tall ships and educational programs continue to be integral to the character of Baltimore. To learn more, visit sailbaltimore.org.

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Rutherford, who is attempting to circumnavigate the Americas sailing an Albin Vega 27 and has dedicated his journey to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), a nonprofit organization that makes the thrill of sailing a reality for physically and developmentally challenged individuals and for people whose financial circumstances preclude them from getting out on the Chesapeake Bay. A solo circumnavigation is an impressive goal, even to a seasoned bluewater sailor. Equally impressive is Rutherford’s purpose in making his amazing journey: to raise funds for CRAB. Rutherford says, “I want to promote this trip because the more people who know about it, the more money I’ll be able to raise. It’s still a non-stop circumnavigation of the Americas. I’ve been going for 90 days straight and have another 200 days left. I have been writing updates every seven days or so, and there’s a tracker on my website so you can see my position.”

Rutherford has faced many challenges along the way. Most recently, he completed what may be one of the most challenging portions of his voyage, sailing through the Northwest Passage of the Arctic, where he rode out a typhoon. Matt says, “The good thing about riding out a storm on a sea anchor is that if you do it right, you’ll make it through the storm with no damage. The down side is that it’s incredibly uncomfortable. The motion is very different than when you’re sailing. It’s more sharp and violent. Many times my sleeping bag and I were launched across the cabin.”

Knowing his friend had taken a beating from the weather, Annapolis sailor Simon Edwards has arranged a resupply effort. An Alaskan fishing boat from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands will deliver a care package to Rutherford. Supporters and friends have ensured that the container includes supplies for the boat as well as fuel for the sailor. spinsheet.com

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After surviving the typhoon and officially leaving the Arctic, Rutherford opines about the larger journey, “The Northwest Passage has multiple beginnings and endings. I think it’s funny that it has two beginnings and three ends depending on whom you talk to and which way you are going. I don’t care where you draw the imaginary line; it’s absolutely irrelevant at this point. It was incredibly difficult, but also incredibly beautiful. The best things in life don’t come easy.”

Rutherford sailed out of Annapolis June 11. Two days later he crossed over his official start and finish line, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. According to Don Backe, executive director of CRAB, Rutherford will continue down the coast to Canada, the United States, and South America; around Cape Horn; and return to Annapolis by July 2012. His goals are to circumnavigate the Americas and never set foot on land. To learn more and make a contribution, visit crabsailing.org. Track Rutherford and read his blog at solotheamericas.org.

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put together an emergency response plan and ironically, was editing it as the earthquake hit,” says Jeff Holland, director of Annapolis Maritime Museum (AMM). “The thought was, ‘Wait a minute. There’s nothing about earthquakes in here!’”

There was an extensive plan for big storm surges, because as Annapolis residents well know, Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003 swamped and beat up the museum’s centerpiece, the historic McNasby’s Oyster Company building, just as the then fledgling museum was gaining steam and preparing a renovation.

AMM persevered despite the serious setback and grew its educational programs and launched its popular lecture and concert series. Even though the museum operated with just a 600-square-foot Barge House, staff offices in trailers, and a little beach and dock on Back Creek, AMM became a force for gathering the community together. This was all before the opening of the beautifully renovated McNasby’s building in 2008.

Fast forward to August 2011. A few days after the earthquake, when preparing for Hurricane Irene, Holland was reminded that Annapolis residents—especially those in the Eastport section of town— have long memories, and they care. Holland knew first-hand all about hurricane preparations and how you had to “prepare for the worst and hope for the best.” He sent out an e-mail and a Facebook notice asking for a dozen volunteers to

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help prepare for the storm for a couple of hours. Holland says, “I got 42 volunteers, and it only took an hour. It was heartening to know that there are that many people who would take time out of their own storm preparations to help.” Although the storm did not produce anything more than a couple of puddles from rainfall in the building, Holland is pleased with the response plan and especially by all the volunteers. “I can’t say enough about how much that means to me to be in that type of community.”

Following Isabel’s eightfoot tidal surge in 2003, when AMM was back to planning the renovation, Holland and crew had to ask, “Why are we going to put $10 million dollars into a building when this will happen again?” Apparently the National Park Service had already come up with a plan at Harper’s Ferry, where there is serious flooding every 10 years, and they learned to “make the building submersible.” What this means is that the electrical systems are built above the 100-year tidal mark; there are “scuppers” or storm drains built into the concrete floor; and all museum exhibits can be wheeled in and trucked out, “so that we can let the water in, let it out, and get back to work,” says Holland.

Although AMM was spared any damage from Irene, the knowledge that the “clear the decks” plan can be so quick and efficient was of great value for future storms.

To learn more about the museum, visit amaritime.org.

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##PropTalk editor Gary Reich snapped this terrific sea nettle shot during the 2010 Trawler Fest in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

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fter an unusually warm Memorial Day weekend, most of us around the middle to upper Bay assumed that the sea nettles would arrive early. But they didn’t. Every week, we said to ourselves, “Take that dip in the Bay, river, or creek now; next week those pesky nettles will probably be here. But they weren’t. Or, at least they were few and far between in the Middle Bay. In fact, we’ve only seen a few all year off our pier in Round Bay, and those didn’t arrive until mid-August.

The first sea nettle sightings on the Choptank were about the same time according to Maggie Sexton, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences Horn Point Laboratory. Sexton has been studying sea nettles for the past six years and says they will be found in high abundance in a specific temperature and salinity range. On the Bay, sea nettle season runs from June through September, when the water is warm and at medium salinity.

So, why are they late and few in number this season? Sexton explains, “Two things are going on here. One difference this year is the salinity. The upper part of our watershed had a very wet spring, so the Bay had

less salinity. Then, before the nettles really got going and bloomed (meaning peaked in abundance), Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene arrived. It dropped the salinity down, and it flushed the water.” The result is fewer nettles. But the season isn’t over. Sexton continues, “Now, I’m starting to hear that they are out in the main stem of the Bay. The salinity is rising, and certainly the temperatures are high enough that it’s possible to see a real bloom. Blooms can occur in September and even into October.”

If you’re wondering about the prevalence of sea nettles in your part of the Bay, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a sea nettle forecast map.

Log onto chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/forecastingseanettles to check on daily and three-day nettle forecasts. According to their website, sea nettles occur most abundantly in the tributaries of the Middle Bay, although they can be found all along the East Coast, from Cape Cod to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Sea nettles are just one type of jellyfish. Several others may occasionally be found in the Bay, but sea nettles are the most prominent due to lack of natural predators and because they tolerate lower salinity than most other species.

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##Annapolis sailor Cindy Fletcher-Holden, who just sailed a trans-Atlantic with her husband Robert and plans a year-long European adventure, writes, “Here are some crazy cleats in Portugal. See? There is bad cleat tying even here! Don’t know if you are still publishing these kinds of photos, but I couldn’t resist.” Send funny pictures anytime to molly@spinsheet.com.

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Down with the Rigging

by Ruth Christie

’ve often thought it would be fun to be a goose in the fall. After grazing in fields, all you have to do is fly over trees blazing with vibrant colors, stay in formation with your best buddies, and perfect your water landings, honk, honk, honking all the way. Wouldn’t it be cool to zoom above a bunch of boats and people having fun in the cooler air of autumn? On October 27-30, a good place to do just that by land and sea will be Downrigging Weekend in Chestertown, MD. Schooners, skipjacks, buyboats, and other wooden boats fill the harbor and grace the wharfs nearby. You’ll also see maritime authors and environmental journalists, listen to world-class musicians, and enjoy sails on some beautiful ships. Sultana Projects hosts this annual, town-wide celebration.

When asked what he is most excited about this year, Drew McMullen, president of Sultana Projects, says, “I don’t know where to begin, because we have tons of great activities. The biggest change is that the festival has morphed into a wooden boat show. For years, people have been bringing their wooden boats, and things finally clicked: How about making Downrigging Weekend a cool wooden boat show?

It’s a great opportunity to get the owners and their boats together.

We’re expecting up to 75 boats this year, and some are fairly large. And, it’s not too late to get in on the fun.

Everything you’ll need to know is posted at sultanaprojects.org.”

Few other festivals in Bay Country magically mix illuminated tall ships, fireworks, parties, wooden boats, speakers, demos, crabbing skiff parades and races, remote control sailboats, and fine food and beverages in such fun ways. I mean, have you ever gone trick or treating on a tall ship? Take a gander at what’s on the event website, grab your buddies, and glide on into Chestertown at October’s end.

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Teaching Science and Math Through Sailing

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##One of two sandbaggers available at NSHOF, Bull sailed in the Classic Wooden Boat Regatta September 18. NSHOF will host a Learning Math and Science Through Sailing National Consortium Workshop Friday, October 7.

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nnapolis, Anne Arundel County, and the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) have rapidly been gaining national recognition as leaders in creating new and innovative methods to teach math and science through sailing. And on October 7, the U.S. Naval Academy will be the site of a workshop for people interested in beginning or expanding programs that teach science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) through sailing.

“This is an exciting opportunity for professionals to share ideas with other professionals,” says Susan Nahmias, NSHOF’s education director. “The workshop is meant to connect people in the STEM fields who want to teach math and science through sailing and sailors

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CATAMARANS who want to use the sport to teach STEM subjects. The workshop will be of interest to leaders of community boating programs, yacht and sailing clubs, school districts, and other educators and sailing industry professionals.” Examples of existing programs are enrichment for college sailing team members, high school classes that allow students to plan and plot multi-day sailing trips, and simply getting kids out on the water.

NSHOF’s Math and Science through Sailing National Consortium consists of more than 44 organizations nationwide and was established to share curriculum ideas and best practices and promote similar programs throughout the country.

Locally, the NSHOF’s Learning Math and Science through Sailing Initiative has made it possible for 40 Anne Arundel County school STEM Summer Bridge students to participate in two, two-week programs of classroom and sailing activities at NSHOF. One hundred thirty-four ninth grade STEM students have been involved in Project Base Learning Module, which includes a site visit to NSHOF for sailing and to the U.S. Naval Academy towing tank. Middle school students may take a navigation class. In addition, 20 campers from the non-profit Box of Rain organization have participated in a one-day classroom activity at NSHOF. For the future, a team is developing software that will permit the design and sailing of a virtual sailboat tied to the math and science curriculum being developed.

The consortium workshop coincides with the U.S. Sailboat show and runs October 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch and a tour of the U.S. Naval Academy hydrolab are included. The program is free, but space is limited. Contact susan. nahmias@nshof.org for reservations.

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ranged in size from a 10-foot Acorn dinghy sailed by n September 17-18, the National Sailing Hall Kristin White to a 60-foot Bluenose Schooner sailed by of Fame (NSHOF) hosted its second annual Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous and Race. Bob Kay and his crew. The weather and debris kept a few away.”

Time for spectators Among competing to visit the boats dockboat types were the side and for particiComet, Sandbagpants to wine and dine gers, Acorn, Intertogether were built national 210, Snipe, into the weekend Rozinante, 30-rater, schedule, with Sunday Diddikai, Concordia, set aside for racing.

NY 32, Sparkman & NSHOF race Stephens, Bluenose organizer, Paul Miller, says, “The weekend Schooner, Crowninshield Cutter, H-28, was great. A couple and Bugeye. In the hundred folks came dayboat class, the down to see and climb Comet Samurai took aboard the boats tied top honors with Sandup to the NSHOF baggers Bull and Bear docks on Saturday. ##The 59-foot 1903 Crowninshield Cutter Witchcraft. Photo by Dan Phelps in second and third, The winds on Sunday respectively. In the cruising class, Honalee (Rozinante) were a bit shifty and puffy, but the five- to 13-knot wind was ideal to keep the boats going. NSHOF had a 15-per- placed first, with Elf (30-Rater) in second, and Nightcent increase in registrations from last year, and the boats shade (Diddikai) in third. nshof.org

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Juniors and Hospice Why They Go Together So Well

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n addition to welcoming fall-like weather to the Bay, September 17 brought the third annual Hospice Cup Invitational Optimist Team Race Regatta off Annapolis. Organizer Andrew Coles says, “We selected our competitors based on the CBYRA Optimist Dinghy High Point standings as of August 10. The top 20 sailors accepted the event invitation, and 16 racers took part in the regatta. The racing format is four-on-four team racing, where the team wins or loses as a group. The overall winner is the four-person team with the best win/loss record; individual race scores don’t matter. As part of the Hospice Cup to benefit Maryland hospices, Boat/U.S. and West Marine have supported the event each year, and it is run completely by volunteers and in-kind donations.”

Rather than focusing on the results, which you can find at hospicecup.org, SpinSheet wants to share some

wonderful personal stories told to us by three of the Opti racers. They are unforgettable.

Hannah Steadman says, “I entered the Hospice Cup Junior Regatta to support Hospice, also because I love participating in team racing events. Many of my friends raced in the regatta, and it was fun to compete against them. I’ve been racing for about three years and sail for the Fishing Bay YC Opti Race Team and Team for Opti Race Team (West Coast Florida).” Hannah adds, “I learn many life lessons from sailing and meet many new people. Sailing is a great time to think. If invited, I will most definitely sail in this regatta next year, because it was great to raise money for such a good cause, and I had fun doing it.”

Mark Bourdin says, “I first became interested when I was invited to attend this special day. It would be my first team race regatta. Also this was my first year racing

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throughout the Bay, and to have been one of the few chosen meant a lot to me. It makes me proud that I can find contributors to help Hospice.

When my grandma needed help from this group, Talbot Hospice really came through for her.”

Mark adds, “I sail with the Tred Avon YC Junior Summer Program, with the Travel Racing Team.

Thanks to them, I got great coaching and support from our group. All summer, our group was taught to do things together as a team. The coaches especially helped me with different kinds of wind racing strategies. I started racing Green Fleet at the beginning of the summer, until the Hampton Junior Olympics 2011, when I was told to move up to red, white, and blue fleet because I kept getting too many bullets in first place.” He adds, “Sailing gets me out of the house and on the water. I just like being quiet and watching the water. I have fun with friends who also like sailing. My goal is to have fun, do well, and never be last.”

About his race, Mark says, “The competition went well until the end.

We were all tired. The last race was the most confusing because we were exhausted. Team racing requires concentration. I don’t think we won, but our team had a great time, and

##Sailing on #16321, Luke Hayes lines up a start sequence during the Junior Hospice Regatta.

The RIB in the background is the Race Committee. Photo by Mark Hayes

I have good memories of the day. One of my friends from our Traveling Team competed against me. I have made so many friends over the summer at other competitions, that it was fun being with them, too. I will always remember that it was the coldest day I have ever sailed, and that I was part of such a great group of good sailors. I want to sail again in this event next year, but I also know that I must be invited, and that means that I have my work cut for me next summer. There are a lot of great competitors out there.”

##Chris Chadwick took this shot of Team Yellow and his daughter Riley sailing (#16135) during the Opti event.

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Riley Chadwick sails out of the Severn SA in the summer and is a proud member of the Broadneck High School JV Sailing Team. She has been racing for six years. For the Opti event, she sailed with team mates Josh Paper and Leo Boucher.

Riley says, “Being able to team race was pretty fun. I just love to sail. It’s something fun to do, and it helps me get focused. If there is wind, I like to hike. When the wind is blowing 25-30 knots, planing is my favorite thing to do. My goal is to be the best sailor I can be and hopefully sail for the Navy on the offshore team.”

Riley adds, “Originally, I was invited to sail in the Junior Hospice Cup Regatta, but over the last few weeks my reason became more personal. My aunt, Linda Haines, was dying from breast cancer. My mom spent a lot of time driving back and forth to West Chester, PA, to help my aunt and spend time with her.

She saw first-hand the care Hospice caregivers give. Aunt Linda passed away September 3 at home with her family at her bedside and her Hospice nurse singing a beautiful song as she took her last breaths. Thank you to Neighborhood Hospice of West Chester, PA, and Hospice nurses Amanda D’Antonio and Kate Steele for your care, compassion, and grace as you cared for the Haines family.”

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An Overworked High School Teacher Collects This Bit of Wisdom from One of Her Students, 2005 “Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.”

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Fall Festival Turner’s Creek/ Knock’s Folly, MD. (410) 820-1668

Free Seminar: Preparing for the Trip South: Part 3 of 3 10 a.m. to Noon. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. (410) 268-0129

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Start of Saturday Canoe Excursions Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Explore the Rhode River.

1 1-2

Yorktown Wine Festival Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown, VA.

Blessing of the Fleet St. Clement’s Island Museum, Colton’s Point, MD. Arts and crafts, seafood, music, boat rides, lighthouse tours, kids’ games and rides, parade, and fireworks.

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Coconut Festival Kapaa Beach Park, Kapaa, HI. That’s right; it’s a Hawaiian beach party.

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Fells Point Fun Festival Baltimore.

3-4

Basic Boating Class 6 to 10 p.m. Delaware Fire School, Dover, DE. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary. $10. (302) 697-6188, nalaot@aol.com.

3-Dec 5

Riverside WineFest Noon to 6 p.m. Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD. Wine tastings, local artisans, live music, exhibits and demos, favorite foods, and kids’ fun.

Ten Fall Boating Classes and Seminars Pip Moyer Recreational Center, Truxtun Park, Annapolis. Learn about communications systems, piloting, trailering your boat, handling boats, tying knots, anchoring, using charts, coastal navigation, and weather. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.

The Keel of First Modern Battleship, the HMS Dreadnought, Is Laid in Portsmouth, England, 1905 The modern acoustic guitar developed with square shoulders was named the Dreadnought shape after this iconic 527-foot ship.

Two Separate Courses: Coastal Piloting and Marine Communications Mondays. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.

2011 Master National Retriever Trials Sailwinds Park, Cambridge, MD, and Anatidae Farm, Vienna, MD. Hosted by Susquehanna Retriever Club. (301) 537-5650

Trailering Your Boat Seminar 7 to 9 p.m. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival St. Michaels.

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From the Bay, For the Bay Dine Out Seafood celebration all over Maryland.

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Boatyard Bar & Grill Turns 10 Happy birthday party in Eastport.

The Big E, USS Enterprise, CV-6, Is Launched in Newport News, VA, 1936 The 824 foot, nine inch vessel’s shakedown cruise took her to Rio de Janeiro.

3-Dec 5 4 5

Harvest Festival on the Bay Sunset Beach Resort, Cape Charles, VA. Seafood, fun, festivities, and Southern hospitality.

6

Harbor Party and Seafood Feast 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA.

6-10

U.S. Sailboat Show Annapolis City Dock.

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Baltimore Beer Week

Weems & Plath Tent Sale!

214 Eastern Avenue, Annapolis. Big savings on hundreds of nautical necessities.

7 7-8

TGIF BrewFest 5 to 9 p.m.

Town Point Mark, Norfolk, VA.

Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo Ward Museum, Salisbury, MD. Pig roast, chicken barbecue, shopping ops, competitions, prizes, kids’ fun, and more.

7-9

Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival Cape Charles, VA. Guided hikes and land and boat tours. (757) 581-1081

7-9

Free Boat Show Seminar: “Oops, Splash!” 5 to 6 p.m.

Friday and Sunday. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. (410) 268-0129

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Boat Show Bash 6 to 11 p.m. Eastport YC.

Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival Holly Point Nature Park, Deltaville, VA.

8

Picket Fence Auction 4 to 6 p.m. Oxford, MD. Free appetizers, drinks, and live music while you browse and bid on 18 beautiful designs.

8

Sandbridge Hei Hei 9 a.m. Little Island Park, Virginia Beach, VA. SUP racing and party to benefit the family of a Navy SEAL, Kraig Vickers.

10 10-Mar 26 Columbus Day

Three-Day Seminars on Basic Diesel and Hands-On Boat Owner Training Mack Boring & Parts Company, Union, NJ. For dates and details, call (908) 964-0700.

8

Taste of Kent Narrows Chesapeake Exploration Center, Chester, MD. Food, wine, and lively music. Benefits Kent Narrows Development Foundation.

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Patuxent River Appreciation Days Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons.

11-16

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race From Baltimore to Portsmouth, VA. See the insert near page 80.

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Gottlieb Daimler Registers a Patent, 1886 Who cares? Well, for starters, his invention drove a ship’s screw by means of a gas or petrol/paraffin motor.

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Single-Celled Water Creatures Start Becoming More Complex Life Forms, Three Billion Years Ago This process takes, oh, about two billion years.

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Antique and Classic Boat Display St. Michaels.

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Sailing on the 66-Foot Pinta, Rodrigo de Triana Sees Land to the West, 1492 Spotting the New World (America) at about 2 a.m., he shouts: “¡Tierra! ¡Tierra!”

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Kent School’s First Triathlon 9 a.m. Kent School, Chestertown, MD. Run, bike, and kayak. (410) 778-4100

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Ghosts of Sotterley Tours 7 p.m.

Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD.

Patuxent Wildlife Festival Celebrate 75 years in Laurel, MD.

Rappahannock Fall Colors Float 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fredericksburg City Dock, VA.

14-16

Seafood Festival Poquoson Municipal Park, Poquoson, VA.

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14-Nov 5

Sultana Projects’ Waterfowl Paddle 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, MD. Kayak and learn. $25. (410) 778-5954

15

Tilghman Island Day Tilghman Island, MD. Food, lively music, and oyster-shucking, crabpicking, jigger-throwing, rowboat-racing, and workboat-docking contests.

Fall into St. Michaels Contests, fun and games, races, parades, parties, shopping, decorations, and more.

All-You-Can-Eat Crab Feast 1 p.m. Benefits Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company. (410) 651-2144

15

Fall Foliage Kayak Sojourn 8:30 a.m. to Noon. Hillsmere Community Beach, Annapolis, MD. Hosted by South River Federation.

15

Kent Island Bay Day American Legion Field, Stevensville, MD. Great bands, food, beverages, vendors, and more!

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USS Constellation Cup and Blast Baltimore. Fine fall floating fun. $100.

15-16

Fall Harvest Winefest St. Michaels. Hosted by Old Brick Inn, St. Michaels Harbour Inn, and The Patriot cruise ship.

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Olde Princess Anne Days and 1812 Heritage Festival Princess Anne, MD. Home and garden tours, demos, kids fun, and more. (410) 651-2238

15-16

St. Mary’s Oyster Festival Leonardtown, MD. Contests, cook-offs, seafood, exhibits, arts and crafts, and music.

15-16

Yorktown Victory Weekend Yorktown Victory Center, VA.

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Fall Fest South Chesapeake City, MD. (410) 885-2330

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Pet Day Tiki Bar, Solomons.

West River Heritage Day Oyster Festival and $5000 Raffle 5 p.m. Captain Salem Avery Museum, Shady Side, MD. (410) 867-4486

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Metal Fabrication Stainless & Aluminum mobile welding pulpits arches towers tanks

Start of Weather Class Hosted by Rockville Sail and Power Squadron.

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The 14-Mile Long C&D Canal Becomes Operational After $2.5 Million and 2600 Men Working for a Mere 75 Cents a Day, 1829

17-19

International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville.

17-22

Build Your Own Sea Kayak Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis.

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Advanced Powerboat Handling Seminar 7 to 9 p.m. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.

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Start of Basic Boating Class Hosted by Rockville Sail and Power Squadron.

19

Evening Lecture Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Learn about a pre-Columbian diety.

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Yorktown Day Historic Yorktown, VA. Parades, music, demos, and more.

20

Gordon Bok in Concert 8 to 10 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum. $15 in advance; $20 at the door.

21

Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge Is Born in Devon, England, 1772 Among other works, he wrote “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

21

President Gerald Ford Signs the Act Authorizing the Admittance of Women to the USCG Auxiliary, 1975

21-23

Cambridge Schooner Rendezvous Richardson Maritime Museum, Cambridge, MD. (410) 221-1871

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All-You-Can-Eat Pig Roast and Crab Feast Noon to 6 p.m. Benefits St. Michaels Fire Department. $30 in advance; $35 at the door. (410) 745-9393 End-of-Season Lost at Tiki Island Halloween Party Freaky Tiki Bar, Solomons.

The red rum will flow all night.

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Free Seminar: Winterizing Your Engines 10 a.m. to Noon. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis.

22-24

Two Two-Day Courses: Marine Diesel Engines: Basics and Level II 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Annapolis School of Seamanship. $395 for basic course; $495 for Level II course. For more courses, call (410) 263-8848.

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23-Mar 25

Free Sunday Conversations with Chesapeake Authors 2 p.m.

Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons.

Topics include a travel guide to the War of 1812, Chesapeake Bay stories, sea glass, and ospreys and otters.

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Free Seminar: Winterizing Your Boat’s Other Systems 10 a.m. to Noon. West Marine, 113 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis. (410) 268-0129

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Build Your Own Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis.

25

Knots, Bends, and Hitches Seminar 7 to 9 p.m. Truxtun Park Recreation Center, Annapolis. Hosted by Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron.

26-29

Fort Monroe Haunted Tours 7 p.m. Hampton, VA. $20. Benefits Hampton History Museum.

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Isaac Singer Is Born in Pittstown, NY, 1811 His invention, the sewing machine, was a boon for sailmakers everywhere.

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Navy Day

Downrigging Weekend Chestertown, MD. For the full scoop, see page 26.

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Halloween Bash!

Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse, Dumfries, VA. Lively music, crazy costumes, and fun prizes.

29

Museum Madness Noon to 6 p.m. Portsmouth Museums, VA. Arts and crafts, face painting, wizardry, haunted vessels, and more fun for wee ghosts and goblins.

29

Smokey Joe’s Freaky Halloween Party! Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa, Chesapeake Beach, MD.

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Halloween Parade 6 p.m. Havre de Grace, MD.

Monster Rockfish Festival Greenwell State Park on the Patuxent River. Benefits Greenwell Foundation.

31

Halloween Rent the original “Night of the Living Dead.” We guarantee you won’t sleep a wink.

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Monster Mash Cruise Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons. For wee goblins. (410) 326-2042

October Racing Thru Oct 1 Eastport YC.

Santa Maria Cup

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Fall Invitational Havre de Grace YC, MD.

Neptune’s Atlantic Regatta The first annual mid-Atlantic dinghy ocean challenge off Virginia Beach, VA, hosted by Broad Bay SA.

1

Start of Annapolis YC Fall Series Three weekends of racing with the distance race falling on October 8.

8 13-16

Good Old Boat Regatta Shearwater Sailing Club, Annapolis.

J/109 North American Championship Hosted by Annapolis YC.

15 15

Frigid Digit Series Glenmar SA, Phoenix, MD.

Hooper/Point No Point Race Southern Maryland SA, Solomons.

15-16

Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville, VA.

16 21-23

Tred Avon YC Round the Buoys

2011 Storm Trysail Club/IRC MidAtlantic Championship Annapolis YC.

21-23

Severn SA.

U.S. Soling Championship

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Baltimore Harbor Cup Although Baltimore City YA will not partner with Leukemia Cup in 2011, the regatta is still on!

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Skipper Race Tred Avon YC, Oxford, MD. Halloween Howl Annapolis YC.

Francis Scott Key Classic Hosted by Rock Creek RA. (The event was previously known as Baltimore Harbor Fall Back.)

28-30

HCM J/24 East Coast Championships The Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championships will be hosted at Severn SA in Annapolis.

28-30

Eastport YC.

J/80 East Coast Championship

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Start of Volvo Ocean Race Nine legs from Alicante, Spain, to Galway, Ireland sailing 39,000 nautical miles of the world’s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape Horn to Itajaí, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient through July 8, 2012.

29-30

J/105 Chesapeake Bay and East Coast Championship J/105 Fleet 3 hosts its East Coast Championship concurrently with the Chesapeake Bay Championship every other year out of Annapolis YC.

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First Reference to Poker Is Published, 1834 The context? As a riverboat game.

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National Deep Fried Clams Day SpinSheet loves ‘em with tartar sauce.

2

The $23 Million Flying Boat Spruce Goose Takes Her Maiden and Only Voyage, 1947 Designed by Howard Hughes, she had a wingspan longer than a football field and was powered by eight giant propeller engines. She was big!

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International Beachcombing Conference Virden Center, Lewes, DE.

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Beer, Boats, and Ballads 7 to 11 p.m. Phillips World Headquarters, Baltimore. For more party particulars, see page 26.

4

Zero-Tasking Day Check out “The Lazy Song” video by Bruno Mars. It’s a riot.

4-5

Urbanna Oyster Festival Urbanna. VA. Food, glorious food. Music, exhibits, shopping ops, contests, parades, and more.

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Waterfowl Festival Easton, MD. Arts and crafts and food and fun.

Marooned Without a Compass Day

Start of Caribbean 1500 Cup The fleet sails en masse from Hampton, VA, to Tortola, BVI.

7-8

Basic Boating Class 6 to 10 p.m. Delaware Fire School, Dover, DE. Hosted by USCG Auxiliary. $10. (302) 697-6188

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Miles River YC Foundation Award Dinner Miles River YC (MRYC), St. Michaels.

Gary Jobson will receive MRYC Foundation’s first Distinguished Service Award. $75. Benefits youth sailing and swimming activities and maritime educational endeavors on the Bay. (410) 921-6792

Founder’s Day Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, MD. (410) 939-4800

12

Goose Bump Jump Noon. Betterton Beach, MD. Feel the trill of the chill to support help adults with developmental disabilities. $25.

Veteran’s Day

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Wicomico County, MD, Is Founded, 1867

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National Harvey Wallbanger Day and Election Day Does this give you any good party ideas?

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association Annual Conference Marina Inn at Grand Dunnes, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Elevens Rule 11:11 a.m. and p.m.

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A Bloated, Beached, 45-Foot, Eight-Ton Sperm Whale Is Blown Up in Oregon, 1970 A half a ton of dynamite blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds near buildings and beach-based parking lots. “Bleck.”

12

Chili Cook-Off Noon to 3 p.m. Watermen’s Museum, Yorktown, VA. (757) 887-2641

Greenstreet Social 2 to 4 p.m. Greenstreet Gardens, Lothian, MD. Benefits Captain Salem Avery Museum in Shady Side, MD. $10. (410) 867-6156

12 12-13

Oyster Roast Reedville Fisherman’s Museum, VA.

Spend the Weekend in Oxford Oxford, MD. Antiques, crafts, recipes, and food galore! $4. Proceeds benefit Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. sandrahale1@msn.com

16

Evening Lecture Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Learn about nutrient discharges in the Chesapeake Bay.

17

Start of Winterfest of Lights Ocean City, MD. $4 for ages 10 on up; free for all others. The fun runs through January 1, 2012.

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The Havre de Grace Light Station Goes into Service, 1827 This, the Concord Point Lighthouse, is Maryland’s oldest continuously operated lighthouse.

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Christmas on the Potomac Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD. Make fine family memories by seeing a 60-foot glass tree and holiday decorations, indoor snowfall, movie characters, and a walk-thru winter wonderland sculpted from ice.

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Hands-On Memory Quilting with Joan Gaither Captain Salem Avery Museum, Shady Side, MD. $15. (410) 867-4486

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Oxford-Bellevue Ferry Begins Making Her Rounds on the Tred Avon River, 1683 She’s been in continuous service since 1836.

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Local Newspaper Article Refers to Miss Kitty Knight’s “Recent” Death, 1855 “By her heroism at the burning of Georgetown... she saved several families from being made homeless and friendless by the fire and sword.”

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Thanksgiving Day

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Oyster Roast Cape Charles, VA.

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Charles Schultz Is Born, 1922 “I have a feeling that when my ship comes in I’ll be at the airport.”

Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” Premiers, Marking the Debut of Mickey Mouse, 1928

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Lord Cornbury (aka Edward Hyde) Is Born, 1661 As Governor of New York and New Jersey from 1701 to 1708, he had a character and conduct that were equally abhorred in both hemispheres. This cross-dresser was possibly the worst governor Britain ever imposed on the American colonies.

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USNA Defeats USMA 24-Zip in the First Army-Navy Football Game, 1890

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables BALTIMORE 1

SA

2

Su

3

M

4

Tu

5

october 2011 Tides

W

6

Th

7

F

8

SA

9

Su

10 M

11 T

12 W

13 Th

14 F

15 SA

05:08 AM 09:55 AM 04:02 PM 10:52 PM 06:12 AM 10:51 AM 04:57 PM 11:51 PM 07:16 AM 11:51 AM 05:59 PM

0.6 1.4 0.2 2.1 0.6 1.3 0.2 2.0 0.6 1.3 0.3

16

12:55 AM 08:18 AM 12:55 PM 07:10 PM 02:00 AM 09:16 AM 02:02 PM 08:23 PM 03:04 AM 10:08 AM 03:08 PM 09:34 PM 04:01 AM 10:53 AM 04:10 PM 10:37 PM 04:48 AM 11:33 AM 05:06 PM 11:34 PM 05:29 AM 12:06 PM 05:56 PM

1.9 0.6 1.3 0.4 1.8 0.6 1.3 0.4 1.7 0.6 1.3 0.5 1.7 0.6 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.6

19

12:25 AM 06:06 AM 12:35 PM 06:41 PM 01:13 AM 06:40 AM 01:01 PM 07:21 PM 01:59 AM 07:13 PM 01:26 PM 07:58 PM 02:43 AM 07:48 AM 01:52 PM 08:33 PM 03:26 AM 08:23 AM 02:22 PM 09:08 PM 04:10 AM 09:01 AM 02:55 PM 09:43 PM

0.5 1.5 0.4 1.6 0.6 1.5 0.4 1.7 0.6 1.4 0.3 1.7 0.6 1.3 0.3 1.8 0.6 1.3 0.3 1.8 0.7 1.2 0.3 1.8

25

Su

17 M

18 Tu

W

20 Th

21 F

22 SA

23 Su

24 M

Tu

26 W

27 Th

28 F

29 SA

30 M

31 Tu

DIFFERENCES

high sharps island light –3:47 havre de grace +3:11 sevenfoot knoll light –0:06 st Michaels, Miles river –2:14

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge Tunnel

AnnApolis

low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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04:55 AM 09:42 AM 03:32 PM 10:21 PM 05:42 AM 10:28 AM 04:14 PM 11:04 PM 06:32 AM 11:17 AM 05:03 PM 11:53 PM 07:23 AM 12:12 PM 06:01 PM

0.7 1.2 0.3 1.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.7 0.6 1.1 0.4 1.7 0.6 1.1 04.

12:47 AM 08:13 AM 01:12 PM 07:09 PM 01:43 AM 09:00 AM 02:14 PM 08:24 PM 02:40 AM 09:44 AM 03:15 PM 09:38 PM 03:36 AM 10:25 AM 04:15 PM 10:50 PM 04:29 AM 11:06 AM 05:12 PM 11:57 PM 05:20 AM 11:46 AM 06:06 PM

1.7 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.3 0.4 1.6 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.6 0.3 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.7 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.9

01:00 AM 06:10 AM 12:28 PM 06:59 PM 02:01 AM 07:00 AM 01:11 PM 07:51 PM 03:00 AM 07:51 AM 01:57 PM 08:44 PM 03:58 AM 08:44 AM 02:46 PM 09:37 PM 04:55 AM 09:38 AM 03:39 PM 10:32 PM 05:52 AM 10:34 AM 04:38 PM 11:29 PM

0.4 1.4 0.0 2.0 0.3 1.3 0.0 2.0 0.3 1.2 0.0 2.1 0.4 1.2 0.0 2.0 0.4 1.2 0.0 1.9 0.4 1.1 0.1 1.8

h. ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

l. ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

spring range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

1

SA

2

Su

3

M

4

Tu

5

W

6

Th

7

F

8

SA

9

Su

10 M

11 T

12 W

13 Th

14 F

03:00 AM 08:17 AM 02:43 PM 09:40 PM 03:59 AM 09:12 AM 03:39 PM 10:41 PM 05:02 AM 10:14 AM 04:39 PM 11:44 PM 06:06 AM 11:22 AM 05:42 PM

0.6 1.3 0.1 1.8 0.7 1.2 0.2 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.3 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.3

16

12:47 AM 07:09 AM 12:35 PM 06:46 PM 01:46 AM 08:05 AM 01:45 PM 07:49 PM 02:38 AM 08:53 AM 02:49 PM 08:48 PM 03:23 AM 09:34 AM 03:43 PM 09:42 PM 04:02 AM 10:12 AM 04:30 PM 10:32 PM 04:38 AM 10:48 AM 05:13 PM 11:17 PM 05:11 AM 11:22 AM 05:53 PM

1.6 0.7 1.2 0.4 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.5 0.6 1.3 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.4 0.4 1.5 0.5 1.3 0.3 1.5

20

12:00 AM 05:44 AM 11:57 AM 06:31 PM 12:42 AM 06:15 AM 12:32 PM 07:10 PM 01:23 AM 06:47 AM 01:07 PM 07:49 PM 02:06 AM 07:20 AM 01:44 PM 08:29 PM

0.5 1.3 0.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 0.3 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 1.6

27

Su

17 M

18 Tu

19 W

Th

21 F

22 SA

23 Su

24 M

25 Tu

26 W

Th

28 F

29 SA

30 M

31 Tu

DIFFERENCES

high Mtn pt, Magothy river +1:24 Chesapeake Beach –1:14 Cedar point –3:16 point lookout –3:48

low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

02:50 AM 07:53 AM 02:22 PM 09:12 PM 03:37 AM 08:32 AM 03:04 PM 09:58 PM 04:27 AM 09:19 AM 03:51 PM 10:47 PM 05:20 AM 10:18 AM 04:46 PM 11:38 PM 06:13 AM 11:28 AM 05:49 PM

0.7 1.1 0.3 1.6 0.7 1.1 0.3 1.5 0.7 1.1 0.3 1.5 0.7 1.1 03.

1.5 0.6 1.1 0.4

12:31 AM 07:04 AM 12:40 PM 06:54 PM 01:23 AM 07:53 AM 01:49 PM 08:00 PM 02:14 AM 08:40 AM 02:52 PM 09:04 PM 03:03 AM 09:26 AM 03:51 PM 10:05 PM 03:52 AM 10:11 AM 04:47 PM 11:04 PM 04:39 AM 10:58 AM 05:41 PM

1.5 0.5 1.1 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.4 0.3 1.4 0.4 1.4 0.2 1.5 0.4 1.3 0.1 1.6 0.4 1.3 0.0 1.7

12:00 AM 05:27 AM 11:46 AM 06:35 PM 12:55 AM 06:15 AM 12:35 PM 07:29 PM 01:50 AM 07:05 AM 01:26 PM 08:23 PM 02:45 AM 07:58 AM 02:20 PM 09:18 PM 03:41 AM 08:56 AM 03:16 PM 10:15 PM

0.4 1.2 0.0 1.8 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.8 0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.7 0.5 1.1 0.0 1.6 0.5 1.0 0.1 1.6

h. ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

spring l. ht range *0.88 1.0 *1.14 1.1 *1.33 1.4 *1.33 1.4

1

05:22 AM 11:53 AM 06:19 PM

0.0 3.6 0.2

16

2

12:16 AM 06:19 AM 12:51 PM 07:22 PM 01:17 AM 07:22 AM 01:54 PM 08:28 PM 02:26 AM 08:32 AM 03:04 PM 09:36 PM 03:42 AM 09:44 AM 04:14 PM 10:38 PM 04:52 AM 10:51 AM 05:17 PM 11:31 PM 05:50 AM 11:50 AM 06:10 PM

2.8 0.2 3.4 0.4 2.6 0.4 3.2 0.5 2.5 0.5 3.0 0.6 2.5 0.6 2.9 0.6 2.6 0.6 2.8 0.5 2.7 0.6 2.8

17

12:17 AM 06:38 AM 12:40 PM 06:55 PM 12:56 AM 07:19 AM 01:24 PM 07:33 PM 01:31 AM 07:55 AM 02:04 PM 08:08 PM 02:04 AM 08:29 AM 02:40 PM 08:42 PM 02:35 AM 09:02 AM 03:15 PM 09:15 PM 03:08 AM 09:35 AM 03:49 PM 09:49 PM 03:41 AM 10:09 AM 04:24 PM 10:24 PM 04:16 AM 10:44 AM 05:01 PM 11:01 PM

0.5 2.8 0.5 2.8 0.4 3.0 0.5 2.8 0.4 3.1 0.4 2.8 0.3 3.2 0.4 2.7 0.3 3.2 0.4 2.7 0.3 3.2 0.4 2.6 0.4 3.2 0.5 2.6 0.5 3.1 0.5 2.5

23

SA

Su

3

M

4

Tu

5

W

6

Th

7

F

8

SA

9

Su

10 M

11 T

12 W

13 Th

14 F

15 SA

Su

M

18 Tu

19 W

20 Th

21 F

22 SA

Su

24 M

25 Tu

26 W

27 Th

28 F

29 SA

30 M

31 Tu

DIFFERENCES onancock Creek stingray point hooper strait light lynnhaven inlet

high +3 :52 +2 :01 +5 :52 +0 :47

04:53 AM 11:22 AM 05:41 PM 11:40 PM 05:35 AM 12:03 PM 06:26 PM

0.5 3.0 0.6 2.4 0.6 2.9 0.7

12:25 AM 06:22 AM 12:50 PM 07:17 PM 01:16 AM 07:18 AM 01:42 PM 08:13 PM 02:14 AM 08:21 AM 02:41 PM 09:12 PM 03:19 AM 09:28 AM 03:44 PM 10:10 PM 04:24 AM 10:35 AM 04:46 PM 11:05 PM 05:25 AM 11:38 AM 05:46 PM 11:57 PM 06:22 AM 12:36 PM 06:42 PM

2.3 0.7 2.9 0.7 2.3 0.7 28.

0.7 2.4 0.7 2.8 0.6 2.5 0.6 2.8 0.4 2.7 0.5 2.9 0.2 3.0 0.3 2.9 0.0 3.3 0.1 3.0

12:48 AM 07:16 AM 01:32 PM 07:36 PM 01:38 AM 08:08 AM 02:26 PM 08:28 PM 02:28 AM 08:59 AM 03:19 PM 09:20 PM 03:18 AM 09:50 AM 04:11 PM 10:12 PM 04:10 AM 10:41 AM 05:06 PM 11:05 PM 05:03 AM 11:35 AM 06:02 PM

-0.2 3.6 -0.1 3.0 -0.3 3.8 -0.2 3.0 -0.4 3.8 -0.2 3.0 -0.3 3.8 -0.2 2.9 -0.2 3.7 -0.1 2.8 -0.1 3.5 0.1

12:00 AM 06:01 AM 12:30 PM 07:01 PM

2.7 0.1 3.2 0.3

low h. ht +4 :15 *0.70 +2 :29 *0.48 +6 :04 *0.66 +1 :08 *0.77

spring l. ht range *0.83 2.2 *0.83 1.4 *0.67 2.0 *0.83 2.4

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Tidal Current Tables

Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) slack Water Maximum Current

slack Water Maximum Current

1

02:45AM 06:20AM 08:49AM 11:27AM 02:29pM 05:16pM 08:55pM

-1.1 +0.6 -0.8 +1.2

11

02:48AM 05:32AM +0.6 08:21AM 11:23AM -0.7 02:15pM 05:41pM +1.0 09:01pM

2

12:25AM 07:17AM 12:24pM 06:11pM

03:39AM 09:46AM 03:25pM 09:51pM

-1.0 +0.5 -0.7 +1.1

12

12:11AM -0.9 3:36AM 06:15AM +0.6 09:01AM 12:00pM -0.7 02:48pM 06:17pM +1.0 09:40pM

3 01:21AM 08:15AM M 01:29pM 07:13pM

04:37AM 10:47AM 04:27pM 10:51pM

-1.0 +0.5 -0.6 +1.0

SA

SuI

4

05:37AM 11:51AM 05:36pM 11:56pM

-0.9 +0.5 -0.6 +0.9

W

13 Th

14 F

5

03:18AM 06:37AM -0.9 W 10:08AM 12:55pM +0.6 03:53pM 06:48pM -0.6 09:37pM

6

Th

7 F

01:02AM 04:18AM 07:35AM 10:59AM 01:55pM 05:00pM 07:57pM 10:52pM

+0.8 -0.8 +0.7 -0.6

02:06pM +0.8 05:14AM 08:29AM -0.8 11:45AM 02:50pM +0.8 06:00pM 08:59pM -0.7

15 SA

16 Su

17 M

12:52AM 04:23AM 06:57AM 09:40AM 12:36pM 03:20pM 06:54pM 10:19pM

-0.9 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

01:34AM -0.9 05:10AM 07:39AM +0.5 10:19AM 01:13pM -0.6 03:53pM 07:32pM +1.0 10:59pM 02:16AM 05:58AM 08:23AM 11:00AM 01:51pM 04:28pM 08:11pM 11:40pM

-0.9 +0.5 -0.5 +1.0

03:00AM 06:47AM 09:09AM 11:44AM 02:33pM 05:06pM 08:54pM

-0.9 +0.4 -0.5 +0.9

12:24AM 07:36AM 12:34pM 05:51pM

03:46AM 09:58AM 03:20pM 09:41pM

-0.9 +0.4 -0.4 +0.9

12:01AM 06:07AM 12:27pM 06:52pM

03:05AM 09:18AM 03:38pM 09:38pM

+0.7 -0.8 +0.8 -0.8

18

01:11AM 08:25AM 01:30pM 06:46pM

04:35AM 10:50AM 04:15pM 10:33pM

-0.8 +0.4 -0.4 +0.8

01:02AM 06:55AM 01:05pM 07:38pM

03:59AM 10:03AM 04:22pM 10:43pM

+0.7 -0.8 +0.9 -0.8

19

02:00AM 09:10AM 02:32pM 07:51pM

05:25AM 11:44AM 05:17pM 11:31pM

-0.8 +0.4 -0.4 +0.7

04:47AM +0.7 M 07:40AM 10:44AM -0.8 01:41pM 05:02pM +1.0 08:21pM 11:29pM -0.9

20

02:52AM 06:16AM -0.8 09:51AM 12:37pM +0.5 03:35pM 06:23pM -0.4 09:05pM

8

SA

9

Su

10 01:58AM

Tu

W

Th

21

12:32AM F 03:45AM 07:05AM 10:29AM 01:27pM 04:34pM 07:28pM 10:22pM 01:33AM 22 SA 04:37AM 07:52AM 11:05AM 02:15pM 05:28pM 08:29pM 11:34pM 02:32AM 23 Su 05:27AM 08:38AM 11:41pM 3:01pM 06:19pM 09:25pM 24 12:41AM 03:28AM M 06:15AM 09:22AM 12:18pM 03:46pM 07:08pM 10:18pM 25 01:42AM 04:20AM Tu 07:02AM 10:07AM 12:56pM 04:30pM 07:56pM 11:08pM 26 02:39AM 05:11AM W 07:49AM 10:51AM 01:38pM 05:16pM 08:43pM 11:58pM 06:01AM 27 03:33AM 08:37AM 11:37AM Th 02:21pM 06:02pM 09:31pM 12:47AM 28 04:25AM 06:52AM F 09:27AM 12:25pM 03:08pM 06:50pM 10:19pM 01:36AM 29 SA 05:17AM 07:43AM 10:20AM 01:16pM 03:57pM 07:39pM 11:08pM 02:26AM 30 Su 06:07AM 08:37AM 11:18AM 02:11pM 04:51pM 08:31pM 11:58pM 03:18AM 31 M 06:58AM 09:32AM 12:20pM 03:10pM 05:50pM 09:27pM

slack Water Maximum Current

+0.7 -0.7 +0.6 -0.5

1

+0.6 -0.7 +0.7 -0.7

2

+0.6 -0.8 +0.9 -0.8 +0.6 -0.8 +1.1 -1.0 +0.6 -0.8 +1.2 -1.1 +0.6 -0.8 +1.3 -1.2 +0.6 -0.8 +1.3

3 04:13AM 01:13AM 07:58AM M 11:01pM 01:39pM 05:16pM 08:48pM

+0.8 -1.3 +0.9 -1.2

4

-1.2 +0.6 -0.8 +1.3 -1.2 +0.6 -0.7 +1.3 -1.2 +0.6 -0.7 +1.2 -1.1 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

SA

Su

02:18AM 05:50AM -1.6 08:56AM 11:36AM +1.3 03:08pM 06:40pM -1.5 09:51pM 12:11AM +0.9 03:12AM 06:53AM -1.4 09:56AM 12:36pM +1.1 04:08pM 07:45pM -1.4 10:53pM

12:01AM 05:24AM 12:13pM 06:28pM

02:15AM 09:03AM 02:45pM 09:55pM

+0.6 -1.2 +0.8 -1.1

01:09AM W 06:37AM 01:27pM 07:32pM

03:25AM 10:15AM 04:11pM 11:04pM

+0.5 -1.1 +0.7 -1.1

Tu

5

slack Water Maximum Current

11

02:38AM 05:40AM 08:17AM 11:38AM 03:17pM 06:24pM 08:45pM 11:32pM

-1.1 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

12

03:07AM 06:12AM 08:55AM 12:14pM 03:50pM 07:03pM 09:24pM

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

12:05AM 06:48AM 12:51pM 07:43pM

03:36AM 09:32AM 04:20pM 10:02pM

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

12:40AM 07:24AM 01:28pM 08:24pM

04:07AM 10:08AM 04:52pM 10:40pM

-1.2 +0.9 -1.1 +0.6

01:16AM 08:03AM 02:07pM 09:06pM

04:42AM 10:43AM 05:29pM 11:19pM

-1.2 +0.8 -1.0 +0.5

Tu

W

13 Th

14 F

15 SA

6

02:13AM 04:54AM +0.5 Th 07:42AM 11:24AM -1.1 02:33pM 05:31pM +0.7 08:29pM

7 F

8

SA

12:01AM 03:10AM 05:53AM 08:41AM 12:22pM 03:33pM 06:17pM 09:18pM

-1.1 +0.6 -1.2 +0.7

12:49AM -1.1 03:57AM 06:32AM +0.7 09:34AM 01:12pM -1.2 04:24pM 06:52pM +0.7 09:58pM

01:30AM -1.1 04:34AM 07:06AM +0.8 Su 10:20AM 01:59pM -1.2 05:08pM 07:27pM +0.7 10:31pM

16 Su

17 M

18 Tu

9

02:07AM -1.1 07:40AM +0.8 M 11:00AM 02:41pM -1.3 05:47pM 08:05pM +0.7 11:02pM

10 05:09AM

01:52AM 05:22AM -1.1 08:46AM 11:21AM +0.7 02:45pM 06:15pM -0.9 09:50pM 12:02AM 02:27AM 06:10AM 09:29AM 12:04pM 03:26pM 07:09pM 10:39pM

+0.4 -1.0 +0.7 -0.9

12:49AM +0.4 03:04AM 07:04AM -1.0 10:18AM 12:54pM +0.6 04:14pM 08:01pM -0.8 11:32pM 01:38AM +0.3 03:51AM 07:59AM -1.0 11:12AM 01:46pM +0.6 05:15pM 08:51pM -0.9

20

12:26AM 05:04AM 12:14pM 06:16pM

Th

02:30AM 08:56AM 02:42pM 09:47pM

F

+0.4 -1.0 +0.6 -0.9

03:29AM +0.5 06:24AM 09:59AM -1.0 01:18pM 03:47pM +0.6 07:09pM 10:44pM -1.1

22 02:00AM 07:31AM

04:33AM +0.6 11:05AM -1.2 SA 02:19pM 04:53pM +0.7 07:58pM 11:37pM -1.2

23 02:45AM 08:33AM

05:26AM +0.9 12:04pM -1.4 Su 03:18pM 05:46pM +0.9 08:47pM 12:25AM -1.4 06:12AM +1.2 M 09:31AM 12:59pM -1.5 04:11pM 06:34pM +1.0 09:37pM

24 03:30AM

01:13AM -1.5 06:58AM +1.4 Tu 10:26AM 01:54pM -1.7 05:03pM 07:23pM +1.1 10:28pM

25 04:06AM

02:04AM 07:46AM W 11:18AM 02:48pM 05:53pM 08:16pM 11:18pM

26 05:01AM

-1.7 +1.5 -1.8 +1.1

02:55AM -1.7 08:38AM +1.6 Th 12:09pM 03:38pM -1.9 06:46pM 09:10pM +1.1

27 05:50AM

28 12:09AM F

19 W

slack Water Maximum Current

21 01:14AM

03:45AM -1.8 06:40AM 09:30AM +1.6 01:01pM 04:28pM -1.8 07:39pM 10:02pM +1.1

29 01:02AM

04:34AM -1.7 SA 07:36AM 10:21AM +1.5 01:53pM 05:19pM -1.7 08:35pM 10:54pM +1.0

30 01:58AM

05:28AM -1.6 Su 08:33AM 11:14AM +1.3 02:47pM 06:18pM -1.5 09:31pM 11:50pM +0.9

31 02:53AM

06:30AM -1.4 M 09:33AM 12:12pM +1.1 03:42pM 07:22pM -1.4 10:31pM

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before ebb

Speed Ratios

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay entrance

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before ebb

Speed Ratios

ebb

Flood

ebb

Cove point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

0.4

0.6

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

0.7

sharp island lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

-1:43

0.4

0.5

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

+0:19

2.2

1.2

Thomas pt. shoal lt., 2.0 n.mi. East

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

0.6

0.6

stingray point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

1.2

0.6

pooles island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

0.6

0.8

smith point light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

0.5

0.3

Turkey point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

0.6

0.8

point no point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

0.4

0.2

Corrections Applied to Batlimore Harbor Approach

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Flood

ebb

Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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(September 29), Smithfield Music’s Aiken After the first festival, they contacted us and Friends Fest Americana/Roots Festival to see if we’d move the event to Smithwill be in high gear ramping up for fun in field; it’s a good fit. I like their mission; Smithfield, VA, September 30-October they bring great entertainment and benefit 1. Of the sixth annual event, Mike says, youth music education.” He says, “I made “The two-day fest is sure people could get to growing and just gets the festival by boat, and bigger and better…

Smithfield has such a from the educational nice, protected harbor seminars to the and marina. We’ve got caliber of the lineup. people coming from We brought in old Maine to Florida.” and new friends; the This year’s festival talent is great!” An at the Smithfield Little Americana, country, Theater will feature and roots national Steve Williams and recording artist, Sherrie Austin on Mike founded the Friday and the Ray festival.

Wylie Hubbard Band, Mike says, “The Mike Aiken Band, festival idea all Patty Reese Band, Caleb started when I began Hawley Trio, Mucksailing my boat out rakes, Sherrie Austin, of Norfolk, spendWin Winslow, and ing winters in the Americana Lovebirds Bahamas, Caribbean, on Saturday. Mike says, and Maine. The Bay “It’s becoming a sailing was a good stopping destination for all types ##Mike Aiken at the beach. point. On one slow of sailors. October is sail up the east coast up from the Bahaone of the best sailing months on the Bay, mas, I started thinking about how special and snowbirders are gathering for the trek the middle Atlantic is in terms of music, south.” sailing, and maritime songs. We have Mike has found a way to combine his musicians from all over the country. What three greatest passions: music, sailing, and a great place for a festival. We held the adventure. At age eight, his love affair with first one in Urbanna, VA, and the rest have the sea was kindled when a family friend been in Smithfield.” introduced him to sailing. Around the He adds, “A while ago, we rode out same time, he began developing his natural a hurricane in Smithfield; we wandered musical ability, learning to play acoustic around town and got to talking with a and electric guitars. spinsheet.com

Mike and his wife Amy live on a 42foot cutter, Ocean Girl. They are licensed USCG captains with more than 30,000 offshore miles each. They have made two transatlantic crossings, outfitted several boats of their own for offshore cruising, and have supervised/consulted for many others. Mike also founded the Breezeway Blowout Benefit concert to expose at-risk kids to the Bay and sailing. The Aikens are affiliated with Town Point YC in Norfolk and had sailed with the late Lane Briggs. Mike says, “By happenstance and luck, I drifted into Lane’s marina one December. He was a good friend of mine and a sailing buddy.”

Mike says, “I come from those back roads, with dirt under my boots. Now I live on the water with a country point of view. I write all my songs from the heart.” Mike’s mix of country and “roots rock” with a Caribbean flair strikes the right chord with sailors. Some of his previous recordings were made at sea onboard a converted 1941 Navy tugboat.

He adds, “When writing and picking the music, I think of the folks and fans who have supported me along the way.

I choose the covers to reflect who I am and who my listeners are.”

Mike is also a contributing writer for Singer and Musician Magazine and a music producer for Raceline TV. His six-string dexterity earned him a Takamine endorsement and the creation of his signature guitar, the ‘Travelin Bone.’ His philanthropic activities include sponsoring the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, benefiting the area’s environmental interests, as well as founder of the Aiken and Friends Music Festival. For “Almost Christmas,” his new holiday CD this year, Mike generated an organic, rootsy, and cozy feel, a “six-pack of Christmas cheer that blends three standards and three originals.”

Sailors will especially like the “Christmas Schooner” and “Christmas Island” tracks, as well as his “Song of the Chesapeake” CD that benefits the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He adds, “I am one of the lucky ones. With my music, boat, and friends, I am ready for wherever the winds blow.”

Look for Mike and Amy at the Henri Lloyd booth at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis. Learn more about Mike and the festival by visiting mikeaikenmusic.com and aikenandfriendsfest.com.

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Striking a Hip Chord

ometimes, the big ones ain’t the Becky Byrd, who met her future husmajor hobby,” she says. “He liked to fish baddest. In the spring of 1987, I inband in 1988 during a jazz performance at for perch or rockfish and was an excellent terviewed jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd. the Maryland Inn recalls that sailing was cook,” as was his mother and all her (four) We arranged to meet over at Mears Marina his way of unwinding from heavy travel sons. Becky mentions his excellent Thai on Annapolis’s Back Creek and sat aboard schedules and hours of practice regimen. curry, made from scratch, influenced by his pocket sloop for a full hour in the By all accounts, he loved to fish from the multiple cuisines encountered in his world sunshine. We chatted about boating travels. He’d cook his freshly caught topics—how he loved the Annapolis rockfish on the stovetop in a pan, Boat Shows and the comfort of not sometimes with potatoes, onions, being recognized. We didn’t talk and a broth. He could make a good about his music, and I think he liked muddle. And never used a recipe. that. I shot a dozen frames in black Charlie Byrd was raised in Chuckand white. The result appeared in my atuck, VA, outside of Suffolk. From column in the now long-departed an early age, the boys fished from Annapolitan Magazine. little bateaux on the Nansemond I won’t try to do a Charlie Byrd River, and it’s easy to see how living bio here. The soft-spoken Byrd, near the water, and indeed fishing who died in 1999 at the age of 74, from a small vessel, remained a part introduced several generations to of this great artist’s alter persona his infectious musical style woven in later in life. Elana says he liked this strong Brazilian bossa nova influence. simple boat because he could solo Millions have heard him. He received at convenient times when his work about every major award given to a schedule permitted. But he liked to guitarist, including DownBeat Magatake people out with him, too. Both zine’s International Critics Poll, and she and Becky tell of memorable, if for several consecutive years, topped brief, excursions, rarely farther than a then-influential Playboy Jazz Poll.

St. Michaels.

Frequent appearances at major jazz So what ever happened to the little festivals included Newport, MonI’m Hip? As Byrd’s health declined terrey, New York, Kansas City, in 1998, the boat was donated to “The name of Charlie Byrd’s little Longhorn, and Concord, plus EuroYMCA Camp Letts on the Rhode O’Day 23 was, whimsically, I’m River. Sadly the path fades: no one pean events. Prolific in the studio, he recorded at least 80 jazz albums.

Hip—about as apropos a boat there remembers the vessel.

Byrd was already a recognized Few in Annapolis recall the boat’s name as could be chosen by a jazz name and its connection to the man, world talent when he adopted Annapolis as his home after meeting Paul musician of any caliber.” but fewer still know that at first, Byrd Pearson, the music promoter, hotelier, had called it by an esoteric guitar developer, and preservationist. The chord coding: drummer and vibratwo became friends, and Pearson’s Maryboat, and she warmly remembers that early phone player Chuck Redd, the third man land Inn here became a local and regular in their relationship, seeking to impress of the Charlie Byrd Trio recalls it exactly: Byrd performance venue. her no doubt, he’d taken her out, caught “‘b minor 7th flat five’—the name of a very The name of Byrd’s little O’Day 23 was, a rockfish, yet failed to land it. He was hip chord.” Now, how would you paint whimsically, I’m Hip—about as apropos clearly, more expert in some handwork that on a transom? a boat name as could be chosen by a jazz than others. She says the slippery creature musician of any caliber. It occurred to me escaped his grasp and in slow motion fell About the Author: Fred Miller spends too at the time that his choice of such a simple back into the Bay. “Oh, the look on his much time working on his 41-foot ketch, and unpretentious vessel as a tiny O’Day face was priceless!”

Julie Marie. Past commodore of the Eastport wasn’t at all inconsistent, either. As an artAnnapolis lawyer Elana Byrd is married YC, Miller enjoys reading and gazing vacantist, a musician, and a mild-mannered one to Charlie’s brother, bassist Joe Byrd, of ly at the pretty boats and the pretty waters. at that, this was clearly his therapeutic toy, the famous Charlie Byrd Trio. “Sailing Contact him at fsmscribe@yahoo.com. not intended for competition or “my boat’s was truly Charlie’s passion. This was his bigger.”

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ost of us are taught the mechanical and theoretical side of sailing, the how and the why, but that does not mean that just because we know how to sail we are good skippers.

Being a good skipper is about much more than the technical side of sailing.

In 1978, United Airlines flight 173 crashed outside of Portland, OR, because the plane ran out of fuel. The crash was not a direct result of mechanical problems, but rather human error brought about by ineffective crew teamwork and poor leadership. In the aftermath, Cockpit Resource Management (CRM), a concept aimed at maximizing performance while reducing human error, was born.

What does this have to do with sailing you may ask? Well, it has a lot to do with sailing because captains and crews of sailboats, whether racers or cruisers, can use these same techniques to increase crew performance, reduce errors, and have a safer and more efficient sail. Ever seen or sailed with a skipper who yells at or belittles his crew? He or she is an ineffective skipper who could use some CRM. How about a crewmember who won’t speak up?

Just as bad. What follows are some of the concepts that crews can put into practice to maximize their performance. Good skippers and crews are often already doing these things without even realizing it.

• Have a plan. Skippers should brief their crews on what they expect of them in general and should brief any specific maneuvers, such as docking or a man overboard situation, ahead of time so that everyone knows what they are doing. The heat of the battle is not the time for communicating the plan.

• Manage communication effectively.

The flow of information back and forth is critical to safe and efficient operation of the boat. Skippers should keep in mind that what is correct is more important than who is correct and that even the newest, most green crewmember may have something to contribute. Crew members should speak up if they see something amiss and should effectively advocate their position when safety is at stake. Skippers should be receptive to Follow us!

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new information and ideas. A skipper who yells at or belittles crew loses them as effective team members. There are barriers to communication that crews should recognize. Some of these are age and experience differences, physical noise and distance, personality and cultural differences, and stress and fatigue.

• Workload management. When things are busy, a good skipper will assign tasks based on ability and will not try to do everything himself or herself. This frees him/her to keep the big picture in mind and not become focused on minutiae at the expense of it. In other words, don’t hit another boat or run aground because you are task-saturated or because you are focused on something that is not critical.

• Situational Awareness. There should always be someone assigned to know where the boat is and where it is going at all times (situational awareness). The priorities should be to: 1) sail the boat

• The Skipper is in charge. There can only be one skipper/captain. Ultimately, the skipper has the legal authority and responsibility for the boat and crew.

While all crew members participate in the decision-making process, in the end, after carefully considering all input, the skipper makes the final decision.

• Decision Making. Good decisionmaking by the skipper incorporates input from crew and all other sources of information available to him. This may include navigation charts, weather reports, past experience and training, and observations of the environment around him/her. Some pitfalls to avoid are seeing what you expect to see and thinking it will be the same as last week/ month/year. Entering a strange port and expecting to see a marker at a certain point may cause you to think what you are looking at is that marker when it may not actually be. Confirm and be vigilant.

##When things are busy, a good skipper will assign tasks based on ability and will not try to do everything himself. This frees him to keep the big picture in mind.

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and ensure its safe operation; 2) navigate the boat away from hazards; 3) communicate with crew and outside parties; and 4) solve any problems at hand.

• Re-evaluate. A good leader and skipper will continually be re-evaluating his/her plan. Abandonment of the plan is not a failure if new information comes to light, the plan is not working, or conditions change. A good skipper and crew will be able to adapt and change plans in order to be more effective.

Start using these techniques on your next sail, and you will increase both safety and crew efficiency on your own boat. Go out and give it a try!

About the Author: Brett Anderson in a commercial airline pilot flying international routes out of Washington Dulles International Airport. When he is not flying, he lives aboard and sails Liberty, his Morgan 46, out of Colonial Beach, VA.

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New Usefulness for an Old Sailboat

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few years ago in September in Milwaukee, WI, an old sailboat wedged its long lead keel upon an uncharted rock about 200 yards off of Bradford Beach with enough force that it couldn’t be unwedged and was left for salvage by its skipper and crew, who reached shore unharmed. The sailboat stayed there for months. At first, and on calm days, she was serenely pretty, heeled over at about 30 degrees looking like she had a place to go. But when the November Nor’easters arrived, she was shoved further inshore, fell over hard, and took a terrible beating. I would walk to the beach and stand among a half-dozen others in foulies with cameras to witness her plight. She’d twist in the breakers and lash back forcefully. I thought I could hear her protesting as her spine was pounded on the rocks below.

A few months prior, I had coincidently met her owner, a strong young man with a

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thick Slavic accent, perhaps in his late 20s, doing glass work in a boatyard that I was passing through. He grinned proudly while explaining that she was a 1957 Chinook 34, the first fiberglass production sailboat.

He had plans to leave in the fall for the East Coast and then cross the Atlantic Ocean the next spring to be with his new wife, who was waiting for him in Europe.

Falcon was tough enough, manageable for him to sail alone, and a comfortable home for the young reunited couple. He had worked odd jobs to save enough money to buy the boat in the amount of the due storage bill and to assemble some used tools and a stash of fittings, resin, varnish, and paint. When I met him, he had months of sweat to give and work left to do.

His dream came to a blunt, tragic ending when Falcon’s keel hit the big rock. It was rumored that he was so distraught at grounding her after just finishing the refit that he bought a one-way ticket home and

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“A dusty but serviceable, trailer-launched fiberglass boat, large enough to sleep and feed a family of four, with a motor, trailer, sails, safety equipment, and line will often sell for much less than a modest flatscreen television.” was not seen again. When the January ice came, salvagers walked out to Falcon and cut her into three pieces small enough to drag ashore with a chain and a pick-up truck.

A sad story, yes. A closer look, however, finds a bigger lesson; that a sailboat built in 1957 might encircle the powerful love of young newlyweds and reflect a man’s grandest aspirations for life and living. This is the true power of the old boat.

Sailboats, at least the well-constructed ones like Falcon, have about seven lives over many decades. They are sold new and then sold again and again to subsequent sailors, usually at lower relative costs each time. No matter how high or low the price and however old the boat, having one at all is a rare privilege, often a serious and intimate endeavor that is never forgotten.

The existence of a sailboat in a life often influences the course of that life, and determines its legacy. It’s not a worship of a material thing or a symbol of status or prestige. Sailboats are valuable because they are experiential.

Sailboats hold history: the intent of the designer, their purpose and place, their logbooks, charts, and diaries. Sailboats hold memories: their homeports and destinations, their top speeds and longest voyages, their dings and dents, and their worst and best weather. Sailboats hold secrets: the dreams of the children nestled in a v-berth, the discussions and debates of the crew-mates on deck at night, the wide-eyed wonder of a first-timer on the lee side, and the fears and hopes of the caretakers, like the dreamy hardworking young man making Falcon ready for life again.

It is not the size, the age or the expense of the boat that matters either.

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ish daydreams have us cruising the Swedish archipelago in a slick and sleek 40-footer every summer. I come back to reality and am grateful for the used, but still fast and family-friendly B-32 that we are lucky to campaign on weekends. If money gets tight

(as it will when the kids go to college), it might be time for something smaller and perhaps trailerable, such as a used J/22.

If that doesn’t work out, we might throw an old Club 420 on the car top and ramp launch. In a real pinch, it would be just

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as fun to join the local sailing center and contribute a few bucks a month and some sweat equity in a shared fleet of old daysailing keelboats like Ensigns or Etchells.

The point is that sailors generally value the time on the water more than the boat,

But I offer that one of sailing’s greatest assets and its strongest allures is the ample supply of the good old boat. Putting these things back to use means reconnecting them with people who might value the grand times that they promise.

To the aspiring sailor, low cost of entry is one of sailing’s advantages. A dusty but serviceable, trailerlaunched fiberglass boat, large enough to sleep and feed a family of four, with a motor, a trailer, sails, safety equipment, and line will often sell for much less than ##Photo by Mike Fisk/soul-amp.com a modest flatscreen but the boat is what makes the time on the television.

Another option is to make these boats water possible in the first place. useful on a larger scale. Some of the In any town near water in the United better community sailing centers in the States or Canada today, there is a boatyard country have started to take these boats as with a row of dusty, unused sailboats from tax-deductible donations. Volunteers are 14 to 34 feet, some with for-sale signs, bringing them back to sailing condition others abandoned and forgotten. At first for families to share. It’s an example of real glance, it might look like a pile of trash.

American renewal: modern usefulness for old, unused, but still valuable things. When it works well, the benefits spill broadly: to the sailors, the sailor’s neighbors and friends, and to the schools and the larger community.

It even worked in a small way in the special case of Falcon. At first, the stranded sailboat drew us to the shore to reflect on the young man’s ordeal and the end of something. Then Falcon surprised us when she remained in place fighting and floating for most of a winter, buoyantly refusing to give up the impossible dream, finally succumbing only to the chain saw, never to the rocks. So after a while, we were drawn not to her tragedy, but to her hope. An old sailboat can take us to places we will otherwise never see and to relationships that we would otherwise never know.

I think I’ll take the kids to the yard to try to find Falcon and glue her back together again. It’ll be a great time.

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hen it comes to beautiful destinations with interesting scenery and plenty of recreation, cruising families on the Chesapeake are blessed. Below, seasoned cruisers recommend family-friendly destinations that offer a mix of city amenities, small town attractions, and gunkhole solitude with a wide diversity of wildlife.

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North of the Bay Bridge

ike and Cathy Burton, who sail the Tartan 4100 Midnight, recommend the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Their children have enjoyed visiting the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center. The Inner Harbor offers interesting shopping, street performers, and tours of historic ships such as the USS Constellation and Lightship 116 Chesapeake.

We look forward all season to staying in Fells Point in the fall, walking along the wharves in the afternoon and then

bundling up the next morning before heading out for coffee and pastries at the local bakery.

Members of the Chesapeake Family Cruising Network (CFCNetwork), an online group for cruising families to share tips and ideas about Bay sailing, recommend Rock Hall for its Independence Day fireworks and Queenstown Creek for its natural serenity and close proximity to restaurants and factory outlet stores.

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favorite with several members of the CFCNetwork, the Rhode River offers a large, beautiful, deepwater anchorage. With the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) as a steward, much of the shoreline is undeveloped, and hours of exploration by kayak or dinghy await. During business hours (Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), cruisers may tie up dinghies at SERC’s boat ramp and check in at the Reed Education Center before hiking some of the trails.

For a relaxing stopover from destinations further south, we enjoy staying in Solomons. We grab a mooring, spend some time in the marina pool, and then head over to the Calvert Marine Museum, which has a number of kid-friendly exhibits ranging from a stingray pool to an interesting display on fossils to hands-on activities.

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ands down our favorite anchorage, the Wye River beckons with numerous coves and much unbroken natural scenery. Wye Island, most of which is managed by the state of Maryland and accessible to the public, splits the river into two branches, the Wye and the Wye East. Dividing Creek, Granary Creek, Shaw Bay, and Drum Point all provide inviting spots to anchor. The Wye allows for a wide range of weekend itineraries, all of which bring you closer to nature. Some weekends, we might crab, fish, and marvel at the birds flying overhead

without stepping foot off the boat. Other weekends, we kayak or take the dinghy and explore some of the many shallow coves and creeks. Still other weekends, we go ashore at Drum Point and hike along the six miles of trails on the island. Throughout it all, our kids have a great time looking for herons, spotting bald eagles, scaring up stingrays, digging for shells, and catching crabs.

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peake Bay Maritime Museum with its exhibits on indigenous watercraft and traditional ways of life, a small waterfront playground, and many restaurants and shops. A bit quieter, Oxford offers a public beach and a large waterfront park with swings, slides, a wooden train, and ample room for chase or relaxing.

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e enjoy an annual cruise to Horseshoe Bend along the banks of St. Mary’s College in the St. Mary’s River. North of the college docks lies a pleasant beach for landing dinghies. A short walk away finds the living history museum at Historic St. Mary’s City. There, families can experience what life was like in Maryland’s first settlement, learn more about ongoing archaeological excavations, tour a replica of the Maryland Dove, one of the ships that brought the first colonists to Maryland, or hike along the five miles of trails.

The Burtons recommend a funfilled trip on the Rappahannock River to Urbanna, a quaint, historic town with an old-fashioned soda fountain among other attractions, as well as the Tides Inn along Carters Creek in Irvington. At this resort marina, their family enjoyed swimming and renting kayaks, paddle boats, and canoes. The Tides Inn also offers a supervised program called Crab Net Kids designed to inspire and entertain children ages four to 12.

Of course, many other fantastic destinations await families on the Bay. If you have some favorites that you’d like to suggest, write in your suggestions or join the CFC Network (http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/CFCNetwork) and share your ideas.

##The Wye River beckons with numerous coves and much unbroken natural scenery.

About the Author: Tracy Leonard sails with her husband Greg and two children out of Back Creek in Annapolis on their J/120 Heron. E-mail family cruising ideas to j24usa1968@ yahoo.com.

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Resetting the Dream

A Reality Check of Sailing Goals

by Steve Allan

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ny sailor worth his or her salt who has ever read the likes of the Pardeys, Joshua Slocum, or Robin Lee Graham has harbored thoughts and dreams of circumnavigating the world. But when it comes right down to it, most of us, maybe only some of us, aren’t likely to do more than clear the Virginia capes and feel the ocean beneath our keels for a brief few days.

Crossing an ocean, as SpinSheet writer Andy Schell might attest, is conquest enough. Graham moved to Montana and never went to sea again. Somewhere in between there should be a happy compromise. But more often than not, it is an uneasy admission of an unfulfilled fantasy, of waypoints somehow out of reach, of goals unmet and dreams that didn’t come true.

Such thoughts are bunk, I tell myself. We’re being way too hard on ourselves. In a world of seven billion people, only thousands, perhaps, have ever circumnavigated successfully aboard their own boats in Slocum’s wake. This isn’t something anybody just goes out and does on a lark. Besides a significant financial outlay, it takes planning, pragmatism, a certain mindset, and ironclad commitment to this sort of endeavor. Not to mention expert seamanship and a healthy respect for the sea.

The Great Navigator

I grew up fascinated by the exploits and adventures of maybe the world’s greatest navigator—Captain James Cook, RNR. Sailing for the British Admiralty, Cook mapped a big part of the South Pacific while observing a transit of Venus, testing Harrison’s chronometer, implementing a cure for scurvy, and oh, by the way—poking his bow farther into the icy waters of both poles, setting a record for reaching farther south (71 degrees) than any ship would surpass for another 50 years. His voyages, occurring around the time of the American Revolution, were so important to science and discovery that Benjamin Franklin famously urged American ships to leave Cook alone. For decades, I wanted to see the places that Cook saw from the deck of my own boat.

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a slow, painful realization of my own limitations in an aging body, not to mention a healthy fear of the sea, a diminishing 401k, and being lashed to a computer screen in a cubicle five days a week have lowered my expectations a few notches, to say the least. But sea dreams die hard. Everyone reading this right now has one, whether it be thrashing to windward in the Roaring Forties or soaking up a beautiful Bay sunset at cocktail hour.

Resetting the Dream

For this Bay sailor, distant visions of Polynesian landfalls, friendly Tahitians and Easter Island moai are more likely to give way to familiar vistas of the good ole Eastern Seaboard of the good ole U.S. of A. from my Chesapeake home port. Calling the Bay home, there’s enough to explore and experience right here to keep a lot of us happily cruising the coast indefinitely. I’m probably never going to see the Southern Ocean that Cook discovered, but I’ve laid eyes on the Southern Bay. I’m okay with that.

Reality: What It Really Takes

Having tasted ocean sailing for a day and an overnight out of VHF range, it not only sharpened my respect for expert seamanship, but also quickly redefined what being “out there” might really mean.

Moreover, when I considered the cost of preparing and maintaining such a boat for voyaging “out there,” it shocked me and my lowly bank account like a faceful of green water over the bow.

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Paul and Monica Geppert spent about $80,000 on upgrades to Moonshadow, a heavily built 1988 Tayana Vancouver 42, in preparation for last year’s Caribbean 1500 and other destinations to come. Every shroud, stay, pin, clevis, shackle, turnbuckle, and block was inspected and replaced with beefed up new hardware. Then there was the life raft, vane steering, GPS systems, all redundancies considered to the extent possible. Paul places a big priority on safety, and the rig or the systems are no place for sparing the Franklins.

Nor is it only the voyage that costs. Just maintaining a bluewater boat while getting ready for the dream costs dearly. Rigging wears out and needs to be replaced.

Fittings and port lights need rebedding all the while you’re slaving away at a shore job filling the cruising kitty. The grand bateau still needs constant care and feeding. Sails for sea can’t be the 30-year-old ribbons of blown-out moldy dacron that do many a cruiser just fine season after season on the Bay. This is true, of course, of any boat over time, but an ocean voyager needs serious ocean grade gear, at serious ocean grade prices. Many a sailor, and we all know of an example, have run out of cash with this approach. We best heed their hard learned

advice not to buy that last dream boat until you’re about a year or two away from actually crossing the horizon.

Boatyards up and down the Chesapeake are littered with dashed bluewater dreams on the hard.

The Gepperts’ plan is a pragmatic one to fulfill their dreams. And they have the luxury of time, being only in their late 30s. Their 1500 was a first baby step that others might consider huge. Moonshadow gleams in her slip sporting her new gear, but entropy won’t have time to ruin their budget just yet. They hope to cast off next year for a period of extensive cruising in the Caribbean—another step toward fulfillment of the dream.

This past year has heightened awareness of the uneasy reality of escalating global unrest. Pirates are killing cruisers in an ever-widening arc on the Indian Ocean.

A sailboat, while a self-contained respite and a means of escape from landward mischief, is obviously also a slow, easy target at sea for pillage and plunder that no Ben Franklin contemporary can guard against. It’s enough to fray the nerves of anyone not quite ready in mind or means to take the plunge and really commit to the ultimate sailing dream of crossings and circumnavigations.

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Taking a break from battening down in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in late August, Paul Macom tells me his dream has been gelling since he was 16, sailing small boats on Pennsylvania’s Pymatuning Reservoir. Our stories are similar, but he’s almost there; his dream boat floats majestically in her slip, a gorgeous Bristol 32 named Ma Chusla. A stout boat with sweet lines to be sure, but not at all out of place for what he wants to do with her. Macom’s sailing goals are pragmatic and well within reach: He wants to sail the length of the Bay, transit the Dismal Swamp canal, and maybe the Ditch down to Beaufort, SC. In between, he’ll find a whole lot of cruising ground to pique his fancy. He might even see me in a quiet anchorage or two with whatever suitable Bay boat I have by then. For certain, we’ll raise a toast to Captain Cook, the Pardeys, and the Gepperts and watch the sun go down over the western shore. And we’ll be okay with that.

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ater taxis picking up people at City Dock, sailboats gliding by in the harbor, ice cream cone-eating tourists watching the ducks, tour guides in colonial garb pointing to colonial homes… The beauty of life in Annapolis is that we have the resort feel of a summer city, and yet come Labor Day, we are not even close to rolling up the sidewalks. Quite the contrary.

We’re rolling up our sleeves and preparing to spring into action.

Navy football games start, and the Midshipmen may even change into their winter blues after the osprey fly south, but don’t let it fool you. Annapolis is not asleep.

Our town is bustling and hustling and happily getting ready for the big day, always the big day, when a cannon shot (we still jump after all these years) announces the start of another U.S. Sailboat Show and five full days of sharing our sport and our city with visitors from all over the world.

Every October, thousands of eager sailors descend upon our capital city to witness an amazing spectacle of new boats, gear, gadgets, and international experts

doing demonstrations and sharing their knowledge. Look up at all those banners! It’s dizzying. It’s exciting. It’s show time!

We create this sailboat show guide to help you organize your thoughts and maximize your time at the U.S. Sailboat Show, October 6-10. Within this special section, we’ve assembled tips and tricks, local knowledge, and advertisements to help you navigate the show and the town outside the show gates.

SpinSheet has been at the show every year since 1995. We’ve printed 10,000 extra copies of SpinSheet and Start Sailing Now for you. You’ll find us—editors, writers, photographers, distributors, and our ad staff—at our usual spot along Ego Alley in booth F6.

We will be busy getting SpinSheet into the hands of all the Show attendees (so we may seem a little bit winded), but please stop by and say hello. As well as stickers and magazines, we will have some special SpinTreats at the booth this year. And if you’re there in the late afternoon, you may be the lucky recipient of an expertly applied SpinSheet tattoo.

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##Thursday, October 6 — VIP/Trade Day — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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##Water taxis run continuously from 8 a.m. through midnight during the Sailboat Show. Walk to the water taxi stop between the Marriott and the Eastport Bridge to catch one, call (410) 263-0033, or hail “Water Taxi” on VHF 68.

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##Find public facilities attached to the Annapolis Harbormaster’s office behind the main gates of the show.

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##All Ages Thursday VIP Day October 6............................................. $35 ##Adult General Admission One Day October 7-10............................$17 ##Children General Admission One Day (ages 7-12) October 7-10..... $4 ##Children 6 and Under October 7-10............................................... Free ##Two Day Combo Ticket October 7-10............................................. $29 ##Two Day VIP Combo Ticket (VIP Day Plus One Day)...................... $47

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here’s your tro jacket?” asked the blond-haired woman in the spike heels. Tro jacket? What on earth was she talking about? I was working a foul weather gear booth at the Annapolis Boat Show and had never heard of a tro jacket. She had me completely stumped. “I’m sorry, but I am not sure what you are talking about,” I confessed.

“Tro jacket,” she repeated, this time pointing to one of the signs we had hanging near our lightweight foul weather pants: “Tros $51.”

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“No, no, no. Those aren’t jackets, those are trousers,” I said. Now she was the one to look blank. “Trousers?” she said vaguely. She obviously had no idea what trousers were. Had this alternate word for pants gone out of fashion?

That is just one of the funny, strange, and interesting experiences I have had working at the U.S. Sailboat Show over the years. After all, taking time off from a stressful office job to be outdoors in fresh air, around boats, talking to happy people about boats and boat stuff— what’s not to love?

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My husband, who works in the marine industry, remembers the early days of the Annapolis Sailboat Show, when “We all still wore blue blazers and ties and trench coats when it rained.”

It was a time when “the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis was the national boat show,” he says.

“People came from all across the United States and Canada.”

But the memory that sticks out most in his mind is weather-related. “I remember one of my first boat shows walking into the show in the snow,” he says.

Snow? In October? In Annapolis? “Oh, yes. We had an inch or two of snow,” he insists.

Greg Kaufman, a former owner of Fawcett Boat Supplies, remembers it well. “In the late 1970s or early 1980s, we had a snowstorm on VIP-trade day where we sold every pair of boots, gloves, and hats in the store on the first day,” he recalls.

Then there was the flooding in the days before City Dock was rebuilt. “Frequently, torrential rain and/or high tide would flood the tents and short out electrical power to the booths,” Greg says.

“I remember flooding in the tents and booths, rainwater running over your shoes in B Tent, and the Gill booth being like an island due to flooding,” says Sue Kaufman, who organized the boat show booths for Fawcett Boat Supplies for many years. That is when she heard someone say, “Gee, I guess all these boats in here really made the water come up this high.”

Then there was the wind. “One year, it blew so hard that the tent posts were lifting up off the ground, which was just a little scary,” Greg says.

And the occasional iffy electrical service.

“One year, they had our largest booth on the same electrical circuit as someone doing a cooking demo,” Greg says. “Every time they turned on their electric fry pan, we lost our cash registers and credit card machines.”

And the incredible sales frenzy during the 2000 show. “It was at the peak of the economy,” Greg says. “We had record sales in every booth and the store. We sold almost our entire consignment inventory.”

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And the celebrities. “I remember helping singer Billy Joel and newsman Walter Cronkite select purchases,” says Sue. Other memories include waltzing around the booth to Steel Band music coming from the Marriott; someone having a heart attack at one of the booths; rushing to pack up all the booths at the end of the show before the floating bridge was removed; and gathering behind Fawcett’s store to eat pizza and watch the boats exit the show.

The best memories of all are of “working with great friends and customers,” Sue says. It doesn’t get any better than that.

About the Author: Jean Korten Moser is a journalist and USCG-licensed boat captain who sails out of Rock Hall on a Caliber 38.

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Slip-on and slip-off shoes are best. ##Bring little sticky return address labels. You will, no doubt, sign up for more than a few mailing lists and even enter a few drawings as you make your way through the Show.

Don’t fumble for your pen or, even worse, wait in line to use someone else’s. Simply stick a label and continue along your way. ##Park smart. Arrive early and park in Eastport. The walk across the bridge and into the Show will be a great warm up. If you’d rather not walk, pick up the water taxi at the Chart House dock. Those arriving late—after, say, 9:30 a.m., will certainly want to park at the

stadium lot off Rowe Boulevard and take the free shuttle into the Show. ##Make use of the water taxis.

Annapolis is blessed with a first class fleet of water taxis. This is an efficient, unique, and fun way to move around town during the shows and throughout the sailing season.

While you’re underway, chat up the driver. The water taxi captains are typically some of the town’s best sources of information and restaurant tips. Water taxi contacts: (410) 263-0033 or VHF 68. ##Plan your route. If you need to speak with someone specific or closely investigate a product, service, or boat, the best time to do this is first thing in the morning or late in the afternoon. Crowds peak from about 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Saturday is by far the busiest day, and Monday, the slowest. ##Bring some cash. There are ATMs around, but a pre-filled pocket will make for smiling faces. Pit beef sammies, beverages, cool bottle openers, little battery-operated fans, nutty buddies handed over the fence, and a plethora of other treats will line the aisles. ##Be prepared to take off your shoes before boarding. Be prepared to stand in line, dive into the tents at the first sign of a raindrop, exchange business cards, and take notes and photos if you see something cool. Be prepared to be amazed! ##Mention to the vendors that you are a SpinSheet reader. Every little bit helps.

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Here are Team SpinSheet’s favorite restaurants in Annapolis. ++ Boatyard Bar & Grill 400 Fourth Street Good burgers, pub food, & raw bar $$ ++ Carrol’s Creek Café 410 Severn Avenue Amazing seafood $$$ ++ Chick & Ruth’s Delly 165 Main Street Traditional deli, best corned beef on rye $ ++ Davis’ Pub 400 Chester Avenue Baltimore shrimp, cold beer, neighborhood feel $$ ++ Eastport Plaza Deli 923 Chesapeake Avenue Fast breakfast & lunch off the beaten path of the Show $

++ Galway Bay 63 Maryland Avenue Refreshing pint of Guinness, excellent bar bites, & burger night on Mondays $$ ++ Jimmy John’s Annapolis 139 Main Street Tagline “Subs So Fast, You’ll Freak!” says it all $ ++ Joss Café & Sushi Bar 195 Main Street Spectacular sushi, excellent service $$$ ++ Leeward Market 601 Second Street Great breakfast sandwiches until 11 a.m., healthy gyros, & gourmet pizzas $

++ Lemongrass 167 West Street Delicious Thai food & a funky atmosphere $$ ++ Level Small Plates Lounge 69 West Street Terrific happy hour, interesting cocktails, & fun for a tapas adventure $$$ ++ Sofi’s Crepes 1 Craig Street (just outside the main Show gate) The yummiest, most elegant food on the fly you can get in Annapolis $ ++ Vin 909 909 Bay Ridge Avenue Hip wine bar & amazing brick oven pizza $$

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ign up for Womanship’s free Float & Boat onboard Mini-Clinics at Dock H-Waterside to learn about coastal piloting, electronics, knots & lines, & staying happily afloat as partners. Time slots are Thursday through Monday at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., & 4:30 p.m. Also, the 1.25-hour DVD for Womanship’s two-day hands-on clinic, One-to-One Introduction To Sail Yourself Safely Home, is only $10 at the Show. You’ll also get a chance to win a free Learning Day on the Bay, with up to seven of your family members & friends. To enroll in the mini-clinics & learn more, email sail @womanship.com or call (800) 342-9295.

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y wife can’t even get me to put the lights on the Christmas tree,” says Bob Crain, the man who is responsible for supplying electricity to the U.S. Sailboat and Powerboat Shows. I had assumed the man who loved to create beautifully lit stages and could deftly run hundreds of thousands of feet of juiced cables, would illuminate his house à la Chevy Chase in “Christmas Vacation.”

When you look around at what many still refer to as the Annapolis Sailboat Show, it’s easy to think that building the show, the largest in-water boat show in the nation, each year is miraculous—a giant feat. After talking with Crain, I now know erecting the show each year has little to do with magic or luck, but has everything to do with experienced and competent professionals who create the show’s framework.

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And no one better exemplifies this than Crain.

Crain owns and runs Applied Lighting Services, a company that will distribute power to each exhibitor and each boat during both of the boat shows. Crain knows where each vendor will be and what his electrical needs are. He coordinates the electrical contractors, rental and supply houses, inspection agencies, and all the labor force needed to get electricity to every nook and cranny of the shows. He and his crew begin in August, inspecting 100,000 feet of cable, 27,000 of which is used on the mile of floating docks, where the larger motorboats and sailboats are housed. He and his crew run the 100,000 feet of cable in under three days. Phew!

The Shows each gobble up 25 200-amp services. Crain explains the enormity of this to me in another way: “That’s about as

much power as a time-traveling DeLorean needs.” (A “Back to the Future” reference for those who don’t remember Christopher Lloyd’s famous line… 1.21 gigawatts of electricity!)

According to Crain, it takes choreography. There’s an order to how the skeleton that is the show’s framework is set up: float crew, land crew, tent contractors, decorator contractors, pipe and drapery people, freight contractors.

“Each team must do its job so the next crew can do theirs,” he says.

Back in 2003, Tropical Storm Isabel submerged much of Crain’s electrical equipment, causing a quarter of the show’s power to fail, just before opening day. But, with Crain’s crew of 12 and his commitment to the curtain going up on time, they were able to get full power back and inspected in the nick of time.

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Crain has been having fun with electricity since his formative years at Otterbein University where he earned his degree in theater production. A Baltimore native, he returned to the area and began providing lighting for the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre and other local production houses.

He also earned his merchant marine master license and began driving a commercial launch and the Annapolisbased Harbor Queen. For the past 25 years, he’s supplied the electricity for the Annapolis Sailboat and Powerboat Shows—marrying his two vocations.

His true love is stage lighting, and he has worked for such acts as Little Feat. He works all sorts of festivals, including the shore events for the Volvo Ocean Race and [its predecessor] Whitbread Round the World Race, the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, and the Maryland Seafood Festival.

Crain says he decided long ago to work in theater lighting. It began one evening during his second grade year.

In a class production, he was made to sing on stage Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” at a frenetic pace to keep up

with the record that had been played at the wrong speed. “I knew then that I wanted to work in theater so I could make other people look bad,” says Crain jokingly. In fact, he spends most of his working day making people and events look as professional as possible.

After the Boat Shows are done, his next project is setting up for the annual “Lights on the Bay,” a scenic drive through at Sandy Point State Park with more than 60 animated lit displays. This is what had spurred me to ask him about his own Christmas decorating. To his wife Elaine, perhaps this year your husband will surprise you with a lit tree, with little persuading.

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Racing to Save the Bay

October 2011 The 2011 race is the 22nd annual “Race to Save the Bay.” Our funds have significantly helped to bring the educational programs of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to the youth of the region. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, newspapers and television programs continue to report on the steady improvements in sub-aquatic vegetation and blue crab population growth, decreased pollution and continuing restoration efforts. Not only is the health of the Bay improving, but there is scientific proof that sailing on the Chesapeake, especially in the GCBSR, is excellent for your mental health! Even volunteering and participating in the land events at either end is good for your soul and well-being.

Executive Committee Al Roper President Nan Nawrocki Chairman David Junkins Vice President George Treiber Treasurer Larry Bryant Secretary Lane Briggs (1932-2005) Founder and President

Denise Muncher Virginia Race Chair 3001 High Street Portsmouth, VA 23707 Phone: (757)593-5858 virginia@schoonerrace.org Paul and Pat Brabazon Maryland Race Chairs P.O. Box 38154 Baltimore, MD 21231 Phone: (443)324-0768 or (443)799-7659 maryland@schoonerrace.org

I want to thank each and every one of you who has had a hand in making this the premier schooner event in the USA, possibly in the world! The friends I’ve made over the last 22 years are some of the best folks around, most of whom I would never have met but for the vision of Captain Lane Briggs. He is still missed on a daily basis by so many people whom he touched either directly or indirectly. More and more, I run across schooner people who never met him, but have been drawn into the schooner cult secondarily. His legend lives on in the numbers of folks who carry on the traditions of the race.

The times, they are (always) a-changin’. We originally raced to Norfolk, but circumstances forced us to move the southern end of the race to Portsmouth, which has been an outstanding host to us for a number of years now. Now we are leaving Fells Point in Baltimore and relocating to Canton, right next door downstream. The Baltimore folks have worked long and hard to assure that the new venue will satisfy all of our needs. Canton is right next door to Fells Point, so we can maintain our excellent relationship with all the merchants who have been such staunch supporters for the last 20 years.

Last year we introduced GPS capabilities which allowed anyone to follow the race online. We hope to expand that electronic witchcraft this year and have even more people following the activities of the race in real time.

We are all looking forward to gathering again, seeing old friends and meeting new ones, and enjoying a great sail down the Chesapeake to earn stories to tell our grandchildren. I hope to see you at both ends of the race.

I wish all the schooners and crews a safe and happy event with fair winds and a beam reach,

A.L. Roper

President Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Visit us on the Web at www.schoonerrace.org The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Inc., is a non-profit organization under IRS 501 (c) (3)

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TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S Sponsoring Clubs ...................................................5 Thank You to Our Sponsors ............................6 Thank You to Our Volunteers ........................7 Maryland and Virginia Events ......................8 A Brief History...........................................................9 Education Outreach .......................................... 10 Participating Schooners ......................... 11-18 2010 Race Entries / Ratings.......................... 19 This program was produced by: SpinSheet Magazine, a proud sponsor of the Race SpinSheet, 612 Third Street, Suite 3C, Annapolis, MD 21403 Spinsheet.com ©2011, SpinSheet Publishing Company On The Cover: Schooner Russamee and Pride of Baltimore II at the start of the 2010 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.

Photo by Sara Proctor/SpinSheet Right: Schooner Summerwind and Russamee Photo by Sara Proctor/SpinSheet

In Memoriam

Captain Lane Briggs Founder, The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race

Captain Lane Briggs, Founder of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Captain of the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel

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and sponsors who gather on the Chesapeake each year to carry on this mission because of Lane.

charismatic person who brought people of all ages and dispositions together. While born of modest circumstances, Lane rose to the status of father, captain, business founder, creative spirit and friend to all who knew him. His vision for waterfront development in Norfolk spawned the downtown waterfront renaissance that is a model for other jurisdictions. His commitment to youth drove him to offer shelter, work and guidance to the many young people he befriended. While the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race originated as a personal challenge between Lane’s “Tugantine” Norfolk Rebel and the Pride of Baltimore II, it was his commitment to the maritime heritage of the Chesapeake and his love of schooner-rigged sailboats that drove the event. As almost 40 schooners participate in the 2011 race, it is important that we remember the legacy that Captain Lane Briggs bestowed on all of us. We “Race to Save the Bay” but know that it is all about the captains, crews, volunteers

Lane, we thank you.

s we celebrate the 22nd annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, we remember our founder, Captain Lane Briggs (1932-2005). Lane was a

Norfolk Rebel at the start of the 2005 race.

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S P O N S O R I N G C LU B S Broad Bay Sailing Association (BBSA) was formed in 1958 by sailors looking for informal racing on Linkhorn Bay and Broad Bay (Virginia Beach) in various types of small boats. They built or purchased a few Penguins and Comets along with some Hampton One Designs. Their emphasis was on Sunday afternoon racing, monthly meetings in members’ homes and frequent cookouts. Gradually, members moved up to larger vessels - 25-footers which could get under the bridges and out to the Chesapeake. The club hosted large regattas for many classes.

They now sponsor two different weekly regattas during the summer in two locations, in addition to several major annual races like this one.

The Broad Bay Juniors have grown into a large and very active youth group with rigorous training and their own Sunfish fleet. Best of all, BBSA contributes its expertise to the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race to assist with race management, handicapping, classing and results, and many members serve as volunteers on the ops team. Visit the BBSA’s Web site at broadbaysailing.org.

Fells Point Yacht Club (FPYC) had its inception in 1979 at the Whistling Oyster Restaurant. By 1980 it was established as an active force in the Fells Point community. In addition to providing organization and hospitality for the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race fleet every October, including the All Hands Party, its members are active in a variety of Baltimore’s maritime and other community events. The FPYC produces the annual Baltimore Parade of Lighted Boats and provides hospitality for Sail Baltimore’s visiting ships. FPYC’s original mission has been faithfully respected: camaraderie, love of boating, education and hospitality. Visit the FPYC’s Web site at fpyc.net.

Portsmouth Boat Club (PBC) was first established in 1905, and for many years enjoyed a fine reputation as a leading boating organization. However, two World Wars and an aging membership took their toll. But, in 1991, the club was reborn, and it has continued to grow and prosper. PBC members help host the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race every year, staying up all night to roast the pigs. As with the TPYC and FPYC, club members take pride in their habit of planning cruises for power and sail vessels together - the love of boating is their common thread. Today, the club sponsors events such as the Barnacle Regatta, Merrimac Memorial Regatta, Mile Marker Zero Rendezvous, Cock Island Race, Barnacle Cup and the Little Bay Challenge.

Meetings are open to all and are held the first Tuesday of every month in their newly renovated clubhouse at 20 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth.

Come see just how much fun this club knows how to have. Visit the PBC’s Web site at portsmouthboatclub.org.

October 22 & 23, 2011 10 am - 5 pm

At Long Wharf Park on the Mighty Choptank Mystic Whaler, Lady Maryland, Martha White, Heron, Celebration, Jacob Jones, Prom Queen, Watershed, Elf, Isa Lei, Odyssey, Skipjack Nathan of Dorchester To be a sponsor, vendor or for general information, contact the Richardson Maritime Museum 410-221-1871, info@richardsonmuseum.org or visit our website www.cambridgeschoonerrendezvous.com

Town Point Yacht Club (TPYC), modeled after its sister club, the Fells Point Yacht Club, was founded in Norfolk in 1991 by the late Captain Lane Briggs, primarily to cosponsor the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. In keeping with Captain Briggs’ unique personality, TPYC is not your ordinary club. For starters, TPYC has no clubhouse facility, and a large proportion of members do not own boats.

What TPYC does have is a group of members with a keen interest in boating, the waterways, the environment and the maritime heritage of Norfolk and the entire Hampton Roads area. The club is also committed to vessel hospitality. Tall ships calling on Hampton Roads are traditionally greeted by a TPYC member with a welcome basket and perhaps an invitation to attend an evening of sea chanties at Rebel Marina. These baskets contain a pineapple, an international symbol of hospitality among mariners, and the symbol of TPYC and its official burgee. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at Mo & O’Malley’s Irish Pub, Granby Street, Norfolk. Visit the TPYC’s Web site at townpointyachtclub.com.

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T H A N K YO U T O O U R S P O N S O R S Mainsail Adventurer (56)

Boothbay Harbor Shipyard

Mystic Whaler

Jack and Debbie Ainslie Sr.

Bo Brooks

Port Annapolis

Bacon Sails and Marine Supplies

Broad Bay Sailing Association

Precon Marine

Joan and Howdy Bailey

Fells Point Yacht Club

Portsmouth Boat Club

Dave and Ann Junkins

Rebel Marine

Joe and Tammie Maniscalco

RML Clocks

Baltimore Marine Centers

Scott Ripley and Michelle Workman Roger Brown’s Al and Carol Roper SpinSheet Magazine Town Point Yacht Club

Foresail American Rover

Carol and Jim Forrester

Fred and Jane Bashara

Roger and Donna Junkins

Broadway Services

Billie Luckie and Bill Wroton

Preston and Sherry Carraway Marine Galleys Celebration

Bill Mellen and Mary Moore

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

James and Marcia Merrins

Mile Marker “0” Marine Supplies

Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Gallery

Norfolk Rebel in Memory of Capt. Lane Briggs

Susan B Merryman in Memory of Sue and John Hegeman

Pusser’s Rum Ship’s Company Chanteymen

Cobb’s Marine

Tanners Creek Whalers George and Nina Treiber Western Branch Diesel

Jib

Waves

America 2.0

Thomas and Mary Kaltz

Megan and Scott Almond

Kattack

Anderson Wright Jewelers

Lee Klima

Association of Maryland Pilots

Libertate

Baltimore Marine Recovery

Paul and Karen Krop

Paul Barton and Amy Hagberg

Liberté

Baltimore Water Taxi

Pam and Don LaRue Bob Layton and BB Schenk

Best Western Plus Hotel & Conference Center

Liberty Clipper

Donald Becker John and Mary Bergman

Joe Mendes and Anne Marie Kirk-Mendes

John Brockman

Living Classrooms Foundation

Christine Busch and Bill Beach

Looney’s Pub

R.M. Muhlbauer

Chuck and Val Boyles

Loup De Mer

Nan Nawrocki

Canton Management Company

Mama’s on the Half Shell

One-Eyed Mike’s

Claddagh Pub

Max’s Taphouse

Jean and Jerry Pattenaude

Cuchulain

Nacho Mama’s

Phillips Seafood

Ken and Judy Dixon

One-Eyed Mike’s

Pirates Lady

Duda’s Tavern

Peanut

Ron and Emily Primm

Fins on the Square

Portside Tavern

Prom Queen

Firehouse Coffee Company

Art Quarnstrom and Dorothy Rowell

Goetze’s Candy Company

Claire Puckett and David Holmes

Quintessence

H&S Bakery

Bertha’s Mussels Bobolyn III Hawley and Kathryn Brooks Larry Bryant Al and Brenda Catlett Ned Chalker Rupert and Rose Chobert Bill and Christine Diehlmann Hank and Stevie Giffin Goodwind Linda Gunn Anne Gupman and Bob McMichael

Safeway

Greta Gustavson and Gary Naigle

Sail Baltimore

Captain Paul Heim

Jim Simpson

Dennis and Catherine Henderson

Bear and Brenda Stankovich

Carolyn Hoffman

John and Susan Williams

The Inn at Henderson’s Wharf Grant Johnston

Anne H. Shafer

Virginia Pilot Association Woodwind Sonny and Meriel Wright

Grunwald Club John and Cheryl Guess IV Cy Grandy Tom and Maggie Gunn Charles W. Hawks Jr. Charlotte and James Hawks

Red Star Bar & Grill Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel Resolute Beverly and Bill Ripley Buford and Camille Rowland Rusty Scupper

Heron

Speakeasy Saloon and Dining House

Fran and Jack Huenerberg Jr.

Gary and Karen Stull

JD’s Smokehouse

Summer Wind

Robert and Erle Marie Latimer

West Marine

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T O O U R VO LU N T E E R S

W I T H O U T W H O M T H E R E W O U L D B E N O R AC E ‌T H A N K Lisa Adams

John Callahan

Mark Faulstick

Lee Klima

Ginny Alberts

Preston and Sherry Carraway

Jack Fay

Nancy Kline

Graham and Marilyn Field

Bobby Koch

Darlene Alexander Garland and Peggy Alexander Andy and Thel Anderson Barbara Andersson Matt and Mary Arel Lisa Arrasmith Kathi Ash Jim and Mary Lee Backus Booty and Joyce Baker Cheryl Barrack Bill Beach Dave and Hye-Yun Bennett Ryan Benson Frank and Gloria Benson Jr. John Bergman Fred and Phyllis Bilskis

Holly Carter Tim and Janet Caslow Denise Chaffee Russell and Deborah Chandler Virginia Chauncey Rupert and Rose Chobert Susan and Wilson Cocke

David Briggs Steve Briggs Bob and Barbara Brittingham Jack Brockman Alice Broome Bud and Linda Brueggeman Larry Bryant Meriel Burgess-Vail Bobby and Betty Burnell

Justin Goins Nancy Gorry Paul Gray Linda Gunn Parke Guthner

Doug Creecy

Parker Hallam

Joe and Linda Creecy

Ed and Debra Harbour

Shannon Darlington

Bill Harper

Steve Dean

Phil and Ginger Harrison

Greg DeCowsky Becky and Josh Dempsey Katherine DeSousa Harriet Deutsch

Wesley Bramble

Kathy Gochal

Betsy Collie

Larry and Susan Boatwright

Paul and Pat Brabazon

Casey and Shirley Garns

Anne Gupman

JoLee DesRoches

Jesse Bowling

Mary Ann Furgison

Bobbi Coggins

Art Birney

Jim and Bev Borberg

Lisa Forbes

Dip DiPaolo

Ray and Mark Haywood Bob Heely Jim Heely Pat and Kollette Hillard

Jim Dixon

Michael and Shirley Hiser

Brian Donlin

Mick Hodgins

Mitch and Jade Doughtie

Lisa Holden

Sarah Draper Robin Dunbar Raimee Eck John Eginton Elizabeth River Project Bill and Caroline Ellsworth Drew Emmer Linda and Paul English Suzanne Farace

Lola Howard Ike Howell Jay Irwin Larry Iverson Joe and Diane Jackins

Carol Kocis

Ron and Sue Peterman

Neil Smith

Carol Koolhof

Owen Pitchford

Kathleen Knust

Dale and Chris Plummer

Bob and Frances Krezel John Kristich Erick Larson Bob Layton Bobby and Sally Leary Jr. Tim and Diane Leighton Sarah LindenBrooks Michael Lisicky Dick and Donna Litchfield Dave and Judy Lockwood Jerry Lotz Jack Mahon Kate Marks Eric Matherne Ronald E. McCarthy Kerry McCauley Cailin McGough Kevin McGuire Bob McMichael Bill Mellen and Mary Moore Michael and Frankee Monteith Greg Moore

Grant Johnston

Nan Nawrocki

Dorothy Jones

Stephen and Laura Nelson

Ken Kaye

Zollie and Nansi Simpson

Jim Kocis

Dan Naor

Dave and Ann Junkins

Rodney and Beth Paice

Ralph and Debbie Phinney

Richard Jeffers

Pat Joyce

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Bob and Julie Old Rick and Terrie Olson

Tom and Elly Smith Jimmy Sollner John Spence Jimmy Spruill David Stacklin

Robert W. and Linda Pond Kathryn Prewitt

Ann Stacy Ron Stanislaw

Art Quarnstrom

Bear and Brenda Stankavich

Wally Reese

Rita Stanley

Will Rhodes

Jeanne Steffanelli

Sean Richards

Laura Stevenson

Carol Richardson

Larry and Sandy Stewart

Sean Richardson Tommy Richardson Scott Ripley and Michele Workman

Dale Stiles Lilly T. Stone Gary Thomas

Scott Rogers

Joyce Thorton

Dutch and Kathleen Rolaf

George and Nina Treiber

Jonathan Romero

Steve and Brenda Turner

Al Roper Mary Rowe Ryan Sanfilippo Rob Sanger Barbara Saunders Paul Schaub BB Schenk Don Scott

David Ullrich Ken and Kim Utley Don and Beryl Wade Steven Ward Dave and Jan Washbourne Pat Weaver

Ray Scurr

Bob and Kathy Werneke

Jen Salerna

Bill Wheary

John Sellman

Joe White

Harry and Marilyn Sharpe

Bill and Kathy Whittington

Walter and Maggie Short

Donnie and Teresa Wilfong

Terry and Tammy Shultz

John and Susan Williams

Jim Simpson We sincerely apologize if any volunteers were inadvertently omitted from this list.

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M A RY L A N D A N D V I R G I N I A E V E N T S Baltimore, Maryland

Portsmouth, Virginia

Tuesday, October 11

Friday, October 14

1700 Sail Around the Square is a fundraiser hosted by busi-

2000 Friday Night Rendezvous at Roger Brown’s in Olde Towne Portsmouth (316 High Street) for early arrivals.

nesses on Canton’s O’Donnell Square. Sailors and landlubbers alike are invited to enjoy a night of adventures on the high seas (a poker run) and tall tales of the seas (sea chanteys at select bars), and to experience the briny deep (come eat and drink) with a walking tour of historic Canton. Participate in the poker run for just $5/person!

Wednesday, October 12 Schooners may be viewed dockside in Canton at the Baltimore Marine Centers at Lighthouse Point on Wednesday until 1600 (4:00 PM). Some may be open for tours.

0900 Expeditionary Learning Experience aboard selected schooners. Students from neighborhood schools and home schoolers will board a few racing schooners for a special learning opportunity. Students will tour the schooners and connect to past and present life aboard a working vessel.

1300 Captains’ Meeting near the tiki bar at Bo Brooks.

1400 All Hands Briefing and Safety Meeting near the tiki bar at Bo Brooks. This informal gathering is a chance for captains and crews to get together.

1700 Parade of Sail is an opportunity for all of the beautiful schooners in the race to show off in Baltimore. The public is invited to view the schooners from the Canton, Fells Point and Inner Harbor shorelines.

1900 All Hands Party (invitation only) at Bo Brooks for captains, crew, sponsors and volunteers.

Saturday, October 15 Schooners may be viewed dockside in Portsmouth on Saturday. Some may be open for tours.

0900 Expeditionary Learning Experience aboard selected

schooners. Students from neighborhood schools board a few racing schooners for a special learning opportunity. Students tour the schooners and connect to past and present life aboard a working vessel.

1000 Deadline for Calling in Finish Time.

1300 Pig & Oyster Roast (invitation only) at North Landing

Park. The race results will be announced, and awards will be presented.

2100 Sailors’ Evening and Sea Chantey Sing-along at North

Landing Park.

Sunday, October 17 0800 Captain’s Meeting and Breakfast at Roger Brown’s.

Schooner captains and crews meet to discuss the race results, share some sea stories, and say a fond farewell to volunteers, sponsors and fellow sailors. This event is not open to the public.

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Thursday, October 13 0730 Skippers’ Meeting near the tiki bar at Bo Brooks is mandatory for all captains.

0830 Cast-off for the Start. The distance from the Baltimore docking area to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Annapolis and the starting line area to its south is about 21 NM. Spectator vessels are reminded to please allow ample room for the vessels to maneuver safely.

1330 Start of the 22nd Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. The first warning gun will be fired just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

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chooner racing on the Chesapeake Bay is rooted in the trade rivalry between Baltimore, at the northern end of the Bay, and Portsmouth/ Norfolk, VA, at the southern end. The fastest sailing vessels delivered goods and people to their destinations and often garnered the best price for their cargo by beating other slower schooners into port. Over the years, commercial schooner designs evolved for the Bay’s routes – taking into consideration shallow waters, local crops and regional needs, with speed being a primary concern to beat competitively loaded vessels into port. These schooners also played a critical role in our nation’s early wars. While there are no cargo-hauling schooners now working the Bay, there are a considerable number of schooners still in use as cruising vessels and privately owned boats.

In 1988, when the City of Baltimore launched her flagship modeled on those earlier vessels, Captain Lane Briggs of the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel – the world’s only sail-powered schooner-rigged tugboat – challenged the Pride of Baltimore II to a race from Baltimore to Norfolk, reviving

an historic rivalry between schooners, captains and cities on the Bay. With the challenge accepted, the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race was born.

In 1990, a weekend in October was set aside for what had become an annual event, and yacht clubs at the northern and southern ends of the race volunteered to support the schooners and crews in their efforts.

Over the 21 years of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, there have been some incredible races with schooners going to the wire to win. Harsh weather conditions in some of the races have tested the mettle of the vessels, crews and captains.

As many as 56 schooners have signed up for a single race, and more than 150 – with vessels from as far away as the United Kingdom – have enjoyed the fall race on the Bay. The 2007 race was the fastest race in this long series. With strong following winds, several schooners set new records for both elapsed and corrected time. The schooner Virginia set a new time to beat of 11 hours, 18 minutes and 53 seconds, beating the previous record of 12:57:51 set by Imagine...! in the 2005 GCBSR.

With the growth of the event and the resulting focus on these vintage sailing craft, the organizers and sponsors elected soon after the start of the event to maximize the value of the race in very special ways. The race brings focus to the maritime traditions of schooners on the Chesapeake and brings attention to the environmental issues facing the Chesapeake. All net proceeds of the race are donated to support youth education efforts aimed at saving the Bay. This is why the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race is proud to say that we are “Racing to Save the Bay!” To date, $147,624 has been donated to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for youth education efforts – for every $50 raised, one young person can spend a day on the Bay learning how the decisions he or she makes can affect the quality of the Chesapeake Bay, the United States’ largest inland estuary. We welcome your support through tax-deductible donations to the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, 3001 High Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707.

Donations may also be made online at www.schoonerrace.org.

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he Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Education Program brings young people living near the Bay on board the schooners for a unique and exciting experience. The students enjoy hands-on lessons perpetuating the mission of the race – to promote public awareness of the Chesapeake Bay’s maritime heritage and to encourage the preservation and improvement of the Chesapeake’s natural resources. We entrust these students to be the stewards of the Chesapeake Bay and the schooner fleet for the next generation.

The educational program is conducted at both ends of the Bay. First, students from Baltimore meet the schooners before the race. After the schooners race down the Bay, they welcome students in Portsmouth. All of the students tour select schooners and learn about the Chesapeake Bay, ecology and maritime history. Many of the schooners have well developed programs and professional educators, making these vessels very effective learning platforms.

Although all of the participating sailing vessels are classified as schooners, their

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form, function, and design is diverse. Sultana is a replica of an 18th century Marblehead topsail schooner that served for four years as the smallest schooner ever in the British Royal Navy, used to enforce the notorious tea taxes in the years preceding the American Revolution. A Delaware Bay oyster schooner launched in 1928, A.J. Meerwald was designed to meet the needs of the local oyster fishery. She also served as a fireboat during World War II, protecting the waterfront of Philadelphia and Camden. A Chesapeake Bay pungy schooner, replicated in Lady Maryland, was designed to be a fast 18th century sailing cargo ship. Her lower freeboard made her cargo easy to quickly load and unload, which made her adept at carrying perishables such as seafood and produce. The differences in design of these and other schooners, although subtle to the untrained eye, become very much apparent as the students learn about the work schooners once accomplished on the Chesapeake Bay. In Baltimore, the students combine a visit to the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park as part of their field trip to

the schooners at the Canton waterfront. In Portsmouth, the students visit some maritime exhibits along the Elizabeth River. Touring the schooners is, of course, the highlight, as the students walk the decks of sailing ships and interact with the crew and captains. They see the bunks where the crew sleeps and the galleys where chow is cooked. They get a feel of the layout of the main deck and sailing rig when they work together as crew to raise a sail.

The lessons learned and the lasting impressions made on these young minds can only be gained first hand aboard these historic vessels. Many thanks to the schooners for contributing to this program.

Raising the awareness and understanding of the Chesapeake Bay ecology and history will enable these students to keep these schooners sailing on the Bay for generations to come.

In addition to the hands-on educational program, the mission of the race is further strengthened by annual donations – $147,624 to date – to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to support its environmental education programs for children.

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PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S A. J. MEERWALD

Class AA

Rated Length: 54.84 • Sec/Mi: 115.32 Former Name: Clyde A. Phillips Home Port: Bivalve, NJ Owner: Bayshore Discovery Project Captain: Bill Mylett Web: www.bayshorediscovery.org Previous Races: 1999-2002, 2007-2010

A.J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay oyster schooner, a distinct vessel that evolved to meet the needs of the local oyster fishery. Launched in 1928, she was built of “oak on oak” and

ADVENTURE

Class C

Rated Length: 23.73 • Sec/Mi: 267.01 Former Name: Pharaohs Home Port: Shady Side, MD Owners-Captains: Dick & Leigh Woodling Previous Races: 2001-2003, 2005-2010 Adventure is a gaff-rigged, steel schooner designed by Dudley Dix as one of the Hout

ADVENTURER (56)

Class A

Rated Length: 38.85 • Sec/Mi: 170.18 Former Name: Blue Max Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owner-Captain: Art Birney Previous Races: 1999-2010

Adventurer is a 1984 Cherubini 56 staysail schooner which was rebuilt in 1999. Owned and sailed by Captain Art Birney, member of the GCBSR Board of Directors, she has

ADVENTURER (65)

Class B

Rated Length: 35.66 • Sec/Mi: 185.37 Former Name: Freya Home Port: Norwalk, CT Owner-Captain: Mark Faulstick Previous Races: 1995, 1998-2003, 2005-2007, 2009 Adventurer is a John Alden Malabar VI. With a traditional gaff fore and main, she has a main topsail on a jack-stay in sail inventory, and often sets it for light to

AMERICA 2.0

Class AA

Rated Length: 60.81 • Sec/Mi: 100.62 Home Port: New York, NY Owner: America 2.0 LLC Captain: Andrew Neuhauser Previous Races: 1995, 1998-2002

America 2.0 is a tribute to the original schooner America, having the same hull and rig profile.

Built with heavy carbon spars, the rig is selfstanding with only one headstay. The hull is

designed to be a gaff-rigged oyster dredge.

During WWII she was outfitted as a fireboat (with most of her sailing rig being removed).

After the war she returned to oystering and, when disease nearly wiped out the oyster industry, she became a clam dredge working in the Atlantic Ocean. She was donated to the Bayshore Discovery Project in 1988, where she was rebuilt and started her new career taking thousands of students and the public out for educational programs under sail. She is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is New Jersey’s official tall ship.

Bay class boats. She was built in 1988 by Brian Alcock, and purchased by Dick and Leigh Woodling from Charly Holmes in 2009. They sailed their first GCBSR that year, but Adventure had already sailed many of the other races, once taking first in her class. Dick and Leigh are looking forward to one day making this wonderful vessel their home. been a successful performer. Adventurer took line honors at Thimble Shoal and won the Perpetual Trophy in the 2000 race. In 2005, she placed third in her class; in 2006, first; in 2008, second; and in 2010, once again came in first. William Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has consistently crewed on Adventurer.

moderate wind sailing. Built and launched in Mystic, Connecticut, for Dr. Albert Whitney, she was commissioned in 1926, and continuously sailed and raced by six previous owners. Mark Faulstick, her current owner for more than 20 years, had her extensively rebuilt in 1992, and has been a participant in the GCBSR nearly every year since 1995, with five firsts, two seconds and one third in class B, and one overall in 2001. primarily wood. The framing is primarily wood with aluminum ring frames. The hull itself is split on a horizontal cross-section at the minus 2’ waterline. From that point down the hull is aluminum. The ballast/aluminum hull and deadwood section are easily removed for inspection or just to work on the vessel.

The bottom structure is connected to the main hull section with an O-ring approximately 90’ long. She is a unique vessel, built incorporating many innovative ideas.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D ARTIST PROOF

Class C

Rated Length: 16.62 • Sec/Mi: 353.53 Home Port: Barnegat Light, NJ Captain: Pete Hoeltje Web: bigpondboatworks.com Previous Races: 2010

Artist proof: “An original work, generally reserved or given as a gift from the artist.”

Conceived as a half-baked plan during the 2000 schooner race, this whole thing

AVELINDA

Class C

Rated Length: 23.08 • Sec/Mi: 273.29 Home Port: Wheeler Bay, ME Owner: Outward Bound Inc. Captain: Julia Cadeton Web: outwardbound.org Previous Races: None

Avelinda is an Outward Bound HI 30, an open, non-auxiliary (oar and sail power only) sharpie schooner, designed by Roger Martin and built in 2008 by Southeast Island Marine in Maine.

BONNY ROVER

Class B

Rated Length: 33.71 • Sec/Mi: 195.68 Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owners-Captains: Mark & Ray Haywood Previous Races: 1990-1993, 1995-2010 Bonny Rover is a ferro-cement update of a design of an eighteenth-century revenue cutter. The design was also used for cargo vessels. Originally her designer/builder’s

BRILLIANT

Class A

Rated Length: 48.37 • Sec/Mi: 134.23 Home Port: Mystic, CT Owner: Mystic Seaport Museum Captain: Denise Meagher Web: www.mysticseaport.org/brilliant Previous Races: 1993, 1994

The Brilliant educational sailing program introduces teens and adults to life aboard a classic schooner while sailing the New England coast. As the oldest sail education

CELEBRATION

Class C

Rated Length: 20.79 • Sec/Mi: 297.41 Former Name: Ann Elizabeth Home Port: Middle River, MD Owner-Captain: Paul Schaub Previous Races: 1999-2010

Celebration is hull number 17 in the Ted Brewer-designed Lazy Jack 32 series of fiberglass production schooners. Built in

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started as a challenge from one sailor to another (frighteningly familiar?!).

Needless to say, if the weather cooperates... it looks like we’re here! An adaptation of a Philip Bolgers light schooner, it felt fitting to honor him in style after his passing with a presence in support of the spirit of this event. At 30’ and 3/4 ton, she carries 266 square feet of sail. Built as a gift for my dad and son to enjoy swashbuckling adventures on the Barnegat Bay together.

Outward Bound has used boats of this type since 1965 to teach seamanship, self reliance, service and teamwork. These boats have proven their mettle over 6 seasons of challenging expeditions, including a 2,500 mile run up the coast from their winter base in Key Largo, Florida, to their summer base in Wheeler Bay, Maine. She will head back to Florida after the GCBSR to continue Outward Bound’s mission of character development and self-discovery through skill mastery in wilderness environments for teenagers, university students, adults and United States Vets. primary residence, she is a part-time home for Ray and Mark, her second owners.

They have completely rebuilt her and added quite a few personal touches that one might not expect to see on a boat. She is a frequent participant in Hampton Roads nautical events, often with a crew of kilted bagpipers and drummers. Bonny Rover took first place in 1990 and 1991.

program in the country, Brilliant has taught teamwork, leadership, stewardship, and traditional seamanship for over 55 years to more than 9,000 teenagers and adults.

Brilliant is owned and operated by Mystic Seaport. Though traditional in operation and construction, Brilliant carries modern navigation and safety equipment. She has been described by WoodenBoat magazine as one of the 100 most beautiful classic boats in existence.

1977 by the Ted Hermann Boat Shop, she was originally sold to John Kendall in Media, Pennsylvania, as a sail-away kit boat. She took third in her class in 1999, placed third in 2002 in a fleet of 15 that endured high winds for 12 hours, and in 2004 she placed third. She changed hands in 2007, but is still located on the Chesapeake Bay. Her current owner, Paul Schaub, is a long-time volunteer for the race.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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CUCHULAIN

Class C

Rated Length: 28.98 • Sec/Mi: 224.88 Home Port: Pasadena, MD Owner-Captain: Bill Durkin Previous Races: 2002, 2006-2010

The 44-foot steel Ted Brewer-designed Cuchulain, pronounced “Coo-K-who-Lin,” was built by Captain Durkin in his father’s backyard in Silver Spring, Maryland. It took

DOVE II

Class B

Rated Length: 31.82 • Sec/Mi: 206.58 Former Names: Time of Wonder, Daughter of Dove Home Port: Northport, ME Owner-Captain: Michael Taber Previous Races: 2008-2010 Ted Brewer styled this 45’ schooner after Dove, a Nova Scotia schooner built for fishing about 1875, but put into service as a pilot schooner in Eastport, Maine. Dove

EDLYN ROSE

Class B

Rated Length: 36.43 • Sec/Mi: 181.51 Home Port: Baltimore, MD Owner: John Parker Captain: Jay Irwin Previous Races: 2006-2009

Edlyn Rose was originally built in Maine from 1989-1994 as a small durable (1.5” deck and 1.5” fiberglass hull) cargo

FAREWELL

Class C

Rated Length: 26.43 • Sec/Mi: 243.81 Home Port: Baltimore, MD Owner-Captain: Linda Gunn Previous Races: 1994-2010

Peter Van Dyne traded Farewell’s design with her builder in return for guitar lessons.

Andy Merrill built her in his backyard in Annapolis, launched her in 1972, and lived

GOODWIND

Class A

Rated Length: 37.32 • Sec/Mi: 177.23 Former Name: Sea Interlude Home Port: Pasadena, MD Owner-Captain: Greg Cantori Previous Races: 2003-2005, 2007-2009

Goodwind, a Freedom 39 pilothouse schooner, is a wonderful mix of the traditional schooner rig combined with

Bill 10 years to build Cuchulain – building everything on her himself except the sails.

She has only sailed the Chesapeake Bay, but Bill hopes to venture further someday.

He says that “it is very tempting to head south after the race, but work gets in the way.” This is her seventh Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.

II’s hull is traditional clipper-style with a pinky stern. Changes from the original design include a finer bow entry, slightly less displacement and more sail. Originally launched at Rockport, Maine, in 1976, she recently completed a refit. The rig is traditional – wood shell blocks, deadeyes and belaying pins, with only 2 winches. She is a classic and unusual 19th-century-style yacht that will be sailing from Maine and the Maritimes to the Caribbean and beyond. carrying schooner for the Caribbean. She was later turned into a head boat (day charter) for Nantucket, Massachusetts. She is in the process of being built-out as a liveaboard by Kevin Irwin Boat Works. She is a 30-ton, 50-foot, modified Benford design with a pilot house and 1500 square feet of sail area. We welcome her back for her fifth Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.

aboard 10 years. Then his son chartered her out of St. Michaels and raced her in local events, never placing less than second. In 1994 she was purchased by Gale Browning who had class C firsts in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In 1998, her corrected time at Thimble Shoal was a record for the Windmill fleet.

Her current owner, Captain Linda Gunn, took a first in 2000; second in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007; and third in 2010.

“ahead of its time” carbon fiber stay-less masts. In addition to two foresails and a mainsail, she can fly two additional staysails or spinnakers. Previously owned by the director of the New Jersey Philharmonic Orchestra, she was formerly known as Sea Interlude. In 2005, Goodwind took second in class C.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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HERON

Class A

Rated Length: 36.54 • Sec/Mi: 180.97 Former Name: Intimate Home Port: Solomons Island, MD Owner-Captain: Aram S. Nersesian Web: www.schoonerheron.com Previous Races: 1997, 2000-2010

Heron is a 60-foot aluminum custom “oneoff” staysail schooner built in France

JACOB JONES

Class C

Rated Length: 15.87 • Sec/Mi: 365.83 Home Port: New Yarmouth, MD Owner-Captain: Kristofer Younger Web: www.schoonerjacobjones.com Previous Races: 2005-2010

in 1984. Heron has done well against her spirited competitors and friends. She enjoyed winning class A on corrected time and the Perpetual Trophy in 2001, and, after many seconds and thirds, she again won on corrected time in 2008. Aram says, “All the credit goes to my great, and crazy, crew.”

Aram offers personalized daysail charters out of Solomons Island through Schooner Heron Charters.

Built in 1983 of fiberglass by Mark Marine in New Hampshire, she is named after a commodore in the early U.S. Navy, and sails out of Worton Creek on the Chesapeake Bay.

Jacob Jones is a 31-foot Chuck Paine designed “downeast” topsail schooner.

LADY MARYLAND

Class AA

Rated Length: 45.60 • Sec/Mi: 143.51 Home Port: Baltimore, MD Owner: Living Classrooms Foundation Captain: Michael Fiorentino Web: www.livingclassrooms.org Previous Races: 1994-2010

Lady Maryland, a 104-foot replica of a Chesapeake Bay pungy schooner, was designed by Thomas Gilmer and built

LIBERTATE

Class C

Rated Length: 27.37 • Sec/Mi: 236.54 Former Names: Peripatetic, Silversmith II Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owner-Captain: Peter L. Carroll Previous Races: 2006-2010 Libertate will be racing in her sixth Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race this year.

She is a Gazelle, designed by Tom Colvin

LIBERTÈ

Class A

Rated Length: 45.67 • Sec/Mi: 143.25 Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owners: Chris & Jane Tietje Captain: Chris Tietje Web: www.theliberte.com Previous Races: 1998-2000, 2002-2010

Liberté, a three-masted staysail schooner with 1750 square feet of sail, is 74 feet long

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in Baltimore by Peter Boudreau in 1986.

Pungy schooners sailed the Bay in the 1800s and were famous for their speed with perishable cargo. Lady Maryland is painted in the traditional pink and green of the pungy schooner. She is part of the Living Classrooms Foundation and offers educational programs for more than 7000 students each year. She won class AA in 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2009; came in second in 2008; and placed third in 2006 and 2007. and built by James “Fred” McConnell in Parry Sound, Ontario, in 1980. She has a steel hull and is “junk-rigged,” but has a Marconi jib. After the death of her original owner, she did not sail for almost 20 years.

Peter acquired her six years ago, and says that he is “still discovering more things about her that deepen [his] love affair with her.” She took third in her class in 2007.

and has an 18.5-foot beam. She was custom built to Chris and Jane’s specifications to serve as an excursion schooner, offering educational and historic presentations, sunset cruises, theme parties, and other functions for up to 49 guests. Her crew is knowledgeable about the area’s environment, and her cargo is the history, lore and traditions of the era.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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LIBERTY CLIPPER

Class AA

Rated Length: 57.96 • Sec/Mi: 107.36 Former Name: Kennebec, Mystic Clipper Home Port: Boston, MA Owner-Captain: Andy Huntoon Web: www.libertyfleet.com Previous Races: 1995-1999, 2002-2010

Designed by Charles Witholtz and built of steel by Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, Rhode Island, Liberty Clipper is a gaff-rigged replica of the renowned

LYDIA GREEN

Class B

Rated Length: 30.81 • Sec/Mi: 212.8 Former Name: Izurde Home Port: Seal Cove, ME Owners: Roger & Lydia Noble Captain: Roger Noble Previous Races: None

Lydia Green is a Cheoy Lee Clipper 42, designed by Bill Luders and built in 1972.

The Nobles weren’t actively looking for a

MISTRESS

Class A

Rated Length: 46.23 • Sec/Mi: 141.32 Former Names: Commodore Home Port: Key West, FL Owner-Captain: Glenn McCormick Web: www.mistresssailingexcursions.com Previous Races: 1998-2002, 2004-2005, 2008-2009 Mistress, built in 1930, was designed by Sherman Hoyt and built for and raced

by George Roosevelt, Teddy’s nephew.

MYSTIC WHALER

Class AA

Rated Length: 52.31 • Sec/Mi: 122.28 Home Port: New London, CT Owner-Captain: John Eginton Web: www.mysticwhaler.com Previous Races: 2001-2010

Mystic Whaler is a tribute to the coastal trading schooners that plied New England’s waters a century ago. Built in 1967 and rebuilt in 1993, she is stable and comfortable

NORFOLK REBEL

Class C

Rated Length: 26.75 • Sec/Mi: 241.27 Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner-Captain: Steve Briggs Web: www.tugantine.com Previous Races: 1990-2010

The Tugantine Norfolk Rebel is a 59-foot steel sail-assisted workboat designed for towing and salvage. Built by Howdy Bailey Yacht Services and designed by Merritt Walter, her design was commissioned to use wind power.

Baltimore Clippers, made famous over a century ago for their speedy and safe rounding of Cape Horn on expeditions to the California Gold Rush. Completed in 1983, this 125-foot schooner is licensed to carry 115 passengers, which she does in Boston in the summer. She offers overnight windjammer cruises in the Bahamas in the winter from Nassau. She features a state of the art galley, modern accommodations for 28 guests and is the 2005 class AA champion. boat, but knew they would someday find the Lydia Green. Spotting her on eBay in 2006, they fell in love at first sight. She has since taken them from Florida to the Chesapeake and Maine, from there to Texas and back, then on to Canada. Never having raced a schooner, the Nobles and their crew are looking forward to the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race and to the fellowship of other schooner lovers.

She participated in numerous Bermuda/ Newport Races and the Fastnet Race in England. Upon Roosevelt’s death in the mid-60s, Mistress went to the New York Maritime Academy, then through a succession of owners. In 1987, Chris and Glenn McCormick bought her and began a complete 20-year restoration. Since then, she has traveled from Key West to Maine and also participated in the Classic Yacht Regatta in Antigua. with many passenger amenities. In addition to chartering, Mystic Whaler is part of the Clearwater program’s Classroom of the Waves, which provides educational sailing trips for students along the Hudson River.

She measures 83 feet on deck, with an extreme length of 110 feet. Displacing 100 tons, she carries 3000 square feet of sail.

Mystic Whaler placed second in 2004, and third in 2003 and 2005.

She sometimes works as an escort to tall ships, and participated in OpSail 2000 festivities. In 1984, she circumnavigated Virginia and was featured at the New Orleans World’s Fair.

Her first captain, Lane Briggs, the founder of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, passed away in September 2005. Capt. Briggs worked tirelessly to promote this race while encouraging sail training and promoting the Harbor of Hospitality, Norfolk, Virginia.

Today, his sons Steve and Jesse are carrying on with this tradition.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D PATRICIA DIVINE

Class B

Rated Length: 34.83 • Sec/Mi: 189.62 Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owner-Captain: Helmut Hawkins Web: www.annapolisbaycharters.net Previous Races: 1990-2010

Patricia Divine offers luxury charters and sail training opportunities for up to 24 passengers. Her amenities include rare woods, tapestries, orientals and bronzes,

PEANUT

Class C

The captain and crew of Peanut wish all the schooners a safe “Race Down the Bay”!

Peanut — aptly named at only 20-feet long was built by Robert Pulsch to teach his grandchildren how to sail the prettiest vessel of them all a schooner!

PROM QUEEN

Class A

race after bringing the schooner up from Florida. In Roger’s words, “Paula and I are indebted to Prom Queen for providing the opportunity to experience what it is like to be among the [GCBSR] volunteers and the captains and crews of these wonderful vessels and to participate in this event.” She placed third in 2005 and first in 2006. In 2008, she was moved to class A and placed third; won the class in 2009; and came in second in 2010.

Not yet rated Home Port: Port Monmouth, NJ Owner: Robert Pulsch Captain: William Carton Previous Races: 2010

Rated Length: 33.06 • Sec/Mi: 199.28 Home Port: Cambridge, MD Owners: Roger & Paula Worthington Captain: Roger Worthington Previous Races: 2003-2010

Prom Queen, a 56-foot aluminum schooner designed by Dominique Presles and built in 1977 in France, is owned by Roger and Paula Worthington, who entered their first

QUINTESSENCE

Class C

Rated Length: 20.38 • Sec/Mi: 302.07 Home Port: Bayville, NJ Owner-Captain: Paul Gray Previous Races: 2007-2010

Quintessence’s hull is a duplicate of an early 20th century Friendship sloop, Dictator. Built in fiberglass by Jarvis Newman and Mack Pettigrew from a mold Newman developed during the restoration of the original Dictator, Quintessence was

RESOLUTE

Class A

Rated Length: 37.57 • Sec/Mi: 176.02 Former Name: Grey Fox Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owner-Captain: John Slade Previous Races: 2000-2003, 2005-2010

Resolute is a Ron Holland and Gary Hoyt designed fiberglass Freedom 39 Pilothouse schooner. A sistership of Saorsa and

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combined with contemporary electronics and accommodations. This steel 65-foot gaffrigged schooner has participated in every race.

In 1992, she completed the course under fore only after she suffered damage to her mainsail rig. In 1999, 2004 and 2005, Patricia Divine finished second in class B. It was written, “Oh Patricia Divine is a lady with class, and 14 antennae on each of her masts, and stainless steel winches, each modern device for to float down the Bay with martinis on ice.”

rigged as a schooner. She combines the legendary grace and seakeeping ability of a Friendship sloop with the versatility of a schooner rig designed by Ralph Stanley.

She is a truly unique vessel! Currently sailing out of Bayville, New Jersey, she is a regular sight on Tom’s River, Barnegat Bay and the waters from Long Island Sound to the Chesapeake Bay. Competing in class C, she placed first in 2007; sat out 2008 undergoing repairs and upgrades; took third in 2009; and first in 2010.

Goodwind (who placed second in 2005), she was built by Tillotson Pearson in Rhode Island in 1984. She is fast and has an unusually efficient cat rig. In 2005, she took first in class C, received line honors for first at Windmill Point, and was the winner of the Howdy Bailey Belt Buckle for Best Corrected Time at Windmill Point.

In 2006, Resolute came in second.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

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SALLY B

Class B

Rated Length: 33.83 • Sec/Mi: 195.02 Home Port: Galesville, MD Owner-Captain: Daniel MacLeod Previous Races: 1997, 1999-2010

Sally B almost raced with us in 1997 but was sidelined with a blown engine at the last moment. In 1999, she placed fourth in her class; second in 2001; and third in 2003

SHANTY

and 2004. However, Sally B actually won class B in 2004 but did not receive an award due to a transcription error. Her owner accepted this graciously, and we thank him for that. In 2008, Sally B officially finished first in her class; came in third in 2009; then returned in 2010 to once again win her class. Her owner lives aboard this 65foot steel J. Murray Watts design built in Norfolk by Spivey in 1970.

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Shanty, a steel 50-foot Merritt Walters Merry Rover design, was launched in 1995 in Panama City, Florida, by John Vinning.

Purchased in 2002 by Scott Rogers, she was brought to Norfolk, Virginia, still her home port. This is Shanty’s eighth appearance in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.

SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE Class B

of steel. She is 61.5 feet long on deck, has a beam of 17 feet, draws 7 feet and carries 1744 square feet of sail. Below decks, she is extensively finished with walnut, teak, ash, babinga, jatoba and ebony. Below, there are four guest staterooms that can accommodate eight guests, a large saloon, crew cabin, captain’s cabin and pilothouse.

Spirit of Independence is certified as a sub-chapter T vessel and is engaged in the charter trade based out of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Rated Length: 31.05 • Sec/Mi: 211.29 Former Name: Free Spirit Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner-Captain: Scott Rogers Previous Races: 2004-2010

Rated Length: 38.14 • Sec/Mi: 173.37 Home Port: Portsmouth, VA Owner-Captain: J.C. Waters Web: www.spiritofindependence.net Previous Races: 2008-2010

Spirit of Independence was designed by Charles Wittholz and built by Porte Des Voyageurs, Inc., a yard owned by owner J.C. Waters in Independence, Missouri. She is a two-masted gaff-headed schooner built

SULTANA

Class B

Rated Length: 31.64 • Sec/Mi: 207.66 Home Port: Chestertown, MD Owner: Sultana Projects Inc Captain: Tanya Banks-Christensen Web: www.sultanaprojects.org Previous Races: 2001-2010

A replica of a Marblehead topsail schooner, Sultana was originally designed and built in 1767 to be used by the British Royal Navy

SUMMER WIND

Class C

Rated Length: 27.04 • Sec/Mi: 239.05 Home Port: Philadelphia, PA Owner: American Sailing Tours Captain: Tom Kirwan Web: www.AmericanSailingTours.com Previous Races: None

Summer Wind is a 48-foot steel-hulled Colvin Gazelle owned and operated by American Sailing Tours in Philadelphia.

She sails up to 6 times each day, doing

to enforce the notorious tea taxes in the years preceding the American Revolution.

Designed by Benford Design Group and built by John Swain in Chestertown of white oak and framed with osage orange, she relaunched in the spring of 2001. More than 8000 students of all ages take part annually in an educational experience encompassing sailing the Chesapeake and exploring the life of an 18th-century sailor during classroom outreach.

90-minute sailing tours on the Delaware River, as well as private charters to Cape May and the Chesapeake Bay. With lots of great music and some history you won’t learn anywhere else, Summer Wind has quickly become a top attraction in Philadelphia. Our Sunset Sail was named the #1 Most Romantic Thing To Do in the city. Our Intern Program is a great way to learn about sailing because we sail a lot!

Captain Tom Kirwan is also a volunteer crew with the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel.

Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 2011

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THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE

PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D SUSAN B MERRYMAN Class C Rated Length: 26.2 • Sec/Mi: 245.64 Home Port: Havre de Grace, MD Owner-Captain: Peter Hegeman Previous Races: 1999-2004, 2009-2010

Peter’s father, John Hegeman, built the Susan B Merryman in the loft of their barn between about 1973 and 1987. Peter helped him off and on during some of the earlier phases, and then more and more as she

TYRONE

Class A

Rated Length: Not Yet Rated Former Name: William H. Thorndike Home Port: Chatham, MA Owners: Matt and Cynthia Sutphin Captain: Matt Sutphin Previous Races: None

Tyrone was built in 1939 by the yard of Simms Brothers in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is heavily built with handsome, traditional lines by Sam Crocker. She has proven her

ULA G

Class B

Rated Length: 35.09 • Sec/Mi: 188.29 Former Names: Evaline, Elsie Home Port: New Bern, NC Owner-Captain: Richard Smith Previous Races: None

neared completion. His father died in 1997, but Peter and his wife Pat have continued to sail her in the Chesapeake and, when they can, to Maine. Their furthest cruise so far has been to Grand Manan, in the Bay of Fundy. In 2003, Peter and Pat started a series of projects, including rebuilding her decks (teak over plywood, salvaging all the original teak) and reworking some of the interior cabin. They are glad to be racing again. capabilities and practicality as a liveaboard cruiser by several transatlantic crossings and cruises in southern waters. She is also a veteran of New England waters and has cruised on the West Coast and in Hawaii.

In addition to her cruising capabilities, Tyrone has been the winner of the Billican Cup in San Francisco, as well as the “Most Photogenic” prize at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta out of a field of exceptionally lovely classic yachts. she is 46 feet on deck and 55 feet over all.

She weighs in at 24 tons. The owner lives aboard full time, summering in New Bern, North Carolina, and wintering in the Keys and other southern islands.

Ula G (pronounced “eulogy”) is a steel hull, George Sutton design. Built in 1988,

WOODWIND

Class A

Rated Length: 47.88 • Sec/Mi: 135.8 Home Port: Annapolis, MD Owner-Captain: Ken Kaye Web: www.schoonerwoodwind.com Previous Races: 1993-2010

Woodwind and Woodwind II are identical 74-foot wooden schooners that can accommodate up to 48 passengers each.

These staysail rigged schooners offer varied sailing options – from 2-hour public

cruises departing historic, downtown Annapolis and sailing into the scenic Chesapeake Bay to private charters – and are based out of the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Woodwind II was featured in the movie “Wedding Crashers” as Christopher Walken’s character’s private sailing yacht. Woodwind won first over the finish, first in class A and first overall on corrected time in 2003 and 2004. She took first place again in 2007, third in 2006 and second in 2009.

Track the schooners online as they race down the Bay in real time! Go to www.schoonerrace.org during the week of the race for the link.

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Note: This is a preliminary listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change.

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 2011

THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE

2 011 R AC E E N T R I E S / R AT I N G S

Rig

Schooner

Captain

Rating

Sec. per Mile

2010 Place

Class AA Rated (Greater than or equal to 50 feet), Racing to Thimble Shoal Light, 127 NM Gaff

A J Meerwald

Bill Mylett

54.84

115.32

7

Gaff

America 2.0

Andrew Neuhauser

60.81

100.62

—

Gaff

Lady Maryland

Michael Fiorentino

45.6

143.51

4

Gaff

Liberty Clipper

Andy Huntoon

57.96

107.36

5

Gaff

Mystic Whaler

John Eginton

52.31

122.28

6

Class A Rated (40 feet to less than 50 feet), Racing to Thimble Shoal Light, 127 NM Marconi

Adventurer (56)

Art Birney

38.85

170.18

1

Marconi

Brilliant

Denise Meagher

48.37

134.23

—

Unstayed

Goodwind

Greg Cantori

37.32

177.23

—

Marconi

Heron

Aram S Nersesian

36.54

180.97

4

Marconi

Liberté

Chris Tietje

45.67

143.25

6

Marconi

Mistress

Glenn McCormick

46.23

141.32

—

Marconi

Prom Queen

Roger Worthington

33.06

199.28

2

Unstayed

Resolute

John Slade

37.57

176.02

5

Gaff

Tyrone

Matt Sutphin

Not Yet Rated

—

Marconi

Woodwind

Ken Kaye

47.88

135.8

3

Class B Rated (30 feet to less than 40 feet), Racing to Windmill Point Light, 80 NM Gaff

Adventurer (65)

Mark Faulstick

35.66

185.37

—

Gaff

Bonny Rover

Mark & Ray Haywood

33.71

195.68

DNS

Gaff

Dove II

Michael Taber

31.82

206.58

4

Marconi

Edlyn Rose

John Parker

36.43

181.51

—

Marconi

Lydia Green

Roger Noble

30.81

212.8

—

Gaff

Patricia Divine

Helmut Hawkins

34.83

189.62

DNS

Marconi

Sally B

Daniel MacLeod

33.83

195.02

1

Marconi

Shanty

Scott Rogers

31.05

211.29

6

Gaff

Spirit of Independence

J C Waters

38.14

173.37

5

Gaff

Sultana

Tanya Banks-Christensen

31.64

207.66

7

Marconi

Ula G

Richard Smith

35.09

188.29

—

Class C Rated (Less than 30 feet), Racing to Windmill Point Light, 80 NM Gaff

Adventure

Dick & Leigh Woodling

23.73

267.01

7

Gaff

Artist Proof

Pete Hoeltje

16.62

353.53

11

Marconi

Avelinda

Julia Cadeton

23.08

273.29

—

Marconi

Celebration

Paul Schaub

20.79

297.41

5

Gaff

Cuchulain

Bill Durkin

28.98

224.88

10

Gaff

Farewell

Linda Gunn

26.43

243.81

3

Gaff

Jacob Jones

Kristofer Younger

15.87

365.83

DNS

Junk

Libertate

Peter L Carroll

27.37

236.54

6

Gaff

Norfolk Rebel

Steve Briggs

26.75

241.27

8

Gaff

Peanut

William Carton

Not Rated

DNS

Gaff

Quintessence

Paul Gray

20.38

302.07

1

Gaff

Summer Wind

Tom Kirwan

27.04

239.05

—

Gaff

Susan B Merryman

Peter Hegeman

26.2

245.64

4

(— = Did not enter)

All ratings are tentative and subject to change at the race committee’s discretion.

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isiting a new place is a chance to escape from the everyday problems of life, a chance to expand and explore the world around us, and learn about new customs and traditions. You can always tell a tourist from a “native.” Just note the people walking down the street. The ones who are smiling and gaping at all the beautiful sights: they’re the tourists. Their cameras flash repeatedly to capture the historic buildings, sights that a native can walk past every day without noticing because they are so caught up in the day to day issues of life.

Wouldn’t it be relaxing and healthy if we could all spend a few minutes each day being a “tourist” and appreciating the scenery around us? Having lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for 10 years, I take the area for granted and have yet to truly explore Annapolis.

Last summer, I decided it was about time to play the role of a tourist and take an afternoon to really explore the city for the first time.

So, with my camera hanging from my neck and brochures in hand, I headed downtown. My first destination was for food. It was nearly noon and delicious scents filled the streets as the nearby restaurants prepared lunch. I decided on Chick & Ruth’s Delly (165 Main Street), an Annapolis favorite. It was filled with chatting families and friends, and despite the traffic, I was immediately seated and served an amazing corned beef sandwich.

Next, it was time to explore the newly opened and highly recommended Historic Annapolis Museum (99 Main Street).

While casually walking there, the creative window displays of a few stylish boutiques beckoned me to step in and explore.

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Lilac Bijoux, featuring handmade jewelry, was the first store I discovered. I was amazed by the quality and beauty of the merchandise and took a few minutes to watch an artisan concentrating while she crafted a necklace at the back of the boutique.

Further down Main Street, I stepped into the museum and was instantly greeted and shown the first exhibit, a fascinating display of Annapolis as it was during the 18th century. I continued to journey through the three stories of exhibits. I was recommended several tours, such as the Harbor Queen boat tour and horse and carriage and trolley tours, as well as a few walking tours. With my parking meter running low, I decided to tour the Maryland State House instead and save

the boat tour for my next time.

Before I made my journey back up Main Street to the State House, I thought I would meander through the Market House at City Dock. Not only was there information inside about thingsto-do around town, such as the ghost tour and the pub crawl, but it also offered a lot of traditional and delicious Maryland cuisine, such as three-dollar crab cakes. I perused stands featuring local artists. Francis Borchardt, one of the local artists, showed me some of her photographs and spent quite some time chatting with me about her work and offering some great recommendations of what she does in Annapolis.

I journeyed on and reached the white-domed State House, at the center of State Circle, the highest point in Annapolis. I flashed my

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Annapolis Fun Facts ++More than 4.5 million people visit Annapolis each year. ++Annapolis, Maryland’s state capital, is known as the Sailing Capital of America and is the home of the National Sailing Hall of Fame ++The Maryland State House is the oldest capitol building in the United States in continuous use. ++Annapolis City Dock is the only remaining pre-Revolutionary seaport in the country. ++National Geographic Adventure Magazine selected Annapolis as one of its Top 100 Adventure Towns two years ago, dubbing it the “major recreation port of the Chesapeake Bay.” ++Annapolis has the largest collection of 18th-century architecture in the United States—including five of America’s finest Georgian mansions—all in a small urban area.

++Four signers of the Declaration of Independence resided in Annapolis. Three of them, William Paca, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll, lived here in 1776; the fourth, Thomas Stone, moved here in the 1780s. To remember their names, try this: Paca Chased Carroll with a Stone. ++Founded in 1649, the current capital of Maryland was originally called “Providence” when settled by the Puritans. It was renamed Annapolis to honor Princess Anne, future queen of England. ++The Chesapeake Bay has nearly 6000 miles of cruise-able shoreline ++The 74-foot, wooden schooner, Woodwind—featured in the movie “The Wedding Crashers”—sails out of the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel up to four times daily. If you added up all the miles that Woodwind has sailed, she has sailed around the world three times. ++About 1.5 million people visit the U.S. Naval Academy annually.

++The Tug of War (November 5) between the Maritime Republic of Eastport and Downtown Annapolis features a 1700 foot rope, more than 450 tuggers, and more than 1000 spectators. And what a party! ++The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in North America and the third largest in the world. ++Built by English architect William Buckland in 1774, the HammondHarwood House at 19 Maryland Avenue is said to have the Most Beautiful Doorway in America. ++The Wright Brothers B-1 flyer was the first Navy plane flown at the U.S. Naval Academy. A replica of the plane flown in 1911 is exhibited in Dahlgren Hall. ++The land mass of Delaware plus two Rhode Islands could fit into the Chesapeake Bay’s 4500 square miles.

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I was shocked at how beautiful the State House is. The building, the third state capitol built at that location, was first used in 1779 and is completely composed of stone and engraved with rich ornamentation on the walls.

In the first room I entered, I read George Washington’s 1783 resignation speech. I continued to meander through the building, eagerly studying the various architectural features and reading about the history of the building and the rooms, which are still in use by the legislature. Even though I am not a history major, I was fascinated by the history within the State House.

Content with my afternoon (and I knew my meter would run out), I decided to start heading back to my car. I stopped in Kilwin’s (128 Main Street) to cool off with a lemon-raspberry sorbet and sprite smoothie and sat by the water, with a clear view of the sailboats coming into the harbor.

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I sat there, happy with my day as a tourist and the delicious smoothie, and enjoyed watching the boats and the water. As I watched the people walking by, I hoped that more “natives,” as well as other visitors, would take the time to enjoy Annapolis as I did. I sipped my last bit from my smoothie and continued the walk to my car. While my day as a tourist was over, I knew that future trips to Annapolis were in my near future. With so many more fabulous restaurants, shops, and activities to explore, there is no way they couldn’t be.

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The lovely white-domed centerpiece of Annapolis’s skyline, the Maryland State House has been under wraps this summer, as painters chip away old paint and refresh the dome’s exterior and glaziers replace a few windows. The capitol is the third such structure on the highest point of Maryland’s capital city. Construction began in 1772 and delayed by the outbreak of the American Revolution, was completed and first used in 1779.

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by Jessica Rice Johnson

##Any doubts tha t rem ained about multihull sailing disapp eared comple tely for me in the Bahamas.

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n October of 2008, we arrived at the Annapolis Sailboat Show with a truckload of official printed T-shirts and merchandise. Designing and selling tees for the Annapolis Show is a gig we have long enjoyed. The low-key atmosphere and friendly crowds make it the place to be every fall. In 2008, the economy was tanking, but hey, all the sailors were still smiling. We were hoping for a great show.

This particular year, we flew in from New Zealand, where we had been living for nine months while building a custom aluminum catamaran for an adventure charter business. Inspired by the poten-

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tial of our new boat, I used a catamaran, which just happened to be our cat, as the model for the T-shirt art. I optimistically anticipated the reaction to something new and different.

The Show Apparel booth went up as usual, and the Sailboat Show tees avec le Catamaran were prominently displayed.

The very first customers to approach the booth asked me if we were selling any shirts with a sailboat on them.

“What do you mean?” I replied. “Oh, I get it!”

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on the cover itself. The America’s Cup con- overall it was just like I said, fabulous. among some single hull purists. Similar In Easter Island, we dropped our hook comments were made again and again over tenders are now giant cats for gosh sake. the next five days of the show. I didn’t take Returning to our boat, we left New Zea- off of the main town of Hanga Roa with six or seven other boats. The “anchorage” land in January of 2010 and had a fabulous it well. Were we going to be forever ostratrip back to the Chesapeake Bay. We sailed is an open roadstead, and a persistent cized by a large part of the sailing commumore than 10,000 miles in five months westerly swell kept things lively, though nity for choosing a multihull?

Elcie remained quite comfortable. Our Once the stress-induced hives cleared, stopping in Easter Island, the Galapagos, last boat, a Bowman 57 with its deep keel I started to delve into what makes some Panama, and the Bahamas. The Southern would have been rolling from gunwale to Ocean passage of 25 days was at times sailors so adamantly anti-catamaran. Here cold, dank, and foggy, but all in all enjoygunwale. At that point, it’s almost better to are just some of the comments I heard: be at sea.

They don’t go In the Galapagos, we upwind. It’s “I started to delve into what makes some sailors so adamet two other faminot real sailing. mantly anti-catamaran… some of the comments I heard: lies traveling on cats.

They are all motorsailers.

They don’t go upwind. It’s not real sailing. They are all There were nine kids total in the anchorage.

They are for old motorsailers. They are for old people (what?)…” They jumped in tramps, people (what?). swung from headstays, They are too and swam between hulls. modern. At this Sea lions, the other playful creatures in the point, I couldn’t help but to point out that able from our dry bridge deckhouse. The anchorage, thought our transom steps were boat was fast and responsive under sail. the Polynesians used double canoes (aka Albatross soared overhead, and dolphins a fine place to snooze. catamarans) to settle the far-flung islands Panama City was hot and steamy. The of Oceania around two thousand years ago. frolicked in our bow wake. We gazed at forward cockpit doors on Elcie allowed any a whirl of stars from the tramp netting.

The bias against multihulls seems to air that was moving to pass through the Many days, we averaged nine to 10 knots have softened somewhat over the past few deckhouse. In the San Blas, we tucked up years. Now, it is hard to pick up a popular and much of it upwind. Of course, there in lovely, shallow spots close to reefs and sailing magazine that does not have a cat were some rough patches. The cat motion islands. The aft cockpit was a temporary at sea took a bit of getting used to, but somewhere in the feature articles, if not

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showroom for traveling Mola salesmen spreading out their appliqué artwork.

Elcie would truly come into her own once we entered the Bahamas.

Her shadow sailed across the sandy bottom of gin clear water. Out the escape hatch was an aquarium of fish and sea life. We hovered like our own private island in a shallow pool of aqua blue. Any doubts that remained about multihull sailing disappeared completely for me in the Bahamas.

I still love monohulls and sailing aboard one on Friday night races in Oxford. I’m sure there will be another monohull in our family’s future. However, for now, a catamaran totally suits our sailing life and ambitions. This summer, we are living aboard and enjoying the less than a meter draft while sailing in the mostly shallow Chesapeake. The entrance to the creek that we call home is just over four feet on a high tide.

Elcie is a planning a return to the Caribbean and Bahamas this upcoming winter seeking out more great

experiences and adventures. We will depart Oxford for St. Thomas via Bermuda in late fall. There are berths available on various legs for individuals and families who want to see for themselves what sailing in the islands on a catamaran is all about. Berths are also available on the offshore passages.

Details of Elcie’s 2011-12 itinerary and information about joining can be found at elcieexpeditions.com or at (443) 746-0017. Or, if you happen to be at the Annapolis Sailboat Show October 6-10, stop by the Show Apparel booth and ask us about it. While you are there, you might just want to buy a T-shirt (and by the way, it will probably have a monohull on it!)

About the Author: Jessica Rice Johnson, her husband, and two daughters live in Oxford, MD, when not underway aboard Elcie. Like most cruising folk, Johnson wears many caps onboard including mate, cook, teacher, medical officer, and the ship’s chief photographer and scribe.

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Charter Notes

by Mary Ewenson

No Expectations W

hen you work in the sailing industry, your friends always ask when you’re going to take them sailing.

This summer, we had the opportunity to charter a 47-foot catamaran from 360 Yachting out of Eleuthera.

My husband Geoff and I signed up my brother and sister-in-law, Lisa, and two good friends of ours for a week-long adventure in the Bahamas. Work schedules checked, and we were all free the same week.

What were the chances of that?

Lisa did the research and found that a major hurricane had not hit the Bahamas in August in 15 years.

Perfect! Emmy and Maureen did the research and planned the cocktails for the week. Again, perfect! Things came together exactly as planned.

Perhaps it all was setting up to be a little too perfect.

After a long night of tying up loose ends, we arrived late to the airport. That was followed by a somewhat stressful experience getting checked in due to our timing issue, but we got to our gate just in time to find our seats as the door closed.

Ah, sit back and relax, a few hours, and we’ll be in the Bahamas. Not so fast. The plane was overloaded, back to the gate for unloading, now the flight plan had expired, wait for

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a new one, get to Atlanta, GA, too late for the connecting flight, on to next flight, arrive in Nassau too late for connecting flight to Eleuthera…

Ah , relief… Pineapple Air held the flight for us. Back on track.

We were met at the Rock Sound Airport by “Friendly Bob” driving a huge taxi complete with sweet AC. Jay Phillips, the owner of 360 Yachting, led us to the grocery store where we provisioned for the week. All the necessities purchased, then off to our floating hotel room. For monohull sailors, the 47-foot Leopard Catamaran, No Expectations, was a virtual palace. For our not-yet-sailor guests, she was an adventure waiting to happen. A floating hotel, bar, and entertainment center all in one.

Arriving late and wanting to take in the local flavor, we chose to have dinner off the boat for night one. The best spot to enjoy food, drink, and the sunset in Rock Sound is Pascale’s. Everything about it was terrific. Cracked conch, conch fritters, and grouper were wonderful; and the pizza was a hit. We definitely recommend it. One piece of advice: Be sure to douse yourself in bug repellent if you’ll be there at sundown.

We happily retired to the boat for our first night onboard. As Jay left

us for the night, he mentioned he was watching a weather system and would be back in the morning to see us off with a weather update.

Based on the possibility of a small system developing, we decided to head to the northern end of the Exumas for the first night on the hook. It was a downwind run and only 40 miles away—relatively easy to get back from if we needed to.

Before leaving Eleuthera, we took a beautiful jog in Rock Sound (despite reports to the contrary, Eleuthera is a great place to run), had a quick swim, and then headed across to Highborne Cay. Cruising in the Bahamas during hurricane season is great. We didn’t see another boat from when we left Rock Sound until we got to Highborne Cay, and then there was only one in the distance.

Our own little tropical paradise was exactly as we envisioned it. Why is nobody else here? It is wonderful!

Monday morning brought us bad news. That little developing low had a name, and Irene was coming our way. We made the best of the day, snorkeled in the cove, had a swimming race patrolled by Lisa in the kayak (she’s an excellent paddler), walked on the beach, made friends with a ray (which we named Nicholas), enjoyed a lovely breakfast, and

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weighed anchor to sail to North Eleuthera, Harbor Island, and Spanish Wells, and a marina where No Expectations would be safe in any conditions.

After another great day of sailing (perfect turquoise water in all directions), eating, and cocktailing, we arrived on Harbor Island. The water and beaches there were gorgeous, and we were tempted to stay, but alas, Irene was angry, and the locals were boarding up their homes. Our first few calls were futile, and it seemed we’d be stuck in the Bahamas. But Pineapple Air came through again. Shavon (“the original” as her name tag read) offered to re-route a plane Tuesday afternoon to pick us up.

Never mind that our tickets were from Rock Sound to Nassau on Saturday. She’d get us out of North Eleuthera on Tuesday.

Now, that’s customer service!

The most wonderful thing about every vacation is the memories. Our week-long vacation may have lasted only three days, but the memories will last forever. When you’re trying to get a boat to safe harbor, get from one island to another, and then escape to the relative safety of home all to dodge a hurricane, there’s nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the ride. We stayed positive the whole way through the experience and arrived safely back in Annapolis just in time to pull our own boat out of the water and secure our homes for Irene’s arrival.

And, we’ll go back as soon as we can (maybe not during hurricane season). The Bahamas were friendly in a way we didn’t expect, and the locals were unbelievably helpful in getting us out of Irene’s path, even as they themselves hunkered down to ride out the storm.

Maureen’s Favorite Parts 1. Meeting and spending time with Nicholas (the ray).

2. The dolphins that escorted us out of Rock Sound.

3. My fish that got away that I never got to eat (editor’s note: we’re not sure there ever was a fish).

4. That giant black dive bombing butterfly-bat at dinner the first night; locals told us it was good luck.

5. Geoff’s jar of mayonnaise; apparently half a gallon is the amount of mayo required to charter for a week. We did use about two tablespoons full.

I’m sure if we’d stayed the whole week, we’d have stepped up the consumption.

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We brought our own cheese from the charter to the Sheraton in Nassau and ate it in the hotel lobby. Waste not, want not. We did not, however, take the mayo with us.

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n three weeks, with luck, we’ll be in Ireland,” I wrote when we were just under 2000 miles from Crookhaven, in St. Pierre, a French island south of Newfoundland, awaiting departure. I’d told everyone who asked that I thought we would make the crossing in three or four weeks. But I was secretly thinking it would be more like two. I was optimistic.

And I jinxed us. Arcturus, our 35-foot yawl, has made some wonderful runs offshore, our best being 160 miles on the way south to Florida a few years ago. Sailors are obsessed with calculating landfall times based on good speed, and I’m not immune. At 140 miles per day, we really could have made the crossing in 14 days.

We made ready for our departure from St. Pierre on the evening of July 31. A big steel schooner was docked next to us at the yacht club.

They were on their way to the Arctic, headed for Baffin Bay, and had been hired by a landscape photographer who was intent on documenting the coastline of the Americas. Arctic Canada was to complete his adventure, which started all the way down in Tierra del Fuego. He’d been preparing for this last stage for three years.

Once at sea, he had a bad allergic reaction to his seasick medication, and the schooner was forced to turn around. At the hospital, emergency room doctors pumped six liters of fluid from the photographer’s stomach after his kidney’s had shut down. He told me the story himself as I helped him unload his camera gear there on the dock. Once the photogFollow us!

rapher had been taken to the airport, the skipper invited us onboard for a cup of tea.

He and his crew were Aussies. The skipper owned another steel boat down in Patagonia that he chartered to Antarctica with his son. Between her and the schooner up

people for the next 23 days. So much for my optimism. In the first week at sea, Arcturus only managed to cover 360 miles, a pitiful week’s run that included three days of fewer than 40 miles each. Several times the wind died completely, the boat rolling to her gunwales, the sails slatting dreadfully. The mainsail made an awful bang! every ##Spinnaker fun during a calm spell, 1000 time it collapsed and filled miles offshore. with wind.

Once we were clear of the Grand Banks, a lowpressure system finally gave us the brisk following winds we had come this far north for. Arcturus took off, flying downwind and knocking off as many miles in three days as we had covered in the entire first week. But it was feast or famine for the entire crossing, and soon we we’re becalmed again, waiting for the next system to go by. By the time we reached Ireland, we had been becalmed with the sails furled a full 10 times.

When the wind did pick up, we were more concerned with making the boat sail fast than worrying about stormy weather. On one of the last few nights at sea, we were running fast downwind. It was past midnight but not yet dawn. The sky had cleared to reveal a sparkling half-moon.

It was blowing good, and the sea was big but friendly, in Canada, they had both poles covered whitecaps tumbling over the large swell and went back and forth following the and accompanying the wind to deliver the Arctic and Antarctic summer seasons. The night’s soundtrack. Every second or third schooner would continue north without the wave we took off on these surfing runs, and photographer.

I couldn’t bring myself to reef, for the sheer That chat was the last that Mia, Clint pleasure of that night was irresistible. (our English friend and crewmember for That night, Arcturus revealed her soul. the crossing), and I would have with other With Suneh-the-Driver at the helm—our SpinSheet October 2011 93

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The night air was cool and crisp, like a fall morning after the first frost of the year. The boat and her surroundings were bathed in the surreal glow of the moonlight, unpolluted by the lights on land, quite bright enough to read by. With each swell that rose up astern, Arcturus would heel slightly to port before Suneh squared her back round. The bow would dig in, and then with a burst of speed she would lift, riding the crest of a wave forward, floating effortlessly through the foam of the breaking waves. Then, just as quickly, she would sink back into a trough and wait for the next wave, when the cycle would continue. I don’t know how long I stood on the pole that night. If only it would have continued like that, I would not have cared if we had been out there another month.

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Southbound

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he clock is set.

Our time line is no longer five years or a few years.

We are leaving to go cruising again next year.

It’s been 10 years, two kids, and a bigger boat since the last time we were out cruising. Every time I think about everything that needs to get done in the next year before we leave, I tend to go catatonic and blank out. I decided to strike out around the marina and ask other cruisers how they handle the pre-casting off madness. The universal answer is seemingly simple: lists.

“Back then we were using Pocketmail and eating Ramen noodles and cast off blissfully naïve and earnestly enthusiastic. Now, we are cursed with knowing. Knowing what can go wrong…”

##The Pinches travel from Annapolis to the Exumas in the Bahamas and up to New England on their Island Packet 38 It’s About Time.

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There are the cruisers who keep every detail in an Excel spreadsheet. The thought of that makes me dizzy. I am just not a computer spreadsheet kind of gal. There are cruisers who go by the book. There is always some book with check lists that remind me of the kind you got for overnight camp as a kid. No, we’re a little too off the beaten path to cut and paste our needs into a book list. Then I found Sally. Sally

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Pinches and her husband Conrad have been cruising for five years now.

She told me she is also an avid list maker, but the difference is she makes her lists by hand on paper in journals. Yes, that’s something I can wrap my head around.

The Pinches make their way seasonally between the Exumas in the Bahamas in the winter to New England in the summer, spending the fall season here on the Chesapeake Bay working the boat show or at a local marina to fund the cruising kitty. She said each season gets easier when it comes to stocking up their 38-foot Island Packet It’s About Time. “The hubby handles the mechanical lists, spares, and parts. I take care of provisioning. Each year on the way back, I make note of things we needed most or could have done without while it’s fresh in my mind,” says Sally.

The Pinches also make a list of things they want to buy at the Annapolis Sailboat Show each season.

“There’s always a deal to be had there. So, certain things we buy at the show to save a little money,” Sally says. Then she makes lists of the provisions they’ll need to make their way from the Bay to south Florida. From there, she creates a master provisioning list for getting the couple from Florida through a season in the Bahamas and back again.

Sally tells me it’s much easier now to prepare and provision before casting off and heading south than it was that first time out five years ago. Old lists guide her each season, and it becomes more of a routine.

But here’s the problem: I don’t have any lists from the first time we went cruising 10 years ago.

Back then we were using Pocketmail (remember that crazy old gadget?) and eating Ramen noodles and cast off blissfully naïve and earnestly enthusiastic. Now, we are cursed with knowing.

Knowing what can go wrong. Knowing what will break. Knowing that even if I was stranded on a desert island, I won’t eat Ramen noodles or canned asparagus. spinsheet.com

We are also cursed with not knowing.

Not knowing if my daughter will acquiesce to wearing her big brother’s hand me down T-shirts when we’re out at sea. Not knowing what size shoes my boy will need year after year with no shopping mall in site to drop in and pick up a new pair. Not knowing what art supplies, school supplies, reading materials, or toys will be critical and which we can do without. Not knowing which vaccinations we may need for which destinations. Not knowing how long we will manage to stay out. Not knowing if we will ever come back to the Chesapeake Bay. So this month, I am going to buy myself a shiny new notebook and a fancy new pen and start making my lists. Lists of what I have. Lists of what I don’t need. Lists of food, lists of books, lists of medical supplies, lists of spare parts. And of course, I will make a “To Do” list. That scary, never-ending, mind-boggling “To Do” list that never seems to fall past item number 257. Set up mail forwarding. Install LED navigation lights. Sweet talk the pediatrician into giving us free samples for our med kit. Download hundreds of books onto the Kindle. Sort the kids’ clothes by size and pack them into vacuum bags.

Get rid of winter clothes. Get rid of ##Even if you don’t complete work clothes. Figure out how we will all of your tasks, there handle the diaper dilemma until the comes a time when you baby is potty trained. Make a better point your bow toward the horizon and go. dinghy hoisting system. Clean out that aft cockpit locker. Stock up on wine and chocolate. Yes, that might have to be bumped to the top of all lists to get me through the rest of them.

This fall I’m ##Is all the listmaking, planning, staying in port, and provisioning watching the cruisworth it? Just ask ers head south with cruising sailor Conrad Pinches the flocks of fall after he’s made geese. But I will his catch du jour have my pen, and I in the Bahamas.

Photo by Sally will have my notePinches book. I will have my lists. And next fall, regardless of whether all of the items are checked off, I am going to take that notebook, About the Author: Cindy Wallach has lived Production by: Beth light it on fire, and cast off the dock lines. aboard for 12 years, currently on a St. Francis 44 catamaran on Back Creek with her husband, Because the most important thing on any six-year-old son, and newborn daughter. Click cruising check list is to simply point your to Cindy’s blog at zachaboard.blogspot.com. bow toward the horizon and go.

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e recently met a couple in Annapolis who are thinking about entering the Caribbean 1500 Rally this fall. My husband David cautioned, “You’d better be careful because you just might find yourselves in Europe!”

This is in fact what happened to us. We entered the rally in 2006 and had such a positive experience that we went on to enter the ARC Europe Rally in 2007.

I must confess that although we occasionally sail in the company of another yacht, we most enjoy being on our own when coastal cruising. But as bluewater novices five years ago, we faced the same dilemma that others do when preparing to make the leap from coastal cruising to offshore sailing: “Should we join a rally or go it alone?”

Gaining Offshore Experience

Before setting off on our extended voyage, we had never spent more than two nights at sea. On a shake-down cruise to the Bahamas while refitting our 1985 Tayana 37, Gyatso, we sailed offshore by ourselves from the Abacos to Beaufort, NC. It was an exhilarating four days, but one which made both of us nervous. Despite these jitters, the passage convinced us that we were ready for more. We decided to give rallies a try and finished refitting our boat to its full bluewater cruising potential. The rally format was a great way for us to gain offshore sailing experience: we were able to learn from ocean sailing veterans and to share notes and strategies with other rally participants.

Decision-Making

I’ve heard several cruising friends say they would never enter a rally because they don’t want someone else making decisions. Joining a rally doesn’t mean that you give up control of important safety decisions such as when to depart. The rally organizers schedule the start of the rally for a date and time which are subject to change, depending on their best judgment about the safety of the fleet.

The skipper remains the skipper, and if you’re not comfortable with the organizer’s decision, you can postpone your departure. In 2006, Caribbean 1500 organizers delayed the start for several days to let a low pressure system pass, even though it caused logistical problems on the other end. In 2007, the ARC Europe Rally starts from Antigua, Bermuda, and the Azores spinsheet.com

took place as scheduled, but at least one or more boats postponed their departure for a variety of reasons, including concerns about the weather conditions or just wanting to do more sightseeing during a stop-over.

Schedule

One benefit of joining a rally is to give you a deadline for completing necessary refit and repair projects. We used the Caribbean 1500 rally start in this way.

We were still mounting our windvane late into the night before departing from Annapolis, and even though it was a scramble to make the start in Hampton, VA, having a deadline forced us to put away the tools and go sailing.

As a short-handed crew of a relatively small boat, we found the rally schedules to be very ambitious. We never seemed to have enough time during stop-overs in the ARC Europe Rally, but the schedule kept us focused on completing the ocean passage.

Crossing the Atlantic was an adventure of a lifetime for us—one we probably would not have had if it weren’t for the rally.

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Joining a rally has obvious benefits from the standpoint of safety and logistics. For us, the SSB radio nets and weather forecasts were especially helpful, as were the handling of logistics, such as clearance formalities and berthing in arrival ports. While preparing for the rally, the safety checklist helped guide our decisions about refit and repair projects. Passing the safety inspection also gave us added confidence before setting out to sea. More importantly, we did not experience any equipment failures in either rally, which we attribute, in part, to the safety requirements.

Camaraderie

Meeting new friends goes with the territory of cruising, but there is something special about the shared experience of participating in a rally. I have fond memories of sharing a Thanksgiving meal with rally friends at Cooper Island in the BVIs after the Caribbean 1500 and will never forget the midAtlantic rendezvous with two boats in the ARC Europe rally.

In our cruising experience, rallies stand out for the sheer number of opportunities for meeting new sailing friends. spinsheet.com

Cost Considerations

Rally fees might discourage some budget-minded cruisers, but when considering all the benefits, we found rallies to be a good value. We also found hidden values such as marina discounts extended to rally participants.

Cruising rallies aren’t for everyone, but they do have their benefits. If you’re on the fence about whether to rally or sail solo, consider giving rallies a try. You might be surprised by how much you like it.

About the Author: After a fiveyear-long cruise to the Caribbean, across the Atlantic, into the Mediterranean, and most recently, around the Black Sea with her husband on their Tayana 37 cutter Gyatso, Annapolis sailor Lisa Borre is settling back into life on shore while planning new adventures.

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his year, courtesy of relentlessly heavy rains earlier in the week, September 11 brought a swollen, brown wall of water topped with trees, logs, trash, lumber, car wheels, and other debris from the north to our fragile Bay. Cruising just south of Poplar Island that afternoon, we saw first hand the flood tide from the water release through the Conowingo Dam on the Lower Susquehanna River. By September 10, 50 of 53 crest gates had been opened, and many parts of Maryland were flooded. Scientists say the flood waters are also bringing sediment, spilled sewage, fertilizer, and other pollutants into the Bay, threatening Bay grasses and species, such as oysters that are key to keeping its waters clean.

It took just over a day for the brown wall of “water” to infiltrate the Bay’s greener pastures. We crossed the tide line at about 2 p.m. about four nautical miles northwest of Knapps Narrows. Luckily, we easily dodged the bigger pieces of the debris in that damn

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Let’s switch gears now, shall we? On a much happier note…

You must read October’s Club Notes to believe them. As you may have suspected, several are intriguing stories of how our natural surroundings have found very creative ways to misbehave this season.

Others exude happiness about just being on the Bay; SpinSheet especially loves those. You’ll also enjoy hearing about fun destinations, excellent meals, trivia contests, club plans for Halloween high jinx, and other unexpected ways sailors in clubs entertain themselves. Be part of the fun. By October 10, send ruth@spinsheet. com your Cruising Club Notes, high-res photos, Club Directory updates, and taco cups with homemade guacamole (family.go.com).

What a Way To Celebrate a Happy Birthday!

n July 22, several members of the Universal Sailing Club (USC) (left) took a Moorings Charter in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, to sail in some of the best sailing waters in the world and celebrate our 10-year anniversary. We sailed to Norman Island; Jost Van Dyke, the home of the world-renowned Foxy’s; Cane Garden Bay; Marina and Diamond cays; and North Sound or Gorda Sound. To cap off some rough upwind sailing and several squalls, we enjoyed a beautiful taxi ride to the Baths, a natural wonder with caves and great snorkeling, and a great lunch at

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the Top of the Baths Restaurant. We left Leverick Bay amidst a few serious squalls heading south to Peter Island. In Great Harbor, we had a huge group dinner on the 46-foot catamaran; it was a great evening of good food and fellowship. On July 29, we traveled across the Sir Francis Drake Channel to return our yachts. A great time was had by all, some of whom had not had the experience of sailing in such pristine waters with great winds. We are planning another club cruise somewhere else in the world with great sailing and sights (universalsailingclub.org). —by Baxter Smith ##NPSA’s Jubilee races her RCRA buddies.

he Rock Creek RA (RCRA) (right) wants to thank North Point SA (NPSA) for sailing with us in August. RCRA and Tropical Storm Irene finished up the NPSA series with North Point, and we enjoyed our time on the water with them.

I am sure that we all agree with Kenneth Grahame: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” We look forward to racing with NPSA again next season (rockcreekracing.org).

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tingray Harbour Yacht Club (SHYC) members (right) took to land for the Shrimp and Crab Feast August 13 under the tent at Stingray Point Marina in Deltaville, VA. We had a great time despite the weather; yes, we were rained on yet again. The rain didn’t last long, and it turned out to be a beautiful summer evening. We enjoyed shrimp and crab along with the usual appetizers and desserts from member chefs. The Phun Doctors kept us dancing all night long (stingrayhyc.com).

—by Sherry Davis

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We will rendezvous to find out who got a bargain and who got a “mitzvah.” Our members know that 25 percent off is a bargain, but 50 percent off is a mitzvah.

In late September, we enjoyed a cookout on the garden patio of Captain Mel’s waterside condo.

While this season has been one filled with weather extremes, we see the bagel (optimists) and not the hole (pessimists), because the weather will give us innumerable opportunities to swap stories about the water and heat. We are preparing a line-up of speakers for our offseason Luncheon series. We continue to enhance our members’time afloat with raft-ups and cookouts in bustling towns and quiet anchorages. We are boaters from New Hampshire to Florida and all points between, who enjoy all that the Chesapeake Bay has to offer. We share friendships as well as creative ideas, such as sprinkling bread crumbs in the water so the fish will be able to follow us home for dinner. Come join us for the rest of the fall sailing season or for our luncheon-lectures (jewishnavy@jewishnavy.org). —by Adiva Sotzsky

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ore than 20 Sabre owners and more than 60 members and guests of the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association (CBSA) (right) said farewell to the summer season with a recordsized attendance during its annual Floribbean Crab Feast September 3. This was the sixth year that hosts Michael and Julie Turner have held the crab feast at their Wye River home. Both Sabre sailboats and Sabreliner powerboats were represented. After members take part in the Hospice Cup Regatta September 24, we’ll all look forward to our Halloween Party October 29 hosted by Howard and Pat Brooks.

Sabre sailors and Sabreliners are always welcome (cbsa-sabre.com).

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n the left, the Jeanneau Sailboat Owners Group (JSO) celebrated Labor Day at Solomons with crews from Bella Corsa, Blessed, Hakuna Matata, Last Dance, Last Wish, Marilyn Ann, Scotch Mist, and Silvergirl.

We started out at the iconic Vera’s Beach Club Restaurant & Marina on

Saint Leonard Creek. The next day, we sailed down the Patuxent River to watch the air show. The Blue Angels were a spectacular sight that made everyone proud to be an American.

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errington Harbour SA (HHSA) members are happy that October is here. Autumn breezes, spectacular colors, and of course, the Boat Show are all welcome signs. We’ll enjoy cruises celebrating OctoberFest and Halloween and several days of racing for the more speed-oriented sailors. In the middle of the month, the racers will try to remember how to set an anchor for the Cruise Race—often to the amusement of the cruising-types. Regardless of the type of sailing you prefer, HHSA is the place for you! There’s always wind in Herring Bay! Check out hhsa.org for more information. —by Joe Laun

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uestion: Who was President when Labor Day became a national holiday? Answer: Grover Cleveland. That is one of the 10 questions in the Hunter SA (HSA) Labor Day history trivia contest during the Labor Day weekend raft-up near where High Island used to be on the Rhode River.

HSA has been having Labor Day raft-ups since 1979, and this year was among the best.

What’s not to like? We enjoyed a little fun testing our knowledge and guessing ability in a history quiz, such good food at happy hour that only one of the nine boats cooked dinner afterward, and spectacular fireworks rivaling even the displays in Boston and Washington on Independence Day. Everyone enjoyed the fireworks, but Satchmo, Natural Magic’s chocolate Labrador retriever (left). Three weeks later, HSA capped off September with a crab feast on Saltworks Creek off the Severn River. Some boats used the private docks or anchored out, and some club members drove there (hsa1.org). —by Carl Reitz

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he Back Creek YC’s crustacean epicurean Lobster Feast steamed into Wally and Molly Stone’s house on Crab Creek August 20-21 with prime rib from Adams Rib, corn on-the-cob, and all the trimmings (below). On Labor Day, we cruised to Campbell’s Marina in Oxford, MD, for dinners at Latitude 38 and the marina. Colin Soucy hosted our Oktoberfeast raft-up on Clements Creek off the Severn September 24. Everyone sampled varieties of German beer along with brats, potato salad, and dessert and a hearty breakfast of sausage, bagels, cream cheese, and Bloody Mary’s the next morning. Next up are our Crab Feast at Knapps Narrows Marina October 1, land/water fun on Weems Creek October 22, a Halloween Happy Hour October 28, and our Membership Meeting and Party November 6 (gobcyc.com). —by Otto Hetzel

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he Rockville Sail and Power Squadron (RSPS) resumed its social meetings by hosting a picnic at the Black Hill Regional Park in Montgomery County September 10. Craig and Lori Floyd (above) and Steve Permison were instrumental in organizing an enjoyable social affair complete with nautical games and a flea market. Past commander Ted Weiner drove from Worcester, MA, to officiate during our annual auction to benefit the squadron. This year, nearly 50 members were present (usps.org/localusps/rockville). —by Chuck Wells

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uring our lives, we have met or heard about some of these dedicated Dickerson sailors and their experiences.

So I think about the lady I visited last month in her cozy waterfront residence at Chalk Point, MD, on the West River. Lynn Stearns— a long-time Dickerson sailor— showed me pictures of the 35-foot Dickerson ketch (right) that Tom Lucke’s Dickerson Boat Building facility in Trappe, MD, built for her and her husband Charles

##A 35-foot Dickerson ketch comes to life for Lynn and Charles Stearns.

in 1969. Lynn told me. “We were so in love with that boat; we went over every weekend to watch the construction.” Lynn has loaned the Dickerson Owners Association photos of their 35 being built, which you can view on dickersonowners.org under “Building Our 35Foot Dickerson in 1969.” After her husband died, Lynn sold their boat Linn Fail to a couple who named her Phoenix. If you have any leads where the 35-footer is today, please let us know. —by Joe Slavin

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’ve struggled through the August heat wave, Irene, an earthquake, and now the incessant rains on the fringes of Tropical Storm Lee. Singles on Sailboats (SOS) is counting on some relief from Mother Nature in which to enjoy a very busy October cruising schedule. It starts the first weekend with our Chili Cook-Off Cruise to Whitehall Creek. The following weekend features the Columbus Day Cruise to the Rhode River, with a choice

of a two- or three-day cruise. Daysails will be offered October 8, 9, and 12, followed by the Goose Cruise to the Corsica River October 15-16. Happy hours are scheduled throughout the area, including Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and numerous sites in surrounding suburbs.

The public is welcome. We invite you to join us, swap stories, learn about the club, and generally share our love of the Bay (singlesonsailboats.org, meetup.com). —by Alex Doyle

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arol Mondshour has graciously agreed to continue on as commodore of the Chesapeake SA. She takes care of her flock so well that she could not be replaced. Members enjoyed a fun weekend in August when three boats gathered at Fairlee Creek; a good time was had by all. We waited out the rain Sunday morning, and all got back home just in the nick of time with big gusts, lightning, and thunder giving us incentive as we flew across the Bay. We totally enjoyed our Black Eyed Susan Dinner Cruise September 25 and now look forward to a crab feast October 1 and sailing as many days as are possible. The next happy hour will be at the Seasoned Mariner in Baltimore October 20 (meetup.com /csa-com). —by Kathleen Hazlehurst Knust

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October 8 will bring members—both locals and out-of-towners here for the U.S. Sailboat Show— to Bill Bateman’s Bistro in Severna Park, MD, for dinner and a not-to-be-missed guest speaker: George Benesek of Bohemian Boat Works, who will discuss best practices in maintaining Tartan 34 Classics (tartan34classic.org). While visiting our website, see our new array of photos, news, forums, and resources to enhance your sailing fun, even in the fast-approaching off-season. —by Grace Holt ##“Could anyone defeat the mighty Lady Meadow?” wondered Mike Titgemeyer of Crusader Yachts and CBTSC’s Regatta Race Committee guru on Rum Bob with Bob and Peggy McFarland. Lady Meadow won both races overall. At the Awards Banquet that evening, we thought we heard Susan tell skipper Chuck Gladding that they have retired CBTSC’s Tartan 34 Classic Magic Cup with this win.

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n addition to a continuing schedule of Friday happy hours, commodore’s dinners, meetings, and happy hours, October brings cruisers from the Southern Maryland SA (SMSA) to the U.S. Sailboat Show. There’s also the Chili Cook-Off and Oyster Scald and Halloween Cruise to Cambridge, MD. SMSA racers are gearing up for the Women’s Fall Series, Hooper-Point-No-Point Race, and Fall Invitational (smsa.com). —by Sandy Leitner

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However, I say, “Don’t get sad or mad, get even; plan more sailing next year!” Chartering three BaySail boats in Havre de Grace, MD, members of the Philadelphia Sailing Club enjoyed three great, decent, and “bob bobbing along” days of sailing (right).

Welcome to the Chesapeake, one of the best places to sail in the United States, if not beyond! After having fun working on our navigation skills and sharing knot tying tricks, we rafted up, swam, boat-hopped, and enjoyed the serenity of an evening up a Bay creek.

We charter boats in the Chesapeake and beyond. If you live within several hours of the Chesapeake and want to sail more or find out what sailing is like, you should give us a serious look. Hope to see you on the Bay soon (philadelphiasailingclub.org). —by Jane Harrington

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espite the 5.8 earthquake and Hurricane Irene the previous week, seven Chesapeake Bristol Club (CBC) boats cruised to Swan Creek and Georgetown, MD, for great meals and camaraderie (below) September 3-10. Wednesday’s tides, winds, and motors pushed Our Time and Broad Arrow into Baltimore in less than six hours, clocking speeds up to 10 knots.

Ten CBCers joined us for Friday’s dinner at the Black Olive in Fells Point. With blue skies and favorable winds and tides, we expected a pleasant sail home September 10.

This was not to be. When the flood gates opened at the dam on the Susquehanna River, years of debris floated down the Bay. As far as the eye could see in any direction, piles of debris impeded navigation and made the trip home arduous. By 3 p.m. we arrived safely at our dock.

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many fond memories of our Bay adventure. October 13-14 will bring us back to Swan Creek, and November 5 brings our Fall Luncheon at the Inn at Pirates Cove in Galesville, MD (cbcclub.info). —by Bob Clopp

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Our appreciation goes to Mike Titgemeyer of Crusader Yachts and “Rum Bob” McFarland, commodore of CBTSC, for volunteering as race committee. Since we had more trophies than boats, everyone was a winner, but Lady Meadow, a Tartan 34C sailed by Chuck and Sue Gladding, took first in both races (right). Following the competition, we returned to the Maryland YC for cocktails, dinner, and awards. Our last sailing event for 2011 will be the popular Goose Cruise to Grays Inn Creek off the Chester River October 1. We’ll enjoy the pastoral setting and the migrating fowl, as well as each other’s company. Bring an appetizer and your favorite

##Lady Meadow, Patience II, and Shadowfax ghost along during CBTSC’s Labor Day Regatta on the Patapsco River.

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hesapeake Alberg 30 One-Design Association will begin October with the Fall Rendezvous in Whitehall Creek. It will be the send-off for the annual Wild Goose Chase hosted by Jim and Barb Palmer on Waconah. The cruise will include visits to St. Michaels, Poplar Island, La Trappe Creek, and additional anchorages on the Choptank. Activities will include soup night, a pumpkin carving contest,

and multiple cocktail parties. Racers will participate in Shearwater SC’s Good Old Boat Regatta and the Bruce Rankin Memorial Regatta. The last weekend, we will host the Canadian Friendship Weekend where Canadians come down and race against their American friends in Alberg 30s. The Americans entertain their Canadian friends with a cocktail party, catered dinner, and crab feast (riverside364@verizon.net). —by Barbara Palmer

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other Nature reared her ugly head in August and challenged Bay events for all. The Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay (CB2) (right) Perseid and Full Moon Raft-Up was redirected to the Annapolis home of vice commodore Al Nahmais and his wife Susan. An advance team sailed to St. Michaels Friday morning to test the water depths in Leeds Creek. Once the scouting party lined up the clam buoy with the channel markers, it was smooth sailing into the creek, which widened into a beautiful anchorage. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate; heavy thunderstorms were predicted for Saturday night and Sunday morning, so 12 of us met at Al and Susan’s for appetizers and socializing. The Dog Days of Summer Raft-Up hosted by Rear Commodore Joe Zebleckes/his wife Janet and Bill and Janis Seeger had to be postponed due to Tropical Storm Irene. It was designed to attract club members in the Northern Bay… complete with all kinds of dogs… the furry ones and those in a bun (cb2.org). —by Jeanne van Hekken

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nce again the mighty little Sailing Chavurah (below) celebrated an eventful, camaraderie-filled Labor Day on the Bay. Never mind an ominous weather forecast, 11 boats spent a delightful Saturday evening rafted up in Inn at Pi-

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##CB2ers relax in Urbanna, VA.

rates Cove, noshing on heavy appetizers while enjoying a fabulous fireworks display and anticipating a friendly competition Sunday racing across the Bay and back. By Sunday evening, everyone was ready for a hearty holiday dinner at the restaurant. How does this large group get from the raft to the restaurant, you ask? Answer is: on the beautiful 49-foot sailing vessel, Capriccio, graciously turned ferryboat and skillfully guided into port by Captain Gene Novak with his wife Naomi, son Hunter, and grand-daughter, Bailey.

Pictured below are all those hungry sailors just off the ferry and eager for dinner. As several more Chavurah couples joined the group by car, the number of diners rose to more than 30 adults and seven youth. Choose to join us the next time we set sail; hope to see you at one of our events (sailingchavurah.com). —

by Steve and Kay Permison

Well, Where Haven’t They Gone This Summer?

ix boats from Catalina Fleet 3 rafted up September 10-11 November 5, there’s winterizing (Oh! No!). Stop by the Catalina for the annual Shaw-A-Palooza concert by the Eastport Oys- Owner’s booth at the Annapolis Sailboat Show and say, “Hello.” ter Boys (below). The weather was beautiful, with sunshine, We will be there on Saturday and look forward to meeting owners blue skies, and a light breeze. We enjoyed the music, beverages, and swapping sailing stories (c36fleet3.com). —by Bill and Sally Jack and company of our friends while the Eastport Oyster Boys entertained us for more than two hours with ##Shaw-A-Palooza, Catalina Fleet 3 style. their music, jokes, and stories. Other summer raft-ups included our Day of Absurdity in Rock Hall, MD; a Fourth of July raft-up in Oxford; a raft-up in the Magothy; a Baltimore Inner Harbor rendezvous; and an Oktoberfest 2011 raft-up in the Rhode River. Leading up to the Annapolis Sailboat Show, our planned week-long Liar’s Cruise will potentially cruise the Choptank and Little Choptank rivers so we can enjoy the company of fellow cruisers. After our fall meeting 114 October 2011 SpinSheet

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ay that three times quickly. Happy Puppy with Joe and Laura Woods won the Windjammers of the Chesapeake’s Richard Randall Memorial Race September 10. Post-race, we held the Commodore’s Cocktail Party and Potluck Dinner at the Potapskut SA (PSA) on Blackhole Creek (left). We had a lovely evening on the water. A grand thank you to PSA for letting us enjoy ourselves at your club.

We welcome new members.

The only thing we are looking forward to in the cold weather is our lecture series at the Severn School (windjammerschesapeake.org). —by Kathleen Hazlehurst Knust ##Windjammers Steve and Kathie Hendry.

##For Labor Day weekend, CCSC’s Jan and Hank Zerhusen offered up Octavia as the party platform.

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he Chesapeake Corinthian Sailing Club (CCSC) (above) celebrated Labor Day weekend on the Northern Bay with three beautiful anchorages, four days of sailing, five boats, and 11 sailors. It was a wonderful unofficial close to summer for Hank and Jan Zerhusen on Octavia; John and Kay Baker on Courtney Too; Ed and Robbie Sabin on Aldebaran; Erika,

Ilyse, and Jesse Delanoy on Haile Virginia; and Tom and Adrian Flynn on In Like Flynn II. We enjoyed calm anchorages in Eagle’s Nest on the Magothy, the West River, and Shaw Bay on the Wye River.

Cocktail hours, dinner on land, beautiful days, and good visits with good friends made for a perfect Chesapeake Bay trip (ccscsail.org). —by Adrian Flynn

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oat owners can be faced with a shop on price alone. The pros know the Delivering boats can be a tough way dilemma when their boat is at labor market, and their rates reflect that. to earn a living, and we need to realize Point A but they want it at Point B Those willing to do this kind of work for that in order for there to be a decent labor the lowest price should be avoided. An market, owners must be willing to pay for and are unable, unqualified, or unwilling to move it from A to B. The boat could be owner who tries to save $50 or so per such services. Hire a professional and not trucked or perhaps put on a ship. Maybe a day over a five-day trip is practicing poor the person doing it for the lowest price or friend could do it. This article a friend who wants a leisure is concerned with how to hire cruise.

It’s probably not a good a delivery captain and crew.

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to know who you are and your experience, and whether you’ve made this trip before, are licensed by the Coast Guard, and are enrolled in a drug-testing program. What about references? And then, they talk about their boat’s condition and gear.

Unfortunately, my experience informs me that some prospective clients do first ask for my rates. I question how they can afford a boat if they’re wondering how to afford having it delivered. This has proven to be a red flag. I do not discuss rates until I know who they are and more about the boat. The best client-professional relationships have always developed from those clients who first asked the questions specified above. Furthermore, when boat owners are trying to cut a few dollars here and there, you can bet they’re counting pennies on maintaining the boat, another source of future difficulty if you do the delivery.

The professional skipper is not going on a joy-ride or pleasure cruise. Sure, there might be some pleasurable aspects, but the delivery skipper’s job is to move to Point B and keep it moving, as fast as is possible without compromising safety.

While the owner might make the trip from A to B by waking up late, enjoying coffee, and then leisurely sailing until early afternoon, it’s a very different situation for the delivery crew.

On most deliveries, I am usually underway around sunrise and cruise toward the destination until sundown. All this depends on route, time of year, type of vessel, and weather. Often we’ll push through the night, thus truly working a 24-hour day. But on every delivery, we are away from home, and on the boat, so it’s really always a 24-hour day. Sometimes, we have to be at Point B by a specific date, and we have to average a certain distance each day. That’s work. And it takes us time to clear our calendar, pack our gear, and get to the boat.

As on any cruise, bad weather or breakdowns can cause delay. Delivery pros will often do some repairs while underway, either due to necessity or to save time, but should not be expected to replace professional mechanics. At Point B, they should clean up your boat to a ready-to-sail condition and usually will leave promptly.

In summation, do some research to find a real professional. You can find independent pros and delivery services online or by asking brokers and other marine Follow us!

professionals or boat owners. Try to meet with the captain in advance and establish whether he is a sober, experienced professional and performs in a business-like fashion. The process of actually contracting and preparing for a delivery is somewhat more complicated, but hopefully the above will get you started in the right direction of hiring a real professional.

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his summer, U.S. Sailing put together a team of two recent college graduates to travel up and down the East Coast and generate some buzz about sailing. Armed with nothing but their sailing savvy, a camera, and some U.S. Sailing brochures, Brooke Thomson and Will Ricketson journeyed like missionaries to lands (and yacht clubs) both near and far. Although the pair was based out of Newport, RI, they spent the majority of their days on the road and outside of the U.S. Sailing offices.

I had the opportunity to chat with Brooke Thomson on our way down to St. Mary’s College of Maryland, one of the last stops on the Road Show Summer Calendar.

The Task: Spread the word about U.S. Sailing and promote yacht club events The Contenders: Representing U.S. Sailing, experienced sailors Brooke Thomson and Will Ricketson (insert loud applause here) The Journey: Based out of Newport, RI, the contenders will travel to yacht clubs and events from Maine to Hampton, VA The Time Limit: Summer 2011 The Mode of Transport: A large, extremely conspicuous custom-designed U.S. Sailing Nissan Truck

SpinSheet: How exactly does the Road Show work?

Thomson: The Road Show is a community and marketing program designed to reach out to the public in a variety of ways, including regattas, yacht clubs, community sailing centers, etc. Half of what we do is to represent U.S. Sailing at various venues and events, and the other half is to write articles and publish videos and pictures to a blog that is linked to the U.S. Sailing home page. Each blog post served to share with sailors (and interested non-sailors) interesting tidbits and writes-ups about our travels and experiences at the events and clubs that we had visited throughout the summer. This way, the program hopefully worked to make U.S. Sailing more tangible to sailors and also offered some publicity to the places we visited.

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What was your favorite or funniest moment on the Road Show?

A favorite moment of the Road Show is hard to pin down. From being featured in a Vineyard Vines photo shoot to experiencing what it’s like to crew with current Paralympic campaigner, Scott Whitman, in a Skud 18, each event was different and rewarding in its own way and really opened my eyes to the variety of sailing programs that exist. Overall, the Road Show was the most rewarding when we were able to make a difference and help an event or program in some way. Even by reporting on an event or program on our blog, we felt like we were able to help generate some publicity and interest in the event and in sailing in general. spinsheet.com

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Brought To You By Although you and Will are past college sailors (St. Mary’s College and George Washington University) and therefore, have the experience of trekking the distance of I-95, how many miles did ya’ll clock at the end of the summer?

At the end of the summer, we had driven 8000 miles up and down the coast. We would typically spend a couple of days on the road and then a couple of days back in the U.S. Sailing offices in Portsmouth, RI, collecting our stories and posting on our blog. Although it was a hectic schedule, it was great to be based in Newport, because it always gave us a place to come back to and rest before the next leg of the Road Show.

What types of events did you travel to/report on?

We had a great variety in our events. We spent pretty equal amounts of time sailing with adults in regattas such as the Buzzards Bay Regatta or several PHRF events, junior programs/ regattas, and yacht club visits. We even visited some day or overnight camps that included sailing as an activity, and in Annapolis we set up O’Pen Bics at the end of City Dock for the public to demo.

What was it like traveling in that truck? My guess is that you never lost it in the parking lot…

Traveling in the U.S. Sailing truck was more like a mobile office than anything else. Typically, we would spend entire days on the water and then try to get whatever blogging done on the road. We got used to getting interesting faces and remarks about the truck especially when we were getting near a sailing center. Thanks to its U.S. Sailing stickers, we never lost it.

You got to sail in a couple of events. What was that like as a sailor trying to concentrate on the regatta, but also as a U.S. Sailing representative trying to focus on your job?

Sailing in events was my favorite part. Probably the most intense example was the Buzzards Bay Regatta where I was sailing long days in a V15, fleet racing. Although on the media side, I could see now how it could have been a bit awkward at times for my skipper, as they were inherently part of the media aspect of the Road Show, whether they were expecting that or not. However, it usually really worked out well, and it’s always fun to meet new sailors and sail in different boats.

How was your visit to the Chesapeake?

Our visits to the Chesapeake region were some of my favorites. We did one trip to DC Sail and Hampton YC, then another round to the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore and Annapolis. These trips were our furthest south and longest drives, but it was definitely worth the trip. A lot of the Road Show took place in the Northeast, so some diversity of the mid-Atlantic was great change of scenery that way. And for Will and I having both gone to college in the area, being back on the Chesapeake always feels a bit like a well-needed homecoming.

About the Author: Franny Kupersmith recently graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland where she was a four year member of the Varsity Sailing Team and 2011 All-American.

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Chesapeake Racing Beat Annapolis Race Week 2011 Solid Breeze, Keen Competition

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hree days of wind on Labor Day Weekend, two years in a row. This in itself stands out as exceptional for veteran Chesapeake Bay sailors, and this is the luck that has befallen the Chesapeake Bay YRA (CBYRA) during its signature annual regatta, Annapolis Race Week (ARW). The 2011 event, contested off Annapolis September 3-5, was memorable for good sailing conditions as well as well-run races and lively parties at race central, the Susan C. Campbell Park at City Dock. Following a three-day, eightrace regatta, at the final awards party when the skies opened up for downpours heavy enough to make

even the heartiest sailor say, “Wow,” there remained a festive, summer vibe in the gear-clad crowd.

Marty Roesch, owner of the J/111 Velocity that topped the six-boat PHRF A1 division, with Ken Comerford at the helm, had an excellent experience at ARW. His crew traded places at the top of the fleet with Bob Moran’s J/111 Ragin’ over the course of the weekend and proved victorious by a seven-point margin in the end; although both boats posted four bullets each.

Roesch, who is in his first full season of racing, comments on what how his crew contributed to their success: “We really got into a good

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rhythm on the boat and applied lessons that we’ve learned over the season successfully to get the most performance from her. The J/111 is a new design. We’re still finding the sweet spots where she performs best. I think we reached a new level at ARW!” A sponsor of the event, North Point Yacht Sales, docked the J/111 Ragin’ at City Dock to showcase the high-tech boat to the public. Moran tells ARW Daily News reporter Bill Wagner, “I can’t tell you how many people stopped by to ask about the boat or to ask about racing.”

Craig and Dotty Saunders, who captured first place in the 21-boat PHRF A2 fleet on Monkey Dust, also worked hard for their victory, with the second-place scoring team, John Eyring’s Hero Squad, having won three races and taken second in three.

On the topic of “miraculous recoveries,” Craig says, “Going into the last race with a 12-point lead, we were being so overly cautious at the start that we wound up crossing the line 30 seconds late and in last place. With 21 boats entered, we could have easily lost our lead and the regatta. Fortunately, it was a six-leg course and with the crew staying calm, we were able to claw our way up to sixth place for that last race and maintain our lead po-

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CBYRA Annapolis Race Week 2011 Results Farr 40 (4 boats)

sition.” Saunders chalks the overall win up to consistent crew and crew work, as well as having Annapolis pro Mike Hobson onboard calling tactics.

Clawing the way to the top was an idea echoed by Scott Gitchell, who with brother Carl at the helm of their J/105 Tenacious, proved once again that their crew attitude matches their boat name and won top honors in the 15-boat fleet.

Gitchell explains, “I called a horrible start on the last race and crossed the line in last place, having to sail below part of the fleet on port tack, at the committee boat. We rounded the first mark in 12th place and ended up in fourth. We just kept concentrating on picking off a couple of boats each leg and keeping our lanes as clear as possible.”

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Nightshift

Kevin S. McNeil

2-1-1 -1-4-1-2-1: 13

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Endorphin

Erik Wulff

1-2-4-4-3-2-1-4: 21

3

Tsunami

Ostberg/Olds/Dailey

3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3: 22

J/35 (9 boats) 1

Maggie

Peter Scheidt

2-1-2-1-4-1-1-1: 13

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Medicine Man

Charles Kohlerman

3-2-1-3-2-6-3-10/DNS: 30

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Bzing

Ken Karsten

7 -4 -3 -4 -5 -5 -2 -2 : 32

PHRF A0 (2 boats) 1

Anema & Core

Ennio Staffini

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 : 8

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Stray Dog

Charles Engh

2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3/DNC -3/ DNC -3/DNC: 19

PHRF A1 (6 boats) 1

Velocity

Martin Roesch

2 -1 -2 -1-1-1-2-2: 12

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Ragin’

Bob Moran

1-7/RAF-1-2-4-2-1-1: 19

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Mummbles

Brad Kauffman

3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3: 23

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Monkey Dust

Craig & Dotty Saunders

1-3-1-3-6-5-1-6: 26

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Hero Squad

John Eyring

11-1-2-2-1-15-2-1: 35

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Gallant

James Chesson

14-2-4-6-3-2-18/40%-3: 52

PHRF A2 (21 boats)

J/105 (15 boats) 1

Tenacious

Carl & Scott Gitchell

4-1-1-2-2-1-1-5: 17

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Inigo

Jim Konigsberg

9-2-2-1-1-2-2-1: 20

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Bat IV

Andrew Kennedy

3-4-3-5-5-3-7-2: 32

J/30 (11 boats) 1

Bebop

Bob Rutsch/Mike Costello

2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3: 13

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USA-90

David McConaughy

4-4-2-3-2-1-1-1: 18

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Insatiable

Ron Anderson

1-2-8-2-4-5-4-2: 28

J/80 (14 boats) 1

Angry Chameleon

Kristen & Brian Robinson

2-1-1-2-3-3-2-3: 17

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1162

John White

1-6-2-3-2-12-1-2: 29

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Dragonfly

Chris Johnson

11-4-5-1-1-8-4-1: 35

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Upchuck

Jimmy & Mike Praley

1-1-1-2-1-3-1-1: 11

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Krigare

Erik & Marty Lostrom

3-2-2-1-3-5-3-2: 21

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Hasty

Will Farrell

2-4-3-4-2-4-2-3: 24

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Tom Walsh/John Potvin

1-1-1-2-1-2-2-1: 11

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Swell

John Anderson

2-4-3-4-2-1-1-4: 21

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Pussycat

Ross Arnett

4-3-5-1-4-5-3-2: 27

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CBYRA Annapolis Race Week 2011 Results (cont.)

J/24 (7 boats) 1

Millenium Falcon

Paul van Ravenswaay

1-1-2-1-2-2-1-1:11

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Sane Asylum

Brent Ellwood

4-3-1-4-1-4-2-3: 22

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USA 4006

Peter Rich

2-2-4-2-4-3-4-4: 25

PHRF B (9 boats) 1

Flying Circus

Janet & David Coleman

1-1-1-1-1-6-2-3: 16

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A’ Parent Tripp

Brett Harrison/John Yeigh

5-5-2-4-2-1-1-2: 22

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Miss Trixie

Dylan Stewart

4-3-8-2-4-2-3-1: 27

PHRF CD (3 boats) 1

Defiant

Frederick Caison

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1: 8

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Double Agent

Rick McGregor

3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2: 17

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Incorrigible

Robert Seidel

2-4/DNS-4/DNS-3-3-3-4/ DNC-4/DNC: 27

PHRF N (8 boats) 1

Divide by Zero

John Lanigan

4-1-1: 6

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Nembo

Marino Dimarzo

1-3-2: 6

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Parrot Head

Aaron Ressler

2-2-3: 7

Although he usually trims the mainsail on Tenacious, the crew was short-handed, so Scott would set the main after a tack, hop up on the rail to hike, and let Carl fine-tune as he steered. “I believe that this really kept us pointing high and gave us that little extra speed.” Scott also attributes good boat speed and pointing ability to their brand new North Sails mainsail.

Regular competitors and followers of ARW from year to year may glimpse the final results and say, “They won again?”

Tom Walsh and John Potvin on the Catalina 27 Slam Duck, brothers-inlaw Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello on the J/30 Bebop, David Coleman on the Pearson Flyer 30 Flying Circus, and Fred Caisson on the S2 7.9 Defiant are among the winners in class in 2010 and 2011. (As noted in the ARW Daily News, Walsh also won 10 years ago—and a few times in between.)

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Gitchell says, “It was excellent having it downtown and open to the public. It was nice to see people who don’t race out there enjoying it. I thought it was better attended by non-sailors than last year, which is always a bonus for the sport.”

Kristen Berry, crew on Ragin’ and also the director of Baltimore’s Downtown Sailing Center, thinks inviting the public to the ARW parties at City Dock is “the coolest thing going. We were coming into the dock, and I looked onshore, and I saw hundreds of non-sailors at the party. That means hundreds of people are getting introduced to sailboat racing and learning what it’s about. Hopefully, some of these folks will want to get out on the water themselves someday.”

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surprisingly autumnal northerly breeze blew into town to welcome the J/30 North American Championship Regatta, hosted at Annapolis YC (AYC), September 16-18. The breeze brought along with it an unusual milky mud water color and potentially dangerous assortment of debris—trees, telephone poles, barrels, and more—following tropical storms, flooding, and the subsequent opening of the Conowingo Dam gates. One of the teenagers from Wisconsin who sailed with Team Rafiki said, “It’s not like this sailing at home.” From those of us who live on the Chesapeake, we can honestly say, the water is not like that here, either. Or it wasn’t until the floods.

Competitors traveled from as far as New York, Chicago, IL, and New Orleans, LA, with the winning boat, White Boat skippered by David McConaughy, making the trip from Hampton, VA. Sailors worked their way around the debris issue and focused on the serious task at hand: winning the title.

Team Rafiki, skippered by 18-year-old Wisconsin native Whitney Kent and crewed by her sister Alison and two sailing buddies Kate and Elizabeth Hayes—ranging in age from 14 to 17—as well

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##Bonnie Schloss lent the Wisconsin-based Team Rafiki her boat, Bear Away, and she also crewed for the team.

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as J/30 class president Dave Erwin (Destrehan, LA), were the buzz of the regatta after winning race one of seven. The crew sailed on Bear Away, generously lent and happily crewed by Annapolitan Bonnie Schloss, with Louisianan Scott Tonguis and Chicagoan Dennis Bartley rounding out the team. Although Team Rafiki had two races they didn’t want to talk about, they did score a second and third and finished overall in fifth; this was the goal when they hatched the plan to give the sailing-crazy Wisconsin teenagers a chance to compete at the national level.

McConaughy and his Hampton-based crew posted three bullets and beat former National Champion Stephen Buzbee of Raritan YC in New Jersey by four points. Following their victory at Annapolis Race Week, Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello and their Annapolis-based team were next in line in third place.

AYC hosted a lovely team dinner with paella on Saturday night and hosted a Sunday night dinner and awards ceremony early enough for competitors to fly or truck their boats home. Find complete results at race.annapolisyc.com. Find regatta photos for purchase at spinsheet.com.

##Defending J/30 National Championship winner Stephen Buzbee placed second on Blue Meanie.

##Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello on Bebop scored third in the three-day event.

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Bring On the Harbor Cup!

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##Triple Threat poses a threat to the multihull division at the Harbor Cup. Photo by Emily Jones

##The Crackerjack crew competing in a sunny Baltimore City YA Harbor Cup. This year’s event unfolds October 22. Photo by Emily Jones

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hat cool fall air and the changing color of the leaves mean it is once again time for Chesapeake Bay racers to rendezvous at Baltimore Lighthouse for another edition of the Baltimore Harbor Cup, presented by the Baltimore City YA (BCYA). Although BCYA will not partner with the Leukemia Cup in 2011, the regatta will go on. The Harbor Cup has always been a “must do” race on the calendars of Northern Bay racing sailors, with typical fall weather conditions providing for exciting and challenging racing.

This year, on Saturday, October 22, approximately 75 boats hope to have great fall weather, with blustery winds, as they set out to conquer the course of this CBYRA High Point distance race. And to do that, they will need to master all points of sail, as the course takes them from Baltimore Light, around CBYRA marks in the Bay, up the Patapsco River, past Fort Carroll, under the Key Bridge, and to the finish in the heart of Fells Point.

Once in Fells Point, a great post race-party awaits with food, drinks, results, and awards. Visiting boats are invited to raft up to the Broadway Pier. The race will once again offer classes for multihull, spinnaker, and non-spinnaker racing.

Will the Wild Card team be able to defend its victory in the always exciting multihull class? And how about the crew on The Fish, who managed to win by only 25 seconds over Valkyri, in some very tight racing in the A fleet last year.

The always tough-to-beat Flying Circus won last year. Can they make it two in a row? Will Problem Child, Swell, and Witch’s Flower be able to defend their victories from the 2010 edition of the race? For boats looking to have a full weekend of racing, there is the opportunity to enter the Francis Scott Key Classic, hosted

by Rock Creek RA, on the following Sunday.

Find registration, race documents, and social information for the Harbor Cup at bcya.com. Find information on the Francis Scott Key Classic at rockcreekracing.org.

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t’s less than 30 miles as a seagull flies from the SpinSheet world headquarters in Annapolis to the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, but sometimes, the distance seems greater. From the perspective of those of us in the sailing media, sometimes our “world” may consist of those sailing events that unfold right under our noses, in our “backyards,” or those for which some eager promoter or volunteer sends regular updates.

Until quite recently, the USS Constellation Cup in Baltimore remained somewhat of a mystery, with SpinSheet only receiving photos after the fact. What was compelling, however, even before organizers connected with SpinSheet last year, were the quality of the photos over the years and the enthusiasm exuded by the sailors in these photos. This year, I decided to make a concerted effort to learn more about this event—in advance of the October 15 regatta—and get to the bottom of why those sailors beamed year after year in the pictures. The race organizer, Michael Brassert, was pleased to fill me in on why this event is particularly memorable.

“Ever since we started it seven years ago, I’m not sure we’ve had winds under 20 knots, usually blowing out of the west,” he says.

“It’s become a seamanship test rather than a traditional race. Two

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ing for exciting back-to-back Baltimore regattas.

“What’s most memorable is the character of this race,” says Brassert. “You really get a feeling for Baltimore when you’re racing in high winds, tacking up the Patapsco among commercial ships, and then docking at Pier One. It’s like a tour of historic Baltimore—you go past Fort McHenry, around Fort Carroll in either direction, and then finish in the Inner Harbor. We have a party on the USS Constellation. To be on that ship is remarkable for sailors. There will be about 250 sailors at the party, and even the band is made up of crew members. It’s really special.”

Proceeds from this event benefit Historic Ships’ education and preservation programs. To learn more or register, click to ussconstellationcup.org. ~M.W.

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things are in play: first, the race takes place in the harbor, and there are always commercial ships. Then, the race finishes in the Inner Harbor, and the end is a tacking duel. Anything can happen when you’re tacking every 30 seconds in squirrely winds… Last year, I got knocked down [on a 1966 Hinckley Pilot] next to Domino Sugar!”

The Constellation Cup started as a classic boat race, modeled on the Good Old Boat Regatta (the previous weekend October 8-9 off Annapolis). To broaden the regatta’s scope to bring in more competitors than the small population of “classic” boats, the event integrated other boat types. There are four classes: a multihull and a spinnaker class, which have fleet starts, and a non-spinnaker fin keel and a non-spinnaker full keel class, which do pursuit starts.

The Baltimore City YA (BCYA) does race committee and scoring for the event, which is contested one week before BCYA’s signature Harbor Cup October 22, mak-

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The Stingray Point Regatta Carries On Story and photos by Lin McCarthy

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he folks at the Fishing Bay YC (FBYC) have been working for the better part of a year on the 2011 Stingray Point Regatta.

There were plans for delicious meals, special regatta attire, an additional day of racing (a mid-distance race on Friday), and many, many more event upgrades.

Jay Buhl and Mike Karn, with the support of a number of other folks from FBYC and the surrounding area, had all the bases covered.

Well, almost all the bases. They had not counted on Hurricane Irene, which blew into town the weekend before the Labor Day regatta.

So, everything, such as docks, boats, camp grounds, screened porches, race equipment— you name it—was readied ahead of time, had to be taken down, put away, and secured for Irene’s arrival. Then, it was brought back out

##Clarke McKinney and crew (Solomons, MD) of The Riddler won the PHRF A fleet (1-3-6-1-1)

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with only four days left before the boats began to arrive. Add to that the fact that a good portion of the FBYC membership lives in Richmond, one of the hardest hit areas in Virginia, and you have a situation where the odds are stacked against even a modicum of success.

Mother Nature should have known better than to mess with the FBYC crowd or the racers who were bent and determined on racing in the Labor Day weekend regatta. Generators were brought in from out of state, tents were raised, caterers were confirmed, awards were unpacked, race committees were re-organized, and the show went on.

Close to 50 boats arrived at the regatta. Some come up from Hampton and others down from Solomons to join those already in the DeltavilleRappahannock River area. Racers’ tents and campers sprang up around Fannie’s (the auxiliary building on the club grounds overlooking Jackson Creek), the huge party tent went in front of the main clubhouse, and the awards ceremony on the final day was staged on the bank overlooking Fishing Bay. And, yes, the swimming pool was available for socializing after the racing.

The weather conditions during the regatta could not have been better—10 knots building to the mid-teens each day, with no humidity, sunshine with a light cloud cover, and not a single sighting of Jim Cantore.

Dennis Hannick’s Tripp 26, Goin’, from King George (Dahlgren YC) won the Halsey Memorial Trophy as the best overall boat in the regatta while winning the PHRF B fleet (11-1-2-2). The other fleet winners were PHRF A: Clarke McKinney, The Riddler; PHRF C: Bob Fleck, Horizon; PHRF NS: MD Riley, Turbo’s Tub; J/105: Crump Syndicate, She Crab Soup; and J/24: Tom Chapman, Hot Air. The Principal Race Officer was David Lee, and John Wake ran the Friday mid-distance race. Hampton YC, represented by Leroi Lissenden’s Voodoo 2 and Bob Mosby’s Cyrano, successfully defended the Potts trophy in the competition among attending yacht clubs.

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USNA Team a Force To Be Reckoned With

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he weekend of September 17-18, the U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team hosted the Shields Trophy Regatta, which is the championship event for service academies. Participants included Navy, Army, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Coast Guard Academy, California Maritime Academy, Royal Military College of

Canada, Maine Maritime Academy, Mass Maritime Academy, and New York Maritime Academy.

Navy was represented by skipper first class (senior) James Chesson and his crew of seven other Midshipmen. Chesson and company won the seven-race series in convincing fashion taking first in five of the seven races. California Maritime scored second, and Mass Maritime took third. Interestingly, Chesson was helmsman and executive officer (second in command) for first class (also known as “firstie”) Katie Davis this past summer when the team won the Marblehead to Halifax, Around Long Island, and Governor’s Cup Races.

Navy also had four teams competing in the NASS Race to Oxford September 17. First class Dillon Rossiter skippered Integrity to third place in the 23-boat PHRF A2 class with team captain First Classman Colin Nevins one spot back in fourth-place aboard Defiance. In the nine-boat J/105 class, second class (junior) Mary Cox skippered Allegiance to third place, and second class Taylor Marton skippered Dreadnought to fifth place.

A week later, Navy hosted the U.S. Offshore Championship for the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy September 23 to 25 (at press time), in which seven teams from around the country competed aboard Navy 44s. A Navy crew competed in this event, and a Midshipman sailed on each competing boat as a guest crew member.

##The USNA MK2 44 Integrity skippered by Midshipman Dillon Rossiter. Photo by Ken Huston

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‘Round the Lights Race 2011

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ctober 22 will mark the 16th running of the ‘Round the Lights Race, sponsored by the Old Point Comfort YC (OPCYC) at Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA. Competitors in this unique race start in the extreme Southern Chesapeake Bay off the docks of Old Point Comfort Marina (OPCM), go around Middle Ground Lighthouse and Thimble Shoals Lighthouse, and then finish where they began.

The race spans 18.5 nautical miles and is CBYRAsanctioned. Skippers have the option of selecting which lighthouse they want to round first, continuing to round the next lighthouse, and finally heading back to the finishing line. The only requirement is to start, round each lighthouse, and finish.

An astute skipper will study the direction and velocity of the current, as well as the forecasted wind and then decide which lighthouse to favor for the first rounding. Since the tide usually shifts during the race,

each skipper needs to determine which starting direction might be the best for that particular boat. Usually half go in one direction, and the other half go in the other direction.

While racing, skippers and crew will be enveloped in history. As the race takes place in the southern end of the Bay and Hampton Roads, one can imagine the battle of the first ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimac, in these very waters. Protecting the northern shore is the historic Fortress Monroe with its 1803 lighthouse at Old Point Comfort, and protecting the opposite side of the entrance to Hampton Roads is historic Fort Wool. At the same time, sailors can see the world’s greatest Naval base with huge aircraft carriers and submarines. Nearby is the city of Hampton, with enough history of its own to satisfy the appetite of any history buff.

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(Results come in at press time). Last year’s inaugural event took place on the blustery waters of San Francisco Bay, where wind speeds eclipsed 20-25 knots. This year, AYC will have the advantage as the two clubs will battle for domination on the Chesapeake Bay. The concept of the Corinthian Cup was spawned by renowned sailing promoter Gary Jobson and Kyle Elliot, SFYC cochair and staff commodore in 2009. The two suggested a joint venture between the clubs to “promote spirited sailing competition and good fellowship between teams of Corinthian sailors” representing SFYC and AYC. After a proposal of the idea, conference calls, and discussions, the two clubs hatched the spirited event to be held in alternating years at each club thereafter.

Of course, there would be one major twist. Only club members who were classified as Category 1 amateur sailors could participate in the Corinthian Cup. In 2011, junior sailing was added to the mix, increasing the fleet total to four boats competing for bragging rights.

Last year, AYC members Jose Fuentes, Tim Cusack, and Rob Floyd ventured into the opposition’s territory and cut through the San Francisco Bay on International Etchells. This year, with the SFYC on opposing turf, the two clubs will take to the Chesapeake in borrowed J/22s. Navigating the Bay in 2011 for AYC are John Loe (skipper), Shane Zwingelberg (tactician), and Scott Snyder (bow). The crew for the AYC junior boat includes Harrison Hawk (skipper), Charles Lomax (tactician), Kyle Comerford (master trimmer), and A.J. Libby (bow).

SFYC sailors will try to defend their title with Skip McCormack (skipper), 1996 Summer Olympic Bronze Medalist Jim Barton (middle), and Jody McCormack (bow). The junior team consists of Scott Buckstaff (skipper), Jack Barton (middle), and Corey Lynch (bow).

Commodore Torgerson, a supporter of the event praised the fellowship between the two clubs. “The SFYC/AYC Corinthian Cup is part of a trend of club against club amateur racing we are seeing around the country. We’re looking forward to some spirited racing and convivial celebrations afterward.” spinsheet.com

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heir first date was on a J/24. “Our dads raced against and with each other on Little Neck Bay on Long Island Sound,” says Annapolis sailor Kristen Robinson as she sits next to her husband Brian on the deck of Eastport YC (EYC).

“We joke that we never had a chance.” Since Brian was six years older than she, they knew each other growing up, but not well before Kristen turned 19 and the J/24 date. That was that.

When they were first married 12 years ago, the couple owned a Ranger 33 and sailed her only a few times before deciding their preference was for racing. They found a J/29 out of the Twin Cities and named her Wallbanger. Wrecking their J/29 on the road to Key West Race Week in 2005 was a “blessing in disguise,” says Kristen. “We walked the docks trying to make something good of a bad thing. We found a J/80, fell in love, and bought that very boat two months later.” They picked her up in Oklahoma around the same time they were preparing to move to Annapolis.

After their move that spring, their first regatta in their new boat, Angry Chameleon—named for a drink made with rum, Mountain Dew, and red Kool-Aide mix—was the Annapolis NOOD Regatta.

The goal: to not finish last. The outcome: they finished fifth of six.

They immediately packed up and headed to Seabrook, TX, for the J/80 National Championships. The goal: to not finish last. The outcome: they finished 27th of 28. The couple says they used to “go down to Texas to get our butts kicked and come back and kick butt.” And so it went.

Unless you have some time on your hands, don’t ask Kristen, who was the national J/80 class president for two years, the secretary for two years, and now the treasurer, what’s so great about the J/80. She says, “You can sail the boat at 90 percent by just knowing how to sail. It’s tweaky, too.” (“That’s the other 10 percent,” adds Brian). Kristen says, “This class is the best in the world! It’s unique in that no one holds secrets. They vomit information. They’ll tell you anything. You can’t tell who are the pros and who are the Joes in this class. We also throw really great parties.”

The Robinsons’ favorite regattas are Key West Race Week, the J/80 North American Championships, and Block Island Race Week (in which they sail on the J/109 Caminos with a crew of J/80 sailors). On the Bay, they relish in fun, relaxing Thursday night races out of J/World Annapolis. Last month, they took top honors convincingly, by finishing 12 points above the second-place boat, in the J/80 division at CBYRA Annapolis Race Week. The next weekend, they posted four bullets in six races and won the 17boat J/Jamboree at Lake Winnipesaukee, NH.

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Kristen: At the J/29 North Americans, I was in the back of the pack on port tack coming into the guys rounding in first.

I “T-boned” them, ripped our #3 in half like a piece of butter, broke the lifelines, and launched my 65-year-old father-inlaw overboard. After that, I was fired as driver.

When was the last time you fell overboard?

Brian: I fell in at the dock three years ago after frostbite racing. The next week, there was a blow-up inner tube and swim arms on the dock with a sign that said, “Brian Robinson must wear these on the docks.” I wore them for the race.

Who are your favorite people to sail with?

Tim Borland, Ben Fransen, Jesse McKnight, Chris Chadwick, and the J/109 Caminos crew.

What’s on your road trip playlist?

We have completely different taste in music [he likes death metal, she likes pop]. The rule on road trips is that you can play your iPod when you’re the one driving.

What three pieces of sailing gear could you not live without?

Kristen: My Ronstan three-finger sailing gloves, my Teva sandals, and my Astral lifejacket.

Brian: A dark, comfortable hat with a good brim, UV 30 sunglasses, and Coppertone 50 Sport.

What is your advice for young racing sailors?

Kristen: Find someone to teach you and give you hands-on experience. Go on different boats so that you know what you like.

Brian: If you show up with beer, someone will take you sailing.

What brought you to Annapolis?

Kristen: We were ready to move out of Queens and had a map of the East Coast... Brian had heard Annapolis was cool.

We moved here to be near sailing, even before we had jobs here. We showed up at EYC, and you wouldn’t believe how they welcomed us.

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On Friday, September 30, at the TAYC Star Celebration, classics and “woodies” will sail in the Tred Avon River in view of the clubhouse, while the Saturday and Sunday racing will unfold in the Choptank River. Sailors will enjoy a sponsored pub dinner on Friday night post-racing with a cash bar, awards, and classic Star footage. Saturday’s sit-down dinner will feature a cash bar, videos, and a Star class history speaker. Sailors will meet after racing on Sunday for hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and awards. To learn more, visit tayc.com and starclass.org.

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Francis Sweisguth designed the Star in 1911, and it has proven to be a classic in every sense of the word. The oldest Olympic class, first used in competition in 1932, the Star is still at the heart of that competition. Two thousand or more Stars are still actively sailed worldwide of the 7500 built in all ranges of performance sailing.

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Want HIM Behind Your Boat?

Got a big boat and want her to move faster?

You’re in luck. After 12 months of engineering testing, Hydrovane International Marine (HIM), manufacturers of the Hydrovane self-steering system and emergency rudder, recently released their next generation rudder.

Hydrovane now can better direct the shaft hole to be in sync with pressure points over the rudder’s length. The subtle refinement increases stability, while maintaining lightair responsiveness. Boat Show locator: Tent A19. hydrovane.com

Smith’s Marina Says, “I’ll Have ‘The Works’”

Smith’s Marina on the Severn River in Crownsville, MD, is building brand new offices, a marina store, and other amenities and facilities. The work should all be done by January 2012. Stay tuned with SpinSheet for more updates. smithsmarina.com

Control Your Frigidity

Coastal Climate Control in Annapolis— exclusive distributor of Frigoboat refrigeration products for North America—now offers a new line of refrigeration control products for use on most Danfoss-based refrigeration systems. We’re talking about the Merlin Smart-Speed Controller, Guardian Plus Merlin, Coastal MK II Digital Thermostat, and Guardian System Controller. Boat Show locator: Tent A55. coastalcoolaids.net

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12/16/2010 3:32:24 PM Ever Seen a 14-Foot Topaz Cat?

During the Sailboat Show, Topaz Sailing Systems (TSS) in Annapolis will debut and provide test sails of the newest creation from Topaz Sailing, the Topaz 14 CX Catamaran. Designed by International Multihull Racing legends, Yves Loday and Rob White, the Topaz Cat 14 CX’s hull is stiff, lightweight (242 pounds), durable, and stable. The reefable Dacron mainsail and asymmetric spinnaker allow a wide spectrum of sailors from first timers to thrill seekers to enjoy sailing a cat. TSS exclusively offers the full lineup of Topper sailboats.

Boat Show locator: F2 Dock. topazsailing.com

Thirty One and Growing

Dream Yacht Charter (DYC) in Annapolis has new bases in the Grenadines on the island of Union and in St. Vincent. The bases will feature two Lagoon 500s, two Lagoon 440s, and a Lagoon 421. Look for special offers and promotions throughout the Caribbean to mark the Grand Opening of DYC’s 31st location. Boat Show locator: B Dock. dreamyachtcharter.com

Well Done, Clean Marina

BluHaven Piers in Ridge, MD, is the newest Maryland Clean Marina to be certified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, bringing the state total to 145. The marina is now managed

by St. Mary’s College alumni, Darden Pickall and Dan Sweeney. They have overseen significant improvements to the property in the past five years, including taming overgrown weeds, painting facilities, and boosting operations. bluhavenpiers.com

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BROKERAGE

& CLASSIFIED SECTIONS DINGHIES 8’7” Restored Mahogany Dinghy 1950s Beautifully restored cold molded Dinghy 8’7” X 4’2” with oars. Perfect for sail or yacht dinghy- $1750 call for pictures. (484) 678-3486.

Caribe Inflatable Dinghy 9 1/2 feet long x 3 1/2 feet wide used, hard bottom inflatable Caribe dinghy. Best offer (410) 494-8074.

Full Fair Market/Book Value for Your Boat 501(c)(3) private foundation seeks boat donations for use within educational programs. Fully tax deductible. Free boat surveys provided.

Free hauling/transport. Also accept cars, trucks, and other items of value.

Also seeking volunteer sailboat and powerboat instructors. (410) 591-9900 Maryland Maritime Foundation Is moving to a smaller facility. We must sell most of the boats afloat - ranging from 19’ to 29’. Any reasonable offer will be accepted. Call (301-509-3206) or write ( director@mdmaritime.org) for details.

Donate Your Boat And help teach atrisk teens to sail. (202) 478-0396, www. planet-hope.org

CLC Passagemaker Rowing Craft 11'7'' Beautiful skillfully built dinghy.

Weight 90#, Beam 56", Payload 650#.

Ready for sailing kit or small outboard.

Oars included. $1999.00. Will deliver to Balt-Annap. area. 814-266-4501; fhtech@comcast.net

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Public charity refurbishes donated sail and power boats to teach practical job and life skills in youth mentoring program. Visit www.AnchorPointMD.org for sale available vessels, contacts and program information.

Contact Kristen at the Downtown Sailing Center 410-727-0722 A 501(c)(3) no profit.

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29' Century 2900 CC ‘06, NEW Garmin GPS 3210 w/large display.

Transport included to East coast including FL. Low hrs on the Twin 25-hp Yamaha 4-strokes. New electronics.

ASK $65,000. Contact BOEMARINE, 866-735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com

The deadline for the Brokerage and Classified sections is the 10th of the month prior to publication (October 10 for the November issue).

Contact Lucy Iliff for advertising, (410) 216-9309 or lucy@spinsheet.com.

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27’ Bristol ’69 Carl Alberg design. 8-hp dsl, 2 Head sails, AC, full keel, wheel.

Great starter boat, fast, fun to sail, good in heavy weather. New interior cushions. $4,900 Call Carol (717) 413-3302.

Bargain Pre-owned Sailboats Browse the entire selection online and at our convenient Mayo, MD location. We may have your boat! (301) 261-4079 www.grabbagsailboats.com

We Need Sailboat Listings!!!! Last Beneteau was under contract in 5 days and we just sold our last sailboat listing.

Competitive commission structures and knowledgeable staff will move your boat!! Visit us online at www.boemarine.com, email us at boats@boemarine.com, or call (866) 735-5926 to get your boat listed and sold.

14’ Catalina Capri 14.2 ‘91 Fun stable daysailer with kickup centerboard and rudder, cuddy storage, self bailing cockpit, trailer $2,500 (443) 223-5058 mt1@blueheronphoto.com 19’ Cape Dory Typhoon #727 ‘74 Epoxy barrier coated; (2) mains, cover, 160 genoa, spinnaker; CDI furling; cockpit cushions; 5-hp Mercury; Typhoon OB bracket; Danforth w/chain.

All very nice condition; Chestertown MD $4,950, (610) 213-8421.

22’ Marshall Catboat ’73 Good cond., sailed regularly. 2002 Yanmar 2GM. SOL Needs some work.

InDOxford. $15,000.

410-310-7988 or jhgilles@gmail.com.

36’ Sabreline ‘99 This 1999 Sabreline 36 MK I dsl express cruiser is an excellent example of downeast Maine craftsmanship blended with modern construction resulting in a vessel of timeless style and class that should make any gentleman yachtsman a proud owner. She has the optional 315-hp Yanmar engines, an inverter, generator, and AC. She is in excellent cond. and her hull has just been repainted w/Flag Blue Awlgrip 1/11 and shines like new. (813) 340-0227, www.rossyachtsales.com

New listings are being added all the time, visit spinsheet.com

26’ Westerly ’73, Dual Keel Nice and clean. Write: westerly26@comcast.net for complete boat inventory. Asking $3,000, Call 301-254-4722 for more information.

23’ 7” Kenner Kittiwake ’68 Honda 5-hp 4-stroke BF5 2001, Main, 150 genoa, 130 genoa, D spinnaker all in SOLjib, good + condition, 110 volt system, many extras. Price Reduced $3,300 (443) 844-8585.

25’ Capri 25 ’81 Well maintained, raceready with Baltoplate bottom, Sobstadt Sails, spinnakers, storm jib, etc. Yamaha 2.5-hp OB low hours. Lewisetta Marina. $2,900 obo, nspacheco@gmail.com, 703-585-3451.

25’ Catalina ’81 Tall Rig Nissan 9.8 OB. New depth and knot meter, bottom paint in April 2011. Slip paid until May 2012.

Contact David at (703) 980-3120 or dmlevite@aol.com. $4,500 26’ Bristol ‘73 Classic Great sailing sloop. H. Herreshoff design. Thousands in upgrades since 2003. Electric start Honda 9.9, cabin cushions, Raytheon inst., teak hand rails, standing rigging, hatch AC. Asking $10,500 OBO (703) 764-1277

27’ Catalina ’72 Very clean, ready to sail, 5 sails, 9.8-hp Yamaha OB, 4-stroke electric start. Includes: trailer, dinghy, new head, new stereo, solar panel. $4,900 obo (434) 808-4799, garudabuss@aol.com 27’ US Yachts ’83 Keel fiberglass cruising sloop, good cond., Volvo dsl, wheel steering, RF, Sea Scouts, $3,400, obo, Steve Alexander 301-646-0805, stevedalex@msn.com,www.ship7916. org 28’ Pearson ’77 Diesel Vetus dsl just professionally serviced, Edson steering, main, 3 jibs, Hot and cold pressure water, Cockpit shower, Head w/ holding tank, Auto bilge pump, New bimini, New Racor fuel filter, New stereo, New VHF, New halyards, Oversize self-tailing winches, Autohelm 1000, dual batteries less than 1 yr old, electric fuel pump. Just hauled and powerwashed $8,500 joel.aronson@gmail.com, http://tinyurl.com/6hwn6tq, (202) 213-7551.

28’ Classic Sabre ’73 w/Atomic-4 Good cond. Tiller steering, furling jib.

Northern Bay. Best offer. Lee (570) 6505360.

29’ Cal 2-29 ’74 Slip thru Nov 2011, Middle River, dsl, Martec prop, performance spar, Harken furl, 7sails, Teak interior, upgraded cushions, pressureless stove, sleeps 5, Awlgrip, classic Hunter Green, depth, km, radio. $9,995 obo 410-812-6363 30’ Catalina ’82 Tall Rig Good condition. Ready to sail away! (443) 2801500.

30’ Pearson ’74 Fun boat for the Bay. New engine, exc sails, roller furling, dodger, new teak, opening ports, barrier coated, new counters, new plumbing, upgraded shore power. $15,000 Herrington North - (571) 265-2633.

30’ Catalina ’94 MK III Dark blue hull, walkthru transom with seats. Fully loaded, many new upgrades. Well maintained. $40,000. (443) 223-5058 or mt1@blueheronphoto.com

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30’ S2 9.2A ‘79 Easy boat to sail, great accommodations with teak interior, galley, head. Rigging, lifelines and sails new 2009. Volvo D1-20 1-hp diesel (2005). Located Annapolis/Eastport. $24,000. Call Mike 508-769-3689. http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/25155 30’ Seidlemann 30T ’84 13-hp Yanmar dsl, 5 sails, new batteries, sails great.

Interior needs work. Great buy at $11,900. Contact Dave (703) 450-0756 or davetut@juno.com 30’ Soverel, Artful Dodger ’80 Competitive Racer/Cruiser, dsl, 6’ Hdrm. Refurbished & major items replaced in 2009. Awlgrip hull/deck in 2010. Looks like new. Surveyors Fair Market Value - $22k. Asking 20k. 2010 Survey available 410.474.6834

30’ Tartan 30 ‘72 Ready to sail w/4 sails. Water tight & very well maintained. Great sailing boat w/many extras including Awlgrip® and holding tank. $10,000 negotiable.

Located Middle River, MD. Paul 925234-0232 or Joanie 781-799-4039.

32’ Catalina 320 ’94 Perfect Bay boat, not raced, new main, lifelines, water pump, radio w/RAM, new battery charger, autopilot, GPS. USCG documented. Herrington South, $51,750. http://tinyurl.com/63otzqy, Call 410-286-3966.

32' Iroquois MKIIa Catamaran ‘77 $28,000. Classic catamaran, weekend cruiser, strong/well built, sails fast!

18" draft w/boards up. 4-stroke, 9hp Yahama. On lift last 10 years, on Potomac River in Stafford, VA.: 703-981-4299

33' Gemini 105M '96. Very Popular Multi hull layout, she cruises in less than 2ft of water can fit in any sized slip. Great condition and tons of room. Lying in Cape May NJ. Ask $84,900. Contact BOEMARINE, 866735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com

34’ Catalina MKII ’05 Anniversary Edition Lightly used, 260 engine hrs, full instrumentation, Blue full canvas, blue ultra-leather, cockpit cushions, innerspring mattresses fore and aft cabins, furling main & genoa, $114,900 email for photos sound48@gmail.com, 610-436-6577 34’ GEMINI 105Mc ’03 Catamaran Clean and pampered , yard maintained, well equipped nimble sailer & great cruiser, including Westerbeke dsl, solar, all nav electronics w/radar, screacher, GPS plotter, Sirius satellite, dinghy. Never chartered. Up to 5 days training/delivery time included with free slip till 4/1/12. Near Annapolis. Asking $132,500. Contact 410-295-0638 or jlahr@thomaspointassociates.com for more.

C&C 35 MKII ‘74 A classic family cruiser or weekend racer. Completely refit over the past few years: sails, decks, varnish, rewired electronics, new gear and equipment. $34,500 Clean and shows very well. 410-2535739

35’ Island Packet ’92 Cutter Draft 4'4", Yanmar dsl 27-hp, refrigerator/freezer, AP, radar, 5 Gel batteries, Link battery monitor, electric windlass, anchor washdown, dinghy davits, dodger/bimini, storm trysail, Full Cockpit Enclosure, A/C, Annapolis, $89,900. 703-403-0946.

35’ Pearson Sloop ’70 Perfect Bay cruiser, 3ft 9inch draft cb up. Sleeps 5. AWLGRIP blue hull ’06, white topsides ’11. New mainsail. dsl, reefer, dodger, bimini, inflatable & motor. Well maintained. $23,000. 410-626-7470.

35’ Schock ’85 Fast PHRF racer (many trophies) or great weekend family cruiser. New (2010) open transom.

Strong and maintained dsl engine. Great value $29,500. call 443-254-5490 35’ Young Sun Cutter ’83 Perry designed, double ender, Yanmar dsl, radar, Aries vane, watermaker, dodger.

Classic bluewater cruiser. Hampton, VA. Asking $65,000. ahaleva@aol.com, (407) 488-6958.

34’ Mason Sloop by PAE ’89 Beautiful Tashing-built yacht. Evolution of popular 33 Mason. Only one built.

Discontinued due to high cost of manufacture for this size. Totally equipped. Ready to sail. $125,000 (954) 815-6364, www.sugartime.net

32’ Irwin Sloop ‘82 15-hp Yanmar, wheel steering, possible livaboard $6,500 obo, 1-443-564-1909.

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37’ Hunter ’80 Cutter Rigged, 30-hp Yanmar dsl, radar, GPS, Auto Pilot, VHS, newmMainsail, shoal draft, CD player, $20,000. 410-326-6994.

38’ Catalina 387 ’04 with roller furl main and jib, inverter, Kato davit, 2 AC units, elect windlass, Raymarine electronics, DVD, flat screen, CD. Great condition.

Asking $165,000. 703-282-2720.

38’ Irwin 38 Center Cockpit ‘84 Bristol Irwin 38 for sale great lakes boat.

Ready to cruise. Owners plans have changed. E-mail for complete info.

Many upgrades. This boat is ready to go. Asking $62,500 (814) 453-5322, pkgsail@yahoo.com

Choy Lee Robb 35’ ‘62 All teak, recently rebuilt dsl eng, sails good condition, $12,500 804-462-5834

36’ Ketch Ferro Concrete ’84 65-hp Ford dsl, 5 sails, wheel steering, possible livaboard $8,500 obo 1-443-564-1909.

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New35 York 1981 C&C MKII 36 ‘74 2Modified, season old Race Readycarbon UKW.D.Schock sails, Furlex roller-furling, fiber mast rudder, Garmin 3010 boom chart and plotter w/XMrod rigging,radio/weather, custom keel modified cockpit, satellite B&G digital wheel,Ockam instruments, 2gps, wind/speed, Westerbeke dsl, 3 blade radar, vhf with AIS receiver, auto pilot, Maxprop, Lectra-San, refrigeration, refrigeration, yanmar 18 sails,racing stove, Blaupunkt stereo, forest andImron RF, main and #3 2009,#1 2011, green topsides, newly painted 7 spinnakers mh/fr asy/radial, decks/cockpit/non-skid.

Clean All ocean gear. First in class A2N 2009 interior w/updated upholstery & fresh and MOR 2009family 3rd inweekender class A2N 2011 varnish.

Perfect & $50,000,Details jscall1@verizion.net classic PHRF contender.

Sleeps 6 410-226-5273 comfortably.

Not a project. Lying in Oxford, MD. $38,000 / 410-253-5739

34’ Tartan 34-2 ‘86 Numerous recent upgrades including new running and standing rigging and electronics. $59,500 (717) 580-8742.

38' Bruce Robert "Spray" Cutter Fiberglass hull, traditional Gaff Cutter Rigging. The yacht has teak and mahogany accents $25k OBO Serious inquires only (484)241-5213. https://sites.google.com/site/ospreysell

36’ S&S Custom Built ’88 New Vetus engine ’04. New Ray Marine electronics ’04. Very roomy boat. Harken RF. Fin keel, Spade rudder. Located on West River. $35,000. d.a.buttorff@gmail.com (717) 371-6679.

41’ Hunter ’01 Fully equipped and well maintained. Fifty % co-ownership $69,500. Located in Oxford. Call Hank (484) 680-2312 or bwn2sum@hotmail.com

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Alerion 20 '09 .............................................. $36,000 Compac 20 '04 ........................................... $29,900 Rosborough RF- 246 '91 .......................... $39,900 Albin 28TE '99.............................................. $79,000 Bristol Channel Cutter '81 '972 from .... $89,900 Aloha 28 '83 ................................................. $14,900 Cape Dory 28 '82........................................ $28,500 Bristol 29.9 ' 77............................................ $29,900 Dyer 29 '91................................................... $84,000 Baba 30 '83.................................................... $49,900 C&C 30 '883 from ...................................... $39,900 Custom Gaff Rig Schooner '59 ................ $37,500 Siedelmann 30T '85..................................... $19,500 Nonsuch 30 '83............................................ $39,900 Garden Gaff Cutter 30 '62........................ $30,000 Sabre 30 Mk III '87 ...................................... $39,900 Beneteau first 310 '93 ................................ $46,000 Beneteau 31 '09.........................................$109,500 Catalina 310 '00........................................... $63,500 Contest 31 '72 ............................................. $21,200 Tashiba 31 '86 .............................................. $75,000 Beneteau 321 '97......................................... $59,500 Cruisers 3275 '03........................................ $59,900 Freedom 32 '83............................................ $32,000 Halvorsen Island Gypsy 32 '03...............$189,900 Westsail 32 '78 ............................................ $54,000

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Beneteau 331' '03 2 from .......................... $82,500 J-Boats J/100 33 '05..................................... $99,000 Pearson 33 ’86 ............................................. $44,900 Aloha 34 '84 ................................................. $54,900 Bavaria 34 ’01............................................... $78,900 Beneteau 343 '06.......................................$124,900 C&C 34 '80................................................... $39,900 Catalina 34 '86 '90 2 from......................... $45,000 Hatteras 34 '65 ..........................................$199,000 Tartan 34 '71................................................ $27,500 Westerly Seahawk '85................................ $65,000 Allmand 35 '82 ............................................. $34,900 Freedom 35 '94............................................ $79,900 Schock Sloop 35 '01.................................... $64,500 Sea Ray 350 '08..........................................$199,000 Albin Trawler 36 '81................................... $54,900 Beneteau 36s7 98........................................ $89,000 Beneteau 36.7 '02 '04 2 from ................... $99,000 Briggs Cutter 36 '86 ................................... $10,000 Catalina 36 '95 ............................................. $75,900 Hunter 36 '05.............................................$119,800 Sabre 362 '94..............................................$115,000 Beneteau 373 '07.......................................$153,000 Beneteau Evasion 37 '82............................ $54,500 Hunter 376 ’97 ............................................ $85,000 Lord Nelson Victory Tug '86 .................$164,000

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Moody 376 '88............................................$98,500 Nordic Tug 37 '99................................... $259,900 Beneteau 381 '98 '99 2 from ...................$94,900 Bristol 38.8 '86............................................$99,500 Catalina 38 '85 ............................................$45,000 Irwin 38 MkII '86 ........................................$64,500 Pearson True North 38 '02 .................. $195,000 Sabre 38 '85.................................................$85,000 Wauquiez Hood 38 '84 '86 2 from ........$89,900 Beneteau 390 '91 '92 2 from ...................$67,900 Beneteau 393 '02 '03 5 from ................ $129,000 Pearson 39 '89 ............................................$88,000 Beneteau 400 '94..................................... $119,250 Beneteau 40 '08....................................... $199,500 Beneteau First 40 '11.............................. $229,000 Beneteau Oceanis 400 '93..................... $114,900 Beneteau 40.7 '01.................................... $169,900 Catalina 400 '95 '98 2 from................... $119,500 Delphia 40 '06 .......................................... $199,900 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40.3 '05............ $169,000 Palmer Johnson NY 40 '78.......................$59,900 Hinckley Bermuda 40 '63 '66 vb 2 from $69,000 Sabre 402 '97............................................ $229,000 Beneteau 411 '98 '00 2 from ................ $135,900 Lord Nelson 41' 1987 .......................... $174,000 Beneteau 423 '03 '04 2 from ................ $185,000

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Catalina 42 '93 ......................................$110,000 Sabre 425 '94.........................................$205,000 Vagabond Ketch 42 '84.........................$75,000 Pan Oceanic 43 '81 ..............................$109,500 Beneteau 43 '08 2 from ......................$209,900 Bavaria 44 '94..........................................$75,000 Beneteau 44.7 '05.................................$239,900 Concordia 44.5 '93 ................................$69,000 Dean Catamaran 440 '02....................$298,000 Island Packett 44 '92............................$190,000 Navy 44 '88..............................................$65,000 Morgan 44 CC '90 .................................$99,999 Beneteau First 456 '85 ..........................$99,000 Howdy Bailey 45 '73............................$164,900 Beneteau 461 '99..................................$169,000 Beneteau 46 ’07....................................$279,900 Leopard Catamaran 46 '09.................$699,000 Tartan 4600 ' 93 ...................................$279,000 Beneteau 47.7 '04.................................$298,500 Wauquiez 47 PS '08.............................$549,000 Beneteau 49 '07 2 from ......................$367,500 Beneteau Mooring 505 '02.................$195,000 Beneteau 50 '07....................................$585,000 Nexus 600 Catamaran '10 ............. $1,360,000 Beneteau 64 '03....................................$850,000 Franz Maas 76 '74.................................$499,000

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41’ Morgan OI ’79 Center Cockpit, Westerbeke. 2 Staterooms w/head and shower. 3 burner CNG stove and oven.

New Canvas, full winter cover. GREAT LIVEABOARD! $30,000. (410) 4371700.

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www.adventure-yachts.com 30’ Bristol Sloop ’81 The yacht recently had her interior teak refinished and her price reduced to $27,500. See full specs at www.adventure-yachts. com or call 410-626-2851.

42’ Albin Nimbus ’81 $87500 Illness forces sale.

Completely refit 2010-2011 to cruise the ICW to Florida the Bahamas and beyond.

Our miss fortune is your gain. New state of the art equipment from AC to Radar. A Complete list of upgrade and refit projects is available. This is a US Coast Guard documented vessel with no liens. Cruise the Bay, our Oxford MD slip included through Pictures on December 2011. http://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/25 9 4 3 3 1 7 1 3 . h t m l , v_pantas@yahoo.com, Call (215) 262-2482.

30’ Hunter ’03 This Hunter 306 is lift kept. Her in-mast furling main and roller furling genoa make her easy to single hand. A nice, clean, late model yacht asking $54,900. See full specs at www. adventure-yachts.com or call 410-6262851.

36’ Packet Craft Express Built by Island Packet, and has been lift kept. Shows extremely well. Asking $229,500. See full specs at www.Adventure-Yachts. com or call 410 626-2851.

38’ C&C Landfall ’82 This classic performance cruiser is well worth a look.

A newer main (2005) and other upgrades have kept her young. Asking $49,900. See pics and specs at www. adventure-yachts.com or call 410-6262851.

42’ Endeavour CC Sloop ‘86 Fully equipped w/radar, chartplotter, autopilot, 2 factory installed A/C units, Doyle stack pack, clean low hr 62-hp Perkins and much more. Currently on the hard in Baltimore for bottom paint and detailing. Below market value at $79,900 Call 443-838-7141 or email me at raboyer.bb@gmail.com, endeavourowners.com

53’ Mason Center Cockpit Ketch ’84 Private Sale: Unusual opportunity to purchase a classic 1984 Al Mason designed ocean cruising cutter rigged Mason 53 ft Ketch.

Updated electronics, engine, refrig, AC/Heating and more. View in detail @ www.WaterMusicSail.com.

Auction to begin October 6th, 2011.

Schedule appointment to see her in Annapolis or contact owner at info@WaterMusicSail.com.

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GRAND SOLEIL 46.3 2000 Recently upgraded in 2008-09 (including blue Awlgrip) and just launched July '11 with fresh bottom and all systems ready to go. Asking $269K Contact: Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

www.annapolisyachtsales.com BENETEAUS IN VIRGINIA: Beneteau Series 31, 321, 381, 400, 423, 43.

Evasion 37. From $59,900 to $209,500 See them at www.annapolisyachtsales. com, then call Jonathan (804) 4364484 32’ Freedom 32 ‘83 Clean boat, aircon, fridge, SSB, electric windlass, inverter/ charger, transmission rebuilt 2011, 70A alternator, good storage. Set up for Cruising. Deltaville, VA. Call Jonathan (804) 436-4484 or jonathan@ annapolisyachtsales.com 33’ Beneteau 331 ’03 Owners want to sell NOW!!!! Asking only $69,900 For information contact Dan 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 33’ J/100 ’05 Just Reduced to $99,000 Excellent shape, sails continuously upgraded, great race record and a fun boat to sail. Contact Bob Oberg at (410) 267-8181 orBob@ AnnapolisYachtSales.com 34’ Aloha ’84 Kaleo Outfitted for cruising, just returned from a the Texas Gulf Coast, last winter in the Bahamas.

Refit in 2010. Ready to go again. $54,900 Contact Paul Rosen 410-2678181 paul@annapolisyachtsales.com

GRAND SOLEIL 40 '07 Very lightly used high performance cruiser with a great equipment list. Price has been reduced for a quick sale, replacement cost is $450K and asking price is only $329,000. Call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171. harold@aycyachts.com GRAND SOLEIL 50 '06 Judel/Vrolik designed Performance Cruiser with steel grid. Completely loaded and ready to cruise. Immaculately maintained by original owner. Asking price $549K. Please call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-2687171. harold@aycyachts.com DUFOUR 44 PERFORMANCE '05 Huge sail inventory and cruising amenities make this a true fast cruiser. Shoal keel version expands the cruising ground from the Chesapeake to Florida. Asking $270K Contact: Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

AMEL MANGO 53' 1988 Incredibly strong and simple to handle offshore cruiser. This one has been around the globe and is ready to go out again!

Asking $249,000. Contact Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-2687171. harold@aycyachts.com

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CATALINA 470 '01 Loaded veteran of the Bahamas and Caribbean.

One owner well cared for vessel with every imaginable option for long distance voyaging. Asking $269K Contact Harold @Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

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MASON 44 1989 Just listed and ready to show. Great value for a seasoned veteran of the Mediterranean. All recent electronics so vessel is ready to go out again at a moments notice. Asking $180,000 Call Harold @ 410-268-7171. harold@aycyachts.com

34’ Catalina 34 ’86 Clean and well equipped with refrigeration, all new canvas, chartplotter, dinghy and outboard, and more. Asking $45,000.

Call Denise at (410) 267-8181 or denise@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Catalina 36 ’95 Cruise equipped with AC and electronics. Estate wants boat sold soon. In Annapolis asking only $75,900 Contact Dan at 410-5708533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales. com

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TARTAN 4000 makes her Annapolis debut Featured Brokerage 53’ Mason `84 ........................................... $310,000 44’ Tartan 4400 `08 .................................. $585,000 43’ Tartan 4300 `08 .................................. $525,000 43’ Irwin `89 .............................................. $129,500 43’ Saga `00 .............................................. $245,000 42’ Catalina 42-3 `89 .................................. $95,000 42’ Endeavour Center Cockpit `85 ......... $115,000 41’ Hunter 41 DS `05 ............................... $185,000 41’ Bristol 41.1 (limited reduction) `83... $149,500 41’ Tartan 4100 `98 .................................... Inquire 41’ Bristol Aft Cockpit `87 ....................... $159,900 40’ J/40 `87 ............................................... $129,000 40’ Pacific Seacraft `06............................ $354,900 40’ Island Packet `96 ............................... $189,900 40’ C&C 121 `04........................................ $249,000 38’ C&C 38 `76............................................ $42,000 38’ Hallberg-Rassy 382 `88 ..................... $147,000

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37’ Dickerson `94 ..................................... $140,000 37’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey `97 ................ $70,000 37’ Pacific Seacraft `87.............................. $89,000 37’ Pacific Seacraft `95............................ $158,000 37’ Tartan 3700 `05 ..................................... Inquire 37’ Tayana `83 ............................................ $89,900 36’ Sabre `85 .............................................. $65,000 36’ Sabre 362 `01 ..................................... $215,000 35’ Beneteau Oceanis `97 ......................... $79,000 35’ Contest `90 ........................................... $69,900 35’ Freedom Yachts `94 ............................ $85,000 35’ Island Packet Packet Cat `93 ............ $110,000 35’ Westerly Oceanquest `97 .................... $90,000 34’ Beneteau `07 ...................................... $119,000 34’ C&C `80................................................. $33,000 34’ Kaiser Gale Force `80 .......................... $70,000 34’ Najad 343 `84........................................ $99,000

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34’ Pacific Seacraft `00............................ $168,500 34’ Sabre MK I `82 ...................................... $38,500 33’ Cal `87 ................................................... $42,900 33’ Tartan `80 ............................................. $43,500 32’ C&C 99 3 from ...................................... $99,000 32’ J/32 `01 ............................................... $111,900 32’ Westsail `74 .......................................... $39,900 31’ Pacific Seacraft `89.............................. $78,000 31’ Pacific Seacraft `06............................ $160,000 30’ Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 30 Ultra `85.... $59,000

Downeast and Trawlers 38’ Lyman Morse `94 ............................... $212,500 38’ Pacific Seacraft Trawler `00 .............. $225,000 34’ Bruckmann `07................................... $249,000 32’ Grand Banks 32 Sedan `79 ................. $69,000

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38’ Beneteau 381 ’99 Nicely equipped and maintained, only 2 owners. In the water, ready to take you anywhere in comfort. Bring any reasonable offer.

Asking $99,900 call Dan at 410-2678181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 38’ Bristol 38.8 ‘86 Centerboard, recent canvas, clean interior, chartplotter, autopilot, radar, Aircon, fridge, spinnaker. Best priced Bristol on the market at $99,500, in Deltaville. Owner motivated. Call Jonathan (804) 4364484 or jonathan@ annapolisyachtsales.com

38’ Sabre 38’ MkII ’89 Gorgeous C/B model! Equipped with elec windlass, A/C, Refrigeration, and more. Owners are moving up in size. Priced to sell quickly. Call Denise at (410)267-8181 or denise@annapolisyachtsales.com 39’ Beneteau 390 - 2 available! Starting at $67,900. Outstanding value!! Both are extremely clean and ready to sail. Loaded with great gear. Please contact Dan at 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 39’ Beneteau 393 ‘02 Loaded with great gear, A/C-heat, 4KW Panda generator, TVs and much much more. In Baltimore!

Contact Dan 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 39’ Beneteau 393 Four Available Very clean 2 & 3 cabin models from $129,000. Some are loaded with great gear, others are equipped for pleasurable coastal cruising.

Contact Tim at 410-267-8181 tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 41’ Beneteau 411 ‘00 Nicely equipped with lots of extras and nice toys! Sailed & maintained by knowledgeable owner on the Bay. Amazing condition! $175,000 Please contact Tim at 410-267-8181 tim@annapolisyachtsales.com

50’ Beneteau / Moorings 505 ’02 One owner. 400 hrs on rebuilt Perkins Sabre 85-hp. Professionally maintained, New Canvas, great sails & electronics.

Asking $195,000 Call Paul Rosen 410267-8181 paul@annapolisyachtsales. com 52’ Beneteau 523 ‘06 ‘The best of the best.’ Equipped for Bay sailing and Caribbean cruising. Dark blue hull, great electronics, new sails, more. Annapolis.

Asking only $464,900 Contact Dan 410570-8533 or Dan@ AnnapolisYachtSales.com

35’ Island Packet 350 ’97 Superb cond. Great workmanship & attention to detail. Furling main, staysail & genoa.

Air, refrigeration, radar, SSB, VHF with AIS, swim platform, cockpit cushions, nice canvas, solar panel $142,000 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 39’ O’Day ‘82 Lots of recent upgrades, new AC, new cushions, ’08 furler & genoa, ’10 batteries, bimini & dodger 4’11” draft. This is a very nice sailing boat, perfect for the Bay. $59,000 Full details at bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073.

40’ Beneteau ’01 Center cockpit 5.5’ draft, generator, air, aft cabin w/ centerline double berth, forward cabin with pullman double to starboard. Nice on deck stowage, swim platform $109,500 bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 Catalina 400 mkII ’01 Centerline aft berth, BIG cockpit with two wheels, radar, Air, 300 engine hrs. Excellent cond. For further details please go to www.bayharborbrokerage.com or call 757-480-1073

43’ Beneteau ‘08 Great gear, full batten main sail, set up for single handed sailing and more. Health issue forces sale.

Annapolis. Asking only $249,900, bring offers! Contact Dan 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 44’ Beneteau 44.7 ‘04 Lack of use forces sale. Very low hrs on Yanmar engine. A/C-heat and great electronics.

Make a reasonable offer now. In Annapolis. Asking $239,900 contact Dan 410-570-8533 or Dan@ AnnapolisYachtSales.com 46’ Beneteau 46 ‘06 Cruise equipped, great gear, TV, electronics, canvas and more. Lack of use forces sale. In Annapolis. Asking only $279,900, bring all offers! Contact Dan 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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32' C&C 99 Three available 2003 / 2004 - Blue, Black & White ones.

One with carbon rig. Call for the details on them all. All equipped for racing & Cruising. We have the one you want! Starting at $99,000.

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37' Dickerson '94 Beautifully classic yacht. Repowered in 2007, chart plotter, B&G instruments, refrigeration, barrier coat, leather interior, much more. Must see to appreciate! $140,000. Crusader Yacht Sales 410269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

41’ Bristol 41.1 K/CB Center Cockpit '83. Excellent condition, new main, just varnished, satin interior, blue hull! BOAT SHOW SPECIAL to 10/17 $149,500 CrusaderYachts.com, (410) 269-0939

43' Tartan 4300 ‘8 Dry sailed in Annapolis. Very lightly used, but very well equipped. Epoxy Hull, Carbon Rig, Pocket Boom, Genset, Air, Thruster, Dual 12" Radar/Plotters (E120s). Many custom upgrades, over 650k to replace. $525,000.

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44' Tartan 4400 ‘08 This one has it all....Genset, Air, thruster, leisure furl boom, Radar / Plotters & More.

Ready for offshore or inshore cruising.

Replacement value over 720k a very smart value if you are considering new. $585,000 Crusader Yacht Sales 410269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

41’ Hunter DS 2005 You’ll love the airy feeling of the deck salon. Roomy, luxurious interior; clean deck layout. $185,000 Crusader Yacht Sales 410269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 53’ Mason Center Cockpit Ketch Ta Shing ’84 NON SKID decks. (NO TEAK!) White Awlgrip hull. Yanmar 140-hp (2002.Kohler 8KW generator (2000). Electric winches. $310,000 CrusaderYachts.com (410) 269-0939.

42' Endeavour '85 Center Cockpit featuring better than average condition. 2011 Electronics upgrades, Perkins Diesel, Electric Windlass, and full cockpit enclosure. Sail her to the Bahamas this Fall! $115,000 CYS 410-269-0939

43’ Saga ‘00 - Bob Perry design “the original fast passage maker” double headstay rig. Similar to Apogee, Deerfoot, Outbound. New Yanmar. $245,000. CrusaderYachts.com (410) 269-0939.

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“Chicago Breeze” 5 Cabins / 5 Heads Asking $185,000

“Pine” 4 Cabins / 4 Heads Asking $149,000

“Joyce Smith” 5 Cabins / 3 Heads Asking $199,000

Offshore Haven” 4 Cabins / 4 Heads Asking $262,000

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2007 LEOPARD 46

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“Robert B” 4 Cabins /4 Heads Asking $399,000

“Bacchanal Time II” 4 Cabins /3 Heads Asking $150,0000

“Bagheera” 4 Cabins /4 Heads Asking $390,000

“Taranaki” 4 Cabins /2 Heads Asking $119,000

2006 CYCLADES 43

2006 LEOPARD 43

2005 BENETEAU 423

2003 LAGOON 410

“Sorry” 3 Cabins / 2 Heads Asking $105,000

“Sas Sea Lady” 3 Cabins / 3 Heads Asking $375,000

“Campbell’s Sloop” 2 Cabins / 3 Heads Asking $125,0000

“Bibiche” 4 Cabins / 4 Heads Asking $225,000

2005 LEOPARD 40

2006 OCEANIS 393

2004 LAGOON 380

2006 OCEANIS 323

“Dou Reve II” 4 Cabins / 2 Heads Asking $225,000

“Ekdysis” 3 Cabins / 2 Heads Asking $105,000

“Holly Molly” 4 Cabins / 2 Heads Asking $185,000

“Princess” 2 Cabins / 1 Head Asking $60,000

Beneteau 411 2001 $144,500 In-Mast, AC/Heat, Radar, Pilot, Spin

Hunter 41 DS ‘06 $182,900 In-Mast, Gen, Bow Thruster, Air/Heat

EndeavourCat 30 ‘93 $ 54,500 Yanmar, Twin Hydraulic Drives, Gen, Air/Heat

43’ Hunter Legend ’91 Clean! Many upgrades, Ready for immediate cruising! Newer sails, cutter rig, AC/ Heat, 3 cabins - convertible office w/twin bunks, $109,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details.

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Hunter 456 2003 $189,900

In-Mast, Gen, Bow Thruster, AC/Heat, Davits

Morgan OI 416 $69,900

Ketch Rig, Gen, AC/Heat, Many Upgrades

Hunter 35.5 ’92 $ 52,500

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27’ Catalina Wing Keel, Universal dsl, wheel steering, newer sails (2004), new electronics (2006), - perfect starter boat $18,000 Call Tony Tumas Cell 443-553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details.

Email: Tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 30’ Endeavour Cat ’93 Beautiful Catamaran Yanmar dsl drives twin hydraulic inboard motors, Gen Set, Air, In-boom furling & much more – A must See! Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 5535046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. $54,900 Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 34’ Catalina ’88 Very clean - new North sails, reverse cycle heat/Air, full canvas, new Garmin plotter w/radar, new Autopilot, Inflatable w/OB, refrigeration & much more $46,900 Call Tony Tumas cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details.

Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 35’ Hunter 356 ’03 In Mast Furling, Air/ Heat, C80 plotter/radar, AP, full canvas, refrigeration, freezer, exceptionally clean! $99,500 Call Tony Tumas cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details.

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43’ 2002 Jeanneau Deck Salon Yanmar 75hp DSL, A/C, RF Wing Keel, 5’2” Draft $183,900

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Cal 22 Tiller, OB, Recent Sails $ 4,900 Catalina, Sloop, 9.9 Hp OB ('05), Roll furl $ 9,950 Cal Westerbeke DSL, Shoal Draft, RF $ 19,500 Catalina DSL, Tall Rig, Dodger $ 25,000 Seldelmann 30T Yanmar 13hp DSL, RF, shoal $ 14,500 Ranger Univ. Del 25 HP, RF, Dodger, Bimimi $ 25,000 Dufour 3800 Volvo dsl, wheel.

Call/OFFERS Hunter 376 Yanmar AC/Gen, NEW LISTING $ 79,500 Cape Dory 36 Cutter, Blue Water Equipped $ 79,500 Hunter Yanmar 50hp, A/C, AP, Inverter $99,500

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35’ Hunter 35.5 ‘92 Dodger, bimini, dinghy davits, dinghy w/ Outboard, AC / Heat, refrigeration, Doyle Stack Pack, GPS / Plotter – Slip and Storage thru March ’12 $52,500 Call Tony Tumas Cell 443-553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: Tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com Hunter 41 Deck Salon ’06 Loaded!

Beautiful blue hull, air, gen, bow thruster, full canvas, in-mast furling, Raymarine E120 and E80 $182,900. Call Tony Tumas Cell 443-553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: Tony@greatblueyachts. com, www.greatblueyachts.com 41’ Morgan Out Island 416 ‘82 Ketch rig center cockpit – Loaded! Dual zone AC / Heat, generator, full cockpit enclosure, AP, frig, freezer, many recent upgrades $69,500 Call Tony Tumas Cell 443-5535046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: Tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

Hunter 456 ’03 Center cockpit beautiful!

Full cockpit enclosure, In mast furling, Gen set, bow thruster, Dual zone heat/ Air, radar/plotter, dinghy w/OB, davits $189,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

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350 Island Packet ‘97 Thoroughly and thoughtfully equipped for serious cruising. Please call for detailed specs, more photos and resent survey. The Moorings Brokerage Annapolis 410-280-0520

26’ Catalina ’92 Sloop, 9.9 -hp OB, Roll furl $9,950 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300 28’ Cal ’86 Westerbeke dsl, shoal draft, RF $19,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 8279300 30’ Catalina ‘85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger $25,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 8279300.

37’ Hunter 376 ’98 Yanmar, AC/Gen, RF, AP. $79,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

40’ Hunter ’95 Yanmar 50-hp, elect., self-tailing main, full batten main w/ Dutchman, Air, AP, inverter $99,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

43’ Jeanneau Deck Salon ’02 Yanmar 75-hp dsl, A/C, RF, wing keel, 5’2” draft $183,900 Lippincott Marine (410) 8279300/

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35’ Morgan 35 k/cb ’71 Dsl; RF genoa; large s.s. ports; over $20k in new upgrades to electrical system; new windlass; lots of spares & gear.

Handyman special & estate sale. Asking $16,950. Call Rick 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com

32’ C&C ’99 If you are looking for a great opportunity to find a very well cared for C & C 99, then this is your boat. Summer White has always been maintained to the highest level by her original owner and it shows. They have invested in all the best sails and cruising gear to make this a functional boat on the race course and cruising the bay! The C&C 99 was designed by Tim Jacket to be a boat that will win on the race course and have an interior that will provide all of the comforts you will expect and your wife will enjoy.

Summer White has a ton of gear and is the best value on the market today.

Please call David at 410-991-1511 for appointment or Email at David@ NorthPointYachtSales.com J/32 ’01 Shoal draft 4’10” and fantastic cond. New dodger, bimini & wheel cover, new chart plotter, 3 blade max prop, and very light use. The shoal draft is perfect for the Chesapeake. Original owners are retiring from sailing. She is well priced and needs nothing. $111,900, call Paul Mikulski 410-961-5254 paul@ northpointyachtsales.com 33’ Pearson 10M ’80 You will not find a better value in 33’. This boat has been meticulously cared for and it shows. Her exterior, interior & mechanical systems D are in great cond. include SOLHighlights refrigeration, “07 canvas and windlass. If you want to be on the Bay, but your budget is tight, this is your boat. Offered at $29,500. Contact David at (410) 2802038x15 or David@ NorthPointYachtSales.com 34’ 1994 Beneteau First Class 10 If you want to win, than this is a boat to look at!!!! The Purple boat has always been the boat to beat. Now you have a chance to continue this winning tradition. The Purple Boat is now offered at $36,000!

Time to win some silver…410-280-2038 34’ J 34s The J 34c Has a open layout that is great while on the hook or during an overnight passage. Come talk to the original J Daddy Paul Mikulski. He has two very nice listings he would like to show you, so please call for an appointment. Call direct 410-961-5254 34’ J 105s Yes we have them so come talk to the J Boat Experts and see the why this is the best One Design boat on the Chesapeake Bay. We have many available and would love to show them to you. Please call the office at 410-2802038 35’ 1986 C&C 35 MKIII This is a very nice clean boat that will make a nice cruiser or great club racer. To Learn more please call David Malkin 410-2802038. This boat is price to sell as his NEW Dufour is on the way. Offered at $41,500 (410) 280-2038.

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36’ J 109 Lioness is a good example of this great design that is perfect for cruising and racing to Bermuda. Owner ct will traand wants the boat sold quickly Con r e consider reasonable offers. Call Paul Und Mikulski direct for any questions at 410961-5254 or Email at Paul@ NorthPointYachtSales.com Visit us at the

37’ B&C ’05 Grand BoatSoleil Win Show!races in style. Extra tall rig & deep keel make this Grand Soleil an outstanding performer in PHRF and IRC. ORC cat 1 certified. She has a beautiful Italian crafted teak interior w/full cruising amenities. You won’t find a nicer dual purpose yacht. $269,000 Contact David at 410-2802038 or David@Northpointyachtsales. com Cape Fear 38 ’02 Major price reduction owner says sell....A winning race record & a comfortable cruising interior. Shoal draft with A-kites make this an easy boat to have fun with. $20,000 Price reduction now offered at $129,000. You need to see this boat! Contact David at (410) 280-2038 or David@ NorthPointYachtSales.com 40’ J120s North Point has two J 120s. If you want a very competitive boat that likes to be in the ocean and race on the bay than you need to look at the J 120s.

The Class is looking into forming a J 120 class here on the bay to race One Design! Call us to learn more 410-2802038 40’ Archambault A40RC ’08 Just Reduced!!!! If you are looking for a Newer IRC race ready boat than look no further. Jubilee is a fast boat that would be very happy in the ocean or great for local sailing. Please Call Ken Comerford at 410-991-1511 for further information.

Offered at 275,000!!!

J/122 ’07 J 122 CATAPULT is now the best equipped boat on the market & ready for you to make an offer and start winning. She offers a huge North Sails inventory & a NEW B&G full electronics system. She is on the Hard at Bert Jabin’s & is ready to start winning races.

Priced to sell at $379,000. Please call Ken Comerford at 410-991-1511 or Email at Ken@NorthPointYachtSales. com. Looking forward to helping you win silver and cruise in style!

41’ X Yacht ’02 X 412 Come see why this X 412 needs to be on your short list of boats to look at. Call us for an appointment as we are happy to show you this well cared for Yacht that is located in Annapolis. Please Call the North Point Office at 410-280-2038.

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SELECTED BROKERAGE 240 Hunter ‘02 .............. $ 12,900 260 Hunter ‘02 .............. $ 27,000 28 S2 8.6 ’85 ............... $ 16,900 28 Hunter ‘90 ............. $ 24,900 29.5 Hunter ‘97 .............. $ 34,999 30 Hunter ’81 ............... $ 15,000 30 Hunter ‘86 ............... $ 30,000 31 Allmand ‘80............. $ 22,000 31 Pearson ‘87 ............. $ 39,500 32 Gemini ‘91 .............. $ 48,000 33 Hunter ’81 .............. $ 18,000 33 Pearson '89 ............. $ 49,000 33.5 Hunter '92 ............... $ 44,000 34 Hallberg Rassy ‘76 .. $ 49,900 35.5 Hunter ’87 .............. $ 34,500 36 Hunter ’08 .............. $169,000 36 Hunter '10 ............... $170,000

376 Hunter ’96 ............... $ 84,000 376 Hunter ‘97 ............... $ 72,000 376 Hunter ‘97 ............... $ 84,000 38 Hunter ’06 ............... $147,000 380 Hunter ’00 ............... $110,000 380 Hunter ‘02 ............... $119,000 380 Hunter ’02 Sloop..... $120,000 41AC Hunter ’07 ............. $199,000 42DS Jeanneau '11........... $250,000 420 Hunter ’04 ............... $175,000 426 Hunter ‘03 ............... $189,000 456 Hunter ’03 ............... $235,000 460 Hunter ‘00 ............... $170,000 460 Hunter ‘01 ............... $199,000 460 Hunter ‘02 ............... $169,900 52.2 Jeanneau '96 ........... $255,000 530CC Pearson ’81 ........ $249,000

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36’ Hunter ’08 Captain’s Lady is a oneowner 36 that has been meticulously maintained. Equipped with In-Mast Furling, Raymarine C80 GPS/Plotter, Auto-Pilot, AC/Heat, freezer & much more. $169,000 Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts. com 376 Hunter ’97 Zephyrus is a well maintained vessel with AC/Heat, Stereo/ CD, Autopilot, VHF radio, GPS/Plotter/ Radar, and more. Great cond. $84,000.

Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 38’ Hunter ’06 Airam is a beautiful sailboat & like new. Equipped with inmast furling, ST60 upgrade, Bose system, AC/Heat, Stereo/CD, TV/DVD, & much more. $147,000. Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www. nortonyachts.com 426 Hunter ’03 Dolly G A cruiser with ample space below & walk-thru transom.

Sleeps 6 & equipped with Raymarine RL80CRC/GPS, Autopilot, In-Mast Furling, 2 TVs, 2 Stereos, AC/Heat, Generator, 2 heads/shower & much more. $189,000 Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

456 Hunter ’03 Check Formation is a beautiful cruiser that has been professionally maintained. Equipped with in-mast furling, lewmar winches, CD, TV/Stereo, Ray Marine E120 color chart plotter, AC & much more. $235,000. Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 460 Hunter ’01 Sweet N’ Slow is a stunningly beautiful vessel equipped with teak interior, TV/DVD, Sirius radio, AC/Heat, In-Mast furling, E-80 Raymarine, & MUCH MORE! $199,000 Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

37’ Tartan Sloop ’77 Lovely Sparkman and Stevens centerboard design.

Westerbeke dsl, RF, electric self-tailing winches, autohelm, radar & more. She is well equipped and is a wonderful performance cruiser. Asking $42,000 and looking for offers. OBYS 410-226-0100

31’ Irwin Citation ’83 Tolume Yanmar 15-hp dsl, wheel steering, large quarter berth, enclosed head, U-shaped galley, dinghy w/ 1.5-hp OB, Asking: $16,900 US, Regent Point Marina (804) 7584457 www.regent-point.com 31’ Tartan 310 ‘88 Bora Bora Quality cruiser, AP, Adler Barbour refrigeration, RF, bimini, Lazy Jacks, sleeps 7 w/ Pilot berth, Ready to Go. Asking $49,950 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

40’ Hinckley B-40 MK III ’77 Exceptional, one owner vessel that has been extremely well taken care of and upgraded her whole life. Hauled every winter and stored in building. Total awlgrip, replaced standing rigging in ’05.

Call for complete details. Asking $170,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

35’ Hunter Legend 35.5 ’94 Art’s Place Furling main and genoa, AC/Heat, dual staterooms, many features, clean boat ready to GO! Asking: $54,900 Regent Point Marina 804-758-4457 www.regent-point.com 37’ Beneteau Envision ’83 Ideal liveaboard. Rare center cockpit pilothouse design ketch. One of only a few made, Set up for major cruising, Duel helm stations, 3 cabin layout, 2 heads. $59,500 PRICE REDUCED. Call Regent Point marina @804-758-4457 www.regent-point.com

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28’ Catalina Sloop ‘96 She has been well maintained and it shows! She is ready to go! RF, fully battened main w/Dutchman, new running rigging ’06, ST winches, Tall rig, CP shower, dodger, Wheel, Autohelm etc. Great family cruiser. Asking $39,900 OBYS 410-226-0100 37’ Dickerson Sloop/Cutter ‘83 These are lovely, traditional vessels that handle and sail extremely well. Tri-cabin interior, ST winches, RF headsail, holding tank, wheel, and so much more! Asking only $60,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

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www.regent-point.com S-2 8.5 ’83 Willowind 28 Sloop w/wheel steering, RF, full batten main, Autohelm 3000, 15-hp Yanmar dsl, clean, well, maintained, ready to go. Asking:$14,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-7584457 www.regent-point.com

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25’ Cal MK 2-25 ’78 Dragon Lady Great Sailing Pocket Cruiser, 15-hp Inboard OMC Sail-Drive, Roller Furling, 150 genoa, Asking $6,500 Call: Regent Point Marina@ 804-758-4457 www.regent-point.com

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“Simply doing it right!” C hesape a k e Bay SAIL 50’ Wauquiez Centurion 49 ‘92 rugged cruiser! ...................................$219,000 47’ Cardinal ’85 (LI Sound) ..................................................................... $125,000 45’ Gulfstar Hirsh ’85 Center Cockpit fresh Yanmar!...................... $115,000 44’ Hunter Deck Salon’06 Beautiful!.................................................... $215,000 42’ Sabre CB ‘87 Bristol Condition................................................................. SOLD 41’ Beneteau411 ’02 Loaded and ready to go! ................................... $149,000 38’ Cabo Rico ’85 Beautiful Cutter!...........................................................$84,900 38’ C&C Landfall ’82 Price reduced! ........................................................$42,000 38’ Bavaria 37 ’85 Project boat worth it! ................................................$25,000 37’ Jeanneau ’00 offered at .......................................................................$99,000 36’ Hunter 356................................................................................................... SOLD 36’ Catalina ’88 loaded to cruise & new Yanmar ...................................$59,500 36’ Catalina ’95 chocked full of cruising gear! .......................................$85,000 36’ S2 ’82 Navy hull /white canvas! ..........................................................$39,900 34’ Sabre 34 CB ’87 Fresh Yanmar Bristol .................................SALE PENDING 34’ Catalina ’88 Very nice shape! ..............................................................$42,000 34’ Pearson CB’84 Fresh Yanmar & sails NICE! .....................................$38,000 30’ Lippincott ’83 great starter many upgrades!...................................$19,000 30’ Bristol 29.9 ’84 Last one built! ................................................................ SOLD 29’ Watkins ’89 Back on the market super clean! .................................$22,000 POWER 43’ 1932/95 Custom Launch diesel, head turner! ..............................$25,000 28’ Albin 28TE ’96 Cummins Diesel.........................................................$59,900 26’ Palmer Scott/Skip Lippincott Down East custom...........................$59,000 25’ Rosborough RF246 200hp Honda .......................................SALE PENDING

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1975 Elor 6.5 meter (21 feet). Paul Elvstrom design, built in France. Very seaworthy. 11 sails, including 3 spinakers. $800.

1976 Catalina 22. Swing-keel sloop with pop-top. Main and jib. Average condition. $800.

1974 Dufour 24. Main, 2 jibs. Volvo Diesel. Clean and sound. $3,500.

1975 Bristol 24. Main, 2 jibs. Sturdy small cruiser. Depth finder, compass.

8 HP Yamaha. $1,500.

1975 Ericson 25 keel model sloop. Main, Genny & spin. dry boat. Above average. $1,800.

1985 Hunter 25.5. Main, Jenny, Jib. Good Condition. $3,000.

1976 Pearson 26. Fin keel sloop. 4-cycle O/B. $1,500.

1974 Pearson 26. Fin keel sloop. Yamaha 8HP 4-cycle long-shaft. $1,500.

1977 Hunter 30. Keel model. Yanmar Diesel. Wheel steering. Main, and Genoa. Sound and good condition. $6,500.

1984 Catalina 30. Universal diesel. Wheel, R/F Main, R/F Genoa. $8,000.

POWERBOATS 1982 Boston Whaler 17 ft. Nauset Center console model. Very nice hull: soda-blasted, compounded, waxed. New rubrail. No motor, steering mechanism or engine controls. Clean. Trailer. $3,500.

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Cape Dory 36 Cutter ’90 Carl Alberg design, 40 years’ proven , still in production. Caribbean vet! New electronics, powerful autopilot, wind vane steering, new cushions, dinghy & outboard! Reduced $89K RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Tayana 37 ’85 Get the best cruising boat you can own for under $100K. Two available. Capable blue water live-aboard choice. Both are good values at $69K and 89K. 410 571-2955

Hallberg Rassy 39 ’00 A beautiful, capable sailing machine and civilized center cockpit cruising sailboat with two staterooms, large head, safe galley, excellent storage, solar and wind power. Nobeltec navigation. Sail now! $299K 410 571-2955

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Norseman 400 42’ ’89 Bargain of the year! Everything new. Refit cost $650K, Leisurefurl, all electric windlass, sugar scoop transom, incredible electronics, all amenities, Air conditioning, Reduced! $289K 410 571-2955 Passport 40 ‘84 Incredible price! New Furuno radar/chart plotter, new sails, new Autopilot. Capable cruiser. Needs some deck work. Reduced to low $99K RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Tayanna Vancouver 42 Cutter ‘80 Awesome capable blue water boat with no teak decks, new electronics, nice pullman berth to port and single aft cabin, great storage, great opportunity.

Reduced $89K RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Saga 43 ’95 Bob Perry’s modern performance cruiser, fast and fun to sail.

Spacious interior. Two staterooms, two heads and a quarter berth. Low maintenance, great sailing boat. Like sailing fast? Love Bold Spirit. $215K 410-571-2955

Mason 44 Cutter ‘95 Affordably priced blue water live aboard cruiser.

Gorgeous hull shape. No teak decks.

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Silver Lynx 57 ‘05 Laurent Giles Aluminum Yawl, South African built for high latitudes just refit, new Awlgrip, ready to go NOW. $549K! Moody 54 Center Cockpit ‘01 Sought after blue water cruising vessel. Three-stateroom layout. Fully equipped with complete cruising gear and 2010 electronics. Ready to go South. $540K! Hallberg Rassy 49 Ketch ’88 Completely equipped blue water center cockpit voyager, new teak decks, well maintained, in good order. One of few boats ready to go NOW. $354K Orion 50 Ketch ’83 .......................$329K Stevens 47 Cutter ’83 ...................$139K Morgan 44 CC ’88 .........................$129K Mason 44 ’95 ................................$209K Saga 43 ’96 ...................................$215K Norseman 400 ’89 ........................$289K Valiant 42 ’04 ................................$349K Valiant 42 ’95 ................................$219K Valiant 40 ’78 ................................$139K

Hallberg Rassy 39 ........................$289K Ovni 39 ’94 ...................................$159K Tashiba 36 ’87 ..............................$119K Tayana 37 ’78 .................................$69K Pacific Seacraft 37 ’92 ..................$159K Tayana 37 ’85 .................................$89K Cape Dory 36 ’90 ............................$89K Tartan T3500 ’01 ..........................$159K Cabo Rico 34 ’90 .............................$79K

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Morgan 44 CC ‘88 Live aboard with all the comforts of an equipped center cockpit boat with solar panels, generator, new Seafrost refrigerator/ freezer, new electronics, autopilot, dinghy and davits, great price $129K (410)571-2955

27’ Hunter ’77 $7,000 Completely refurbished. Hull is painted elegant burgundy. Looks new. Must see. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

28’ Sabre ’76 $14,900 Sale Pending.

New engine (50 hrs), new batteries.

Ready to go cruising boat. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

Orion 50 Ketch ’83 Rare find! TaShingbuilt, sought-after three-stateroom, center cockpit ketch. Capable world voyager with over $150K refit in the past year! Fast and easy to sail. Ready to sail away. Priced right. $329K 410 571-2955 Stevens 47 Cutter ’81 Big, powerful, proven, three-stateroom live aboard voyager. S&S design and sought after layout. Carib 1500 Vet. Complete cruising and safety gear. Reduced.

Great price. $139K 410 571-2955 Hallberg Rassy 49 Ketch ’88 Perfect affordable world cruising platform.

Safe and secure, easy for a couple to sail. Expert maintenance, new teak decks, everything in working order.

Truly complete. Reduced $354K (410) 571-2955.

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29’ Bayfield ’82 $22,000 Air conditioned and a “Go anywhere” cruiser. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

30’ Seafarer ‘83 $1,5900 A good sturdy boat. An inexpensive way to go cruising.

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Moody 54 CC Cutter ’01 rare threestateroom, center cockpit cutter well equipped for voyaging and ready to head for the Caribbean today! Complete with water maker, washer dryer, AC, new standing rigging, electric davits! $540K (410) 571-2955.

31’ Hunter ’84 $19900. A great cruising boat for a very reasonable price. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

35’ Island Packet ’89 $94,500 Cutter rigged, Ready to go! Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

35’ Young Sun Mackinaw Cutter ’81 $49500. This is an experienced blue water cruiser. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

38’ Morgan 382 ’81 $44,900 Completely equipped for offshore cruising.

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www.sailingassociates.com broker@sailingassociates.com 25’ Paceship ‘68 $6,400 Full keel.

Great cruising boat. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

41’ Formosa Ta Chiao ‘77 $59,000 Very well maintained and is ready to go.

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34’ Catalina 34 ‘88 Shoal draft, Air Conditioned, Ready to go! $42,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 34’ Pearson 34 ‘84 Center Board, Newer sails, Newer Yanmar Very Nice shape. $38,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 36’ Catalina 36 ‘85 Tall rig, Wing keel, Air, Davits, 100 hr Yanmar! great canvas, great boat ...very clean! $59,500 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 38’ C&C Landfall ’80 Dark Hull Dark Hull Great shape, Recent sails NOW $42,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 41’ Beneteau 411 ‘02 Air..perfect bay boat with all the bells and whistles! $149,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 44’ Hunter Deck Salon ’06 Loaded, Air, bow thruster, full enclosure. Super Clean!

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33’ DeVries Lentsch Custom Rhodes Centerboard Yawl ’60 This fiberglass Rhodes 33 hull by DeVries Lentsch was finished into an exquisite traditional daysailor in 1999/2000 by a professional boatbuilder. She has a shoal draft centerboard (3’6’) and a yawl rig that balances her in light air & permits sailing with a jib & jigger when it blows. She has the aesthetics of a classic wooden yacht with all of the advantages of a fiberglass hull. And there are no complicated systems to keep up with. Her sweet lines, varnished mahogany trim, traditional bronze hardware, and glued-on teak deck (2000) will turn heads in most any port. She comes with a matching custom-built tender, perfect for exploring the creeks & coves. Offered @ $39,500 obo. Photos & details @ www.yachtview.com or call John Kaiser @ 410-923-1400 office or 443-223-7864 cell.

1992 44' Island Packet "Slow Dancing" A beautifully maintained, dark blue awlgrip hull, example of a classic offshore cruising cutter. Ready for her next owners adventures! Hundreds of photos @ www.yachtview.com or call John Kaiser for a personal inspection @ 443-223-7864 cell anytime Asking an aggressive $199,900.00 OBO.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 33’ Hunter ‘05 Pristine condition, must see. New batteries & bottom paint. One owner, not a time share. MUST SELL. $72,900 OBO. Solomons 216-4010535 34’ Irwin Citation ‘81 Handsome design, 4 1/2’ draft, Yanmar 3GM dsl, dodger w/cockpit cover, cockpit cushions, furling genoa, great sailer. $19,500 (410) 561-1507 or (410) 3662882 Fractional Sailboat Membership Sail 2005 Hunter 36 for less than price of slip and insurance. Group operates like SailTime. Share calendar with two others. Boat has A/C, autopilot. ken.daniel@gmail.com, 703-945-7863.

34.5’ C&C ‘71 Nice, solid, clean boat, Atomic-4, sails great $12,500 Call Tom (301) 370-5068.

1985 Cape Dory 26 for sale. $15,000. Very good cond., well maintained. Furling foresails, 9.9 Yamaha, battery charger, radio, depth sounder, compass, wood burning stove. This boat has been well taken care of. Use of slip off Magothy River through April 2012. Please call (301) 300-0554.

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Yanmar 54-hp Diesel Excellent cond. includes heat exchanger, alternator, reconditioned gearbox, instrument panel and new Yanmar harness for connecting panel to engine. $2900 or b.o. (302) 478 8844 or MAJJIKLL@msn.com

East Coast Bow Thrusters Mobile bow and stern thruster installation. Prompt professional service. Over 40 years experience. Call or e mail for a firm quote. www.ecbowthrusters.com or call Joe at 845-551-197.

MARINE SERVICES

Chesapeake Soda Clean....................67

Professional Mobile Service Eco-Safe-Full Tenting Free Estimates Fully Insured

Coastal Properties...............................19

LLC

Up The C re e k Diving

Helix Mooring Authorized Installer

410.320.4798

cgilless@msn.com

Mooring Installation & Service Underwater Maintenance & Repair

APOLIS DIVIN NN

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(443) 604-8451 gator@chesapeakepiledriving.com

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CNG Available at:

• Haven Harbour Marina Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard • Higgins Yacht Yard C&C Charters Georgetown Yacht Basin • Tidewater Marina • Worton Creek Marina Hartge Yacht Yard • Zahniser’s Yachting Center

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Mike’s Sodablasting

443-758-3325 mikesblasting@gmail.com

Free Estimates Contact Todd “Gator” Scott

Index of Display Advertisers

Coastal Climate Control......................16 Coppercoat USA.................................86 CRAB................................................148 CruiseRO Water................................116 Crusader Yacht Sales.......................143 Cypress Marine.................................117 Davis’ Pub.........................................108 Deltaville Boatyard.........................52,53 Deltaville Marina..................................94 Diversified Marine.........................73,123 Doctor LED..........................................63

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• 24 Hour Emergency Service • Salvage • Hull Cleaning • Propeller Sales and Service • Zinc Replacement • Mooring Installation

410-251-6538

www.annapolisdivingcontractors.com

East of Maui......................................120 Eastport Plaza Delicatessen.............136 Eastport Spar and Rigging..................84 Eastport Yacht Center.........................95 Experience Sail.................................101 EYC Boat Show Bash.........................37

Marine Engine Sales, Parts & Service 410-263-8370

www.BayshoreMarineEngines.com

Facnor...............................................134 Fawcett Boat Supplies.................8,29,47 Forbes Horton Yachts.............35,98,104 Forespar..............................................66 Gratitude Marina..................................92

COMMANDER DIVE SERVICES

Shaft/Prop cleaning and service Hull inspection/cleaning Search and Recovery

410-971-4777 COMMANDERDIVE@aol.com

Baking Soda Blasting

Great Blue Yachts.............................146

Environmentally Friendly Abrasive and Non-Abrasive Media Blasting

Grey Beard Pumps............................101

Mobile Paint Stripping & Surface Restoration

Mike Morgan 410.980.0857

Chesblast@yahoo.com

140 W. Mt. Harmony Rd. #105 Owings, MD 20736 www.chesapeakeblasting.com

Harbor East Marina.............................97 Harken........................................118,119 Hartge Yacht Harbor...........................79 Hartge Yacht Yard.............................109 Haven Harbour Marina........................76

Bottom Paint Removal • Gel-Coat Safe Chris Stafford 800-901-4253 www.galeforceblasting.com

Herrington Harbour..............................61 Hinckley Yacht Services........................4 Hotwire Enterprises.............................77 Hydrovane International Marine Inc....73 Intensity Sails....................................120 J. Gordon & Co....................................83

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MARINE SERVICES

RIGGING

SIPALA SPARS & RIGGING LLC

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Fully Mobile Rigging Services on the Eastern Shore

Splicing, Swaging, Spar Transportation and Refinishing

J/World..............................................137 Jack Martin Associates........................95

Premium Quality Rigging at Reasonable Rates

Jimmy Johns.....................................133 Knapp’s Narrows Marina & Inn..........106 KTI Systems........................................89 Landfall Navigation............................159 Latell Sails - Ullman...........................136 Lippincott Marine...............................146

Full Rigging Shop Located in Worton, MD

TRAILERED BOAT

BOT TOM STRIPPING it’s our

Specialty!

(410) 708-0370 www.sipalaspars.com

Convenient drop off in Millersville, MD 410-271-2652 ChesapeakeSodaClean.com

M Yacht Services...........................31,69 Mack Boring & Parts Co......................85 Mack Sails...........................................78

Rigging & Metal Fabrication

Maggie Lee Designs............................97

with Mobile Service

Marine Technical Services................111 Martek Davits....................................116 Maryland Marina..................................46 MD Dept. of Natural Resources........113 Moorings.......................................21,145 National Sailing Hall of Fame............100 New England Ropes..........................128 North Point Yacht Sales......................14 North Sails........................................3,72 North Sails Direct..............................111 Norton Yachts.............................102,147 Offshore Sailing School.......................77 Osprey Point........................................92 Pantaenius America............................33 Pettit Marine Paint Vivid.................5,121 Pier 4 Marina.....................................104 Planet Hope.........................................88

122 Severn Ave • Annapolis MD

Winter Dry Storage $25 per ft. Fall 2011 to April 2012.

Included Haul-out, Powerwash, Blocking, and Launch.

Patapsco River – Baltimore Outer Harbor, Old Bay Marina (410) 477-1488 or www.oldbaymarina.com

Replacement Halyards! For all your running rigging needs please call Dave at Bosun Yachts Services on 410.533.0458 or email dave@rigbos.com. Splicing top quality lines for both cruising and racing sailboats.

MISCELLANEOUS

SAILS

Books - 600 Great Sailing Yarns Many 1st editions.

Email for complete lists to mphsails@verizon.net or (410) 522-4844.

REAL ESTATE Waterfront, water view, water privileged, whatever.

Expert handling from search through settlement and all the pesky little details in between.

(410) 703-2350 (410) 972-4090 Susan-Nealey.com Key West Lodging - Race Week 2012 Galleon Resort in Key West. 2nd floor facing marina.

Timeshare 4 sale. Prime location. Week 2 (race week 2012). 2 bedrooms / baths, pool, fitness. Sleeps 6. $20K Cal(301) 218-6168.

Portside Marine.................................117

RENTALS

Potomac Sailmakers.........................104

3 Month Winter Rental 1/1/12-3/31/12 Shady Side.

Charming 2+bedroom + cottage on West River.

Fully furnished and equipped plus hot tub and artists studio.$2,000/mth. CRV available also for $400/mth.

References and security deposit. (410) 867-6421.

Premiere Racing..................................12 Pro Valor Charters...............................91 Quantum............................................160 Quickline USA.....................................75 Follow us!

www.atlanticspars.com

Bacon Sails &

• New England Line

NMEA................................................108

Annapolis 410-268-1570 Herrington Harbour 410-867-7248

Cure Varnish or Paint Failure With Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer(tm) [CPES(tm)], using a flexible epoxy glue made largely from the natural resins of wood itself.

Call 1-800-234-0330 for local stores.

West Systems •Sea Dog •MASEpoxy Epoxy West Systems • MAS

Maritime Solutions...............................71

Marine Supplies

Waterview Office For Rent in Eastport Perfect for one or two people. $750 per month. Please e-mail mary@ spinsheet.com for details.

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SCHOOLS

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RBC Wealth Management...................30 Regent Point Marina............................80 Richard Herman................................103 Ritz-Carlton Residency........................13 RogueWave Yacht Brokerage......15,149 Sail Away Catamarans........................35 Sail Solomons.....................................70 SailFlow...............................................68 Sailrite Enterprises..............................82 Salt Ponds...........................................64

20Min. From DC Beltway

At Herrington Harbour North

Salt Yacht Brokerage........................148 Scan Marine........................................88

SAILING SCHOOL

&

YACHT CHARTERS Exceptional Quality at a Competitive Price.

Sea Flush............................................78

Solomons, MD

Shipwright Harbour..............................64

410-326-4917

SLIPS

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410.280.2935 Porpoise Sailing Services New Custom Sails New & Used Surplus Sails New & Used Roller Furling Systems

Buy

Sell

Trade

porpoisesailing@yahoo.com • 800.507.0119 www.porpoisesailing.com

Sipala Rigging.....................................80 Sparcraft US........................................28 Spring Cove Marina.............................49 Start Sailing Now.................................37

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www.annapolisboatservice.com

Schaefer..............................................74

www.sailsi.com

Info@sailsi.com

Distributor for

Scandia Marine..........................123,137

ON MAGOTHY RIVER Only 1 River North of Annapolis

Strictly Sail Shows...............................18

WINTER STORAGE – BOOK NOW Great $$$ Saving Packages

Sultana Projects..................................25

Slip up to 50’ • Full Service Repair and Maintenance DIY friendly • New Waterfront Rest Coming • Trailer Boat Storage Highly Protected from Weather/Wake • Boat Ramp

T2P.TV................................................89 Tartan C&C Yachts.............................48

ALWAYS below Annapolis Rates!

410.544.6368

Tidewater Yacht Service Center........101

www.ferrypointmarina.com office@ferrypointmarina.com

Tohatsu America Corp........................17

700 Mill Creek Road • Arnold MD

Trawler Fest.........................................23 UK-Halsey Sailmakers........................11 Ultimate Power....................................79 Up-N-Out...........................................113 Vane Brothers.....................................82 Viking Life Saving Equipment..............71 Water Furnace International..................9 Waterfront News..................................60 West Marine......................................124 Wichard...............................................57 Womanship International...................105 Zarcor..................................................74

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Dry Storage to 36 feet.

Repair Yard DIY or Subs.

SLIPS

SLIPS

SLIPS

Bell Isle

20’ - 40’ Slips, Pier 4 Marina 301 4th St., Eastport, across from Annapolis Yacht Club. Keep your boat where the Hinckley and Sabre dealers keep theirs.

Electric, water, & showers. (410) 990-9515. www. pier4annapolis.com

45’ X 16’ Floating Slip For Sale, $27,000 or rent / $340 month. On Patapsco River. Pool; pump-out; laundry, showers, 7/24 gated security, water, electricity, parking, game rooms, restaurants, markets, shops adjacent. Ed (570) 384-3820/ (570) 384-1064 FAX.

20’-36’ Slips Young’s Boat Yard Inc., Jones Creek, Patapsco River. Deep, protected slips at reasonable rates. 15-Ton open-end TraveLift. Friendly atmosphere with personal attention. Wed. night racing.

YoungsBoatYard.com, (410) 477-8607.

Sailboat Depth Slip 32’ x 12’ Premier position in Back Creek Marina. Water & electricity. No pets. (410) 2684685.

(No (No Boat Boat Tax) Tax)

55-Ton Travel-Lift 27,000 lb.

Fork-Lifts (Lower (Lower Bay) Bay)

Hampton, VA (757) 850-0466

www.BELLISLEMARINA.com Short Walk to: Movie Theatre 17 Restaurants Whole Foods Liquor Store Retail Shops OCT.15 TO MAY 14 Harborplace Aquarium Fells Point Dock in the heart of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor!

Little Italy

25’ - 40’ Slips and Storage Special Power & sail, cozy, intimate MD Clean Marina in protected Deale harbor, excellent boating & fishing, free Wi-Fi & pumpout, 30 mins. from DC. (410) 867-7919, www. rockholdcreekmarina.com

OFF SEASON MONTHLY RATES

www.innerharboreast.net

30’ - 45’ Slips Available at Discounted Rates at Hinckley Yacht Services on Town Creek in Oxford, MD. Included in rental is pool, electric, water, laundry, bath houses, ships store and access to world class service all in the historic town of Oxford. Contact Marti Sommer at 410-226-5113.

410.625.1700

Two Months Free

410-867-7686 Deale, Maryland

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A Certified Clean Marina Serene Setting w/ Pool Minutes to the Bay Full Service Marina Winter Storage Available

30’ - 35’ Slips Available Annapolis City Marina, Ltd. in the heart of Eastport. Includes electric, water, restrooms with showers, and gated parking. Give us a call at (410) 268-0660, www.annapoliscitymarina.com.

www.shipwrightharbormarina.com

15’ Up to 60’ Deep-Water Slips On the Magothy. One river north of Annapolis. Easy access to marina by Route 100. North Shore Marina (410) 255-3982.

30’ - 50’ Deepwater Slips For Sale & Rent On the western shore of the Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Flag Harbor Yacht Haven (410) 586-0070, www. flagharbor.com. Winter storage & repair (410) 5861915.

18-46 Foot Slips Available Covered slips as well , downtown Annapolis, Sarles marina on Spa Creek .

Electric, water, and showers . 410-263-3661 www. sarlesboatyard.com.

Slip For Sale 35 foot deep water slip on Spa Creek, approved for live aboard. Off street parking, pool, etc. $67,500 Call 443-254-5490 Spa Creek Liveaboard Slip For Sale 32-35’ X 14’ Liveaboard slip for sale in Eastport, Annapolis.

Ownership in private parking lot and amenities. Pool, laundry, showers, club room, etc. Steps to downtown.

Steal $59,500. (954) 815-6364.

SURVEYORS ABYI Marine Surveyors, LLC Sail & powerboat surveys, big or small. Contact Derek Rhymes, NAMSCMS and SAMS A.M.S. (410) 268-4404 or toll free (866) 608-4404.

TRAILERS

Sailboat Trailers & Cradles

Custom-built & fit

Viking Trailers 724-789-9194

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Spinlock Deckvest Hydrostatic Inflatable Annapolis Boat Show: Oct. 6-10 Trawler Fest Baltimore: Oct. 4-9

ACR ResQLink 406 GPS PLB

Waterway Guide to the Chesapeake Bay

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