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excitement about a late fall British Virgin Islands escape—heightened after a terrific Chesapeake charter weekend with friends (see page 89)—led us to buy plane tickets and plan our menu down to granola bar snacks, even before securing a boat.

In the meantime, we still have mini-

my rain-jacket-clad friends, Kirsten, John, and their two sons, Jack and Ben (who shot the cool Smith Island photo on page 52), motored over in their Whaler through the drizzle and climbed aboard. You may have dear old friends who bring out the laughter in you; for me, that’s the Elstner family. If you are looking for a recipe for warming up a boat’s saloon in 50 degrees at anchor; baking lasagna and gathering six people who crack each other up are surefire ways to steam up the hatch windows. If our last cruise of the 2012 season ends as it did last year, we will have indeed been lucky.

I Googled butterflies (and “butterflies and luck”), and based on what I learned, I believe the one I saw last weekend was a Monarch, known to start its migration in August and yes, thought to be a symbol of change.

I also learned that the pioneer of chaos theory’s “butterfly effect” discussed the flap of a seagull’s wings affecting the course of weather; he later changed it to butterfly to give it a poetic ring.

Our Monarch friend sailed alongside us for quite a while, his wings apparently well-equipped for a fresh breeze. Perhaps, he will hang out along the West River until the first frost. Then, the circadian clock in his antennae, his inner compass, and some say, the earth’s magnetic field will guide him south, maybe to Key West, maybe to México. Mother Nature loves an escape plan. ##Photo by Bob DeYoung

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t’s good luck,” I said to my beau, as I saw the butterfly flying astern of us, his wings orange and black against the blue sky. Or were praying mantises the lucky creatures? Butterflies signified transformation. Whatever. As we passed Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in 13 knots of breeze, gusts up to 18, and 75-degree temperatures, on the sunny side of the cockpit, after a satisfying ham-and-cheese wrap for lunch, our September Saturday buzzed with good fortune. That nature’s orange, fluttering work of art whispered a shift to autumn did not occur to me.

Although, I noted other signs of seasonal shift. The black fleece vest with the Truckee Freestyle Ski Team logo I zipped up to my chin. The jeans I had dug out of the back of my closet the previous weekend, now rolled up to mid-calf, as if I were digging clams or walking on the beach—a small rebellious gesture that seemed to say, I’m not really wearing jeans yet. That’s so October.

How later, after dropping the hook in a quiet anchorage, we scrambled to spice the chicken and grill it before the early sunset, when we both donned long-sleeved fleeces.

And this, the most conspicuous autumnal harbinger: the skipper, who is always the first to strip and jump in the Bay, crinkled up his nose and admitted tentatively, as if it compromised his manhood, that it was too chilly for an after-dinner dip.

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For our final cruise last fall, on a cloudy, windy day, we took a memorably quick sail from Annapolis, down around Bloody Point, up Eastern Bay, into the Miles River, and up the Wye River, where we slowly motored up Quarter Creek, until we were scared of running out of water.

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Caroline Foster Alexandria, VA

Bump in the Creek

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enjoyed reading Eva Hill’s “A Soft-Bottomed Wonder” (August SpinSheet page 43) and fully agree that our Bay provides a lot of wonderful anchorages for those of us who don’t draw eight feet. I was surprised the author had never been able to make it into San Domingo Creek. My boat draws about five feet four inches, and I have made numerous trips into San Domingo without any issue at all. A quick check of the chart shows even eight feet could get in there (barely). In contrast, Queenstown frequently provides some bumps on the way in.

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Who Knows the Annapolis Discoverer?

restore sailboats for a hobby, and I recently acquired an Annapolis Discoverer (18-foot dinghy). I have no details about the company, sail plan, rigging, or characteristics of the boat and thought you might be of assistance.

It was rumored to have been built for training at the U.S. Naval Academy?

Rich Taylor Johnson City, TN

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e sent this reader a few specification links we found on the Internet but would love to share more. E-mail molly@spinsheet.com any additional information you may have. ~MW

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njoyed your “Crews That Click” article in the September issue (page 97). Thanks for racing with us a few weeks ago on Contraire and producing a great feature about the boat and crew. You took our words and thoughts and made them sound even better. You really captured the spirit and essence of why we have sailed together for so long with Steve and Mary Schaub and each other.

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our “Crews That Click” article (page 97) was great. I hope that other sailors find it helpful in making racing an enjoyable part of their sailing efforts. I know that our Contraire racing team will enjoy the piece… There was one error that stands out—the Rogers was a 3/4-ton IOR boat, not a 30 ton. Thanks for putting us in the spotlight of SpinSheet.

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What a Day for CRAB!

e want to thank everyone for all the work and effort put into making the Boatyard Bar & Grill Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) Regatta one of the best days of the season. Your phenomenal leadership and unselfish support make CRAB and such events realities that Kevin and many other people with disabilities could otherwise only imagine. We are really grateful for all of the support that you provide to Kevin.

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t is a pleasure for the SpinSheet team to sponsor and help organize the event. From our staff, you are most welcome. Readers who would like to get involved in CRAB or to help plan the 2013 regatta should click to crabsailing.org. All year long, CRAB accepts donations of equipment, boats, and of course, checks to keep the program moving forward and ensure that good sailors like Kevin get out on the Bay all season long. ~MW ##Kevin Detwiler won first place in the CRAB class at the Boatyard Bar & Grill Regatta for CRAB August 25.

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Set Sail, Stay Warm

by Beth Crabtree

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ctober brings fresh breezes, cool air, warm sun, and some of the best sailing on the Bay. It’s the time of year when we look forward to pulling on a cozy sweatshirt, stepping into a favorite pair of jeans, and warming up with a hot drink. Provisioning the boat means adding extra blankets, clothes, and food to stay warm.

All summer, we’ve been scheming about how to stay cool—bags of ice, wide-brimmed hats, and cold beer, but now it’s time to consider the challenge of keeping yourself, your crew, and the cabin toasty. Be creative, keep it fun, and enjoy the chill. They say shivering burns calories, but with the right clothes and a little planning, you shouldn’t be shivering. And, you might even find yourself welcoming the nip in the air.

Let’s start by breaking out the fleece, wool, and high tech fabrics designed to be lightweight but still keep us warm. Bring on the beanies, neck gaiters, boots, and foulies. The same foul weather gear that was stifling in the heat and humidity feels a whole lot better now that it’s chilly. Maybe this fall you’ll decide it’s time to upgrade to some of the new lightweight, breathable products that promise to keep in body heat while repelling wind and water.

Tuck away some additional spare clothing, and keep warm hats, socks, and gloves aboard.

Though the air is crisp topside, below deck the saloon should be cozy and inviting. The best way to warm up the galley is by baking. May we suggest lasagna, brownies, and hot buttered rum?

Serve it in warm mugs with a scoop of whip cream and dusting of nutmeg.

For the youngest crewmembers, hot apple cider and hot chocolate are always crowd pleasers.

When it’s all said and done, nothing beats body heat for getting warm, so never pass up an opportunity to snuggle up with your first mate. Anchor in a protected cove and pull out the extra blankets or sleeping bags and pillows in your berth. Since it gets dark earlier, keep movies, books, cards, and an extra flashlight handy.

October in Chesapeake Country is beautiful. Take a little time to plan for the lower temperatures; you’ll find you can be quite comfortable out on the water, even when the mercury begins to fall.

##With the right hat, you can sail deep into the fall. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

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by Beth Crabtree

ow in its 13th year, the Maritime Republic of Eastport’s (MRE) Tug of War will once again pit the rebels of the MRE against their counterparts from downtown Annapolis. The first tug begins at the crack o’ noon on November 3, amidst a fun street festival known as Tugfest.

A zany Annapolis tradition, the Tug features a custom-made, 1700-foot rope stretched across Spa Creek.

On the Annapolis side, participants rally at Susan C. Campbell Park, where they pull against opposing teams who are on Second Street on the Eastport side of the creek.

As a previous participant, I can say it’s an odd thing to be tugging against an opponent you cannot see. But, when your competition gives a good yank and your whole team goes stumbling forward, you know for certain that they’re indeed over there. So, you replant your feet, and start stepping backward, putting all your body weight into it. Experienced tuggers know

to wear gloves for a good grip.

It’s fun for the whole family, and the event promotes a lot of community feel-good vibes. Enjoy live music, great food, cold beer, and soft drinks.

Most importantly, the Tug raises money for local non-profits. This year’s beneficiaries are: We Care and Friends, Save the Coconuts, the Polar Bear Plunge, Main Streets Annapolis, Eastport Elementary School, the Maryland Wing of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Eastport Girls Club, and The Bernie House.

The silliness all started in the late 1990s when the Spa Creek Bridge, which connects Eastport and Annapolis, was closed for an extended period of time for maintenance. Declaring themselves to be the MRE, a clever and creative group banded together and “seceded” from the rest of Annapolis. They soon began the MRE Tug of War, which is now an annual fall tradition. Learn more here: themre.org

##Put all your weight into it and start stepping backward.

Photo courtesy of the Maritime Republic of Eastport

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Aw, Shucks! Oyster Festivals and You

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hesapeake Country celebrates oysters with nearly a dozen festivals that get people outdoors into the fine fall air usually on the waterfront. Common themes are seafood (of course), contests (“Where’s Miss Spat?”), local live music, beer and other beverages (hydration is crucial), and amusements for all ages. But the stars are the oysters. ##French fries, funnel cakes, and hush puppies are “fillers.”

Go for the oysters, and bring a pint home, too. Photo from the St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival by Jim Christie

Festivals serve oysters any way imaginable, whether raw, steamed, scalded, grilled, baked, fried, broiled, stewed, “chowdered,” “Rockefellered,” or however else you crave them. Even within the same species and general area, oyster flavors vary with wonderful nuances and salinity. It all depends on their terroir, the environment and chemical composition of the waters in which they grow.

Oysters constantly siphon water for their food, filtering up to 25 gallons a day! So the nutrients in the water—and their particular flavors—constantly flow over the meat. Compared to warmer waters, colder waters make the meat firmer, saltier, and crisper.

Virginica Oysters live naturally from Nova Scotia to South America. Varieties include Blue Points, Chesapeake Bays, Chincoteagues, Lynnhavens, Pemaquids, Pine Islands, Pugwashes, and Malpeques. These varieties are salty, clean, briny, smooth, and sweet with a pronounced mineral finish.

In addition to their tastes, oysters are a splendid food; they are low-calorie, low-cholesterol, dense in protein, and an excellent source of at least six vitamins. Four or five mediumsized oysters give you the recommended daily allowance of calcium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and zinc.

So, bite into a plump, briny, buttery oyster. Close your eyes and let your surroundings disappear. Savor the tastes of the sea. Add in cocktail sauce, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, and some onions in vinegar, and you obtain Nirvana. Repeat as often as needed. For an oyster festival near you this fall, see page 32, or visit our online calendar here: spinsheet.com spinsheet.com

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Marine Wizards in Training

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marine wizard is one of those essential marine professionals who keep our boats looking good and running smoothly. Leif Carlsson is well on his way to that exalted status. Leif was the first recipient of the Eastport YC (EYC) Foundation’s scholarship offered to promising young people for training in the marine trades.

Former EYC board member Jan Kunz was instrumental in establishing the MAST (Marine Skills and Training) scholarship program and identifying Leif as a potential recipient.

Leif’s mom, Cathy Carlsson recently reported on his progress: “Leif has graduated from the New England Institute of Technology, acquiring an Associates of Science Degree in marine technology. He completed the two-year course in 18 months (by staying for the summer session) and graduated May 6. Leif is currently working at CressTech Power Systems in Deale, MD, and is doing well… I would highly recommend this school to anyone wanting a degree in the trades.”

EYC Foundation chair Stephanie Duncan Troxell says, “We are pleased at Leif’s success and are proud to have had at least a small part in it. This year, we have already received two new scholarship applications, and at our June meeting, we awarded partial scholarships to Ty Davidson and Michael Atwell. Jan’s research and hard work are now providing the Foundation with a clear mission and direction in support of the marine trades in our area.”

The EYC Foundation, the charitable arm endorsed by EYC, is committed to preserving the maritime character of Annapolis and the health and preservation of the Chesapeake Bay. Among its programs are learn-to-sail scholarships and Oyster Kids, an educational program for fourth and fifth graders in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Click to eycfoundation.org to learn about current programs and the MAST scholarship application process.

##Thanks to a MAST scholarship, Leif Carlsson graduated from the New England Institute of Technology, acquiring an Associates of Science degree in marine technology and now works in the marine trades.

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What the Heck’s a Hydrographer?

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by Beth Crabtree

hen I heard that Admiral Gerd Glang has been named director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey and the nation’s chief hydrographer, I asked myself, “What the heck is a hydrographer?”

Okay, I knew “hydro” referred to water, and I figured “graph” had to do with charting stuff. To find out more, I turned to Google. I found that “Hydrography refers to the mapping or charting of water’s topographic features. It involves measuring the depths, tides, and currents of a body of water and establishing the topography and morphology of seas, rivers, and lake beds.”

I still wasn’t sure what that meant in terms of a job, but with a little more Internet research, I learned that hydrographers can develop a specialization in streams, oceans, or coastal areas such as the Bay. In Maryland, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Hydrographic Operations is responsible for placing regulatory markers and navigation ##Admiral Gerd Glang aids in support of is the new director natural resource of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey and areas and the the nation’s chief boating public, as hydrographer. Photo well as providing courtesy of NOAA charting and icebreaking services for DNR.

Ensuring safe navigation is an important job, but that’s not all hyrdographers can do. They can be involved with environmental programs such as wetland restoration or the oyster recovery program. And, the information hydrographers provide can be used to help promote Bay-wide ecosystem management of fishing and fisheries, crabbing, and more. Hydrographers also provide information for nautical or marine charts and recreational fishing maps, which are called hydrographic maps.

Turning back to Glang, he initially gained his hydrographic expertise on three sea tours on NOAA ships. During his tour as the commanding officer of NOAA Ship Whiting, Glang helped lead NOAA’s survey response to the crash of Egypt Air 990, and in the search for John Kennedy Jr.’s downed aircraft. This just reinforced my impression that being a hydrographer means you’ve learned a pretty cool skill set that could lead to all kinds of interesting jobs.

##What’s your boat draw? You need to know what’s below. Image courtesy of NOAA

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Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta Brings Annapolis Together

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he Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta held on Saturday, September 8, in Annapolis Harbor was an incredible day for several wounded warriors who found themselves in 15-knot winds sailing 20-foot sailboats for the first time in their lives. The Boeingorganized event was hosted at the downtown National Sailing Center and

by Paul Bollinger

Hall of Fame (NSHOF) dock where the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) band played the services’ fight songs and the national anthem to create a patriotic fervor. Upon arrival, with lights flashing and sirens wailing from the police escort, the wounded warriors walked down the NSHOF dock to the Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB)

##Army Specialist Garth Pepion received the Champions Trophy at the Wounded Warriors Regatta September 8 and simply said, “This was the greatest day of my life.” Photo by neffworks.com

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Freedom 20s and were welcomed by young men and women of the USNA sailing team.

After brief safety instructions, wounded warriors stepped aboard for an adventure. With brisk winds and tornado warnings for the afternoon, the sailing course was set up nearby in the harbor off the USNA bulkhead. Not only were the conditions zesty, but several powerboats also decided the shortest distance to the harbor was through the racecourse. With a few waves and wakes sending spray over the bow onto the crew, it was exhilarating beating to the windward mark off Eastport. Unfazed, the wounded warriors participated in five races before heading back to the dock to dine on gourmet pizza provided

by Sammy’s in the Susan C. Campbell Park.

The trophy presentation was a moving event as Army Specialist Garth Pepion of the Army received the Champions Trophy and simply said, “This was the greatest day of my life.” VADM Phillip Cullom (N-4) said at the conclusion of the awards presentation, “Today is a special day for wounded warriors and all who supported the regatta. We all have a choice in life, regardless of our circumstances and challenges. We all can learn from each other. We all can challenge ourselves to do something new and different. This was one of those special days for all of us.”

After the regatta, Lance Hinrichs, CRAB board president, and Lee Tawney, NSHOF director, commented that this activity should be expanded into a sailing program for wounded warriors.

The discussion evolved into plans for creating a sailing club for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that would bring wounded warriors to Annapolis as part of their therapy. Boeing presented a check for $1000 to Hinrichs and board member Mark Chapin in support of their mission to provide a sailing experience for all disabled persons.

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When the Sails Come Down, It’s Time To Party

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Bring all of them to the 12th installment of Sultana Projects’ Downrigging Weekend October 26-28. What started as a local party to mark the end of the

Schooner Sultana’s sailing season out of Chestertown, MD, has grown into one of the largest Tall Ship and wooden boat festivals on the East Coast! The fun celebrates our rich maritime culture, wooden boats, and everything else that makes the Chesapeake Bay great.

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Along the waterfront facing the Chester River, you will be able to go sailing as part of a fleet of Tall Ships; tour ships, schooners, and wooden boats; enjoy live performances by world-class musicians; and listen to nationally recognized authors and filmmakers. The many moving parts in this event include family boatbuilding, displays of wooden boats and model sailboats, artwork, parties, food and beverages, sails (listen for the Battle Sails), the Smith Island Crab Skiff parade, and seasonal activities for kids on Sunday (who doesn’t love trick-or-treating on a Tall Ship?). The highlights are the illuminated Tall Ships each night and fireworks on Friday.

You will be able to sail on the AJ Meerwald, Elsworth, Kalmar Nyckel, Lady Maryland, Pride of Baltimore II, Sigsbee, and Sultana. Most of these 72- to 170-foot ships will be hosting tours, as well. You’ll also see privately owned wooden boats of almost every conceivable shape and size, including schooners, workboats, yachts, small craft, kayaks, and canoes, including Big Boy, Fiddler on the Bay, Hot Crabs/Cold Beer, Kissed by a Minnow, Muskrat, Scrappy, and aptly named Witchcraft, among others. Sail up the Chester River and enjoy the autumnal scenery. Then drop anchor in Chestertown’s sheltered harbor, and dinghy on over to the festival. sultanaprojects.org/downrigging

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ut on your party hat because it’s time to celebrate the incredible success enjoyed by Baltimore as it hosted more than 50 ships that sailed into one of the nation’s oldest and busiest harbors. Sail Baltimore’s Tall Ship Toast will take place Friday, November 2 from 5:50 to 8 p.m. at Phillip’s Seafood Restaurant on Pratt Street at the Inner Harbor. SpinSheet is a sponsor.

Sail Baltimore orchestrated the visits of 45 tall ships and naval vessels from 12 countries as part of Maryland’s Star-Spangled Celebration, which commemorated the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The event was free and open to the public and was extremely well attended. All ages enjoyed boarding boats of all types last June at the Inner Harbor. Walkways were filled with visitors from all across the country, and a shared common interest sparked conversations among strangers waiting in lines and touring the ships. It was exciting to see sailors from around the world strolling along the promenade of the Inner Harbor.

Sail Baltimore is a non-profit organization, which promotes education, interest, and cultural exchange in all types of maritime endeavors. Their visiting ships program, in which participating vessels open their decks to the public for tours, runs throughout the year. In addition, the organization offers educational programs and participates in maritime events such as Baltimore’s Privateer Day and the Inner Harbor’s lighted boats parade.

Sail Baltimore’s signature fundraiser Beer, Boats and Ballads, traditionally a fall event, will return next June with all the cold beer, delicious food, and great music that you’ve come to expect. The event will be held at a new location, the Tiki Barge at the Baltimore Marine Center at HarborView.

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kipper Patrick Floyd and crew AJ Libby (right) had impressive finishes at the U.S. Sailing Chubb U.S. Junior Championships in California August 6-10 and U.S. Youth Championships in Oregon August 14-18. In the first event, Floyd and Libby placed fourth overall in the C420 division. They had qualified for the event by taking a second at the Area C Semi Finals for the U.S. Double-Handed Championship July 11. (Matt Schofield placed eighth overall in the single-handled division in a Radial.) The invitational presented challenging conditions with breeze up to 25 knots the first two days of racing. Floyd and Libby placed fourth overall; that’s the highest finish an Annapolis youth has seen in many years. Floyd of Annapolis is a rising senior at Severn School.

AJ Libby of Severna Park is a rising senior at Severna Park High School. Both boys are captains of their respective high school Varsity Sailing teams. Way to go!

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rganizer Andrew Cole says, “Hospice Cup—the non-profit organization that runs the annual Hospice Cup big boat regatta—will hold its fourth annual Junior Optimist Dinghy invitational team race October 13 in Annapolis. Hospice Cup has invited the top 20 Chesapeake Bay area Optimist Dinghy sailors based on the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association’s Corum Cup High Point rankings (based on scores from several events). The sail-

ors will be divided into teams and will compete head to head on the water in four-on-four team racing. The format is similar to the team race events popular in high school and college sailing. The sailors and teams will also compete in fundraising to support several participating area hospices. Over the past few years, the sailors in this junior event have had the highest per-capita fund raising of any sailors in the event.” Stay tuned for updates.

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For the Koch Cup, Jack Donnell took first place, Amanda Norris and Michael Anderson captured second, Niklas Kirkkomaki and Zacharias Still earned third, and David Cornella and Leah Fletcher took home the sportsmanship trophy. For the Kiwi Cup, Colin Bartels and Mathew Rozario took first place, Henrique Affolter and Gabriel dos Santos captured second, Luke Allen and Laura Martin earned third, and Vaughn Mare and Sabin Wilson took home the sportsmanship trophy.

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Mermaid’s Kiss Oyster Fest 6:30 to 9 p.m. National Aquarium, Baltimore. Benefits Oyster Recovery Partnership. $65.

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HowlOScream Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA.

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Ford Motors Puts the Model T Car on the Market for $825, 1908 A 2013 Ford Explorer with a tow package will drop you back more than $30,600.

1 3

Water Day Next time you eat out, order melted ice with frozen water and see what you get.

Famous Cruisers Event 6 to 10 p.m. Port Annapolis Marina.

Special guests Lin and Larry Pardey and Matt Rutherford. Benefits Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating.

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3 4

USS Enterprise Is Launched in Newport News, VA, 1936

National Vodka Appreciation Day “Vodka is kind of a hobby.” ~Betty White

U.S. Sailboat Show Annapolis. See page 62.

Weems & Plath Tent Sale Eastport.

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Boat Show Backlot Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport.

Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon 10 a.m. Miles River YC, St. Michaels.

Crab Carnival West Point, VA.

Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival Cape Charles, VA. Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

Old City Seaport Festival Penn’s Landing Waterfront, Philadelphia, PA. Tall Ships, pirates, and other maritime merriment.

Awards Dinner: Champions of the Chesapeake 6 to 9:30 p.m. Miles River YC (MRYC), St. Michaels. Honors Marc Castelli and Matt Rutherford. Benefits MRYC Foundation. $100.

6 6

Bay Harvestfest Noon to 6 p.m. North Beach, MD.

Boast the Coast Maritime Festival Lewes Canalfront Park, DE. Seafood, kids’ fun, boat tours, and lighted boat parade.

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Eastport YC Boat Show Bash Annapolis.

Fall Appreciation Days Parade and Autumnfest Perryville, MD. Fall Colors Paddle 3 to 5 p.m.

Pocomoke River State Park, Snow Hill, MD. Boat fees range from $5 to $20.

Fall Festival Turner’s Creek/Knock’s Folly, MD.

Five Alarm Chili Festival and Cook-Off Noon to 4 p.m. Hampton, VA. Harbor Day at the Docks: A Waterfront Heritage Festival West Ocean City, MD. Oyster Festival Maddox Family Campground, Chincoteague, VA.

Painted Picket Fence Auction 4 to 6 p.m. Oxford (MD) Community Center.

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Party for DelMarVa Circumnavigators 4 to 6 p.m. J/World, Annapolis.

Sandbridge Hei Hei Little Island Park, Virginia Beach, VA. Standup paddling (surf/slalom) and kids’ fun.

Benefits the Kraig Vickers Memorial Fund and Virginia Aquarium stranding team.

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Taste of Kent Narrows Noon to 5 p.m. Chesapeake Exploration Center, Chester, MD. Benefits Kent Narrows Development Foundation.

6 6-7

Wine Festival Noon to 6 p.m. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown, VA. $30.

Blessing of the Fleet St. Clement’s Island Museum, MD. Presented by the 7th District Optimist Club. Food, fun, fireworks, live music, kids’ activities, boat rides, parades, and more!

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6-7

Chesapeake Celtic Festival Snow Hill, MD. Music, dancing, arts and crafts, stories, athletics, dogs, sheep herding, food, and more.

6-7

Fall Festival Fells Point, MD.

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Patuxent River Appreciation Days Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons. Free boat rides, boat building, petting zoo, pony rides, canoe rides and demos, arts and crafts, and more.

6-7 6-13

Riverside Winefest Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD.

“From the Bay, For the Bay”: Dine Out Dine at more than 70 restaurants around the Chesapeake Bay to benefit oyster restoration projects.

7 8 9

Kite Festival Noon to 4 p.m.

Sailwinds Park, Cambridge, MD. Columbus Day

Gottlieb Daimler Requests a Patent To Drive a Ship’s Screw Via a Gas or Paraffin Motor, 1886; and the Tome Wine for Dummies Is Published, 2006

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Leif Ericson Day

The Moorings 31st Interline Regatta: A Global Celebration British Virgin Islands.

See outrageous get-ups for beachside shindigs, parties, and happy hours.

11

ABC Course for Safe Boating 7 to 9 p.m. Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD. Hosted by Rockville Sail and Power Squadron.

11

Harbor Party and Seafood Feast 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA. $40 in advance; $45 at the door.

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U.S. Powerboat Show Annapolis.

Opening Night See Washington Capitals bedevil the New Jersey Devils. Benefits Annapolis Community Boating.

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Town Point TGIF BrewFest 5 to 9 p.m. Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA.

Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.

12-13

Kent Island Bay Day Queen Anne’s County Fairgrounds, Centreville, MD. Great bands and fun for all ages.

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Guided Canoe Trip Noon to 3 p.m. American Chestnut Land Trust, Prince Frederick, MD. Scenic tour of Parkers Creek.

Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival Deltaville Maritime Museum, VA. Hot Sauce and Oyster Festival 3 to 9 p.m. Cambridge, MD. Slurping, shopping, live music, and more.

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Patuxent Wildlife Festival Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

13

Fall Fest Rock Hall, MD. Local music, food, and more.

RiverFest 2012 St. Mary’s City, MD. Free festival, including the annual Wade-In with Senator Bernie Fowler, petting tanks, hand-on activities, sailing, kayaking, kids’ fun, and more.

Yorktown Market Days and Fall Festival Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown, VA.

Good Beer Festival 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Pemberton Historical Park, Salisbury, MD. Island Bay Day Centreville, MD. Music festival fundraiser.

Olde Princess Anne (MD) Days

Chesapeake City Fall Fest Pell Gardens, Chesapeake City, MD. Hay rides, kids’ games, food, music, and fun!

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Colors of Fall: Guided Canoe Tour 5 to 6:30 p.m. Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont, MD. The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Begins Operation, 1829

Eight Days After a Freak SnowStorm, a Hurricane Hits the Mid-Atlantic Coast, 1703 A Hurricane Creates Willoughby Spit Near Norfolk, VA, 1749 City Center Oyster Roast 5 to 9 p.m. Newport News, VA.

Cambridge Schooner Rendezvous Choptank River at Cambridge, MD. Seafood Festival Poquoson, VA.

Ghosts of Sotterley Tours Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD. Creepy chaos prevails.

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Fall Kayak Sojourn and Picnic 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Annapolis Landing Community Marina. Hosted

by South River Federation.

20

Tilghman Island Day Festival Tilghman Island, MD. Local seafood, live music, watermen contests, artisans, championship docking, oyster shucking, crab picking contests, and auctions.

20 20 20-21 20-21

USS Constellation Cup Regatta and Pier Party Baltimore. See page 121.

Wildlife Exhibition Chestertown, MD. Fall into St. Michaels

St. Mary’s Oyster Festival Leonardtown, MD. Shucking, cooking, shopping, drinking, and slurping.

It doesn’t get better than this.

20-21 21 21 24

Victory Celebration Yorktown, VA.

Critter Release Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Tilghman, MD. West River Heritage Oyster Festival 12:30 to 5 p.m. Captain Avery Museum, Shady Side, MD.

Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-YearOld School Teacher, Takes First Barrel Ride Down Niagara Falls, 1901 Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

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Full Moon Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport.

Mobile welding Pulpits • Arches Towers • Tanks

Beanfest and Great Championship Outhouse Race Only in Arkansas...

Thank goodness.

25-28 26

Sultana Downrigging Weekend Chestertown, MD. See page 28.

Benjamin Franklin Sets Sail for France To Secure a Formal Alliance and Treaty, 1776; and a One-Ton Cannon from the Wreck of Blackbeard’s Flagship Is Recovered off the Coast of North Carolina, 2011

26-27

Ghost Walks of Historic Chestertown 6:30 p.m. until scare-o’clock. Chestertown, MD. Hauntings, folklore, murder, and mayhem! $12.

26-27 26-27 27

Stevensville, MD.

Haunted House Camp Wright,

All-You-Can-Eat Pig Roast and Crab Feast Noon to 6 p.m. St. Michaels Fire Department. $30 in advance, $35 at the door.

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CPR and First Aid Course 9 a.m. Battery Park Clubhouse, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Rockville Sail and Power Squadron.

Hydraulic Sales & Service Complete Rigging Cordage & splicing Masts & booms Wire & rod rigging Rigging surveys Deck hardware Furling systems Stainless & Aluminum

Heritage Showcase 1 to 7 p.m.

Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis. Hosted by Four Rivers.

Wooden Boat Show Roanoke Island Maritime Museum, Manteo, NC.

Experienced Staff for All Cruising and Racing Systems

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Guided Canoe Trip 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Warrior’s Rest Sanctuary, Prince Frederick, MD. Hosted by American Chestnut Land Trust.

Scenic fall tour of Parkers Creek under the harvest moon.

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Halloween Bash Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse, Dumfries, VA. Lost on Tiki Island Halloween Closing Party and Last Day of the Season Tiki Bar, Solomons.

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Monster Mash Cruise 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons. Onboard the Buyboat Wm. B. Tennison.

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Navy Day “The only easy day was yesterday.”

Portsmouth Museum Madness Children’s Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, and the Frightship Portsmouth.

27 27 28

Trunk or Treating and Haunted Harbor Cape Charles, VA. Wine Festival Chesapeake, VA. $30 in advance, $35 at gate.

Monster Rockfish Festival Hollywood, MD. Food, entertainment, artists, crafters, and kids’ fun at a riverfront park.

28 31 31

Sail Free Sunday Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis. Hosted

by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating.

Halloween “Frost bites the lawn, the stars are slits in a black cat’s eye before she spits.”

Jesse Martin Returns to Australia After 11 Months Circumnavigating the Globe Solo, Non-Stop, and Unassisted, 1999; and the World’s Population Reaches Seven Billion, 2011 (“I just want to know how people with multiple personalities fill out their census papers.” ~Anonymous)

October Racing

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Fall Series Distance Race Annapolis YC. Good Old Boat Regatta Shearwater SC. Note: it’s one day this year.

Hard Rock Laser Masters Rock Hall YC, MD. Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta Hampton YC, VA.

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Under the Guns Regatta Dahlgren YC, VA.

Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Baltimore to Portsmouth, VA. See our insert.

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FOS Championship Regatta Tred Avon YC, Oxford, MD. Frigid Digit Series Glenmar SA. Hospice Cup Opti Invitational Annapolis.

Willoughby Memorial Regatta Broad Bay SA, Virginia Beach, VA. Fall Series Annapolis YC.

‘Round the Lights Race Old Point Comfort YC. An 18-mile race around Thimble Shoals and Middle Ground lights in historic Hampton Roads.

20 20-21 20-21 21 26-27 26-28

Sharps Island Race Southern Maryland SA.

Severn SA.

Annapolis YC.

5O5 Region II Championships Fall Etchells and Star Regatta

Fall Series Fishing Bay YC.

J/35 Mid-Atlantic Championship Regatta West River SC, Galesville, MD. IRC East Coast Championships Sponsored by Storm Trysail Club Chesapeake Station.

26-28

J/24 East Coast Championship Severn SA, Annapolis. Sponsored by Hillman Capital Management.

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Baltimore Harbor Cup Baltimore City YA. Charlestown Cup 2 p.m. Northeast River YC, MD. Pursuit race.

Fall Invitational Southern Maryland SA, Solomons.

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Skipper Race Tred Avon YC, Oxford, MD.

Annapolis YC.

J/105 Chesapeake Bay Championship

Francis Scott Key Classic Rock Creek RA.

Hampton YC, VA.

Frostbite Series

November

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Maritime Republic of Eastport’s Tug o’ War High noon. See page 22.

Urbanna (VA) Oyster Festival Celebrate 55 years!

Men Make Dinner Day “Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.” ~Marge Piercy OysterFest Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

End of U.S. Daylight Savings Fall back.

Start of Caribbean 1500 Cup Hampton Public Piers and Bluewater Yachting Center, Hampton, VA. Hampton offices open October 27, and prizes will be given at Nanny Cay November 16.

6 9-11

The Book Sex for Dummies Is Published, 2006

Waterfowl Festival Easton, MD. Dock dog demos, food, decoys, antiques, contests, kids’ fun, and more.

10 10 10-11

Goose Bump Jump 11 a.m. Betterton Beach, MD. Oyster Roast Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, VA.

Oxford Antique Show and Sale Oxford Firehouse, MD. Antiques, arts and crafts, crabcakes, and desserts. $4 gets you in both days.

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Veterans Day

13 14

Total Solar Eclipse Road trip... It will be visible in Northern Australia and the South Pacific.

Robert Fulton Is Born in Little Britain, PA, 1815 The artist, inventor, and engineer developed the first commercially successful steamboat, the first practical submarine, and some of the world’s earliest naval torpedoes.

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Virginia Marine Trades Association Annual Meeting Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA.

15 16-Jan 6

Kathryn Leonard Exhibit Opening Reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Christmas on the Potomac! Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD.

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Winterfest of Lights Ocean City,

Thanksgiving Day “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” ~Erma Bombeck

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Explorer, a Cruise Liner Carrying 154 People, Sinks in the Antarctic Ocean After Hitting an Iceberg, 2007 There are no fatalities.

22-Jan 1 24 24 25 28 29

100 Miles of Lights Bright lights in big cities in Virginia.

Oyster Roast Cape Charles Museum, VA. Hosted by Cape Charles Historical Society.

Pierwalk Promenade Holly Point, Deltaville Maritime Museum, VA. Lights Up the Town 6 p.m. Town Hall, Chesapeake Beach, MD. Holiday lights and Santa.

Ferdinand Magellan Becomes First European Explorer To Reach the Pacific from the Atlantic, 1520 See the (Remaining) Monkees in Concert Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia, PA.

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Penguin Frostbite Tred Avon YC, Oxford, MD.

Willoughby Hot Buttered Rum Race Broad Bay SA, Virginia Beach, VA. Nassau Cup Ocean Race Coral Reef YC, Lauderdale YC, Nassau YC, and Storm Trysail Club.

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Fall J/24 Regatta Hampton YC, VA.

Annapolis YC.

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H L H L

8 12:47 AM Mon 08:12 AM 01:02 PM 06:54 PM

1.7 0.7 1.2 0.5

H L H L

23

01:51 AM Tue 09:02 AM 02:12 PM 08:39 PM

1.7 0.4 1.3 0.4

H L H L

9 01:39 AM Tue 09:00 AM 02:02 PM 08:00 PM

1.6 0.7 1.2 0.5

H L H L

24

02:52 AM Wed 09:52 AM 03:18 PM 09:51 PM

1.6 0.4 1.4 0.4

H L H L

9 12:30 AM Tue 06:56 AM 12:20 PM 06:40 PM

1.5 0.7 1.1 0.5

10

02:32 AM Wed 09:45 AM 03:01 PM 09:08 PM

1.6 0.6 1.3 0.5

H L H L

25

03:48 AM THu 10:38 AM 04:20 PM 10:56 PM

1.5 0.3 1.5 0.4

H L H L

10

01:19 AM Wed 07:46 AM 01:26 PM 07:39 PM

11

03:24 AM THu 10:25 AM 03:57 PM 10:14 PM

1.6 0.5 1.4 0.5

H L H L

26

1.4 0.3 1.5 0.4

H L H L

11

12

1.6 0.4 1.5 0.5

H L H L

27

05:21 AM 1.4 H SAT 11:53 AM 0.2 L 06:06 PM 1.6 H

Fri

04:14 AM 11:03 AM 04:50 PM 11:17 PM

13

05:01 AM 1.6 H SAT 11:40 AM 0.3 L 05:41 PM 1.7 H

Fri

04:37 AM 11:18 AM 05:16 PM 11:55 PM

28

12:48 AM Sun 06:02 AM 12:25 PM 06:50 PM

0.4 1.3 0.2 1.7

L H L H

14

12:17 AM Sun 05:48 AM 12:16 PM 06:29 PM

0.5 1.5 0.2 1.8

L H L H

29

01:38 AM Mon 06:41 AM 12:54 PM 07:31 PM

0.5 1.2 0.2 1.7

L H L H

15

0.5 1.5 0.2 1.9

L H L H

30

02:24 AM Tue 07:19 AM 01:23 PM 08:08 PM

0.5 1.2 0.2 1.7

L H L H

31

0.5 1.1 0.2 1.7

L H L H

01:16 AM Mon 06:34 AM 12:54 PM 07:18 PM

diFFerenCes Sharps Island Light Havre de Grace Sevenfoot Knoll Light St. Michaels, Miles River

03:08 AM Wed 07:57 AM 01:53 PM 08:44 PM

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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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

Fri

05:00 AM Sun 10:24 AM 04:41 PM 11:35 PM

06:01 AM 0.5 L Mon 11:37 AM 1.1 H 05:48 PM 0.3 L

5

05:40 AM 0.6 L 12:07 PM 2.9 H 06:30 PM 0.7 L

04:24 AM THu 10:54 AM 05:17 PM 11:17 PM Fri

20

12:14 AM SAT 06:17 AM 12:47 PM 07:17 PM

2.8 0.1 3.3 0.3

H L H L

6 12:26 AM SAT 06:24 AM 12:52 PM 07:17 PM

2.4 0.7 2.8 0.8

H L H L

21

01:18 AM Sun 07:23 AM 01:51 PM 08:22 PM

2.7 0.3 3.1 0.3

H L H L

7 01:14 AM Sun 07:14 AM 01:41 PM 08:10 PM

2.3 0.8 2.7 0.9

H L H L

22

02:29 AM Mon 08:35 AM 03:00 PM 09:29 PM

2.6 0.4 3.0 0.4

H L H L

23

12:36 AM Tue 07:00 AM 12:51 PM 06:55 PM

1.5 0.5 1.1 0.3

H L H L

8 02:08 AM Mon 08:11 AM 02:36 PM 09:05 PM

2.3 0.9 2.7 0.8

H L H L

23

03:44 AM Tue 09:48 AM 04:10 PM 10:30 PM

2.6 0.5 2.9 0.3

H L H L

H L H L

24

01:34 AM Wed 07:55 AM 02:01 PM 08:01 PM

1.4 0.4 1.2 0.4

H L H L

9 03:07 AM Tue 09:13 AM 03:34 PM 10:00 PM

2.3 0.8 2.7 0.7

H L H L

24

2.7 0.5 2.8 0.3

H L H L

1.5 0.6 1.2 0.5

H L H L

25

02:27 AM THu 08:43 AM 03:03 PM 09:02 PM

1.4 0.3 1.3 0.4

H L H L

10

04:09 AM Wed 10:15 AM 04:32 PM 10:52 PM

2.5 0.7 2.7 0.6

H L H L

25

02:06 AM THu 08:32 AM 02:27 PM 08:38 PM

1.5 0.5 1.3 0.5

H L H L

26

03:15 AM 09:27 AM 03:56 PM 09:58 PM

1.3 0.3 1.4 0.4

H L H L

11

2.7 0.6 2.8 0.4

H L H L

Fri

12

02:52 AM 09:16 AM 03:24 PM 09:34 PM

1.5 0.4 1.4 0.5

H L H L

27

03:58 AM SAT 10:08 AM 04:43 PM 10:48 PM

1.3 0.2 1.4 0.4

H L H L

12

13

03:36 AM SAT 09:58 AM 04:17 PM 10:29 PM

1.4 0.3 1.5 0.5

H L H L

28

1.2 0.2 1.5 0.4

H L H L

14

1.4 0.2 1.6 0.5

H L H L

29

8 06:04 AM 0.7 L Mon 11:13 AM 1.1 H 05:42 PM 0.4 L

Fri

04:19 AM Sun 10:40 AM 05:08 PM 11:22 PM

15

05:02 AM 1.4 H Mon 11:23 AM 0.1 L 05:59 PM 1.7 H

diFFerenCes

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

Fri

04:37 AM Sun 10:46 AM 05:26 PM 11:34 PM

05:13 AM 1.2 H Mon 11:23 AM 0.1 L 06:06 PM 1.5 H

30

12:17 AM Tue 05:48 AM 12:00 PM 06:44 PM

0.4 1.1 0.1 1.5

L H L H

31

0.5 1.1 0.1 1.5

L H L H

12:59 AM Wed 06:23 AM 12:38 PM 07:23 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

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

05:07 AM THu 11:13 AM 05:27 PM 11:40 PM Fri

06:00 AM 2.9 H 12:08 PM 0.4 L 06:19 PM 2.9 H

04:53 AM Wed 10:56 AM 05:14 PM 11:24 PM

05:51 AM 2.9 H THu 11:56 AM 0.4 L 06:09 PM 2.8 H

26

12:12 AM 06:41 AM 12:48 PM 06:56 PM

0.2 3.0 0.3 2.7

L H L H

27

12:54 AM SAT 07:23 AM 01:34 PM 07:38 PM

0.2 3.1 0.3 2.7

L H L H

13

12:27 AM SAT 06:50 AM 01:00 PM 07:08 PM

0.2 3.2 0.2 3.0

L H L H

28

01:32 AM Sun 08:02 AM 02:15 PM 08:16 PM

0.2 3.2 0.3 2.7

L H L H

14

01:12 AM Sun 07:38 AM 01:50 PM 07:56 PM

0.0 3.5 0.0 3.1

L H L H

29

02:08 AM Mon 08:37 AM 02:53 PM 08:52 PM

0.2 3.2 0.3 2.6

L H L H

15

-0.2 L 3.6 H -0.1 L 3.1 H

30

02:43 AM Tue 09:11 AM 03:29 PM 09:27 PM

0.2 3.2 0.3 2.6

L H L H

31

0.3 3.1 0.3 2.5

L H L H

01:58 AM Mon 08:25 AM 02:40 PM 08:44 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

03:17 AM Wed 09:46 AM 04:04 PM 10:02 PM

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

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

1

0040 0645 1234 1852

-1.0 +0.7 -0.8 +1.1

2

0124 0729 1314 1932

-1.0 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0

0402 Mon 0934 1526 2213 Tue

0450 1015 1602 2255

3

6

SAT

7

Sun

0433 1049 1634 2250

-1.0 +0.6 -0.6 +0.9

1

0014 Mon 0647 1247 1937

0346 0926 1624 2156

-1.3 +1.0 -1.3 +0.8

0011 0613 1227 1854

0313 0923 1541 2159

+0.7 -0.8 +0.8 -0.8

0210 Mon 0901 1453 2035

0530 1151 1746 2356

-0.9 +0.7 -0.6 +0.8

2

0048 Tue 0727 1327 2021

0416 1005 1659 2237

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

0110 SAT 0658 1300 1938

0403 1003 1621 2247

+0.7 -0.8 +1.0 -0.9

23

0628 -0.9 1253 +0.7 1858 -0.6

3

0122 Wed 0808 1406 2106

0447 1045 1737 2318

-1.2 +0.9 -1.1 +0.6

14

0206 0740 1334 2022

0451 1043 1702 2334

+0.7 -0.8 +1.1 -1.0

0104 0725 1351 2006

4

0523 -1.1 1127 +0.8 1821 -1.0

0259 0822 1411 2107

0538 +0.7 1123 -0.8 1743 +1.2

25

-1.1 +0.6 -0.8 +1.3

+0.7 -0.8 +0.9 -0.8

0505 1125 1804

0020 0624 1204 1826

0209 THu 0819 1444 2108

26

Fri 0235 0938 1528 2240

0022 0600 1209 1856

0310 0909 1533 2203

+0.6 -0.8 +1.0 -0.9

6

0107 0711 1248 1911

-1.1 +0.6 -0.8 +1.3

0124 0651 1250 1943

0405 0956 1619 2253

+0.6 -0.8 +1.1 -1.0

0155 0801 1336 1959

-1.1 +0.6 -0.7 +1.2

0220 Sun 0739 1329 2026

0456 1040 1702 2339

+0.6 -0.7 +1.1 -1.0

29

0624 1132 1712

0245 0853 1429 2051

-1.1 +0.6 -0.7 +1.2

0543 +0.6 1122 -0.7 1742 +1.1

0020 SAT 0717 1234 1811

0338 0949 1528 2148

-1.1 +0.6 -0.6 +1.1

0526 THu 1153 1807

12 Fri

13

-0.9 +0.5 -0.6 +0.9

15

0021 0717 1228 1800

0338 0947 1521 2140

-0.8 +0.4 -0.5 +0.9

16

0108 0810 1322 1849

0427 1040 1612 2230

-0.8 +0.4 -0.4 +0.8

0157 0902 1422 1945

0519 1135 1709 2325

-0.8 +0.4 -0.4 +0.7

8 0249 Mon 0952 1525 2050

0612 -0.8 1231 +0.4 1812 -0.4

9

0024 0705 1325 1914

+0.7 -0.7 +0.5 -0.5

0123 0754 1414 2014

+0.7 -0.7 +0.6 -0.6

Tue 0343 1037 1624 2158

10

0114 0809 1342 1919

Wed 0435 1117 1718 2307

Sun

Mon

Tue

0351 0904 1450 2153

17

Wed 0442 0949 1532 2240

18

THu 0533 1038 1619 2329

19 Fri

20

Sun

22

0308 0951 1603 2154

Tue

24

Wed 0407 1039 1707 2311

Fri

27 SAT

28

Mon

30 Tue

0311 0824 1407 2108 0358 0908 1443 2147

31

Wed 0444 0952 1520 2226

+0.7 -0.8 +0.8 -0.7

0023 0628 1203 1821

-1.0 +0.6 -0.6 +1.1

0104 0712 1243 1900

-1.0 +0.5 -0.6 +1.1

All times listed are in Local Time, Daylight Saving Time has been applied when appropriate. All speeds are in knots.

THu

0158 0851 1446 2151

5

Slack Water Maximum Current

12

0214 0905 1441 2148

+0.7 -1.2 +0.8 -1.2

23

0100 Tue 0647 1326 1922

0324 1017 1600 2254

+0.7 -1.2 +0.7 -1.2

24

0201 Wed 0754 1435 2018

0449 1127 1720 2352

+0.7 -1.2 +0.7 -1.2

25

-1.6 +1.4 -1.7 +1.1

0258 THu 0854 1538 2109

0549 +0.8 1225 -1.3 1810 +0.7

26

0315 0859 1554 2128

-1.7 +1.5 -1.8 +1.1

0041 0629 1318 1850

-1.2 +0.9 -1.3 +0.7

27

0126 0704 1407 1929

-1.2 +0.9 -1.4 +0.7

28

0206 0741 1452 2010

-1.2 +0.9 -1.4 +0.7

29

0243 0820 1530 2052

-1.2 +1.0 -1.3 +0.7

30

0316 0900 1605 2133

-1.2 +1.0 -1.3 +0.7

31

0346 0939 1636 2212

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.6

-1.1 +0.8 -1.3 +0.8

13

0054 0642 1323 1901

-1.3 +1.0 -1.4 +0.9

14

0140 0724 1414 1947

-1.5 +1.2 -1.6 +1.0

0227 0810 1505 2037

0611 1226 1901

Fri

0329 0904 1550 2124

SAT 0407 0957 1638 2208 Sun 0445 1047 1723 2252

15

Mon 0527 1136 1811 2338

0004 0606 1214 1912

+0.5 -1.0 +0.7 -0.8

0054 0658 1305 2000

+0.4 -1.0 +0.6 -0.8

17

0144 0750 1356 2047

+0.4 -0.9 +0.5 -0.7

0027 Wed 0701 1318 1955

0402 0949 1642 2218

-1.7 +1.5 -1.7 +1.1

18

0033 Mon 0458 1220 1819

0235 0842 1449 2140

+0.3 -0.9 +0.5 -0.8

0118 0755 1410 2050

0451 1039 1735 2310

-1.7 +1.4 -1.6 +1.0

19

9 0126 Tue 0609 1317 1911

0334 0939 1553 2238

+0.3 -0.9 +0.5 -0.8

0212 0851 1505 2148

0547 -1.6 1132 +1.3 1837 -1.5

20

10

0211 0712 1409 1956

0438 1042 1654 2328

+0.4 -1.0 +0.6 -1.0

11

0250 0809 1500 2040

0525 +0.6 1140 -1.1 1739 +0.7

SAT 0314 1028 1617 2336

7

Sun 0358 1121 1718

8

Wed

THu

16 Tue

THu

Fri

SAT 0310 0953 1603 2249

21 Sun

0415 1100 1710 2355

Slack Water Maximum Current

22

0012 0604 1232 1819

0008 0651 1232 1940

+0.9 -1.4 +1.1 -1.4

0110 0758 1336 2043

+0.8 -1.3 +0.9 -1.3

Mon 0531 1212 1819

Fri

0346 0948 1629 2153

SAT 0427 1034 1715 2231 Sun 0503 1114 1757 2305 Mon 0540 1151 1838 2338 Tue 0617 1227 1918 0012 Wed 0654 1304 1959

All times listed are in Local Time, Daylight Saving Time has been applied when appropriate. All speeds are in knots.

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

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 Baltimore Harbor Approach

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October 2012 Currents

5

21

0252 0858 1435 2055

THu 0627 1140 1718

Slack Water Maximum Current

+0.7 -0.8 +0.7 -0.7

-0.9 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

4

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Maximum Current

0220 0840 1459 2108

11

0207 0813 1353 2012

Wed 0538 1056 1639 2338

Fri

Slack Water Maximum Current

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The Last Trip of the Season

by Steve Allan

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t’s that time of year again. After the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis has ended, and the snowbirds have headed down the Bay to the Intracoastal Waterway and points south, the days are shortening toward winter. The air is crisper and the shadows long, but the sunlight of the late afternoon brings out the brilliant reds, yellows, and orange of the trees waving in the wind along the shore. Ah yes, the wind! What a wonderful time to take that last cruise of the year.

The last trip, whether it be a week-long cruise or a three-hour daysail, is always one of bittersweet reflection and joyful exclamation. How lucky we are here on the Chesapeake to have a season lasting from April to November for most years and March to December for some others.

A luckier (or perhaps crazier) handful of hardy old salts, if presented with the mild, ice-free conditions of the winter of 201112 again, wouldn’t have to call it quits for the season at all.

Normally, crowded waters have thinned out appreciably by mid-October, but so have shoreside amenities so plentiful in the summer. Dock bars are quiet and subdued; Tiki bars are closed up and silent.

Marina pools have been drained and dry for a month or more. It is the hardy soul indeed who, being strong of character and mind, slips his lines and takes to the Bay on a cruise just as it begins its long winter slumber.

Trepidation

Not possessing any of these attributes, I decided to sail north to Havre de Grace, MD, on an unusually warm November weekend a couple of years ago. The thought was I’d have the whole Upper Bay to myself, highlighted by a restful stay at an accommodating marina, without the hubbub of the high season messing with my solitude. Best of all, 10 to 15 knots of breeze were forecast from a favorable direction, with gusts to 20.

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Comeuppance

I had more solitude than I knew what to do with. But it wasn’t the solitude Thoreau romanticized. Most of the hauling out had been done, so a walk to the marina office was through a maze of jackstanded boats,

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What a mistake this turned out to be.

The wind died about 10 minutes after I set the sails coming out of Middle River.

Cursing NOAA, I motored for hours into a nasty chop past the bucolic but prohibited shoreline of the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), then another hour-long slog up the approach channel to the city.

I saw only a smattering of other boats all day, only two of which were sailboats.

With the sun going down in tune with the temperature, I called up the marina on the radio and asked for my slip assignment, but it was just about closing time. Nobody would be around to help me in, which didn’t worry me much. But the place was absolutely deserted.

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with not a soul in sight. The town was fairly sleepy, too. I found a restaurant bar with an acoustic string band, but conversation was not to be had. So much for me as the great singlehander.

After a single day, I craved the company of others ashore, only to skulk back to the boat disappointed and lonely on a cool November night. How pathetic.

The air temperature was in the 30s when I went up on deck at 4:30 a.m. to secure a slapping burgee in a freshening breeze. It had been hard to sleep anyhow, with regular Amtrak trains rumbling overhead and creepy APG sirens piercing the night air.

When I finally awoke, I was raring to go. Home that is. Originally, I was going to stick around another day, but NOAA again promised wind, five to 10 knots this time, but enough to sail away from this apparent despondence that was really my own. I’m sure Havre de Grace is a nice place to visit, and I’ll come back another time and give it another chance. But a 60-mile trip with no sailing to speak of just seems wrong.

I wanted to sail while the opportunity presented itself. Just as I was making final preparations for departure, NOAA downgraded the forecast to five knots.

I wanted to cry. Another six and a half hours of motoring would drive me mad.

Bliss

But it turned out not so bad after all.

The Bay became mirror calm. The colors were brilliant, the sky azure blue, the air crisp. I took in the sights, smells, and sounds. It had been a good sailing season, even if the last trip was not.

There are worse places to be, and inside my own head was one of them, I told myself. As the boat lumbered toward home, I shut out the bad and replayed all the good sailing days and nights I’d enjoyed all year. I pulled into the slip for the last time after sunset, and it was cold again. But I felt warm inside, happy even. It had been a good year indeed. And all things considered, not such a bad way to end it.

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by Jean Korten Moser

Mission Impossible?

Baltimore Waterkeeper Fights for Cleaner Water

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he first time Tina Meyers went to the Middle Branch to collect water samples, she couldn’t believe what she saw. “I was shocked… to see people actually still crabbing and fishing there,” says the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper.

Not a good idea.

“In places where the bacteria level is high, it is best not to fish or have contact with the water,” she advises. Or you run the risk of getting sick. Very, very sick.

Bacteria, which Meyers says is “probably the biggest issue for human contact right now,” isn’t the only nasty thing commonly found in Baltimore’s waterways. “There are all sorts of other nasty pollutants. Toxic metals, PCBs [Polychlorinated Biphenyl or toxic man-made chemicals], and other things that make it unsafe to eat any crabs or fish from the harbor.”

This clean water advocate, who has been at the helm of the Blue Water Baltimore program since March, is working toward the day when people can fish, crab, and swim in Baltimore Harbor and not be exposed to bacteria, trash, and toxic chemicals. It’s a formidable task. When there are heavy rains, such as back in June, raw sewage from Baltimore City’s antiquated sewage treatment plant flows into the harbor; bottles, plastic bags, fertilizer, construction debris, and the like course through its stormwater pipes and into the Bay. But this energetic 32-year-old lawyer welcomes challenges. A native of Buffalo, NY, Meyers earned undergraduate degrees in biology and environmental science from the University of Rochester and a law degree with a concentration in environmental law from the University at Buffalo School of Law before moving to Baltimore to become a clinical law fellow for the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Maryland. There she represented several of the waterkeepers in the Chesapeake Bay 48 October 2012 SpinSheet

region, including her predecessor, Eliza Smith Steinmeier.

Meyers notes, “I think it was sort of a natural transition, because a lot of waterkeepers are lawyers—it is really helpful, especially in an urban environment, where you are dealing with all sorts of laws and regulations on water quality. It’s easier to navigate through the regulatory context.”

And a lot of waterkeepers are scientists.

Meyers adds, “You can use science and law together to be a really effective advocate.

The science part—the water testing—is the

groups about pollution issues in the harbor and what to do and engage in fund-raising to make sure my program moves forward.”

What have been her greatest challenges?

“Prioritizing. There are so many issues on water quality in Baltimore. People call in with local issues in their neighborhoods that legitimately need to be addressed, but there is just one of me. I try to tackle more large-scale issues and work down from there… Also wading through the regulatory process. Filing comments with an agency and filing appeals. There are different legal mechanisms to voice concerns with the government. That ##Baltimore Waterkeeper takes time.

Tina Meyers taking Meyers’s successes include setting water samples. up a regular water quality monitoring program and posting the results on the web. Thirty sites are tested, 17 in the Northwest Branch (Baltimore Harbor) one week and 13 sites in the Middle Branch the next. (Visit bacteria.bluewaterbaltimore.org for test results.)

Meyers is focusing on a fix for Baltimore City’s antiquated sewer system. She says, “A lot of the pipes are almost 100 years old. Whenever a storm event happens, it overflows, and untreated sewage comes out into the waterways. That’s where you get the really high levels of bacteria in link between theory and reality. You can the water.” have plans and goals, but it is important Stormwater pollution and the Maryland to see the actual impact to see if you are Department of the Environment’s draft cleaning up the water with those plans.” stormwater permit (aka “permit to polOf a typical day, Meyers says, “One of lute”) for the City of Baltimore are also on the things I love about the job is there is Meyers’s radar, as is reducing plastic bag no typical day. I talk to the press, meet and bottle trash. with Maryland Department of the Envi“The Maryland Department of the ronment, the Environmental Protection Environment listed Baltimore Harbor as Agency, Baltimore City, and industrial impaired for trash, which is very unrepresentatives on pollution issues. I go out usual,” says Meyers. “If people get money on the waterkeeper boat and take water by returning bottles to grocery stores, as samples, respond to citizen complaints and they do in New York State, they are not pollution incidents, and follow up with going to throw it on the ground. And if agencies to get things resolved. I meet with people are charged for a bag if they don’t lawyers on an existing lawsuit or file a new use a reusable bag, it cuts down on trash lawsuit. I give presentations to different dramatically.” spinsheet.com

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H A L L

Halloween

by Lauren Anthone

First, let me tell you that I am perfectly fine. I thought I’d tell you that up front, so you won’t be tempted to flip out your phone half way through my story to call to see if I’m okay…

Twenty Knots with a Grin

It was a bright and small-craft-advisory Saturday. Stefi, my friend who was to sail with me on my Nordic 34 Flyer, had to pass. She was too sick and duly noted that it was just too cold out there to anchor out without any heat. I, on the other hand, am smitten enough with sailing to put up with a bit of discomfort.

Plus, it was near the end of the season, and I had serious doubts about having another chance to get out overnight.

It was already 1 p.m. when I arrived at my boat in Back Creek in Annapolis.

I figured that I’d sail around a bit, drop anchor somewhere nearby, and just relax for a change; but my slip-neighbor Dave put it into my head that I could be in Rock Hall, MD, in time for dinner. Who was I to argue?

The wind was just abaft the beam at just under 20 knots. I had one reef in the main and four layers worth of fleece, wool, Gore-Tex, and inflatable vinyl. It was some kind of ride! My face began to hurt, not from the wind and cold, but from a prolonged grin. When I turned up into the Chester River, I had to head more to windward, and both the true and apparent wind speeds picked up. I put another reef in the main and continued on my way. Flyer draws six feet and two inches, so there would be no cutting across the bar at Rock Hall. About 20 minutes from the harbor, I started the engine without help from the alligator clips I’d learned to use to start my recalcitrant Westerbeke. I rolled up the jib and turned into the wind to drop the main.

Now it was pretty rough. The wind blew a steady 23 knots, and the seas were steep and short in the shallow water. I Follow us!

went to the mast to lower the main, but the halyard clutch at the cockpit chose that very moment to go on strike. The sail could do nothing but flog itself to death, and in doing so, snapped a number of slides.

Evidently one of those slides still clinging to the sail, or perhaps the head board itself, hit me in the head. That hurt. A lot. With choice words spewing from what had been that remarkable grin, I went aft to negotiate with the halyard clutch.

That Bloody Halyard Clutch

That’s when I first noticed the big drops of blood splattering on the coach roof.

Hmm... that’s odd. It hurt, but I didn’t know it was that bad. I had left a trail of blood from the mast to the cockpit and back again to pull the sail down. I had to hug the sail around the boom to tame it well enough to get a couple of sail ties around it, so the sail was smeared with blood, too. Had Jackson Pollack been onboard, we could have made millions from reprints.

While heading for the harbor, I hailed for any vessel in Rock Hall Harbor for assistance. I was fine but didn’t want to leave Flyer defenseless against the perils of the breakwall should I pass out. Getting the anchor down at that point seemed like risky business. With no reply, I hailed the U.S. Coast Guard, and despite a clear signal, the officer asked for my cell phone number (question number 50 of one billion). I had my hands full with all the electronics; and yes, there was blood on them. (Cue spooky music.)

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The officer asked a billion questions. Once he was satisfied that he had covered all bases and had duly noted my favorite color, he asked for my GPS coordinates. How exact do you have to be when you radio your position as just 25 yards outside the breakwall at Rock Hall Harbor? Finally, he told me that he would send someone out. By now, there was blood on my hands, the VHF radio, iPhone, and GPS. The electronics were but innocent bystanders.

Captain Mark Einstein of Blue Crab Chesapeake Charters heard from Chris at Rock Hall Landing Marina that there was an injured person on the way in and jumped in his dinghy to rescue me. It was too rough for him to climb onboard, so he followed behind me into the harbor. Once behind the breakwall, he climbed aboard, took the helm, and docked Flyer at the nearest marina, which just happened to be Rock Hall Landing.

There were EMT and DNR vehicles at the ready, with requisite flashing lights and curious bystanders who looked mortified at the sight of me.

Once inside the ambulance, the EMT team scouted through my matted hair to find the source of the bleeding, then bandaged my head with about a cottoncrop’s-worth of gauze. They started a drip, asked slightly more questions than the Coast Guard had, minus the request for coordinates, and took me to the Chester River Hospital Center in Chestertown, MD.

The Devil and Peter Pan in Chestertown

I was received by a fairy, a devil, and Peter Pan. Each commended me for the first-rate job I’d done with the fake blood. My degree in verisimilitude finally paid off. Still, I felt obliged to point out to them that it wasn’t fake.

That’s when Peter Pan flew to my cart and wheeled me into an exam room.

The doctor on call snipped off a bit of hair around the wound, prepared his stapler, then decided to hand-sew it instead. The stitches added a bit of clout to my inadvertent costume.

And just to add a bit more Frankenstein-esqueness, they attached some elec-

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the engine wouldn’t start. The alligator method failed, and Flyer tried to head out to sea every time I went below to spend quality time with the Westerbeke. When finally my arms ached from short-tacking and my head ached from the blood that rushed to my head each time I hung it over the engine, I took up the bloody VHF and hailed for a tow. Flyer arrived in her slip with her tail between her legs. I didn’t look much better.

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As I surveyed the damage the next day, Captain Mark, Chris, and several hands came to see how I fared. Yep, I felt just like Dorothy. Captain Mark stayed to help me flake the main and see me off. Trouble was, the engine wouldn’t start. I succumbed at last to the alligator method, bade farewell to those who had helped me, and headed out for the return trip home. There were still 20 some odd knots of wind. I still had a jib and an engine that I figured I could keep going so long as I started it now and then along the way to keep it warm.

I must say that the return sail was almost awesome. It would have been totally awesome had the wind been a little further aft. I had started the engine once or twice before, and again as I approached the Bay Bridge. I was in the home stretch then. All that was left to do was start the engine, furl the jib, and head for home. Except,

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Peter Pan returned to tell me that results were negative and that I could return home. She advised asking someone at home to wash my hair carefully in lukewarm water. “Um,” I replied, “I’m on a boat by myself and have no hot water.” “Oh,” said Peter Pan. “Then I guess I can wash it for you.” And she did. But she declined without hesitation when I asked her nicely if she’d mind blowing it dry and styling it a bit. I could hear the nurses giggling in the hallway when she recounted my request.

Corey, the DNR officer in charge of my “case,” stayed with me all the while and even drove me back to the boat. He needed my documentation number and insurance information, anyway. I don’t know how I would have gotten home otherwise. He did let me know that Flyer looked like a murder scene. I felt so badly for my boat. Some well-intentioned person had tied her to the dock with the jib sheet, and I had visions of the jib unfurling and carrying me back to Kansas. A few more lines and fenders later, all was well with the world again. Then I slept (ha!—that’s a stretch of the imagination).

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SPOOKED at Smith Island

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ack in the fall of 2003, my husband Billy and I visited the Chesapeake Bay for the first time. We were zig-zagging our way across the Bay in our Catalina 380, Bonnie Christine, randomly finding anchorages wherever the wind blew us. One day the wind blew us to Smith Island, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; it is not really a destination most cruisers would choose to visit, due to its very shallow channel and lack of anchorages and marinas. Unless you are a waterman, there is not a whole lot happening on this island.

But we aren’t really like other cruisers. We like to visit new places that offer the slightest potential of an adventure.

It happened to be Halloween night. The sun had just set. With the little light that was left in the sky, we rode our dinghy over to the main dock, got out, and proceeded to walk around. We like to stretch our legs at the end of a long day of sailing.

It was very quiet, and there wasn’t a soul in sight. The Seaside Restaurant, the only one around, was closed, as was the general store. Most of the houses were dark. Some of them looked as if they had not been inhabited in years. Houses with lights on were few and far between.

Then from afar, we heard some children’s voices. Hoping to see some trick or treaters, or any signs of life, we began to walk toward the voices. We followed the dark road, which led us away from the dock. We saw more dark and empty houses, then an occasional light, but still no people. Yet,

from far away, we could hear the voices of the children, sounding goblin-like in the distance. It was the sound of children who were heard, not seen. Creepy.

Our walk took us past the Methodist church, and we decided to go visit the cemetery. Things got very eerie as the night grew even darker. We began to read the names on the gravestones. Bradshaw, Smith, Tyler, Kitching, and then Evans, Evans, Evans…. Both the worn, faded marble and the newer, polished granite gravestones in the cemetery bore the name Evans, our surname! In fact, more than half of the markers in the cemetery.

Rachel, Russell, Stella, Richard, Keziah, Marie, Peter… we looked to see if there was a Billy or a Linda.

I began to think we had stepped into a scene of a Stephen King movie.

Suddenly, I was convinced that the distant voices were not children, but actually ghosts or goblins.

I got a very bad case of the heebie jeebies and wanted to get off the island and back on the boat.

Holding hands, we hurried back to the

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dinghy, half expecting Jack Nicholson to pop out from behind a bush. I slept with a light on that night.

I have told this story many times since that night long ago. Every year when Halloween rolls around, I reminisce about how eerie it was. I always regretted that I did not have a camera with me; although, no camera could have captured how creepy it all seemed to us.

My daughter recently told me that she also has shared this story with her friends, and they don’t believe it. They think I made the whole thing up. So that is why eight years later, we cruised back to Smith Island with the intent of proving that there is indeed a cemetery where the gravestones bearing the name Evans are more than one can count!

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islanders drove by us on golf carts and The thought of this island “sinking On a bright Saturday morning, after and dying” made us very sad. As flat and breakfast we headed into town. This time waved. We saw a few people out walking boggy as it is, it is still a beautiful place I had three cameras to document the their dogs. Everyone seemed friendly. We with many species of birds, beautiful trees, didn’t hear any goblin voices. evidence. Once again, we stepped into a We made our way to the fuel dock and quaint houses, and a strong aura of days silent town. The only noise we could hear were surprised to find it open. There we gone by. I am sure in the summertime, this time came from the birds. We made when the Seaside Restaurant and the our way to the cemetery and once again met a very friendly woman named Geneva visitor’s center are open, many tourists marveled at seeing so many stones with our who was born and raised on the island. come to eat crab and oysters, do some She entertained us with stories of how name etched on the stones. We took many the island used to be, how she had to take bird-watching, and maybe stay at one pictures, and then, continued our walk. of the bed and In the daylight you breakfast houses. can see that this island “Suddenly, I was convinced that the distant voices Here, it is easy to was once a bustling were not children, but actually ghosts or goblins.” feel disconnected place. Years ago, everyone who lived on from the world, even though the city of Crisfield is across the island was a waterman, and they caught the ferry to Crisfield, MD, to go to high school, how some of the huge hurricanes Tangier Sound, just 10 miles away. tremendous amounts of seafood. The shore We love this little gem of an island is lined with rickety remnants of the docks like Hazel and Isabel brought massive and will make a point to visit whenever where crabs, oysters, clams, and other seafloods to the area, how all the islanders we pass through the Chesapeake again. food were sorted and exported. Because the look out for one another, and how the We feel a connection—perhaps a “family fishing industry has gone kaput. She told Bay is pretty much fished out, the docks bond”—to the island. It all started with a us the island is “sinking and dying.” No and piles of empty, rusty traps lie unused walk on a Halloween night, goblin voices and rotting away. There are plenty of pretty one wants to put any money into it, for in the background, and a cemetery bearing fear that they will never be able to get houses where the 200 or so year-round our surnames on stone after stone. Even any return on their investment. We also residents live. But there are also many though our hair stood on end that night, houses in such a state of disrepair one can’t learned that the Evans family first settled we will always remember our help but wonder how they are still standon the island in 1685, and 13 generations first visit to Smith Island with followed, with many still living on the ing. There is a new visitor’s center, but it much fondness in our hearts. island today. was closed, as were all the shops. Several

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Family Sailing

What's in it for You  A Shelter From the Storm

What’s In It for You? C

by Saving Sailing author Nicholas Hayes

hildren benefit emotionally and socially from ritual. PhD researchers Mary Spagnola and Barbara Fiese at the University of Washington write, “Naturally occurring family routines and meaningful rituals provide both a predictable structure that guides behavior and an emotional climate that supports early development.”

But kids learn by experience. Sometimes, experiences teach skills or consequences.

Other times, things out of control turn

##Sailing with kids isn’t a game. It’s a way of being, as the Hayes family knows... (L-R): Nicholas Hayes, Don Ellingsen, Kate Hayes, Susan Sorce Rieck, Elizabeth Hayes, Jackie Beltz, Eric Roman, and Angela Hayes.

experiences into adventures and teach about fear, risk, determination, and things larger than ourselves. Sailing, of course, can provide both the ritual and the experience; so it is simply an ideal instrument of parenting, a way to make great kids.

But this article won’t be about the kids.

It’s about you. What’s in it for you if you make sailing with kids your family ritual and experience? What if you dropped enough other things—soccer, baseball, the long commute, your mani/pedi appointment— and made enough time, over and over, to go

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sailing with your kids?

Let me start by talking about what family sailing is not.

Sailing with kids isn’t a game. It’s a way of being. You might play games while sailing with kids, and it will be fun and frustrating for everyone, as any game can be. But imagine a soccer match where you’re not stuck cheering on the sidelines, but where you sprint down the field, take a clothesline pass from your daughter, and headbutt the winning goal. The crowd goes wild. Daughter hoists dad on shoulders. Well, perhaps that’s a stretch, but you get the point. Moms and dads who sail with kids have a chance to be heroes.

And who better?

Sailing with kids isn’t dangerous. Not sailing with kids is. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that American children spend more time consuming media than any other nonschool activity. The result is that most kids won’t develop important problem solving and social skills, and their health and welfare are at severe risk. But as a parent, how does one limit television or video game time? The virtual world is virtually everywhere, right?

No. Nothing is virtual on a sailboat. Like a remote island, a sailboat is a refuge of reality. An actual place with only real things, such as wind, water, and people working together to make something from them. From the parent’s perspective, sailing is the perfect tool to distract from screens and attract to new things. Sail with kids, and they’ll be too busy, bored, excited, or happy to miss media.

Since there isn’t any available anyway, they’ll inevitably self-determine. They might make up a game or sing for entertainment. Or maybe you will. On our sailboat, we often break out Queen’s “Fat Bottom Girls.” And I play a mean air guitar. spinsheet.com

Most sailors are not role models.

Elizabeth was invited to trim jibs and kites me, it was a bit like old times; before Indeed, many sailors are a terrible on another family’s boat, and Angela and kids (BK) sailing on other people’s boats influence. There is drinking, smoking, I were guests with sailing friends. For the (OPB). But for our kids, I’m guessing, cheating, bribery, swearing, it was a dramatic shift; and dare I say, even a bit of “Nothing is virtual on a sailboat. Like a remote a ritual interrupted, misogyny in some sailing an all-new experience, island, a sailboat is a refuge of reality.” circles. The first parental inone grand adventure stinct might be to run home ending and another and pull the shutters tight. The opporfirst time ever, the Hayes family was apart beginning. tunity, of course, is to be the role model; on a sailing weekend: one at school and They’re ready. I know it. And that is to call bad behavior, to put mistakes in the rest sailing separately. For my wife and what’s in it for you. context, to break false gender, ethnic, and age barriers, to be judicious and fair, to give not take, to witness reality together in a way that prepares everyone for more reality. Part of life’s adventure is in emerging from dark places and ugly influences healthier, wiser, and proud.

I’ve found no place better than aboard a sailboat, with my wife and kids and good friends, to experience this first hand.

I can make these claims because every Wednesday and Saturday for nearly two decades my wife and kids and I have sailed together as a ritual. We invite friends, pack sandwiches, check the weather, and go sailing. In thousands of races and thousands of passage miles, we’ve seen thousands of new stories unfold and collected thousands of memories. We’ve seen glassy calm and gales.

We’ve cried and laughed out loud. We’ve seen defeat and conquest. We’ve been bored, proud, excited, and scared. We’ve faced daunting problems and learned to be calm and make due. We’ve saved lives and made lives.

As I write this, I am especially reflecKaren and Kevin Marcilliat • Mableton, GA tive and grateful for the sailing gift.

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What's in it for You?  A Shelter From the Storm

A Shelter from the Storm

by Tracy Leonard

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nder a flickering oil lamp and a dusky October sky, we like to snuggle up and tell stories of our favorite memories of the season. Some of the best time we spent on Heron this summer came as a surprise.

Leaving our house without power for days, this past June’s “humdinger derecho,” as the kids like to call it, gave us a spontaneous week-long staycation that we spent aboard Heron going nowhere and doing nothing.

Well, not exactly doing nothing. We fished from the docks at our marina for the first time—at noon on a 100-degree day. Okay, that sounds like doing nothing. At least I thought so until the kids started hauling in fish after fish: golden croakers, perch, and spot. Our three-year-old daughter was holding worms and trying to bait the hook while our eight-year-old son was learning the fine art of taking squirming fish off the hook without poking himself.

We crabbed at the docks and netted some of the big nettles that were everywhere this summer. We cooked out and ate well. We read books together. We bought lots of ice for the cooler. We had happy hour every night.

And not exactly going nowhere. For the first time, we took in Sherwood Forest’s annual fireworks. Unfortunately for our daughter, she fell asleep on the way to Little Round Bay and missed all the action. But on the Fourth of July, while we hung out with friends on their boat to watch the Annapolis fireworks, she loved the loud booms and the beautiful lights in the sky. When they asked her how she liked the fireworks the night before, she candidly told them that she got “stuck in a nap.” Now that’s a keeper. Our staycation ranks as one of our best trips this season, and we never left our home base of the Severn River. Sometimes you don’t have to go far to have a lot of fun.

What we didn’t do on our staycation was miss television, or I’m not kidding, air conditioning. A light breeze graced almost all of those hot days, so we put up our

##We fished from the docks at our marina for the first time... the kids started hauling in fish after fish: golden croakers, perch, and spot.

cockpit awning and stayed in the breezy shade. We saw more people at the marina seeking refuge on their boats in the aftermath of the derecho than we see all year. It was fun to visit and swap storm tales, fishing tales, and tall tales in general. Both after Hurricane Irene and this year’s storm, a warm sense of camaraderie enveloped the docks while we all worked and lived through unusual circumstances. We enjoy the sense of community we find at a marina. Almost everyone we meet has a friendly word to share.

But I wouldn’t want to make our shelter from the storm sound too idyllic. After all, our three-year-old is rather tempestuous. Staying on the boat, especially at the dock, always intensifies life at home, both good and bad. Sounds of sibling rivalry that get swallowed in the halls at home boom in the narrow confines of our boat cabin. “Go to your room” on a two-berth boat doesn’t achieve quite the same degree of separation as in a threebedroom house. Yet that closeness and even the challenges it brings are my favorite things about spending time as a family on a boat. I generally like that when you’re on a boat, you meet life head on; you can’t run from your problems. Your leaking hatch will persist until you fix it, and your angry child will let the whole marina know of her woes.

“Because daily boat living requires more thought, it feels more lived.”

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Sailing offers a break from the complexity and rush of modern life on land and teaches a greater degree of independence and responsibility. Without as many toys or television as at home, our kids become even more resourceful at keeping themselves entertained.

Much of their entertainment involves watching or interacting with nature. We’ve seen kids learn on a basic level how the boat works, how to move naturally, and how tripping over a block hurts. We benefit from our son’s sharp observation skills, since he regularly is the first to see fouled lines or other mishaps. We know it is up to all four of us to make sure the boat runs smoothly.

Our comparatively simple boat life reminds us of things that sometimes get lost in the shuffle of modern life. Clean laundry requires planning. As my dad once described my 1968 Volkswagen’s “power steering,” our dishwasher is powered by Armstrong.

Because daily boat living requires more thought, it feels more lived. Each decision is deliberate instead of steeped in convenience. Life on our boat is lived slowly, so we try to recognize that life is full of tradeoffs and to use our time well.

It didn’t take a damaging storm for our family to realize how much we like spending time together on a boat. And it doesn’t have to take a storm to hop on the boat. Whether you call it unplugging or getting back to basics or just having fun, sailing with your family provides a welcome chance to embrace the nitty-gritty simplicity of life together. October is a great time to pack a few more of those memories in.

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et’s take a skinny wooden vessel, pile ridiculous amounts of sail onto ever-taller masts, add a lot of people, and see how long it takes us to capsize. For many log canoe racing teams, the only penalty for sail area is an inability to keep the boat upright.

When done right, crew use weight, agility, and nerves of steel to scramble up and down 15-foot wooden springboards that stick out from the boat like pirates’ planks while under full canvas in racing conditions. As the bow slices through the water, the springboards and their riders counterbalance the pressure of the wind against the sails… at least until it’s time to tack. Then it’s every man for himself. It’s no wonder summer is prime time for log canoe racing. The cold blasts of fall and winter would make mincemeat out of these temperamental vessels and crew. Check out some of the fun this season on the Chesapeake Bay.

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ENCORE A Love Story

by Warren Milberg

##Encore in her new home at Scotts Cove.

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o, how many boats have you owned? I’ve been sailing a bit over 40 years—yikes!—and I’ve owned five boats over that period of time. While each had its strengths and weaknesses, I generally liked all of these boats. But one, a full-keeled, 23-foot Ryder-built, Alberg-designed, Seasprite, has been the darling of the lot. I sailed that little boat all over the Bay and in all kinds of weather. It never disappointed. But this is not a story about my previous boats, but rather a love story a good friend of mine had with his third and fifth boats.

As it turns out, they were the same boat.

The phone rang one dark and cloudy day in late October 1999, and it was a call from my long-time friend and fellow sailor Ted Sullivan who wanted to go for a sail. Ted and I both kept boats at Herrington Harbour North in Deale, MD, and were frequent sailing companions on one another’s boat.

Ted first started sailing in 1969 when he was a faculty member of the U.S. Naval Academy. But it was not love at first beam reach; it took another 18 years for the sport to capture Ted’s imagination when he vacationed with his family near Lake Champlain in 1987. One day, he rented a Sunfish and packed his two children, then 12 and nine, life vests and all, into the tiny cockpit and sailed all day. They had a great time and a few months later, bought a Capri 14.2, which they sailed on the Potomac River.

In the following winter of 1988-89, he sold the Capri and moved up to his first cruising boat, a Pearson 27. The Pearson lasted only until the spring of 1990 when the opportunity to trade it to the owner of a beautiful 1975 25-foot C&C arose.

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Ted pocketed a little cash in that deal as well. He named that boat Tide Note, and now the love affair was in full swing.

Over the next 10 years, Ted returned the C&C to almost new condition. He replaced an unreliable inboard with a new outboard, put on some new sails, did a gelcoat peel, and did many other lesser jobs. In short, he spent a lot of time and “boat units” on this wonderful racer/cruiser. I, too, fell in love with Tide Note during this period and have to admit that I would have bought this boat from Ted if it had been available when I was between my many boats.

As Ted and I motored out on Tide Note on that fateful October day 13 years ago, we talked about how much we loved sailing, even when the weather was not quite perfect. After hoisting the sails, we made small talk for an hour or so, and then, our conversation drifted into a discussion of the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis.

We talked about the crowds, how much fun the show was, and spinsheet.com

which boats we had actually visited while there. And then Ted, in his usual understated way, casually mentioned that he and his wife Rosemari had bought a brand new Beneteau 331 while at the show. Say what? I was astounded, shocked, and very pleasantly surprised.

It seems Ted and Rosemari had more or less just fallen in love with the Beneteau and shooting from the hip, made a decision to buy her a few days later. The Beneteau was to be delivered to Annapolis in the spring of 2000 and he put Tide Note up for sale immediately. It was not an easy decision to sell her, but Ted hoped the bigger, newer Beneteau would mean more time on the water with Rosemari. Ted and I sailed his new boat, dubbed Off Broadway, from Annapolis to Deale the following spring.

Over the next four years, Off Broadway didn’t get used as much as Tide Note for a variety of reasons. Ted’s daughter Meg, his regular sailing companion, had also fallen in love with this boat, but was busy with her budding career in nursing. Off Broadway got her name due to the fact that Rosemari’s career in the Episcopal Church kept her in New York City much of that time. Finally, the sailboat had to compete with a second mortgage on a vacation home on Hooper Island. The ax fell on Off Broadway.

As it turned out, Ted had sold Tide Note to a neighbor, who also added some wonderful improvements to the boat. But this neighbor had a baby that was demanding a lot of attention and needed to unburden himself of1 the8/14/12 C&C. Enter TedPM oncePage again.1 HalfPG-bestof-AD:Layout 12:18 He bought the boat back from the fellow he had sold it to and in

honor of this round trip, re-named her Encore. Now I’m not a sentimental type, but I have to say that this boat and her captain just fit together.

Over the next eight years, I regularly sailed with Ted on his C&C or saw Meg and him out on the Bay while sailing my Hunter 28.5. Again in his understated way, Ted mentioned to me recently that he was going to sell Encore, as his daughter was about to be married and was not going to be available to sail with him very much in the future. To shorten a much longer story, I was able to put Ted in touch with an old college classmate of mine, Phil LeBel, who was looking for a smaller boat than his Irwin 30. Phil inspected Encore at Herrington Harbour and struck a deal. A month later, Ted and I sailed Encore down the Bay to Scotts Cove and her new home. After a wonderful dinner on the deck of his home near Salisbury, MD, Phil made it clear that Ted was welcome to come down to Salisbury any time he wanted to sail Encore.

If and when the time comes for Phil to sell the boat, I can’t help wondering if a certain sailing pal of mine is waiting in the wings yet again to be reunited with the love of his sailing life.

“…this boat and her captain just fit together.”

About the Author: Warren Milberg has been a long-time ontributing writer to SpinSheet. He sails his Hunter 28.5 CrewZen out of Herrington Harbour North in Deale, MD. imcrewzen@hotmail.com

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Five Days in October

little known fact for newcomers to the U.S. Sailboat Show: even those of us who have been coming to Annapolis shows for decades, at some point while wandering the docks, will look up and say, “Where am I?” We know, of course, we are in the heart of Maryland’s state capital in the midst of the biggest event of the year... but with all the glare from the shiny white decks and polished hardware, with the thousands of sailors vying for boarding time on the hottest new boats or waiting in line for

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cold drinks, and with flags flapping over our amazingly transformed city, we lose our bearings. Even the locals who make this show happen find the excitement of it dizzying.

We figure if long-time Annapolitan sailors get confused navigating the show, so will thousands of newcomers. That’s why we’ve created this special show section to help you find your way around inside and outside the event gates.

Whether you come to the big event by water taxi, by shuttlebus from the stadium, by foot from Eastport, by Circulator Trolley (it’s free!—see annapolis.gov), or by dinghy, you are sure to glimpse life in Annapolis as the locals know it, even when there is no boat show in town. Tour guides dressed in colonial garb, sometimes on Segways, tell the tale of our historic city as George Washington knew it. Families eating ice cream stroll up Main Street. Midshipmen, who will soon switch from their summer whites into winter blues, come in and out of the U.S. Naval Academy gate.

We Annapolitans pride ourselves on cultivating a summer resort feel that lasts all year long. Many of us—except the Midshipmen—prove it by wearing flip-flops long beyond what your mother or the rest of the world may find healthy or normal in winter.

By the time the cannon shot signals the start of the Sailboat Show, Annapolis

locals will have spent months preparing for the throngs of sailors who descend upon our vibrant town to celebrate the sport we love. Some say we shouldn’t call ourselves “America’s Sailing Capital”—but they may not have noted that we are indeed Maryland’s state capital, as evidenced by the lovely, newly renovated white dome at the highest point in the city. Sailing Capital isn’t just good marketing. Look around you. Look out at that harbor. See any masts? We love our motto.

SpinSheet, with our world headquarters in the Eastport section of Annapolis, creates this special guide to help you organize your thoughts and maximize your time at the show. Within these pages, we have 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 the magazine and our Start Sailing Now guide 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 may seem a little hectic as we busily get SpinSheet into the hands of all the show attendees, but please stop by and say, “Hello.” We may serve up some popcorn in the quieter moments, and we always have stickers and tattoos to share. You know when you sport a SpinSheet tattoo, the show has really begun.

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TAXI How Do I Catch a Water Taxi?

Water taxis will run continuously from 8 a.m. through midnight during the U.S. Sailboat Show. Walk to the water taxi stop between the Marriott and the Eastport Bridge to catch one, call (410) 2630033, or hail “Water Taxi” on VHF radio channel 68.

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It is a free trolley that quickly and efficiently moves individuals from the city’s four parking garages around downtown and Eastport.

Arriving at stops in 10-minute intervals, it allows the public to get around better and avoid parking tickets. You may use the Circulator Trolley even if you do not park in a garage. Just listen for the bells, and raise your hand for a ride. The Trolley runs from 6:30 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 6:30 a.m. through 2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Click to annapolis.gov to learn more.

Where Are Public Restrooms?

In addition to Porta-Potties within the show gates, find clean public facilities attached to the Annapolis Harbormaster’s office behind the main gates of the show.

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Wear comfortable shoes. Blisters and boat

shopping do not mix well. Even if you are wearing boat shoes, most dealers ask that you step aboard barefoot or in socks. Comfortable slip-on and slip-off shoes work best.

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pen, a notebook, and little sticky return address labels. You will surely sign up for more than a few e-mail and snail mail lists and even enter a few drawings as you make your way through the show. Being armed with a pen to jot down a note or an address label to stick on sign-up sheets may ensure smooth navigation of the show.

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Come smart.

Smart phone savvy sailors may find multiple apps useful, such as taking product pictures to jar your memory, plugging in notes, saving web addresses, and clicking to Quick Response or QR codes on exhibitors’ marketing materials. Click to usboat. com/us-sailboat-show/show-layout to download a PDF of the show layout to help you find your way around.

Bring a layer.

Early October in Chesapeake Country may stun you with its mild—and sometimes steamy—weather, but don’t let it fool you. A cool breeze on the docks, during this season of dreamy sailing, may make that 78-degree sunny day feel 10 degrees cooler. Sunset will chill you out if nothing else.

For the past five years, we have all needed sunglasses, wide-brimmed hats, sunblock, and long-sleeved fleeces to throw over our T-shirts in the late afternoon at the show.

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Early birds may park in Eastport and walk across the bridge to warm up their legs or take a water taxi to the show gate. Another option would be to arrive early, park in an Annapolis public garage listed at parkannapolis.com, and take the free Circulator Trolley.

Those arriving late—after, say, 9:30 a.m.—will certainly want to park at the stadium lot off Rowe Boulevard for $10 and take the free shuttle into the show.

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Annapolis’s first-class fleet of water taxis make for efficient, unique, and fun ways to move around town during the shows and throughout the sailing season. Need to know something about Annapolis? Water taxi captains typically are great sources of information and restaurant tips. Call (410) 263-0033 or hail “water taxi” on VHF radio channel 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.

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Be prepared to talk to experts. If you are a current boat owner

trying to solve a specific problem, take a picture of an area on your boat that is giving you trouble and bring it to the show. It’s a lot easier to give someone a visual of a rigging challenge, for example, than to say, “When we pull this thingie, it gets stuck.”

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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!

Come visit the SpinSheet team. Our editors, writers, photographers, ad

sales staff, and other friends of the program will be passing out SpinSheets, stickers, tattoos, and good restaurant advice every day at booth F6. Come and share the cool stuff you’ve seen at the show!

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ack in those innocent, unencumbered, pre-boat days, the Boat Show was an event I lollygagged and daydreamed my way through. My husband Rick and I boarded every boat in which we had even a mild interest and fantasized about one day owning one and stuffing it full of glamorous gear and electronics. Going to the show was a day-long commitment. The vendors weren’t too interested in us, and we mostly wanted to wander about un-assaulted.

Then we graduated to our “entry level” boat, which gave us a foot up on that ever-escalating ladder that would lead to bigger and more-complicated boats. Now when we poked around at the show, we were a bit more focused, and occasionally even wanted to get a vendor’s attention. We carried with us the credibility of actually owning a boat, instead of being just a tire-kicker, and we undoubtedly wore some “been-there done-that” gear to demonstrate our bona fides.

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ers every season, or maybe book a winter charter vacation. It was a big deal for us when we ordered a new mainsail for our C&C 26.

The tables turned the year we started seriously shopping for our first “big” boat (which ultimately became our Sabre 38).

All of a sudden, the vendors wanted our attention. When we told the brokers we were in the market and asked pointed questions that demonstrated our serious interest, we got personal escorts to potential targets.

We also got follow-up phone calls in the weeks to follow. We felt like stars.

With bigger boats came the need for more specialized gear, and we’re always up for checking things out at the show. It does help to kick the tires and certainly to pursue the elusive “boat show discounts” (which are pretty much available to anyone who knows enough to ask for a boat show discount within a few weeks of a major boat show). But, at the same time, as we’ve gotten more immersed in the sailing lifestyle, we’ve found that the boat show weekend is often one of glorious weather that we’re loathe to give up to go shopping.

So in more recent years, my boat show modus operandi has become laser-focused and efficient.

Nowadays, my goal is to take care of all the business on my shopping list and get out of the boat show by lunchtime. In the weeks before the show, Rick and I start listing the various equipment and services we want to arrange at the show. As the vendor lists and maps become available, we plot our course through the show. It often helps us to have backup plans. For example, the year we planned to buy a Follow us!

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windlass, one seller left us cooling our heels for 20 minutes while he chatted with a buddy, so we walked over to a competitor’s booth and closed a deal in minutes (reminds me of a scene from the movie “Pretty Woman”).

We do some advance research, so we know the questions we need answered and have a general idea of pricing so that we know whether we’re getting a good deal. Shopping in October gives us the added benefit of lead time, so that most of the gear and work are done in time for the upcoming season.

If this sounds cold and businesslike, it’s not quite as bad as it seems.

I leave time to visit with friends, and while I might forego a Painkiller from Pusser’s, there’s usually an impulse purchase or two in the bags I tote out of City Dock. Admittedly, while my new boat show approach takes away some of the sheer pleasure of walking around docks full of boats, nothing beats a glorious October weekend on my own boat. And, isn’t the boat show selling just that, the sailing lifestyle?

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Boat Show 2012 Annapolis ing spirit, but when it comes down to the boat, Jessica says the romance can sour.

“The first year we used a catamaran in the design rather than a monohull, folks came up to the booth and asked, ‘Do you have anything with a real sailboat on it?’”

She jokes that after that, she has considered just having a sail without any hull in the design to keep everyone happy.

Jessica’s happy place is in the artistic work of the process. She starts her work with print-making and then transfers her designs into her Mac computer. There, she can play with colors and fine-tune the look. Then, they print the shirts, pack them up in boxes, set up at the show, and hope to sell out by Monday afternoon.

“We want to have a variety of colors and sizes available for people, but we also want to go home empty-handed if pos-

sible,” she says. “But every single year the phone calls and e-mails come in for about three weeks after the show asking for a shirt. Somebody forgot to buy one for his wife or somebody didn’t make it to the booth, and she is hoping to track down that year’s shirt.”

My strategy is to walk in the show gates and head straight to the T-shirt booth to pick out one for everyone in the family. Once I have my shirts, I can smile and enjoy the rest of the show.

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sk any local what the U.S. Sailboat Show means, & you’ll hear, “Eye candy for sailors & parties!” When boatloads of hungry & thirsty people descend upon Annapolis for the October show, parties are great ways for show-goers to extend the exciting “showtime” vibe with great grub, adult beverages, excellent tunes, & boating buddies. Here’s a list of what’s on tap this year:

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Famous Cruisers Event To Benefit Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating at Port Annapolis Marina ($25)—Incredible sailing stories from Lin & Larry Pardey & Matt Rutherford, live music by Them Oyster Boys, food, & beverages (6 to 10 p.m.). crabsailing.org

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Outdoor Party to Benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at the Boatyard Bar & Grill in Eastport (6 to 10 p.m.). boatyardbargrill.com

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Visit Annapolis Outside the Boat Show Gates

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t is U.S. Sailboat Show weekend, and you have been coming to Annapolis for years, building upon your boat lust as you go. You keep coming back each year, the desire for that boat insatiable. But perhaps the best solution is to step back and look at the situation from a bit further away. Maybe from outside of the show gates.

Stroll as Locals Do

My first recommendation is to walk past Market Place and stroll up Pinkney Street or Fleet Street. Both of these small streets are home to quaint little houses painted in all sorts of colors, and the streets themselves are barely wide enough to fit a car.

The little park on Fleet Street is one of the best places to seek some quiet in all of downtown.

From here, walk to State Circle and meander around the Maryland State House grounds. The oldest State House in continuous legislative use in the United States, it is the only one also to serve as the nation’s capitol. For those of you interested in wood work, get this: the beautiful white dome atop the State House is built completely of wood. There are no screws or nails holding it together‌ talk ##Pinkney and Fleet streets, both barely wide enough for one car, are home to quaint houses painted in all sorts of colors. Photo by Nathan Hesse

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about skill. The public can tour the State House every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as long as you have a valid photo identification card. Find self-guided tour information in the Office of Interpretation on the first floor.

From the State House, take a stroll down Maryland Avenue. This residential street has just about everything a town needs, except for maybe groceries or a post office. Ka-Chunk Records is definitely worth a stop. It’s an old vinyl store from days of yore with all kinds of great records, old and new, as well as some concert screen prints. The real gem, though, is Annapolis Bookstore and Café. The hardwood floors and stacks of books are reminiscent of the

library of an eccentric book collector, who wants to share the manifold mysteries of her books with anyone who passes by. Be sure to investigate the books in the basement; upstairs by the café lie the real treasures for the sailor. The extensive maritime literature section has everything from a tat-

tered copy of Joshua Slocum’s Sailing Alone Around the World to the Coast Guard’s Navigation Rules. From an inviting table in the backyard courtyard, you could easily find yourself in a small boat struggling in the fierce seas of the North Atlantic, albeit with a warm cup of coffee.

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Head to the USNA Museum at Preble Hall to learn about the history of seafaring and the development of the U.S. Navy. Also, for a great view of Annapolis Harbor, walk out to the edge of the academy yard to Triton Light, where the harbor meets the Severn River. The green navigation beacon was given by the class of 1945, and coincidentally, a year after the light was installed, the nuclear submarine USS Triton completed the first circumnavigation of the globe underwater. The sub collected water samples from 22 seas, some of which were put into the globe built into the light.

Taxi Across the Creek

For an Eastport adventure, I recommend crossing Spa Creek by water taxi. Take the taxi to the Annapolis Maritime Museum in the old McNasby Oyster Company building.

Check out their “Oysters on the Half Shell” exhibit. After you’ve slurped down all of that oyster knowledge, walk across the alley to Wild Country Seafood for the best fried oyster sandwich you will ever have. Their boats, the Baby Boy and Wild Country are the last workboats to run out of Eastport.

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little place is also well aware of what goes on while beating to windward and makes some great crew lunches for rail meat. They say that their crew lunches are race-ready and splash-proof. At least while still wrapped up.

On your walk back from Eastport to the show, feel free to sit down and relax in one of the many park benches at the ends of Eastport streets, created as public resting spots with views. Or if you prefer not to walk, hop onto the Circulator Trolley, which is running in Eastport during the boat show. The free blue trolley runs every 10 minutes, so meet it at a stop, or flag it down along the way.

Have you ever wondered what the story is with those 700-foot-tall red and white towers at Greenbury Point?

Go check them out for yourself. The towers are a landmark for sailors coming into the Severn River, but they used to be much more than that. At one time there were 19 towers. They were used to communicate with the Navy’s fleet before the days of satellite communication. Greenbury Point was also the place of Providence, settled

by Puritans in 1649, but the area was abandoned by 1670 in favor of a more accessible harbor. Today, this 231-acre peninsula is home to some wonderful walking trails, with lots of bird life to boot. The trails of this quiet and peaceful place skirt the waterline, with views of the Bay Bridge, USNA, and Annapolis.

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Get Lost in the “Woods”

There are also some incredible things that I suggest checking out from within the show. First of all, the National Sailing Hall of Fame will have some fine boats on exhibit. Bull and Bear, which are beautiful over-canvassed replica “Sandbaggers,” will be on display.

Sandbaggers were used for cargo with a quick transition into racing, but today the boats are used for educational programs. Another impressive racing yacht, Elf, will also be on display. This high-gaff topsail cutter, built in 1888, was a fine racing vessel in her day. The boat measures 35 feet on deck and about 68 feet with bowsprit and boom.

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Also, make sure to check out the Schooner Woodwind, an elegant 74-foot staysail schooner. The boat will be available for tours, as well as for special one-and-a-half-hour cruises departing from the show itself ($30 for adults, and $25 for children). Year after year, this is a meeting place for friends to go for a sail after perusing all of the boats and merchandise. The boat sails very well, and passengers can take the wheel or sit back with a cold drink.

It’s a great way to see the Bay and to get a perspective on the Sailboat Show from the water.

Whatever you choose, there is plenty to do in Annapolis during the boat show weekend, both in and out of the gates. And for local SpinSheet readers who haven’t checked out everything in this article first-hand, make a day of it.

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Hunting and Gathering for Cruisers

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y dad used to take us kids to boat shows during the offseason on the Great Lakes. An avid sports fisherman and powerboater, he liked to show my brother, sister, and me things like the Boston Whaler display, the one where the 13-foot model is cut into three pieces and the salesman claims that it will still float. To this day, having seen this particular display, I feel safer when boating on Lake Michigan in his Whaler.

Until I moved to Annapolis in 1997, I had never seen the likes of the two in-water boat shows held here every October. The shows are all about selling things, but what about this cruising lifestyle the attendees are buying into? Before setting off on an extended cruise, we’d go to the U.S. Sailboat Show every year to admire the slick new boats and browse the booths for the latest gear. It was all a part of planting the seed of an idea about going cruising some day. Now that we’ve moved back to Annapolis and cruise part-time, I’ve gained a new appreciation for boat show season.

Like most cruisers we know, my husband David and I like to shop at the show. He always looks for what he calls boat show “performance art.” His favorite booths are the ones where a vendor demonstrates a product or makes the perfect sales pitch. We own a Monitor wind vane because of one such presentation. He likes the guy with the table clamps or the couple frying chicken in a pressure cooker, the latter involving tastings. It’s sort of a minicruisers-potluck. We own the pressure cooker, nested cookware, and containers they sell.

As for me, I like seeing the array of products all in one place.

The year we needed to outfit our 1985 Tayana 37 for extended cruising, I was grateful to Captain Henry’s crew at the Landfall Navigation booth for letting us try out our life raft, packed neatly in a valise case, before we bought it. We’d seen life rafts deployed, but having read other cruisers’ tales, I was concerned whether I could lift it up the companionway steps by myself. They let me take it for a walk-about at the show. Sold.

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Even today we can’t resist trying out new things, like the handy Velcro chafe-guards we bought for Gyatso’s docklines at last year’s show. They work great, and other cruisers in the Mediterranean seem quite impressed with our display of American ingenuity. But there’s another aspect of the boat show that has become even more important to us. I’m referring to things that can’t be packaged and sold at a booth.

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uring boat show season, cruisers converge on Annapolis by land and sea to shop, gam, see old friends, swap boat cards, and share notes about the next cruising ground they plan to explore. Snowbirds gather in Annapolis during their migration south for the winter. Others are still in the dreaming phase or keep their boat somewhere else but want to be part of the scene.

In Annapolis, there’s no better time to experience the camaraderie of cruisers than at the gams and gatherings, both organized and spontaneous, during the show. The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) Gam before the show and their booth during the show probably come closest to capturing this spirit. The SSCA Gam has grown so much in popularity that the orga-

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nizers moved it the weekend before the show to Camp Letts, where there’s more room to anchor and more space for seminars and social e all attended the OCC dinner held on Wednesday night ty Practical Equipment gatherings. We’ve • attended several gams; they are great for meeting at the Severn SA clubhouse. Organizers Sid and Rebecca experienced cruisers and finding like-minded dreamers.

Shaw invited us to give a short talk about writing a guide for emsFor the first time• Vessel Safety since we took off cruising, we were in town cruising the Black Sea. In the “only in Annapolis department,” we for the Sailboat Show year. Like other sailors in Annapolis, we met Jim and Margy Robfogel from Oxford, MD, who sailed on ndence •last Heavy Weather Readiness usually have someone stake a claim on one of our guest bedrooms the Black Sea in 1989 before the Iron Curtain fell. We rarely find during the show. Last year, it was D and Don Wogaman, fellow people who have sailed there, so it was quite remarkable.

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Bluewater in Maine Pennsylvania and stopped over for a few days to catch up with cruisdrive to Annapolis for the show to give a slideshow presentation ARY OFFSHORE EVAluATION ing friends and work at about a summer rally they organized to the remote Canadian the show, something maritime province. “We’re involved and go to these events bethey’ve been doing every cause we hold the club and its members in a special place in our year since 2004. It was hearts and minds,” they told me. a great opportunity to At the OCC gathering of long-distance cruisers, we met a get to know the proud German couple, Wolfgang and Gabi Schilling, who had been owners of Southern cruising on the East Coast, from Florida to Newfoundland aboard Cross, a Dickerson 41 Rasmus. They were planning to cross the Atlantic and sail in the ketch, and learn about Mediterranean and Black Seas, so we invited them to dinner at another type of cruisour house after the show. Over a Mediterranean-style meal, I was ing yacht with a loyal pleased to learn of the generous hospitality they had experienced owners group. while cruising in the United States, not the least of which was

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from the OCC Port Officers in Annapolis, Wolfgang Reuter and his wife Gemma Nachbahr, who host and provide logistical support to cruisers who stay at their dock on Crab Creek during the boat show every year. In fact, they are a tremendous help to cruisers who pass through Annapolis during the entire sailing season, an effort that recently won them recognition as the OCC’s port officer of the year.

The Schilling’s subsequent e-mail accounts from aboard Rasmus while preparing to make an Atlantic crossing this year were filled with many more examples of kind things people had done to help them, including advice on finding safe harbors when early season tropical storm Beryl threatened to spoil their plans. They made it safely to Bermuda and the Azores, and as I was writing this piece, they sent a position report through their SSB radio. After weathering Hurricane Gordon (Category 1 at the time) in Ponta Delgada on August 19–20, they were 50 miles from making landfall at Cape St. Vincent on mainland Portugal.

Far more than the nicest model of boat or niftiest gadget money can buy at the show, we have come to cherish the numerous acts of kindness, assistance and friendship, sometimes from total strangers, during our travels abroad aboard Gyatso. I’ve always wondered how foreign cruisers are treated in American waters. It’s reassuring to learn that they experience much the same as we do when visiting other ports of call. As we are forever indebted to the people who have helped us along the way, both in the U.S. and beyond, we’re happy to know that people in our own homeport of Annapolis look after cruisers in their midst.

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For me, boat show season is a time to embrace and celebrate this spirit by welcoming cruisers into our home, volunteering at various events, and attending the gams and gatherings, as our schedule allows. I now understand why my dad liked boat shows so much and look forward to seeing who this year’s show brings to town.

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y first offshore yacht delivery was in 2007. My dad and I drove down to Charleston, SC, at the last minute. A French guy (Nicolas, zee capitaine!) was in charge, and we were along as crew. Dad left home, in Pennsylvania, around five in the morning. We rented a car when he got to Annapolis for the drive south. Nine hours later (and many, many pit stops), we enjoyed a nice dinner in Charleston with Nicolas and the owner.

Offshore, when the land disappeared astern, I stood on deck and soaked in the moment. We were motorsailing in light wind (that wouldn’t last—the next 11 days we spent slogging to windward in 25 knots). Dolphins followed the boat, and just then, I enjoyed every clichéd emotion that has ever been written about ocean sailing.

Dress Parade pounded horribly sailing close-hauled. She would drop off the tops of steep waves and explode down the other

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side, the rig shaking, the hull ready to split in two. Adding to the discomfort were the facts that one, we had lost all the freshwater into the bilge through a leak in the hot water heater; and two, we had been siphoning seawater into the bilge through the bilge pump discharge hose, which when heeled, was below the waterline and hadn’t been fitted with a one-way check valve.

Early one day, the boat pounded so hard off a wave that I thought that we’d broken the headstay—I saw the rig shudder and heard a gunshot bang. It hadn’t broken, but it made me tense. Later that evening, we received a weather forecast calling for 40-plus knots of wind in our area of the ocean. It was about the halfway point—400 miles or so from the Bahamas, twice that from our destination in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands—and I got nervous. Scared. It was the first time I experienced such a primal fear of exposure,

something that has returned to me at sea since (never more than that first week at sea out of St. Pierre last summer on our Atlantic crossing).

Lying on my bunk in the quarterberth as the darkness flooded in and the wind increased, I thought, ‘there is no way that Nanny, my mom’s mom, would let me and dad get into trouble on my first week at sea.’ My mom always talked about Nanny as a guardian angel—not in the religious sense of the word, not literally, but rather as a sort of positive energy. That night, I latched onto that thought.

The wind never approached 40, that night or after. We remained uncomfortable, but eventually, we sailed into Tortola on a calm sea. I never thought that Nanny was actually responsible for that, but thinking about her that night eased my stress.

I believe now that my mom, who died on April 30, has assumed that angel role for me and my family. We had

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gorgeous summer weather in Scotland while my dad sailed with us and experienced one of the most sublime anchorages high in the mountains in the Caledonian Canal. My dad spent a lot of time that evening staring into the highlands while he sipped his whisky.

Across the North Sea, Mia and I had a calm passage in dry weather on a particularly notorious stretch of water. Later, leaving Malmö, we spent three frustrating days making our way around the south of Sweden. The last few hours of the 250-mile passage we sailed before a beautiful if not rainy southwesterly into Visby, the best sailing of that passage. An hour later when a gale blew up, we were safe in the harbor.

When I wrote this, we were under full sail 20 miles north of Gotland in the bright sunshine, a cool southwesterly easing us along on a course direct for the archipelago outside Stockholm. It was the start of our last overnight passage on Arcturus. The moon was rising astern.

I believe my mom is watching over Mia and me here in the Baltic, sitting on my sister Kate’s shoulder and whispering confidence into her ear, guiding Kate’s boyfriend Kevin through the forest in Maine, during his last days on the Appalachian Trail, and holding

my dad’s hand when he’s staring into space and asking, “Why?” I believe she’s out there, because I think of her when I see nature. The simple pleasure of watching a duck clean its feathers or listening to the sound of the wind in the rigging. Kevin thought of her when he caught a glimpse of a moose drinking from a stream in the mountains in Vermont, and I know my sister thinks of her when she watches the sunset. My mom is deep in my dad’s thoughts always, but never more so than when he’s feeding her goat Buddy every morning.

Thoughts are a form of energy, and when we think about my mom, her energy surrounds us; it is tangible. So perhaps she’s not really “out there” in the literal sense—rather the thoughts of her create the guardian angel within us. I think she’d like that idea.

My dad told me on the phone recently that that is how she will live on, and that you can never take away.

About the Author: As of this writing, Andy Schell and his wife Mia made it to Stockholm on Arcturus, remembering his mom Gail the whole way. They’ll be back in Annapolis for the U.S. Sailboat Show. andyandmia.net

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Casting Off “Plans are in constant flux… We’ll talk about it on the way down.”

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here’s no more oppressive heat or long windless days. There’s no more summer vacation. There is also no more time left for the Reshetiloff family. It’s time to untie their 43foot Wauquiez ketch and head south.

They are getting to the bottom of their todo list for casting off from Annapolis Landing Marina on their first family cruising experience.

The list is short but intense at this stage. Buy new batteries, find a life raft, do a quick haul-out, provision, and sell the cars. But there are the less tangible things as well, such as growing the client list for Claudia’s health coaching business, figuring out the logistics of homeschooling the kids, and of course, deciding when exactly to untie the dock lines and go.

“He’s having sleepless nights thinking about everything,” Claudia says of her husband Ted. “He worries about the boat… did we do this right? Do

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Southbound we have all of the right safety stuff for the boat?” Ted says he’s making lots of lists; that’s his strategy for handling the final tasks. Claudia is handling the stress of the final weeks before leaving in a more Zen manner; she’s learning to bake bread.

“The bread is working out great! There is just no way we could have a bread machine onboard the boat, so our goal is to stop buying bread all together and learn to make what we need in the galley,” says Ted. “Each loaf is getting better and better.”

Their son Max simply says mom’s bread is, “Yummy!”

The kids have fallen into the easy rhythm of boat life without missing a beat. They talk about the toys they left behind very matter of fact without a hint of wanting or whining.

“We just didn’t have room for all that stuff,” says nine-yearold Max. They’re attending their usual public school until departure, but afternoons are spent roaming the docks with a fishing pole, mucking along the shore with a net, or rowing around the marina with the other dock kids.

“They don’t seem to miss their piles of toys or all the space in our old house at all. They’re so busy,” remarks Claudia. “I want the kids to learn that the world doesn’t revolve around school, football, the movies, and the mall. There’s so much more out there.”

The first stop out there for this family is the British Virgin Islands (BVI). They have two friends who have done the trip before who will hop onboard as crew. Starting after the

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boat show, they’ll be watching weather and looking for that perfect window to cast off and start south.

“We might make a straight shot from Annapolis to the BVI. But we might make our way down to Norfolk, VA, or Beaufort or Morehead City, NC, and go from there,” says Claudia. Around the same time, flocks of cruisers will make the same trip as part of a cruising rally or on their own in the annual southern migration. Claudia hopes to connect with fellow south-bounders, but she says they never considered joining a rally. “It just doesn’t make sense to us. I mean you can buy yourself a whole lot of weather for the money they’re asking.”

They have old friends waiting in the BVI who have been there a few years already. The Reshetiloffs plan to hang out there, revel in the glory of not doing winter, and then…?

“Plans are in constant flux,” Claudia admits. “We’ll talk about it on the way down.”

So, the sail down will be a time to exhale and refocus. The sailing is the easy part: the whole family is experienced in everything from racing on the Bay to doing longer offshore trips around the East Coast. But this isn’t just a passage, it’s a lifestyle change. “Claudia and I can’t ever see ourselves living in that big house again,” Ted says and shakes his head and ponders. “I just don’t know. Maybe we’ll come back.

Maybe we’ll keep going, find somewhere else to live, find a new way of making a living, something smaller, simpler.

This isn’t just a trip south, it’s a new life for us.”

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n Friday, September 7, at approximately 4 p.m., two men in baseball caps and a woman wearing a salt-stained straw hat, all carrying duffel bags and grocery bags filled with clinking bottles, boarded the 40-foot catamaran LUX on Back Creek in Annapolis.

“They seemed to know what they were talking about when I gave them their tour,” says an Annapolis Bay Charters (ABC) staff member, who prefers to remain anonymous as officials investigate the case. “The darkhaired guy, who lives on a boat, asked some informed questions about the engine and instruments. The sailing magazine writer opened all of the cupboards looking for condiments and sent a few texts about olive oil and pepper. All three of them were a little obsessed about how many bags of ice they could fit in the freezer.”

He looked off into the distance and thought for a moment. “The guy with the beard who was celebrating his 40th birthday kind of weirded me out,” he says. “When we checked out the emergency equipment and flare guns, he mentioned that movie ‘Dead Calm.’ It was funny the first time, but then he said it again with a creepy look.”

From what they told the charter company, the crew had five friends meeting them via water taxi in the harbor later. “I remember those people,” says Captain Ron, longtime water taxi driver. “A dinghy cut me off in front of the Chart House at about 6 p.m. The tall guy driving toward the anchorage was smiling, and the other three were talking and waving their hands at the same time—they didn’t seem to know they were

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Charter Notes all talking at the same time. And it was bumpy out there. They didn’t seem to notice that, either.” He shook his head.

“Then a half an hour later, I see the smiling guy alone in the same dinghy following a guy paddling in a kayak and towing another one against the wind. Then, a while later, I get a call from the smiling guy who now wants a ride from Sarles Boatyard to this fat cat called LUX out in the anchorage,” he says. “I ask him where he and his friends were headed on the cat, and he just grins and says, ‘I don’t know, man. Somewhere else.’”

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nterviews with the LUX crew’s family, friends, and colleagues revealed that the crew shrouded their destination in mystery. “He said it depends on which way the wind blows,” reports the bearded birthday boy’s mother, who preferred to remain anonymous to protect the family from scandal. “I called him on Friday night, and he put me on speaker phone. It sounded like he was in a bar not on a boat. I asked where he and his friends were going, and they all yelled, ‘We don’t know!’ Our son has a tendency to pal around with smart Alecs, so I didn’t suspect anything unusual.”

One relative says, “My sister had a terrible week at work and learned that she had to lay off a bunch of people. On her way out, she said, ‘I’m so out of here, I may not come back.’ I sent her a text to ask where she was on Saturday. She texted back that she had no idea but that they were going really fast.”

Another anonymous source says, “My business partner had a tense confrontation with a client shortly before his departure. We had a crackling cell phone connection, so all I could hear was something about gin and tonics and sailing to a foreign country… a pretty typical Friday rant for him.”

Annabelle N., who was charged with childcare and pet sitting for two of the couples, says she overheard her daugh##Although they would not tell us where they went, the LUX crew recommended diversions such as paddleboards and kayaks to make a getaway complete.

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ter-in-law, one of the LUX crew, say that “a getaway” was surprisingly easy to plan.

She said it took longer to cook her shrimp curry dish than it did to plan “an escape.”

Annabelle notes that after saying “Goodbye” on Friday night, she has never seen a woman run away as fast as her daughterin-law did down the driveway with that pot of curry.

One crew member’s sister, Mary B. says, “Ever since I lost contact with my brother during the Bermuda Ocean Race, I freak out every time he goes sailing. But this time, there was no Internet tracking device.

He said he was going ‘wherever.’ Then, he sent me an iPhone video of a storm from a boat. I could barely see what was happening because his finger was on the lens. I could hear him saying, ‘Woo! Check out that cloud!’ I would have been terrified for him if he had not sent me a Facebook picture to show him smiling in a floppy hat in some mysterious place the next morning.”

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t was blowing dogs off chains on Saturday,” says Tom W., Annapolis weather forecaster, radio personality, and pro sailor. “The winds were blowing steadily from the south, so those party animals pro’bly sailed to…” Then, officials didn’t understand the rest of his sentence muddled in his Kiwi accent. Frustrating.

At least they deduced that the LUX crew had likely traveled north.

Owners of a waterfront horse farm on Swan Creek, in Rock Hall, MD, reported seeing an anchored catamaran, flying a yellow ABC flag, with a group of men in the cockpit during Saturday’s dramatic afternoon storm. “My husband looked through the binoculars and said, ‘What’re those numbskulls doing?’ We thought it was a bachelor party. But the next day, on Sunday morning, four women emerged from the cabin and swam and paddled kayaks and what looked like surfboards in the sunshine. As I told my husband, at least the women had the good sense to come in out of a tornado.”

The only other clue came from an Annapolis Tanzer 25 owner who witnessed a large catamaran performing a manoverboard drill near where the old Greenbury Point spider buoy stood on Sunday.

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Charter Notes hook and cheered. Then, they cranked George Michaels’s ‘Faith’ and started dancing on deck like a bunch of powerboaters. It brought home how much I need to upgrade my stereo system.”

Officials have decided to close the case for now, as no real damage was done. “LUX looked great in her slip come Sunday,” ##Bat ten down the hat

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lose to 20 boats and more than 60 members of the Mount Vernon YC (MVYC) (below) held their annual weekend retreat at the Dennis Point Marina & Campground off the lower Potomac near St. Mary’s City August 17-19. Everyone had a great time, with special pricing and a delicious catered dinner. Under new ownership, this destination marina looks great. This month, the club will enjoy an Octoberfest October 13, an Alexandria Overnight October 20, and a Halloween party for kids October 21. mountvernonyachtclub.com

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or sailors in the Southern Maryland SA (SMSA), October means the continuation of club meetings, “Where the Wind Blows” and Halloween cruises, Sharps Island and fall invitational keelboat races, Chili Cookoff and Oyster Scald, Pirates and Wench Fest, a commodore’s dinner, and regularly scheduled Friday Happy Hours at the clubhouse in Solomons. —by Sandy Leitner / smsa.com Follow us!

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES

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n September 5, the Herrington Harbour SA (HHSA) wrapped up our Wednesday races with the Free-ForAll Race followed by a party at Keith Mayes’ house in Fairhaven, MD. Weekend racing continued with the Poplar Island Race September 8 and Fall Regatta September 29. Six all-female-crewed boats—four in the spinnaker class and two in the non-spinnaker class—participated in HHSA’s first Women’s Regatta August 11 (right). The first race was abandoned when the wind died on the first leg, but after lunch, southern breezes filled in enough for three races. In the closely contested Spinnaker Class, Jubilee, skippered by Emily Manders, won by one point over Spinnster, skippered by Betsy Dodge from SMSA. Spirit, skippered by Nancy Oliver, won the non-spinnaker class.

Cruisers took advantage of pleasant weather to reschedule the 60s Cruise hosted by Richard and Lynn Clough (SeaLuff) September 15-16.

The Octoberfest Cruise hosted by Gary and Kathleen Pritchard (Gone Away) got an early start September 29. Our fall meeting will be November 17 at Herrington Harbour South Marina. —by Arne Fliflet / hhsa.org

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fter a full summer program, the sailing season is coming to a close for the Chesapeake Catalina YC (CCYC). Our last on-the-water event will be a raft-up in Mill Creek off Whitehall Bay October 27-28 led by Mike and Bev Davis. November 10 brings our Fall Member Meeting at the home of Mike and Marie Yates in Gambrills, MD. Other than the all-important socializing, the main item on the agenda is the election of officers for 2013. December 8 features our annual Holiday Party hosted by Mike and Bev Davis in Clifton, VA. It will be a fun time as we celebrate the holiday season and share sea stories from the past year. Make plans to sail with CCYC. —by Mike Davis / sailccyc.org

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or the Eastern Shore SA, our Wild Goose Chase (below) September 22 featured a reverse PHRF start, and the first-place winner received the perpetual (and highly coveted) Goose on a Board. Next up are the longdistance Choptank Cup to Sharps Island Light and back October 13, continuation of our Frost Bite Series, and our Gosling (Dark and Stormy) Race/Party October 7, during which appetizers, beer, and desserts would be appreciated. All are welcome, racing or not! During our Grey Goose Race/Party/Meeting October 14, we will pick the next Bridge. —by Bruce Franz / essasailing.com

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or the West River SC, the 83rd annual Billy Heintz Memorial Regatta over Labor Day weekend is in the books and those attending can attest to its success. Beginning with the Race from Annapolis to Galesville, MD, 21 One-Design racers made their way to Annapolis on Friday morning and raced back Friday afternoon for a reception for past commodores Jack Lynch, Peter Jones, Mel Converse, Dave Dawson, and Bruce Ogden. Saturday brought racing on three courses on the West River. Forty-one registrants in seven classes had a great day of light but steady wind to get five races under their belts before another reception with barbecued ribs and chicken, Holly Clark’s famous sides, a Chesapeake duo offering sea chanteys and Bay songs, and fireworks over the Rhode River. On Sunday, the winds were less cooperative, but allowed for one more race.

Albacore’s Barney Harris and Lee Mullins earned the Regatta Cup for winning first place in the largest fleet. —by Bernie Doyle / westriversc.org

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unter owners are invited to stop by the Hunter Sailing Association booth adjacent to the Hunter in-water display at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis October 4-8.

Stop by and say, “Hello” to club members, or use the booth to rendezvous with your friends at the show. We know the October weather offers some of the best sailing of the year, but also some quirks, so we will have ad hoc raft-ups on those weekends when the forecast sounds good.

We remember fondly the night sail under a crystal clear full moon with a following breeze the night before the raft-up on the Rhode River to watch Labor Day fireworks. And we lick our chops when we think back on the Crab Feast September 22 with some members sailing in and others arriving by car. This month finds Bill and Terri, who are taking Second Option south for the first time, traveling with fellow club members and veteran cruisers Larry and Lynn of Twomorrows.

—by Carl Reitz / hsa1.org

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very second Saturday from May to October, the Middle Potomac SA (MPSA) (right) races on the Potomac River between Cobb Island and Dahlgren. We have been fortunate this season with good winds and a good turnout of yachts. We have had three successful races so far, and two more on tap. The first race, a Dahlgren event that was part of the Potomac River Championship Series, started with steady breezes that built through ##Ahh, chute! MPSA racers on a close reach. the race. As the last boats finished, the pleasant conditions turned into dark clouds with wind in the upper teens. Eight yachts from as far as Washington, DC, and Breton Bay came. The Pearson 37 Dark Star took first in spin, and the Catalina 30 Rhealulthien captured first in non-spin. We also held one event off Colonial Beach and one off Cobb Island. The Dahlgren YC sponsored our St. Clements Race September 15.

October 13 will bring the last race of the season, a Colonial Beach event. Our club is for people who want to race their sailboats in a relaxed environment with other boats that are primarily cruising boats; we also welcome race-oriented boats. —by Dwight Wessel / sites.google.com/site/middlepotomac/home

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Brats and Liars? Sounds Like a Lovely Group

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atalina 36 Fleet 3 (below) has had a busy summer with many raft-ups.

During a wonderful event at the waterfront home of a couple of members, the fleet came by land and water, bringing salads, desserts, and appetizers. Our hosts grilled burgers and brats and offered cold beer and wine! The threatened bad weather held off, but it was breezy; and a good time was had by all. We rafted up on the Rhode River for Labor Day fireworks and on Shaw Bay September 8. The last Saturday in September featured our food-laden Oktoberfest raft-up in the Rhode River with another Catalina group. Both clubs fund the beer and brats, and everyone brings something; it’s a great event! September 30 started off our week-long Liar’s Cruise exploring the Bay and returning in time to grab a pit beef at the U.S. Sailboat Show. Bill and I will staff the Catalina owner’s booth on Saturday of the Show; stop by and say, “Hello!” We will finish the season with a Fall Meeting in November. —by Sally Jack / c36fleet3.com ##As seen during one of Catalina Fleet 3’s adventures this season.

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Rounding out the fleet were Craig Ligibel and his Florida ringers on Mystic Wind, Dave Park in Sarah K, Butch Miller with crew Wavy Davy Adamusko sailing Dusty, Richard Rogers and ringer daughter Jessica aboard Paws, and Marc Cruder with seaman John Brown in Wanderer. Impending thunderstorms materialized for the sail home, and Dusty and Sarah K were stirred but not shaken en-route. “Race day” was a drifter, with boats averaging about 1.5 knots.

Anna crossed the line after lapping every contender in the fleet at least once. However, the handicap took its toll, and little Paws won the day with Anna taking second and Bubbly third. —by David Morrow / chesapeakecatboats.org

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orton Creek was the scene of Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay’s Dog Days of Summer Raft-Up. We enjoyed some tasty all-American cuisine (dogs with all of the fixin’s), various summertime appetizers, a few cold brews or Salty Dog cocktails, and of course, doggie treats for special guests: our furry four-legged sailing pals. The evening events continued with weather that cooperated, a Dog Days Trivia contest, lively conversation, and appropriately themed music. Everyone enjoyed great sailing to and from the event, and there were only a few sprinkles of rain Saturday night. —by Jeanne van Hekken / cb2.org

ow! What a great Western Shore Round-Up. Organized by Randy and Barb Bruns, the Dickersons Owner Association’s (DOA) event on the West River featured 15- to 20-knot winds with gusts up to 25 knots in our race September 8. After his 40-foot Ketch VelAmore lost her mast when a bronze turnbuckle broke, commodore Pat Ewing and his young crew cleaned up the mess and motored back to port. Captains Barry Creighton (Crew Rest) and Rick Woytowich (Belle) were racing nearby and immediately helped Pat get safely to shore. We are all thankful that no one was hurt. Post-race, we survived a severe squall with torrential rain. The Friday night cookout at the West River SC and the awards dinner at the Inn at Pirates Cove in Galesville, MD, featured plenty of good cheer. The new Sheriff of the Western Shore, Parker Hallam (36-sloop Frigate Connie) won overall and won the 35/36 class (left). New member Peter Oetker’s 39 Sloop Vignette won the 39-41 class, and Bill Toth’s Starry Night won the 37 ##Dickersons (L-R): DOA’s Jim and John Freal, Sheriff class. —by Joe Slavin Parker Hallam, Randy Bruns, and Peter Oetker. / dickersonowners.org

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES ##Adjunct members of OPCYC: Uncle Ted (grey/blue) and Cap’n (white).

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his summer, Uncle Ted (Teddy) and Cap’n (left) cruised to Long Island Sound and New England with their Bay crew Eileen and Michael Turner onboard their Island Packet 44, aptly named Cats’ Paws. Cap’n and Teddy are adjunct members of Old Point Comfort YC in Hampton, VA. This is not the first time these two felines have cruised with their owners. So it was a bit of a surprise when many fellow cruisers and also landlubbers asked the same questions whenever they saw the cats onboard: “How do they like cruising on the boat?” and “What do they do on the boat all day?” Of course, the answer always was that the cats had no choice but to cruise wherever their owners went. In addition to enjoying comfort, care, and regular feedings onboard, they sleep. Several times, they were not the only critters on the cruise. Swans enjoyed Happy Hour snacks at Shelter Island, NY; and a seagull (left) caught a free ride on the dinghy. Cruising with critters can be a lot of fun. If you are interested in joining OPCYC, contact Robert Williamson at sunlion61@msn.com. —by Eileen Turner / opcyc.org

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.S. Air Force Brigadier General, retired, Ernest (Ernie) Talbert was inducted into the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame September 29 in Newark, DE. Ernie and his wife Richelle are long-time members of the Universal Sailing Club. The Talberts sail a Hunter 356 and have participated in most of the club’s sailing activities while Ernie continued his activities involving children and flying in Delaware. General Talbert has also been involved in the Delaware Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, a much heralded group of exceptional flyers during World II, protecting bombers on their missions. They never let one of their bombers be shot down.

We at the Universal Sailing Club celebrate our member for his accomplishments. —by Gary Dixon / universalsailingclub.org

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Crustaceans, Presents, and Octoberfest

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n August 11, 33 members of the Chesapeake Bristol Club (CBC) returned to the Bay Ridge Community Association clubhouse for our annual Crab Feast, which featured crabs, shrimp, lobster, and corn on the cob expertly prepared by the Annapolis Seafood Market along with appetizers and sides brought by members. A highlight was the Chinese Gift Exchange (below). Each person who brought a gift got to pick

a gift or steal one from someone who had already selected one.

Gifts included wine, beer, a table, dock lines, marine head parts, jackets, utensils, sextants, chart books, and other nautical items.

It was great fun and kept the crowd busy until the food arrived.

Our club is open to all sailors who want to share the Bay and create memories. Our next event is the annual Oktoberfest October 13-14. —by Warren (Doc) Johnson / cbclub.info

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ver Labor Day weekend, members of the Back Creek YC (BCYC) cruised to the Miles River YC in St. Michaels. Following Saturday dinner, Ann and Chuck Kahle led a maritime Casino-Jeopardy game with gifts for winning participants, including boxed dominos, small pocket flashlights, and accurate water pistols. At Sunday evening’s picnic, Westbrook Murphy conducted a Presidential Trivia game. Who knew Tyler sired 15 legitimate children, nine candidates appeared at the first Republican debate this year, and who the only former president elected to Congress was? Actually, Dave and Betsy Byer and Bill and Laurie Crosley (left) did, getting 12 of 19 questions right. During our On-The-Severn Oktoberfest raft-up on Clements Creek moorings September 22, Colin and Chris Soucy’s boat Fandango led a tour through German food and drink. Brats, beer, sauerkraut, potato salad, and coleslaw were Saturday night fare; and Sunday’s hearty German breakfast featured Bloody Marys, orange juice, coffee, ham, cheese, hard rolls, and yogurt on Guy and Shay Collins’s boat Shay La Mer. —by Otto Hetzel / backcreekyc.org

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his year, the Pentagon Sailing Club (PSC) celebrated our 30th anniversary at Port Annapolis Marina (right). Our club continues to develop and expand activities, recognizing that sailing and socializing go hand in hand.

While we pride ourselves on operations, most members spend more time on the water than onshore. Our unforgettable anniversary party featured food, drinks, live music, great camaraderie, and a common club spirit. Our membership and popularity continue to grow, in part because of our great training program. This year, we completed three keelboat classes with one more scheduled for October, and several members have received their ASA instructor certifications. We are a club of volunteers, who are unsurpassed in the time and effort they devote to operations. This sense of volunteerism gives our club the warm, welcoming atmosphere that defines who we are. What we have are sailboats and members who love and are passionate about sailing and racing. —by Ross Rosiak / pentagonsailing.org

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t’s time to register your boat for the 2012 Eastport YC Lights Parade in Annapolis December 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. This colorful event typically draws up to 30,000 spectators along the waterfront. Forty or more boats (sail and power) of varying sizes and shapes are expected to participate. Parade organizers provide a safety briefing and tips and ideas for decorating your boat. They also provide a brunch and an appreciation party in January. You do not need to be a club member to participate.

Among other contests, a club competition is planned with nautical and non-nautical categories. For more about this club, see page 154. —by Sandra Rosswork / eastportyc.org

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Good Friends and Good Food

s the first few leaves begin to fall, the Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron (ASPS) dinner meetings have begun again on the first Thursday of every month. During our first dinner meeting at the Annapolis Sheraton Hotel September 6 (left), commander Marianne Ponzio had a hard time bringing us to order, because we were having so much fun talking about our mid-week raft-ups, rendezvous, and cruises to interesting Bay destinations. Dinner was a tasty herb-encrusted pork loin, followed by awards and induction of two new members. Author Don Parks shared his interesting perspective on the growth of the Eastern Shore oyster industry, highlighting his father’s upbringing on isolated Holland Island. The time-lapse pictures of the same waterfront locations dramatically showed how Chesapeake water levels have changed and their effect on small local fishing industries and communities. Later in the month, we enjoyed an all-you-can-eat crab feast and the District 5 Fall Fishing and Sail Regatta. We are hosting several boating classes, including America’s Boating Course, piloting, and weather. Our Thursday dinner meetings and classes are open to all interested boaters. —by Linda Sweeting / aspsmd.org

Welcome Home, Farrah

altimore Area Boardsailing Association members (right), other friends, and family members were out in force to celebrate Farrah Hall (front row, fifth from the left) at the East of Maui Board Shop in Annapolis this August. Farrah placed 20th overall in women’s windsurfing during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Farrah said the experience was challenging and enlightening. During the party, Anne Arundel County Councilman Chris Trumbauer gave her an official council citation. windsurfbaba.org

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elow, sponsor/host Colonial Sail and Power Squadron (CSPS) donates proceeds from the third annual Biggest Little Poker Run Ever at Dare Marina in Yorktown, VA, to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Commander Connie Beltz presented a check for $3020 to VIMS di-

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ent Narrows Sail & Power Squadron (KNSPS) members (left) hosted the “District 5 Fishing Tournament and Fall Festival” September 21-23 at Mears Point Marina in Grasonville, MD. Everyone enjoyed some sailing, fishing, dining, fun and games for the kids, and a wonderful awards banquet at the Kent Island YC. —by Audrey Lazarus / uspsd5.org/ squadrons/kent_narrows.html

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Seafood, Seafood, and More Seafood

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embers of the Stingray Harbour YC have enjoyed our hot summer on the Southern Bay. In August we had our annual Shrimp and Crab Feast (right), followed by dancing under the big tent on the grounds of Stingray Marina. On Labor Day, our Anchor Out took us up to Reedville, VA, and the Great Wicomico River. Nothing like appetizers shared with friends in a crowded cockpit to capture the sailing mood. September brought our annual Commodore’s Cup Race at the mouth of the Rappahannock River and Oyster and Chili Feast; no one can remember how these two items wound up together on the same menu, but it’s a tradition. —by Pat Anderson / stingrayhyc.com

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recently had the opportunity to interview one of college sailing’s most notable characters, Mitch Brindley.

Not only is Brindley the head coach at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, VA, but he also serves as the president of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Amazingly, this will be Brindley’s 18th season serving as ODU’s head varsity sailing coach, a feat that has

solidified him as one of college sailing’s most well-known, qualified, and respected coaches. As head of ICSA, Brindley works with other coaches around the country to promote the sport of college sailing. With Brindley as head coach and Charles Higgins and Cara Vavolotis serving as assistant coaches, the ODU sailing squad will sure be a force to be reckoned with this fall.

SpinSheet: As head of ICSA, you are pretty in tune with what goes on in the college sailing world.

How have you seen the game change over the past couple of years? Is it more competitive now than say 10 or 15 years ago?

Coach Brindley: The fundamentals of the game remain the same. Generally, institutional fleet sizes have grown from 16 to 18 or 20-plus. We used to do more modified triangles and some gold cups. Now it is more windward-leewards with gates, sometimes a gold cup or modified trapezoid.

In my opinion, the competitive depth across the fleet has grown tremendously.

This is in large part due to the growth in the number of professional coaches and institutionally supported teams. Some of the ancillary changes that have had a positive impact are: team pinnies, online scoring, championship semifinals, ESPNU coverage of the championships, and banning individual disposable plastic water bottles.

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Where do you see college sailing in the future?

How will the game change?

We have had two schools start varsity teams this year, Jacksonville and George Washington University; I think this trend will continue. I think this supports the mainstreaming of the sport. College sailing will continue to focus on the tactics, strategy, boat handling, and starts. But, I would like to see more technical boats at some venues.

How can sailing in college prepare sailors for the world of professional sailing? ODU has had a lot of very competitive sailors come out of its collegiate sailing program. How do you see these sailors bridging the gap between college sailing and professional sailing?

College sailing is like the dirt track racing before NASCAR. It is an early training ground.

(Side Note: ODU has graduated some prominent Olympic and pro sailors. Just this past summer, at the 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth, England, two ODU graduates, Anna Tunnacliff and Debbie Capozzi, represented the United States in the women’s match racing event. ODU graduate and Annapolis-based pro Terry Hutchinson skippered Artemis Racing in the America’s Cup World Series in Newport, RI.)

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The new Collegiate 420 that LaserPerformance (LP) is developing sounds cool. This project is something LP has taken on its own; but the company has had a ton of input from coaches and sailors. This LP project is not a part of the New College Dinghy project that ICSA had a committee working on. It does seem to be addressing many of the design parameters that were discussed. I applaud LP for putting the resources in this project.

What would be your one piece of advice for high school students looking to sail in college?

Look at the whole picture. Ask yourself, how will this university serve my academic needs? And take an honest look at what your sailing role will be on the team or club.

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Chesapeake Racing Beat A Mixed Bag of Challenges

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Annapolis Race Week 2012

hen 120 competing boats descend upon Annapolis for Labor nium Falcon. Others, such as Carl and Scott Gitchell on the J/105 Day weekend, as they do every year for the Chesapeake Tenacious, who placed first in 2011, moved to second position; Bay YRA’s (CBYRA) signature three-day regatta, veterans Jackson Biddle topped the J/105 class on Rum Puppy. Bob Rutsch expect the usual summery Chesapeake conditions: light southerly and Mike Costello on the J/30 Bebop were kind enough to step afternoon breezes with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Race down one podium step from their winning 2011 performance and week regulars, especially those who have had podium finishes enable Bob Putnam’s Better Mousetrap team to beat them to the the past couple of years, have noted that we’ve been blessed with top in 2012. Any racing sailor who studies trends among onesolid, steady wind a couple of years in a row. But then, the 2012 design racers in Chesapeake Country would be impressed with the edition of Annapolis Race Week (ARW) and the Labor Day tight racing at the top year after year.

Gibson Island YS (GIYS) Cedar Point Race brought us all back Fred Caison and crew on the S2 7.9 Defiant had an interesting home to textbook weather challenges: a game Saturday of eight- to weekend. After posting nothing south of a first-place finish for 12-knot breeze (higher than anticipated), Sunday’s race-canceling three races in a row (he did the same for five races in 2011—more doldrums, and a light-air Monday punctuated by a gear-busting déjà vu), his brand new rudder snapped off in the squall. Caison, thunderstorm. who looked surprisingly relaxed and happy at the party after an Annapolis sailor Craig Saunadrenaline rush of an afternoon, ders, who topped the 12-boat says, “We switched from the PHRF A2 class on the Tripp 33 number one to the number three.

Monkey Dust he owns with his Then, the sky went black. We wife Dotty, still fired up from thought, ‘We’re going to win this Mother Nature’s wrath on the race.’ Then we did a 360 and were race course, says, “We were lucky over on our ear.” Once the crew we held onto our lead during the established what had gone wrong storm… there was a lot of gear # # Cole Allsopp (far right) steered the Farr 30 Moxie to and radioed for help, their next failure out there, DNFs, et cetera, victory during the three-day event. Photo by SpinSheet fear was of hitting the nuclear subbut we didn’t see anything bad. marine that was anchored in the Such weather tests your mettle a Bay before being rescued. They made it without any more trouble. bit. We had a ball!” The Saunders admit that they can’t find much “Our crew work was phenomenal,” says Caison. “But more to dislike about ARW, as they have won all four events they have importantly, we had so much fun… We really appreciate these entered.

Those who found their way to the results board at the daily par- guys showing up year after year for close competition. We had a three-way tie for first. It doesn’t get any better than that.” The ties at Susan C. Campbell Park at City Dock may have had a few Defiant crew was awarded a first-place trophy at the party; but it déjà vu moments. Brian and Kristen Robinson on the J/80 Angry seems that some race committee recalculation over the next few Chameleon proved victorious for the second year in a row in the days made it so that Rick MacGregor’s Double Agent was the 18-boat fleet, the largest of the regatta. Day one was challenging eventual victor. for the team, as they had to perform a 720 during the pre-start of Competitors thanked the race committee for its hard work. race three following a collision. Thanks to tactician Ben Fransen, Leading the pack of volunteers were Bobby Frey (chair), Taran they stayed on track. Fransen says, “You never rest easy when guys Teague (Annapolis YC PRO), Sharon Hadsell (Eastport YC like John White and Ray Wulff are breathing down your back.”

PRO), Mark Townsend (Naval Academy Sailing Squadron PRO), The crew, ripe with enthusiasm, won the parties as well.

Among the repeat offenders at the top of their respective ARW and Greg Cukor (GIYS PRO).

Visit spinsheet.com/ss-photos for downloadable photos of the one-design classes in the event were Jimmy and Mike Praley on event; visit cbyra.org/arw for full results. the Cal 25 Upchuck and Paul van Ravenswaay on the J/24 Mille-

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CBYRA Annapolis Race Week 2012 Final Results Farr 30 (10 boats) Moxie

Cole Allsopp

2-2-1-4=9

Mummbles

Brad Kauffman

7-1-5-2=15

Gotcha

Nate Tower

3-5-2-6=16

J/35 (7 boats) Windependent

Masci and McGonigle

##Bob Putnam’s Better Mousetrap took top honors in the J/30 fleet. Photo by Dan Phelps

1-1-2-6=10

Maggie

Peter Scheidt

3-5-1-2=11

Medicine Man

Charles Kohlerman

2-2-3-4=11

PHRF A0 (5 boats) Endorphin

Erik Wulff

1-1-1-1=4

Stray Dog

Charles Engh

3-2-2-5=12

Yellow Jacket

Jeffrey Scholz

2-4-3-3=12

PHRF A1 (4 boats) Cuore di Leone

Tony Culotta

2-1-2-1=6

Velocity

Martin Roesch

1-2-1-2=6

Hero Squad!

Andrew Eyring

3-3-3-5/DNF=14

##Erik Wulff’s Endorphin placed first in A0 at Annapolis Race Week 2012. Photo by Dan Phelps

PHRF A2 (12 boats) Monkey Dust

Dotty and Craig Saunders

3-1-7-1=12

Defiance

Bryan Weisberg

8-2-1-3=14

Jubilee

Keith Mayes

4-5-2-5=16

J/105 (17 boats) Rum Puppy

Jackson Biddle

4-2-3-1-1-2=13

Tenacious

Carl and Scott Gitchell

1-4-5-11-7-1=29

Veloce

MBE Syndicate

3-6-1-3-14-4=31

J/30 (7 boats) Better Mousetrap

Bob Putnam

1-3-1-4-2-2=13

Bebop

Rutsch and Costello

3-1-3-1-3-3=14

Insatiable

Ron Anderson

4-2-5-3-1-1=16

##An apt top finisher for a regatta with Gosling’s Rum as a sponsor, Jackson Biddle’s winning J/105 Rum Puppy team flies the chute with Andrew Kennedy’s Bat IV in the foreground. Photo by Dan Phelps

J/80 (18 boats) Angry Chameleon

Kristen Robinson

1-3-2-4-2-2=14

Gorilla Panic!

Ray Wulff

3-7-3-2-1-5=21

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John White

9-1-5-3-3-1=22

Cal 25 (8 boats) Upchuck

Jimmy and Mike Praley

3-2-1-1=7

White Cap

Tim Bloomfield

2-1-3-3=9

One Eyed Jack

Lee and Kyle Bollhorst

1-5-6-2=14

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##The Masci and McGonigle team on Windependent took top honors in the J/35 class. Photo by Dan Phelps

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CBYRA Annapolis Race Week 2012 Final Results (continued) Cal 27 (6 boats) Pussycat

Ross Arnett

1-3-3-1=8

Swell

John Anderson

3-1-1-3=8

Slam Duck

Walsh and Potvin

2-2-2-2=8

J/24 (6 boats) Millennium Falcon

Paul van Ravenswaay

2-1-1-3-1-3-3-1=15

Wildcard

Paul Ford

4-3-3-4-3-1-1-3=22

USA 4006

Peter Rich

1-5-4-1-4-2-4-2=23

PHRF B (13 boats) Still a Gorilla

Gordon Latrobe

1-5-1-4=11

A’ Parent Tripp

Harrison and Yeigh

8-1-2-1=12

Flying Circus

Janet and David Coleman

3-4-4-2=13

PHRF C (7 boats) ##The J/24s in action at Annapolis Race Week 2012. Photo by Dan Phelps

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Double Agent

Rick McGregor

2-3-4-1=10

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Frederick Caison

1-1-1-8/DNF=11

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ARW Distance Race PHRF N (5 boats) In The Red

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##Brad Kauffman placed second on the Farr 30 Mummbles.

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Jimmy and Mike Praley

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Harrison and Yeigh

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Lee and Kyle Bollhorst

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Janet and David Coleman

White Cap

Tim Bloomfield

Elvis

Tony Moynagh

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PHRF C (7 boats)

Pussycat

Ross Arnett

Double Agent

Rick McGregor

Slam Duck

Walsh and Potvin

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David McCullough

Swell

John Anderson

Vite

Paul Taylor

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##Winning skipper Kevin Detwiler on the Freedom 20 Fiddler. Photo by Dan Phelps

##Always the winner of the party, Team DFL had a problem this year... they did not come in last! They promise to do worse next year. Photo by SpinSheet

##Brent Allen and team on the J/105 Rum Puppy placed first in the Racer 1 division. Photo by Dan Phelps

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A Storm-Free CRAB Regatta

ifty-one competing boats in four classes descended upon Annapolis for an amazing event: the Boatyard Bar & Grill Regatta to Benefit CRAB (Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating). Why amazing, you may ask? There was wind! Not only is that exceptional in itself for August on the Chesapeake, but in the five years this successful charity event has run, 2012 marks the first tropicalstorm-free, doldrum-free, wonderfully breezy event day. The 15- to 20-knot breeze, under cloudy skies that made the day look more autumn-like than it felt, was a welcome change of pace for competitors, who have remained faithful to this regatta despite the weather conditions of yore, and made for a memorable day on the water and at the hopping post-race Eastport YC (EYC) party.

Besides the satisfaction of having a stronger grasp on your standing among competitors in your class than during most PHRF races, another benefit of the pursuit race format was the opportunity for participants to witness CRAB’s program in action.

Written into CRAB’s mission to give opportunities for all people, regardless of their physical, mental, or financial challenges, to experience the joy of sailing is the joy of racing. Four of CRAB’s accessible Freedom 20s—set up for those who are wheelchairbound—competed in a one-design class. SpinSheet Chesapeake Racer

Profile alum Kevin Detwiler and his team on Fiddler nailed a first-place finish. Chris Murphy on Hot Tuna placed second, with Lance Hinrichs in third and in his racing début, Tom Ostrye in fourth.

In addition to the CRAB class, racers were divided among Racer 1, PHRF N, and Alerion 28 divisions.

When one PHRF N competitor launched a man-overboard during a surprise gybe, two nearby skippers, Chris Groobey on his J/70 Jungleland, with his wife Carolyn and two Midshipmen on crew, and Tom Carrico and his team on his Beneteau One Ton Air Mail, stopped racing to come to the rescue, as did mark boat committee volunteer Julian Richards. The man who fell overboard was uninjured and rescued efficiently. Not only did Carrico earn a bottle of Mt. Gay Rum for his sportsmanship (as did his fellow rescuers), he put his jib back up and won first place in PHRF N. Light rain did not dampen the parking lot party, across the street from EYC as the club finishes its renovations. Racers and friends of CRAB danced the night away to the sounds of Misspent Youth, as they will next year, no matter what the Farmer’s Almanac calls for in weather.

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##Dave Gendell and team, including Boatyard Bar & Grill owner Dick Franyo, placed first in the Alerion 28 class. Photo by Dan Phelps

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##Racing sailors enjoy a spectacular day on the water September 15 for the NASS Fall Oxford Race.

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##Jim Grundy’s Element team, looking good as they pass Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, placed first in PHRF A0. Photo by Dan Phelps

t’s a good thing this year’s Race to Oxford is in the record books now, because otherwise we might think we dreamed it,” says Bob Putnam, skipper of the winning J/30 Better Mousetrap. “We could not have dreamed up better conditions for this fall sail: a brisk northerly made for an exhilarating sleigh ride down the Bay under spinnaker, a spirited reach across the Choptank, and a short but sharp bash to windward up the Tred Avon River to clear out the cobwebs before the finish.”

“Awesome,” “exciting,” and “great” were wellworn adjectives used by the crews of 132 competitors in 14 classes in the annual race from Annapolis to Oxford sponsored by the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron. Funny how none of them even mentioned that it was sunny as well as windy; the breeze that wavered in velocity from the mid-teens to gusts up to 25 knots kept competitors on their toes—and a few of them on their ears.

“We had to constantly adjust sails due to fluctuating breeze,” says Joanne Christofel, crew on the winning J/35 Aunt Jean. “We had twin boys (around nine years old) onboard with their dad [Matt York]. As Opti racers from New Jersey, they had a blast. They helped tail when we put

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up the main before the race and bring in the spinnaker down below. They also were great gophers. They were shivering on the rail when we were getting splashed going upwind near the end, but didn’t want to go below and miss the finish.”

Aunt Jean’s skipper Jim Sagerholm says, “There was enough wind to make it fun but relaxing at the same time... a great ride with great surfing conditions. We saw boatspeeds of 11.5 knots while surfing down waves. The current was behind us, giving us a one-knot push and a SOG [Speed Over Ground] of 12.5 knots at times... We started at the pin and sailed downwind, slightly by the lee (J/35s are fast by the lee in breeze) out to the current, basically staying on rhumb line the whole race. The rest of our fleet started at the boat end and sailed much higher looking for pressure on the western shore. Luckily, we guessed correctly and went for the current.”

The danger of broaching with the chute up kept crews adjusting at every puff. A handful of boats broached anyway, some of whom were caught on film at the start by SpinSheet photographer Dan Phelps. No serious injuries were reported.

Finding a balanced sail plan for the conditions was a challenge for many. Once Putnam and crew worked out the kinks, he says, “We quickly stretched out from our buddies and used the rest of the lovely afternoon to celebrate a perfect fall sail.”

At press time, only half of the PHRF B division was scored.

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##Paul Parks of Shady Side, MD, and his Sundog team snagged victory in the eight-boat multihull A division. Photo by Dan Phelps

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On the Nose at the Cape Charles Cup

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##Surely Boo, skipper Dave Bettis, beats toward a channel marker on the way to winning the Cape Charles Cup’s Cruising Division. Photo by photoboat.com

##Jerry Pattenaude (right), co-owner/skipper of Shangri-La and committee member, oversees tapping of the keg at the Competitors Check-In Party. Photo by Lin McCarthy

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he Cape Charles Cup is an event comprised of two distance races and two parties that are many different things to many different racers—racing for bragging rights, a family sailing adventure, party-party-party. The 2012 rendition of the Cape Charles Cup August 18-19 was the ninth version of the only “destination” race on the Southern Chesapeake Bay. The fleet races from Norfolk (Little Creek) to Cape Charles, VA, (Bay Creek Marina and Resort) on day one and from Cape Charles to Buckroe (Hampton) on day two.

The competitors cover a wide spectrum. There are old salts, such as Booty Baker from Portsmouth, VA, who named his boat Klimax. He says, “because my wife thought the boat was too expensive and told me if I bought this boat, I better name it Klimax, ‘cause it would be my last one!’” Husband and wife team Neil Ford and Lis Biondi are former collegiate sailors who have been tearing up race courses on the Bay in their J/24, Rocket J. They have finished first in their class in numerous races including the Down the Bay Race in June. Neil and Lis won the PHRF C class in this Cape Charles Cup. And, there are numerous sailors who do one or two races each summer, more focused on the cruising side of sailing.

Ken Petroske, San Souci, and Len Peterman, Inspiration, fit here.

When founders Leo Wardrup and Bill Barnes had “the vision” and went forward with “the plan” for the first Cape Charles Cup, there were 13 entries. Nowadays, the event averages in the mid-80s, and if ever the weather prognosticators have an utterly favorable slant on the scheduled weekend, numbers will likely increase by another 20 to 30 boats. A certain degree of confidence and ability is required before a racer is comfortable setting off across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, even if the course is inside the 17-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel complex.

The fleet was divided into two divisions: the Racing Division, PHRF raters all, and the Cruising Fleet, those defined as cruisers who casually race. There were 36 in the Racing Division, 49 in Cruising. Recognizing the differences among the entries, event officials award two Cape Charles Cup trophies, one in each division. This year, for the second consecutive year, Phil Briggs and the crew of the J/36 Feather won the racing award. Dave Bettis, Surely Boo, was the top finisher in the Cruising Division.

This year the weather made decisions on whether to race especially difficult. After more than nine months of planning and strategizing, event chairman Hank Giffin and his hard working committee thought they had everything covered, right down to the rum on the host boats and the cheese on the breakfast biscuits. Then, on the Thursday morning before the Friday evening competitors’

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meeting and party, the weather experts began to tinker with the screws. The bright yellows and reds along the approaching cold front drew a bead on the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, and you guessed it, planned to arrive sometime Saturday and to stay through… oh, whenever.

As it worked out, the final decision to race was made 6 a.m. Saturday (day one) morning, and the fleet set out with plenty of wind on the nose and three- to fourfoot seas for the 18-mile race to Cape Charles. Conditions remained stable, i.e. difficult, throughout the day.

Dramamine was the drug of choice, and Sea-Bands replaced leather sailing bracelets. A passel of weary and battered, but victorious, racers and cruisers-who-raced hit the host marina/resort ready to eat, drink, and pick up awards. Most were hoping to trade sea legs for land legs in time for the dancin’ on the outdoor deck. Just to have made the trip was a significant accomplishment for some.

As is true of every Cape Charles Cup, and as the song says, “It’s a thin line ‘tween Saturday night and Sunday morning.” The 10 a.m. start comes early for most. This Sunday something else happened as the boats wended their way along the town shoreline to the starting area. A weather service announcement of impending severe weather, this time for real, was headed toward the lower Bay, was expected to arrive at mid-race time, and would likely present a serious

##Coeur D’ Alene (skipper Hank Giffin’s Crealock 37) docks after finishing third in fleet in the race to Cape Charles (L-R): Nevin Carr, Pat McGrath, and Bob Oldani. All are retired members of our Armed Forces, as is skipper Giffin. Photo by Lin McCarthy

problem for any boats caught in it. An announcement was made concerning the warning, and racing was abandoned in favor of faster, more direct trips to safer ports. Having been fortunate to race on Saturday, sensible and safe held sway.

For some, the Sunday trip home added to the weekend legend. Pete Hunter’s Wairere crew stood soggy and dripping at the yacht club bar telling of reaching speeds in excess of 14 knots; a skipper bemoaned a decision to leave the main rolled and stored on the deck “so it could dry”; and time at work Monday was

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Racers told of hearing a boating safety announcement to “get off the Bay” as they approached Hampton, and said, “We were happy to comply!”

The bottom line is that the 2012 Cape Charles Cup is in the books. The parties were grand, and the Saturday race was an exhilarating experience for most. Sea sickness, experienced by a few, was not exhilarating. The trophies were given in September at an awards soiree at the Ship’s Cabin on the edge of East Beach (Ocean View, Norfolk), and plans for 2013 already are underway. Cape Charles Cup’s 10th anniversary will be August 17-18, 2013. Cross the mouth of the Chesapeake, spend the night in Cape Charles, dance barefooted on a pier on the Eastern Shore, and finish the adventure with a race back to Hampton. It’s a race weekend like no other.

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acing is back in the Baltimore Harbor, and we’re not talking Grand Prix! The starting gun for the seventh annual USS Constellation Cup will fire at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 20, and the competitors will be off in a pursuit race over an 11.25-nautical-mile course with the finish line in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. “This race is for everybody,” says Constellation Cup founder and competitor Michael Brassert, skipper of Willow. “It’s a great chance for everyone to get out and compete in winds that are consistently strong and sometimes gale force. It’s a terrific experience on the water for sailors and boats of all ages—and a fun party afterward at the USS Constellation as we trade war stories over a Pusser’s Painkiller.”

“The Constellation Cup is a permanent fixture on our calendar, because it is so many things that other regattas are not,” says Mike Albert, skipper of Encantada and three-time winner of the event. “The race always has featured challenging racing and exciting finishes, due to the pursuit course and the fixed course, which puts a premium on sail trim, boat setup, and tactics that usual windward-leeward races can’t equal.”

Vesper’s skipper Greg Pabst sailed in his first Constellation Cup last fall. “We may have finished absolutely last, but we finished,” says Pabst, whose son and nephew are flying in from out of town to compete again this year. “My nephew was here for the Sailabration in June and was hooked on sailing, the harbor, and history.”

##One thing racers always get at Baltimore’s annual Constellation Cup... wind!

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The regatta benefits Historic Ships in Baltimore, home port to USS Constellation, USS Torsk, USCGC Taney, Lightship Chesapeake, and Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and part of the Living Classrooms Foundation. Crews compete both on the water and in fundraising for the coveted USS Constellation Cup Challenge/George Colligan Memorial Trophy via FirstGiving.

Post-race festivities kick off at 5 p.m. on Pier 1 beside the Constellation in Baltimore with live music, a silent auction, great food and drink, and lots of tales of a great day on the water.

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come expecting the exciting, challenging conditions the season usually brings to the Northern Bay. The Chesapeake Bay YRA (CBYRA)sanctioned distance race takes competitors over the start line off Baltimore Light, around CBYRA marks up the Bay, up the Patapsco River, past Fort Carroll, under the Key Bridge, and to the finish in the heart of Fells Point.

Racers enjoy a post-race awards party with food and drink in Fells Point, and visitors are invited to raft up at Broadway Pier.

Among the 2011 winners were Rob Blesse on Flying Circus in the Multihull fleet; Andrew Eyring on Hero Squad in PHRF A; David Coleman on Flying Circus in PHRF B (is it a coincidence that two race boats named Flying Circus won?); Tom Clavert’s Red Streaker in PHRF C; and Mark and Marty Walker on Bumble Bee in PHRF N. The race back on Sunday, October 28, now known as the Francis Scott Key Classic, is run by the Rock Creek RA. Click to bcya.com to register for both races.

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Chesapeake Sailors at the J/22 North American Championships

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The Annapolis contingent did extremely well. Brad Julian of Severn SA with Annapolis YC (AYC) member Matt Schubert finished strong in second place. Allan Terhune placed fourth, and Jeff Todd, with Chip Carr and Chris Ryan, placed ninth on Hot Piggy (formerly Hot Toddy). Scott Steele of Eastport YC raced on Emma J, and Kathy Parks, with Sue Mikulski, raced on Sunpig (formerly Sundog) as well. [Editor’s note: Tawas Bay YC’s fleet 44 boats all have pig-related names. It’s a case of doing as the natives do.]

Tawas Bay had an epic day of sailing in maybe eight to 14 knots on Monday, with Tuesday and Wednesday bringing on Tawas Bay big seas of two to three feet building to four to five feet, especially on Wednesday. Winds were probably averaging 15 to 18 knots and up to the low 20s for the eighth and ninth races. Chris Doyle of Youngstown, OH, finished a strong first

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he Turkey Shoot Regatta, which will unfold October 5-7 at Yankee Point Marina on the Rappahannock River, is a gathering of classic design (at least 25 years old) sailboats to race, socialize, have a darned good time, and support a very, very good cause; all profits go to sponsoring hospices.

Racing is on Saturday (drop mark triangle course) and Sunday (pursuit course). Three divisions are planned: Lightning, Flying Cloud A, and Flying Cloud B, with fleets assigned within each division.

Lightning Division boats must have a current valid PHRF rating from PHRF of the Chesapeake.

The overall winner of the Lightning Division qualifies for the National Hospice Regatta. And, there is a special competition for wooden boats. All three division (overall) winners’ names will be engraved on the Turkey Shoot Trophy. There will be fleet awards also.

Participants may attend a check-in and welcome party Friday, October 5 at 5:30 p.m., with entertainment beginning at 7 p.m.

Saturday, and Sunday breakfasts (7:30 a.m.) are complimentary for skippers and crew. There will be post-race parties, T-shirts, awards, hats, and all things regatta. A special visitor, Godspeed, will be on hand and giving tours throughout the weekend. Shoreside happenings will include activities for the kids, too. Get yourself, friends, and crew to the Turkey Shoot—it’s a gobbling good regatta! turkeyshootregatta.com

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Middle Ground Light Race

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very year, racers in Hampton Roads strike out on the Saturday of the Hampton Bay Days Festival, the first weekend after Labor Day, for their own special celebration of what the Chesapeake Bay has to offer.

The Hampton YC annual Middle Ground Light Race provides a race around marks in Hampton Roads harbor, including, of course, a rounding of Middle Ground Light, the pretty lighthouse that marks the confluence of the James and Elizabeth Rivers near the Monitor-Merrimac BridgeTunnel island.

The race is always run with the promise that everyone will be back at the docks in time to enjoy the Hampton Bay Days festival. “We like to give everybody a good race and still get them back in time for the festival entertainment and goings-on,” says principal race officer, John McCarthy.

This year the time limit was never a factor. Breezes were 10-plus knots at the start and stayed around 15 with gusts to 18 for the entire race. The morning clouds drifted away, and sunny skies highlighted the finish line.

For the 2012 event, 30 boats raced in the PHRF class. The A and B fleets completed a 13-nautical-mile-long course, and the C and NonSpinnaker fleets went for 9.3 nautical miles. Fleet winners were: PHRF A, Sea Star (J/36), Dave Eberwine; PHRF B, Bad Habit (Pearson Flyer), Bob Archer; PHRF C, Roundabout (J/24), Alan Bomar; and PHRF Non-Spin, Black Widow, (Irwin 38), Leo Wardrup. hamptonyc.com

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From SAIL to Olympic Sailing

ollowing a seven-year post as publisher of SAIL Magazine, Josh Adams has become managing director of U.S. Olympic Sailing, “with a focus on recruitment and development of young sailors with Olympic aspirations,” according to U.S. Sailing president Gary Jobson.

Since 2005, Adams has been an executive committee member of U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee. As an elite competitor and member of the U.S. Sailing Team in 1995-96, he finished second at the 1996 Olympic Trials in the 470.

“The challenge ahead for the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program is significant,” says Adams. “So is the opportunity. As it stands now, 40 percent of the classes in the Rio 2016 quadrennium will be new. We need to lead our U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider to be performance-centric, to adapt quickly to the new boats, and to build depth in the established classes.”

A three-time Intercollegiate College SA (ICSA) All-American at Tufts University, Adams led his team to two ICSA Team Racing National Championships before his 1994 graduation. He is also a Team Racing World Champion. Adams was a sailor and coach for New York YC’s Young America’s Cup Challenge in 2000.

Adams is currently leading an independent panel responsible for reviewing the Olympic program, while being involved in the transition of leadership with current Olympic sailing chairman Dean Brenner. He attended the sailing events at the 2012 Olympic Games last summer and the Paralympics in Weymouth, England, last month. ussailing.org

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Time To Call a Coach?

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t’s blowing seven or eight knots or so, and the good ol’ Annapolis weekend washing machine is in full effect. I’m trying to power my Laser Radial through the steep and inconsistent chop, and it just doesn’t feel right. Am I keeping the boat too flat or not flat enough? Do I have too much cunningham on? Or am I just being impatient—maybe I’m actually going fine? Boy, I’d like to know. Can’t I just ask someone?

Well, not during a race… but yes, of course, I can ask someone: a coach. Tennis pros and ski instructors routinely work with beginner, intermediate, and advanced students; sailing coaches can also help a spectrum of sailors improve a range of skills. And while many think coaches are exclusively involved in junior sailing, grownups can get sailing coaches, too!

It’s not hard to find a coach—talk with other sailors in your class for ideas. Perhaps one of the top sailors would be willing to serve as a coach. Contact local junior sailing programs. Summer junior coaches may be looking for a little extra work, even yearround. Different coaches have different styles; it’s okay to “shop around” to find a coach whose coaching philosophy will work well with you. Some sailors may want a coach who yells at them to hike harder. Others respond better to gentle encouragement.

All styles are valid as long as you find a good match.

Think about what you want to get out of your experience with a coach. Much of this may be determined by the situation in which you’ll be coached. Will it be at a regatta or as part of a training session? Is it a one-time deal, or will you work with the same coach multiple times?

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At a regatta, coaches can provide great insight into conditions on the race course, especially if they are familiar with the racing area. Has the current shifted? Which side of the first leg did the top boats play? The U.S. team at Snipe World Championships in recent years has made it a priority to get a coach local to the regatta venue—great for learning local conditions (and often where some terrific local restaurants are, too!).

When an at-regatta coach is on a boat, he or she can provide perks, such as a home for extra sailing gear, nutrition, and perhaps a tow home at the end of a hard day. But never rely on a coach for your safety and/or comfort. If you strongly suspect you’ll want your spray top, take it with you. If you think you’ll need that third water bottle, bring it. Coach boats can end up in inconvenient places, especially if you are one of several boats sharing a coach.

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Coaches also generally have a knack for saying the right thing at the right time, whether to get you pumped up or encouraging you to take a mental deep breath.

While support at regattas is great, when you’re out there on the race course, you have to make your own decisions. For example, the side that paid well last race may not pay again—you have to decide if you want to go there based on the conditions at that moment, not the conditions during the last race. That’s why I’m an even bigger fan of working with a coach for training sessions.

Collaboratively discussing what you want to focus on in advance of coaching sessions will help you make the most of your time by allowing you and your coach to set achievable goals.

That’s way better than a firehose of information—or information that’s about everything but what you want to know! I’d suggest that focusing on one, or maybe two, of those items is about the right number for a weekend with a coach.

Clinics and group sessions can also reap great benefits. If making the financial commitment (and there is certainly a range) to hire a coach isn’t in the cards, talk up the concept of a clinic within your fleet. If multiple sailors pitch in, things definitely get cheaper. And having more boats out sailing makes it much easier to replicate racing scenarios, a big benefit if you want to grow your racing strategy and tactics skills.

Good coaching situations will deliver nuggets of information you can use at that moment and in future scenarios. One coaching moment I keep with me is from a Laser Radial regatta up in Nova Scotia a few years back. It blew 15-plus knots for much of the regatta, and I was lucky enough to be the last person to hop in a training group coached by David Wright, who represented Canada in the Laser at the 2012 Olympics. One great tip from him was that I couldn’t eat enough to keep up with how much energy my body was expending in those conditions. Gotta love it when your coach tells you to keep eating!

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Easy on the Eyes, Easy on the Crew

Meet the J/70

by Joshua Rosenthal

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t doesn’t take an experienced racer to know that the J/boat classes make up some of the most successful racing fleets in the Chesapeake region. If put to the challenge, I’m sure you would struggle to find a sailor in Annapolis proper who has not raced one of them at least once. The Thursday night J/boat races have become a staple for the local sailing community, and the J/22 and J/24 classes have consistently brought large numbers to the Sperry Top-Sider Annapolis National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta each year. This being the case, it should be no surprise that the buzz over the developing J/70 fleet in Annapolis has reached critical mass.

The J/70, like the J/80, which sparked a sudden boom in popularity only a few years ago, also flies an asymmetrical

spinnaker on an extending bowsprit.

However, the J/70 only measures 22.75 feet long making it ideal for trailer travel.

Designed for easy launching and rigging, this boat was made for the racer interested in performance, but not in dock fees. In addition, the boat only measures

boat classes for 15 years, recently bought his own J/70 to race in the upcoming year. When asked why, he replies, “We’re all moving on toward asymmetrical boats that plane. They’re just more fun and ‘pop’ in a way the older classes won’t…

I sail with my wife, and we found that we barely use the winches. You can really feel the boat with the changing conditions.” Groobey not only expects to race here in Annapolis, but also anticipates the growth of the class at Quantum Key West Race Week.

Although this boat has turned many heads, one has to ask the question whether the market can sustain yet another J/class especially in a struggling economy. Most people not only say yes, but also feel they have anticipated this particular design for far too long. David Malkin, the current fleet captain, says,

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“This boat is absolutely the right boat for the times. It’s just more affordable to sail.” Ken Comerford of North Point Yacht Sails says, “The market is ripe and ready for a new J/boat class. We have already sold 21 J/70s within the past year. All of them plan to race. We haven’t even seen the first regatta yet, and it’s already immensely popular.” It turns out that the J/70 has instantly become a class in Annapolis simply based on the numbers that have been sold. New fleets are already organizing themselves in Deltaville, VA, and Lewes, DE, as well.

Malkin explains, “People are looking for a vehicle that has performance capabilities but is more approachable for the average guy.” It seems that many new smaller boat designs have started aiming for this ease-of-use factor more than in previous years. Whether this trend is due to the aging sailing population or a change in the market demand for easyto-sail boats has yet to be seen. However, as a benefit to this, Comerford says, “This boat is very multi-generational.” There has been interest in both the older generations that remember the establishment of the J/24 and J/22 classes and also the younger sailors who want the newest hot design.

Commenting on how well the fleet will do, Groobey says, “It already is a successful design class with a lot of well-known owners. The question is how big we can make it.” At print time, the Annapolis J/70 fleet is expecting to debut at the Hospice Regatta September 22, and although only five or six boats will be racing, both Comerford and Groobey expect more than 20 boats on the line for the NOODs in 2013. Eastport YC also has tentatively planned a regatta for the J/70 fleet November 3, so we should have the chance to see the boats out in action in upcoming months. When asked his opinion on how this class will grow, Comerford replied, “What makes something successful is not just the boat. Classes are established by people, and those people make the boats special. The boat is simply the vehicle to providing a good time.”

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Chesapeake Racer Profile

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Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz

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hen we asked Severn SA members Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz for an interview, they had just captured their fifth Snipe Women’s U.S. National Championship title in a row by posting seven bullets in nine races in a 20-boat fleet at Hyannis YC in Hyannis, MA, August 24-26.

On September 16, they placed third in the Snipe North American Championship in a 23-boat, coed fleet at Etobicoke YC in Toronto, Canada.

Where are you from and how did you start sailing?

Cronin: I started sailing at 10-days-old on my parents’ brand new Pearson Vanguard on the Chesapeake Bay. I grew up cruising and racing with them and did some smallboat racing in Woods Hole, MA, but I didn’t race seriously until I joined the Connecticut College sailing team.

Couranz: I started sailing Sunfish in summer camp on a little pond in Massachusetts. I really liked it, so we started a sailing team at our public high school.

When was the last time you fell overboard?

Cronin: I had a scary experience at the 2011 Rolex when I came “this” close to falling off a J/22 while it was on the trailer. It would’ve been a life-altering experience had I landed head-first on pavement; instead a few coincidences (a ladder tied on and some rigging within reach) combined with the quick thinking of several friends to save me. It still makes my stomach drop to think about it.

What would you recommend to any team, especially a two- or three-person team, trying to improve communication?

Cronin: Talk through the race after it’s over, making How did you meet and start sailing sure to keep any judgment out of your tone or facial together? expression. I learn a lot from talking through a bad Cronin: Kim and I met first as Snipe crews. decision with Kim, a luxurious hindsight view of the She was always a friendly face in the race course. It’s too easy to blame the other team parking lot, always ready with a kind word member when things go wrong, and even easier to or a joke or a compliment or shoulder to take her contributions for granted when things go cry on… It wasn’t until 2005 that we first right. sailed together, training for that year’s Couranz: Early on, over-communicate and develop Rolex. We started sailing Ynglings together routines, both for on-the-water boathandling skills in 2006 and then joined forces in the Snipe and off-the-water boat prep/morning routines. That in 2007. way, it’s easier to adapt when things change. You have “Plan A” and can build off that for “Plan B.” And Some say that Snipes are slow but that never feel bad about asking questions—they lead to Snipe sailors love them anyway…

Cronin: Snipes can be quite fast in the right answers, which lead to sailing faster and smarter. circumstances; ever seen one on a planing What is your greatest strength as a team? reach? But they are heavier than modern Cronin: We share a common attitude and approach dinghies, which I like. Their reaction time to our sailing. We take it very seriously, and it’s a matches my own, and steering upwind, very important part of our lives, but we still realize they track like a keelboat if they are set up we’re doing it for fun. Enjoying the time we spend right. together (and laughing at the other’s wordplay jokes, Couranz: Slow is definitely relative... next no matter how tacky or subtle) makes the time away to, say, a Moth, yes, slower. But on a tight from home to compete at bigger regattas really pole reach with great waves and big enjoyable. breeze...WHEE! 130 October 2012 SpinSheet

How about your greatest weakness?

Cronin: Hmm, probably our size in the Snipe. We are about 25 pounds lighter than the ideal team weight, and I’m 10 inches shorter than the usual Snipe skipper… So in 12-15 knots when I need to be able to muscle the boat around, we really struggle against the top teams.

Couranz: Thinking about stuff too much can lead to indecisiveness. It’s important to examine the conditions, come up with a clear game plan, and then just implement it.

Name the top three pieces of sailing gear you could not live without.

Cronin: Zhik Hydrophobic fleece top.

Maui Jim MauiPure sunglasses.

Kokatat Gore-Tex action jacket.

Couranz: Zhik PowerPad hikers. Patagonia Capilene Silkweight long-sleeved shirts to keep the sun off and stay cool.

Hammer Nutrition Endurolytes Fizz for hydration support What are your non-sailing passions?

Cronin: What, we’re allowed to have non-sailing passions? Writing, gardening, playing music with friends. And the newest addiction: Stand Up Paddleboarding.

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Sailing Partnership Seeks Member: Share of a 32-foot Endeavor sailboat (1983). $2,875 buy-in and same in yearly maintenance. Flexible 6+ weeks per season. A short drive off 50. If you have some good stories to share, and can manage not to repeat them, we’d be interested in talking. skgibb@aol.com.

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Windmill Class Sailboat 15’ #3651 Olympic blue w/white bottom, new North sails, new dry sail cover, new mast & boom, new dolly, trailer, fully restored in 2011 $5,500 obo. Call Chris (610) 7459377.

24’ Wavelength 24 ‘84 Want to fill up your trophy case? Fun, fast, and easy to sail, proven race record!

Clean Wavelength 24, with good sail inventory and many extras $7500.

Chris clind13290@aol.com

POWER 2000 Elco "Serenity 14" Electric Launch LOA 14' / Beam 4' / Draft 8" / Cockpit 7' 5", Lustrous fiberglass finish, 24VDC motor; On-board 110 charger, collapsable bimini; polished stainless fittings, USCG lights, flagpole sternlight, automatic bilgepump, Danforth anchor, new main bearing and stuffing box August 2012. custom trailer: winch, new wheels/bearings, light-kit, 25 miles @ 3.5 mph. Very pretty. $4,600 Richard Templeton templetonrk@gmail.com 4 1 0 - 5 0 7 - 0 0 2 6 , http:www.templetonyachts.webs.com

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8 Ft. Fiberglass Dinghy for Row / Sail $899.00 Unusually good condition, weighs 90 lbs. fits nicely on davits. A 35 sq ft sail and rig fits inside the boat for storage. NEVER GOES FLAT. Foster Adams 410 570 2872 avnbuff@yahoo.com

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2005 Avon Sea Sport DL Hypalon tubes, cover, and trailer. Maintained to a very high standard. This is the perfect boat for a couple or small family to cruise around the creeks of the Bay area. Won’t last at $6500. Annapolis Inflatables.

410-800-4443.jay@milpro.com 1995 Zodiac Pro 5 man 60-hp Evinrude maintained professionally by St Mary’s College. This is the standard of coach boats, bench seat, and side console, driven mainly by professional coaches. This boat won’t last at $5800.

Annapolis Inflatables. 410-800-4443. jay@milpro.com 2011 Open 17 NO ENGINE, coach boat used by St Marys College of MD, traded up to a Milpro Zodiac. This is in good cond. and ready to repower and use.

Offered at a bargain basement price of $1200. Annapolis Inflatables. 410-8004443. jay@milpro.com 2002 Zodiac Yachtline 70-hp Tohatsu Engine, Rip down EGO Alley in this boat!

The Yachtline is all about the details and comfort. This boat won’t last at $7000 as it is in PRISTINE cond. Annapolis Inflatables. 410-800-4443. jay@milpro.com

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

DONATIONS Donate Your Boat And help teach atrisk teens to sail. (202) 478-0396, www. planet-hope.org

BOAT SHARING Partners Wanted Existing boat partners/perfect 1990 Pearson 34 seek replacement sailors (Some “old guys” moving to power boat...) Contact for info/ test sail on 3-4 man group. Sail every 3rd/4th week. (202) 321-6892.

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SAIL 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.

Sailing Dinghy Bauer 8 Sail package, oars, great condition $950 Call Judy (410) 353-3529.

1972 Herreshoff America Catboat Restored ‘12, bottom paint ‘11, fiberglass, 18 ft, beam 8 ft., draft 20" board up : Quantum Tanbark and Flag Sails, Harken blocks, bronze fittings, tillers, new Windex, battery, solar charger, running, cabin, anchor light,, VHF w/antenna. MANY EXTRAS! On trailer: 2012 disc brakes, calipers, bearings, pneumatic cylinder, hydraulics, lights, tags. Yamaha 4-hp.

In Annapolis $4,700, (410) 507-0026.

20’ Cal 20 ’68 Classic pocket cruiser, super safe family boat with trailer.

Includes 7 sails including a spinnaker, AC, new standing rigging, PDFs, ready to sail. $3300 OBO 301-787-1724 20’ COM-PAC Horizon Cat ’10 Impeccable Horizon Cat. Every available option purchased including Yanmar dsl and trailer. Blue hull with shark white bottom paint. Only sailed 4 times. Dry storage kept. 15 hrs on engine. Custom interior & many extras including USCG package, GPS, VHF. Water tanks, head & stove never used. Cost over $55k new. Asking $38,900. Email exlnt1900@yahoo.com for pictures & info. (757) 721-5760 22’ O’Day ‘78 Keel Model Vg cond., main, jib, genoa, sail covers & bags, boom vang, masthead fly, VHF, compass, depth, alcohol stove, porta-potti, sink w/cold press water, cockpit cushions, ’08 custom galv. trailer, ’07 6-hp LS 4-stroke Merc eng, horn, flares, jackets, extras. $6,500 Jim Elliot (410) 639-7111.

C&C 24 ’75 Perfect, small Bay boat.

Fixed keel, excel. Quantum sails including MJ 135% G, spin, Merc 4-hp OB $2,000 David (410) 280-6027.

24’ Hunter 240 ’04 Well maintained!

Easy to sail and ideal for trailering. The water ballast, pivoting centerboard and uncle mast raising system make it a great weekender that is quickly set up.

(410) 477-0759.

24’ Quick Step ’89 Marconi rig, Hoyt self-tending jib, refurbished Fall 2010, new main, jib, running rigging, Honda 10-hp, Awlgrip hull, $14,900. See details on Yacht World. Call Buck (443) 8227518 or Paul (410) 610-5092.

25’ C&C ‘75 Harken RF, Harken 2-speed ST genoa winches, Garhauer rigid boom vang, depthsounder, VHF, sails:2010 Rolly Tasker 140% RF genoa,2006 Scott main, 2010 Custom made black Sunbrella mainsail cover, winch covers & tiller cover; 2011 replaced cockpit drain gate valves w/ seacocks; located Urbanna VA; email robwalten@gmail.com for photos, (804) 239-4167. http://www.strictlysailing.com/classifi eds/01031a.html 25’ Cal MK II ’82 Good Condition - Sails reworked, new batteries, new shaft and seals, bottom paint. A fun boat & ready to sail! Call 410-255-8993..

Cal 25, CL2 Proven Winner Ready to race, full suite of sails, w/never-used racing main&chute. Too many extras and upgrades to list. Slip fees thru 2012. $6,500 (703) 430-1712.

SOLD

25’ Fisher Motor Sailer ‘75 Newer 35-hp dsl, 7/10s of a gallon per hr.

Auto Pilot. Heat. Long distance ready $15,000 (443) 418-3954.

Family Sailboat. 25’ McGregor ‘84 Sailboat in Havre de Grace Md. Bought from a family. Used by mine. Kids grown and I’m getting older. Looking for a young family interested in sailing. $3500/OBO. 8-hp OB 2008. Epoxy bottom. Roller furling. Head enclosure.

Sleeps 6. Inventory is too large to list.

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Azure 220 '08.....................................$33,900 33 Tashing Mason 33 '86.......................$69,000 37 Marshall 22 '90...................................$35,000 34 C&C 34 '79 '85 2 from ....................$26,500 37 Caribiana 23 '09 ...............................$29,000 34 Cal 34 '70............................................$38,500 37 Island Packet 26 MKI '82 .................$19,500 34 Egg Harbor Golden Egg 34 '90 ......$89,000 37 Nonsuch 26 '86 .................................$37,000 34 Hatteras 34 '65............................... $150,000 37 Bristol Channel Cutter 28 '87........$99,900 34 J-105 34 '00.........................................$74,900 37 Regal 2860 Window Express '06...$68,500 34 Westerly Seahawk '85 .....................$55,000 37 Hunter 29.5 '96 .................................$29,500 35 Allmand 35 '82...................................$26,000 38 Baba 30 '83 .........................................$44,900 35 Bayliner 3587 MYAft cabin '97.......$67,500 38 C&C 30 '88.........................................$49,500 35 Beneteau 350 '89...............................$46,900 38 Cruisers Yachts 300 Express '03...$59,900 35 Beneteau 351 '95...............................$69,900 38 Custom Gaff Rig Schooner 30 '59 $37,500 35 Beneteau 352 '99...............................$75,000 38 Hunter 30 '88.....................................$29,950 35 Bristol 35.5 '79...................................$59,000 39 Siedelmann 30T '85 ..........................$17,900 35 Island Packet 350 '99..................... $165,000 39 S2 9.1 30 '85.......................................$23,500 35 Regal Commodore 3560 '05 ....... $129,000 40 Beneteau 311 '01...............................$59,900 35 Schock Sloop 35 '01 .........................$62,500 40 Camano Troll 31 '02 ..................... $110,000 35 Tartan 3500 '92 .............................. $109,000 40 Catalina 310 '00.................................$63,500 36 Albin Trawler 36 '81 ........................$49,500 40 Beneteau Oceanis 321 '95 ..............$39,000 36 Beneteau 36.7 '04 '06 2 from .........$94,900 40 Catalina 320 '00.................................$72,500 36 Catalina 36 '87 '90 2 from...............$47,900 40 Grand Banks 32 '88 ....................... $117,000 36 Dehler 36 '01 .................................. $139,000 40 Island packet 32 '92 ..........................$89,900 36 Hunter 36 '05.................................. $116,500 41 O'Day 322 '87....................................$24,000 36 Pearson 36 '89 ...................................$67,000 41 Cherubini Raider 33 '81 ..................$29,900 36 Sabreline 36' 04 .............................. $224,900 42 Endeavour 33 '84 '86 2 from..........$27,900 36 Sabre 362 '94 '96 '01 3 from ..........$99,000 42 INFOHybridANNAPOLISYACHTSALES WWW42 Greenline 33 '11............... $249,000 36 Jeanneau 36.2 '98 COM ..............................$82,500

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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 $7,500 OBO (703) 764-1277

29’ Beneteau First 29 ’85 Racer/cruiser, roller furler jib, UK racing sails, spinnaker, all lines aft, autohelm, speed/ depth, Volvo diesel, 2 anchors, grill, lots of extras. $15,900. Details and photos--robert.b.giffin@gmail.com.

(202) 330-3213

MacGregor 26D ’88 8-hp elec start Yamaha 2006, new main, VHF, fish finder/ depth, PETH board/rudder, inflatable dinghy, trailer, in St Michaels, $3,200.

410-745-5507, 703-283-5338

C&C 29 Mk II ‘83 Yanmar 2GMF diesel.

Good condition. Newer sails. In water in Baltimore. Asking $12,000 410-263-7273

27’ Hunter ‘80 In Edenton, NC. Large newer sail inventory, in turn key cond.

Ask $7,500. Check out full listing at www.boemarine.com, email us at boats@boemarine.com, or call (866) 735-5926

29’ Hunter 290 ’00 Comfortable cruiser perfect for the Bay as first boat or move-up. Easy to sail, singlehand or with family. Auto-pilot, SS arch, dodger, bimini. $39,900 Call Kirk Wilson at 410 639-7111, cell 614 989-7775 or kirk@gratitudeyachting.com for more info, or to list your boat.

J-80 ’94 With trailer and o.b.in Northern Bay. PHRF and one design sails. $27,000. Call (610) 715-7808.

30’ Newport ’82 $14,500 furling jib, lazyjack main, spinnaker with pole & reaching strut, dodger & bimini, wheel with cover, 5” draft, Universal 11 hp, just washed and waxed, fresh bottom paint, single owner. (410) 279-4956.

Pearson 30 Sailboat- Great Race/ Cruiser Health forces sale. Several seasons out of the water. She needs; aired out, bottom paint & engine tune.

Wonderful for club race & family cruising.

Rigged to shorthand. Some newer inventory- $7400 obo to a good home. Call 313-522-7102 Ernest

34’ O’Day ’83 Universal dsl, 24 h.p. 3 cyl. draft 5’ 7”. Spinnaker & extra jib.

Good cond. Dependable. Sails well.

Located Bowley’s Marina Middle River, slip D-93. $27,000. 410-420-0515 36’ slip, sale or rent Tartan 3000 '85 Cntrbd S/S racer cruiser, Universal 18 low hrs, 3 North sails, dodger, lines led aft, jiffy reefing, knot, depth, nav station, CNG, pressure water. Impeccably maintained. DRY. Sell BEFORE 10/15. $24,900, (410) 798-0492.

27’ O’Day 272 ‘87 Pocket cruiser, 2’11” draft, standing hdrm, autohelm, new bottom, newer 4-stroke and furling jib, pressure water, cockpit shower, extras. Blue book over $11,000- sell $6900. 410-693-6999.

J/29 '83 MH/OB Fast, fun, easily handled racer or overnight cruiser.

Complete sail inventory.

8hp outboard, low hrs. Very lightly used since 1998. Ready to sail away on your next adventure! 302-521-2348.

28’ Cape Dory ’77 Sloop 2GM20F 16-hp dsl, rigged for singlehandling.

Harken roller furling on 150% genoa, spinnaker, Garhaur traveler, VHF, AP, Origo stove, bimini, Magma grill plus extra gear. 2010 upgrades include bottom painted, new bowsprit, cutlass bearing & brightwork. In water at Galesville ready to sail. Slip paid to March 2013. Now $14,500.

Full details dixonh1925@cox.net (703) 250-9277.

28.5’ Hunter ‘86 $12,000 Many recent improvements (i.e. new rigging, port holes). Easy to sail! Good condition.

Please call for details. Boat located at Bay Bridge Marina, Stevensville, MD. Cell 410 725-1026.

28.5’ Hunter ’87 $13,500 Excellent cond., full-batten main, roller furling genoa, a/c, auto-pilot, Yanmar, gps, depth, shoal, bimini. Cambridge, 215-233-3913 28’ Pearson ’74 One owner since ’78.

Good cond. Roller furl, 4 sails, Atomic 4, well-equipped, improvements. Located South River. $7,500. 703-578-3678, ray24682@verizon.net 28’ Sabre ‘81 Dsl, wheel, Harken furling.

Very clean & well maintained. $15,000 Kent Island, MD (410) 718-3040.

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30’ Cal 9.2 Meter ’81 Ron Holland designed racer/cruiser, Universal 11hp dsl w/folding prop, main and 3 jibs, D wind speed depth sounder/knot SOLmeter, and direction. See Youngsboatyard. com for photos and info. $8,500.

410-477-8607

31’ Cape Dory ’83 Spacious cruiser w/shower, oven, heat, engine systems, instrumentation, inflatable/motor, canvas, motor hoist all new since 2012. Professionally maintained. Modern electronics.

Asking $44K. (443) 995-2440, Annapolis location.

30’ Catalina ’87 Mark II Excel. cond., std rig, RF, wheel, depth, speed, wind, dodger, bimini w/bridge, Universal M25 XP dsl, at Worton Creek. Price reduced to $27,900 (267) 664-7433.

J30, Hull #148, $10,000 Hull #148 is a former North Americans winner. She is for sale with multiple suits of sails, racing and cruising gear. She needs some paint and love. The rest is there.

(202) 340-1352

34’ Sabre Mark II ‘87 Clean w/newer canvas, recent survey available for accepted offers, maintained mechanics and highly desired cabin/cockpit layout. Must see in Annapolis, Ask $54,000. Email us at boats@boemarine.com, or call (866) 735-5926.

35' Pearson '76 Keel/CB, rebuilt A4, AP, GPS, VF, stereo, depth, dodger/bimini, RF, fully battened main, 2-burner gas stove/oven, solar battery charger, inflatable/2hp 2 stroke OB. $25,000. (410) 353-9464

Cape Dory 30 ‘84 “B” layout. Clean boat.

Sails new 2001. Roller furling. Bimini.

Icom VHF, GPS, autopilot. Nice cabin.

Teak looks very good. “Sail away condition”. Located Solomons, MD. Asking $27,500. 410-535-9596.

Catalina 30 MK II, TR ‘91 PERFECT Bay Boat! excellent cond., Tall Rig, wing keel, New fully battened, loose footed mainsail, RF 155% genoa , dodger, bimini, fresh bottom paint, comfortable roomy interior, AP, $40,500 410-9901777 http://www.sailboatlistings.com/ view/3142

2005 Catalina 34 MKII Anniversary Edition Beautifully maintained C34 MKII w/ Full Instrumentation, Furling Main & 135 Genoa. Many Options, 275 hours. $109,900 Will consider partial trade for C310, C320, C30MKIII. Specs & Photos sound48@gmail.com, (610) 436-6577

31’ Hunter ‘84 $29,500 for a very well maintained Hunter 31 1984.

Draft 4.0' and is at my home’s backyard pier. New this year bottom paint where I stripped all layers and did a barrier coat, faired keel to bare metal and barrier coated, refinished all exterior teak, new pin stripes, clear coat on hull, new dodger, new Origo 6000 2-burner stove w/oven, bimini & connector canvas. Boat has cockpit cushions, very nice cabin layout. 13-hp dsl where boat does about 5 knots. Pictures & other details available upon request. (301) 872-9002.

33’ Pearson ’89 Beautifully maintained, probably the best example of this excellent sailing vessel on the bay.

Many upgrades. for a full description w/ pictures go to http://theunconditional. webs.com/ or call Mike 757-404-1296

35’ Pearson Sloop ‘70 GPS/VHF, dodger/bimini, roller headsail, rubrail, 23 HP diesel. Sleeps 6. Hull AWLGRIP 2006. Deck AWLCRAFT 2011. Also new 2011 mainsail, propeller, engine mounts, heat exchanger. $19,900 crew396@aol 443-534-5243 35’ Young Sun Cutter ’83 Perry designed double ender, Yanmar dsl, radar, Aries vane, water maker, dodger, classic blue water cruiser.

Hampton, VA Price Reduced. $59,500 ahaleva@aol.com (407) 488-6958.

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Tartan 4000 In Stock

Tartan 3700 Featured Brokerage 44’ Gulfstar `81 .......................................... $95,000 44’ Tartan 4400 `08 ................................. $585,000 44’ Tartan 4400 `07 ................................. $525,000 43’ Mason `79 .......................................... $105,000 43’ Saga `00 ............................................. $245,000 42’ Catalina 42 MK II `00 ......................... $150,000 42’ Catalina 42-3 `89 ................................. $92,500 42’ Endeavour Center Cockpit `85 ........ $100,000 42’ Hunter 420 `03 ................................... $179,000 41’ Bristol Aft Cockpit `87 ...................... $152,900 41’ Hunter 41DS `05 ................................ $167,500 41’ Tartan 4100 `98 ................................. $199,900 41’ Lord Nelson `83 ................................ $125,000 40’ Tartan 4000.......................................... In Stock 40’ Bristol `76 .......................................... $100,000

Mike Titgemeyer CPYB, Owner 410-703-7986

Rod Rowan CPYB 703-593-7531

40’ Endeavour Center Cockpit `84 .......... $82,500 40’ Pacific Seacraft `96 ........................... $284,000 39’ Catalina 390 `02 ................................ $135,000 38’ C&C 115 `08 ....................................... $169,000 38’ Ericson 380 by PacSea `98 .............. $154,900 37’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock `99 .......... $197,500 37’ Tartan 3700 `03 ................................. $189,000 37’ Tartan CCR `10 .................................. $335,000 36’ Frers `87 .............................................. $59,000 35’ Custom Steel Pilothouse `95 ........... $100,000 35’ Ericson 350 by PacSea `98 .............. $129,000 35’ Express 35 `86 .................................... $60,000 35’ Island Packet Cat `93 .......................... $95,000 35’ S2 Center Cockpit `87 ........................ $45,000 35’ Catalina 350 `04 ................................ $125,000

Dave van den Arend CPYB 443-850-4197

Bill Day CPYB 484-576-0804

34’ C&C 34 `80 ........................................... $33,000 34’ Najad 343 `84 ....................................... $79,000 34’ Pacific Seacraft `87 ........................... $110,000 34’ Pacific Seacraft `90 ........................... $139,900 33’ C&C 101 ........................................... New Order 33’ Ericson 333 by PacSea `98 ................ $70,000 32’ C&C 99 `06 ......................................... $119,500 32’ C&C 99 `04 ......................................... $115,000 32’ Catalina 320 `95 .................................. $54,000 32’ Island Packet offers `90 ..................... $64,900 31’ Pacific Seacraft `06 ........................... $160,000 31’ Pacific Seacraft `94 ........................... $115,000 28’ Tartan Fantail ................................. New Order 24’ Pacific Seacraft `87 ............................. $57,000 21’ Catalina Aero `09 ................................ $12,000

Ken Jacks New to CYS 443-223-8901

Nancy Cann CPYB, Founder

Blue Water Class A 2004 Bavaria 36 - 3 Cabin Beautiful Bavaria 36’: 3 private cabins. Radar, Raymarine C120 chartplotter, wind/depth/speed, autopilot, electric windlass, leather folding wheel, 3 blade custom folding prop, 29-hp Volvo Penta dsl, AC/heat, full lead keel, custom winter cover, dodger, bimini, fully battened main, lazy jacks w/stackpack. fully equipped for cruising the world.

Excellent cond. Sacrifice price of $89,900.

(856) 210-6760, www.auroracharters.net 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. Owner in Iraq, Must sell! $25,000. d.a.buttorff@gmail.com (717) 371-6679.

37’ Heritage West Indies Swing keel ( 7’ to 3.5’) draft. Blue Water boat. 1977 Oldie but goodie. Built to sail, ready to cruise. Solar, Auto pilot and much more. $38,000 OBO, (443) 569-1274.

37’ Tartan 3700 ’01 K/CB Comfortable, well-maintained, 1-owner boat w/ great storage; large galley w/custom pantry, great ventilation. Outfitted for cruising: extra fuel tank (total 60 gals), new AGM batteries (4 house, 1 start), kerosene/diesel heater, full canvas w/screen enclosure, main, 135 genoa, asymm, 45 CQR (170’ chain), 35 Bruce, double anchor roller, windlass w/ helm control, radar, A/P, many extras. $175,000. ealterman@suddenlink.net, (252) 670-8785.

Tartan 37 CB, 1970 - Black Watch lines A lovely classic design by Ted Hood sharing the Black Watch lines.

Centerboard. Good cond. and very well equipped with 4-cyl Westerbeke dsl, new Furlex, UK batt-car full-batten main (2004), CNG stove, Datamarine instruments, self-tailers, electric capstan, much more.

(410) 849-8721, http://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/32619 10344.html

38’ Irwin ‘84 Center Cockpit “Captured Angel” 1989 Perkins Diesel, loads of improvements.

Owners had upgraded the boat with plans to sail south but ended up buying property down there instead.

So she is in far nicer shape than her age would indicate. Painted hull, epoxy bottomcoating (no blisters), New electronics, new water cooled refrigeration, new quality glass.

Custom stainless window rings, new stainless opening ports, custom dinghy davits, additional custom cabinetry below to increase storage.

Windlass, newer sails, One of the most attractive features of a center cockpit design is the owners’ stateroom aft which is roomier than on any comparable aft cockpit design.Fresh water boat Located Erie Pa and seriously for sale, very nice condition, Major price reduction $49,900. Owner wants an offer.

Contact RCR Yachts. Tracy (716) 680-4554 or visit: RCRyachts.com

38' Shannon 1977 This classic beauty is in France! Ready to Sail the Med and beyond right now. She has all you need: SSB, AIS, Watermaker, the works. Impeccably maintained. http://apolloduck.net/253243, mailto:sailingseraphim@gmail.com, 33 (0) 6 40 43 46 67

Cayenne 41 - Comfortbator 1986 Rare boat for the sailing purest.

Excellent cond. throughout. Highest standard of construction, prohibitively expensive production in today’s market. Systems updated. Impressive sail inventory. Act soon to determine new awlgrip. $85,000.

(717) 392-5498.

41’ Hunter DS ’07 Like new, white hull, well-appointed, cruise-equipped w/ E80 & E120, 6KW Gen, davits, dinghy and 8-hp O/B motor. Professionally maintained . $200,000 Call Tom Shoemaker at 804-577-7265 or email Tom@Limerick2.com.

41’ Morgan OI ’79 Center Cockpit.

Westerbeke, runs well. 2 Staterooms w/head and shower. 3 burner CNG stove and oven. New Canvas, full winter cover. GREAT LIVEABOARD! $30,000.

(410) 437-1700.

42' Moody CC '00’ classic blue hull, AC, Espar heating, cruise-equipped w/ davits, wind generator, MaxProp & more, $199,400. Call Kirk Wilson, cell 614-989-7775 or kirk@gratitudeyachting.com for more info or to list your boat.

47’ Leopard ‘03 Very clean, meticulously maintained, 2x100-hp Yanmar, genset, water maker & much more. Call for more info and photos.

(443) 768-8395.

41' Morgan Classic 1987 Ready to live aboard and cruise the Chesapeake and beyond? Roomy center cockpit design with large aft cabin. $78,500. (410) 212-6149.

1981 Albin Nimbus 42 fast cruising yacht.

Well maintained, well equipped. GRAMMYLAND asking $69,500 Contact Frank Gary 410-703 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com 40’ C&C ‘81 7 Ft Draft and double spreader rig deliver upwind performance, Yanmar 30, Rod Rigging, Antal Mainsail track & cars, Harken roller furling, Lewmar ST genoa and halyard winches, 8 line stoppers, Ockam instruments, Quantum main & genoa, spinnaker, carbon pole. Stored on the hard for 4 yrs, Needs TLC, Located Solomons MD. $24,000. Call Bill 610-724-2935

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

42’ Bavaria Cruiser ‘06 This boat’s READY to GO and already in the Caribbean. Never a charter boat C Nu can take you anywhere. Owner can no longer afford. $110K 340-344-0552, www.sailingallover.com

Dufour 385 ’05 Owner’s Version 2 cabin/1head boat w/many recent upgrades. AC/heat, HD radar, E-80 plotter, Icom VHF with ram mic, dodger/bimini, teak decks, & much more. Asking $149,000 Please contact Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

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ANNAPOLIS: 800-672-1327 SOUTH FLORIDA: 800-850-4081 TORTOLA: 284-494-1000 2006 OCEANIS 523

“Merci” 5 Cabins /5 Heads Located St. Martin, FWI Asking $229,000

2006 OCEANIS 473

“Teranga” 4 Cabins /3 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $139,000

2003 SUN ODYSSEY 43DS

“The White Rose” 3-4 Cabins / 2 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $120,000

2008 LEOPARD 40

“Island Time” 4 Cabins /2 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $249,000

2006 CYCLADES 50

“Joyce Smith” 4 Cabins /4 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $195,000

2005 LEOPARD 47

“Never Say Never” 4 Cabins /4 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $289,000

2008 LEOPARD 46

“Seaquester” 3 Cabins /3 Heads Located St. Petersburg, FL Asking $559,000

2008 LEOPARD 43

“Kokomo” 4 Cabins / 4 Heads Located St. Vincent Asking $285,000

2007 CYCLADES 43

“Gemini” 3 Cabins /3 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $120,000

2006 LAGOON 410

“Annie K” 4 Cabins /4 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $245,000

2004 LAGOON 380

2007 CYCLADES 39

“Desert Wind” 3 Cabins /2 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $99,000

“Holly Molly” 4 Cabin / 2 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $185,000

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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 $295,000. Call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171. harold@aycyachts.com

Grand Soleil 40 '03 Head south in speed, comfort & style on board this Italian beauty. Lightly used & extremely well priced at $199,000.

Please call for complete details and viewing instructions. Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-2687171 harold@aycyachts.com

SISTERSHIP DUFOUR 44

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

2003 Hunter 466 with gen and air, 3 staterooms, shoal keel, furling main and jib, clean and ready to go. Price reduced to $155,000/best offer. Call Harold @ 619-840-3728 harold@aycyachts.com

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www.annapolisyachtsales.com 30’ Baba ‘83 Classic Perry designed canoe stern, full keel, heavy displacement, pocket cruiser. Lots of upgrades and cruising gear. $44,900 Check it out at www. annapolisyachtsales.com then call Jonathan (804) 436-4484 32’ Island Packet 32 ‘92 Spotless with great gear and cruising comforts. In Annapolis and available at only $89,900.

Bring offers soon!! Call Dan 410-2678181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 34’ J-105 ‘00 Hardly used, sails & equipment are in great shape. Owner has moved to another boat, make offer and own a great “J”!! Asking only $74,900 Call Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Beneteau 36.7 ‘04 Lowest price in the area, anxious owner. Race equipped. Ready to go!! Make any reasonable offer and she’s yours! Asking only $94,900. Call Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Dehler 36 ’01 High quality racer/cruiser w/all the amenities of a comfy cruiser and the speed of racers of her size…she is beautiful. Contact Tim at 410-267-8181 tim@annapolisyachtsales.com

2007 X-41 One Design One owner, constantly upgraded and incredible sail inventory make this a rare find in US brokerage market. Carbon mast and boom + B&G instrumentation for a turn key race and cruise-ready X-Yacht. Asking $300K Contact Harold @ (410)268-7171 or cel (619) 840-3728 harold@aycyachts.com.

BENETEAU 42s7 1995 Well maintained 2 cabin version w/many recent upgrades. New #1('12), #2 and #3 plus 2 reachers ('11), new furler, running rigging, bottom paint, vacu-flush heads, fridge compressor, etc. Best price in US asking $120,000. Contact Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-2687171 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

2008 GRAND SOLEIL 54 by Luca Brenta. Very well equipped fast offshore cruising yacht built by the famous Italian yard Cantiere del Pardo. Please call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company for pricing and complete details 410-268-7171 or e-mail harold@aycyachts.com

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38’ Wauquiez Hood 38 ‘86 Spectacular equipment and cond. Owners want to move to a bigger boat. Bring offer and sail to the islands today!! Asking only $109,900. Call Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 39’ Beneteau 393 - THREE Available Very clean 2 & 3 cabin models from $119,000. Some are loaded with great gear, others are equipped for pleasurable coastal cruising. Contact Tim at 410-267-8181 tim@annapolisyachtsales.com

42’ Beneteau 423s ‘03/06 Superb sailing characteristics. 2 cabin/2 head version. 1 inmast furling main/1 classic main. 1 set up for cruising/1 set up for go-fast cruising. In Virginia. Visit www. annapolisyachtsales.com, call Jonathan 804-436-4484 43’ Beneteau 43 ‘10 WOW!!! Absolutely one of the nicest boats in this size and price range. Great gear & cond., asking only $249,700. Call Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 43’ Beneteau 43 ’11 The perfect boat for cruising the Bay and your longer term plans to sail the Caribbean. She is mint and well equipped! $249,000 Please contact Tim at 410-267-8181 tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 43’ Pan Oceanic Pilothouse Cutter ’81 Spacious, traditional style cruiser, 2 cabin/2 head, loads of gear, 6’ draft, fiberglass decks, cutter rig. Recent upgrades. $84,500. Pictures and specs at www.annapolisyachtsales.com.

Call Jonathan 804-436-4484.

44’ Beneteau First 44.7 ‘04 Loaded & virtually unused!!! Owners lack of time forces the sale. Make any reasonable offer & she will be yours. Asking only $198,000 Contact Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com

44' Reliance '92 Superb condition & value. Custom finish, ready to cruise, loaded, complete refit in 2008, freshwater till ’08, then Caribbean. Ash & teak interior. $198,500. Deltaville, VA Call Jonathan 804-436-4484 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com 45’ Benford Custom ’04 Incredible Steel Cruising Boat - Designed by Jay R. Benford, Built by Howdy Bailey - Beautiful Blue Awlgrip Hull - Custom Cherry Joinerwork. $649,900 Paul Rosen 410-267-8181 Paul@annapolisyachtsales.com 46’ Beneteau 46 ‘07 Three cabin, low hrs & great equipment. Great family cruiser. Priced to sell. Owners want to move on. Bring reasonable offer soon!!

Asking $279,900. Call Dan 410-2678181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com

40’ Koopmans Pilothouse ’96 Aluminum cruiser w/centerboard, loaded w/gear, including solar panel, wind generator, Aries wind vane, electronics pkg, excellent storage 2-cabin/2-head. $255,000.

Located Deltaville, VA Call Jonathan 804-436-4484 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com 41’ Beneteau 411 ‘02 Very clean & nicely equipped, including Airco., windlass, autopilot, radar, and more.

Priced at $147,000. Call now to schedule a showing 410-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

46’ Beneteau ‘08 GREAT PRICE! Well maintained and equipped: Yanmar; N/Lights Genset; Raymarine instruments; Full enclosure; Shoal draft; In mast furling; Whisker pole on track. $284,500 Deltaville, VA. Call Jonathan (804) 776-7575 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com 47’ Beneteau 473 ’06 2 cabin/2 head. Ready to go!! On land. Spotless throughout and well maintained. Asking only $259,900! Sail to the Islands this fall. Contact Dan at 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com

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49’ Beneteau 49 ’07 LOADED!! A/C, Gen set, bow thruster, dinghy Arch, electric winches & much more. Excellent cond. Call now to see in Annapolis.

Reduced to $324,000.

Contact Bob Oberg (410)-267-8181 Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 49’ Beneteau 49 ‘07 2 cabin/2 head. generator, A/C, great electronics, custom arch, custom paint, much more. Owners family commitments force sale. In Annapolis. Asking only $359,900 Call Dan 410-267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 54’ Hylas 54 ’98 Fresh Blue Awlgrip – Custom Teak Interior – Professionally maintained – Equipped with all the extras – Romany Life will turn heads in any port – Asking $598,000 Contact Paul Rosen 410-267-8181 paul@annapolisyachtsales.com

33’ Hans Christian ‘92 This traditional cutter rigged, canoe stern, cruiser is in great shap & is capable of taking you just about anywhere. She is the newest one on the market & she is beautiful. Her bottom was recently blasted & epoxy barrier coated & her Yanmar was rebuilt just 400 hrs ago by Mack Boring. $99,000 bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 33’ Hunter ’07 This Hunter 33 is in excellent cond. She has had her prop tweaked to provide 6.75 boat speed & she has a new North Gennaker to provide great light air performance.

Her upgraded Balmar alternator& additional batteries allow plenty of juice.

There is a custom full cockpit enclosure for late fall cruising. She easily cruises with 2 couples & has been prepped by a very knowledgeable owner so she is really ready to cruise. $94,500 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 40’ Catalina ‘02 Big cockpit w/easy access w/twin wheels. Equipped for real cruising w/great electronics, and a RIB w/20-hp Honda 4-strokeOB, davits & beefed up electrical capacity, she is ready for a trip down to the Bahamas now. $165,000 bayharborbrokerage.com 42’ Bavaria 200 Model aft Cockpit Cruiser She has very low hrs and is in very nice cond. Radar, AP, chart plotter, dinghy & OB, just hauled & hull waxed & bottom painted this German built & engineered boat is very sharp. $143,700 bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 50’ Colin Archer Duch built steel pilothouse ketch This is a serious all oceans passage maker ready to cruise. Please see our web site for details. $350,000 Not for sale in US waters. Bay Harbor Brokerage 757-480-1073

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NEW & PRE-OWNED BOATS IN MANY SIZES Visit us at the Boat Show!

'02 Hunter 460 - $144,000

'05 Hunter 36 - $125,000

TARTAN

Tartan & Crusader have a long history of successes. CYS and our brokers have sold more New & Used Tartans than any other dealer/broker WORLDWIDE. Put us to work for you! 410-269-0939

REDUCED '06 Hunter 38 - $132,000

44’ Tartan 4400 Two Available - 2007 / 2008 Both loaded with Genset, Air, furling-Boom, thruster, radar /plotter and all the luxuries of home! Asking $525K & $585k. Call CYS Today 410-269-0939 41’ Tartan 4100 ‘98 Blue hull. Owners carefully equipped for passage making, but only did limited coastal cruising and Chesapeake Bay exploring. $199,900!

CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 40’ Tartan 4000 New 2012 - In Stock. Thoughtfully equipped with all of the bells and whistles. Stunning blue hull, twin wheels. Full warranty.

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'05 Jeanneau 49 - $260,000

JUST REDUCED '08 Hunter 36 - $149,000

'04 Hunter 386 - $129,700

REDUCED '04 Hunter 44 - $190,000

'97 Hunter 376 - $84,000

37’ Tartan 3700 - Two Available - 2003 / 2010 37’ Tartan 3700 – Two Available – 2003 / 2010 – Traditional or CCR rigged…take your pick. 2010 is “Overloaded” Check them out today. Asking $189k / 335k. 410-269-0939

CATALINAS

Catalina is a quality American-Built boat, CYS has been selling brokerage Catalinas for years.

Below is a sampling of some Crusader listed Catalinas. Give us a call to find out more or to list your boat today! Find out for yourself how the Crusader has been “Setting the Gold Standard” for over 30 years.

CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 42’ Catalina MKII ’00 VERY sharp cond. AC/heat, Corian counters, electric windlass, mainsail furling, radar/plotter and all the “usual extras” plus… vacuum system, “Satphone,” dinghy & motor. OWNER SAYS SELL – Just Reduced to $150,000.

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SELECTED BROKERAGE 216 25 260 27 28 280 290 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 33 33 34 34 36 36

Hunter ‘06.................$ 9,900 Tanzer ’87 .................$ 9,900 Hunter ‘02.................$ 27,000 Hunter ‘79.................$ 9,997 S2 8.6 ’85 ..................$ 16,900 Hunter ‘99.................$ 29,900 Hunter ‘00 ................$ 42,000 Morgan ’72 ...............$ 6,999 Hunter ‘80.................$ 14,500 Hunter ’81.................$ 15,000 Hunter ‘86.................$ 30,000 Allmand ‘80...............$ 17,000 Hunter ’06.................$ 70,000 Pearson ‘87...............$ 39,500 Pearson ’88...............$ 27,000 Beneteau ’95 ............$ 36,000 Pearson ’89...............$ 43,000 Hunter ‘05.................$ 89,000 Hallberg Rassy ‘76.....$ 49,900 Hunter ’83.................$ 33,000 Hunter '05.................$130,000 Hunter ’05.................$125,000

36 Hunter ’08.................$149,000 36 Hunter ‘10.................$150,000 37 Irwin Ketch ‘76..........$ 49,900 376 Hunter ’96.................$ 70,000 376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 72,000 376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 84,000 38 Herreshoff ‘85...........$ 72,000 38 Hunter ’06.................$132,000 38 Hunter ‘09.................$149,000 380 Hunter ’00.................$ 99,900 380 Hunter ‘02.................$119,000 380 Hunter ’02 Sloop ......$109,900 386 Hunter ‘04.................$129,700 41AC Hunter ’07.................$179,000 426 Hunter ‘03.................$169,000 44 Hunter ‘04.................$190,000 45CC Hunter 01..................$189,000 456 Hunter ’03.................$215,000 460 Hunter ‘02.................$144,000 49i Jeanneau '04 ............$260,000 49 Jeanneau ’05 ............$260,000

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42’ Catalina 42-3 ’89 Shoal draft, refrigeration, AC/heat, AP, electric windlass, bimini, dodger, Pullman master cabin, 2 guest cabins, 2 heads. Ready to go sailing $92,500. Crusader YS 410-2690939 www.CrusaderYachts.com 39’ Catalina 390 ‘02 Lightly used – nice condition. Three cabin layout is smart, efficient and does NOT have a side galley. NOT a charter boat! $135,000 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 35’ Catalina 350 ‘04 Pristine cond., meticulous care, AC/heat, furling mainsail, new radar/chartplotter, solar panels, many other custom features and recent upgrades. $125,000 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 32’ Catalina ’95 This is a great family cruiser, and bay sailing boat. One of Catalina’s more popular models over the last decade. This 320 has a new Epoxy bottom coat and is ready for fall sailing.

Call today, won’t last long. Asking $54k – call 410-269-0939

C&Cs

C&C and Crusader might seem like an unlikely paring, except that CYS has sold over 100+ C&Cs over the years…Our brokers are sailors and Man Do These Boats SAIL!! Call today and ask one of our guys about New or Used performance cruising or racing a C&C! 410-269-0939

38’ C&C 115 - Two Available - 2007 / 2011 38’ C&C 115 – Two Available – 2007 / 2011 – These are great sailing boats, weather racing or cruising. ’07 is cruise equipped (our trade), while 2011 has a sprit and could be finished out either way! The C&C 115 is a “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”. Call 410-269-0939 for details.

33’ C&C 101 This is the newest of C&Cs offerings and is proper Racer / Cruiser.

She is fast, nimble and has just enough below to keep the crew or family happy!

Special introductory pricing / fleet incentives…talk to your friends, get in early!

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32’ C&C ’99 - Two Available - 2004 / 2006 Both race and cruise equipped, and ready to go on the family cruise or around the buoys. Epoxy hulls and Carbon Rigs / Poles - Asking $115,000 / $119,500. CrusaderYachts.com

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1998 Ericson 333 by Pacific Seacraft Beautifully maintained, loaded with gear. Very reasonably priced for its cond. and quality. $70,000 CrusaderYS. com 410-269-0939

PACIFIC SEACRAFTS Crusader is well known as an expert on Pacific Seacrafts. After all, we have been involved with these great Crealock bluewater designs for over 30 years. We know and love these beautiful boats! CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

40’ Pacific Seacraft ’96 Rockin’ Chair. Standout Crealock design.

Meticulous care; many upgrades including Lighthouse windlass, full cockpit enclosure, AIS, cutter rig, twin furlers, 7 sails, etc. $284,000.

CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 37’ Pacific Seacraft ’99 Loaded for cruising! Monitor wind vane, MaxProp, life raft, radar, chartplotter, AP, SSB, Pactor modem, A/C, solar panels, refrigeration, watermaker. $197,500 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com 34’ Pacific Seacraft - 2 exemplary boats available. 1990. Extensive offshore gear, Espar heat, upgraded sails , rebuilt Yanmar. $139,900. Also, 1987 with beautiful gloss varnished teak interior, many upgrades. $110,000.

CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 31’ Pacific Seacraft - 2 rare models available—Both boats have unique “open interior,” refrigeration, E80 chartplotter, windlass, dink, beautiful teak, much more. 2006 asking $160,000.

1994 asking $115,000. Call Crusader 410-269-0939

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Yes CYS knows Hunter, in fact we have few nice previously loved Hunters listed below. We work with you to provide great advice and guidance buying or selling! For over 30 years CYS has been putting clients first – Give us a call first! www.crusaderyachts.com 42’ Hunter 420 ’03 Center Cockpit w/enclosure; Luxurious owner’s stateroom aft w/centerline queen berth; AC/heat, genset; Furling main & genoa; dinghy & motor. Spectacular condition. $179,000 www.CrusaderYachts.com (410) 269-0939.

41’ Hunter DS ’05 You’ll love the airy feeling of the deck salon. Roomy, luxurious interior. Meticulously maintained by original owners - Fully equipped, genset, air and more!! Reduced again $167,500 www.CrusderYachts.com 410-269-0939 32’ Island Packet ‘90 - Cutter, Heat/AC, refrigeration, autopilot, wind, speed, depth, bimini, dodger, stereo, Maxi-prop, Harken furler. Owner wants offers Now $64,900. www.crusaderyachts.com 410-269-0939 35’ Custom Steel Philothouse Cutter - Treworgy ’95. Mark Treworgy is known for his fine craftsmanship in steel and wood. Don’t miss this beautiful, world cruiser. Reduced $100,000 www.crusaderyachts.com 410-269-0939

35’ Ericson 350 ‘98 Pacific Seacraft Built blue water cruiser. LectraSan, 12v refrigeration, Kiwi prop, solar, autopilot, inverter, much more! $129,000. Crusader Yacht Sales 410269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

36’ PDQ Capella ’99 Twin Outboards, Extended hard top, custom Arch, wind generator, full canvas, SSB, radar, pilot $175,000 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 36’ Sabre Keel/Centerboard ’86 Exceptional Cond.- New canvas, Raymarine C90, Pilot, a must see boat! $74,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details.

Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 40’ Catalina 400 ’06 Loaded and clean – In-mast, bow thruster, E120 plotter/ radar, Air/Heat, full canvas $225,000 Call Tony Tumas: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 40’ Ta Shing Baba 40 ’84 Loaded - New Yanmar , new sails, Air/Heat, full canvas, refrig & freezer, water maker - $165,000 Call Tony Tumas: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 45’ Hunter 456 ’06 In mast furling, generator, 2 zone air, Raymarine E120 radar/plotter, pilot $255,000 Call Tony Tumas: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 46’ Beneteau ’08 As clean as they come! In-mast, gen set, enclosure, Air/ Heat, E120 w/radar, pilot $304,000 Tony Tumas : (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

Annapolis Landing Marina 980 Awald Drive, Suite 400 Annapolis, MD 21403 (410) 280-0520

The last Ericsons were built by this respected American boat builder to a higher standard than the already nice Ericsons! It is rare to have any on the market - so few were built. Compare to Tartans and Sabre. Call us to find out what makes them so special. We sold them new! CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 38’ Ericson 380 ‘98 Well equipped, great performance – coastal and offshore. A performance cruiser built to last with beautiful lines. $154,900 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

36’ PDQ Capella LRC ’00 Twin Inboard Yanmars! Loaded - Full enclosure, Air/Heat, plotter/radar, pilot, dinghy w/ davits $165,000 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

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27’ Pearson 27 ’89 Wheel Steering, Private Aft Cabin - Clean - $15,900 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Email: tony@greatblueyachts. com, Web: www.greatblueyachts.com 34’ Pearson ’90 Beautiful! Heat/Air, Newer Canvas, Cruising Spin, Dinghy and more $54,500 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Email:tony@greatblueyachts.com, Web: www.greatblueyachts.com

New 38’ Leopard 39 2012 Hull 129/A4119 available immediately.

From the same molds as the award winning Leopard 38, the Leopard 39 has improvements like large, forward opening portlights for excellent cabin ventilation. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

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Innovative, efficient, spacious yacht with best features of Leopard 47 Powercat, an exciting midsize catamaran feeling like a much larger yacht.

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42’ Beneteau Oceanis Center Cockpit 2005 Spacious, with aft deck and huge master cabin with 2 settees and a vanity, easy to cruise (in mast furling) passage maker. The offset helm position opens up the cockpit space and improves sail visibility.

Huge engine compartment. 800-6721327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

Easy boarding display docks On-site sailing school & charter 39’ Beneteau Oceanis 393 2006 serious bluewater cruiser with full Air Conditioning in all cabins, large 56hp Yanmar, 3 large cabins and a decent owner’s suite with setee and private head. This is a great cruising yacht.

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26’ Catalina ’92 Sloop, 9.9 -hp OB, Roll furl $9,950 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300 29’ Bayfield ’84 Yanmar dsl, 3’6” draft $26,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger $25,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Lippincott ’83 Yanmar dsl, Roll furl, shoal draft $19,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $124,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

39’ Beneteau Cyclades 2007 3 unusually large and spacious cabins, swim platform, twin wheels, modern fractional design, ideal for a good-sized family or a group of friends, a fast boat with stylish and bright interior.

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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) 827-9300/

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32’ 2007 Dufour 325 Grande Large

19 Hp DSL, Wheel, RF, Dinghy $124,500

28’ 1986 Cal Westerbeke DSL, Shoal Draft, RF............... Call/OFFERS 29’ 1984 Bayfield Yanmar DSL, 3’6” Draft ...................................$20,000

40’ Leopard 40 2008 Speed on the water and easy handling are top features, earning 'Boat of the Year 2005' from Cruising World. Large cockpit with outside dining area, protected by a functional hard-top bimini. One of the newest Leopard 40s on the market. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

30’ 1985 Catalina DSL, Tall Rig, Dodger .......................................$25,000 30’ 1977 Ranger Univ. Del 25 HP, RF, Dodger, Bimimi ...............$25,000 30’ 1983 Lippincott Yanmar DSL, Roll Furl, Shoal Draft ..........$19,500 34’ 2001 Motorsailor Kubota 50 HP, One-Off ...........................$39,500 34’ 1989 Hunter 34 Yanmar, RF, Shoal Draft ...............................$33,900 36’ 1996 Catalina 36 Yanmar, Air, Dinghy, w/ Davits..................$88,500

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30’ Nonsuch Classic 1984 New listing! Many upgrades including new canvas and new cushions. Windlass, davits, swim platform, Raymarine radar/GPS/plotter, marine A/C-heat, and electric head. Asking $59,900.

Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com

43’ 1982 Endeavor 43 CC Ketch, Bow Thruster, Loaded...... $119,500

200 Slip Full Service Marina at Kent Narrows Routes 50/301 Exit 42 (410) 827-9300 fax (410) 827-9303

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J/32 ’01 Shoal draft 4’10” and fantastic cond. New dodger, bimini & wheel cover, new chart plotter, 3 blade max prop, very light use. Shoal draft perfect for the Chesapeake.

Original owners are retiring from sailing. Well priced, needs nothing. $99,000, Paul Mikulski 410-961-5254 paul@northpointyachtsales.com 33’ J 100 ’05 Perfect Chesapeake Bay racer/daysailor. Major price reduction makes this boat even more attractive at $84,900 Come talk to the original J Daddy Paul Mikulski for an appointment. Call direct 410-961-5254, Paul@northpointyachtsales.com 34’ J 105s Come talk to the J Boat Experts and see why this is the best One Design boat on the Chesapeake Bay. We have many available and would love to show them to you. Call 410-280-2038 J 34c ’90 Looking for a great value for a great cruising design? Shoal draft, solid ABS certified construction & overall good con. make this the boat to consider. $53,900 Contact Paul Mikulski, paul@northpointyachtsales.com 410.961.5254

34’ Tartan 1986 New listing! 2nd generation S&S model; masthead/double spreaker rig; Scheel keel 4’6” draft; 27 hp Yanmar; RF genoa; self tailers; sleeps 6. Priced to sell at $45,000.

Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rick@northpointyachtsales.com

37’ Peterson ’85 Classic racer/cruiser.

Fast and comfortable. Top level care. New electronics and lots of sails plus much more. Two boat owner says SELL. Now offered at $44,500. You need to see this boat!

Contact David at (410) 280-2038 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com Cape Fear 38 ’02 Major price reduction.

A winning race record & a comfortable cruising interior. Shoal draft w/A-kites make this an easy boat to have fun with. $119,000. Contact David (410) 280-2038 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com

37’ B&C ’05 Grand Soleil Win races in style. Extra tall rig & deep keel make this Grand Soleil an outstanding performer in PHRF and IRC. ORC cat 1 certified. Beautiful Italian crafted teak interior w/full cruising amenities. $239,000 Contact David 410-280-2038 or David@Northpointyachtsales.com

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38’ Hunter ’06 Airam is a beautiful vessel in excellent cond. She’s equipped with In-mast furling, ST60 upgrade, Bose system, AC/Heat, CD/Stereo, TV/DVD, autopilot/Plotter, freezer & MORE! REDUCED $132,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

Regent Point Marina Full Service Yacht Repair Facility. See our website for details of Winter Wet or Dry storage specials. Call Regent Point Marina Boatyard @ 804-758-4747. yardmaster@regentpointmarina.com

44’ Hunter ’04 Song of the Wind is a beauty with In-Mast Furling, AC/ Heat, AP, generator, GPS/Plotter, TV/DVD, refrigerator, Bose system & more! Ready to go! $190,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 45CC Hunter ’01 Boomerang is a beautiful yacht equipped with AC/ Heat, TV/DVD, GPS, Autopilot, Plotter, Zodiac 6 person life raft, a gorgeous spinnaker, & much more! $189,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

J 42 ’98 Shoal draft & excellent cond.

Rare offering of lightly used, flag blue edition. New sails, canvas, complete new bottom, tons of gear, many spare parts, excellent recent survey. $249,000. paul@northpointyachtsales.com (410) 961-5254.

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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. $149,000 Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 36’ Hunter ’05 Flamingo is a twoowner cruiser with in-mast furling, AC/ Heat, Refrigerator, Autopilot, DVD/ TV, GPS, and much more!! 125,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

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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:$11,990 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-7584457 www.regentpointmarina.com 29’ Bayfield ‘86 Well built big little boat. Great interior design & shallow draft, ideal for the Bay. Private head w/ shower forward, nice galley, privacy partition for the 2 aft berths, a Must See, 16-hp Yanmar, cutter rig. $25,500 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 30’ Catalina ’85 Mariso Nice family cruiser, roomy accommodations, H/C pressure water, RF, Priced To sell @ $19,900 Call Regent Point Marina 804758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

40’ J120 ‘98 North Point Euro Trash Girl for sale. Very competitive boat in the ocean & on the bay. The Class is looking into forming a J 120 class here on the bay to race One Design!

Call to learn more. 410-280-2038

46’ J 46 ’00 Full Deck is spectacular!. Long range cruising at its best w/this fully equipped & well cared for J46. Priced to sell at $389,900.

Call Paul Mikulski 410-961-5254, Paul@northpointyachtsales.com 36’ Modified NY 36 (1981) 1st to Newport and 1st to Halifax (2009). Race ready with excellent sail inventory and equipment (Custom keel, Carbon Fiber Mast, Ockams,radar & more).PHRF rating 108 (114 w/ furler). Price reduced: $33,000 Call David Cox 410-310-3476 or davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com

386 Hunter ’04 Grace is a beautifully maintained cruiser. She’s equipped with TV,AC/Heat, Autopilot, GPS, Spinnaker, Yanmar 40HP/500 hrs, new bottom paint in 2012, & MORE! $129,700, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

28’ Alerion Express Sloop ‘00 Traditional in looks with design toward performance. Yanmar dsl, nicely equipped and ready to go. Asking 62,500 OBYS 410-226-0100 37’ Tartan Black Watch ‘69 Lovely traditional design, shoal draft, Yanmar dsl and price just reduced to $19,900 Bring an offer and start sailing! OBYS 410-226-0100 38’ Wauquiez ‘83 Lovely Ted Hood design with the comforts of a much larger vessel. New centerboard pin, new bottom paint and waxed hull. Asking only $49,500 OBYS 410-226-0100 40’ Bristol Sloop ‘69 Traditional Ted Hood full keel design. Many upgrades thru the years. Incredible price reduction! Asking only $39,500 Make an offer today! OBYS 410-226-0100

30’ Catalina ’88 “Only for You” Priced to sell. Great Bay cruiser, shoal draft, Very clean, roller furling, 21-hp Universal Asking:$20,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 31’ Irwin Citation ’83 Tolume Yanmar 15-hp dsl, wheel steering, large quarter berth, enclosed head, Ushaped galley, dinghy w/ 1.5-hp OB, Asking: $14,900 PRICE REDUCED, Regent Point Marina (804) 758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 33’ Hunter 336 ’97 Final Mischief” Furlex roller furler, dodger, bimini, 2-hp Yanmar dsll, Huge cockpit great for family sailing. Asking: $54,900 Call Regent Point Marina 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 37’ Beneteau Envision ’83 Ideal live-aboard. 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. $54,500 PRICE REDUCED. Call Regent Point marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 37’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey ’02 Ricochet Clean, Well Cared for Ready to go. A/C heat pump, autohelm, radar, chartplotter, bimini, dodger & much more. Priced @ $114,950 Call Regent Point marina 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Hans Christian 38 ’88 Great cruising boat. Safe and solid with many serious upgrades in excellent condition and ready to cruise with radar, solar panels, wind generator, everything you need. $129K 410-871-2955

RogueWave specializes in high quality, ocean-going vessels of substance and character. We Check out our Buyer’s Agent Services.

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Hunter 41 ’04 Sought after tri-cabin, lightly used and meticulously maintained, great family boat for the Chesapeake Bay. Owner has purchased a new boat and wants her sold. $159K 410-871-2955

“Simply doing it right!” C hesape a k e Bay SAIL 45’ Gulfstar ‘85 Center Cockpit Newer Yanmar!....................................................$109,000 44’ Hunter DS ’06 Beautiful Condition! ...................................... REDUCED TO $189,000 42’ Tayana ’88 75hp Yanmar only 375 hours!, No teak decks!....................... $95,000 42’ Pearson 424 ’83 Newer Sails CLASSIC!............................................................... $79,000 40’ Caliber 40 LRC Low hours, A/C , Best price on the market! ....................$174,900 40’ Beneteau Oceanis 400 ’93 Must see condition NEW LISTING! ..............$124,900 40’ Catalina 400 ’95 Clean dry and upgraded! ........................................................ $135,00 39’ Pearson 39-2 ’90 Desirable cruiser priced to sell w/ A/C ........................ $75,000 38’ Hunter 386 ’03 Northern Lights Genset/AC/loaded 300+ hours! ....... $135,000 38’ Cabo Rico B plan cutter in need of some TLC................................................... $65,000 37’ Island Packet 370 ’04 Set up to cruise! Bristol Condition! ..................... $270,000 37’ Hunter Legend 37.5 One owner, tidy and dry! NEW LISTING! ................. $62,000 37’ Seidelman ’82 New Decks, Offers encouraged!.............................................. $25,000 36’ Catalina36mkII ’95 Loaded with cruising gear................................................ $75,000 34’ Catalina MKII ’01 As nice as they come! ................................. REDUCED TO $84,000 32’ Hunter 326 ’02 A/C, great big boat in a little package! ............................... $54,900 32’ Ericson 32 mkIII Solid as they come, great shape!......................................... $36,000 30’ Watkin 30 Great condition ...................................................................................... $18,000 28’ Alerion Express 28 Bristol Condition!................................................................. $59,900 POWER 42’ Grand Banks ’85 Better then New! Factory glass decks!.........................$169,000 42’ Grand Banks ’83 Great condition Ready to take off! ..................................$129,900 32’ Eagle Trawler ’87 Great shape, No Teak decks! Ready!............................... $68,000 30’ Rampage Offshore ’05 Fish ready , custom tower! ........................................ $150,00 28’ Albin 28TE ’96 Cummins diesel great shape! ................................................... $54,900 26’ Palmer Scott Custom DownEast ’09 Diesel, Unique, BRISTOL!................. $49,000 23’ Grady White Gulfstream 232 ’06 Single 25o Yamaha low hours.............. $66,000

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Nor’Sea 27 Famous Lyle Hess blue water boat. Little sister to the Bristol Channel Cutter. Three available starting at $39K. Check our website for details. 410-871-2955

Valiant 42 ’04 Newest to come available. Most popular layout, center entry with the master queen V-berth forward and guest cabin aft.

Low hours, light usage, generator, water maker, new Imron blue topsides, Valiant stern arch, hard dodger. $379K 410-871-2955

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SAIL 50’ Wauquiez 47’ Cardinal ’8 45’ Gulfstar H 44’ Hunter De 42’ Sabre CB ‘8 41’ Beneteau4 38’ Cabo Rico 38’ C&C Landf 38’ Bavaria 37 37’ Jeanneau ’ 36’ Hunter 35 36’ Catalina ’8 36’ Catalina ’9 36’ S2 ’82 Nav 34’ Sabre 34 C 34’ Catalina ’8 34’ Pearson CB 30’ Lippincott 30’ Bristol 29.

29’ Watkins ’8 POWER 43’ 1932/95 C 28’ Albin 28TE 26’ Palmer Sco 25’ Rosboroug

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BOATS FOR SALE! SAILBOATS 14 ft. Sailfish. Fiberglass. $150.

1984 Hunter 22. Fixed keel. r/f, auto-pilot. Nissan 2-cycle outboard. $800.

Cape George 31 ’89 This beautiful traditional boat is brilliantly restored with new bottom, new rigging, new sails, and new canvas. Sought after and rare, she will knock your socks off. If you like a BCC, come see this! $179K 410 571-2955

1983 Catalina 25. Main, roller-furling. 4-cycle o/b. Good condition. $2,800.

1979 O’Day 25. Yamaha 6 hp o/b. Clean and ready to go. $2,500.

Valiant 42 Raised Salon ’92 A real special Valiant with raised salon, lovely bright live aboard home anywhere in the world. New Yanmar, Leisurefurl mainsail, dodger, bimini, davits, Electric winch, new sailing instruments. $199K 410-871-2955

1966 Pearson Ariel 26. Beautifully restored and in turn-key condition.

Complete sail inventory in top condition, some brand new; new lazy jacks.

Nearly new Mercury o/b. $7,500.

1976 Pearson 26. Main, Genoa, working Jib. Awning. Honda 9.9 o/b. $2,000.

1979 O’Day 28. Keel model. R/F. Recent Yanmar diesel engine. Turn Key condition. $5,000.

1977 Hunter 30. Keel model. Yanmar Diesel. Wheel steering. Main, and Genoa. Sound and good condition. $6,000.

Tayana 37 ’85 Great cruising boat for little under $100K. Live aboard and sail anywhere is one of three proven voyagers. $89K to 99K. 410 571-2955

1979 Catalina 30. Wheel steering. R/F. Stove, microwave, stereo, TV. Freshly painted bottom. Detailed, interior and exterior. Universal diesel. $7,500

POWERBOATS Saga 43 ’95 If you like sailing fast you will love Bob Perry’s performance cruiser. This is a sailor's sailboat rigged right, proven voyager. Two beautiful cabins and an extra quarter berth. $179K 410 571-2955

1974 Penn Yan 242 Cuddy Cabin. 350 Volvo duo-prop. Beautifully restored. $12,000.

All boats are sold “as is, where is”.

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41AC Hunter ’06 Only 247 eng. hrs! In-mast furling, A/C, Raymarine ST7000, ST60 k/d/w, chartplotter, elect windlass, bimini, deck wash down. $174,900. Call 800-960-TIDE or go to www.tidewateryachts.com Alden 44 ’84 Timeless classic sailing vessel. Owner completed Atlantic loop several years ago. This is one to invest some effort and a little money and you will have a yacht. $159K 410-871-2955

Orion 50 ‘83 Three staterooms, gorgeous center cockpit, flush deck, new rigging, new sails, arch and davits, lovely interior, great world voyager. Newly offered in Annapolis, at reduced price. $219K 410-871-2955

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28’ Alerion Express ‘99 Nicest one around! ...asking $59,900 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

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32’ Ericson ‘87 Beautiful, Solid, Clean, Dry... price just reduced! what more could you ask for! ...NOW $34,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

Mason 44 ’94 Gorgeous sailing vessel with incredible liveaboard space. Two stateroom, one head layout. All amenities. No teak decks, lightly used, amazing opportunity. $287K 410-871-2955

Hylas 46 ’02 Center cockpit, two stateroom, luxurious live aboard home fully equipped with all amenities, AC, heat, Sugarscoop transom, Leisurefurl mainsail system, cockpit enclosure, maintained in excellent condition. $398K 410 571-2955

Tartan 4600 ’96 Powerful, fast, and fun to sail, this Tartan 4600 pleases the whole family. New Yanmar, new Awlgrip, new rigging, Leisurefurl mainsail system, new sails, custom rub rail, bow thruster. Reduced $279K 410-871-2955

Gulfstar Sailmaster 50 ‘83 Move aboard and enjoy a home that you can sail anywhere. Spacious accommodations, with room for the whole family.

Many upgrades. Reduced $179K 410-871-2955

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Valiant 50 ‘01 Perfect blue water sailing vessel for your extended cruising or circumnavigation! Fully equipped with everything including water maker and solar panels, all the comforts. Come meet the couple who circumnavigated – we are at Port Annapolis Marina during the Annapolis Boat Show. Reduced $470K 410-871-2955

32’ Hunter 326 ‘02 A/C, autopilot great little cruiser in great shape ...REDUCED to $54,900! (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 37’ Island Packet 370 ’04 Spotless and setup to cruise! Dinghy included!

All new electronics in ’10 Loaded! ...Asking $280,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 38’ Hunter 386 ’03 This Hunter has it all!

New electronics August 2012! Northern Lights genset! Reverse cycle air!

Loaded! ONLY 350 hrs! Super clean and ready to go!...Offered at $135,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 39’ Pearson 39 ’90 Two cabin layout, Great bay boat with A/C ...

Asking $84,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

Tayana 52 ‘00 Three stateroom Tayana 52 Cutter is a perfect family cruising platform. Ready to go South now. One of Bob Perry’s best, powerful and fast, cruising equipment, Leisurefurl mainsail system. Available during the Show $359K 410-871-2955

42’ Pearson 424 ’83 Desirable cruiser, Ketch rigged, recent sails....REDUCED to $79,000 Offers encouraged!

(410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com 44’ Hunter DS ‘06 Beautiful original owner boat, loaded w/gear and in excellent cond. Gambol has seen very light charter work on the upper Chesapeake, continuing charter business possible.

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John Kaiser, owner of Yacht View Brokerage LLC, Is offering complimentary dockage, electric and weekly professional cleaning for all Power and Sailing yachts from 20’ to 75’, until sold!

A USCG 100 Ton Master with 25 years of experience, John has built a strong reputation nationally for excellent service and incredible listing to sale time(Usually less than 45 days!). John’s clients have often purchased multiple boats through him and many have become lifetime friends. Contact John Kaiser to request a referral to his most recent satisfied Sellers and to discuss listing your beautifully maintained yacht! Email: john@yachtview.com, Cell: 443-223-7864, Office: 410-9231400, Website: www.yachtview.com

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 27’ C&C Racer/Cruiser ‘77 $4500, well-maintained, Atomic 4, roller-furling 130%, 2 mains, 6 headsails, spinnaker & pole, VHF, depth, 2 sp winches, cushions. In water Tyaskin, MD (Eastern Shore near Salisbury). Call Tony 410422-4698.

27’ Albin Vega ’72 $4,000 Mainsail. sailcover, 4 jibs, Westerbeke dsl, folding prop. Dodger, anchors, main, lunch, rode/chain, porta potti, VHF, compasses, sounder, autopilot, Inflatable, safety package, running/spinnaker pole, stove.

(804) 435--0641.

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Sundeer 60 ‘95 This Steve Dashew design is the perfect sailing vessel for your circumnavigation! She already did it once. Equipped for the task!

Commissioned and ready to go now.

Realistic seller. Priced to sell $545K 410-871-2955

320 Catalina ’98 430 eng hrs, Maxwell windlass, dodger, bimini, Schaeffer 2100 furler. Many updates since ‘11 incld. all head plumbing, Smart Pilot X-5 autopilot, new halyard. $59,500. Call 800-960-TIDE or go to www.tidewateryachts.com 33’ Hunter ’04 Only 207 eng. hrs!

Sleeps six with: A/C, in-mast furling, ST60 depth, speed, flat screen TV/DVD. $74,900. Call 800-960-TIDE or go to www.tidewateryachts.com 36’ Catalina ‘93 Equipped with A/C, heat, tall rig, custom 150% genoa, bimini, walk-thru transom, swim platform. $54,500. Call 800-960-TIDE or go to www.tidewateryachts.com

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R & R Charters Crewed day, weekend, and week-long charters, leaving from Kent Narrows. Also available certified ASA sail classes. Contact Capt. Dave at (570) 690-3645, renolldh@epix.net, www.randrchartersandsailschool.net

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ELECTRONICS

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Marine Positions Available M Yacht Services , Annapolis, a large, full service marine company, is hiring additional highly experienced crew in the following fields: marine systems (mechanical & electrical), carpentry, sailboat rigging, fiberglass/ gelcoat/painting. We offer excellent wages & benefits.

Applicants must have in-depth knowledge of their trade.

Must have a clean driving record. Email resumes to admin@myachtservices.net

360 Yachting....................................6,53 Accent Graphics................................103 Allstate Insurance................................80 Anchorage Marina...............................50 Annapolis Accommodations..............129

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Annapolis Athletic Club.....................128 Annapolis Bay Charters.......................91 Annapolis Boat Service.......................37 Annapolis Hybrid Marine...................120

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Annapolis Inflatables/The Marina........57 Annapolis Performance Sailing.........115 Annapolis Sailyard...............................12 Annapolis School of Seamanship........33 Annapolis Subaru................................39 Annapolis Yacht Sales...................9,135 Annapolis Yacht-Works LLC.............104 Atlantic Spars & Rigging......................40 Backburner Consignments................104 Bacon Sails & Marine Supplies.............2 Bay Shore Marine...........................41,92 Beer, Boats and Ballads......................47 Beta Marine.........................................75 Bikes Go Green.................................102

EQUIPMENT

NATURE’S HEAD Self-Contained Composting Toilets  Compact  No Odor  All Stainless

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SEVEN SEAS YACHT SERVICES

Blue Water Sailing School...................70

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Cape Charles Town Harbor.................88 Cap’n Mikes.......................................103 Castle Harbor Marina........................106 CDI......................................................72 Chesapeake Area Professional Captains Assn..................................................122 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.102 Chesapeake Boat Works.....................65 Chesapeake Harbour Inc....................46 Chesapeake Light Craft.......................41

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Marine Repair, Installation and Restoration Taking applications for professional and experienced marine technicians. Minimum of five years experience in the maritime trades industry and knowledge of all shipboard systems. Mechanical, electrical, electronics, inverters, navigation to plumbing, general yacht maintenance and repair. Diversified Marine Svc. Inc. Annapolis, Maryland, 21403, (410) 263-8717 Marine Technicians Outstanding opportunity for professional & personal growth. High quality of life is Southern VA. Prospering successful business, The Deltaville Boatyard. Top pay, paid vacation, challenging workload & paid training.

Visit us at Deltavilleboatyard.com.

Contact Matt@deltavilleboatyard.com or Keith@deltavilleboatyard.com.

Riggers Wanted Atlantic Spars & Rigging is looking for qualified riggers. We are a well-established custom rigging & metal fabrication business with two locations.

We are looking for qualified riggers who are organized, have a great working attitude to be awarded with competitive wages, great benefits and a career position. Send resume to marc@atlanticspars.com or call 410-268-1570.

Take Your Career Aloft! Do you have experience in sailboat rigging, salesmanship and customer service? Join our team. Email resume to admin@havenharbour.com.

Zimmerman Marine Is expanding our crew at our Herrington Harbour location. The following positions are open: diesel mechanic, outdrive/outboard mechanic, marine electrician, yacht carpentry. Excel. benefits including performance based compensation, health insurance, disability insurance, 401k, and more.

Similar positions open in our two Virginia yards. For more than 30 years ZMI has provided a stable work environment with people friendly management…visit us at zimmermanmarine.com. Send resume to info@zimmermanmarine.com or FAX to 410-867-4404.

MARINE ENGINES

Avon 4 Person Ocean Rated Life Raft Valise packed.

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Cowl Vents, Deck Gear and More. Quality Marine Systems and Products for our boating customers.

Affordable prices, excellent service, backed by experience and knowledge. www.FirstMatesCabin.com 419-299-3862.

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Dress up your boat! Lists $1800. Sell $995.

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Chesapeake Sailing School..............122 Chesapeake Yacht Sales....................87 Chris Oliver Engine Surveys...............82 Follow us!

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COMMANDER DIVE SERVICES

Shaft/Prop cleaning and service Hull inspection/cleaning Search and Recovery

Eastport Liquors................................112 Eastport Yacht Center.......................106 Electronic Marine.................................30 EYC Boat Show Bash.........................85

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Fawcett Boat Supplies.........................13 Ferry Point Marina...............................75 Forespar..............................................79 Garhauer.............................................61 Gratitude Marina..................................86 Great Blue Yachts...............................90

Personalized & Professional Yacht Repair

Harbor East Marina...........................120

Electrical Systems, Electronics, Rigging, Plumbing,Carpentry, Commissioning, Yacht Management

Harken...............................................108

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Hartge Yacht Harbor.........................105

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Hartge Yacht Yard...............................95

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Haven Harbour Marina........................28

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Heinsohn Consulting...........................29

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Marine Engine Sales, Parts & Service 410-263-8370

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East of Maui......................................100 Eastport Spar and Rigging..................99

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Doctor LED..........................................63

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J. Gordon & Co...............................87,98 J/World................................................97 Jacey Vineyards..................................99 Jack Martin Associates........................96 Jimmy Johns.....................................119 Knot 10................................................36 KTI Systems........................................68 Landfall Navigation............................155 Latell Sails - Ullman...........................103 Lippincott Marine...............................143 Luritek Eco Clad..................................35 M Blue.................................................81

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M Yacht Services................................77 Mack Sails.........................................123

Rigging & Metal Fabrication

Maggie Lee Designs............................75

MOBILE SERVICE

Marine Technical Services................101

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Marion Bermuda Race......................117 Maritime Solutions...............................73 Martek Davits....................................104 Maryland Marina................................105 McConaghy Boats.................................3 MD Dept of Natural Resources.........119 Moorings..............................................21 Moorings - Leopard Catamarans.......139 New England Ropes..........................113 North Point Yacht Sales........................4 North Sails.........................................156 North Sails Direct................................95 Norton Yachts...............................93,141 Norton’s Sailing School.......................70 Offshore Sailing School.......................55 Osprey Point........................................86 Pantaenius America............................51 Patsy Ewenson..................................122 Pettit Marine Paint Vivid.................8,110 Pier 4 Marina.....................................120 Planet Hope.......................................109

Up The C re e k Diving

Helix Mooring Authorized Installer

410.320.4798

www.upthecreekdiving.com Mooring Installation & Service Underwater Maintenance & Repair

Shellback Marine Services Annapolis-based firm specializing in private yacht management, deliveries and new owner consultation and instruction. Contact Capt. George MacMillan, USCG Master 100 Ton, at (410) 725-7600 or gmacmillan3@yahoo.com 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 Yacht Carpentry. Interior Repairs, custom cabinetry and joinerwork. Water damage repairs and interior modifications - nav. stations, galleys, entertainment centers. Free design services. Decades of quality craftsmanship. Unbeatable rates. (410) 757-5672.

MISCELLANEOUS

www.atlanticspars.com SIPALA SPARS & RIGGING LLC Fully Mobile Rigging Services on the Eastern Shore

Splicing, Swaging, Spar Transportation and Refinishing Premium Quality Rigging at Reasonable Rates Full Rigging Shop Located in Worton, MD

(410) 708-0370 www.sipalaspars.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.

SAILS

Blokart From New Zealand Ultimate Beach Buggy, a small fast land sailing craft. As New. Lists $2595.

Sell $1500. Call (410) 263-2611.

REAL ESTATE Waterfront Office Space Available for Rent on Jackson Creek in Deltaville, VA. Prime commercial location at Deltaville Marina, home of the Deltaville Boatyard.

Lots of foot traffic.

Contact Ed@deltavillemarina.com

PortBook............................................131 Potomac Sailmakers.........................125 Follow us!

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• New England Line

West Systems •Sea Dog •MASEpoxy Epoxy West Systems • MAS

SAILS

Premiere Racing..................................19 Pro Valor Charters...............................91 Profurl/Wichard....................................39 Quantum..............................................23 Quickline USA...................................116 RBG Cannons...................................107

Marine Supplies

Regent Point Marina............................64

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Rigging Company..............................101 RogueWave Yacht Brokerage.............27 SailFlow.............................................133 Sailing Associates...............................90 Sailrite Enterprises..............................67 Sailstice DelMarva.............................126 Salt Yacht Brokerage........................145 Scan Marine........................................68 Scandia Marine.....................82,102,129 Sea Canvas.........................................83 Shipwright Harbour..............................88 Sipala Rigging.....................................92 Spring Cove Marina...........................125 Strictly Sail Shows...............................45

Exceptional Quality at a Competitive Price.

Sultana Projects..................................25

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Tidewater yacht sales........................143

Distributor for

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SAILING SCHOOL

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Vane Brothers...................................112

YACHT CHARTERS

410.280.2935 www.annapolisboatservice.com

NEW & USED SAILS BUY-SELL-CONSIGN-TRADE. 1000’s of cruising & racing sails in stock.

Tax Deductions/Donation Program New Sail Covers - Loft on Site MASTHEAD ENTERPRISES (800) 783-6953 (727) 327-5361 or fax: (727) 327-4275 4500 28th St. N., St. Petersburg FL 33714 email: masthead@mastheadsailinggear.com www.mastheadsailinggear.com

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Solomons, MD

SLIPS

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Viking Life Saving Equipment..............73 Virginia Department of Health.............89 Waterline Systems..............................69 Weems and Plath................................71 West Marine Rigging...........................29 Womanship International...................121 Worton Creek Marina..........................78 Zarcor..................................................96 Zimmerman Marine......................34,116

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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.

45’ Boat Slip for Rent $3,000 or Immediate Sale $15,000. Canton Cove Marina, 2901 Boston St., slip #2901 Boston Street. Best slip in Inner Harbor.

Raymond Bahr (410) 534-7655, rdb60@aol.com

25’ - 40’ Slips and Winter Dry Storage 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 25’ - 50’ Deep Water Slips Available on scenic, protected Jackson Creek at Deltaville Marina in Deltaville, Virginia. Covered slips available up to 42’.

Slip rental includes electric, water & great amenities, including pool modern bath houses, lounge, free Wi-Fi, free pump out in park-like setting. Kid friendly & pets welcome. Deltaville Boatyard with ABYC certified technicians on premises with 75 ton lift. 8’ at MLW. Family owned & operated 804-776-9812 deltavillemarina.com

Boat Slip for Sale - West River Yacht Harbor Great location on great dock. Well protected, close to the Bay. Nice amenities - full bath house, pool, grills, water, individual electric, fuel dock, pump out, full service yard. Walk to restaurants. Nice, friendly yearround boater community. 8’ depth, 14’ width, up to 38’ length; includes large dock box. $35K. Call (703) 926-1757.

White Rocks Marina Boat slips in Rock Creek. Prices start at $700 yearly. (410) 255-3800.

Whitehall Marina Has a few slips available for 2012.

Deep water, recently constructed piers, and very protected Whitehall Creek location. (410)757-4819, www.whitehallannapolis.com

SURVEYORS

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.annapolisctitymarina.com.

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.

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.

TRAILERS

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) 586-1915.

Sailboat Trailers & Cradles

Custom-built & fit

Viking Trailers 724-789-9194

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• Serene Setting w/ Pool

410-867-7686 Deale, Maryland

Dry Storage to 36 feet.

Repair Yard DIY or Subs.

• Minutes to the Bay www.shipwrightharbormarina.com

Bell Isle

(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:

Annual slips & off-season monthly rates available in the Inner Harbor.

Year round fun for your family!

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Movie Theatre Restaurants Whole Foods Liquor Store Harborplace Aquarium Fells Point Little Italy

410.625.1700

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.

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.

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C HESAPEAKE CLA SSIC Boat Is Spoken Here

by Angus Phillips

W

hen the founders of the Eastport YC (EYC) gathwhere they set up a bar and expanded membership to nearly 200. It ered at the offices of Kauffman & Ladd, Naval Arwas a fun spot, says another cofounder, Tom Bell-Wright, but not chitects, to lay the groundwork for their association yet home.

30-odd years ago, they started each meeting by opening a bottle Members ginned up enough of a down payment by 1989 to buy of Mount Gay Rum and throwing the cap out the window. the present site, then a modest marina. They designed and financed Old habits are hard to break. When EYC’s grand new an inexpensive clubhouse with a commanding view of the moonrise clubhouse opens this month where Spa Creek meets the Severn over the Bay, which opened in 1992. Membership quickly grew in Annapolis, more than a few drops of rum will be spilled in from 200 to 350 to 500 to the current 600, straining facilities. celebration. Not that EYC is a drinking club. It’s a boating The new clubhouse, about 8000 square feet, incorporates the old club. When you go there, as cofounder Fred Hecklinger likes to building, but the bar, dining area, and outdoor decks are all about say, “Boat is spoken here.” double in size and much refined.

The commodore, Rick Downstairs are offices, meetJackson, has a hard time puting rooms, storage space, food ting his finger on what sets lockers, showers, space for the EYC apart. “Informal” is a junior program, and work areas. word he eventually settles on; Construction costs were $2.3 “diverse” is another. “Put it million, paid for with an eightthis way, when the club first year, $400-a-year assessment to opened, if you sat down and members, which is more than started talking to the guy next halfway paid off. to you, he might be splattered Meantime, the marina has in bottom paint.” been refurbished inside waveEYC has gone uptown a deflecting walls, and dry storage bit since then, but the spirit areas for racing boats were lingers. The new clubhouse, expanded with acquisition of twice the size of the old one two adjoining properties. The ##With a commanding view of the moonrise, the newly renovated EYC clubhouse on Sycamore Point. at the end of First Street on place is suddenly looking like a Sycamore Point, is pretty and real yacht club. imposing, looming over the Jackson, the commodore, says river like a pale yellow pagoda with broad decks all around. But one goal of upgrading was to better accommodate all the sailing when it opens—and it will in October, we are assured—there and boating activities of club partners, including the Leukemia might be dogs milling around the parking lot, begging treats, Cup, Box of Rain, EYC Foundation, the National Sailing Hall and the music on the deck could be from cofounder Jeff Goldof Fame, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), the ring, flailing Christmas away on the “…when the club first opened, if you sat down and started talking Parade of guitar. He to the guy next to you, he might be splattered in bottom paint.” Lights, and doesn’t even others. He take tips. And if there’s work still to be done, the club do-itdiscounts worries that EYC could become too stuffy and exclusive yourselfers, the so-called “fools with tools,” will probably be with all its shiny new appurtenances. “We have, without a doubt, doing it. the friendliest membership I’ve ever seen,” he says. “From the start, Regulars will be happy to have a new home with a view. rules were made to keep it friendly and informal.”

They have been cooped up since February in a cramped, viewIndeed, the early invitations for membership back in the 1980s less, makeshift clubhouse, a double-wide trailer on First Street were scrupulously fashioned “with no restrictions concerning dubbed “Juanitaville Mobile Estates” in honor of the longtime race, creed, religion, or sex,” according to Hecklinger. Those rules bartender, Juanita Hopkins, who is a story, too. She’s an attorcontinue to apply. ney from Easton, MD, a member of the Talbot County School When the new clubhouse opens, it won’t be the only shiny new Board, who’s been driving back and forth across the Bay Bridge bauble on Sycamore Point. Severn SA (SSA) next door also is unfive days a week for over a decade to tend bar at EYC because dergoing a refit due to be completed this month. SSA brought its she likes it. It’s that kind of place. junior program inside the main building, installed heating and air EYC has come a long way in 32 years. The first formal meetconditioning for the first time, remodeled the bathrooms and other ing of cofounders was, fittingly, upstairs at Marmaduke’s Pub facilities downstairs, and expanded and improved the deck, which on October 13, 1980. By the next year, they’d rented Suite 410 shares the same fabulous view of the river as EYC enjoys. at 410 Severn Avenue, overlooking Annapolis City Marina, Looks like Eastport is finally coming of age.

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