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That Drinking Thing

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When Annapolis sailor John Burke had a chance to act as delivery crew for the Stevens 47 Ruby Slippers from Hawaii to Tahiti, he turned it down because of work. But equipment issues and life in general postponed the trip by a year. By the time it came back around, Burke’s work project and contract ended. He was free to go.

Burke’s friends and Ruby Slippers’s owners, John Cruz and Ivy Kudo, had sailed the boat from their former home in Baltimore to Kudo’s native Hawaii years before and were ready for the next adventure. Burke flew to Hawaii March 11 to work on the boat, and for six weeks (longer than anticipated) sanded, painted, replaced thru hulls, rebedded hatches, changed out reefing lines, and more.

After much elbow grease, Burke, Cruz, and Kudo departed April 28. Nothing went as planned, of course. Not only had Kudo broken her wrist back in Hawaii delaying their departure, but she suffers on long passages. The weather was nice, but on the first day, with her off to a rocky start, the skipper feared for crew morale, so they decided against heading east to the Marquesas and instead pointed 180 degrees south and followed the Southern Cross toward Fanning Island.

“We sailed with 20 knots east southeast on the beam for about 1100 miles,” says Burke. “The nights were squally, but the days were clear with no huge waves.” He and Cruz did solo watches two hours on and two hours off. “Solo watches seemed intimidating at first, but I enjoyed it. I loved the huge sky and solitude.”

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sage spanned another 1000 miles, across the equator — with a gift to Neptune and a champagne toast — and on to Penrhyn, an atoll about seven miles across with 160 inhabitants. Ruby Slippers was only the fourth boat to visit the atoll in 2014. “We were like celebrities,” Burke says. “You would clear customs, and the guy would tell everyone ‘John and Ivy are here.’

People would call out, ‘John! Ivy! ... They would open a coconut in four whacks and sit down and want to talk.”

The last long leg of the trip to French Polynesia was rather grueling as they were at a disadvantage wind-wise, spent a day and a half becalmed, and had engine trouble. It took them nine days to travel 600 miles. Once in Raiatea, “Everything was a daysail, which changed everyone’s perspective, became easier. The skipper was more lighthearted.” The Ruby Slippers crew spent a month exploring the area.

Favorite places? “Mo’orea on the leeward side of Tahiti was fantasti-

cally gorgeous — slightly developed but not as much as Tahiti. We anchored at Cook’s Bay. You can go on great hikes or ride your bike. Because it’s volcanic, the hills rush upward aggressively and have spiny ridges … At night I’d come up on the foredeck to read and not read at all.

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Hours before his departure, Burke sat in the cockpit of a Beneteau 47 with an Italian named Fabio (who ran a cooking school in Tuscany), who served a homemade dinner by candlelight in honor of his girlfriend’s birthday and the Annapolis sailor’s departure, along with a Norwegian named Thor and his “drop dead beautiful” Swiss wife.

“It was representative of the cool people who were down there living their dreams.”

At the time of this writing, Burke had clocked 111 days on the water in 2014, including his evening plans to have cocktails with friends on a mooring to watch the Annapolis YC Wednesday Night Races. He plans to compete in the Fall Oxford Race September 13 and to kayak around Spa Creek through the fall. He recently donated his Tanzer 25 to CRAB (see page 102), so he’s looking for bigger boat.

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in finger pointing; whereas if I had left n the Readers Write section of the it at “the marina,” the discussion may August issue of SpinSheet, we printed a reader letter about a boater washing his have stayed on the subject of car washing Bay-side as an environmental offense. The car at his marina (before business hours) other option would have been to run the and the legality of the act. The reader suggested that the marina manager did not take her complaint ##Toni Knisley of the Hunter Sailing about the car washer seriously Association sent this shot of a and discussed applying “pier microburst at Baby Owl Cove. pressure” to boat owners and marina managers to follow the rules for not discharging chemical substances, including car-washing fluids, into the Bay. Letter sections in magazines are meant to stimulate dialogue among readers — and to correct mistakes within the publications. This letter by the marina manager in advance particular letter sparked much discussion, of publishing it to give him a chance to respond. Both would have been wise. not all of it productive. In retrospect, I, as I would like to extend my apologies to editor, made a mistake. When I clipped the manager and staff of Podickory Point the letter (it was cut in half before printYC for not giving them the chance to tell ed), I should have taken out the name of their side of the story, which is that said the marina. Keeping the name in resulted

car-washer had already been reprimanded and the manager was doing his best to field complaints in the busiest part of his day. Since the August issue came out, we have learned that a MDE inspector visited the site and after a thorough inspection reported absolutely no violations in 31 areas. The staff has posted signs and circulated a memo to reinforce the “no car washing” rule.

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The Permit (issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment under authority of the Federal Clean Water Act) applies only to certain marine facilities that perform or allow boat repair and maintenance activities. The Permit regulates these boatyards for wastewater from washing boat bottoms and stormwater from their repair areas.

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etween September 10 and 16, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will be jam packed with Tall Ships, fast jets, air craft carriers, and, of course, tourists. It’s a celebration that you don’t want to miss, but in order to make sure you don’t waste your time looking for parking or waiting in lines, keep our guide handy.

Tall Ships Sink Brits. The armada of defenders arrives on Wednesday, September 10, and this is a great opportunity to see them under sail and flying colors.

However, there is no set schedule for any of the ships, and public tours won’t begin until Thursday at noon. If you’re mainly interested in getting onboard, head up on Friday for ship tours between noon and 5 p.m., and then head over to a Meet the Fleet Happy Hour held in the Inner Harbor Village where you can meet visiting sailors and enjoy drink specials.

The Red, White, and Blues The Blue Angels are back! September 13 and 14 you want to find a place with unobstructed skyline views to watch flight demonstrations between 2 and 4 p.m. The air show takes place over the Middle Branch of the Patapsco, and while it’s possible to watch the Blues from the water, cruising is restricted near the air show box while the demonstration is in process. Find all the information you need for cruising at spinsheet.com/1812 As for watching the Blues from the ground, there are many options, but none are as great as one of the many rooftop decks around Baltimore. Want to see a full list as compiled by the editors of SpinSheet and Baltimore Magazines?

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Sing it loud, sing it proud!

September 13, two concerts bring out the big guns. Starting at 6 p.m., Fort McHenry hosts the U.S. Marine Band and the Morgan State University Choir, who will entertain while the 30-foot by 42-foot Star Spangled Banner is hoisted into the skyline. Our tip: get there early, as the bag check and security will be tight.

Starting at 7 p.m. at Pier Six Pavilion, a two-hour long concert hosted by John Lithgow will feature many international stars. Tickets run between $79 and $175 and can be purchased online at piersixpavilion.com. In addition, the whole concert will be broadcast on PBS live.

Fireworks! The fireworks will be launched from six barges stretching three miles between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry.

The 20-minute show should start around 10 p.m. While your best bet is to catch them around the Inner Harbor, Canton Waterfront Park, and Fells Point, if you’re stuck watching from home, we recommend tuning in to the KeyCam, one of four cameras set up in the East Harbor,

(there are about 20 locations around the city). starspangled200.com Getting around Baltimore, take advantage of the Water Taxi (Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; baltimorewatertaxi.com) or the Charm City Circulator (Monday through

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Key Bridge, and the West Harbor. You can watch the fireworks show as Francis Scott Key himself saw the city. Click on keycam.com for more.

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ambridge will be treated to a sight not seen in many years, if weather and boat conditions cooperate for this year’s Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race Saturday, September 27. More skipjacks than ever are expected for the race, which is free for spectators. Best views are from Long Wharf for the start and finish or Great Marsh Park for the middle legs of the race.

The annual race on the Choptank River began in 1997 and, with Deal Island’s Labor Day event, is one of only two skipjack races still held on the Chesapeake Bay. A number of skipjacks not seen at the race in recent years are likely participants, including two that have been under restoration. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s newly restored Rosie Parks is expected to compete. Deal Island’s Helen Virginia should have her restoration finished in time to attend and reportedly is training an all-female crew for the races. The sight of as many as a dozen skipjacks on

the Choptank may have older spectators recalling earlier days when working sail vessels filled the Cambridge harbor.

Volunteers of the nonprofit Dorchester Skipjack Committee organize the race, with a commitment to keeping it alive to support the skipjacks and the community. The boats compete for pride, not prize, with each participating skipjack receiving equal show-up money, derived from sponsorships and donations. The skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, acting as host vessel for the event, donates her portion back to the race to allow larger awards to the other skipjacks.

During the race, in addition to great views, Long Wharf will offer bleacher seating, food and gift vendors and exhibitors. Bill Smith will fire off his cannon to salute the vessels as they parade out from Cambridge Creek and to signal the official race start. Thomas Parker is bringing his traditional buyboat, Thomas J, down from Chestertown to serve once again as the race committee boat.

##The skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, host vessel for the race, sails by the lighthouse at Long Wharf in Cambridge, where spectators can get close-up views of participating skipjacks. Photo by Cyndy Carrington Miller

For those who like their skipjacks on a smaller scale, members of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Model Skipjack Club will hold a regatta for radio-controlled skipjacks, conditions permitting.

The public can meet and greet the skipjack captains and crews on Friday evening, September 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Snappers in Cambridge. Reception tickets are $30 if purchased in advance or $35 after September 20. For more information, visit: skipjack-nathan.org

Fall Southbound Cruising Rallies ARC Caribbean 1500 The longest-running ocean crossing rally in North America, the ‘1500’ is a must-do for many cruisers. The ARC Caribbean 1500 fleet sails from Portsmouth, VA, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Nanny Cay on Tortola, British Virgin Islands. World Cruising Club will help you with the preparations for the cruise, finding crew, inspections of your boat and rigging, boat tracking while on the cruise, customs clearance, and social programs at port on either end of the rally. This is the most formal rally and aimed at the first-time cruiser of the rallies.

Your boat must be at least 35 feet long with at least two people onboard.

Families are welcome on this rally. The passage should take from seven to 12 days, and the use of engines is okay.

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ARC Bahamas Cruise with friends and experience true offshore sailing to the Bahamas. The ARC Bahamas fleet sails from Portsmouth, VA, at the mouth the Chesapeake Bay to Bluff House Marina, on Green Turtle Cay in the Abacos. Note that the best of the Abacos – and the rest of the Bahamas – are best experienced in a shallow-draft boat (five foot, ideally).

World Cruising Club will help you with the preparations for the cruise, finding crew, inspections of your boat and rigging, boat tracking while on the cruise, customs clearance, and social programs at port on either end of the rally. The low-lying and reef-strewn Bahama Islands offer a remarkably beautiful cruising ground, but the islands also offer arguably more challenging sailing than the high and steep Eastern Caribbean.

Your boat must be at least 35 feet long with at least two people onboard.

Families are welcome on this rally. The

passage should take from four to seven days, and the use of engines is okay.

World Cruising Club is expecting about 10 boats on this cruise. worldcruising.com/arc_bahamas

Salty Dawg The fall 2014 Salty Dawg Rally departs from Bluewater Yachting Center, Hampton, VA (or other locations of your choice), to sail to the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, or other various locations. The event provides free seminars and is run by a non-profit organization and a team of volunteers. You can become a contributing member of the Rally to receive discounts and benefits on gear, lodging, services, seminars and more. This is a little more informal but a great way to meet people and cruise south together. There are no set standards for the boats or crew numbers.

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n August 2, 134 SUP enthusiasts and canoers took to the waters of Kent Island to participate in the second annual SUP Annapolis and KIOCC Holo Niu and Holo Tiki Race. A collaboration between SUP Annapolis and the Kent Island Outrigger Canoe Club, the race featured both a six and threemile course in both protected and open waters.

In order to account for paddlers of all abilities and board sizes, 16 classes were determined from the start to designate outrigger canoes from SUP’ers, long boards from surf boards, and in some cases, men from women. The race was held in true Hawai’ian fashion, with brightly-colored leis distributed at the finish by organizers.

Trophies made of carved coconuts were handed out to all first and second place finishers.

The relationship between stand up paddling and outrigger canoe paddling might at first be seen as a curious one, but SUP Annapolis owner and race organizer Ben Butterwei says it makes more sense than it seems. “We’ve been friends with KIOCC for a long time and paddle with them a lot. It’s the same stroke; you’re either sitting or standing.”

And the outrigger canoe paddlers and SUP’ers have tendency to jump ship (so to speak) between each other. “At first, we had a lot of people converting to SUP,” says Butterwei. “But this year, we’re seeing many people get back into their outrigger canoes. Not as many as are jumping into the SUP boards, but it’s definitely growing as well.”

For the full results, click on paddleguru.com. For information on how you can get on a SUP board for racing, recreational paddling, and much more, visit supannapolis.com.

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Students Learn by Doing at NSHOF/ STEM Program

##Kristina Dyson at the helm of the 20-foot-long catboat, Mystic Wind; instructor Krista Hankins helps with wind direction.

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enth-grader Kristina Dyson had a death grip on the tiller. Then, her confidence building with each puff of wind, her hand relaxed. She smiled and executed a perfect gybe in 15 knots of wind.

“This is really cool,” she shouted. “I don’t ever want to go back!”

Such is the power of the partnership forged between the Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Now in its fourth year, STEM students can avail themselves of a number of sailing-related courses of study both on the water and off.

This summer, approximately 50 students participated in one of three sessions and learned the basics of how a sailboat works; how to plot a course and plan a passage; and how to build a model of a Chesapeake Bay Flattie. “The students had a great time building the model with the exception of having trouble getting their fingers unglued from the super glue they were using!” said NSHOF Education Program Associate Geoff Cuneo.

Local sailors provided both advice and vessels for the on-water component of the class. Fourteen sailboats of all shapes and sizes were represented in the STEM fleet, including the 80-foot all wooden yacht Witchcraft; the 83-foot long vintage Whitbread Ocean Race yacht, MUSTANG; and 24-feet long Rainbows from the Annapolis Sailing School.

Under the mindful eye of skipper Craig Ligibel and instructor Krista Hankins, Kristina and her crew of three romped around the Bay in Mystic Wind, a 20-foot long, forty-year-old catboat. Another group of would-be sailors experienced a far more luxurious ride aboard SpinSheet associate publisher J.C. McCracken’s Island Packet, Ceilidh. The students earned a well-deserved “graduation present” as they enjoyed a refreshing dip in the cool waters of Whitehall Bay. “The kids really learned a lot,” says instructor Krista Haskins, a teacher at South River High School and an accomplished sailor in her own right. “The on-water experience combined with the classroom sessions gave each of them a taste of what sailing is all about. Maybe one or two of them will ‘get hooked’ on sailing and pursue it down the road.”

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very month, the moon’s distance to the earth varies between 222,000 and 252,000 miles.

When the moon is at its closest and is also full, we call that a super moon, as it appears to be about 14 percent larger than usual when viewed with the naked eye. They’re not uncommon: about every 14th full moon will be a

super moon. However, depending on the cycle, they can happen more frequently.

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ways tell your friends that you are interested in studying the effects of a perigean spring tide on your boat’s rudder.

If you don’t have a boat, here are a few paddling opportunities to get out and enjoy the night.

Annapolis Community Boating will be offering a Super Moon Paddle September 7. With a potluck kicking off the event at 6 p.m. and kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards pushing off the dock at 8 p.m., this is a great opportunity to get out there and be social.

Kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards are available to rent or you can bring your own. annapolisboating.org Capital SUP offers SUP tours around Spa Creek and Annapolis Harbor. Boards have a light on them, making them safe to operate after dark (and very romantic). You can choose either a paddle class or a yoga on the water class. The super moon is prominent for three nights, and classes start at 8 p.m. For more information, visit capitalsupbiz.com.

Down in Hampton, VA, the place to view the moon is on Buckroe Beach. There are eight acres of sandy beach to spread out a blanket and let the tide pull you in. Grills are available, if you want to make it a romantic dinner.

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Paddle a Water Trail

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here’s nothing quite like paddling on the Bay’s tributaries, where paddlers mostly enjoy smooth waters and always experience nature from a distinctively different perspective than the view from a larger, faster vessel.

Together Maryland and Virginia have hundreds of miles of water trails, with more being developed each year. Here we highlight just a few you may enjoy paddling as summer turns into fall.

Pick up or download the new 2014 map and guide available for the Anacostia River Trail and the Charles County Water Trails. Designed to be stowed in your kayak or canoe, the paper versions are waterproof and tearproof. The Charles County trail system is made of four trails along Mattawoman Creek, the lower Potomac River, Port Tobacco River, and Nanjemoy Creek. The Anacostia trail covers ten miles from Bladensburg, MD, through Washington, DC, to the Anacostia’s juncture with the Potomac, just two miles south of Capitol Hill. dnr.maryland.gov/boating/mdwatertrails

Along the Potomac River Water Trail, a new canoe and kayak campsite opened in August. Located in Caledon State Park, 23 miles east of Fredericksburg,VA, the campground has six campsites. This landing site is also the newest public access point along the John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. dcr.virginia.gov At the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville, MD, guided kayak tours and kayak and canoe rentals are offered through October. The center is ideally located on a peninsula, and the tours explore the shoreline along Marshy Creek, the Narrows, and Prospect Bay. Beginner and intermediate levels. Reservations and a fee required. bayrestoration.org/guidedkayak-tours Mathews Blueways on the western shore of the Bay is an interconnected system of five separate water trails spanning Mathews County on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia. The 90 miles of trails are particularly well suited for paddling and encompass three tidal rivers and 50 navigable creeks with dozens of access sites. matthewsblueways.org

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##Enjoy a late summer paddle by joining a guided tour, following a printed water trail map, or downloading GPS waypoints. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

At Janes Island State Park near Crisfield, MD, 30 miles of water trails comprise six trails, most of which are in protected saltwater marshes. GPS waypoints can be downloaded for the six trails. Afterward, upload your GPS tracks.

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leaming wood trim, beautiful wood masts and booms, friendly sailors, and classic boats each with an interesting history.

This is what you’ll find at the fifth annual Classic Wooden Sailboat Race and Rendezvous co-hosted by the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) and the Chesapeake Traditional Sailboat Association on Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21, in Annapolis.

On Saturday the public is invited to view the boats, which will be docked in front of the NSHOF at City Dock, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some open for onboard viewing. For skippers and crew, the day will end with a meeting, reception, and potluck dinner. Sunday at 11 a.m., the pursuit style race begins at Triton Light off the seawall of the United States Naval Academy. The best views of the course will be from the USNA seawall and from the Eastport section of Annapolis.

“Each year this event grows, and this year we have boats coming from Oxford, MD, out of the Cutts & Case yard, Philadelphia, and New Jersey,” says NSHOF’s Maria Museler. “This year we expect about 20 participating boats ranging in length from 18 feet to 65 feet. Special this year is the entry of the Woodwind Schooners in the Spirit of Tradition class. The schooners will give the public and non-sailors an opportunity to participate in the sail race even if they don’t own one of these classic boats.” Visit schoonerwoodwind.com to purchase tickets or follow the link from the NSHOF website.

Museler continues, “One of the sandbaggers, either Bull or Bear, will be sailed by the Cuneo family from New Jersey. Geoff Cuneo is heading up the STEM programs at NSHOF, and his family will be coming to help celebrate his birthday by sailing.

Learn more and see beautiful photos from last year’s race at nshof.org.

Click on “Classic Regatta.”

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n Saturday, September 13, wounded warriors and their families and friends will come to Annapolis for the Fall Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta hosted at the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) docks and co-sponsored by NSHOF, the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Sailing Team, and Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB). The Connected Warriors organization plays a major role in transporting the wounded warriors from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as well as other military bases and private homes from around the region.

The warriors will be welcomed by the USNA Band as they arrive to the playing of their Service’s fight song and “Stars and Stripes Forever” before getting underway. Thanks to the generous support of the U.S. Sailboat Show organizers, their floating docks will make it much easier for the wounded warriors to board the sailboats.

The wounded warriors will be sailing on USNA Colgate 26s and CRAB Free-

dom 20s crewed by Navy Midshipmen and CRAB volunteers. All of the racing will take place in the Annapolis harbor just off of the USNA break wall. The floating markers have been provided by both the Eastport and Annapolis YCs, so everything looks very professional on the course.

If you wish to come out and enjoy a beautiful day and cheer our nation’s wounded warriors, please plan to arrive around 10:30 a.m. on the seawall. Opportunities for individuals, organizations, or companies wishing to be sponsors of the regatta are available and appreciated.

Please contact Paul Bollinger at paulbollingerjr@gmail.com.

In Lancaster, VA, October 24-26, Yankee Point Marina will host its first Race for Independence to benefit the Independence Fund, which is a wholly volunteer veterans’ charity. Unlike many other veterans’ charities, over 95 percent of every dollar raised goes directly to the veterans. The funds raised by this regatta will provide adaptive wheelchairs for combat wounded amputees from the Iraq

##Fall is a great time to sail in Annapolis as wounded warriors and their families learned at the 2013 NSHOF Wounded Warrior Regatta.

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and Afghanistan wars (these wheelchairs are built using tank treads so that the guys and gals can go anywhere and regain some mobility and independence in their lives). Organizers expect 20 veterans to participate. Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin will act as emcee, and a dozen USNA midshipmen will sail as well.

To learn more about the Independence Fund, visit independencefund.org and to learn more about the regatta and how to participate, go to yankeepointmarina.com and click on regatta.

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Snowbirds Gather ##Where snowbirds gather before they fly south: the SSCA Gam.

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bout the time the rest of us break out our jeans and start, well, think about wearing socks again, Chesapeake snowbirds throw off their lines and turn their bows south.

Whether they leave solo, as couples or groups of friends, or in rally formation (see page 22), southbound cruisers— and those who cruise in other directions—share many practices when it comes to preparation.

As you know from reading the August issue of SpinSheet, the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) hosts its Gam at Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD, along the Rhode River September 26-28. The three-day event features presentations to interest and inform veteran and new cruisers, cocktail parties, a potluck dinner, a barbeque, a gala auction, round-table discussions, and a nautical flea market.

A newer addition to the popular gam is the informal Heading South gathering on Thursday, September 25 at 5 p.m. on the Rhode. “People arrive a day or two in advance, so we do this before registration,” says Mary Verlaque, a former SSCA board member and volunteer who is heading up the effort.

“It’s very informal. If the tide is low, we have it on Flat Island… This year [because of high tide], we will probably do a dinghy raftup next to one of the larger vessels so that someone can speak and be seen and heard.”

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There is no agenda for the meeting, just curious sailors of all experience levels willing to ask questions and share hard-won knowledge. Verlaque says, “You have people who have traveled to the Caribbean many times, done the ICW 20 times, or circumnavigated the world. Then you have someone who may be brand new to sailing or who thinks, ‘I’d like to do that sometime’…

We do it to foster seamanship and as we say ‘leave a clean wake.’”

As an example of things experienced cruisers may share, Verlaque notes that going through the C&D Canal can be very tricky for sailboats that only travel at five or six knots; when the daylight is limited, sailors must plan their trips carefully around the new and full moons.

Other topics that sailors may bring up: bridges, wind against current (a new challenge for Great Lakes sailors), getting safely to shore for medical issues, pets onboard and pet-friendly shore locations, provisioning, and finding ports where the grocery stores and laundromats are easily accessible by foot. “We open it up to the fleet to see what they would like to discuss,” says Verlaque, and the conversation flows naturally.

On Friday, the scheduled part of the weekend at Camp Letts begins with registration at 1 p.m. and the first speaker at 3 p.m. Visit ssca.org to learn more.

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Bay Seafood Festival 4:30 p.m. Bell Isle State Park, Lancaster, VA.

Pocomoketoberfest 12 to 6 p.m. Cypress Park, Pocomoke City, MD. Eastern Shore wine and beer, free tastings, free commemorative glass, arts and crafts, great food, and live music.

Turtle Paddle 10 a.m. on Tuckahoe Creek. Benefits the Sultana Educational Foundation.

Watch the Log Canoe Races 9:30 a.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. $35.

Pre-registration required. (410) 745-4941.

6-7

Maryland Seafood Festival Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, MD.

First Sunday Arts Festival 12 to 5 p.m. West and Calvert Streets, Annapolis. Arts, crafts, vendors, music, demos, and more.

Maryland Boating Safety Course 7 to 10 p.m. West Annapolis Fire Hall. Sponsored and taught

by USCG Auxiliary. (301) 919-7738.

Anne Arundel County Fair Crownsville, MD .

Newport International Boat Show Newport, RI.

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Explore the Nanticoke’s Chicone Creek Guided tour with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

13

17th Annual Boating Party Fundraising Gala Benefits the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Party on the Miles - Big Easy Style 5:30 p.m. Dinner, drinks, and dancing. $200.

13

Annapolis Craft Beer and Music Festival 12 to 6 p.m.

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

13

Antique & Classic Boat Show 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Johnson Brothers Boat Yard, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Free.

Sponsored by the Antique & Classic Boat Society. (610) 277-2121

13

Battle of Fort McHenry, 1814.

Francis Scott Key observed the Battle of Fort McHenry aboard a ship in Baltimore. At dawn, he saw the American flag still flying over the fort, inspiring him to write the verses which were later coupled with the tune of a popular drinking song and became the U.S. National Anthem in 1931.

18

Taste of the Chesapeake 5:30 to 9 p.m. Blue Heron Center, Quiet Waters Park. $125. Benefits Alliance for the Bay.

18-21 19 19

SunFest Ocean City, MD.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day Arrgh! Not again!

Music Sail with the Lions of Bluegrass 5 p.m. Benefits the Sultana Educational Foundation. $30.

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Sailabration! aboard the 74-foot Schooner Woodwind Sail to Sailabration in Baltimore for an all-day adventure! 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Included is: breakfast, lunch, afternoon happy hour hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine or beer. $199.

17

In-Water Demo 5:30 p.m. Jonas Green Park. Free.

Please RSVP (410) 267-0137.

Rebellion in Jamestown Jamestown, VA, was attacked and burned during a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley. 1676.

19-21

Easton, MD.

Chesapeake Film Festival

19-21

Kiptopeke Sea Kayaking Symposium Kiptopeke State Park, Cape Charles, VA. rwiebush@gmail.com

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A Taste of Smith Island 5:30 p.m. Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD. Dinner cruise and silent auction. $50.

20

An Autumn Evening at Reed Creek Farm 5 to 8 p.m. Food, drinks, music, tours, silent auction, raffle to benefit the Hammond Harwood House in Annapolis. $150.

20

Boatyard Beach Bash 5 to 9 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum. Food, fun & live music by Coral Reefer’s Michael Utley and Doyle Grisham. $65.

21

21

Classic Wooden Boat Regatta The Woodwinds will be racing in the ‘Spirit of Traditions’ Class and there will be over 20 boats participating in the event. 11 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $79/ adult and $49/child and includes Gourmet Bagged lunches, soda, and water.

West Annapolis Oktoberfest 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annapolis Street from Taylor Avenue to Melvin Avenue.

Old Westminster Winery Dinner Cruise Enjoy a dinner cruise of delicious paired foods and wines while under full sail on the Chesapeake Bay. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tickets are $99/adult and include dinner, three drink vouchers, soda, and water.

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Autumnal Equinox Get ready for shorter days, cooler nights, and color-changing leaves!

City Park Paddle 5:30 p.m. Ellen Moyer Nature park. Sponsored by Annapolis Community Boating. (443) 905-1075.

20

CBEC Wet and Wild Auction 6 to 9 p.m. CBEC’s Education and Arts Building, Grasonville, MD. The auction is a great opportunity to support environmental education and restoration programs. $90.

20

Hi-De-Ho: An Evening with the Cab Calloway Orchestra Dinner and dancing with 1930s-themed refreshments. Benefits the Sultana Education Foundation. $125

20 20

Keels and Wheels 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis YC. Free.

Music Sail with the Lions of Bluegrass Benefits the Sultana Educational Foundation. $30

20

Smithsonian Science on the Bay Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s annual festival of ecology. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

20-21

Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous

and Race Hosted by the NSHOF.

20-21

NAS Oceana Air Show Virginia Beach, VA. Blue Angels are scheduled.

20-21

Dream Days Open House 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Annapolis Yacht Sales.

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Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race Cambridge, MD.

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Havre de Grace Maritime Museum Crab-tober Feast 6 to 9 p.m. Havre de Grace American Legion Hall.

27

Dock Day on the Bay 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD. Commercial and sport fishing boats, historic fishing vessels, displays, maritime related arts and crafts, children’s activities, safety at sea, live fish, live music and a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

27

Oxford Library Book Mart 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market Street in Oxford, MD. (410) 226-5727.

28

Dorchester Center For the Arts Showcase A street festival showcasing: arts and crafts, Eastern Shore cuisine, music and dance, antique boats and ships, family activities, and community organizations.

September Racing thru Sep 24

Wednesday Night Racing on the Magothy River Racing is offered in PHRF A,B, C, & non- spin, plus multi-hull and PHRF level 174 classes. Interested sailors should contact the Rear Commodore – rear_commodore@magothysailing.com

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Gordon Bok Concert 8 to 10 p.m. Galesville Memorial Hall, Galesville, MD. $20. Benefits the West/ Rhode Riverkeeper.

30 - Oct 2

International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL

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MRYC Higgins/Commodore Cups NASS Race to Oxford Tri Service Cup Old Point Comfort YC.

Wounded Warrior Regatta National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis.

13

Wye Island Regatta Open to all person-powered boats, including shells (sweep/ scull, racing/ recreational) canoes, outriggers, kayaks, Stand-Up Paddle Boards (SUP’s), Dragon Boats, gigs, and dories.

14 14 19-21

CBMM Bartlett Cup

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October

Mermaid’s Kiss Oyster Fest 7 to 10 p.m. National Aquarium in Baltimore. Benefits the Oyster Recovery Project. $90 each or $150 for 2.

thru Oct 11

Thomas Point Lighthouse Tours Departs Saturday mornings from the Annapolis Maritime Museum. (415) 362-7255.

thru Oct 19

Maryland Renaissance Festival 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds.

3-5

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Sailing skiffs, rowing shells, kayaks, canoes, paddleboats, prams and other one-of-akind boats will be in the water and on land.

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20

Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge and Dinghy Race 12 miles in a dinghy. High school or college sailors looking to get back into dinghies may rent Lasers or FJs for $10.

20

Hospice Cup Regatta and Dinghy Poker Run Annapolis, MD.

20 20-21

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NMEA Conference Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, FL.

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United States Sailboat Show City Dock, Annapolis.

Blue Water Bash Blue Water Baltimore’s signature fundraising event. 1 to 5 p.m. at Nick’s Fish House in Baltimore. $65. Dinner, drinks, live music, silent auction.

4

Historical Society of Kent County Chestertown House Tour 1 to 5 p.m. Chestertown’s Historic District.

4-5

Riverside WineFest Historic Sotterly Plantation, Hollywood, MD. $25.

5

First Sunday Arts Festival 12 to 5 p.m. West and Calvert Streets, Annapolis. Arts, crafts, vendors, music, demos, and more.

6-8

Upper Chesapeake Whitby Brewer Rendezvous West River SC, Galesville, MD. coordinator@whitbybrewersailboats.com

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Total Lunar Eclipse

10

Learning Math & Science through Sailing National Consortium Workshop At the National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis.

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Start Sailing Now Seminar Everything you wanted to know about sailing but were afraid to ask...

SpinSheet editor Molly Winans and a panel of local experts help new sailors get into the sport. Free and open to the public.

In the Annapolis Marriott during the U.S. Sailboat Show.

11

17th Annual Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ward Museum, Salisbury University. Free.

11

Art and Seafood Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deltaville Maritime Museum. (804) 776-7200.

11 11

Boat Show Bash 6 p.m. Eastport YC.

Progressive Porch Party A walking tour through Onancock, sampling restaurants’ best offerings in the comfort of our neighbors’ porches. Onancock, VA.

11-12

Patuxent River Appreciation Days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Free.

13

International Skeptics Day That’s what we hear, but we’re not sure we believe it.

13-19

The 25th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race From Baltimore, MD, to Portsmouth, VA.

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In-Water Demo 5:30 p.m. Jonas Green Park. Free.

Please RSVP (410) 267-0137.

16-19

United States Powerboat Show City Dock, Annapolis, MD.

17 17-19

The C&D Canal became operational. 1829.

Poquoson Seafood Festival The City of Poquoson’s annual salute to the working watermen of the Chesapeake Bay and life along the bay in a coastal City.

17-19

Women’s Woodworking II Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD.

18

Chili Cook Off and Oyster Scald Solomons, MD

18

Practical On-the-Water Boat Handling 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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25 25

Haunted Harbor Cape Charles, VA.

18

OysterFest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. $15.

18-19

Gloucester Renaissance Festival Historic District of Downtown Gloucester, VA.

Tilghman Island Day Oyster shucking contest, crab picking contest, vendors, and auction to benefit the local Fire Company.

Hot Sauce and Oyster Festival Features music, food, libations, and a bottomless supply of the title attraction— Chesapeake oysters and top hot sauces from around the region and the country.

Cambridge, MD. $5.

18-19

St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD.

19

Captain Avery Museum Oyster Festival 12:30 to 5 p.m. Captain Avery Museum, Shady Side, MD $6.

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Partial Solar Eclipse

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25 - Nov 14

ARC Bahamas Portsmouth, VA to Green Turtle Cay.

25 - Nov 14

ARC Caribbean 1500 Portsmouth, VA to Tortola, BVI.

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Sultana Projects Downrigging Weekend Tall Ship and Wooden Boat Festival Chestertown, MD.

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Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta Fund-raising event that celebrates the beauty, traditional spirit, and pure joy of competing in a classic sailboat regatta. No turkeys will be shot.

Rappahannock River YC and Rappahannock Yachts, Irvington, VA.

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BCYA Baltimore Harbor Cup Baltimore, MD. Bucctoberfest Regatta Southern Maryland SA. Round the Lights Old Point Comfort YC.

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

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01:51 AM THu 08:05 AM 01:31 PM 07:44 PM

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0.3 3.2 0.4 2.9

L H L H

11

0.7 1.5 0.3 1.8

L H L H

12

02:17 AM 08:03 AM 02:23 PM 09:02 PM

0.5 1.5 0.2 1.7

L H L H

27

01:55 AM SAT 07:25 AM 01:53 PM 08:25 PM

0.6 1.4 0.3 1.6

L H L H

-0.2 L 3.6 H -0.1 L 3.2 H

26

03:48 AM SAT 09:02 AM 03:13 PM 09:42 PM

04:13 AM THu 10:37 AM 04:51 PM 10:57 PM

03:43 AM 10:08 AM 04:17 PM 10:22 PM

0.3 3.2 0.4 2.8

L H L H

12

27

28

04:39 AM Sun 09:44 AM 03:48 PM 10:25 PM

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.9

L H L H

13

03:13 AM SAT 08:49 AM 03:12 PM 09:59 PM

0.6 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

28

02:42 AM Sun 08:01 AM 02:32 PM 09:12 PM

0.7 1.3 0.3 1.6

L H L H

-0.1 L 3.5 H 0.1 L 3 H

04:20 AM SAT 10:45 AM 04:58 PM 11:00 PM

0.3 3.2 0.4 2.7

L H L H

05:51 AM 0.1 L SAT 12:17 PM 3.4 H 06:41 PM 0.3 L

28

29

0.7 1.3 0.4 1.9

L H L H

14

04:10 AM Sun 09:37 AM 04:02 PM 10:57 PM

0.7 1.3 0.3 1.7

L H L H

29

03:32 AM Mon 08:41 AM 03:15 PM 10:02 PM

0.7 1.3 0.3 1.6

L H L H

14

12:37 AM Sun 06:42 AM 01:10 PM 07:39 PM

2.8 0.3 3.2 0.5

H L H L

0.4 3.2 0.5 2.7

L H L H

15

0.8 1.3 0.3 1.7

L H L H

30

0.7 1.2 0.3 1.6

L H L H

15

2.6 0.5 3 0.6

H L H L

Fri

27

05:34 AM Mon 10:30 AM 04:30 PM 11:13 PM

H L H L

30

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

06:33 AM 0.7 L Tue 11:22 AM 1.3 H 05:19 PM 0.4 L

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

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L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

05:00 AM Mon 11:20 AM 05:21 PM 11:29 PM

Fri

05:09 AM Mon 10:30 AM 04:55 PM 11:56 PM

diFFerenCes

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

05:13 AM Tue 11:30 AM 05:41 PM 11:45 PM

Fri

04:28 AM Tue 09:29 AM 04:05 PM 10:58 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

Fri

05:01 AM 11:26 AM 05:45 PM 11:46 PM

13

01:32 AM Mon 07:38 AM 02:07 PM 08:41 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

Fri

05:00 AM Sun 11:25 AM 05:43 PM 11:43 PM

29

05:45 AM 0.4 L Mon 12:10 PM 3.2 H 06:33 PM 0.5 L

30

12:31 AM Tue 06:36 AM 01:01 PM 07:29 PM

Low H. Ht +4 :15 *0.70 +2 :29 *0.48 +6 :04 *0.66 +1 :08 *0.77

2.6 0.5 3.1 0.6

H L H L

Spring L. Ht Range *0.83 2.2 *0.83 1.4 *0.67 2.0 *0.83 2.4

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Slack Water Max Current Speed

Mon

2

Tue

0504 -0.7 1059 0.4 1640 -0.6 2315 0.9

11

0253 0941 1420 2025

0602 -0.7 1158 0.3 1734 -0.5

12

0011 0.9 0701 -0.7 1300 0.3 1835 -0.5

13 SAT

0109 0.9 0758 -0.8 1400 0.4 1939 -0.6

14

0208 1 0851 -0.8 1456 0.5 2042 -0.7

15

Wed 0349 1042 1523 2124 THu

5

Fri

6

0445 1135 1631 2228 0538 1220 1736 2333

0043 0706 1331 1935

0357 0.8 1017 -0.8 1631 0.8 2235 -0.7

1

0134 Mon 0748 1407 2018

0443 0.8 1057 -0.8 1711 0.8 2320 -0.8

2

0302 -1 0906 0.7 1459 -0.8 2123 1.1

23

0526 0.8 1135 -0.8 1748 0.9

3

0049 0724 1247 1846

0358 -0.9 1002 0.6 1552 -0.7 2217 1

24

0145 Mon 0826 1345 1941

0456 -0.9 1102 0.5 1649 -0.7 2315 1

25

0556 -0.8 1205 0.5 1751 -0.6

26

0015 0.9 0656 -0.8 1308 0.5 1855 -0.6

27

0115 0.8 0754 -0.8 1407 0.5 1958 -0.6

28

0214 0.8 0846 -0.8 1501 0.6 2056 -0.6

29

0308 0.8 0934 -0.8 1548 0.7 2148 -0.7

THu

Fri

Sun

SAT

0629 1302 1836

0305 1 0940 -0.9 1547 0.6 2141 -0.8

16

7

0037 0717 1342 1933

0400 1 1026 -1 1636 0.8 2238 -0.9

17

0138 Mon 0803 1421 2026

0452 1111 1723 2332

1 -1 0.9 -1

18

9

0543 1155 1809

1 -1 1.1

19

0024 0633 1239 1856

-1 0.9 -1 1.1

20

Sun

8

Tue

10

0236 0849 1501 2119

Wed 0333 0933 1542 2210

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Tue

0116 -1.1 0723 0.9 1324 -1 1943 1.2

21

0208 -1 0813 0.8 1410 -0.9 2032 1.2

22

0624 1154 1756

0429 1018 1624 2302 0526 1105 1708 2355

0243 0928 1450 2041

Wed 0341 1028 1557 2144 THu

Fri

SAT

0437 1122 1701 2247 0531 1210 1759 2347 0620 1253 1850

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Slack Water Max Current Speed

0135 0.7 0758 -1.3 1413 0.9 2048 -1.1

11

0142 0828 1414 2101

0513 -1.9 1113 1.5 1742 -1.9 2335 1.2

21

0018 0447 1236 1817

0230 0.6 0858 -1.3 1516 0.9 2158 -1.1

12

0223 0917 1506 2153

0559 -1.8 1202 1.4 1833 -1.7

22

0124 Wed 0550 1341 1932

0334 0.6 1008 -1.3 1625 1 2309 -1.1

13

0022 1 0648 -1.7 1253 1.2 1927 -1.5

23

0002 -0.8 0608 0.8 1211 -0.8 1825 0.9

4

0443 0.6 1118 -1.4 1733 1.1

14

0110 0.8 0740 -1.5 1347 1 2026 -1.3

24

0044 -0.9 0649 0.7 1246 -0.8 1901 0.9

5

0014 -1.3 0551 0.7 1224 -1.6 1837 1.2

15

0126 -0.9 0730 0.6 1321 -0.7 1938 1

6

0112 -1.4 0655 0.9 1324 -1.8 1934 1.3

16

0209 -0.9 0813 0.6 1358 -0.7 2018 1

7

0205 -1.6 0752 1.1 1419 -1.9 2027 1.5

17

0625 1138 1724

0254 -0.9 0857 0.5 1437 -0.6 2100 1

8

0028 Mon 0718 1222 1807

0342 -0.8 0946 0.4 1522 -0.6 2147 0.9

9

30

0433 -0.8 1039 0.4 1613 -0.5 2240 0.9

10

Sun

Tue

0223 0828 1440 2058

Wed 0310 0907 1511 2137 THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

Tue

0357 0944 1542 2217 0445 1021 1614 2259 0534 1058 1647 2342

0118 0813 1313 1858

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

Mon 0357 1135 1708 Tue

THu

Fri

Sun

0522 1026 1736 2310

Mon 0556 1107 1814 2341

0202 -1.2 0748 0.7 1413 -1.4 2015 0.9 0239 -1.3 0825 0.8 1452 -1.5 2049 0.9

0628 1146 1850

0313 -1.4 0900 0.9 1529 -1.5 2121 0.9

0010 Wed 0659 1222 1925

0345 -1.4 0933 1 1603 -1.5 2153 0.9

0203 0.6 0837 -1.4 1446 0.9 2129 -1.1

25

0036 0731 1258 2001

0416 -1.4 1008 1 1638 -1.5 2226 0.9

0056 0524 1309 1902

0302 0.5 0939 -1.3 1551 0.8 2235 -1

26

0103 0805 1336 2038

0446 -1.4 1044 1.1 1714 -1.4 2300 0.9

0206 Wed 0626 1415 2007

0409 0.4 1045 -1.2 1659 0.7 2337 -1

27

0132 0841 1417 2118

0519 -1.4 1123 1.1 1752 -1.4 2338 0.8

0254 -1.8 0845 1.3 1512 -2 2116 1.5

18

0517 0.4 1147 -1.2 1802 0.7

28

0205 0923 1502 2204

0555 -1.4 1206 1.1 1836 -1.3

0016 0653 1229 1921

0341 -1.9 0936 1.4 1602 -2.1 2204 1.5

19

0033 -1.1 0617 0.5 1242 -1.3 1855 0.8

29

0100 Wed 0740 1322 2011

0427 -1.9 1025 1.5 1652 -2 2250 1.4

20

0120 -1.2 0707 0.6 1330 -1.3 1938 0.8

30

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

0230 0703 1446 2043 0332 0820 1548 2146 0427 0931 1645 2241 0518 1035 1739 2330

Mon 0606 1134 1831 Tue

SAT

Sun

0304 1008 1559 2249 0346 1103 1656 2350

Mon 0432 1204 1757 Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

0310 0736 1516 2105 0403 0842 1609 2154 0446 0938 1655 2235

Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

Mon 0242 1011 1553 2257 Tue

0327 1106 1652 2358

0021 0.7 0638 -1.4 1255 1.1 1928 -1.2 0110 0.7 0730 -1.4 1350 1 2029 -1.1

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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0158 0836 1326 1933

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4

Slack Water Max Current Speed

s ta r t now

by Ray LaPlante

I

grew up on the Maine coast, watched the lobster fishermen on very early cold mornings, and fell in love with the ocean. In the warmer ‘months’ (about three weeks long), I would see an occasional sailboat.

The beauty of a watercraft cutting so smoothly through the ocean captivated me, and from then on, I was fascinated by sailing, without any engines, to the sounds of nature.

In 1986, my job assignment took me to Hawaii where I dove into the sailing world with both feet, quickly becoming a ‘wind-jockey.’ The relaxing control of the boat when you work with the elements to power yourself quietly through the water really takes you to another dimension.

Perceived obstacles to newcomers might simply be the newness of the art and a lack of confidence. This can be quickly overcome with a good sailing instructor and a moderate amount of patience. Passion for sailing grows as confidence builds. The appreciation of working so closely with nature does carry you into a different plane, sometimes making it difficult to return to shore.

Each sailing day often provides a new experience; very few days are the same. Some can be calm and totally relaxing with very light winds. (You have to admit that the ability to still see the dock you left an hour ago has a certain charm.)

The next day can be t s ta r an interesting adFREE

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venture with heavier winds from another direction, a challenge that makes you a more competent sailor.

It gets you into the action of controlling the vessel, using muscles you rarely use, and making quick decisions. You’re left with a real sense of physical and ##The author crewing on a 12-m mental accomplishment. eter yacht in a spec tator race in the Chesapea Very satisfying. ke.

Should you find yourself with any interest in the art of sailing, life is too short to • Continue to learn from other sailors. pass it up. Give it a try, and I believe Don’t let your ego stifle your intake you’ll never regret the experience. of new knowledge. It’s not who’s You will have another unique skill the best sailor; it’s how we can all that you will enjoy for life. As you try improve and share our skills. Unless sailing, here are three things that I you’re racing, it is not a competition. would like all new sailors to keep in It is a shared experience. mind: • Every day is a different day. If you get spooked, get back on that horse and learn from it. The worst thing you can do is to hesitate to sail again by yourself because of one rough day. You must get past that hump, and your confidence and knowledge will double. You will smile about it later. This confidence does transcend into all areas of life and helps you to become a more confident person.

• You command the boat. You have to respect and stay in harmony with nature. Keep in mind that nature does not care about your sailing skills. Play with it, and enjoy every new day on the water.

The finest reasons for sailing are relaxation, adventure, experiencing a different dimension away from land, and meeting a lot of interesting people who want the same experience.

About the Author: Ray LaPlante has been sailing seriously since the late 1980s, has raced in Hawaii and California and on the Chesapeake and in the Caribbean.

He teaches at the Belle Haven Mariner Sailing School, saildc.com

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by Garth Woodruff

Where We Sail

Growing Trees, Growing Kids

M

any days, when needing a break from colleagues at the university, I grab a sub and lunch alone in my truck. I park in the same place every time, backed up against a rail with the front facing a huge old oak tree. It’s quite on purpose, as the tree I dine with is a beautiful white oak, which carries me back to my youth on the South River and dozens of trips over the bridge to visit the, now long gone, Wye oak. The Bay and the trees of that region significantly shaped my personal connections to nature.

I remember cruising my Farr into the Potomac and Yeocomico, wife, boys, and dog in tow. At the end of a long day out on the water, we dropped the hook in a tree-lined cove. While my wife and I tidied up after our sail and prepared dinner, the boys would go ashore to walk our beagle. I remember watching them try to nose their kayaks into the shoreline, scrapping with vegetation, and hardly finding a spot in the thick wood to get the dog on dry land. Actually walking the beast in that tangle was almost impossible. Finding these tree-lined oases is the goal of many Bay sailors, and they are increasingly more difficult to locate.

A 2009 study covering the impacts of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay, published in the Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Journal, paints a rather gloomy picture of the future. Increased storm activity, sea level changes, increased water temperature, heavier rains, swollen streams, increased nitrogen levels, algae blooms, and more will all result in the Bay’s struggle. Trees are identified as significant game changers in the battle to save the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act is one of these directives where 100 foot buffer areas of vegetation are now being regulated on many waterside properties.

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However, not all of us who read SpinSheet have properties adjacent to the water. Many respect the health of the Bay and enjoy its bounty in food and fun. So, what is it that we can do as a sailing community to really impact the Bay’s health?

Yeah, we can plant a tree. We can fertilize our lawns less, or if we are lucky enough to own water- or stream-front property, we can maintain a healthy vegetative buffer along its edge. But, there is something bigger. It goes back to why I sit under a white oak for lunch 700 miles away from my home: place attachments.

The human connection to nature and places can be measured in what we call ‘sense of place.’ A recent model I created, based on an in-depth literature review, identifies four categories in measuring our sense of place: aesthetics such as identity or delight, attachment seen as home or love, spirituality as in reverence for a sacred place, and ethics, identified as environment or compassion. Two significant components strengthen these four categories: time and our senses.

The longer you spend time in a place and the more you connect all five senses to that place, the higher you measure in the four categories, thus the stronger

your respect for the environment. For instance, sailing on the Bay once creates a fond memory. Sailing a whole summer, racing with a team, watching the sun set over cocktails, smelling and tasting the brackish water on your lips, or hearing the clang of a red nun in the thick fog give

you more than memories. They give you a connection. And this is why talking Bay health to sailors is speaking to the choir.

Connection is also the solution. It will take a whole society to make positive changes in the Bay environment. Much of that same society will have no connection to the Bay other than their unknown impact of day-to-day activities. These activities make too long a list to print here, but the solution is short. Invite a friend on a sail. Invite many. Invite them more than once. Feed them, laugh with them, explore with them. The solution is inviting them to join. Take a child sailing as often as possible; make it fun; change the shape of our sport and its environment for the future. Grow sailors and the trees will grow themselves.

About the Author: Garth Woodruff was raised on the South River and raced out of Herrington Harbour for more than 10 years. Although he works in Michigan, he still keeps a boat and home in Virginia near family.

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That Drinking Thing

by Nicholas Hayes

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y youngest recalls sitting in her classroom on the first day of eighth grade sporting a cool regatta shirt from a few weeks prior and being tapped on the shoulder by her friend Grace who whispered, urgently, “You can’t wear that here, it says rum. The principal is gonna send you home!” Elizabeth made it through the school day, but the shirt stayed in the closet until the next summer. Her mom and I were a bit embarrassed to have missed it.

Gosh, there is a lot of drinking in sailing, but as with the shirt, much of it goes unnoticed by many of us sailors.

Sure, alcohol seems embedded in the sailing culture. Early high seas sailors carried fermented beverages such as beer because no known pathogens can live in it. IPA was, in effect, better than water. The Royal Navy’s long love affair with rum for grog set the stage for a marketing campaign by West Indies distillers that lives on today.

Who among us doesn’t have a sailing friend with a drinking problem and a drinking friend with a sailing problem?

And let me get this on the table: when the race is over, I’m often the first to ask, “What’s it take to get a beer on this boat?”

I’m not anti-drinking. In fact, the glutenfree diet is out of the question for this Milwaukeean, because beer is at the apex of my food pyramid. A loaf of bread in a can.

But I’m also a dad and must admit, right or wrong, to having included some awfully young kids in some awfully ruckus keggers after sailing. It weighs on me. So we set limits.

The first is about the law. We don’t serve minors, even our own. It might seem surprising to you that this would need saying, but to many liberty-minded sailors, the right to self-select the timing of “coming of age” is theirs. So at many clubs it’s not odd to see a father and son or mom and teenage daughter clinking cups. My wife and I won’t go there, even if we were there

will tell you that they lose performance as soon as they start drinking and for many hours afterwards. In fact, any serious practitioner of anything — writing, doctoring, inventing, driving, thinking — will say the same. Even bartenders know that they must stay sober to stay safe. One slip-up can lead to disaster. So we don’t drink before or during sailing. Ever. Nonnegotiable.

The beer stays in the cooler until the racing is over, and on breezy nights, until the boat is safely tied at the dock. And the cooler is understocked. It carries just enough cans for a toast or two, assuming flags were earned, and that’s it. There is no hard liquor on board. Oh, and we also offer a wide selection of juices, teas, sodas, and waters for the kids and clear-headed adults.

The sobriety advantage has another lasting benefit for families. Elizabeth and her older (almost legal) sister Kate explain that by watching drunken sailors act like fools, they’ve learned what they don’t want to be when they grow up. I’ll take solace in and raise a cup to that.

Any serious athlete will tell you that they lose performance as soon as they start drinking…

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30 years ago. It’s different now. The risks are much greater.

Second, we boycott regatta parties where young women are under-paid to over-serve wrist-banded, rum-soaked bozos. In fact, years ago, we stopped traveling to regattas where this is the attraction and norm. Our daughters are now old enough to know better, but the family agrees, the boycott stands on principle. In our world, the bartending women would be better sailing, not serving. Here’s their open invitation to join our team. Bring PFDs and stay-warm clothes.

And that leads to our final framework: the sobriety advantage. Any serious athlete

About the Author: Saving Sailing author and sailing advocate Nicholas Hayes sails his B-32 Syrena with his wife and two daughters in Milwaukee, WI, and has contributed regularly for SpinSheet for four years. savingsailing.com

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Going Nowhere Fast

The Benefits of Daysailing T

by Dave Nestel

he above title pretty much sums up the essence of sailing when you only have a few hours with the intent to end up where you started the same day.

While this might not seem all that exciting to a cruising sailor with faraway destinations in mind, I would like to make the case that this seemingly aimless activity is extremely enjoyable. All it takes is a little motivation.

My love for daysailing started the day after I started a three-day cruise with a nine-hour sail on a 20-foot pocket cruiser with 90-degree temperatures, a wife whose idea of “roughing it” is a black and white TV, two small boys, (four and seven years old), a night-long battle with mosquitoes, and a forecast for high winds and strong thunderstorms the next day. The mutiny was of epic proportion, and I was leading the way off the boat!

Once I changed my expectations, I soon learned that while you can daysail in a boat of any size, the ease of doing it in a small boat becomes more attractive when time is of the essence. Sailing with my friend on his 28-foot sloop that he keeps on a mooring, we first have to launch a dinghy. After rowing from shore and transferring our gear, we have to uncover the mainsail, bend on the jib, and untie the tiller. We stow our gear, bring out the cockpit cushions, and start up the engine. After securing the tender to the mooring, we have to motor several hundred yards to deeper water where we then raise the main and jib and Follow us!

begin our sail. All the above tasks, while not impossible to perform alone, are far easier with one or more crew members to help.

In stark contrast, I can remove the cockpit cover and launch my 16-foot Windrider trimaran with all the gear already aboard in less than five minutes time. I simply paddle a few feet to clear the dock and unfurl the main sail from the mast. The old adage that the simpler something is to do, the more likely you are to do it certainly applies to sailing.

Thinking about what food and beverage I want for the day is usually the largest part of the planning I do prior to going out on the water. Since I don’t have a motor on my boat, I usually allow the wind and tide directions to dictate my destination. One of my favorite activities is unofficially racing with other sailboats that I encounter.

I always try and catch the boats ahead of me or stay ahead of those that are behind me. I will always investigate unusual vessels such as the Pride of Baltimore, Lady Maryland, Sultana, and Amistad as they have journeyed up or down the Bay. It is fun to contrast those magnificent vessels with all their sails and rigging to my simple trimaran. When conditions allow me to get close enough, I’ll try and find out the crew’s destination. Just last month I sailed briefly with an Annapolis 44 that was traveling up the Bay under spinnaker. I was able to find out that they were headed to the start of the Newport to Bermuda Race. I bid them

good luck and enjoyed the puzzled looks of the midshipmen as they swiftly left me behind.

In the late spring and early fall countless “snowbirds” pass by. Unfortunately, most of them have their sails furled even when the conditions would allow sailing a direct course north or south without tacking. I also like to see the luxurious motor yachts that are often more than 100 feet long.

No matter how rough the conditions I am sailing in, their captains never fail to slow down when they approach. I usually feel guilty that I have unnecessarily slowed their progress, but I’ve not yet figured out a signal that lets them understand that their wakes are not a problem.

After three or four hours, the pain in my tailbone signals to my brain that I’ve been out long enough. In the evening if I’m watching a late-day thunderstorm in relative safety, or eating a nice dinner and watching television in my mosquito-free, air-conditioned surroundings, I often think of that memorable nine-hour cruise and how it changed the way I sail. When I jump into my king-size bed at night, I never forget to thank God that I am a day sailor!

About the Author: As of August 12, Dave Nestel had logged 71 sailing days on his own boat and 37 other trips on other people’s boats and his Whaler, which makes him an official SpinSheet Centurian. He aims to log 100 days on his own trimaran before the year’s end.

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Solomons Island

by Eric Vohr

Where At the mouth of the Patuxent River just north of the Potomac. 38.3364 N, -76.4642 W Why One of the nicest towns on the western shore south of Annapolis; very protected Drawbacks If you don’t like fighter jets, it’s not for you (home of the Patuxent Naval Air Station)

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f you’re looking to find a kind of Oxford/ St. Michaels experience on the Western Shore, Solomons Island is it. This wonderful town is home to a plethora of wonderful hotels, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and bars, the Tiki Bar being one of the most famous (and infamous) on the Bay. My first and second times in Solomons, I was racing in the Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge. I was on Gael

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Force, an S-2 9.1, one of the first boats I raced on the Bay. I slept on the boat, although it might have not been the best thing for my health since one of the diesel jerry cans leaked into the bilge, so I breathed diesel fumes all night long. I didn’t think that much about it (I’d slept on a lot of diesel-smelling boats) until the rest of the guys came down in the morning and discovered the problem. Oh well, just another instance where I lost a couple of years off of my life. At least I didn’t light a match.

On the most recent trip, I upgraded from a smelly bunk to the Back Creek Inn, which I can heartily recommend to all sailors. Not only does the inn serve eggs Benedict that are legendary, but it has a deep-water dock. However, if you are looking to park your boat there during Screwpile, forget it. Another race boat has had the place locked in for years.

Actually, we first parked at the wrong dock; it wasn’t until we walked up the lawn and talked to a very nice man washing a vintage Mercedes SL sports car that we realized we were on private property.

As a traveler, I have trespassed (intentionally and accidently) many times, and I have met some unfriendly folks — sometimes justified, but mostly not.

But this owner was so friendly, I got the impression he wouldn’t have cared a hoot if had just left the boat on his dock.

I can’t tell you how nice it is to stay in an inn and have your boat only a few feet away. Okay, yes, I’m one of those boat owners that are always checking on this and that. It drives some of my friends nuts, but I call it good seamanship.

When your boat is close, it makes you feel a little more comfortable. Another thing that brings peace to a sailor is a well-protected harbor, and Solomons is

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just that. The whole time we were there it was blowing a good 20 knots on the Bay. But on Back Creek, there was little or no wind. It was fantastic.

I had to flake some pretty big sails, so it was nice not to have to fight the wind. We were also exhausted from sailing a long day in heavy air and really enjoyed the well deserved break from the wind.

One thing I regret is in all my trips to Solomons I have never taken the time to explore the Patuxent, ditto on the Potomac. Alas, so much to explore, so little time ... that’s the Chesapeake Bay.

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SpinSheet insiders recommend St. Leonard Creek (38.3898, -76.4998). Known for an historic battle in the War of 1812, the largest naval engagement in Maryland’s history, there is plenty of depth (even if your boat draws seven feet) in the spacious creek and options for anchoring near wild shoreline. The green #1 marking the shoal of Petersons Point at the entrance is unlit, so if you arrive at night, you will need a spotter and flashlight.

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by Eva Hill

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fter a difficult 12-plus hour crossing from Grand Bahama to Florida, I was shell shocked by my reentry into the United States. So crowded; so congested; so noisy. After finding a spot to anchor just outside the ICW near a highway and a railroad bridge, I followed the anchor off the bow, only to be harshly reminded that I wouldn’t be able to see it land on the bottom. Why did we come back?

A few months have passed since that spring day. Calypso has made her way up the ICW to the Chesapeake. My temporary life as a “cruiser” is over, and I’ve painfully reentered the working world. But, at least on weekends, I’ve not let go of boat bumming. And as I’ve spent some glorious weekends, I’m reminded once again how lucky we Bay sailors are to cruise here. The water is not as clear, and there are no deserted white beaches, but some things here are better than in the Bahamas.

As I put together photo albums, I’m reminded of the mad dashes we had to make to find a suitable place to stay for a cold front. In the area of the Exumas where we spent most of our time, there were only a handful of pricey marina slips to find

shelter, and a few anchorages to which you’d have to arrive early to find a tenable spot. Meanwhile, in the Bay, if you’re not in a marina, there are scores of hidey holes offering protection for every direction of wind if you happen to be caught out in a blow.

As mad dashes go, most cruisers were highly aware of the mailboat schedule and on what days the small number of poorly stocked grocery stores in the Bahamian Out Islands would be resupplied. That

what little we had left, using our kayak and paddleboard to get around until we could make our way to a more distant marina to refuel. We never have to worry about that here; if anything, we struggle with the breadth of options for restocking or refueling.

It’s not that I really missed stuff when we were in the Bahamas. I had provisioned and stocked carefully before leaving the U.S., so we’d never go hungry or wanting. But the remoteness of the Out Islands was both a blessing and a curse. One of my goals of going cruising was to get away from the hurried pace of life at home. While we’d managed that, at times, I missed the feeling of connection and security that home offers. A good WiFi connection was more sought after than fresh tomatoes. Finding medical assistance when I suffered an eye injury took two days of travel out of our way.

Most of the connections we made with other cruisers were transitory and fleeting.

While we made some friendships that will survive this chapter of our lives, and we were never short of company for a glass of wine and a sunset, it turns out that what I missed most were my friends. I had the adventure of a lifetime, but coming home to the people I care about has made returning to the “real world” worthwhile.

…some things here are better than in the Bahamas.

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was the day when the dinghy docks were crowded, and people hovered around the store doors, hoping to get that precious head of cabbage or some recognizable meat that hasn’t yet become hopelessly freezer burned. Be late or lose out.

Of course, you wasted dinghy fuel getting to the store at your peril. At one point, the weather had delayed the supply boat, and the most central marina had no gasoline for a few weeks. We rationed

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Out with a Bang!

Culminating the War of 1812

by Steve Allan

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ne of the strangest wars in America’s history will leave our collective consciousness soon, perhaps much as it did when it actually happened.

In these pages over the last two years, we have learned how the British saber-rattled their way up and down the Chesapeake region with abandon two centuries before, in a war that many argue had no clear purpose, no great strategy, and some have surmised, no decisive victor. Motivations of national pride then and now are wildly divergent.

Bill Pencek, executive director of Mayland’s War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission puts it this way: “The U.S. thinks we won, Canada knows they won, and Britain thinks, ‘What blimmin’ war are you talking about?”

As a somewhat tongue-in-cheek refresher, President Madison and his war hawks were thinking about national expansion and muscle flexing of the young nation, while Britain was fighting Napoleon. Taking Canada would be a mere matter of marching, according to Henry Clay of Kentucky. Or as Don Novello’s Father

Guido Sarducci wryly observed, “You could do it in an afternoon … and be home for dinner.”

While land and resource-rich Canada was the ultimate prize, rationale for the war was crafted around an unprovoked high seas attack on a U.S. merchantman on the high seas in 1807, and of accounts of the British Navy boarding American ships to impress British-born seamen back to the home country, sometimes ensnaring hapless Americans instead.

And so, in June 1812 war was declared, except that the United States didn’t really have much of a plan for fighting it, and it turned out, neither did Britain. Canada, with a small population and without a dog in this fight, couldn’t do much but circle the wagons and hope for the best. Later they would invent hockey, which might have helped repel the initial invasion. But an early victory won them Detroit, without a shot being fired. Taking Canada wasn’t so easy after all, especially once the British navy diverted attention away from the northern border to the Chesapeake.

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After the sacking of Washington in August and bolstered by fresh troops from overseas, British strategy turned its sights on Baltimore, then America’s third largest city.

Baltimore shipping was helplessly penned in by the British blockade of the Chesapeake down at Norfolk (remember that the C & D Canal was still years in the future), and the city looked like an easy target after the cakewalk that forced President Madison to decamp the nation’s capital to tiny Brookeville in Montgomery County for a day.

Baltimore didn’t want to suffer that fate, nor the fate of Detroit. It was girding for a fight, and fight it did.

The Battle of Baltimore was by far the most important of the war for America.

In December, peace was negotiated; though nobody told the troops in Louisiana, where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in January 1815, a month

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after the treaty was signed. In the aftermath, everything that each country had before the war was handed back. Even Detroit.

None of which is to say that the memory of blood spilled and lives lost in Maryland and Virginia was for naught: Britain, Canada, and the U.S.A. have been great and friendly allies ever since. And that is a good thing.

Canada has given us Tanzers, C&Cs, Alberg 30s, Nonsuch 26s and 30s, Whitby 42s, and Hinterhoellers, not to mention Albacores and Grampians, Celine Dion, lacrosse, and the Polar Vortex. Britain of course has exported everything from Westerly bilge keelers, Camper & Nicholsons designs to luxurious Oysters, but also Pusser’s Rum, Piers Morgan, and cars with crummy electrical systems.

Once more, Baltimore Harbor will welcome a million people to watch the tall ships converge as they did in 2012 to mark the bicentennial of Baltimore’s great battle of September 1814. 2012’s Sailabration marking the beginning of hostilities was big, attracting more than a million people to the harbor.

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erhaps because of the Star Spangled 200 theme, which as everyone knows was penned aboard a ship in Baltimore Harbor on the morning after the attack, this one promises to be even bigger. It begins on September 11 and runs through September 15, with the big concert, parade of ships and fireworks bash on the night of September 13. For sailors wanting to get close to the action before, during, or after the celebration, here are a few important tips from the organizers at Sail Baltimore: Security: Expect it to be enhanced. Nobody is saying anything officially just yet, but given the date in recent history, anything of this magnitude around September 11 is going to be closely monitored. Boaters should respect restricted zones or security boxes for the airshow, the fireworks, and around gray hull and commercial vessels. Assume that enforcement will be swift and uncompromising.

On foot or bike: Spectacular walking and biking routes will be clearly marked between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry. Ample bike parking will be available (at Latrobe Park and at the Inner Harbor Spectacular shuttle stop). Bring your locks for security. The walk between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry is 2.3 miles/45-minutes; the bike route between the Inner Harbor and Latrobe Park is two miles/10-minutes.

Have fun: Get there early, watch where you anchor, and enjoy the festivities.

After this month, once the last skirmish has been reenacted, America’s forgotten war might be forgotten again, but while it’s here let’s celebrate one more time with a big bash.

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Preparing for the U.S. Sailboat Show

by Beth Crabtree

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lthough it may appear that each October the U.S. Sailboat Show magically erupts out of Annapolis Harbor in the span of three days, most exhibitors begin planning for the event months in advance. A successful show requires more than just pitching a tent and hoping attendees notice your booth. Drawing on years of experience, three show veterans explain their preparation strategies.

Creating a Comfortable Atmosphere “Our approach at the boat show may be a little different from that of an exhibitor selling a product,” says M Yacht’s Steve Madden, whose business provides marine rigging, fabrication, and mechanical services. “Although we use many products in refitting a boat, we’re really in the business of selling a service, the quality of our labor. During the show, we want to build relationships with potential new customers as well as reestablish connections with current and former clients. So when it comes to designing our booth, we try to create a comfortable atmosphere.

“During the summer my business partner, Marc Mayo, and I discuss strategy. Our business has several departments, and some years we want to highlight one of them, while other years we give equal attention to all. We use a whiteboard to keep track of ideas because there is really quite a bit of behind the scenes work. For example, this 52 September 2014 SpinSheet

summer our parts purchaser evaluated and proposed 10 to 15 display ideas. We’ll cut and paste product photos and logos to create images for our displays and backdrops. Our office manager will contact our clients to offer complimentary show tickets, and she will order T-shirts, brochures, and other giveaways.

“Every five years or so we completely redesign the booth.

This year, instead of renting a tent as we have in the past, we purchased a custom-made tent with our logo and other graphics on it. Since our booth is on a floating dock and usually isn’t ready for move-in until Wednesday, we have just one day to set everything up. It can be a bit of a mad rush, as we bring in carpet, banners, tables, and our signature black leather couch, but it’s all designed to create a professional atmosphere where we can begin conversations with clients and potential clients.”

Positive Attitude in the Booth Jonathan Bartlett, who is preparing for his 30th Annapolis show as a sales consultant with North Sails, explains how the company’s booth has changed over the years. “We began with a 10x10 booth from which we gave out quotes while wearing coats and ties,” he recalls. “Today in addition to giving quotes, we have a large tent with a big display of products and images, and with Internet access at the show, we can give instant quotes and pricing.

Clothing is obviously more casual now, but we still plan ahead and work with our gear department to pick out nice-looking oxford shirts for the staff.

“Each July we have our first meeting to begin planning for the show. We use the same tent in the same location for consistency, but we add on and upgrade every year. On the Tuesday before the show opens, we start building our booth, which

was created nearly 25 years ago by our own canvas people and keeps us dry no matter how hard it rains. Prior to the show we create big display boards of our product lines that highlight new products.

We transport them to our booth and set them up along with displays of hardware, such as sail tracks and snuffers, canvas products, such as dodgers and biminis, and a few select sails. It takes two full days to move in.

“We do our best to put on a really professional show. It’s important to have the right people in the booth and to be happy and engaged and have the same positive attitude right up to the end. Everyone from our Annapolis office is at the show including myself, Larry Leonard, and Will Keyworth. This year we are pleased and excited to have Scott Allan with us, and we’re preparing to welcome his customers. We also coordinate schedules with staff spinsheet.com

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“In February we begin working with our manufacturers to determine what models will be shown and place orders for the boats,” says Annapolis Yacht Sales (AYS) sales coordinator Vera Sohovich, who has been with AYS and worked the show for 24 years. “In June we determine the displays and start planning the logistics of moving vessels from one site to another.

This is also when we meet with the companies participating in the displays, order furniture, book caterers, and set budgets.

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Sohovich continues, “Although a mini-office is set up at the show, clients still come to the main office, so a separate schedule is necessary for each location.

We distribute to each person working the show a phone book of contact numbers which includes manufacturer reps, subcontractors, lenders, co-workers, fax numbers, hotel numbers, and taxicab numbers (parties are part of the program, and we are sailors, after all). To have the most product knowledge possible, our sales staff reviews all the models on their respective displays, and in addition we make quick reference cards that show the price and specs of each model. ” “A week before the show opens, we purchase a truckload of water, beverages, snacks, chocolates, and coffee and ship it to the show for staff and customer use. A first aid kit is a must. Coolers, tables, and seating are also sent, and ice is shipped in daily. We order lunches to be delivered each day for about 30 staff. We try to think of every contingency because failure to prepare is preparing to fail, but sense of humor is a must to get through the show season,” she concludes.

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What a Ride!

Down the Coast and Bay on a 76-foot Sloop

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n November 2013, I volunteered to help deliver a 76-foot sloop from Jamestown, RI, to Savannah GA, with two weeks prior notice.

I had helped to deliver this vessel from St. Martin to Jamestown in July, and I guess I made a positive impression, because I was invited back. I had used up quite a few sailing “chits” with my ‘boss’ (my wife Carole) before this impending trip, so I initially passed on the invitation. However, as luck would have it, Carole gave me a thumbs up. I quickly called the skipper and ensured him that I could go. His assessment was that we could leave Rhode Island and head south for Savannah and if the weather gods were compliant, we’d make the passage in four or five days.

But then again, as we who travel on sailboat well know, initial plans are often quickly jettisoned.

For this trip, the skipper and his mate would be joined by one other crewman who had also made the trip in July, so we needed three more to round out the crew. My buddy Eddie was available, and I found another friend with whom I had transited the ICW in 2012, who was also game to go. Besides being a good shipmate,

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Mark was also a professional chef. The skipper was keen to sign us all aboard, especially Mark who agreed to do all the cooking for the trip.

The beginning came together as planned. Mark, Scott (#1), and I all arrived at T.F. Green airport at 16:30 and linked up with the skipper and his mate who drove us all to Andinos restaurant on Federal Hill in Providence where we met Ed and my other buddy Noel.

After a bracing Italian dinner, we all traveled to the boat in chilly Jamestown and settled in for the night.

After completing preparations on Friday, November 7, we steamed out into Block Island Sound in a fading, northwesterly wind that had been piping all day long. Based on the forecast, we decided to take the inshore route and synchronize our passage to avoid the worst of the series of gales that were predicted to sweep through the area over the next 60 hours.

After steaming overnight down the sound, we approached Hell Gate facing a slight foul tide and proceeded to steam down the East River past Manhattan under a wintry, brilliant blue sky with a discordant northwesterly breeze. We tied up at Liberty Landing on the Jersey shore for five hours to attend to some electrical glitches and then headed out at 19:00 in yet another building westerly gale. New York Harbor was a dicey proposition at night with lots of traffic and the difficulty of trying to identify channel flashers against the overwhelming background lights of Staten Island.

We successfully negotiated the pitfalls of the harbor and then set our jib at the end of Ambrose Channel heading spinsheet.com

230 miles down the Jersey coast in 25 knots of wind. We had an invigorating overnight sail aboard the big aluminum sloop cranking off nine to 10 knots in the puffy offshore breeze. As we sailed a few miles off the coast, Ed and I passed our 2 to 5 a.m. watch observing the gaudy lights of Atlantic City as it slipped by to starboard.

The wind was predicted to turn south the next day, so we made the decision to bang a right at Cape May and transit the C&D Canal to the Chesapeake. The weather moderated prior to the wind shift, and as Ed and I passed our afternoon watch steaming up the Delaware, Mark appeared at the after companionway and presented us with two small terrines filled with a hot, scrumptious mushroom soup. A memorable afternoon!

Ed and I were greeted by a pitchblack night at 21:00 and as we came up into the cockpit to a wild scene. Our position was north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at the intersection of the Craighill (Baltimore) and Swamp Point channels. The wind was blowing a steady 25 knots from the southwest.

The boat was pounding into breaking seas that showered spray back over us from the bow which was a good 65 feet forward. The channel lights were very confusing, with bright range lights blinking away, and there was considerable traffic around us. Our radar and plotter appeared to be working well, but we still needed to constantly consult our charts to verify our position.

The wind was on the nose as we steamed toward the bridge. The skipper gave us some orientation, showed us our position, and then bid us a good night. It took 15 minutes or so to get accustomed to our surroundings, and just as I became comfortable on the helm, Ed and I noticed a tug and tow headed for us from the south. We could see him on the radar, but his AIS transponder wasn’t showing up on the plotter. I estimated that he was about two miles away and I could see his port running light as I continued to edge out of the channel toward shallower water.

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the west out of the channel as the depth sounder continued to malfunction (the vertical motion of the boat in the seaway was making it useless). Finally, he turned away, and we steamed along under the bridge and then south into the Bay.

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Back on watch the next morning, it was a sunny, clear morning with a dying southwesterly as we headed for Norfolk.

Around 8 a.m. the sky darkened, and the wind veered to the north and built to 18

knots. We killed the engine, unfurled the jib and enjoyed an animated downwind sail until 10 a.m. when the watch changed. Ed and I stayed on deck as Scott (#1) drove the boat for an hour in

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rapidly building wind and seas. The boat began surfing down the breaking seas as the conditions approached Force 7 and the boat hit speeds of 12, then 13 knots.

It was exhilarating sailing.

I relieved Scott (#1) after he’d been at the helm for an hour and then began dancing with the ‘old girl’ as the breaking seas built to 10 feet attempting to back wind the jib and broach the boat. After 40 minutes of sailing calisthenics, the skipper relieved me, much to my relief; my shoulders were burning. He yelled in jubilation as the GPS reported that we’d hit 16.5 knots surfing down one big grey beard. Finally, as we approached the channel to Norfolk, we gybed, shortened sail, and got drenched with spray before arriving at the Waterside Marina.

My ‘boss’ decided that it was time for me to attend to my domestic duties, so Ed and I “jumped ship” the next day.

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“I am traveling the country photographing women mariners.

I am looking to photograph a broad spectrum of women who live, work, and enjoy being on the water,” says Margaret. “This includes women who sail and live aboard, captains, passion for sailing with her passion for sailing instructors, sail makers, shipfine art photography. But the best part wrights, riggers, mechanics, handlers, is that Margaret gets to take time off and more. I have cast a large net, so from her teaching gig to pursue this to speak, so that I can document the venture while going cruising. She and variety of women who live and work in her husband moved aboard a Tayana this traditionally masculine realm.”

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their maiden voyage. Their boat Bear has safely taken them from where they bought her in Connecticut into the Chesapeake Bay where they’re now anchored in St. Mary’s City with plans to cruise the Southern Bay this month.

“As I am traveling by boat, the weather, currents, and tides all play a significant role in whom I meet and where I can shoot. This aspect of cruising is both challenging and rewarding. It has taken me off my planned path a few times, but each time I have found interesting women to photograph.”

Margaret uses social media, word of mouth, and old fashioned wandering around and chatting it up at marinas and anchorages to find subjects to photograph. It’s a great way to make new friends while cruising and hear lots of salty tales she might otherwise have missed.

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“I enjoy shooting portraits because portive. While the personalities and For Margaret, working on the I get to meet interesting and unique experiences of the women have varied water has its challenges. She has to ty • Practical Equipment people,” she explains.

“The women greatly, the common thread seems to rendezvous with portrait subjects by I have met on the water have been be their desire to support other women boat, anchoring nearby and meetems • Vessel Safety incredibly helpful, kind, and supwho live and work on the water.” ing up by dinghy. Then there is the business of keeping her ndence • Heavy Weather important Readiness precious photographic equipment dry and safe. She travels with a Canon ##Jeff Kosiorek and Margaret LeJeune on Bear.

5D camera, a selection of several 752 | w w w. M y a c h t s e r v i c e slenses, .n e t units, and a tripod. some flash She keeps it all neatly stored in a ARY OFFSHORE EVAluATION gear bag, and then hopes for the best.

“When I dinghy to shoots, I put my camera bag in a trash bag and drive slowly!”

She is an old pro at photography and portraits, but for Margaret and her husband, Jeff, cruising is a whole new world. They chartered once before buying Bear, but other than that, it’s a new and steep learning curve for the couple. She laughs that friends and family back in Illinois don’t quite get what they’re doing. It’s one of those things that’s hard to understand until you’re out there doing it.

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“While I read many books about cruising, nothing could have prepared me for the actualities of the experience,” Margaret says. “It shows you what you are and are not capable of doing. It pushes your boundaries, both personal and geographic, every day. It highlights the ability to live a simpler life, one in which we can place the enjoyment of experiences over the need for material objects.

It gives us the chance to be part of a community who rely on each other for tools, technical knowledge, and emotional support when the going gets tough. This is one of the most challenging and rewarding things I have done.”

The big reward though will be when she’s back in Illinois next year and can display her range of portraits of women on the water for the public. Her project is funded in part by the Puffin Foundation and will eventually become a public photography display as well as a book. In

the past, Margaret has done shows on topics such as female hunters that have gained her critical acclaim. The female mariner portraits will touch on similar themes.

“I chose to photograph women mariners because I am interested in making work about women in nontraditional roles and occupations.

The goal of my work is to break down stereotypes about women and start conversations about gender construction, identity, and representation,” states Margaret.

Maybe after seeing Margaret’s work, the image conjured of women on boats will shift. Maybe people will close their eyes and see women at the helm, women who have happily lived on boats most of their lives, women who love being at sea. To keep up with Margaret LeJeune’s cruising adventures and with her ongoing photographic series of women mariners check out her blog returntoseasons.com and her professional web

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Charter Notes

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Hard Work in Exotic Locations

##Other than the fact that they live on a boat full time, running a charter boat is nothing like cruising...

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here comes a point in the journey of most cruisers when it’s time to fill the cruising kitty. Money is running thin, decisions have to be made, and often someone is forced to use the J-word, job! Mike and Rebecca Sweeney sailed from Canada down the East Coast in 2010, with an eight-week stopover in the Chesapeake Bay. Their PDQ32 catamaran Zero To Cruising took them on many adventures over the next three years all throughout the Caribbean.

“Rebecca and I were nearing the point where we knew that we would have to start earning some money in some way. When we left Canada after selling our house, business, and possessions, we knew that we didn’t have enough money to cruise indefinitely,” says Mike. “We didn’t know how exactly we’d earn a living but we were confident that something would come about.”

That faith in things working out is part of what makes cruisers a unique tribe. A chance meeting a couple of years before in the Bahamas turned into a friendship that eventually turned into the next step for Mike and Rebecca.

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and wanted the Sweeneys to run it as a charter in the Virgin Islands.

“When Michael first presented the idea to us, we truthfully didn’t re##Mike and Rebecca run One Love, a Robertson and Caine Leopard 4600 catamaran built specifically for charters.

ally believe that he’d follow through,” remembers Rebecca. “About 1000 emails later, and after having him travel to Grenada to meet us face to face, we came to the arrangement that we find ourselves in now.”

Mike and Rebecca now run the sailboat One Love, a Robertson and

Caine Leopard 4600 catamaran. The boat was built specifically for charter, and the Sweeney’s have been involved in tricking her out for charter fun and safety since the day she was purchased.

It seems ideal; the couple jumped from a small cruising cat to a big one and get paid to sail around the islands and have fun while their boat home waits for them on the hard to go cruising again one day. But it’s not all sunsets and cocktails with new friends. Running a charter is hard work in exotic locations.

“We knew that it was going to be work,” says Mike. “Other than the fact that we live on a boat full time, running a charter boat is nothing like cruising. When cruising on ZTC, we were very minimalist, and now we’re on a yacht with all the bells and whistles. I think we visited a dock only once or twice in several years of cruising on ZTC. Now we’re on one every week. I think that perhaps the biggest difference is that when cruising, we never had a schedule. Now we always do. I’ve even taken to wearing a watch again!”

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Anyone who’s owned a boat, especially in the tropics, knows what a chore that can be.

The Sweeneys had to work toward charter life before they even started the job. Not just anyone can run a boat for paying customers. Mike and Rebecca needed to get all kinds of certifications. Mike first went for his captain’s license.

“Not being American, the hurricane season, I jumped into it full USCG route that most of my friends force.” had taken was not available to me.

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Plus they have spent countless hours researching and working on recipes, great places to anchor out with guests, sights to see, local weather patterns, snorkeling spots, and more. With all the right credentials in hand, what really matters when they are working on One Love though is that Mike and Rebecca love sailing, love people, and love to have fun. And of course being former cruisers does help them to do their job, too.

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that want to avoid the crowds, we have a few special not-so-well-known spots that we can take them,” says Rebecca.

“We also learned to be pretty selfsufficient when cruising and that has carried over onto One Love as well.

When things happen, and they always do, we’re typically pretty well prepared to deal with them,” Mike says.

For guests, it all seems like a dream vacation, and the hard work behind the scenes translates into a week of relaxation and tropical adventure. Fresh local food, sundowners in the cockpit, paddle boarding, spying turtles and rays in a special snorkeling spot, and of course comfortable and smooth sailing on a luxurious catamaran, all without doing any work yourself. Mike and Rebecca have only been running One Love for about 10 months now but they have managed to book more than a dozen charters in that time with loads more on the horizon. They get rave reviews, and guests look blissed out in the photos they post on their company Facebook page.

“Hands down, there really is no better way to experience the Virgin Islands than on a boat! Imagine staying at a luxury floating hotel where you can travel with all of your stuff from place to place, wherever you like, whenever you like,” Mike gushes. “The schedule and itinerary are yours to create. Having a professional crew look after the boat, prepare scrumptious meals and serve you, and ferry you wherever you like is as close to living the rich and famous lifestyle as many people will ever get.“ With all that love and attention going to One Love, could their wee little cruising boat all alone on the hard in Grenada feel neglected?

“We decided to keep ZTC at the beginning, just in case the charter gig didn’t work out for us, a bit of a fallback position,” Mike states. “A few days ago, we just gave serious thought as to what we were going to do with her this season. Do we sell her or keep her? To tell the truth, we still haven’t fully decided. We love that boat!”

##Mike providing dinghy fun.

Whatever they decide, Mike and Rebecca have managed to create a path for themselves that may be hard work, but is the envy of many. They’re saving for the cruising kitty; they’re doing work they love; and they still get to live on a boat in the tropics and sail every week meeting new people. Not bad for a J-O-B. #

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Family Cruising Loads of Miles and Smiles behind These Salty Pups

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n the shores of Virgin Gorda at the Bitter End YC in the British Virgin Islands as part of the 2013 Salty Dawg Rally last November, a litter of Salty Pups landed with 1500 freshly sailed nautical miles under their collars (see “Salty Pups Sail with the Big Dogs,” January 2014). Now, they’ve returned to their land life and to challenges of a completely different nature: a fresh school year where swimsuits are no longer appropriate attire. Before heading home and with some 3500 additional bluewater miles under their belts, five salty pups spent a few days splashing, snorkeling, and swapping stories in the Bahamas.

The junior crews of the Hanse 445 Happy Chaos and the Stevens 47 Hurrah met up at Warderick Wells in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park last May shortly before sailing back to the U.S. East Coast.

Bouncing on the foredeck, wild waving, and general rejoicing ruled as the kids recognized each other coming into the anchorage. Typical boat kids, they picked up right where they last left off and made the most of their imagination and the outdoors for some fantastic afternoons.

Evan (10), Laura (8), and Amy (6), spent last winter sailing with their parents from the Virgin Islands down to Grenada and then back through Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. As we were, they were planning to head to Florida for the first stop on the road to post-cruising. After meeting each other through the Salty

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Dawg Rally, our families sailed in and out of anchorages in the BVIs and the USVIs through December. Our paths had last crossed in February in Dominica. On that trip, the kids (some of the adult ones, too) took turns jumping into waterfalls, hiking through the rainforest, and soaking in hot springs.

Since then, the kids had all nurtured a taste for tropical fruit and deep sea fishing.

They chatted about eating soursop, cocoa pods, and plantains (no one quite agreeing on which was their favorite) and about catching fish while underway. Outside of the passage from Hampton to Virgin Gorda, Evan’s favorite day of the whole winter was the day they caught and released a blue marlin en route to Grenada.

In the Bahamas, my 10-year-old son, Hannes, a shark lover, was thrilled to see sharks in the wild. He and Evan watched a lemon shark swimming near the beach.

Later, they were both snorkeling a reef when a Caribbean reef shark cruised by to check out the guests in his neighborhood.

Snorkeling within sight of a shark was a dream come true for Hannes.

Laura, on the other hand, loves dolphins, and some of her favorite times last winter occurred when dolphins came to play. Laura had the good fortune to visit a local school in Dominica for a day in February. She walked away from that experience with a greater appreciation for homeschooling and for her old school in Toronto. “Boy, the teacher was really

strict,” she said. During the latter part of the trip, Laura undertook a quest for pure sand untrodden by people. She delighted in diving in six to 10 feet of water and bringing up handfuls of fine, white, soft oozing sand.

Amy and my daughter Anna (5) appreciated beaches. After making a few sand angels that covered them in sand from head to toe, they swam off to a floating platform, aka the stage. Next they danced merrily around before jumping in to start all over again.

Before leaving Warderick Wells, we all hiked to the top of Boo Boo Hill to place our homage to Hurrah with the rest of the wooden signs left by boaters who’ve visited the park. We pointed to the signs of salty pup friends who’d been there last season and wondered where their adventures had taken them. But enough of the reminiscing, or so the kids seemed to say. With their picture already snapped, they headed into the scrub, building forts for an epic battle of girls versus boys. Imagine the consternation when one of the girls switched sides to gain the protection of older brothers.

Which of these salty tales will stick in their memories? Who knows. Yet there they were, tanned and shaggy in faded swimsuits having the time of their lives pursuing simple outdoor pleasures. They seemed to have no idea how extraordinary their experience was. As parents, we’re hoping that spirit sticks.

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n the afternoon of Saturday, July 26, Corinthian member, Deb Kuba, hosted a group of 40 or so guests, members, and other four legged friends at her historic property, ‘Crooked Intentions’ on San Domingo Creek on the north shore of the Choptank River.

Her house on the property dates back to the early 17th century, is registered in the National Trust for Historic Preservation,

and is mentioned in Michener’s classic novel “Chesapeake.”

The event comprised an afternoon pot-luck picnic and cocktail party with Deb providing a guided tour of the house and property including a narration of its fascinating history. Those arriving in shallow-draft vessels were able to moor at her private dock while others anchored in the creek or docked in St. Michaels where the short walk south is less than a mile.

Corinthian member, Ken Appleton, won the competition for the most original, fictitious, and (it has to be said) ##Deb Kuba recounting the history of ‘Crooked Intentions.’

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ver the weekend of August 9-10, Alberg 30 owners reunited at the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) at Annapolis City Dock to celebrate a special anniversary.

Designed by Carl Alberg in 1962, the Alberg 30 was based loosely on the Odyssey, a boat he had designed for a group of 15 San Francisco sailors in 1959.

In 1964, a similar group of Annapolis area sailors banded together to order, as a group, several of the new Alberg 30 design. Thus the birth of the Alberg 30 One-Design Association.

The boat was in continuous production through 1984 by Whitby Boatworks of Canada. An unprecedented 750-plus boats were made; more than 300 were delivered to the Chesapeake Bay. Many of these boats still sail here, including impressive numbers on the starting line as a class in local races.

The celebration began with a parade of 34 boats and shoreside festivities into the evening. Twenty-six Albergs docked at City Dock for the event, and several were available for boarding. Albergers shared their experiences with friends old and new. On Sunday, the A30 Association hosted an “Old Timers” Race on the Severn for 16 boats. Peter Scheidt, a three-time High Point winner in the class, took top honors as the guest skipper on Windswept. alberg30.org

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very season, the members of Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay (CB2) embark on a major sailing excursion to new and challenging destinations. This season was no different with a two-week tour of Newport, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Six boats — Anneliese, Beverly, Bleu Flue, Equinox, Force 4, and Sails Call— rendezvoused at Summit North Marina Friday evening July 11 on the C&D Canal to stage for a Saturday morning departure.

Once all fuel, water, provisioning, and safety checks were complete, the flotilla headed out to the Delaware Bay for the trip to the Atlantic.

Although a bit choppy, the bay was relatively docile, and Neptune granted us an uneventful passage south. We rounded Cape May at dusk and were greeted with July’s full super moon.

With 15-knot winds out of the southeast, sails went up, a waypoint was set to the west side of Block Island, and the crews settled into their watches for the voyage. Sea turtles and dolphins joined us for welcome visits along the way.

After the first 24 hours, the wind began to pick up to a steady 20-plus knots. With seas up to six to eight and gusts bumping up to 30 knots at our backs, the ride got pretty exciting. Hourly checks throughout the evening ensured the crews and their boats were all safe, confident, and in control. At 6 a.m. Monday morning, 44 hours and 290 nautical miles after departing Summit, we all arrived safely in Newport, RI. Crews, tired and hungry, secured their boats and made spinsheet.com

way to the nearest “greasy spoon” for a hearty breakfast.

After a few days of sightseeing (brewery and distillery included) and lobsters, we were off to Martha’s Vineyard. A great sail (dodging the odd ferryboat) landed us in Oak Bluffs on the west side of the island. More exploring (Edgartown, Vineyard Haven, and Chappaquiddick) and lobster continued to keep us occupied for a few days.

Leaving Oak Bluffs Sunday morning, the next stop would be Nantucket.

Another great sail put us into Nantucket Harbor just before the rain began.

A wet first evening made for a restful pause from the hectic pace we had been keeping on the trip so far. As soon as the sun peeked through the clouds, the exploring continued. The whaling museum was a favorite for both young and old. More lobsters, scooters, local toggeries, island excursions, and breweries (of course) kept everyone busy. But alas, all good things must come to an end. Not for Equinox and their recently retired owners Al and Sue Nahmias.

They stayed on for the remainder of the summer and will return in September.

Thursday morning, fueled and ready to go with new crews that joined over the previous few days, the flotilla departed ##Oaks Bluff Harbor in Martha’s Vineyard, one of Nantucket the picturesque stops during the BOLD trip.

Harbor for the Between Saturday and Sunday July long trip 26/27, 15 days and about 800 nautihome. Our weather window worked cal miles after the start of our journey, well as 12-knot winds clocked from all boats and crews made it safely back the north about four hours into the trip to their home ports. Many new friends and stayed with us until we approached were made along the way. Some fantastic Cape May. We motorsailed most of the offshore sailing and tidal planning while way in rolling but calm seas. Thirty-six in New England continued to develop hours into the return leg, Sails Call, the skills and confidence of the skippers Bleu Flue, and Force 4 ducked into Cape and their crews. In CB2, we call these May for a bit of R&R while Anneliese excursions BOLD trips: Beneteau Ownand Beverly pressed on to Summit. ers Living the Dream. Our trip certainly Notus, the south wind god, blessed us lived up to this expectation. Now, what’s with a 15 knot wind that pushed us up on the docket for next year?! the Delaware Bay.

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Recycled Cardboard Regatta on the Nanticoke

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couple partially sank. Several others took on water and limped to the finish. And some finished virtually unscathed, in tip-top ship shape.

Blades Marina at Nanticoke River Marine Park was the venue (August 9) for the inaugural Recycle Cardboard Boat Regatta, an event that meshed creative fun with environmental awareness.

“I thought it might break or have a leak, but it went pretty well,” said 15-year-old Estarion Sunborn, who paddled to victory twice with 12-year-old brother Josh to claim both categorical and overall Pride of the Fleet honors.

Their winning entry, christened The Molly Brown, was constructed with ship-building expertise provided by connections at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center.

Nine entries took to the water in the event, held by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, Nanticoke River YC,

the Nanticoke River Arts Council, and the Nanti##Happy Dragon at the Recycled Cardboard Regatta that coke River Marina. mixed creative fun with environmental awareness.

It was the next to last event in the Watershed It took on water to the point that Robbie Stewardship’s “Reclaim Our River” and his sister Delaney had to abandon ship.

Nanticoke River series. The mission, Runner-up in the Pride of the Fleet says Phil Miller of DNREC’s Division race was The Maelstrom, a Viking-themed of Watershed Stewardship, is “to bring entry built to the blueprint of the Disney water quality awareness to the area …

World ride by Jason Reale of Laurel. He and connect residents to the waterways.” and daughter Monica (8) won the family Miller paddled DNREC’s Blue Frog division.

Bullfrog recycled cardboard craft to a “The first hurdle was getting in the boat. no-leak finish. “I think we did a pretty I was just happy when I got in the boat and good job,” he says. “Besides a little bit the thing didn’t fold in half,” says Reale, of splash it stayed dry. I was surprised; I who credited daughter Monica for “setting kind of thought I might get the Titanic the tempo. We had to work in tandem.”

Award.”

Mr. Reale said it took nine straight eveNope, those contenders included the nings to build The Maelstrom, which won Aaron’s Ace Hardware entry, which the Most Whimsical award. won its category but took on water in “I am very tired of looking at cardboard the Pride of the Fleet finale, and the SS at this point,” Mr. Reale said. “But I had Deadline, a craft made in less than a day a great time. I think the turnout was good

by Robbie Westhoff and his father Jim. and I look forward to next year’s (regatta).”

An inadvertent knee bump to Deadline’s ~by Glenn Rolfe, Sussex County Post side apparently caused a “titanic” bruise.

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by Commander Kathy Nash

Educating boaters is paramount to our mission. We offer the basic boating course in which you may earn your Maryland Safe Boating Certificate and much more. Our courses generally run six to eight weeks (one evening per week), and seminars are generally two hours long, often held at the Annapolis West Marine for free! Both the courses and seminars are taught by our own instructors.

Annapolis Sail & Power Squadron (ASPS) is very civic service minded. We participate in Safe Boating Week Kickoff in May and the Annapolis Sailboat and Powerboat Shows. We perform Vessel Safety Checks, donate funds and services to other civic groups when possible, such as the Toys for Tots program.

This year at the Annapolis Boat Shows we will have a Boating Skills Virtual Trainer. Stop by and try your hand at docking, pivoting, moorings, etc.

Our Vessel Safety Check program is a friendly one-on-one process that we provide for your vessel. We make our

nnapolis Sail & Power Squadron (ASPS) is a local chapter of the United States Power Squadron, a national, non-profit organization with more than 40,000 members with a mission to promote recreational boating skills and boating safety through education, hands-on training, and civic activities while providing fellowship for members.

By joining our Squadron, you can become a part of a premier boating educational organization with great courses and seminars; a civic minded group that donates time and money to the community; and a social group that holds raft ups, weekend rendezvous, weeklong cruises, a crab feast, picnics, and monthly dinner meetings with interesting speakers.

The old days of power squadrons where uniforms were worn and ceremony was paramount are all but gone from the Annapolis Sail & Power Squadron. We are more than your parents’ group of friends.

We still hold to our standards but have adapted to today’s fast paced, informal lifestyle.

inspection an educational procedure with the goal of providing useful “real world” safety information.

ASPS is an all-volunteer organization, and we like to have fun together. We have a social hour with most of our events, once we are successfully tied up at the dock or off the water. Our monthly dinner meetings have a social hour. Here is a list of some of our activities: week day and weekend raft ups on local waters, weeklong multiple port summer cruises, spring picnic, fall crab feast, monthly dinner meetings, and more.

Consider joining or visiting ASPS. You may participate in any of our events without being a member, giving you the opportunity to check us out before joining. If you desire someone to cruise with, to improve your boating skills, or a Vessel Safety Check, contact ASPS today. aspsmd.org

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Of Commodores and Classics

he Tartan 34 Classic Association, founded by George H. Colligan and Deane Holt, is made up of some 100 Tartan 34 Classic Sailboats primarily in 14 regions in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

The Tartan 34 was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens Company and is built by Tartan Yachts.

This boat is highly appreciated for her seaworthiness and ease of handling.

Several Tartan 34 Classics have sailed around the world and across the Pacific and Atlantic and back. The current commodore is David Bourdon and the vice commodore is Richard Lariviere of Montreal, Canada. Mary Ina Bourdon is the treasurer of the Tartan 34 Classic Association. Holt remains an active contributor to the Association as well as former commodore, web administrator, and true friend.

##A Tartan 34 Classic Sandwich on the Goose Cruise. Photo by Grace Holt

I sail my 1967 Tartan 34 Classic Celebration out of Bodkin Creek as a member of the Bodkin YC. With my wife and Admiral, Mary Ina Bourdon. We have been very active as members of the U.S. Coast Auxiliary for 38 years. I am one of three founders and first commodore of the Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club and now Commodore of the Tartan 34 Classic Association.

Mary Ina and I have been sailing together since 1975, and each of us since our teens. For me, a teenage friend’s family had a 35-foot sloop and of course I was invited to work on the boat as well as sail on her. I fell in love with sailing and knew that someday, I would have one, too.

Sailing as a member of a cruising club/association is an extension of your family. Rafting with other boats, learning more about your boat, and sailing with others are freedoms one just has to experience. Every cruise and rendezvous is as exciting as the first one. Enjoying Mother Nature’s water, wind, and current, one has a true appreciation of the gift we have to sail our East Coast and the beautiful Chesapeake Bay. If you’re interested in the Tartan 34 Classic sailboat, our association, and what we are currently doing, please feel free to call me at (410) 384-7753. ~Commodore David A. Bourdon tartan34classic.org

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NSHSA Safety, Flare, and Signal Device Raft

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inspections was the dialogue with the he calm waters of Worton Creek inspectors who offered insight on general became a hub of activity on safety equipment and regulations. Many Saturday, July 26 as the Norththanks to Judy, Rita, and Ben from the ern Star Hunter Sailing Association (NSHSA) conducted a safety, flare, and signal ##NSHSA members test safety devices device exercise. The exeron the shore of Worton Creek. cise was conducted with the assistance and support of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Department. The raft-up was one of NSHSA’s more successful events with 21 boats participating. The intent was to learn, share, and practice the use of different signal devices.

The day’s event started at 10:00 hours with vessel safety inspections conducted by the three members of the USCGA District 5 Southern Region for U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Inspections their support. were conducted on 10 boats, all of whom The emergency flare and aerial signal successfully received inspection stickers. practice commenced at 15:00 hours.

Perhaps the most valuable part of the The exercise was conducted under the

instruction and supervision of the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Department. The Fire Department Team was led by Captain Paul Brinkley, with support from Sergeant Stormy White and Fire Technician Dakota.

Attendees had the opportunity to practice the use hand held flares, signal guns, parachute flares, smoke, and dye bombs.

The exercise reinforced the need to train on these devices, as there is nothing like actual practice to fully appreciate proper use. Many thanks to the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Department for sharing both their expertise and their Saturday afternoon.

The exercise concluded at 17:00 hours just in time for a potluck dinner at the Worton Creek Marina picnic area. The weekend could not have been better as cool temperatures prevailed both evenings, and a brisk south west wind had us all return to home port under sail. nshsa.org

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##Herrington Harbour Sailing Association cruising members have been all over the Bay this season.

##As well as offering vessel safety checks, education, and civic service, Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron members socialize, too.

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##Commodore Kelley serving up watermelon at an Hunter Sailing Association Station #1 cookout.

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Youth & Collegiate Sailing Focus

Corsica River YC Hosts Junior Olympics

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##The Junior Olympics on the Corsica River. Photo by Mark Hergan

##Land prep at the JOs. Photo by Wick Dudley

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he Corsica River YC (CRYC) was the center of Chesapeake Bay area junior sailing July 18-19 with 200 sailors ages seven to 18 competing for top honors in the U.S. Sailing Junior Olympics. CRYC is located on Ship Point of the Corsica River and provided an excellent venue for sailors competing in Club 420s, Lasers, and Optimist fleets in the protected waters of the Corsica River and the more open waters of the Chester River.

The sailors participated in a fleet of 38 Club 420s, 27 Laser Radials, 61 Optimists, and 35 Optimist-Green (beginner) fleets. Extremely light and variable wind conditions of less than five knots on Friday challenged Principle Race Officers John Macielag (C420/Lasers), Andy Wood (Optimist), and Joe Della Barba (OptiGreen) in setting up fair race courses, but each PRO managed to get off four races. Saturday brought more favorable wind conditions. Each fleet managed to get in at least seven races over the two days. Following racing each day was an assortment of activities including a pick-up game of soccer, a Friday evening taco dinner, and an outdoor movie theater that showed the Lego movie.

The grand finale of the weekend was the Olympic Award Ceremony in which the army of volunteers led by Wick Dudley, JO event coordinator, were recognized to help make the event a success. Following the recognitions, top medals were given to: Club 420s first place to Martina Sly and Ian Morgan (AYC); second place to Emma White and Grace Lucas (AYC); third place to Connor Bayless and Jake Vickers; fourth place to Jack Elkin and William Cabell (Christ Church School); and fifth place to Kyle Comerford and Amelia Hardy (AYC).

Laser Radials first placed to Leo Boucher (SSA); second place to Christian Filter (SSA); third place to Alexander Hanna (FBYC); fourth place to Aaron Helmly (SSA); fifth place to Gray Kiger III (BBYA).

Optimist first place to Boyd Bragg (FBYC/ RRYC); second place to Benton Amthor (FBYC); third place to Owen Hennessey (AYC); fourth place to Trevor Davis (SSA); fifth place to John Vail (FBYC/RRYC).

Commodore Bob Elliott wrapped up the event by thanking the volunteers, participants, family, and coaches for coming to the event and making it such a great success. spinsheet.com

Welcome to the Kent Island High School Sailing Club

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ears ago Kent Island High School (KIHS) had a sailing club, and a handful of students are enthusiastic about starting another one again. The KIHS athletic director said that this school activity could start as a club and could grow and get more support from the school as a team and even varsity sport. Imagine that: varsity sailing on Kent Island.

We have been working with the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) hssailing.org to register the club on a national level. This will give the kids at KIHS an opportunity to learn

about boats, safety on the water, and to learn how to sail. Our first challenges are to coordinate some boats, a beach to launch from, and parent coaching/supervision two nights each week starting in September. We currently have a few small sailboats, a 470, an i420, and an Albacore.

Cash donations are always welcomed as well as any businesses that with to provide sponsorship. If you have a small boat that you are willing to donate, or loan, we are looking for other 420s, FJs and parts, small trailers, beach dollies, or a small tender/coach boat. For more in-

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##Jeffery Mayher and Erica Stone are “driving” the new club at Kent Island High School.

formation, please contact Charles Stone at ottostone@hotmail.com or Mark Mayher at mark.mayher@sprint.com. We are very hopeful we can give these high school sailors from Kent Island the opportunity to sail and compete with other teams around the Chesapeake Bay.

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yle Comerford (left) received the Commodore’s Bowl, AYC Junior Program’s award for the most talented sailor in all classes sailed. His brother Willy (right) received the Bill Bennett Memorial Leadership Award for most sportsmanlike older, usually non-Opti, sailor. Their proud mother Jennifer stands in the middle.

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f you’re a J/80 racer, you’re used to two crane usage to keep the girls in tip-top on Friday and Saturday,” says Chadwick. things: stiff competition in some of the shape throughout the week. To make The Chesapeake Bay J/80 fleet has world’s most exotic sailing destinathings social, J/World and the national about 30 boats actively racing on the tions. In 2011, the J/80 Worlds were J/80 class association are sponsoring a Chesapeake, and Ramzi Bannura anticiheld in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2012, cookout to get sailors mingling off the pates upwards of 50 boats will be present boats were shipped to Dartmouth, UK. race course. for the regatta. “We have multiple EuroAnd last year, the Worlds were held in The J/80 class is doing something pean boats coming, as well as a few boats the brie and champagne-drenched shores unique this year in that it has instituted from Canada,” says Chadwick. of Marseilles, France.

The 2014 World Championships are the culmination of In 2014, boats are coma series of J/80 events hosted ing home to Annapolis for a in Annapolis. The East Coast regatta hosted by one of the Championships will be raced most active J/80 fleets in the out of Annapolis YC over Labor country. Racing will happen Day weekend, and the North September 29-October 4 with Americans will be run out of a lay day on October 2, and a AYC again September 10maximum of 20 races over the 14. The 2014 Worlds Circuit course of five days is the plan. began in January and has been Eastport YC (EYC) is the host traveling up and down the East club, with PRO Sharon HadCoast, everywhere between sell and Chief Judge Charlotte Key West and New HampGreppe bringing together ##The J/80 fleet is pulling some all nighters in the month of September, shire. an impressive race commitwith the East Coast Championships, North Americans, and Worlds coming into Annapolis.

Look for some of the stiffest competition not So who is 2014’s Boat to tee experienced with running only on the Bay, but in the world. Photo by Dan Phelps Beat? Locals Will and Marie large-scale world class events.

Crump with brother (inWindward-leeward racing is law) Thomas Klok won both on the schedule at the mouth Charleston Race Week and the of the Severn River. “Sharon Annapolis NOOD Regatta on is the past commodore of their boat USA 1486 (named EYC, and has been race comR80 for the Worlds). Close bemittee chairman throughout hind them will be John White the years,” says J/80 National on USA 1162 (see his profile Class Secretary Chris Chadon page 92) and Chris and wick, who is helping to orgaLiz Chadwick’s Church Key. nize the event. “She’s done a Add in local skippers like Bert lot of work with the J/80 fleet Carp, Nicole Weaver, and Ken and our events on the Chesaa lay day for racers to spend Thursday off Mangano (and out-of-towners like Brian peake, so it seemed like a natural fit to the water. “When folks are coming into Keane, of course), and you have the have her take over that responsibility.” town and you have access to all these makings of one competitive leaderboard.

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2014 Governor’s Cup: Don’t Bet on the Weather

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ay sailors love the Governor’s Cup, anything a few quick-handed crewmemlights would dip below the waves and and for legitimate reasons. It’s a long bers couldn’t alleviate, however). But if just disappear,” he says. Jewell hit Pointrace for the Bay (68.6 miles for the Bay sailors know anything, they know No-Point around 2 a.m. and went off Annapolis leg, 48 miles for the Potomac), that once darkness falls, all bets are off. watch to be bumped around in the cabin and you never know if the weather’s “At 8 p.m. we started our watch until the very early hours of the morngoing to cooperate despite the race hapschedules,” says Michael Jewell, who was ing. “As often happens, the wind ends pening during the peak of the summer competing in his twelfth Gov Cup on up on the nose for the last five miles, so sailing season. You start in Maryland’s Five O’Clock, “so off I went to bed in seas a-tacking we shall go.” current capital (Annapolis) and The first boats from Anend up in Maryland’s first capital napolis started finishing around ##It’s rare to meet a Bay sailor with only one Gov Cup under (St. Marys City). It’s a race for 2 a.m., with David Way’s his or her belt. Most often, there are at least half a dozen. serious Bay sailors who don’t Corsair 31 Trinity crossing the mind staying up all night (nay, line at 2:01 in the morning and who enjoy staying up all night) John Nicholson’s Corsair 31 at the helm or on the rail. And Fair Curve just 22 minutes beconsidering the fact that the hind. The race committee met Gov Cup is now in its 41st year Potomoc Leg spinnaker sailors as a fixture on the Chesapeake Doug Savage and team Dark Bay racing circuit, you have to Star at 3:18 a.m., when the think there’s something to be cruising and PHRF fleets from said for all of that.

Annapolis started showing up.

The J/35 class was the only This year, the start and finish one-design class in the race, of the Gov Cup were marked that were getting bumpy. At 11 p.m. I and Peter Scheidt and family onboard by two lions of Chesapeake Bay sailing: Maggie took honors at 4:43 a.m. was on deck, and it was raining but still the Pride of Baltimore II acted as the start Despite the less than favorable condiblowing 10-15 knots at Cove Point.” boat, and the Maryland Dove waited to “The next three hours were some of tions, Jewell doesn’t sound dismayed in greet sailors at the finish. The Pride threw the most challenging that I remember for the least.

“In the end, I had five of my sailors a bit of a curve ball, however, as a Gov Cup,” says Jewell. Steady, heavy best friends, and a night of adventurous no one anticipated just how much wind rain coupled with low visibility and big sailing. Wet, cold, and miserably fun!” would be blocked by the ship and in the waves made for a very long night. “It was For the full results, visit strong current, several boats had minor hard to see other vessels, as the running smcm.edu/govcup incidents with the Pride’s bowsprit (not

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##The Pride of Baltimore II was on hand for the start of the 2014 Governor’s Cup between Annapolis and St. Marys City.

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2014 Oxford Regatta: The Art of Sail Rivers. As usual, however, the real show stoppers were the log canoes.

This year, ten log canoes came out for a day of sailing under gorgeous blue skies.

The wind was slight, but there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too much in the way of complaining.

A mechanical drone manned by Robert Stevenson captured the majesty of the racing. To watch the video and see more, visit spinsheet.com/oxford-regatta-drone.

For full results from the weekend, visit tayc.com.

##Photos by Mark Hergan and Robert Stevenson.

red Avon Yacht Club (TAYC) hosted its largest annual regatta August 8 and 9, with PHRF, Stars, Comets, Snipes, Penguins, Optis, Lasers, Club 420s, PHRF classes, and Shields all coming out to race on the Tred Avon and Choptank

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2014 Oxford Regatta (continued)

##An exclusive party at Harleigh Mansion brings out the best dressed sailors on the Bay.

##Photos by Mark Hergan and Robert Stevenson.

##Eight classes race together with the log canoes on the Tred Avon River, creating a jaw-dropping site that attracts spectators from around the world.

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##To the Moon leaving Chicago. Photo by MISTE Photography.

Bay Sailors Take to the Great Lakes

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he 106th annual Race to Mackinac hosted by Chicago YC fell over the weekend of July 18-20, and more than 300 boats and 2500 sailors showed up to race the 333 miles between Chicago and Mackinac Island at the tip of Michigan’s lower peninsula.

Sunny skies and a light lake breeze around five knots launched the race on Saturday afternoon, forcing most of the fleet to hug the coast and sail up the Wisconsin shoreline instead of pushing toward the rhumb line.

By late Sunday, a southerly breeze at 15-20 knots pushed the fleet up Lake Michigan before dying in the Straits of Mackinac just under the Mackinac Bridge.

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otapskut Sailing Association (PSA) is pleased to announce its second annual Race to Rock Hall scheduled for September 27. The race format invites participation from 10 sailing classes using CBYRA Region II government marks. The course is expected to be 15 nautical miles and will be set by the race committee the day of the race.

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Multiple Bay sailors traded a weekend in Solomons for a weekend on the Great Lakes. Winning the Bigger Boat division was Robert Berg’s To the Moon, a Swan 42 out of East Jordan, MI. Onboard were Kate Chaney and Bob Oberg of Annapolis along with Max Skelley of Havre de Grace and Nick Skibo of Kensington, MD. To the Moon won their class with a corrected time of 42 hours, 11 minutes, and 45 seconds, almost two hours ahead of the next competitor.

Dave Flynn of Quantum Sails raced with Sledd Shelhorse on the Farr 400 Median X along with crew from the Virginia Beach and Norfolk areas. Their corrected time of 45 hours, 45 minutes,

and 13 seconds was good enough for an eighth place in their class, inched out of the top five by Hot Lips, Christopher Whitford’s Farr 40 with rigger Mike Sipala and Josh Putnam (both of Worton, MD) onboard.

Paul Murphy (Annapolis) raced on the new J/88 Hokey Smoke owned by Rich Stearns. “It was Rich’s 41st Mac,” says Murphy. “His wife Lorie is on her 21st. It’s a big deal when you get to 25, because then you’re considered an Old Goat.”

Currently the sailor with the most Chi-Macs under his belt is John Nedeau, of Muskegon YC. He has raced between the Windy City and Mackinac a total of 65 times. Old Goat, indeed.

Race to Rock Hall near Rock Hall. There will be an onshore social following the race at Haven Harbour Marina in Swan Creek. The inaugural event attracted 42 participants with two one-design classes. This year, two additional one-design fleets have been added, and race organizers anticipate as many as 65 to 70 race entries. PSA will also host a Sunday Race Back to Baltimore Light.

PSA has completed a total reconstruction of its traditional Race to Queenstown

that was abandoned after 74 years in favor of a new location with better facilities. The shore party features live music, fresh shucked oysters, wine tastings, Gosling’s Dark n’ Stormies, and offers numerous nautical and home goods through a silent auction. Local vendors will offer hot barbecue and other grilled food.

For more information, please contact John Aellen at psa-sailing@comcast.net.

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Annapolis to Newport Race: Open for Business!

t press time, there were already eight as one-stop shopping for all particientries for the 35th biennial Annapopants. All race documents can be found lis to Newport Race, which will start and online entry performed using the June 5 and 6 off Annapolis. Those skipYachtScoring program. pers all took advantage of the early entry “In today’s world, people are making discount, which remains in place until plans earlier and earlier,” says Myers. “As December 1.

Under the direction of ##A rainy start for the 2013 Annapolis to Newport Race. co-chairmen Dick Neville and Mark Myers, the Annapolisto-Newport race committee is way ahead of schedule on a number of fronts. In the past, race documents were issued and entries were subsequently accepted around January of the calendar year in which Annapolis to Newport was being held.

That process has now been sped up by almost six months, a committee, we felt it was important to with the Notice of Race being posted to give owners an opportunity to view the the official event website in early July. The Notice of Race and go through the regofficial event website, annapolisnewporistration process earlier than ever before. trace.com, launched last month and serves

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Big Boats Headed Into Town

n its fifth consecutive year, the 2014 Storm Trysail Annapolis Fall Regatta on October 31 through November 2 represents a scheduled stop in the East Coast big boat racing season, being after the last racing events in New England and a month prior to the first race of the winter season in Florida.

Hosted by the Chesapeake Station of the Storm Trysail Club, the event is designed to attract a wide variety of race boats. Class divisions will reflect grouping like-styled boats in appropriate size ranges, and trophies will be awarded using HPR and IRC scoring.

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Yacht Scoring allows us to keep all the key information located in one place.”

Organizers with Annapolis YC have added a Performance Cruising Class, which is designed to introduce distance racing to a different segment of sailors.

Newport Yachting Center will serve as race headquarters on the finishing end. The marina features 180 floating finger piers, on-site repair service, 24-hour security, a professional staff and all sorts of other amenities. Annapolis YC has reserved a large number of discounted slips for AnnapolisNewport race boats.

Organizers will set up a race office, press office, and hospitality tent at the Newport Yachting Center for the convenience of sailors.

Participating skippers can reserve dockage beginning on February 1, 2015.

For more information, visit annapolisnewportrace.com.

six- hour tour of the middle portion of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. This allows a “two-for-one” points value for offshore race skills, and helps alleviate any bias that may

Race Officer and past Commodore of the Storm Trysail Club. “While we have been adaptable to the changing times and the preferences of sailors, our heritage is rooted in offshore sailing, so we found this format a great way to combine the skill ##“This regatta is fantastic, really a lot of fun,” says Steve Benjamin, co-owner of sets of both in one event.” last year’s HPR Class winner SPOOKIE. Neville also lauds the “The racing is tight, race management late fall conditions in the is excellent, and the course is really fun.” Photo by Dan Phelps area, where the temperatures are pleasant and the wind conditions typically consistent to produce great sailing.

“The Fall season in the Chesapeake can be the best time of year for racing here, so we invite teams to come and have a great time at our event.

We promise everyone they will not regret be introduced by changing weather that coming to Annapolis in October.” may occur during the race.

Classes will be offered using IRC and “We think this is an important innovaHPR scoring, but other classes may be tion for inshore racing, which is too often dominated just by windward-leeward formed should there be interest. For more information, visit hprsailing.org. sailing,” says Dick Neville, Principal spinsheet.com

80th Annual J. Rulon Miller Series for Stars Two Chesapeake Bay Fleet sailors have won the Star Internationals (Worlds) twice: do you know their names?

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he 80th Miller Series for Stars was of shifts, as our north##Dropping off the tow for sailed at Gibson Island YS July 19 easterly, trending the afternoon’s race. and 20 in light to moderate winds southeasterly winds and comfortable temperatures. This hiswill do. toric event is one of the oldest continuContinuing the ing racing series on the Chesapeake. legacy theme, the top This year, GIYS highlighted its legacy two places were taken with a delightful dinner on the wooden

by Gibson Island, houseboat Lone Star Saturday after racChesapeake Bay Fleet ing, where many decades of Star sailors sailors, with Murhave partied under the moonlight. ray Leigh and crew Original films and photos ##Murray Leigh and Tommy Price cross the finish. Photo by Mitch Koppelman from the past Vanderhoff 80 years from Havre of Stars de Grace. racing at The first Gibson five finishIsland were ers were shown separated by and Rulon fewer than Miller’s 10 points. book on We were the first 15 honored and years of the pleased to Chesahave one of peake Bay the original Star Fleet GIYS Star (1923Fleet boats 1938) was from 1923, presented Trout, come to all the out and race sailors. with us! Restored and owned by Tom Tommy Price winning easily with three A surprisingly robust northeasterly Gahs, she still sails on the Magothy and bullets in the five race series. In second held for the weekend, giving excellent though trailing the fleet, finished all the was Tom Price, crewed by his daughter sailing conditions with an interesting races and sailed beautifully.

Saidee, winning a tiebreaker with John (and sometimes confounding) pattern

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National Capital Area Leukemia Cup and Poker Run

t’s not too late to raise a sail in support of the National Capital Area’s Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Leukemia Cup events! The NCA hosts their Potomac River-based Power Boat Poker Run September 5, and Leukemia Cup Regatta September 6. Anyone with an interest in sailing (or power boating!) and a passion for raising funds Follow us!

to cure cancer can participate. Last year’s National Capital Area Poker Run and Regatta skippers, crew and sponsors raised $180,000 to cure blood cancers – sixth in the nation in total fundraising.

Participation in the Leukemia Cup Regatta and Poker Run ensures the discovery of cancer research innova-

tions, cutting edge drug therapies and cures. Leukemia Cup events have raised millions of dollars for lifesaving research and patient services, bringing help and hope to patients and their families. To register your boat for this year’s Poker Run or Regatta, email Briana Walsh at briana.walsh@lls.org, call (703) 399-2930, or register online at leukemiacup.org/nca.

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The Sippy Cup Regatta: Big Sailing in Little Boats

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ix years ago, we were lamenting with our friend Jim Brown about how little boats couldn’t compete in the Governor’s Cup due to time limits.

‘Well, to heck with that,’ we said. ‘We’ll have our own overnight distance race for small and slow boats. And we’ll sail to Annapolis, because on the night of the Governor’s Cup, everyone else is sailing out of Annapolis.’ We called it the Sippy Cup Regatta.

Nine boats started this year’s Sippy Cup race, but only five crews finished.

Monitoring the weather and tide, we knew we were in for a challenge – rain, light winds, cool evening temperatures, and the current against us for most of the race. Initially the wind was looking favorable, a broad-reach down the bay on a northeasterly breeze. Then, during the Regatta Fleet start, it veered 90 degrees to become a close-hauled race.

by Dobbs Fryberger The southeasterly breeze stayed around long enough to see all fleets started, but after a mile or so dwindled to nothing. Rain set in. For the next hour, the boats struggled, pointing in every compass direction, looking for a breath of air. Adding to the challenge was how best to avoid the tug and barge coming down the Susquehanna channel. The wind returned on cat’s paws, slowly becoming steadier favoring the northeast, but only a bit less shifty.

With the heavy cloud cover and rain, daylight faded quickly and it wasn’t long before each boat could only be identified by its running lights. Turkey Point was not far behind us before it was dark.

The first withdraw occurred around 0130. No wind is bad enough, but combined with the rain, it is wearying. For the next few hours, Grace,

our Columbia 31, slowly worked her way up through the fleets, tweaking and trimming, taking advantage of every wind shift until only one stern light remained. Sometime after 0300, the wind came back, this time from the completely un-forecast northwest.

It continued to build to about 15-20 knots, and we alternately reached and ran before it toward the Bay Bridge.

Grace crossed the finish line at 0653, with Il Mio Sogno a little more than 12 minutes behind. Next across was Ice Floe, with Tempest trailing less than a minute behind her. Bringing up the rear was Yello Bird, the last survivor of the Big Gulp fleet. The five finishing boats all finished within a space of 40 minutes after 36 miles! This year, the Sippy Cup goes to Tempest, the Big Gulp Cup goes to Yello Bird, and Il Mio Sogno led the Regatta Fleet.

##This year’s Big Gulp winner, Jim VanLenten’s Yello Bird at left with Marty Lampner’s Islander .

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Small Boat Scene

Albacores on the Chesapeake

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id reading about the 2017 505 home to an Albacore fleet of roughly 20 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August Worlds (July “Small Boat Scene”) boats, hosts the Dave Irey Regatta in early 16-17. get you all pumped up to sail in June and Bill Heinz Regatta over Labor So who are Albacore sailors? Bean international championship — but Day weekend, as well as a learn-to-sail cause the boat has a very “tweakable” you’d rather focus on tactics rather than program and Sunday racing series. And rig, a large range of total crew weights handling a trapeze and spinnaker? May on the Potomac, another fleet of about 20 can make an Albacore go fast, though we suggest the Albacore? boats sailing out of Washington Sailing ideal crew weight is between 330 and Marina enjoys a Sunday series as well as 380 pounds. “My fiancé and I weigh Designed by Uffa Fox in the 1940s, 300 pounds together, Albacores are a doubleand we’ve been comhanded, main-and-jib##Catherine Mika and Peter Duncan sailing petitive in 20 knots only boat. At 15 feet long in an Albacore regatta pairing experienced plus (and been out in and all-up sailing weight and new sailors on the Potomac.

30 knots plus, and it’s 300 pounds with 125 actually quite comfortsquare feet of sail area, able),” Heinsdorf notes. they are solid, yet lively.

Family teams — parents/ More than 8000 have children, husband/wife been built, and fleets are — are common. Successvery active in the United ful Albacore sailor Peter States (about 50-60 Duncan (WRSC) had his active boats), Canada children crew for him …

(150-200 boats, mostly until they went off to colin Montreal and Toronto lege and started driving and now Nova Scotia), their own Albacores. and Great Britain and The Albacore’s allScotland have many around fun factor and afmore. fordability sucked HeinsRegatta planning dorf in 10 years ago, and is well under way in he’s been actively sailing Sarasota, FL, where the them ever since. “I started Sarasota Sailing Squadsailing Albacores after ron will host the 2015 moving to DC immediAlbacore Internationals a Spring Regatta in May and President’s ately after college,” he says. “I showed up in March 2015 (Internationals are held Cup/Leukemia Cup, slated for September one day in April 2004, and everyone was every other year). “We are expecting at 6-7 this year. standing on the dock watching Barney least 60 boats,” says Michael Heinsdorf, “The weekend of August 2-3 was the sail in 30 knots of breeze. I was hooked. current president of the U.S. Albacore Virginia Governor’s Cup at Ware River The boat is very similar to a 420 or FJ, Class, who sails out of the Potomac RivYC, which we won as the biggest fleet with a lot more controls and a lot faster. er Sailing Association near Washington, with the most starts,” Heinsdorf says.

I bought my first boat in 2005 for $2000 DC. “There are two confirmed containA new fleet in Hampton Roads at (a competitive boat is easily found at an ers coming over from Great Britain with Hampton YC is growing excitement for affordable price).”

24 boats,” so some great competition sailing Albacores as well, and they will He sold that boat to a new Albacore from across the Atlantic Ocean will be host the Hampton Fall Fling, November sailor when he bought a new Hapcoon scene.

8-9. Several New Jersey Albacore regattas built boat (locally built!) and has been Chesapeake boats are poised to are an easy drive from Chespeakeland. sailing with his now-fiancé, Michelle succeed at Internationals — Bay sailor The United States, Canada, and Great Greenhalgh, since then. (Best wishes Barney Harris, with longtime crew Britain hold nationals each year as well. to the newlyweds — their big date was David Byron, has topped the field at U.S. Nationals will unfold at Rehoboth August 29!)

Internationals five times — including the Bay Sailing Association, last four in a row.

October 11-13. And a North A healthy annual regatta schedule American Championship is ensures Chesapeake Albacores have For more information on sailing Albacores: held in off years from Interplenty of time in the boat and on the U.S. Albacore Association: usaa.albacore.org nationals; the 2014 edition race course to hone their boathandling International Albacore Association: albacore.org will be competed at CORK and boatspeed. West River Sailing Club, Michael Heinsdorf: president@usaa.albacore.org Follow us!

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The Mind’s Eye in Racing: Part 4

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by James E. Schrager

his summer, we’ve considered three key questions expert skippers ask as they start a race: Are we fast? Are we going in the right direction? And is the wind changing?

We now encounter the most unusual question, so unusual, in fact, you might call it strange.

##The author’s crew, Max and Michael.

Question #4: “Is something strange happening?”

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e all run a script in our minds of how the game will end, be it chess, tennis, football, or a sailboat race. That script provides powerful foreshadowing of how the contest will progress and has a big effect on our decision-making. This fourth question challenges that script.

Many times your prediction about the race will be accurate. But at other times, you’ll be making decisions on automatic pilot, and this can cause lost opportunities. This fourth question can save you from making broad errors, the kind every other sailor in your harbor will notice and wonder how you made such an obviously dumb mistake.

In one race, we were ahead and had just rounded the second mark in our preferred heavy air. We knew the compass course to the next mark and headed right for it. We had trouble finding the mark on visual, as we were sailing into the setting sun, and wondered if our hand-held GPS was providing good data. We were going fast but started to get worried. Why couldn’t we find the mark? It’s been too long. We should have been there by now.

Nervously, I looked behind and saw the fleet, led by our arch rival, heading way up on us, maybe 20 degrees higher. What were they doing? They were heading to the mark.

But what about our compass? It was simply wrong. After a few years of finding the marks by following other

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boats or on visual, we were now in the lead. The running script in our head had changed, and we hadn’t noticed. That day, we had no one to follow, and had no idea that our compass was sticking, leading us astray. We changed the script right away, bought a new compass the next day, but didn’t win the race.

Another time, it was our wind, with lumpy seas, and we knew we would win. That was the script.

Out on the course a giant freighter was anchored, lying just beyond the outer edge of the downwind leg. We rounded the mark nicely out in front of our rivals and gybed out toward that glorious ship. As we did, our very experienced helmsman Ray noted: “You guys need to call the gybe point for me.” We confirmed.

The script in our heads was, “This race is ours, we’ve won.” The reality was that we wildly overstood the gybe spinsheet.com

met up, he was several boat lengths ahead, as the current was far less severe inshore along his route. Current in Lake Michigan is quite rare. But when it appears, it can be invisible if you are not looking for it.

What develops with a good team are sailors always busy, always looking, always running scripts in their heads, alert that something strange may be happening. Mostly, on the best boats, it isn’t the helmsman as he or she is busy driving. You need to develop several sets of well-practiced eyes, ears, and minds looking out for how you are doing and what lies ahead.

On some boats I’ve crewed on, one person drives, makes all the calls,

mark while talking about all manner of non-racing nonsense and taking a good, long look at that big, fascinating ship. When we finally woke up, one competitor had slipped by. We didn’t win.

In the video “American Sailors,” which is a superb production of the 100th Chicago Mackinac Race (find it on YouTube), Brian Torresen, a highly accomplished competitor, notes: “You can never be far enough ahead in a Mac Race.” He’s right, and assume the same in your course races. Never let a script enter your head that has you far enough ahead.

You can relax when you cross the finish line. Until then, stay in the race.

We were blanketed by one of our chief rivals right after a start as he headed inshore to a mark. We could have fallen off and made a lane for ourselves but chose to tack over his transom and out to sea. It turned out we sailed against an offshore current, and he sailed alongside it. When we

has no time to explain, and is too busy to take in much new knowledge during the race. If they won the race, they were brilliant. If not, the cause was bad luck.

The explosion of knowledge explaining expert performance allows us to understand what separates consistent winners from everyone else. That difference is due to understanding the mind’s eye in racing. Build on this, and you can set yourself up to make the best decisions in those precious hours we spend on the race course.

Sailing, like any other intellectually rigorous pursuit, requires a dedication to improvement. For the team willing to do that, winning is well within reach.

About the Author: James E. Schrager has raced for more than 20 years in Southern Lake Michigan, winning BotY twice, most port-to-port races at least once, and crewed on a section-winning boat in the Mac. He now races with his two sons and friends out of St. Joseph, MI. In his day job, he teaches a popular course in strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Chesapeake Racer Profile

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##“I’ve never seen anyone focus in light air as well as John does.” Photo

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John White

hen the J/80 Worlds hit Annapolis later this month, we’ll be seeing some of the best fleet competition to happen to one-design racing. And while the rockstars will all be out, one local hero always stands out in the fleet. His boat has no name, but when you’ve been sailing on the Bay for as long as he has, you really don’t need one.

Of course, we’re talking about John White, owner of USA 1162, often called The White Boat, sometimes simply listed as “No Name.” But it’s usually toward the top of the leaderboard.

USA 1162 isn’t White’s first boat, nor will it be his last, but he certainly treats the J/80 as if she’s the only one.

“I’ve sailed on 10 boats with John through the years,” says his regular crewmember and North Sails representative Jonathan Bartlett, “and they (the boats) have all been meticulously maintained the entire time. When you leave the dock, there are no questions about the boat. You can always win.”

White learned to put in the attention to detail at an early age. His family owned and operated the boatyard on Gibson Island, and performing annual maintenance on Bay boats became “the only job I’ve ever had,” he says.

“It’s the only lifestyle I’ve ever known.

We’re pretty heavy into it at this point, and it will remain this way.”

White’s first introduction to sailing came from his father, Buzz White, who started sailing on the northern Chesapeake in the 1940s. “He was from Baltimore and started running the Gibson Island boatyard in ’66 or ’67. He was a very good boatyard operator, and sailed a lot, but he was more the tinkerer type. He reworked everything he ever owned, for good or for bad.”

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Longtime crewmember Debbie Gosselin says that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, so to speak. “The boat is in excellent condition. The bottom is perfect, rudder and keel are perfect. Things don’t break on that boat, and it’s fast.”

Part of what makes White’s boat fast is his heightened ability to concentrate in a crowd.

“It’s amazing to me how he can maintain his focus,” says Gossellin, “even when there’s no wind at all.”

Bartlett echoes that sentiment. “There’s a saying that if you have 10,000 hours of practice in something, you have mastered it. John has a lot more than that, and now it’s simply second nature to him.”

Humility is certainly one of White’s personal characteristics, though, because when we ask him about it, he’s quick to point to his own faults.

“I’m the problem (on the boat), and if I would start better, we’d be better off for it, that’s for sure. The boat to beat is the Krump/Klok boat (R80). They’re doing it very well.”

It’s not unusual for White to sing the praises of another boat. “John is always the first person to congratulate the winner of any given race,” says Bartlett. And this makes him a popular person to sail with. “Through the years, the crew list has had some pretty phenomenal people in the Annapolis area on it. The crew really values a day on the water with John, and they’ll do all they can to be there when asked.”

These days, his consistent crew is Bartlett, Gosselin, son Kevin White (who is also a marine surveyor working at the White’s marina), Shane Zwingelberg, Tyler Raven, Barbara Vosbury, Julie Winters, and Fred Potts. With consistent, capable sailors on that list, it’s hard to narrow things down to the four he’ll sail with for Worlds.

Whatever happens at the J/80 Worlds, you can bet money on the fact that USA 1162 will be having some of the most fun on the water.

“One of John’s mottos is ‘If you’re not having fun, why are you out there?’ That’s just what matters to John,” says Bartlett. Gosselin agrees.

“It’s about being on the water and doing well, being competitive, and just enjoying each other, too. We’re social racers.”

Those are the best kind, in our opinion. spinsheet.com

Geoff Becker Joins North Sails

Eastport Has a New Antique Store

Annapolis Maritime Antiques opened its doors on Severn Avenue at the beginning of July. The company specializes in nautical decorative items and antiques from around the world and also owns the world’s largest collection of World War II Liberty Ship hatch covers, which they turn into custom nautical furniture. They sell mainly on a consignment basis, so whether you are looking to decorate or have some nautical items to sell, they are sure to be able to help you. Visit their Grand Opening in mid-to-late-September. annapolismaritimeantiques.com

Nancy Hammond is Back in Annapolis

Nancy Hammond Editions will open a new gallery on West Street in Annapolis. The artist will move, along with her staff, from their current location in Centreville.

They will be closed the entire month of August in preparation for the move and re-open in early September.

Nancy is known for her water life paintings and silkscreen prints. Boatyards, black labs, crab feasts, tropical ports, and iridescent fish are all scenes from her life of living near the water. nancyhammondeditions.com

20 Years Strong

Largest Beneteau Sailboat Dealer Worldwide is in Annapolis

Annapolis Yacht Sales fulfilled a nautical dream at Beneteau’s 2014 International Dealer Awards Gala, winning “Best Turnover 2014: Sailing Yachts.” “This is the first time an American company has won the award,” says Tim Wilbricht, President of AYS. “Our customers deserve a huge amount of gratitude,” Wilbricht adds, “Their continued support of AYS through repeat business, referrals and the use of our service and parts department has allowed AYS to offer the best possible array of products and services. Thank you also to Beneteau USA for their continued support of our still-growing business. We have so much more to accomplish, but this award is one we are very proud to have on display.” To learn more, please visit annapolisyachtsales.com

One Year Ago…

North Sails is pleased to announce that Geoff Becker has joined North Sails One Design to represent its brand in the Chesapeake Bay area, based full-time out of the Annapolis office. “Geoff is a world champion sailor and respected coach who shares North’s passion for the sport. He has developed an appreciation for the instructional side of the sport and will be working closely with our clients to improve their results and maximize their sailing experience,” says Tim Healy, president of North Sails One Design. Geoff’s track record in the Lightning, J/24, and J/70 classes highlights his one-design sailing background. His recent accomplishments include back-to-back Key West Race Week wins in the J/70 class and a J/24 World Championship in 2013. northsails. com

Fairwinds Marina on the Magothy River will celebrate its one year with owners JoAnna and Larry Goldberg. On August 1, they began with the mission to be your “full service marina on the Magothy.” JoAnna and Larry began with a deep cleaning and started renovations of the marina’s five acres and 146 slips. Over the winter, the team at Fairwinds worked tirelessly to organize the yard and store, while local contractors rebuilt sections of the dock, and added gasoline and a pump out station. This spring they began offering lift slips and full-service land storage packages, and are now proud to offer a full-service boatyard. fairwindsmarina.com

The Downtown Sailing Center is celebrating its 20th year as Baltimore City’s only non-profit community sailing center. In preparation for the 20th anniversary the DSC community has worked hard to improve its fleet, its facilities and all of its programs. “We have deep gratitude for our donors, volunteers, community partners and participants. It is an honor to be able to celebrate 20 years on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. We look forward to charting our course for another 20 years” says Lynn Handy, DSC’s Executive Director. For more information on the Downtown Sailing Center please visit downtownsailing.org

Two New Boats

Annapolis Sailing School is very pleased to announce the purchase of two 2015 Beneteau Oceanis 37s from Annapolis Yacht Sales. Follow Me and Valkyrie will make an excellent upgrade to its cruising fleet. The names are a nod to Jerry and Kathy Wood who founded the Annapolis Sailing School in 1959 and the U.S. Boat Show in 1970. Their private yacht was named Valkyrie.

Jerry’s personal racing Rainbow 24’ was named Follow Me. The decision was inspired by a Facebook post in our contest suggesting to name the boats directly after them; “Kathy and Jerry.”

They expect these state of the art cruising yachts to provide them with the best possible instructional platform for years to come!

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DINGHIES

27’ Hunter ’83 Wheel steering, Yanmar dsl, tall rig, two sets of sails, spinnaker, autopilot, traveler, bimini, 4’3” draft. Canvas and cushions only 5 years old. $9,000.

443-454-3123 or sbailey64@verizon.net

Dyer dingy 9’ (2005) Excel. cond., summer & winter covers, launching dolly, rub rail, flotation system, lifting hardware, bilge drain, mahogany seats, SHAW & Tenny 7’ oars, 4 oar locks. $2,000 Call (410) 507-6718.

DONATIONS

DONATE YOUR BOAT Help a Wounded Veteran

240-750-9899

BOAT4HEROEs.ORg Donate Your Boat to The Downtown Sailing Center Baltimore’s only 503c non-profit community sailing center.

Your donation helps us run our community based outreach programs.

Contact Traci at 410 727-0722. www. downtownsailing.org Boy Scout Sea Ship 59 Looking for tax deductible donations of sail & power boats in the Chesapeake Bay area.

Donated boats must be structurally sound & in good cond. Contact Dr. Fred Broadrup (301) 228-2131.

Donate Your Used Boat To the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Boat Donation Program and receive a tax-deduction and make a difference in our education and historic vessel restoration programs. Contact Lad Mills at 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org Donate your Boat to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB).

Proceeds from boat sales fund our programs helping disabled people enjoy sailing. 410-626-0273 www.crabsailing.org

Herreshoff H-12 1/2 ’88 (100 year anv) White, gaff, mahog trim, keel gds, rig cradle, mtr. Mnt lft sling. New, sails, varn, btm paint, cover & buoyance tank repairs.

E/C $23,500 (215) 977-9900 X 11.

19’ Com-Pac ’86 Cruising sloop, w/ custom trailer and 5-hp outbd, fixed keel, 2-ft draft, bronze opening portholes, sleeps 4 adults. Sea Scouts $2500, Steve Alexander, stevedalex@msn. com, (301) 646-0805 23’ O’Day ’80 Cruising, shoal, good Cond., ’97-9.9-hp long shaft, elect.start OB, bimini, main, jib, gen, spin, tiller.

Fully equipped, great single-hander. $2,500 OBO (443) 790-5370. peaneu4@verizon.net Corsair F 24 Mk-II Trimaran ‘01 This Corsair F 24 is compact and easily trailerable. It is fast and responsive. Fun to sail. In good condition. $32,000.

Urbanna. Call Brian (804) 387-2245.

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Sabre S28-II ’79 Sloop $12,250 Good cond. 4’8” draught, 9’3” beam. Wheel steering, NEW: batteries, alternator, charger, tachometer, chartplotter/ fishfinder, VHF, cabin lights, head, running rigging. New bimini, sail cover, binnacle cover and jib UV cover.

Bottom paint 2011. Furling jib, wheel steering, AC. Volvo MD7-A. 4 sails.

2 anchors. Depth meter. Deale, MD Contact Gary: (303) 775-5453 or gary@sunshineduo.us 28’ Sabre ’75 Needs work, and a new engine. Great boat for the right person.

Bohemia River. $2,000. celeriter7@ yahoo.com phil.vogler@comcast.net Cape Dory 30 Cutter ’82 Sound Volvo dsl and hull. Needs cosmetic work.

Priced accordingly under $20,000.

Great opportunity for someone willing to invest sweat equity.

Contact reking@att.net or 410-841-5522.

24’ Dolphin keel, centerboard Sloop S&S Sparkman and Stevens design.

Very new 2 cylinder dsl engine, 4 bunks, 3 sails,. Very good condition. 410-6470590, $5,000 dondunk@gmail.com

25’ Cape Dory ‘77 Thoroughly upgraded and improved, solid deck, ST, new headsails, new electric, Honda OB. Asking $8000. Call Scott (410) 798-1456 Donate Your Boat, Planet Hope or scottstahler08@live.com Is a local 501(c)3. Teaching youth 26’ Bristol ’73 Classic Great sailing from DC, Maryland and Virginia to sail sloop. H. Herreshoff design. Thousands for over 15 years. (800) 518-2816. in upgrades since 2003. Electric start www.planet-hope.org Honda 9.9, cabin cushions, Raytheon SAIL inst., teak hand rails, standing rigging, hatch AC. Asking $6,500 OBO (703) 764-1277

10’ Bauer 10 ‘10 Bauer 10 sailboat, lightly used, very good condition. $2500.

Includes sails, rigging, oars and cover.

(No trailer). Annapolis location. Great for sailing or rowing. Sells new for $4500.

443-458-2224

30’ Hunter ’90 Professionally maintained, low hrs, wheel, auto-pilot. A wonderful boat for fast & dry sailing onthe-Bay. Located Galesville, MD. Offered at $29,900. Contact John at (202) 578-2123.

27’ Ericson ’73 Keel cruising sloop, good cond, main, jib, spinnaker, 9.9 Honda 4-stroke otbd, solar battery charger, $3900-obo. Sea Scouts, Ken Kessler, skipper1115@gmail.com, Steve Alexander stevedalex@msn. com, 301 646-0805.

30’ Catalina ’87 Tall Rig Exc. cond., limited family use only. Standard outfitting. Ready for sailing. In water on KI. $17,000 Contact (410) 604-3692, bgkkmt94@aol.com 30’ Catalina ’94 Mark III Tall Rig Wing keel, 3’-10”, dodger, bimini, main Lazy bag, spinnaker, New 150% genoa, Walk-thru transom, 1292 hrs. on eng, new VHF. In Water in Oxford Maryland. $33,000 (410) 215-7360.

31’ Pearson MkII ’88 Commissioned 1990. V.G. condition. Shoal keel. Fully battened main. 110/145 furling jibs.

Bimini, Dodger. New electronics. 18-hp inboard. Solar ventilation. Lazy jacks. $28,600.

For details: peter.thain@dom.com or see “Wessex” onSailboatlistings.com 32’ Pearson 323 ’77 4’5” draft, 10’3” beam. Wheel steering. NEW: engine, sole, bottom, ports, batteries, head, cabin lights. Fully-battened main, 2 furling jibs, spinnaker. Bimini, dodger, sail and binnacle cover. Garmin GPS, VHF, depth finder, auto helm. In water in Oxford MD. $29,900 Email robertacarey@gmail.com, 410-7142323.

32’ Sabre ‘84 Great Bay boat, tri-cabin layout, 21 HP Westerbeake, main 2012, roller furling headsail, genoa 2010, jib fair, winter cover, fin keel, $34,500, 410703-7986 or mike@crusaderyachts.com 32’ Endeavour ’78 Sloop Yanmar 20hp dsl. New alternator, batteries, hatches, ports. Autohelm w/remote, Bimini, cockpit enclosure. 4’2” draft.

Sturdy Bay cruiser. Good cond.. $9,500 Contact Larry, 540-846-7100, lcwmoviemaker@verizon.net

34’ C&C ’83 Yanmar dsl, complete sails, great bay boat! located in Baltimore $15,000, (443) 858-2931.

30’ Frers ’88 Racer / Cruiser, beautiful blue hull, new grey non-skid, excellent North Sails inventory, high tech running rigging, new tiller and extension, new Baltoplate 2014, sleeps 6, Nick (240) 429-3996.

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34’ Gemini 105Mc Catamaran ’03 Fine TLC specimen, yard maintained w/ major upgrades & equipment.

Annapolis area. Asking $119K. For more info (410) 295-0638, jlahr@thomaspointassociates.com 37’ Hunter ’88 cruising sloop Ready to sail, Yanmar dsl, 110 furling jib, Dutchman mainsail, well equipped instrumentation, air/heat, Sea Scouts $27,500, Steve Alexander, stevedalex@msn.com, 301 646 0805

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Harbor 20 ‘04, ‘11 2 from $28,500

2004 Beneteau 323 $67,500

1994 Sabre 38 MK II $145,000

1987 Beneteau First 405 $75,000

2003 Lagoon 410-S2 $328,900

Tartan 4600 ‘93, ‘95 2 from $199,000

Beneteau 49 ‘07 2 from $289,000

1999 Celestial 50 PH $287,900

Norseboat 21.5 ‘12 ...........................$47,000 Harbor 25 ‘07 .....................................$59,995 Hunter 27 Edge ‘09 ............................$43,900 Beneteau First 30 ‘11....................... $150,000 C&C 30 Mark II ‘88 ...........................$42,500 Beneteau 31 ‘10 .................................$99,900 Beneteau 311 ‘03...............................$49,000 Catalina 310 ‘00 ................................$57,500 Beneteau 323 ‘04...............................$67,500 Beneteau 32s5 ‘90 .............................$29,900 Catalina 320 ‘00 ................................$67,500 Caliber 33 ‘86.....................................$63,000 Cape Dory 33 ‘84 ..............................$49,900 Frers 33 ‘88 .........................................$32,500 Tashing Mason 33 ‘86 .......................$59,000 Beneteau 331 ‘02, ‘03...........2 from $71,000 Beneteau 343 ‘07...................2 from $99,900 Beneteau First Class 10 ‘85 ...............$37,000 Cal 34 ‘70 ...........................................$31,900 Bristol 35.5 ‘78....................................$60,000 C&C Landfall 35 ‘82 ..........................$29,950 Endeavour 35 ‘85 ...............................$39,900 Hunter 356 ‘03 ...................................$84,900 Hunter Legend 35.5 ‘90 .....................$39,900 O’Day 35 ‘88 .....................................$34,900

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Schock 35 ‘01 .....................................$49,500 Beneteau 36 CC ‘97, ‘98 ......2 from $72,900 Beneteau 361, 99, 01, 04 .....3 from $84,500 Cape Dory 36 ‘81 ..............................$65,000 Catalina 36 ‘96...................................$85,000 Catalina 36 Mark II ‘94, ‘99...2 from $74,000 Hunter 36 ‘05 ......................................$99,500 Sabre 362 ‘01 ..................... 2 from $179,900 Hunter 376 ‘97, ‘98 ...............2 from $76,500 Jeanneau Voyage 11.20 ‘90 ............$60,000 Beneteau First 38s5 ‘91......................$65,000 Bristol 38.8 ‘83....................................$94,900 C&C 38 MKII ‘77 ...............................$30,000 C&C Landfall 38 ‘84 ..........................$48,000 Catalina 380 ‘01 ............................. $114,500 Morgan 382 ‘79.................................$39,800 Sabre 38 ‘85 .......................................$64,500 Sabre 38 MK II ‘94 ......................... $145,000 Sabre 386 ‘07 ................................. $269,900 Wauquiez Hood 38 ‘86 ....................$91,500 Beneteau 393 ‘02, ‘04...........2 from $99,900 Pearson 39 ‘87, ‘88 ...............2 from $59,500 Beneteau First 405 ‘87 .......................$75,000 Catalina 400 MK II ‘03, ‘05 ...2 from $185,000 Jeanneau 40 DS ‘03 ........................ $149,000

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O’Day 40 ‘87 .....................................$52,000 Beneteau 411 ‘01...................2 from $99,500 Cayenne 41 ‘87..................................$69,900 Hallberg-Rassy 41 ‘79 ..................... $115,000 Lagoon 410-S2 ‘03 ......................... $328,900 Lord Nelson 41 ‘87 ............................$99,900 Morgan Classic 41 ‘90 ......................$74,000 Morgan Out 41 Classic ‘91...............$49,900 Tartan 412 ‘90 ................................. $129,900 Beneteau 423 ‘03............................ $169,500 Beneteau 423 (2-cabin) ‘06 ........... $189,900 Beneteau 42s7 ‘07 .......................... $119,900 Hunter 420 ‘02 ................................ $139,900 Hunter 420 Passage CC ‘04 .......... $169,900 Jeanneau 42 DS ‘07 ........................ $210,000 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS ‘10 ...... $210,000 Pearson 424 ‘81 .................................$69,900 Sabre 425 ‘91 ................................. $175,000 Sabre 426 ‘06 ................................. $240,000 Beneteau 13.50 ‘84 ...........................$99,500 Beneteau 43, ‘09, ‘10 ......... 2 from $226,000 Pan Oceanic PH Cutter 43 ‘81 ..........$79,500 Schucker 436 Motorsailer ‘79 ..........$77,000 Bavaria 44 ‘95 ................................. $142,000 Beneteau First 44.7 ‘04 ................... $239,900

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Beneteau Oceanis 440 ‘93 ............ $139,900 Cal 44 ‘85 ...........................................$99,900 Dean 440 Catamaran ‘02 .............. $244,000 Hunter 45 CC ‘07 ............................ $247,500 Hunter 45 DS ‘09 ............................. $257,000 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS ‘10 ...... $250,000 Nelson Marek 45 ‘84 $66,000 Steel PH Howdy Bailey 45 ‘04....... $395,000 Beneteau 46 ‘12 .............................. $273,000 Beneteau 461 ‘00............................ $185,000 Beneteau Oceanis 461 ‘01 ............ $194,900 CAL 2-46 ‘74 .......................................$69,000 Hallberg-Rassy 46 ‘96 ..................... $375,000 Leopard 46 CAT ‘09........................ $575,000 Tartan 4600 ‘93, ‘95 .......... 2 from $199,000 Beneteau 47.7 ‘04........................... $240,000 Passport 47 ‘85 ................................ $169,000 Tayana 47 ‘90 ................................. $169,000 Beneteau 49 ‘07 .................. 2 from $289,000 Jeanneau 49 DS ‘05 ........................ $299,000 Beneteau 50 ‘00, ‘04 .......... 2 from $235,000 Beneteau First 50 ‘07....................... $429,000 Celestial 50 PH ‘99.......................... $287,900 Horizon Steel PH ‘96 ....................... $195,000 Swede 55 ‘78 .................................. $157,500

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED Hunter 376 ’98 Seriously, a cleaner 376 you will not find! It’s my hobby to keep it pristine while as it sits in front of my house. Go to boats.com for pictures and all details. Price reduced to $71,500.

(410) 252-1115.

ANNAPOLIS, MD • KENT ISLAND, MD ROCK HALL, MD • DELTAVILLE, VA 410.267.8181

38’ C&C ’80 New lifelines, running lights, main halyard, AS IS, illness forces sale $30,000, (412) 522-2563.

50’ Beneteau First 50 ’04 Absolutely stunning boat. Perfect performance cruiser. Loaded with all the toys from 34’ Beneteau First Class 10 ’85 Genset/Air to Great Electronics & Sails!

L’Outrage is a proven race winner. $439,000 Contact Tim (410) 267-8181 Custom trailer & new genoa await. Price or > tim@annapolisyachtsales.com Reduced for a quick sale. $37,000.

Call Bob Oberg 410-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

37’ Southerly 115 ’06 $249,000. One owner, lift-kept, fresh water boat.

Attractive center cockpit model w/fully retractable swing keel, which provides deep draft performance. Raymarine electronics, bow-thruster. Andrew Smith (410) 533-5362, smitty@aycyachts.com

Bristol 43.3 ’86 Bristol center cockpit with ’08 furling main & genoa, heat & air, 2800 hrs, spinnaker & gear, dark blue awlgrip, radar, autopilot. Sailed last 7 years on Georgian Bay. (705) 529-9433, www.harrisellis.com

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35’ O’Day ‘88 Classic O’Day, basic boat, with full instruments,10 yr old sails, spinnaker and pole. Call Jonathan Hutchings in Deltaville, VA. $34,900. Contact: 804-436-4484 or Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 36’ Beneteau 361 ‘00 Great price – ex charter boat. Bottom job 2014. $64,500.

Call Jonathan Hutchings in Deltaville, VA. Contact: 804-436-4484 or Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 38’ Beneteau First 38s5 ’91 Superb perf. cruising boat! Two cabins, 2 heads, reverse cycle A/C, fridge, auto pilot, radar, dodger & bimini, electric windlass and halyard winch. Just listed! $65,000 Contact Keith (410) 267-8181 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Dufour 44 Performance ’05 Huge sail inventory and cruising amenities make this a true fast cruiser. Shoal keel version expands the cruising ground from the Chesapeake to Florida. Asking $270K Contact: Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

47’ Valiant Cutter ‘82 Robert Perry’s outstanding blue water cruiser.

Exceptionally equipped & well maintained. Ready to go to sea again.

Located in Rock Hall, MD. Asling $235,000. Contact owner: Parker Wilson (215) 908-5024.

50’ Beneteau ‘00 Just Reduced!

2-Cabin with Genset, Air, thruster, power winches, stern arch, dinghy, and all the electronics you need to get cruising right away! $235,000.

Contact: 443-949-4559 or Aaron@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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39’ Beneteau One Ton ’84 Air Mail is race ready, draft 7’ 2”, beam 13’, fractional rig, running backstays, PHRF 72, $20,000. contact Tom at (443) 8376971 or airmail53352@comcast.net

40’ Hunter ’85 This is a beautiful cruiser / racer, very clean & up to date. Major upgrades in the past 3 yrs including bow thruster, canvas, electronics, rigging, davits, interior & exterior cushions. This is a very well maintained 2 head 2 cabin boat. Excellent live aboard or week night racer. Extremely easy to operate single handed with the remote autopilot. (703) 928-8561. http://www.boattrader.com/ listing/1985-Hunter-40-624651

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Grand Soleil 54 ’08 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 410-2687171 or e-mail harold@aycyachts.com

OYSTER 55 ’96 Extensive re-fit 2012-13 and ready for the ARC. New electronics, electric furling, rigging, sails, ultra-suede upholstery & much more. Asking only $475,000/OBO Contact: Harold@ AYCyachts.com, 619-840-3728 or 410-268-7171

38’ Catalina 380 ’01 Extremely well maintained & equipped. The owners lack of time forces this sale. She is on land and available to see and purchase any time. Asking only $114,500.

Call Dan: 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 38’ Hunter 38 ’06 One owner & lightly used. Well-equipped & maintained to the “nines”!! Owners business obligations are forcing the sale. Bring any reasonable offer. In Annapolis & available anytime. $134,900 Call Dan: 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 38’ Sabre 38 ’85 Turnkey w/upgrades including new Raymarine C90W chartplotter/GPS, New “ultra thin” TV, propane BBQ grill, reverse cycle heat/ air, more. RECENTLY REDUCED: $64,500! Contact Bob 410-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 40’ Beneteau First 405 ’87 Just Reduced! Fast comfortable cruiser/ racer, beautiful teak interior, dodger & bimini, many recent upgrades - elect windlass, 105 hrs. on 2009 Yanmar. $75,000 Contact Keith (410) 267-8181 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 42’ Pearson 424 ’81 Super clean and ready for extended cruising with radar, SSB, chartplotter, A/P, RF main & ST jib.

Asking $69,900. Call Denise at 410-991-8236.

42’ Sabre 426 ’06 Nicely equipped w/ factory options, AC, electric windlass, classic main w/Stack Pack, wind generator and lots more. Newly Reduced to $240,000, Contact: Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com or cell: 508-776-7789.

By Atlantic Cruising Yachts

312 Third Street, #102 Annapolis, MD 21403

410-263-2311

www.bay-yacht.com www.atlantic-cruising.com 34’ PDQ Power Cat ‘04 Fresh water power cat in absolutely amazing condition. All galley gear is new plus safety pack. New 2.5 Suzuki out board.

Like new Walker dinghy (sailing, rowing, motor) Boat freshly waxed and buffed.

Boat has new flat screen w/digital antenna. New electric fresh water head.

Magma grill. Recent survey. $225,000.

Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 www.atlantic-cruising.com Catalina C400 ’95 New price $113,000.

Pristine condition, meticulously maintained.

Call Bob Allen (443) 822-0883.

42i Jeanneau deep keel $199,000 performance boat, 2 cabin / 2 head, well equipped including spinnaker - Two 2007s performance models to choose from - Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 Jeanneau 42i ’07 New Price $215,000 Perhaps the fastest 42i built, North 3DL inventory, deep keel, epitomizes the term, “racer/cruiser”. Call Bobby Allen (443) 603-2463 Jeanneau 45.2 ’03 3 cabin/2 head, $245,000, full electronics, new sails, includes spinnaker, shoal draft, beautiful flag blue – call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 45’ Jeanneau ’07 $244,900, sharp, clean beautifully outfitted, full AC, electronics, canvas. won’t last!

Anticipated price reduction. Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 48’ Fountaine Pajot Salina ’08 $549,000 loaded, 4 cabin 2 head, full electronics, perfect family cruiser - call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 Jeanneau 50 DS ’09 $345,000 fresh water boat, 140 eng hrs, Navy Blue hull, teak decks, totally loaded, all the bells and whistles.. immaculate.. call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 50’ Oceanis ’11 2 cabin, 180 hrs on Yanmar 110 hp. Fresh water yacht.

Asking 390K call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463

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62’ 1984 Gulfstar 62 ...................................... $339,000 53’ 1984 Mason 53 ........................................ $200,000 50’ 1984 Gulfstar SailMaster ........................ $189,000 49’ 2007 Jeanneau 49 Deck Salon............... $316,000 48’ 2000 Sunward 48 .................................... $280,000 46’ 2003 Tartan 4600..................................... $375,000 44’ 2008 Tartan 4400..................................... $419,000 43’ 2008 Tartan 4300..................................... $435,000 41’ 2001 Tartan 4100..................................... $189,000 40’ 1976 Bristol Classic / Refit....................... $69,000 40’ 1998 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 40......... $270,000 40’ 1998 Regal 402 Commodore.................... $97,500 39’ 2002 Catalina 390 - 3 Cabin .................. $148,,000 38’ 1988 C&C 38 Mk III .................................... $65,000 38’ 1983 Cabo Rico 38 .................................... $55,000 38’ 1990 Freedom 38 ...................................... $89,000 38’ 1984 Pan Oceanic PilotHouse ................. $50,000

Mike Titgemeyer CPYB, Owner 410-703-7986

38’ 1997 Tartan 3800..................................... $149,000 37’ 1999 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37......... $149,000 37’ 1987 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37........... $77,000 37’ 1977 Gulfstar 37 ........................................ $57,500 37’ 1985 Tayana 37 Cutter.............................. $55,000 37’ 2006 Tartan 3700 # 104........................... $239,000 37’ 2005 Tartan 3700 # 100........................... $230,000 37’ 2004 Tartan 3700 # 81............................. $220,000 37’ 1983 Tartan 37c......................................... $60,000 36’ 2004 Hunter 36 .......................................... $79,000 35’ 1998 Ericson 350 by Pac Sea .................. $80,000 35’ 2004 Hunter 356 ........................................ $98,000 34’ 2007 Beneteau 343 ................................. $109,000 34’ 2006 Tartan 3400..................................... $185,000 34’ 2001 Legacy 34 Express - Jet Drives .... $179,000 34’ 1993 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $110,000 34’ 1998 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $150,000

Rod Rowan CPYB 703-593-7531

Dave van den Arend CPYB 443-850-4197

34’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $110,000 34’ 1997 Gemini 105M .................................... $89,000 33’ 2000 Nauticat 33 ..................................... $180,000 33’ 1980 Tartan 33........................................... $32,000 32’ 2007 Luhrs 32 Open ............................... $139,900 32’ 2004 C&C 99 .............................................. $99,000 32’ 1995 Catalina 320...................................... $48,500 32’ 1984 Sabre 32 Tri-Cabin ........................... $32,500 31’ 2008 Hunter 31 .......................................... $85,750 31’ 1984 Bristol 31 .......................................... $55,000 31’ 2006 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31......... $150,000 31’ 1990 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31........... $59,500 27’ 1987 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 ................ $75,000 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Daysailor - Demo..... $98,000 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Weekender - Demo $110,000 25’ 1976 Albin Trawler .................................... $22,000 24’ 1989 Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 ................. $49,500

Ken Jacks Broker 443-223-8901

Pete Mancillas Broker 443-676-3118

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34’ Beneteau 343 ’08 Inmast furling, pivoting wheel, opening transom with shower, cruising spinnaker like new condition $105,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

35’ Hunter 356 ’04 Great cond., lightly used and equipped perfectly for coastal / Bay cruising. Air Con, Windlass, Furling mast and more. Asking $98,000 Reduced / Make offers! 410-269-0939 42’ Bavaria Center Cockpit ’01 Crusaderyachts.com German quality and engineering, large aft cabin, solid mahogany interior trim, in mast furling $130,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

38’ Freedom ’90 Amazing boat. Lots of updates & improvements. Newer electronics, painted hull & deck, Carbon rig, self tacking job & more. This boat is turnkey & ready for fall sailing now.

Sellers want a bigger boat now! Asking $89,000 crusaderyachts.com

44’ Tartan 4400 ’08 Superbly equipped, Genset, Air, frig, freezer, Leisure furl boom - This boat has it all - Over 800k to replace today. Low hrs, never been off Chesapeake, but ready for anywhere!

Asking $419,000 Owner says sell… come see her today! 410-269-0939

38’ Hanse 385 ’15 New Demo model Just arrived - Call for a test sail! Ready for delivery, see her at Annapolis Show!

Well equipped for coastal cruising Special pricing on this hull!! Trades considered!

Call for Specifics!

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49’ Jeanneau 49DS ’07 Well equipped owner’s layout w/convertible aft cabin to a kind single. Chesapeake Bay sailing only. Excellent price and value - lightly used! ! Asking $316,000 Schedule an appointment to see her today!

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42’ Hunter 420 ’00 Great aft cabin, inmast furling, generator & air, Garmin Radar/Chart plotter 757-480-1073 www.brokerage.com 44’ Gulfstar ’81 Very solid good sailing boat. Center cockpit, full enclosure, beautiful lines see her at www.bayharborbrokerage.com

35’ Ericson 350 ’98 Built by Pacific Seacraft Well equipped, great performance – coastal and offshore.

A performance cruiser built to last with beautiful lines and a functional, spacious layout. WOW - REDUCED to $80,000 bring offers!!

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26’ Tartan Fantail ’14 We have both the DaySailor and WeekEnder in stock.

Ready to go excellent incentives.

Sail-Away package at 98k DaySailor & 110k Weekender. Contact you CYS Broker today for a test sail, 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.com

34’ Pacific Seacraft ‘89 Currently three PSC 34s on the market @ CYS with varying equipment and pricing. Great cruisers w/excellent reputation and performance cruising. From $110,000 410 269-0939,CrusaderYachts.com

37’ Pacific Seacraft ’99 - Crealock Design - Amazing boat, recent price reductions - Owners say SELL!! Asking $149,000 - best value for offshore built PSC 37 on market! (410) 269-0939 -www.crusaderaychts.com

37’ Tartan 3700 Three available 2004 / 5 / 6 - All in great shape, painted hulls (2 Blue ones), well equipped & ready for their next adventures. All are here in Annapolis & ready to show. $220k - 239k - Call CYS Now for your choice of the three!! 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.com

40’ Pacific Seacraft ’98 LIBERTY Standout Crealock design. Meticulous care; many upgrades including windlass, genset, nice canvas, AIS, cutter rig, twin fullers, etc.

Ready for coastal or offshore cruising!

Reduced to $270,000 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.com

41’ Tartan 4100 ’98 Janus - Well equipped, experienced cruising boat.

Great value under 200k Ready for Coastal cruising. Owners getting out of boating, everything goes with! $195,000 - 410-269-0939 or CrusaderYachts.com

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30’ Seidelmann ’80 A proven classic racer/cruiser design with 11 feet of beam, she feels much larger than she is, price reduced 05/14 to $5,500.

Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, rob@curtisstokes.net

38’ Cabo Rico ’87 New standing rigging, A/C, New cockpit enclosure. Owner Moved up ! Only $89,000 . Contact Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates rob@curtisstokes.net

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“Four Winds” 3 Cabins /2 Heads Located Tortola, BVI Asking $85,000 Reduced Price

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Oceanis Series - Fully equipped 3 Cabins / 2 Heads - Belize / BVI Deep & shallow draft available Asking only $110,000

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Oceanis 43.3 and 43.4 3 & 4 Cabin available Located Tortola & St. Martin Starting at $135,000

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 45’ Hunter 456 ’02 $159,000 – Beautiful center cockpit: In-mast, Air/Heat, gen set, master suite w/ Island double – Low hrs – Clean. On display at the Spring Show! Tony 443-553-5046, tony@greatblueyachts.com

38’ Seafarer Sloop Rig ‘78 Fresh water vessel, 40-hp Yanmar dsl 3JH3E, asking $29,500 Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, rob@curtisstokes.net

58’ Farr ’85 Proven circumnavigator built at Dencho Marine, interior

by N.A. Bob Smith, incredible boat ! $179,000 Call Randy Walterhoefer 917478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

50’ Beneteau 510 ’93 In-mast furling, 4 cabin / 4 head, crew cabin, AC/Heat, pilot, CLEAN $148,500.

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40’ Hans Christian Christina ’88 World cruiser with all the safety gear, dingy w/ engine; conveyed, $149,900. She loves the oceans and the Islands. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187, Curtis Stokes & Associates, rob@curtisstokes.net

42’ Hunter 420 Center Cockpit ’99 2 ensuite staterooms/ 2 heads. Yanmar 62hp, all weather enclosed cockpit. $124,000. Call Randy Walterhoefer 917478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates, Randy@curtisstokes.net

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51’ Little Harbor Pilothouse ’96 Well maintained performance cruiser.

Beautiful condition. New Yanmar 160hp. $325,500. Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes and Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

36’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36i ’09 Asking reduced price $69,000.

Comfortable 2 cabin version, sails & points great with fin keel. Secure decks and generous cockpit w/ deep storage lockers. Large head w/ separate shower.

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Pearson 323 ’81 $12,500 Classic Pearson lines & quality - Volvo dsl, wheel steering, full galley, dodger, bimini & more - See her on the web - www. greatblueyachts.com - Call for details and to arrange a showing - Tony 800604-3242, tony@greatblueyachts.com, tony@greatblueyachts.com

Tartan 37 Sloop Excellent condition by the owner, must see. Just reduced to sell Jay@410-977-9460

36’ Hunter 36 ’07 CLEAN, Ready to sail away – In-mast, cruising spin, C80 plotter, AC/Heat, full canvas – A Must See! $99,000 Contact Tony or Cherie 800-604-3242, info@greatblueyachts.com 36’ Hunter 356 ’03 PRICED RIGHT! – In-mast, full canvas, AC/Heat, dinghy w/ OB, plotter, pilot – Available for demo sail. $89,000 Contact Tony 443-5535046, tony@greatblueyacht.com 41’ Beneteau 411 ’01 2 cabin, furling main, Gen, AC/Heat, plotter, radar – new electronics, dinghy w/ OB, cruising spin and more $123,000 Contact Tony – 443553-5046, tony@greatblueyachts.com

50’ Gulfstar ’79 One of the nicest available. Rare sloop rigged .

Repowered Cummins 65-hp, bowthruster, new paint. $189,000 Contact Randy Walterhoefer 917-4784944 Curtis Stokes & Associates randy@curtisstokes.net

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41’ Rival Aft Cockpit Cutter ’78 Classic Peter Brett Design, Blue Water cruiser.

Beautiful lines above decks, gorgeous teak woods below. Exceptional Care and many recent upgrades – $44,500 Contact Tony 443-553-5046, tony@greatblueyachts.com

39’ Beneteau Cyclades 39 ’07 Asking Reduced price $79,000. Great cruising yacht, comfortable at anchor and underway. Nav station conveniently by companionway. Sails fast, points well.

Professionally maintained. 800-850-4081 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

Hunter 386 ’03 Huge accommodations, every option including Gen. Beautiful condition $96,000 Call Jay 410-9779460 Jay@Knot10.com

Catalina 42s Two to choose from. 2003rare centerline queen 1989- exceptional condition call Jay 410-977-9460 or Jay@knot10.com

Hunter 44 AC ’05 $139,900 EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN - In Mast, Panda Gen, AC/Heat, Plotter, Radar, Custom 47 Morgan Ketch One of a Pilot, Davits Best Priced 44 on market all Kind, Ready to sail anywhere the world. offers considered! - Tony 800-604-3242 Inside is unbelievable- check out web tony@greatblueyachts.com site pic’s www.Knot10.com. $199,000 www.greatblueyachts.com Jay@ 410-977-9460

40’ Beneteau First 40 ’12 $179,000.

Our fleet of Farr First 40s used during the America’s Cup in San Francisco are now available at incredible pricing. Most boats have less than 25 to 50 days use & less than 100 hrs on the engs. Race cruise equipped.

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42’ Beneteau Oceanis 423 ’05 Asking ONLY $89,000. Great opportunity to own a Beneteau w/classic rich wood interior at an incredible price. 42’ bluewater passagemaker. Boasts some of the best accommodations & performance.

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32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19-hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $114,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

Cal 35 ’80 Cruiser/Racer, wheel/ dsl/ spinnaker. $18,900 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

43’ Beneteau Cyclades 43 ’06 Asking Reduced price $95,000. Blue water design, generous interior, large cockpit, dual helm, high tech, craftsmanship. Reliability, comfort, elegant finish. Large capacities for water, fuel, gear & food. 800-850-4081 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

44’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44i ‘09 Asking $145,000. The sleek lines, outstanding performance, and modern interior should excite anyone’s passion for sailing. Well-equipped and ready to sail away. Three and four cabin layouts are available.

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46’ Leopard 46 ’07 Asking $359,000.

Great design, comfortable spaces, bluewater cruiser. Four large cabins, Generator, 3 air conditioners.

Hardtop bimini, roll down side curtains. Aft deck bench folds into swim platform. Very easy handling, very safe family cruiser.

800-850-4081, www.MooringsBrokerage.com

29’ Bayfield ’88 Yanmar 13-hp, shoal, cutter $15,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

36’ Catalina ’96 Yanmar dsl, dodger, dinghy, custom mattress $79,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

38’ Pearson 38 ’91 Yanmar dsl, RF, wheel, new listing $89,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

47’ Gulf Craft Custom, center cockpit ketch. Solar panels, full keel, generator. $39,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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29’ Bayfield ’84 Yanmar dsl, 3’6” draft, extended galley. $16,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

29’ Dehler 29 ’98 Full set of cruising and racing sails, clean bottom w/ fresh 2013 paint. PHRF is 141 (S) & 126 (A). $54,900, Contact David Malkin (410) 280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

33’ J/100 ’05 Flag Blue hull set up for day sailing and racing. Windsprint can race with the big boys. $99,000. Contact Paul Mikulski at 410-961-5254 or paul@northpointyachtsales.com J/105s North Point is your source for this great 35’ one design racer and day sail boat. We have a wide selection starting at $59,900 Contact David@Northpointyachtsales.com (410) 280-8976

30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger.

3 avail. $22,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Ericson ’85 R/F, wheel, dsl. Cruise equipped. Shoal. $16,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland - October 9-13, 2014 ‘99 Beneteau 36CC- $94,500

‘05 Colgate 26 - $35,000

‘11 Jeanneau 42DS- $219,000

‘10 Hunter 49- $340,000

‘03 Jeanneau 37- $74,900

‘09 Hunter 50 CC-$340,000

SELECTED BROKERAGE 240 Hunter ‘00......$12,559 25 Hunter ‘82....... $10,500 25 Catalina ‘78.......$ 6,500 26 Colgate ’05 ......$35,000 28 Sabre ‘80 ..........$19,000 28 Hunter ’90........$18,000 30 Jeanneau..........$14,000 31 Hunter ‘86........$22,000 326 Hunter ’03.....$69,000 33 Hunter ‘05........$74,900 33 Hunter ’82.......$14,999 33 Hunter ‘05....... $79,000 33.5 Hunter ’92......$46,000

36 Ericson ‘81.........$29,900 36CC Beneteau.....$94,500 36 Endeavour........$139,900 36 Hunter ’05........$99,900 361 Beneteau.......$79,000 37 Jeanneau ‘03...$74,900 376 Hunter ’96 ....$65,000 376 Hunter ‘97......$70,000 376 Hunter ‘96......$79,900 376 Hunter ’97......$72,000 38 Hunter ‘07 ........$140,000 410 Hunter ’00......$124,000

410 Hunter ‘01......$124,900 410 Hunter ’00.....$117,500 41AC Hunter ‘05..$169,000 42 Hunter ’91........$91,000 42DS Jeanneau....$219,000 44DS Hunter ‘07...$195,000 45CC Hunter ’07...$249,000 45CC Hunter ’09...$259,000 456 Hunter ‘05......$205,000 456 Hunter ’04.....$190,000 49 Hunter ‘10........$340,000 50CC Hunter ’09..$340,000

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32’ 2007 Dufour 325 Grande Large

36’ 1996 Catalina 36 Yanmar, Air, Dinghy, w/ Davits $79,500

19-hp DSL, Wheel, RF, Dinghy 45’ Beneteau First 44.7 ’05 35’ J108 ’11 Shoal draft performance $124,500 Three spreader racing mast with rod cruiser! 4ft draft, Keel centerboard, twin rudder version of the J109. rigging, Extensive sail inventory, Save $100k Asking $239k.

Volvo D255 55 hp engine upgrade.

Call Paul for details (410) 961-5254 Comfort not sacrificed. $210,000. paul@northpointyachtsales.com Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 or bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ 1989 Bayfield Cutter Yanmar 13-hp, Shoal Draft........................... $17,750 29’ 1984 Bayfield Yanmar DSL, 3’6” Draft ............................................... $16,500 28' 1977 Sabre Volvo 13 Hp dsl, RF, wheel steering, bimini & dodger $15,000 30’ 1987 Catalina Universal DSL, 5’3” Draft ........................................... $22,500 30‘ 1985 Ericson 30 R/F, Wheel, DSL, Cruise Equipped, Shoal............. $19,500 32’ 2007 Dufour Le Grande Volvo DSL, Wheel, RF, Shoal................$114,500 34’ 2001 Motorsailor Kubota 50-hp, One-Off........................................ $35,000 35’ 1980 Cal 35 Cruiser/Racer, Wheel, DSL, Spinnaker......................... $18,900 38’ 1991 Pearson 38 Yanmar DSL, RF, New Listing................................ $79,900

36’ Beneteau 361 ’02 Harken roller furling gear, auto-pilot, electric windlass for anchoring, freezer/refrigerator, huge cockpit for entertaining, 2 cabins, bathroom w/a separate shower, $95,000. Bill O’Malley at (410) 703-9058 or bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

200 Slip Full Service Marina at Kent Narrows Routes 50/301 Exit 42 (410) 827-9300 fax (410) 827-9303

45.5’ Bristol Center Cockpit k/cb This Bristol has received 2 rounds of extensive upgrades & improvements.

Perfect for the Bay or the Bahamas.

Low hrs. REDUCED $159,900.

Rick Casali at 410-279-5309 or rick@northpointyachtsales.com.

www.lippincottmarine.com 40’ 1995 Hunter Yanmar 50hp, A/C, AP, Inverter $99,500

BOATS FOR SALE! SAILBOATS 1981 O’Day 28 main and jib like new condition, roller furling, 15 HP Honda outboard. $6,000

40’ C&C ’81 Has a great reputation as a wonderful racing/cruising yacht. Comfortable accommodations for cruising or relaxing. Lovingly maintained & is in exceptionally clean cond.. David Cox at 410-310-3476 or davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com

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1977 Hunter 27 Nice boat with sails in great shape. Roller furling jib and main, Inboard Yanmar Diesel SB8 engine. sleeps 5. $3,500 1975 Tartan 27 with roller furling and Atomic 4 inboard engine. Hull and deck are sound. Tough, sturdy sailboat that needs work. $600

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1981 Tanzer 25 Generous storage, porta potty, private front cabin.

9.9 mercury outboard engine. Good condition. $3,000 1984 Freedom 21 Catboat rig. Unstayed mast. Mainsail, jib, spinaker with shotgun mount. 4 HP Yamaha 4-stroke, fairly recent model. $2,500

POWERBOATS 1972 Concorde Express 27 Mercruiser 302 Ford engine, enclosed electric head and stand-up shower, holding tank, sleeps 4, dinette, full galley. Economical cruiser. $300

41’ Dufour 410 GL ’13 Best 41’ cruising design you will find. Great sailing performance combined w/fantastic accommodations - 3 cabins/1head.

Contact David Malkin 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

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50’ Gulfstar 50 Ketch ’77 This Gulfstar has completed several year-long liveaboard cruises around the world. Many updates make it an ideal live-aboard/ offshore capable adventurer. $129,900.

Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 or bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

J42 ’96 Great offering on a completely upgraded J42. Offshore equipped for long range cruising. This is a must see and highly recommended. $189,000.

Call Paul Mikulski 410.961.5254 paul@northpointyachtsales.com

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37’ Jeanneau ’03 Carol Too is in wonderful condition and comes equipped with bimini, dodger, roller furling jib, windlass, chartplotter, and more. Visit this boat today! $74,900 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 7769211,www.nortonyachts.com 410 Hunter ’01 Simple Pleasures is a beauty! She’s loaded w/space and equipped with 2 heads & showers, 2 ACs, VHF/radio, autopilot/GPS & more!

Was $134,000, Now $124,900! Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 41’ Hunter ’05 Voyager is loaded with extras, radar, Refrigerator/freezer, spinnaker, and meticulously maintained. She‘s ready to sail! $169,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

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42’ DS Jeanneau ’09 Cork is a beautiful and sleek boat. Very well cared for and loaded with upgrades! A must-see! $219,000 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211.www.nortonyachts.com 44’ DS Hunter ’07 Blue Skies is a oneowner beauty. This boat has been very well-maintained. It is loaded with options! Now $195,000, just reduced.

Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 50CC Hunter ’09 Quiet Wings is a one-owner dream with full options, tons of space! Come see! $362,500, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

35’ Hunter Legend ’87 “Lady Bug Very clean family boat, New refrig/ freezer, autohelm, 24-hp Yanmar dsl, Profurl rf, Two genoas, Bimini, dodger.

Asking: $29,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 38’ Sabre CB MK II ’89 “Lina’s Song” Fully Re-Conditioned w/ Numerous Up Grades, A/C, Electronics, Canvas, Ports, Hatches and Much More: Asking: $124,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

Bristol Channel Cutters ‘83 and ‘90 Bristol Channel Cutters ’83 and ‘90 125K and 149K If you love the Lyle Hess classic BCC 28, you now have two beautiful vessels to chose from. Both are well equipped in great condition. Come see. RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Valiant 42 CE Cutter ’01 299K (Two Available) Attractively Priced to Sell!

Equipped to the max, many fresh water years, 1700 hours, genset, diesel heat, AC, radar, plotter, arch, dinghy, ob, great canvas. Great opportunity! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

OC 42 ‘85 189K Classic Ocean Cruising Yacht OC42 built by Hank Hinckley beautifully crafted and a truly special class vessel for the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. RogueWave YS (410) 5712955.

Brewer 44 CC Ketch ’88 189K Perfect liveaboard cruiser, two strm commodious accommodations, new genset, AC, refrigeration, dinghy, ob, davits, bottom paint. Ready to move aboard. Seriously for sale! Call (410) 571-2955.

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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 31’ Ericson Independence ‘77 “Penny Lane” NEW 20-hp Universal dsl, bimini, dodger, roller furler, A/C heat pump, refrig, dinghy w/ 3-hp OB, BRING OFFERS Asking : $17,900 Call Regent Point Marina@ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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60 Brewer Ketch 2000............................. $206,000 57 Southerly 2011 ................................ $1,675,000 55 Trintella 2004 ............................................ U/C 52 Island Packet 485 ................3 from.... $455,000 50 Morgan Catalina 1990 ........................ $144,000 49 Southerly 2010 ................................... $665,000 48 Bowman 1992/2006 ........................... $319,900 47 Southerly 2013 ................................... $825,000 46 Island Packet 465 ................2 from.... $525,000 45 Island Packet .......................2 from.... $239,900 45 Morgan Nelson Merek 454 1984 .......... $58,500 45 Southerly 135 2002 ............................ $389,900 44 Island Packet 1993 ............................. $179,000 43 Jeanneau DS 2003 .............................. $175,000 42 Endeavour 42 1985 .............................. $99,900

Hunter 38 ‘05 $129,900

Island Packet 370 ‘06 $219,000

42 Island Packet 420 2000 ...................... $299,000 42 Moody 425 1991 ................................ $119,000 42 Southerly 42 RST 2011......................... Enquire 41 Island Packet SP Cruiser 2007............ $339,000 41 Rhodes Bounty II 1957 ........................ $52,500 40 Cal 1966 .............................................. $95,000 40 Island Packet .......................2 from.... $189,500 40 O’Day 1986.......................................... $49,500 39 Pearson C/B 1989................................. $97,500 38 Island Packet .......................3 from.... $189,000 38 Catalina 380 2000 .............................. $129,900 37 Island Packet 370 ................2 from.... $219,000 37 Island Packet 1995 ............................. $156,000 37 Custom Steel Cutter 1995 .................... $69,500 36 Hunter 2005 ...................................... $104,900

Southerly 110 (36’) ‘05 $249,000

36 Island Packet Estero 2010................... $270,000 36 Pearson 362 1985................................. $53,900 36 Tashing Tashiba 1986 ........................ $128,500 35 Island Packet .......................3 from.... $114,900 34 Catalina 1993 ....................................... $56,900 34 Hunter 340 1999 ................................. $64,900 34 Sabre MKI 1980 ................................... $32,000 34 Sea Sprite 1981 .................................... $27,500 32 Island Packet .........................4 from.... $87,500 31 Hunter 1984 ........................................ $24,900 31 Island Packet .........................2 from.... $48,900 30 Pearson 303 1986................................. $34,900 29 Island Packet .........................3 from.... $65,900 27 Island Packet .........................2 from.... $34,500 27 John Holmes w/trlr 1987 ...................... $19,900

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Van de Stadt Samoa 48 Aft Cockpit ‘98 $389K Dutch built aluminum all ocean cruiser and sistership to the famous voyager Hawke, 200K refit in 2011and is an incredible blue water equipped voyager ready to go.

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Pearson 39 CB ‘89 Great gunkholing, club racer with: AC, radar, chartplotter, GPS, spinnaker, inverter, maxi prop.

Super clean. Well maintained. Best you’ll see! $97,500 S&J Yachts (410) 571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

Hunter 340 ‘99 Furling main, genoa, A/C, davits, K,D,W & autopilot, stereo, flatscreen TV plus so much more! Cleanest I have seen! $64,900 S&J Yachts (410) 571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

Island Packet 45 ‘96 This boat is a 9.9!

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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 35’ J/105 ‘01 Partnership available for Chessie/407. Annapolis racing boat in great shape with recent upgrades.

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Charters Available C&C 44 Kirby 30 Two boats for Charter, Kirby 30 can be chartered for the full year or any partial plan. K30 is a daysailer but does have accommodations for 4. Also a C&C 44 available, great boats with all the amenities. Very reasonable rates.

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Marine Technician Marine Technician Marine repair, installation and Restoration Company based in Annapolis, Maryland is now taking applications for a lead technician. Applicants should have a minimum of five – ten years’ experience in the maritime trades industry and knowledge of all shipboard systems.

Mechanical, A/C – D/C electrical, electronic installations, charging systems, navigation to plumbing, sanitation, general yacht maintenance and repair.

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Riggers Wanted - Annapolis, MD Atlantic Spars & Rigging is looking for sailboat riggers. We are a well - established custom rigging & metal fabrication business with two locations. We are looking for riggers who are organized and 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.

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Helix Mooring Authorized Installer

410.320.4798

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Annapolis Boat Shows Now hiring temporary event staff for the Annapolis Sail and Powerboat Shows.

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Canvas Fabtricator Wanted Growing sail loft / canvas loft is seeking experienced canvas worker. Experience is a must. Highly competitive pay. Charlie@warrioryachting.com

9.9-hp 2 Cycle Mariner Outboard Circa 1997. Low hours, runs great. $900 o.b.o. (410) 703-8200 (cell) or (410) 267-0756.

Extremely Busy Gelcoat & Fiberglass Repair Company In Annapolis seeking EXPERIENCED technician, for small cosmetic jobs up to large structural restorations. Full working knowledge of Awlgrip, West System and related gel coat & resin products a must. Looking for mature, self-motivated person who takes pride in quality of work. Benefits include new work truck, opportunity for profitsharing. Will match pay to experience with possible performance raise after 3 months. Call 410-263-8980 or email info@annapolisgelcoat.com

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Annapolis Yacht-Works LLC Personalized & Professional Yacht Repair Electrical Systems, Electronics, Rigging, Plumbing,Carpentry, Commissioning, Yacht Management

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443.458.5795

Covers • Dodgers Biminis • All Types

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SIPALA SPARS & RIGGING LLC

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Splicing, Swaging, Spar Transportation and Refinishing Premium Quality Rigging at Reasonable Rates Full Rigging Shop New Shop Open in Rock Hall

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Professional Mobile Service All Major Eco-Safe-Full Tenting Credit Cards Free Estimates Accepted!

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Slip Rentals • Slip Purchase Sales, Lease and Management by Coastal Properties Management, Inc.

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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.

*New* All inclusive Winter packages Easy monthly payments | 25 ton travel lift Complete winterization and mechanical services Full Service Boat Care | Highly protected slips up to 50’

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.

25’ - 40’ Slips, MD Clean Marina / Boatyard of the year. Power & sail, cozy, in protected Deale harbor, excel. boating & fishing, free Wi-Fi & pumpout. 30 mins. from DC. DIY service boatyard. Discount to new customers. (410) 867-7919, rockholdcreekmarina.com 30’ - 35’ Slips Available Annapolis City Marina, Ltd. in the heart of Eastport. Includes electric, water, restrooms with showers, and gated parking. Give us a call at (410) 268-0660, www.annapoliscitymarina.com.

410.544.6368

On the Magothy River (10 minutes from Annapolis) www.ferrypointmarina.com | office@ferrypointmarina.com 700 Mill Creek Road | Arnold, MD 21012

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.

sLIPS & STORAGE 45’ Catamaran Slip Available on Annual Basis At Eastport Yacht Center, located on Back Creek. Call 410-280-9988 eastportyachtcenter.com Annapolis Deep-Water Slips 25’ - 50’ Protected Whitehall Creek location.

Electric, water, restrooms with showers. Annual and shorter term

slip rentals. 410-757-4819. Whitehall Marina www.whitehallannapolis.com Deep Water Sail Slips on Rhode River In Edgewater.

Electric, water & showers. (410) 798-1232.

Why Pay High Annapolis or Baltimore Rates? $1,250-$2,200 YR. Land storage $120 monthly. Haulouts $10.00, Minutes to Bay and Baltimore Beltway. Old Bay Marina (410) 477-1488 or www.oldbaymarina.com

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Sailboat Trailers & Cradles

Custom-built & fit

Viking Trailers 724-789-9194

www.Sailboats.VikingTrailer.com Venture Boat Trailer ’06 Rated 1300 lb, like-new cond., OK for 17’ sailboat, Sea Scouts $950, Steve Alexander, stevedalex@msn.com, 301 646 0805

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Adirondack Guide Boats..........................................54

Davis’ Pub...............................................................70

North Sails Direct....................................................71

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay............................68

Diversified Marine....................................................37

North Sails/Scott Allan.............................................11

Allstate Insurance....................................................69

Doctor LED..............................................................36

Norton Yachts...................................................67,101

Annapolis Accommodations....................................35

Dream Yacht Charters.............................................13

Norton’s Sailing School...........................................64

Annapolis Athletic Club...........................................75

East of Maui............................................................69

Passion Paddle Sports............................................54

Annapolis Boat Shows............................................21

Eastport Spar and Rigging......................................38

Pettit Marine Paint.............................................8,9,80

Annapolis Gelcoat...................................................73

Eastport Yacht Club................................................15

Pier 4 Marina...........................................................72

Annapolis Performance Sailing.................................5

Fawcett Boat Supplies.............................................12

Pocket-Yacht Company...........................................72

Annapolis Yacht Sales.......................................25,95

Ferry Point Marina...................................................12

Pride of Baltimore II.................................................46

Atlantic Cruising Yachts..........................................24

Harbor East Marina.................................................72

Pro Valor Charters...................................................64

Atlantic Spars & Rigging..........................................58

Harken.....................................................................79

Profurl......................................................................33

Bacon Sails & Marine Supplies.................................2

Herrington Harbour..................................................28

Quickline USA.........................................................53

Bay Shore Marine....................................................57

Hydrovane International Marine Inc........................53

Regent Point Marina................................................34

Bay Yacht Agency...................................................24

Interlux.....................................................................37

RogueWave Yacht Brokerage.................................60

Beta Marine.............................................................54

J. Gordon & Co........................................................47

Rondar.....................................................................79

Blue Water Sailing School.......................................50

J/World....................................................................50

S&J Yachts............................................................103

Boatyard Bar & Grill.................................................31

Knot 10....................................................................29

Sage Marine............................................................47

Boatyard Beach Party...........................................111

KTI Systems............................................................53

SailFlow...................................................................74

Cape Charles Town Harbor.....................................32

Landfall Navigation..................................................35

Sailrite Enterprises..................................................18

CDI..........................................................................53

Leeward Market Café and Grocery.........................57

Scandia Marine Center............................................58

Chesapeake Boating Club.......................................68

Lippincott Marine...................................................102

Sea Canvas.............................................................61

Chesapeake Harbour Inc........................................34

M Yacht Services....................................................26

Spring Cove Marina.................................................70

Chesapeake Light Craft...........................................38

M Yacht Services Blue Div......................................59

Stur-Dee Boat..........................................................73

Coastal Properties...................................................17

Mack Boring & Parts Co..........................................19

Sunfish Regatta.......................................................91

Coppercoat USA.....................................................36

Mack Sails...............................................................60

Tohatsu America Corp............................................27

CRAB....................................................................102

Maritime Solutions...................................................55

Trawler Fest.............................................................23

CRAB Boatyard Regatta.........................................82

Martek Davits..........................................................73

UK Sailmakers...........................................................6

Cruise Annapolis.....................................................65

MISEA Group..........................................................46

Vane Brothers.........................................................51

Crusader Yacht Sales.............................................97

Moorings..........................................................7,63,99

Viking Life Saving Equipment..................................55

Curtis Stokes.............................................................4

North Point Yacht Sales............................................3

West Marine............................................................39

Cypress Marine.......................................................70

North Sails.............................................................112

Whitehall Yacht Yard...............................................32

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