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Not Again

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uring last year’s snow-filled winterpalooza, I developed a special relationship with a bottle of 14-year-old Oban Scotch and a large collection of fishing DVDs. When the first storm came in December, I hunkered down on the couch and watched hour after hour of tarpon, permit, trout, bonefish, striper, and sailfish action as the snow fell. By the time storm number two came around in early February and dropped 30 inches of snow on much of Bay country, I was still watching the DVDs, but began adding a bit of Scotch whisky magic to the ritual to take the edge off the mayhem going on outside. Some of us ventured out into the mess, but I eventually bailed on storm number three and headed to England for a week, where it was an unusual 30 degrees warmer most days in London than it was in Annapolis. I suppose chasing permit on the Venezuelan flats might have been a better choice for a 40th birthday celebration and 10-year anniversary in the middle of winter, but I still felt snide knowing I’d left some of the misery behind for others to deal with.

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PropTalk and the Boatyard Bar & Grill are teaming up to bring the ever-popular “Angler’s Night Out” back to liven up your Tuesday nights. Starting on January 11, anglers from all over the Bay will gather for libations and dinner (the meatloaf rocks) and to watch a hand-selected series of prime fishing movies on the Boatyard Market’s expansive projection screen. We’ll take a break and turn the Boatyard Bar & Grill over to the sailors on the week of the 18th for Key West Race Week, and then continue the series every other Tuesday night from January 25 through March 22.

Food and drinks start promptly at 6 p.m. at the corner of Severn and Fourth streets in Eastport, with curtain time for the movies at 7 p.m. Be there or be square.

When winter starts to prove too much too early, check out the January issue of PropTalk (on the docks December 15), where we’ll dish the goods on the best southern charter fishing destinations, guides, and vacations. Jumping in a plane to Costa Rica and then hopping a boat to tease sailfish out of the deep blue Pacific Ocean on a fly rod sound like fun to me. If that sounds good to you, too, we’ll show you how to make it all happen. Additionally, we’ll show you how and where to charter and cruise powerboats and motor-yachts in the southern latitudes for a winter escape.

If boat and fishing shows are your ticket, check out our Winter Boat and Fishing Shows Planner in the same issue.

Cabin fever can be cured in many ways, and our February issue will aim to get you off the couch and energize some brain cells.

Besides helping prep you for the Baltimore Boat Show (January 27-30 this year), we’ll cover a large range of winter learning options including diesel and engine classes, electrical and wiring courses, and more.

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See you at the Boatyard Bar & Grill on Tuesday nights. I’ll be the one with an Otter Creek Copper Ale and a plate of Boatyard Bar & Grill’s specialty meatloaf.

Maybe Old Man Winter will cut us some slack this year. If he doesn’t, and you can’t find Oban at your liquor store, Lagavulin is a worthy substitute. Enjoying either smoky malt requires that your car keys stay put as you enjoy the fishing movies on your television, while it snows outside.

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Out of My Mind

by Ruth Christie

Weekend Away Wins Over Gale Warning Babysitter? Check—Jim’s sister Nancy

had agreed to watch the kids [read: keep them alive] at our house October 1-3.

A hot, prepaid pizza would be delivered Friday evening; and an Annapolis Seafood crab cake, kid-appeasing snacks, and other goodies awaited her visit.

Reservations? Check—We took Friday off from work and had a two-night slip reservation at the St. Michaels Marina, our go-to place to see the town each fall.

We also had a Saturday dinner reservation at the Inn at Perry Cabin. Oh, la la.

Sustenance? Check—Lobsters, champagne, and all else needed for a kid-free weekender were ready to be stowed.

Weather? Well…—Two days before our trip, tropical storm remnants had dumped a record nine inches of rain in some areas.

All week, the high water prevented us from boarding and provisioning the boat. But, that weekend, the system was due to push out. It was, after all, our 26th wedding anniversary. Everything had been arranged.

It was time to go. No boat shows; no work; no laundry; no whining.

Friday was sunny, with no rain forecasted, and the small-craft warning was dropped. Problem was, it was replaced by a gale warning. Now we had to decide whether to leave Friday as planned or postpone to Saturday. We drove the car to Beverly Beach to check for white caps. Luckily, the blustery, debris-filled waters had not had a chance to get medieval… yet. Not to be deterred, we opted to head to the West River’s mouth; if things got ugly, we’d turn around and switch to Plan B. Our chances for an adult weekend on the boat are rare, so a mere forecast was not going to stop us.

Because Kent Island does not break wind or waves, our port side got deluged by angry walls of water catapulting over the bow and onto the pilothouse all the way up 10 December 2010 PropTalk

The view from our flybridge… An 80-foot, 1947 Trumpy named Sophie graced St. Michaels Marina’s docks this October. Her owner, Greta Van Susteren, hosts “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. Photo by Jim Christie

the Eastern Bay. But, no going back then.

We had bought our 40-foot Downeaster so we could be out in unruly weather and stay safe, dry, and relatively comfortable. But, it was unsettling to be out in such rough conditions. No wonder we had seen only one other (crazy?) boat along the usually highly traveled route to St. Michaels.

After three-foot swells surged us up the Miles River, we sidled up to St. Michaels Marina’s fuel dock and breathed a temporary sigh of relief; we still, after all, had to dock. Wide-eyed stares from spectators told us we were nuts to be traveling that day. A few captains asked us what it was like out there, and we bluffed nonchalance as if we barely noticed. A few boats had extended their slip arrangements to wait for better weather; a sailboat was still in our assigned spot (chickens!).

Going the Extra Mile—Our dock hand,

Roy Myers, was wonderful! He helped us get fuel and a pumpout and walked Jim around to review other slip options. In tight quarters and 40-knot winds, Jim backed our boat into the agreed-upon slip. Roy caught and secured our stern lines and took good care of the boat while we set the bow and spring lines. No bumps, scrapes, or yells.

Nice! Roy more than earned his tip and our gratitude.

Saturday brought people-watching and boat-docking entertainment at its best.

The marina’s staff are real pros.They hop to it to ensure nobody runs into trouble.

That goes a long way in keeping marital peace onboard. Each year, we’ve enjoyed observing one staff member in particular: a young, red-headed dock hand, who is super helpful and responsive and never stops working. Like his peers, Chris Atkinson jumps on boats to direct traffic and help tie up and fend off. He’s always in the right place at the right time. During our stay, he asked once if he could go on our bow in case he needed to fend off an incoming vessel trying to turn around and dock in cramped spaces and bumpy waters. Jim gave Chris the green light as often as he needed. In addition to the marina’s fuel dock, pumpout, ship’s store, pool, shower, dock bar, restaurant, proximity to town, and expansive views of the harbor and waterfront, such superior docking services compel us to return every year.

Although the wind whipped the marina’s flags into a frenzy all weekend, we stayed safe and sound in our slip. We could only imagine what the Bay was like and kept a close eye on the forecast. After enjoying the sights and sounds of sunsoaked St. Michaels, we found a weather window and arrived home before impending rain on Sunday. All in all, we were glad we had gone. We have fond memories of fine meals, peaceful strolls, and a romantic weekend getaway. And, thanks to manager Mike Morgan, we have anniversary souvenirs: St. Michaels Marina T-shirts and koozies. Sweet! proptalk.com

Letters Hi Gary,

A couple comments for ya: We agree that Elizabeth City, NC, Beaufort, NC, St. Mary’s, GA, Daytona Beach, FL; and Charleston (of course) are all ICW gems.

But we’re not so sure about Belhaven, NC. However, you didn’t mention two of the best places in town, which might help with its “gem status:” - The museum, which is an attic collection of a lady who lived a very long time in Belhaven and collected everything (seriously—everything).

- The hardware store, which is a nice Ace/True Value (we forget which) that also sells beer, wine, and gourmet items. When was the last time you saw that?

Other stops that we think deserve “gem status:” - Morehead City, NC: You mentioned it in passing and mentioned a restaurant where the smell of grease finds you about a quarter-mile away. The Morehead City Yacht Basin is very protected, has a captain’s lounge, has a courtesy car (that’s not a “beast”), and is across the parking

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lot from Floyd’s 1921—the best Chesapeake Bay Powerboating restaurant in Morehead City.

- Southport, NC: Has a marina, an anchorage, and a free town dock. The real town is a short walk away with several really good restaurants.

- Georgetown, SC: A real town with decent stores, a really great restaurant (The Rice Paddy), and a bakery.

- Fernandina Beach, FL: Another great stop with lots of stores, many good restaurants Annapolis: Heading South: Solomons: (alas, none are great), and two Grand Prix Outside the 6 Southern bakeries (high points for that).

Racing News Destinations Show Gates - Cocoa Village, FL: A very November 2010 FREE nice marina and anchorage, many nice shops (no T-shirt shops), and a couple of outstanding restaurants.

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by Ruth Christie aybe they overate at Thanksgiving, or overdosed on eggnog.

Early December lures captains and crew to lighted boat parades like mosquitoes to bug zappers. To outsiders, it makes little sense, because it’s always dark, and sometimes rainy, cold, and windy. To insiders, it’s a perfectly acceptable thing to do when the holiday season hits Chesapeake country. If you’ve heard someone muttering about “generator versus deep cell battery power,” “inverter wattage,” “pulsating LEDs versus incandescents,” and “working with chicken wire,” chances are he or she is one of those people.

Jack Pope is on the committee that organizes the boat parade in Hampton, VA. He says, “I’m not sure why people do parades in the winter. We’ve been doing them for about 20 years now, and the weather is usually pretty good, with 50-degree temps. Attendees also like that our parade kicks off Hampton’s holiday season and comes with several sponsors, a party, and trophy presentations. We expect between 20 and 25 boats this year.”

He adds, “I guess it’s all about getting out there and showing off your boat and your creativity skills. Some of the decorations are absolutely mindboggling… truly unimaginable. One year, a snowman kept jumping up and down on the end of a spinnaker pole. Another time, a Chesapeake Bay deadrise had four people with lights all over them dancing all around. Some of the entrants can get 1000 lights on a 30-footer!”

These events usually start at dusk and always feature illuminated boats over shimmering waters, countless spectators all over the place, warm clothes and warming beverages, fun prizes and award ceremonies, and awesome photo ops for tripod aficionados. Bonus features include holiday music, decorated shorelines, helpful parade narrators, tour boat rides, and post-parade potluck parties someplace warm and cozy.

Many events also help out local charities.

Lynn Turnage—who helped launch Hampton’s lighted boat parade program— says, “Years ago, the now defunct Hampton Frolics—a special events group—

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contacted me, because at the time, I owned two marinas and could link organizers to boaters. Miss Hampton always leads the parade. Onboard, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus greet the families; the price of admission is an unwrapped toy for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. It’s been great to see the many different decorating ideas boaters have. Like Jack says, my favorite one was when all the crew dressed in black and wore battery-operated lights outlining their bodies. We’ve even had some kayaks join the parade. Different things pop up that make the parades fun, and some vendors are on hand to serve up hot cocoa or hot cider. It’s a fun event for the whole family. The icing on the cake is that it’s all for a good cause.”

Decorating Tips

• Rent a generator or use an inverter, which will convert 12-volt battery power to the 110-volt household current that light strings require. Hook the inverter to your spare battery, and plug your lights into the inverter. Use extension cords to avoid multiple light string groupings.

• LED lights use little electricity, glow brilliantly, and burn all night on one battery.

Rope lights are easy to string and won’t get caught on netting or small items. Use bright colored or white lights as the background for your other decorations, which should be big and bright.

• When placing your lights, consider how you will attach your fenders and mooring lines and how close the lights are to the waterline.

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• Winning decorators plan ahead. A good simple idea, effectively carried out has the most impact on judges and spectators.

Register, use your imagination, experiment, and be unique and creative. Make a decorating plan. Decide if there is enough room for seven swans a swimming or Santa on a sleigh. Make the crew’s costumes an integral part of your design. Animation can be complex and expensive or as simple as a crew member pulling a line to make something move. Music that fits your theme is a nice touch.

• Buy only decorations, holiday lights, and extension cords that are rated for outdoor use. Check each string of lights before you hang them. Both sides of the boat will be seen if you are making a circle during the Christmas boat parade. Charlie Brown, the Grinch, or Scrooge should be placed high on the boat and in the center, where it can be seen from both sides. Everything must be firmly attached.

• Decorate with two- or three-color combinations; too many colors make the whole boat blurry to spectators, because of watery reflections. Use strings of lights to outline your boat’s shape.

• Make sure the skipper can still see without bright lights or decorations impeding his view. Navigation lights should be unencumbered; enhance them by using red bulbs near the port light and green light bulbs near the starboard light.

• Prepare now for wet and cold conditions. Water and electricity do not make good bedfellows, so wrap all connections with electrical tape to prevent grounding and plug your lights and decorations into circuits protected by circuit breakers and ground-fault circuit interupters. proptalk.com

• Make sure the decorations don’t obstruct or prevent use of required safety devices, including ring buoys, life rafts, life jackets, and fire extinguishers. Wrapping a string of lights around your ring buoy renders it useless.

• Take time to complete your setup and run it on the intended power for one hour; if it fails, you have time to readjust connections.

Parading

• Arrive at the lineup point early; latecomers take up the rear. Follow the boat in front of you, single file, and don’t try to change your position underway. Maintain the parade speed; don’t crowd boats ahead and behind you, and don’t create boring distances between you and other vessels. Travel slowly, and watch your wake. Be able to stop within half the distance to the boat in front of you.

• If some of your crew are newbies, place them in a quiet part of the boat and don’t expect them to be able to react on a moment’s notice.

Assign specific duties to those onboard who can help with docking, navigating, and entertaining. Oh, and have fun.

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Benefits Toys for Tots. fpyc.net • Colonial Beach, VA. colonialbeach.org • Hampton, VA. hamptoncvb.com • Solomons. solomonsmaryland.com • Yorktown, VA. (757) 890-4970 December 5 • Rock Hall, MD. rockhallmd.com December 11 • Annapolis Harbor. eastportyc.org • James River near Richmond, VA. jamesriveradvisorycouncil.com For more details and hot links to event websites, visit proptalk.com.

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DOCKTALK Fishing Charters for Veterans

by Beth Crabtree his fall, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reaching out to our service men and women with an exiting new program that takes veterans out on charter fishing expeditions. At press time, nine charters have been completed, and 23 more are planned throughout November.

It’s all part of an outreach program designed specifically for veterans. “These trips give us a chance to repay our returning servicemen in a small way, through a unique partnership, while also supporting the Bay’s important charter boat industry. This program benefits everyone involved,” says DNR Secretary John Griffin.

For captain Brian Keehn, president of the Maryland Charter Boat Association (MCBA), taking out a group of veterans was rewarding both professionally and personally. Keehn hosted a group of Vietnam veterans from the Baltimore Veterans Administration hospital on his boat, Canvasback. Keehn says, “When they got on the boat, these guys were quiet, with their heads down. As we started to catch some fish, the guys came alive. They started laughing and talking. One nurse told me her patient was the happiest she’d seen him in a long time, and that he talked more that day than he had in the

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last six months. Being out on the water made all the difference in the world.

They were a completely different crew when they got off the boat. I knew we’d done a great thing, something special.”

Another charter tour included Staff Sergeant Sean Durgin of Middle River, MD. A veteran with the Maryland National Air Guard, Durgin had fished only in a pond and didn’t know what to expect. “I can’t believe what a rush it was catching those bluefish. I’m definitely ‘hooked’ on fishing in the Bay,” he says.

DNR Fisheries Service employee and Army veteran Dennis Robinson coordinates the trips with captains from MCBA. “Recreational experiences like these say a lot about our state’s commitment to veterans, not only as a way to say ‘thank you’ to our men and women in uniform, but also as a vehicle for introducing them to the amazing natural resource-based opportunities we have here in Maryland,” says Robinson. “The combat experience can have profound and long-term effects. Part of the reason I like the program so much is

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Oyster Ogres in St. Mary’s County

by Ruth Christie s I troll through PropTalk’s many diverse directories of photos, something is always missing: shots of the St. Mary’s Oyster Festival near Leonardtown, MD. That’s because we’re all wrapped up into the frenzy of the U.S. Powerboat Show. This year was different, though.

After completing my booth duty and a few meet-and-greets on Saturday of the show, I helped my husband indulge in a guilty pleasure by driving to the festival on Sunday.

Both days of the festival, fingers fly as knives open, cut, and clean with expert precision to perfectly present plump beauties for feasting and for fame.

Marylanders, Virginians, and others from around the country vie in amateur and pro shucking contests, with preliminary and final heats, all leading up to the title competition of the National Oyster Shucking Championship Contest. The fastest male and female shuckers compete for $1800 in cash prizes.

It’s kind of a big deal. In 2007, for example, William “Chopper” Young—the U.S. Oyster Shucking Champion in 2007—won the International Oyster Opening contest in Ireland, with a winning time of 2.47 minutes. That’s the first time since 1976 that an American captured the title.

This year, Clementine Macon from Virginia took first in the women’s division, shucking 24 oysters in two minutes, 46.59 seconds. Mike Martin from Florida won the men’s division with a final time of two minutes, 41.35 seconds and took home Overall Winner honors.

There’s also the National Oyster Cook-Off. For the last two years, Marylander Jackie Hardin was crowned Grand Champion. This year, Grand Champion Michaela Rosenthal won with her coconut- and chili-crusted oysters with caramelized red onion-pineapple relish. Other winners were Barbara Hahn’s Bayou oyster soup and Amy Angelo’s oyster Rockefeller ravioli with white wine sauce. Yum! The pressure is on in the shucking and cooking contests, because

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many contenders are defending champs, with multiple annual wins.

All weekend long, the live music is as diverse as the festival’s food choices. Performances include jazz, rock, folk, gospel, barbershop, Celtic, Reggie, and country.

Oysters come any way you like them: raw, scalded, roasted, fried, or stewed. After my husband and I had slurped countless

oysters, our kids called us “oyster monsters.” Volunteers also offer fried clams, scallops, soft crab sandwiches, crab cakes, shrimp, fried fish, seafood chowder, Southern Maryland ham, beef and chicken specialty dishes, sausages, hamburgers, hot dogs, ‘Old Ham’ on biscuits, and not-tobe-missed stuffed ham sandwiches. The family-friendly festival is a way for local

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They were already concerned about ongoing toxic runoff from over-fertilization and chicken farms polluting the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Then a news story reported that fish contained trace elements of everything from birth-control to mood-elevating drugs.

“Hearing that prescription drugs pollute our nation’s waterways enough to poison fish really hit home,” says Doug. “Our family life revolves around the Potomac and Chesapeake. We wanted to engage more actively to protect these critical and beautiful waterways.”

CFBC wants to offer some of its 50 powerboat fleet for water testing and other conservation and protection efforts. Doug believes the club’s various sizes and styles of boats—spread across four marinas in Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland—can help non-profits conduct comprehensive testing of local waters.

Snapshots of data from assorted river and Bay locations at various times of the year can help guide future decisions and conservation efforts to protect these natural resources. CFBC wants to hear from nonprofits and others interested in developing and implementing this idea. All interested nonprofits (and volunteers) can email CFBC at testing.the.waters2011@gmail.com. carefreeboats.com

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Young Wins $5000 ancy Lee Young of Deale, MD, won the $5000 raffle conducted by the Shady Side Rural Heritage to support the Captain Salem Avery Museum in Shady Side, MD. Her winning ticket was drawn at the Society’s West River Heritage Day/Oyster Festival October 17. After 18 years as a map/graphics editor and illustrator for the feds, Young left Washington, DC, to live on the Chesapeake Bay with open water and unlimited horizons. shadysidemuseum.org

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1818 2209 -0.9 0132 0426 +0.6 0719 1100 -0.9

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1735 1952 +0.6 0205 -1.4 0509 0758 +1.1

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1816 2034 +0.7 0248 -1.4 0550 0840 +1.1

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1900 2115 +0.7 0331 -1.4 0638 0922 +1.1

1257 1622 -1.3

1946 2158 +0.7 0041 0419 -1.3 0728 1007 +1.0

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2033 2247 +0.7 0133 0516 -1.2 0821 1058 +1.0

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1513 1904 -1.2 2218 0041 +0.7 0348 0722 -1.1

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Ake Marine Primetime Rockfish Tournament Ake Marine, Ocean City, MD. (410) 213-0421

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Blondie’s “The Tide Is High” Hits Number One on the British Charts, 1980

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Full Moon Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport. Lively music by D’Vibe & Conga. Rum and beer specials. boatyardbarandgrill.com

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Maryland Water Monitoring Council Conference Maritime Institute, North Linthicum, MD. mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/MWMC

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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Conference Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center, Portsmouth, VA. boatus.com

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Casey Neal Rogers Memorial Rockfish Tournament Smith Point Marina, Reedville, VA. smithpointmarina.com

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Chesapeake Oyster and Beer Festival Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD. beerandoyster.com

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MSSA Chesapeake Fall Classic (Tournament) (410) 255-5535

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Lights on the Bay 5 to 10 p.m. Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis. $14 per car. Sponsored by Anne Arundel Medical Center. (410) 481-3161

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Laser Holidays Virginia Living Museum, Newport News. thevlm.org

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Thanksgiving Day At the time of her famous voyage in 1620, the Mayflower was roughly 12 years old and had kept busy shipping wine.

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100 Miles of Lights Virginia.

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Christmas on the Square 5 to 9 p.m. Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD. somd.com/leonardtown

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Tree Lighting and Fireworks 6 p.m. National Harbor, MD. nationalharbor.com

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Rockfish Derby Lancaster County, VA. beumm.org/rockfish_derby.asp

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Black Friday Rockfish Tournament Ocean City (MD) Fishing Center.

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Rock Around the Clock Pier Fishing Tournament Midnight to midnight.

Sea Gull Fishing Pier, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, VA. cbbt.com

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Britain Signs Agreement Recognizing U.S. Independence, 1782; and Riverboat Pilot and Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) Is Born, 1835 (That Night and the Year He Died [1910], Halley’s Comet Blazed Across the Sky)

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Marilyn Monroe Appears as First Playboy Centerfold, 1953 Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights

Colonial Christmas Yorktown (VA) Victory Center. historyisfun.org

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Midnight Madness 6 p.m. to Midnight. Two Thursdays in Annapolis. annapolismidnightmadness.com

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Christmas on the Creek Oxford, MD. Santa arrives December 4. tourtalbot.org

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Christmas on the Beach 1 to 3 p.m. Santa visits North Beach, MD. ci.north-beach.md.us Fells Point Old Tyme Christmas Broadway Square, Baltimore. See St. Nick arrive by tugboat and enjoy holiday high jinx. fellspointmainstreet.org Midnight Madness in St. Michaels Shopping, sales, prizes, decorations, refreshments, and more. tourtalbot.org Open House Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Rock Hall, MD. Book sales, demos, tours, birding ops, and more. fws.gov/northeast/easternneck

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The First Official Thanksgiving Is Celebrated Along the James River, 1619; Inventor Dr. Robert Adler Is Born, 1913 (Working for Zenith TV, He Used Ultrasonic Technology To Develop the First Marketable Remote Control in 1956); and Surfer Greg Noll Rides a 65-Foot Wave Off Oahu, HI, 1969 (It’s the Highest Ocean Surfing Record Ever Recorded!)

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Marine Electrical Systems Class Annapolis School of Seamanship. annapolisschoolofseamanship.com

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Bathtub Party Day!?

Breakfast with Santa and His Elves 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Rod ’N’ Reel Restaurant, Chesapeake Beach, MD. cbresortspa.com Otis Redding Records “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay,” 1967 (Three days later, he died in a plane crash at age 26. One month later, this song, his biggest hit, was released) Pearl Harbor Day In all, 2402 Americans were killed and 1282 were wounded. Four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk, and four others were damaged.

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National Fudge Brownie Day

Catchin’ for Kids Striper Tournament Virginia Beach.

Benefits Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program. catchinforkids.com

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Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise Deltaville, VA. Take a hayride and then cruise the creek on the F. D. Crockett. deltavilleva.com

The Atlantic Ocean Begins Forming, 130 Million Years Ago Today; and To Assess Land Taxes Based on a Farmer’s Potential Harvest, King Sejong and His Son—Prince Munjong— Invent the First Standardized Rain Gauge, 1441

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Christmas in St. Michaels Benefits local community organizations. christmasinstmichaels.org

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Old-Fashioned Christmas 5 to 9 p.m. Cambridge, MD. cambridgemainstreet.com

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Santa Swim 9 to 11 a.m. Hyatt RegencyCambridge, MD. Swim/plunge (period dress encouraged) to help less-fortunate locals. careandsharefund@yahoo.com

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The Movie “The Poseidon Adventure” Is Released, 1972

The Ship Silverton Begins Laying the First Telephone Cable, 1902 (The Cable Stretched from San Francisco, CA, to Honolulu, HI); and the Movie “Nineteen Eighty-Four” Is Released, 1984

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National Cupcake Day (Recipes Date Back to 1796); the Movie “Young Frankenstein” Is Released, 1974 (Inspired by Marty Feldman’s “Walk This Way” Scene, Steven Tyler Pens Aerosmith’s Hit Song the Morning After Seeing the Movie); and the Talking Heads Release “Psycho Killer,” 1977 (The Lyrics Were Inspired by Norman Bates in the Movie “Psycho,” Which Was Based on Serial Killer Ed Gein)

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Endurance Is Launched, 1912 (Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed this three-masted Barquentine for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial TransAntarctic Expedition. She was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built)

Virginia Beach National Tournament Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub, Virginia Beach, VA. fishasa.com

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Vienna (MD) Luminaria 6 to 9 p.m. House tours, 1500 luminaries, Santa, museum exhibits, carols, and more. viennamd.org

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The Movie “Titanic” Is Released, 1997

Carly Simon’s, “Let the River Run,” Is Released, 1988 Winter Solstice 6:38 p.m.

Time for massive quantities of grog.

Happy Festivus festivusweb.com

Christmas Eve Row Hosted by Mathews (VA) Land Conservancy. mathewslandconservancy.com

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Twinkies Are Invented, 1930 Cellulose gum gives Twinkies and rocket fuel a slightly gelatinous feel.

Ewww! Microwaving one turns it to goo.

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Waterskiing Santa and His Helpers National Harbor, MD. waterskiingsanta.com

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Christmas Day Sir Isaac Newton (1642), Clara Barton (1821), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Alice Cooper (1945), and Jimmy Buffett (1946) were all born on this day.

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Pilgrims Arrive in Plymouth, MA, 1620; the First Steamship —C. Vanderbilt—Owned by One Person (Cornelius Vanderbilt) Takes Her Maiden Voyage, 1860; and the First U.S. Navy Hospital Ship—the River Steamer USS Red Rover—Enters Service, 1862

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Million Dollar Rockfish Challenge Virginia Beach. kwente-asa@cox.net

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The Movie “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” Is Released, 1960 (Lt. Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into commanding a garbage scow on a top-secret mission with a crew of misfits who don’t know a jib from a jigger)

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Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

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Winterization 101

by Eric Burnley

A typical pre-winter scene at many marine supply stores. Photo by Joe Evans

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aving lived all of my life in places where winter means freezing temperatures and snow and having owned some sort of boat for most of that time, I have had to learn how to protect my boats from the elements.

I have also seen the results when a boat is not properly winterized, and it is not a pretty sight. Following a simple routine at layup time will ensure you’re ready for an early spring cruise or a shot at trophy rockfish with little or no hassle.

Inboard Engines

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ost inboard marine engines are water cooled, and this water will freeze if not drained and replaced with antifreeze. To prevent corrosion from wrecking your spring cruising or fishing trips, run antifreeze through the entire system after draining. Make sure you use pink 28 December 2010 PropTalk

antifreeze with corrosion inhibitors that contains propylene glycol, not ethylene glycol—its toxic, funky-green brother.

I always remove the thermostat and open the petcocks in the block after flushing the cooling system. Once I am sure all the water is out, I replace the thermostat housing, close the petcocks, and add the antifreeze. I have rigged up a special system for my Volvo outdrive block. I remove the intake hose from the oil cooler and replace it with a four-foot-long hose. The other end of the hose gets placed in a plastic bucket with two gallons of antifreeze.

My wife starts the engine while I keep the hose in the bucket until I see antifreeze running out of the lower unit. At this point, I politely ask her to stop the engine. This way I am certain the antifreeze is getting to every part of the block and manifolds. In spring, I put in a new thermostat.

You can also remove the intake hose from the seacock at the raw-water end of your inboard gas or diesel engine (close the seacock first), place it in a large bucket full of antifreeze, and introduce it to the engine that way. Make sure it goes through the whole system by checking for evidence of the antifreeze in the exhaust water.

Many experts also recommend changing the engine coolant before layup, as well.

In addition to the cooling system, the engine oil and transmission fluid must be drained and replaced so corrosive elements in the oil don’t eat away at the inside of your expensive mechanical parts during the winter. Make sure you also change the oil filter and any other associated lube filters you may have.

Outboard Engines

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utboard engines are much less trouble to winterize. The block of an outboard will drain when the engine is in the down position. I flush out my outboard with fresh water and run Salt-Away through the cooling system.

Once I am satisfied with the flushing, I spray the entire motor with WD-40. I am careful to coat the exposed wires to stop water intrusion.

Four-stroke outboards require a bit more work. In addition to the water flushing, the crankcase must be drained, new oil added, and a new oil filter must be installed at the same time. It’s also the time to change the lower unit oil for outboards or inboard/outboards. Check the old lower unit oil for signs of metal fragments. If you see bits of metal, trouble is underway, and a visit to the shop is in order. proptalk.com

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Fogging

always fog the engine, either gasoline inboard or outboard, before storing for the winter. This is a pretty easy task. Simply purchase a can of fogging oil and follow the instructions. For the past few years, I have used WD-40 to fog and coat my engines. I spray the oil into the carburetor as you would a fogging product.

I then remove the spark plugs and spray the WD-40 into each cylinder. For smaller diesel engines, spray fogging oil into the intake manifold and turn the engine by hand (if possible) to draw the oil into the cylinders. Don’t bump the starter, as most diesel engines can start and run on the fogging fluid. Fogging is not feasible for larger diesel engines.

Fuel System

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his is where things get tricky. Before ethanol was added to our gasoline, simply adding a fuel stabilizer to the tank and running it through the system were all you had to do. The addition of ethanol to gasoline (with its water retaining properties) has changed the game.

Many skippers store their tanks full, as a means to reduce condensation, but you’ll hear a load of debate on the subject.

Some folks believe stabilizers don’t work, and that a cup or two of water is easier to deal with than an entire tank of bad fuel, while others believe that water, left to its own devices, will badly corrode even the highest-grade metal tanks.

If you plan to go with the “tank full” mode of winterization, you will want to purchase an appropriate stabilization agent and apply it to the tank according to the manufacturer’s instructions. For diesel fuel, Biobor JF is a popular stabilizer that also works to destroy fuel-borne algae and microorganisms that live in diesel fuel.

For gasoline, I have had good luck with Starbrite Star Tron for several years. Don’t forget to change your filters and gaskets while you’re fiddling with the fuel system.

If you have a diesel engine, make sure to properly bleed the system after you’ve changed the filters.

Potable Water Systems

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irst, open all of the outlets (sinks, showers, etc.) and run them until you have emptied your freshwater tanks (when the outlets start to sputter). Once you have sufficiently emptied the system, close all of the outlets except for the one Follow us!

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Next, depending on the size of your system, introduce non-toxic potable water antifreeze (you can use cheap vodka, too) into your water tank and run the pump until the pink antifreeze comes out of the outlet. Repeat the process for all the outlets, including the hot water side. Don’t forget any outside freshwater mixers you might have. Water filters can be changed in the springtime when you flush your system.

Hot water tanks and accumulator tanks should be drained and laid up. Refer to your owner’s manual for the manufacturer’s specifications for winterization. Be sure to tag the breaker for the hot water heater so you don’t turn it on dry in the spring and burn out the element.

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any marine air conditioning systems rely on raw water to do the job. Simply close the raw water intake for the air conditioning circulation pump, remove the hose from the seacock, place the hose into a jug of antifreeze, and run the pump until pink liquid flows from the air conditioning discharge. Same goes for raw-water washdown systems, live well pumps, etc.

A good flush with Salt-Away and use of corrosion-inhibiting antifreeze will go a long way to prevent damage during winter layup. Photo by Eric Burnley

Heads

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irst order of business (no pun intended) is to have your holding tank pumped out. After evacuating the contents of the tank at the pumpout station, it’s a good idea to flush and re-evacuate the tank a couple of times with fresh water and also to run fresh water through your heads and associated plumbing/hoses.

Once you’ve completed the flushing process, the easiest way to winterize the sanitation end of things is to remove the intake hose for each head. (Be sure to close the seacock first.) Insert the hose into a jug of non-toxic antifreeze, and pump it into the system. This will also leave a little bit of antifreeze in the holding tank to protect it.

Next, switch your Y-Valve(s) to overboard discharge and work the solution all the way to the overboard discharge seacocks and then shut them closed. The key is to work antifreeze through every part of the sanitation system: macerators, Y-Valves, manual overboard pumps, and the heads.

Neatly shrink-wrapped boats sit snuggly put away for the winter. Photo

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f feasible, remove the batteries from the boat and place them on a trickle charge through the winter (remembering that gel batteries have very specific voltage requirements for charging). Your garage will be fine, but a storage temperature of about 50 degrees Farenheit is ideal.

For lead-acid batteries, make sure you top off the electrolyte (distilled water is best).

And no worries, concrete/cement cynics, Captain Die Hard of Sears Roebuck fame says, “unless your battery was built before 1967… you can store it on cement.”

If you cannot remove the batteries from the boat, make sure your battery charger is “smart” and doesn’t blast a high-amperage charge on them all winter long. This will greatly reduce the life of your batteries, especially gelled-electrolyte types.

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Miscellany for “In the Water” Boats

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tuffing boxes (drive shaft(s) and rudder(s)) should be wrenched shut so no water drips in. Tag the nut so you remember to readjust it in the spring.

Exhaust ports should be tapped closed with wooden plugs in case heavy snow forces them under water.

Dock lines should be fitted with chafe protection at all rub points and hefty spring lines fitted to keep the boat from getting stuck under the dock during extreme low tides.

Coverings

C Custom-made covers go a long way toward protecting your investment if heavy winter snows come along. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

overing the boat not only reduces its exposure to the elements, but also helps to protect drainage scuppers from ice and melting snow. More than a few boats sink every year when melting snow turns to ice, and then cracks a below-the-waterline thru-hull attached to a cockpit scupper or deck drain.

The old blue tarp method is tried and true, while others have custom-made canvas for the job. The trick is to protect the boat from the elements while keeping ice and snow from drainage areas, especially if the boat is in the water.

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Boats painted with two-part polyurethane paints must have a foam barrier installed between the shrink-wrap and paint, as the plastic can cause paint blistering.

An Ounce of Prevention…

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y now, you’re likely nursing a set of bruised and bloody knuckles, a twisted back, and questioning your involvement in the outdoors. Skippers should check on their boats throughout the winter. It’s irresponsible to think a moored vessel, one in a slip, or even one stored on land can go ignored for three months or more. There really is nothing worse than sitting around all winter wondering how your boat is faring. If you’ve followed some really simple steps in the fall, you’ll have no need to wonder how she is while you’re sitting in your lounge chair watching the fourth quarter count down.

About the Author: Eric Burnley, a Delaware native, has been writing outdoor features since 1973 for such magazines as Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Saltwater Sportsman, Sports Fishing, Marlin Magazine, and other regional publications.

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Indian Summer Photo courtesy of Charlie Iliff

“The cruise went out of the Severn River, and then down the Bay, so the guests could enjoy a fairly close view of Thomas Point Shoal Light, and then retraced the course past sunset to a moonlit reentry to Luce Creek. It took about four hours, which passed about as pleasantly as time can go by.”

so Indian Summer sported a PropTalk banner and a little table with stacks of magazines for those who hadn’t picked one up at the gate.

The trip up to Baltimore was calm and pleasant, taking about three and a half hours. One small bit of excitement occurred as we hit the center span of the Key Bridge at the same time a cruise ship went under the bridge on the way out. We were close to the left side of the channel,

by Charlie Iliff leaving plenty of room. Suddenly, a Coast Guard boat appeared between us, complete with a manned forward machine gun. The gunner advised us to “maintain course and speed.” We did so, and after the ship passed by, the Coasties turned away. When we described the incident and crew of four, Indian Sumto some cruisers at Trawler Fest, one said that there is mer rumbled out of Luce Creek in beautiful weather, with no particular a 500-yard exclusion zone around cruise ships, imposed destination. The Burnett crew served by Homeland Security. If that is correct, I assume it is snacks, wine, beer, and soft drinks to published somewhere, but a quick Internet search hasn’t the group, as they watched the scen- revealed it.

My office was in Baltimore for more than 30 years, so ery move by at Indian Summer’s usual the term vacation has meant getting away from the city, stately pace. The cruise went out of the Severn River, and then down the not to it. Trawler Fest changed my perspective. We not Bay, so the guests could enjoy a fairly only showed the boat off to Trawler Fest attendees, and looked at the assembled array of cruising trawlers, but close view of Thomas Point Shoal ate pleasant dinners at the Rusty Scupper and Sabatino’s Light, and then retraced the course and breakfasts at the Metropolitan Café. We walked a bit past sunset to a moonlit reentry to Luce Creek. It took about four hours, around Federal Hill and from Little Italy past the USS Constellation and Harborplace. True to Lucy and Linda’s which passed about as pleasantly as resolutions, no cooking was done on the boat—part of time can go by. It was a wonderful way to do a good deed, and to wish a the definition of vacation. The trip was really a pleasant cancer sufferer all the best on his way couple of days.

The trip back from Baltimore to the Severn was to recovery. educational. As we headed home, it was misting rain and Learning and repairing Indian blowing 15 knots or so. We learned, for instance, that our Summer’s mechanical and electrinew portlights are much more waterproof when they are cal systems have been fun, and we closed. In a slop, water runs up the bow and in through still have a substantial list of items the forward ports, then a bit goes across the overhead to work on. Our appearance and and drips brownish stuff on the new front bunk covers. comfort projects were far enough Fortunately, the stains weren’t permanent, and we now along, however, that we had the know the source of that particular drip. When the ports nerve to line her up alongside all are dogged closed, the water no longer comes in. Duh! the new shiny hardware at PassageWe’re in the planning stages for new expeditions, but it Maker Magazine’s Trawler Fest at will be hard to top the charity cruise and our discovery of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Marina.

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Good Times and a Good Deed e recently loaded 24 people on Indian Summer—without discomfort, I might add— for a great evening cruise. Bob and Linda Burnett and my wife Lucy and I bought Indian Summer to have fun with her. But we didn’t anticipate that one of the best times we’ve had aboard would also raise money for a man who is in serious need. A wellknown Annapolis man who has been slinging drinks at the locally famous McGarvey’s Saloon for many years is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, so McGarvey’s organized a fundraiser to help with medical costs.

Our boat partner’s daughter Angie entered an evening cruise on Indian Summer in the silent auction, and a group of 20 or so people, organized

by Tracy Leahy, won the auction.

On Saturday, September 18, the University of Maryland football team lost to West Virginia University. This dampened the spirits of the auction winners a little as Leahy herded the group from Heroes Pub to Indian Summer’s slip. (If any of the group were West Virginia fans, they didn’t speak up for fear of being excluded from the cruise.) With the 20 guests

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ven if you destroy one of Tervis’ products as a result of your own negligence, they’ll forgive you and replace it. All of Tervis’ products have a lifetime warranty. Tervis offers many nautical-themed versions of their clear, insulated tumblers, including a Guy Harvey sportfishing art collection, tumblers with hand-tied flies in them, and a Margaritaville collection. You can even have a set personalized with your boat’s name in them. tervis.com

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hasing Silver—A Tarpon Journey” Special Edition ($42) contains all the episodes in the four-part miniseries, which chronicles the tales and examines the obsessive-compulsive traits of tarpon anglers. howardfilms.com “Location X” ($30) is described as the “Impossible Conclusion” to the Chasing Silver series. howardfilms.com “Borski Ties Flies” is a two-part affair (DVD 1 and DVD 2—$24.95 each plus shipping and handling) where Tim Borski instructs the viewer on how to tie a variety of his patterns and then takes them out on the water to fish them. borskiflies.com

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friend once said that not much happens on Harkers Island… until October and November. During this time of year, false albacore make a migration from the open ocean to the waters off Cape Lookout for a feeding frenzy that will satisfy any piscatorial adrenaline junkie. This yearly event has made Harkers the Mecca for false albacore fishing on the Atlantic coast, with fly fishing anglers driving in from all up and down the Eastern Seaboard to join the action each year.

The island itself is a little piece of sand in Down East North Carolina about 415 miles from the Baltimore-Metro area. It sits just northwest of Cape Lookout on Back Sound with convenient and easy access to the ocean via Barden Inlet. Once you arrive, you’ll find a bucolic fishing village with mostly modest homes, loblolly pines and oak trees draped in Spanish moss, and breath-taking views of Back Sound. Accommodations on the island are fairly modest. I chose the Harkers Island Fishing Center (Calico Jack’s Inn & Marina is another choice), as it was the most affordable and where my guide, Capt.

Sarah Gardner, keeps her boat Fly Girl.

False albacore go by a lot of names: fat alberts, little tunny, albies, and atomic footballs. They have a reputation for melting fly Follow us!

reels, breaking rods, and making 30-mph runs that make anglers’ legs quiver like a scared puppy. Since the albies’ flesh isn’t much on taste, they make perfect catchand-release fly-fishing fare. And there’s not just one reason they’re called atomic footballs. Aside from their oblong shape and blistering speed, albies, like most members of the tuna family, can elevate their blood temperature—they, like the Foreigner single, are hot blooded.

When it came time to find a guide, I turned to PropTalk editor emeritus Joe Evans for a recommendation. The response came quickly via e-mail: “Brian Horsley or Sarah Gardner out of Oregon Inlet; they move to Harkers every October for the run,” Evans reported. I called Capt. Sarah Gardner of Outer Banks Fly Fishing and Light Tackle Charters in early October and lined up a slot for October 22. I got lucky, as she was almost entirely booked already, and her partner, Capt. Brian Horsley was.

If you plan on a guided trip, make reservations early.

I invited PropTalk contributor Kendall Osborne to join us, as he lives in Norfolk, a little closer to Harkers, and he met me on the island on a Thursday night at the Fish Hook, a local gathering place where anglers stop in for dinner each night to revel in

the day’s adventures. I ordered the Down East Platter, a five-pound plate of scallops, hush puppies, grouper, flounder, oysters, and shrimp, all prepared the way most food should be—in a deep-fat fryer. Sleep was on order after the long drive, so Osborne and I parted ways, planning to meet up on the dock at 7 a.m. the next morning.

A setting full moon greeted the day as I started gathering my gear at 6 a.m. When I headed down to the dock, Gardner and Osborne were already rigging the day’s gear on Fly Girl—Gardner’s Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 23. Stowed and lined up, we left the dock and started across Back Sound, just as the sun started to peek a red-orange fringe above Core Banks, a strip of sand so thin that Gardner told me you can often see commercial trawler rigs fishing right over the dunes. While the sunrise was a bonus, the trip out of Barden Inlet into Lookout Bight was spectacular— some of the prettiest scenery I’ve ever seen.

After negotiating Barden Inlet and Lookout Bight, we shot south of Shackleford Banks and started looking for birds—and they were everywhere. I smugly thought to myself, “This is going to be epic.” When we spotted feeding pods of albies blasting the surface, Gardner would ease up on the pod, then we cast what I PropTalk December 2010 37

The author’s first atomic football, caught on the fly.

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Fried seafood and friendly conversation are on order at the Fish Hook on Harkers Island. Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

Capt. Sarah Gardner on the lookout for albies. Photo by Gary Reich/ PropTalk

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thought were unusually tiny fly patterns (size two to six hooks) to them.

It’s amazing to watch albies feed, swimming at warp speed in all different directions, busting the surface as bay anchovies fly into the air in a sparking blast of silver—a last-ditch effort to save their own lives by going airborne.

And fishing an albie pod isn’t always as easy as one might think.

Instead of casting into the bait ball and retrieving all the way back to the boat, the trick is to cast into the action, make three or four strips, and once your fly is out of the bait, you haul the fly line off the water and cast it back in again, trying various sections of the bait ball. The key is to put your offering right in front of where an albie will be, not where it just was.

We spent a good hour or two chasing them around, even heading back into Barden Inlet, where schools were also feeding.

But as the schools became more and more unpredictable, Gardner made the decision to head east past Cape Lookout Shoals and out into the open ocean. It turned out to be a good call.

After about 30 minutes, we found what we had been looking for all morning: a huge, swirling, balled-up school of several thousand bay anchovies covered with diving birds and about a dozen 10- to 12-foot black-tip sharks chomping their way through it all.

Hundreds of albies were zooming in and out of the tightly packed anchovy school—the whole scene made it hard for me to maintain my composure.

As we pulled up on the open ocean buffet, I cast in a small Clouser minnow pattern, and a

green demon immediately whizzed in and slammed it. And the feisty devil didn’t take his time, either—almost instantaneously, line was peeling off the deck and then off of my reel at a rate I’d never witnessed before, and soon after, it had worked well into my backing. About five minutes later, Gardner pulled aboard a beautiful albie—a plump eight or so pound sliver of power. I took a minute to admire the beautiful patterns across its back and sides, and then pointed it back into the ocean. We went on to find a few more big bait balls that day, catching several beautiful albies in the process—I declared it the most fun I had ever had fishing before, vowing to return for more.

(As I write this, I’ve just sent off an e-mail to Capt. Brian Horsley, who has posted on a fishing forum that he has some cancellations. Yeah, it’s that good.)

Capt. Gardner was one of the finest guides I have ever fished with and worked tirelessly for nine-plus hours to keep us on the fish. Not once did I have to tie on my own fly or boat and unhook my own fish. She worked overtime, taking pictures, telling stories, and going past what many would consider a standard “full-day” trip to ensure Osborne and I got our share of albie fever. After we slipped back into the marina, Osborne and I unloaded our gear, I gave Gardner some PropTalk bling (a hat and T-shirt), and I crawled, exhausted, back to my motel room.

After I’d gone ashore and put my gear away, I drove down to the corner gas station, picked up a six pack of Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale and a 10-pound bag of ice, and then headed to the Fish Hook for some take out. I ordered the Down East Platter again, which took two carryout boxes to hold it all, and headed back to my room at the Fishing Center, where I promptly filled the bathroom sink with ice, jammed in six bottles of ale, laid back on my bed, and contemplated the awesome day I’d just had, while simultaneously frying my liver and clogging my arteries. Pure heaven. proptalk.com

Cruising Club Notes Sixty-Eight Days

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y my calculation, 34 weekends separate April 10 and Thanksgiving weekend. Because of my husband’s wanderlust, my family made good use of at least 13 of those weekends, cruising as far south as Yorktown and as far north as Havre de Grace.

We enjoyed stays at nearly a dozen marinas and explored countless rivers, creeks, and anchorages. In between cruises with or without family, we managed to go camping; visit the mountains; take day trips to Solomons, the Calvert Cliffs State Park, and Beverly Beach; catch a Nationals baseball game, and attend three boat shows. Needless to say, my housework was neglected, often relegated to the early mornings before work. But, that’s a good thing. Winter will be here soon enough, with plenty of down time.

How well did you do? By November 25, send your Club Notes and photos, Club Directory updates, and rum and caramel cradled in dark chocolate to ruth@proptalk.com.

Shown above (L-R): Ed Martin, incoming flotilla commander; Paul Miller, division commander; Jim Farrell, outgoing flotilla vice commander; and Leonard Butler, incoming flotilla vice commander. Looking on is member Larry Mawn. Photo courtesy of Caryl Weiss

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uring USCG Flotilla 23-01’s monthly meeting at the USCG Station in Annapolis October 21, Anne Rogers of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources explained new state boating laws, described new teaching tools, and summarized the PaddleSafe instructors course to be offered next spring. The Flotilla also elected new officers for 2011, including Ed Martin and Leonard Butler (above) (fl05s2301.org). —by Caryl Weiss Follow us!

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES The sun sets over the GradyWhite Palooza at Knapp’s Narrows this season.

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ecember is a quiet month for the Chesapeake Bay GradyWhite Club (above and right), with no meeting or activities planned, allowing members to concentrate on preparing for and enjoying the holidays. At our last meeting in November, we conducted business, including a review of the event scheduled for 2011. As usual, it looks like it’s going to be a busy and fun-filled year.

In addition to all our traditional activities, there will be a cruise to and rendezvous at Great Oaks Landing Marina on the northern Eastern Shore. So, having winterized and stored the boat, we can spend long winter nights dreaming, not of sugar plums, but of happy days on the water next year. Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night (cbgradyclub@yahoo.com). —Story and photos by Maryanne Gromme

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Giving Back

n October 30, the Annapolis Sail & Power Squadron and the National Sailing Hall of Fame hosted wounded warriors and their families for a fun day of cruising the Severn River and the Bay. The veterans are being treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC (aspsmd.org). Stay tuned.

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Did You Know? hesapeake Bay Sabre Association members welcome Sabreliner powerboaters as well as Sabre sailboat owners (cbsa-sabre.com). —by Julie Turner

Food for Thought

he Jewish Navy thoroughly enjoyed strolling the docks at the October boat shows in Annapolis and sharing a nosh and news at local eateries. We now turn our attention to our SpeakerLuncheon events. On November 14, Mick Blackistone provided a behind-the-scenes look at Bay watermen and the legislation and action that are needed to ensure their viability and vitality. If you would like to mix and mingle with a group that recognizes that “clones are people two,” contact jewishnavy@jewishnavy.org. —by Adiva Sotzsky 40 December 2010 PropTalk

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he Kent Narrows Sail & Power Squadron (KNSPS) is growing by leaps and bounds this year, with more than a dozen new members and several more in the pipeline. To help support this growth, the squadron has created the new position of assistant administrative officer (AAO), and its executive committee unanimously affirmed Edie Chapman (right) to serve in that role through February 2011. Most recently, Chapman has been the publisher and editor of Tidelines, our award-winning bimonthly publication.

Activities driving unprecedented growth for KNSPS in 2010 include the education department’s fall programs, including an America’s Boating Course and seminars on fishing, GPS, and piloting. There have been a lot of fun social activities, too, including raft-ups, rendezvous, and culinary cruises, such as our Oktoberfest, Poplar Island tour, and monthly dinner meetings at the Kent Island Yacht Club (KIYC).

We are also very active in the community, such as providing safety boats for the Kent Island Outrigger Canoe Club Race and hosting our annual Food Drive and Adopta-Bear programs, culminating in a special event at Fisherman’s Inn and Restaurant in November.

KNSPS wishes PropTalk readers a very festive holiday season and cordially invites prospective members to come find out what “sail and power squadron-ing” are all about at our annual Holiday Party at KIYC December 15 (uspsd5.org/squadrons/ kent_narrows.html). —by Marty Lafferty

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Commander Marty Lafferty sweared Edie Chapman into office during KNSPS’s October membership meeting at KIYC. Photo courtesy of KNSPS

Pin-Pull Party!

n October 11, Otto and Bonnie Hetzel hosted the Back Creek YC’s “Pull the Pin Breakdown Party” at the Annapolis Waterfront Marriott in a balcony room overlooking the exiting boats at the U.S. Sailboat Show followed by the first entering boat for the U.S. Powerboat Show. John Oberright won the prize for correct answers on Bonnie’s Nautical Definitions Quiz. J. J. Sullivan and Leslie Sturzenberger won the pin-pull pool, guessing the time when Ego Alley was freed up. On October 21, members met for a mid-week Roman Holiday dinner at Carpaccio’s Italian Restaurant in Annapolis. November 7 brought our annual meeting and party at the Fleet Reserve Club (gobcyc.com).

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The first boat hurries into the U.S. Powerboat Show, hence the blurry view. Photo by Otto Hetzel

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riday, October 1, was not a great day for boating. As sometimes happens, gale-force wind forecasts were actually followed by gale-force winds—and rain. Competitors in the 10th annual Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon who were watching the weather forecasts Thursday saw the prospects for Friday racing get worse by the hour. Finally, competitors and support crews were advised that the Friday race would probably be postponed at least until Saturday. A Friday-morning meeting confirmed the decision.

After the 24-hour delay, five hardy teams prepped their boats at the Miles River Yacht Club. The conditions were much better than Friday, but still brisk. A 15- to 20-knot northwest wind was kicking up a two- to four-foot chop in the Miles River, but the sky was clear and visibility unlimited.

Last year’s winner, Jay Bliss, was back with his 15-foot Elektra.

Geoff Elliott arrived just in time for the start with his new 16-foot launch, not yet completely finished and sorted. Jim Campbell was there with his e-Canoe, not the least intimidated by the brisk conditions.

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Tom Hesselink’s Budsin team brought a 22-foot Phantom launch complete with a full canopy, and Todd Sims’ Epower Marine entry came up from Florida—a 23-foot Calypso Classic powered by a four-kW Torqeedo electric outboard. If there were a Concours d’Elegance competition, each year the Hesselink Budsins would certainly be the class of the field. Their boats perform well, but their lovely lines and spectacular wood finishes set them apart.

After the start, the first leg was nearly dead upwind from the Miles River Yacht Club to the entrance of the Wye River.

In Sims’ first Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon in 2007, he had a comfortable leisurely trip, with three adults and a couple of dogs aboard his boat. Sims had a lovely day, but finished behind the pack. This year, Sims’ Calypso Classic was light, well-powered, and race ready, with no unnecessary crew or gear, and a solar panel supplemented his batteries. As a result, Sims was able to open some water ahead of the Hesselink Budsin team during the first leg. Hesselink’s crew included his mother, Joanne Hesselink, and Paul Kydd, who holds the course multihull record. Kydd, in fact, ran his launch Prologue around the course one year when the competition had actually been canceled due to heavy wind and rain from a passing nor’easter. Kydd is the only person who participated in all 10 marathons, eight as a competitor, and two as crew.

The first leg posed a problem for Elliott, whose 16-foot launch was barely out of the build shop. Securing hardware wasn’t yet in place for his forward hatch, which took some fairly green water aboard. The water itself wouldn’t have been serious, but the pump was aft, and the limber hole from the front compartment was plugged up, perhaps with construction debris. The water pushed her down by the bow—not good in a slop. So, Elliott got some chase-boat assistance, which put him pretty far back. Once back underway, Elliott ran up the right branch of the Wye River, so he could accompany the rest of the fleet for the last half of the run. Despite a bit of water damage to a couple of batteries and an ammeter, Elliott’s boat made it back to the club in good shape, completing almost as much distance as the full course. Next year, he will have it completely sorted, and his boat certainly will be a threat.

Campbell’s E-Canoe fell back a bit during the first leg, but as usual, he was able to shorten the course around the island by going through areas where he displaced standing herons.

Rumor was he went under a couple of docks, but there were no official protests, perhaps because there aren’t any rules about that. (There is a new rule against the supplemental power by the kite that the E-Canoe flew last year.)

Bliss’s Elektra handled the first leg well, behind the bigger boats at first, and then had a nice, conservative ride the rest of the way, to finish a bit behind the E-Canoe, but save his time under the handicap system for third place. Up front, Sims was able to open a two-minute lead on the Hesselink Budsins by the mandatory 10-minute coffee stop. He amped up the Torqeedo and increased his lead to six minutes by the end.

Sims reports that on the whole downwind shot in the Miles from the Wye River to the yacht club, he still had sufficient battery capacity to maintain seven mph. Sims also showed off his superior race planning by running completely out of juice just as he crossed the finish, while the Hesselink Budsins finished with enough battery power left to run the entire 24-mile course again. proptalk.com

Todd Sims’ 23-foot Calypso, another Torqeedo electric outboard-powered entry, took first place in this year’s Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon.

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As always, the Miles River Yacht Club generously provided its launch ramp and parking facilities. The yacht club was a bit too crowded this year to host everyone Friday night, but those who couldn’t get in found sufficient food and drink in St. Michaels.

Quote of the year from Hesselink: “We should have won.” But, to do that would have required Hesselink to leave his mother and Kydd behind and increase his amps.

Next year, Hesselink and the Electric Boat Association of the Americas plan to get the word around to attract some more competitors—including maybe even the Battery Warehouse PropTalk ElectraShell. And don’t be surprised if two Budsins show up— one for a leisurely circuit, and the other stripped to go for the gold.

The Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon was started in 2001 by Hesselink, of Budsin Wood Craft, and the Electric Boat Association of the Americas: electricboats.org.

About the Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon The Wye Island Marathon is an electric boat race held every year during the annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. This is a 23.82-mile marathon race with a mandatory 10-minute coffee break halfway through the course. The race course consists of approximately eight miles of open water with the balance in relatively sheltered water.

Purpose: Electric marathon boat racing is a safe, inexpensive and fun way to drive technological advances in electric vehicle (EV) and EV materials design. To go the entire 24 miles, the boats, by necessity, must go fairly slowly, making this one of the safest forms of high-tech racing around. Many entrants use production boats, or other nautical EVs they already have. There is no need to spend huge amounts of money to be competitive in the Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon. We are trying to advance practical, every-day electric vehicle technology, so the equipment is not expensive rarified racing gear—and what better way to spend a day?

Jim Campbell placed third in the Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon with his 20-foot Old Town canoe.

Photo by Steve Lawing

2010 Wye Island Challenge Results Displacement Hull Category Captain

Handicap Position

Todd Sims

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Tom Hesselink

Jay Bliss

Jim Campbell

Geoff Elliott

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3.66

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21.00’ 92.1%

20.83

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15.67’ 82.1%

19.00’ 78.7%

Boat Type Calypso Classic “23e” skiff

Budsin “Phantom” launch

Custom built

20’ Old Town canoe 16’ Custom built

Course length measured at 23.82 miles or 20.70 nautical miles. MPH/HS is the basis for displacement hull handicap award. *Total elapsed time less 10-minute required stop. **Optimum hull speed (HS) calculated using commonly accepted formula: hull speed in mph = 1.34 x √WL x 1.15 (conversion from knots to mph).

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Racing News

by Ralph Cattaneo

Clarksville Hydroplane Challenge, October 2-3, 2010

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s the 2010 racing season neared its end, 41 teams traveled to Clarksville, VA, and made the race one of the most exciting of the season for participants and onlookers alike. The one-mile race course had wide turns, giving anyone running flat out on the outside the advantage. Lane choice strategy and full-speed clock starts were the keys to winning.

Spectators were on their feet most of the time, watching some of the year’s most fantastic starts and turn one action. Listed below are the overall weekend points winners in each class. Special thanks to Tom Thompson and the many volunteers from the Cambridge Power Boat Regatta Classic Club for putting on this year’s event in Clarksville.

Congratulations to Robert Presley of Rock Hall, MD, for locking up this year’s National Championship in his Jersey Speed Skiff, JS-9 Kentucky Blue.

Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

APBA Inboard Class Clarksville Hydroplane Challenge Combined Weekend Race Results October 2- 3, 2010

Jersey Speed Skiff JS-9, Kentucky Blue, locks up the National Championship.

Photo by Patrick McCann

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Part One: The Idea

Reid Bandy works in Rhinoceros to plan out every detail of George Velmachos’ new boat. Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

Building the

Bandy Boats Velmachos Express 27

by Gary Reich A 3D rendering of the hull and deck of the Bandy Boats Velmachos Express 27.

Image courtesy Reid Bandy

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eorge Velmachos’ vision for the ultimate ocean-going fishing machine started where some of the world’s greatest ideas hatch: on a napkin.

The Long Island native is no stranger to boats or boating, having started out as a kid in an old Grand Banks Dory powered with a temperamental Evinrude outboard, which he used to fish Long Island’s Shinnecock Inlet for flounder and stripers. That was 40 years ago.

Between then and now, Velmachos has served as crew aboard the original Pride of Baltimore, completed two years at The Apprenticeshop, one of the oldest traditional boatbuilding schools in the United States, worked as an instructor at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Rockland, ME, and sailed up and down the East coast in every imaginable sort of craft—many designed in his own head and built with his own hands. He proudly calls his passion for boats “a disease.”

Among Velmachos’ creations was a computer-designed, cold-molded, shoaldraft gaff ketch, which he sailed from Maine down to Big Pine Key, FL—running in and out of the big inlets with no engine or electronics. There were several other sailboat adventures—miscellaneous deliveries and duties aboard large schooners. But in 1986, Velmachos took a break, Follow us!

started building houses on Long Island for a living, and turned his eyes back toward powerboats and fishing.

Once Velmachos caught the fishing bug again, he got interested in the idea of designing and building a power catamaran. Velmachos says, “No one had a clue about what I was talking about, except the sailing multihull fanatics. It was through that community that I met Chris White, who designed me a little 18-foot power cat, which I built, and then stretched to 20 feet. She’s an ultra light catamaran (1600 pounds loaded displacement) with a 50-horsepower Honda outboard, which pushes her to about 22 knots flat out in just about any condition I want to use her in.” Velmachos adds, “I have used her for almost 12 years to fish the waters between Montauk, NY, and Block Island, RI.” But Velmachos admits he is not as nimble as he used to be and has decided he needs a bigger boat. As luck would have it, his brother recently retired from teaching, giving Velmachos a partner in his new boat endeavor. Velmachos says, “I have been carrying around a sketch I copied from a boating magazine for more than 10 years of a small 30-foot sportfish that really caught my eye. I originally thought it was a Rybovich, but later found out it was a Shearwater. The sketch lead me to start looking at Carolina sportfish yachts.”

Velmachos began looking at cold-molded, Carolina-built boats, but decided while they were pretty fast, they were awfully large and heavy for his desired use. Since his power cat was of strong, lightweight composite construction, he started scouring the Internet for a builder who could design and build a boat with these qualities. The search led him to Reid Bandy of Bandy Boats in Riva, MD—a design and construction wizard of ultra-lightweight, bulletproof, composite fishing machines.

Bandy says, “Velmachos came to me with his idea for an ultimate boat to fish the waters off Montauk. After we’d made initial contact, Velmachos came down to Maryland a few times, and we spent countless hours sea-trialing my 27-foot centerconsole and 35-foot express for ideas.

This started the punch list for Velmachos’ requirements. We spent days out in 25to 30-knot winds and even took crucial measurements of Velmachos’ body, figured out how many people he wanted to have onboard, decided on what type of fishing he would be doing, and then used Rhinoceros, a computer-aided-design program, to begin developing of a 27-foot express hull of all-composite construction.”

Velmachos says, “I think it took us another six months to work through the design process, which eventually involved PropTalk December 2010 45

The hull jig. Note the initial sheets of CoreCell foam attached to the fiberboard jig. Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

A joint in the hull jig, along with two butted pieces of CoreCell foam, which are screwed to the jig and held together at the butt with Gorilla Glue.

Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

The hull jig fully sheathed in CoreCell foam, almost faired and ready for for E-glass and epoxy. Photo

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Cove and bead planks of five-pound density CoreCell foam. Photo by Gary Reich/PropTalk

having a computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine-molded model built as the final step before we decided to start building.” Velmachos adds, “Reid is one of the only designer/builders who has the ability and temperament to really design and build a custom composite boat without his ego getting in the way too much. He was willing to alter his design to fit my own sense of aesthetics and function. It does help that we think very much the same way about boats, but he is still unique in his ability to be flexible and to really include me in the design process. The result is a truly custom boat.” By using the Rhinoceros software, Bandy already knows that the Velmachos Express 27 will weigh 4600 pounds with a 300-horsepower Yamaha four-stroke outboard and five-eighths of a tank of fuel.

Bandy reports she’ll top out at 44 knots (50 mph) with a fuel-efficient cruise at 30 knots (35 mph) at five-eighths load.

So what’s so special about Bandy besides being a nice guy? His boats are unbelievably strong and lightweight. A Boston

CoreCell can be formed into complex shapes, despite its rigidity and strength.

Photo by Gary Reich/ PropTalk

Whaler 280 Outrage—27 feet, seven inches in length overall—weighs 6100 pounds dry, without an engine. Add 1124 pounds for two 225-horsepower Yamaha outboards (the minimum recommended), 1200 pounds for a full tank of fuel, and you get a total package of 8424 pounds. By comparison, Bandy’s 27-foot composite center-console with a 350-horsepower Yamaha outboard and a full load of fuel weighs 3400 pounds—about 60 percent lighter.

What’s the magic? Bandy uses composite construction with a CoreCell/E-glass sandwich in the hull, topsides, and deck, not just in one or two areas of the boat. CoreCell is a high-strength, low-weight foam material developed by SP—the Marine Unit of Gurit, a worldwide producer of composites.

The foam is produced from a styrene acrylonitrile (SAN) polymer base, which makes it an ideal building material for a variety of reasons: it is light and exceptionally impact resistant, is easy to shape and machine, is unaffected by water, and bonds extremely well with a variety of resins. proptalk.com

George Velmachos will use his new 27-foot express to fish the rough-and-tumble waters off Montauk, NY. Photo by Gary Reich

And the inherent lightweight qualities of Bandy’s boats don’t sacrifice strength—in fact CoreCell composite hulls are stronger than their single fiberglass skin/PVC foam/ balsa cored counterparts. SP’s own impact studies show serious structural failure with single-skin fiberglass, cross-linked PVC and balsa-cored test panels, while the CoreCell panels exhibited no structural damage and no shear failure of the core. Professional Boatbuilder Magazine conducted similar studies with almost equal results.

Once Velmachos approved the final drawings and CNC-machine hull model, Bandy went to work. Building a composite hull is very much like cold-molding with wood and fiberglass, except sheets of CoreCell are used in place of wood strips. Back in August, Bandy programmed the specific hull dimensions into the Rhinoceros software and then sent the digital Rhino files to Harbor Sales in Sudlersville, MD, via e-mail. Harbor Sales has a state-of-the-art CNC router that can use Bandy’s digital files to produce the many pieces of the hull and deck jigs.

The hull and deck jigs are essentially an assembly of fiberboard pieces to which pieces of CoreCell foam sheets are mechanically (screwed) attached. In a cold-molded boat, the jig is what the strips of wood are attached to. Before any materials are applied, it looks very much like a whale skeleton, but its only purpose is to support the hull and deck shapes until the core and outer fiberglass skin have been applied; it is not a structural element of the finished product and will eventually be discarded.

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Velmachos’ hull and deck jig pieces arrived in August, much like a big puzzle.

Each individual piece of fiberboard is numbered at the mill shop, allowing Bandy to easily assemble the fiberboard parts without accidently screwing the wrong piece in the wrong place. Some of the fiberboard pieces have notched joints, which fit together exactly like a jigsaw puzzle (requiring no screws), while other pieces must be screwed together with small plywood tabs. The hull and deck jigs are assembled in two separate spaces. They meet again later in the process.

Once the hull and deck jigs are assembled, Bandy screws custom-cut pieces of CoreCell foam sheets to the jig. Varying densities of CoreCell are used in different areas. Higher density sheets (12-pound) are used in the keel, where the outboard attaches, or where crush resistance is needed, for instance, where a bow eye is throughbolted. On the topside portion of the hull, Bandy uses five-pound density cove-andbead planks. The cove-and-bead planks are more easily manipulated, allowing for more complex shapes to be formed. As dense and stiff as it is, CoreCell is highly workable and bendable, which is desirable, as Bandy’s boats are known for their Carolina-flare bows and moderate tumblehome shapes. Bandy says, “You can really torture this stuff to do what you want. Take a look at the forward end of the keel; it’s bent at a significant radius.”

As Bandy adds and screws in more CoreCell panels and pieces to the jig, he glues the butt ends of the CoreCell sheets

and pieces together with Gorilla Glue, a highly tenacious, waterproof (it passes ANSI/HPVA HP-1-2000 Types 1 and 2 tests), sandable adhesive. After all the panels and pieces have been attached, and the glue joints have cured properly, Bandy removes the screws. At this point, the core of the hull is essentially one integral CoreCell piece, held together at the glue joints.

Once the screws were removed in September/October, Bandy began filling and fairing the screw holes, sanding and smoothing the glue joints, and machining and shaping the CoreCell itself. One of the benefits of CoreCell is that it is highly machinable, meaning Bandy can sand it, shape it, and fair it to his liking, allowing for a smooth and perfect form before the outer fiberglass skin and epoxy resin are applied.

When I last left Bandy in early November, he had completed the final fairing of the CoreCell sheets, screw holes, and joints on both the hull and deck. Next, Bandy will start applying the outer Eglass/epoxy resin skin to the CoreCell hull and deck. Even before fiberglass has been applied, the Velmachos 27-foot express is shaping up to be a beauty.

Editor’s Note: PropTalk will continue to follow the progress of Velmachos’ build through the winter and spring until she launches sometime in April or May. The next installation of the saga will appear in the January issue, which hits Bay country docks December 15.

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Homan Hallock of Black Dog Boat Works in Denton, MD, measures the dash opening of a 35 footer in for some updating. Photo by Bill Griffin

to return to the Maine Island Trail. It’ll be great to visit Jericho Bay in Maine to see if we can compare my Jericho to others that are there.” Fernon was an instructor at the John Gardner School of Boatbuilding in Annapolis in the 1990s and is now a boatbuilding consultant.

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he inevitable is upon us. The sun now sets in what we’d call late afternoon during the summer, trees are nearly finished shaking off their summer clothing, blustery cold fronts are more regularly cruising in from the north, the geese and migratory waterfowl have arrived, and boats are starting to “crawl” out from the water for a long winter’s nap ashore.

Despite the busy winterization work, many boatyards are occupied with extensive restoration projects and new custom builds. We were excited to receive a “homegrown” report from Annapolitan Joe Fernon regarding a Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff he built himself. You can read all about it just below. If you’ve got a backyard or garage project underway, we want to hear about it. Send all submissions to gary@proptalk.com.

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oe Fernon of Annapolis wrote PropTalk to tell us about a homegrown project he has been working on. Fernon says, “The October 2009 issue of WoodenBoat magazine had a photo of a Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff on the cover. She’s a 16-foot skiff designed by Joel White and originally built in the 1970s using Carvel planking. I read the article written by Tom Hill and was sold. Hill is now employed

by WoodenBoat as its technical projects manager, but I’ve known him from an earlier time when he was self-employed and built boats using the glued lap plywood

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technique. He’d written a wonderful book entitled Ultralight Boatbuilding, which promotes glued lap as superior to other techniques. However, he built this skiff using the cedar-strip method, which I found much more epoxy intensive and not appealing to me. I called Hill to ask his opinion of using glued lap on the Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff, and he recommended it.

I ordered the plans from WoodenBoat and began work. After about a year of building her on weekends and evenings, I’m about ready to launch. My plan is to use her for cruising the Chesapeake Bay and one day

ake Glover of Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD, reports, “The Composite 37CB currently under construction has

Bandy Boats completed restoraJoe Fernon ofrecently Annapolis is almostthe ready to tion ofathis beautiful 1946 Peterborough freight launch 16-foot Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff, canoe.

Reid Bandy which hePhoto built by himself.

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her Cummins engine, Onan genset, and aluminum fuel tanks in place.

Her interior Nida-Core bulkheads have been glassed in place, and interior layout plans and construction are underway. The custom oyster boat project (a 46-foot Markley hull with an aft pilothouse) is wrapping up. Mechanical work is complete, with just some final painting, hardware installs, and electrical work to go.”

“Lastly, we have two Hatterases in for big Imron jobs,” Glover adds.

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oe Reid of Mast & Mallet Boatworks in Edgewater, MD, is prepping for winter. Reid says, “We’re finishing up paint and varnish work on two boats before it gets too cold. One is a 36-foot lobster-style yacht built by Pettigrew.

Another is a Bay-built fishing boat built by Wayne Goddard. We are also doing cosmetic work on another Bay-built, HoneyDo, a 28-foot fishing/crab/fun boat built by Maynard Lowery. With renewed paint, she is looking better every day. The seven-foot Atkins dinghy we have been working on is now complete and has had good sea trials.

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fibreglassed/epoxy coated.” Reid adds, “By the time the December issue of PropTalk is out, we’ll have flipped her and started working on her decks.”

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usan Campbell of Campbell’s Boatyards and Custom Yachts in Oxford, MD, says, “Construction of our new 5000-square-foot, indoor storage building will be completed by November 15, and it is already booked full for the winter. We have quite a few maintenance and repair projects lined up for the winter

Mark Poleck of McCready Railway caulks up some planks on an old Luhrs in for repairs.

Photo by Bill Griffin

at both Jack’s Point and Bachelor’s Point, and seven of our Campbell boats will be ‘home’ for the winter, receiving maintenance and care for the next boating season.”

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teve Zimmerman of Zimmerman Marine in Deltaville and Mathews, VA, tells PropTalk, “Work continues on the new Zimmerman 38. The engine, genset, fuel tanks, and related components have all been installed; and interior joinery is well underway. The electrical system will use MasterVolt MasterBus controls. The traditional circuit breaker distribution panel has been replaced with a small touch screen (with manual backup for all critical systems), making wire runs much simpler and shorter. The deck and cabin are being finished in a separate building.” Zimmerman adds, “Zimmerman Marine had a busy fall with boats stopping in our two yards for repairs on their way south. Projects included a Queenship 60, a Concorde 70, a Selene 43, repowering a Bristol 29.9 with a Beta diesel, and running gear replacement and engine realignment on Sabreline 47.”

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lex Schlegel of Hartge Yacht Yard in Galesville, MD, says, “Several classics are undergoing rejuvenation by the very capable hands of our carpentry crew—master carpenters Peter Bell and Greg Sampson, assisted by apprentice Sterling Schlegel.

Three restoration projects are currently underway on a 1963 Ralph Wiley motoryacht, a 1946 Matthews Sedan Cruiser, and a 1947 Alden Cutter. Of particular interest is the Wiley motoryacht, which is the last boat designed and built by

to wring them off due to the high torque of the 283 Chevy small block engine.

The larger shaft is accompanied by a new shaft log, packing gland, strut, and Nibral propeller. The ‘new’ steering wheel is from a 1948 Chrysler, and the gauges are being reconditioned. I have been investigating recasting the Chris-Craft Sea Skiff name plates as they are difficult to find in decent condition. I have sought help from local mold and machine operations in nearby Prince Frederick, MD.” Spring adds, “Also in the shop is a 1950 Chris-Craft Riviera

A new Zimmerman 38 continues to take shape. Photo courtesy of Steve Zimmerman

well-known Chesapeake Bay racer, Ralph Wiley of Oxford. She was built as his ‘last’ cruising boat, and he incorporates many of his well-known ‘Wiley’ features, such as a strip-planked hull with an unusual box keel, where the engine and water tanks are positioned. Sweet and Low comes to Hartge Yacht Yard in remarkably good condition after 47 years of cruising. In cooperation with the new owner, who has removed all hardware, Sweet and Low will receive upgrades that will maintain her well-founded roots for many years to come.”

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en Spring with Small Open Boats in Port Republic, MD, has been busy with a 1964 21-foot Chris-Craft Sea Skiff, which is currently being stored outside and has been stripped of all hardware, running gear, decks, gunwales, rub rails, and bottom paint. Spring says, “I am getting the steam box set up to bend in about a dozen new frames before repairing some bad plank sections. The decks and gunwales will then be covered with Xynole and MAS epoxy. The new propeller shaft is one-and-a quarter-inch stainless instead of the original one-inch bronze shaft, as these boats have a tendency

Will Stahlgren of Heritage Wooden Boat Services makes some dust out of a 1967 Ventnor 20. Photo by Bill Griffin

in need of a new fiberglass bottom and decks, gunwales, and gunwale caps. The bottom was previously repaired using 3M 5200 and epoxy, what we call a ‘witches brew.’ This quick and dirty method of sealing a double-planked bottom leads to splitting of the epoxy layer, delamination and flaking of both the paint and the epoxy, and moisture trapping against the wood, which causes extreme suffering when it is removed. While we’re suffering with the hull, the shaft, prop, and strut are being reconditioned at Millers Island Propeller in Baltimore. After the bottom is cleaned, it will be glassed with six-ounce finish cloth and several layers of barrier coat-filled epoxy. The bottom will then be painted, and the boat rolled back over for the topside structural work. Fortunately, the topside plank and deck finishing will be done in Salisbury, MD, by Will Ruhland at Distinctive Finishes. His work makes any restorer look good.”

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ndia Lemmon from Chesapeake Boat Works in Deltaville, says “We are currently working on a sailing cat named, Best Revenge 5. Built in 2003, it is a Signature 60-foot Privilege Catamaran PropTalk December 2010 49

with a 31-foot beam and is believed to be one of the premier luxury crewed charter yachts in the Caribbean and Northeastern U.S. waters. We are performing multiple projects, which include compounding and waxing the hulls, repairing the boot stripe, repairing gelcoat damage, replacing both Max Props, and repairing a leaking bow thruster, along with a few other items.

Once we are complete, Best Revenge 5 will be heading south again to continue with chartering duties.”

Chesapeake Boat Works’ latest 46 footer comes together in its Crisfield shop. Photo by Bill Griffin

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eorge Hazzard of Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD, says, “We are staining and varnishing the deck and interior pieces on a 1952 21-foot Chris-Craft kit boat.

We also just got a 1941 17-foot ChrisCraft runabout in for a strip and refinish.”

Hazzard adds, “We have a new restorer working for us. His name is David Varner, an experienced wood worker who is excited to be working on our large array of wooden boat restorations.”

Lewis Hardy of Composite Yacht slings primer onto a boat the company is working on. Photo by Bill Griffin

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ick Biles of Swain Boatbuilders in Millington, says, “We have had a busy summer restoring the boat deck of a 1950s Trumpy that had been damaged in Georgetown, MD, last winter when a boat shed collapsed. The aft end was jacked back into place, deck beams replaced, decking replaced, and then sheathed in Dynel set in West System epoxy. Our project for this fall is to replace the shaft log, stern post, horn timber, pilothouse, and trunk cabin of a 1950s buyboat named Annie D.”

A Rick Roe 26 mold and Mandy, a friendly member of the crew. Photo by Bill Griffin

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Robert Wagner of Chesapeake Boat Works spit shines one of the hulls on a 60-foot catamaran. Image courtesy of India Lemmon

also been busy at the design table, drawingup a picnic/weekender version of the 36, while the remodel and restoration work continues to come in. Judge is hopeful that leads for two 27s, a Chesapeake 36, and perhaps an Oxford 37 from the U.S. Powerboat Show turn into orders for new builds.

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Fish News

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Big rockfish like this one will become scarce if the Young of the Year indicators continue to plummet. Photo courtesy of Joe Evans

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Young of the Year Rockfish Survey Below Average Again

or the third consecutive year, the 2010 Young of the Year Striped Bass Survey is again below the mean index of 11.6, according to the annual survey released by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Biologists issued the sobering report, which revealed this year’s number is 5.6, making it the sixth time in the last 10 years that the reproductive success of striped bass has fallen short of the longterm average.

“We are carefully monitoring the juvenile striped bass situation,” says Tom O’Connell, director of DNR’s Fisheries Service. “As stewards of the primary nursery area for Atlantic striped bass, it is our responsibility to protect this essential habitat and work with our state and federal partners along the Atlantic coast to ensure that spawning striped bass are adequately protected, and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) management benchmarks continue to be achieved.”

Environmental factors such as water temperature, currents, and spring runoff can significantly impact the spawning success of Chesapeake stripers. Other problems facing rockfish include the wasting disease Mycobacteriosis, possible food imbalance due to the industrial harvest of menhaden in Virginia’s part of the Chesapeake and the possible underestimates of poaching impacts, from both sportfishermen and commercial watermen.

A vote on the coastal commercial harvest is slated for ASMFC’s annual meeting in South Carolina next month. Many sportfishermen believe that, given years of low recruitment, intense pressure, and troublesome health questions, even a slight increase is inappropriate without reducing the catch from another sector of the fishery.

Each year since 1954, DNR biologists have used the same techniques to monitor the reproductive success of striped bass and other species in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay since. Twenty-two survey sites are located in the four major spawning systems: the Choptank, Potomac, and Nanticoke rivers, and the Upper Bay. Biologists visit each site monthly from July through September, collecting fish samples with two sweeps of a 100-foot beach seine. Go online to dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/juvindex/index. asp for more information.

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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Researchers Promote Balanced Fisheries Management

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onflicts between commercial and recreational fishing interests over a host of species, notably crabs, yellow perch, and striped bass, have intensified in the past decade. A team led by UMCES fisheries scientists, however, hopes to alleviate those tensions with a new, stakeholder-driven process.

According to a press release, the “FishSmart” program works with recreational anglers, conservation organizations, commercial fishermen, and fisheries managers to develop a set of protective harvest measures all can agree upon.

The new approach differs from traditional fisheries management process in that the FishSmart process involves the stakeholders from the outset to “come to a consensus on a shared vision of a ‘successful fishery’ for the target species.”

Over an eight-month period, the stakeholders used a model developed in collaboration with the research team to weigh how alternative management regulations would impact the fishery. The stakeholders recommended three specific approaches involving changes in size and bag limits to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. All of the workgroup’s recommendations were more conservative than those developed by the council’s own deliberative process. For more information, go online to umces.edu.

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recreational fishing values into the NOAA mission and culture; improving data on recreational fishing and fisheries; addressing recreational interests in NOAA’s catch share policy; and supporting cooperative research and monitoring.

“The Action Agenda is the roadmap for us to fulfill our commitments made during NOAA’s Recreational Fishing Summit,” says Eric Schwaab, NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service. “We know it is the strength of our actions that matter in the end, and we are committed to moving forward aggressively.”

Schwaab also announced that NOAA will provide a $276,000 grant to the ASFMC to help give recreational fishermen conservation information. A portion of the national grant will support a collaborative workshop in spring 2011 to examine how best to reduce barotraumas—the injury to deepwater fish when pulled to the surface rapidly—in recreational fisheries, to improve survival of fish caught and then released.

Go online to noaa.gov for more information.

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o one lays on the thick jargon like the U.S. government, but NOAA’s point man on marine fisheries has promised that actions will speak louder than words for the beleaguered federal agency long on rhetoric and short on credibility.

In April, NOAA hosted a “Recreational Saltwater Fishing Summit” attended by most of the key players in the sportfishing community. From that meeting comes a new action plan, which NOAA is calling its “Recreational Saltwater Fisheries Action Agenda.” This national plan, according to a NOAA press release, will address the “complex issues facing marine recreational fisheries. The plan will improve science and stewardship and build a stronger partnership with the recreational community.

It is a direct outcome of input received from recreational fishermen” who participated in that meeting.

The Action Agenda includes a set of broad national goals, while focusing immediate attention on five priority issues: ensuring balanced recreational representation in the management process; more fully integrating

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FISH FORECASTS

by Capt. C. D. Dollar

Photo by Kendall Osborne

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Opening day striper laid against the Boatyard Bar & Grill yardstick.

ysters, geese, and beastly rockfish will hopefully be November/December highlights for Bay fishermen.

True, winter fishing isn’t for the meek, but it sure can be loads of fun. When this edition of PropTalk hits the stands in mid-November, striper fishing in the Bay should still be good.

The fabled Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), that engineering feat linking Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Virginia Beach, is a world-class striper destination that draws fishermen from around the country. If you’ve never fished the CBBT, note that one day, it can be, in Eastern Shore parlance, ‘slick cam,’ and the next, a turbulent froth churned by tide and wind. The open waters of the lower Chesapeake during the winter are no place for foolhardiness.

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apt. Jim Brincefield (Virginia Beach, VA) predicts that the cold months will once again bring trophy rockfish and slammer bluefish to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. “There are great opportunities for light-tackle angling along the CBBT and locating schools of feeding fish. Look for bait and feeding gulls and gannets. Trollers find great success around Cape Henry and along the oceanfront,” Capt.

Jim says. “Also, large black sea bass, grouper, black belly rosefish, and blueline tilefish will also be available for offshore deep droppers. These types of winter extreme cold water trips are not recommended for ascot wearers,” Capt. Jim adds.

Capt. Jim Brincefield Challenger II (252) 336-4296 captjim.com

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Editor’s Addition n an off-Bay note, the false albacore run off Cape Lookout this year has been spectacular. Well-known Outer Banks fishing guide Brian Horsley simply explained it with one word: “epic.” I joined PropTalk contributor Kendall Osborne and fly-fishing guide Capt. Sarah Gardner aboard Fly Girl to sample some of this action in late October. While we got off to a slow start, we finally located the magic spot and managed to spank quite of few of these nuclear-fueled demons feeding among gargantuan bait balls. See page 36 for full details on this year’s albie run and how to plan a trip for next season.

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hile Capt. Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters (Solomons, MD) fishes the last of the bluefish (now running three to five pounds) through early November, he has his eye out for ocean-run stripers.

“You can troll small spoons through the breaking schools, or try casting plugs worked just under the surface for the stripers. I like staying over the fish and using metal jigs for them. Orange and yellow seem the best in one-and-a-half-ounce sizes. Stingsilvers in two-ounce sizes are great, too,” Capt. Sonney says.

“My favorite has been the Lil’ Bunker Metal Spoons from Specialized Baits,” Capt. Sonney adds.

Capt. Sonney will look for trophy rockfish in deep water near the shipping channel edges at places such as Buoy 74 and Buoy 72A. “The big stripers will give you a real run for the money. So keep the drag light for the first hit, as they will break off if it is set too tight. You can always tighten down after you slow down. There will be no mistake as to what you’ve got once it starts the run,” Capt. Sonney says. “Remember to limit your catch only to what you can eat and be a good sportsman,” Capt. Sonney adds.

Capt. Sonney Forrest Reel Relief Charters (443) 532-0836 captainsonney.com

One of Capt. Kevin Josenhans’ clients hoists a feisty linesider taken in shallow water. Photo courtesy of Capt. Kevin Josenhans

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apt. Gary Neitzey of Fishhawk Guide Service will fish the CBBT from Thanksgiving until Christmas… and fish it hard. “I will fish thousands of pilings with six- and 10-inch Bass Kandy Delights (BKDs) on jigheads.

Sometimes you have to put your jig right on the piling. Around the rock islands, BKDs are still my preferred lure. The trick is to fish the jig deep and not hang up in the rocks,” Capt. Gary says. “I will always be on the lookout for birds on breaking fish too, especially gannets, as they are usually on big bait and big fish. BKDs work here also, but be prepared with Stillwater Smack-Its, as sometimes you can catch them (stripers) on the surface,” Capt. Gary adds.

Capt. Gary Neitzey Fishhawk Guide Service (410) 937-8753 flyfishthechesapeake.com

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apt. Kevin Josenhans of Josenhans Fly Fishing will head south to fish the vaunted CBBT in December, intercepting big stripers making their annual migration to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. “Migrating striped bass from up the Atlantic coast merge with fast-exiting rockfish from the Chesapeake to create a fish-bowl effect and a fantastic catching opportunity for fly and spin fishermen, alike. All the rockfish are fat and full of fight, and fish over 40 inches are caught every year,” Capt. Kevin says.

Capt. Kevin Josenhans Josenhans Fly Fishing (443) 783-3271 josenhansflyfishing.com

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apt. Walt of Light Tackle Charters will spend December at the CBBT putting his clients on large rockfish that congregate at the mouth of the Bay. “We’ll use light tackle (15-pound class) and fly rods to catch the rockfish,” Capt. Walt says. “Sometimes we’ll fish over the birds, but most times, we will work the CBBT structure.” Capt.

Walt adds that “often times, the action is farther down in the water column, while large numbers of gulls float on the surface waiting for the bait to be pushed back to the surface.”

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A grumpy false albacore goes back into the waters off Cape Lookout Shoals. Photo by Capt.

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apt. Randy Dean of the Bay Hunter (Chesapeake Beach, MD) will spend November and December season chasing rockfish—both the residents and the ocean-run fish. “The rockfishing should peak from November to early December. We’ll troll and jig. Fall is a great time to do both,” Capt. Randy says.

Capt Randy Dean Bay Hunter (410) 259-9496 captainrdean.com

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apt. Monty Hawkins (Ocean City, MD) of the headboat Morning Star will fish for sea bass when that fishery reopens in November. “It should be classic,” Capt. Monty says, referring to the good bite they had earlier in the fall when limits weren’t that uncommon.

Capt. Monty may even do a few longrange trips for tilefish.

Capt. Monty Hawkins Morning Star (410) 520-2076 morningstarfishing.com

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apt. Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide Charters will run back and forth from the CBBT to Kent Narrows.

Fishing should be tailing off in Kent Narrows in December, while it picks up at the CBBT. “We can only hope the weather is better than last winter! There will be plenty of rockfish showing up at the CBBT in late November,” Capt. Mark says. “Jigging pilings and drifting eels should be productive. Step up your jigging weights slightly because of the increased current at the CBBT. Here in Kent Narrows, the white perch migration to deeper water should be in full swing in November. If the bottom temps stay above 55, large groups of the tasty critters should be heading for open water in the main Bay. Jigging in more than 40 feet of water can be quite productive. And these can be some of the largest perch of the year,” Capt. Mark adds.

Capt. Mark Galasso Tuna the Tide Charters (410) 310-1200 exploredelmarva.com

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apt. Jeremy Blunt of Ocean City, MD says if it’s December in Ocean City, it can only mean rockfish. “We will be running trips through the first of the year for rockfish and bluefish. The fish range in size from 30 to 45 inches and larger,” Capt. Jeremy says.

Capt. Jeremy Blunt Samurai 1 Charters (410) 507-4150 jeremy91873@aol.com

The business end of an atomic football. Photo by Kendall Osborne, catch by Gary Reich

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Millions of rockfish – like this fish caught on Waterman out of Virginia Beach – return to Virginia Beach each winter.

Photo courtesy of Ric Burnley

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omewhere in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, a fisherman stands in the back of a small center-console boat. He’s watching the tips of a half-dozen fishing rods, waiting for the slightest movement. At the end of each line, a live eel dangles on a large hook.

Suddenly, one of the rod tips twitches. The man jumps on the reel and cranks the line tight. The rod tip bends over, and a fat striped bass is hooked.

A few miles away, in the open Atlantic Ocean, another crew rides in the back of a large sportfishing boat. Sprouting from every rod holder, a dozen heavy trolling rods pull 24 parachute lures through the water. The captain has the boat pointed at a large flock of white birds that are spinning and diving into the water. When the boat reaches the birds, all 12 lines go down at once. Suddenly, six anglers are very busy.

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Between these two scenes, two guys in a small skiff weave their way through the pilings of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT). Each angler is armed with a mediumaction spinning combo that is rigged with a five-inch swimming shad. With precise aim, one angler casts his jig so that it lands in the water right next to a piling. One turn of the reel handle, and the lure is smashed by a sledge hammer.

The angler leans back and sets the hook, and a heavy striper takes off into the bridge.

These stories are all part of the action that draws lateseason striper fisherman to the CBBT and mouth of the Bay.

Slimy Snakes For years, one of the easiest ways to catch a trophy rockfish has been by drifting live eels. Not only is this tactic deadly on big rockfish, but it only involves floating around the Lower Bay waiting for the big bite.

Look on a nautical chart of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Notice the deep slough that cuts from Plantation Light off Cape Charles south past Latimer Shoal, under the High Level section of the CBBT, out into the ocean through buoys 8 and 10, and up the eastern side of the peninsula between Fisherman’s Island and Nautilus Shoal. That’s eeling territory.

Where and when stripers will arrive to this stretch of water are up to the fish, but the best plan of action is to cover some ground looking for signs of bait and fish. In the absence of direct evidence of life, pick one spot and work it thoroughly by making drift after drift. The striper bite can turn on at any moment, but one of the best times always seems to be when the tide is changing.

Rigging for this tactic is as easy as fishing it. Start with a medium heavy boat rod spooled with 30-pound monofilament or 50-pound braid. Tie a 150-pound-test barrel swivel to the end of the running line and clip in a one- to six-ounce inline sinker. Next, snell a 9/0 J-hook to an arm’s length of 50-pound fluorocarbon, and then tie another 150-pound test snap swivel to the end. Clip that swivel to the free end of the inline sinker. Fish the baits directly below the boat at different depths. Also keep one eel rigged with no weight on a medium-heavy spinning rod that can be cast and slowly retrieved.

Even if eeling for rockfish isn’t as good as it used to be, it’s still the best way to target trophy fish. Hours and hours of drifting may only lead to one bite, but chances are, it will be a big bite.

“The CBBT is a 17-mile-long striper magnet that stretches across the Bay. Every rockfish that leaves or enters the Bay must pass this structure.”

Parachutes and Umbrellas The most popular and effective way to target late-season stripers is trolling parachute and umbrella rigs. Before big stripers move up the Chesapeake for the spring, they stage in the ocean off Virginia and North Carolina.

These fish will often be found under flocks of diving gannets within a few miles of the beach. Trolling allows anglers to cover ground while looking for feeding rockfish. The key to success with trolling is putting a lot of lures in the water.

Parachute and umbrella rigs allow anglers to maximize the profile of their spread.

Parachute rigs consist of two big bucktails—one heavier than the other. The heavier jig is tied to a three-foot length of 100-pound monofilament, while the lighter jig is tied to a six-foot length of leader. The two leaders are joined with a 300-pound-test, three-way swivel. The rigs can be staggered in the water column by using heavier jigs or attaching a twoto 36-ounce inline sinker ahead of the three-way swivel.

Umbrella rigs, like the name suggests, employ a four-arm spreader bar that looks like an umbrella frame. Each arm of the frame hosts two to four rubber shad teasers, while a single shad on a 10/0 hook runs down the center. Again, the rigs can be staggered in the water column by dropping them proptalk.com

“The captain has the boat pointed at a large flock of white birds that are spinning and diving into the water. When the boat reaches the birds, all 12 lines go down at once.

Suddenly, six anglers are very busy.�

A late-season angler works the rocks on the first island of the CBBT hoping to lock into a big one. Photo by Gary Reich

farther behind the boat or adding an inline sinker ahead of the umbrella. To target larger fish, switch to using big spoons, like a Cripple Alewife or Bunker Spoon. Big plugs like Stretch and Rapalas also work.

Any of these lures can be trolled at two to four knots.

When the fish are schooled up and chewing, many anglers choose to pull in the trolling gear and pull out the light tackle. A mediumaction spinning rod spooled with 40-pound braided line and a 10-foot top shot of 50-pound fluorocarbon will cast a five-inch swimming shad or bounce a two- to four-ounce bucktail in front of feeding rockfish.

Whether caught trolling, jigging, or eeling, rockfish warm up the winter in Virginia Beach.

Photo courtesy of Ric Burnley

Bridge Trolls The CBBT is a 17-mile-long striper magnet that stretches across the Bay. Every rockfish that leaves or enters the Bay must pass this structure.

Two lures are most productive for these fish: a three-to-five-inch swim shad that can be cast at pilings and rocks or a five- to seveninch soft plastic jig on a one- to three-ounce leadhead that can be bounced along the bottom.

Some of the best fishing can be after dark. The bright lights from the bridge shine on the water attracting bait and rockfish. While casting and bouncing will still work, anglers in small boats can actually search the lights for suspended fish. Look in the shadow of the bridge to see the silhouette of big rockfish hanging just under the surface.

This is a good time to switch to a fly rod and sight cast large Clouser minnow patterns to these big fish.

Another great way to pull big rockfish out of the pilings of the CBBT is anchoring up-tide of the bridge and floating live eels into the structure. Rig the same way as described earlier and let the eel drift into the lights falling from the bridge. A four-inch foam float will carry the bait into the lights. When the current dies, pull anchor and drift beneath the bridge while bouncing an eel around the pilings. This tactic works best around the pilings and rocks of High Level span of the bridge.

Even though everyone knows that rockfish return to Chesapeake Bay each winter, no one knows when the fish will arrive and where they will stage. Will they stay in the ocean? Will they congregate around the Eastern Shore? Or will they hang out under the CBBT? The answers to those questions will determine how anglers target these fish: eeling, trolling, or casting. The key to success is being in the right place, at the right time, and doing the right thing.

To target big fish, use big lures. Heavy parachute jigs and big spoons weed out the little fish. Charles Southall digs through his bucket of lures looking for the perfect combination.

Photo courtesy of Ric Burnley

About the Author: Ric Burnley is a writer, teacher, and father based in Virginia Beach, VA. His latest project, fishcrazy.info, is an online e-zine that provides upto-date fishing reports, how-to articles, news and events, professional guides, photos, and videos covering all aspects of Mid-Atlantic fishing.

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Ten Deltaville Techs

The Deltaville Boatyard recently added its 10th American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Certified Master Technician. Louis Hensley (see right, fourth from the left) brings the total to 13 ABYC certified technicians working full time at Deltaville Boatyard’s Jackson Creek facility.

Green Machine Takes on North America

TUI Marine recently became the exclusive North American distributor for the Greenline 33 Hybrid (hybrid-and solar-powered) built by Slovenian builder Seaway. The line’s first American dealer, Annapolis Yacht Sales showcased the Greenline 33 Hybrid during the U.S. Powerboat Show this October. Check out the January issue of PropTalk for a full boat review. greenlinehybrid.com

Some of Deltaville Boatyard’s “A Team” of technicians (L-R): Chuck Ruble, Eric Valliere, Mack McCreary, Louis Hensley, Bruce Greenwood, Jon Morris, Jim Rice, Caleb Thompson, Christy Gray, and Keith Ruse. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Holloway/deltavilleboatyard.com

Bluewater Has Moved

Bluewater Yacht Sales (BYS) recently relocated its Maryland sales and service offices to Harrison’s on the Narrows at 325 Cleat St., next to the Fisherman’s Inn and Restaurant (see right). The boat yard features two travelifts, a forklift, and slips for both brokerage and new boat inventory as well as transients, with many restaurants nearby. BYS is the premier Mid-Atlantic dealer for Princess, Regulator, and Viking Yachts, and also offers brokerage boats. The new phone number is (410) 827-0873.

Five Hundred Installations

BriarTek—based in Alexandria, VA —recently completed installation of its ORCA Man Overboard Indicator system (see right) aboard the U.S.S. Wayne E. Meyer, making it the company’s 500th installation across the U.S. Navy fleet.

More than 100,000 ORCA transmitters are in use across a fleet of all classes. To date, the system has been responsible for the rescue of 29 Navy sailors worldwide.

The beacon self-activates within three to five seconds of submersion in water, instantly signaling a user’s VHF radio that a passenger has gone into the water.

If it’s good enough for the U.S. Navy, it’s good enough for you, buster.

Photo courtesy of bluewateryachtsales.com

Photo courtesy of briartek.net

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Free Boat Show Application

Captain Nancy Birnbaum’s iTapTouch, LLC, recently launched its first app, called iBoatShows (above). The app’s quick-search is designed to help you find what each show or event has to offer, obtain tickets, take advantage of special offers, and spread the word via Twitter and Facebook. Download it for free at iboatshows.com or itunes.apple.com.

BOE Has Moved, Too

BOE Marine recently opened a new marine retail and service facility on nine acres on Kent Island in Stevensville, MD. Features include a marine supply store, multiple boat service bays, and outdoor boat storage. Jim Maier, president of BOE Marine, says, “It’s exciting to see repeat and new winterization customers pouring in.” boemarine.com

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Located near AYS Office. Priced to sell! $15,000. Call Charles 410-267-8181 or charles@annapolisyachtsales.com

26’ Eastport ‘10 Modeled after the successful 32, the 26 has traditional Chesapeake Bay Styling, single Volvo D3-220HP diesel for fuel economy and range, aft bench, navigator helm chairs, long hard top for protection from elements. Below features v-berth, storage, head for over-niting. Many options available.

443-951-1380 www.eastportyacht.com 26’ Back Cove ’06 A nice example of the popular Back Cove 26 with a Yanmar 240-hp only 85 hrs, bow thruster, trim tabs, soft top canvas, chartplotter, $117,500 Eastport Yacht Sales 410903-1830 www.eastportys.com

27’ Tiara Open ’87 $33,500 Fresh Flag Blue Awlgrip, new canvas & enclosure, twin 270 Crusaders, boat is in excellent shape. Owner moving up, looking for offers. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 995-0732, www.theyachtgroup.com

28’ Bertram 25 Convertible ‘63 Rebuilt in 2000 with twin 1998 Mercury 250HP outboards topping speed 52kts. 580hrs since rebuild. She’s well outfitted for open water fishing with 17 rod holders, 2 down riggers. $26,500 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

29’ Mathews Brothers Patriot ’02 JWB Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 315hp dsl engine. Kept in top cond. at MathewsBros IndoorBoatStorage facility. $150,000 Purchase today! Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

29’ MJM 29z ’08 3 mpg at 24 knots will ease the pain at the gas dock. Wrap around seating for more people than you probably want to take out. PRICE REDUCTION. Offered at $279,900.

Contact Ken at 410-991-1511 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com Cape Dory 28 Flybridge Fast Trawler ‘89. 30 foot l.o.a. Built 1989. five y.o. engine and bowthruster installation.

Electronics include autopilot. Low hours, yard maintained.

Very clean. Seriously for sale. Asking price reduced to $52,000. Seeking offers. Jerry at (410) 440-9882.

29’ Robbins by MathewsBros ’03 Miss Claire Fiberglass hull, 310 Marine Power gas engine, Top cond. at IndoorBoatStorage.

Available for immediate purchase. JUST REDUCED to $62,500 Call Mathews Brothers at (410) 479-9720.

29’ McBee Custom King Cat 290 ’99/’10 Mercruiser 350 MPI Bluewater Horizon engines have 51 hrs, starboard has 2 yr warranty. 10 hrs on new velvet drive transmissions. Super Clean.

Asking $49,950 bring all offers. See up to 80 photos on Boatshedannapolis.com, (301) 643-5775

28' Cape Dory Open Fisherman '87 - terrific value in a Down East express; Chrysler v-8 offers 15 knot cruise; varnished windshield & eyebrow; bimini; large cabin w/ enclosed head; spray rails and nice hull shape. Asking $45,000.

Call Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rick@northpointyachtsales.com Albin 28 TE ’01 Blue Moon includes the Gatsby package, so has the seating for a perfect cocktail cruiser. However, she also has all the electronics and a trolling valve to be great for fishing, the ultimate in utility. She is in great shape with new AwlGrip and ready to go!

Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230

28’ Atlantic Craft ’05 Perfect for the Bay! Roomy cabin and large cockpit.

Low hrs on 7.4L Mercruiser!! Outfitted to fish with riggers, electronics, windlass and more. $54,000. (410) 476-4414, www.compositeyacht.biz

30’ Mainship Pilot ’98 $59,900 – Priced to sell! Yanmar 230hp dsl, bow thruster, reverse cycle heat/Air, plotter, full cockpit canvas, excellent cond.! Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 5535046. email: tony@greatblueyachts. com, Visit our web: www. greatblueyachts.com 30’ Sea Sailer Motorsailor ’65 Teak planked classic with Yanmar 37, pilothouse or cockpit steering, $260K refit in 1999, in great cond. $39,500 Urbanna, VA Call Jonathan (804) 7767575.

Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com 30’ Wellcraft Martinique ’01 Clean, low hr boat. Wide 10’6” beam makes for spacious interior & cockpit.

T-Merc w/new Bravo III outdrives in ’09.

New A/C in ’08. In water & ready to go. $53,500 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

29’ Dyer 29 ‘91 Hard top model w/new dsl engine & full canvas cockpit cover. Professionally maintained & continuously upgraded. Call Denise at Annapolis Yacht Sales 410-267-8181 or denise@annapolisyachtsales.com.

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39’ Intrepid ’07 $369,000 48’ Chris Craft ’87 $179,000 www.theyachtgroup.com • email info @the yachtgroup.com 48’ Californian ’90 $179,000 39’ Tiara Sovran ’07 IPS500, Loaded $395,000 47’ Riviera M470 Excalibur ’03 $238,500 37’ Formula PC ’06 T/DSLS $259,000 46’ Grand Banks Europa ’01 SOLD 37’ Formula SS ’06 T/496s $182,000 45’ Riviera/Excalibur ’01 $179,000 36’ Luhrs FB ’03 SOLD Yacht45’ Group BBP 5.08.indd 1 35’ Cigarette ’87 T700s, like new $69,000 Riviera FB ’08 LOADED $920,000 45’ Californian ’90 SOLD 35’ Marlago ’07, Verados, loaded $138,000 42’ Navigator ’96 $154,900 35’ Marlago ’06, Verados, like new $119,500 42’ Riviera FB ’05 FAST $449,000 35’ Marlago ’05, Verados SOLD 40’ Carver 404 ’99 $165,000 35’ Marlago ’04, 300 Yamahas SOLD 40’ Gorbon Custom Downeast FB ’07 $374,900 35’ Marlago ’03, 4-Strokes $75,000 35’ Marlago ’02, 4 Strokes, 98 hrs, Trlr $84,900 40’ Riviera FB ’05, LOADED $398,000

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30’ Fortier Soft-top ‘89; She is a lovely, traditional, family cruiser. They are still built today in MA. of the finest quality and materials. She is powered by twin 200HP Volvo diesels - cruises at 18 knots. Accomodations for up to 4 people.

She has an enclosed head, full galley, Radar arch, bimini with full enclosure, cockpit bimini, Norcold refrigerator, Glendinning synchroniser, windlass, furuno 1830 radar, Autopilot, GPS and so much more! Just reduced to $85,000 and looking for offers. OBYS (410) 2260100.

31' Camano Trawler '97 - New listing!

One owner; excellent condition; only 557 hrs on 200 hp Volvo diesel; thruster; windlass; A/c-heat; inverter; new bimini.

Asking $124,500.

Call Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com

32’ Kinnamon 32 Custom Bay Built ‘00 True work horse with aft steering stations for single handedly, comfortable interior and seating has enough room for a large fishing party. Hull, cabins and floors are in great condition. $56,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

32’ Mabry ‘03 Yanmar 315HP, Electronics, Full Equipment, Beautifully Finished, $110,000. (410)476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz

32’ Boston Whaler ‘07 “Wasabi” $149,900 In Annapolis, Maryland, Tom Murphy – CPYB, Office: 410-626-0100, Cell: 443-994-2705, www.unitedyacht.com/tommurphy, United Yacht Sales tommurphy@unitedyacht.com

33’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’98 Fresh water Sundancer has been very well maintained. Low hours on 310 Mercruisers, A.C, and Generator. Priced to sell $59,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022

31’ Marlago Open CC ’02 $59,500, 157 one-owner hrs on 200 HPDI Yamahas, perfect shape and recently detailed. Owner moving up. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group (800) 8278089.

31 Sea Ray Sundancer '00 Only 250 hours on this boat with new canvas, fully loaded, with gen set. New listing in Edgewood, MD Ask 74,900. At our office on Kent Island.

Contact BOEMARINE, 866-735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com 32’ Kinnamon Bay Boat ‘97 John Deere dsl, custom hardtop, Rocker launcher & More, $45,000, 410-4764414, www.compositeyacht.biz 32’ Ches. Deadrise ’00 PRICE REDUCED TO $42,500!!! No engine or gear, Ready to drop in gas or dsl, Finished to fish, Full electronics, Fresh Awlgrip, (410) 476-4414, www. compositeyacht.biz 32’ Halverson “Gourmet Cruiser” ’03 32 feet of pure enjoyment. Newer electronics, very low hrs. No use in 2 years. Bring reasonable offer soon! Call Dan at Annapolis Yacht Sales 410-2678181.

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34’ American Tug ‘04; The master stateroom is forward with a centerline double berth. The head has a separate shower/tub combo and head. Pilothouse with helm to starboard, port and starboard seats as well as access to the side decks on both sides. Down to the main salon and galley area aft which features an L-shaped dinette to port that converts to a double bed and the galley is to starboard. Aft is the cockpit. Her interior is warm and clean and gives the appearance of a new vessel. Asking $295,000 and will listen to offers. OBYS (410) 226-0100.

34' Formula PC '99 Plenty of sex appeal! Sleeps 6, 2 staterooms with privacy curtains. Entire aft section of the cockpit can be turned into a giant sunken sunpad. Transom shower, foredeck sunpad, cockpit wet bar, good performer at 45 knots top. $89,500 (410)639-7111, www.gratitudeyachting.com 35’ Marlago ’07 Verado 275s, beautiful burgundy Awlgrip, T-Top, enclosure, loaded, lift kept. $138,000 Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (443) 995-0732, www.theyachtgroup.com

32' Mast & Mallet '08 315 Yanmar offers 16 knot cruise; bow thruster; A/C; dark green hull; inverter; varnished transom; like new.

Asking $250,000.

Bring offers.

Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com

32 Sea Ray Sundancer 320 ‘04 T/ Merc V-drives, clean w/ navy hull and gen. Only 230 Hours.In RockHall MD. Just reduced to $105,900.

Contact BOEMARINE, 866-7355926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com 32’ Senator Trawler ’87 $39,900 Aft cabin, sun deck, upper& lower helm station, Air/Heat, Perkins dsl. Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com 32’ Wasque ’72 Classic downeast fiberglass. New: Stidd seats, upholstery, teak cockpit, Yanmar 350 w/250 hrs, bow thruster, trim tabs, Awlgrip. Lift kept on Spa Creek. $129,000 Eastport Yacht Sales 410-903-1830 www.eastportys. com

33 Sea Ray Sundancer 330 ‘93.

Clean cruiser with tons of upgrades, generator, A/C, NEW CANVAS, great boat for the money.

Lying in Solomons Island, MD Ask $42,000. Contact BOEMARINE, 866735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com 34’ Mainship Pilot Express ‘02 315-hp Cummins 850 hrs. Bow thruster, windlass, lots of seating, beautiful layout below decks, super clean vessel. $134,900 Eastport Yacht Sales 410903-1830 www.eastportys.com

35’ Pro-Line 3250 Express ‘97 A wonderful family weekend cruiser, perfectly equipped for fishing trips.

A beautiful boat that has been extremely well maintained. Twin MerCruisers have 600HP giving her a top speed over 40kts. $53,950 Boatshed Annapolis (703) 855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

34’ Bruckmann 34e ’07 New in stock at our office. Mark Ellis design.

Single engine, fuel efficient, planes at 11 knots. Yacht finish. $299,900.

Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 34’ Rinker 340 FV ’00 This 340 Fiesta Vee offers a spacious interior, 2 staterooms and convertible dinette make sleeping for 6. Walk-thru windshield provides easy access to the bow. Convenient wet bar in cockpit.

Cockpit carpet replaced in 2008. $59,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

35' Sonic SS '99 Repowered with 500hp Mercruisers and owner has kept her in "like new" condition. Shows like a new boat, with trailer and new canvas, Lying on South River, MD. Ask $65,000. Contact BOEMARINE, 866-735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com

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36’ Hinckley Picnic Boat EP ’05 SHADOW is a fine example of a late model EP. She boasts a wonderful entertaining platform with a built in BBQ and sink in the cockpit and plenty of seating in the pilothouse. $430,000 Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com 35’ Viking Express Sport Fish 85’ This is a must see boat that is in wonderful condition. This is the perfect boat for anyone looking for a boat to enjoy with the family or go out and fish with the guys. Please call David at our Annapolis North Point Office at 410-280-2038 Ext. 15 or Email him at David@NorthPointYachtSales.com 36’ Albin Trawler ’79 Single Volvo 129-hp, generator, new bimini, interior & exterior helm stations & instrumentation, two en-suite strms, side galley. Reduced to $46,000 Deltaville, VA Call Jonathan (804) 776-7575 Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Albin Trawler ’81 Single Ford Lehman 120HP dsl, 2 head, 2 large strm vessel. She is lovingly cared for & shows well, in Annapolis! Asking $59,850. Call Tim 410-267-8181. Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com

36' Jarvis Newman Pettegrow '88 None nicer. Repowered in '05 w/ 370 Yanmar; 15 knot cruise; thruster; genset; A/C; Espar; A/P; radar; 3 GPS/plotters. Price down to $199,000 Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com 37’ Lord Nelson Victory Tug ’86 Traditional full displacement pilothouse long range trawler, Cummins 150, Northern Lights generator, well equipped, outstanding cond. $175,000 Mathews, VA. Call Jonathan (804) 7767575 Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com 37’ Nordic Tug ’99 Blue hulled semidisplacement trawler. Single Cummins 330-hp, Northern Lights generator, Heat/Air, Dinghy and Davit system.

Excellent cond.. $279,000 Call Jonathan (804)436-4484 Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com

36’ Carman ‘10: 500HP Cat C9, BRAND NEW!!! Built on spec, Ready to Go Now! Or Equip as you wish, New Price $179,900. www.compositeyacht.biz 410-4764414

36' Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ‘99 HAIL MARY is a great boat that is ready to go. She is easily seen in Oxford, Maryland. Interior provides sleeping berths and stowage, head with shower, and a galley that offer comfortable accommodations for two. $260,000 Offered by Hinckley Yacht Brokerage, contact Peter (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com 36’ Monk 36 Trawler ’05 Modern version of classic Monk 36 built in Nova Scotia… single engine 2 cabin trawler has everything needed for extended cruising. $249,000 Call Tim 410-2678181 Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com

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37’ Silverton Convertible ’89 Very clean, shed kept. A/C, GPS and radar.

Low hrs on 454 Crusaders. $59,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

38’ Carver 3807 Aft Cabin ’89 Excellent condition. Spacious interior w/galley down. Two staterooms, each with head & stall shower. Convertible dinette. Three zone A/C. Flybridge helm offers seating forward.

Aft deck hardtop with enclosure. T-Merc.

Glendinning Cable Master, Generator. $69,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022

2008 T 44 MY LUCKY LUCY at $1.25m

1996 Picnic Boat Classic SKAL at $235,000

2007 T 44 FB HALF TIME at $1.125m

2001 Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ENCORE at $297,000

1972 B 40 MK III Yawl ARETE at $145,000

2002 T 44 EX ALEXA at $710,000

High end listings always welcome!

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38’ Carver ACMY ‘88 Looking for offers. Large 14' beam. Two staterooms with double berths. Two heads with stall showers. Galley and full size dinette down from salon. Well arranged fly-bridge, aft deck w/wet bar.

Low hours on T-454 Mercruisers, 6.5 Onan generator. $69,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

39’ Tiara Sovran ’07 $395,000, Upgraded IPS 500s, Navy Hull, Night Vision, every option, just detailed, owner moving up.

Best example of this popular model at an amazing price. Call Ned Dozier, 443995-0732,ned@theyachtgroup.com. www.theyachtgroup.com

40’ Bayliner Cockpit MY ‘00 Three staterooms w/full berths. 2 heads 38’ Evans Dead Rise ’07 W/showers. Full service galley, large dinette w/salon on same level. Lower $175,000 USCG certified passenger/ helm, large aft deck. T-270 Cummins charter boat Cummins 8.3l Turbo dsl, dsls, 8kw Westerbeke gen. Great family bow thruster, Certified for 18 passenger, yacht. $192,000 Sassafras Harbor Pilot house w/convertible dinette & Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022 forward cabin. Excellent business opportunity! Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com,

38’ Lyman-Morse ‘94 Downeast Custom Build.

GRP hull 2010 Awlcraft Sea Shell Green paint.

Gen-set, air,thruster, propane, and a proper chart table! Asking $229,750 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

40’ Gorbon Custom Downeast Flybridge ’07 $374,900. Volvo common rail dsls give 1 MPG at cruise, 30 knots top. Entire boat is Awlgripped, even the interior fiberglass. Beautiful woodwork, EZ2CY enclosure, all modern systems in a classic package. Call Ned Dozier, 443-9950732, ned@theyachtgroup.com. www.theyachtgroup.com

38’ True North 38 ’02 True adventure boat w/huge opening reverse transom. Galley up, plenty of power, lots of extras. $249,000 Call Tim Wilbricht at Annapolis Yacht Sales 410-267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 38’ Sabre Express ‘09 (stock vessel with full warranties); Very popular 38 Hardtop Express. She offers Twin Stidd helm seats, helm deck AC, a separate shower stall, 2 flush mounted bulkhead flatscreen TV’s. Electronics are yet to be spec’d out. Settee on the bridge deck with wet bar and ice maker. 9KW generator, bow thruster, Teak deck in helm area, Corian counters and much more! The best part is she has the all new Volvo IPS - 330HP D6 propulsion system!! This is the wave of the future, no fumes in the cockpit and better handling capabilities! Prices have gone up and a great deal is being offered on this vessel.

Don’t pass her by! OBYS (410) 2260100.

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40’ Legacy ‘00 Down East FBMY-best on the market; single Cummins provides 17 knot cruise; bow & stern thrusters; new varnish; flag blue hull; brightwork on transom; excellent canvas; Bristol inside & out.

Two staterooms; galley down.

For the discriminating yachtsman. $379,500. Rick Casali; Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com 410-279-5309.

40' Riviera Convertible '05 $398,000.

One owner, custom props, Sat TV, Davit w/jet ski on bow, riggers, just waxed twice & ready to go. Low hrs on 480 Cummins. Extremely nice boat lying Annapolis. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, 443-995-0732, www.theyachtgroup.com 40’ Robbins by Mathews ’02 Ready to name, Ready to fish! Custom tackle, baitwell, 35 rod holders,500-hp Yanmar dsl & many options complement this ultimate cruising boat! JUST REDUCED to $312,500.

Call MathewsBros at 410-479-9720.

40’ Robbins by MathewsBros ’07 Madeline, Fiberglass hull. 540 Cummins dsl eng. Delivered in May of ’08, this highly customized boat is practically new! Available for immediate purchase.

Asking $485,000 call MathewsBros at (410) 479-9720.

40’ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge ’96 $99,000 Twin 454s w/low hrs. Surveyed 6/30/10 with excellent results, survey available. Owner moving up, bring offers! Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com. www. theyachtgroup.com 42’ Beneteau Swift 42 ’07 The cleanest, best maintained & equipped Swift 42 available anywhere. Asking only $389,900! Bring any reasonable offer after viewing her. Call Dan 410267-8181 or dan@annapolisyachtsales. com

42’ Jones ‘00 575 HP Diesel, Genset, A/C & Heat, Full Electronics, 6 Pack, Ready to Fish or Cruise, “Double A” New Price $225,000 www.compositeyacht.biz.

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43 Grandbanks Eastbay 43 EX 00’ KELLY'S CATCH is a well cared example of the rare Eastbay 43 Express Cruiser. In 2006 her Flag Blue hull was AWLgripped and new Moondust non skid on her cabin trunk. She was a custom order from the Grand Banks factory when new providing and has been Professionally maintained and stored inside each winter. Please call Ken Comerford to talk about our New Listing 410-991-1511 0r Email at Ken@NorthPointYachtSales.com

43' Viking '90 Engine hours since rebuild: 0 on starboard, 250 on port. Spotless engine room.

Interior sparkles! Desirable 2 cabin layout. Priced to sell at $199,000.

Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 43’ Wellcraft ’87 Portofino Express, twin 454 Chevys w/360 hrs, new radar w/ GPS & depth, new canvas, 7.5-Kw genset, many other upgrades, call for more details, Sea Scouts, Price slashed to $39,000, James Klimek, (240) 2714631, jk3043@aol.com.

44’ Krogen Widebody ’06 Completely equipped including hydraulic stabilizers, excellent electronics and KVH sat TV, dinghy w/ outboard, washer & dryer & much more.

The Krogen 44’ is a perfect balance of capability, accommodation & handling.

She is a go anywhere world cruiser with all the comfort of home. Located in Annapolis & available for your immediate inspection. Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230.

42’ Jones ’00 575-hp, dsl, Gen-set, A/C & Heat, full electronics, 6 pack, ready to fish or cruise, Double A New Price $225,000 www.compositeyacht. biz, (410) 476-4414.

42’ Krogen Pilothouse Trawler ’95 Widebody model. This is a real waterman’s boat. Original owner.

Maintained to high standards.

Meticulous records & logs. Benefit from the owner’s extensive knowledge & experience. Located Solomons. KadeyKrogen Yachts (800) 247-1230

45’ Riviera ’08, $920,000. Over $300k in custom upgrades, 1.4million+ replacement value, davit with jet tender, Stidds, Stars and Stripes Awlgrip, T/700 Cats with warranties.

Nicest 45 FB on the market, owner moving up.

Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com. www.theyachtgroup.com

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45’ Californian Sun Deck ’90 Enjoy air conditioned sun deck on a hot day! Luxurious accommodations below.

Fiberglass swim platform, davits. JUST REDUCED TO $172,500. Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts. com

45’ Cruisers 4450 ‘00 She’s well maintained luxury family cruiser, with particular attention to detail paid by the owner since 2002.

This boat is fully loaded with every imaginable extra, bought to the highest specification and quality. $259,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703) 855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

46’ Sea Ray Express ’89 Must sell, Make offer! Extra clean, ever popular Sea Ray express. This boat is mint cond. w/extremely low hrs (300), on the durable 3208 Cats. She is in the water and located in Seaford Delaware. One hour from our office. The Yacht Group (800) 827-8089.

45’ SeaRay Express ‘00 Recent and full service on twin Cat engines (610 hours) there are many new fixtures to this stunning boat. Some of these include new Satellite weather, radar, sonar and fish finder, new fridge, new filters and more. $200,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

45 Sea Ray Sundancer 450 ‘96 powered by T/CAT3126s.

Full electronics package w/ KVH sat tv, underwater lights, and new carpets, CLEAN,CLEAN,CLEAN. In Pasadena, MD Price reduced to $133,900.

Contact BOEMARINE, 866-7355926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com 45’ Excalibar ‘99 Fast and luxurious in equal measure. Excellent survey in 2009. The interior is very stylish with a great seating arrangement and overall configuration giving plenty of room to entertain. $110,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

45’ North Island ‘10 $680,000 This luxury crusier is beautifully finished and even better equipped. Built by one of Canada's most reputable builders they have brought the quality commercial heritage and yacht quality luxury together. Please contact us for information. www.compositeyacht.biz 410-476-4414

46’ Sea Ray Sundancer ‘01 Twin Cummins, full electronics, well equipped & comfortable, Too much to list, $225,000, 410-476-4414, www. compositeyacht.biz

46' Carman '01 TWIN John Deere 375HP, USCG Cert. 36 Passenger + 2 Crew, Fully Equipped Inside & Out, No Expense Spared, Make Offer – Must Go (410) 476-4414 www.compositeyacht.biz

46’ Markley ’05 Built to fish and charter ready, Full electronics, John Deere diesel, Fishing gear goes with sale, Make Offer – Must Go, 410-476-4414, www.compositeyacht.biz 46’ Pacemaker Flush Deck MY ’78 $84,900 Twin Detroits, Gen, 3 zone air/heat, new canvas for upper & lower helms. Perfect live-aboard! Call Tony Tumas: day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, Visit our web: www.greatblueyachts.com,

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46’ SeaRay Express ‘87 This sought after vessel has been updated from the electronics to the Awlgrip.

The huge TNT swim platform is just one accessory on this boat that shouts relaxation $119,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703) 855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

46’ Wellcraft San Remo ‘89 The engines have a low 986 hours. She comes crowded with extras and provides palatial accommodation.

This vessel is great for a family and/or the entertainment of guests. $125,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

47’ Riviera M470 Excalibur, ’02, ’05, 496 Mercs, both lift kept, both in amazing condition. 50 mph speed in utmost luxury. The perfect move into cruising for the fast boat enthusiast. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group. 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com

48’ Chesapeake ‘03 USCG rated for 47 passengers. This would make a great charter fish or dive boat. Could handle a hot bite with plenty of open cockpit (16' by 24') and a tuna door! $279,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

48’ Chris Craft Catalina ’87 $169,900, Heavily updated in past three years. Kept under cover. 3208 Cats.

Beautiful boat. Call Ned Dozier, The Yacht Group, (800) 827-8089 .

48 Hatteras ‘88 A beautiful example of this timeless Sport FIsh Model.

Extremely well kept boat, with new T/735 hp Detriots, flawless inside and out. Lying in Shady Side MD. Ask $299,000.

Contact BOEMARINE, 8 6 6 - 7 3 5 - 5 9 2 6 , boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com 48’ Kadey Krogen North Sea Widebody ’07 Happy Feet has a designer interior that is “Over the Top” and is fully cruise equipped with thruster, stabilizers, dinghy davit, etc, etc. She is an ’07 model but not launched until ’08, has been very lightly used and can’t be told from NEW! Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230

50’ Ocean SS ‘82 Wide 16' Beam.

Three strm floor plan. Large salon, galley down w/custom cabinet work.

EZ2CY fly-bridge enclosure. Rebuilt 8V92's plus 15KW Westerbeke generator. Very well maintained, priced to sell. $145,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022.

50’ Ocean Alexander MK 1 ’79 Classic Monk design, Portuguese bridge/flybridge combo, twin Caterpillar 3208s, tri-cabin, new plumbing/ electrical, new decks. $185,000 Deltaville, VA Call Jonathan (804) 7767575 Photos at www. annapolisyachtsales.com

53' Navigator Pilothouse '99 Upgraded 430 HP Volvos, 10’ Avon RIB with 15 HP Mercury. This is the most well maintained and the cleanest on the market! Lying in Severna Park, MD. REDUCED FOR THE BOATSHOWS TO $359,000. Contact BOEMARINE, 866-735-5926, boats@boemarine.com, www.boemarine.com

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Sighs Matter!

58’ Bertram Motor Yacht ‘76 Great live aboard, huge interior, 18’ beam, 3 cabins & 3 heads/showers. All offers considered. Contact Tom 443 880 2765 tom@noyceyachts.com

62' Titan Custom Sport Fisherman asking $1,450,000 You and your crew will be the first ones out to sea when cruising with twin C 32 1650hp Caterpillar engines.

Register at boatshedannapolis.com to see 53 photos. (703) 855-4408

Do you 'sigh' in exasperation that your marine electronics don’t work like they’re supposed to? Next time, choose products and technical support from NMEA® member companies—it matters to us that your job is done right.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 58’ Viking 58 Convertible ‘97 This robustly built immaculately maintained iconic American fishing boat. The luxurious three staterooms feature a master suite and VIP stateroom.

The starboard stateroom has bunks.

All include individual controls for AC/heat and a head for each stateroom with showers. $699,000 Boatshed Annapolis (703)855-4408, Boats@boatshedannapolis.com, view 50+ photos: Boatshedannapolis.com

Look for the NMEA® quality symbol on your dealer’s door.

44’ Krogen Widebody ’08 Very lightly used and extremely well equipped. All the popular options: Stabilizers, Thruster, Radar Arch, AutoRotate Davit, Fuel Polishing and “Over the Top” Electronics. “Feisty Lady” is conveniently located in Annapolis, so easy to arrange a showing, call today!

Kadey-Krogen Yachts (800) 247-1230

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Chesapeake Classic Miss Lonesome Goes to Pieces

by Ruth Christie and Jeff Holland

Miss Lonesome carries the weight of a Bay blizzard. Photo by Carrie Gentile

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he deadrise workboat, Miss Lonesome, lives at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, but like the broken heart on her stern, she’s been cut to pieces (more about that later). Perry Rogers built her in the 1930s in Shady Side, MD, and powered her with an engine from an old Chevrolet. The sleek, 45-foot-long, open oyster workboat was among the last of her kind. These boats weren’t built to be museum artifacts; they were used up until they wore out.

Wooden boat expert Bruce Morse had been working on her for months, with the intent to make her a working crab-harvesting and oyster-tonging exhibit at the museum, when Tropical Storm Isabel came along in 2003. The eight-foot tidal surge smashed her open like a sliced onion.

Pat Teeling stitched Miss Lonesome back together and

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moved her to a spot on the museum grounds under a shady tree by the water. There she sat for years, serving as a teaching platform where hundreds of school kids learned how to hand-tong for oyster shells. Teeling happened to set the deck at a perfect height so the boat could also serve as a bar for countless maritime concerts and other events.

Since then, Miss Lonesome has been sliced up again and brought inside the museum, this time by Jake Flory and Mark Gerretson. Cutout sections of Miss Lonesome now show how these wooden boats were built: with grace, strength, and beauty. It’s the centerpiece of the museum’s new core exhibit, Oysters on the Half Shell. Another boat has taken Miss Lonesome’s spot under the tree, the Hoopers Island draketail Peg Wallace, which is now being restored by a dedicated crew of museum volunteers.

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