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Isabel: 10 Years Later Hurricane Isabel made landfall in North Carolina September 18, 2003. What happened the next day on the Chesapeake Bay was extraordinary. by David Gendell

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##Annapolis City Dock the morning after Hurricane Isabel. Photo by Dave Gendell

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Loons, empty anchorages, fall leaves, warm gloves, and cider… oh, the many reasons to explore the Bay in fall. by Al and Betty Caffo

Waves of Music Moisture is the enemy of much musical gear, especially wooden stringed instruments. So what are those with saltwater in their veins and boogie in their souls to do? by Cindy Wallach

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On the Cover SpinSheet photographer Dan Phelps captured this month’s cover shot at the start of the NASS Fall Oxford Race on a blustery September day in 2012.

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am still rocking. Joking with the crowd at the Governor’s Cup awards ceremony August 3 at St. Mary’s College, I admitted my wimpiness by commenting on the long car ride from Annapolis to a bunch of sleep-deprived sailors who had just raced 70 miles in 15-plus knots for 10 to 20 hours (see page 85). There it was: the truth from the sailing editor who rarely leaves the safe haven of the Maritime Republic of Eastport— or by water, the triangle of Tolly Point to the Bay Bridge to Thomas Point Light and back. Sure, we are weekend warriors. Rhode River, Swan Creek, Magothy River, and the occasional chicken grilling and overnight hook set “in the backyard” in Annapolis or in nearby Whitehall Bay. With the exception of a memorable cruise up the Wye River over the Fourth of July weekend, due to a lengthy boat fix, we have daysailed more than cruised this season. Delivering the boat back from St. Mary’s City over a three-day time period sounded like a much-needed, relaxing longer trip. What a trip for healthy reminders. The Bay is big. This I knew and this all Bay sailors know; but still, it’s an eye-opener. As you leave the Potomac and point your bow north, the next thing you know, you cannot see land on three sides. To someone who has not sailed down there for many years, it’s a “Wow” moment. For me, a gentle lake sailor at heart, it’s still a wow to sail without much land in sight. For the Indiana friends we took sailing a few weeks ago, who were wowed by a first glimpse of Back Creek, it would seem salty indeed. The Bay gets rough. “Small craft advisory” conditions can toss around a 20,000-pound, 40-footer, too. We beat into 20 knots of breeze (with gusts up to 24) while slam-dancing three-foot rollers for eight hours. Charts, charts everywhere, yet we remained in denial about 14 September 2013 SpinSheet

just how far north Solomons would seem in such conditions. Almost there remained the thought that sustained us through the splashes, whoas, and puff-on bracing moments, The carnage strewn about the cabin reminded us how smarter sailors take time to stash things before take-off.

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Stuff breaks. The top-heavy, glass votive candle holder, the wooden lip of the sink Liz used as a handhold during Gov Cup, the lid on the blue Curacao Liqueur bottle Stacy brought for last summer’s blue moon cruise—the same bottle crashed to the floor twice in two days, yet not smashing glass, only spewing from its cracked plastic lid blue sticky splats as a melting popsicle smacked down on the cabin sole. No major equipment breakdowns, phew. Stuff gets wet. Dogging the forward hatch: smarter sailors do this. But no. Better to have to hang soggy bedclothes, mattress pad, and tee shirts out to dry on

the lifelines and boom at anchor the next morning, surely looking like vagabonds to the luxury home owners on the terrace above us on the sandy bluff on St. Leonard’s Creek. Sometimes you get lucky. To dry damp linens on a mild August morning on a lovely creek involved a dash of stardust, not to mention finding this new-to-us creek on a moonless night after such a long day, with suddenly unreliable running lights. What were our chances of getting nailed by a storm upon our entrance to Solomons instead of a greeting by a red sunset, the Big Dipper, and a traffic-free, easily navigable river? Thank you, Mother Nature. After a relaxing day of paddleboarding among the nettles and herons, reading, enjoying grilled salmon with our friends Elliott and Alexa on Mill Creek, and sleeping soundly with chilly (August!) air sneaking in the hatch, we departed into a drizzly fall-like, yet barefoot morning, the fresh breeze at our backs, and pounded our way home with threefoot and, I swear, some five-foot rollers pushing us along, Watching the waves, I marveled at the thought of Robert Suhay, the adventurer from Norfolk, who sailed his Laser non-stop up this big Bay 160 miles in July. And the J/24 guys on Rocket J, who won their class in the Down the Bay Race from Annapolis all the way to Hampton on a notoriously uncomfortable rail. Two rock-and-roll sailing days along half that distance gave me a newfound appreciation for that kind of moxie. When the wind shut down at Thomas Point, we were quick to crank the engine and roll the sails—yet as we rounded Tolly Point toward home, we looked north at the Bay Bridge and hatched our next nettle-free adventure. Way up there.

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The Keeper of the Light

picked up a copy of the June 2013 SpinSheet and was drawn to the article on Aberdeen Proving Ground (“Look But Don’t Touch” by Steve Allan), as my grandfather used to tell stories about hunting on the Bush and Gunpowder Rivers and Poole’s Island. The photo shown of the Poole’s Island lighthouse looks to be it in its current state. The photos here show my great grandfather, Stephen Cohee, standing in front of the lighthouse where he was the light keeper. I thought they might be of use in your archive. I have a kerosene lamp, probably one of several, that lit the light. My grandmother, the light keeper’s daughter passed it down to my mother who left it to me. Tom Michaels Via e-mail

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Weather, Weather Everywhere by Beth Crabtree

eeping a keen eye on the weather is important for captains, crew, race organizers, and just about anyone who’s having fun on the water. Wind direction, wind speed, wave size, and thunderstorms all impact the conditions experienced during that glorious space between shoving off and returning to the slip. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Most of us learned that growing up, but maybe it’s not quite that simple. Everyone who spends time on the Bay knows well the familiar late afternoon and evening thunderstorms that pop up after a hot, hazy, humid day. Keeping an eye on the clouds, noticing air temperature, and monitoring wind speed and direction are all tried and true methods that sailors use to predict changes in the weather. And of course, there’s a multitude of cool electronic gizmos to help us know what’s beyond the horizon. Online services are another good source to determine what’s headed your way. Beyond your own gadgetry, international routing services are a resource that can provide sailors and others with

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that experience helps put them on the same page as the captains and racers they advise. We never want the captain to feel like he or she is alone.” He explains, “A captain can note small scale changes in the weather and use online services, but we provide a second set of trained, professional eyes to look at forecast charts, satellite imaging, and real-time data monitors. Plus we know the local

nuances, so we can see how the changes will affect you.” WRI provides ‘go or delay’ recommendations and recommended route services, all based the parameters of the vessel they are guiding. Recently they provided services to a boat and skipper participating in the TransPac Honolulu Race, and a little closer to home, they created the current charts for SpinSheet’s Screwpile Regatta, and Annapolis Race Week programs. As we head into the peak of hurricane season, I had to ask Cannon his predictions. “We’ve had two storms so far this season that never really developed, so I’d describe it as a lackluster start to the tropical season. As we get into early September, we’ll find a trend to more activity, but I anticipate it will be like what we typically expect,” says Cannon. In terms of preparedness, he says, “Seek the advice of trained professionals who are one step ahead of the weather, and be knowledgeable of what typically happens at this time of year in the areas where you are sailing.” You heard it here first: buy your extra dock line, water, batteries, and other supplies early. Once those tropical storm and hurricane watches are issued, there’s usually a run on this stuff.

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but the difference is that Sandy Point’s adds, “We also have a manually operated ost of the sailing community knows the name of the late Don pier has a very long ramp that is not very hydraulic lift that’s mounted into the pier. Backe, and many of us knew him steep, so it’s easy and it’s safe. An indiSo there are two ways for disabled sailors to vidual in a wheelchair can get out to the board the boats.” personally. He was the vision and energy pier independently. On the dock there’s Sailing is a sport that disabled people behind Chesapeake Region Accessible a transfer box that slides to the boats. A can enjoy recreationally and competitively. Boating (CRAB), working tirelessly for years to provide sailing opportu“It doesn’t matter what the disnities to the disabled. Recently, ability is, with the right equipment the playing field can be the Maryland Department of leveled and whoever is the better Natural Resources (DNR) and sailor can win the race,” says the Board of Public Works offiHinrichs who has strength and cially named the accessible boatbalance issues and substantial ing piers at Sandy Point State Park in honor of Backe, who was paralysis because of a spinal cord injury. “The important thing to not only a longtime disability know is that having the right advocate, but also worked as equipment means that sailing is a valued DNR employee and a sport where this type of discouncil member. ability is not an issue.” While you’re probably famil##Accessible boats level the playing field for disabled sailors. Sandy Point iar with CRAB and its fleet of Governor Martin O’Malley State Park’s accessible piers were recently named in honor of Don Backe. noted Backe’s work saying, “Don accessible sailboats, you may not was a passionate, selfless individual who be aware that Sandy Point Park has special metal platform from the box onto the boat dedicated his life to helping those with accessible piers. Lance Hinrichs, president creates a bridge of sorts. An individual physical disabilities set sail on Maryland’s of CRAB’s board of directors, says, “At will slide across the bridge and into the waters.” Hinrichs concludes, “We really apSandy Point, we use a floating dock that specially designed seat on an accessible preciate the support that the Governor and can accommodate six boats. A ramp leads boat. The sailor may do this independently Mrs. O’Malley, as well as Mayor Cohen of to the accessible pier, which is similar to or with help. It’s much safer and easier Annapolis, have given to CRAB.” the pier at Annapolis YC’s sailing center, than being lifted or carried.” Hinrichs

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ho says one small idea can’t change lives? When teaching English in Barcelona, Spain, Sara Morgan Watters had a chance to teach a one-off class called “Sailing in English” to some Optimist sailors. It gave the Oxford native and sailing coach an idea for an exchange program. As well as hosting sailors from yacht clubs in California, Maine, New York, and New Jersey, this summer, thanks to Watters’s initiative, the Annapolis YC (AYC) hosted five Optimist sailors from Catalonia, Spain. The 11- to 13-yearolds from Barcelona, who are among the top Opti sailors in Spain, came to train and compete with AYC sailors, improve their English, and enjoy a genuinely American experience. Watters contacted AYC sailing director Joel Labuzetta in January of this year and worked with Optimist head coach

Tomás Ruiz de Luque in the following months to coordinate the exchange. “It seemed like a no-brainer,” explains Labuzetta, “The time Tomás and Sara Morgan put into coordinating with parents and finding boats made it possible.” AYC had the facilities, necessary equipment, and staff to host international sailors who were paying participants in the summer program. AYC provided three Optimist dinghies, and parents of Junior Fleet sailors lent another two Optis to the program and volunteered to host the kids in their homes. In addition to being world-recognized Optimist sailors, AYC’s head coach Tomás Ruiz de Luque and assistant Opti coach Edgar Diminich are native Spanish speakers from Argentina and Ecuador, respectively. “Not only were we able to accommodate these kids, they were good sailors

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##Opti sailors from Barcelona, Spain, at AYC: Mariona Rahola, Elizenda Rahola, Marc Cano, Max Marcos, and Juanma Martinez.

While organizing this exchange, Watters had focused so much on the Spanish side of things that she was pleasantly reminded by how rewarding the experience was for the American families, too. “In this way it’s truly an exchange. As many AYC parents have told me this has been a

great learning experience and inspiring for their sailors. I’m absolutely thrilled that everyone involved enjoyed their experience.” “This is the first time that we’ve done something like this,” says Labuzetta. “We’re hoping that it will start an exchange program that will continue for years.”

The program is called an “exchange” program because of its intention to send American sailors in the near future to Spain to train with Spanish Opti teams and live with host families for the full cultural experience. Stay tuned.

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Dinghy Sailor from the Bay Lands Cool Internship

fter finishing her sophomore year of college, and before settling down into summer sailing instructor mode, Kate Ranney had an amazing opportunity to intern at Rozalia Project, a non-profit organization based on the Ted Hood-designed, 60-foot sailing research vessel American Promise. Kate grew up sail-

ing dinghies in Rock Hall and exploring the Bay with her family on their 30-foot Catalina. Now the Pennsylvania native is a junior at the University of Delaware and a member of her collegiate sailing team. This past summer Kate was busy teaching sailing at Rock Hall YC (RHYC), where she got her start in Optis before

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she moved on to Laser Radials, 420s, and Hobie racing. Kate found her spring intership when her mom, who serves as RHYC sailing director, met founder and director of Rozalia Project, Rachel Miller, at the Sailing Symposium in Miami earlier this year. Rozalia Project’s mission is to find and remove marine debris from the surface to the sea floor, through action, technology, outreach and research. After learning about Rozalia Project’s internship program, Kate’s mom encouraged her to apply. “My favorite part of the internship was ocean sailing, because it was all new to me,” says Kate who was especially amazed by gazing at the stars in the night sky when American Promise sailed in the Atlantic. Kate travelled as far north as Maine and Vermont, participating in a lake-wide study on Lake Champlain before heading out into blue water. Not all Rozalia’s interns were experienced sailors like Kate, but all learned to take the helm, raise and lower sails, and keep the boat tidy, in addition to other duties such as collecting and analyzing debris from the water and giving presentations and educating the public about clean water. Interns must be 18 years old, but they need not be sailors or college students. Learn more about Rozalia Project and its internship program at: rozaliaproject.org spinsheet.com

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Thump in the Night

ou have to wonder sometimes why Annapolis sailor Jim Muldoon doesn’t just take up golf. Only two years ago, his 73-foot Donnybrook smashed into the rocks of the jetty of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel during the Annapolis to Newport Race, which totaled the 30-ton racer and made North Sails pro Will Keyworth and a few other crew look as if they’d been brawling in the pub as the boat name suggests. Then came the latest Donnybrook, an Andrews 80, with her signature black hull and cloverleaf flag, and her first Newport to Bermuda attempt ending seven hours into the windy race with a leaky U-turn back to Castle Hill Light. Then came the lightning strike at the dock and electronics refit. Now this: during the 363-mile Marblehead to Halifax Race in July, Donnybrook hit a whale. “It was a thump in the middle of the night. It knocked me out of bed and gave a couple of crew pretty good lumps on their heads,” says Muldoon, who notes that the collision took place 50 miles past a whale preserve, 100 miles from Nova Scotia. “We never saw the whale, only its tail.” The team and the boat sustained no serious injuries. “My crew did everything right: calling the Canadian Coast Guard to let them know, checking to see if anyone fell overboard, getting life rafts ready, pulling up floorboards to see if we were taking on water… We were lucky.” The keen interest among Canadians about the whale impressed Muldoon. “I’ve been on Canadian television and radio and in the newspapers. I’ve been contacted by about five conservation groups. Some think it may have been a rare species of 25- to 50-ton whale. It was neat how concerned they were.” The skipper, who counts 100,000 offshore miles in his sailing career, remains pleased with Donnybrook’s performance in the race—second over the finish line—despite the hour-long distraction. He says, “Otherwise, we would have beat Rambler.” ~M.W.

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Opti Poem

hen 10-year old Tyler Deane was asked about summer plans, he decided to wax poetic about his favorite sport and pastime. It’s not often that we publish poetry submissions, but this one stuck out in our minds. Thanks to Kimberly Gooder, Tyler’s mom, for sending it to us. Sailing is a sport to me, The dock is where I want to be. I can’t be scared I can’t be meek, When I’m on the Chesapeake. I pull on the ropes with a huff and a puff, When I look back up sail starts to luff. I turn back around with an enormous jerk, Using the wind and doing hard work. People are moving constantly, Everyone’s fighting for victory. I’m surfing around with a happy grin, I’ll never give up, that’s how to win. ##Courtesy of Kimberly Gooder, mom of Tyler Deane, age 10 (at time of this poem. He just turned 11).

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and others. Seminars will be held Friday Once again St. Brendan’s Isle Mail Forruising the Chesapeake this fall or want to learn more about doing so? afternoon and all day Saturday. warding Service will offer a complimentary There’s still time to register for the Used sails and sailcloth will be collected continental breakfast Saturday morning for SSCA’s Clean Wake Project, Second and box lunches for Saturday may be preSeven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) ordered. Annapolis Gam at Camp Letts in Edgewa- Life Sails, to benefit Haitian fishermen After the seminars on Saturday, attendter, MD, along the Rhode River September who rely on sail-powered boats (find out 27-29. more on the Clean Wake page at ssca.org). ees will gather for yet another cocktail party When you put a few and dinner. Beth Leonard will speak after dinner on the cruishundred sailors from all over ing life. The drawing of raffle the country in one pretty prizes and a gala auction will place for cruising seminars, culminate the evening. Though a vendors, and a Sunday morning nautical flea market, you limited amount of dinner tickets are bound to learn something may be available at the door, and make new friends. Last attendees are strongly urged to purchase them in advance, as we year, a SpinSheet staffer expect, with this year’s stellar dropped off a carload of magazine stacks—and they speaker lineup, to sell out early. Seven Seas Cruising Aswent like hotcakes! If you love sailing and want to sociation, Inc. is the oldest and ##The well-used dinghy dock at Camp Letts during the Annapolis Gam largest non-profit organizaexpand your horizons, you 2012 on the Rhode River. Photo by Michael Ahart/ waterwayguide.com tion of voyaging cruisers in the will be in good company with world. The goals of the original this crowd. SSCA’s theme this year is “SeamanCruisers will gather for a Friday evening founders are still the goals of SSCA today: sharing cruising information, camaraderie, ship and Cruising from the Historical and on the dining hall veranda for a potluck and leaving a clean wake. For more inforCultural Perspective,” and speakers include dinner and cocktail party. The libations Beth Leonard, Dave Flynn, Bill Shelwill be supplied, but all attendees are asked mation, go to ssca.org and click to “Events” and “Annapolis Gam.” lenberger Steve Hamber, Katie Finnecy, to bring an appetizer or munchie to share.

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National Hard Crab Derby and Fair Off Annemessex River out of Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD.

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Skipjack Race and Land Festival Off Tangier Sound in Deal Island Harbor, MD. Skipjacks race on Monday.

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History Monday Onboard the Schooner Woodwind A Tale of Two Cities: United States Naval Academy and Annapolis. Annapolis, MD Labor Day You’re either grilling or sailing. Make both memorable. Labor Day Luau East of Maui Boardshop, Annapolis. Labor Day Picnic in Central Park Cape Charles, VA.

Bay Seafood Festival 4:30 to 10 PM Belle Isle State Park on the Rappahannock River, $55.

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Hampton Bay Days Hampton, VA. Free entertainment on multiple stages, a Bay education area, arts and crafts, food vendors, kids’ fun, exciting action from Tidewater Dock Dogs, and fireworks.

Beer and Wine Festival Up the Pocomoke River at Cypress Park, Pocomoke, MD.

Boating Party Gala Fundraiser 5:30 to 11 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

Cruising Down the ICW Seminar 10 a.m. to noon, West Marine in Annapolis, MD. Susan and Bill Schadt

Evening Paddle on the Elk Neck River Meet at the Park Store, 7 p.m. $20 per canoe, $15 per single kayak.

Great American Rubber Ducky Race 11 a.m. North East Community Park, North East, MD.

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Salute Your Troops Party Tiki Bar, Solomons.

Battle of North Point Bicentennial Defenders Day in Baltimore, MD.

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Maryland Seafood Festival Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis.

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Onancock Harborfest Onancock, VA. Music, food, kayak races, great paper boat races, critter parades, rubber duck races, and more.

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Canine Cruise 7 p.m. Potomac Riverboat Company, Alexandria, VA.

History Monday Onboard the Schooner Woodwind Annapolis Through the Camera’s Lens. Annapolis, MD

After seeing the flag still flying at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key writes a poem, 1814 Put to music, his words became “The Star Spangled Banner.”

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Antique and Classic Boat Show Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Hosted by the Barnegat Bay New Jersey Chapter of Antique & Classic Boat Society.

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Newport International Boat Show Newport Waterfront, RI. Friday the 13th Meh...you’re not scared...

Star Spangled Banner Weekend Fort McHenry’s annual Star-Spangled Banner Weekend will honor the 199th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore

Cruising to the Bahamas Seminar with Susan and Bill Schadt. At West Marine in Annapolis. Fall Follies Breton Bay at Leonardtown, MD. Arts and crafts, food, and music.

Life Raft Deployment 11 a.m. to noon at West Marine in Annapolis. Sponsored by ACR with presenter Jeff Cox.

Radio-Controlled Laser Regatta Rock Hall Yacht Club, MD.

Tour Thomas Point Shoal LightHouse 9 and 11:30 a.m., Hosted by the Annapolis Maritime Museum. U.S. Sailing Safety and Rescue Course At Baltimore’s Downtown Sailing Center, Baltimore, MD.

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Native American Festival At the Vienna ballfield in

Washington Mini-Mental Washington, DC. Outrigged paddling fun!

History Monday Onboard the Schooner Woodwind An Annapolitan’s Portrait of the Past and Present

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Safe Boating Class 5 7 to 9 p.m. Four Mondays. Bass Pro Outdoor Store, Arundel Mills Mall, MD. Hosted by Patapsco River Power Squadron.

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International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition & Conference Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY.

International Talk like a Pirate Day Nothing is illegal unless you get caught.

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Sunfest Ocean City, MD.

Fun Friday! Oktoberfest Lewes, DE. Music, food,

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San Domingo Creek Cruise

“A Taste of Smith Island” Dinner Ewell, MD. Beer, Bourbon, and Barbecue Festival Reston Town Center, VA.

Boatyard Beach Bash 5 to 9 PM, Back Creek at Annapolis Maritime Museum. Co-Hosted by Boatyard Bar & Grill, $60.

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Corsica Watershed Awareness Day Noon to 4 p.m. Bloomfield Farm, Centreville, MD.

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Little Black Dress Party Tiki Bar, Solomons.

North Point Yacht Sales Open House Jabins Yacht Yard, Annapolis. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new J/88 will be on display.

Patriotic Lighted Boat Parade Dusk. Tred Avon River Near Oxford, MD.

Rappahannock Riverfest 4 to 8 p.m. at Farley Vale Farm, King George, VA.

Summer Sendoff: Blues, Brews, and BBQ 4 to 10 p.m. Cambridge Main Street, MD. Food, libations, live music, sidewalk sales, goofy contests, and more.

Trash Bash! Noon to 5 p.m. Nick’s Fish House, Baltimore. Benefit Blue Water Baltimore. $60 in advance; $65 at the door.

Wet & Wild Auction Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD.

Winterizing Your Boat 10 a.m. to noon, West Marine in Annapolis. With Capt. John Cosby.

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Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezevous National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis.

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Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Chesapeake Bay and its waterways.

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First Day of Fall Yay! It’s fleece season!

Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta Chester River at Chestertown, MD.

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Das Best Oktoberfest National Harbor, MD.

Lapstrake Skiff Workshop Bay History Building, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. St. Michaels.

Chesapeake Bay Community Band Oktoberfest Stevensville, MD.

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Fall Swap Meet East of Maui Boardshop, Annapolis. 8 a.m.

SailFree Sunday Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis. Hosted By Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating.

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Stingray Point Regatta Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville, VA. Includes an optional distance race on Friday.

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Bay Jam Georgetown, MD

National Capital Area Leukemia Cup Regatta Washington Sailing Marina, Alexandria, VA.

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Middle Ground Light Race Hampton YC, VA.

WolfTrap Race Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, VA. A 25-mile distance race form Piankatank River around WolfTrap Light among other marks.

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York River Cup York River YC, VA Union Lake Regatta CCWBRA hosts.

Heritage Skipjack Race 10 a.m. on the Choptank River off Long Wharf and Great Marsh Park in Cambridge, MD.

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Hospice Cup XXXII Bay waters near Annapolis.

Ya Gotta Regatta Benefits the Downtown Sailing Center Youth and Accessible Sailing Program. Baltimore, MD.

Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge & Dinghy Distance Race Norfolk, VA.

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Kinsale Regatta Northern Neck SA.

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Race to Rock Hall Potapskut Sailing Association

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Week-Long “Build Your Own Boat” Classes Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis. Choose from 11 different classes to build canoes, daysailors, dinghies, Dorys, paddleboards, and rowboats.

Fort Frederick in the Civil War To commemorate Fort Frederick’s role in the American Civil War, reenactors will assemble for a weekend of living history demonstrations and tactics demonstrations.

Mermaid Kiss Oyster Fest & “It’s My Bay” Awards Fundraiser Mermaid Kiss is the Oyster Recovery Partnership’s annual fundraiser and awards ceremony. National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD. Follow us!

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U.S. Powerboat Show City Dock. Annapolis, MD.

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Fall Colors Paddle 3 p.m. Meet at the Boat Rental Area by the river-front, Pocomoke River State Park. Five Alarm and Festival Chili Cook-Off Carousel Park, Hampton, VA. Food vendors, fire safety demos, kids’ fun, and more.

Weems & Plath Tent Sale Weems & Plath, Eastport.

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Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon 24-mile electric boat race held in the Miles River near St. Micheals, MD, starts and finishes at the Miles River Yacht Club.

4-5

Smithfield Music’s Aiken & Friends Fest Anchor in the Pagan River near Smithfield, VA.

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AMRC and North U Clin-Gatta Eastport YC.

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Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay Sailing Cruise Onboard the Schooner Woodwind in Annapolis. Box lunch included.

Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival Philadelphia, PA.

Blessing of the Fleet St. Clements Island Museum, Colton’s Point, MD. Hosted by Seventh District Optimist Club.

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Chesapeake Celtic Festival Living Heritage Museum, Snow Hill, MD.

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Riverside Wine Fest Noon to 6 p.m. Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD. Wine tastings, live music, exhibits, demos, food and artisan vendors, kids’ fun, and more.

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19-20

Champagne Brunch Onboard the Schooner Woodwind in Annapolis.

10-14

Friends and Family Open House Chesapeake Yacht Club in Annapolis. Ghost Walk in Fort Frederick State Park Western Maryland legends and scary stories come to life as you walk through the supernatural night time park. Big Pool, MD. Tilghman Island Day Tilghman Island, MD.

10-14 11-13

U.S. Sailboat Show City Dock. Annapolis, MD.

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St. Mary’s Bivalve Bash St. Mary’s Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD.

19-20

Yorktown Victory Celebration Yorktown Victory Center, VA.

19-21

Fall Chesapeake trip with Sailing Club, Inc. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

Birding and Wildlife Festival Cape Charles Fire Hall, VA.

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

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Eastport YC’s Boat Show Bash 6 p.m.

Holly Point Art and Seafood Festival 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Arts, car show, displays, food, cruises, music, and more to benefit the museum’s rebirth.

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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.

BALTIMORE 1

04:37 AM Sun 11:40 AM 04:35 PM 10:35 PM

1.8 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

1.8 0.7 1.4 0.6

H L H L

05:19 AM Mon 12:16 PM 05:27 PM 11:28 PM

September 2013 Tides

05:58 AM 1.8 H Tue 12:49 PM 0.6 L 06:14 PM 1.4 H

H L H L

03:13 AM Sun 09:28 AM 02:54 PM 09:06 PM

1.6 0.7 1.2 0.4

H L H L

03:07 AM Mon 09:30 AM 03:14 PM 09:22 PM

1.7 0.6 1.4 0.4

H L H L

05:18 AM 1.9 H Tue 12:12 PM 0.5 L 05:37 PM 1.6 H

03:54 AM Mon 10:11 AM 03:48 PM 09:55 PM

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

03:59 AM Tue 10:18 AM 04:15 PM 10:21 PM

1.7 0.5 1.5 0.4

H L H L

04:31 AM Tue 10:50 AM 04:38 PM 10:41 PM

1.6 0.6 1.3 0.5

H L H L

1.7 0.4 1.5 0.4

H L H L

1.6 0.5 1.4 0.5

H L H L

04:22 AM Mon 11:27 AM 04:38 PM 11:03 PM

1.9 0.5 1.5 0.4

12:07 AM Wed 06:08 AM 12:54 PM 06:32 PM

0.4 1.8 0.4 1.7

L H L H

12:17 AM Wed 06:33 AM 01:20 PM 06:57 PM

0.6 1.8 0.5 1.5

L H L H

01:05 AM THu 06:54 AM 01:32 PM 07:25 PM

0.4 1.8 0.4 1.8

L H L H

01:04 AM THu 07:07 AM 01:49 PM 07:37 PM

0.6 1.8 0.5 1.6

L H L H

02:02 AM 07:38 AM 02:09 PM 08:14 PM

0.5 1.7 0.3 1.9

L H L H

01:51 AM 07:42 AM 02:18 PM 08:17 PM

0.6 1.7 0.4 1.7

L H L H

02:56 AM SAT 08:20 AM 02:43 PM 09:02 PM

0.5 1.6 0.3 1.9

L H L H

02:39 AM SAT 08:18 AM 02:48 PM 08:57 PM

0.6 1.7 0.4 1.8

L H L H

03:50 AM Sun 09:02 AM 03:17 PM 09:49 PM

0.6 1.5 0.3 1.9

L H L H

03:30 AM Sun 08:57 AM 03:20 PM 09:40 PM

0.7 1.6 0.3 1.9

L H L H

04:44 AM Mon 09:44 AM 03:52 PM 10:36 PM

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.9

04:25 AM Mon 09:39 AM 03:55 PM 10:26 PM

0.7 1.5 0.3 1.9

L H L H

0.7 1.4 0.4 1.8

0.7 1.4 0.3 2

L H L H

Fri

05:25 AM Tue 10:26 AM 04:35 PM 11:17 PM

06:31 AM 0.7 L Wed 11:18 AM 1.4 H 05:23 PM 0.3 L

Fri

05:40 AM Tue 10:28 AM 04:30 PM 11:24 PM

05:41 AM 1.6 H THu 12:04 PM 0.5 L 06:07 PM 1.5 H

L H L H

3 01:18 AM Tue 07:31 AM 01:27 PM 07:48 PM

0.5 2.7 0.4 2.9

L H L H

01:37 AM Wed 07:58 AM 02:02 PM 08:19 PM

0 3.3 0 3.3

L H L H

4 01:53 AM Wed 08:10 AM 02:07 PM 08:25 PM

0.3 2.9 0.3 3

L H L H

02:23 AM THu 08:45 AM 02:53 PM 09:04 PM

-0.1 L 3.5 H 0 L 3.2 H -0.1 L 3.5 H 0 L 3.1 H

12:10 AM 06:14 AM 12:27 PM 06:52 PM

0.5 1.6 0.3 1.7

L H L H

5 02:28 AM THu 08:47 AM 02:47 PM 09:01 PM

0.2 3 0.3 3

L H L H

Fri

03:07 AM 09:30 AM 03:41 PM 09:48 PM

03:04 AM 09:24 AM 03:27 PM 09:38 PM

0.2 3.1 0.3 3

L H L H

03:49 AM SAT 10:12 AM 04:27 PM 10:30 PM

0 3.5 0.1 3

L H L H

12:54 AM SAT 06:48 AM 01:16 PM 07:34 PM

0.6 1.6 0.4 1.6

L H L H

01:51 AM Sun 07:33 AM 01:49 PM 08:28 PM

0.6 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

7 03:40 AM SAT 10:02 AM 04:09 PM 10:16 PM

0.1 3.2 0.2 2.9

L H L H

04:30 AM Sun 10:54 AM 05:13 PM 11:11 PM

0.1 3.4 0.3 2.8

L H L H

01:41 AM Sun 07:23 AM 01:53 PM 08:20 PM

0.6 1.5 0.3 1.6

L H L H

02:40 AM Mon 08:11 AM 02:32 PM 09:17 PM

0.6 1.3 0.3 1.7

L H L H

8 04:19 AM Sun 10:42 AM 04:53 PM 10:57 PM

0.1 3.3 0.3 2.9

L H L H

0.3 3.3 0.5 2.6

L H L H

02:30 AM Mon 08:00 AM 02:33 PM 09:10 PM

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

03:29 AM Tue 08:51 AM 03:16 PM 10:07 PM

0.7 1.3 0.3 1.6

L H L H

9 05:01 AM Mon 11:25 AM 05:41 PM 11:41 PM

0.2 3.3 0.3 2.8

L H L H

03:24 AM Tue 08:41 AM 03:18 PM 10:04 PM

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

04:20 AM Wed 09:34 AM 04:04 PM 10:59 PM

0.8 1.2 0.4 1.6

L H L H

0.8 1.3 0.3 1.7

L H L H

0.8 1.2 0.4 1.6

L H L H

05:26 AM 0.8 L THu 10:27 AM 1.3 H 05:05 PM 0.3 L

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.5

H L H L

04:23 AM Wed 09:28 AM 04:08 PM 11:03 PM

01:12 AM 08:44 AM 01:20 PM 07:28 PM

2 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

02:01 AM SAT 09:20 AM 02:06 PM 08:05 PM

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.6

H L H L

02:16 AM SAT 09:44 AM 02:28 PM 08:42 PM

2 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

02:55 AM Sun 10:05 AM 03:07 PM 09:10 PM

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.6

H L H L

1.9 0.6 1.4 0.4

H L H L

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.6

H L H L

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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0.1 3.2 0.1 3.3

Fri

01:07 AM 08:29 AM 01:05 PM 07:02 PM

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

12:47 AM Tue 07:06 AM 01:08 PM 07:29 PM

L H L H

H L H L

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

0.5 1.5 0.3 1.7

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

L H L H

01:01 AM SAT 06:54 AM 01:08 PM 07:40 PM

H L H L

diFFerenCes

Fri

0.6 2.6 0.5 2.9

1.8 0.8 1.3 0.5

03:45 AM Mon 10:45 AM 04:04 PM 10:11 PM

2 12:40 AM Mon 06:49 AM 12:44 PM 07:09 PM

06:08 AM 2.9 H Mon 12:10 PM 0.2 L 06:35 PM 3.3 H

L H L H

Fri

2 0.7 1.3 0.3

03:21 AM Sun 10:38 AM 03:34 PM 09:55 PM

05:32 AM 1.6 H THu 11:46 AM 0.4 L 06:03 PM 1.6 H

0.5 1.6 0.4 1.5

12:14 AM THu 07:34 AM 12:08 PM 06:04 PM Fri

04:47 AM Wed 11:03 AM 05:11 PM 11:17 PM

1 06:03 AM 2.4 H Sun 11:58 AM 0.6 L 06:27 PM 2.8 H

12:10 AM 06:14 AM 12:40 PM 06:51 PM

06:36 AM 0.8 L Wed 11:16 AM 1.3 H 05:13 PM 0.4 L

05:06 AM Wed 11:28 AM 05:24 PM 11:26 PM

12:12 AM THu 07:38 AM 12:16 PM 06:20 PM Fri

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

05:13 AM THu 10:24 AM 04:55 PM 11:52 PM Fri

06:08 AM 0.8 L 11:21 AM 1.2 H 05:50 PM 0.4 L

05:47 AM 0.2 L Tue 12:13 PM 3.3 H 06:34 PM 0.4 L

05:11 AM Mon 11:36 AM 05:58 PM 11:53 PM

05:53 AM 0.5 L Tue 12:19 PM 3.1 H 06:46 PM 0.6 L

12:37 AM Wed 06:39 AM 01:05 PM 07:37 PM

2.5 0.6 2.9 0.8

H L H L

12:31 AM Wed 06:39 AM 01:06 PM 07:33 PM

2.7 0.3 3.2 0.5

H L H L

01:25 AM THu 07:30 AM 01:56 PM 08:31 PM

2.4 0.8 2.8 0.9

H L H L

01:28 AM THu 07:39 AM 02:07 PM 08:39 PM

2.6 0.4 3.1 0.5

H L H L

02:20 AM 08:27 AM 02:53 PM 09:28 PM

2.3 0.8 2.7 0.9

H L H L

02:33 AM 08:45 AM 03:14 PM 09:47 PM

2.5 0.4 3.1 0.5

H L H L

03:22 AM SAT 09:29 AM 03:53 PM 10:23 PM

2.3 0.9 2.7 0.8

H L H L

Fri

12:06 AM 06:32 AM 11:37 AM 06:08 PM

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.3

H L H L

12:45 AM SAT 07:02 AM 12:23 PM 06:46 PM

1.5 0.8 1.2 0.5

H L H L

01:09 AM SAT 07:36 AM 12:52 PM 07:14 PM

1.7 0.7 1.2 0.3

H L H L

01:36 AM Sun 07:53 AM 01:27 PM 07:42 PM

1.5 0.7 1.2 0.5

H L H L

03:47 AM SAT 09:56 AM 04:26 PM 10:53 PM

2.6 0.4 3.1 0.4

H L H L

04:25 AM Sun 10:29 AM 04:51 PM 11:11 PM

2.4 0.8 2.7 0.7

H L H L

1.7 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

1.5 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

2.7 0.3 3.2 0.2

H L H L

2.5 0.7 2.7 0.6

H L H L

Fri

02:10 AM Sun 08:36 AM 02:06 PM 08:20 PM

diFFerenCes

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

02:22 AM Mon 08:40 AM 02:27 PM 08:36 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 Sun 11:06 AM 05:34 PM 11:53 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

05:22 AM Mon 11:23 AM 05:42 PM 11:54 PM

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

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

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Tidal Current Tables

Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Maximum Current

-0.9 +0.5 -1.0 +0.7

0123 0647 1304 1909

-0.9 +0.5 -1.1 +0.8

0158 0726 1347 1945

-1.0 +0.6 -1.2 +0.8

0231 0806 1431 2024

-1.2 +0.7 -1.3 +0.9

0305 0847 1513 2103 0339 0926 1554 2142 0414 1003 1635 2220 0453 1041 1720 2300 0536 1123 1812 2346 0628 1212 1911

-1.3 +0.8 -1.3 +0.9 -1.3 +0.9 -1.4 +0.9 -1.4 +0.9 -1.4 +0.9 -1.4 +1.0 -1.3 +0.8 -1.4 +1.0 -1.2 +0.8 -1.3 +1.0 -1.2

Sun 0359 0832 1553 2155 Mon 0437 0925 1631 2231 Tue 0510 1015 1708 2306

Wed 0542 1100 1743 2340

THu 0615 1145 1821 6 0015 Fri 0650 1229 1903 7 0050 SAT 0728 1313 1949 8 0126 Sun 0808 1358 2036 9 0202 Mon 0850 1445 2126 10 0240 Tue 0937 1535 2219

Wed

0038 0724 1306 2009

THu 0416 1130 1745

13 Fri

14 SAT

Sun

0022 0527 1235 1853 0126 0642 1340 1955 0227 0750 1443 2053

Mon 0321 0856 1542 2147

Tue 0411 0956 1638 2235

Wed 0459 1050 1729 2320

THu 0542 1141 1818 20 0004 Fri 0628 1230 1909

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Maximum Current

+0.7 -1.3 +0.9 -1.1 0133 0821 1403 2109

0323 1030 1634 2319 +0.6 -1.2 +0.9 -1.1

0231 0922 1506 2216 0338 1031 1619 2322 0450 1138 1726

+0.6 -1.2 +0.9 -1.1 +0.6 -1.3 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7 -1.4 +1.0

0018 0549 1237 1819

-1.3 +0.8 -1.5 +1.1

0110 0638 1333 1907

-1.4 +1.0 -1.6 +1.1

0201 0726 1428 1958

-1.5 +1.1 -1.7 +1.1

0248 0816 1518 2049 0332 0906 1605 2138

-1.6 +1.2 -1.7 +1.1 -1.6 +1.2 -1.7 +1.1

SAT

22 Sun

Mon

24 Tue

0047 0713 1317 2000 0128 0800 1404 2051 0209 0849 1449 2143 0249 0939 1536 2238

Wed 0329 1033 1629 2337

THu 0415 1134 1733 27 0038 Fri 0512 1238 1836 28 0137 SAT 0616 1339 1930 29 0230 Sun 0715 1432 2017 30 0316 Mon 0811 1520 2059

Slack Water Maximum Current

0413 0952 1649 2224 0453 1037 1737 2310 0535 1123 1831 2359 0622 1213 1927

-1.5 +1.2 -1.6 +1.0 -1.4 +1.1 -1.4 +0.9 -1.3 +1.0 -1.2 +0.7 -1.1 +0.8 -1.1

0252 0931 1541 2125

+0.9 -0.8 +0.5 -0.6

0117 0801 1253 1855

0426 1024 1604 2237

-0.8 +0.4 -0.6 +1.0

0011 Mon 0700 1340 1917

0341 1015 1625 2214

+0.9 -0.9 +0.6 -0.6

0213 THu 0903 1351 1952

0524 1124 1702 2336

-0.8 +0.4 -0.6 +1.0

0103 Tue 0743 1416 2002

0427 1055 1706 2301

+0.9 -0.9 +0.7 -0.7

+0.9 -0.9 +0.8 -0.8

0051 0714 1308 2021

+0.6 -1.0 +0.7 -0.9

5 0242 THu 0901 1519 2126

0511 1133 1744 2345

0144 0804 1403 2115 0238 0854 1503 2216 0341 0952 1622 2314 0451 1056 1723 2357 0541 1148 1801

+0.5 -1.0 +0.6 -0.8 +0.4 -0.9 +0.5 -0.7 +0.4 -0.9 +0.5 -0.8 +0.4 -0.9 +0.5 -0.8 +0.5 -1.0 +0.6

Fri 0331 0937 1549 2208

Sun 0615 1301 1828

0154 Wed 0823 1448 2045

0028 0634 1243 1857

-0.8 +0.8 -0.9 +0.9

0111 0716 1318 1935

-0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +0.9

0156 0758 1354 2014

-0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +1.0

Mon 0604 1125 1726

0243 0842 1432 2057

-0.8 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0

0025 0701 1206 1807

0333 0931 1514 2144

-0.8 +0.5 -0.7 +1.0

SAT 0420 1013 1619 2251 Sun 0511 1048 1651 2337

10 Tue

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

0553 +0.9 1209 -0.9 1821 +0.8

Wed

12 13 Fri

0311 1002 1459 2057

0624 -0.8 1227 +0.4 1807 -0.6 0039 0724 1331 1917

+0.9 -0.8 +0.5 -0.6

0143 0821 1431 2025

+0.9 -0.8 +0.6 -0.7

0245 0914 1526 2128

+0.9 -0.9 +0.7 -0.8

0027 0655 1314 1920

0343 1004 1616 2226

+0.9 -0.9 +0.9 -0.9

0130 Wed 0744 1356 2013

0438 1050 1704 2320

+0.9 -0.9 +1.0 -1.0

0229 THu 0830 1436 2104

0529 +0.9 1135 -0.9 1751 +1.1

0011 0618 1218 1836

SAT 0411 1057 1611 2208 Sun 0508 1147 1720 2319 Mon 0603 1232 1823

17 Tue

Fri

0325 0915 1517 2152

-1.0 +0.9 -0.9 +1.1

Slack Water Maximum Current

0100 0706 1302 1920

-1.0 +0.8 -0.9 +1.1

0149 0754 1345 2005

-1.0 +0.7 -0.8 +1.1

Mon 0603 1129 1722

0238 0842 1430 2051

-1.0 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0

0016 Tue 0657 1218 1807

0327 0933 1518 2139

-0.9 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

0106 Wed 0752 1311 1856

0419 1027 1609 2231

-0.8 +0.5 -0.6 +0.9

0513 1124 1706 2326

-0.8 +0.5 -0.5 +0.8

SAT 0418 0959 1557 2240 Sun 0511 1043 1639 2328

24 25

0157 THu 0849 1410 1950

27 Fri

0250 0945 1514 2050

0609 -0.8 1224 +0.5 1807 -0.5 0023 0704 1321 1909

+0.8 -0.8 +0.5 -0.5

0122 0757 1415 2008

+0.7 -0.8 +0.6 -0.5

0218 0846 1503 2103

+0.7 -0.8 +0.6 -0.6

SAT 0345 1037 1617 2153 Sun 0438 1124 1715 2256 Mon 0529 1206 1806 2357

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

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

Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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0046 0608 1222 1836

Slack Water Maximum Current

Where We Sail

by Tom Pelton, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Critical Choices in the Critical Area

ore than 1000 new homes are proposed in an environmentally critical area beside the Chesapeake Bay, on Kent Island, MD. The developer of the proposed Four Seasons project, the New Jersey-based Hovnanian Enterprises, is promising to be responsible about handling stormwater pollution that will pour off the waterfront project. But three years ago, Hovnanian paid a $1 million penalty to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of stormwater pollution violations at 591 development sites, including 161 in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, according to the federal agency. The development on the small, increasingly crowded island doesn’t make sense from an environmental perspective, or from a planning viewpoint. Kent Island is already overwhelmed with sprawl, and the low-lying development site next to the mouth of the Chester River is vulnerable to flooding, especially with sea level rise. A more than decade-long war over the Four Seasons project flared up again July 24 at the Maryland Board of Public Works. After hearing more than five hours of testimony, Governor Martin O’Malley and state officials sent the project back down to the Queen Anne’s County government to resolve questions about land preservation and permitting before the state will consider a license to destroy wetlands for the construction. Will Baker, President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), was among several people who advised the board not to approve the wetlands license. “We work in six states at CBF, and Maryland has always been a leader,” Baker says. “But I don’t know of any other state that has a project of this scope, and importance, and potential damage to the Bay or its tributary rivers.” The three-member board (made up of 40 September 2013 SpinSheet

the governor, Comptroller Peter Franchot, and Treasurer Nancy Kopp) has been forced to reconsider a wetlands permit for the project because the Maryland Court of Appeals in 2012 overturned a 2007 decision by the board to deny an approval. The

court said the state officials exceeded their authority when they voted 2-1 six years ago against the Four Seasons project (with the two votes by O’Malley and Franchot). After losing that vote, the developers modified the project to reduce its size. The project now being discussed by the board

consists of 1079 homes on 425 acres of what are now farm fields north of Route 50 in Stevensville, instead of the 1350 homes on 556 acres as proposed back in 2007. And the developers say they will eliminate a bridge to reduce the project’s harm to wetlands and create a 131-acre park on part of the land where they once planned houses. “Hovnanian is committed to creating an environmentally friendly, sustainable project here,” says Charles Schaller, an attorney for the development company. “It certainly understands the sensitivity of the area. The (developers) heard the concerns, voiced by many, and tried to create a win-win situation. “ Kopp said that it would be wiser to build such a large housing project farther away from the water, in an area less vulnerable to flooding and sea-level rise. “It shouldn’t be there,” she says. But the state treasurer added that the Maryland Court of Appeals has ordered state officials a narrow focus on consideration of the developer’s application for a state license to destroy 820 square feet of wetlands for the project, not the overall merits of the project or its location. “I agree. It shouldn’t be there,” O’Malley says. “But that’s not what’s before us.” The state officials said they will reconsider the wetlands permitting issue after Queen Anne’s County Board of County Commissioners creates permanent protections on the 131 acres that the developers say they will preserve as a park. The commission also needs to resolve other questions raised by neighbors and conservation groups, including whether another public hearing and vote by county board is required for the modified development proposal. Read CBF’s blog, Bay Daily, at cbf.org/baydaily spinsheet.com

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What’s in the Water?

t never fails. Whenever I’d wash my car on the street in front of my Baltimore row house, my neighbor Halle would appear out of nowhere with a stern rebuke, as she watched a trail of soap make its way along the gutter toward the storm drain: “You shouldn’t do that, Steve.” At first I was angered, then perplexed, before common sense and resignation took over. She was right of course, and who am I to argue with Halle Van der Gaag, executive director of Blue Water Baltimore, an environmental advocacy group with a bone in its teeth toward cleaning up Baltimore Harbor for the betterment of all. A tall order indeed. Everything we dump spill or throw onto our streets and sidewalks ultimately ends up in the harbor, and ultimately the Bay, While I’m unconvinced that a few gallons of soapy car wash water running down my street four miles north of the harbor would really make any difference, perhaps it does in the aggregate. I figured it would be quite diluted by the time it flowed from Guilford Avenue along 30th Street to the storm drain just short of Calvert, down into a netherworld of ancient pipes and into the Jones Falls probably somewhere near Howard Street, and thence southward under the JFX to the Inner Harbor where it sees the light of day again alongside Pier Six. But it got my little brain thinking. What about a hundred soapy car washes or a thousand? What about when I’m done doing the dishes aboard? Where does this “gray water” go? It’s a much shorter journey, that’s for sure. It makes a trip of Follow us!

less than three feet, discharging directly into the Bay, the harbor, the creek or river wherever I happen to be, as long as it’s not Herring Bay. That particular part of the world in southern Anne Arundel County is currently the only NDZ (No Discharge Zone) in the whole of the Chesapeake Bay. Halle says a day will come when all of this is illegal, but I remind her that day isn’t here yet. Aboard my boat are the requisite Coast Guard approved placards stating what I can and can’t throw, excrete, drain, or otherwise discharge into the Bay. This includes oil, oily waste, including gasoline, all plastics, and all trash. Pretty obvious, but not very inclusive. State regulations in Maryland are more detailed but merely state that no dumping of trash but dishwater, gray water, and fish parts are allowed. Virginia’s regulatory guidance is even more opaque, saying only that it’s illegal to pollute waters of the Commonwealth. Fortunately, generations younger than I in both states and beyond are more aware of the fact that, in the throwaway society we have created, there is no more “away” to which we can throw. So what about gray water? There isn’t a common across the board definition for this, but it is water that is not blackwater (sewage) but neither is it potable (drinkable). Waste water from showering, bathing, washing your decks, or doing the dishes is generally considered to be graywater. And according to regulations, or lack thereof, you can discharge at will with no worries. But this can’t go on forever.

Thirty years ago, we were having the same discussion about blackwater, better known as raw sewage. Incredibly, some folks today still haven’t gotten that message. People have said to me straight faced that three miles from the dock they can dump their Type III holding tanks into the Bay. No, you can’t. First off, the three-mile limit applies to the ocean, not the middle span of the Bay Bridge. Second, a macerator and disinfectant is required, as you can’t dump raw sewage anywhere in Maryland waters by state law. And third, all vessels under 65 feet must either have a Type I, II, or III MSD or some variation of a Porta-Potty. The trouble with the latter two types is that a lot of pump outs aren’t working or don’t work consistently, so what are we to do? This is a big, big problem, and the silence from the state and the marine trades industry is deafening. But regulatory enforcement and common courtesy aside, people who should know better still open the door and urinate over the rail when sheeted to the wind. The Bay is a fragile ecosystem. We swim in it, paddle and sail on it, and otherwise adore it. As sailors, treading lightly and leaving little wake is our hallmark. We need to lead and not wait for regulations to make their arduous way through the system. Let’s try harder to treat the Bay with the respect it deserves, starting with our own actions. I’ll do my part. There’s a great little car wash near the marina that I’ll hit on the way home. Click to bluewaterbaltimore.org for more information.

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Isabel 10 Years Later

by David Gendell

here is a history of poorly-forecast hurricanes pushing onto the Atlantic coast with deadly results. The Chesapeake/Potomac Hurricane of 1933 produced a 12-foot rise of the Potomac at Alexandria and swept a train of the tracks and into the Anacostica River, killing 10 people. To our northeast, the Hurricane of ’38 is referred to in hushed tones, and recountings typically include details of the unsuspecting boaters and beachgoers who were surprised as the first dark clouds appeared on the horizon. Those clouds were the leading edge of a historic hurricane, and more than 600 New Englanders were killed that day.

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There was a time—the half-century between the historic storms of the 1930s and the late 1980s—when the forecasts for tropical events were recited on scratchy VHF forecasts and interested parties scrawled the listed coordinates and penciled them onto charts, interpreting and forecasting for themselves. This work was professionally augmented by the National Hurricane Center who sent reconnaissance planes into tropical features and issued warnings and forecasts that were mentioned on the six o’clock news and reprinted in newspapers. Soon, The Weather Channel dedicated a slice of each hour, at 50 minutes past the hour,

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to the Tropical Forecast and in the approach of a storm, sent camera crews to the impacted geographies. The resulting flow of information was not completely unfiltered, but the concept of a “sneak up on us” tropical event was no longer viable. Although the information was more readily available, it was still up to individuals and organizations to take responsibility for preparations. In some cases the abundance of information leads to complacency. In other cases, unpreparedness can rule the day and will produce destructive and embarrassing results. In October 1954, Hurricane Hazel gained strength and made a series of wobbles and turns before making landfall to the south of the mouth of the Bay. In Annapolis, 90 mile-per-hour winds from the eastern quadrant created havoc. The historic 72-foot ketch Vamarie, past winner of the Newport to Bermuda Race and, since 1936, in the care of the U.S. Na-

val Academy, was moored just off the Academy’s seawall, a position to windward of the rocks in the forecast easterly. Sadly, Vamarie’s mooring chain parted, and she was repeatedly and very publicly pummeled to splinters on the seawall. The remains were hauled, and she was broken up and disposed of the following year. By the middle of 2003, access to the Internet was widely available. Web content was consumed with gusto, either via dial-up modems or via the faster and increasingly popular broadband solutions. Internet users of the era who could tear themselves away from MySpace, HotOrNot.com, and the Drudge Report could find a trove of meteorological information from government, academic, and commercial sources. The mystery of hurricane forecasting was gone forever. All of us were able to become semi-pro hurricane trackers with access to the raw data and dozens of academic and government models.

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Isabel’s Projected Path

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A constant river of information now flowed freely and unfiltered. In September 2003, with the data and access unlocked, Isabel was not a surprise. Those paying close attention to these things first made notice of the tropical event as early as September 6, nearly two full weeks before she impacted the Chesapeake Bay. On that day a wave off the Cape Verde Islands formed into a Tropical Depression and was named Isabel. By September 11, the storm had spun into a powerful category 5 event, and models began aligning. The multicolored digital strings, each representing a projected path and carefully produced in labs around the perimeter of the Atlantic Basin, all brought Isabel ashore in the Mid-Atlantic. An alarming number of projections took her straight up the Chesapeake Bay. It seemed as though everyone was paying attention now. Along the waterfront, the community prepared. We waited. Boats were hauled, sandbags filled, lines secured. I popped into Fawcett on the Annapolis City Dock where the crew, always enthusiastic and as seaworthy as they come, were preparing their facility for the possibility of rising waters. As we waited, the projected tracks slowly and confidentially slid south, and it became clear that the Chesapeake region would be spared widespread, catastrophic storm damage of a direct hit. The somewhat weakened storm would push ashore in the Carolinas and pass west of the Bay. However, even in the face of this dampened forecast there was still risk, especially from rising waters. Maryland Governor Ehrlich issued an Emergency Declaration on the evening of September 16. In Hampton Roads, the Navy moved 40 ships out to sea. In Annapolis, the Academy hauled some vessels and moved many others up the Severn River to established “Hurricane Hole” moorings on protected deep-water creeks.

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Isabel made landfall in early afternoon on September 18 between Cape Lookout and Ocracoke Inlet, NC, bringing with her heavy rains and 105 mile per-hour winds. There was significant damage along her track, and she was directly responsible for 17 deaths primarily from drowning or trauma sustained by falling trees or limbs. Isabel was indirectly responsible for 34 additional deaths primarily due to carbon monoxide poisoning due to inadequately ventilated generators. Inland Virginia was especially hit hard by the body of the storm and up to 20 inches of rain was recorded in some spots. When the storm finally arrived in Chesapeake Country, it brought wind and rain, but nothing extraordinary. The power went out across large a region, as it always does in these things. In Annapolis, it cut just before 11 p.m. By the time Isabel reached Annapolis’s latitude, its center was well-inland and it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. But what happened next, in the early hours of Friday September 19, was extraordinary. The Bay began to rise, and it kept rising. Even as the clouds pulled away and the wind began to lie down, it kept rising. We now know that on the Bay, typical wind driven flooding and surge events move the top later of water and are, therefore, somewhat limited in scale. However, Isabel’s westerly track brought to the Bay widely-distributed and very strong easterly and then southerly winds and an uncanny sense of timing. The combined circumstances “de-stratified” the Bay’s water column and pushed the entire water column northward. ##Waiting for the storm at the mouth of Back Creek. Photo by Dave Gendell

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We know this because a year later, in November 2004, a scientific conference was convened in Linthicum MD, to address the forecasts, impacts, and responses to Hurricane Isabel as it impacted the Chesapeake watershed. All of the papers presented and panel discussion summaries are available at chesapeake.org/pubs/Isabel/ isabel.htm. The body of work is fascinating; it is largely focused on the Friday morning that the water that kept rising, rising, rising. Isabel’s westerly track and resulting high waters were remarkably similar to that famous 1933 storm. And Isabel’s wedge of water pushed the Bay to extreme heights, approaching and surpassing the 1933 marks. Gauges at the mouth of the Bay Bridge-Tunnel reported 7.12 feet above mean high water. Across from Hampton, Sewell’s Point recorded 7.53 feet. Moving north, the stats were similar and amazing. 7.5 feet above mean high water in Washington, DC, 7.47 at Tolchester Beach, and 8.34 in Baltimore. A couple hundred low-lying homes and other structures were severely damaged, eventually forcing more than 200 Maryland families into FEMA trailers.

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In Annapolis, the waters peaked just over eight feet above mean high water and a few old-timers who recalled the old storms emerged to declare this water the highest they have ever seen. A crowd gathered at the foot of Main Street and along the higher, narrow streets leading down to Compromise Street and, as often happens in sailing towns, a sort of party atmosphere developed; although it was still early in the morning. Predictably a couple of folks dragged out kayaks and floated them over parking lots. A brave soul ran a RIB, under outboard power, along Compromise Street then across, to Dock Street where he navigated around the exposed tops of parking meters. Thousands of photos were snapped. The high water mark was reached around 8 a.m. and then, just as suddenly as it rose, the waters turned and ran out the Bay. I left the City Dock circus scene and hustled back to Eastport, boarded a powerboat, headed out in the warming sun. Even at the mouth of Back Creek, famously blown open for navigation in that 1933 storm, one could see swirls on the surface and signs of moving water. As I motored past the old McNasby Oyster Packing plant one could see a crowd gath-

ering there. The 1918 structure was among the more heavily damaged structures and large chunks of its walls had fallen into the creek. The building has since been beautifully restored and continues to serve as the home of the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

The Vaccum Effect

In the wake of these big storms, there is a strange vacuum effect, and it is felt strongly out on the Bay. Out there, it felt as if all the atmosphere’s energy had been pulled away by the storm leaving a windless, cloudless silence, scrubbed bright and clean. The remaining energy was evident below us, in the water itself. In the center of the Bay, at the Red # 2 east of Tolly Point, the current was ripping, and I cut the engine. Free of the shoreline and the gawking crowd, the air smelled of tangy salt. The water ran deep blue and cold and smelled and tasted of the open ocean. This was unlike any Bay water I have seen before or since. It had been forcefully pushed here, 140 miles north from the Atlantic, trapped momentarily, and was now rushing back to restore equilibrium.

Nature self-regulates. Nature balances. And in this case, it was doing so silently but aggressively, draining out the deeper ocean and pulling my little boat south along with, it in a swirl of cold blue water. A couple of days later a strong push of freshwater would enter the main stem of the Bay, rainwater runoff from the Susquehanna and other upstream feeders.

The Storm’s Wake

Silent, in the bright sunlight to the west, was Annapolis and as the waters receded damage was revealed to countless docks, basements, and other properties. The Naval Academy, boats secured and accounted for this time around, suffered major damage to its shoreside facilities. Much of the Academy was built on landfill, and many of its classrooms and laboratories are at and even below sea level. More than 120,000 square feet of space was impacted, half of the Academy classroom space was rendered unusable, and tens of millions of dollars of damage was reported. Among the damaged facilities was the Academy’s famed 382-foot-long, 16-foot deep towing tank. The repair and recovery work at the Academy went on out of the pub-

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lic eye, but outside the gates, the community camaraderie and spirit was very strong. With so much warning and proper prior planning the boat damage was minimal. The cheery crew at Fawcetts reopened for business as the floor mopping was still underway. All along the waterfront neighbors and slipmates pitched into recovery efforts. Unforgivably, along the Academy seawall a pair of privately owned vessels were wrecked and sunk in a manner remarkably similar to Vamarie scene 49 years earlier. Ahead of the forecast strong easterly winds, a foolish owner had anchored both of his sailboats just to weather of the Academy rocks. Both broke loose and were now smashed and underwater.

The New Normal

Thanks to the openness of the scientific community, we now understand some of Isabel’s impacts on the Bay’s ecosystem. Fisheries scientists who trawled the Bay before and after the storm reported at the Linthicum conference that “Species richness increased” in the immediate wake of Isabel. In the northern Bay were “previously uncommon freshwater

fish that possibly were transported to the Bay’s main stem by the high freshwater flow from the Susquehanna River.” To the south was a massive increase in the number of adult Bay anchovy that either moved into the Bay from the ocean because of the storm or were pushed out into the Bay from upstream tributaries by run-off. Remarkably, the days after Isabel saw a superabundance of Atlantic Croaker in the southern Bay, more than 30 times the previous decade’s average. The scientists suggest that the Croaker was pushed by the storm into the Bay from their coastal ocean spawning sites. The fresh water visitors and the Croaker were but near-term outliers and they too soon returned to natural balance. The storm seemed to produce no negative effects on the fish populations or other parts of the Bay’s ecosystem. Shoreside, there was clean up and lasting property damage to deal with, it would be over a year before the larger of the abandoned sailboats on the Academy seawall, a Columbia 43, was expensively removed by more than a dozen Navy divers. And a year after the storm, more than 150 Maryland families were still

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living in FEMA trailers as a result of damage to their homes. Aside from these sad examples, the Bay, its ecosystems, and its residents reestablished order quite quickly. In fact, a few days later, everything seemed back to normal and the summer quietly and beautifully gave way to autumn. Ten years have passed. There have been storms and there has been flooding, but the extraordinary set of circumstances that conspired to swell the Bay in the wake of Isabel have yet to be repeated and may never be. New storms and new floods are over the horizon, heading our way, no doubt. In the coming years, while we wait for them, prepare for them, and live through them, we slowly but steadily turn into the oldtimers who will one day step out into the bright post-storm sunlight, eye the water levels, and proclaim with great certainty, “”It sure is high today but nothing close to what we saw with Isabel.”

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We managed to catch up with Paul Jacobs, the general manager for United States Yacht Shows, and check in on the preliminary planning. At press time, 150 boats were signed up to come into town with more being added each week. To accommodate them (as well as the hundreds of exhibitors), Jacobs oversees the construction of over 350 floating docks, creating over a mile and a half of dock space. The docks are launched at Port Annapolis and are then pushed across the Severn River to Navy Creek, where 55 pilings are fitted to help the floating game of Tetris get underway. And while it takes seven days to simply get all of the docks in place, the show itself comes together within only three days. “The thing that people don’t realize is that Annapolis is not a simple rectangle,” says Jacobs. The strategic placement of docks takes months of planning, and while its setup is occurring, boats are arriving. “It takes us seven days just to get the docks in the water, leaving us three days to get everything set up with boats arriving daily. And easterly winds will kill the show build. Ten years ago, we had to throw the boats out for a night because they were bouncing on the docks so much.” But if you think that the Annapolis Facelift is impressive, it’s even more amazing to hear about what’s going on underwater. Over 100,000 feet of copper wire cable is laid to bring power to each and every tent. Six hundred circuits are installed

for the tents alone by Bob Crain at Applied Lighting. “The people who come to the show in their dinghies, hoping to avoid the $18 ticket fee, are running over 480-volt cables of electrical submarine cable,” says Crain. “We watch them and hope no one gets hurt.” Around town, local businesses are also getting ready for the Boat Show Boon. Jay Jones, general manager at Pusser’s Caribbean Grille, appreciates the influx of new tourists who wouldn’t otherwise be coming to Annapolis for a vacation. “We’ve been one of the gates for the show, and that was great. Sailors are incredibly enthusiastic, and it’s fun to see them making an Annapolis memory with the Boat Show.” Kyle Fox, manager at Dock Street Restaurant right on Ego Alley, echoes the sentiment. “Even when the weather’s bad, the sailors just throw on their foul weather gear and still show up for a crab cake and a beer.” The 2012 U.S. Sailboat Show was the biggest since 2007, right before the recession. Jacobs is enthusiastic that 2013 will be just as big, if not bigger. “There are 45 new boats on the market, and over 40 of them will be in Annapolis,” he says. “This is a big thing for us, and it takes a lot of work, and a lot of people working collaboratively to make it turn out right. And thankfully, we’ve got it down.”

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by Eva Hill

uring the early part of a week’s vacation on the Bay this summer, I phoned a popular Eastern Shore marina to make a slip reservation. The lady on the phone said to simply call or radio when we got close to the marina. Just to be clear, I reiterated that I wanted to make a reservation. She sighed, told me “you just did,” but to appease me, took down the name and length of my boat, implicitly telling me that on a Monday, no “real” reservation is required. That response is emblematic of life on a weekday on Chesapeake Bay, which seems to be a different place compared to weekends. During a week on the Bay, your location is almost incidental to the relaxed state your mind slips into as the weekend ends. As I feared, my commitment to a week on the Bay was challenged by other claims on vacation time that don’t involve plane tickets and fixed schedules. As a result, we lost the Saturday before and the Sunday after our week to other engagements. But that was almost a positive. Since what would have been the first day of our trip was now officially a non-vacation day, I didn’t mind the heavy work of provisioning that morning; likewise, on that last Sunday, the mountain of laundry wasn’t as offensive (aside from its aroma—it was a wet week). Most importantly, we were effectively starting our trip as the weekenders were heading back to their home ports. Our first night’s anchorage, Little Queenstown Creek, was blissfully empty. Unfortunately, the weather gods didn’t mark our week on their calendar. Or

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maybe they did, but with an angry thundercloud and later a sneering sun. The first part of the week was filled with storms, some violent; the second part was blisteringly hot. Never have I been more grateful for the many weather apps I’ve loaded on my iPhone, including a radar app which

enabled us to drop sail moments before blinding rain, lightning, and 40-plus knot gusts rocked our boat. Thank goodness there was little traffic on the Chester River that day, because we wouldn’t have been able to see it. Aside from the one bad storm we were caught in, careful planning and timing allowed us to dodge the worst of the storms. But as we went further afield

later in the week, we lost cell and WiFi coverage. Thankfully, it wasn’t strictly necessary—as the storms waned, and the burning need to be connected to the outside world declined. Notwithstanding the ugly weather, we zipped in the connector between the bimini and dodger and carried on. For even if the weather wasn’t pretty, the wind was a steady southerly of 10-20 knots all week. This allowed us to have pleasant waveassisted runs heading north, and screaming upwind sails heading back south, rarely requiring us to motor. A week of actually sailing, in the summer, is a gift. Wanting a balance between sailing and relaxation, we didn’t sail particularly far on any given day. Nevertheless, for us, who have not spent much time north of the Chester River, most of our destinations were new to us. After familiar Queenstown and Rock Hall, we went to Fairlee Creek, the Sassafras River, and Worton Creek, finishing up in Bodkin Creek on the way to home base in Annapolis. The further north we went, the fresher the water, allowing us the novelty of swimming in nettle-free water midsummer. Even more appealing for a cruiser-for-a-week: semi-sandy bottoms that veritably swallowed our anchor whole, affording the luxuries of setting the hook on the first try and restful nights. When not sailing, we did some modest exploration on foot and by dinghy, though the weather didn’t invite us to spend much time off the boat. So we also did a lot of reading, learned some new tricks with the iPod, and I did some experimenting in the galley with some of the more exotic ingredients I’d assembled for the week: duck breasts, gigantic shrimp, bison steak. There was also some enthusiastic sampling of the libations I’d provisioned; heck, we didn’t have to drive anywhere! If we’d traveled a long distance on expensive plane tickets, I would have resented the weather; a long-ago rain-soaked week on a catamaran in the Abacos put a plan to take a year off to go sailing on ice. But since all our week on home waters cost us was the few dollars in gasoline it took to get from home to our dock, we didn’t mind too much. We got a chance to explore new places, hang out with our favorite people, and kick back for a week. And that’s a pretty good deal. spinsheet.com

Harris Creek by Tom Hale

ruising on the Chesapeake gives you so many options; it can be hard to make up your mind where to go with your limited time. You can enjoy the shopping, dining, and nightlife of cities such as Annapolis, Baltimore, Crisfield, or Hampton. You can enjoy the quiet time in more laidback towns such as St. Michaels, Solomons, Cambridge, Oxford, Urbanna, Reedville, and Onancock… But what if you yearn to get away from civilization? Find an anchorage where you’ll be alone, a place of seclusion and silence, where you are isolated from the hustle and bustle? A place where the stars at night are not limited by the glow of population centers. These anchorages exist but may be hard to find. In the Miles River, the attractions of St. Michaels draw the crowds of cruisers; occasionally you can find an anchorage all to yourself in Hunting Creek. But you really have to make it to the Choptank to find peace and solitude in unnamed coves. You only have to go a little way off the cruising routes to find yourself alone. Many cruisers enter the Choptank through the narrows. Knapps Narrows holds marinas and restaurants, Tiki bars, and action. Those looking for nightlife, restaurants, and action will continue east to Cambridge or Oxford. Those looking to anchor in peace and quiet will head north up Harris Creek to Dunn Cove. Dunn cove is scenic and serene, but you’re rarely ever alone there. If you keep going north, you’ll arrive at other less frequented anchorages.

Beyond Dunn Cove is Waterhole Cove, an open anchorage with pleasant breezes in the summer, but if you have a hankering for a burger or something deep fried and a cold drink, you can land at the town dock and walk across the peninsula to Lowes Wharf. This anchorage gives you a blended experience, with a quiet cove but a beach bar and restaurant within walking distance. (Note that there is deep water slightly farther north than shown on the chart.) Beyond Waterhole is Briery Cove, also open to the southerly breezes. The northeast shore is undeveloped. There are a few houses here but little boat traffic. You are likely to have this anchorage to yourself. Farther upstream you can go to Cummings Creek, where you can land at the public ramp and waterman’s marina to stretch your legs. Very few cruisers come all the way up to this anchorage, so you’re bound to have this anchorage all to yourself. The southwest side of the creek is completely undeveloped, but the creek does have a little daytime boat traffic leaving the public ramp in Whitman. There is yet another cove between Briery and Cumming’s Creeks; it is an unnamed creek, where you’ll find solitude. The entrance, though unmarked is wide and very straight forward, as shown on the charts for this anchorage. As you turn in, the chart shows remains of a duck blind on the sand bar on the right side, and there is another one not marked in the cove to port. Behind that blind, you will find a small sandy beach just right for your four-legged crew. When you really want to just get away, find peace and solitude on Harris Creek.

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Sailing the Bay in Late Autumn

Another Lesson on Taking Your Time by Al and Betty Caffo

“Did you hear that?” “I see it!” “Wait, there are two!” We couldn’t believe our good fortune; after sailing on weekends and even several weekdays all fall, we had yet to spot our favorite migrating birds. And yet, here we were December 6, coming from the mouth of the Sassafras River, and there they were: two loons. Every year since we made a summer trip to Maine, we go on “loon watch” sails. Most years we have some luck, finding a pair or two and enjoying the wondrous call of the loon. But 2012 wasn’t typical, and we had about given up.

Happily, time is now on our side. We retired this past year and can hop on our boat that “lives” a couple of blocks from our home in Havre de Grace, MD, and enjoy an hour sail after checking the weather; or alternatively, a two-week cruise to the mid and lower Bay is possible. We are racers during the spring and summer, with some cruising thrown in. But the fall is a special and laid-back time when we explore little alcoves and the many wonders on the Chesapeake. So what makes late autumn sailing a treat? First, we often think of Native Americans during the fall sailing season when there is the sense that the entire Chesapeake Bay belongs to us. And on the Northern Bay, the mostly unspoiled views may be what they were like hundreds of years ago. Often, too, we find treasures that appear only in the fall. Like the seed pods of water lilies that float silently by us. Or the subtle, lovely color of autumn leaves on top of the water, with blue sky as a reflection.

Signs of our bustling society are still to be experienced. From Turkey Point to Middle River and beyond, we hear the booms signifying munitions testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG). The yellow can buoys from Spesutie to Pooles Islands let us know that we are not permitted inside APG waters, weekends aside. Little, bored patrol boats sit nearby just in case we are tempted. One oddity we noticed this autumn was the presence of rather unique channel buoys. The usual lighted buoys had apparently been changed out. We noticed a working U.S. Coast Guard tender filled with buoys, so we hailed them to ask about the odd buoys. Every winter, they change out the “regular” buoys for winter ones. Hmmm, sure hope that the commercial traffic doesn’t expect any lighted buoys in the channel. A word or two about the changes onboard that late autumn sailing bring. It can be cold, especially after sun down and before sunrise. So

keeping warm is a priority. Some of our tips include ski band hats, with wool (not acrylic) ski hats over top. Good gloves are a must, but sail trimming with bulky gloves is an adjustment from the thin sailing gloves we usually wear. Rather than always staying on the high side, the priority becomes staying in the warming rays of the sun. For breakfast, we also switch from cold cereal to oatmeal—in fact, it has become a tradition, and our galley is always stocked with oatmeal, brown sugar, and raisins. At the end of the day, hot cider with or without a splash of Pusser’s Rum warms our bellies and spirits. Anchoring in late fall can be a challenge, if you find yourself in a river bounded by trees. As the leaves color (nice view) and fall, they can create a mat on the river bed, making our typical anchoring technique problematic. We recently tried seven times to anchor off Ordinary Point on the Sassafras with our usual Fortress anchor (our favorite mantra is that sailing

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teaches humility.). We found we had to resort to our second, heavier plow-type anchor, which broke through the mat to dig in. On the bright side, we were the only boat in a spot that would be crowded and choppy during the summer. Crowds in the spring and summer tend to keep us away from some beautiful anchorages, including Worton Creek and Fairlee Creek. But here we were, plopping down our anchor in empty anchorages and having the solitude that adds so much to our sailing experience. When sailors take the time to take their time, there are some spectacular findings on the Bay. Bald eagles and loons, beautiful fall foliage, spectacular sunrises, sunsets, and moon rises. And falling asleep in a coolM cabin AGAZINE with a hat on is just plain fun.

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here is one thing that most musicians can agree on across the board: water and instruments don’t mix. Period. But there are some people with saltwater in their veins and boogie in their soul who just can’t choose between their two loves of music and sailing. These brave musicians set their sails, strap in their instruments, and head out on the high seas with their tunes on board. The first time I heard of cruisers stuffing precious musical equipment into their boats was years ago when we first befriended Eileen Quinn and David Allister on Little Gidding. Eileen has six albums out that are packed with catchy and often hilarious songs for the nautically afflicted. She and David cruised for years and gave concerts just about everywhere they went. This meant packing their Bayfield 36 with guitar, speakers, mixer, and all of the gear needed to put on a show in the middle of nowhere. I would watch them dinghy through the anchorage to the beach with their equipment carefully packed and wrapped and couldn’t believe they could keep Eileen’s musical treasures dry when most of us can’t even manage to keep our shoes dry in the dinghy. Gary Diamond has been playing music since age five and boating since he was a mere seven years old. As he grew 58 September 2013 SpinSheet

up, there was no way he was going to abandon one for the other. At age 72 he is still going strong with both his loves, sailing around the Chesapeake Bay and IntraCoastal Waterway on his 33-foot Morgan Out Island while doing upwards of 250 gigs per year. “The boat has a huge amount of interior space,” says Gary. “Enough that I was able to easily store all of my music gear, keyboard, amps, keyboard stand, console, stool, and accessories, on the quarter berth.” Where to store the gear is the biggest issue: tucked into an unused berth, stacked and strapped into a spare head, or strapped into a secure interior locker. Space is a premium aboard a boat and safe space is even more scarce. Keeping instruments dry, free of mildew, and secured in place are huge challenges. “Most people consider sailing with musical equipment a risky venture at best. In reality, a lot of this depends upon the boat, the waters you intend to sail, and the type of musical equipment you normally play,” says Gary. Wooden instruments, such as guitars, mandolins, and violins are the hardest to maintain in the harsh marine environment. But things are changing in the music industry, and more companies are catering to the adventure crowd with in-

struments that can tolerate salt, sea, mud, and the bumps and thumps that go along with being on the move. Chris Duncan of Alpaca Guitars in Vermont had dreams of sailing away with his family. In the end, his kids voted for land cruising, but his need for a tough instrument became clear during their two years of travel throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. “The concept of the Alpaca guitar came from the years of travels and the want of a guitar to take along. We hauled a traditional guitar in the bus, but it never came with us on hikes, treks, and campouts because it was too big and fragile. I had tried traditional backpack guitars and found them too unsuited for many of the climates and activities we undertook.” Today Chris and his business partners are crafting adventure guitars made from carbon fiber, flax fiber, and bio-derived resins. The tuners have been moved from the head of the guitar (where they are more likely to get banged about) to the base. The sound hole is no longer behind the strings to allow more access and easy drainage, and the back has a carbon fiber daisy chain so you can secure the guitar easily to a backpack or somewhere inside your boat. It’s lightweight, strong, and completely submersible. You can dunk it underwater, pull it out, and start to play. spinsheet.com

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ill and Muffin Heyer lead a double life of sorts. During the summer, they can be found in and around the Chesapeake Bay, but come October, they head to the Bahamas for the winter with their dog Lucy aboard Antares, a 1983 Gulfstar 36. Married for 27 years, the couple has lived in Annapolis since the late 1970s. They were some of the first people I met when I moved to town in 1997 because (full disclosure) Muffin is my husband’s cousin. Both are semi-retired from long careers in the marine industry. Will, 61,

and Muffin, 56, now hold down part-time jobs at West Marine and Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard, respectively. Both have been boating for years, and in her youth, Muffin’s parents sold the house and took their three kids and dog cruising to the Bahamas and Central America for several years. In addition to being able to fix anything on a boat, from diesel engines to electrical and boat carpentry, Will loves fishing, cooking and rum. Muffin’s petite appearance is deceiving in terms of her own appreciation of good food and a glass of chardonnay. She also has extensive

What motivated you to go cruising again? Muffin: We thought we’d try it. We had been paid to deliver a lot of boats before and weren’t sure if we would like cruising anymore. We got the boat all fixed up, so I told Will to quit his job. I was more excited about it than he was at first. Will: We didn’t know if we still had the energy of youth, so we thought we’d see if we still liked it. Even though we both have a lot of experience, we had never really gone cruising together outside the Chesapeake Bay. I had sailed to the Virgin Islands 11 times but never spent more than a day or two in the Bahamas and really wanted to go there. We celebrated when we got past Solomons Island because that’s where most people turn around.

What do you enjoy most about cruising? Will: I’d have to say it’s the people you meet. You will meet more people cruising in six months than you will probably know in your entire life. We’re surrounded by like-minded people in a way that we don’t find on land. Muffin: I agree. You’ll meet everybody in the harbor, and yet you don’t know half the people on your own street. When you’re on a boat, you’ll go up and talk to the guy anchored next to you. It’s a lot different than being on land. What’s your cruising life like? Will: We’ve gotten over the need to go sailing all the time just to see yet another island. We’re on the water already, so that’s usually enough for us. We

knowledge and experience with all aspects of maintaining and operating cruising boats. The skillful couple salvaged Antares from a charter fleet when it sank shortly after leaving the dock more than a dozen years ago. All of the electronics and wiring had to be replaced, but they managed to use the original engine for 10 years before repowering in 2011. They started cruising to the Bahamas in 2007 and now spend most of their time in picturesque Hopetown, in the Abacos. I talked with them at their home in Hillsmere in late July.

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Bluewater Dreaming continued... day sail around the Abacos and occasionally spend a few weeks farther south if the weather allows. We don’t move around near as much anymore. We’ve found our home away from home in Hopetown. Muffin: Life is very easy there because you can get everything you need. It’s just a 20-minute ferry ride to Marsh Harbour where they have a good dentist, doctors and vet. The fishing is really good. Will: It’s a comfortable place and the weather is good enough in the wintertime. We rarely see temperatures less than 60 degrees, and during the day, temperatures are typically in the high 70s. Muffin: I spend two to four hours a day walking the beach with the dog collecting shells and sea glass for my craft projects. Will: We volunteer for projects at a local school for special needs kids (Every Child Counts). We’re members of the Hopetown Sailing Club, so we are involved with many races and improving the grounds at the clubhouse. Last season we helped build a new

dock at the historic Elbow Reef lighthouse. Is there anything you don’t like about the cruising there? Will: Not really. It’s a little expensive because the Bahamas have no income tax, so a lot of their revenue is derived from taxing goods, which can be expensive. Food is a bit expensive, but we keep it simple. People make a huge mistake trying to bring months of food with them. We bring a few specialty items we like but are expensive or hard to find there. Muffin: The most taxing thing for me is waiting to cross the Gulf Stream. After a long trip down the “ditch” you really want to get there, but the weather can by trying. Once in the Abacos, there is a cruisers’ net every morning at 8:15 for weather and questions, which helps. What modifications did you make to Antares for the kind of cruising you do? Muffin: We didn’t really make any big changes. We added a wash down pump to

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How do you like cruising on the ICW? Muffin: We’ve been making a list in the logbook of A though Z—what to see and do along the Waterway. We’ve seen bears, deer swimming, turtles, pink flamingos, bald eagles, alligators and manatee. There’s a lot of wildlife, if you stop and look around. Will: It’s great. We don’t hop offshore much anymore, mainly because of the dog. What’s it like cruising with a pet onboard? Muffin: Lucy loves the Bahamas. She doesn’t see a leash the whole time we’re there. Will: Lucy is not real pleased to be on the boat underway but she likes to be with us, so she puts up with it. She knows everyone along the way.

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Bringing Annapolis to Sweden I

’m writing this from the cabin of our little yawl. We are moored in the canal in the small town of Enköping, Sweden. In a way, we have come full circle on Arcturus. It’s the same place where we finished our long journey to Sweden last fall. But this time, we’re beginning a new adventure, and it’s only appropriate, I think, to begin it from here. It was a long time coming though. Partially because our plans with the boat include heading towards the Arctic over the next few summers, and partially because there are no more major projects to do, my wife Mia and I decided it was time to replace the old and tired Westerbeke diesel engine. I have to give it credit for safely navigating us through the Caledonian Canal in Scotland and up and through Stockholm last year. It was time to put it to pasture. So for the past nine months or so, I’ve been planning this new engine project, with the hopes that everything would be ready when we returned to Sweden so that we could hit the ground running. We decided on a new Beta diesel, a small 16-horsepower, two-cylinder that would work as a true auxiliary engine on Arcturus. A little under-powered to reach hull speed, but more than enough

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by Andy Schell, Photos by Maria Karlsson to get us in and out of port and through the flat calms. I arranged ordering the engine directly from the Beta factory in England at last year’s boat show. Meanwhile, I started collecting parts. Liz at Port Annapolis had a running tab for us as I kept thinking of things that needed to be added to the list—new cutlass bearing, new Racor, new Groco strainer, et cetera. I even added in a new mainsail halyard and new turnbuckles just for kicks. This all went into a second (gigantic) bag that I checked with me on the plane. I quickly realized that I was going to need help with this. My dad jokingly mentioned that he would come over if I paid for his plane ticket. “Absolutely,” I said. He couldn’t, of course, as he has his own business to run and is in the middle of refitting Sojourner to go offshore in the Caribbean 1500 this fall. But it gave me an idea. I asked our friend Micah Sauntry. He would get a 10-day “vacation” to Sweden, which we would pay for in exchange for helping us install the engine. “Let’s do it,” he said. I bought his ticket that night. Micah has been a great friend since I first met him on the Schooner Woodwind, where we both worked as crew. His Alberg 35 was the impetus for us buying a small (34-foot), older boat. One night while drinking whiskey in the cabin of his Entropic, it dawned on me that yes, I could live on a boat like this. For 10 days, Micah and I drove the 40 minutes to the boat and bit by bit began putting everything together. Mia and I had stripped out and painted the bilges and the engine beds before he arrived, so everything was ready for the install. I had the new engine, of course, but the project included everything from the propeller and the stuffing box to the fuel tank and electrical system. It took us a while to learn the system here in Sweden: where to get parts or find the best machine shop. We also learned that in July, almost everyone in Sweden is on vacation. For the month. Business simply shuts down, and if I didn’t have the pressure on to get this project going while Micah was here, I would have thought that a very nice way to live. The biggest problem was finding a machine shop to help fabricate the new engine beds. We stopped for coffee at my sister-in-law Frida’s

house one afternoon, and she helped us go through the phonebook and made some calls for us in Swedish until we found a place that was open and could do it. It wasn’t entirely work with Micah. We took him to lunch in Uppsala where we met Johanna (who was shown on the cover of SpinSheet in July, on Micah’s boat). Another day we spent

touring around Stockholm and visiting the Vasa museum, and we went out target shooting with Mia’s dad. So we did squeeze a bit of fun in there. By the time Micah flew back to Washington, DC, and home to Annapolis, 10 days later, we had installed all of the major systems needed to get the motor running. And everything is just so—all the fuel and electrical lines are neatly bundled and run like train tracks. Everything is nice and clean, something I am terrible at accomplishing on my own. When we launched the boat a week later, the engine fired on the first try. So now, as we sit here on the brink of departing Lake Mälaren for the Baltic, I’ve been reflecting on what it actually means to complete a do-it-yourself project. In reality, there is no such thing. So thanks for the help, Micah. spinsheet.com

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The Philadelphia Sailing Club Wants You

o, why does this photo look like, hm, the Bay Bridge? We were started in Philadelphia, thus the name… However, the Philadelphia Sailing Club (PSC) sails in the Chesapeake and beyond. Sailors of all levels are welcome. We charter out of places such as Annapolis, Havre de Grace, and Rock Hall, MD. If you live within easy driving distance of any of these places, consider joining us. Our yearly sail program typically offers a weeklong winter trip, spring and fall trips on the Chesapeake, and a long summer trip, which has been of late, from Newport, RI, to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket, MA, or Block Island, RI. Yearly dues are $40 per person and then it is pay per trip. I’ve been a member since 2003. I knew nothing about sailing when I joined and am now an advanced sailor. I’ve taken some sailing lessons, but most of what I’ve learned is through time spent with the many, Follow us!

shoal sneaks up on you!), empathize with the crew who had mechanical snafus. We have all been there and lend a hand where we can. Mostly we just enjoy the late afternoon sunshine, the food and drink, and laughter among friends that are every bit as important to sailors as the fresh breeze and trusty boat. Send your fun raft-up pictures and club notes to molly@spinsheet.com by September 10. See you on the water!

many experienced sailors I’ve met through PSC. Since joining PSC, I’ve been to some really good sailing places: British Columbia, the Florida Keys, and Lake Huron. There are other recent trips I missed, such as Tonga, Sicily, and the Grenadine Islands. If you have never sailed, pay the yearly dues and take a trip. If you enjoy it, than sail with us again. If you like to sail occasionally, pay the yearly dues and take and sail as often as you like. If you own a boat, sail with us for two weekends on the Chesapeake, and then you will qualify to sail on our off the Bay trips (a rule that applies to all members). Learn more by visiting philadelphiasailingclub.org Hope to see you on the bay! Jane Harrington Vice-Commodore

##The Philadelphia Sailing Club sailing by “the” bridge. Photo courtesy of Jane Harrington

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n July 20, the Mariner Yacht Owners Group (MYOG) provided a sailing opportunity for a visiting group of Palestinian and Israeli young adults participating in the New Story Leadership (NSL) program headquartered in Washington, DC. NSL seeks to inspire a new story of possibility for the Middle East by bringing outstanding Israeli and Palestinian students to Washington DC for an extensive eight-week course to learn about leadership, negotiation, and narrative technique. All three Mariners, two sloops and one ketch, sailed out of the Leatherbury Point Marina located on Parish Creek, West River. Each vessel hosted six students and administrators who were encouraged to “learn the ropes” and sail the boats. A beautiful July day with 10- to 15-knot winds and moderate seas gave the crews a great sailing experience. The Mariner fleet sailed out the West River past Thomas Point Light, tacked southeast toward Bloody Point Light, then sailed back into the West River. Two vessels continued into the Rhode River for a raft-up and swim party. On the short return trip to Parish Creek, crew training was put to the test when both boats experienced engine issues. On the ketch Kittywake, the throttle cable broke, requiring the mate to operate the throttle at the engine below while the skipper steered and the crew watched for crab pots. On the sloop Sparkle Plenty, an engine alarm sounded causing the skipper to shut down the diesel and roll out the head sail. While the skipper went below to check, the crew sailed the boat smartly, keeping her clear of crab pots and other vessels. Both Mariners returned to the marina without issue.

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Over refreshments at the dock, the students swapped stories about the sail. A big lesson learned was that sailors solve problems. One student quipped, “Today, we came up with a ‘one boat solution’ that worked pretty darn well.” We all wish these young Israeli and Palestinians fair winds

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Oops! That’s How It Started

ou have read his name and seen his 1987 Hunter 40 Windrose pictured in these pages over the past decade. Meet Carl Reitz, veteran Club Notes writer and Hunter SA (HSA) devotee, who keeps his brand spankin’ new 2013 Marlow-Hunter 40, also Windrose, at Zahnisers on Back Creek in Solomons. How did you get into sailing? When I was in my early twenties, a close friend’s dad bought a 19-foot sloop, named it Oops and invited me to take a sail. The lake was close to home, and Don was a good teacher. Five years later, Sue and I honeymooned on the Pearson 26 Jewel, truly a jewel of a boat, in the Virgin Islands. What’s the best part about being in a cruising club? Sharing knowledge about your boats and motivating you to get out on the water are all good parts. The best part is making good, life-long friends who share common interests. Have you held an office within the club? I’ve been fleet captain and commodore. For the past four years, I’ve been newsletter editor and contributor to SpinSheet’s Club Notes for the past 11 years. I’ve been HSA Member of the Year three times in the past decade, and my wife and I jointly have been Sailor of the Year three times.

##Sue and Carl Reitz on their honeymoon in the Virgin Islands in 1975.

Do you have a favorite recent memory from a club rendezvous or raftup? No! Just kidding. Two things come to mind. Club photographer Toni Knisley and past commodore Perrian Upton have both hooked up with us sailing our new boat on the Patuxent and snapped great pictures of her. The other memory is having my nephew and family aboard at HSA’s Inner Harbor raftup and walking to an Orioles game. Perhaps the most vivid memory of that weekend is when my seven-year-old great nephew slipped away from me in the crowd and hid for a few moments. I breathed a sigh of release, and he hand an impish grin when he appeared from behind the stoop of one of the houses along Barre Street.

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hen a former college president moves to town and takes over a bed and breakfast, look out, St. Michaels. Things start happening. Sherry Manning and her husband bought the harbor-front Hambleton Inn eight years ago and have integrated themselves into the community including the Miles River YC (MRYC) ever since. Three years ago, with the idea in mind of forming a charitable entity, a few club members formed the MRYC Foundation, a separate, non-profit organization. With a strong board of a dozen, Manning as chair, the foundation has quickly become a force in the community—especially beneficial for local kids. “Although the water is such an important part of our lives here, there’s a population that works on the water, but they do not recreate, swim, or sail on it. We provide opportunities to expand upon what we know,” says Manning. Among the contributions of the foundation have been

offering swimming scholarships to the community center, junior sailing opportunities at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, funds for log canoe sailing, aid to a Girl Scout camp on the Sassafras damaged by a hurricane, and assistance for Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating’s refit for their adaptable sailboats. ##Sherry Manning, chair of the Miles River YC Foundation board. Although she has been a sailor since she was young, Manning thinks together for a long time… The most exciting part for me is the foundation.” At print of herself more as crew for her husband time, Manning was busily preparing for Charles on their 27-foot sailboat they bought at a CBMM auction. She is a water the foundation’s annual September 21 gala fundraising event. person, though, and enjoys life along the Of course, she could only work on event docks, both at MRYC and in front of their details after serving her guests breakfast at inn (where they welcome guests to tie up the inn. Wasn’t it hard work to run an inn without charge). You will find her splashall weekend all summer long? Manning ing at the MRYC water aerobics program laughs and references her time spent as a on Tuesdays and Thursdays. college president. “After that, everything is Of MRYC members she says, “It’s a easy.” mrycfoundation.org wonderful group of people who have been

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Three Decades of the Sailing Club, Inc.

arly in the summer of 1983, several of the members of a New Jersey AT&T office ski club were discussing spring and summer activities and learned they were all sailors of various skill levels. Jim Nixon volunteered to set up a sailing trip. Everyone agreed that it was worth a try. Several had owned boats and found the idea of chartering more conducive to their budgets. Jim settled on the Chesapeake as the place to go—rarely foggy, easy driving distance from most places on the East Coast, and great ports of call. One trip was run that year, then a second. As those who sailed recall, there were only two or three boats, but then again, everyone was just learning. Sailing

books were referred to and authorities looked upon rafting as only daytime activity. The intrepid sailors rafted

anyway. The key factor was location followed by skillful close quarter boat handling. Skippers and crew supported, advised, and assisted one another. The trips turned out to be a lot of fun!

The club formally incorporated in 1994, with bylaws, a board of trustees and 10 members at large. Meeting monthly, the board manages the administrative work of the club and puts together the season schedule based upon suggestions from its members. Incorporation also led to a formal skipper qualification processes, as well as a U.S. Sailing instructor certification requirements. An annual all-members dinner meeting is held at the end of March each year to introduce the new year’s training and sailing trips. On November 9, the Sailing Club, Inc. will celebrate 30 years of sailing on the principle that sailing should be open to anyone interested and be safe, educational and fun! Founders Jim and Jan Nixon will be the honored guests of honor.

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Psychedelic 60s on the Rhode River by Mary Ann Gordon

hen I joined The Sailing Club, I knew nothing about sailing, but it was always something I thought I would enjoy. I have learned so much, met so many great friends, and have traveled to many different places with the club. But, when I look back on the trips over the last 11 years, always my favorite is the weekend on the Chesapeake watching my grandson, Matt, get it: enjoying the water, the people, and the boat moving, slicing through time powered by the wind. In September 2009, my grandson Matt was 14, and he had only recently discovered the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I was surprised that he thought these groups from my past were “cool.” When it was decided that the theme for The Sailing Club’s September trip on the Chesapeake that year was to be Psychedelic 60s, I asked Matt if he’d like to come along as my guest. He had lots of experience on a powerboat, but had never been on a sailboat. To my surprise, he liked the idea of dressing up in the old timey clothing (bell bottom jeans and fringed vest) for the

Saturday evening raft-up. We picked him up in Philadelphia, and he was all packed and ready for some fun. He wasn’t so sure about learning how to sail, however. Our skipper on that trip was Larry Sherwood. Larry is a great teacher; he has that great combination of knowledge, patience, and gentle voice when providing advice. It always feels like advice, never an order. “You may want to throttle down a little.”

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“Have you checked traffic behind you?” After a little time with Larry, by late Saturday afternoon, Matt had the wheel for almost two hours. He navigated us through multiple crab pots and learned about wind and tidal movements. He also successfully ate his way through the four-boat raft-up that evening in the Rhode River while CDs playing the Stones, Beatles and Jefferson Airplane filled the air!

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Thirteen Members 13 Years Ago…

The following “plank-owners” attended; lis Parker (First 35s5 Camille), Cynthia few tidbits from the Club Beneteau Paul and Michele Ashby (Oceanis 321 Pyron (First 26 Wind Flirt), Larry and Jill Chesapeake Bay (CB2) first meetSai’La Vie), David and Bette Bauereis Tarnoff (Oceanis 321 The Wooden Eye), ing March 21, 2000, at Pusser’s Jeff Taylor (Vixen), Jim Troutman Landing Restaurant, Marriott (First 35s5 Anser), and Eric Welch Waterfront Hotel, Annapolis (Oceanis 411 Shenandoah). InterestCity Dock. ingly enough, the initial gathering In the midst of an early Anrepresents 13 boats. Now let’s see, napolis spring rain, the first wasn’t there something else that meeting of the Annapolis area started with 13 original members? Beneteau owners was kicked off At this time, discussion centered by a “get-acquainted” half-hour on the official club moniker. It was open bar cocktail party, hosted by agreed that Club Beneteau ChesaGarth Hichens, Beneteau reprepeake Bay (CBCB or CB2) would sentative and new (since last year) be officially launched. This name owner of Annapolis Yacht Sales. also parallels the Club Beneteau At 8:45, Dave Gibson (OceaLake Erie already in existence. The nis 35 Paloma) welcomed everymembers then decided on a raft-up one... Having received surveys from 18 boat owners, he request- ##Photo from the first CB2 meeting in March 2000: Phyllis Parker, Bob schedule that included Sillery Bay on the Magothy River, Round Bay ed the group affirm the purpose of Parker, Garth Hichens, Dave Gibson, Scott Nichols, and Jeff Taylor on the Severn River, Langford the meeting to form a social club Creek on the Chester River, and an East(Oceanis 390 Tarheel), John and Gayle focusing on raft-ups, meeting quarterly, ern Shore destination to be determined. Bremer (First 285 Eclipse), Dave and and planning to have industry specialThe intent of raftups was to make Myrna Gibson (Paloma), Laurence and Iris ists address the club in the future. Dave the events fun, stress-free, and social. If Littig (First 38 Sea Cat), Ralph and Helen introduced his wife Myrna, who explained weather was inclement that day, members the genesis for the interest in a loosely Montfort (Oceanis 350 Liberty), Scott and could all meet at Pussers instead. cb2.org organized “club” of Beneteau owners. Nan Nichols (Scott Free II), Bob and Phyl-

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ince the Stingray Harbor YC (SHYC) Opening Day Event and Shakedown Sail in April, things have been busy. Members brought nautical items to sell. New members jumped right into the swing of things with enthusiastic fellow boaters searching for bargains to complement their vessels and, as was to be expected, friendly bartering ensued and new homes were found for a wide variety of items. Following introductions of board members, new members, and past and current commodore, the ritual of burning of the socks into the grill symbolized the end of the old and beginning of a new sailing season. Dr. John Snow officiated the annual blessing of the fleet. No Opening Day would be complete without an evening of food and fun; a pig roast and more side dishes and desserts contributed by members ensured that no one went away hungry. The following morning was our official ‘shakedown cruise’ to test our boats for longer voyages. All returned safely to port. Our rear commodore and fleet captain, Pete Moxon, headed up the first scheduled Anchor Out. The weather wasn’t particularly cooperative. Twenty to 25-knot winds led to

##Stingray Harbor YC members enjoying summer on the hook.

a day’s delay. Undaunted, the group sailed up the Rappahannock and had a raft-up just past Bells Creek for happy hour and appetizers. Each boat anchored out on their boat for the night and motor sailed in light wind back to Stingray the next day with fun memories from the trip. SHYC and Fishing Bay YC co-hosted the Southern Chesapeake Series Leukemia Cup Regatta 2013. The Friday night reception at SHYC was fortunate to have Rob Whittet, a fellow sailor, regatta participant, and patient honoree, share his insights about the work and importance of the fund raising efforts on behalf of the group.

In mid-June, Commodore Chris Corneilssen led five sailing vessels, which grew to seven, on the annual summer cruise. Ports of call included Reedville, Solomons, St Michaels, Herrington Harbor South, and St. Mary’s. Participants received a variety of tongue-in-cheek awards—not the least of which included Best Happy Hour. The Most Musical Stop award went to St Mary’s River Concert Series under the summer solstice full moon. Sometimes, you just get extra lucky. All returned to SHYC having enjoyed a wonderful week of sailing with old friends and new ones. stingrayhyc.com

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Bay Sailors Prove Themselves on a National Stage

he Club 420 Association hosted its annual North American Championship July 19-22. The event, which was held at St. Margaret Sailing Club in French Village, Nova Scotia, consisted of 15 races, 39 boats, and near perfect weather with consistent breeze. After all was said and done, the results proved well worth the travel for many sailors of the Annapolis YC (AYC) program. Charlie Lomax and Evan Morgan placed first, with Ty Ingram and Ian Morgan closely behind in third. Elena Vandenberg and Lilli Salvesen placed fifth and were the top female team. Rounding out the top ten were Nick Floyd and Belle Strachan in seventh place and Kyle Comerford and Amelia Hardy in tenth.

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“Really, it was all about consistency,” says first place crew Morgan. “We knew that if we could get top threes or even top fives, we could win. So every day, we went out with the goal of trying to stay in the top, which after long, hard days on the water got more and more difficult.” The teams had to bring their own boats on the journey with them. “It was great to be able to compete in our own boat because it is what we had been training in all summer. I think that having your own boat and being able to bring it to regattas is an advantage because you know what to expect and how it feels. Before we left, we made sure to go over every piece of the boat to make sure that nothing would break, because we wouldn’t have an Annapolis Performance Sailing store in our back yard anymore once we were on the road.”

The Lomax and Morgan team as well as Vandenberg and Salvesen team also qualified to go on to the Area C Qualifiers for the U.S. Sailing Chubb double-handed (Bemis) championships in Houston, TX, earlier this August. Lomax and Morgan placed third while Vandenberg and Salvesen placed tenth. For those not familiar with the race, “Bemis is the Double handed Championship for juniors,” explains Morgan. “To go, you must qualify in your district (one of the U.S. Sailing districts). Two boats compete, and you are given a new boat to use, new sails, and new lines. This is to try and make it a purely skill-based competition.” The two pairs also competed in the U.S. Sailing Youth Championships August 12-16. It is always good to see local residents competing at such a competitive level!

##North American Championship Team 3 at the awards ceremony. (Seated L-R: Stephanie Houck, Elena VandenBerg, Lilli Salvesen, Grace Lucas, Belle Strachan, Amelia Hardy; Kneeling L-R: Ty Ingram, Willy Comerford, Emma White, Emily Harrison; Standing L-R: Julia Lambert, Ian Morgan, Evan Morgan, Russ O’Reilly (Coach), Charlie Lomax, Nick Martin (Coach), Nick Floyd, Kyle Comerford. Photo courtesy of Tarry Lomax

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nder crystal blue skies on the shore of Narragansett Bay, the parents of CJ Buckley presented the National Youth Championship Team Racing trophy to Annapolis Team Racing, which proved to be the best of the 36 teams and 216 competitors. The event was run over three days (July 29-31) of almost perfect sailing conditions off Goddard State Park in East Greenwich, RI. Sailors from 26 states, the Virgin Islands, and Hong Kong sailed in more than 360 separate races on two courses, culminating in a six teams Gold Fleet round robin deciding the podium finishers: 1) Annapolis Team Racing—captain Evan Morgan, Charlie Lomax, Harrison Hawk, Kyle Comeford, AJ Libby, and Amelia Hardy; 2) Team Annapolis—captain Nick Floyd, Zach Hill, Belle Strachan, Jessica Bennett, Gabriel Smith, and Andrew Schoene; and 3) Wianno 2—captain Chase Quinn, Carter Pemberton, Elizabeth Pemberton, John Cannistrano, Stephen Stickells, John Wetzel, and Karina Edwards.

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AYC Sailors Win Triple Crown Championship

fter three weeks, two countries and over 26 individual races at three major events, the Club 420 Association has awarded the coveted Triple Crown Awards for the 2013 summer season. This is the first season of the series championship, which recognizes the top teams and the top individual athletes, both skippers and crew, who accumulate the most points throughout the series of three high-level competitions; the Club 420 Nationals, Club 420 North Americans, and the Buzzards Bay Regatta. Ninety-eight boats accumulated points in the series representing 196 Association members and all regions of the Association including the US, Canada and the US Virgin Islands. The award for top team was presented to Charlie Lomax and Evan Morgan of Annapolis YC (AYC); in second place is the team of Elena Vandenberg and Lilli Salvesen of AYC; Third place went to Ty Ingram from Larchmont YC and Ian Morgan of AYC. 420 Association executive director John Vandemoer says, “We are excited to have had so many excellent youth sailors participate. The quality of the competition is quite high, and I think that this has made this season-long competition quite exciting.” club420.org

##Charlie Lomax & Evan Morgan accept the Bemis Sportsmanship Award after taking 3rd place at Chubb U.S. Junior Championship for the Bemis award in Club 420s. Photo courtesy of Annapolis Yacht Club.

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Youth and Collegiate Sailing Focus by Franny Kupersmith

s we head back into September, let’s take a moment to think about what going to school really is all about… while sports, friends, the occasional social gathering might seem like the end all be all, the real reason behind school is academics. That’s why this month I am backtracking a bit to focus on academics and the tough balance between school and sports and more specifically, sailing. This month I spoke to three standout members of the college sailing community—Rachel Austin (Old Dominion UniSo, let’s be honest here—is it possible to balance school and sailing? How do you do it? Kelsey: A lot of time management, caffeine and long nights. Shannon: You have to know yourself and your threshold. There were some days I would get back from a long day of workout, practice, class, followed by work, and I would be too exhausted to do any work. Instead I would eat dinner and get a some much needed sleep and hit the ground running the next day. Other times, instead of going out with teammates or friends during the week, I had to stay in and work on homework or study, especially if I knew I was going to be traveling (which was basically every weekend). Rachel: My sailing schedule actually helps me manage my workload better. I’ve learned time management skills for my academics due to the rigorous sailing schedule we have at ODU. Give us your best tips for studying or writing papers in the back of state vans or on airplanes or in between sets. Shannon: When I needed to get work done in the van, I usually put my headphones in, put some study music on, and went to work until I got sleepy or it was time for dinner… or we were there! Rachel: While I’ve learned to overcome Follow us!

versity, ODU), Shannon Wilkins (ODU), and Kelsey Ragsdale (U.S. Naval Academy, USNA)—who have all been named to the 2013 Intercollegiate SA (ICSA) All-Academic Sailing Team, comprised of the collegiate sailors who have achieved excellence both in the classroom and on the water. Each sailor must have a minimum of a 3.5 cumulative GPA, have junior or senior academic standing and be a key starter on the school’s sailing team. So how do they do it? Let’s find out…

carsickness in van rides, complete reading on long trips north, and how to stay up late Sunday nights and study a regatta weekend, I’ve most importantly learned to complete my assignments before the regatta weekend. Kelsey: You just have to plan ahead and work hard and focus when you have the chance. Are your professors and other students supportive of sailing and understanding of the sports demands? Shannon: At ODU, I always tried to talk with my professors well in advance if I knew I had any conflicts, and usually, they were able to help me in one way or another. Most of my classmates were fairly understanding of my involvement with the sailing team, except when it came time for group projects because scheduling was always a bit tricky with practice. Kelsey: At USNA, my professors were also extremely supportive and understanding. With so many varsity athletes and extracurricular activities at the Naval Academy, the professors were used to their students having to balance academics and other endeavors. One of the professors in the Oceanography Department, Gina Henderson, was actually a volunteer coach, which was helpful.

##ODU sailor Shannon Wilkins.

Did academic demands ever come in the way of sailing? Shannon: The only time I really struggled with the balance was fall of my senior year. I was trying to finish applications for physical therapy school, complete volunteer hours for my application, sail, and still keep up with school work. It was tough, but worth it. Kelsey: Our coaches were great and very supportive; they would actually allow us to skip up to two practices a semester if our workload got to be too much. SpinSheet September 2013 79

Youth and Collegiate Sailing Focus BROUGHT TO YOU BY Did your sailing schedule get in the way of registering for classes? Shannon: ODU’s athletic department is awesome! Each team as an athletic academic advisor and he or she will sit down and work out a good schedule for you. Additionally, as an athlete at ODU, we have our own day to register for classes two weeks before the rest of the university can register, so you very rarely can’t get into a class you need that fits your practice schedule. You might have to take a lot of 8 a.m. classes, but it’s almost always doable.

##ODU student and scholar Rachel Austen (right) and her crew Grace Mason.

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What’s your favorite study music? What about regatta pump-up jams? Shannon: Currently I love studying to Lana Del Ray, or Mumford and sons, DMB, any of those stations on Spotify are great. Regatta day pump up, Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” always gets me going. Aside from schoolwork and sailing, do you have time for much else? Rachel: I also train at our local CrossFit gym. CrossFit not only helps me stay fit for sailing, but it also helps me with the mental aspect of the game. Shannon: I love hanging out with friends, watching “Pitch Perfect,” playing with my cat, going to the beach, doing yoga, and running. Kelsey: I do my best when I keep busy, but I can always find time to celebrate with the team after a good regatta.

Here is to a great school year and congratulations to all the members of the 2013 ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team!

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hese days the standings list for collegiate sailing programs is packed with well-known, long-established names. The likes of Old Dominion University, College of Charleston, St Mary’s College, Georgetown University, U.S. Naval Academy, and others dominate the top of the 50-some Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) members. The top dogs shouldn’t get too comfortable. At Christopher Newport University (CNU) new life is being breathed into a well known program with a long and honorable history. Situated on the lower peninsula of Virginia in upper Newport News, Christopher Newport sailors have the best of all worlds. The CNU Sailing Center is on the banks of Deep Creek, at the mouth of the James River and close to Hampton Roads. It is ideal for hosting regattas and practice and is on the fringe of the university main campus. If there is nearby sailing to be done, the Captains can get there. MAISA teams at Old Dominion University, Hampton University, and the College of William and Mary are within less than an hour drive. And, of course, the team travels to regattas throughout the midAtlantic region and beyond. The CNU sailing program owes its birth and development in the 1970s to a number of dedicated people in the Hampton Roads area. The germ of the idea came from then students Joseph Lieberman and Stephen Miller who created the sailing club. George and Jane Webb, professors at the time, moved the project along with the help of former president James Windsor, who secured a base of operations at Warwick YC (WYC). Today the CNU Sailing Center is across the creek from the original WYC site. In 1980, the sailing team gained varsity status and the new head coach, Billy Hunt, led the Captains in competition in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA). And, more than a decade later, in 1992, Dan Winters

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##CNU sailing team members. Top Row: Faith Swan, Victoria Miller, Julia Davis, Samuel Armstrong, Shelby Locke; Second Row: Natalie Ross, Webster Trant; Third Row: Amy Craven, Ben Buhl; Bottom Row: Grace Bluefeld, Annie Eckmann, Kayla Harper, Oliver Ross. Absent from picture: Mary Catherine Buhl and Tara Mahoney.

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f you’re a sailor located anywhere in the Chesapeake Bay, chances are that you’re not exactly known for throwing the best Labor Day barbecues. And those of us who were misguided enough to get married on Labor Day (you know who you are) fatefully acknowledge that the anniversary dinner is going to be late again this year. Why? Because we’re going to be out sailing!

Almost 200 boats show up each year to demonstrate their season’s accomplishments in the three-day regatta. The horizon is aflame with battle flags, old rivalries are united at the rum tent, crews perform elaborate ceremonies to pray for wind, and best of all, we get to race with the best of the Bay. As of press time, 88 boats were registered for the regatta, but we anticipate plenty of late comers. A whopping 26 of those registered are J/70s, who are using ARW as a precursor to the North Americans later in September. Plenty of those boats are already ordering new canvas, and we could not be more excited to see what shakes up with this fleet. The Cal 25 design can sometimes be referred to as an “awesome eyesore,” but we love the fleet and are happy to report that six boats are already signed up. The Cal 25 Nationals were held in conjunction with ARW in 2010, so we expect plenty of other boats to come back to Annapolis for some good weather, good racing, and good friends.

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The J/80s are also coming out in force, so expect some great competition with at least 10 boats on the line. Farr 30s and J/24s are also posting good numbers, with half a dozen boats committing for the weekend. A couple of the Farr 30s recently competed in the Worlds up in Newport, where the competition was just as stiff as the drinks afterward. We anticipate seeing a ton of good action within this fleet. We’ll see you out on the water, and we want to put your crew in the pages of SpinSheet’s October issue. So if you see the SpinSheet photo boat, be sure to get our attention (or at least try to look cool). If you’re stuck going to a barbecue over Labor Day weekend, or (perhaps worse) celebrating your anniversary with a romantic dinner overlooking all the beautiful boats in Spa Creek, well, we send our condolences. Better luck getting a ride next year.

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ou rarely speak to a Chesapeake Bay sailor who has fewer than five Governor’s Cup Yacht Races under their belts. Most often, sailors lose track after 15. It’s a long race (68.6 miles for the Annapolis leg, 48 miles for the Potomac leg), the weather can be iffy, and the wind can be minimal. Not only do you have to race down the Bay, but then, at the eleventh (or twentieth) hour you hang a hard right and head up the Potomac and St. Mary’s Rivers to the final destination in St. Mary’s City. Sailors generally either love staying up all night and chancing the wind and weather or they’d rather hit happy hour on Friday and save the sailing for around the buoys. But the Gov Cup (as it’s lovingly called around here) celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, proving that it’s a popular race worth doing again and again.

And if this year is any indication, we’re starting to see a trend of sailors putting greater effort (and budgets) toward distance races. This year saw 114 entries, which is amazing considering that Annapolis YC’s annual regatta was canceled due to lack of participation. We polled our Facebook fans to see which they preferred: beer can racing or distance racing. When the overwhelming majority reported that they’re rather be out there for the long haul, we realized something was up. Part of the Gov Cup’s appeal is that you really can’t argue with a beautiful night on the Bay. Two starts on Friday afternoon (3 p.m. for the multihulls, PHRFs N, B, and C/D; 6 p.m. for PHRF A) got boats moving, and the warm temperatures had crew in shorts and t-shirts. Some boats left their biminis up for a night of comfortable cruising while others stripped their decks and cabins bare for the drag race down the Bay. The breeze was out of the southwest and started out in the early teens, later

2013 Governor’s Cup Fleet Winners Cruising Class

Russell Baker

Tandem

Multihull A

Jim Parrott

Thrill Ride

Multihull B

Jere Glover

Gemini

PHRF A0

Jake Wolf

Yellow Jacket

PHRF A1

Othmar Muller von Blumencron

Dame Blanche

PHRF A2

Ethan Madison

Gallant

PHRF B

Ed Tracey

Incommunicado

PHRF C/D

Michael Cone

Actaea

PHRF N

Richard Griner

Coyote

PHRF N (Potomac Leg)

Woody Morris

What Boat

PHRF SPIN (Potomac Leg)

Thomas Owen

Blue Heaven

shifting west and dropping as the night wore on. It was a beat all the way down the Chesapeake to Point No Point Light, when boats got in a good reach up the Potomac. The first boat over the line was

##Calling the line at the 2013 Governor’s Cup Yacht Race. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

Paul Parks’ Sundog at 12:43 a.m. Saturday night. It’s the second year in a row that Parks has taken line honors, but he seemed more interested in talking about the excellent conditions in 2013. “It was such a beautiful night. As we got further away from Baltimore and Washington, the Milky Way was about as bright as I’ve ever seen it. A shooting star actually left a vapor trail. A good night with good air always means good sailing.” Maggie Hull, a King George High School student who sailed on Tom Owen’s Catalina 27 Blue Heaven for the Potomac leg of the race, liked the slow and steady wind. “We put the spinnaker up and didn’t gybe once until we got to the mark,” she says, which was appreciated since it was her first overnight race. “I thought I’d be more nervous running around in the dark because I’m still learning so much, but it was actually really cool.” Later, it became even cooler when Maggie collected the first place trophy for the PHRF Spinnaker class. SpinSheet September 2013 85

2013 Governor’s Cup continued...

##The St. Mary’s alumni crew of Yellow Jacket line the rail. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

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Among the other winners, Othmar von Blumencron’s Beneteau 40.7 Dame Blanche won Best in Fleet for the second year in a row. The competition in the PHRF A1 fleet was stiff this year, with the first five of 17 boats finishing within 23 minutes of each other. Richard Griner onboard the C&C Coyote won the PHRF N class, which surprised the skipper. “We thought we had a good race, but didn’t realize we had won because we were side by side with (John Lanigan’s Frers 39) Divide by Zero for most of the night, and everywhere we went, they were right there with us.” Griner has participated in (at least) 15 previous Gov Cups, and he knows both the course and what to anticipate with the winds. When the breeze shifted west during the early morning hours, he capitalized on it and found a lane. All was thought to be lost, however, within a quarter mile of the finish line. “It seemed like it took us forever. We were doing two knots within sight of the finish. We kept saying ‘Don’t move!’ because we thought we’d never get started again if we stopped.” Perhaps the sailor with the most Gov Cups under his belt, the regatta’s co-founder Russell Baker won first place in the Cruising Class onboard Tandem, a Tartan 46. Yellow Jacket, the Farr 40 recently donated to St. Mary’s College, won the annual Alumni Trophy. Yellow Jacket carried the recent Transpacific Yacht Race sailor Ryan Breymaier, a 1997 graduate of the college, along with a crew of students and alumni. All in all, the 2013 Governor’s Cup Yacht Race gave us a good reminder of why this race has been around for 40 years. And you know what they say: 40 is the new 20, so you can count on the race being a staple of the Chesapeake Bay sailing schedule for years and years to come. Good thing, too, because we’re working on getting our own participation numbers into the double digits…

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Double-Handing: The Oxford Regatta Breaks Ground

his year’s Oxford Regatta offered something a little different: a doublehanding class. Easton resident and Cal 40 Belle Aurore owner Doug Jurrius didn’t hear about it until he was reading the NOR online, but the idea intrigued him immediately. A few emails later, not only was Jurrius’ crew Russell Stone (Jurrius’ “brother from another mother,” or BFAM) committed, but so were another five boats. There aren’t many double-handed races on the Bay, so Jurrius and the rest of the fleet had a lot to learn. For one, the double-handed fleet is the last to start. Sailors who have raced for decades on the water with Donnybrook had their first opportunity ever to watch the boat cross the starting line. And it was a different crowd of racers. “The double-handed class has a wider range of PHRF ratings, so our start was interesting. But we got off cleanly and managed to stay high until just east of Thomas Point Light. A lot of people cracked off at that point, but those of us who stayed high either didn’t have to tack at Poplar Island or had only a short one. We ended up having to do only two tacks, and surprisingly they were two of the best tacks we’ve ever done on the boat! We looked at each other, saying ‘What did we just do? How’d we do that?’”

##Double-handed sailors onboard Belle Aurore, Elvis, and Flying Tiger gearing up to start. Photo by Molly Winans

Double-handing a sailboat of any size can be tiring, and Belle Aurore is no exception. “On that size of a boat, doing a dip gybe can be exhausting. You’ve got four sheets to deal with! But we had a pretty decent gybe and managed to carry it all the way through. Russell and I were pretty tired at that point, but we put the staysail back up because there were other boats I wanted to beat, despite the fact that they

##Thomas Price and daughter Sarah celebrate winning the Thomas Lipton Cup for the Star Class at this year’s Oxford Regatta

weren’t in our class.” We can’t blame him for being competitive. It’s healthy. And if the double-handed class brought out the BFs (or BFAMs) and spouses for the Race to Oxford, the Star class responded by making things a multigenerational affair over the weekend in the Tred Avon. Tom Price and his daughter Sarah took home the Lipton Cup, a trophy donated to the Star class in 1926 by Sir Thomas Lipton himself. While the wind was light, the Prices managed several impressive comefrom-behind finishes in variable breeze. The awards party for all classes was held on Sunday at Harleigh House on Trippe Creek. The 19th-century mansion hosted sailors who dressed in their best to receive their awards and catch up with other racers. Every double-handed boat stated proudly that it was some of the best sailing all summer, promising to come out again next year and throwing the idea of double-handed sailing toward other regatta organizers for the future. But we had to wonder, was there anything negative to be said about double-handed sailing? “Oh yeah,” Jurrius informed us. “After racing, there are only two people to put all the gear away. If someone had come up and offered to put everything away for $100, I would have jumped at it. If she was wearing a bikini? $200, easily. If there had been a tray of mudslides involved? $400.” For all results, visit tayc.com

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Southern Bay Scene

Fishing Bay YC Annual One-Design Regatta Story and photos by Lin McCarthy

##Until the delicious food and drink was laid out for the par excellence Saturday dinner gathering, the results board was the most popular spot to gather.

f you look in Webster’s Dictionary under the word fickle you should expect to see a picture of Mother Nature. At least that’s the way 50 adult and 44 junior one-design racers felt by Sunday noontime at the 74th annual One-Design Regatta hosted by Fishing Bay YC (FBYC) in Deltaville, VA. Racing got underway in splendid fashion on Saturday of a promising weekend, and most fleets got in at least two races before Mother Nature decided to be a pain. Skies darkened to the west, and smart phones began to chime with weather warning messages. A lot of orange and red showed up on the various palm held miniscreens and predictions of up to 60 knot winds encouraged an abbreviation of the racing. The fleet came in.

Sunday morning the conditions were entirely different, but no more conducive to racing. “Breathless” is how one race official described it. After a suitable delay, to give Mother Nature a chance to mend her ways, racing was abandoned ashore. Never mind, there had been sufficient time on the water the day before to award trophies and declare the regatta a mid-summer success. All things considered in the grand scheme of things and believing that all things eventually even out, event organizers at FBYC should look forward to absolutely grand weather for the 75th annual One-Design Regatta in 2014. Take that Mother Nature!

Fleet Winners Flying Scot (24 boats)

Robert Whittemore (FBYC)

AlBacore (5 boats)

Marty Hublitz (PRSA)

Frontrunner (5 boats)

David Tunnicliffe (NCYC)

San Juan 21 (3 boats)

Michael Chesser (FBYC)

Typhoon (5 boats)

Ron Mihills (RRYC)

Laser (8 boats)

Herbert Squires (FBYC)

Laser Radial (10 boats)

Alexander Hanna (FBYC)

Optimist (34 boats)

Trent Levy (FBYC)

Special Award John R. Hawksworth Memorial Trophy ##Skies darkened to the west and smart phones began to chime with weather warning messages. Flying Scot racers Phil Webb, Jim Lytle, and John Beery compare smart phone operations once safely ashore.

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Trent Levy (FBYC)

Event Chairman: John Wake • Principal Race Officer: Rick Klein

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Fridley Captures J/27 North American Championship

he J/27 North American Championship Regatta, hosted by the Oakville Yacht Squadron (OYS) in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, unfolded August 9-11. OYS boasts a large number of J/27 owners, maybe the largest single concentration of such active owners. Right here at home, there are four J/27 owners who race on Wednesdays out of Round Bay SA (RBSA) on the Severn River. Sixteen teams competed in the championship. Five hailed from Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY, and two from Severna Park, MD. The other 11 teams originated in Oakville or other parts of Canada. Both Severna Park participants are also RBSA members: Erik Fridley on Super G and Gary Patenaude on Seamma. Fridley, who took top honors at the three-day event with his all amateur and local team, has extensive onedesign experience. As well as owning Super G since 1998, Fridley has also worked the bow on J/24s for many years, participated in the J/24 Worlds when they were in Annapolis, as well as several other significant regattas including a class invitational in Bermuda. After 20 years of racing, winning

first place in this year’s J/27 North Americans tops his list of personal achievements in competitive sailing. The skipper told his Quantum sail maker, “We told ourselves if we bring our A game we may make the podium… The boat was dialed in,

rig was set right, and the sails were fast. We walked on boats on the downwind with the new spinnaker, and upwind had speed and point on everyone...” Congratulations to Fridley and crew on their victory! ~Reporting by John Stefancik

Braving Change: the New Race to Rock Hall

he Potapskut SA (PSA) had a problem. Its traditional Race to Queenstown had lost its appeal and faced dwindling numbers. Did it depress them? Well, maybe a little. But it did not bring them down. They did something about it—and other clubs with shrinking race attendance numbers should take notice. PSA made an executive decision to stop doing what wasn’t working and try something new. Following a “why not?” suggestion in a meeting, the organizing committee

##2013 J/27 North American Championship team: Erik Fridley (skipper), Deke Johnson (tactician), John Stefancik, Rick Burley, Mike Stefancik.

made a few phone calls and found a more racer-friendly destination that provided the services racers claimed they lacked in the old race format. The pieces fell together quite naturally, and racers’ interest suddenly perked up again. The old Race to Queenstown is now the new and exciting Race to Rock Hall September 28-29. After a race that starts at the mouth of the Magothy River off Baltimore Light and runs (with a

five-hour limit) to Rock Hall Channel, racing sailors are invited to take a dip in the pool at the shoreside happy hour and party at Haven Harbor Marina on Swan Creek, complete with oysters, beer, and Dark n’ Stormies. Participants may use the tender service for anchored or moored boats, a shuttle service into Rock Hall from the marina, and barbeque grills. Haven Harbor offers discounted slips to racers. Sound like fun? We thought so. psasailing.com

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Shields National Regatta Returns by Richard Slaughter

or the second time in the past six years, Shields Fleet 21 of the Tred Avon YC (TAYC) in Oxford will host the Shields Class National Championship Regatta. The race is set for September 25-28. The TAYC Shields Fleet 21, which is only in its eighth year of existence, welcomes the opportunity to once again host this event.

Corny (as he was known), as a token of appreciation for Drake Sparkman’s many favors, selected Sparkman and Stephens to do the designing. Olin Stephens made her come true in beautiful fashion; he shaped an underbody whose sections are ideal. The Shields is extremely lively in light weather and very stiff and able in a hard breeze, which is an unusual combination. Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company was selected as the builder ##The Shields National Championship Regatta because of the company’s long expereturns to Oxford September 25-28. rience with fiberglass. The original contract that Corny had with Cape Cod Shipbuilding was to build six boats for the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY, and six boats for the New York State Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, NY. In 1963, his brother Paul passed away. As he had always had inter-

For those not familiar with the Shields, in 1962 (the late) Cornelius Shields, one of the foremost proponents of one-design sailing in the United States, conceived of a modern follow-up to the International One Design (IOD). The new boat would have the balance and beauty of the IOD while incorporating modern trends such as fiberglass construction.

est in Corny’s plans to donate to the two academies, after his death, an additional number of boats were built and donated by the Paul V. Shields Foundation to the U.S. Naval Academy and to the Naval War College in Newport. A few years later, Corny purchased the molds and moved them to Chris Craft Corporation where sail numbers 21 to 190 were built. Approximately 10 boats were built by Henry R. Hinckley & Company. In 1974, the tooling returned to Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co., where sail numbers 201 and above have been built. Today, besides Fleet 21 in Oxford, there are active fleets in California, Illinois, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. For information concerning the Shields Fleet or the National Championships, visit shieldsclass.com or call TAYC at (410) 226-5269.

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Another Successful Sippy Cup Race

he nine-boat fleet at the annual overnight Sippy Cup Race, hosted by Walden Rigging, got off to a fine start off North East River August 4 in a good breeze out of the south-southwest and a building ebb. The forecast called for the wind to veer to the west later in the evening. In the dark of night, we had fun trying to figure out who was who based on their running lights. Blew Bayou was easy to spot because of the mysterious red glow in the cockpit. Ice Floe was the boat with the ghostly shadow trailing a boat length or so behind her (the dinghy). Mackenzie was having trouble with her red/green…. As we beat below Pooles Island, the wind finally started to veer, and we were off on a reach to the Bay Bridge. It was a heck of a drag race. Earlier in the night, we struggled to pass Blew Bayou. Once the wind shifted, she went by us like a freight train. Ice Floe kept in our lee as we worked our way to within three miles of the bridge. There, we found Islander and no useful wind. All four boats tacked and struggled in the growing flood tide. Our GPS track during this time was laughable. At around 5:15 a.m., we spotted a sailboat heading up the Bay. It was Take2. She had crossed the Annapolis finish roughly an hour before, and her crew was heading back to Havre de Grace to keep a Sunday appointment. Amazingly, she made that time after blowing out a panel in her genoa three hours into the race and having to switch out to her working jib in the dark. Around 6 a.m., with the sky beginning to grow brighter, we finally spied Miss AdVenture at least a mile ahead of us heading under the bridge. As Miss A struggled toward the finish line, fighting the flooding tide, she took a long tack toward the Eastern Shore, and on her way back, found her course to the finish blocked by an outbound tanker. While waiting, the current set Miss A back toward the bridge. She finally crossed at around 6:30. Blew Bayou crossed a minute or two behind her, then Whimsey. The rest finished between 6:50 and 10:12. Chris Mullen and crew on Mackenzie should get a huge round of applause for their stickto-it-iveness. They were the last ones across the line at 12:52 p.m.; almost 18 hours on the course, after travelling up from Middle River Friday afternoon for the start of the race! waldenrigging.com Follow us!

##Dawn at the Bay Bridge at the end of the overnight Sippy Cup Race from North East River to Annapolis.

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The Chesapeake at the Cup

##The Red Bull Youth AC may prove to be the races to remember. Gilles Martin-Raget/Red Bull Sailing Newsroom/ACEA

##Back in the old days, you had to travel 15 miles offshore to spectate. Now we have bean bag chairs, beer, and the big screen.

##34th America’s Cup - Louis Vuitton Cup Finals. Photo by Abner Kingman/ACEA

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by Molly Winans

o go to San Francisco, CA, and look out upon that white-capped bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond, the rugged hills and lurking fog; to see a flock of pelicans race the wind, a sea lion flap its tail in the cold chop, an Asia-bound ship hulk behind Alcatraz under a blue sky; it’s already worth the long trip. To have a flashy, high-tech flying machine manned by the world’s top sailors foil by at 40 knots ices the cake. You can say what you want about the America’s Cup. Go ahead. Get it off your chest. You couldn’t say anything I haven’t already heard or said. It’s a rich man’s game. It’s gotten so convoluted that you can’t tell which team is from which country. You miss monohulls. The new cats are too dangerous. The Cup has nothing to do with ordinary sailors. I arrived in San Francisco as jaded and prepped to be unimpressed as anyone who loosely follows Cup chatter online—and then I saw it with my own eyes. I tried to play it cool, but I jumped up and down a little. On Sunday morning, August 18, following the advice of the concierge in my quirky Marina District motel, I looped my SpinSheet fleece over my shoulders and took the two-dollar ride from the D muni bus to the F bus to America’s Cup Park on Pier 27, east of Fisherman’s Wharf. While killing a few hours before picking up my afternoon Louis Vuitton Cup spectator tickets at the other AC venue at Marina Green, I planned to stop by the media center and say hello to our Youth and Collegiate Focus columnist Franny Kupersmith, who landed a sweet gig as assistant photographer, and check out the scene. I found Franny fielding cell phone calls in the sunshine next to one of Larry Ellison’s mondo sailing yachts. She explained how AC photographer Gilles Martin-Raget would shoot by boat that day; she was tasked to quickly process any pictures he dropped off at the pier in between races. As she spoke, a few colorful Red Bull Youth AC 45s sped past in the distance. Franny was surprised with the substantial Chesapeake connection behind the scenes, including a dozen or so fellow St. Mary’s College grads as well as her former coach Bill Ward, who was working with the Red Bull teams. As Franny needed to get to work, I bid her farewell and headed toward the waterfront to catch a few AC 45s. Talk about a cool summer vacation. The sailors competing in this first-ever youth AC fleet racing event won’t soon forget the chance to race these neat cats in this stunning venue, with the world watching. I snapped a few pictures of the young sailors docking, with the backdrop of Coit Tower, the iconic Telegraph Hill monument honoring the city’s firemen. As I wandered around and noted the various cushychaired hospitality tents—one for Mumm Champagne, one for Nespresso Coffee, one for Peroni Beer—and spinsheet.com

media viewing areas with big screens, bean bag chairs, and cornhole boards, I kept hearing T2P.tv founder and Annapolis sailor Tucker Thompson’s voice and seeing his smiling face on the everpresent big screens. The pre-race coverage bounced back and forth from Tucker and Andy Green over to NBC coverage, including Annapolis sailor Gary Jobson’s take on the races to come. Not that it was a surprise; it was only jarring in that the scene felt European, and then there were Gary and Tucker’s familiar voices to bring me back home. Gary has competed in and won the event (as tactician on Ted Turner’s Tenacious 1977) and commentated on countless Cups. Following his first successful AC commentating gig in Valencia, Spain, Tucker is back in action doing an absolutely bang-up job. I hopped on the shuttle to Marina Green and sat next to Bruce Griffiths, Sail Melbourne chair, who was also in town for the International Sailing Summit, and found my way to the stands. Somehow I ended up in a section of authentic Luna Rossa fans, chattering in Italian and waving their green, white, and red flags. Find me a sailor who does not say

##Tucker Thompson, Andy Green, and Nathan Outeridge from Artemis Racing at the AC Park. Photo by Franny Kupersmith/ACEA

Whoa the first time he sees an AC 72 whiz by. To witness these boats consume so much distance in such short periods of time and make the San Francisco Bay seem like a small lake boggles the brain. I learned the next day that these insane speed machines cover one two-and-a-half-mile leg of the course in six minutes on average. Imagine sailing from Annapolis to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in 10.8 minutes. That’s silly

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to start (translation: most of the time), the show on the big screens amuses and educates spectators. You learn how the race differs from regular buoy racing. If you’re lucky enough to get there the day after a nose dive crash, as I was, you’ll see the replay 20 times from at least six different perspectives and hear snippets such as: “These 60,000-pound boats foil on something about as big as a surf board!” AC spectators can buy excellent food, beer, Ben and Jerry’s, and espresso on site. On the fun potential scale, the venue is a 10. Scenery? 10. Is it perfect as an America’s Cup? No way. The cutting edge has proven to be a messy place. The significant safety restrictions put in place following Andrew “Bart” Simpson’s death in May changed the game in positive ways—yet the wind restriction confines racing on this notoriously windy bay. I’m for the limit yet was saddened to see racing postponed two days in a row for winds in excess of 20 knots. And then there were the daily breakdowns mid-race that led to one limping

boat and one finisher. (The Italians in the stands around me cheered when Emirates stalled and Luna Rossa pressed on.) Such is life in the real fast lane, where “match racing” has thus far been one-legged. We can only hope they work out the kinks before the AC Finals September 7-22. But remember that for previous editions of the AC, over a 162-year span, spectators have had to travel 10-15 miles offshore. No bean bag chairs, no Tucker entertainment, crash replays, rock and roll jams on the big screen, or very cool digital visuals and interpretation of the race course to guide us. Imperfect as it is, if you have a chance to hop on a plane and see some of this awesome spectacle in September, my recommendation is to go west, my friends. Go!

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When a Plan Comes Together by Kim Couranz

ecently, when I was just north of the border at a Snipe regatta, I got to talk with Buffalo Canoe Club’s junior racing team. A bunch of them are preparing for some upcoming travel events, including more than 10 teams who were practicing for the Lightning Junior North American Championship. Uncharacteristically light winds had postponed the Snipe fleet, and the junior program was waiting ashore until a little breeze filled in on Lake Erie as well. To fill some of the time as we patiently (or not so patiently) waited for wind, we talked about regatta routines—and how having some routines can help you succeed. Sailors often develop checklists for onthe-water preparation, including getting line sights, determining which end of the line is favored and which way and how hard the current is running, doing a certain number of tacks and gybes, and more. But I think your onshore preparation is just as important, especially at “away” regattas, because it sets the framework for your day. And having a “Plan A” means you are much more prepared in case you need to change to “Plan B.” Here are some of the thoughts I shared with the BCC junior sailors and some I thought of since then: Morning timeline—I’m a big planner, so I like to start at the time of the first warning signal and work back to figure out when I need to wake up and leave the

house, incorporating a handful of to-do items. In no particular order, make sure you have ample time (if you end up with extra—have fun chatting it up with your competitors—that’s half the fun of regattas, anyway!) to accomplish at least the following. It can add up quickly. Pre-race on-the-water checks: starting line, tuning up, checking boatspeed with competitors Rigging and launching the boat Putting on your sailing gear Chatting with a local sailor about the weather, but remembering that they don’t control the weather (“it’s never like this here!”) Checking the notice board Commuting to sailing venues Breakfast and preparing your on-thewater nutrition for the day Checking weather forecasts and local conditions Packing your bag—gear for on the water, shower stuff, and clean clothes for after sailing Wake-up routine—do you like a morning run to get your mind and body rolling? A little yoga? A little quiet time, just you and your awesome iPod playlist? If it works for you, include it in your routine and be sure to carve out enough time. End of day checklist—As soon as you get off the water (or maybe even on your sail back to the dock if it’s a long way in from the race course), start on your nutri-

tion for the next day by having a recovery mini-meal that includes three or four parts carbohydrates to one part protein. Turkey sandwich or purpose-built recovery beverage (like Hammer Nutrition’s Recoverite), it’s up to you. But the bottom line is that tomorrow’s performance starts today. Do you have any boatwork that needs to be done? If possible, just get it done so you don’t have to worry about it the next morning. If you need parts, ask around the boat park or head to the marine supply store so you’re prepared to make simple fixes the next morning. Is your personal gear all set? Need to wash, rinse, or dry any clothing? Check the notice board, in case of any jury/RC action you need to know about, including OCS, protest, schedule changes, or additional amendments to the sailing instructions. Nutrition—Especially at away regattas, where I don’t have great say over what, where, and when I get to eat, I like to have as much control over my nutrition as much as possible. If I’m staying in a home or at a hotel with a fridge, things are looking strong, especially for breakfast. Grocery shopping and identifying the best coffee between your lodging and the regatta venue are key things to do the first day you arrive. That way you can be sure of having some well-balanced meals and proper hydration even if the regatta dinners don’t quite fit the bill. Hardware and software—Not to sound too obsessive about it, but everything is sooo much easier if you do it the same way each time! For example, if you put your dolly wheel pins in your car’s driver’s-side door pocket every time, you’ll know exactly where they are when you go to put your dolly together. And if you have a routine with your sailing gear, such as always leaving your lifejacket in the boat, that helps, too. Everyone’s routine is slightly different, and that’s just fine. But work on developing a raceday routine that works for you, and by removing the “what do I do next” question out of your day, you’ll be able to use that great decision-making energy on the race course instead. SpinSheet September 2013 95

PHRF Racing Part 4

Top 10 Take-Aways by James E. Schrager

n this “top ten” list, we recap and build on lessons in boat selection, boatspeed, and how to increase your ability to retain the vast amount of knowledge you’ll need to race at the top of your fleet.

1. Watch the winners. Do your homework on which boats in your harbor are winning and why. Watch how their crews select and trim sails for different wind and water conditions. 2. It takes time. Usually about three or so years of serious effort is required to be competitive. The more complex the boat, the longer the time needed to master it. Masthead rigs are easier than fractionals; unusual hull designs are tougher than boats with straightforward lines. For your boat, or if you’re thinking about buying a different boat, take into account the learning curve you face. 3. Boat speed is everything. Once you have it, all the rest can be added easily. Beyond boat speed, other topics include tactics (starting, markrounding, and boat-to-boat maneuvers), navigation, and sail changes. Sail selection and trimming are of course central elements in boat speed. Weather, the final variable, is a constant challenge for all racing sailors. As to tactics—that is, your behavior when other boats are close by— my suggestion is to give everyone else plenty of room until you are in contention. Nothing much worse than a slow boat pushing others around. You will have to learn the basic rightof-way rules, know what to do when tacking upwind (boats with wind coming from starboard have right of way), and reaching downwind (the leeward boat can squeeze you up into the wind). Leave room for other boats in mark roundings while you are learning. Beyond these basics, read up on the rules for when you are fast enough to be in contention. 96 September 2013 SpinSheet

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4. Learn your lessons. The afteraction Race Memo, distributed via e-mail to crew members, is the central means whereby the skipper reflects on the lessons learned from each race. This written record encourages hard-won knowledge, which is often the result of trial and error, to be forged into consistent winning behavior. This year, we were nose to tail with one of our fierce competitors in our invitational regatta. Suddenly, he started to pull away on a point of sail where we should be faster. Quickly we looked all around the boat: Why were we slow? We discovered we had the jib car set for beating, but were now on a reach. We reset the car and gained an immediate half-

knot. Perfect fodder for the Race Memo. A lesson we can never afford to forget. 5. Starts don’t matter (yet). Starts, you will discover, can be quite risky. So while you are learning, give everyone plenty of extra room. Being a bit late, but in clear air, can be a reasonable trade-off for the newer skipper. Charging over the line at full speed just as the gun goes off is a wonderful feeling, but if you are pinned (that is, unable to tack away) or being gassed by a windward boat, it will not be the fast way to the first mark. Worse yet is being pushed over early. The race is won at the finish, so plan your starts for a good, clean upwind leg. spinsheet.com

6. It’s okay to lose (for a while). You’ll lose for a while, so plan on that and keep expectations appropriately adjusted—for both crew and skipper. Make sure everyone knows it’s okay to lose, but never okay not to learn something on every race. Some issues will remain mysteries, in some cases for years, but don’t give up. We had a very odd upper mainsail backwind on our fractional rig in heavy air, and no one could figure it out. After much experimentation, we decided to crank hard on the windward running back, to straighten the mast and tighten up the mainsail leech. This is backwards from what you would do on a masthead rig, where you would add more mast bend to flatten the sail. But it worked. Every boat has her own eccentricities. Great crews insure they remember each one.

7. Match the crew to the job. Find the right spot for each crew member, something they enjoy and are willing to work hard at. Everyone isn’t a natural for every job, and if things aren’t working out, make changes. We trained one very enthusiastic crew member to be a jib trimmer; but he resisted and things weren’t working out. We then lost two big races because we didn’t have a full time navigator. The thought of letting a crew member who wasn’t pulling his weight navigate didn’t make sense to some of the crew. But he has turned out to be a fantastic navigator, and now we can’t race without him. 8. Racing is how we learn. Realize that the best practice is always when racing. You can do only so much

when not on the race course. It’s the only time when you and every other boat are really doing their best to go fast. Treat all your races the first few years as practice, and you have the right idea. But don’t take these races lightly—take them very seriously as the way to build a winning campaign. 9. Remember that this is supposed to be fun! If it isn’t, figure out why and start a program to improve yourself and your crew. 10. Winning is more fun than losing. Dedicate yourself to winning by understanding that sailboat racing is like any other highly intellectual contest. It takes a commitment to learning and great discipline to win. Anything less and you’ll be relegated to the back of the fleet.

About the Author: James Schrager has raced big boats in Southern Lake Michigan for more than 20 years, winning Boat of the Year in his home harbor, many Port-to-Port races, and crewing on a section-winning boat in the Chicago Mac. He sails a Swedish-built 1984 Cayenne 41 with his two sons and their friends out of the St. Joseph River YC, Michigan. He is a Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he teaches a popular course on strategy.

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Chesapeake Racer Profile by Molly Winans

Dave Askew

o transition from a J/120 to a Barn Door Trophy for the fastest elapsed sail changes in one [four-hour] watch, J/122 is not a big leap—but to time at the Transpac 2011, with the goal, with seven of us on deck. These are progress from a J/122 to a TP 52 of course, to win said trophy in 2013. 200-pound sails up a 130-foot mast and then to an RP 74 in three years’ “There was a huge send-off from Rainwith five or six on a grinder… The rest time seems substantial. “What opened bow Harbor in Long Beach, CA,” he says. was simple. Putting away spinnakers in my eyes was that we sailed her like a “A fireboat and a commentator onshore socks, hooking them up, and repacking 40-footer,” says Annapolis sailor Dave who made announcements as each boat them were easier than I thought.” Askew about racing Wizard in the cast off. It’s spectacular. I’ve never seen Upon their approach to the MoloTranspac Race in late July. “No matter anything like it.” kai Channel, the breeze piped up to how big the boat, after a while, every As the crew of 14 settled in and ac20-knots, supposedly lighter than boat ends up feeling like it is 40 feet customed themselves to the onboard usual, and the waves built up. The crew long” routine and eating freeze dried food, they popped their monstrous 500-squareThe Grosse Point, MI, native and reached for two days under overcast skies meter A2 kite and gybed on the shifts. Annapolis resident (since 1990) is no in moderate to light air and sea states and “You could get the boat fully planing stranger to big boats, as he supported then four or five days of sailing downwind. and gybe her like a Laser.” himself through college and beyond “We didn’t see much over 14 or 16 knots The breeze came on again at the working on them before settling into of breeze.” buoy across the city front of Honolulu. running a family “A quarter mile from the business, marrying, finish, we nearly wiped and having three out the boat.” With a wide daughters. His vast grin and awed expression, racing experience Askew explains how riding includes all the the waves proved to be so major race weeks exciting and challenging and distance races on that he burned the skin off the East Coast and his fingertips. Great Lakes, SORC, After the finish, since and Fastnet, among Wizard draws 16 feet, they others. docked at a public pier To call Askew a (instead of at the Transpagoal-setter would be cific YC), where they were an understatement. greeted by many of the Just as he set his crew’s family members and eye on the prize and a welcome committee of won the Newport locals bearing leis, pizza, ##The 2013 Wizard Transpac crew: Ian “Soapy” Moore, Dee Smith, Ted Haaland, Dave Askew, Matt Beck, Mark Strube, Grant “Fuzz” Spanhake (low), Bill Jenkins, Bermuda Race and beer. The skipper’s Arnis Baltins, Matt Smith, Trevor Baylis, “Big” Mike Howard, Dave Culver, and (2006), Block Island mission was to win the Sean “Doogie” Couvreux. Photo by Doug Gifford/ultimatesailing.com Race Week (2007), Barn Door Trophy—a the Annapolis to Newport Race (2007, Whereas other competitors commented beautifully carved, cumbersome slab of 2009), and all of the big distance races on tsunami debris, Askew notes, “We only Hawaiian koa wood of mysterious orion the Great Lakes including the famed saw some fishing gear, buoys, and one big gin—and his team accomplished that. Chicago Mac (2010), Askew penned propane canister. We saw a few whales, They placed second in their division on capturing victory in the 2225-mile not much else. A lot of clouds. It was all corrected time. Transpac on his bucket list. about staying away from the bad side of What’s next on his bucket list? Since He was going to need a bigger boat. the cloud.” The crew didn’t see another his brother Peter was unable to do the After donating his TP 52 Flying Jenny 7 boat the whole way except for the Gunboat Transpac at the last minute (all is well to the U.S. Merchant Marine AcadPhaedo, shortly before her rig went down. now), they may do it again and shoot emy, he chartered Wizard, the former “The hardest part of it all was grindfor first. There’s a MOD 70 Trimaran Bella Mente that had won the coveted ing sails up,” says Askew. “We made 17 vision dancing about his head, too.

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Clarks Landing is happy to announce a newly-expanded and pre-owned sales and service center specializing in Sea Rays at their Point Pleasant, NJ, marina. The company is offering reduced commission fees on Sea Ray boats and discounted service charges on all repair orders for the remainder of 2013. Clarks Landing is also in negotiations to open up additional sales centers in Maryland and New Jersey.

Joining Forces Ullman Sails Mid-Chesapeake has joined Sail1Design as a sponsor, and Sail1Design’s Tom Sitzmann will join Ullman Sails at the company’s Annapolis-based loft. “I’m thrilled to return to sail making, and to work for a strong, collaborative group like Ullman Sails,” Sitzmann says. A lifelong sailor, Sitzmann has a broad range of sailing experience that will increase the support and service available to Ullman Sails customers in the upper Bay.

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Offshore Sailing School welcomes its first ever director of marketing. Beth Oliver takes over the marketing and advertising role from president Doris Colgate, who has been acting as the marketing director “for the more than 45 years I’ve been with the company.” Oliver relocated to Southwest Florida from Michigan and has over 20 years in management roles for other large advertising and promotional agencies. offshoresailing.com

Salt Yacht Brokerage of Rock Hall is pleased to announce to addition of Connie Ranney to their team. Ranney started sailing and waterskiing when she was ten years old on the South Jersey shore. Previously, Ranney was a systems engineer with Lockheed Martin Corporation. She has served as director of the Rock Hall YC Sailing School. saltyachts.com

New Name, Same Great Service Atlantic Cruising Yachts announces a grand opening at the International Marine Center in Annapolis. The company now represents Jeanneau, Fountaine Pajot, and brokerage services. The company has also recently concluded an agreement to operate the Bay Yacht Agency brand with its offering of services. “Last year, under Bay Yacht Agency, we were the top dealership in the world for Fountaine Pajot catamarans and the top dealers in North America for Jeanneau, an accomplishment we are very proud of,” says Christian Bent, the company’s president. Eric Smith, past president and founder of Bay Yacht Agency, has joined the company to assist with marketing, sales, and strategic planning. Atlantic Cruising Yachts plans a celebration at the upcoming U.S. Sailboat Show in October, so stop in and meet the team. atlantic-cruising.com Follow us!

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Grand Soleil 40 ’03 Head south in speed, comfort and style on board this Italian beauty. Lightly used & extremely well priced at $199,000. Please call for complete details & viewing instructions. Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 harold@aycyachts.com

26’ Island Packet 26 mk I ‘81 Classic IP styling – huge cockpit and interior, centerboard. Simple systems, great family boat. Great Value! $18,500. Deltaville, VA. Call Jonathan 804-436-4484 or jonathan@ annapolisyachtsales.com 33’ Cherubini Raider ’81 Independence has an Autopilot, chartplotter and radar. Beautiful blue awlgrip hull turns heads. $24,000. Call Bob Oberg 410-267-8181 or Bob@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

53’ Amel Mango ’88 Incredibly strong and simple to handle offshore cruiser. This one has been around the globe and is ready to go out again! Asking $199,000. Contact Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company (410) 268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

34’ Beneteau First Class 10 ’85 L’Outrage is a proven race winner. Custom trailer & new genoa await. Price Reduced for a quick sale. $40,000. Call Bob Oberg 410-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 35’ Beneteau 351 ‘97 Really nice boat, very clean, good instruments, recent main and genoa, A/C, refrigeration, 2 large cabins. Priced to sell at $62,500. Contact Keith 410-267-8181 or keith@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Beneteau 361 ‘02 Harken ball bearing traveler and jib fair leads, classic mast, performance prop, beautifully maintained. Asking $109,900 Contact Pat Lane 410-267-8181 or pat@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Beneteau 36.7 ’09 Perfect cond., lightly raced, low eng hrs, cruising & race sail inventory, refrigeration, sleeps 7- 8 adults! Reduced to $129,000. Contact Keith 410-267-8181 or keith@annapolisyachtsales.com 40’ Passport ‘85 Classic Perry cruiser, fully equipped w/ solar panels, windvane, EPIRB, liferaft, watermaker, SSB, Gori prop, LED lighting, C80 Chartplotter, numerous sails, dinghy/ outboard, $129,000. Deltaville, VA. Jonathan 804-436-4484 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com

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

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42’ Hunter 420 ’02 Gypsy Too is totally equipped for living on board and clean as can be. Wind generator, solar panels, dinghy w/outboard, davits & more. $149,900 Contact Dan (410) 267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales.com 42’ Beneteau 42 CC ’05 Ready to take you there! A very spacious aft deck, aft cabin and comfortable cockpit make this a dream cruiser. $129,900 Contact Aaron Moeller 410-267-8181 or aaron@annapolisyachtsales.com 44’ Cal 44 ’85 Well maintained; lots of safety gear. Perfect for long term cruising. ICW capable rig and Bahamas draft, she’s ready for your next adventure! $119,000 Contact Tim (410) 267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales.com

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All New C&C 101

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Tartan Fantail In Stock

New Hanse 415

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53’ Mason 53 ‘84 ......................................... $300,000

40’ Passport 40 ‘85 ..................................... $135,000

35’ Catalina 350 ‘04..................................... $105,000

52’ Jefferson Marquessa 52 ‘89................. $198,500

40’ Regal 402 Commodore ‘98..................... $97,500

35’ Custom 35’ Steel Motor Sailer ‘95 ....... $127,500

49’ Jeanneau 49 Deck Salon ‘07................ $340,000

40’ Tartan 4000 ‘12...................................... $485,000

35’ Ericson 350 by Pac Sea ‘98 ................. $115,000

48’ Sunward 48 Pilothouse ‘00 ....................... CALL

38’ Freedom 38 ‘90 ..................................... $100,000

34’ Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 34 ‘93 .... $134,000

44’ Gulfstar 44 Motor Yacht ‘87 ................. $129,000

38’ Ericson 380 by Pac Sea ‘98 ................. $144,900

34’ Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 34 ‘90 ..... $125000

44’ Sea Ray 440 Sundancer ‘94 ................... $75,000

38’ C&C 115 ‘11 ........................................... $210,000

33’ C&C 101 ‘14 ................................................ CALL

44’ Tartan 4400 ‘07...................................... $440,000

37’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37 ‘99.......... $185,000

32’ Luhrs 3200 ‘07....................................... $149,000

43’ Mason 43 Ketch ‘79 ................................ $85,000

37’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37 ‘89.......... $125,000

32’ C&C 99 ‘06 ............................................. $105,000

43’ Saga 43 ‘03 ............................................ $233,500

37’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37 ‘87............ $84,000

32’ C&C 99 ‘04 ............................................... $99,000

43’ Spindrift Pilothouse ‘84 ....................... $125,000

37’ Sea Ray 370 Aft Cabin ‘98...................... $89,900

31’ Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 31 ‘94 ...... $95,000

42’ Hunter 420 CC ‘03 ................................. $150,000

37’ Tartan 3700 CCR ‘07 ............................. $299,000

31’ Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 31 ‘90 ...... $75,000

40’ Bristol Classic / Refit ‘76........................ $79,000

37’ Tartan 37c ‘83.......................................... $68,500

26’ Tartan Fantail ‘14 ................................IN STOCK

40’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock ‘96............... $250,000

36’ Hunter 36 ‘04 ........................................... $79,000

20’ Catalina Aero 20 ‘09 ............................... $12,000

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 45’ Benford Custom ’04 Steel Cruising Boat - Designed by Jay R. Benford, built by Howdy Bailey Blue Awlgrip hull - Custom cherry joinerwork. Reduced to $599,000 Dan Nardo 410-267-8181 Contact Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 54’ Hylas 54 ’98 Fresh Blue Awlgrip – Custom Teak Interior – Professionally maintained – Equipped with all the extras – Romany Life will turn heads in any port – Reduced to $499,900 Contact Dan Nardo 410-267-8181 Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Bristol 45.5 ’81 Center Cockpit $169,900. Strong, safe, good sailing performance and fully equipped/ updated, incl lots of extras meticulously maintained. Chris Bent 410-703-5698 Jeanneau 54DS ’08 $479,000. Flag Blue hull, loaded w/luxury options, professionally operated and maintained, never chartered. Call for full details. Commissioned new in Annapolis by Bay Yacht Agency in ’09. Chris Bent 410-703-5698

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38’ Pearson center cockpit Gina Marie She has several recent upgrades: ’11 sails, ’11 AC, ’012 bimini & dodger & batteries. Still actively sailed, she is in very nice cond. and is ready to go. $59,500 www.bayharbor brokerage.com 757-480-1073 41’ Beneteau ’00 Flag blue hull, custom teak rubrail, inmast furling, 4’9” draft, Air, refrig., 2 strm layout w/pullman berth forward, nice swim platform, new 130% genoa. Nice clean good looking boat. $114,900. www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073

40’ Pacific Seacraft ’96 ROCKIN’ CHAIR. Standout Crealock design. Meticulous care; many upgrades including Lighthouse windlass, full cockpit enclosure, AIS, cutter rig, twin furlers, 7 sails, etc. Reduced to $250,000. CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 35’ Catalina 350 ’04 Very well equipped for cruising. Health is forcing sale. Excellent opportunity for a well equipped boat at a favorable price. Call today for a showing. Asking $105,000 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

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40’ Tartan 4000 ’12 New Demo model, Full warranties. Ready for delivery, see her at Newport and Annapolis Shows! Genset, Air, radar/plotters. LED lighting, carbon rig, Epoxy hull PLUS all the luxuries of home. $485,000 Trades considered! 410-269-0939

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43’ Jeanneau 43DS ’04 Loaded. Try $159,000 Chris Bent 410-703-5698 44’ Helia Catamaran ’13 $649,000. Demo-Well equipped. Don’t wait until fall for an ordered boat. Many custom choices available. 410-2632311 Eric Smith 2010 Jeanneau 45 DS $298, 000 Chris Bent 410-703-5698

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49’ Jeanneau 49DS ’07 Well equipped owner’s layout w/convertible aft cabin to a kind single. Chesapeake Bay boat, not chartered. Been considering a new boat - This is the ONE!! Asking $340,00 Schedule an appointment to see her today! 410-269-0939

31’ - 44’ Pacific Seacraft 31, 34, 37, 40 & 44 We have a great selection of Pacific Seacraft currently. From our PSC 31 to 44 Asking 75k for a 1990 PSC 31 to a 1996 40 asking 250k We have them! Recent reductions and motivated sellers! Call Today! CrusaderYachts.com

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Catalina 350 ’03 Asking $115,000. Make an offer.. Great condition, one owner looking to move quickly, moving to larger boat. Rudy Vereen 410-2632311

44’ Tartan 4400 ’98 Raised salon layout. All the bells and whistles - Genset, Air(3) Thruster, furling boom and more! Ready for extended cruising now. Recent price reduction - asking $440,000 - Over 700k to replace. 410-269-0939

37’ Tartan 3700 ’07 This Tartan 3700 is loaded. Furling mast, power winches, new sails & more. Over 400k to replace and the owners are downsizing. Asking $299,000 - She won’t last long, Call Now! 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.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 $100,000 CrusaderYachts.com

37’ Fisher Motorsailer Excellent cond., new North sails, Flag blue Awlgrip hull, rock solid construction $98,500 see full details at www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 38’ Catalina 380 ’02 Very nice cond., air, AP, in mast furling mainsail, dodger and bimini w/connector, refrigeration, inner spring mattress fore & aft on centerline island berth $112,000 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073

37’ Pacific Seacraft ’99 Loaded for cruising! Monitor wind vane, MaxProp, life raft, radar, chartplotter, AP, SSB, Pactor modem, A/C, solar panels, refrigeration, watermaker. $185,000 REDUCED Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 CrusaderYachts.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. $115,000 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939 36’ Hunter ‘04 Excellent value & layout. Great boats for bay cruising. Prepped for Air Con. Well maintained & an excellent opportunity for a boat well below market value. Asking $79,000 Offers Encouraged - Call to discuss specifics. 410-269-0939 or CrusaderYachts.com

43’ Saga 43 96 Moonstruck is well equipped and ready for coastal or extended cruising. Many updates, shows well and has recently been reduced to 234,500 - Owner says sell... Offers Encouraged! 410-269-0939

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34’ Peterson ’78 Striking Spartan lines, cruises in comfort, sleeps 8: genoa, geneker w/ ATN sleeve, Autohelm. $19,500 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 35’ Catalina 350s 2 to choose from 2003 In-mast w Air - 104,900 and 2005 In-mast w/Air 119,000 - See our web site for full details - Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 38’ Catalina 387 ’05 Beautiful - A must See - full batten main w/Antal Track, Air, Raymarine 120 plotter $149,900 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 38’ Hunter 386 ’02 In-Mast, Aire/Heat, pilot, plotter, full cockpit enclosure $109,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 38’ Hunter ’05 Air/Heat, Gen Set, E80 w/ radar, In-mast, full canvs - Clean $126,500 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

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Pre-Boat Show Open House

September 21st and 22nd in Annapolis Dozens of new boats, hundreds of brokerage boats!

Best Prices Of The Year!

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Beneteau Oceanis 48

Beneteau First 25

Beneteau Oceanis 55

2003 Hunter 456 $179,000

2012 Beneteau Sense 43 $324,900

1985 Passport 40 $129,000

2002 Beneteau 361 $109,900

‘04 ‘05 Sabre 386 $2 from $225,900

2012 Boston Whaler 285 Conquest $144,900

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Tashing Mason 33 ‘86 ...................... $67,000 Catalina 34 ‘89.................................. $49,500 Sabre 34 ‘79 ...................................... $32,000 Beneteau 343 ‘08 ............................$115,000 C&C 34 ‘85 ........................................ $29,900 Cal 34 ‘70 .......................................... $35,000 Gemini 105-M ‘97 ............................ $89,900 J-105 34 ‘00....................................... $69,900 Westerly Seahawk ‘85 ...................... $55,000 Beneteau First Class 10 ‘95 .............. $40,000 Wauquiez Pretorian 35 ‘85 .............. $74,900 Beneteau 351 ‘97 .............................. $62,500 Schock 35 ‘85 .................................... $23,500 Beneteau 350 ‘89 .............................. $46,900 Beneteau First 35s5 ‘89..................... $52,000 Hunter 35.5 ‘90 ................................. $47,000 Hunter 356 ‘03 .................................. $89,900 Island Packet 350 ‘99 .....................$140,000 Schock Sloop 35 ‘01 ......................... $56,900 Sabre 362 ‘01 .................................$195,000 Beneteau 361 ‘02 ............................$109,900 Beneteau 36.7 ‘04 ‘09 2 from ......... $85,000 Hunter 36 ‘05 ...................................$110,000

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Sabre 362 ‘01 .................................$165,000 Hunter Legend ‘89 ............................ $47,500 Hunter 379 ‘97 ‘98 2 from ............... $82,500 Sabre 386 ‘05 .................................$225,900 Beneteau 381 ‘01 ............................$102,900 C&C 38 ‘ 77 ....................................... $38,500 Morgan 382 ‘79................................ $42,500 Beneteau 38 ‘83 ................................ $49,900 Bristol 38 ‘85 ....................................$109,900 Sabre 386 ‘04 .................................$262,500 Cabo Rico 38 ‘88 .............................. $94,900 Freedom 38 ‘87 ................................. $72,500 Hunter 380 ‘ 00 ................................. $98,500 Sabre 38 Mk II ‘93 ..........................$175,000 Sabre 38 ‘83 ‘85 2 from................... $69,500 Wauquiez Hood 38 ‘84 ‘86 2 from $78,900 Pearson 39’87.................................... $68,900 Beneteau 393 ‘02 ............................$139,000 Beneteau 39 ‘02 ..............................$114,900 Pearson 39 ‘87................................... $69,500 Jeanneau DS ‘03 ..............................$165,000 Passport 40 1985 ............................$129,000 Beneteau 40.7 ‘01 ...........................$139,900

1985 Bristol 45.5 CC $189,500 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 44 44 44

Delphia 40 ‘06 .................................$154,900 Hunter 40 ‘85 ..................................... $48,500 Piver Victress Trimaran ‘69 ................ $33,000 Beneteau 411 ‘98 ‘99 ‘01 ‘02 6 from $105,000 Cayenne ‘87 ....................................... $69,900 Hallberg Rassy 41’ ‘79 ..................... $85,000 Hunter 41 AC ‘06 ............................$159,000 Lord Nelson 41 ‘87 ........................$174,000 Morgan 41 ‘90 .................................. $89,000 Rival 41 AC ‘78 ................................. $69,000 Whitney Carib 41 ‘69 ....................... $39,900 Beneteau 423 ‘03 ............................$175,000 Beneteau 42 CC ‘05........................$129,900 Hunter Passage CC 420 ‘02 ..........$149,900 Hunter Passage 420 ‘91 ................... $79,900 Swan 42 ‘81.....................................$129,900 Beneteau Sense 43 ‘12 ...................$324,900 Beneteau 43 ‘11 ..............................$237,500 Pan Oceanic 43 ‘81 .......................... $79,500 Schucker 436 Motorsailer ‘79.......... $77,000 Beneteau 440 ‘93 ............................$139,900 Cal 44 ‘85 ........................................$119,000 Dean 440 Catamaran ‘02 ..............$249,000

2006 Hunter 41 $159,000 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 46 46 47 47 50 50 50 55 63 76

Reliance 44 ‘92 ................................$185,000 Hunter 45’ 456 ‘03 .........................$179,000 Beneteau 45f5 ‘92...........................$122,000 45 Bristol CC ‘85 .............................$199,000 Custom 45 ‘04..................................$599,000 Wauquiez Centurion 45 ‘93...........$169,000 Hunter 45 CC ‘07 ‘08 2 from .........$252,000 Nelson Marek 45 ‘84........................ $95,000 Steel Gaff-Rigged ketch ‘82 .............. $95,000 Beneteau 46 ‘07 ‘08 2 from ...........$259,500 Cal 2 - 46 ‘74 ..................................... $69,000 Hunter 460 ‘00 ................................$159,900 Leopard Catamaran 46 ‘09............$599,900 Tartan 4600 ‘93 ‘95 2 from ...........$245,000 Beneteau 473 ‘01 ‘02 3 from .......$204,900 Beneteau 47.7 ‘04 ...........................$240,000 Beneteau 50 ‘04 ..............................$329,900 Beneteau Custom Series 50 ‘04 .....$274,900 Horizon Steel Pilothouse 50 ‘96 .....$245,000 Swede 55 ‘78 ..................................$159,900 Windship 63 ‘83 ..............................$299,900 Franz Maas ‘74 ................................$299,000

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 41’ C&C Aft Cockpit Center Board ’84 Fast, fun & ready for racing or cruising $54,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 42’ Endeavour 42 Center Cockpit w/ Island double, full canvas, plotter, pilot, radar & more - $69,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com Hunter 456 ’02 $179,900 Exceptionally clean!! In-mast, Air, Gen, and all the creature comforts - Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Email:tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 49’ Hunter ’08 Air/Heat, gen set, dual radar, In-mast, electric furling & winches, pilot, full canvas - Beautiful $295,000 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

40’ C&C 121 ’99 The 121 was the flagship of the C&C Express Series and possesses that elusive combination of uncompromising performance and big, luxurious accommodations. Priced at $174,500 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

34’ Gemini 105Mc ’05 Southern Cross is getting a makeover with a complete overhaul. She looks just like new! Was $147,000, now $137,000. Call 443-569-4433 or email sales@legendyachtsales.com for more information.

41’ Lagoon 410 ’05 Asking $235,000. Innovative yet traditional Lagoon. Galley-salon area opens into cockpit Clean interior, massively airy, light down below, with Lagoon conviviality, 360-degree view. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

47’ Bavaria 47 ‘00 One of the most beautiful sloops on the water. Performance and Quality-- Only one available on East Coast $211,000 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

36’ Hunter 36 ’09 Legend Yacht Sales’ Spring Sales Incentive, was $159,00, now $147,990.Ready for long-term cruising and live aboard. AC, wind generator, solar panel 4-amp, battery upgrade. 443-569-4433 or email sales@legendyachtsales.com.

43’ Beneteau Cyclades 43 ’06 Asking $115,000. Blue water design, generous interior, large cockpit, dual helm, high tech, craftsmanship. Reliability, comfort, elegant finish. Large capacities for water, fuel, gear & food. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

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36’ Catalina MKII ’02 Well priced and ready to sail this Catalina offers a great amount of cockpit space and a big roomy interior with 2 staterooms, AC, & more. Priced at $106,500 Call Jay at (410) 9779460 or jay@knot10.com

38’ Hunter 386 ’03 The Hunter 386 can be sailed single handed, has huge accommodations below and has ample storage room. Priced at $119,000 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

34’ Gemini 105Mc ’12 One of the last of the 105Mcs, a proven and popular cat, 1115 shows like new. In fact, with only 206 engine hours, she is almost new! $179,000. Call 443-569-3392

34’ Gemini 105Mc ’09 Used sailing catamaran was $159, 000, now $149,000. Perfect for cruising! Contact sales@legendyachtsales.com or call 443-569-4433 for more information or to schedule an appointment to see her in person.

Annapolis Landing Marina 980 Awald Drive, Suite 400 Annapolis, MD 21403 (410) 280-0520 allen.murphy@mooringsbrokerage.com

38’ Leopard 39 ‘12 New Listing only $359,000! Three cabin Owners’ version w/huge owners’ shower & head. Spacious salon & aft cockpit, from molds of the 2010 Cruising World Boat of the Year. Twin 3-0hp engines for great maneuverability. 800-672-1327, www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

39’ Beneteau Cyclades 39 ’07 Asking $99,000. Great cruising yacht, comfortable at anchor and underway. Nav station conveniently by companionway. Sails fast, points well. Professionally maintained. 800-6721327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

46’ Leopard 46 ’07 Asking $380,000. Great design, comfortable spaces, bluewater cruiser. Four large cabins, Generator, 3 air conditioners. Hardtop bimini, roll down blinds. Aft deck bench folds into swim platform. Very | easy handling, very safe family cruiser. 800-672-1327, www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

51’ Beneteau Cyclades 50 ’06 Asking $195,000. 16-foot beam = terrific space—double more traditional 50-footers. Comfort unsurpassed in its class. Five cabins (4 double cabins) generator, aircon. Ideal for regattas, cruising. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

28’ Hunter ’87 Yanmar 18-hp, RF, wheel, 4’ draft $12,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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29’ Bayfield ’89 Yanmar 13-hp, shoal, cutter $19,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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29’ Bayfield ’84 Yanmar dsl, 3’6” draft, extended galley. $18,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger. 3 avail. $25,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 30’ Lippincott ’83 Yanmar dsl, Roll furl, shoal draft Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19-hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $114,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 35.5’ Bristol Restoration $26,500 obo Lippincott (410) 827-9300.

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36’ J109 ’05 If you’re looking for a J109, Vento Solare is one of the best equipped on the market. Extensive sail inventory, very complete instrumentation package & new running rigging. A great value at $179,000 David@Northpointyachtsales.com (410) 280-8976

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43’ Endeavor ’82 43 CC Ketch Bow thruster, Loaded! Reduced! $79,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 47’ Gulf Craft Custom, center cockpit ketch. Solar panels, full keel, generator. $49,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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23’ JBoats J70 2012 Totally Tricked Out! Two sets of North sails, Upgraded hardware where allowed, Upgraded running rigging throughout $57,000. Call David Malkin 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ Dehler ’98 Rare boat to the US market. Win races and cruise in comfort. The ideal performance oriented pocket cruiser. Fresh bottom. Nice instrument package. Cruising and racing sails. $61,500 David@Northpointyachtsales.com (410) 280-8976 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 $53,000 David@Northpointyachtsales.com (410) 280-8976

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’07 Hunter 44DS - $230,000 36’ Modified NY ’36 ’81 1st to Newport and 1st to Halifax (2009). Race ready w/ excellent sail inventory & equipment (Custom keel, carbon fiber mast, Ockams, radar & more). PHRF rating 108 (114 w/ furler) $27,500 Call David Cox 410-310-3476 davidcox@northpointyachtsales.coM

JUST REDUCED ‘00 Hunter 460 - $159,000

’08 Jeanneau 42i - $205,000

‘01 Hunter 410 - $134,000

‘03 Hunter 426 - $170,000

40’ J120s North Point Euro Trash Girl for sale. Very competitive boat in the ocean & on the bay. Bottom just redone. Survey available. Call Paul to learn more. $124,900 paul@northpointyachtsales.com 410-280-2038

41’ 1998 Tripp 41 Great opportunity to own a Bill Tripp designed 41 This boat has been fully renovated and modified to achieve the full cruiser racer level. $119k Call Ken Comerford 410-280-2038 or ken@northpointyachtsales.com

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’97 Hunter 376 - $70,000

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Tanzer ’87 .................$ 7,900 Hunter ‘09.................$ 26,000 Hunter ‘79.................$ 9,997 S2 8.6 ’85 ..................$ 13,900 Hunter ‘86.................$ 30,000 Hunter ’86.................$ 22,000 Hunter ’06.................$ 70,000 Catalina ’96...............$ 56,500 Hunter ‘03.................$ 72,500 Hunter ’82.................$ 18,000 Hunter ‘05.................$ 79,000 Hallberg Rassy ‘76.....$ 39,900 C&C ‘84 ....................$ 24,000 Island Packet ’01 ......$149,000 Endeavour Cat ‘99....$149,000 Ericson ’81 ................$ 39,000 Hunter ‘05.................$120,000 Beneteau ‘00 ............$ 88,000

37.5 Hunter ’96.................$ 70,000 376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 72,000 376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 70,000 38 Herrishoff Cat ’85 .....$ 72,000 38 Hunter ’06.................$120,000 380 Hunter ’02 Sloop ......$ 95,999 405 Northwind ’86 ..........$ 59,000 41 Hunter ’07.................$185,000 41AC Hunter ’05.................$169,000 410 Hunter ‘01.................$134,000 42i Jeanneau ’08 ............$205,000 42 Morgan ‘70 ...............$ 50,000 426 Hunter ‘03.................$170,000 44DS Hunter ’07................$230,000 45CC Hunter ‘01.................$159,900 460 Hunter ’00.................$159,000 49 Jeanneau ’05 ............$219,000 49 Hunter ’07.................$316,900

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 40’ Hinckley B-40 Custom ’66 Complete survey done May 2013. Refrig, AC, coal fireplace, Radar, GPS, AP, traditional mahogany interior, canvass for all exterior teak etc. REDUCED TO $89,000 OBYS 410-2260100 41’ X Yachts X-412MK III ’02 The X 412 has been one of the most successful high quality yachts built to date. She will appeal to the sailor looking for a boat to race and cruise. $247,500. Call Ken Comerford 410-280-2038 or ken@northpointyachtsales.com

43’ Hinckley ’81 Everything you will need to cruise from Maine to the Islands, live aboard in Annapolis or day sail. 4’4” board up draft will take you anywhere. New 08 - Forespar rig, North sails, Cruisair AC and Westerbeke rebuilt. $175,000 David@Northpointyachtsales.com (410) 280-8976

48’ J145 ‘01 Many custom upgrades makes this the best performing J145 out there. Excellent boat for racing or cruising fast. $459,000 Call Ken Comerford 410-280-2038

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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. 44’ Beneteau 44.7 ’06 If you are looking for a Cruiser Racer with everything to keep the entire family happy than this is your boat. MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION!!!! $244,900. Call Ken Comerford 410-280-2038 or ken@northpointyachtsales.com

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410 Hunter ’01 Simple Pleasures is a beauty! She’s loaded w/space and equipped with 2 heads & showers, 2 air conditioners, VHF/radio, autopilot/GPS & more! $134,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 426 Hunter ’03 Alibi is a beauty with space and 2 heads, 2 showers, autopilot/radar, GPS/ chartplotter &more! $170,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, “ www.nortonyachts.com. 42’ Jeanneau ’08 Fandango is a oneowner beautifully maintained cruiser equipped with AC/Heat, bowthruster, 2 heads, in-mast furling, & More! $205,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 45CC Hunter ’01 Boomerang is a beautiful yacht equipped with AC/Heat, TV/DVD, GPS, Autopilot, Plotter, Zodiac 6 person life raft, a gorgeous spinnaker, & much more! $159,900, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 460 Hunter ’00 Proud Mary is a lovely yacht with 3 cabins, 2 heads, TV/Video/ Stereo. She’s ready to sail! $159,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com.

30’ J/92S ‘06 Beautiful boat, well equipped, and nicely maintained. She lives on lift in summer and on her trailer in the winter. Major price reduction and is now asking $65,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

4400 Tartan Sloop ’08 Beautiful raised salon cruising vessel. Roller Boom reefing, roller furling headsail, genset, AC/HT, Electric winches, refrigeration and so much more! Reduced $339,000 OBYS 410-226-0100 50’ Flying Dutchman Cutter ‘80 Designed by Holman. Offshore capable. Survey in Feb. 2011 put a value of $246,000. We are asking $129,900 as the owner is understanding of the market and she is seriously for sale. OBYS 410-226-0100

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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 30’ Sea Sprite ’84 Wind Courser Traditional Style, sloop, full keel, Harken roller furler, dodger, bimini, 14-hp Universal dsl. Asking: $22,500 Call Regent Point Marina 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 33’ Hunter ’79 Here at Last Yanmar 15hp dsl, no sails. Owner must sell - bring all offers. Asking: $8,000 PRICED TO SELL Regent Point Marina (804) 7584457 www.regentpointmarina.com 35’ Pearson Yawl ’77 Indian Summer Great sailing boat, keel/CB, less than 4 draft w/board up, Westerbeke 27-hp, Furlex RF, bimini: Asking $19,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 36’ Cape Dory ‘86 Hunky Dory Clean, Well cared for, Ready to go. Perkins dsl, A/C heat pump, new canvas 2010, potable generator, & much more. Asking: $82,500 Call Regent Point marina 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 37’ Beneteau Envision ’83 Ideal liveaboard. Rare center cockpit pilothouse design ketch. One of only a few made, Set up for major cruising, Duel helm stations, 3 cabin layout, 2 heads. $49,500 PRICE REDUCED. Call Regent Point marina @804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 40’ Challenger ’73 Red Tail Yankee Engine rebuilt in 2012, Great live aboard go anywhere boat, ketch rig, large interior. $35,000. PRICE REDUCED. Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-7584457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Island Packet 32 Centreboard ’96 Only 3’6” shoal draft gets you into shallow water. Deep 7’6” draft really improves performance! Many recent upgrades. $109,500. S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com.

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North Point Yacht Sales Is hiring full time sail and power yacht brokers in Annapolis, MD. Requirements: proven track record in yacht sales, strong client relationships skills, experience in development of sales plan and execution of plans, expertise in customer support, experience in power and sailboat market analysis, four year BS/BA degree preferred. Please send all inquiries and resumes to Ken@NorthPointYachtSales.com. 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. Sailmakers Needed! Largest Sail Loft in Annapolis is seeking workers from Entry level to Master Craftsmen. Enthusiasm, attention to detail and reliability required. We can teach the rest for the right candidate. Pay based on experience, year round opportunity with growth potential. Contact via email only charlie@warrioryachting.com Marine Painting/Fiberglass Specialist – Full service repair company Kent Island/Annapolis area. 3 year’s experience, organized, neat, valid driver’s license. Will train the right candidate. Some benefits. Email or Fax resume with references. NO PHONE CALLS. scandiamarineservices@gmail.com FAX (443) 249-8046

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REAL ESTATE For Sale: Waterfront Deep water building lot, small livable cabin on property. Chase Creek off Severn. Owner $237,500 (828) 743-3666, (828) 743-2835. Space For Lease Eastport 2nd floor /view of the bay. (443) 336-2694.

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Winter Dry Storage $25 per ft. Fall thru April 2014. Includes Haul-Out, Powerwash, Blocking, and Launch. Patapsco River – Baltimore Outer Harbor. Old Bay Marina (410) 477-1488 or www.oldbaymarina.com

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Slips & STORAGE 15’ Up to 60’ Deep-Water Slips On the Magothy. One river north of Annapolis. Easy access to marina by Route 100. North Shore Marina (410) 255-3982. 20’ - 40’ Slips. Pier 4 Marina 301 4th St., Eastport, across from Annapolis Yacht Club. Keep your boat where the Hinckley and Sabre dealers keep theirs. Electric, water & showers. (410) 990-9515. 20’-36’ Slips Young’s Boat Yard Inc., Jones Creek, Patapsco River. Deep, protected slips at reasonable rates. 15-Ton open-end TraveLift. Friendly atmosphere with personal attention. Wed. night racing. YoungsBoatYard.com, (410) 477-8607. 25’ - 40’ Slips, MD Clean Marina / Boatyard of the Year. Power & sail, cozy. Intimate in protected Deale harbor. Excellent boating & fishing, free WIFi & pumpout. 30 mins. from DC. 2013 discount to new customers. (410) 867-7919. www. 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.

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30’ - 50’ Deepwater Slips For Sale & Rent On the western shore of the Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Flag Harbor Yacht Haven (410) 586-0070, www. flagharbor.com. Winter storage & repair (410) 5861915. Deep Water Covered & Open Slips Up to 50 feet Full service, land storage, transients welcome. Fairview Marina (410) 437-3400. Whitehall Marina Has a few slips available for 2013. Deep water, recently constructed piers, and very protected Whitehall Creek location. (410)757-4819, www.whitehallannapolis.com Storage for Sails, Boat Stuff or Anything else. Great storage in temperature controlled office building with drive up access in Annapolis on Chinquapin Road. Work bench area and great lighting. I have my stuff there, but it is more space than I need. A very comfortable space with carpet and drop ceilings. Kevin McNeil 410-355-7910 x117

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SURVEYORS ABYI Marine Surveyors, LLC Sail & powerboat surveys, big or small. Contact Derek Rhymes, NAMSCMS and SAMS A.M.S. (410) 268-4404 or toll free (866) 608-4404.

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Diversified Marine........................................47

Norton Yachts.......................................65,107

Allstate Insurance........................................93

Doctor LED..................................................63

Norton’s Sailing School...............................57

Annapolis Accommodations........................36

Dream Yacht Charters...................................3

Pantaenius America....................................23

Annapolis Athletic Club...............................91

East of Maui................................................71

Pettit Marine Paint Vivid........................6,7,83

Annapolis Bay Charters...............................66

Eastport Spar and Rigging..........................70

Planet Hope.................................................78

Annapolis Boat Shows................................49

Eastport Yacht Club......................................8

Pocket-Yacht Company...............................52

Annapolis Gelcoat.......................................82

Fawcett Boat Supplies.................................32 Ferry Point Marina.......................................48

Pro Valor Charters.......................................37

Annapolis Performance Sailing.....................5 Annapolis Yacht Sales.........................19,105

Great Blue Yachts.....................................110

Atlantic Spars & Rigging..............................36

Grundy Agency............................................27

Bacon Sails & Marine Supplies.....................2

Harbor East Marina.....................................81

Bay Shore Marine........................................63

Harken.........................................................79

Bay Yacht Agency.......................................12

Herrington Harbour......................................33

Bayshore Mortgage Funding.......................82

Hotwire Enterprises.....................................52

Bermuda Ocean Race.................................86

Hydrovane International Marine Inc............51

Beta Marine.................................................52

Intensity Sails..............................................82

Blue Water Sailing School...........................44

J. Gordon & Co.......................................48,75

Boatyard Bar & Grill.....................................28

J/World........................................................44

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Jimmy Johns...............................................93

Campbell’s Boatyards.................................47

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KTI Systems................................................72

Chesapeake Boating Club...........................75

Landfall Navigation....................................119

Chesapeake Harbour Inc............................69

Lighthouse Inflatables.................................30

Chesapeake Light Craft...............................74

Lippincott Marine.......................................111

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Mack Boring & Parts Co..............................31

Coppercoat USA.........................................62

Mack Sails...................................................69

Cover Loft....................................................66

Marine Technical Services..........................45

CRAB........................................................108

Maritime Solutions.......................................51

CRAB Boatyard Regatta.............................84

Martek Davits..............................................68

CruiseROWater...........................................67

MD Department of Natural Resource..........46

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Crusader Yacht Sales...............................103

Moorings...............................................17,101

Viking Life Saving Equipment......................51

Curtis Stokes.................................................4

North Point Yacht Sales..............................15

Walczak Yacht Sales...................................22

Cypress Marine...........................................94

North Sails Chesapeake............................120

West Marine Rigging...................................35

Davis’ Pub...................................................94

North Sails Direct........................................26

Young’s Boat Yard......................................68

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C HESAPEAKE CLA SSIC Sport Utility Vehicle. A VW Print ad from 1963. by David Gendell

n 1963, the Mad Men behind Volkswagen’s famous print ad campaigns, Manhattan-based DDB agency, colorfully merged a VW “Station Wagon” with a Sailfish to memorably demonstrate the extraordinary possibilities offered by the vehicle. The vehicle is an air-cooled, 21-window, VW Samba bus. Suggested retail price on the East Coast was $2655. The boat is a Sailfish, developed in 1947 by Alcort, a small Connecticut iceboat building company that was looking to broaden its product line. Legend holds that the Sailfish evolved from work the company undertook in response to a proposal to build Red Cross lifesaving paddleboards. Alcort never built the paddleboards, but the Sailfish were quickly ubiquitous along the waterfront. In August 1949 LIFE magazine described it as “The World’s Wettest, Sportiest boat.” And reported that the Sailfish “caught on instantly.” The original Sailfirst was 11-feet, seven-and-a-half inches LOA and carried a 65-square-foot sail. Shortly after introduction a turbo’ed version appeared, the Super Sailfish. The larger, more powerful Super Sailfish checked in at 13-feet, seven inches LOA and carried a 75-square-foot sail. Legend holds that the pregnant wife of one of Alcort’s founders enjoyed the boats but was looking for a small cockpit. In response, in 1952, Alcort launched the legendary Sunfish. Sailfish and Sunfish were produced in wood and, starting in 1959-60, in fiberglass, although wood build-it-yourself kits remained available. By the time this ad was created, Alcort had sold more than 40,000 boats and a Sailfish kits were selling for $209. However, by 1963, the Sailfish and the Super Sailfish production lines were winding down and Alcort was focusing on the larger Sailfish MK II featuring

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an evolved design and aluminum spars, retailing in 1963 for $394. Alert Sailfish aficionados point out that the iconic VW ad features a Sailfish hull and a Super Saifish rig. No doubt paired by the ad men for maximum visual effect.

So… where are they now? We found a 1963 Super Sailfish MKII, in nice condition and with a trailer, for sale in Florida for $850. As for the bus, a similar, perfectly restored 1963 VW Samba, bus sold in a 2011 auction for $217,800.

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