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Boat Show Planner and the Insider’s Guide to Annapolis When to go, whom to see, what to do… we cover all your bases.

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Trawler Fest Planner

Head up to Baltimore for one of the best shows of the year… it’s Trawler Fest time!

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A Wee Dram in the Hebrides

The mist and crags of Scotland’s Hebrides come into greater focus on a captained charter. by Bob Gallagher

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Indian Summer

There’s never enough time to get out on your boat, but you can always make the most of the time you do have with her. by Charlie Iliff

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Cocktail Class Racing

We got in on the action for the third annual National Championships at Rock Hall YC.

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The Joy of Skiffs

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Get your tips and tricks for making the best of the fall fishing season before it’s too late!

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87 Powerboat Racing Section 72 Cruising Club Notes 92 Chesapeake Boatshop Reports presented by Pettit

100 Chesapeake Tides and Currents

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102 Chesapeake Fish News, Forecasts, and Spots

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n 1995, my friend Dave Gendell and I started SpinSheet Magazine, that Chesapeake Bay sailing rag. We were 20-somethings, serious sailboat racers, and we thought the Chesapeake needed a new sailboat racing magazine. Fortunately, we had some great mentors who pointed out that while sailboat racing was our thing, the majority of sailors are cruisers, so it would behoove us to create a magazine for all Chesapeake sailors, not just the racers. We took their advice, and SpinSheet was an instant hit. We had the advantages of being young sailors who’d spent our whole lives on the Chesapeake and of knowing and trusting more experienced sailors and marine industry professionals.

Fast forward 10 years, and we were ready for a new venture. Our friends pointed out that while most sailors are cruisers, most boaters are powerboaters. Shouldn’t we start a

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helping to grow our Internet presence with blogs, social media, and video.

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Kayaking? Fishing? Headed down the ICW? Cocktail cruising? If you were telling someone else to get in to boating, what would you suggest?

The recession is over, and we’re stronger than ever before thanks to our readers and advertisers who stuck by us, even in tough times. Without you, your support, and your stories, we would not exist. Keep sending us your thoughtful letters, pictures, and great story ideas. This is your magazine. It’s a pleasure putting it together for you.

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The Eagle Lands on the Cover

e were delighted to see our Sabreline 42 F/B, Eagle, on the cover of the September PropTalk. Our friend Rod Jabin alerted us that there was a “great” picture on the cover, but without telling us what it was. I was exceedingly surprised to see her on the PropTalk cover in the magazine rack at West Marine. She was built by Sabre Yachts, which seems to build not only very high quality boats but also combines very seaworthy boats with a traditional nautical touch and attention to detail. She runs out of Annapolis where a combination of Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard and Williams Yacht Management takes wonderful care of her. We enjoy taking

her up and down the East Coast and the Bay, as well as using her as a platform to watch racing on the Bay and serving as a signal boat for the Annapolis YC Race Committee. She is really a quality boat, and the Sabre folks have been great to work with, even though we were not her first owner. Great, quality boat and superb marine services: an unbeatable combination. It’s always good to remember how lucky we are to be on the Bay. Thanks very much for the terrific picture and keep up the good work at PropTalk.

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hank you for having such a pretty boat. She’s the perfect subject for the cover! And, thank you for reminding us how lucky we are to be the Chesapeake Bay’s powerboat magazine. ~M.E.

Brainstorming for Solutions

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applaud PropTalk’s lobbying for improved oyster management to benefit water quality the Chesapeake. Your July and August articles seem useful to spur further research, debate, and perhaps legislation… but now let’s explore how to get there from here. Simply pulling the rug (oysters) out from under the working watermen with only unappetizing alternatives won’t create the broadest possible coalition whose members all want the same outcome.

For discussion, we can agree that science indicates restored reefs, more sanctuaries, less wild harvesting, more farming, and probably other complementary actions can increase the oyster population and therefore improve water quality in the Bay. All good, assuming rigorous inquiry continues and management techniques evolve as on-going empirical data suggests.

But now I suggest it’s time for more brainstorming about ways and means to transition to the desired end state. Example ideas: ## Identify all possible stakeholders and enlist their participation in brainstorming

## Broaden public awareness of the oyster’s contribution to Bay water quality (advertising campaign?) ## Create higher consumer preference/demand for farmed oyster (encourage lower restaurant prices?)

## Steer existing oystermen into farming ventures?

## Tax incentives? Subsidies (with sunset clauses)? Lowcost loans? Technical training? Reduced costs for spat? ## Encourage consumer disdain for wild oysters (encourage higher restaurant prices?)

## Discourage hereditary employment in wild harvesting?

Of course these are only meant as brainstorming examples, but all stakeholder issues, supply-side and-demand side, should be addressed to equitably achieve the right mix. Transitions work fastest—given public approval and funding—if all stakeholders are driving in the same direction. Since there’s rarely a

## Create scholarships (marine biology) for sons and daughters of current oystermen? ## Shrink the existing wild harvesting pool? ## When an oystermen retires, retire that commercial oystering license? Buy out commercial oystering licenses? ## Buy out boats currently used in oystering; resell with guarantee it will be used for other purposes? ## Create alternative uses for deadrise workboats currently used for oystering -- research? ## Legislate a punitive tax on consumption of wild harvested oysters? single silver bullet, progress needs a transition plan of complementary incentives.

Now, about those menhaden…

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ours is one of many letters we’ve received about oysters. We’ve followed the debate closely, and we agree with you that brainstorming is the way to go. In the end, we all have the same goal. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to get there. Our friend John Page Williams of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation put it well: “If you were looking for a simple answer, you picked the wrong estuary.” ~M.E.

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We’ve Got Company Out There

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hen you think of life in the Bay, crabs and rockfish come to mind immediately, but the Bay plays seasonal host to some relatively exotic aquatic guests each year. From dolphins in the Miles River to sharks in the Potomac, it can be a thrill for boaters to spot marine life that others only see in aquariums.

Let’s start with sharks. They’re not uncommon in the Bay, but they still garner plenty of attention and respect.

##Willy Dean and his son Greg found two bull sharks (one alive and one dead) in their pound net this summer. Photos by Christy Henderson of Buzz’s Marina

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Approximately a dozen species of sharks may live here, but only five are commonly found. Among those, the bull shark is perhaps the most aggressive and feared. This year, Willy Dean and his son Greg, with the help of two deckhands, caught two bull sharks near Point Lookout State Park at the tip of St. Mary’s County where the Potomac meets the Bay, not too far from a swimming beach. Both sharks were approximately eight feet long and weighed about 200 pounds. Wow!

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Turning to cuter and friendlier, a group of bottlenose dolphins made a splash this past July entertaining racers and spectators at the log canoe races on the Miles River.

Dolphins, which are a common summer visitor, are most often seen in the lower Bay near Cape Charles

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and the James and Elizabeth Rivers.

But they sometimes go farther north.

“Groups of dolphins will come up the Bay and go up the Choptank or Potomac feeding on schools of fish,” says Jennifer Dittmar, stranding coordinator for the National Aquarium’s animal rescue department.

##A humpback whale visited the Bay in 2010. Photo by Bernie and Margie Dove and courtesy of Jennifer Dittmar

“Often they’ll go up the rivers with high tide and back out with low tide.” If you’d like to try and catch a glimpse, the Virginia Aquarium offers daily dolphin-watching tours through October departing from Rudee Inlet. Call (757) 385-FISH for reservations.

What about whales? “They’ve been seen occasionally during summer, if they come in the Bay to feed as they migrate during the spring and fall,” says Dittmar.

“There was a humpback whale sighting near Hooper Island a couple years ago.” She continues, “Sea turtles also arrive in the summer because the Bay is a big foraging ground for them, and another unique visitor every season is the manatee. We had a confirmed manatee in the Baltimore area a couple years ago.”

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##A confirmed manatee sighting from Calvert County in 2011. This animal turned out to be Chessie – the manatee that was saved from cold-stress in the Bay by the National Aquarium in 1992. Photo by Terry Trefry and courtesy of Jennifer Dittmar

to arrive in the Bay near the end of November, depending on the water temperatures, with February to April being the most common time to see them. Typically they are fat and healthy juveniles following food, but sometimes they have infections, and we can rescue them, help them recover, and return them to the Bay,” explains Dittmar.

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Finally, the cownose ray is also a frequent visitor to the lower and middle Bay from May through October, traveling as far north as Kent Island, and sometimes further, in groups of 200 or more. In the fall, they return to southern coastal waters. According to Bay lore, Stringray Point, near Deltaville, was so named after a cownose ray in that area stung the

famous explorer Captain John Smith in 1608.

If you spot unusual or distressed marine life while you’re on the water, call the Natural Resources Police at (800) 628-9944. “They have all the appropriate contacts for the animal rescue division at the aquarium and for the Department of Natural Resources,” says Dittmar.

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Oyster Growers Go To Work

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bout the time this issue makes its way onto the docks, Bay-lovers involved with the Marylanders Grow Oysters program (MGO) will be hanging from their piers cages filled with new spat. For the next nine months or so, the proud oyster foster parents, hoping to increase awareness and improve the health of the Bay, will care for their baby oysters. Then, next May or June, when they’re big enough, the

oysters will be transferred to nearby oyster reefs.

It feels good to help raise creatures that filter the Bay’s water. A cage filled with one-inch spat will filter up to 50 gallons of water per hour, and most volunteers have at least three cages. In addition, it’s encouraging to read the recently published 2012 Fall Oyster Survey, now available online, which explains through text, graphs,

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Waterfront homeowners and others suspend the cages from private piers.

and charts, that the Bay’s oyster population continues to improve. The final report, and all the reports from the last 10 years, at: dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oysters/ monitor/reports.asp The survey, which captures information gleaned by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources’ Monitoring and Assessment Shellfish Program, records results from a two-month study throughout the Bay and its tributaries to assess the overall health of the oyster population within the Maryland portion of the Bay. Various state agencies have conducted similar surveys annually since 1939 and with that kind of historical data, biologists and managers can get a long-term perspective of overall trends as well as annual detailed scientific information about the oyster population.

MGO has enjoyed phenomenal growth. Five years ago, the program started in one river. Today, volunteers are caring for oysters in 30 tributaries, involving 1700 households growing 7500 cages of oysters. Participating families and community organizations suspend the cages from piers at private homes, neighborhood marinas, club docks, and other places where they can “tea-bag” or gently shake them, regularly over the fall, winter (except during the coldest months), and spring.

Learn more about raising oysters here: oysters.maryland.gov/gettingstarted.asp and To receive emails with updates on what’s being done to help the Bay, volunteer activities, and educational events, submit your name here: baystat.maryland. gov/email proptalk.com

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Although Mother Nature did not cooperate for the annual event, 350 people came to the party and raised $30,000 for breast cancer research at Eastern Virginia Medical School. “We had the most amazing food. Pat Martin of Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint in Nashville, TN, made the best beef brisket that anyone has ever had, and local chefs made the side dishes. The Guava Jam band was fantastic,” says Capps, who is the executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic foundation and event host.

Captain Kevin Stafford and his team on Double Dippin placed first with 700 points. Captain Greg Span and crew on Canyon Express placed second also with 700 points (the team to catch the first fish won). Captain Pete Manuel’s team on Delta Dawn captured third. Team Cancer Dominators on Geezin’ earned the Crazy Crew trophy for memorable costumes and decorations.

As well as fishing in extra-salty weather, participants had a chance to attend wine seminars by Williamsburg Winery and Aratas Wines, taste bourbon courtesy of Associated Distributors, eat shrimp provided by Fisherman’s Wharf Marina, enjoy a silent auction and open bar, and shop for wine-related watercolors by Christopher Mize, jewelry by Madison Jewelers, and accessories by Bling Lady.

“Next year’s event will be fabulous,” says Capps, who is considering returning to a two-day fishing tournament format to allow leeway for iffy conditions. Visit cbwc.org to learn more about fishing, wining, and sponsoring the event in 2014.

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hat’s not to love about a fishing tournament created by a group of local anglers that features stiff competition and raises money for cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment?

Now in its sixth year, Fish For A Cure gets bigger and better annually, and so do the checks to the Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute at Anne Arundel Medical Center. To date, the tournament has raised more than $400,000 in the battle against cancer.

Michael Cassidy, who’s in charge of the tournament, has been involved from the beginning. “This tournament has the same competitive feel as other tournaments where you’re in it for the money, like the White Marlin for example, but here the competition is to see how much money you can raise, not how much you can take home. So part of the fun is the fundraising competition between boats, and it can get pretty rigorous; it’s amazing how much some of the boats raise! Every year, it’s very gratifying for me to see how so many people step up and volunteer selflessly for this event because they’re really touched by the purpose behind it.”

##2012 Fish For A Cure Grand Slam Winners. Photo courtesy of Fish For A Cure.

This year’s tournament takes place November 2, and registration is now open online for boats and anglers, as well as for tickets to the Tournament Bash. Three prizes will be awaded. The Grand Prize winner will be the angler who hooks the heaviest rockfish. The Perch Cup goes to the angler who brings in the heaviest string of five perch, and the Grand Slam prize goes to the heaviest combination of any three species. All legal forms of hook and line fishing are permitted, including chumming, trolling, and live-lining. Weigh-in will be at Pusser’s dock in Annapolis. Fish-

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he reputation of Maryland boatbuilders precedes them up and down the Chesapeake Bay. Whether she’s a deadrise Judge or a sporty Composite, Bay boats have a presence that makes them stand out on the water. So come September 20-22 you need to find a way to get to the Cambridge YC for the Maryland Boatbuilders and Dealers Expo and check out both new and classic boats from the Bay’s most trusted names.

The Expo is a show for devotees, showcasing both the boats and the shipwrights that make the Bay so special. There are the custom-built projects, new sportfishing boats, trawlers, Jon boats, sailboats, canoes, and kayaks (for the prop-o-phobes). But there are also model boats and wood crafts, bringing out local artisans whose work is influenced by the innumerable watermen in their lives.

Jerry LeCompte and the crew over at Dockside Boat Works will be bringing a few of their classic restorations to the Expo. Composite Yachts will be bringing in several custom-designed luxury cruisers, and the Eastport 32 will also make an appearance. The Gootee family at Gootee Marine will be bringing up to 15 boats: May Crafts, aluminum G-3s, and a few Sailfish.

So why should you head out to Cambridge to find the boat of your dreams only a few weeks before the U.S. Powerboat Show in Annapolis?

Well, for one, those few weeks are precious. “The Expo is in the middle of September, when we still have plenty of time to get out and use your boat before the winter,” says Nick Gootee, whose grandfather started Gootee Marine.

“And on top of that, it won’t cost you $15-20 bucks to get in the door,” he says.

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Addicted

by Allen Paltell

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began experimenting around age nine. We had a crawlspace under our house in the Baltimore suburbs, and I would go down there by myself, where the crawlspace monster lurked in the darkness and dirt.

A single bare light bulb hung inside the small wooden crawlspace door illuminating just a few square feet of the cave. But my need was so powerful, even then, that I ignored the fear. There, just to the left of the entryway, on a piece of linoleum left over from one of my father’s jobs, I began the experiment... There was no guilt, only fascination and total absorption in my obsession.

The obsession was fueled by uncles and cousins who lived in the working class neighborhoods nearby. We would visit them on Sundays, and there, in the basement kitchens of their Baltimore rowhomes, in a long narrow room without television, around a table covered with a cream-colored vinyl tablecoth piled high with Polish sausage, sauerkraut, turkey, ham, and fresh rye bread, the men, women, and children of the family would sit and talk. There were arguments about the Colts and the Orioles, Governor Tawes, President Kennedy, the Catholic Church, and “The Point” where my uncles all worked stoking the coke ovens that belched coal smoke and steam into the sky above East Baltimore. The cousins, after the talk grew loud and boisterous, would quietly slip into my uncle’s workshop behind the kitchen. While the adults drank Hamm’s and National Bo, getting louder and louder with each trip to the little white refrigerator shaped like an airstream trailer standing on end, the cousins continued the experiment in the back room.

Amidst Ham Radio parts, the smell of solder and flux, on a long wooden workbench beneath a pegboard panel hung with my uncle’s tools, lay the plans for the boat. They were drawn in blue ink on onionskin. The cousins stood looking at them studiously, pretending to understand the terms: “knees,” “bow,” “stern,” “keel,” “stem” “transom,”

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and “loft.” I did not, but through process of elimination was able to lay out the balsa-wood parts in rough order of assembly. The box lid had a color photograph of the vessel under way, on plane with a perfectly formed wake.

In the background of the photograph was the “then new” Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and underneath her, a boat. She was heading south toward Annapolis.

She was an Owens 42 Flagship, and when the cousins were finished with her, she would be 26” long with white topsides, red bottom paint, Navy blue boot stripe and a white cabin top. Cousin Kenny, the oldest, would lead the project.

He was an electronics wizard who would eventually go to work for IBM building and repairing mainframe computers.

I was the glue guy, holding small delicate balsa parts in place until the glue set. Cousins Gregory, Butch, and Darwin (they all went to work at Sparrows Point) were parts runners, dashing into the rowhouse kitchen to ask Uncle Bennie for more glue and safety pins.

It took many Sundays to get her framed, many more to get her planked, and still more to get her painted and finished.

Kenny was the one who held the project together, urging us to take our time, do things in proper order and follow the instructions. Except for me, the cousins are all gone now. I miss them.

That’s where it started...my addiction to boats and boating. And fortunately for me, it is an addiction that has served me well. My fix is a few hours scrubbing Island Girl’s old gelcoat or wiring a new solar-powered battery charger. Rehab is a weekend trip with Nancy up the Bay to Chestertown. My twelve steps are embodied in the “big book,” so eloquently and succinctly stated by Cousin Kenny in that rowhouse workshop: “Take your time, do things in proper order...follow the instructions.” Modern life can put a person at risk for all sorts of unhealthy addictions. If you or a loved one is seeking a healthy, satisfying obsession, buy that boat. It will change your life for the good. proptalk.com

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t’s tough—nearly impossible—to find a modern boat large enough to house a cabin with an enclosed head, a galley, and a mid-cabin berth, that doesn’t cost as much as a house. Literally. The thought that you might be able to buy one for less cash than many modern SUVs is outrageous. But if you wish such a boat existed, get ready for a surprise: Bayliner’s 245 Cruiser carries an advertised base MSRP of $55,558 at this very moment.

Now, of course at this price you won’t be getting all the bells and whistles. But many boats with three or four feet less LOA and no cabin cost this much. Besides, the 245 isn’t exactly stripped, either. A stereo system, Sunbrella Bimini top with boot, power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering, and a 260-hp 5.0 Merc with an Alpha One drive are all standard features. And if you can part with a few more bucks, get dockside power, AC, and trade out the portable MSD for a fixed unit.

find out if this sort of over-nighting jaunt is something you’d enjoy, you can get into the game without breaking the bank.

Walk the docks these days, and you’ll hear a lot of whining and moaning about how boats have become too expensive for new people to get into boating. But the 245 proves that this simply isn’t always the case. And who needs one of those fancy SUVs, anyway?

Added bonus: this is one of few cabin boats with these interior features (again, remember there’s an enclosed head, a galley, and an aft cabin berth) that can be trailered. In other words, if you like to check out new cruising grounds and head off for weekend-long adventures with another couple or the kids, the 245 has what it takes. And if you’re relatively new to the world of boating and you’d like to

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he dual-console design has made a come-back in the past few years, after more or less fading away. And that’s a good thing, especially for anglers who like to take the family fishing and maybe even pull a tow-toy now and again. If that sounds like you, and if you’re the kind of person who demands the very best in a boat’s construction and design, it might be time to check out one of the newer entries into this field: the Everglades 230 DC.

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This is the first DC model ever produced by Everglades. The RAMCAP (rapid molded core assembly) construction method is used with all their boats. Different from the normal process of molding a hull and deck and then spraying foam in-between, instead they start with a core of pre-molded closed-cell urethane foam.

Then, they pressure-bond the hull and deck together around that core. The resulting boat is a one-piece structure, and you can really feel the difference when you take a RAMCAP-built boat through rough water.

There’s no hollow drumming sound, no vibrations shudder through the boat, and no parts squeak against each other as you smash through the waves. Yes, building a boat

like this does cost more than your run-ofthe-mill vessel. In fact, the 230 DC is one of the most expensive boats of this size and design around. But hey, you get what you pay for.

Wait a sec—I know what you’re thinking. If you get a DC model, won’t you have to trade off a lot of the common center console model fishing features, for familyoriented stuff? No way. The 230 DC has a 27-gallon lighted livewell, a 38-gallon fishbox, and four under-gunwale rodracks.

In fact, when they designed this boat, there was really only one fishing sacrifice made: the port console space is utilized as a head compartment instead of keeping it small, using it for stowage, or building in a tacklebox. If I said that was a fair trade, my wife and all three kids would all agree with me for the first time in… well, for the first time. And even though such stout construction makes for a relatively heavy boat, the 230 DC scoots along at a cruise of 37-mph and hits a top-end of 48 mph with a single Yamaha F-300. Anglers—and family—start your engines. proptalk.com

B.O.A.T. Satisfy Your Cravings

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ike a junkie’s next hit or an alcoholic’s next drink, there’s nothing better than a boat show for Mid-Atlantic mariners to satisfy their yearlong cravings. Attending these on-water exhibitions is similar to speed dating, but without divorce papers served after returning to your lady with another’s gel coat scent on your collar.

Most everyone enjoys attending shows on these beautiful fall Chesapeake days; bright and sunny, warm and inviting…

But here is where I differ from the masses is: I love boat shows when the weather is foul. The worse, the better, for me. Not just because attendance is lower, but foul weather separates the serious participants from the mere spectators; not too many fair-weather people attend when there’s freezing rain and gale-force winds.

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by Mike Edick Sure, everyone involved with these spectacles probably cringes when I secretly pray the skies open up. I’ve never been a vendor at a boat show but I have presented at several trade shows, so I know firsthand that busier doesn’t necessarily mean better.

Besides the more-individualized attention, I’d like to think the dealers appreciated me just a little more on those lousy days.

My first new-boat purchase occurred as the result of an awesome snowstorm back in Syracuse. By the time I left the boat show it had snowed four feet and closed down the New York State Thruway (the only road to the show). But during my stay there, vendors were fighting for my interest, taking their time to show me everything they had to offer. Personalized attention the way it should be, concluding in at least one new boat sale for that cursed show.

My most recent boat purchase was the result of a really nasty day at the U.S. Powerboat Show in Annapolis a few years back. Twenty-five-knot winds with three-foot chop breaking over the outside docks, plus sleet and snow swirling in the air. Like my first successful show, Annapolis’s vendors were fighting for my interest, showing me everything they could to hold my attention.

Just remember, all boats look good when the weather outside is gorgeous, but it takes soupy days to focus on quality.

Beautiful days attract all types of boaters, but inclement weather helps the discerning buyer figure out where that boat will leak from in six-footers, or if that seller will be around to help you when everything goes south. Watch out if the skies unload at the show once again this year, I just might be standing next to you.

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Ok, so that last one is still a dream. But you get our point: you can always spend money on something that’s supposed to make your life easier when in reality, you’re just spending money. And when you’re on your boat, you’re already spending enough money. It’s time to put away the wallet and check out some of these easy ways to make the good life even better.

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There are few things more annoying than hitting the head only to find your toilet paper got soaked during your last shower. To make an easy, practical toilet paper caddy, grab an empty plastic container of Folgers coffee and cut a long slit down the side. Just drop the roll into the container and let it sheet out through the slat. If you really want, you can have your grandma knit you one of those cozies to go over top of it… we won’t stop you. ##Keep your T.P. safe and dry with this quick hack.

Cut Your Ice Budget in Half There’s a reason why marinas all sell ice: someone always forgets it at the last minute. But having bags of ice in cooler or fridge isn’t a great option, either, since it’s bound to leak all over everything, no matter how great your cooler is. To get around this, get the double-edged sword of frozen bottles of water. Just grab a few water bottles during the week and freeze them at home for your weekend trips (an overnight is generally perfect). You can stock your cooler with the frozen gallons and then (if your party lasts long enough) you at least have clean, drinkable water instead of melted ice on your hands. At our local convenience store, a gallon of water was $1.49, while a bag of ice rang in at $2.59. By swapping out one bag of ice for a frozen gallon of water, you’re saving yourself some money, which adds up over time. And plus, can we tell you how awesome ice-cold water tastes after a long day in the sun? Dreamy.

##During the summer months it should be the norm to have a frozen gallon of water in your freezer for the upcoming weekend trips.

Get Some Mood Lighting We’ve now tried this hack out with both adults and tweens, and both loved it.

We weren’t happy with the lighting on our boat after dark: it either seems like you have a fishing spotlight on you, or there’s a two-watt bulb sputtering out over your shoulder while you read. To create a chill, ambient light we strapped a simple headlamp around a gallon jug of water with the lamp itself turned inward. The result is a light that is peaceful and romantic for adults and a little spooky for the kids (who also used it to read by). Best of all, the boat’s batteries got a rest and we didn’t interrupt our neighbors on the water with a spotlight. ##By strapping a headlamp around the base of a gallon jug of water, our improvised lantern kept the party going later into the night.

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Newport International Boat Show Newport Waterfront, RI.

12-15

Solomons, MD.

Solomons Offshore Grand Prix

13-15

Chesapeake Bay Kayak Anglers Fishing Tournament Camp Wright, Kent Island, MD. Benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation and CCA.

13-15

Star Spangled Banner Weekend Honor the 199th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore this year at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

14-15

National Guard FLW Fishing Tournament Anchor Marina, North East, MD.

16 - Oct 7

Safe Boating Class 7 to 9 p.m. Bass Pro Outdoor Store, Arundel Mills Mall.

Hosted by Patapsco River Power Squadron.

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17-19

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

19-22 Ocean City, MD.

Harbor Tackle Red Drum Tournament

19-22 20 20-22

Sunfest Ocean City, MD.

Fun Friday! Oktoberfest Lewes, DE.

Lakewood, NJ.

Jersey Shore Boat Show and Expo

20-22

Boatbuilders and Dealers Expo Cambridge YC, Cambridge, MD. Custombuilt boats, sportfishing boats, and personal watercraft from area builders and dealers.

21 21

“A Taste of Smith Island” Dinner Ewell, MD. (410) 425-3351

Beer, Bourbon, and Barbecue Festival Reston Town Center, VA.

21 21

Riverfest St. Mary’s City, MD

Boatyard Beach Bash 5 to 9 p.m. Back Creek at Annapolis Maritime Museum. Co-Hosted by Boatyard Bar & Grill.

21

Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race 10 a.m. Cambridge Waterfront, MD. Skipjack racing, radio-controlled skipjack regatta, tours, and more.

21

Community Day Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg, VA.

21

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

21

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

21

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

21

Sultana Projects’ Annual Gala Chestertown, MD. The Glenn Miller Orchestra performs.

21

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

21

Trash Bash!

Noon to 5 p.m. Nick’s Fish House, Baltimore. Benefit Blue Water Baltimore.

21

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

21

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

21-22

Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Chesapeake Bay and its waterways.

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NAS Oceana Air Show NAS Oceana, VA. PRS Experience Stevensville, MD.

Walmart Bass Fishing LeagueTournament Potomac River near Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD. (301) 392-9112

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Dorchester Showcase Street Festival Cambridge, MD Trawler Fest Baltimore, MD.

9th annual Fish for Charity Sponsored

by Tidewater Kayak Anglers Association, benefits Heroes on the Water. Norfolk, VA. Das Best Oktoberfest National Harbor, MD. Lapstrake Skiff Workshop

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

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Atlantic City InWater Powerboat Show Atlantic City, NJ

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Patrick Henry, the first Liberty Ship, launches in Baltimore, 1941

Virginia Beach, VA

Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend

Seven Seas Gam Cocktail party, seminars and demonstrations, flea market and dinghy raft-up. Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD.

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Chesapeake Bay Community Band Oktoberfest Stevensville, MD. Fish Amnesty Day Take a day off the seafood...

Just Folks Festival Princess Anne, MD.

Mr. Bass Tournament Deep Creek, MD. Hosted by Maryland Bass Federation.

28-29

Club Spot Tournament Hosted by Peninsula Salt Water Sport Fisherman’s Association. Sponsored by Grafton Fishing Supply.

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Rappahannock County Farm Tour and Festival Tour venues throughout the county. Washington, VA.

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Poquoson Workboat Races Messick Point, Poquoson, VA.

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Fort Frederick in the Civil War Re-enactors assemble for a weekend of living history demonstrations and tactics demonstrations. Big Pool, MD.

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Mermaid Kiss Oyster Fest & It’s My Bay Awards Fundraiser Oyster Recovery Partnership’s annual fundraiser and awards ceremony. National Aquarium in Baltimore.

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Harvest Festival on the Bay Sunset Beach Resort Inn, Kiptopeke,

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Walmart Bass Fishing League Chesapeake Bay Tournament Anchor Marina, North East, MD.

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34th Annual Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tournament Ocean City, MD

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U.S. Powerboat Show City Dock. Annapolis, MD. Weems & Plath Tent Sale Weems & Plath, Eastport.

Electric Boat Marathon St. Michaels, MD.

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

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31st annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD.

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47th annual Fells Point Fun Festival Historic Fells Point, Baltimore, MD.

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Fly Fest!

Two miles of private brook trout stream. Micro brew beer garden.

Seminars with the pros. Great food and a bonfire. Harper’s Ferry Adventure Center, Purcellville, VA.

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Fall Colors Paddle 3 p.m. Meet at the Boat Rental Area by the river-front, Pocomoke River State Park. $20 per canoe or tandem kayak, $15 per single kayak.

5

Five Alarm and Festival Chili Cook-Off Carousel Park, Hampton, VA. Food vendors, fire safety demos, kids’ fun, and more.

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Nanticoke River Jamboree 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Handsell National Register Historic Site near Vienna, MD. Kayaking, nature exhibits, re-enactors, food, crafts, demos, music, food, and kids’ fun.

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Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival Philadelphia, PA.

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

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

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Riverside Winefest Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD.

Hawk Watch 8 a.m. Join the naturalist (and animals from the Scales & Tales program) to learn how to identify these birds of prey by color, shape, size, and silhouette. Meet at the Turkey Point Lighthouse parking lot.

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An Evening with Jean-Michel Cousteau An evening with legendary ocean environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau, who will address the magnitude of challenges facing our oceans and fisheries as part of his lecture and Q&A session, “The Great Ocean Adventure.” Seats are limited. (410) 455-1549.

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U.S. Sailboat Show Annapolis.

2013 Chesapeake Krogen Cruisers Rendezvous Calvert Marina in Solomons, MD. At least 45 Kadey Krogen trawlers are anticipated, as well as owners from around the country.

Seminars, training events, and lots of fun.

11-12

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

11-13

Birding and Wildlife Festival Cape Charles Fire Hall, VA.

12

Capital Maritime Music Festival Celebrate the sea at DC’s only maritime music festival. At the Naval Heritage Center, Washington, D.C.

12

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

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Eastport YC’s Boat Show Bash 6 p.m.

Fall Fishing Tournament Piney Run Park, Sykesville, MD.

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

Our knowledgeable captains offer an experience you will not forget as you fish for rockfish, bluefish, black drum, flounder, perch and more.

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Island Bay Day 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Centreville, MD. Benefits Mid-Atlantic Make A Wish Foundation. $20. (410) 829-1453

12 12

Judge Yachts Tour Denton, MD.

Kids’ Fishing Day 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For kids aged 15 and under. Waid Recreation Park, Franklin County, VA.

12

Olde Princess Anne Days Princess Anne, MD. Historical house tours and fine arts show.

12

Rocktober 11:30 a.m. until midnight. Queen Anne’s County Fairgrounds, Centreville, MD.

12-13

Good Beer Festival Pemberton Historical Park, Salisbury, MD.

17-19

Surf Fishing Tournament 14th Street and The Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ. Hosted by Ocean City Fishing Club. (856) 303-0906

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Friends and Family Open House Chesapeake Yacht Club in Annapolis.

19

Ghost Walk in Fort Frederick State Park Western Maryland legends and scary stories come to life as you walk through the supernatural night time park. This program is not appropriate for young children. Big Pool, MD.

19

Patuxent Wildlife Festival At the Wildlife Research Center and Refuge in Laurel, MD.

Trawler Fest comes into Baltimore September 24-29.

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19 19-20

Tilghman Island Day Tilghman Island, MD.

Third Annual Hot Sauce and Oyster Festival The event features music, food, libations, and a bottomless supply of Chesapeake oysters and top hot sauces from around the region and the country.

19-20

Yorktown Victory Celebration Yorktown Victory Center, VA.

20

Oyster Festival at the Captain Avery Museum in Shady Side, MD. 12:30 - 5 p.m. $6, $2 children

26

Open House & Boat Show Chesapeake Yacht Sales & Deltaville Yachting Center, Deltaville, VA.

26-27

Half-Hull Model Workshop 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bay History Building, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Register by October 22. (410) 745-2916

26 - Nov 3

RiverArts Studio Tour 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Chestertown, MD. (410) 778-6300

27

Kite Festival 12-4 p.m. Sailwinds Park East, Cambridge, MD.

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Lore Oyster House Day Experience life and work and in an oyster packing house. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD.

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##The U.S. Powerboat Show unfolds early this year: October 3-6.

The U.S. Powerboat Show Is Here!

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nless you enjoyed dressing like Alaskan fishermen a few years in a row, you will smile about the U.S. Powerboat Show 2013 organizers moving the event two weeks earlier. Not that it can’t drizzle October 3-6, but the chances for sunny skies with pleasant temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s are historically higher before Columbus Day. This date change, the first such shift in the show’s 42-year history, facilitates the new boats traveling to Florida in time for move-in for the Fort Lauderdale Show (October 31– November 4). For Chesapeake boaters, the shift produces one huge benefit beyond the weather: more cool new boats to see!

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The new show mobile app is free and downloadable for Droids, iPhones, and iPads. Using the U.S. Yacht Shows app, you may buy tickets, find parking or transportation, and find specific boats, products, and exhibitors—although to find them physically, the app would work best in tandem with the old-fashioned show program map you may pick up at the gate. The microscopic digital app map isn’t quite ready for prime time.

H First Annual Brokerage Show H

For the first time, show organizers will host a brokerage show concurrently with the U.S. Powerboat Show—and your show ticket earns you entrance into both. Show attendees may easily access St. Mary’s Cove, on the inside of the Eastport Bridge in Spa Creek, by water taxi, bus, or e-Cruiser.

Attendees may check out up to forty used boats at this smaller show in a quieter cove.

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##Come by booth F5/F6 and say hello to PropTalk staff, eat some popcorn, and share your story ideas.

As you plan your Saturday (October 5) at the U.S. Powerboat Show, know that there is a home Navy game against Air Force beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday is a great day to get up really early and have breakfast in Annapolis well before Midshipmen madness begins! Click to navysports.com/gameday for live updates and audio streaming.

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Writers, photographers, distribution drivers, editors, graphic designers—it takes a village to produce PropTalk. Come by our regular booth F5/F6 right on Ego Alley, meet our team, and enjoy popcorn happy hour.

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eneteau introduces the Gran Turismo line as an “Italian-flavored lifestyle, inspired by the world of sports cars.” This is a somewhat altogether new concept for Bay boaters, whose vessels are generally as far from Italian sports cars as you can possibly get. But just one look at the Beneteau 49GT and we were hooked. The boat is spacious with 3 staterooms, two heads with full showers, and all the little design elements you’d expect to find on a Mediterranean cruiser. Best of all, the IPS system keeps the 49GT more fuel efficient than other cruisers of its size. Make sure to find the Annapolis Yacht Sales team and carve out some time on this boat; she’s a real gem.

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arine Max in Grasonville is bringing the Azimut 55S to the boat show, and we should send them a personal thank you note for doing so. Built using a fiberglass-carbon composite and pure carbon fiber in some areas, the boat is considered stronger yet lighter weight. Three 435 HP Volvo IPS 600s with pod drives take up less space, leaving room for a tender garage (you’ll love talking about the garage door on your boat, trust us). And while push-button gadgets abound on the boat, we love the practicality of placing the owner and guest cabins amidship, where there’s more stability. And in the cockpit, you have to appreciate a Mediterranean-style boat for its celebration of outdoor space. Long bench seats surround a teak deck table that lowers to convert into a huge, cushioned sunning platform.

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We can guarantee that attendees won’t see a full moon at the 2013 show, but we can’t do much about which way the wind blows… something to consider as you decide which shoes to wear. Expensive heels or water-resistant sport shoes? Your call.

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 Annapolis Ice Cream Company  196 Main Street Enjoy $1 off any ice cream purchase.

 Season’s Olive Oil and Vinegar Taproom  180 Main Street PropTalk Sampler – 18 year Traditional Balsamic and Hojiblanca extra virgin olive oil - $26.95 Flat rate shipping - $9.99

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Insider’s Guide to Annapolis

by Nathan Bickell

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ven for an Annapolis lifer there are always new nooks and crannies of town to discover. So step outside the gates of the U.S. Powerboat Show and go explore Annapolis.

H The Market House Returns H

Since the 17th-century building was flooded a decade ago by Tropical Storm Isabel, Market House has gone through a series of renovations, re-openings, and other mishaps that have taken much longer than anticipated. Arguably the most desirable piece of real estate in Annapolis has been sitting dormant for years…

But not anymore!

The first new Market House vendor to open was Amsterdam Falafel House. The carryout restaurant serves freshly-made falafels on light and airy pitas with a wide variety of toppings. We recommend the three-baller on wheat with plenty of hummus, yogurt dill, and garlicky parsley; then grab your pita sandwich to go and get back to the show!

Another good option for a lunch that you can take on the go is Sofi’s Crepes, 52 October 2013 PropTalk

located behind the Harbor Master off Dock Street. Nearly all of the ingredients in these thin French pancakes are prepared from scratch, with crepes falling into two categories: sweet and savory. We recommend the PropTalk Boater’s Special on page 51, as well as “The Classic,” a ham, gruyere cheese, and Dijon ketchup dream come true; in terms of sweet crepes nothing can beat Nutella and strawberries.

H Party on the Dock H

Pussers Caribbean Grille Restaurant acts as a gate entrance to the Boat Show, and as such the restaurant is home to a steady stream of show-goers looking to ease the sticker shock of the boat prices with a Painkiller cocktail or two (go ahead: get the Number Four).

Bartender Jason Ptasnki describes them as two weekends of craziness on the Pussers dock, adding that the

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powerboat show-goers tend to party harder than the sailboat show. We all knew that, though.

The dock at Pussers can get crowded with Boat Show attendees, so don’t be afraid to head inside to the bar where multiple televisions will have both college and pro football playing (the Ravens play at one p.m. on Sunday, while Navy plays Air Force at 11:30 on Saturday).

H See the Town H

Downtown Annapolis can easily be covered on foot, so there’s no excuse for being lazy. The United States Naval Academy and the Maryland State House are must see sights and proptalk.com

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##St. Mary’s Cove on the inside of the Eastport Bridge is usually quiet, but not during the U.S. Powerboat Show, during which the first Brokerage Show will unfold. Check it out!

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H Insider’s Guide to Annapolis continued... are free, but all adults need a photo ID to enter. For a great bird’s-eye view of downtown Annapolis and the Boat Show, hike up to the top of the State House. It’s the highest point in Annapolis, so don’t forget your camera.

On Church Circle in between Main Street and Duke of Gloucester, the Maryland Inn is the subject of a great bit of Annapolis trivia: The inn was built on this narrow corner because in Colonial times, the British would base property taxes on the size of the front of the building. The Maryland Inn stuck it to the man by having a ludicrously narrow front and then widening as the two streets diverged. You have to respect that.

For all the history buffs out there, Annapolis offers multiple guided tours of downtown (we especially love the twohour Four Centuries Tour). Meeting at the harbor master’s office, Watermark offers tours by guides dressed in full Colonial regalia. One of these guides is Frederick W. Taylor, II, or “Squire Frederick,” the officially-appointed town crier of Annapolis. Squire Frederick is your source for all of the latest town crier gossip. To really get him started, ask him what he thinks of the “official” British town crier.

To feel futuristic while experiencing historic Annapolis, try out a Segway tour from Segzone on Prince George Street.

You can zip around town on a Segway for $55 an hour and $75 for two hours.

The Historic Annapolis Foundation at the bottom of Main Street has an excellent museum exhibit detailing the experiences of runaway slaves in Annapolis before the Civil War. The museum and tours are aimed specifically at families and are kept cost efficient with a $5 suggested donation.

If you are looking to see Annapolis beyond the confines of downtown all the while getting a little exercise consider:

H Renting a Bike H

Bikes can be rented from the Harbor Master on Dock Street for a mere $5 and you can keep the bikes until 8 p.m. no matter when you start your rental.

If you’re antsy to get your legs moving, Quiet Waters Park is a terrific and scenic ride that will be about seven miles round trip. Getting to the park requires riding through some traffic but will be well worth it. At the end of the park is the South River overlook, which should not be missed under any circumstances.

H Annapolis from the Water H

The Schooner Woodwind offers a lighthouse cruise and a champagne brunch aboard its beautiful 74-foot wooden yacht, which was featured prominently in the movie “Wedding Crashers.” The captain will encourage passengers to help crew hoist the sails, and will even allow you to drive the boat on way back in, so again, bring the camera. The Schooner Woodwind departs from Annapolis City Marina, which is extremely convenient to City Dock.

If moving on the water via wind power sounds too easy, then go ahead and provide all the power yourself. You can rent a kayak or paddleboard from Annapolis Canoe and Kayak right across the bridge from the Powerboat Show, while Paddle or Pedal offers rentals of kayaks, stand up paddle boards, row boats, rowing shells, and bikes out proptalk.com

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Annapolis of Quiet Waters Park. And for something different (and incredibly fun), check out experiencetheduffyboat.com to rent an electric boat with a ton of class. Boats seat up to 10 passengers and are great for sightseeing Annapolis from the water.

H Crack Open Some Crabs H

What would a trip to Annapolis be without a crab feast? Downtown, best bets for crabs are the Phillips Crab Deck on Dock Street and Buddy’s Crabs and Ribs at

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Wild Country Seafood is located at 124 Bay Shore Drive in Eastport behind the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

A small carryout restaurant with seating on picnic tables outside, Wild Country is as authentic as it gets. Opening time varies a little as owners Pat Mahoney and his sons are out on the water each morning fishing for what they sell in the afternoon and evening.

Cantlers Riverside Inn, owned by waterman Jimmy Cantler, is located at the end of Forest Beach Road over the Naval Academy Bridge. Cantlers offers indoor and outdoor waterfront seating and a full menu of seafood options including local steamed blue crabs.

A bit further outside of town, Mike’s Crab House in Riva gives you a great view of the South River while you bang some crabs on their huge deck.

So what are you waiting for? Annapolis is about way more than boats, so keep this guide close at hand and get out on the town. You won’t be sorry. proptalk.com

H PropTalk Picks H PropTalk World Headquarters is in Annapolis, so we surveyed the office on their favorite “secret spots” in Annapolis.

H Mary Ewenson H

H Lucy Iliff H Copy Editor and Distribution Manager

Publisher “Be sure to visit Bakers and Co. on Chesapeake Avenue in Eastport.

There’s no better way to start the day than with a Market Bun.”

H Molly Winans H Editor SpinSheet Magazine “Walk over the Eastport Bridge and turn left on Severn Ave. All streets along that street end in a little public park. Relax and enjoy the view.”

“I like the Annapolis Country Store on Maryland Ave. It’s a good place for last minute gifts such as pretty towels, aprons, soaps and old fashioned children’s toys.”

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H Ken Hadley H Advertising Sales Representative “Galway Bay Restaurant- a hidden gem with great Irish food, beer, and friendly staff. No TVs, good conversation. Great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the boat show.”

H Duffy Perkins H PropTalk Associate Editor “Get off Main Street and head up to Maryland Avenue. I love to poke around The Annapolis Bookstore (they have new and used books, a great café, a garden, and a great kids’ section), there are antique stores with tons of Annapolis memorabilia.”

H Beth Crabtree H PropTalk Associate Editor “The Naval Academy Museum, located in Preble Hall on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy, offers two floors of exhibits about the history of seapower, the development of the U.S. Navy, and the role of the U.S. Naval Academy in producing officers capable of leading America’s sailors and marines.”

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Holland Island, Last House.

Photo by Jay Fleming

Prop Person: Jay Fleming

by Carrie Gentile

T

he faces of the Chesapeake Bay watermen, pickers, and shuckers that Jay Fleming photographs look as though they were shot decades ago. But I guess that’s the thing about them. These Chesapeake figures seem timeless, but Fleming knows their way of life is fleeting, so his mission is to document their personalities and working lives before they are gone or replaced forever.

The 26-year-old photographer lives in Annapolis and uses either his skiff or kayak, or hitches a ride on a skipjack to get the job done. Fleming grew up on the Bay and has been able to marry his love of it with his passion for taking pictures.

“The Chesapeake is so diverse in weather, seasons and geography. There’s no way to photograph each aspect in a lifetime,” he says. But I bet he’ll try.

He photographs year-round, focusing on Bay culture and wildlife, with a specialty in underwater images. He prefers to shoot in May and June when the Bay birds are nesting, the water is clear, and the weather temperate. Like many wildlife

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##Jay Fleming and a Yellowstone Brown Trout. Photo by Chris Daly

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photographers, he prefers the soft light of early morning and late day, and loves to shoot in cloudy weather. His photographs can be found in National Fisherman magazine and Wooden Boat magazine.

“The key to good wildlife photography is to go that extra step,” he says. “Anyone can photograph a pelican standing at the water’s edge. I look for something more unique, some action or capturing the birds in their natural setting.” To capture these images, Fleming paddled to an Eastern Shore island, set up a remote shutter release and waited patiently for the bigbilled birds to go about their business of home building. The result is a dynamic scene that gives us viewers a glimpse of their world.

“Going that extra mile will really help your photos stand out,” Fleming suggests.

“Some people drive through the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, shooting from their car, and it shows.”

Fleming has been tediously plucking away at his art for 12 years, since he was 14 years old. It’s really no surprise that he felt at home with a camera in his hand from the start. His father, Kevin Fleming, is a long-time National Geographic photographer, and Jay would often accompany him on assignments. On one particular assignment on one of the rookery islands of Delaware, Fleming gave his son an old Nikon film camera to mess around with.

Jay’s photograph of a nesting egret went on to win the grand-prize in a national EPA Wildlife of the Wetlands competition. He was hooked.

He’s mostly self-taught, other than lessons from his dad. Jay recalls a time when his high school art teacher accused him of plagiarism. She accused him of submitting an experienced photographer’s work for one of the assignments.

Fleming’s 9-5 gig is with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as a seafood marketer, where he looks for new outlets to sell Maryland blue crabs, oysters, rockfish, among others. As part of this job, he began to snap pictures of the industry, particularly those who go out and harvest the seafood. He’s accompanied skipjack captains and crews out of Deale Island. His inclination is to photograph subjects in their natural setting, whether it is be a nesting egret or a crew on a skipjack hauling in oysters.

“I get to see a part of Bay living history that most don’t get to experience.”

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##City of Crisfield sail dredging in Tangier Sound. Photo by Jay Fleming

“They’re an interesting group of people,” he added. “But it takes a unique person to do these jobs for little pay. Some of these guys have logged time in jail.”

Fleming says the sad reality is that many watermen are barely covering their costs these days. Government regulations, over harvesting, and poor water quality have taken a bite out of the industry, and therefore, their livelihood.

“It became a way for me to document the decline of Maryland traditional seafood industry, before it’s gone.”

“There’s a 90-year old crab picker at the Bevans Oyster Plant. When she retires, she will be replaced by a documented Hispanic worker. I wanted to capture her face before it’s too late.”

His favorite photograph is a shot he took of the last house standing on the Chesapeake’s disappearing Holland Island. The island was once five miles long and home to a fishing community of about 300 people. Erosion forced most to flee, with the last remaining resident leaving in 1922. The last

house became almost like the poster child and warning of the Bay’s problem with rising sea levels and sinking land. It’s an infamous structure, epitomizing the Bay’s unnerving trend of losing land to the sea.

“It was the last of 75 houses that once stood on this island,” laments Fleming. The house finally gave in and collapsed in August 2010.

Fleming had heard about the house on a Maryland Public Television program, and decided to paddle out to it before it was gone. He didn’t think his skiff was seaworthy enough for the 12-mile trip, so he kayaked out there with some friends. It took him four hours to paddle to Bloodsworth Point, where he held his camera precariously close to the water to capture the water-level view and reflection.

Fleming shot the Victorian home just before she fell.

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rawler owners know a thing or two about living the good life. For one, the dependable boats are some of the most comfortable on-water options out there.

The spacious cabins and salons give you a veritable home away from home, and the flexibility and stability of trawlers allow you to enjoy a much longer cruising season on the Bay. And hey, there’s no denying the aesthetic appeal of trawlers. They bring classic lines and traditional boatworks into the harbor, and we’ve definitely gotten kinks in our necks from straining to check out a raised pilothouse or two.

A great group of folks to be with out on the water, trawler owners are usually family-oriented, they like getting outside, and they’re some of the smarter boaters out there.

And this isn’t just by chance, either. They get educated and get social together at Trawler Fest, PassageMaker Magazine’s annual convention of trawler owners and dealers that happens every year in Baltimore’s

Baltimore Inner Harbor at BMC HarborView Marina.

Trawler Fest action gets started September 24 with Trawler Fest University (TFU). This is your chance to hit the ground running with courses on everything from marine electronics to couples’ cruising. There’s certainly something for everyone, both trawler old hands and those newbies who are just getting involved, and you’ll receive a hands-on education from industry experts in both cruising and maintaining vessels.

If you don’t have enough time for the TFU, there are still seminars to get you all the info you need for making the most of your time on the water. You’ll learn everything from advanced boat maintenance to cruising outside the Chesapeake Bay. It’s a great opportunity to take notes and plan your next adventure with the right people to help you do that.

All seminars take place on the John W. Brown Liberty Ship, a World War II vessel built right in Baltimore at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in 1942 (see the September issue of PropTalk for a moredetailed look at the Shipyard and Liberty Ship construction). All seminars will take place in various cargo holds of the ship, giving Trawler Fest attendees an experience like no other.

And if the seminars are still too much for you, make sure you check out the afternoon d emonstrations going on throughout the show. There’s a ladies’ roundtable, a man overboard recovery demonstration, a lecture on circumnavigation, and more.

Captain Bill Eggert recently wrote the book Gentlemen of the Harbor: Stories of Chesapeake Tugboats and Crews and will be hanging around the dock to share his stories.

Outside the seminars and demonstrations, Trawler Fest offers a rare opportunity to climb onboard between 60 and 70

##Boats docked and ready for Trawler Fest in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Photo by Brian Lewis.

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new and used trawlers, get the latest in gear, and connect with industry pros. And the social networking element to the show lets you sit down with the dealers, brokers, captains and mechanical engineers who will be happy to share their knowledge and skills over a cocktail or two while you check out Baltimore’s skyline.

Oh, did we say cocktail? This is definitely a party. A Friday evening cocktail party and dinner takes you onboard the Chesapeake Charm, a luxury yacht based in HarborView Marina. On Saturday, the can’t-miss party of the year is onboard the John Brown Liberty Ship with music, raffles, and more.

You certainly don’t need to own a trawler (or be in the market for one) to enjoy Trawler Fest. With all the seminars, demonstrations, and parties, it’s easy to forget that it’s a boat show. Make sure you get down to the dock and check out some of the most enjoyable boats on the Bay; trust us, you’ll be glad you did.

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Who’s Coming: As for the trawlers, look for American Tug, Nordic Tug, Krogen, DeFever, Back Cove, Grand Banks, Fleming, Sterling Atlantic, Island Pilot, Nordhavn, Mainship, Meridian, Cutwater, and more. On land, you’ll find professional captains, insurance agents, interior designers, marina pros, electronics gurus, and all the diesel diehards you could ever imagine in one place.

Saturday Seminars: The Great Loop Experience; Keeping the Maintenance Genie in the Bottle; How to Buy a Used Boat; Dialing In your Trawler; Hurricane Sandy: A Game Changer for the Insurance Marketplace; Getting the Most from your VHF/DSC; Finding Your Cruising Style; Meet Your Electrical Systems; Confident Navigation with Charts; Engine Room Tour.

Registration: Online registration is available now, and many of the courses and seminars are already sold out. Get online and reserve your spot so that you don’t miss out on a second of the action. General admission tickets are $15/day, seminars are $50 each. Three-day All-Inclusive packages are available for $350 and TFU packages come in at $450. Prices reflect pre-registration, so expect a price increase on-site.

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have been chartering bareboats for years. I always wanted to sail the Hebrides but found few bareboat options and limited support facilities. The volatile weather, an unforgiving coastline, large tidal swings and deep anchorages led me to consider a captained charter. Once I swallowed the bitter medicine that someone else would be running the boat, it didn’t take long to be convinced that I deserved the luxury of an engineer, chef and boatswain.

The wooden fishing trawler Glen Massan was built in Scotland in 1970 and last fished off of the West Coast of Ireland in 2000. Captain Andy took her down to the bare hull, replaced her engine with a slow-turning Kelvin diesel (900 rpm cruising speed) built in Glasgow.

He added a new superstructure containing six comfortable cabins with baths, a large saloon and roomy outdoor viewing areas. She weighs 150 tons with a length of 80 feet. She has a watermaker, large genset, modern electronics, and 500 feet of anchor chain.

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With five friends and spouses, we boarded the Glen Massan from Oban, a beautiful train ride from Glasgow. A glass of champagne confirmed that we were on holiday. Within a couple of hours we had anchored in a quiet loch, settled into our cabins and were heading for the saloon for drinks and canapes followed by dinner. There began my tutelage in the finer points of single malt whiskey. Steven, our boatswain, led me from the smooth and mellow to the smokey with heavy peat in patient nightly lessons.

Each day we would steam to a lunch anchorage, take an excursion ashore before or after lunch and then steam to our evening anchorage and another excursion. We were under way an average of about two hours at a time. I spent most of those hours in the wheel house learning from Captain Andy about local maritime matters; Andy invented and patented an anchor, made in sizes up to five tons that is used to hold salmon aquaculture pens in place.

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Captain Andy has a keen grasp of weather. We had sun and rain, flat calms and gale force winds. He tweaked our itinerary daily with the forecasts. It is a tribute to his skill that even the most sensitive among us was spared the scourge of sea sickness.

Our itinerary took us around the Isle of Mull and north as far as Muck. We visited charming villages such as Tobermory and Salen. We explored St. Columba’s Abbey on Iona, which dates back to the sixth century. We worked the dinghy into Fingal’s

The wooden fishing trawler Glen Massan was built in Scotland in 1970 and last fished off of the West Coast of Ireland in 2000 Cave on Staffa, which is said to have inspired Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture.

We explored Balfour Bay on Erraid where the protagonist in Stevenson’s Kidnapped was shipwrecked. We climbed over castle ruins that, along with a wee dram after dinner, stimulated the most extraordinary dreams.

The physical beauty of the islands is stunning. The wildlife is also worth your

careful attention. There are sea eagles, falcons, gannets and other sea birds and diving ducks. We spent an afternoon hiking on Lunga, a puffin rookery. The puffins unselfconsciously built their nests while we snapped photos inches away. In the sea are whales, orcas, basking sharks, seals, and otter. Sheep, goats, and deer graze in places humans could get to only by helicopter.

The food produced by Chef Michael in his modest galley was of a quality and presentation equal to that of a fine urban restaurant. Local seafood, meats, and produce were a specialty. Breakfasts featured porridge, black pudding, kippers, and squaries. Lunches included Cullen’s Skink, smoked fish, fresh salads, and fresh baked bread.

Dinners were an evening’s entertainment. Serving Michael’s works of art were Alistair, the engineer, and Steven, the boatswain. Maintaining the boat and its systems might have been the least of Alistair’s talents. He served as a first mate.

He landed us safe and dry by dinghy in the most inaccessible places, then acted as both naturalist and historian on our shoreside explorations. He took us to set traps for lobster and prawns. When it came to the dinner hour, he was at his

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best. After clearing our pudding course, he presented a tray with four superb cheeses. He introduced each one like an old friend with erudition and humor. My favorite soft cheese is called “The Stinking Bishop.” Imagine the conversation that provoked. One of our group likened Alistair’s performances to a series of one act plays. After dinner we might be treated to stories or piping by Captain Andy or Alistair singing folk and popular music with guitar.

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he waters between the twin spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Havre de Grace, MD, are often overlooked as “too remote” with towns that some say are spaced too far apart to cruise comfortably. But if you haven’t explored this less-developed part of the Bay, you should. The area is characterized by wide, open, brackish, tree-lined tributaries with sections of sandy beaches. The rivers are sparsely punctuated with development—aside from the occasional marina or small town—and the smaller creeks branching off from the bigger tributaries beg exploration, especially in great fall weather.

We’ll start this adventure at the north end of the Bay in Havre De Grace and work south, but you can reverse or alter the route. There are great destinations in between, including the town of North East, the Bohemia River, Still Pond, Worton Creek, Fairlee Creek, and Chestertown—but here is one of many four-day itineraries to try.

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(NOAA Charts 12270, 12278, and 12274) avre de Grace sits at the mouth of the Susquehanna River, which contributes the largest share of fresh water to the Chesapeake among all the Bay’s tributaries. It’s about 38 nautical miles up the Bay from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Sandy Point and Kent Island, and despite the sometimes heavy ship traffic heading to and from Baltimore Harbor and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, it’s an easy run on a well-marked route.

One area that demands attention on your way north is the charted magenta area around Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) starting at Pooles Island near flashing green buoy “7” and running all the way up to the northern tip of Spesutie Island at flashing green buoy “3.”

Don’t be surprised if you get rocked by loud “booms” that shake your boat while cruising near the area—it’s a munitions testing area. Yellow nun buoys outline the warning area. If you happen to stray into the restricted area, a U.S. Army patrol vessel will quickly pay you a courtesy visit.

A winding channel works its way up past Spesutie Island past some spoil islands toward town; if you stay in the marked channel, you shouldn’t encounter any problems. At flashing green buoy “17,”

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you can either turn to the west and into the marked channel leading into the City Yacht Basin at Millard E. Tydings Memorial Park (Commerce Street and South Washington Street), or north toward the several marinas that line the waterfront end of town. Check a cruising guide for details on specific amenities at area marinas, and secure reservations for an overnight stay in advance. There is an open and exposed anchorage located just off the town waterfront outside of the marked channel, but stay clear of the mooring area. Rent bikes from Biller’s Bikes (213 N Juniata Street); they can also deliver to your boat.

In town, you’ll find shopping, restaurants, and a promenade at the park with an unimpeded view across the river and down the Bay. The town is probably bestknown for its decoy carving heritage. Stop by the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum at 215 Giles Street (410) 939-3739) to learn about the history behind this craft that was once a necessity for hunting waterfowl.

Several antique shops around town also deal in decoys. Also consider the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum at 100 Lafayette Street. Restaurants line the town’s main drag.

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(NOAA Chart 12274) After a relaxing, cool, fall evening in Havre de Grace, set your sights next for the picturesque Sassafras River, situated southeast of Havre de Grace and about a 15-nautical-mile journey. Again, keep clear of APG’s restricted area. About eight nautical miles upriver on the Sassafras is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow at Georgetown, a great destination to lie back and unwind in a quiet, unhurried location. Navigation is easy.

If anchoring out is your thing, there are several great small creeks where you can drop the hook for the night. On the south side of the Sassafras, Lloyd Creek comes up first from the west, but only has one- to two-foot depths—not suitable for anchoring. Next heading east is Turner Creek, which has a somewhat tricky entrance, but has a nice nine- to 11-foot sliver where you can drop anchor. Freeman, Island, and Woodland Creeks (which share a common entrance) have some areas in four- to five-foot depths where you can anchor, but they are open to the north and also exposed to wakes from passing river traffic. You can also anchor away from the designated mooring areas

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in Georgetown-proper in 16- to 20-foot depths or head up under the bascule bridge (five-foot vertical closed clearance) to some other great anchoring spots.

Georgetown lies on the southern shore and Fredericktown on the northern, but most boaters consider it all part of Georgetown. Transient marinas line both sides and many welcome transient guests. Call ahead, check their transient guests policies (they change), and secure a slip reservation.

If you’re hungry, try The Granary Restaurant & Sassafras Grill at 100 George Street on the north end of the river, sandwiched between Sailing Associates and Duffy Creek Marinas. The restaurant is accented by a marina with slips for transient guests and is the sister facility to the large, well-equipped Georgetown Yacht Basin just across the river to the south. Skipjack Yachting Resort offers another marina option just west of Duffy Creek Marina.

All the facilities in town are top-rate. If you would like to stay on land for a night, try the Kitty Night House (14028 Augustine Herman Highway), whose heroine namesake was credited with saving part of Georgetown during the War of 1812.

Otherwise, savor the peaceful solitude of this place. If you have a dinghy or tender

with an outboard, the river above the drawbridge begs exploration, especially during the colorful autumn months.

Rockin’ Rock Hall

(NOAA Charts 12274 and 12278) Day three—you should be fully checked out from reality at this point. If not, Rock Hall is a great place to tie up, pick crabs, stroll, take a bike ride, and soak in the laid-back lifestyle of a popular Eastern Shore cruising destination.

Known for its active working watermen population, the town is also a highly seasonal tourist town. Philadelphia boaters flock here to escape the city.

Heading south from the Sassafras River, pick up the well-marked Bay channel (or stay just outside to give shipping traffic room) and motor about 20 nautical miles south. Along the way, quick-flashing red buoy “38A” marks an area of eight-foot depths northwest of Worton Point; pass between this buoy and flashing red buoy “40” for the best water. As you approach Rock Hall, you might be tempted to head straight over Swan Point Bar toward Rock Hall Harbor or Swan Creek (many powerboats do). You may also head a bit farther

south to green can buoy “3,” and then turn north toward town.

Rock Hall’s water scene consists of Swan Creek to the north and Rock Hall Harbor to the south. Swan Creek is the quieter, more naturally scenic side of town, while Rock Hall Harbor is where much of the “hustle and bustle” occurs. Both routes are well-marked, but the mistake boaters most often make is trying to cut straight across Rock Hall Harbor, which shoals up in the middle. Find transient marinas on both bodies of water and again, secure reservations for this popular place first. The limited anchorage on Swan Creek fills up quickly on weekends.

Shopping choices centered on Main Street run the gamut from eclectic art shops to higher-end clothing and casual wear. Rent bikes at Rock Hall Landing Marina and Swan Haven Boat Rentals.

Enjoy the public beach at Ferry Park on the west side of town with great Bay views.

Find the Waterman’s Museum near Haven Harbor Marina.

If you are lucky enough to make it to Rock Hall Main Street on a concert night, beat feet to The Mainstay (mainstayrockhall. org), the town’s best kept secret, a 120-seat concert room where you

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will find jazz, blues, folk, and country music and other cultural activities. If you want high quality entertainment in a low-key, living-room-like setting, this is your place.

If you like to pick crabs, have a casual waterfront seafood dinner, or stick around for when the band rocks the house later, try Waterman’s Crab House. The Harbor Shack (20895 Bayside Ave.), with live music, bar fare, and great people watching also sits on the harbor. Other fine eaters

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include J&J Seafood (21459 Rock Hall Ave.), Bay Wolf (21270 Rock Hall Ave.), and The Kitchen at Rock Hall (5757 Main St.). Durding’s Store (5742 Main St.) is the place to head for ice cream after dinner, and your morning caffeine infusion should come from Java Rock (21309 Sharp St.).

Bustling Baltimore

(NOAA Chart 12278) Charm City. Despite its frenetic harbor, busy shoreside pace, and heavy commercial shipping traffic, Baltimore is a great place to stay. From Rock Hall, Baltimore appears almost as a straight shot across the Bay. Not so fast, though. Remember the Swan Point Bar? Its four-foot depths seem like plenty for most power craft, but the bar is ever-changing. Green can buoy “3” marks very bottom extent of the shoal and is where you can safely point westnorthwest toward Brewerton or Craighill Channel and make the approach into the Patapsco River. At Fort McHenry, take the right branch, ending at the Inner Harbor.

The city’s public docking on the west

side has fixed piers, and although there are some anchoring options near the World Trade Center, we understand they crowd quickly; find better anchorages in Canton. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with choices, remember that the Inner Harbor extends seven and a half miles of walkable waterfront from the south shore to Canton.

And when you tire of walking, it’s easy to find a cab or water taxi. Ask yourself what you would like to do in the city and decide from there—of course, making slip reservations in advance whenever possible.

Among our picks for Baltimore fun: visit Fort McHenry, go to an Orioles game, see the dolphin show at the National Aquarium, and take the kids to the Port Discovery Kids Museum. Our new favorite restaurant? The Thames Street Oyster House (1278 Thames Street) in Fells Point.

It’s affordable with Monday through Friday Local Happy Hour (Natty Boh oyster shooters, hon) and in a neighborhood we like to meander. For shopping, check out Zelda Zen for unique gifts and The Sound Garden for great new and used music.

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Indian Summer We Don’t Use the Boat Enough

by Charlie Iliff

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he weather on Sunday, August 18 was reasonably pleasant—cloudy but the rain held off. Lucy and I got aboard Indian Summer at Jerry West’s dock, along with Lucy’s brother and sisterin-law, Alex and Wendy Wise, and their Wilmington friends Grafton and Deenie Reeves. As we rumbled out of Chase Creek and into the Severn, I was struck with a thought that comes to mind fairly often: Here we have this long-range cruising power boat, and we don’t use it enough.

A couple of years ago, we did what real cruising boaters call the “little” loop. We went out through the Delaware Bay to the Atlantic, up to New York, up the Hudson, through the Erie and Oswego canals and the corner of Lake Ontario to Cape Vincent. Our partners in the boat, Bob and Linda Burnett, took her to Ottawa and Montreal and down into Lake Champlain. Lucy and I brought her down the Lake; Bob and Linda brought her back to New York, and some friends and I brought her home. That was a great adventure and the proper use of a capable cruising boat like Indian Summer, a 1982 DeFever 44. By comparison, what we’ve done since hasn’t seemed like much at all. It is a vaguely nagging guilt: we don’t use her enough.

Of course, sitting on the fly bridge on a comfortable Sunday morning, wondering if the rain would hold off, sipping a cup of coffee, talking to family and new friends, Follow us!

what we were doing sure was pleasant.

We rumbled sedately down the river and into Annapolis Harbor. There, we saw a shiny 100-plus-foot ocean-going motor yacht. I suspect that its owner often thinks, “I don’t use the boat enough” – maybe while the professional crew is delivering the boat to Annapolis from her home port in the British Virgins.

As we puttered by all the tied-up boats in Annapolis Harbor, and then Back Creek to Jabins, I thought: “At least we’re using her today, and it sure is pleasant.”

And I thought of July third, when we anchored in Round Bay with Mary and Geoff and Chas and three grandchildren.

Ginevra and Avery and Charles, ages six, five, and five, had not seen fireworks before that evening. Sherwood Forest put on a spectacular display, after which we lit the boat up like the Harbor Queen and joined the parade down the River.

Last fall, when our daughter Elizabeth and grandson Bohdan came in from Wyoming, we ran down to Herrington Harbour South, ate supper in the restaurant there, toured the facilities that were mostly shut down for the winter, and ran back up to the Severn in the morning. Bohdan, then aged seven, identified every moving and anchored vessel on the touch-screen Garmin. And while his mother was jogging the area around the marina, he dug out the remote and got the TV cranked up on cartoons that he doesn’t get to watch at home.

Oxford isn’t very far away for a boat like Indian Summer. A while back, Lucy and I ran down, tied up at Mears Yacht Haven, and spent a couple of days relaxing on the boat and bicycling around Oxford. Bob and Linda joined us for the last night, and we brought Indian Summer home together.

That last morning, we had a memorable walk—in driving rain— from Mears to the Robert Morris Inn, where we were treated like royalty and not like the drowned rats we resembled. And there were the several days in October at the Miles River YC, for the Electric Boat Marathon and the Cocktail Class races at the Maritime Festival...

As we ended our tour on Sunday August 18, a little light rain started. I tied Indian Summer up and thought: “We don’t use her enough, but the times we do are really nice.”

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Cruising Club Notes

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fter four years of writing the Club Notes section of PropTalk, we realized something: we really weren’t getting it. At least, we weren’t getting it across. What’s the “it”? The fun. Club members are having crazy good times out there on the Bay. They’re using their boats, they’re getting together with friends, and they’re doing things (on both week days and weekends) that the rest of us dream about. So we’ve changed things up a bit. We’re going to dig in a little and try to highlight some of the clubs that get our attention for their enthusiasm and their action. We’re getting on the horn and calling you up; inviting ourselves out for cruises and signing ourselves up for your seminars. We want to know more, nay, all about you. Have something to say? Or do you know someone who belongs in these pages? Give us a shout at duffy@proptalk.com and let’s make it happen.

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t was only time before kayak angling caught on, when you think about it. Boats are expensive, gas is expensive, gear and tackle are expensive.

Time is never enough, and the summer weekends are all too fleeting. Kayak angling seems like a good answer to all these ailments: boats are relatively inexpensive to get into. The tackle is all the same, and you can find the time to get your boat into the water for an hour and still be at work by 9 a.m.

What might have come as a surprise, however, is the success kayak anglers have on the Chesapeake Bay. Wayne Bradby, the director for the Tidewater Kayak Anglers’ Association’s (TKAA) Fish for Charity Tournament, says kayak anglers are only getting started.

“The annual Catching for Kids Tournament pits local boating clubs against each other, and TKAA has been participating for the last 5 years,” says

Bradby. “Our quest started out as ‘Let’s not finish last.’ We wanted to show the powerboats that we could catch fish in kayaks. But this year we scored the most points. We just crushed it, and we smoked the power boaters. And this is great because when you have to paddle, you really have to work for it. We’re powered by PopTarts, not propellers.”

Kayak angling groups are cropping up all over the Bay due to their general ease and affordability, but anglers are also aware of a different experience one has when fishing off a kayak. “One, the fish aren’t driven off,” Bradby says. “I can fish at night. We do a lot of striper fishing off HRBT (Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel) where there’s a huge light line in the water. You can actually paddle up to the bridge and see fish in the light line. You can pick out your fish, cast to it and catch it.” Power boaters in the area often try to emulate

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the kayakers, but the kayaker’s stealth abilities will always rule over the sound and shadow of a propeller-powered boat.

“I was out fishing by myself one night and decided to check out a new place in the inlet,” Bradby tells me.

“Well, 24 fish later, I ran out of bait!

And I was probably only in a foot of water. A boater could never do that, anchoring over an oyster bed. But we can do it all day long.”

To encourage other kayakers and anglers to get into kayak angling, Bradby and the TKAA put on the Fish for Charity Tournament that annually brings in close to 300 anglers.

But it’s not just about fishing. TKAA is also passionate about helping wounded, injured, and disabled proptalk.com

veterans, and so the association works directly with Heroes on the Water, a non-profit group aimed at getting combat veterans into kayaks and out fishing. “The first year we worked with the vets, we had such awful weather.

People were complaining about how crappy it was, but then the vets came in and were smiling and happy and having a great time. People got ashamed that they were complaining so much because they immediately appreciated the sacrifice these guys make, and they stopped whining about the weather. Everyone went out and enjoyed their day.”

Tidewater Kayak Anglers’ Association has not only helped get vets out on the water, they’ve also managed to raise over $15,000 for Heroes on the Water last year alone. HOW in turn provides basic kayak fishing instruction, angling clinics, and paddling classes for vets.

So get involved! The TKAA Fish for Charity Tournament takes place September 28 at the Lake Wright Conference Center. The deadline for registration is September 26. Six divi-

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sions allow for the catch, photo, and release of slam, redfish, striped bass, largemouth bass, speckled trout, and flounder. There are also divisions for youth and women. Fishing may occur within a 50-mile radius of the conference center with a publicly accessible launch area, allowing for both salt

and freshwater fishing. The prize list includes kayaks, $500 gift certificates, paddling gear, tackle, and much more.

For all information on the TKAA and the Fish for Charity Tournament, visit tkaa.org. To learn more about Heroes on the Water, visit heroesonthewater.org.

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Club Member Profile: Rear Admiral Edward “Ted” K. Walker of the Chesapeake Yacht Club

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nyone who is a member of a cruising club knows that the club itself is only as good as its members. Sometimes the most colorful members are those with the best stories, or they have the best information for cruising the Bay. Very seldom do you find a member with great stories and a wealth of knowledge. After hearing about Admiral Edward K. “Ted” Walker, the life he has led and the life he leads today, we knew we needed to know more.

Admiral Walker has roots sown deep into the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis. “I was born in Eastport, and my wife was born right there on Second Street. You can’t imagine how hick-y that place

used to be! It wasn’t across the tracks… it was across the creek!” he says with a chuckle.

Admiral Walker ended up leaving Annapolis for Hawai’i, however, when his father (a Naval officer himself) was stationed there in the late 30s and early 40s. As a child he witnessed firsthand the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the attack left a lasting impression. “I joined the Navy after I became 17.

I had wanted to do that since I was born; I never thought of anything else.” He soon married his high school sweetheart, Carol Ann, and launched a life in the military that took him around the world.

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cruise on the Mediterranean in 2009, another across the Atlantic in 2010, an 80-day around-the-world tour in 2011, and later a 25-day cruise to Canada.

Despite all his travel, it’s clear Admiral Walker is most at home when he’s running around the Bay with other CYC members. “The club is wonderfully located in the middle of the Bay, so you can go north to Annapolis or Baltimore, or all the

way up the Sassafras Canals; go over to St. Mike’s and the Wye, or you can hide up the Choptank. Go south to Solomons or do one of my favorite trips up the Wicomico, all the way up to Salisbury. Then head back to the club for a crab feast. It doesn’t get any better.”

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boat (a 38-foot Bayliner) to cruise the Chesapeake Bay together. “Carol Ann was raised on Back Creek, so we wanted to check it out. When she went looking for a slip, we couldn’t even afford a slip on the pier where she learned to swim! So we took the boat over to Hartge’s on the West River and saw people having fun at the yacht club over there. We went over and introduced ourselves, and before you know it, we had joined the Chesapeake YC (CYC).”

While the Navy Life is a highly structured life, the CYC worked to immediately break Admiral Walker from some of those habits. With a whole new group of friends, the Walkers experienced a new way of looking at the Bay with club cruises, “swapping lies about where you’d been and what you’d done,” and plenty of hidden creeks to explore on the weekends.

Those weekends turned into years, and years turned into decades.

And when Carol Ann unfortunately passed away several years ago, the CYC became an even greater focal point of Admiral Walker’s time.

With a group of bachelor friends, he now spends his weekends finding new creeks and corners of the Bay on his 45-foot Chris Craft. “The average age on our cruise, the Bad Boys Cruise, is 79 years old,” he says.

But that’s hardly a reason to slow down. “One of our routines is that every Friday or Saturday that we’re not cruising, we have a happy hour open house. Sometimes we’ll have 15 people on the boat, with people wandering in from all over the place to socialize with us.”

The CYC has proven useful for getting him off the Bay, as well.

With a close friend, Admiral Walker has taken up the international cruising, doing extended trips onboard ocean liners. “Neither one of us particularly likes to shovel, so we run away right after New Years. I put my boat away every December, and then for four months all I do is think about big boats.” There was a

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n other club news, Back Creek YC cruised up to St. Michaels over Labor Day Weekend, landing at the Miles River YC just in time to dig into some of Jo Rhys’s Berger’s Cookie Pie, a recipe featured in the September issue of PropTalk. backcreekyc.org

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he Kent Narrows Power Squadron (KNPS) is working to increase boating safety on the Bay by offering courses and seminars this fall.

Topics include Winterization, Piloting, Fire Extinguisher Training, Cruise Planning, Weather, and Partner in Command.

Monthly meetings are held at the Kent Island YC and bring in speakers on various topics of interest to boaters. For more information on the KNPS, their meetings, and course offerings, check out uspsd5.org/squadrons/Kent_Narrows.html

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National Champions crowned in seven classes after the most intense and exciting racing anyone could ask for.

Close racing all around the course, a flip in a 6 HP final, perhaps the first ever, and a couple of snaprolls in the 8 HP showdown resulted in “Oohs” and “Aahs” from the crowd, but no injuries and no damage to the boats as the Lee Urbani’s safety crew quickly righted the boats and fished out the sheepish drivers. It was the Third annual Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association (CCWBRA) National Championships at Rock Hall YC on Saturday, August 17.

BreeAnn and Debbie Edmonds kept track of all the entries and sorted them into classes by engine age: 6 HP Classic up to 1979 and Open for Post 1979 6s, plus the Open 8 HP competitors. A number of boats had multiple drivers and more than one motor, so Curt Bluefeld and his

pit crew were kept busy lining boats up for their heats and keeping the race director Gretchen Granbery apprised of any problems in the staging area. Kim Granbery laid out a course with a short straight to a tight left-hander, then around a triangle to the left and a tight right turn back around the initial mark to a sprint to the finish. There were passing lanes, both on the straights and around the corners, but the drivers will tell you it isn’t easy to catch and pass a fast cocktail racer. So, a good start is important.

At the drivers’ meeting before the races, Gretchen announced that there would be no general recalls—no restarts when drivers jumped the start signals.

Any driver observed over the line by Line Judge Nancy Bluefeld before the start horn would incur a penalty of three finish positions. As is always true in pre-race driver meetings, everyone seemed to be paying close attention. But the first class

sent off by flag guru Marget Bluefeld and the new automatic horn system set the tone for the meet. Boats over the start line early in nearly every heat and final race kept Nancy a lot busier at the starts than she had expected to be. Racing was tight at every start, nearly every mark rounding, and the finishes. Debbie Edmonds was equally busy, recording not only the finish order called to her by Nancy, but lining up all the penalties with the offending drivers.

In the 6 HP Mixed Classic division, after three heat races and three in the finals, Chas Iliff in Toothache II finally pipped Russ Bowler and his Flying Kiwi by one point: Russ incurred one more penalty for starting early than Chas. Mike Johnson drove Sea Squirt to the other podium spot by starting all three finals races properly.

PropTalk’s Cory Deere was part of the “but for, might have been” group after two early start penalties in the finals.

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In the 6 HP Heavy Classic class, Jack Pettigrew was first in all three races, nailing the class by three points even after incurring two early-start penalties. Mark Windmiller avoided penalties to place second, and Fred Potts in Russ Bowler’s Flying Kiwi took the third podium spot, despite being over early twice. PropTalk’s Molotov, this time with Zach Ditmars at the helm, again missed the podium after a couple of third-place finishes were obliterated by a seven point DNS penalty in the last race when a balky tank refused to supply fuel to the motor.

Zach’s problem with Molotov’s tank not only set him back in the standings, but severely raised Jessica Rigelman’s pulse rate, since she was scheduled to be Molotov’s pilot in the 6 HP Women’s Classic race. Fortunately, the problem was identified and fixed, and Jess lined up on time for her first ever Cocktail Class race. Having gotten her adrenalin and pulse barely under control, she calmly proceeded to dispatch the class with three first place finishes, and no penalties of any kind. Jess’s great runs brought a National Championship trophy to PropTalk, which we will display proudly. Julie Allerton drove Smokin’ Loon to second, and Linda Burnett brought Toothache II in third.

None of the women had starting penalties, but it certainly wasn’t because the racing wasn’t fast and competitive. They just did it better.

Because of the consistent violations by the men in the morning, it was announced that early starters in the afternoon would be assessed double penalties—six points rather than three. To show their respect for authority and discipline, the entire first afternoon class save one boat started the first race of the 6 HP Mixed Post 1979 finals early. Since every boat ahead of him had already incurred a six-point penalty, Alex Iliff in Toothache II started the second race atop the leader board despite a sixth place finish in race 1. But then Russ Bowler in The Flying Kiwi and Chris Riddick in The Urbanna Oyster Shooter put together clean starts and fast second and third races to claim the top two places.

Alex barely held the last podium spot after an attempt to improve his standing resulted in testing Toothache’s flotation in the inverted position. Alex waved to the crowd, and the boat floated high and was easily recovered. proptalk.com

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Place

Driver Name

Boat #.

Boat Name

Races

Penalties

Total

1st

Chas Iliff

78

Toothache II

1-3-2

0-0-3

9

2nd

Russ Bowler

40

3rd

Mike Johnson

79

The Flying Kiwi

2-1-1

0-3-3

10

Sea Squirt

4-4-4

1st

Jack Pettigrew

82

Havin’ Fun

1-1-1

2nd

Mark Windmiller

22

On The Rocks

4-4-4

3rd

Fred Potts

40

The Flying Kiwi

2-2-2

6 HP Mixed Classic

12

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6 HP Heavy Classic 0-3-3

9 12

0-3-3

12

Sedan

6 HP Women’s Classic 1st

Jessica Rigelman

67

Molotov

1-1-1

3

2nd

Julie Allerton

53

3rd

Linda Burnett

78

Smokin’ Loon

2-4-3

9

Toothache II

3-2-4

9

1st

Russ Bowler

40

The Flying Kiwi

1-1-1

6-0-0

9

2nd

Chris Riddick

73

The Urbanna Oyster Shooter

3-2-3

6-0-0

14

3rd

Alex Iliff

78

Toothache II

6-3-7

16

1st

Tom Bishop

211

Double Cross

3-3-2

8

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Jeff Townes

72

Lucy Rose

5-6-6

3rd

Anton Webre

666

Pickled Tink

1-2-3

17

1st

Shannon Haley

666

Pickled Tink

2-2-2

6

2nd

Jessica Rigelman

67

Molotov

5-5-5

15

3rd

Kenleighe Longest

1776

Virginia Gentleman

4-4-4

0-6-0

18

1st

Darryl Kepler

777

Silver Bullet

1-2-1

6-0-0

9

2nd

Morgan Friday

133

Skittles

3-3-3

6-6-0

18

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##No one was too young to play in the pits at the Cocktail Class Nationals!

Tom Bishop ran a penalty-free final to take the 6 HP Heavy Post 1979 class, continuing the winning ways of Double Cross, which had been dominant in its debut regatta in Urbanna. Jeff Townes in Lucy Rose took second, also with a penalty-free series, with Anton Webre in Pickled Tink holding third despite two overearly penalties.

In the last 6 HP championship, Shannon Haley took Pickled Tink to the top spot in the Women’s Post 1979 class. Jess Rigelman was able to move into second with Molotov when Kenleigh Longest started just a bit early in the second race. The six-point penalty dropped Kenleigh and Virginia Gentleman to third.

The final class, the 8 HP mixed class was a

battle of excitement and attrition. The 8 HP runners are faster and looser than the 6 HP racers and more exciting for the fans. The 8s certainly didn’t disappoint. Racing was close and fast. In the first race, Morgan Friday in Skittles demonstrated inverted flight. Anton Webre once again snaprolled Double Cross, an aerobatic move which he had debuted in Urbanna. Morgan recovered to nail down a second place. Up front, Daryl Kepler’s dominant 1-2-1 in the Silver Bullet claimed the championship.

The Saturday night party capped a great day.

Thrills, spills, and close safe racing were followed by crabs, awards, and a party high. Rock Hall YC once again did itself proud, and left a lot of folks looking forward to next year.

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Severn River Racing

Lauterbach Boats

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by Charlie Iliff

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omebody suggested some Cocktail the Rappahannock and given the proximClass racers were “teams” of boats ity of the secret skunkworks Glue Factory and drivers. Cocktail Class Wooden and all of the boats to the Severn River, Boat Racing is an individual sport, but the team name came easily: The PropTalk if there’s a team, maybe you can get neat Severn River Team. apparel and intimidate the opposition with the idea that you are pooling all sorts of really good information about how to go fast.

So, we decided to form a team of boats to go with Molotov and its sidekick Toothache II. With skill honed on the whetstone of Fantasy Football, we turned immediately to the computer. We drafted Dram, driven to third in the 2012 six HP Lightweight class national championship

by Tara Carew, and the championship in the heavyweight class ##Severn River Team Captains! by her husband Keith.

Dram came with a stablemate, Tara’s new boat soon to be launched. Then, we picked We knew we were a team in more than The Flying Kiwi, and its caregiver, Russ name only when Russ started hanging Bowler, which had scored championships around the Glue Factory, borrowing tools in the 6 HP and 8 HP classes in the 2012 and motor parts and picking brains. (At Nationals. And we grabbed an untested the Glue Factory, that’s a risky pursuit.) rookie, River Madness being built by Jim Keith came to mount Dram’s new 1995 Schmicker, a colleague of Keith and Russ motor, and Jim made an initial test of a at Farr Yacht Design. painfully slow powerplant on River MadGeographic locations are always desirness. Things for the team were looking able in team names. To avoid confusion, pretty good, though, after a couple of for instance, a local baseball team is usually practice sessions and then the races at referred to as The Baltimore Orioles, to Kent Island YC. All the boats did pretty distinguish them no doubt from midwestwell at Kent Island, but some fast boats ern Bullocks Orioles. So the team members would be at Nationals that weren’t at wouldn’t be mistaken for a group from say Kent Island. Then the bad news. Dram, Follow us!

River Madness and the new boat being built for Carew weren’t coming to Nationals at all. They weren’t even thinking of coming. Obviously we were better at team selection than team building. The shiny Prada team gear was canceled, and team spirit was probably a bit dulled as the Toothache II drivers reconcentrated on one of their primary objectives: beating teammate Bowler.

On to Nationals with an infighting “team” of three.

It’s fair to say that the PropTalk Severn River Team did pretty well at Nationals, even though not at full strength. Chas Iliff in Toothache II and Bowler in The Flying Kiwi were first and second in the 6 HP Mixed Classic; Jess Rigelman took Molotov to the 6HP Women’s Classic championship with Linda Burnett third in Toothache II. Fred Potts scored a third in The Flying Kiwi and then Russ took The Flying Kiwi to the 6HP Mixed Post 1979 Championship with Alex Iliff in Toothache II third.

Then Jess brought Molotov in second in the 6HP Women’s Post 1979 Class. Three boat team, three National Championships, two seconds and three thirds. It’s now the PropTalk Severn River SwellHeaded Team. The Fantasy Football team selection system seems to work.

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Severn River Racing

Lauterbach Boats

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f it is accurate to call two generations a dynasty, then Henry and Larry Lauterbach are the dynasty that dominated powerboat racing design and construction for more than 60 years.

Henry, a high school dropout who never went to college, never formally studied engineering or naval architecture, was a self-taught genius who

read everything he could about boat design and construction and improved upon it. He started building boats in 1947 in Portsmouth, VA. Ironically enough, his first boats were sailboats, Hampton One Designs, which were considered hot boats in their day.

Henry shortly switched to his first love, race boats.

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by Capt. Rick Franke

The immediate post-World War II era was, in many ways, the golden age of powerboat racing. War surplus was a source for everything from aircraft engines to greatly improved materials, including glass-reinforced plastic (what we now call fiberglass), aluminum and marine plywood. The inline V-12 and V-16 fighter aircraft engines with names like Rolls Royce

Henry, and later his son Larry, were in the thick of this quest for speed. By the time Henry retired from active boat building he had built more than 200 hydroplanes, many of them champions. He was also a skilled driver, winning National High Point Champion in three hydroplane classes in the 1950s, and was inducted into the American Power Boat Association’s Hall of Fame in 1956.

One of Henry’s most famous designs was the 1967 World Champion Unlimited Hydroplane Miss Chrysler Crew.

She was the only boat powered by automotive engines (two 426-cubic-inch Chrysler Hemi V-8s) ever to win that title. Henry retired from boat building in 2001 and passed away in 2006, but not before instilling his love of speed and impeccable craftsmanship in ##This partially restored 1950 Lauterbach hydroplane his son Larry. illustrates the conventional design with the driver Larry does not sitting in an open cockpit behind the engine. describe boats as the family business, although and Allison were quickly adapted for it was his father’s. “My dad had four use in the rapidly-developing Unlimsons, and I’m the only one who was ited hydroplanes. Speeds were steadily interested in building boats,” he exincreasing, and new records were set plains. “From the age of twelve I was and broken almost weekly. The sound in the shop helping my dad, or underof an unmuffled 1600-horsepower foot, getting in the way. I loved boats engine roaring by at maximum RPM and working on them and spent every gave rise to the popular name for the moment I could with my dad. He was Unlimiteds: Thunder Boats. a great teacher.” Larry began his ca-

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reer as a driver in 1963. He recalls graduating from high school in 1965 on crutches, the result of a crash. “My dad encouraged me to drive. He said he’d stick to designing and building them, and I could drive them.

That way we wouldn’t compete with one another. It just took off from there, and we worked together for 25 years.”

Larry was a very good driver indeed. His racing career spanned more than 40 years before he retired in 2005. He is ten-time APBA National Champion, Four-time National High Point Champion, threetime Hall of Champions Inductee, and has won more than 350 races. He is the all-time US Grand Prix winner and set five International Motorboating World Records. Although he’s driven more than 35 boats in competition, he is quoted as saying that his all-time favorite to drive is a National Modified class cabover, powered by a 305 cubic inch Gaerte Chevy V-8 rated at 650 horsepower, named Murjr’s Lauterbach Special. He built the boat for Bobby Murray in 2001. “… it’s the best thing I

##Larry Lauterbach in his shop with Murjr’s Lauterbach Special. A National Modified cabover Hydroplane built in 2001. The boat has a carbon fiber hull and a birch plywood deck. Larry describes it as “…the best thing I ever built.”

ever built.” High praise from a man many consider to be the builder of the finest and fastest hydroplanes in the world.

On a recent sultry summer morning I met Larry Lauterbach at his shop, tucked into a quiet marina on the banks of Little

Creek in Chester on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Larry talked about the changes he’s seen in hydroplane racing and his concern for the sport that he loves. I asked Larry how the boats differ now from the Unlimiteds I remember watching race for the

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##Like any artist, Larry signs his work.

The starboard quarter of the Special.

President’s Cup off Haines Point on the Potomac in the 1950s.

“In those days they were all aircraft powered, V-12 Allisons and motors like that. They were all conventional like these boats here,” he says and indicates the two

boats in his shop with the engines in front of the driver’s cockpit. “You sat outside in the open and you held on, and you died!

If you were good, if you were one of the top dogs, you more’n likely were going to be killed before it was all over with. Then

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they started encapsulating the drivers and strapping them in. I didn’t like that at all; you weren’t strapping my butt into a boat!” He explains how he got used to enclosed cockpits and escape capsules eventually.

“Then they started using the rear engine (cabover) design, and they switched to gas turbine motors. That’s what I raced, I never raced a piston engine powered unlimited. At first we raced at about 160 miles an hour. Then the turbines would go over 200. Back when I was still racing in the late 80s we were going 220 miles an hour. It was too fast. Now they’ve put fuel restrictions on them and slowed ‘em down to about 190.” He explains that the boats are a lot safer than they used to be.

“The association has made all kinds of safety devices mandatory, but they have not required a trap door on the bottom like that,” he indicates the escape hatch on the bottom of the boat on the trailer.

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a trap door. What if you are upside down, especially in shallow water where you can’t get the canopy off? I always put a door on my boats and I was the first to put a window on the bottom as well. That gives you enough light to see what you are doing so you can get out if the boat is upside down.

They have come a long way in safety, but when you incorporate all those safety features you also increase the cost of the boat. Now we don’t kill near the number of drivers we used to. In fact we expect to walk away from boat crashes now. Today I wouldn’t race a boat without a canopy.”

Although he applauds the steps taken to make powerboat racing safer, Larry is not optimistic about the future of the sport.

“It’s a dying sport,” Larry laments. “The boats are more complicated and expensive, travel costs more, the economy is down, people aren’t interested in coming out, you name it. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am. There are too many classes, so you only have two or three boats in a race.

We used to have 25 boats or more at a

##The escape hatch below the cockpit and between the sponsons on the Special. The number tells rescuers the identity of the boat. “ROTARY” identifies the type of latch on the driver’s harness and “AIR” tells them the driver has an air bottle with approximately 30 minutes of air.

start and that put on a real show. Boat racing used to be booming, but it’s just about died off now. Nobody can afford it anymore.”

To further prove his point, Larry explained that when his dad was building

boats they had a 12,000 square foot shop in Portsmouth. Later they moved to Suffolk, Virginia, to about 6500 square feet, and Larry moved to his current 2500 square foot shop in the late 1990s. However, there is a bright spot in Larry’s business.

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them are still out there. In the 60s and 70s if you didn’t have a Lauterbach boat, you didn’t win, especially in certain classes, and people remember those days. Our designs are always fast, and the quality and craftsmanship was always the best, so this is where the new owners bring them to have them restored.”

A very special boat that Larry is working on now is one of his dad’s earliest hydroplanes. Originally built in 1950, it is the oldest Lauterbach boat in existence.

Although the boat still needs varnish and paint, one look at the loving care and meticulous workmanship of the restoration leaves no doubt that the craftsmanship that made Lauterbach boats legendary is alive and well in a small shop in Chester, MD.

“Restoration has been the biggest part of my business for the last 10 or 12 years,” Larry comments. “Luckily a couple of friends of mine back in the early 90s decided that we needed to preserve these old raceboats, and they started a Vintage class.

They take these old boats like these two here and they put on exhibitions with them. It’s become very popular. They’ll get 25 or 30 boats at a show and a big audience. These are boats that used to race. The people who are buying them usually never raced, but they saw ‘em race, and they couldn’t afford it at the time.

Now they can afford to go buy one, and usually, they need work and they bring them to me.”

He feels fortunate that Lauterbach boats are so sought after.

“It’s been great for me. Between me and my dad, we built more than 230 boats, and a lot of

##Larry’s inscription on the keelson of his dad’s hydroplane speaks for itself.

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LAUTERBACH, LARRY

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n Friday October 4, the Miles River YC will again host the Wye Island Challenge, a 24-mile race that starts and finishes at the club an includes a circumnavigation of Wye Island.

Entry is limited to boats powered by stored electricity. No taking on or charging of batteries (using a generator) is allowed during the race.

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Occasionally, some of the participating boats are willing to take on passengers, so feel free to come out even if you don’t have a boat.

A 10-minute mandatory rest stop is located at the mid-point of the course, a launch ramp is also located there in case someone needs to take on or put off passengers or make an emergency stop.

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f only she could talk, that open boat with the flat bottom and squared edges. An uncomplicated boat, yet she has her own history, her own character. We have found that Chesapeake boaters wax nostalgic about their skiffs and consider them less as boats and more as members of their families. Here are a few of their tales.

Why Mess with a Good Thing?

Shortly after graduating from college, I purchased an Apache 1600 skiff. It was a fiberglass eggshell with bench seats and a flat bottom, which made it excellent for spine-compression in all sea conditions. It had no cleats, which I fixed by mounting plastic cleats that broke easily. It had no console, which I fixed by building one that rapidly delaminated. It had no storage compartments, which I fixed by adding milk crates. And it developed cracks in the hullsides, which I fixed by ignoring them. (It was entertaining to watch the hullsides ripple as we hit waves, and the cracks were above the waterline, so why mess with a good thing?)

Despite all of these traits, I loved that skiff with all of my heart and soul.

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when reasonable anglers with 30-footers stayed at home, and I did not. But that little skiff had one thing going for it: it was cheap. Cheap! Cheap!

Cheap! It was all I could afford, and it gave me access to the fishing spots I’d spent countless nights thinking about.

It may have been a piece of junk, but it accounted for flounder up to 24 inches, weakfish to eight pounds, and stripers up to 42 inches.

In my mid 20s, I got a new job.

It paid better than any I’d had by a long-shot, and I quickly decided to sell the Apache and get a bigger boat.

One day a guy came to look at it. After we went for a sea trial, he pulled out a wad of cash, peeled back a few bills, and handed them to me. He left with my Apache hitched to the back of his truck. That night, I cried. ~ Lenny Rudow

Racing Toward the Past It’s Saturday morning, 5:30 a.m. Most sane people would still be sleeping. I don’t fit in that category. I drive four hours to play three hours and drive four hours back in the same day. If you ask me why I would say it’s all because I’m passionate about Smith Island Crab Skiffs.

I first heard about these skiffs in December 1998 in Chesapeake Bay Magazine.

Richard “Dicky” White grew up in Oxford, MD, and always admired these boats, so he built the replica Salty Eel in 1992. A few years later, he and some of his buddies from Oxford came up with the idea of bringing the design back by challenging the folks of Crisfield to a race. Each team built their own boat using the designs patterned off boats from the Calvert Museum and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. The only other limit was that it must have no more than 20 horsepower.

They held their first race in September 1998.

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ford to pay someone else to do it for me.

So I waited.

Ten years later, I heard about a cheap one for sale. It had been sitting for a couple of years.

I was told the water-cooled engine didn’t run, steering was frozen. It was painted dark green and was dy b Skiff Old Bay rea ##The Smith Island Cra on a homemade lt nau Shi y Tre by to for the races. Pho trailer. How could I say no? I brought it home, threw out the old engine, I have always been a lover of maritime sanded/repainted it, put in new engine heritage. Growing up in Mathews, VA, mounts and an engine. I re-christened her on the water, my father and I would spend Old Bay to look like the well-known spice weekends scouring the marinas around can, but it was really to reflect the old trathe Bay looking at boats. When I was a ditions of the Bay. When I finally got her teen, my dad bought and fixed up and old in the water, her bow rode so high I could buy-boat. I enjoyed that boat more than barely see over the boat. I spent the next any other before or since. From December two years tweaking with a wedge to get 1998, I carried that article on the skiffs the bow down. To this day I still am doing around and read it over and over. I went to what every racer does: tweak, test, then a few races, but I did not have the carpentweak some more. She made her debut in try skills to build one and was unable to af- 2008 in Crisfield. The next year I won my

first (handicap) race named after the man that restarted the heritage: Dicky White I always had wondered what had happened to the original reproduction crab skiff, the Salty Eel. His son told me that shortly before he died in 2003, he gave the boat away to a boy in a small town on the Eastern Shore. With a few phone calls I located the boat and owner and made arrangements to see it. She had been sitting outside for five years with no covering; her motor was a rusted mess, the trim work was peeling, and her planking had been removed allowing water to rot the frames.

Still the owner was not ready to sell it.

From that day on it became my unicorn, an elusive creature that you can see but never quite capture.

Two years later, I caught my unicorn and transported it 200 miles to Virginia.

She waited until she got home before the rusted trailer springs broke off. I replaced the tires and springs, glassed the inside of the boat, stripped and refinished the varnish work, re-planked the deck, and powered her with a donated engine. She is now restored to her original condition and is being kept inside a shed were she will be protected. ~ Trey Shinault

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To Fish and “Shoot” in the Shallows Attached are a few images of my skiff, a Custom Gheenoe NMZ highsider, 15 feet, four inches. The boat drafts five inches of water and is a perfect platform for shallow-water fishing. These boats are made in Titusville FL, near the famous Mosquito Lagoon where people catch large red drum and speckled trout in the shallows. I have used the shallow draft advantages of this boat to find fish and photograph areas that were otherwise only accessible to kayaks and canoes. This boat has all of the advantages of a kayak with a motor.

I have an eight-horsepower motor that allows the boat to cruise at 15 knots.

When I take pictures, I put all of my equipment—cameras, four to six lenses, a tripod, and underwater housing—in Pelican cases; they’re waterproof and shock-resistant, and they float. The boat is great for calm water, not the best when it’s rough. I choose my days and good spots with not much open water. ~ Jay Fleming

A Working Girl I use my boats to do things. My boats have always been sort of like pickup trucks, and it’s been that way for a long, long time. My 17foot Boston Whaler Montauk is getting toward the end of her 21st season. She has worked for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation more than she’s claimed. She’s also been a writer’s boat and has had some benefits, such as good electronics; she’s been a test sled for them.

She’s a working girl.

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I wrote a book on the John Smith Trail for the National Geographic and a pamphlet (smithtrail.net/things-to-do/water-trailadventures). My boat’s done just about all the John Smith Trail: way up the Patuxent, up the Susquehanna. She’s been to Washington, DC, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Suffolk, and Smithfield; up every branch of the Elizabeth River; up the Pokomoke and the Nanticoke. She’s a real easy boat. She does a lot of work and remains a good fishing boat, a good boat for picnics. She’s never been skied behind, but I trust my granddaughters may want to try that. How can you argue with a boat like this? ~ John Page Williams Do you have a skiff or other boat story to share? Send it to editor@proptalk.com.

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ddie, Mike, and the rest of the crew are keeping things hopping over at Cutts and Case Shipyard in Oxford, MD. A Jarvis Newman 32 finished up just in time for Labor Day weekend. When PropTalk visited in late August they had a very pretty 38’ picnic boat on the railway for some sprucing up. Kate was originally built in Monie, MD, near Deale Island in 1936 for a grand sum of $625, for

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artin Hardy and crew at Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD have stayed busy all summer with plenty of projects. A 55’ Little Harbor with twin jet drives has come up from Florida for a repower and to deal with some vibration issues. A pair of 1300 hp Mann diesels will replace the Cats to give her a top speed of around 55 mph. This speed will come in handy as the owner uses the boat to move between houses in Boston, MA, Naples, FL, and Easton, MD. A 20’ Mako is getting a deck-off restoration and re-configuring for the owner, who happens to be blind, and friends to go fishing in the Delaware Bay. There is a 58’ Viking Sport Yacht in the paint shed now getting a total repaint job. She’ll be back on the water and cruising in the Bahamas this winter. They have also 92 October 2013 PropTalk

been turning out a few of their 16’ skiffs to keep the crew busy between other projects as well as producing fiberglass parts for another company to assemble do-it-yourself wind tunnels for educational institutions. Additionally they have been producing some fiberglass bushel basket loaders that line the inside of a basket making it easier to get crabs in, and also more difficult for them to escape.

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ommy Campbell and family have also remained busy this season at Campbell’s Custom Yachts in Oxford, MD after delivering a shiny new 39’. A 35’ Campbell is back in the water after a mini-refit of painting, replacing hoses and electronics, installing bow and stern thrusters. She will soon be heading back to Moorehead City, NC. A Legacy 32 is

Full restoration of a rare 1978 Bertram 20’ in progress at Mast & Mallet in Edgewater, MD

Frank Corner of Eastport. He brought her back home to Back Creek where she was fitted with power and spent some time cruising around Annapolis.

She was repowered in the 1970s with a Pontiac engine salvaged from a boat that had washed up on a beach. Her current owners, Christopher and Kate McKelvy (who also own and operate Oxford Market) acquired her 12 or 13 years ago and have kept her up beautifully ever since. Christopher has a book full of old photos and receipts chronicling her life.

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The Hooper Island Draketail , Martha is on the railway for her annual maintenance at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD

see what the original color was to match with new. Jerry will need to track down more of a hard-to-find silver metallic piping that originally trimmed the seats. A 1957 16’ Century Resorter is getting new varnish and they are hoping to replace the Gray Marine engine’s original and terribly finicky dual carburetor with a single carburetor setup.

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athews latest Patriot 29 is beginning to take shape over at Mathews Brothers Boats in Denton, MD. The deck is out of the mold and the hull is getting divinycell-cored stringers installed.

They have produced several of the 29s, but this will be the first with a tunnel drive to help keep the bow up and the draft reduced as much as possible.

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boat, a Sea Ray 35’ had recently arrived and was undergoing surgery for multiple “dock bites.”

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eorge Hazzard with Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD is working on several little detail projects on the 1947 Ventnor while they start to stockpile projects to take them through the winter. A 1941 17’ Chris Craft runabout is getting new planking done. A Riviera 20 and a Canadian built Grevette are also in for some restoration work. After showing PropTalk around the shop this time, George was headed for Pennsylvania to pick up another project, a 1964 Nash Rambler.

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n between other projects Joe Reid at Mast & Mallet Boatworks in Edgewater, MD is working with

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apprentices on a simple 22’ skiff, hoping to be able to enclose the outboard with a cover where it will sit, inboard of the transom in a well.

He had Mike Kaufmann redraw the plans of this handsome boat to incorporate the outboard well and is working on a restoration of his second 1978 Bertram 20 for the same family. The Center Console is rumored to be a fairly rare, as they were built to use up the extra resin and to fill the remaining time near the end of a workday for the factory crews. The owner was so taken with the boat after borrowing one and using it in the Bermuda race that he tracked one down here and brought it to Joe for restoration. His kids have since taken over that boat, so he found another, and brought that one in as well for a refit. They PropTalk October 2013 93

have replaced the rotted wood core, painted the hull, and will paint the cockpit after the engine goes back in. A beautiful melonseed skiff was sporting a shiny new red Awlgrip coat, and a Frers designed sailboat, built around 1947 in Brazil was having the caulking in the seams repaired and re-sealed.

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Fall Blitz Grab Your Light Tackle and Hang On!

By Captain Chris D. Dollar

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hen you hear “fall blitz,” do you A) think of the world champion Baltimore Raven’s defense; B) recall that horrendous, pseudo-glam rock anthem “Ballroom Blitz” by the one-hit-wonder The Sweet (yeah, exactly: who?!); or C) get the urge to cast lures on light tackle into a piscatorial melee?

Hopefully you answered “C,” although picking “A” is understandable. If you chose “B,” however, you may fall into the ‘strange ranger’ category. (Lest you ridicule me for creating such a question, “C” was a trick question!) So the only surefire way to cleanse your hippocampus of such an oddball memory is to persuade (or beg) one of your buddies who does fish (and correctly picked “C”) to let you tag along when the blues and rockfish churn the Chesapeake waters into a frothy mix as they chase baitfish. No friends? Book a trip with one of PropTalk’s professional fishermen, and you’ll soon have some. Whatever you do don’t miss out on the next couple weeks of fishing.

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exposed to within a 24-hour span--triggers an urgency within predators such as rockfish and bluefish to feed more aggressively.

Also at this time of the year millions of baitfish move out of the sheltered tributaries into more open waters, where

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they’re forced to seek safety in numbers; e.g. schooling. And it’s the convergence of these two events that spawns the frenetic fall fishing we love so much in the Chesapeake. Typically it involves bluefish and rockfish losing their minds in hot pursuit proptalk.com

of baitfish, either silversides or bay anchovies (sometimes called rainfish, an interchangeable term for both) or juvenile menhaden, aka bunker.

Sometimes it matters very little what kind of lure you troll or jig, the color, shape, etc. Once an old timer told me blitzing bluefish would hit a Budweiser pull tab and, apparently not liking either my non-reply or the cut of my jib tied, or both, tied one on (to the end of his line, not a bender) and proved his point.

Yet, there are occasions when gamefish do key into a specific bait even during a frenzy. So if your offering isn’t a close facsimile of what they want, you might be out of luck. In other words, it pays to know your prey species. Another good rule of thumb when sport fishing is to look for signs of life, and while diving birds are definitely a sign of fish feeding, pay attention to other, less obvious things such as fishy smell or sheen on the water’s surface. Some of the best fishermen I know are competent, amateur naturalists.

Also, remember that the size and kind of bird wheeling over a patch of water can tell you if you’re on big fish or just the little fellas. Typically, the bigger birds (pelicans, gannets, blackback gulls) feed on the bigger the bait.

And bigger bait often attracts bigger rockfish. The opposite can also be true, though remember there are rarely absolutes in fishing. Fishermen sometimes call terns and smaller gulls “liar birds” ##Birds can reveal breaking bluefish and rockfish. Photo by Chris D. Dollar

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because while they seem to be tipping you off to a score, many times it’s smaller fish and occasionally no gamesters at all, just bait. I’m not suggesting you blow by a school of breaking fish over which small gulls hover; getting the skunk off the boat is always a relief.

Just bear in mind that if you want bigger fish, look for larger birds.

And do not overlook the presence of loons, especially if there are several diving. These birds are expert fishers, so it may be that they’re feeding on the same bunker school that a nice pod of rockfish is gorging on, albeit lower in the water column. I’ve had one of my best days jigging with just me, two other guys and half a dozen loons. We worked a pod of rockfish to 35” and blues to six pounds between Poplar Island and Wades Point for 90 minutes, and not a single bird dove into the action.

You should continuously scan the horizon with quality binoculars to look for the action. Some experienced skippers use their radar to pick up flocks of birds, a practice more common in the open waters of the southern bay or in the ocean where the size of the flocks are large enough to get picked up.

Go Slow, Joe!

Before we get to methods and lures, a few paragraphs about approaching a school of breaking fish. If you’re an old salt to the sport then perhaps you’ve

##Henry Sykes of Beverly Beach, MD caught this bluefish when fishing with his dad, Jeff.

seen this scenario: a handful of boats jigging over a school of mid-20” rock, catching fish cast after cast. Life is good. Very good.

Then from beyond the horizon comes Bubba, damn the torpedoes.

He skids to a stop in the middle of what was once a hot bite, grabs his rod, chucks the lure into what 60 seconds earlier had been a fish scrum. He then shrugs his shoulders when no fish comes tight to his line, and throttles off the next “hot spot” which he undoubtedly douses tout de suite with his insufferable angling acumen.

Perhaps we’re a more polite, or litigiously averse, set of fishermen these days, but there was a time when such boorish manners would bring a sinker upside the offender’s gelcoat. If you see boats and birds working a school, approach the action from up tide at an idle. Better yet, check your exuberance and watch the action. See which way fish are moving. Motor slowly around the school, looking at your fishfinder for larger fish that may be hanging down-tide of the central fracas. Bottom line is be courteous and wait your turn.

And same goes for you trollers. Running right through the school is rude, and only proves your boat is bigger.

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##Juvenile menhaden flood into the Bay in the fall, a feast for hungry rockfish and bluefish. Photo by Chris Dollar

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Several PropTalk contributors (see Fishing Forecast) think we might be in for stellar fall fishing due to the fact that there are lots of resident (schoolie) stripers around. As long as it doesn’t get too cold too fast, we can also expect to catch bluefish and perhaps the season’s last Spanish mackerel, too, this month. A few redfish hanging around the bait schools is certainly not out of the question, though they prefer shorelines.

So should you fish soft plastics or metal lures? Yes, and yes. When snapper blues and stripers mix together, I prefer using metal jigs.

Bluefish (and macks) are slasher style predators, ripping at their prey.

Thus, they make short work of soft plastics. I like Crippled Herring and Lil’ Bunkers (3/4 to 2 oz., silver and chartreuse), but there are lots of fish catchers out there.

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For rockfish holding deeper in the water column, soft plastics are a great choice. I use a leaded jig of 3/4 to 2 ounces and tip it with a BKD, Bust ‘Em Baits or Bass Assassin. Again, other good choices abound, such as Money Minnows, Gulp! or Hogeys.

In my book, it’s better to learn to properly work a few jigs than have 10 different kinds in your tackle kit.

On the edges of the schools I love throwing a topwater plug. I can’t prove it, but I think some of the true badass fish cruise the outskirts. At least they hit like it. I like Bombers, Zara Spooks and Smack-its. Almost always I tinker with the lures.

It doesn’t catch me any more fish, rather the opposite. But seems to lessen the impact on fish. I usually clip off at least one of the factory trebles or replace it outright with a wide-gap barbless hook. Mashed barbs and single hooks makes it a lot

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easier to release fish more quickly, and reduces hook injury to the rockfish and blues you don’t intend to eat. Also, if you happen to accidently foul hook a gull, a lone hook is a heck of lot easier to remove. (Note: if you haven’t inadvertently snagged a gull, you’re either a liar or don’t fish a bay frenzy nearly often enough. See “running aground” axiom.)

In recent years, I’ve gone to tying on a streamer fly to the poppers tail. I like a 18” shot of 40- or 60-pound fluorocarbon. I recently picked up a nice tip from Joe Capp of Shore Tackle & Custom Rods in Grasonville: although he prefers heavier pound test (80#), he crimps the connection between streamer and popper. It makes for a nice, clean connection.

With a little luck in the weather department, (and we’re due, aren’t we?) the fall blitz is shaping up to be a helluva good time. O

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

BALTIMORE 1

04:30 AM Tue 11:21 AM 04:56 PM 11:07 PM

1.6 0.6 1.4 0.6

H L H L

2

05:11 AM 1.6 H Wed 11:55 AM 0.5 L 05:43 PM 1.5 H

3

04:53 AM 1.6 H Wed 11:38 AM 0.3 L 05:28 PM 1.7 H 12:08 AM THu 05:42 AM 12:17 PM 06:21 PM

0.4 1.6 0.2 1.7

L H L H

01:05 AM 06:27 AM 12:54 PM 07:10 PM

0.4 1.5 0.2 1.8

L H L H

1

03:05 AM Tue 09:24 AM 03:22 PM 09:28 PM

1.5 0.6 1.3 0.5

H L H L

16

03:33 AM Wed 09:48 AM 04:09 PM 10:15 PM

1.5 0.3 1.5 0.4

H L H L

2

03:45 AM Wed 10:05 AM 04:12 PM 10:17 PM

1.5 0.5 1.4 0.5

H L H L

17

04:20 AM THu 10:32 AM 05:01 PM 11:09 PM

1.4 0.2 1.5 0.4

H L H L

3

04:23 AM THu 10:44 AM 04:58 PM 11:05 PM

1.5 0.4 1.5 0.5

H L H L

18

1.4 0.2 1.6 0.4

H L H L

4

1.5 0.3 1.6 0.5

H L H L

19

12:00 AM THu 05:50 AM 12:27 PM 06:26 PM

0.6 1.6 0.4 1.6

L H L H

18

4

12:52 AM 06:29 AM 12:58 PM 07:07 PM

0.6 1.6 0.4 1.7

L H L H

19

01:59 AM SAT 07:10 AM 01:28 PM 07:55 PM

0.4 1.4 0.2 1.8

L H L H

5

01:43 AM SAT 07:08 AM 01:30 PM 07:48 PM

0.6 1.5 0.3 1.8

L H L H

20

02:50 AM Sun 07:52 AM 02:01 PM 08:39 PM

0.5 1.3 0.2 1.8

L H L H

6

02:34 AM Sun 07:49 AM 02:04 PM 08:30 PM

0.6 1.5 0.3 1.9

L H L H

21

03:39 AM Mon 08:33 AM 02:35 PM 09:21 PM

0.5 1.3 0.2 1.8

L H L H

6

12:39 AM Sun 06:15 AM 12:39 PM 07:12 PM

0.6 1.4 0.2 1.7

7

03:27 AM Mon 08:33 AM 02:41 PM 09:15 PM

0.6 1.4 0.2 2

L H L H

22

04:27 AM Tue 09:16 AM 03:11 PM 10:03 PM

0.5 1.2 0.2 1.8

L H L H

7

01:28 AM Mon 06:55 AM 01:20 PM 08:00 PM

8

04:22 AM Tue 09:20 AM 03:23 PM 10:03 PM

0.6 1.4 0.2 2

L H L H

23

05:14 AM Wed 10:00 AM 03:50 PM 10:46 PM

0.6 1.2 0.3 1.7

L H L H

9

05:20 AM Wed 10:11 AM 04:11 PM 10:56 PM

0.6 1.3 0.2 2

L H L H

24

0.6 1.1 0.3 1.6

L H L H

10

0.6 1.3 0.3 1.9

L H L H

25

Fri

October 2013 Tides

16 17

06:20 AM THu 11:07 AM 05:07 PM 11:53 PM

11 Fri

07:21 AM 0.6 L 12:08 PM 1.3 H 06:13 PM 0.3 L

Fri

06:01 AM THu 10:47 AM 04:35 PM 11:30 PM Fri

06:47 AM 0.6 L 11:38 AM 1.1 H 05:26 PM 0.4 L

26

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis

12:17 AM SAT 07:34 AM 12:33 PM 06:24 PM

1.6 0.6 1.1 0.4

H L H L

Fri

05:04 AM 11:14 AM 05:49 PM 11:59 PM

1 06:11 AM 2.7 H Tue 12:12 PM 0.6 L 06:28 PM 2.8 H 2 12:34 AM Wed 06:54 AM 12:56 PM 07:10 PM

0.5 2.9 0.5 2.9

L H L H

3 01:12 AM THu 07:35 AM 01:39 PM 07:50 PM

0.3 3.1 0.3 2.9

L H L H

4

05:44 AM 1.3 H SAT 11:55 AM 0.2 L 06:34 PM 1.6 H

Fri

01:50 AM 08:15 AM 02:22 PM 08:30 PM

0.2 3.3 0.2 3

L H L H

20

12:47 AM Sun 06:23 AM 12:35 PM 07:17 PM

0.5 1.2 0.2 1.6

L H L H

5 02:29 AM SAT 08:54 AM 03:05 PM 09:11 PM

0.1 3.4 0.2 3

L H L H

L H L H

21

01:32 AM Mon 07:01 AM 01:15 PM 08:01 PM

0.5 1.2 0.2 1.6

L H L H

6 03:10 AM Sun 09:36 AM 03:49 PM 09:53 PM

0 3.5 0.1 2.9

L H L H

0.6 1.3 0.2 1.7

L H L H

22

02:17 AM Tue 07:39 AM 01:57 PM 08:44 PM

0.5 1.1 0.2 1.6

L H L H

7 03:52 AM Mon 10:19 AM 04:36 PM 10:37 PM

0 3.5 0.2 2.9

L H L H

8

02:19 AM Tue 07:37 AM 02:05 PM 08:50 PM

0.6 1.3 0.2 1.7

L H L H

23

03:02 AM Wed 08:18 AM 02:40 PM 09:29 PM

0.6 1.1 0.2 1.5

L H L H

8 04:38 AM Tue 11:05 AM 05:26 PM 11:26 PM

0.1 3.5 0.2 2.8

L H L H

9

03:13 AM Wed 08:26 AM 02:54 PM 09:45 PM

0.6 1.2 0.2 1.7

L H L H

24

03:49 AM THu 09:02 AM 03:26 PM 10:16 PM

0.6 1.1 0.2 1.5

L H L H

9 05:28 AM 0.2 L Wed 11:56 AM 3.4 H 06:21 PM 0.3 L

10

04:11 AM THu 09:22 AM 03:50 PM 10:44 PM

0.6 1.2 0.2 1.7

L H L H

25

04:37 AM 09:52 AM 04:16 PM 11:03 PM

0.6 1.1 0.3 1.4

L H L H

11

0.6 1.2 0.3 1.6

L H L H

26

05:26 AM SAT 10:49 AM 05:10 PM 11:51 PM

0.6 1 0.3 1.4

L H L H

06:14 AM 0.6 L SAT 11:42 AM 1.2 H 05:59 PM 0.3 L

27

Fri

05:00 AM 11:22 AM 05:43 PM 11:52 PM

5

05:37 AM 1.4 H SAT 12:00 PM 0.3 L 06:27 PM 1.6 H

Fri

05:12 AM 10:28 AM 04:52 PM 11:45 PM

Fri

10

12:20 AM THu 06:25 AM 12:52 PM 07:21 PM

2.7 0.3 3.3 0.4

H L H L

11

01:20 AM 07:28 AM 01:54 PM 08:26 PM

2.6 0.4 3.2 0.4

H L H L

12

02:29 AM SAT 08:38 AM 03:03 PM 09:33 PM

2.6 0.4 3.1 0.4

H L H L

Fri

12

12:55 AM SAT 08:20 AM 01:14 PM 07:28 PM

1.9 0.5 1.3 0.4

H L H L

27

01:07 AM Sun 08:20 AM 01:32 PM 07:28 PM

1.5 0.6 1.1 0.5

H L H L

13

01:58 AM Sun 09:16 AM 02:22 PM 08:45 PM

1.8 0.5 1.4 0.4

H L H L

28

01:56 AM Mon 09:03 AM 02:31 PM 08:35 PM

1.5 0.5 1.2 0.5

H L H L

13

12:47 AM Sun 07:14 AM 12:57 PM 07:07 PM

1.6 0.5 1.2 0.4

H L H L

28

12:39 AM Mon 07:05 AM 12:56 PM 07:06 PM

1.3 0.5 1.1 0.4

H L H L

13

03:44 AM Sun 09:51 AM 04:14 PM 10:37 PM

2.7 0.4 3 0.3

H L H L

14

03:01 AM Mon 10:07 AM 03:28 PM 09:59 PM

1.7 0.4 1.4 0.4

H L H L

29

02:46 AM Tue 09:44 AM 03:28 PM 09:42 PM

1.4 0.4 1.3 0.5

H L H L

14

01:46 AM Mon 08:10 AM 02:08 PM 08:13 PM

1.6 0.5 1.3 0.4

H L H L

29

01:25 AM Tue 07:52 AM 01:56 PM 08:03 PM

1.3 0.4 1.2 0.4

H L H L

14

2.8 0.4 3 0.2

H L H L

15

1.7 0.4 1.6 0.4

H L H L

30

03:33 AM Wed 10:21 AM 04:21 PM 10:44 PM

1.4 0.3 1.4 0.5

H L H L

15

1.5 0.4 1.4 0.4

H L H L

30

02:10 AM Wed 08:36 AM 02:52 PM 08:59 PM

1.3 0.3 1.2 0.4

H L H L

15

31

1.4 0.3 1.5 0.5

H L H L

31

1.2 0.2 1.3 0.4

H L H L

04:00 AM Tue 10:54 AM 04:31 PM 11:06 PM

04:20 AM THu 10:58 AM 05:08 PM 11:43 PM

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

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

100 October 2013 PropTalk

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

12

02:42 AM Tue 09:02 AM 03:12 PM 09:16 PM

06:16 AM 0.5 L Sun 11:52 AM 1.1 H 06:07 PM 0.4 L

02:54 AM THu 09:18 AM 03:43 PM 09:52 PM

diFFerenCes

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

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

Spring L. Ht Range *0.88 1.0 *1.14 1.1 *1.33 1.4 *1.33 1.4

04:56 AM Mon 11:01 AM 05:21 PM 11:35 PM

05:59 AM 3 H Tue 12:04 PM 0.3 L 06:20 PM 3 H

16

12:26 AM Wed 06:53 AM 01:00 PM 07:12 PM

0.1 3.2 0.2 3

L H L H

17

01:14 AM THu 07:41 AM 01:51 PM 07:59 PM

0 3.4 0.1 3

L H L H

18

01:58 AM 08:25 AM 02:38 PM 08:43 PM

0 3.4 0.1 3

L H L H

19

02:39 AM SAT 09:06 AM 03:22 PM 09:24 PM

0 3.5 0.1 2.9

L H L H

20

03:19 AM Sun 09:46 AM 04:04 PM 10:03 PM

0.1 3.4 0.2 2.8

L H L H

21

03:58 AM Mon 10:24 AM 04:45 PM 10:42 PM

0.2 3.3 0.3 2.6

L H L H

22

0.3 3.2 0.4 2.5

L H L H

Fri

04:37 AM Tue 11:03 AM 05:26 PM 11:22 PM

23

05:17 AM 0.5 L Wed 11:43 AM 3 H 06:08 PM 0.5 L

24

12:04 AM THu 06:01 AM 12:26 PM 06:53 PM

2.4 0.6 2.9 0.6

H L H L

25

12:49 AM 06:49 AM 01:12 PM 07:42 PM

2.3 0.7 2.7 0.7

H L H L

26

01:41 AM SAT 07:43 AM 02:03 PM 08:34 PM

2.3 0.8 2.6 0.7

H L H L

27

02:37 AM Sun 08:42 AM 02:58 PM 09:26 PM

2.3 0.8 2.5 0.7

H L H L

28

03:37 AM Mon 09:43 AM 03:54 PM 10:16 PM

2.4 0.8 2.5 0.6

H L H L

29

04:34 AM Tue 10:41 AM 04:49 PM 11:03 PM

2.5 0.7 2.5 0.5

H L H L

30

2.7 0.6 2.6 0.3

H L H L

Fri

05:27 AM Wed 11:34 AM 05:40 PM 11:47 PM

31

06:14 AM 2.9 H THu 12:24 PM 0.4 L 06:28 PM 2.7 H

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

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

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

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Tidal Current Tables

Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Maximum Current

Tue 0617 1244 1852 2 0053 Wed 0703 1318 1936 3 0146 THu 0745 1351 2017 4 0237 Fri 0825 1422 2058

5

6

Sun 0416 0941 1528 2222

7

Mon 0506 1020 1605 2307

8

Tue 0556 1103 1646 2354

9

Wed 0648 1152 1734 10 0045 THu 0740 1248 1830

+0.7 -0.8 +0.7 -0.7 +0.7 -0.8 +0.8 -0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +0.9 -0.9 +0.7 -0.8 +1.0

0007 0612 1203 1820

-0.9 +0.7 -0.8 +1.1

0051 0655 1240 1859

-1.0 +0.6 -0.7 +1.1

0135 0739 1319 1940

-1.0 +0.6 -0.7 +1.1

0221 0825 1402 2025

-1.0 +0.5 -0.7 +1.1

0309 0915 1450 2115 0401 1009 1546 2210

-1.0 +0.5 -0.6 +1.1 -0.9 +0.5 -0.6 +1.0

11 Fri

12 SAT

0138 0833 1353 1935 0235 0925 1504 2049

13

Sun 0334 1015 1614 2207

14 Mon

0433 1103 1718 2323

15

Tue 0530 1148 1817 16 0033 Wed 0624 1232 1910 17 0136 THu 0715 1315 2000 18 0233 Fri 0804 1357 2047 19 0326 SAT 0851 1438 2132

20

Sun 0416 0937 1519 2216

21

Mon 0505 1023 1600 2259

0456 1108 1650 2311 0553 1210 1800

-0.9 +0.5 -0.6 +0.9 -0.9 +0.6 -0.6

0016 0651 1311 1912

+0.8 -0.8 +0.7 -0.6

0123 0747 1408 2020

+0.8 -0.8 +0.8 -0.7

0228 0841 1502 2122 0328 0932 1552 2218 0424 1020 1640 2310 0516 1105 1725 2359 0605 1150 1809

+0.8 -0.8 +0.9 -0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +1.0 -1.0 +0.7 -0.8 +1.1 -1.0 +0.7 -0.8 +1.2 -1.1 +0.7 -0.8 +1.2

0046 0652 1234 1852

-1.1 +0.7 -0.7 +1.2

0131 0739 1317 1935

-1.1 +0.6 -0.7 +1.1

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Maximum Current

22 Tue

0553 1112 1643 2343

23

Wed 0640 1203 1728 24 0027 THu 0728 1258 1817 25 0113 Fri 0816 1357 1913 26 0201 SAT 0903 1458 2016 27 0252 Sun 0948 1557 2125

28

Mon 0344 1030 1651 2235

29 Tue

30

0436 1109 1740 2341

Wed 0527 1145 1826 31 0042 THu 0615 1220 1909

Slack Water Maximum Current

0216 0826 1402 2019

-1.0 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

1

0032 0619 1233 1834

-1.0 +0.6 -1.1 +0.7

0301 0915 1450 2104 0348 1005 1542 2153 0436 1058 1638 2245 0527 1152 1739 2342 0617 1245 1841

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

2

0105 0654 1317 1908

-1.1 +0.7 -1.2 +0.8

0142 0729 1403 1946

0041 0708 1335 1941

+0.6 -0.8 +0.7 -0.5

0139 0756 1422 2037

+0.6 -0.7 +0.8 -0.6

0235 0841 1505 2129 0328 0923 1546 2217

+0.6 -0.7 +0.9 -0.7 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0 -0.8

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

Tue 0353 0904 1601 2139 Wed 0427 0953 1640 2217

3

THu 0458 1039 1719 2254

4

Fri 0530 1123 1759 2332

5

SAT 0607 1206 1841

6 0010 Sun 0646 1251 1928 7 0051 Mon 0730 1338 2017 8 0135 Tue 0819 1426 2109 9 0222 Wed 0910 1517 2203 10

THu 0313 1009 1615 2302

Slack Water Maximum Current

11

Slack Water Maximum Current

0415 1112 1723

0120 0808 1346 2053

+0.7 -1.3 +0.9 -1.2

21

0055 Mon 0729 1339 2031

0424 1010 1713 2245

-1.3 +1.1 -1.3 +0.8

12

0007 SAT 0533 1221 1831

0221 0913 1450 2158

+0.7 -1.2 +0.8 -1.2

22

0134 Tue 0817 1420 2119

0500 1053 1758 2330

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

13

0329 1024 1605 2304

+0.7 -1.3 +0.8 -1.2

23

-1.2 +0.9 -1.3 +0.8

0110 Sun 0650 1331 1933

0214 Wed 0904 1501 2208

0540 -1.1 1139 +0.8 1848 -1.0

14

-1.3 +1.0 -1.4 +0.9

0444 +0.7 1133 -1.3 1716 +0.8

24

0222 0808 1448 2028

0209 Mon 0758 1439 2030

0020 0629 1230 1939

+0.6 -1.0 +0.7 -0.9

Tue

15

0303 0849 1532 2111

-1.4 +1.1 -1.5 +0.9

0001 0543 1232 1810

-1.3 +0.9 -1.4 +0.9

0113 0723 1324 2025

+0.5 -0.9 +0.6 -0.8

0343 0930 1615 2154

-1.5 +1.2 -1.5 +0.9

0051 0629 1326 1856

-1.4 +1.0 -1.5 +0.9

0206 0814 1418 2111

+0.4 -0.9 +0.5 -0.8

17

-1.5 +1.2 -1.5 +0.9

-1.4 +1.1 -1.6 +0.9

27

0425 1012 1701 2238

0140 0712 1419 1942

0052 Sun 0544 1251 1829

0302 0907 1516 2203

+0.4 -0.8 +0.4 -0.8

-1.5 +1.2 -1.4 +0.8

0226 0757 1507 2031

-1.4 +1.1 -1.6 +0.9

28

0511 1057 1752 2326

18

0142 Mon 0649 1349 1916

0408 1009 1625 2254

+0.4 -0.8 +0.4 -0.9

29

0309 0842 1551 2117

-1.4 +1.1 -1.6 +0.9

0226 Tue 0747 1440 1959

30

0505 1111 1717 2338

+0.5 -0.9 +0.5 -1.0

0348 0927 1632 2202

-1.4 +1.1 -1.5 +0.8

0303 Wed 0839 1529 2042

0546 +0.7 1202 -1.0 1756 +0.6

31

0018 0620 1248 1833

Fri

16

Wed 0353 0956 1632 2211 THu 0439 1046 1721 2255 Fri

0604 -1.4 1148 +1.1 1852 -1.3

19

0020 0705 1246 1953

20

+0.8 -1.3 +1.0 -1.3

0303 0900 1539 2123

0520 1131 1809 2336

SAT 0601 1214 1857 Sun

0016 0645 1257 1943

THu 0254 0955 1545 2300

25 Fri

26

0339 1050 1635 2358

SAT 0435 1150 1734

THu 0339 0928 1611 2126

-1.1 +0.8 -1.2 +0.7

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

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

0.4

0.6

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

0.7

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

-1:43

0.4

0.5

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

+0:19

2.2

1.2

Thomas Pt. Shoal Lt., 2.0 n.mi. East

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

0.6

0.6

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

1.2

0.6

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

0.6

0.8

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

0.5

0.3

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

0.6

0.8

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

0.4

0.2

Corrections Applied to Baltimore Harbor Approach

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October 2013 Currents

SAT 0327 0903 1454 2140

0310 0930 1546 2153 0359 1011 1626 2239 0445 1050 1705 2324 0529 1127 1742

Slack Water Maximum Current

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Coastal Striper Board Concerned with Stock

ven as fishermen in the upper Chesapeake Bay are enjoying one of the best summers for resident striped bass in recent years, anglers along the Atlantic seaboard have concerns about the overall health of the coastal stock. At its August meeting, the Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board (ASBMB) expressed concern about downward trends in commercial and recreational landings and young-of-the-year surveys.

The final stock assessment is expected out in mid-September (PropTalk’s deadline is September 1), several weeks prior to the fall meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the body responsible for managing coastal fishes. At the October meeting it is anticipated that members of the striper board will have a much better picture of

the status of the rockfish population, which will help them take appropriate steps to protect this valuable gamefish.

Possible actions fishery managers could take include delaying the start of Maryland’s 2014 trophy season until May 1 as well as reducing the coastal daily creel limit from two to one rockfish.

Another challenge facing the ASMFC is time. The process to make changes to fishing regulations requires sound technical and statistical data as well as allowing for public input.

Also of note is the fact that the Striped Bass Technical Committee has decided to increase its estimate of mortality of hooked rockfish from eight to nine percent. According to an email from the ASMFC’s Mike Waine, the committee initially used unpublished data for the eight percent rate. After reviewing “Mortality of Striped Bass

I

Hooked and Released in Salt Water” authored

by Paul Diodati and R. Anne Richards in 1996, the technical committee increased the mortality rate.

The sport fishing community is paying close attention to this process. In an email to PropTalk fishing editor, Coastal Conservation Association (Maryland chapter) executive director Tony Friedrich said his group is waiting to review the benchmark stock assessment for striped.

“Preliminary results of the assessment indicate that striped bass catch mortality needs to be reduced for both recreational and commercial fishermen,” Friedrich wrote. “It is likely we are all (commercial and recreational fishermen) killing too many fish. It is far better to conserve this precious resource now, than face another moratorium in the not so distant future.”

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n August, the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association held its 3rd annual “Beach N’ Boat Flounder Tournament” hosted by Akew Marine in Ocean City, MD. More than 140 anglers took part, and when the last fluke was weighed, here were the top three:

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##Randy Brinker of Berlin, MD caught a 4.8-lbs (23”) fluke that made him $250 richer.

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realize I’m projecting my own angling expectations upon you, faithful reader, but I’m predicting that over the next four weeks we’re poised to enjoy the most exciting fishing of the year. How can you say that, you may ask, after what has arguably been the best summer in years, at least in Maryland’s part of the Chesapeake?

Fair question, and of course that’s unknowable. But this is the time of year when the fish begin to pack on weight for the winter. Translation: these are hungry fish that will hit lures

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aptain Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters (Solomons, MD) looks forward to the fall, calling this stretch the “best for stripers and trout. There are redfish as well. As the days grow shorter and cooler, the fish feed harder for the winter migration to the Coast.”

Captain Sonney predicts schooling blues and stripers will mix together and can be caught trolling or casting.

When they go down, use the depth finder to locate them and jig metal lures down deep for the bigger fish. “(Spotted) trout will be around the shoreline and marshes, and you can catch them on Lil’ Jimmy’s or peelers drifted near grass beds,” he says. See Captain Sonney’s ad in PropTalk’s charter boat section. own in Tangier Sound, Captain Harry Nield on the charter boat Kingfish II will continue to fish for the bottom species like spot and croaker, but will also begin to troll for rockfish and bluefish. He will not only fish the Sound but make the trek into the Bay’s main stem as far west as Smith Point, if that’s where the big rock are hanging around. To book a trip, contact Captain Harry via PropTalk’s charter fishing section.

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hard. So unless successive storms roll through the Mid-Atlantic, my guess is we should expect excellent fishing on everything from rock and blues to billfish and reds.

Perhaps you’re walking the docks of the U.S. Powerboat Boat show, checking out the latest sportfishing machines while cruising through the pages of PropTalk. Maybe you’re contemplating booking a charter with one of PropTalk’s captains, who every month share their top picks. Enough with my forecasts; let’s check out what they think could happen. Good fishing.

sk Captain Monty Hawkins what he plans to fish for in the next four weeks and the answer is succinct: sea bass. The skipper of the Ocean City-based party boat Morning Star will anchor over reefs and wrecks and anticipates an early fall sea bass bite in late September up until the season closes on October 15th. Check out his ad in PropTalk’s charter boat section. n the upper Chesapeake, Captain Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide charter service predicts that if the summer action is to be our guide, the fall “ought to be fantastic. There are tons of small stripers still in the area with a good number of keeper fish. It would seem as though with the cooler temperatures the summer die off

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is over and the remaining fish are becoming more aggressive.”

Captain Mark believes that if the temperatures don’t drop off too much, bluefish, along with Spanish mackerel, should be plentiful off Poplar Island and south. Jigging metal and high speed trolling should be effective. Also look for red drum in the shallows.

“With the lack of small crabs available they (red drum) should be looking for other food, like the small fish we try and imitate with jigs, spoons and plugs,” he thinks. nboard the charter boat Vista Lady, Captain Jeff Popp will run out of Shady Side (south of Annapolis) through October, hopefully chasing breaking rockfish and bluefish that hopefully make the keeper

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##Liz Bieler caught her first billfish on Friday August 16th fishing the Poor Girls Tournament in Ocean City. It is a catch and release tournament for women only that benefits Breast Cancer research.

The White Marlin was estimated to be about 60 pounds. She caught it about 60 miles offshore on the charter boat “White Lightning” run by Captain Luke Blume. Courtesy Photo of Marty’s Sporting Goods

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grade. “Live lining will still be in full swing, as well as early and late day top water bite in the swallows,” he adds. aptain Jeff Eichler on Southpaw Charters (Kent Island, MD) is looking forward to a good fall season in the mid Bay. “There have been nice catches of rockfish all summer. Bluefish and Spanish have shown up (late August). Hopefully we will be ‘hurricane free’ this fall,” he said. He adds the water temps should drop in coming weeks, which should bring up some larger stripers as the fall progresses. aptain Kevin Josenhans of Josenhans Fly Fishing calls the next month the “final hurrah for speckled trout and redfish. Barring any major tropical events we should enjoy outstanding catches of specks, with a few spot tails in the mix.”

He’s a light tackle guide and recommends tossing Hogy Bunny swim baits and Bass Assassin Sea Shads, both in four-inch sizes. He thinks rockfish will

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become more numerous and larger in size as the resident fish that have been hanging around Poplar Island all summer begin to make their way south. October is a great month to cast poppers and Zara Spooks around the Tangier Sound islands. his month Captain Walt of Light Tackle Charters will put his clients on speckled trout in the shallows of Tangier and Pocomoke sounds “as long as the water stays warm as it did last year when we were catching them well into October.” But he’ll also begin targeting striped bass that begin to school up and feed as they prepare for their migration out of the Chesapeake to their wintering grounds off the coast of Virginia or North Carolina.

“As the Chesapeake’s waters cool, the striper migration intensifies, and they become our primary target. We’ll catch them feeding in the shallows of Tangier and Pocomoke sounds as well as in the main stem of the Chesapeake between the Smith and Lookout points on the western shore and Smith and Tangier Island.”

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n the upper Bay, Matt Elliot says fishing can be both challenging and rewarding on the Susquehanna Flats. “Most fish will start to scatter off the Flats and head into the major creeks in the surrounding areas. They will stage along the way in many of the same areas they staged coming out of the creeks during post-spawn prior to summer,” he said. “Both stripers and largemouth will be feeding on shad.

Find the birds, and you will find the fish. Lay downs and eelgrass along channels will hold largemouth. Spinnerbaits and buzz baits will load the boat any day of the week. Dock fishing in the North East River will provide a solid Shakey Head worm bite. Lipless crank baits are a great search tool to find fish and cover acres of water.”

Matt adds that fishing reservoirs in October could also be exciting, especially for largemouth bass. He suggests casting spinnerbaits and crankbaits, “matching the hatch” (shad) as much as possible.

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aptain Chris Newsome of Bay Fly Fishing predicts light tackle anglers will enjoy fantastic angling in the coming months on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. This has been the best season for the shallow water slam of striper, reds and specks in my 12 years of guiding… and the best is yet to come! Cooling water temperatures will have the fish on the feed as they bulk up for late-fall migrations. Toss topwater baits like Gurglers on the long rod or Badonkadonks on conventional gear for explosive action.

Any time I want to know what’s biting in Virginia, I ask Ric Burnley. Here’s his expert opnion on what you could catch this month: “Fall is the best time of year for anglers in Virginia. With any luck, kings, reds, and cobia will return to the lumps and humps right off Virginia Beach. Last fall, anglers trolling Rapala Magnum at 6 knots around the Dump Site, Sandbridge Buoy, and off Dam Neck scored big. Offshore, the marlin bite will cool off while yellowfin tuna

and wahoo heat up at the 100-fathom curve and Norfolk Canyon. Flounder fishing will improve for anglers bouncing bucktails or live baits around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and near-shore wrecks. Inshore, speckled trout and puppy drum action will be at its best. Work a jig, suspending twitchbait or walk-the-dog style topwater over drops and along structure. A northeast wind will really stir up the action. Everyone is waiting for big red drum to show up in the surf. Fish a chunk of bunker, spot, or mullet on a fishfinder rig to fool big reds in the suds.” aptain Rick Lockhart of RL Charters will continue to offer fishing trips for rockfish, Spanish mackerel, and bluefish. Or if you prefer bottom fishing for spot, you’re in luck. They should be plentiful. He says he includes a trip to Tangier for lunch and a tour of the island.

“I leave from my home outside of Kilmarnock and fish the middle Bay, primarily from Windmill Point to Smith Point,” he said.

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hen I was a little kid growing up in Bay Ridge, a neighborhood just south of Annapolis, Thomas Point seemed so far away. The lighthouse rose from the water as if by divine levitation. The lonesome horn and beam of light meant little to me then, but in years to come would guide me safely into the Severn River.

In the intervening years I came to know it more as a good place to fish than a sentinel of safe navigation. When I got “my” first boat, a 17-foot Boston Whaler Montauk, Thomas Point would often be a first and last stop if I was fishing southern water.

For the sake of this piece, you could divide fishing Thomas Point into three areas: the shoreline itself, which borders the bight between Thomas Point shoal and Tolly’s bar on the north side, and the mouth of the South River to the south; the lighthouse, the supports and ice breakers both make good fish-attracting

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good structure, and; the interior bar and ledges that slope to the Bay’s channel.

In the fall you can do quite well casting topwater lures, such as Bomber’s BadonkA-Donk (3 1/2”) or Stillwater’s Smack-it, Jr. to the shoreline at lowlight. In years past I’ve done better at sundown. When approaching by boat, idle to just within casting distance, and if conditions allow, anchor from the stern or midships. (A grapple or mushroom style works best.)

Stealth is the key. Shore anglers can also do well, either using cut bait or lures. (Park permit required; call 410-222-1777.)

In September and October, trolling along the deeper, Bay-side edges (28’ to 40’) of the lighthouse can land keeper rockfish and bluefish. Spoons, hoses, and umbrella rigs are all proven effective.

Storms and Tsunami swim baits that look like young bunker are favorites. Keep an eye out for breaking fish, as sometimes rock and blues corral baitfish in the bight inland and north of the lighthouse.

At the lighthouse you’re fishing structure, and the current can run pretty well

there, so I don’t anchor, though others may choose to. I either bump the boat in and out of gear or use a drift sock. Work the pilings with and sideways to the current, b Soft plastics like Sea Shads, BKDs, Bust ‘Em Baits, and Gulp! swim mullets have all caught fish. Spinner baits for the white perch are hard to beat.

As is the case with almost all former manned light stations, Thomas Point has a rich past. Currently, four partners (the Annapolis Maritime Museum, the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County) maintain the lighthouse.

Thomas Point’s present history for catching fish is equally rich. This time of year you could land rockfish, bluefish, and white perch, and even red drum and flounder are all possible catches both at the lighthouse and inshore. If you’re visiting Annapolis for the U.S. Powerboat Show, and you procure a sea trial, see if you can’t talk your guide into making a side trip to chuck a lure at Thomas Point.

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## Charles E. Hunt has been selected as the Superintendent at the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Park Service. “The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure, and I am both excited and honored to have the opportunity to be part of the many efforts to protect and restore the Bay watershed,” said Hunt.

“I look forward to celebrating its history and providing more opportunities for the public to enjoy and connect with the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers.” Hunt comes to the National Park Service from his position as the regional director in Western Europe for the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Nps.gov ## Atlantic Cruising Yachts announces a grand opening at the International Marine Center in Annapolis. The company now represents Jeanneau, Fountaine Pajot, and brokerage services. The company has also recently concluded an agreement to operate the Bay Yacht Agency brand with its offering of services. “Last year, under Bay Yacht Agency, we were

the top dealership in the world for Fountaine Pajot catamarans and the top dealers in North America for Jeanneau, an accomplishment we are very proud of,” says Christian Bent, the company’s president. Eric Smith, past president and founder of Bay Yacht Agency, has joined the company to assist with marketing, sales, and strategic planning. Atlantic Cruising Yachts plans a celebration at the upcoming U.S. Sailboat Show in October, so stop in and meet the team. atlantic-cruising.com

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The company is offering reduced commission fees on Sea Ray boats and discounted service charges on all repair orders for the remainder of 2013. Clarks Landing is also in negotiations to open up additional sales centers in Maryland and New Jersey.

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In Annapolis Call Frank 410-703 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com details on www.walczakyacht.com 28’ Albemarle 285 Express Fisherman ‘03 Volvo Penta 5.0 Gxi, 500 hrs., Twin I/O, Gas, 260 gallon fuel tank, head w/shower, galley, microwave, refrigerator, sink, Raymarine Sounder, VHF radio, Smart pilot, GPS color LCD display, windlass anchor, CD stereo, outriggers, 4 sided enclosure, Volvo Jackshaft to DP stern drives & DuoProps, $64,999, 757-472-0542 or cecilgroves@cox.net

28’ Legacy Yachts 28 ‘00 Clean and well cared for, hull painted in 2011 along w/bottom paint, all exterior varnish work redone this year, excellent day cruiser or local weekender $88,800 call Tommy Harken 843-830-4483 or tommy@northpointyachtsales.com

28’ Bayliner Trophy ’87 Good cond., runs well. 330-hp Ford eng, OMC outdrive, 1050 hrs, 10’ beam. Full head, stove, sleeps 6, GPS, depth finder. On Rhode River. $3900, (410) 956-5688.

28’ Southport ’08 One owner, 240 hrs on Yamaha Four Strokes w/warranties, new enclosure, gorgeous boat with the best ride in its class. $112,900.

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

Sea Ray 280 Sundancer ‘01 Ready for twins? More family fun? Stylish 28’6” Express Cruiser with Twin Mercruiser (210-hp each), Low hrs, fresh water boat, camper canvas, remote spotlight, generator, AC/Heat, windlass, Vacuflush head, shower, microwave, refrigerator, stove, compass, VHF, depthfinder, CD audio system w/6 CD changer, flat screen TV, cockpit cover, cockpit table, battery charger, Sport Spoiler w/overhead lighting, swim platform, barbecue grill. (571) 258-0119.

29’ MJM 29z ‘12 Being sold as a dealer demo, great looking, fuel efficient, easy handling and stable ride. Ideal for someone downsizing from larger power or sail. Offered at $375,000, Call Ken Comerford 410-280-2038 or ken@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ Tiara 2900 Coronet Custom ‘04 Stored indoors for 9 months of year, light seasonal use, professionally maintained, full canvas and electronics. Offered at $92,500 call Ken Comerford 410-2802038 or ken@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ Sea Ray 290 Amberjack ’02 Low hour lift kept express cruiser with fishing package. Livewell, bait prep station, transom fishbox, and rocket launchers. $56,500. Call Scott at 703-307-5900 or smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com 29’ Sea Ray 290 Amberjack ’03 Twin Mercruiser Inboards w/ V drives, Gen Air/Heat, Raymarine C80 - Exceptionally clean! $59,500 Call Tony Tumas day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com, see photos & full specs at www.greatblueyachts.com

29’ Cobalt 293 ‘99 Lightly used one owner cruiser, only 186hrs on twin Volvo Penta engines, as new cond. and clean as whistle. Priced to sell! $39,900 Contact Keith 410-267-8181 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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29’ Hinckley Talaria 29 R ‘03 JAN PIETER (NEW TO MARKET) has been lovingly maintained and has very few hrs on her dsl eng. She lives under a custom built, covered slip & has always been Hinckley maintained.

Priced at $219,000. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com

30’ Bruckmann 29.9 Blue Star (2001) Aggressively priced at $132,000.

Neat as a pin and comfortable below.

Twin dsls w/ low hrs. Contact davidcox@ northpointyachtsales.com or call 410310-3476 for details or make an offer.

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34’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’06............................$139,000

47’ Riviera M470 Excalibur ’02.....................$179,000

37’ Formula SS ’06 T/496s .............................$179,000

33‘ Formula SS ’04 ............................................. $75,000

44’ Riviera Sport Yacht ’09 ............................$649,000

37’ Formula PC ’04...........................................$119,500

41‘ Carver MY ’07 Diesels .............................$249,000 40’ Formula 400SS ’01 ...................................... $99,000

32’ Sea Ray ’07..........................................................SOLD 31’ Stamas ‘01, Diesels...................................... $59,000

35’ Marlago ’07, Verados, Loaded...............$107,500

30’ Grady-White ’02........................................... $79,000

40’ Riviera Express ’04 ...........................................SOLD

35’ Marlago ’05, Verados.................................. $89,000

28’ Southport CC ’08.......................................$112,900

40’ Riviera FB ’05 ..............................................$359,000

35’ Marlago ’02, 4 Strokes, 98 hrs, Trlr...............SOLD

25’ Chris Craft ’01 ............................................... $37,500

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 30’ Regal 3060 ‘08 Shed kept, well maintained and very well equipped.

T-5.0 Volvo 270 H.P. and generator.

Cherry cabinets, corian countertop.

Queen berth in midcabin. Loaded, must see $77,500 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022 30’ Back Cove ’11 Great opportunity for an almost new vessel. Owners are moving in another direction and have offered this lightly used vessel for sale.

She is well equipped and ready to cruise!

Asking $245,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

32’ Sea Ray 320 Sundancer ‘06 Twin Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI Horizon 300hp I/B Gas - $119,900 - Contact Kim Ewing at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

31’ Contender Open ’06 This fishing machine has twin 250-hp Yamaha outboards, less than 350 hrs and a trailer. $92,900 Patrick Hopkins 410-267-8181 Patrick@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Century 3200 Walk Around ‘04 Ultimate getaway machine for fishing/ cruising. Stability, speed and comfort in almost any sea condition. Spacious interior. Sleeps 4. $74,900. S&J Yachts 804-776-0604 www.sjyachts.com.

32’ Carver ’86 3207 Aft cabin, recently repowered w/350 Crusaders, New Gen. and AC. Many upgrades. Price Reduced $24,500 Please contact Jason Whitson at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x215 or 484-994-4244 jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.com

30’ Boston Whaler 285 Conquest ’10 Extremely clean. Perfect for fishing or family! Only 60 hrs on a set of 225-hp Mercury Verrado Four Stroke outboard motors.

Call Today!

Patrick@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 410-267-8181

31’ Sea Ray 310 ’12 Low hrs. All the right gear. Asking $184,900. Motivated sellers - Bring any reasonable offer!

Contact Dan Nardo Dan@ AnnapolisYachtSales.com or 410-2678181

Custom Commuter Style Cruiser 32 ‘03 A nearly new classic picnic cruiser for 2 to cruise comfortably. Delightfully different! Only 348 hrs. $29,900.

S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com.

32’ Grand Banks Sedan ’88 Grand Banks quality in a small package.

“Crawler” has Cummins 210-hp engine, bowthruster, flybridge, aircon, autopilot, inverter and more. Reduced $89,900.

Call Jonathan 804-776-7575 or email jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com

30’ Grady-White 300 Marlin ’02 Yamaha Four Strokes, loaded to fish or cruise, lift kept, owner moving up. $79,500 Call Ned Dozier, 443-9950732, ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com.

31’ Stamas ’01 Rare twin Yanmar dsls with low hrs and Furuno electronics.

Local boat. Estate sale. $59,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@ theyachtgroup.com, www. theyachtgroup.com

32’ Nordic Tug ’02 Lovely vessel that has been well maintained and nicely equipped.

Owned by very knowledgeable boaters. Reduced to $169,900. OBYS 410-226-0100

33’ Sea Ray Sundancer ‘96 T/Mercruiser 7.4’s – recently repowered.

Owner is considering all reasonable offers to get him to his next endeavor. $47,995 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

30’ Mainship Pilot II ’03 Single Yanmar dsl, Gen Set, Air/Heat, thruster, full enclosure $93,000 Call Tony Tumas day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, see photos & full specs at www.greatblueyachts.com

31’ Stuart Boatworks ’95/’13 $99,000.

Amazing boat that can cruise, entertain, or fish. Complete refit including new 380 Cummins with 19 hrs.

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

32’ Regulator ’05 The 32 FS includes the Fiberglass Grillage System™ which provides structural framework & stability to fish in any sea condition. Call for options. $94,000 lewis@compositeyacht.biz 410-476 4414

33’ Chaparral 330 Signature ’04 Impeccably maintained one owner boat with only 380 hrs! Great layout for entertaining with every option. $99,000.

Call Scott at 703-307-5900 or smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

31’ Tiara 3100 Express New electronics, windlass, hardtop and canvas. New Stereo, Amp, and Speakers, New Cushions, New Battery Charger $54,900 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

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32’ Cabo Express ‘09 204 hrs on Cummins 440s. Full Simrad electronics pkg including two NSE 12 displays at the helm, a NSE 8 on the tower, sounder, radar and Autopilot. Flag blue hull, tower, helm air, teak & holly floor in cabin, and swim platform $319,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

32’ Sharps Island ’90 Paxlita Single Cummins 250 w/bow thruster, low hrs , 18 knot cruise. Very clean, looks far newer than her yrs. Good electronics pkg. In Annapolis Call Frank 410-703 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com details on www.walczakyacht.com

33’ Cruisers 3375 Espirit ’98 Generator, A/C, upgraded stereo and low hrs on inboard Mer Cruiser 7.4 MPI. Great deal – two boat owner. $43,900 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

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55’ - 44’ Sea Ray (3) 44’ 1990 - Dessert First - Call Hank: 757.349.6295 55’ 1993 - Air Waves - Call Pete: 757.876.9227 45’ 1996 - For Amusement Only - Call Roger: 410.456.3659

53’ Hatteras MY (3) 53’ 1987 - Tides Turn - Call Scott: 757.570.3944 53’ 1979 - Ethel M - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 53’ 1972 - Rubaiyat - Call Pete: 757.876.9227

53’ - 40’ Motoryachts (3) 53’ Elco 1937 - Call Jud: 757.846.7909 50’ Hatteras 1990 - Call Hank: 804.337.1945 40’ Mainship 1984 - Call Hank: 804.337.1945

50’ - 42’ Hatteras (2) 50’ 1996 - Heartbeat - Call Roger: 410.456.3659 42’ 1976 - Moon Behm - Call Pete: 757.876.9227

61’ - 50’ Viking/Princess (3) 50’ 2003 - Arena - Call John: 610.220.5619 61’ 2005 - Seafari - Call Jud: 757.846.7909 50’ 2003 - Sea Hawk - Call John: 610.220.5619

50’ - 43’ Tiara (2) 50’ 2003 - Stoney’s Market... - Call Hank: 757.349.6295 43’ 2008 - The 19th Hole - Call Hank: 757.349.6295

47’ - 42’ Grand Banks (3) 47’ 2007 - Liberty - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 43’ 2004 - Catherine - Call Mark: 757.406.1673 42’ 1996 - Passageway - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

48’ - 42’ Express (3) 46’ Cobalt 2008 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 48’ Sunseeker 1999 - Call Roger: 410.456.3659 42’ Sealine 2003 - Call John 610.220.5619

48’ - 40’ Sea Ray Express (3) 48’ 2005 - Where To - Call Roger: 410.456.3659 40’ 2006 - Harvest Moon - Call John: 610.220.5619 44’ 1995 - Harbor Shark - Call Roger: 410.456.3659

44’ - 41’ Express (3) 44’ Cruisers 2001 - Call Hank: 757.349.6295 40’ Riviera 1999 - Call Pete: 757.876.9227 41’ Formula 2000 - Call Carson: 757.708.0598

43’ - 34’ Bridge Boats (3) 43’ Sea Ray 1988 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944 43’ Sea Ray 1988 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 34’ Bayliner 2002 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

42’ - 40’ Trawlers (3) 42’ Phil Jones 2001 - Call Pete: 757.876.9227 42’ Phil Jones 2007 - Call Scott: 703.307.5900 40’ Mast and Mallet 2006 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944

40’ - 37’ Sea Ray Express (2) 40’ 1998 - Havana Day... - Call Hank: 757.349.6295 37’ 1995 - Docks Knot Inn - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

40’ - 37’ Silverton (3) 39’ 2006 - Sea For Two - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 40’ 1988 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 37’ 1986 - Knotty Boy - Call Scott:703.307.5900

42’ - 36’ Grand Banks Classics (3) 36’ 1983 - Grande Finale - Call Mark: 757.406.1673 42’ 2001 - Promises - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 36’ 1995 - Moonshine - Call Mark: 757.406.1673

37’ - 35’ Express (3) 37’ Formula 2001 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 37’ Four Wins 2005 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696 35’ Silverton 2001 - Call John: 610.220.5619

42’ - 37’ President (2) 37’ 1988 - The Casbah - Call John: 610.220.5619 42’ 2001 - First Lady - Call John: 610.220.5619

46’ - 32’ Carver (3) 36’ 1988 - Happy Ours - Call Mark: 757.406.1673 46’ 2002 - Scottland - Call Pete: 757.876.9227 32’ 1995 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944

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33’ Four Winns 318 Vista ’07 The cleanest of its kind. With a smooth riding hull and spacious interior. A must see! $100,000 Contact Patrick Hopkins 410-267-8181 or Patrick@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Albin 33 Trawler ‘79 Compact, easily handled trawler for cruising/living aboard. 3 cabins, 2 heads, dual steering stations. Diesel engine under 1500 hours. $42,500. S&J Yachts 804-7760604 www.sjyachts.com.

Cruisers 3375 Fresh water use, T/7.4L MPI, FWC, inboards 325 hrs, camper canvas, VAC-U-FLUSH head, VHF, GPS, D/finder, radar. $57900 Jackson Marine Sales, North East, MD. 21901 Robert Mitchell 410-287-9400 x214

34’ Pursuit Express ‘00 New canvas; Bristol condition; A/C; genset; many upgrades. New listing. Asking $109,000.

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

34’ Sea Ray ‘08 Edens Gat Bow thruster, hydraulic swim platform, Sat TV, loaded, radar, Etc.!

Low hour; Original owner!

Asking $179,000 Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com

34’ Carver 34 Santego ’89 For entertainment, live-aboard or long distance cruising, ‘Tex Sixteen’ will not disappoint! Priced to sell at $33,000 with motivated seller! Contact Ian 410-2678181 or ian@annapolisyachtsales.com

Bonadeo 34, Only used Bonadeo available, ‘09 Forward seating model, w/custom cushions, exceptional Garmin 15” electronics pkg, teak helm, covering boards. Many other options including 300 Verados w/extended warranties, electronics updated in 2011. Call Larry or Tony at 772 463-7447 larry@ bonadeoboatworks.com

Rinker 340 Express Cruiser ‘09 Lightly used w/amenities normally found on larger boats. Teak/Holly floors, Corian Counters, A/C, Inverter, more. $79,000.

S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www. sjyachts.com.

35’ Carver 355 Double Cabin ‘95 Spacious interior w/new carpet ’12 and new windows ’13. Aft deck hardtop with enclosure. T-Crusaders w/low hours Gen., Elects, Windlass. $49,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

35’ Marlago ’07 Twin 275 Verados with warranties, hard top, custom paint, Raymarine E120, Loaded. $107,500 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com 35’ Tiara 3500 ’95 Twin Crusader, Gen Set, Air/Heat, full enclosure, Very clean! $69,900 clean! Call Tony Tumas day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com, see photos & full specs at www.greatblueyachts.com

36’ Carver ‘91 PRICE REDUCED! 3 Air Condition w/Heat, 6.5 kw generator, VHF radio, GPS, refrigerator, microwave, ice maker, electric stove, searchlite, bimini top w/enclosure.

Jackson Marine Sales, $49,900.

Stephen K. Parker 443-553-2518

35’ Chaparral 350 Signature ‘07 Twin Volvo 8.1 OSX 375-hp I/O Gas $149,900 - Contact Gregg Dyson at (410) 867-9550 or gdyson@ clarkslanding.com 36’ Grand Banks ‘95 Moonshine: Rare centerline queen master, full canvas package, great electronics, inverter, icemaker, and many recent upgrades.

Owner is serious and looking for offers.

Call Mark 757-406-1673

34’ Bayliner Motoryacht ‘02 Sea Esta T/2560hp Cummins dsls w/650 hrs. Bow & stern thruster, Dsl generator, 2 Strms, New canvas. Asking $129,000. Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com

34’ Mainship 34 Trawler ‘05 This boat sets the standard for usable space in a boat this size. Joystick controlled bow & stern thrusters, low hrs, beautifully kept, PRICE REDUCED TO $149,500 David Malkin 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

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34’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’03 Meticulously maintained ”classic” 35’ Silverton ‘01 A number of express w/8.1l Mercruiser Horizon recent upgrades on this comfortable inboards, 270hrs, 4.5Kw generator, A/C, aft cabin cruiser – John McDevitt / Full galley plus cockpit refrigerator, Bluewater Yacht Sales / LEDTV/DVD, custom queen mattress jmcdevitt@bluewateryachtsales.com / ,recent navy canvas, windlass, 610-220-5619 Raymarine GPS/plotter/radar/depth/ VHF. $95,500 Call 410-266-6492

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36’ Grand Banks Sedan ‘89 Very rare and only GB 36 Sedan on market, two new Cummins 22-hp dsls in 2004, well maintained and pampered.

PRICE REDUCTION $137,500 Call Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rick@northpointyachtsales.com

35’ Viking Express Sport Fish ‘85 The perfect boat for anyone looking for a boat to enjoy with the family or go out & fish with the guys.

Please call David at 410-280-2038 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com

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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. Reduction to $155,000 Call Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com 36’ Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ’99 CIAO BELL is a Hinckley maintained Classic Picnic Boat /many recent upgrades including Flag Blue Awlgrip and bowrail . She is ready to go. $220k Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com

36’ Judge Chesapeake ’07 Cummins QSB 425-hp, dual station, 3.5KW Gen, AC/Heat, Auto Pilot, bow thruster, full electronics, custom paint, Great for cruising & fishing, many more options. $225,000, jim.bento@oceanmarinellc. com, (757) 328-6061.

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Cherubini Indep. 50 ‘03 $889,000

Albin 36 Trawler ‘88 Large living space.

Very well cared for with many upgrades to make life aboard an enjoyable experience. $75,000. S&J Yachts 410571-3605 www.sjyachts.com.

37’ Formula 370SS ‘08 All factory options, black hull, shows as new. Mer Cruiser 496 Mag HO w/Low hrs. Owner just replaced both drives, and Transom assemblies with Zero Hours $169,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288 37’ Egg Harbor Sport Yacht ’08 T-Cummins QSB 5.9, Generator, hardtop w/strata-glass enclosure, Outriggers,2 strms, head w/stall shower.

Demo, like new cond. $369,000.

Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (410)-708-0579

37’ Judge Oxford ’10 True Love Coastal cruiser, classic profile, hard top / hard back, economical, quiet, single Cummins dsl. All options- Bow & stern thrusters easy to operate, reduced.

Call Chris 443-926-1278, www.walczakyacht.com 37’ Larson Cabrio ’07 Fresh water boat only 95 hrs. Twin- 8.1 Volvo, Gen., A/C, GPS, radar, windlass. Spacious 13’ beam. $128,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

Island Packet Craft Express 360 ’03 Downeast look. Luxurious interior w/ centerline forward. Outstanding seakeeping ability. Twin Yanmar dsls w/only 200 hrs. $249,900 S&J Yachts 410-5713605 www.sjyachts.com

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37’ Formula PC ’04 $119,500. Lift kept, new Imron paint, low hrs on 496 Mercs w/ drive showers. Perfect cond. and the best deal on the market. Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732 (cell), ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com

37’ Rinker 342 Express Cruiser ’06 PRICE JUST REDUCED! Professionally maintained, beautiful boat that is loaded with generator, Airco, dinghy, TV and many other upgrades. Now Asking $95,000 Call Bob (410)-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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Sabreline 47 ‘98 $294,900

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Pow e r 38’ Cigarette Top Gun ‘05 T/525 EFIs 408 hrs port/410 hrs std, Bravo XR Speedmaster Drives ITS boxes, custom stereo, Dave Hunter paint, AC in cabin and new cockpit cover. $149,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

‘03 Budsin Phantom 22 - $69,900

‘05 Ocean Yachts Super Sport 52 - $670,000

‘92 Albin 32 Sportfisher - $64,900

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38’ Grand Banks Eastbay ‘95 Dependable Caterpillar 3208 dsls, Westerbeke generator w/400 hrs, high quality construction & cabinetry, new canvas, Awlgripped engine room, clean, professionally maintained, ready to cruise. $163,500.

Website: http://uysfl.infoYacht/6298/ 38GrandBanksBrochure.pdf, (410) 336-3670.

38’ Carver Aft Cabin ’89 Two strm, 2 head floor plan. New carpet and curtains ‘12. Large aft deck w/wet bar and refrigerator. Powered by T-Mercruiser.

Comfortable live-aboard.$59,000 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888)221-5022 38’ Little Harbor Whisperjet ’99 TRAVELLER is a fine example of a wellequipped Little Harbor 38. Lightly used & Hinckley maintained. Would make a great boat for day or overnight boating.

Price reduced to $259,000.

Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.com.

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Chris Craft Catalina 381 ’86 Dsl powered. Great liveaboard/cruiser.

Island berth forward, queen berth aft, tremendous storage.

Wonderful updated interior, marble countertops. $79,900 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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39’ Silverton ‘06 Sea For Two Immaculate 2 stateroom 2 head boat, Thruster, Only 262 hrs., T/425hp 8.1L Crusaders.

Asking $189,000.

Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com 39’ Sea Ray 390 MY Cummins dsl, Gen, Air, thruster, radar, washer/dryer $235,000 Call Tony Tumas day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com, see photos & full specs at www.greatblueyachts.com

40’ Fairline Targa ‘01 T/Volvo Penta engines. Large cockpit with u shaped sette, Electric BBQ Grill, and sunpad.

Two strms, large salon, and expansive entertaining areas. Lift kept, and maintained w/an open check book. $119,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

38’ True North 38 Explorer ’04 Yanmar. Panda 8kw. Bow thruster. Lift kept since new. In Annapolis and ready to go! Asking $179,900 Contact Dan Nardo Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 40’ San Juan ‘08 Only 325 hrs on or 410-267-8181 Yanmar 480s, and 25 hrs on the generator, and loaded w/all options.

Indoor storage during the winter and kept at the owner’s residence during the summer. The boat shows as new. $899,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

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40’ Sea Ray 400 Sundancer ‘06 Twin Mercruiser TVD-8.1 Horizon 370-hp I/B Gas - $224,000 - Contact Mike Skreptack at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

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40’ Sabre Salon Express w/Zeus drives, Joy Stick controls; Three available. Professionally maintained, low eng. hrs, Dark hull, Excellent electronics, one w/KVH Satellite, Dish Network HD, Memory foam mattress, & so much more! Starting at $524,500 SOA 410-267-1808 40’ SeaRay ‘06 Underwater lights and a number of other great options – John McDevitt / Bluewater Yacht Sales / jmcdevitt@bluewateryachtsales.com / 610-220-5619

40’ Cabo Convertible ’06 Immaculate one owner boat w/every option and over $70k of electronics. Twin MAN R6800CRMs w/1000 hr service just completed. $569,000. Call Scott MacDonald.

703-307-5900 or smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

40’ Formula 400SS ’01 Mercruiser 502s with 380 hrs, new gen w/13 hrs. New enclosure, just detailed, local boat in perfect shape. Fast, gorgeous, and comfortable. Owner moving up. $99,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com

40’ Riviera Convertible ’05 Custom props and 480 Cummins w/warranties and only 300 hrs provide amazing economy. New electronics in 2010. Boat is in turnkey shape. Owner will consider partial trade. $359,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup. com, www.theyachtgroup.com.

41’ Carver Motoryacht ’07 Lift kept!

Well-maintained local boat. 370-hp Volvo D6 dsls, 9Kw generator, Furuno and Raymarine electronics. Great accommodations in a manageable size.

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

40’ Phil Jones Bay Built 1960 Converted into a family picnic/fishing boat. Repowered w/new Mercruiser 350 in 2010 and new fuel tanks last yr.

Glassed deck, dockside heat and AC, and electric windlass. Very well maintained. $24,500 (410) 279-6083.

40’ Robbins This Robbins 40 is in pristine cond. Attention to maintenance & upgrades shows tremendously. 2010 Refit--500-hp Cummins (8.3L QSC-500) 1000 hrs, Asking $180,000 Contact lewis@compositeyacht.biz 410-476 4414

42’ President ‘01 Two staterooms, two heads and Cummins Diesels – John McDevitt / Bluewater Yacht Sales / jmcdevitt@bluewateryachtsales.com / 610-220-5619

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$ 79,900

Sea Ray 44 ‘08 ...............................................$425,000 Vista 43 ‘87 ...................................................... $85,000 Mainship 37 ‘95............................................... $64,900 Tiara 3100 ‘85 ................................................. $29,000 Sea Ray Amberjack ‘03 .................................. $59,900 Sea Ray 290 ‘99 ............................................... $27,500

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42’ Deadrise ’37 Complete refit 2012 to make her the ultimate gentleman’s Chesapeake Bay boat. Winner People’s Choice award at St. Michaels 2013 show. Amazing opportunity. Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732 (cell), ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com

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43’ Island Pilot ’08 W/twin IPS Pod drives powered by 435 Volvo common rail electronic dsls. Single strm model w/ great accommodations & equipment.

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42’ Ocean SS ’93 Recent interior makeover on a meticulously maintained 42SS. Low hrs since her major overhaul. $159,500 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

50’ Sea Ray ’97 low hrs. ............. Call 44’ Marine Trader ’84 ............$59,900 43’ Mainship ’01 ..................$192,500 42’ Beneteau Trawler ‘05 mint ... Call 41’ President (2) from...........$69,900

42’ Grand Banks ’74 $129,000

41’ Cruisers ’07 ...................$285,000 40’ Meridian ’04...................$249,000 36’ Sabreline ’98 .................$139,500 34’ Mainship Pilot (2) from.$125,000 34’ Sea Ray ’00......................$59,900 31’ Tiara ’96 ...........................$69,000 30’ Blackwatch ’96................$67,500

43’ Post Marine ’87 Beautiful teak cabinetry, enclosed head with shower stall, and 15’9” beam. T/Detroit dsl $159,500 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

42’ Sabre Flybridge Sedan ’02 Owned and cared for by a very knowledgeable yachtsman. T-440 Yanmars, Corian counters, Genset w/AC&HT, Vacuflush head, Awlgripped hull and so much more! Reduced to $319,000 SOA 410-267-1808.

42’ Sabre Hardtop Sedan ’07 Unique and lovely cruising vessel. 160-hrs on engines, Awlgripped 2013 flag Blue, Genset, AC/HT, nice electronics, etc.

Commissioned and ready to cruise. $487,500 OBYS 410-226-0100

43’ Sabreline Trawler ’96 3 cabin w/ wonderful accommodations & equipment. Large flybridge & cockpit.

Twin Cat dsl power. Includes dinghy on lift at swim platform. Call Frank 410-703-4017. see full specs at www.walczakyacht.com

42’ Uniessee ’99 ARGO Twin Cummins 450s, 2 strm w/fantastic accommodations inside & out. Truly an Academy Award Winner in all respects.

Free Slip for remainder of 2013. Call Frank 410-703 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com details at www.walczakyacht.com

43’ Viking Dual Cabin Motor Yacht ’79 Sought after cruiser with nothing left to upgrade.

New generator, air, electronics, plumbing, tanks, windlass... everything upgraded! $125,000. Call Scott at 703-307-5900 or smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

38’ Eastbay 38 Hard Top ’02 $285,000

29’ Tiara ’00 ...........................$69,000 28’ Henriques ’98 ..................$64,900

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43’ Wellcraft San Remo ’88 Cat 3208 dsls, Gen, Air, hard top, inflatable w/OB and many upgrades $89,900 Call Tony Tumas day or evening (443) 553-5046. email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, see photos & full specs at www.greatblueyachts.com 45’ Jefferson MY ’86 Sundeck cruiser perfect for Great Loop, twin Lehman 200-hp, hydraulic stern platform for dinghy launching, recent bottom job, new couch, new sundeck cabinetry. $99,000! Call Jonathan 804-776-7575.

Deltaville VA. 44’ Ocean SS ‘87 Two-stateroom interior w/galley down, 2 full heads. large engine room offers good service access.

GM 485hp 6-71 dsls cruise at 27 knots (30+ top). $119,500 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

45’ Sterling Atlantic ’06 Lovely Brazilian motoryacht with classic lines and elegant interior. Think granite, leather and mahogany. Stabilized. Low hrs. $349,500.

S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

2009 Sabre 42 PATRIOT at $529,000 ZEUS Drives

2008 T 44 Flybridge BLUE ANGEL is now $849,000 Virtually Every Option

2001 Picnic Boat Classic SWEET 16 at $240,000

2009 T40 PATRIOT DREAM at $799,000

2011 Picnic Boat MK III GRACE at $849,900 Practically Brand New and Available Now!!!

22’ Custom Skiff SURPRISE at $69,000 Built for past Owner of Hinckley

44’ Regal Yachts, 4 to choose from. $199,000. and up. These are very clean FRESH WATER boats. Jackson Marine Sales, North East, MD. Please call Stephen K. Parker 443-553-2518 44’ Hinckley Talaria Flybridge ’08 BLUE ANGEL represents a virtually new T-44 FB and is a head-turner wherever she goes. Outfitted w/the ultimate in entertainment systems & options; she leaves nothing to be desired. Recent clean survey available! Price reduced to $849,000. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or phoward@hinckleyyachts.co.

44’ Riviera Sport Yacht ’09 Volvo IPS600s w/Joystick. Blue Awlgripped hull, hydraulic platform w/ Zodiac RIB, every option including teak cockpit.

Amazing boat. $649,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com. www.theyachtgroup.com

45’ Viking Convertible ‘94 The Finatic is one of the last original 45 Convertible models to come off the production line.

610HP Man engines 1600 hrs. Call Doug 443-497-2582

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46’ Composite Yacht ’09 (Carmen Hull) Twin IPS 600 Powered Chesapeake Deadrise $498,000.

IntrinsicYacht & Ship. 410-263-9288 46’ Post Convertible ’85 Beautifully maintained and updated as needed. She has the latest 46 II interior w/centerline queen forward. This is one of the best looking 46 footers ever built. Great offshore! Reduced to $125,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

47’ Grand Banks ‘07 Liberty T/CAT 567hp ACCERTS, 600 hrs., thruster, 2 strms & 2 heads, Original Owner, boat in Excellent cond.! Asking $749,000 Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com

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47’ Riviera Excalibur M470 ’04 COMPLETE Refit 2011. New motors, drives soft goods, electronics, everything. Boat was lift kept under cover in fresh water. Only redone to keep a crew busy. Unreal opportunity. Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com.www. theyachtgroup.com

47’ Riviera M470 Excalibur ’08 Volvo common rail dsls provide amazing economy & speed (38mph cruise at 26 gph). Blue Awlgripped hullsides, new electronics, one owner. Amazing opportunity. $299,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup. com, www.theyachtgroup.com

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47’ Riviera M470 Sports Cruiser ’02 (AKA Wellcraft Excalibur) Turnkey Ready, This boat is in mint cond., as real must see! Too many extras to list.

Current asking price is $149,000 Interesting trades considered.

(410) 320-2270.

47’ Suwanee F/B Sedan ’07 Defying Gravity - 2 strm. Beautiful hand crafted cherry interior. Galley up, upper & lower helms. Twin low hr Cummins dsls w/ stern-drives. Fresh electronics. Prepaid dockage thru 2013 at National Harbor.

Call Mark Ferrier 410-980-5364 or mark@walczakyacht.com details at www.walczakyacht.com

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50’ Ocean SS ’07 Exceptionally clean with the desired low hr C-18 CAT Power.

Excellent electronics and all of the right options. Owner will take trades. $548,000. IntrinsicYacht & Ship.

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52’ Ocean SS ‘01 T/Cat 3406s. Recent upgrades include: New generator, cockpit mezzanine, new ZF controls and aftercoolers on both engines. $299,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

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48’ Glass Boat Works Custom Chesapeake Downeast Flybridge ’04.

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50’ Duffy by Atlantic Boat Co ‘08 Custom built Duffy 50, easy to maintain, seaworthy with a comfortable pilothouse. Single 1,000 h.p. C-18 CAT dsl provides speed, performance and durability, $719,000.

Rick Casali 410-280-2038 or rick@northpointyachtsales.co

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50’ Ocean SS ‘05 Powered by T/MTU/ DD Series 60s, recent upgrades and updates include interior fabrics to electronics to mechanicals. $468,900 IntrinsicYacht & Ship. 410-263-9288

52’ Jefferson Monticello ’87 Really beautiful, elegant motor yacht suitable as a luxury live-aboard or weekend cruiser. Twin 320-hp Caterpillar dsls in ’02. Loaded, clean! $164,900 Contact Keith at 410-267-8181 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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54’ Ocean SS ‘07 T/1100 MANs, teak cockpit, Furuno Black Box electronics suite, 3 SR, 3 head. Impeccably maintained. $698,000 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

56’ Aicom Sport Cruiser ’06 3 strms, 3 head accommodations w/cherry high gloss interior, staircase to FB, Twin 3406 Cat electric dsl engs with 1000 hrs, Service completed, Cruise @ 24 kts.

Bow thruster, 15.5 Gen set Call Bill 410353 4712 See full spec at walczakyacht.com

58’ Westbay Sonship ’97 Twin Detroits, twin gens. A shed-kept showpiece owned by a marine industry veteran. The best of these legendary pilothouse yachts. $549,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com

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58’ Sea Ray Super Sun Sport ‘97 Hydraulic PWC garage, hi-gloss cherry, pristine. Our trade. $239,900 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship 410-263-9288

68’ DeFever ‘90 A great live-aboard with plenty of space and a cockpit – John McDevitt / Bluewater Yacht Sales / jmcdevitt@bluewateryachtsales.com / 610-220-5619

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Accent Graphics........................................ 106

Formula X2................................................... 91

Oxford Boatyard Yacht Sales....................117

Alliance Marine.......................................... 127

Gratitude Marina.......................................... 70

Pantaenius America.................................... 29

AllTackle.com............................................... 66

Great Blue Yachts.......................................118

Pettit Paint.............................................. 6,7,92

American Boat & Yacht Council................. 90

Harbor East Marina..................................... 63

Pier 4 Marina................................................ 94

Anchorage Marina....................................... 59

Harbour Cove............................................... 90

Pier 7 Marina................................................ 60

Annapolis School of Seamanship.............. 41

Hartge Yacht Harbor.................................... 84

Piney Narrows Yacht Haven....................... 83

Annapolis Yacht Sales..........................15,116

Herrington Harbour................................ 18,75

Pleasure Cove.............................................. 47

Atlantis Weathergear................................... 57

Hinckley Yacht Services............................. 69

Automotive Training Center....................... 30

Hinckley Yachts Annapolis........................119

Bay Shore Marine........................................ 19

Homeport Discount Marine Supplies......... 13

Black Dog Propellers.................................. 28

Horn Point Harbor Marina........................... 44

Bluewater Yacht Sales...............................113

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake....................... 39

Boatyard Bar & Grill.................................... 40

Interlux......................................................... 23

BOE Marine................................................ 128

Intrinsic Yacht & Ship..............................10,11

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Jack Martin Insurance................................. 50

Campbells Boatyard.................................... 79

Jackson Marine Sales................................. 31

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Jimmy John’s............................................... 49

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.......... 42

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Mack Boring & Parts Company.................. 43

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Maritime Solutions...................................... 49

Composite Yacht......................................... 95

Marks Marine Insurance............................. 30

Coppercoat USA.......................................... 42

Martin Bird & Associates...........................118

Curtis Stokes & Associates.......................... 2

Martini Yacht Sales...................................... 55

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

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TackleCove.com........................................ 105

Diversified Marine....................................... 83

Mast & Mallet..............................................116

Tidal Fish.................................................... 102

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Vane Brothers.............................................. 99

Eastport Yacht Center................................. 88

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Eastport Yacht Club.................................... 53

National Harbor Marina............................... 51

Walczak Yacht Sales..................................... 8

ENVIBOATS LLC.......................................... 94

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Fawcett Boat Supplies................................ 25

Offshore Aviation......................................... 88

Wooden Boat Restoration Company......... 95

Ferry Point Marina....................................... 26

Osprey Point Marina................................... 70

Yacht Group, The........................................111

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C HESAPEAKE CLASSIC

Who’s That Girl?

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he enclosed pictures are of my father, Harry Irvin Hiestand, formerly of Chicken Point, on Tilghman Island, MD. I only remember him talking about this boat one time after some crabs and beer. I found the pictures when clearing out his house in Florida after he passed away.

The boat was built by Capitol Boat Works in Washington, DC.

He said it had a one-inch fuel line and took his entire paycheck to make a trip up the Choptank River.

That it was so loud none of the girls would ride with him.

The most interesting thing that I have found is the extreme flare of the bow line. I have studied many of the famous boat builders of that era, and none of them had this flare. I have shown these pictures to

Naval architects and also asked at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, VA, with no help. I am sending these hoping that there may still be some old-timers that may remember the boat or the builder.

I would be grateful for any information that someone may have about this boat.

Sincerely, Randy Hiestand

Do you have a Chesapeake Bay family boating photo that can be considered “classic” to share with PropTalk readers? If so, please e-mail duffy@proptalk.com 126 October 2013 PropTalk

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