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Yes, Virginia, the U.S. Powerboat Show Is First This Year

The U.S. Powerboat Show in Annapolis is trading places with the U.S. Sailboat Show this year. We think it’s because we’re better. We bring you a sneak peek at what to expect when the U.S. Powerboat Show kicks off October 3-6.

Beat the Summer Heat—Go North, Young Man

Dreaming of cooler weather, cooler water, and rugged, misty locales? Head to the Northeast for relief by boat. by Carrie Gentile ##Photo by Gary Reich

He Whispers to Fish—and They Listen: Prop Person Shawn Kimbro

You might know him best as the author of the book Chesapeake Light Tackle, but you may not know that this fishing Jedi is a talented Bluegrass musician, conservation advocate, and one of PropTalk’s allaround favorite Bay people. by Gary Reich

Come Cruising On the Right Trawler For You

Check in with PropTalk’s professional “trawlerites” to find out what trawler or tug fits the bill for what your dreams demand. by Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell

Thrills and Spills Highlight the Kent Island Cocktail Class Regatta

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After putting the finishing touches on our Chesapeake Light Craft Cocktail Class Racer kit, we managed to have fun, get wet, and even come home with some ribbons.

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Whether you want to use a trotline, collapsible traps, or hand lines, PropTalk’s fishing editor lays out what you’ll need to get started. by Capt. C.D. Dollar

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14 Prop Thoughts: I Heart Watermen 16 Dock Talk 24 Boat Notes: Grand Banks 43 Heritage EU by Lenny Rudow, Senior Editor Boats.com 25 B.O.A.T: Boating In Sanity by Mike Edick 26 Bay Brands: Bergers Cookies 27 Chesapeake Challenge SUP Race 28 Chesapeake Boating Calendar presented by Boatyard Bar & Grill

53 Cruising Club Notes 61 Powerboat Racing News 64 Chesapeake Boatshop Reports

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72 Chesapeake Tides and Currents presented by Annapolis School of Seamanship

74 Chesapeake Fish News, Forecasts, and Spots by Capt. C.D. Dollar presented by TidalFish.com 79 PropTalk’s Charter Fishing & Headboat Section 80 Biz Buzz 81 Brokerage and Classified Sections 88 Brokerage Form 89 Subscription Form 90 Index of Advertisers 91 Marketplace Section 94 Chesapeake Classic: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard

Coming in October • Full Annapolis Powerboat Show Coverage • Five Days to Cruise the Upper Bay • Insider’s Guide to Annapolis • Raptor Rapture: Falling for Ospreys • Complete Trawler Fest Coverage • Trawlering the Herbides in Scotland • The Legend of Lauterbach Hydroplanes • The Joy of Skiffs

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high), it’s all about how the critters are handled after the harvest, not where they come from (wild or aquaculture). Since most farmed oysters are engineered not to spawn (scientifically they are called triploid oysters), they are still as plump, juicy, and good to eat in summer as they are in winter. Additionally, the “Eat oysters in the ‘R’ months only” rule was for a time when oysters couldn’t be quickly refrigerated, so they sat on deck in the heat, spoiled, and then got people sick. Let me tell you—if you haven’t had an oyster in the summer because of the old wives’ tales, you are missing out. In any event, it certainly wasn’t my intent to stir up so much fervor, but apparently I did. Different strokes, I suppose. One thing is certain—the answers to saving oysters aren’t coming forward easily. So, enough with the bivalve speak. I’ve rigged up a brand-new, 1200-foot, snooded trotline with a neighbor friend who likes to catch and eat crabs almost as much as I do, and another friend has promised to turn me on to some super-secret, backwoods, topwater action for aggressive stripers as late summer melds into early fall. I’m even toying with the idea of chartering a cruiser for a week of fall gunkholing. If you’re lucky, I’ll be too busy with these pursuits and you won’t hear another word about oysters until Thanksgiving rolls around… because I make a mean oyster stuffing. Have fun out there,

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The Old Boat-and-Switch: U.S. Powerboat and Sailboat Shows Change Dates

or one weekend each year Annapolis, MD, is jampacked with the shiniest makes and models from hundreds of dealers and manufacturers around the world. It’s a weekend powerboaters look forward to all year long, and thousands of people turn out to pore over every hull, gadget, gizmo, and doo-hickey that shows up at City Dock. But this year boat show organizers did something that may throw a few people off: they switched the historical dates of the powerboat show with those of the sailboat show, from the second weekend in October to the first. For the last 42 years, power1. The bartenders at Pussers are more generous with their rum earlier in the season, before they’ve been scarred by sailors and their stingy tipping.

2. The Farmer’s Almanac predicts a five-degree temperature difference between the weekends of October 4 and October 10. And you know what that means: Sun’s out, guns out.

boats followed the sailboat show into Annapolis harbor, coming the weekend after all the rigging is dropped and the boats have headed back to their home berths. But this year, the powerboats are coming into town early, leaving the sailboats to deal with some wake issues. But this doesn’t mean the end of the world! By all accounts, this means that we get to start the party instead of closing it out, and considering the tolls that Boat Show Season takes on the residents of Annapolis, we have to say we’re happy about the change. Here are our top five reasons for embracing the flip flop:

3. October 5 is a new moon. Who knows what could happen?

4. The Pit Masters at the Fleet Reserve Club know that while sailing craft used to dominate the U.S. Navy, that’s history, baby. Grab a pit beef sandwich from a group of the most enthusiastic powerboaters on earth.

5. October 4-6 is a bye week for the Redskins, which means we don’t have to worry about rushing home to catch the game. Ravens fans, plan on attending the show Thursday through Saturday only.

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his time of year is prime time for Maryland seafood. If you’re eating crabs, rockfish, or oysters for dinner, it’s entirely possible that your main course was deep in the Bay just a few hours ago. To celebrate the bounty of the Bay and our local watermen, try one or both of two classic Maryland festivals offering everything from hard crab races to swamp candy. On the Western Shore, “Savor the Bay” at the 46th annual Maryland Seafood Festival Saturday, September 7 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, September 8, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Sandy Point State Park, near the foot of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. On the Saturday of the festival, The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will present the Maryland Fishing

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education exhibits, and a car show. For the kids, there will be hands-on educational exhibits, crab races, and rides. The fireworks display kicks off at 10 p.m. on Saturday and is one of the area’s best. Each summer before the festival, artists compete in the annual poster contest. This year’s winner, Joseph Griffith, says, “I’m stoked to represent the 31st annual Hampton Bay Days through my design. I hope folks can view this and take away more than just the obvious visual narratives, namely that conservation and ecological balance are both essential to maintaining a healthy, sustainable seafood industry for the Chesapeake Bay region.” The three-day event is free and offers plenty of parking nearby for a $5 fee, part of which benefits local charities. In addition to spreading the conservation message, the festival provides an economic boost for downtown, bringing approximately $5 million to the local economy, with 60 percent of the impact coming from outside the town of Hampton. Festival hours are Friday noon to 11 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Leave the cooler at home; there will be lots of delicious food for sale. For more information, call the Hampton Visitors Center at (800) 487-8778 or visit baydays.com

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t’s Trawler Fest time! September 24-29, be sure to make your way into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for a chance to get up close and personal with over 100 exhibitors bringing their newest products, demos, and (best of all) boats to the cruising community. It’s an opportunity to hunt down your dream boat, gain some knowledge, and meet up with other people who share the trawler lifestyle. This year there are a number of Trawler Fest University courses on everything from marine electronics to couples’ cruising. Seminars will be running all weekend to help you get out there and enjoy your boat, while roundtable discussions will inspire you to get started on your dreams. And if you’re still searching for your dream girl, there will be brokers galore to pull aside. And then, of course, there are the cocktail parties where you can meet others, celebrate the ocean navigator with the most miles under his or her belt, and try your hand at some incredible raffles offered by the marine industry’s finest manufacturers. If you’re interested in joining the Trawler Fest University, plan to be in town September 24-29. Exhibitor booths and show boats open at the Baltimore Marine Center’s HarborView Marina at 10 a.m. sharp September 26. This year, the Liberty Ship S.S. John W. Brown will serve as the training facility for both Trawler Fest and the University, so bring your camera and plan on touring the World War II Memorial. Trawler Fest is always a social gathering more than it is a boat show, so be ready to make some friends who will last a lifetime. passagemaker.com/events/ trawler-fest-baltimore-2013

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2013 Cocktail Class National Championship Preview by Gary Reich

K, we promise that this is the last speed on this whole Cocktail Class thing, time you’ll read this—well, at read on for a quick lesson in what makes least in this issue—but did you these powerful little racers so much fun— hear Team PropTalk scored big at the Kent and fun to watch. Island Yacht Club Cocktail Class Regatta in July? Ahem, well now it’s time to prep for the biggest Chesapeake-area Cocktail Class regatta of the year—the Cocktail Class National Championships in Rock Hall, MD. This year, the fun will kick off August 17 on Lawyers Cove at the Rock Hall Yacht Club ##Six-Horsepower Class racing gets underway at the 2012 Cocktail Class (22759 McKinleyville National Championships in Rock Hall, MD. Photo by Mark Talbott Road, Rock Hall) when 30 to 40 boats from around the country will descend on Cocktail Class Racers are eight feet long the Eastern Shore for bragging rights as and built either from approved plans or “National Champion.” If you’re not up to from an approved kit manufacturer. (As

it happens, Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis is presently the only approved kit maker.) These nifty craft are powered by either six- or eight-horsepower outboards and are broken into different classes, depending on engine vintage, engine horsepower, driver weight, and gender. The Six-Horsepower Classic, Six-Horsepower Classic Women, and Six-Horsepower Classic Heavy classes use Outboard Motor Corporation (OMC) engines that were built in 1979 or before. The Six-Horsepower Open, Six-Horsepower Open Women, and Six-Horsepower Open Heavy classes use OMC engines that were manufactured in 1984 or after. The slightly confusing engine

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Boat Notes

by Lenny Rudow - Senior Editor, Boats.com

Grand Banks 43 Heritage EU

raditionalists love the lines, a fuel-efficient cruise speed, and the living space of a classic trawler, but a classic trawler’s performance generally leaves something to be desired. Even if you enjoy a slow cruise, a few extra knots can make all the difference in the world when thunderheads appear over the horizon, or a tight schedule becomes too tight for comfort. Many modern trawler builders, including much-heralded Grand Banks, have addressed this issue with faster, more powerful models. The latest in this evolution—and one that adds some new technology into the mix—is the Grand Banks 43 Heritage EU. The 43 is the smallest in the Heritage series (replacing the 41 Heritage EU) and as you might guess from this line’s moniker, it has a look as traditional as teak and holly. The boat’s layout is similarly conventional, with a salon in the main cabin, a galley forward to port, and an enclosed helm station to starboard. Down below, the master stateroom is located forward, a guest cabin sits to port, and to starboard there’s an en-suite head. Extra stowage for those long-distance runs sits in a cavernous compartment below the galley.

As with the rest of the Heritage line, the 43 EU is offered in several different configurations that alter the salon seating arrangements and lower cabin options. The Heritage also features a nice-sized cockpit that is shaded by a flybridge extending all the way aft, providing plenty of space for storing a tender while underway. Going from the cockpit up to that flybridge is easy, too, since Grand Banks uses a staircase instead of the old-fashioned ladder—a departure from tradition that any mariner can appreciate. The biggest departure from a trawler’s old ways, however, comes with performance. The 43 cruises at around 20 knots and hits 24 knots at wide-open throttle. That’s pretty darn lickety-split for a genre that usually plods along at pre-planing speeds. And while some recent trawlers have attained speeds like this by adding horsepower and tweaking hull design, Grand Banks took a different approach with the Heritage. Power comes courtesy of a pair of Zeus pod drives, coupled to twin 480-horsepower Cummins QSB6.7 diesels. Added bonus: with these pod drives you get to play with a joystick, instead of throttles and a wheel, to maneuver the boat when docking or performing tight

maneuvers. If you haven’t used pods with a joystick yet, you really need to give it a try—you can turn it to spin the boat in its own length, nudge it sideways to crab the boat into tight spots, and bump it forward and aft to make position adjustment measures in inches, not feet. We can’t move on from the use of those pod drives just yet, because they give the Heritage yet another bonus advantage. Since there’s no shaft and no shaft angle, fuel efficiency gets a boost over straight inboards. Wait a second—if there are no shafts and no shaft angle, and since the engine sits directly above the pod drives, doesn’t that mean the engines can be mounted farther aft? You bet. And this delivers yet another perk: there’s space for a utility room, which can be used for uber-stowage, a washer/dryer, or added refrigeration. One final departure from the trawlers of bygone days can be found in the boat’s construction. The hull is cored, and resininfusion plays a major role, and tanks are cross-linked polyethylene. Add all these features together, and you get a longdistance cruising boat that doesn’t merely please the traditionalist, but leaves him or her pleasantly surprised, as well.

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B.O.A.T

Boating In Sanity Photo and story by Mike Edick

usting out a thousand dollars to maintain some foolish gizmo that extends uptime seems to be a common occurrence when it comes to boating. So is investing in yet another technological improvement to ensure safety while underway, such as dropping a couple of Bens on electronic charts, and then 10 times more than that on a decent radar unit “frivolous?” Well then, what about a satellite television receiver for onboard entertainment that doesn’t add anything to your uptime? Is that a reasonable expense? Let me explain. Past B.O.A.T. tales are similar: doing everything possible to maximize safety while decreasing downtime. While I’ve never been a proponent of frivolous things on a boat—such as studio-grade speakers or colored underwater LED lights that flash to the subwoofers’ thumpa-thumpa—one recent entertainment addition made a huge difference to the boating experience. Perhaps there is place for a third topic here after all; safety, reliability, and (in)sanity. Even the best days on the water must eventually come to an end. And, especially when you’re dealing with kids, stretching the time period between those “I’m bored” comments widens the parents’ Follow us!

enjoyment of the weekend exponentially. Hopefully many of you had an opportunity to go camping with your parents when you were kids. With any luck you remember all the good times like being trapped in 100-square-foot nylon tent with them for a weekend or more, and hopefully you also remember how boring you thought your parents were as you escaped the next card game by fleeing into the surrounding woods or campground. Imagine the same scenario without being able to flee captivity, and that may be what your kids think of a boating weekend with you. A great day (in kid terms) is filled with tubing, fishing, kayaking, skiing, swimming, and more; all of which help to tire-out the little ones quicker than a sleeping pill after a huge Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Unfortunately, most of these activities rely on sunshine. Everything on a boat goes well when the weather is great; conversely, those cramped quarters below close in quickly when the weather turns lousy. And sure, most kids older than three have electronic babysitters like Game Boys and iPods, but all are individually stimulating without bringing the family together. Boating requires backup options, and since sanity

isn’t frivolous, buying and installing a satellite television receiver is an awesome foul weather improvement to almost anyone’s family boating experience. A marine satellite dish is similar to those mounted on roofs in many neighborhoods—with one important exception: a marine dish continuously gimbals and adjusts position to keep itself pointed at a satellite orbiting the earth overhead. The dish compensates for movement of your boat, whether at anchor or underway. The receiver is similar to residential models, except you must purchase dish and receiver equipment (12-volt DC or 120-volt AC). After successful installation, television channel subscription is similar to residential service through DISH Network or DirecTV. Certainly, paying for all of that satellite equipment and channel subscriptions is more expensive than picking up free over-the-air television broadcasts, but what about boating is ever cheap? Everything that keeps the kids snuggled next to you you for one more card as the weather turns south is worth every penny spent, proving that Bling On Another Turtle might just be the best way to B.O.A.T. PropTalk September 2013 25

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town, where they sold the cookies to loaltimore, MD, is known for its cals aside vendors selling fish, vegetables, beer, its baseball, and its cookand meat. When Berger died, he left the ies. Yes, that’s right, its cookies. company to his son who further expandBergers Cookies, that is. Bergers Cooked it, using the newly-invented automoies are the perfect marriage of fluffy cake and gooey fudge, and they’ve been around Baltimore since 1835, for good reason. Bergers Cookies started as a one-man operation when Henry Berger arrived in the United States from Germany in 1835. A baker ##Cakey shortbread covered by gooey fudge, these by trade, Berger decadent cookies make mouths around the country water. Photo courtesy of Bergers Cookies. opened a bakery in East Baltimore. His claim to fame was a bile to distribute cookies around the area simple cookie: shortbread on the bottom to a growing number of markets. Despite with a thick smear of fudge on top. His the rise in technology, Bergers Cookies three sons assisted with the operation by remained a truly Baltimorean treat, and opening stalls in several markets around were rarely seen outside the city limits. When George Berger was ready to retire, he sold the bakery to an employee Bergers Cookie Pie named Charles Russell. Russell shepSix Bergers Cookies herded the bakery through the Great One unbaked pie crust Depression and both World Wars, worked ten Half cup of butter, sof ing closely with his sons as well. When One cup of sugar Russell decided to retire, his sons carried ar Half cup of light brown sug on the company for a few years before Four eggs in turn passing it on to another former al One tablespoon cornme employee, Charles DeBaufre, in 1969. r ega vin One tablespoon And in keeping with tradition, Charles illa van on One teaspo DeBaufre, Jr., carries on the legacy today. If Bergers Cookies is appreciated as to oven Begin by preheating the a family business, it is beloved because s cookie the r Quarte s. 350 degree it operates so beautifully as one. After and place them in your chilled opening an online presence, Bergpie crust. Whisk together the ers Cookies expanded its ability to sugar, brown sugar, and flour. ship worldwide. But when Hurricane Beat together the eggs and add them to the dry mixture, then add in the softened butter, stirring constantly. Pour over the cookies. Bake for 45-55 minutes until the center of the pie is golden brown. The pie should be mostly solid with only a slight jiggle in the middle. Let cool before enjoying.

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Irene struck the East Coast in 2011, the company’s supply of shipping boxes was destroyed and shut down operations for several days. Chaos ensued, with news crews arriving on the factory’s doorstep to understand why cookies weren’t on supermarket shelves. Later, in early 2013, the company shut down for two months when the Food and Drug Administration declared that a license was needed for operating the factory, and that the DeBaufres needed to obtain it before proceeding a step further. Loyal customers made YouTube videos declaring their love for the cookies (see some good ones online at proptalk.com) and Facebook support pages were created before DeBaufre issued a statement that a family illness had prevented the company from obtaining the license, but that they planned to be up and running immediately. Understanding that only family is more important than the family business, customers were thrilled to see the cookies return to supermarkets. The cookie itself is delicious, but of course what brings us back to them time after time is the fact that they’re so lovingly made. They’re a hit with the old and young alike, with other Baltimore bakeries capitalizing on their charm with recipes that incorporate the cookies to make an assortment of other treats. With a recipe that has only changed slightly over the last two centuries, these are cookies that need to stick around. We certainly hope so.

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Have Board, Will Paddle Getting in on the SUP action by Duffy Perkins

’ve long been a fan of kayaking. I owned a kayak when I didn’t even own a car to transport it anywhere, instead balancing it on top of my mother’s garden wheelbarrow and dragging it down to the launch. So when the stand-up paddleboard (SUP) craze started to gain traction, my ears pricked up. I’m not meant to surf: I’m all limb and no coordination, and my surfing stance looks more like a constipated, horrified ferret than a sexy surfer. So I did what many do, and I admired it from a distance. But you can’t really do that anymore, can you? Those SUP’ers won’t be kept at a distance. They’re everywhere, and they’re in your face. It’s a sport that’s taking over the Chesapeake Bay not only because of the water’s temperature and temperament, but also because of the great wealth of beauty we find on its shores. On a SUP, you can people watch, scope out waterfront real estate, and burn off breakfast all at the same time.

##Racers gather at the starting line. Photo by Dan Phelps

Understanding that some of us like to be on the water and also be competitive, East of Maui Boardshop in Annapolis, MD, hosted the Chesapeake Stand Up Challenge along with Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) on July 13. A total of 73 competitors showed up with their boards and signed up to either paddle a six-and-a-half mile long course or three-and-a-half mile short course. (I get tired just walking three miles… paddling them seems like a Survivor Challenge where half the tribe would get sunstroke and have to eat rats to survive.) Racing commenced at 9:30 a.m. and most everyone finished around 11 a.m. East of Maui hosted mini clinics and board demos in the afternoon, and a party had all the participants recovering together around the grill (where veggie burgers were served). It was a different vibe around the yacht club that day, with the SUP’ers taking over. There were board shorts and

bikinis galore, with bright neon colors replacing the Breton reds on men and Roxy replacing the Lily Pulitzer on women. A Jack Johnson-sounding musician convinced everyone to stick around a little longer than expected, enjoying the beautiful day and making new paddling friends. If you’re still on the proverbial SUP fence, you really need to get your bod on a board and get over it. While we could say plenty of things about coordination and skill, really all it takes is the ability to maintain your cool when there’s wake greater than six inches in height. Go ahead and give me the side eye at this, but when you’re on hands and knees, clinging to your board, screaming “BIIIIGG WAAAAAAAKKKKE” at the top of your lungs as a 14-foot Boston Whaler putputs past you, well, think of me. I’ll be the constipated ferret-looking woman across the Bay, admiring you from a distance.

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##The author (in the foreground) looking far more in control than she ever felt. Photo by Trevor Perkins

##Get in a workout, check out the local waterfront real estate, and spend a great day on the water. What more could you want? Photo by Dan Phelps

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Chesapeake Outdoor Group 12-Ounce Regatta Grab your boat-building buckets and head to the Eastport Democratic Club. Racing, music, drinks and more to benefit Annapolis Community Boating and We Care and Friends.

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

JetSki Poker Run Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse, Dumfries, VA

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Fourth annual Croaker Tournament Dare Marina, Yorktown, VA.

Nautical Flea Market and Yard Sale 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Have a boat to sell? Bring it and sell it yourself. At Jackson Marine in Essex, MD.

Tubing on the Gunpowder Meet at Monkton Station for a 1.8-mile hike up the TCB Trail. Then enjoy the twohour river float back to Monkton Station.

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Watermen’s Appreciation Day and Crab Feast 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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Mid-Atlantic $500,000 Tournament Ocean City, MD, and Canyon Club Resort Marina, Cape May, NJ.

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East Coast Surfing Championships The Oceanfront, Virginia Beach, VA.

Celebrate the Severn Party Cruise 6:15 p.m. Annapolis. Party on the Catherine Marine. Benefits Severn Riverkeeper. $125.

Flat Out Catfish Join DGIF Angling Education and Captain Mike Ostrander for a day of instruction and fishing on the James River at Pony Pasture in Richmond. $40

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Rock the Bay Poker Run Nauti-Goose Saloon, North East, MD.

French and Indian War Muster French, British, and American Indian reenactors assemble for a weekend of 18th century demonstrations and battle reenactments. At Fort Frederick, Big Pool, MD.

Third annual Beach n’ Boat Flounder Tournament Ake Marina in Ocean City. Hosted by Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association.

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Dragon Boat Regatta National Harbor, MD.

Leukemia Cup Powerboat Poker Run Old Dominion Boat Club, Alexandria, VA.

Tour and Crab Feast at J.M. Clayton Seafood Seafood Company Cambridge, MD. $45

Boating Safety Clinic Annapolis Maritime Museum. During an eight-hour-day, about 100 boats will be inspected onsite by marine pros.

Tilghman Island Kayak Start at Tilghman-on-Chesapeake YC and paddle 2.5 miles. Tilghman, MD.

One-Day White Perch Contest Sponsored by the Essex-Middle River Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association.

Northern Bay Annual Crab Feast Paul’s Pavilion. Sponsored by the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association.

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Labor Day White Marlin Tournament Sunset Marina, West Ocean City, MD.

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Charity Boat Auction Fogg’s Landing, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

Kent Island Cup Kent Island, MD. Hosted by Kent Island Outrigger Canoe Club.

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

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State Qualifying Bass Fishing Tournament Deep Creek, MD. Hosted by Maryland Bass Federation.

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

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CCA Red/Trout Catch & Release Tournament Crisfield, MD.

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

America’s Boating Course Trinity Lutheran Church, Lexington Park, MD. Sponsored by the Patuxent River Sail and Power Squadron.

Twelfth annual September 11th Memorial Spot Tournament Ocean City Fishing Center, MD.

Free MSSA Youth Fishing Seminar: Jigging and Casting Techniques 6 p.m. Alltackle, Annapolis. Learn from Capt. Walleye Pete.

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Newport International Boat Show Newport Waterfront, RI.

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Friday the 13th Challenge Cup Tournament Ocean City, MD.

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Chesapeake Bay Kayak Anglers Fishing Tournament Camp Wright, Kent Island, MD. Benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic and Coastal Conservation Association Maryland.

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Star Spangled Banner Weekend Honor the 199th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore. At Fort McHenry in Baltmore, MD.

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

Fall Follies Breton Bay at Leonardtown, MD. Arts and crafts, food, and music.

Summer Send-Off Brews, Blues, and BBQ. Cambridge, MD.

Tour Thomas Point Shoal LightHouse 9 and 11:30 a.m., hosted by the Annapolis Maritime Museum onboard Sharps Island with Captain Mike Richards of Chesapeake Lights, $70.

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National Guard FLW (Forrest L. Wood) College 2013 Fishing Tournament Anchor Marina, North East, MD.

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

The Annapolis Craft Beer and Music Festival At Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD. Noon to 6 p.m.

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

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Coastal Cleanup Day Community Day Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg, VA.

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

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

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Safe Boating Class 7 to 9 p.m. Bass Pro Shops, Arundel Mills Mall, MD. Hosted by Patapsco River Power Squadron.

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Taste of the Chesapeake Celebrate food, business, and Chesapeake Bay restoration. At Quiet Waters Park.

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Sunfest Ocean City, MD.

Maryland Boatbuilders and Dealers Expo Cambridge YC, MD.

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

Summer Sendoff: Blues, Brews, and BBQ 4 to 10 p.m. Cambridge Main Street, MD.

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Trash Bash! Noon to 5 p.m. Nick’s Fish House, Baltimore. Benefits Blue Water Baltimore.

Nineteenth annual Keels & Wheels Car and Boat Show Annapolis Yacht Club, Annapolis, MD.

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NAS Oceana Air Show NAS Oceana, VA.

Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Tournament Potomac River near Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD.

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Dorchester Showcase Street Festival Cambridge, MD First Day of Fall

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Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Chesapeake Bay and its waterways.

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

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Atlantic City In-Water Powerboat Show Atlantic City, NJ.

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

District Five Sail Regatta, Fishing Tournament, and Fall Festival Solomons, MD. Sponsored by the Patuxent River Sail and Power Squadron

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Chesapeake Bay Community Band Oktoberfest Stevensville, MD.

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nnapolis, MD, residents tend to see the U.S. Powerboat show’s arrival each October as the circus coming to town. But powerboat junkies see it as perhaps the greatest show on earth. It’s a scene where it’s impossible to walk or drive past City Dock without being distracted by that one shiny new boat that will surely make your life better; you start to discuss with your spouse just how much teak you need in your life; and of course, you ask just how much horsepower is too much. But this year, there’s change in the air; read on to find out exactly what that means.

The first week of October has been reserved for the U.S. Rag Hauler Sailboat show for 42 years, but this year, the fossilfueled fleet of awesome new power packages will thunder into Annapolis City Dock and Harbor October 3-6 (that’s a week early, so make a note). Our wind-powered brethren will have to wait until the following weekend, October 10-14, to get their paws on pit beef sandwiches and Pusser’s Painkiller cocktails (PropTalk recommends the number 4). Fifty thousand power boat enthusiasts from around the world are expected to descend on City Dock for a fine fall weekend of sparkly new boats, boat demos, boating and fishing seminars, and of course, gear-gawking (PropTalk wants a new diesel generator this year). All the new gadgets, electronics, accessories, gear, and equipment will be on display with boat dealers and manufacturers asking you to step down below for a full tour, and making themselves available to answer your pressing questions. There’s something for everyone, whether you head home with a keychain or a 50-foot express cruiser.

So what is PropTalk looking forward to in particular? Campbell’s Custom Yachts of Oxford, MD, is bringing their wagon-red 39-footer over. This spectacular boat is built on an Atlantic 37 hull that often is extended and made into a sedan, flybridge cruiser, or express, depending on its owner’s requirements. This year, Boat Show organizers are highlighting Maryland-built boats, so look for Campbell’s along with Mathews Brothers’ Patriot 29, a couple of boats from Judge Yachts in Denton, MD, the Eastport 32, and more. We love the Steiger Craft line, and are looking forward to the five gorgeous boats they plan to show. They’ll have two center-consoles along with two Miami Pilot House boats, and the gorgeous Nantucket, crafted in the lines of a Maine bass boat. Think high-end fishing and rugged party platforms. Parker Yachts is making some changes, including a new transom configuration and larger fish boxes onboard several of this legendary manufacturer’s fishing models. As iconic as these boats are, we’re psyched to see changes in their design. We’ll share

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our thoughts in the October issue. Slovenia manufacturer Greenline produces sexy, environmentally conscious cruising craft that we’ve loved ever since we reviewed the original 33-footer in January 2011. The diesel-powered cruisers are one of the fastest-selling boats in Europe, and can run on the engine alone or via an electric motor which is linked to a bank of batteries that get charged by solar panels and the engine when it is running. You can hit up to six knots using batteries alone, and the boats are reasonably priced to boot. It’s a slick setup worth seeing. But Boat Show weekend is about more than futzing around on boats and eating pit beef sandwiches from the Fleet Reserve. For those who want to do more than simply step on the boats, there’s an optional “Take the Wheel” workshop that pairs together boat demonstrations and education from the Annapolis School of Seamanship. During the day-long workshop you’ll participate in seminars to provide you with classroom experience before spend-

ing the afternoon learning the ins and outs of a semi-displacement trawler, an express cruiser, a sportfish, or a Downeast cruiser. The $150 ($250 for couples) price tag also includes a two-day boat show pass, lunch and breakfast, and even a wine tasting. You will want to register in advance, as space is limited. This year is another first for the U.S. Powerboat Show. A Brokerage Show is being introduced in St. Mary’s Cove, just west of the Eastport Draw Bridge on Spa Creek. “We’ve always tried to stay strictly new when it came to the boats,” says Paul Jacobs, the show’s organizer. “But exhibitors kept bringing ‘slightly used’ boats, and buyers seemed interested in them as well. So this year we’re able to keep things purely new and also offer the Brokerage Show to showcase used boats.” To enable you to see both shows, a bus service will stop at both locations and water taxis will ferry show-goers back and forth between the two waterfronts. As for transportation, remember that parking downtown during a boat show is just ridiculous. A better, less crazy option

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the crowds on normal admission days, you also get access to the dealers and manufacturers who will have more time to answer your specific questions. Whatever you do, make sure you bring your camera and a comfortable pair of shoes that slip off easily. The boat show only comes around once a year, and you don’t want to waste a minute. For more information, visit usboat.com/uspowerboat-show/home. PropTalk’s October issue will feature a full guide to Annapolis and the Boat Show Experience, so be sure to pick up a copy next month.

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Beat the Summer Heat

Go North, Young Man by Carrie Gentile

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ven if your standard cruising grounds and Bay Country getaway spots turn into something like a pressure cooker in the Dog Days of August each season, you don’t have to be a victim of sweat-filled days and impossibly sticky nights. There’s a place where a sweatshirt is required when the sun goes down,

and you won’t break a sweat by merely breathing. Slipping your dock lines and heading north to New England can not only keep you cool and dry during the peak of swampy summer weather, but also provide summery cruising memories to last a lifetime. Just as Chesapeake Country is warming to the point of boiling, north-

ern waters from New York to Maine are warming to a reasonable 70 degrees (well, except for Maine’s coastal waters, which remain positively frigid—even during late summer). The ports and harbors in the true Northeast are plentiful and offer variety. New York has Long Island Sound and Long Island, Rhode Island has Narragansett Bay and

Pack Your Bags Summers can be foggy and the water can be cold and filled with pesky lobster pots, so there are some requisite items to bring and equipment that is nice to have. Having radar, and being comfortable using it, is a must for navigating through the frequent fog you will find in parts of this area, even on otherwise sunny days. Automatic Identification System (AIS) gear also is helpful, especially when winding through New York City’s bustling (and ferry-filled) East River. Paper and digital charts and cruising guides (we like Waterway Guide’s Northern edition) are advised for the entire route; spare parts for your engine(s) pumps, heads, and other systems, and enough provisions and proper ground tackle for time on the hook probably do not need to be 38 September 2013 PropTalk

mentioned, but we will anyway. While it may seem like a luxury, integral line cutters are almost essential for your propeller(s) in case you encounter a lobster pot (and you will). Part of the danger of tangling with a lobster pot is that if you get wrapped up with one in a tight spot when the current is churning, the next place you might find your boat is on the rocks. Northern boating differs from Chesapeake’s gentler personality in that mistakes are more harshly punished by Mother Nature, and sometimes to the extreme. On a lighter note, make sure you pack warmer clothes and bug spray in your ditty bag. Oh, and summer angling is spectacular up north. If piscatorial adventures are your thing, be sure to bring your fishing gear.

Block Island, Massachusetts has sandy Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard; and Maine provides backdrops with bold, rocky shores and thousands of pine islands that are a world unto themselves. A bonus is the seafood—this is a region famed for lobster, quahogs (northern clam pronounced ko-hog), cod, and tuna.

Northward Ho! Most northbound power cruisers make it from the top of the Bay to Cape May, NJ, on the first day via the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal. The top end of the Chesapeake Bay is like the skinny neck of a funnel, herding traffic to and from the Chesapeake Bay to Delaware via the C&D Canal. (Evidently it’s the busiest canal in the United States.) It’s a good idea to scan VHF channels 13 and 16 at the time of your transit and schedule your arrival so you’re going with the tide. Lastly, this is a working canal with big ship traffic—think car carriers, container ships, and fuel oil tankers. You need to be on your game, maintain a close lookout, proptalk.com

and communicate with ships via VHF radio to avoid any entanglements. Also be aware that passing ships can create a “sucking” effect with their wakes as they move along the side of the canal, so keep a good distance between you and the shoreline if you’re being passed. Transiting Delaware Bay is perfunctory and generally boring, but it is easy to navigate and well-marked. Current that opposes a stiff breeze can cause some nasty conditions, however, so check the marine forecasts before heading into the bay from the Delaware City side. The harbor of Cape May, at the Southern tip of New Jersey, is convenient for those cruising north and has plenty of amenities for cruising boats. You can enter Cape May-proper from the south via the Cape May Canal (six- to 10-foot depths in the main channel) or through the Cape May Inlet on the ocean side a little farther north. Many power cruisers wait in Cape May for a good weather window to make the 111-nautical-mile run up the coast of New Jersey. While New Jersey technically has an inland waterway (the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway), it is almost impossible for boats that draw more than two

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Get Mystified in Mystic Although most northbound cruisers usually blast through the 80 or so nautical miles that make up Long Island Sound, there are some notable places to stop along the way. Mystic, CT, is one great stop that celebrates its nautical roots (think Colonial Williamsburg, VA, with lots of boats). The ceaseless parade of classic vessels will keep your head swiveling as you enter the town via the Mystic River. The Mystic Seaport Museum is the foremost maritime museum

in the United States and is home to the last wooden whaling ship in existence, the recently renovated Charles W. Morgan. The Mystic River flows through the center of town, flanked by a wooden walkway and plenty of shops, restaurants and other touristy bits. There are at least eight marinas in the area, or you can try and score a slip inside the Mystic Seaport Museum complex. Getting there is easy; just pay attention to channel markers.

Newport, RI, on Narragansett Bay, is expensive, beautiful, and worth a visit. The entrance to the bay is dramatic, with tall rocky bluffs and gorgeous, well-maintained mansions from the Gilded Age serving as back drops. Harbors, granite outcroppings and reefs replace the sandbars and shoals you might be used to in the Chesapeake Bay. Keen navigation will be your best friend here. The Newport waterfront, with its view of the wide, tentacled bay, has great restaurants and bars, including The Black Pearl, a Newport boating crowd institution. Consider taking a taxi up to Castle Hill, on the bluff above the entrance to Narragansett Bay, and watch the elegant yachts and race boats transit the harbor. This town is all about yachts—maxi-yachts, palatial 70-knot cruisers, 12-meter racers, and megayachts. Visit the International Yacht Restoration School and watch as students restore classic yachts. Despite its popularity, there’s usually a slip for transients. Newport Yachting Center, Bannister’s, and Bowen’s Wharf are a few options. If you’re looking for

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With slightly less name recognition than that of some islands to the north (Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket), Block Island, 12 miles south of the mainland, is a favorite with East Coast sailors. But with two harbors, five marinas, a bounty of slips and moorings, and great fishing, the island is well-equipped for power boaters. Once ashore, this 10-sqaure mile island opens up to rolling hills sprinkled with historic farms and high stone walls, leading to beautiful beaches. Biking, hiking, and swimming are a must. Old Harbor holds shops and restaurants like Ernie’s Old Harbor Restaurant, a local favorite.

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The Kennedy Family has been coming to Martha’s Vineyard since there were actual vineyards on the island. The Clintons and Obamas have vacationed here, too, as do many Supreme Court justices and members of the jet set. But part of its popularity is its ability to shrug off snobbery, even though it’s pretty as a postcard and real estate is untouchable to most of us. It’s the kind of place where the lobster rolls are served on paper plates on church lawns. Beaches range from blue-green and calm to dark blue and feisty. It’s a beautiful and inspiring place, regardless of which tax bracket you fall into. There are five harbors, each very appealing. And there’s a cheap public bus system that will take you most places. The gray cedar-shingled fishing village of Menemsha offers the best sunsets on the island and some of the best quahog (large native clam) chowder on the island. Oak Bluffs Harbor has moorings and slips, and a convenient launch service. Rollicking seafood shacks and lively bars playing Caribbean music line the harbor. A perfect town for kids, the oldest working carousel (it’s been renovated a few times) in the country is situated smack-dab in the middle of town, as is an old-fashioned arcade, and a capacious park for kite flying. For a more Nantucket vibe, head to whitewashed Edgartown, an old whaling town, and situate yourself Follow us!

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at the rooftop bar at the Seafood Shanty. Watch the two-car ferry, made famous in the movie, “Jaws,” shuttle residents to and from Chappaquiddick. This island is jam-packed all summer, so reservations are a must for a slip.

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Stop. Lobster Time— Downeast Maine Great stops along the route north are Gloucester, MA, Portsmouth, NH, York, ME, and Portland, ME, but not to be missed is Penobscot Bay, ME. It is 166 miles from Cape Cod, with water that is colder, tidal currents (think 10- to 18-foot tide ranges)

that are stronger, and ocean swells that are bigger… But it’s all well worth it. Penobscot Bay is 40 miles long by 15 miles wide and contains a collection of over 200 islands. The water is cold and the beaches are mostly crushed white rock and broken shells in shades of yellow, gray, and lavender. Gritty fishing communities, quaint Downeast Maine villages, and sophisticated summer resorts all call this bay home. Marina docks are available in larger harbors, however, hanging on a mooring ball or anchoring is a cruising way of life up here. Average summer daytime highs hover around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and nighttime lows linger in the mid-50s. The ports mentioned are certainly not the only one worth exploring. You’ll find many harbors and towns along the way you’ll want to visit. No doubt the trip north can be demanding, time-consuming, and require a significant investment of your hardearned funds. Your reward is cool summer days, crisp autumn-like nights, and scenery that rival most scenic spots on the planet. Sure sounds better than the worst of hazy, hot, and humid to us.

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Shawn Kimbro

He Whispers to Fish... ...and They Listen by Gary Reich

##This happens a lot on Kimbro’s boat, Thunder Road. Photo courtesy of Shawn Kimbro.

t all begins on a Tennessee reservoir and ends on the Chesapeake Bay. It’s a story about an angler who fishes more than 150 days a year and pulls in couchsized striped bass with such regularity it befuddles—and sometime frustrates—many seasoned fishermen. But it’s also about a Renaissance man who fights to conserve the very fish he targets and is happy to show others the way toward fishing success, too. You won’t find many anglers who secure

blueprints of the underwater structures that support the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as part of their fishing research, but if this sounds reasonable and familiar, you might already know just a little bit about Shawn Kimbro. I first met Kimbro at the Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis, MD, one night during the showing of an “Anglers Night Out” fishing flick. Kimbro was the center of attention, as anglers lined up to ask him questions and I scratched my head because until

then… well… I had no idea who he was. After introductions and small talk, Kimbro and I continued to spin fishing yarns over some brews and I finally got up the courage to say, “You have to get in on the false albacore run down in North Carolina at Harkers Island this fall.” Six months later, Kimbro showed up at the rickety Harkers Island motel where I was staying with a bottle of whiskey and two plastic cups. “You want some?” he asked. I liked him instantly.

Country Roads, Take Me Home

Kimbro was born in 1960 in the Clinch Mountain area of Rogersville, TN; he is the oldest of four boys. Kimbro’s father was a Church of Christ minister who owned and operated Fall Creek Dock on Cherokee Lake—a reservoir that was formed when the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) constructed Cherokee Dam in 1941. Kimbro’s father was by all counts an accomplished angler, having been the recipient of a Field & Stream award in 1964 for catching the biggest largemouth bass in the United States that year. This exposure to the lake and having Follow us!

a father who fished cemented Kimbro’s ties with angling and the water. By the time he could hold and cast a fishing rod, Kimbro was stalking the lake for largemouth bass. Kimbro says, “I can’t remember the first fish I caught, but it was probably a bass. By the time I was 12, they had stocked the lake with striped bass— that’s when I started down that road. My family was always fishing. It was just a part of what we did.” Kimbro’s three brothers also fished, but he and his brother Creig are the most active anglers today. Kimbro says, “Creig probably fishes more in a year

than I do, but it’s all freshwater and almost all of mine is in the salt. He’s a fisheries biologist in Grundy County Tennessee.” In the 1970s, striped bass were introduced into Cherokee Lake to provide additional quarry for area anglers. Kimbro says, “I caught my first striper on topwater when I was 12. These were real rockfish. Later, they stocked hybrid stripers and I fished for them too.” This 1970s introduction of striped bass into Cherokee Lake set the wheels in motion more than just about anything else in Kimbro’s angling success in Chesapeake Country. PropTalk September 2013 43

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Chesapeake Country-Bound

Kimbro first arrived in the Chesapeake area in 2006 with his wife, Dianne. Kimbro says, “There were only a few specific ways I’d leave Tennessee to come here, so when my wife and I started thinking about it, I threw up a bunch of conditions such as ‘We have to have a boat,’ ‘We have to live on the water,’ and ‘We should really get a job lined up for you first,’ to maybe, you know… trip her up a bit. Boy, did I underestimate her.

##Shawn Kimbro is at home equally on the Bay or in one of the Bay’s tributaries. Photo courtesy of Shawn Kimbro

She picked up the phone, secured a job as the director of Cornell University’s Washington office, and then agreed to everything else in less than an hour.” Kimbro first settled down on the Magothy River, where he and Dianne lived for two years before moving to Stevensville, MD. It’s not a leap to think that the proximity of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge had something to do with that move. During those first two years, Kimbro honed his craft from scratch, but he says his original interpretations of Bay stripers were way off. “I thought saltwater stripers would be entirely different from the freshwater stripers. I was completely wrong. They are attracted to structure and current the same way, they are attracted to the same lures, and have the same strike triggers. It’s the same fish! One of the fishing tactics I brought from the Tennessee lakes to use on the Chesapeake was what I call ‘hot-rodding.’ Basically, it’s modifying soft plastic jigs with colors and scents to make them more attractive to fish. My dad caught that ‘Field & Stream’ largemouth bass on a hot-rodded jig.”

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Kimbro says he started a blog called “Adventures in the Chesapeake” just about the day he moved here. “I just wanted to start writing about the Bay. Not just fishing, but things like crabs, oysters, food, ecology—you know, most of the stuff we all enjoy about living here. But Kimbro gained much of his light-tackle fishing notoriety through a later iteration of his blog at chesapeakelighttackle.com, where he shares fishing tips, trip stories, top-ten lists, and humorous fishing tales. What boggled so many people who visited the blog was the perplexing regularity with which Kimbro posted pictures of himself (“selfies” in 2013-speak) with striped bass that often exceeded 40 inches. More baffling perhaps, was that he was posting these images all year round, even in the dead of winter. Unselfishly, but without giving away his best spots, Kimbro would share information on how others could enjoy the same success. The images encouraged folks to get out there and fish,

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and Kimbro gave enough information to make trying worth it. It’s a recipe for success, and Kimbro maintains the highly active blog to this day.

Chesapeake Light Tackle—The Book

With the viral success of his blog, Kimbro began to receive “you should write a book” suggestions from blog readers and friends alike, and while he could have very well stuck with his online format, he knew the book was something he needed to do. So on December 6, 2011, Kimbro released his paperback Chesapeake Light Tackle – An

Introduction to Light Tackle Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay at a Coastal Conservation

Association (CCA) meeting in Annapolis. Kimbro says he wrote the book because if he could learn to fish the Chesapeake from scratch using his freshwater bass fishing gear, anyone could. And with a lot of people moving into the area, there are tons of anglers who could benefit from his experience. “The best part of writing the book has been hearing about how it has improved people’s fishing. Knowing something I’ve done has helped folks get the most of their time on the water means

a lot to me. I’ve spoken at 22 different fishing clubs and talked to hundreds of anglers. It never gets old hearing that positive feedback, and I also learn a lot from those folks, too.” Kimbro says. The book today is perhaps the seminal volume on the topic of light-tackle striper fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. The book includes dozens of photos of his fishing adventures with his three sons (Daniel, Cory, and Jacob) as well as his two grandchildren, Ella and Tucker. Kimbro says, “All of my sons are excellent, accomplished fishermen, and my grandkids are well on their way. I don’t get to see or fish with them as much as I’d like, but when they’re here, it’s on… we’re fishing all the time.” Kimbro also plays Bluegrass music with his sons, and the boys (Daniel is a professional Bluegrass artist) have kept his Bluegrass group Mountain Soul going back in Tennessee. In the book you’ll also read a forward and see a picture of John Page Williams, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Senior Naturalist whom Kimbro calls a mentor. Kimbro says, “I had already read a couple of his books before I met him, and I like

##Kimbro’s grandchildren, Tucker and Ella, fight a big one on Thunder Road as the sun sets behind them. Photo courtesy of Shawn Kimbro

the way he incorporates science, history, and conservation into his writing. When I met him, I wanted to learn as much as I could from him, so I just asked him if we could go fishing. We found we had a lot in common including tastes in music, spirits, and other things. On our first trip, he brought along a device to measure dissolved oxygen, and showed me how my better fishing spots turned out to be areas of the cleanest water. Every time I get to hang out with him I learn something, usually a lot.”

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This has been a good year for stripers so far, but all the old-timers tell me that they Kimbro is very active in CCA, where he’s served as a chapter president and worked on are in decline. When I first moved here, poaching was rampant. I still see a lot of several different advisory boards. Now this might seem as if it is a conflict of interest for problems with striped bass management here because there is so much politics an angler who boats hundreds of fish every involved. The Eastern Shore and Southern year, but Kimbro is primarily a catch-andMaryland delegates in Annapolis stick release angler. To this effect, Kimbro in 2010 worked with John Page Williams and together on commercial fishing issues, and even though recreational fishing brings Bill Goldsborough (Fisheries Director for more money to the state’s economy, it isn’t CBF and chair of the Sports Fish Advirespected as well in the General Assembly. sory Commission) to revitalize carefulcatch. I think both recreational and commercial com, a site that promotes catch-and-release angling and provides techniques to increase fishermen have to set their selfish interests aside and put the fish first.” the survival rate of hooked fish. And while he releases much of what he catches, he still Take Me Fishing likes to eat them. Kimbro says, “Oh, I love I’d known Kimbro for about three years fish. Striped bass isn’t my favorite-tasting when I approached him about this story, fish, but I keep them sometimes—probably but we’d never had the opportunity to take less than a dozen a year. I’ve become very an evening fishing trip around our mutual selective about my harvest and I look for home waters of the Chesapeake Bay stripers that are wide-shouldered and free Bridge. And maybe it’s because Kimbro from sores.” almost exclusively uses soft plastic jigs and MAGAZINE When asked about why he’s so tuned into baitcasting rods—tackle I am completely conservation efforts, Kimbro says, “Because I unfamiliar with, as someone who primarlove the Bay and the Chesapeake Region so ily fly fishes. I want and future B O much, ATING A T my I T Sgrandchildren BEST It was a warm, sultry, summer evening generations to experience it the way I am. when I met Kimbro on the Eastern Shore

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the hang of tossing soft jigs with a baitcaster, and Kimbro said he’d never seen someone pick up baitcasting so quickly. I immediately assumed this was a ploy to make me feel better at what I thought was horrible casting, but I think this is part of a charm that puts people at ease with Kimbro. I was fishing with perhaps one of the best striper fishermen on the Bay, but wasn’t nervous or self-conscious, and that says something. What I noticed most about fishing with Kimbro is that he helps you come to terms with your bad fishing habits, and one of mine has always been spending too long in a spot that isn’t producing fish. As we came up on a piling at the Bay Bridge, I was certainly prepared to toss lures at the structure for at least a half an hour because I’d done that plenty of times with my fly rod before. After about four casts and two passes, Kimbro gunned up Thunder Road and we headed off to another set of pilings. “If there were fish there, we’d be catching them,” Kimbro says, adding, “Sure, there are tough nights when fish aren’t biting, but if you cover an area pretty thoroughly with a good pattern and you don’t get anything, go somewhere else. If fish aren’t feeding in one place, you have to go find a place where they are. The more water you cover, the better your chances are.” And while this has serious ramifications to my limited fuel budget, it sure makes sense. We both scored nice stripers that night—a 30-incher and a 34-incher—and I thoroughly enjoyed talking about craft brews, Bluegrass music, and issues regarding conservation. You’d be hard-pressed to find a nicer, more knowledgeable guy to fish with. Kimbro’s favorite Chesapeake Bay fishing memory is the night that his Chesapeake Bay Retriever Crockett led him to a spot where he caught some of the biggest fish of his life on topwater. You can find him many evenings during the summer, and numerous mornings during the winter fishing the area around the Bay Bridge in his 27-foot Judge center-console Thunder Road. If you see him somewhere else, keep that spot quiet; you’re lucky. When he’s not fishing, you might find him at a National’s game, strumming Bluegrass on his Martin D-18 guitar with his sons, or sipping whiskey and enjoying soft crabs on his back porch. Follow us!

##Kimbro (L) plays Bluegrass with his sons Daniel (M) and Cory (R). Photo courtesy of Shawn Kimbro

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This stabilized 44-foot Kadey-Krogen easily handles following seas in the ocean off the Jersey Shore.

stately trawler is a familiar picture for those of us who spend time near the water. Maybe you caught sight of one on the Chesapeake Bay, or saw one powering just off the Atlantic coast. But isn’t a trawler a commercial fishing boat? A shrimp boat “elegantly gliding” may be a bit of a stretch to the

Story and photos by Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell uninitiated, so stick around and we will help you understand what cruising aboard trawlers and tugs is all about and how to pick the best one for you. In the interest of full disclosure, we have lived aboard and cruised on our own 44-foot trawler since 1995; so we may be a bit biased. She’s a classic in every way, and although she

has fewer bells and whistles than many of today’s modern trawlers, with a little tender loving care, she can keep up with the best of them. A full displacement hull and twin 130-horsepower, naturally aspirated diesel engines keep her speed under eight knots, but her economical fuel burn provides us with a terrific cruis-

ing range. We can comfortably run from the Florida Keys all the way up to Baltimore, MD, on less than 500 gallons of diesel, which happens to be our total tank capacity. And while it may take us a few weeks to make the trip, the places we see and people we meet along the way always make the journey memorable.

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For a week or two of cruising here and there, you can choose almost any type of trawler, and each comes with one or more options: electronics packages, generator, an air conditioner, single engine or twins, bow and stern thrusters… and the list goes on. What equipment and options you choose will depend on your budget, the type of cruising you want to do (especially if you’ll be living onboard for extended periods), and where you want to go. Electronic navigation technology improves almost daily. In addition to a GPS chartplotter, radar, and depth sounder, you might consider adding onboard wireless Internet and satellite television just to keep communication lines open. Stabilized trawlers will steady the ride in rough weather, and those with a pilot house will travel with a climate-controlled interior, heavy-duty windshield wipers, and maybe even defrosters to keep a clear view ahead. proptalk.com

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You may not outrun the weather at displacement speeds but in a trawler you can be much more at ease when a storm does catch up with you. Today’s pleasure trawlers include a variety of different designs—some full displacement and some semidisplacement (or even planing hulls). Although a shiny new boat may be your desire, it may not fall in line with your budget, so what can you do? Instead of falling in love with the latest models, try a new-to-you boat; even ones with a significant cruising history are worth looking at, like our 1980svintage trawler.

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Tugs and Trawlers continued... like those from DeFever, Hatteras, Albin, or Mainship. A popular design shift with newer trawlers has been to transition fulldisplacement hulls to semi-planing or planing hulls. The terms “swift” or “fast trawlers” may ring a bell. And many of these semi-displacement trawlers offer not only speed, but great efficiency, also. French manufacturer Beneteau imports a line of its capable Swift Trawlers to the United States in lengths from 34 to 52 feet. Fleming, Krogen Express, Grand Banks, and other manufacturers also have semi-planing hull designs that fill this increasing “speedy” market segment and do it with style, comfort, speed, and seaworthiness that fit most coastal cruisers’ needs. If you plan on doing any sort of open-water cruising, which includes hopping over to the Bahamas, consider just about any trawler if you select the right weather. After all, West End Grand Bahamas is only a

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##This Nordhavn is cruising the inside route of the Intracoastal Waterway, but she’s capable of ocean travel as well.

54-mile, open-ocean crossing. Island hopping down the Caribbean chain is easily doable in most 40-foot trawlers, but when going beyond or motoring to the Azores, sturdy long-distance trawlers that are purpose-built for

the task may be the ticket. Perhaps best-known in this field is Nordhavn, a builder that has sponsored not only trips to the Azores, but journeys around the world. Nordhavn, KadeyKrogen, and Selene all offer a cruising range (not just design and construction for the open ocean) that makes these trawlers special. They feature fuelsipping diesels and options like “get home” auxiliaries in case a primary engine fails. Once you’ve narrowed down your mission, and picked the right vessel to carry out that mission, now you can decide how to outfit your trawler. A trawler can be as uncomplicated as a sailboat with an auxiliary engine, basic electrical system, bare minimum electronics, and manually operated… well… everything. That type of trawler is OK for someone who plans to cruise on inland waterways, picking the weather, and living with some basic discomforts as a tradeoff for affordability. Cruisers who plan on living aboard for long periods of time and traveling long distances—perhaps making their trawler a primary residence—opt for items such as automated waste systems, diesel generators, air conditioning, satellite television, RADAR, AIS (automatic identification system), night vision gear, and much more.

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If all of this is a bit overwhelming at first, perhaps the best way to dip your proverbial trawler toe in the water is to visit Trawler Fest in September 26-29. The event is held at Harbor View Marina in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and this is no ordinary boat show. Trawler Fest celebrates everything trawler, featuring morning seminars, afternoon demonstrations and tons of new and used trawlers and tugs to tour. From trailerable trawlers and tugs at just 25 feet to stylish 60 footers that can cross an ocean and so many sizes in between, you can board all the boats on display. If you need more convincing after Trawler Fest, consider sticking around for the opportunity to meet boaters who are actively living the trawler lifestyle. The Marine Trawler Owner Association (MTOA) will rendezvous at Trawler Fest with members arriving from

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Tugs and Trawlers continued... ##Finding an older, classic trawler such as this DeFever is a great option for cruisers on a budget who want to do some upgrade work themselves. Photo by Charlie Iliff

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The best question you can ask yourself when selecting a prospective make and model is: “Where do I want to cruise and how long will I want to stay onboard at any given time?” If weekend cruising is your thing, then the trawler or tug you choose will be quite different from the one you’ll pick for living and cruising aboard for months at a time. Perhaps the most popular cruising option for Bay-weary cruisers is joining the “snowbird” migration—a set of boat-bound folks who travel great distances to keep up with the sun in the winter, and reverse their course in the spring when southern climes get too toasty. These folks liveaboard for months at a time (some even year-round) and typically have 32- to 50-foot trawlers with many options that make for comfortable living such as air conditioning, generators, extensive ground tackle systems, and even water makers. Luckily, if you’re cruising on inland waters then any trawler from the smallest Ranger Tug to a 58-foot Kadey-Krogen works well. Whether you plan to stay in the Bay, hop over to the Bahamas or have distant continents on your cruising horizons you will want to get a trawler broker involved. An experienced buyer’s broker will ask all of the right questions and can find the perfect craft for you to celebrate the trawler lifestyle aboard… on the Bay or beyond. proptalk.com

Cruising Club Notes

hen we had our daughter, one of our first concerns was what would happen to our water time. You don’t see too many new parents out on the water together, since one is usually at home with the baby. Even less, you see two parents together with the baby in tow. I don’t know if it’s more a sign of how difficult it is to be on the water with a small child, or because of the looks you get from other boaters (they can be piercing). And that’s a shame because kids (our daughter in particular) love to be on the water. The fresh air, scenery, and movement are

exciting for them beyond anything the living room floor can provide. When we brought our puppy into the mix, well, the looks we got from other boaters on the dock were priceless. Did it matter to us? Nope. Boating is too big a part of our family for us to leave anyone at home, and Brando loved every second of it. So how about your family? Does Fido cruise with you? Do you have a pack-and-play down below? Show us how you get your whole family involved by sending your high-resolution photos to duffy@proptalk. com by August 25 and we’ll include them in our Cruising Club Notes section.

##Being comfortable on the water runs in the Perkins family! PropTalk editor Duffy Perkins with her 11-month old daughter Tansley and two-month old puppy Brando. Photo by Trevor Perkins

Dinner, anyone?

he Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron dinner meetings are back! All boaters are welcome to join us at the Annapolis Sheraton on Thursday, September 12, at 6 p.m.. Dinner is $29 per person and the socializing starts with a cash bar. At this meeting members will share pictures and adventures from our “Sequester Cruise” contest. The winning team will win a “presumed valuable” prize and bragging rights for the whole year. Our dinners are the perfect opportunity to swap boating yarns or pick veteran boaters’ brains for great how-to suggestions. See our website for more information: aspsmd.org-Linda Sweeting ##Get together with the Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron September 12 for a dinner showcasing their Sequester Cruise adventure. Photo by Linda Sweeting

Stay Classy with the Classic Yacht Club of America

he Classic Yacht Club of America (CYCA) is enjoying another great rendezvous schedule for the 2013 boating season. If you would like to attend one of our events, please contact Fleet Captain Cheryl Holt via our website classicyachtclub.org for more information. CYCA has a dedicated history in the preservation of classic vessels and cruising the Chesapeake Bay. So if you own a classic vessel and enjoy being around great people, we are the club for you! -Craig Collins, Vice Commodore ##The Classic Yacht Club of America has listed their schedule for the 2013 season. Check them out and don’t miss out! Photo by Craig Collins

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Say Hello to the Buyboat

ugust 2-4, the Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association (CBBA) hosted its annual Buyboat Reunion in Urbanna, VA. In attendance were over a dozen of these gorgeous boats from the 1920s-1930s, all ranging in length from 50 to 80 feet. Buyboats are long wooden boats with large open decks that traveled between skipjacks buying the oysters from watermen. The buyboats then ferried the oysters to wholesalers or oyster processing houses. If you’re interested in seeing an original buyboat up close and personal, the CBBA has added a third boat to their dock at Cain’s Marina in Rock Hall, MD. ##The Ellen Marie now makes her home at Cain’s Marina in Rock Hall, MD. Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association.

The Family that Plays Together Stays Together

he Silverton Owners’ Club (SOC) of the Chesapeake Bay held their annual Summer Dock Party August 10-11. Owners made their boats open to the public for the Open Boat, giving tours and swapping stories and advice on the various Silverton models. Talented members brought instruments, and there was a picnic with contests and prizes. The SOC works diligently to catalog owners’ manuals and systems information to extend the lifetime of these boats that are so beloved by their owners. If you have a Silverton and want to get involved, check out silvertonboat.com. –Nyla Deputy

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Lobsters and Bloodies? We’re There!

ver the first weekend in August, the Back Creek Yacht Club (BCYC) celebrated its annual Lobster Feast and Flip, Flop, and Drop (Them Eggs) party at Wally and Molly Stone’s home on Crab Creek in Annapolis, MD. The event has been an annual tradition since the club was founded over ten years ago. On Saturday the lobster feast featured the world’s greatest seafood or optional prime rib and all the sides you could hope to see. On Sunday, eggs were flying (and dropping) for a breakfast that brought out sweet rolls, bloody marys, and mimosas as well. The custom-made omelets were cooked for members by some of the club officers, also a tradition. A total of 75 BCYC members came away well fed and happy. Events planned for September include the annual Labor Day Weekend Cruise to Miles River Yacht Club in St. Michaels, MD, and an Oktoberfest Water Rendezvous in Clements Creek on September 21. For more information on this great group of folks, check out backcreekyc.org.

##Vice Commodore, Bill Kranzer (Flop) on right, and Commodore, John Loving (Flip) show their skills. Photo courtesy John Oberright

Grady-White Club Goes International with Palooza

he dog days of summer are in the past, and members of the Chesapeake Bay Grady-White Club are enjoying good times on the water. While hoping for calm seas and quiet waters, we are looking forward with great anticipation to our Palooza at Knapps Narrows, MD, on August 15-17. This will be the 6th rendition of this annual rendezvous, and we have invited members of Grady-White clubs around the country to join us. Representatives of GradyWhite Boats will attend, and TriState Marine will show off

several new Grady-White models along the floating dock. Tours and skipjack sailings, docktail parties and pool parties are planned, all leading up to the big dinner party on Saturday evening. After a week or two to rest and regroup, the club is arranging a cruise/rendezvous to Cape Charles Virginia, in hopes of taking advantage of the great fishing at the mouth of the Bay. We’ll wrap up the month of September with a meeting on the 24th at Deep Creek Restaurant, where we can review all our summer activities. cbgradyclub@yahoo.com.

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Thrills and Spills Highlight the

Kent Island Cocktail Class Regatta

##Steve Brendlinger, in #555 Triple Nickel edges out Tom Kerr in #46 Rajic for the win in the Six-Horsepower Classic Class.

vercast skies, swampy humidity, and a booming southerly breeze greeted a fleet of more than 20 Cocktail Class boats at the second annual Kent Island Cocktail Class Regatta at Kent Island Yacht Club on Kent Island, MD, July 20. Sanctioned by the Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association (CCWBRA), the races this year featured new engine classes, safety rules, and a figure-eight race course that proved challenging in the windy conditions.

by Gary Reich You may remember that between January and September last year, Team PropTalk took on the task of building a Cocktail Class Racer from scratch, using a handy kit from the clever folks at Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis. You may also have heard about the “womp-waaah” sounds emanating from the race courses at the Cocktail Class National Championships at Rock Hall, MD, and the Small Craft Festival at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, as we struggled to get our race craft #67

Molotov around the buoys in any sort of competitive manner. Well, after a busy spring of engine testing, further sanding and hull tweaks, and the application of final paint, graphics, and racing flames by staffers Cory Deere and Zach Ditmars, Ditmars was able to push #67 Molotov to a first place win in the Six-Horsepower Heavy Class in a field of six competitors, securing a blue ribbon. Also at the regatta was PropTalk contributor Charlie Iliff’s #78 Toothache II, which was built alongside

##Peter Urbani takes a spil in #35 Stoli NFL. Urbani flipped the boat back over and continued racing. Photo by BreeAnn Edmonds

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#67 Molotov in PropTalk’s secret skunkworks lab at the Glue Factory workshop this spring. With Geoff Ewenson at the wheel, #78 Toothache II was able to secure second and first place finishes in the Six-Horsepower Classic Heavy and Six-Horsepower Open Heavy classes, respectively. Keith Carew in #41 Dram took first in the Six Horsepower Open Class and Steve Brendlinger in #555 Triple Nickel took first in the Six-Horsepower Classic Class. And if it weren’t for the pesky matter of some forgotten water ballast left behind in the PropTalk hot pits, Charlie’s son, Chas Iliff, would have easily secured first place wins in #78 Toothache II in at least two classes. Additionally, Linda Burnett took #78 Toothache II to a second place finish in the women’s Six-Horsepower Class (BreeAnn Edmonds in #83 Sundowner took first). Thanks again to Charlie for all of his knowledgesharing and support this spring. Without it, the Molotov race program surely would still be struggling.

##Russ Bowler, you are clear for takeoff on Hog Bay runway number one. Chas Iliff pushes #78 Toothache II in close pursuit.

With a stiff southerly breeze and flood tide at Hog Bay, the day wasn’t without excitement. PropTalk staffer Cory Deere caught a rogue wake in turn two of a SixHorsepower Open heat, which sent him tumbling into the water. Thanks to the class-mandatory kill switch, helmet, and

life preserver, Deere was fine and went on to race more heats. (If you want to see an onboard video of Deere’s spill, tune your Web browser to proptalk.com/ CCWBRA_KIYC2013 to watch the full video of not only the spill, but the day’s events, too.) The Eight-Horsepower

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Kent Island Cocktail Class Regatta Class was almost without incident when Peter Urbani’s motor cover flew off his #35 Stoli NFL entry, but the big story was when his craft went completely turtle on a wicked scuffle in turn two. Urbani flipped his boat back over and went on to take third place in the always-exciting Eight Horsepower Class. Darryl Kepler in #777 Silver

Bullet took first place in the Eight Horsepower Class. An awards ceremony wrapped up the day once racers had enjoyed burgers and pulled-pork sandwiches. Racers swapped stories and engaged in what CCWBRA “Grand Poobah” Curt Bluefeld describes as the most enjoyable aspect of Cocktail Class racing. He says, “Once we’re

##Geoff Ewenson took ribbons in the Six-Horsepower Classic Heavy (second place) and Six-Horsepower Open Heavy (first place) driving #78 Toothache II.

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Racing News Cambridge Classic Cools Its Jets Story and photos by Gary Reich

he Cambridge Classic Powerboat Regatta is not only the longest running powerboat race on the planet, but it’s also usually the hottest, too, when it comes to the weather. Not so during the weekend of July 27-28 when relatively dry, mild, mid-80s air settled over Bay Country with a light

southwest wind that provided spectacular racing conditions around the long, wide Hambrooks Bay race oval. And while overall boat attendance was down this year, the crowds—on the water and on land at Great Marsh Park—were the largest we’ve seen in the last three years. PropTalk was onsite to capture the ac-

tion and we’ve posted our photos from the event online. You can visit just to look, or you can also buy photos of the water-shredding action at a reasonable cost by visiting proptalk.com/cambridgeclassic2013. Full results and some select photos from the weekend’s racing are on the next page.

2013 Cambridge Classic Results 1.5 Litre Stock (01160) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider Robert Kennedy; Bear, DE

T-35

Tm Special

Edmund Thompson; Baltimore, MD

T-1

Trophy Hunter

Douglas W Hagatha; Elizabeth City, NC

John Shaw; Succasunna, NJ

T-25

Shameless Say What?

Brandon Kennedy; Bear, DE

Karson King; Bear, DE

1 Litre Stock (01140) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider

Y-52

Roostertails Racing

Sean Bowsher; Cisco, Il

N/A

Y-4

Navti-Buoy

Marty Hammersmith; Lawrenceburg, In

N/A

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Y-54

Pink Panther II

Valerie Wilson; Hampton, VA

Courtney Stewart; Annapolis, MD

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2.5 Litre Stock (01130) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider Robert Kennedy; Bear, DE

S-88

Playing Again

R Sam Horner; Baltimore, MD

S-78

Bad Influence

Doug Rapp; Windham, CT

N/A

S-33

Keen’s Sunday Money

Doung Martin; Purceville, VA

N/A

S-216

2 Sixteen

Charles R Williams; Dover, NJ

R Sam Horner; Baltimore, MD

5 Liter Stock (01110) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider

E-54

White Trash

Wheeler Baker; Chester, MD

Charles A Miller Jr; Severna Park, MD

E-816

The Batt Boat

Tom Pakradooni; Glen Mills, PA

Michael Tokarchik; Lanoka Harbor, NJ

E-30

Big Bird By Pennzoil

John Huganir; Norristown, PA

Brandon Kennedy; Bear, DE

our next shot at inboard powerboat racing will happen off the Chesapeake Bay-proper at the Daniel J. Murphy, Jr. Memorial Regatta in Mays Landing, NJ, which will kick off September 7-8 on Lenape Lake. The regatta is named after Daniel J. Murphy Jr., who was involved in powerboat racing his whole life, primarily as an Unlimited driver in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Deep into the fall season is when the popular Wildwoods Hydrofest (Wildwood Crest, NJ) gets rocking October 12-13. You’ll find plenty of Chesapeake Bay racers and their boats at this event, not only because it’s a great regatta, but also because it sadly caps off the 2013 racing season for American Power Boat Association’s Region 4.

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2013 Cambridge Classic Results (continued...) National Modified (01030) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider

Nm-370

Sonic Speed

William Mccowan; Queenstown, MD

Richard Shaw; Centreville, MD

Nm-30

Big Bird By Pennzoil

Budget Buster Racing; Cinnaminson, NJ

Thom Heins; Marcus Hook, PA

Nm-200

Nurjr’s Lauterbach Spec.

Larry Lauterbach; Chester, MD

Charles A Miller Jr; Severna Park, MD

Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider

Js-72

Zakaru

Jimmie Stewart; Annapolis, MD

Peg Ewancio; Berlin, MD

Js-65

Kiss

Warren Brown IV; May Landing, NJ

Js-712

Just Flyin

James J Buturla; North Lauderdale, FL

Mike Buturla; Popmao, Fl

Jersey Speed Skiff (01220)

Pro Stock (01600) Pos

Boat #

Boat Name

Owner/Driver

Driver/Rider

Ps-997

Light Speed

John Brinton; Westfield, NJ

Duff D Daily; Stuart, FL

Ps-24

April

Paul Fitzgerald; Concord, NC

Michael Smith; Baltimore, MD

Ps-34

J & J Marine

Jim Clauss; Hickelton, NJ

Robert Convery; Williamstown, NJ

Ps-29

J & J Marine

Jim Clauss; Hickelton, NJ

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Cocktail Class Racing Gets Heated

n the last issue of PropTalk, right here in our Racing News section, we said, “PropTalk might be ready to start talking some smack in advance of the Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association’s (CCWBRA) Kent Island Yacht Club (KIYC) Regatta.” Well, while we like to be humble, we can confirm that we kicked ass at the second annual KIYC

event (even though PropTalk driver Cory Deere did take a turn two spill into Hog Bay). PropTalk staffer Zach Ditmars went out and threw down the hammer in Molotov in the Six-Horsepower Classic “Heavy” class to secure the win. And keep in mind that these bragging rights were hard-earned; we didn’t even place in three regattas last year. Well done guys!

The big race, though, is yet to come. The Cocktail Class National Championships will get underway August 17 at the Rock Hall Yacht Club in Rock Hall, MD, and who will score there is anyone’s guess. Check out page 22 for a preview on what to expect when Cocktail Class racers from all over gather to see who gets to boast for the next year.

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OPA Chesapeake Area Race Dates Ocean City, MM • October 4-6 (Opa Worlds)

##Close 1.5-Litre Stock action gets underway at the Start/Finish line on Hambrooks Bay in Cambridge, MD.

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ana Cada and the volunteers at Ruark Boatworks in Cambridge, MD, are busy with a variety of projects, but perhaps most noteworthy is the construction of a 16-foot Grand Banks dory for a local enthusiastic boater. Her backbone, stem, and transom are made of local white oak, and her hull and topsides are being fabricated from Atlantic white cedar—a native tree that is becoming more difficult to source. Cada says, “Most folks go down to North Carolina and bring back a full tree that they mill down for the boards they need, but we don’t go through enough to warrant that. The other choice is to buy a standard order from a lumber supplier, but it is extremely expensive, since these trees grow in wetlands and often have to be airlifted out by helicopter. We decided to get ours from Warren Woodworks in Easton, MD, but since they only had a few sizes, we had to laminate ours together to get the correct width for the dory.” Once complete,

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the dory will row nicely, or get pushed along by an eight-horsepower outboard. Cada says the Boatworks has two additional requests for dories, so the shop should keep busy this winter if the orders come through. The 22-1/2-foot deadrise workboat skiff that the shop built under Hoopers Island shipwright Mac McGlaughlin’s direction is still for sale. Call Dan Cada at Ruark Boatworks if you’re interested in owning a piece of Bay watercraft history.

ewis Hardy with Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD, says the heat made boatbuilding challenging over the last month, but that the shop is on schedule for some fine fall deliveries. The latest Composite Yacht 23 was out in the yard when we visited in late July and she sports metallic turquoise Awlgrip topsides that look better than you’d expect. Also in the yard was a Hatteras 53 (Composite does a few of these big girls every year) that’s in for an extensive Awlgrip job to her superstructure, cabin, decks, and topsides.

Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD,wraps and tapes a Hatteras 53 for an extensive Awlgrip project. Photo by Gary Reich

ave Mason with Chesapeake Boats in Crisfield, MD, will have delivered his latest 54foot pirate ship party platform to a tour company in Erie, PA, by the time you’re reading this. You may have seen some of Mason’s other pirate ships in Virginia Beach, VA, and Atlantic City, NJ. This one is equipped with twin 225-horsepower Volvo diesels with Duoprop inboard/outboard drives. A new order came in during July for a Chesapeake Boats 43, which will end up in Alaska and will be powered by twin 450-horsepower Cummins turbo diesels. Stay tuned through the fall as work gets started on this stout craft. The last two Chesapeake 46s are wrapping up—one for a Rhode Island conservancy group and one for a liveaboard cruising couple in Florida. A Chesapeake 27 with a 330-horsepower Cummins turbo diesel should be delivered to her new owner in New Jersey by September. proptalk.com

ohn Harris with Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) in Annapolis, MD, talks about the happenings at his busy boatbuilding shop on George Avenue off Chinquapin Round Road. Harris explains, “Since 1995, CLC has turned out hundreds of prototypes and boats built by students, along with nearly 25,000 pre-cut boat kits that are our company’s bread and butter.” You might be most familiar with CLC’s Cocktail Class Racer kit, which PropTalk staff built over the last year and raced competitively at last month’s Kent Island Yacht Club Regatta (see page 56), but that’s definitely not the only boat in CLC’s quiver. Harris said that the shop hosted nine straight weeks of classes this year so far, in which students from all over the world

Cave built the plywood and fiberglass boat at CLC over about five months. The design, which features water ballast and an easyto-handle balanced lug rig, was launched in June. Sea trials suggest a light, easily-driven boat ideally suited to “camp cruising” on the Chesapeake or further afield. Stay tuned for more updates on CLC’s interesting power, rowing, and paddling craft as we get them. In the meantime, visit clcboats.com for details.

ropTalk staffers Zach Ditmars, Cory Deere, and the gang at the Glue Factory wrapped up construction and finishing details on the Cocktail Class Racer Molotov that PropTalk built last year from a spiffy kit produced by Chesapeake Light Craft. While building

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CBMM Shipwright Apprentice Chris Kretch goes to work on the skipjack Rosie Parks, which is nearing completion after a long restoration. Photo courtesy of CBMM

built fourteen 18-foot Annapolis Wherries, a dozen 17-foot Northeaster Dories, nine kayaks, six Kaholo SUP boards, and seven dinghies. In the classes, students start on Monday morning with a pile of computercut parts, and complete assembly by Saturday at noon, when they take their own boats home for final sanding and finishing. Full-time professional boatbuilders also tend CLC’s fleet of display boats (85 and counting), build new prototypes and demo models, and undertake the occasional private commission. An interesting continuing project was a 22-foot, six-inch long faering, a traditional type of Scandinavian rowing/sailing craft with strong Viking lines. Harris says, “The client had three rigid requirements: the boat must sail, it had to be rowed with a sliding seat, and it had to have a small cabin beneath a hard deck.” This tricky design brief led Harris to traditional Norwegian fishing craft, which were rowed or sailed and sometimes featured a small cabin in the stern. Boatbuilder Bill Follow us!

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This Chesapeake 27 from Chesapeake Boats in Crisfield, MD, will head to new owners in New Jersey soon. Photo by Gary Reich

her didn’t take more than four months of occasional night and weekend work, detailing, painting, and fitting her out with racing graphics went undone until this year when the team finished up her pretty paint and graphics (see image in this article) and raced Molotov at the Kent Island Yacht Club Regatta. Molotov is constructed of okoume plywood (frames, transom, and stem) with a pine keel and mahogany ply cockpit trim. She is sheathed in fiberglass and MAS epoxy, with polyurethane spar varnish on her deck and cockpit and white hull and topside paint. Die-cut vinyl stickers make up her red and gold flame hull graphics and deck number and boat name. Well done, boys.

purchase inspection, the new owner wanted to launch the boat in the water right away and start enjoying it at his weekend residence on the South River.” Hannam adds, “The first concern was obviously whether it would float or not and would the wood be able to rehydrate after sitting dry for so long. And to the owners surprise it did. As a safeguard, I resealed the bottom and kept all the wood planking to original specs.” After daily use this summer, the boat is scheduled to receive a complete varnish rehab this winter in Hannam’s shop.

ave Hannam with Classic Watercraft Restoration in Annapolis, MD, says, “We just got in a unique 1941, 22-foot Morin Craft. This old woody had been stored inside as part of a small, personal, classic boat collection for over 20 years. After we performed a pre-

Petunia is a 1941, 22-foot Morin Craft that will undergo a full restoration at Classic Watercraft Restoration in Annapolis, MD. Photo courtesy of Dave Hannam

and repainting. The shop is now working on two more Superstorm Sandy boats from New Jersey—a Sea Ray 380 Sundancer and a Luhrs 32 Sportfish.

eg Roney with Mathews Brothers Boats in Denton, MD, says, “The guys in the shop are finishing up repairs to a Tiara that sustained damage as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Another victim of Sandy, a 35-foot Maxum, came to us in early July for repairs as well. The guys are also working on three different repowers on a Pro-Line, a 1976, 16-foot Molded Fiberglass Boat (these were manufactured in Union City, PA), and an old classic woody of unknown make. The 1976, 16-foot Molded Fiberglass Boat will also get Awlgrip. Work on the old classic woody includes an Awlgrip job on her hull as well as all-new decking and varnish work. We are making steady progress on a new Patriot 29 build and have finished laying up all but the hull, which we are modifying to enable shallower water accessibility. PropTalk September 2013 65

en Spring from Small Open Boats in Port Republic, MD, says that his shop has moved on to their next restoration projects now that the lengthy restoration of a 1962, 18-foot Lyman runabout has been completed. The photos in our image strip in this article show Irish Miss dressed for travel to her new home in North Carolina. New projects include fixing a large fracture in a fancy stand-up paddle board for a local

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The Molded Fiber Glass Boat Company built this hull in 1976. She is undergoing restoartion at Mathews Brothers Boats in Denton, MD. Photo courtesy of Mathews Brothers Boats

outfitter; repairing companionway doors for a sailboat and cutting new teak and holly cockpit sole for another sailboat. Work in the shop is now focused on the repair of the interior bulkheads and ceilings of a small sloop and installation of new windows on a 42-foot Lippincott hull named Emma G. Upcoming projects include the restoration of a Whirlwind molded plywood runabout and keel replacement in a 15-foot lapstrake runabout built in Canada.

oe Reid with Mast & Mallet Boatworks in Edgewater, MD, says, “It’s been a putty and paint month. I had a Thomas Point 36 in for an Awlgrip touchup on a windshield window frame, an Awlgrip polish on her hull, and repairs to a leaky steering cylinder and bowthruster motor. One of our Thomas Point 32s (a 2007 model) was sold to a couple in Massachusetts, so we removed the name from her transom and varnished it before the new gold leaf name was put by on Bren-

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freehand by local artist and boat lettering expert Cyndy Fletcher. Cyndy also put a gold leaf name on a Brownell powerboat that we had just painted. Keith Gunther of Gunther Performance next door will install a trolling valve on the transmission of the Brownell before she’s wrapped up and ready to go. Our team is still doing

restoration on the Bertram 20 mentioned in PropTalk last month. We painted her hull with Awlgrip—Flag Blue with a Vivid Red boot stripe. Her topsides are getting painted with Interlux Brightside. When it comes to making boats pretty, the saying goes “Putty and paint, make it what it ain’t.’”

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don’t know why, but Chesapeake Bay blue crabs just taste better than their North Carolina or Louisiana cousins. Maybe it’s the mix of salt and fresh water found in Bay waters that give them their trademark sweet taste. Although the dipping has been slow so far this season, there’s still plenty of crabbing left—and perhaps the best crabbing period on the Bay is late August through the end of September. So whether you plan to hand-line off the local pier; pull snap pots from a kayak, or run a trotline from a center-console or Jon boat, here are some basics to get you started:

Lay Down the Law

The crab fisheries in Maryland and Virginia are heavily regulated for both commercial and recreational crabbers. One of the first goals you should set for yourself is learning the numerous crabbing regulations for the state in which you live and crab. Maryland and Virginia both have different regulations regarding equipment, minimum sizes, and legal practices, so don’t assume that your knowledge of the law in Maryland will carry over if you drop a line or trap in Virginia or vice versa. The rules are simply too lengthy (and boring, honestly) to list here, so the onus is on you to be compliant.

It’s a “Trot” Line, Not a “Trout” Line, Silly

Just like sport fishing, recreational crabbers run the gamut in terms of how seriously they pursue these crustaceans and the sophistication of their gear. One of the most efficient methods (and by far my favorite) for catching crabs, however, is by employing a trotline. (Or if you’re from Dundalk or South Pennsylvania, it is sometimes pronounced “trout-line.” A trotline essentially is a long section of line (600 to 1200 feet) with pieces of bait tied on every six feet or so. On each end of the line is a length of chain to keep the line down, a float to mark the ends, and 68 September 2013 PropTalk

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a weight to anchor the whole thing in place. Once the crabber has positioned his line and let it soak, one end of the line is placed over a roller that hangs over the side of the boat. As the boat moves slowly along, the line is gently lifted up and over the roller while the crabber waits to scoop up the crabs which hang stubbornly onto the baits. Some crabbers bait their lines with chicken necks, while others use bull lips or bagged soft clams attached with a pliable ring clamp. The key is to find something that the crabs like to eat, but also stands up to the crabs’ destructive claws and mouth parts. You can easily make a trotline yourself

by using number five or number eight line or 1/4-inch three-strand nylon (a heavier duty option), securing the bait directly to the line using a slip not. You also buy trotlines pre-rigged for around $125 for 600 feet and $225 for 1200 feet. A simple Google search using the key words “crabbing supplies” will provide you with a few Bay Country shops that specialize in trotline supplies of all sorts. Today, instead of using the aforementioned slip not for tying the bait directly to the trotline, many trotliners use a snooded trotline, which are usually four- to sixinch pieces of bungee cord secured to the mainline at six-foot intervals. Many proptalk.com

of these snoods are tipped with a plastic locking mechanism for quickly securing or re-rigging baits. Each end of the trotline is attached to a two-foot run of at least 1/4-inch chain, which is then secured to a float or buoy with a 3/4-inch bronze snap swivel. Floats are usually clean jerry jugs or poly anchor balls. Down from the buoy runs an anchor line. Although trotliners usually crab in depths less than 20 feet, it’s better to have too much line than too little. The anchors

can be old sash weights, flywheels or other engine parts, cinder blocks, or mushroomstyle anchors. A 20- to 30-pound anchor is usually enough to hold bottom. Avoid fluke anchors because when you have to adjust the lay of the line-and you will-you want to be able to slide your anchor easily, not have it bite bottom. Next you’ll need a roller arm. You can fashion these out of PVC or metal, but I’ve seen some wooden rollers made with rolling pins and other ingenious bits and

##Figure 1: A roller arm. Note the snooded baits in the orange bag on the trotline itself. Photo by Gary Reich

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pieces. The roller arm attaches to the boat, extends across the gunwale (or wash board) over the water which allows trotline to roll across it as the boat moves down the line. (See Figure 1 above to get the idea of what a roller arm does.) The crabs, being greedy suckers, hang on to the line like Charlie Sheen does to fame, so the crabber can then scoop them up with a net.

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CRABBING 101 continued... Snap ‘Em Up

Collapsible traps, also called snap pots, are a great choice when crabbing with young kids from a small skiff, runabout, Jon boat, or pier. They come in a few different configurations: four-paneled vinyl collapsible crab traps (see Figure 2, right) are usually 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches, the triangle style are typically 16 inches, and netted crab rings measure 10.5 inches in diameter. Expect to pay about $10 to $20 each. You’ll need only a handful of them to entertain kids but if you want a few dozen crabs to steam up, 10 traps would be a decent number to use. Those using these traps from a boat will want to make sure each has a float to mark its location. Bait is secured in the center of the trap using wire ties, bungee cord, or other methods, and when the traps are lowered to the bottom, the sides collapse, which allow the crabs to come in and feed. After the traps have soaked for five to 10 minutes, a swift “snap” of the line (and fast retrieval upward) traps any feeding crabs inside.

The Quintessential Chicken Necker

The simplest means of catching a crab is “chicken-necking,” which also is known as hand-lining. You can make hand line setups yourself using a one-ounce lead sinker, 20 feet nylon or cotton string and eight-inch cut from a foam pool noodle. Rig at least a half-dozen per kid or risk ##Kids dig crabbing. Collin McCracken (L) and Noah Wigglesworth (R) show off a couple of nice ones they caught in a collapsible trap armed with a chicken neck. Photo by Ed Wigglesworth.

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having a mutiny on your hands. Don’t set the lines all the same depth or location. Vary them and change your bait every 30 minutes or so. Once you’ve secured the bait to the end of a piece of cotton twine, drop it to the bottom, and then wait. When the line starts to move or go tight, it generally means a crab is dining on the offering. Next, slowly pull the line toward the surface while the crab holds on to the bait like it’s the last food on earth. When the crab becomes visible, a dip net is quickly deployed to scoop it up before it swims away.

Don’t Forget The Net

If you’re serious about crabbing—whether it’s trotlining or hand-lining—don’t waste time and money with a flimsy monofilament dip net because you’ll spend hours detangling crabs from them. PropTalk prefers a commercial-grade dipper of 13inch diameter chicken wire mesh with a wooden (ash) handle. One swift whack of the net empties the crab(s) into your waiting bushel basket.

Newspapers, Nosh, and Natty Boh

After the catch, make sure you keep your crabs as cool and moist as you can. If you don’t have a spare refrigerator (we can assure you that your significant other won’t appreciate a bushel of live crabs in the kitchen unit), try draping a piece of burlap or old towel over the crabs, lay the basket in the shade, and give them a thorough

##Figure 2: Collapsible traps are highly effective crab catchers. Pictured here is a fully rigged trap replete with float. Crabs check in, but they don’t check out. Photo by Gary Reich

dousing in cool water every hour or so until you are ready to steam them. Do expect to lose a few, however. The stress of being out of the water and tangled up with a bunch of other angry crabs will take its toll. Everyone has their own methods, but if you’re from Bay Country, don’t let anyone catch you boiling crabs like they do down south. That’s for amateurs. The preferred method for steaming Chesapeake Bay blue crabs is with a two-tier pot. PropTalk likes the Granite Wear brand, and the 19-quart size will hold up to two dozen number-one jimmies. While some folks have outdoor propane burners for crab steaming, I have found that a normal cook top works just fine. To get started, add about four quarts of water, two cans of National Bohemian, and a cup of vinegar to the bottom of your steaming outfit. Once you have your steaming brew cooked up, place the top unit over the liquid and start layering in crabs, Old Bay Seasoning, crabs, Old Bay Seasoning, and so on until all of your crabs are in, or you reach the top. If the crabs are stacked close to the top of the pot, keep an eye on the lid (especially when the steam starts flowing), as an agitated crab or two can send it flying. Once you are sure there is ample steam flowing, set a timer for about 20-25 minutes, or cook until every crab is orange-red in color. Newspaper is essential to an orderly crab feast. While your crustaceans are steaming, you’ll want to lay down multiple layers of newsprint on your feasting table so that any liquids that spill out of the crabs or beer drinker are absorbed by the proptalk.com

paper. The only other “place settings” you need are a mallet for each person (for cracking claws—you can also just use the sharp edge of a butter knife), brews of your choice, and perhaps a roll of paper towels for the sissies. Some folks like melted butter and Old Bay on the table, but… well… that’s their business. Picking crabs is tedious to some (have an expert show you how to cut steps and make it easier, or find instructions online), but if you take your time, enjoy the company, savor the flavors, and soak up the experience of being outside as the sun sets, well, there’s nothing quite like it. Once the feast is over, you can simply roll the whole newspaper/crab shooting match up and place it into a sealed plastic garbage bag. There probably isn’t any-

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1 pack of chicken necks or backs (one neck or back for each trap) 1 chicken wire crab net (around $15) 1 package black wire ties ($5) 1 pair of crab tongs for handling ($5.99) 1 crab ruler with five- and five-and-a-quarter inch markings ($2.99) 1 wooden bushel basket with lid ($9.99) 5-10 fully rigged collapsible vinyl-coated crab traps ($13-$20 each)

thing smellier than a mess of rotten crab carcasses, so do your neighbors a favor and make sure you seal the mess up tight. If you’re really serious about this whole crabbing thing, we can’t recommend

enough that you read William Warner’s Beautiful Swimmers, which is not only a good lesson in crabs, but the Bay in general. Put in on your summer or winter reading list. You won’t regret it.

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0.7 1.3 0.3 1.6

L H L H

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

0.2 3.3 0.3 2.8

L H L H

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

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

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

0.8 1.2 0.4 1.6

L H L H

0.8 1.3 0.3 1.7

L H L H

0.8 1.2 0.4 1.6

L H L H

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

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.5

H L H L

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

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

2 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

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

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.6

H L H L

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

2 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

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

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.6

H L H L

1.9 0.6 1.4 0.4

H L H L

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.6

H L H L

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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0.1 3.2 0.1 3.3

Fri

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

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

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

L H L H

H L H L

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

0.5 1.5 0.3 1.7

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

L H L H

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

H L H L

diFFerenCes

Fri

0.6 2.6 0.5 2.9

1.8 0.8 1.3 0.5

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

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

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

L H L H

Fri

2 0.7 1.3 0.3

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

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

0.5 1.6 0.4 1.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

2.5 0.6 2.9 0.8

H L H L

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

2.7 0.3 3.2 0.5

H L H L

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

2.4 0.8 2.8 0.9

H L H L

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

2.6 0.4 3.1 0.5

H L H L

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

2.3 0.8 2.7 0.9

H L H L

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

2.5 0.4 3.1 0.5

H L H L

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

2.3 0.9 2.7 0.8

H L H L

Fri

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

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.3

H L H L

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

1.5 0.8 1.2 0.5

H L H L

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

1.7 0.7 1.2 0.3

H L H L

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

1.5 0.7 1.2 0.5

H L H L

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

2.6 0.4 3.1 0.4

H L H L

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

2.4 0.8 2.7 0.7

H L H L

1.7 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

1.5 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

2.7 0.3 3.2 0.2

H L H L

2.5 0.7 2.7 0.6

H L H L

Fri

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

diFFerenCes

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

02:22 AM Mon 08:40 AM 02:27 PM 08:36 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

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

Fri

05:01 AM Sun 11:06 AM 05:34 PM 11:53 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

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

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

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

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Tidal Current Tables

Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Maximum Current

-0.9 +0.5 -1.0 +0.7

0123 0647 1304 1909

-0.9 +0.5 -1.1 +0.8

0158 0726 1347 1945

-1.0 +0.6 -1.2 +0.8

0231 0806 1431 2024

-1.2 +0.7 -1.3 +0.9

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

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

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

Wed 0542 1100 1743 2340

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

Wed

0038 0724 1306 2009

THu 0416 1130 1745

13 Fri

14 SAT

Sun

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

Mon 0321 0856 1542 2147

Tue 0411 0956 1638 2235

Wed 0459 1050 1729 2320

THu 0542 1141 1818 20 0004 Fri 0628 1230 1909

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Maximum Current

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

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

0231 0922 1506 2216 0338 1031 1619 2322 0450 1138 1726

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

0018 0549 1237 1819

-1.3 +0.8 -1.5 +1.1

0110 0638 1333 1907

-1.4 +1.0 -1.6 +1.1

0201 0726 1428 1958

-1.5 +1.1 -1.7 +1.1

0248 0816 1518 2049 0332 0906 1605 2138

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

SAT

22 Sun

Mon

24 Tue

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

Wed 0329 1033 1629 2337

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

Slack Water Maximum Current

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

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

0252 0931 1541 2125

+0.9 -0.8 +0.5 -0.6

0117 0801 1253 1855

0426 1024 1604 2237

-0.8 +0.4 -0.6 +1.0

0011 Mon 0700 1340 1917

0341 1015 1625 2214

+0.9 -0.9 +0.6 -0.6

0213 THu 0903 1351 1952

0524 1124 1702 2336

-0.8 +0.4 -0.6 +1.0

0103 Tue 0743 1416 2002

0427 1055 1706 2301

+0.9 -0.9 +0.7 -0.7

+0.9 -0.9 +0.8 -0.8

0051 0714 1308 2021

+0.6 -1.0 +0.7 -0.9

5 0242 THu 0901 1519 2126

0511 1133 1744 2345

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

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

Fri 0331 0937 1549 2208

Sun 0615 1301 1828

0154 Wed 0823 1448 2045

0028 0634 1243 1857

-0.8 +0.8 -0.9 +0.9

0111 0716 1318 1935

-0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +0.9

0156 0758 1354 2014

-0.8 +0.7 -0.8 +1.0

Mon 0604 1125 1726

0243 0842 1432 2057

-0.8 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0

0025 0701 1206 1807

0333 0931 1514 2144

-0.8 +0.5 -0.7 +1.0

SAT 0420 1013 1619 2251 Sun 0511 1048 1651 2337

10 Tue

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

0553 +0.9 1209 -0.9 1821 +0.8

Wed

12 13 Fri

0311 1002 1459 2057

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

+0.9 -0.8 +0.5 -0.6

0143 0821 1431 2025

+0.9 -0.8 +0.6 -0.7

0245 0914 1526 2128

+0.9 -0.9 +0.7 -0.8

0027 0655 1314 1920

0343 1004 1616 2226

+0.9 -0.9 +0.9 -0.9

0130 Wed 0744 1356 2013

0438 1050 1704 2320

+0.9 -0.9 +1.0 -1.0

0229 THu 0830 1436 2104

0529 +0.9 1135 -0.9 1751 +1.1

0011 0618 1218 1836

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

17 Tue

Fri

0325 0915 1517 2152

-1.0 +0.9 -0.9 +1.1

Slack Water Maximum Current

0100 0706 1302 1920

-1.0 +0.8 -0.9 +1.1

0149 0754 1345 2005

-1.0 +0.7 -0.8 +1.1

Mon 0603 1129 1722

0238 0842 1430 2051

-1.0 +0.6 -0.7 +1.0

0016 Tue 0657 1218 1807

0327 0933 1518 2139

-0.9 +0.6 -0.6 +1.0

0106 Wed 0752 1311 1856

0419 1027 1609 2231

-0.8 +0.5 -0.6 +0.9

0513 1124 1706 2326

-0.8 +0.5 -0.5 +0.8

SAT 0418 0959 1557 2240 Sun 0511 1043 1639 2328

24 25

0157 THu 0849 1410 1950

27 Fri

0250 0945 1514 2050

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

+0.8 -0.8 +0.5 -0.5

0122 0757 1415 2008

+0.7 -0.8 +0.6 -0.5

0218 0846 1503 2103

+0.7 -0.8 +0.6 -0.6

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

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

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

0.4

0.6

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

0.7

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

-1:43

0.4

0.5

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

+0:19

2.2

1.2

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

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

0.6

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

1.2

0.6

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

0.6

0.8

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

0.5

0.3

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

0.6

0.8

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

0.4

0.2

Corrections Applied to Baltimore Harbor Approach

Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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0046 0608 1222 1836

Slack Water Maximum Current

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Virginia Anglers Tapped For Fisheries Work

ropTalk contributor and Virginia Master Angler Dr. Ken Neill knows a thing or two about catching fish—and now he’s been asked to help protect Virginia’s wealth of marine resources. In July, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Neill, of Seaford, VA, and A.J. Erskine of Kilmarnock, VA, to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). Each will serve a four-year term, and replace commissioners Carter Fox and Rick Robins. Neill, a dentist by trade, brings a strong background in marine conservation, having served on the state’s Finfish Management Advisory Committee and Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament Committee. He also is an International Game Fish Association (IGFA) representative. Aboard his sportfish Healthy Grin, anglers have set 10 IGFA and six Virginia state records. Neill told PropTalk fishing editor Capt. C.D. Dollar that a key challenge will be to protect blue crabs. Neill says, “A healthy blue crab population is important to both user groups and to the overall health of the Bay. There is a tremendous amount of pressure to reopen some wintertime blue crab dredging in Virginia, but this year, there was very low recruitment of young crabs, and the population has experienced another steep decline.”

##Ken Neill with a fine Virginia bluefish. Neill was recently appointed to the Virginia Marine Resource Commission. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ken Neill

Coastal Conservation Association Maryland sets first Red/Trout Tourney

reat gamefish deserve celebration, and by any measure, red drum and speckled trout are two of the best that swim Chesapeake waters. Anglers have enjoyed catching more reds and specks, particularly those of the latter species, in Maryland’s part of the Bay over the past two seasons. And the epicenter of the fishery is the shallow waters of Tangier Sound. To recognize these fine sport fish and promote their conservation, Coastal Conservation Association Maryland (CCA MD) will hold its first annual Red/Trout Catch & Release Tournament on September 7-8 in Crisfield, MD, a longtime sportfishing center that’s become a prime locale for good speck and puppy drum action. Fishermen will compete in three categories—light tackle, fly, and kayak. Awards will be presented in each of the three categories for first, second, and third place based on the total number of inches of fish caught during one day. The CCA member who catches the largest speck will win $500. It’s a catch-and-release photo format in which judges will decide the winners based on submitted photos of their catches laid against an official CCA ruler. “During the past two years, we have seen an impressive increase in the numbers of redfish and speckled trout in many areas of the Chesapeake Bay and especially around Crisfield,” reports Tony Friedrich, CCA MD executive director. “This is a major boon for recreational anglers. At one point, there were significant populations of these two species in the Bay. We hope this catch-and-release tournament will draw attention to the value of reds and specks. They could become the ‘fish of the Bay’ in the future. For more details about accommodations, guides and boat ramps, visit ccamd.org and click on “Event Registration.”

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##The right combination of redfish and speckled trout (like the one pictured here) could score you $500 in CCA MD’s first annual Red Trout Catch and Release Tournament. Photo by Capt. Kevin Josenhans

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f you’re a regular reader of this column, then you know that I’m a shallow-water, light-tackle junkie. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate it when people take me trolling or live-lining, or when friends put me on a big tuna offshore. For the most part, though, that bluewater game (as fun as it is) goes beyond the parameters of my wallet—at least at present. That’s why I love September. Arguably, the next month or so should offer fishermen the year’s most diverse chances at a number of species. From cobia and king mackerel along the Virginia Beach, VA, oceanfront, to puppy drum and speckled trout in Virginia’s Tidewater creeks, there’s a little bit of something for everyone—and within reach. Here on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, we’ve experienced an awesome speckled trout and puppy drum run again this season. One Crisfield-based guide told me he’s never seen so many boats launched out of the public ramp in Somers Cove. So it seems a natural fit for Maryland’s Coastal Conservation Association to host its first annual Red-Trout Tournament at this Tangier Sound port on September 7-8 (for details see page 74). To maybe give you some ideas, here is what PropTalk’s experts are going for this month:

aptain Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters out of Solomons, MD, will target a mix of bottom fish (white perch, spot, and croakers) as well as bluefish, rockfish, and any Spanish mackerel that decide to show up off the Patuxent River from August into September. Capt. Sonney likes his clients to cast topwater plugs when the fish are up in the water column and jig metal and leadhead lures when the fish are deeper. He’s a big fan of Lil’ Bunker and Lil’ Jimmy lures (3/4-ounce silver) as well as Sting Silvers (when you need to get down in waters of 30 to 45 feet). aptain Harry Nield on the charter boat Kingfish II out of Deal Island, MD, says with summer ending and fall beginning, he’ll be looking to catch a good variety of gamefish. In addition to red drum and croakers at night, he’ll also run bottom-fishing trips during the day for spot, flounder, and kingfish. And although so far it’s been a weird year for Spanish mackerel, he won’t hesitate to break out his trolling rods, spoons, and planers and speed up the Kingfish II to see if he can’t get a few of these fast swimmers in the boat for his clients.

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aptain Monty Hawkins on the Ocean City, MD-based party boat Morning Star says he’s looking forward to a steady diet of doormat-sized summer flounder and plump sea bass with other species such as hake, cod, and bluefish to come over the rails and keep his customers smiling. His encyclopedic knowledge of the reefs and wrecks off Maryland’s coast should ensure that happens. Capt. Monty has been known to troll a cedar plug (or something like it) and hook a mahi-mahi or tuna as he steams to and from the fishing grounds. Capt. Monty also will offer the occasional trip to go deep-dropping for tilefish as late summer rolls on. aptain Chris Newsome of Bay Fly Fishing in Virginia is fired up to fish the waters surrounding Virginia’s middle peninsula from August into September. Or more accurately, his clients should be. And why not—barring some unexpected, intense weather event they should continue to have a blast hooking speckled trout and redfish throughout September. Triple-digit combos of reds, specks, stripers, and the occasional flounder should be more than

Whit Holden nailed this 45-inch cobia on a orange bucktail while fishing with Capt. Jorj Head off the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Photo courtesy of Capt. C.D. Dollar

sufficient to keep even the most ardent fly and light-tackle anglers smiling from ear to ear.

To find out what’s biting where on the Chesapeake Bay before you head out every weekend, go online to proptalk.com for Capt. Dollar’s excellent Weekend Fishing Forecasts. New entries are posted every Friday afternoon. PropTalk September 2013 75

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##A happy angler shows of some healthy Virginia doormats caught while fishing Back River in Virginia with Dr. Ken Neill aboard the Healthy Grin. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ken Neill

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ropTalk Contributor and Virginia angling Jedi Ric Burnley, who is as dialed into the Virginia Beach, VA, fishing scene as anyone we know, says that whether you fish inshore, near-shore, or offshore, September is the best time to fish off Virginia Beach. Ric says, “August and September are primetime in Southeastern Virginia when red drum and speckled trout will invade every inshore creek, Bay and inlet.” Ric recommends tossing 1/8- to 1/2-ounce jigs, sub-surface twitch baits, and walk-the-dog style topwater lures to fool these fish. For longer casts and super sensitivity, Ric likes to use eight-pound test braided line and a 12-inch leader made of 10-pound fluorocarbon. Ric adds, “Near-shore anglers will be hunting for big cobia, schools of monster redfish, and king mackerel along the Virginia Beach oceanfront and at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. You can find cobia around or under buoys, around bridge pilings, or cruising around the open water. Cobia and reds are suckers for a three-ounce bucktail or live eel.” Ric ex-

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pects the offshore action will really heat up as the weather cools. Expect white marlin action to be at its peak from Norfolk Canyon to the Triple Zeros this month into September. Look for the fish on the edge of warm water eddies that spin down the Continental Shelf. A simple spread of four dink baits and two bigger lures for blue ones will draw billfish to the boat. aptain Mark Galasso with Tuna the Tide charters out of Kent Narrows, MD, is pretty confident the crazy-good striper bite that lasted all summer in the Middle Bay will continue into September. “The large number of rockfish in the area now (Eastern Bay, Poplar Island, Love Point) will translate into great fishing in late August and September,” Capt. Mark predicts. “Look for birds working in the Middle Bay from the Choptank River north to Swan Point (off Rock Hall, MD). Large white perch should become more plentiful over hard bottom and oyster shells, too. And we might get a few speckled trout and puppy drum to show up, assuming the waters

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##PropTalk editor Gary Reich tricked this striper while jigging the Bay Bridge pilings one balmy summer evening with lighttackle guru Shawn Kimbro. Photo by Shawn Kimbro

first time to suggest fishermen be ready for anything. Rob says, “Over the next month ‘variety’ will be the name of the game. Sheepshead, spadefish, triggerfish, flounder, puppy drum, speckled trout, and cobia will remain my targets in the coming month. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will be the area to concentrate on for sheepshead, spades and triggerfish, as well as flounder. Various inlets all around the Bay will provide the inshore species. Cobia

are pretty much all over the main channels of the Bay down here.” aptain Jeff Lewatowski of Lew’s Fly Angler out of Ocean City, MD, will lead his guide clients for flounder on near shore wrecks in August and September. Capt. Jeff says, “We will also be fishing in the Middle Chesapeake Bay targeting rockfish and Spanish mackerel on the fly during the same time period.”

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have two lingering memories of fishing Watts Island: catching one of my first really nice speckled trout, and almost getting carried away by a relentlessly angry swarm of greenhead flies. Yet, the very prospect of catching good numbers of gamefish such as speckled trout, puppy drum, and striped bass around this uninhabited island at the bottom of Pocomoke Sound easily trumps any potential winged annoyance. Don’t make me swear to it, but that trip was in 2003 and in the decade since, the fishing has arguably improved, especially in the last three years. Like many other islands in the Chesapeake Bay that once supported a community of humans, Watts has been left to the Chesapeake’s harsh elements. Rising sea levels and storms have not only stripped away acres of land, but nearly all traces of the people who once lived there. From the water, what’s left looks like a thick jungle of brambles punctuated by stands of loblolly pines. Birds and other animals reside on Watts, and at night it can be an eerie place. Anglers love Watts Island for the abundant sea life that surrounds it. The cuts around the island are scoured by tides and currents, and the abundant adjacent grass flats are home to lots of fish food that in turn attract predators such as speckled trout, puppy drum and rockfish. Croakers and flounder can be caught there on occasion, too. A good strategy is to fish areas of clean water with moving current. If the water is stained or muddy, move on or eat a sandwich until the tide sweeps it clear. Approach your spot slowly, as not to spook your quarry. To fish a point or gut, I use a mushroom or grapnel anchor, carefully slipping it over the side, usually from amidships or the stern. Spin outfits in 12- to 14-pound test range, and eightor nine-weight fly rods are ideal. I prefer paddle tail soft plastics (this year I’m hot on four-inch “Salt ‘n’ Pepper” with chartreuse tail Sea Shads by Bass Assassin), or bucktails like Lil’ Jimmy either fished naked or tipped with a trailer. Topwater and subsurface swimmers are winners in low light or cloudy days, or if you’re striking out and trying anything to make that dinner bell to ring. Deceivers and Clousers are proven flies, especially when tied in bend-back style so the hook’s point rides up over grass beds or stumps. For deeper (relatively) guts or edges around Watts, a Jiggy Fly, tied Popovic-style, gets you down to the fish. 78 September 2013 PropTalk

From Crisfield, MD, the run to Watts Island via Broad Creek is about a half-hour to 45 minutes for most fishermen running center consoles. It’s easier to launch from public ramps on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, such as the Town Landing in Onancock, VA, or at the landing on Chesconessex Creek. From Watts, Tangier Island is less than five miles to the northwest and more or less the same distance to Fox Island (and a touch farther to the Cedar Marsh shorelines), making this trifecta a reliable bet for light tackle and fly fishermen. In fact, I won’t be surprised if one of the winners in the upcoming “Red Trout Catch and Release Tournament,” hosted by the Maryland chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (see page 74), pulls their fish from the waters around Watts Island. We’ll see you out there. proptalk.com

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ne of the most difficult ways to learn how to fish the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean is trial and error. Then there’s the boat issue; we don’t all have one. Luckily, the Bay region is chock-full of knowledgeable guides and charter captains to show you the ropes and head boats, on which you can take a day’s journey with a bunch of like-minded piscatorial enthusiasts to find out where the hot spots are. Sweet! To the right you will find a directory of pro guides, charter boats, and head boats to get you started on your quest. Whether you like to fly fish, troll, or bottom fish, there’s likely a Bay expert who can lend a hand. Check back often, as we’ll be adding more listings every month.

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## The American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) released its Standards and Technical Information Reports for Small Craft August 1. The report sets the standards by which boats are built and repaired. “It is imperative that those in the industry have access to the current standards,” says ABYC technical director Brian Goodwin. “It’s never too soon to start analyzing the standards to make sure your product and repair work meets ABYC content.” The report is available for purchase on CD, as a paper manual, and on ABYC’s website at abycinc.org.

## Vanquish Boats is excited to announce the addition of Annapolis Yacht Sales in Annapolis, MD, to their family of dealers. Established in 1953, Annapolis Yacht Sales is run by Rob Taishoff, a longtime customer and friend of AYS, Tim Wilbricht who has been with AYS on the sales side for 14 years, and Chris Humphreys who has been with AYS on the service side for 17 years. “We are thrilled to add Annapolis Yacht Sales as our dealer in the Chesapeake,” says company president Morgan Huntley “Since our inception, our business model has been to find the highest quality dealers in target markets. Annapolis Yacht Sales has a longstanding reputation as a good dealership, and reflects our own company values perfectly.”annapolisyachtsales.com. ## Clarks Landing is proud to announce the addition of Bill Millar to its service team. Bill is the new service manager at the Kent Island Boat Yard. Bill was a marine tech for 10 years before moving into service management. He’s a factory-certified technician of Mercruisers, Volvo Pentas, and OMC, and has received various customer service trainings and awards. Clarks Landing is located in both Shady Side, MD, and Kent Island, MD. You can reach Millar by clicking clarkslandingmd.com.

## Zimmerman Marine Incorporated (ZMI), a yacht repair and custom boat builder in Mathews, VA, announced plans to open a fourth location in Southport, NC. “Many of our present customers stop there each season, and this move will provide an opportunity to meet new boat owners. Each of our service yards shares the same database, and that means the service history for each boat is available at any one of our locations, as well as the ease of talking directly to the personnel who serviced the boat,” says ZMI president Steve Zimmerman. Southport Marina is located at 606 W. West St. near the entrance of the Cape Fear River on the Intracoastal Waterway at Mile 309. zimmermanmarine.com ## SPOT LLC, the satellite messaging and emergency notification brand, introduces SPOT Gen3, a new generation of GPS messengers. The new unit has significantly-improved battery life, enhanced usability, and more robust tracking options to help meet user demands. You can now send tracks ever five, 10, 30, or 60 minutes for as long as the device is turned on and moving. The SPOT Gen3 can also transmit an S.O.S. notification, check in to locations and alert others, and send custom messages to family and friends. Check it out at findmespot.com

##Come and knock on their door! MarineMax has returned to Kent Narrows in Grasonville, MD.

## MarineMax, the nation’s largest recreational boat retailer, has returned to Kent Narrows, Grasonville, MD. The new sales center located at 106 Wells Cove Road offers Azimut, Meridian, Sailfish, and Scouts, along with a selection of pre-owned and brokerage boats. “We’re excited to open another MarineMax location at one of the premier destinations on the Chesapeake Bay, says Mike Aiello, regional president. A staff of five sales consultants bring together over 40 years of combined experience. marinemax.com 80 September 2013 PropTalk

##Bill Millar joins Clarks Landing as their new Service Manager. Welcome aboard!

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POWER Key West 189 FS ’12 Very new. Bottom paint. 115 hp Yamaha 4-stroke with less than 10 hrs. Trailer. Wonderful boat for fishing or family/recreational use. Owner needs to sell. $22,500 (443) 510-5327

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22’ Composite Bitten Center Console curvy w/Carolina flare fwd, break sheer mid ships & tumble home aft. Introductory pricing includes 150-hp Yamaha & a venture trailer. $49,000 lewis@compositeyacht.biz, 410-476-4414

26’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’04 Lightly used, only 185 hrs on 6.2 Mercruiser/B-III. A/C and vacu-flush head. Includes Tri-axle trailer, a great buy! $39,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022 25’ Formula 252 SS ’96 Clean, well maintained. Completely rebuilt Mercruiser I/O with low hrs! Kept high and dry - clean bottom. $26,000 Contact Aaron Moeller 410-267-8181 or Aaron@annapolisyachtsales.com

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Sea Fox 23.7 225-hp Honda 4-stroke, trailer w/power wench, Garmin GPS, Plainer boards for trolling, Coastguard safety equipment. $23,800 (443) 553-1273. John Kaiser, Owner of Yacht View Brokerage LLC Is offering complimentary dockage, electric and weekly professional cleaning for all Power and Sailing yachts from 20’ to 75’, until sold! A USCG 100 Ton Master with 25 years of experience, John has built a strong reputation nationally for excellent service and incredible listing to sale time(Usually less than 45 days!). John’s clients have often purchased multiple boats through him and many have become lifetime friends. Contact John Kaiser to request a referral to his most recent satisfied Sellers and to discuss listing your beautifully maintained yacht! Email: john@yachtview.com, Cell: 443223-7864, Office: 410-923-1400, Website: www.yachtview.com

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24’ Glastron V-berth, mid-berth, fish finder, refrigerator/freezer, 250-hp Volvo inboard, slip paid until 2014. $21,000 Call Ed (301) 254-4722.

Bayliner Ciera 2452 Fresh power, trailer $17500 Jackson Marine Sales, North East MD. 410-287-9400-214 Bob Robert Mitchell 410-287-9400-214

Maxum 2400 ’00 SCR Cruiser w/ aluminum trailer 5.0 L EFI Mercruiser professionally maintained. Full canvas, mooring cover, AC, head, galley, upgraded 12 V system, extra large cockpit table, Garmin 441S chart plotter with sounder, and Fish Finder. All required USCG safety equipment. $24,500 Located at Two Rivers Yacht Basin in Chesapeake City, MD. 410-885-2257 or 410-885-5932.

Crownline 262 Cruiser ’02 Single Mercruiser 5.7L 260hp I/O Gas – CLEARANCE SALE – $26,000 – Contact Mike Skreptack at (410) 8679550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

26’ Back Cove ’05 Sea Bear Beautiful Downeast Cruiser, Gently used-never slept on, lift kept, All the right stuff: A/C Heat, Garmin Plotter. In Annapolis. Fun creek cruiser. Call Chris 443-926-1278, www.walczakyacht.com 26’ Back Cove ’07 Beautiful Downeast style. Single-260 Yanmar dsl. Bow thruster, canvas cockpit canopy, GPS, head and holding tank. Must see! Give us a call. Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022.

26’ Composite Center Console Starting at $78,000, is a well priced fishing machine. Call now for our extensive option list & pricing CC, Cuddy & Express models also available. lewis@compositeyacht.biz 410-476-4414

27’ Ranger Tug ’12 Single 180-hp Yanmar dsl. Genset, Air/Heat, Garmin electronics package. Dinghy and outboard convey. Seller moving up. A solid value at $139,000! Pocket-Yacht (410) 827-5230.

Larson 270 Cabrio ’00 Volvo 7.4GI 300HP Stern Drive Gas – CLEARANCE SALE - $19,000 – Contact Kellie Moody at (410) 604-4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED

28’ Cape Dory ‘88 Beautiful little down east style hard top cruiser. Super-efficient at trawler speeds, but capable of 14+ knots. Very well taken care of. Great starter boat. David Malkin 410-280-2038 x15 or David@northpointyachtsales.com.

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

29’ Ocean Yacht Super Sport ’90 2 x 200-hp Volvo inboards. New teak and holly floor, salon ceiling, chartplotter and more. $49,000. Call Bob Oberg at 410-267-8181 or Bob@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. 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

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

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 Sea Ray 300 Weekender ’94 Twin Mercruiser 5.7L 250hp I/B Gas – CLEARANCE SALE - $12,500 – Contact Kellie Moody at (410) 604-4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com

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29’ Tiara Open ’04 6.0 crusaders, factory livewell, fishbox, custom radar arch w/14 rodholders, flat screen TV with HD antenna, Radar, fishfinder, chartplotter AC, full galley. Very clean boat.. $89,500 Call Joe@alliance Marine 410 490-0584

28’ Judge ’05 Phoenix Twin Honda 4stroke quite power, lightly used, good accommodations, good equipment list. In Annapolis Call Frank 410-703 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com details on www.walczakyacht.com

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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 410-267-8181

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 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

Chris Craft 28 ‘81 Cabin Cruiser Fully equipped, full canvas, anchor, windlass. Excellent electronics. Refrigeration, bow thruster, VORTEC 5.7 ltr engine, o/b bracket and more. Contact Lad Mills, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org

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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

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 Sundancer ’01 Only 200 hrs on 6.2 Mercruisers/B-III. A/C, GPS, plus windlass. Engines have been serviced and are ready to go! $59,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

31’ Tiara Open ’84 She is mechanically sound & w/lots of resent upgrades & replacements. Only 280 hrs since both engines were fully rebuilt. Offered at $33,500. David Malkin at 410-280-2038 Ext. 15 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com

Rinker 310 Fiesta-Vee ‘00 Air, Gen. Upper Chesapeake Bay Use $40000 Jackson Marine Sales, North East, MD. 410-287-9400-214 Robert Mitchell 410-287-9400-214

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

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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

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, 410-476 4414 lewis@compositeyacht.biz

32’ Sharps Island ’90 Paxlita Single 32’ Manning 2001/2003 Bay Boat Cummins 250 w/bow thruster, low hrs , 315-hp Yanmar dsl low hrs, Gen, AC, 18 knot cruise. Very clean, looks far GPS, 3 stations. Asking $79,500, trades newer than her yrs. Good electronics possible Please contact Jason Whitson pkg. In Annapolis Call Frank 410-703 at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 4017 or frank@walczakyacht.com x215 or 484-994-4244 details on www.walczakyacht.com jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.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

Carver 3207 ’87 Aft Cabin Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 5.7L 260HP I/B Gas – CLEARANCE SALE - $15,000 – Contact Kellie Moody at (410) 604-4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com

Century 3200 Walkaround ‘04 Ultimate getaway machine for fishing and cruising! She delivers stability, speed and comfort in almost any sea cond. $74,900 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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

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34’ Carver 34 Santego ’89 For entertainment, live-aboard or long distance cruising, ‘Tex Sixteen’ will not disappoint! Priced to sell at $37,500 with motivated seller! Contact Ian 410-2678181 or ian@annapolisyachtsales.com

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34’ Mainship Hard Top Trawler ’07 This single level express trawler, no fly bridge, sunroof, low hrs on Yanmar, Genset, AC, and more. Offered at $175,000. Call David Malkin 410-280-2038 Ext. 15 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com

35’ Marlago ‘05 337 hrs on 275 Verados, new enclosure, new stereo, just detailed. Hard top, cuddy, walkthrough transom, Dark green Awlgripped hullsides. Legendary ride& beautiful lines. $89,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@theyachtgroup.com, www.theyachtgroup.com

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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

34’ Pursuit Express ’00 New canvas; Bristol cond.; A/C; genset; many upgrades. New listing. Asking $109,000. Call Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Rick@NorthPointYachtSales.com

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36’ Carver Mariner ’06 In boat show cond.! Low hrs. Great boat for cruising/ entertaining with a roomy bridge built for entertainment. $153,000 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com 36’ Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic ’98 BLUE SKIES is a Hinckley maintained 34’ Sea Ray Sundancer ’03 Classic Picnic Boat /many recent Meticulously maintained ”classic” upgrades including Stars and Stripes express w/8.1l Mercruiser Horizon Blue Awlgrip. She is very clean and ready inboards, 270hrs, 4.5Kw generator, A/C, to go. $210k Offered by Hinckley Yachts, Full galley plus cockpit refrigerator, contact Peter Howard (410) 263-0095 or LEDTV/DVD, custom queen mattress phoward@hinckleyyachts.com ,recent navy canvas, windlass, Raymarine GPS/plotter/radar/depth/ VHF. $95,500 Call 410-266-6492 34’ Silverton ’95 Clean and well maintained. T/Crusader 454s, Kohler Gen., Auto Pilot, GPS, radar, A/C, windlass, plus bottom barrier coated in 2012. Nice Live-aboard/cruiser. $59,900 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

Island Packet Craft Express 360 ‘03 Downeast look. Luxurious interior w/centerline forward. Outstanding sea-keeping ability. Twin Yanmar dsls w/only 200 hrs. $249,900 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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37’ Formula PC ‘02 Twin Mercruiser 496 MAG Bravo III 375HP I/O – CLEARANCE SALE - $85,000 – Contact Gregg Dyson at (410) 867-9550 or gdyson@clarkslanding.com

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, 37’ Egg Harbor Sport Yacht ’08 www.walczakyacht.com T-Cummins QSB 5.9, Generator, hardtop w/strata-glass enclosure, 37’ Larson Cabrio ’07 Fresh water boat Outriggers,2 strms, head w/stall shower. only 95 hrs. Twin- 8.1 Volvo, Gen., A/C, Demo, like new cond. $369,000. GPS, radar, windlass. Spacious 13’ Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales beam. $128,000 Sassafras Harbor (410)-708-0579 Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

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38’ O’Neill Jones Classic Fishing Boat: 38’ O’Neill Jones Classic Fishing Boat: Fully restored, ready to fish, cocktail cruise, or overnight. Oldsmobile 455 engine. New Canvas, $42,500 davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com or 410-310-3476 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, A irco, dinghy, TV and many other upgrades. Now Asking $95,000 Call Bob (410)-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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.

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 or 410-267-8181

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 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

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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 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

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AYS Power is expanding rapidly and we have buyers looking for quality listings! Call today to find out why you should list your boat with AYS! Menorquin 120 (40’) ’03 Luxurious accommodations. Powerful yacht w/ semi-displacement hull will do 20 knots. Stands out in any harbor. Great for entertaining. Excellent fuel economy. $253,900. S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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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.

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$ 89,900 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’ 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. 42’ Phil Jones Custom Chesapeake ‘07 Fly bridge, 3 steering stations. Nicely kept and outfitted for serious fishing, serious cruising or serious fun! $270,000 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 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

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

43’ Ocean Alexander Trawler ’85 Great Liveaboard. Fully equipped for independent cruising in the Bahamas or Great Circle Route. Price reduced to $89,900 Contact 954 249-6060 or kiaorahlywd@gmail.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’ 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 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’ Jones ‘00 Well equipped dual purpose bay boat. 575-hp dsl eng, A/C w/reverse cycle heat, engine driven heater, gen, radar, & so much more!! Asking $165,000. Contact lewis@ compositeyacht.biz, 410-476-4414 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.

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

44’ Regal 4460 ‘06 Very clean FRESH WATER boat. $199,400. Jackson Marine Sales North East, MD 21901 Please call Stephen K. Parker 410-287-9400 x212 or Cell 443-553-2518

43’ Island Pilot ’08 W/twin IPS Pod drives powered by 435 Volvo common rail electronic dsls. Single strm model w/ great accommodations & equipment. Low hrs, great cond., Call Mark 410-980 5364 See full detail @ www.walczakyacht.com

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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

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’ 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

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.

48’ Glass Boat Works Custom ChesapeakeDowneast Flybridge ’04. Twin Cummins, 3 helm stations, great layout, original owner, very custom, offered at a fraction of replacement. $349,000. Call Ned Dozier, 443-9950732, ned@theyachtgroup.com, www. theyachtgroup.com.

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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

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 410-353-4712 See full spec at walczakyacht.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, 757-328-6061 jim.bento@oceanmarinellc.com

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54’ Meridian 540 Pilothouse ’03 This beautiful one owner yacht has all you’d expect and more! Beautifully appointed with a wide open layout. Must be seen! Asking $439,000. Only one on the east coast! Pocket-Yacht (410) 827-5230.

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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C H ESAPE AKE CLA SSIC Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore by J. Cassin Sutor

ruising into the Baltimore, MD, shipways and ample pre-assembly, area, it’s hard to ignore the city’s previously impossible in one locadiverse skyline. The huge expanse tion. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel property on Patapsco launched the first Liberty Ship, the River’s north shore leads to row homes SS Patrick Henry, on September 27, and eventually skyscrapers that make up 1941. Between 1941 and 1945, a Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. While many of these hulking brick structures of Baltimore’s industrial past seem like nothing more than decaying blemishes on the city’s harbor, they also serve as reminder of the industry that made Baltimore what it is today. During World War II, wellpaying union jobs at steel mills ##Workers at the Bethlehem-Fairfield and boatyards created a populaShipyards in Baltimore, MD, 1943, by Arthur S. Seigel. Photo courtesy tion boom and helped to increase of the Office of War Information working-class populations. CompaPhotographic Collection at the nies such as Bethlehem ShipbuildLibrary of Congress ing Corporation opened many new ment. Although Bethlehem shipbuilding yards and steel mills as Steel has been defunct since a result of the Emergency Ship2003, its influence on the city is building Program, a government still noticeable. Neighborhoods effort begun in 1940 to quickly like Hampden, Dundalk and build cargo ships to carry troops Canton are largely made up of and material to allies during World row houses, originally built to War II. house hundreds of thousands The Bethlehem Shipbuilding of steelworkers drawn in by the Corporation, a division of Bethcompanies. While many of the lehem Steel Corporation, was the factories still stand after decades largest shipbuilding corporation of inactivity, some have been ##Day Six of a Liberty Ship build. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard was in the country at the time. The capable of building a Liberty Ship every 24 days. Photo courtesy reclaimed as restaurants, bars, behemoth shipyard opened the of the United States Office of War Information and even gyms. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Today, an organization called Project 1940, named after the Fairfield neighbortotal number of 2710 Liberty Ships were Liberty Ship is working to preserve, mainhood of Baltimore where it was located, produced by 18 shipyards in the United tain and continue to operate the Liberty capitalizing on the city’s deep port status States. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Ship S.S. John W. Brown. The ship serves and railroad accessibility to make it the was capable of building and launching a as a functional memorial to the shipbuildperfect location for both steel production Liberty Ship within 24 days. ers and merchant seamen who operated and shipbuilding. The shipyard operated until 1945, and the beasts. The ship also serves as a World The shipyard produced massive many other steel mills and shipyards like War II museum and education center merchant vessels, called Liberty Ships, it closed soon thereafter as the aluminum geared towards youths, providing them that transported supplies overseas to aid industry took off and many mills migrated with a look into the history of their city. the war effort. Production required large south where there was less union involveDo 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

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