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Livin’ on a Prayer: A Father’s Day Story A “river rat” derails his own kids’ ice cream dreams to chase his faded memories.

by Dave Gendell

Saying Goodbye to Rose Anne To fall in love with a sailboat, nurture your family and dreams on her, and then say goodbye…

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by Joe Haran

See the Bay: Hampton, VA Easy walkin’, easy sailin’, and Southern Bay hospitality at the mouth of the Bay.

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‘Round the DelMarVa They Go ARC DelMarVa ralliers discuss how they prepped their boats and crews for the 400-mile loop. ##Photo by Duffy Perkins

Summer Cruising: 15 Weeks of Summer And 15 things to do on your boat.

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A new start, new class, new shoreside venue, and other exciting A2N news.

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SpinSheet photographer Dan Phelps took this month’s cover shot during the Annapolis YC Wednesday Night Races in June 2014.

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Editor’s Note SpinSheet Readers Write Dock Talk Farewell to Winch n’ Kent by Merf Chesapeake Calendar sponsored by

the Boatyard Bar & Grill 36 Chesapeake Tide Tables sponsored by Annapolis School of Seamanship 38 Start Sailing Now: Meet Dawn Stellman

by Beth Crabtree 40 Where We Sail: The Invasion of Zebra Mussels by Pamela Tenner Kellett 41 Bufflehead: A New Log Canoe by Al Schreitmueller 50 The Sailor’s Guide to Powerboating by Capt. Art Pine 87 Subscription Form 91 Biz Buzz 92 Brokerage Section: Used Boats for Sale 101 Index of Advertisers 102 Marketplace 106 Chesapeake Classic: Old Point Comfort by Kaylie Jasinski

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45 Family Boating Know How by Duffy Perkins 52 Charter Notes: To Sail a Pretty Boat by Kaylie Jasinski

58 How To Be a Good Guest and Good Host by Cindy Wallach

60 Striking a Chord by Eva Hill 61 Bluewater Dreaming: Salty Seas

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Editor’s Notebook

by Molly Winans

A Summer Blessing May the Rhode River rise to meet you, but not so high that it messes up your anchor. May the wind always… may the wind occasionally be at your back, but not so far alee that it causes gybe jitters. May the sun shine warm upon your sunblocked face. May your crew remain healthy, fit, and free on weekends. May they bring beer in cans, tasty sandwiches, honey mustard pretzels, homemade chocolate chip cookies, non-scuffing footwear, extra sunblock and water, can-do attitudes, smiles, adventurous spirits, and humor. If your crew must bring electronics, let them be waterproof cameras. May their dumb phones stay tucked below until the boat is tied up and in ship shape. May you cultivate patience with your crew, with your skipper. May you speak your mind gently. Oh wind, if you’re going to blow, do so steadily and consistently, preferably on the beam. Oh sun, if you’re going to shine, go for it. Oh waves, if you’re going to kick up, would you keep it under two feet and flatten out at night? Oh rain, can you fall on weeknights between one and four in the morning? Oh storms, you never listen, so forget it. Oh heat, oh humidity, oh well. For every storm, a rainbow. For every blow, a safe harbor. For every heat-index-soaring Saturday, an endless bag of ice. For every mishap, a Band Aid. For every rough start, a lift. For every awkward docking, a soft piling. For every sunburn, some aloe. To end every rough day on the Bay, a rum drink. May friendship and laughter bless your days on the water. May you share your love of sailing with family, friends, coworkers, new neighbors, children, strangers you meet at crew parties or wandering the docks begging for rides, dogs, cats, parakeets… not all at the same time. May your bilges remain dry, your sails taut, your hull seaworthy, your binoculars salt-free. As you sail on the Summer Sailstice, may you relish in the longest summer day on a slant, the wind tickling your face. May luck carry you up and down the Chesapeake and through the year.

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n April, Ted Reshetiloff of Annapolis, now living aboard in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, married his two friends Peter Appell and Joanie Huston. They live in Edgewater, MD, but were married in Cape May, NJ. They met sailing. Ted’s wife Claudia writes, “Ted needed someplace to keep his cheat sheet for the ceremony and vows, and so we taped it inside the pages of SpinSheet to make it look like he was reading from that.” Congratulations, Peter and Joanie!

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ere’s a picture from our bar in Fells Point, Baltimore, called Birds of a Feather, primarily a single malt scotch bar. From the picture you should be able to see that we are seriously oriented towards sailing; I personally used to coach sailing at the U.S. Naval Academy and raced for some years in big boats on the San Francisco Bay.

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SpinSheet Cover Contest 2015

f you have ever seen a magazine cover and thought, “I can do better than that,” here is your chance to prove it. Enter the 2015 SpinSheet Summer Cover Contest. The winning image will be on the cover of the August issue, and the winner will receive a SpinSheet hat and bragging rights. We prefer images of people on sailboats having fun on the Chesapeake Bay. Remember, it’s the summer cover contest, so don’t send your frostbite racing and dock shoveling photos until late fall. Think sun, fun, wind, adventure, and pretty sailboats. Our graphic designers prefer a portrait orientation, rather than a landscape one. Make sure there is some room in sea and sky for our headers and footers. The best images will be one to 10 megabytes in size. If your images are

too large for email, please send them through an online service such as Dropbox, Hightail, or Flickr. We do accept good old fashioned CDs sent via snail mail, too. We choose clear images over blurry ones and photos with level horizons over crooked ones. Did we mention we prefer pictures of smiling sailors? Grab your crew, tilt the camera to make a vertical shot, have them strike a fun pose, and snap away! Send photo contest entries to molly@spinsheet.com by July 1. Please write “Cover Contest” in the subject line, and make sure to send us your name, especially if it’s not in your email address. We look forward to seeing Chesapeake Bay sailing through your eyes. ~M.W.

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Hermione Returns to the Chesapeake

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L’Hermione was constructed, to welcome the frigate’s arrival to Annapolis. Upon arrival there will be a public parade where the Sons of the Revolution will lay a wreath at the Fallen French Soldiers Monument on the grounds of St. John’s College. Unfortunately it is still uncertain if the Hermione will be able to berth at City Dock because of water depth issues. Stay tuned for updates as the final decision will not be made until June 5th when she reaches Yorktown. After Annapolis, Hermione will travel north to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for Father’s Day weekend, and to six more ports along the Eastern seaboard before ending in Nova Scotia. There will be an in-water parade in New York City’s Harbor where she will be joined by charter boats, privately owned vessels, an honor guard of Tall Ships, and representatives of the working harbor (tugs, ferries, etc.) to escort her. So if you are anywhere on the East Coast from Virginia to Massachusetts this summer, make sure to keep an eye out for L’Hermione. Let’s make her feel welcome. For more information visit, hermione2015.com, or for SpinSheet updates, check spinsheet.com/Hermione. ~KJ

Fifth Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta a Hit

he Fifth Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta (WWSR) April 25 provided a boatload of excitement on the waters of Annapolis for 28 wounded warriors and their family members. This was made possible through sponsorship by the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) and Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), and the participation of the U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team. The WWSR has grown from a handful of wounded warriors from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to several dozen from area warrior organizations and military installations such Ft. Meade, Ft. Belvoir, Warrior Events, The Connected Warrior, and Truck’n 4 Troops. The entire focus of the event is making sure the warriors and their families have a wonderful time on the water. CRAB provides four 20-foot Freedoms specially designed to accommodate the disabled. In addition, the U.S. Naval

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Academy Midshipmen arrived with ten 26-foot Colgates to provide for a bonding experience with the warriors and the Midshipmen. Showing his support for the warriors, Terry Hutchinson, the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, joined in the racing to put a little pressure on the Mids.

attended several of the regattas, and each time it makes me appreciate even more that you do not see yourselves as wounded warriors, but rather you are recovering warriors.” CRAB Board Member and longtime regatta sailor Mark Chapin remarked, “The greatest experience for me is to watch these veterans’ eyes light up when a wind gust makes the boat heel a little and you can feel the acceleration.” From the perspective of the USNA Midship##A great day on the water for wounded warriors, their men, “It was a rewarding families, and volunteers. Photo by Paul Bollinger experience to share our sport of sailing with the Other guest appearances included warriors who have already made tremenGovernor Larry Hogan, Annapolis Mayor dous sacrifices for our country,” remarked Mike Pantelides, and Maryland Secretary Midshipman 3rd Class Ethan Doherty. In of Veterans Affairs George Owings. They addition, the regatta now has a history of mixed and mingled with the warriors, participation by the USNA Sailing Team. Midshipmen, and volunteers, to show their Plans are being made now for the Sixth appreciation and support. Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta to be Longtime WWSR supporter Vice held September 12. If you wish to get inAdmiral Phil Cullom commented to the volved or support the event, please contact group at the awards presentation, “I have Paul Bollinger at paulbollingerjr@aol.com.

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Gift Ideas for Sailing Dads

Looking for a gift for Father’s Day June 21? Here are a few ideas: Brake it, don’t break it

With boom strikes to the head a common cause of serious sailing injury, boom brakes are safety features many consider for their boats. Retired cartographer and

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Summer Sailstice

thers may call it the Summer Solstice, but sailorsin-the-know will want to call the weekend of June 21 Summer Sailstice, a world-wide celebration of sailing that takes place on the weekend closest to the Summer Solstice. Sailstice is really catching on in Chesapeake country, with yacht clubs, charter companies, sailing clubs, families, marinas, yacht brokers, and others organizing and hosting events. And why not? When you love life on the slant, of course you’ll want to be on a boat enjoying the extra daylight. Here’s a peek at just a few of the many local happenings. The Schooner Woodwind in Annapolis has a special Father’s Day brunch cruise (yep, Father’s Day falls on the Solstice); Cruise Annapolis is organizing a three-day rendezvous for all Jeanneau and Fontaine Pajot owners, with a raft up in Shaw Bay on the Wye River during the afternoon and slips in St. Michaels for overnight; Annapolis Community Boating will host an open house; the Hunter Sailing Association plans to wrap-up a five-day cruise with a party on the Magothy River; Back Creek Yacht Club will celebrate in style with a lobster feast; and the Southern Chesapeake Bay Summer Sailstice Cruise will bring together sailors from the Hampton area. How can you join the fun? It can be as simple as an evening sail on your own boat or as complex as a multi-day cruise with all your sailing friends. The point is to connect with other sailors in a way that’s right for you. Sailstice founder John Arndt, of Latitude 38 in San Francisco, CA, began the tradition in 2001, and since that time Summer Sailstice has organized sailors at the grassroots level for sailing celebrations worldwide. Events are planned in more than 40 countries, and sailors who register on the official website will be eligible for all kinds of cool prizes, such as SUPs, charters, or a windlass. summersailstice.com

SpinSheet’s Foulest Foulies Contest Winners

t our first annual Foulest Foulies contest at the opening night party of the 2014 Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show, the weather “cooperated”— it rained like crazy! The dreary weather drew in a number of enthused contestants in impressively old, nasty, moldy, duct-taped gear. The delightful spring weather for the 2015 edition did not bode well for bringing in rain gear-clad sailors off the sunny docks—but in the final hour, we drew in enough to call it a contest. A big crowd showed up at the party along Compromise Street next door to the boat show for drinks, munchies, and live guitar music by Matt Jacobs. When the musician took a break, we asked sailors to come up and model their old foul weather gear for the audience. SpinSheet’s own Holly Foster figured the yellow ones she’d kept stored on her old Catalina up on the hard all winter long would place quite well—but she was bested by a couple of sailors from Florida who had traveled up for Cruisers University for the weekend and lugged their old gear around in tote bags in hopes of winning some new gear. Measured by the official SpinSheet Applause Meter (there’s an app for that), Brittany and Bill Tess placed first and second respectively and won new foul weather gear jackets from Helly Hansen and Fawcett Boat Supply. Whatever you do, do not throw away your foulest foul weather gear. You can count on a third edition of this fun event on the first day of the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show 2016. If you did not know about this contest, then you aren’t on our email list. Sign up at spinsheet.com, and we’ll keep you posted on all the top sailing events.

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f you’re a waterman, the math is simple: on a dredge boat, the oyster limits are 24 bushels per day, or 12 bushels per man. On a skipjack, however, you can harvest up to 150 bushels per day. Considering the price of oysters this year, that’s the difference between $1200 and $7500. But owning and operating a skipjack is much more of an undertaking than a common workboat, so the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was a bit surprised when a number of watermen applied to register skipjacks for oystering this season on the Bay. The watermen had read the last section of the document “Statutes and Regulations Specific to Oyster Dredge Boats (Skipjacks)” referring to dredging with an auxiliary yawl boat and paid particular attention to the sentence “A dredge boat may be propelled… for not more than two days… during the season for dredging oysters.” And it is stated very clearly that “dredge boat means any sailboat which does not have a screw, propeller, engine, turbine, or other device for self-propulsion used in catching oysters or clams by dredge.” This is a good enough reason for a waterman to buy a sailboat. The law was set up to allow classic skipjacks the ability to use a motorized yawl boat two days a week to work on the water, but the legalese states nothing about the workboat being only a skipjack: it simply had to be a boat with a mast. “We’ve heard from watermen that some are retrofitting various sailing craft, but it’s all rumors at this point,” says Mike Naylor, the DNR’s shellfish program manager. “Because of that, they will have an unfair advantage over the dredgers, because of the larger limits.” The law was originally put in place to protect skipjacks and their work on the Bay, keeping a part of the Chesapeake tradition alive and well. At the time of its creation, it was not anticipated that one day it could allow a Carolina skiff to push around an oyster boat with a broomstick of a mast jerry-rigged to it. For more information,and to read the documents, visit proptalk.com/creative_definition_skipjack

Volunteer on Poplar Island

ooking for a way to volunteer to preserve the Bay’s health? How about if the day included a boat ride? The National Aquarium’s Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT) does many conservation projects, working around the Bay to restore natural habitats, and they have two volunteer opportunities in June, one on Poplar Island and one in the southern part of Baltimore City. June 9 to 13, ACT and volunteers will plant wetland grasses to combat the severe erosion on Poplar Island. Dredge material has been brought in to restore the island to its original footprint. “Volunteers will need to commit to spending the full day with us,” says Stephanie Mathias, Aquarium volunteer coordinator. “We will be travelling all together by boat to the island, departing at approximately 9 a.m. and returning at 4 p.m. Due to limited space on the boat, reservations are required. Saturday’s volunteer spots are already filled, but volunteers are needed on the weekdays. After pre-registering, volunteers will receive information packets with all the details about what to expect and what to bring.” On June 27 at Masonville Cove, scientists, naturalists, students, teachers, families, and others are invited to a BioBlitz in which volunteers record as many living organisms as they can find. “This is a good activity for kids and teens because we use iNaturalist, which is an online platform and also has an app for phones,” says Mathias. “We provide demonstrations and education, and all volunteers will be trained on how to use the platform. We’ve found young people really enjoy the opportunity to use technology in the natural world and to document nature. This is an excellent way for volunteers to be part of the citizen scientist movement, which allows for the collection of a huge data set that the scientists themselves could not collect on their own.” Volunteers must be at least 10 years of age, and those under age 18 need to be supervised by an adult. Pre-registration is required. The National Aquarium has formed community-based partnerships Follow us!

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n 2014, we received hundreds of emails from sailors wanting to log their days and see if they could hit 100 days on the water. In the end, only 45 members actually pushed through to become Centurions, receiving a very cool SpinSheet Century Club burgee to honor them. If you didn’t get the chance to be a part of the club last year, you still have a chance! The SpinSheet Century Club currently has open enrollment, and we’re looking to add some active members to our esteemed group of sailors. Currently, the club has 30 members up and down the Bay, all making a point to get out on the water. Century hopeful Randy Williamson got his first five days under his belt in the Cayman Islands, where he was sailing and SCUBA diving (he rode in a boat out to the dive site). Jerry McCann, captain of the Pearson Commander Natty Boh’t, is also a hopeful. 2014 Centurion Dave Nestel got his first day on the water on a supercharged jet boat, and the Norfolk YC harbormaster Mike Nash plans on hitting his numbers by kayaking daily and sailing all year long. So what are you waiting for? All you need to join the club is a piece of paper and a lot of determination. How do you join? Simply email duffy@spinsheet.com and let me know that you’re counting your days. Then keep track of your days on the water. Any time the boat leaves the dock, count it. Feel free to make that boat a SUP, kayak, canoe, powerboat, or windsurfer, too. There’s a burgee with your name on it if you hit 100, not to mention a great party with some of the area’s most experienced sailors. This is a club you want to join, so get off your keester and let’s do this. In the end, you’ll have spent 100 days on the water, and your life will be all the better for it. To keep track of other Century Club members, visit spinsheet.com/ century-club

Get Naked in Solomons

an we get you to sing this song all day to yourself ? “If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars/ Well, I’d buy you a house.” If you’re singing along already, you may have heard that the iconic 1980s and 90s band of quirky Canadians, the Barenaked Ladies— who sold 14 million albums worldwide—will play at the Calvert Marine Museum’s outdoor stage July 3 in Solomons.

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But that’s not all. You don’t have to be “of a certain age”—someone who rocked leg warmers or Madonna’s cross necklaces or lacey tops—to have heard of the Violent Femmes’ song “Blister in the Sun” (1983). Anyone who listens to Annapolis’s WRNR hears it at least once a week. Along with the BNL, the Violent Femmes may dust off “Blister” and take you in the way-back machine to its greatest hits: “Add It Up” or “Gone Daddy Gone.” But that’s not all. Those who have not followed Colin Hay since his days as the lead singer for Men at Work in the 1980s have missed out. Although you may only remember the “Vegemite sandwich song” (“Down Under”) by the defunct band, the Australian musician launched a successful solo career more than 15 years ago. Fans of the Ram’s Head Stage in Annapolis have been lucky enough to hear him sing, tell funny stories, and deliver a very entertaining stage show for many years. He’ll come to CMM July 3, too. The proceeds from the CMM special event concerts benefit museum programs, including children’s activities, standing exhibits about Chesapeake history and aquatic life, boat building, and more. Available tickets for the BNL, Violent Femmes, and Colin Hay start at $59 with a $6 processing fee; VIP packages are also available. When you buy your tickets, make sure to tell the museum that you heard about it in SpinSheet. ~M.W. calvertmarinemuseum.org Follow us!

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America’s Boating Course Patuxent River Sail and Power Squadron. 7 p.m. for six weeks. Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, Lusby, MD. $35 includes free six-month trial membership in U.S. Power Squadron.

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Captain James Lawrence was mortally wounded when his ship USS Chesapeake engaged HMS Shannon, and uttered the immortal words “Don’t give up the ship.” 1813.

Legends and Lore of the Annapolis Waterfront 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. aboard the Schooner Woodwind. $44 adult, $27 children under 12.

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Leave the Office Early Day

Boat Maryland – A Course on Responsible Boating 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $15.

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The Beneteau Rendezvous Baltimore Marine Center’s Lighthouse Point Marina. Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Sales.

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Celebrating Alexandria’s French Connection Lectures, a historic ball at Gadsby’s Tavern, and special French offerings from Alexandria restaurants in preparation for the Hermione visit June 10-12. Alexandria, VA.

Clean the Bay Day Join Virginians in the 27th annual clean-up for the Bay!

KIOCC/SUP Annapolis Race Brings out hundreds of paddlers from all over the state. Long and short courses.

Point Lookout Lighthouse Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Mary’s County, MD. $5.

Riverfest Noon to 6 p.m. Discovery Village, Shady Side, MD. Adults $10, children ages 6-12 $4, children 6 and under free.

SMSA Luau at Zahniser’s 4 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Southern Maryland Sailing Association. Solomons, MD.

Vessel Safety Check Coast Guard Auxiliary. Chris’ Bait and Tackle, Capeville, VA.

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Arts, Crafts, and Wine Festival Annapolis, MD.

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Norfolk Harborfest Norfolk, VA.

World Oceans Day Recycle your plastic!

Beer Tasting Sailing Cruise Aboard the Schooner Woodwind. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Union Craft Brewery. $44 adults.

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First Formal Graduation of the United States Naval Academy.

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L ‘Hermione Visits Alexandria Alexandria City Marina, Alexandria, VA. Tour tickets required.

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Cypress Festival Pocomoke City, MD.

Sea Music Summer Concert Series 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday nights except July 29. Inside Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. $10.

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Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau Born 1910.

Sunset Sail 6 to 8 p.m. Aboard the Dee of St. Mary’s. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. $25. No children under age 12. (410) 326-2042, ext. 41.

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Potomac River Festival Colonial Beach, VA.

Bands in the Sand 5 to 10:30 p.m. Hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, Annapolis.

Basic Coastal Navigation Seminar Northern VA Sail and Power Squadron. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. Free.

The Amundsen Expedition Departed Oslo, Norway, to find the fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient. 1903.

Wednesday Night Sailboat Racing Cruise The Schooner Woodwind and Woodwind II will compete in Annapolis summer racing. Help the crew or sit back and watch the racing sailboats! 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $44 adults, $27 children under 12.

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L ‘Hermione in Annapolis The 216-foot French Frigate comes back to the town she once called home port.

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Vessel Safety Check Coast Guard Auxiliary. Cape Charles Boat Ramp, Cape Charles, VA.

Tides and Tunes Summer Concert Series Thursdays at the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Eastport. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Bay Music Festival 3 to 11 p.m. Centreville, MD. Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival Inner Harbor, Baltimore.

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St. Clement’s Island Heritage Day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lighthouse tours and demonstrations. St. Mary’s County, MD.

St. Mary’s Crab Festival 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Leonardtown, MD.

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HonFest Hampden, Baltimore City, MD.

Ocean City Air Show 1 to 4 p.m. along the OC boardwalk. Blue Angels, Breitling Jet Team, and the F-22 Raptor. Ocean City, MD.

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Tall Ships at Cape Charles Festival 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $15 adults, $10 kids. Cape Charles, VA.

Great Bay Swim Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis.

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Beer, Bourbon, & BBQ Festival National Harbor, MD.

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28th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. Free for members or with museum admission.

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L ‘Hermione in Baltimore The 216-foot French Frigate visits the Inner Harbor.

Chesapeake Paddlefest 9 a.m. Great Marsh Park, Cambridge, MD. Four mile, two mile, and half mile races for kayaks, canoes, and stand up paddleboards. Benefits Special Olympics Maryland.

Fossil Field Experience Calvert Marine Museum. $20, includes museum admission. Ages 8 and over. Pre-registration required.

International Surfing Day Hosted by Surfrider Foundation to clean up oceans and beaches.

Osprey Paddle 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sultana Education Foundation. Chester River. $30.

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RivahFest Tappahannock, VA.

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Vessel Safety Check Coast Guard Auxiliary. Oyster Harbor Boat Ramp, Oyster, VA.

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ARC DelMarVa Rally

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BABA/Mayo Watersports Fun Fest Get a taste of windsurfing and stand-uppaddleboarding. Pre-registration required. Mayo Beach Park, Mayo, MD.

Father’s Day “There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.’” -Jim Gaffigan

Father’s Day Brunch Sail Aboard the Schooner Woodwind. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $88 adults, $48 children.

Father’s Day Cruise Treat dad to a cruise on the Inner Harbor aboard the Spirit of Baltimore! Buffet and music.

Father’s Day Evening Cruise 5 to 6:30 p.m. aboard the Wm. B. Tennison. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. $25 adults, $15 children.

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The Business of Boating Practical tips on how to start your own charter business. Hosted by CAPCA. 7:15 p.m. Annapolis Elks Lodge 622, Edgewater, MD. Free.

Dee of St. Mary’s Public Cruise 2 to 4 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum. $15 ages 8 to 12. 13 and older $25. No children under age 8. (410) 326-2042, ext. 41.

Take Your Dog to Work Day Because who ever heard of working like a cat?!

Man Overboard Procedures Seminar Northern VA Sail and Power Squadron. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. Free.

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Captain Joshua Slocum Arrived in Newport, RI, in the sloop Spray, completing the first solo circumnavigation of the globe. 1898.

Crisfield Freedom Fest Music provided by the 229th Maryland Army National Guard’s Live Fire Rock Band. 5 to 10 p.m. Crisfield, MD. 9:15 p.m. fireworks.

27th Annual Cardboard Boat Race 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oxford, MD.

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DNR Boating Safety Class 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the Bowleys Quarters Junior Fire Brigade. Middle River, MD. $35. Pre-registration required (410) 800-8420.

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Start of the Annapolis to Newport Race | Two days of starts make this a great spectator race. 11 a.m.

DISC Geico Cup Dangerfield Island Sailing Club, Alexandria, VA.

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FBYC J/70 & Frontrunner Regatta Deltaville, VA. FBYC Moonlight Regatta Deltaville, VA. Hospice Cup HDGYC. Havre de Grace, MD. FBYC Laser Spring Regatta Deltaville, VA.

Women’s Keelboat Regatta Southern Maryland Sailing Association

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NERYC Invitational North East River YC.

Tall Ships America Port-to-Port Challenge Race Cape Charles, VA.

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Cock Island Regatta Organized by the Portsmouth Boat Club. Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, VA: nicknamed Cock Island in colonial times for the cock fights along the river.

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FBYC Cut Channel Race Deltaville, VA. SSC Twilight Race Shearwater Sailing Club.

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Northern Bay Regatta Glenmar Sailing

Ted Osius Memorial Regatta Hosted by the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake. Annapolis. (410) 558-1312.

“Cuba” Presented by travel writer and photographer Christopher P. Baker. 7 to 9 p.m. North Beach Town Hall, North Beach, MD. Hosted by Bayside History Museum.

Smith Point Race SMSA.

Log Canoe Fourth of July Series Miles River YC, St. Michaels. Junior Olympic Sailing FestivalChesapeake Bay Open Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville VA.

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The Barenaked Ladies in Concert With The Violent Femmes, and Colin Hay. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. The Second Continental Congress Signs the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia, PA. 1776. A School is Founded on 10 Acres of Old Fort Severn, 1845. Five years later, the Naval School in Annapolis was renamed the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Fourth of July Fireworks Rock Hall, MD. 9 p.m.

Fireworks Cruise 8 p.m. aboard the Wm. B. Tennison. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. $30.

Fireworks on the Narrow’s Queen Anne’s Center on Piney Narrows.

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Rock Hall Parade 10 a.m. Main Street, Rock Hall, MD.

Big Band Night/Fireworks Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. 7 to 10 p.m. $10.

Concert and Fireworks on the Beach 8 to 10 p.m. Ocean City, MD. Free. N. Division Street Beach.

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Kent County Waterman’s Day Rock Hall, MD.

Independence Day Parade 2 p.m. parade on Union Avenue. 7 p.m. concert at Tydings Park, followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Havre de Grace, MD.

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Annapolis Irish Festival C’mon... we’re all Irish somehow.

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Antique Boat Show Hampton, VA. Free.

East of Maui/Eastport YC Chesapeake SUP Challenge Long and short courses for SUP racing.

Taste of Cambridge Crab Cook-Off Gather in the streets to taste award winning dishes and cast your votes! Cambridge, MD.

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DNR Boating Safety Class 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the Bowleys Quarters Junior Fire Brigade. Middle River, MD. $35. Pre-registration required (410) 800-8420.

The ship Mayflower departed Plymouth, England on the first leg of her voyage to the New World. 1620.

15th Annual Dinghy Poker Run Starts and ends at the Red Eye Yacht Club, Baltimore, MD. 12:30 p.m. start, check-in 10:30 a.m. Register by July 18. $45.

Vessel Safety Check Coast Guard Auxiliary. Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge, Wise Point, VA.

Boater Safety Course Earn your safe boating certificate at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. $25 (410) 745-4941.

The New National Maritime Strategy How it will affect the Chesapeake’s waterways. Hosted by CAPCA. 7:15 p.m. Annapolis Elks Lodge, Edgewater, MD. Free.

Music on The Nanticoke Free Summer Concert Series 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Vienna, MD. Bring a lawn chair. Free boat ramp and overnight dockage.

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

BALTIMORE 1

6:30 AM Mon 1:48 PM 6:43 PM

1.9 H 0.5 L 1.2 H

12:26 AM Tue 7:08 AM 2:31 PM 7:29 PM

0.4 1.9 0.4 1.2

L H L H

1:07 AM Wed 7:47 AM 3:13 PM 8:16 PM

0.4 2 0.4 1.2

L H L H

1:52 AM THu 8:28 AM 3:55 PM 9:03 PM

0.4 2 0.4 1.2

L H L H

0.4 2 0.4 1.3

L H L H

3:34 AM SAT 10:00 AM 5:20 PM 10:45 PM

0.4 1.9 0.3 1.4

L H L H

0.5 1.8 0.3 1.4

L H L H

June 2015 Tides

Fri

2:41 AM 9:12 AM 4:37 PM 9:53 PM

4:35 AM Sun 10:50 AM 6:04 PM 11:40 PM

5:43 AM 0.5 L Mon 11:44 AM 1.7 H 6:50 PM 0.3 L

12:38 AM Tue 6:58 AM 12:40 PM 7:37 PM

1.5 0.6 1.6 0.3

H L H L

1:39 AM Wed 8:17 AM 1:38 PM 8:25 PM

1.7 0.6 1.5 0.3

H L H L

2:40 AM THu 9:33 AM 2:38 PM 9:13 PM

1.8 0.6 1.4 0.2

H L H L

3:40 AM 10:44 AM 3:38 PM 10:01 PM

1.9 0.5 1.3 0.2

H L H L

4:37 AM SAT 11:49 AM 4:37 PM 10:49 PM

2 0.5 1.3 0.2

H L H L

5:31 AM Sun 12:47 PM 5:34 PM 11:37 PM

2.1 0.4 1.2 0.2

H L H L

2.1 H 0.4 L 1.2 H

Fri

6:22 AM Mon 1:41 PM 6:29 PM

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

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis

12:25 AM Tue 7:10 AM 2:30 PM 7:22 PM

0.2 2.1 0.4 1.2

L H L H

5:14 AM Mon 11:45 AM 5:03 PM 11:06 PM

1.7 0.5 1.1 0.2

H L H L

5:54 AM Tue 12:28 PM 5:49 PM 11:46 PM

1.8 0.4 1.1 0.2

H L H L

1 1:57 AM Mon 8:03 AM 1:51 PM 8:21 PM

0.1 2.4 0.1 3

L H L H

2:48 AM Tue 8:54 AM 2:44 PM 9:13 PM

-0.2 L 2.6 H -0.2 L 3.2 H

1:12 AM Wed 7:56 AM 3:15 PM 8:12 PM

0.3 2 0.4 1.3

L H L H

5:54 AM Tue 12:29 PM 5:48 PM 11:48 PM

1.7 0.5 1.1 0.2

H L H L

6:39 AM Wed 1:13 PM 6:38 PM

1.8 H 0.4 L 1.1 H

-0.2 L 2.6 H -0.1 L 3.1 H

0.3 2 0.4 1.3

L H L H

6:35 AM Wed 1:13 PM 6:34 PM

1.7 H 0.4 L 1.1 H

L H L H

3:34 AM Wed 9:40 AM 3:31 PM 9:57 PM

1:59 AM THu 8:40 AM 3:57 PM 9:01 PM

0.2 1.7 0.4 1.1

L H L H

12:33 AM THu 7:22 AM 1:55 PM 7:27 PM

0 2.4 0 3.1

2 2:38 AM Tue 8:45 AM 2:34 PM 9:02 PM

0.4 1.9 0.4 1.3

L H L H

1:20 AM 8:03 AM 2:36 PM 8:15 PM

0.3 1.7 0.4 1.1

L H L H

-0.1 L 2.5 H 0 L 3 H

2:47 AM 9:22 AM 4:37 PM 9:50 PM

0.3 1.7 0.4 1.1

4:18 AM THu 10:24 AM 4:17 PM 10:40 PM

12:32 AM THu 7:16 AM 1:57 PM 7:23 PM

-0.1 L 2.5 H 0 L 3.1 H

3 3:20 AM Wed 9:27 AM 3:18 PM 9:44 PM

3:36 AM 10:04 AM 5:13 PM 10:39 PM

0.5 1.8 0.5 1.4

L H L H

0.3 1.7 0.4 1.1

L H L H

2:09 AM SAT 8:43 AM 3:16 PM 9:05 PM

0.4 1.6 0.4 1.2

L H L H

0 2.5 0.1 2.8

1:18 AM 7:59 AM 2:42 PM 8:15 PM

-0.1 L 2.5 H 0 L 3.1 H

4 4:03 AM THu 10:11 AM 4:04 PM 10:28 PM 5

4:27 AM Sun 10:45 AM 5:48 PM 11:29 PM

0.6 1.7 0.5 1.4

L H L H

2:09 AM SAT 8:44 AM 3:28 PM 9:12 PM

0.3 1.7 0.3 1.1

L H L H

2:59 AM Sun 9:22 AM 3:56 PM 9:58 PM

0.4 1.5 0.4 1.2

L H L H

-0.1 L 2.6 H 0 L 3.1 H

6 5:35 AM -0.1 L SAT 11:45 AM 2.6 H 5:45 PM 0 L

3:05 AM Sun 9:31 AM 4:15 PM 10:13 PM

0.4 1.6 0.3 1.2

L H L H

3:51 AM Mon 10:01 AM 4:37 PM 10:52 PM

0.5 1.4 0.4 1.2

L H L H

7 12:04 AM Sun 6:26 AM 12:38 PM 6:43 PM

0.4 1.5 0.3 1.3

L H L H

0.6 1.3 0.3 1.3

L H L H

5:14 AM 0.5 L Tue 11:15 AM 1.4 H 5:54 PM 0.2 L

12:22 AM Wed 6:24 AM 12:12 PM 6:45 PM

1.4 0.5 1.3 0.2

H L H L

12:44 AM THu 6:46 AM 12:09 PM 6:47 PM

1.4 0.7 1.2 0.3

H L H L

1:26 AM THu 7:35 AM 1:11 PM 7:37 PM

1.5 0.6 1.2 0.2

H L H L

1.4 0.7 1.1 0.3

H L H L

2:27 AM 8:43 AM 2:10 PM 8:28 PM

1.6 0.5 1.2 0.1

H L H L

2:29 AM SAT 8:45 AM 1:49 PM 8:18 PM

1.5 0.7 1.1 0.2

H L H L

3:24 AM SAT 9:47 AM 3:08 PM 9:19 PM

1.7 0.5 1.1 0.1

H L H L

3:18 AM Sun 9:40 AM 2:42 PM 9:04 PM

1.6 0.7 1.1 0.2

4:18 AM Sun 10:46 AM 4:05 PM 10:09 PM

1.8 0.5 1.1 0.1

H L H L

4:03 AM Mon 10:31 AM 3:34 PM 9:50 PM

1.8 0.5 1.1 0.1

H L H L

Fri

SAT

21 22

5:22 AM 0.6 L Mon 11:27 AM 1.6 H 6:22 PM 0.5 L

Fri

12:21 AM Tue 6:24 AM 12:10 PM 6:57 PM

1.4 0.7 1.5 0.4

H L H L

1:14 AM Wed 7:31 AM 12:54 PM 7:33 PM

1.5 0.8 1.4 0.4

H L H L

2:08 AM THu 8:42 AM 1:42 PM 8:12 PM

1.6 0.8 1.3 0.4

H L H L

1.6 0.8 1.2 0.4

H L H L

3:48 AM SAT 10:54 AM 3:28 PM 9:36 PM

1.7 0.7 1.2 0.4

H L H L

4:33 AM Sun 11:49 AM 4:23 PM 10:21 PM

1.8 0.7 1.2 0.4

H L H L

5:16 AM 12:39 PM 5:17 PM 11:07 PM

1.9 0.6 1.1 0.3

H L H L

5:58 AM Tue 1:24 PM 6:10 PM 11:55 PM

1.9 0.5 1.2 0.3

H L H L

Fri

Mon

2:59 AM 9:51 AM 2:34 PM 8:53 PM

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

4:07 AM Mon 10:21 AM 5:04 PM 11:17 PM

Fri

5:07 AM Mon 11:39 AM 4:58 PM 10:58 PM

diFFerenCes

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

Fri

4:47 AM Tue 10:42 AM 5:19 PM 11:48 PM

1:38 AM 7:47 AM 12:58 PM 7:32 PM

4:47 AM Tue 11:19 AM 4:27 PM 10:36 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

4:48 AM 10:56 AM 4:53 PM 11:14 PM

5:01 AM 11:06 AM 5:02 PM 11:21 PM

L H L H

5:42 AM 0.1 L SAT 11:49 AM 2.5 H 5:48 PM 0.2 L

12:02 AM Sun 6:23 AM 12:32 PM 6:35 PM

2.7 0.2 2.4 0.4

H L H L

3 H -0.1 L 2.6 H 0.1 L

12:43 AM Mon 7:04 AM 1:16 PM 7:25 PM

2.5 0.3 2.4 0.5

H L H L

8 12:56 AM Mon 7:20 AM 1:35 PM 7:45 PM

2.9 H -0.1 L 2.7 H 0.1 L

1:27 AM Tue 7:46 AM 2:03 PM 8:17 PM

2.4 0.3 2.4 0.5

H L H L

9 1:53 AM Tue 8:17 AM 2:36 PM 8:52 PM

2.7 H -0.1 L 2.7 H 0.2 L

2:13 AM Wed 8:30 AM 2:53 PM 9:12 PM

2.2 0.4 2.4 0.6

H L H L

2:55 AM Wed 9:16 AM 3:41 PM 10:00 PM

2.6 H -0.1 L 2.8 H 0.1 L

3:04 AM THu 9:17 AM 3:45 PM 10:08 PM

2.1 0.4 2.5 0.5

H L H L

2.5 H -0.1 L 3 H 0.1 L

3:58 AM 10:06 AM 4:37 PM 11:01 PM

2.1 0.4 2.6 0.5

H L H L

5:08 AM 2.5 H 11:14 AM -0.1 L 5:48 PM 3.1 H

H L H L

12:08 AM SAT 6:12 AM 12:10 PM 6:45 PM

0 L 2.5 H -0.2 L 3.2 H

4:53 AM SAT 10:55 AM 5:29 PM 11:52 PM

2.1 0.3 2.7 0.4

H L H L

1.7 0.6 1.1 0.2

H L H L

1:05 AM Sun 7:11 AM 1:04 PM 7:38 PM

-0.1 L 2.5 H -0.2 L 3.3 H

12:39 AM Mon 6:40 AM 12:32 PM 7:06 PM

0.2 2.2 0.1 2.9

L H L H

1.7 0.6 1.1 0.2

H L H L

-0.2 L 2.6 H -0.2 L 3.3 H

0.1 2.3 0 3.1

L H L H

5:46 AM 0.7 L Wed 11:24 AM 1.2 H 6:02 PM 0.3 L

Fri

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

4:01 AM THu 10:15 AM 4:46 PM 11:07 PM Fri

1:58 AM Mon 8:04 AM 1:55 PM 8:27 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

Fri

5:48 AM 2.1 H Sun 11:44 AM 0.2 L 6:18 PM 2.8 H

1:25 AM Tue 7:29 AM 1:20 PM 7:52 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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Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Mon

Tue

501 1.1 1147 -1 1752 0.5 2319 -0.6

156 910 1614 2109

541 1.2 1229 -1.1 1836 0.5

0 -0.6 621 1.2 1310 -1.1 1920 0.5

13 SAT

44 -0.6 702 1.1 1352 -1.1 2004 0.5

130 -0.6 746 1.1 1433 -1.1 2049 0.6

Wed 235 950 1656 2156 THu

Fri

317 1030 1737 2244 402 1111 1816 2336

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Max Current Speed

38 554 1224 1920

317 -0.5 916 0.8 1549 -1 2219 0.7

135 Mon 653 1306 2000

413 -0.5 1006 0.7 1634 -0.9 2307 0.7

255 1.2 939 -1 1536 0.5 2114 -0.8

232 758 1350 2040

511 -0.5 1059 0.6 1719 -0.8 2356 0.8

3 719 1411 1903

346 1.3 1032 -1.1 1633 0.5 2207 -0.8

327 Wed 908 1437 2120

52 Mon 807 1503 2000

435 1.3 1123 -1.1 1727 0.6 2259 -0.7

141 853 1550 2056

524 1.3 1210 -1.2 1818 0.6 2350 -0.7

THu

Fri

Sun

108 1 738 -0.8 1330 0.5 1926 -0.8

202 1.1 841 -0.9 1435 0.5 2020 -0.8

629 1313 1804

439 1054 1606 2227 535 1208 1705 2315

Sun

Tue

THu

Slack Water Max Current Speed

136 702 1359 2020

356 0.7 1048 -1.4 1644 0.9 2342 -1.3

623 1115 1807

310 -1.3 836 0.6 1502 -1.4 2101 1.2

242 757 1451 2120

504 0.7 1145 -1.5 1741 1.1

35 Wed 708 1158 1848

351 -1.4 921 0.6 1546 -1.4 2142 1.2

41 -1.4 600 0.8 1237 -1.5 1828 1.2

612 -0.5 1156 0.5 1806 -0.8

118 753 1244 1933

432 -1.4 1004 0.7 1630 -1.4 2224 1.2

137 -1.5 650 0.8 1329 -1.5 1913 1.3

45 0.8 711 -0.6 1256 0.4 1854 -0.7

200 840 1334 2022

517 -1.4 1049 0.7 1718 -1.4 2308 1.2

133 0.9 809 -0.7 1356 0.4 1942 -0.7

243 930 1428 2116

608 -1.4 1139 0.7 1814 -1.3 2358 1.1

220 1 903 -0.7 1454 0.4 2030 -0.6

328 1020 1528 2212

703 -1.4 1234 0.7 1917 -1.2

640 1333 1809

305 1 953 -0.8 1548 0.4 2117 -0.6

420 1021 1528 2200

Mon 543 1032 1729 2355 Tue

102 558 1340 1928

314 0.4 950 -1 1625 0.6 2236 -0.7

620 1125 1804

320 -1.6 832 0.8 1509 -1.5 2051 1.3

201 642 1421 2022

414 0.4 1039 -1 1717 0.7 2334 -0.8

37 Wed 710 1211 1851

405 -1.5 924 0.8 1553 -1.5 2139 1.2

258 727 1501 2112

510 0.4 1127 -1.1 1755 0.8

54 1 757 -1.4 1332 0.7 2019 -1.2

121 800 1258 1939

448 -1.5 1011 0.8 1634 -1.4 2224 1.2

509 1210 1802

150 0.9 850 -1.4 1431 0.8 2123 -1.1

203 850 1346 2029

533 -1.4 1058 0.7 1716 -1.2 2309 1.1

27 Wed 606 1305 1915

249 0.8 947 -1.4 1535 0.8 2235 -1.2

243 939 1432 2118

620 -1.3 1148 0.6 1804 -1.1 2357 0.9

316 -0.5 923 0.9 1601 -1 2226 0.7

230 Wed 937 1635 2152

610 1.2 1256 -1.2 1907 0.6

134 Mon 700 1325 2014

418 -0.5 1019 0.8 1649 -0.9 2319 0.8

41 -0.7 657 1.2 1340 -1.1 1955 0.7

524 -0.6 1119 0.7 1739 -0.9

132 -0.6 742 1.1 1423 -1.1 2043 0.7

1 Mon 723 1424 1901

349 1.1 1039 -0.9 1639 0.4 2203 -0.6

13 0.9 632 -0.7 1224 0.6 1832 -0.8

224 -0.6 829 0.9 1506 -1 2131 0.7

431 1.2 1122 -1 1725 0.4 2249 -0.6

Tue

237 815 1415 2056

Wed 339 935 1509 2141

THu

Fri

SAT

319 1020 1718 2247 409 1101 1800 2342 500 1142 1840

Sun

Tue

43 805 1509 1952

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

46 0.8 751 -1.1 1333 0.5 1950 -0.9

230 -1.5 740 0.8 1420 -1.5 2002 1.3

Fri

33 553 1238 1934

556 1236 1715 2320

Mon 357 1119 1617 2303

708 -1.2 1241 0.6 1858 -1

222 0.5 907 -1 1521 0.5 2132 -0.7

SAT

320 1029 1521 2209

2 Wed 514 1257 1829

THu

Sun

Fri

Sun

135 0.6 829 -1 1425 0.5 2039 -0.8

220 -0.5 832 1 1516 -1 2136 0.6

509 1132 1621 2240

THu

434 1209 1723

454 1154 1855

Fri

Slack Water Max Current Speed

SAT

Tue

Slack Water Max Current Speed

229 -1.2 752 0.6 1418 -1.4 2020 1.1

SAT

Sun

Mon 415 1114 1641 2318 Tue

SAT

Sun

346 851 1542 2215 440 946 1631 2305

Mon 531 1037 1718 2352 Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

347 813 1540 2159

Mon 430 902 1619 2244 Tue

510 953 1659 2326

22 -0.9 554 0.5 1212 -1.2 1830 0.9 107 -1 634 0.5 1257 -1.3 1905 1 155 -1.1 716 0.6 1346 -1.4 1946 1.2

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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T he I n v asion of the

Zebra Mussel

hile it seems like the title for a sci-fi film starring Sigourney Weaver, the proliferation of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) would more likely be a horror movie. When it arrived in the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, the zebra mussel became the poster child for invasive aquatic species, raising public consciousness about ballast water discharge and creating a new sub-branch of ecology. It is thought that a single commercial tanker from the Black Sea was responsible for bringing the zebra mussel into the Great Lakes. Within a year, it had spread into the Illinois River. Today, such mussels are present in the entire 1.2 million-square-mile Mississippi River Watershed. Damage from the impacts of the zebra mussel on human and natural systems is in the billions of dollars. How can a mollusk that grows to a maximum size of one inch wreak so much havoc? Invasive species are non-native species that have been transported to a habitat where they were not formerly present. A species is considered invasive if it outcompetes or preys on native species, reducing biodiversity and altering ecosystems. Zebra mussels are extremely effective filter feeders (one liter/ day) and can have considerable impact on phytoplankton and micro zooplankton abundance. Whenever there is a disruption to the base of the food chain, the effects will reverberate up the trophic levels. After a three- to five-day planktonic larval phase, the zebra mussel attaches by means of a “byssus,” an organ near its foot consisting of many threads, to a stable substrate. Substrates can include rock, boats, pipe, other zebra mussels, native bivalves, plants, and even crayfish. They then form dense colonies called “druses.” The mussels can quickly clog intake pipes for water systems and power plants and damage 40 June 2015 spinsheet.com

by Pamela Tenner Kellett

boat motors (hence the billion dollar price tag). Zebra mussels are a freshwater species that can tolerate low levels of salinity (less than 10 parts per thousand), so much of the Chesapeake Bay is not suitable habitat. However, the

##False dark mussels are native to the Chesapeake and known to enhance water quality. Photo courtesy of John Cassani

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers these tips for boaters and anglers who use the Susquehanna River and Upper Chesapeake Bay. • Remove aquatic plants and mud from boats and trailers and put debris in trash containers.

• Drain river water from motors, bilges, live wells, bait buckets, and coolers.

• Dispose of unused live bait on shore, far from the river or Bay in trash containers. ##Invasive zebra mussels tolerate low levels of salinity.

Susquehanna River and Upper Chesapeake rivers, such as the Sassafras, have seen exponential growth in zebra mussels since they were first reported in the Chesapeake within the last decade. Monitoring of intake pipes at the Susquehanna and Baltimore City’s three reservoirs is ongoing. The Mid Atlantic Panel on Invasive Aquatic Species, overseen by Maryland Sea Grant, has taken a lead role in regional control efforts. Zebra mussels are difficult and expensive to control once introduced, so it is best to prevent them from spreading. Note that the false dark mussel (pictured above) is native to Chesapeake Bay waters and is known to enhance water quality.

• Rinse boats, motors, trailers, live wells, bait buckets, coolers, and scuba gear with high pressure or hot water between trips to different water bodies. • Dry everything at least two days (preferably five days) between outings.

• Limit place to place boating, particularly between the Susquehanna and Upper Bay to other water bodies in Maryland where zebra mussels haven’t invaded. About the Author: Pamela Kellett, a gradutate student in environmental science at Johns Hopkins University, holds a 200 Ton Near Coastal Master/ 500 ton Ocean Mates license and used to be the captain of Lady Maryland.

Bufflehead

##Bufflehead runs stern first down the ways.

The first new Chesapeake Bay log canoe since 1979

Photos and story by Al Schreitmueller

ufflehead is named for a small and beautiful duck sporting green and purple head plumage with a distinctive white back cap, which flies local migratory routes. The Chesapeake log canoe was built over the fall and spring of 2014-2015 at St Michael’s Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM). Her dimensions are 22 feet on deck, 20 feet and three inches on the waterline, 30 feet overall with a beam of four feet and seven inches, making her one of the smaller canoes floating today. She is based on a Robert B. Lambdin design adapted by the shop foreman Michael Gorman. Gorman started as an apprentice in St. Michaels, but added a variety of wooden boat skills in shops along the Maine and Washington State coasts. CBMM used traditional handtool methods of construction for the most part. The canoe is a three-log build with G-flexed wood dowels holding the logs together. Butterfly joints are visible in the sole, extending down about two inches into the logs. The logs are 16-inch loblolly pine grown close by at the Aveley Farm, and the construction is best described as Tilghman-style. Decks are fir. Initial spars, sails, and hiking boards will be borrowed from the log canoe Marianne to develop the balance between speed and stability in an iterative fashion.

Chesapeake Bay log canoes are unballasted except for the boardmen moving in and out on hiking boards. Bufflehead expects four crew, with one boardman. She will start with a 32-foot foremast, a 25-foot mainmast and some 460 square feet of sail area. “This is the first log canoe to be built since 1979, when Tenaceous [spelled the British way] joined the fleet,” said CBMM chief curator Pete Lesher. “Bufflehead is a great addition to the fleet, and we’re proud of the craftsmanship and skills put into creating her.” The project was as much about documenting the local historical methods as it was putting a racing canoe in the fleet. Compared to the pocket racing canoe Island Bird, she is five feet and four inches shorter on deck and nearly a foot narrower. The bowsprit on Bufflehead looks a bit more conservative, but her plumb bow will cut through the chop nicely. Getting clear air away from the bigger canoes will be important. She is scheduled to start racing at the end of July and will likely sport the number 24. There are plans to refit Marianne for racing, and perhaps a sub-class may take shape and encourage more building and racing among these unique Bay craft. To see more photos and a time-lapse video of the boat build in progress, visit spinsheet.com/bufflehead

##CBMM president Kristen Greenaway lightly provides the first test.

##In sailing trim, Bufflehead will be most comparable with #4 Island Bird.

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Livin’ on a Prayer A Father’s Day Story By Dave Gendell

##Woah, we’re half way there...

crabber can purchase chicken necks at the Giant supermarket in Annapolis. This fact, alone, should provide a degree of comfort to those concerned about the present and future state of the city. On some days, the crabber must specifically ask for chicken necks at the butcher counter. On other days, they are out in the display case with the rest of the chicken parts. Be advised that there is no code for chicken necks in Giant’s digital inventory system, so they are tagged and rung up as “Chicken Backs.” Local knowledge. Knowing all of this makes me happy as I carry a plastic bag of chicken necks out of the store early on a bright morning in late July. A craftsman aims to match tool to task. He is never comfortable with the compromises of a generalist. A craftsman maintains access to a carefully selected variety of high-quality, specialized instruments. An important,

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and most satisfying, part of any project is knowing what tool is required to do the job followed by the very act of reaching and then finding it ready and available. This is part of what separates the craftsman from the novice. This is what elevates the experience from a tossed-off chore to a honed process. Match tool to task. Chicken Necks for crabbing, not Chicken Backs. Proper. In the same spirit, a Chesapeake River Rat aims to have a small fleet of vessels and a wide breadth of options at his disposal. A well-chosen, close-at-hand collection of disparate small craft will satisfy the River Rat in a way that no single large boat ever could. Match tool to task. This floating flexibility is especially important when young children are in the mix. With kids, a menu of options is the key feature. Timelines are condensed. The ability to move from idea to afloat in the shortest pos-

sible window of time is highly desirable, as is the ability to shift destination, or even vessels, at a moment’s notice. I was raised a Chesapeake Bay River Rat—black mud between toes, crabbing by flashlight in the humid pre-dawn; warm, teenage beers on Dobbins Island; a chalky blue beater Laser purchased at 14 with lawn-mowing money… For the past 13 years I have been a dad as well. The two roles are both now in my blood, but they do not always synch well, especially in these worried and over-scheduled days. Some parents do not even allow their kids to swim in the Bay! But between Lazer Tag, lacrosse practice, endless lunches at Panera, and trips to the toy section at Target, our family carries the line forward in our own modest way. We sail, we fish a little, we go crabbing, we spend the night at anchor, we drop the kids off at sailing camp, we scrub the boats, we console each other when a new bathing suit is turned yellowy-brown by the Bay, we drag the crew behind the boat in plastic tubes, we rig a tiny windsurfer sail and stand the kids up with it, we swim in the Bay… It’s never enough for me, of course but we try. We try.

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ig Day. A. Big. Big. Day,” ##A well-chosen collection of disparate small craft will satisfy the River Rat. I announce, bursting into the house with the chicken necks and a melting bag of ice. Eyes roll. Electronic devices are consulted. Something about sunscreen is mentioned. Somewhere a door slams. Thirty minutes later, the boy and I are anchored in the sunlight with six crab lines deployed. We float a few feet above the muddy shelf at the mouth of Lake Ogleton. Our lines murmur a couple of times with a gentle tug of promise, but for more than an hour, they hang inactive. I tell the boy that the crabs can smell the Giant air-conditioning on the chicken. He considers this for a moment and then packed lunches, two big inflated tubes, agrees. It’s time to shift the scene. These and a heap of polypropylene towline. choice days of high summer are best spent Thanks, Mom! We are soon underway purposefully moving from small, wet boat with both tubes planing and broad smiles to small, wet boat. That’s the way. flashing. After a few runs I overhear the A few minutes later, after a cell phone words “ice cream” passed among the crew. call, the older sisters arrive at the pier with

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tenth time. They protest, and the breeze builds. A compromise is quickly reached. I will tow them in their tubes all the way into Back Creek where we will pull the tubes aboard the powerboat, tie it off, ##Floating flexibility is and move onto the day’s especially important when children are in the mix. next adventure. It is all a hot summer daydream for the River Rat but likely an overreach for the dad. Undaunted, I push The three kids have recently discovupriver as our Bon Jovi soundtrack repeats. ered the classic 1980s song “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi. I blast it on through hirty minutes later we have shifted the boat speakers on request, over and boats and raised the mainsail. I cleat over. The morning turns into afternoon, off the mainsheet and quickly cut the and a warm southerly breeze begins to engine. “We’re not even out of the show itself across the surface. As always, creek yet,” one of them says. “It’s a sailing trip it is the lure of that building summer now,” I answer, perhaps a bit too cavalierly. southerly that shifts the storyline. Almost immediately the sloop heels over There is a clean and beautiful sloop, with varnished port toerail dragging in the silent in the sun and tugging on its lines warm water. I decide to hold off on unfurling about two miles upriver. We have perthe jib. As we move from creek out into the mission. We know the companionway river, the waves suddenly seem a lot sharper lock combination. We have access to the than they had on the powerboat. The breeze right tool for the next job. pushes through 15 knots, and the crew is “New plan,” I announce enthusiastiunhappy. The crew is very unhappy. cally as Bon Jovi winds down for the

Suddenly, there are shiny rivers of tears running down sun-kissed cheeks. There is a heartbreaking howling. I can blame dehydration. I can blame the heat. I can be frustrated with them for worrying too much about the waves and the heeling. I can blame Mom, who opted to stay home for this one. Hand on the tiller, I silently run through all of these routes in my head, but I know that I have pushed too hard. Over-scheduled and over-reached. I have attached my own ambitions to the kids. I interrupted tubing and derailed ice cream dreams to chase my own faded memories in the warm southerly. I pull the tiller up under my chin. The stern swings through the breeze with a whoosh of whitewater. The big main gybes across in one smooth sweep. Just five minutes out of the creek and now we are heading for home with an ice cream stop along the way. I smile a little smile and now the kids do, too. About the Author: Dave Gendell is the co-founder and former editor of SpinSheet. He lives in Annapolis with his family.

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Family Boating Know-How

etting the whole family out on the water for the day can be a feat of strength: the kit and caboodle associated with small children can often make a day of yard work look attractive, and teenagers can be a chore to take anywhere. But that doesn’t have to be the case! Whether your children are infants or teenagers, there is a place for them on the boat.

Here are some of our best tips for getting everyone involved and having fun.

1. Find the right life jacket. Your child won’t want to wear it if it isn’t comfortable, and so it’s worth shopping around. Often life jackets will zip too close to the child’s chin, which will make them feel pinched. Others, like this LL Bean jacket seen on the right, offer a deeper neck enclosure. 2. Embrace the boating lifestyle at home, and at an early age. Draw boats when you color with your child; read stories about pirates and explorers; practice tying knots around the dinner table. 3. Carry food for wildlife. Feeding the ducks is an experience the whole family can enjoy, but know that bread is actually not good for wild waterfowl. Instead, feed them cracked corn, grapes cut in half, peas, barley, oats, and even birdseed. 4. Let them play in the dinghy or tender. If you have older children, putting them in the tender and tying it to your transom will allow your child to be the captain of her own ship. She’ll feel confident and independent, and will have a great time playing in the safety of your vision (in her life jacket, of course). And this will give your cockpit a moment of quiet respite, too. 5. Keep it short. Even though we know multiple children who are experiencing happy, adventurous childhoods as liveaboard sailors, most kids only have the attention span for a half day or less on the boat. When you’re starting out with small children, be sure to keep your time on the water on the shorter side to keep everyone happy and having fun. 6. Get special boat toys. Buy your child a simple tackle box and let him fill it with special “boat toys” that he can leave onboard. AbFollow us!

sence truly does make the heart grow fonder, and these will keep him occupied while you’re casting off and underway. 7. Look for children’s sizes. You can find kids’ fishing poles, binoculars, and walkie talkies to make them feel like they’re right there in the mix with you and your gear, and will keep them from poking through your stuff. 8. Let them choose the soundtrack. Yes, listening to the Frozen soundtrack too many times will definitely kill you. But that’s exactly what they think about your yacht rock. Suck it up and share. By the time they are teens, you can just completely forget about being in charge of the music (see Dave G.’s story to the left). 9. Give the kids a job. Unless you’re racing, it’s okay if you aren’t sailing at peak performance. Younger children can be on lookout for ships on the horizon, or keeping the lines clean and coiled. Older children can be in charge of the VHF radio, help navigate, watch your tell tales, or even help dock the boat. Give teenagers specific jobs for both preparing the boat to cast off and also after tying up; once the job is completed, they’re free to be on their own. 10. Allow them to bring friends. Generally, siblings don’t bicker or fight in front of other children. Bringing an extra kid along will save you in the long run. 11. And most importantly: Remember to have fun. If you’re yelling at your child and being stressed out about what they’re getting into, your kids will quickly pick up on that and want to get off the boat. Stay safe, chill out, and enjoy your time on the water.

The Essentials 1. Sunscreen. There is never enough on a boat. 2. Get swimming. You’re never too young to take lessons. 3. Make a first aid kit. Update your kit at the start of every season, and be sure to pack kid-friendly medicines and bandages in it. 4. Child-proof your boat just as you would your home. 5. Happy Hour is for Everybody. It’s very important to make sure your kids stay hydrated on the water, so make it fun. Pack juice, root beer, or other special drinks for the youngsters to enjoy while you’re drinking your cocktails.

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Saying Goodbye to

Rose Anne by Joe Haran

inding the boat of your dreams begins like this. The sun is setting as we drive near Annapolis toward the Bay Bridge and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I’m talking to my girlfriend Ronni, who is to become my wife and sailing partner, telling her how much I love the idea of sailing; that by owning my own boat I can gain the knowledge and experience to become a real sailor. She pauses for a moment and says, “Well then, why don’t you get one?” Boatyards and marinas surround us. We pull off Route 50 and find a marina office with the lights still on. I tell the broker what I’m looking for: a moderately sized,

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seaworthy craft with a full keel. He reaches into his desk and pulls out a file saying “This just came in. It hasn’t even been put up for sale yet.” I open the folder, and there she is. Her lines speak to me: a beautiful full sweeping keel with an overhang at the stern, proportions that just “look right,” the way I think a proper sailboat should look. I don’t realize I’m responding to the classic Carl Alberg design, the legendary Alberg 30. The room goes quiet. Ronni gives me that special look. There’s a soft voice inside my head saying “Yes.” My experience is pretty thin, a few afternoons spent on a rented Sunfish or on someone else’s sloop. I find out just how

thin the first time I take Rose Anne’s helm. All seems well as the surveyor and I make passage up the Little River north of Baltimore. Approaching the dock at close to full throttle I realize I have no idea how to stop. I’m thinking to myself, “Where’s the brake on this thing?” The surveyor’s eyes are getting wide. I hand him the tiller with the words, “Sorry, I don’t’ know how to do this.” In the last seconds he takes control, gently nudging the pilings as we come to a safe landing. A few weeks later a friend and I take Rose Anne north up the Chesapeake Bay. Entering the C&D Canal, the engine starts to sputter. Night’s coming on. We

barely make it to the dock at Schaefer’s Canal House. The battery has run down. The alternator’s not charging. The surveyor missed this little detail. My friend and I walk the streets of Chesapeake City at dusk, luckily finding an open auto parts store and a fresh battery to get us on our way. The battery has enough juice to get us to Philadelphia’s waterfront. I find a marina underneath the Ben Franklin Bridge, and the service manager takes me under his wing. His shop installs the first of what will be numerous upgrades for Rose Anne in the coming years: replacing the original gate valves with Marelon seacocks and, of course, installing a new alternator. I work and live downtown. Rose Anne and I are under sail while my colleagues fight rush hour traffic. I slide pass large freighters, tugs, and racing J/boats while traffic inches along on the expressway. The Delaware River flows backward during some parts of the tide cycle. I’m under full 150 genoa and main, heeled over, rail in the water and yet motionless against the shore. On weekends Ronni and I take Rose Anne up river past commercial traffic and watch the skyline of Philadelphia disappear behind our stern. Late afternoon sun paints gold on the tops of the tall buildings. Ronni handles the tiller. We ghost along in a light wind. Ronni and I get married. As the years go by, our family situation changes, providing us the chance to return with Rose Anne to the Chesapeake Bay. We find a place on the Sassafras River, a 660-square-foot log cabin that comes with a deep water mooring. We sail Rose Anne south on a moonless night, our daughters sleeping in the bunks below. They never stir, even with our loud conversation and maneuvers as we struggle to find the entrance to the C&D Canal. At dawn, we stop at Schaefer’s for breakfast, and what do you know, there’s my work buddy, the one who helped me pilot Rose Anne to Philly so many years ago. He’s pulled up to the gas dock with his powerboat. My daughters are amazed, not by the chance encounter but that someone would call a boat Cold Duck. Ronni and I sail the Upper Bay and discover Chesapeake boating, the tall sloping banks of the Sassafras, gunkholing in the spring as geese leave, ospreys arrive, and the Bay comes alive. Fall evenings anchored in Worton Creek, we watch the last rays of the sun set the foliage colors on fire. First stars wink into view above our mast. Follow us!

Year follows year, and our appreciation of the Bay’s magic only deepens. And yet, no matter how idyllic things might be, sailors will wonder what it’s like to break the routine, leave the comfort and security of the familiar, and head out to parts unknown. We dream new dreams and make new plans. We continue working on Rose Anne, adding roller furling and upgraded rigging for the passages to come. Finally, thinking we’re as ready as we’ll ever be, we cast off for waters south and the IntraCoastal Waterway. I don’t know if there’s a better way to see the East Coast than sailing along her at five knots. Places that we’ve heard about

At some point, you realize that the world is bigger than the fictional boundaries that cover our maps. from our cruising friends now become real: Norfolk Naval Yard, the Rock Pile, Charleston Harbor, Beaufort and Beaufort, the tidal grass lands of Georgia. We learn to set two anchors. Weather savvy and coastal navigation skills improve. We measure time in mile markers, bridges cleared, and sounds and rivers crossed. Entering Florida, we celebrate, not realizing how far we still need to go. We reach Lake Okeechobee after a long drought and become the first deeper draft vessel to make the crossing in years. After seven weeks, we complete our journey, sailing up the West Coast of Florida into Tampa Bay. And throughout the journey Rose Anne amazes us with her seaworthiness, ease of handling and grace. She is our Talisman opening the door to these adventures. She is the magic carpet to our dreams. We sail the West Coast and fall in love with its laid-back “Old Florida” lifestyle. We re-cross Okeechobee to Lake Worth and the Palm Beaches. One cloudy morning, I turn the key on the old iron jib, and a mournful sound rumbles up from below.

The venerable Atomic 4 that has served us so well all these years has finally given up the ghost. A full repower is something Ronni and I don’t want to tackle on our own, so we contract with Rybovich Spencer to do the “heavy lifting.” Each day we work in the peak of Florida summer heat so intense by late afternoon that we can’t tell a wrench from a screwdriver. After six weeks we launch her with a brand new Yanmar diesel. We leave for The Keys the following spring. Anchoring off Elliot Key for a week, we snorkel the warm waters of Biscayne Bay National Park, taking dinghy trips to the deserted Ranger Station. We sail up the coast to West Palm Beach Inlet for a layover and then cross the Gulf Stream in darkness; the lights of large freighters pass us in the Florida Straits. The swell kicks up and Rose Anne confirms again she’s a true blue water cruiser. Pastel dawn breaks over Grand Bahama Island. We sight the rock jetty entrance to West End. For the next two months, we sail the Sea of Abaco, beachcombing deserted stretches of sand for treasure, stopping at local settlements for food and drink and the company of other cruisers. Rose Anne’s four-and-a half-foot draft is perfect for these shallow, crystal clear waters. We glide over fields of red starfish on the white sand below. At some point, you realize that the world is bigger than the fictional boundaries that cover our maps. It’s bigger than the marks on our charts and the measurements we take in latitude and longitude. There’s something about the space we share with our loved ones and our vessel that hides a secret dimension where our hearts and minds and dreams live all bundled up together. That’s the space that Ronni and I have been lucky enough to share with Rose Anne. And now it’s time to say goodbye. We’re back on the Chesapeake Bay and age, health, and the stage of our life say it’s time. Time for Rose Anne to find her next partner in the journey. We’ll launch her for one last season, cruising the local waters we love so much. And then she’ll decide. She’ll find her next owner the way she found us. Maybe it will be another couple who’s starting to dream the way we did. Maybe a single hander who’s ready to pull up anchor for the territory ahead. It’s really not up to us anymore. She’ll find the one who’ll sail her where she needs go. spinsheet.com June 2015 47

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ne of the things we love most about array of lunch, dinner, and even Hampton is its walkability. Easily ice cream options. Be sure to accessible by land or by sea, and check out the Hampton Seafood full of Southern Bay hospitality, what’s not Market for fresh, local food in to love? Southern Bay race week kicks off a casual atmosphere. The Old May 29, as well as the Hampton BlackHampton Ice Cream Parlor boasts beard Festival, besides a multitude of other 32 flavors of ice cream, as well on-land and on-water happenings in the as old fashioned floats and even month of June. “pupsicles” for your furry friends. Upon arrival, the first thing you will Goody’s Deli is perfect for a quick ##The historic 1920s carousel, a Hampton staple. Photo courtesy of Hampton want to do is stroll the streets of downbite and features “the best music Convention & Visitor Bureau town. For the boaters, there are four public boat ramps and nearly a Campus and maybe even dozen amenity-rich mathe Emancipation Oak. rinas. In the heart of it After the Emancipaall is the historic Hamption Proclamation was ton carousel, a restored passed, the peaceful 1920 merry-go-around shade of a young Oak that is one of only 200 tree served as the first antique carousels left in classroom for newly the United States. freed men and women Nearby is the Virginia in the area. With limbs Air and Space Center, now spanning over a featuring more than ##Hampton waterfront. Photo courtesy of Hampton Convention & Visitor Bureau hundred feet in diam100 “hands-on” exhibits eter, the historic oak is that tell the story of air designated as one of the and space exploration. See the Apollo 12 on the block.” Then there’s Marker 20 10 Great Trees of the World by the command module, “visit Mars,” or take in on Queens Way, an easy walk from the National Geographic Society. a film at the 3D IMAX theatre. Also of Hampton River waterfront and a popular With history on the brain, the next interest is the Air Power Park where guests sailors’ and anglers’ hangout. In March, logical step is historic Fort Monroe, can take a self-guided tour of the outSpinSheet hosts our Hampton Crew located on the outskirts of downtown door displays. Bring a kayak to launch on Party there. Hampton. After three enslaved men Newmarket Creek or simply relax on the After refueling with libations and escaped to the Fort from the Confederfloating dock. There is also a playground some delicious seafood, make sure to ate Army, Union General Benjamin for the youngsters. continue your stroll. If you cross the F. Butler deemed them “contraband At about this time you’re probably ready bridge on Settler’s Landing Road, you of war” and refused to return them. for some grub. Downtown offers a dizzying can take in the Hampton University These policies would eventually lead to 48 June 2015 spinsheet.com

BENETEAU SAIL | LAGOON CATAMARANS | BROKERAGE the Emancipation Proclamation, and hence, the Emancipation oak. Be sure to check out the casemate museum, bring a fishing pole, or simply relax on the beach. (For more background on the Fort, see page 106). In regards to scheduled happenings, we’ve rounded up a few. First off is Southern Bay Race Week, May 29-31, hosted by the Hampton YC, the Cruising Club of Virginia, and Old Point Comfort YC. If you will be racing, best of luck, but if not, try to take in the action from the Hampton waterfront. Also that weekend is the annual Hampton Blackbeard Festival. The event kicks off with a Pirates Ball Friday night with a required dress code of creative black tie or period attire. Tickets are $35 in advance: (757) 7278314. Saturday and Sunday be prepared for street skirmishes between pirates and militia, an exhilarating re-enactment of the famous Blackbeard sea battle (featuring two full-scale replicas

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in Hampton Harbor!), three visiting tall ships, and a slew of activities for the kids. At 9 p.m. May 30, there will be a dramatic fireworks display over the Hampton River. For more info, hampton.gov/ blackbeard. June 20 get ready for “Slide the City.” Prepare for a wet afternoon as you join fellow revelers on the 1000-foot slip-nslide spanning the Washington Bridge on Settler’s Landing Road. You heard me. 1000-foot water slide. June wraps up with the annual Hampton Jazz Festival, June 26-28, at the Hampton Coliseum; featuring the best of jazz, pop, blues, R&B, and soul for over 40 years. One of Hampton’s favorite female singers, Jill Scott, will perform, along with Jennifer Hudson, Frankie Beverly and Maze, and more. Tickets are $62 per seat, per day. hamptonjazzfestival.com So whether you’re a boater or history buff or simply find yourself in Hampton for the day, there is truly something for

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everyone. So get out there and explore this small town with a lot of spirit; try something new, attend a festival, or simply stroll the tree-lined streets. Hampton is sure to keep you coming back for more.

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A Sailor’s Guide to Powerboats by Captain Art Pine

##They don’t call them go-fast boats for nothing. Photo by Dan Phelps

ailors, have you ever encountered a powerboat and been stunned by how competent her crewmembers were at the wheel? How well they knew—and adhered to—the rules of the road? How squared-away their boat looked? Contrary to the prevailing view among sailors, you may want to be aware that all powerboaters aren’t speed-crazy dunderheads. Many are knowledgeable mariners, skilled navigators, and responsible boaters. In an effort to promote better understanding, here are some questions and answers about how powerboaters think and tips to help comprehend them.

It’s easy for me to tell how far I can trust a sailor who’s Admittedly, it’s a lot tougher. Powerboats usually are traveling much heading toward me. I can see the helmsman; assess his or faster than most sailboats can. You often can’t see the person who’s her boathandling ability; tell whether he or she knows the rules steering them because he or she is up on the flybridge or inside the wheelhouse. of the road; and observe how squared-away the vessel is. But And most sailors aren’t familiar enough with how powerboats should look to what about powerboats? How can I make similar assessments? tell how squared-away they are. But you can look for some telltale indicators.

Watch how the skipper is handling the boat. Does the captain alter course early and obviously when it’s appropriate to indicate his intention to avoid a collision? Or does he or she seem intent on holding the present course and ignoring your presence on the water? Note early whether the powerboat has a planing hull or a displacement hull. Displacement vessels, such as trawlers, can’t get up on a plane and consequently can’t go as fast, so their skippers tend to be better mariners because of it. Their slower speed often makes their crews more conscious of rules and safety.

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If the other boat is a go-fast—sometimes known as a cigarette boat—watch it carefully and hold your breath. Note: First check the skies to be sure that the noise isn’t from an errant F-18 fighter aircraft or that the Blue Angels aren’t practicing for another air show. Check how fast the powerboat is going. If she’s at full throttle on a river or in a harbor, stay on high alert. Although this isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, speed is like a stimulant to some powerboaters (no pun intended). A powerboater who’s going too fast isn’t likely to behave responsibly on other facets of boathandling.

If there’s time and the opportunity arises, watch how the helmsman handles his wake. Does the skipper seem aware that his wake may be causing problems for other boats? Does he slow down when he overtakes or passes other vessels—or just barrel past without even a clue about why others are shaking their fists at him? If you’re on a river or another tributary and you see a powerboater towing water skiers or kids in an inner tube right in the middle of a narrow channel, bow to the inevitable: slow down and sound five blasts on your horn as a danger-warning. The parent may be so caught up in the kids’ enjoyment that he’s forgotten about the risks.

Don’t assume that powerboaters (or even sailors) know and follow the rules of the road. Although some powerboaters are knowledgeable about them, many more are just out on the water to go for a ride and don’t pay attention to all that stuff. Sailors are more likely to have boned up on the rules. If you run across a bevy of small powerboats fishing, try to avoid the group entirely or stay away from their lines, if only as a matter of courtesy. The rules require sailboats to yield to fishing vessels that are deploying large trawling nets, but that doesn’t include pleasure-boaters equipped with rods and reels. Still, it doesn’t hurt to be polite. If a powerboater barrels by you, creating a big wake and forcing your crew to hang onto the boom for dear life, don’t bother yelling at him. He may well not understand why you’re upset. Better to shout “Wake!” to warn your crew members before the big wave arrives. Just as an extra, keep an ear on channel 16 of your VHF-FM radio. Is some boater dismissing another skipper’s complaint about not following the rules of the road by yelling, “I know the rules—larger

##If she’s at full throttle, stay on alert. Photo by Dan Phelps

boats have the right of way”? Unless he’s in command of a containership, stay out of his way. Remember that sailboats don’t always have the right of way over powerboats. They enjoy it only when they’re being propelled entirely by sail (and not by auxiliary engine power); when they are not in the process of overtaking another vessel; and when they are

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Charter Notes

by Kaylie Jasinski

##Jason Pinter and Holly Foster (at the helm).

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ith the weather warming up it is becoming harder and harder to stay cooped up in an office, but on April 28, Team SpinSheet had the pleasure of spending a sunny Tuesday out of the office and sailing in St. Michaels. The Inn at Perry Cabin (now owned by Belmond) is located on the shores of the Miles River and has a reputation for being the place to go in St. Michaels. Scenes from the movie “Wedding Crashers” were filmed there, and the Schooner Woodwind was featured in the film. What some may not know is that the Inn is now home to a brand new sailing school. In February 2014, the new owner of the Inn decided to start a sailing program, similar to the program at 52 June 2015 spinsheet.com

his sister resort, the Chatham Bars Inn, in Massachusetts. When inquiring about the right person for the job, Jason Pinter’s name was brought to the table. Pinter has a long and varied career in the world of Annapolis sailing, with such places under his belt as the Annapolis Sailing School, the Chesapeake Boating Club, SAIL Magazine, and the Moorings, and so it was an easy transition for him to come to St. Michaels. In the winter of 2014/2015, Pinter began drafting a business plan for the program; the boats were purchased, and on April 30 they officially became an ASA-affiliated sailing school. Currently the school has three sailboats, all painted “Stars and Stripes” blue: an Alerion Express

38 named Star Bright, an Alerion Sport 33 named Star Light, and the Midnight Star, which is a Tadorne 26. Though the sailboats have only been up and running for a short time, Pinter has already witnessed two proposals. One newlywed couple had their wedding cake and champagne while on a sunset sail. For our sail, we took out the cream of the crop, Star Bright, complete with electric winches and a self-tacking jib. The beauty of the boat, apart from its gorgeous bright work and patriotic hull, is her simplicity. She is designed for more experienced sailors, but with her advanced technology, there is more time spent enjoying the views rather than fussing with the lines.

After loading our gear below, Pinter motored us out of the slip and around the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) campus, which is conveniently located next door. CBMM is a must-see for anyone who has not yet been, and it was a special treat to view it from a different vantage point. When we asked Pinter how he became such a great tour guide, not being a native to St. Michaels, he explained how his knowledge was gleaned from a local water-taxi driver. Pinter paid him to take him around and point out important sites on the Miles River when he first came to town, and coincidentally he later hired that same driver as a charter captain for the sailing school. Currently the school employs six captains, three of whom are ASA instructors. After leaving the harbor, we motored out past the channel mark where we sat back and relaxed as Jason flipped a switch to raise the mainsail. From there we began to quickly pick up speed, and he pulled out the jib.

##The sailing fleet in front of the Inn at Perry Cabin.

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Sailing upwind was a bit chillier than expected. It wasn’t long before it was necessary to break out the ski coats, mittens, and hats, despite it being a sunny, spring day. Perhaps we were still chilled from our charter fishing trip the week before… Holly took the wheel, and when it came time to tack, she simply turned to starboard, and we watched in awe as the main sail and jib swung to leeward without any pulling or loosening of the lines on our part. Sailing downwind was even more of a breeze. It suddenly felt like spring again without the gusting of wind in our faces. The winter coats were ditched, and we finally heard the smooth tunes of Jack Johnson from the radio with the wind now behind us. “We’re surfing now!” Pinter shouted. To have that as your office… must be nice. For this trip I opted not to take the wheel, as tempting as it was. I was simply enjoying being a passenger, taking in the sights and sounds of the Bay, and trying to capture our experience from one of my favorite vantage points— behind the camera lens. To see the rest of the photos, go online to spinsheet. com/to-sail-a-pretty-boat. For more information on the sailing program, check out belmond.com/inn-at-perrycabin-st-michaels/sailing-academy.

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##Mia, Andy, Marcia, and Dennis on Sojourner acted as committee boat. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

##Ralliers meet at J/World Annapolis for a skippers meeting and barbeque the evening before departure.

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ristin and Peter Weaver are ready for a new adventure. Since purchasing their 1982 Swan 391 Upward Wing in 2012 and sailing her back through the Great Lakes and Erie Canal, the couple has not sailed their boat out of the Chesapeake Bay. Over the weekend of the summer solstice—known in sailing communities internationally as the Summer Sailstice—the couple will depart with at least 20 other boats in the 2015 ARC DelMarVA Rally. The rally, organized by the World Cruising Club, runs 450 nautical miles counterclockwise around the DelMarVa Peninsula from Annapolis to Annapolis, beginning with a captain’s briefing and social (June 20) and ending with a prizegiving dinner (June 27), with a couple of rendezvous in between. The ARC DelMarVa Rally attracts many returning sailors and a number of newcomers, some with great bluewater ambitions, others who want just a taste of it. The Weavers of Upward Wing have their eyes on a possible Caribbean 1500 rally in 2016. According to Peter, the motivations for signing up for the DelMarVa Rally were “solo helm time, at night, offshore, in a protected, ‘safe’ environment.”

##A light-air start to the 2014 ARC DelMarVa Rally off Annapolis. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

The couple, who will sail with just the two of them, has made a number of improvements to their boat in preparation for the event, including adding AIS and a Jimbuoy, inspecting the rig, replacing select fittings such as shackles on standing rigging, and replacing some running rigging and the mainsail cover. When it comes to preparing themselves, Kristen adds that they have given “a lot more deep attention to route review, charts, and weather forecasts, as well as to understanding all the equipment.” Are they apprehensive about anything? Peter says, “Old autohelm is acting erratically; repairs may not be practical in time. I would have liked to have had it as an option, but we’re prepared to have to complete the trip without it.” As the less experienced crew, Kristen notes that she is apprehensive about “just about everything… but it’s exciting!” The six-day rally is divided into three legs: the 130-mile Bay leg from Annapolis to Portsmouth, VA (the same route as the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race); the 150-mile Atlantic leg from Portsmouth to the Delaware Bay; and the last leg across the C&D Canal and home to Annapolis.

When ralliers sign up for the event, they receive a packet of information about preparation of safety equipment, navigation, and communications. Many also attended a seminar in April to get started. Sailors new to long-term cruising are often worried about details such what kind of food and how much of it to bring. Having WCC experts and other seasoned ralliers ready to share their knowledge is a huge benefit of doing such a rally. When asked about their menu, Peter responded, “Red beans and rice, jalapeno grilled cheese, huevos rancheros, stew, pasta and sauce, yoghurt, fruit…” Kristen, who writes a blog about cooking onboard, says, “I hope our menu will be more diverse than that!” Read about her culinary creations and her DelMarVa rounding on her blog at galleypirates.com. Peter is enthused about “Increasing confidence in [their] abilities to make extended trips as a couple, and setting the stage for serious conversations about trips further afield.” We will report on the rally’s start in the July issue of SpinSheet, with a detailed recap to follow in August. As the rally unfolds, find updates, photos, and a link to the live fleet tracker at spinsheet.com/ delmarva

##The Kairos crew before their 450-mile journey around the DelMarVa Peninsula.

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15 Weeks of Summer, 15 Things to Do on Your Boat by Tracy Leonard

rom Memorial Day to Labor Day stretch 15 weeks of blissful summer, 15 weeks to enjoy Chesapeake sultriness, 15 weeks to relax and spend time slowly. Here are 15 ideas for filling each of those weeks with time on your boat. Join the SpinSheet Century Club and shoot for spending 100 days on the water (and see page 26 to learn more). If 100 days aren’t possible, set your own goal. Perhaps you’ll keep a “score” card and aim for 20 days on the water. Or try to sail your age. Sail on a weeknight. Numerous clubs host beer can races filled with relaxed camaraderie, and many skippers

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need crew. Or take your own boat out for a sunset sail. The effort to get out on the water after a day’s work pays off with beautiful views and a weekday break from the concerns of land life. Invite someone new sailing. Choose a calm day and introduce someone new—a co-worker, friend, family or new crew—to the sport of sailing. Take a dinner cruise. Some of our friends call this “sailing to nowhere,” which is particularly delightful since the goal is the journey, not the destination. Pack a picnic to enjoy or bring something for the grill. Take a child sailing and help foster for the next generation an appreciation for sailing, the outdoors, and the water. Sail someplace you’ve never been before. With so many gunkholes and so much history on the Chesapeake Bay, no shortage of destinations exists. Active Captain maintains an excellent online database of sailors’s reviews of anchorages and harbors. Several print cruising guides can help pinpoint a new spot to visit as well. Try crabbing from the boat. A little string, some chicken, a net, and a patient hand are all you need to bring

some crabs aboard for steaming and capping off a terrific day of sailing. Improve your sailing skills. Spend some time practicing sail handling or make a point of sailing in breeze five knots stronger than your comfort level. When an unforeseen challenge such as a sudden squall hits, you’ll be more prepared to handle it. Sail under a bridge and look up as the mast clears. Contenders include the Bay Bridge, the bridges over the Severn River, the Thomas Johnson Bridge near Solomons Island on the Patuxent, and the Governor Harry W. Nice Bridge on the Potomac, among others. Spend a night on the Eastern Shore looking at the stars. The Perseid meteor shower, with hundreds of shooting stars, will peak around August 11 this summer and coincides with a new moon on August 14. A quiet spot on the Wye, for example, is ideal for stargazing. Take a vacation on a sailboat. Discover why the Chesapeake is consistently written up in sailing magazines as a primo destination by taking a week or two this summer to explore some of the diverse, accessible destinations that distinguish the Chesapeake as a sailor’s dream. If you don’t have your own boat,

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consider chartering from one of the many charter companies operating on the Bay. Or take a staycation at the dock and get to know something new about your home port. Take part in a raft-up or rendezvous. Meeting up with friends on the water offers a great way to reconnect over cocktails and conversation while disconnecting from modern trappings. A themed pot-luck dinner makes the gathering festive. A water gun fight adds even more spice. Sail near one of the 30 lighthouses still standing on the Chesapeake and its tributaries and imagine the lives of those long-ago lighthouse keepers and their families. Even better, learn about the history of some of the Chesapeake’s lighthouses through the web sites lighthousefriends.com and baygateways.net. Watch fireworks from the water on the Fourth of July. Check the SpinSheet calendar for a schedule of fireworks around the Chesapeake.

Or catch a natural fireworks show when lightning bugs make their appearance in early summer. Birdwatch and get to know the local waterfowl. Perhaps you’ll witness an airborne duel as a bald eagle tries to steal an osprey’s catch right from his beak. From herons to double-crested cormorants to swallows, you may ##Discover the lighthouses of the Chesapeake. grow to appreciate the Chesapeake’s birds for more onto e-bird.org, an online checklist dathan the calling cards they leave on your tabase spearheaded by the Cornell Lab deck. If you want to keep track of your of Ornithology and National Audubon sightings and contribute to citizen sciSociety. ence, you can also log your watch lists

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How To Be a Good Guest and Host

by Cindy Wallach

e have some friends, let’s call them the Smiths, who keep asking us to take them out on the Bay on our catamaran. Every time they hint at it, we dodge. We have other friends we love having aboard so much we would rearrange our schedule to take them out sailing. Truth is, some guests are a delight to have onboard, and others not so much.

Good Guest

One of the most important things to keep in mind when you’re going out sailing with someone is that the boat is their baby. Maybe they don’t say it out loud, but it’s true. Don’t press buttons, rummage through compartments, or slam doors. Do ask questions and learn the ropes. Your host would much rather you ask them to flush the head after you go than have you break or flood the toilet from inexperience. Better yet, ask for a toilet tutorial. Ask for a once over of the whole boat. And don’t be afraid to ask about anything you’re not sure about.

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And just as you would with a new baby, bring food. Having to drive guests around the Bay and also cook for them can be a little much. A bag of chips won’t cut it; bring something already prepared, nutritious, filling, and easy to eat with your hands. Moderation is everything when you’re out on a boat. There are several things you want to avoid in excess. First, avoid too much sun. You and your boat host will be in a world of pain if you let yourself become a boiled lobster while underway. It’s dangerous, it’s painful, and it’s totally preventable. A sunburned guest can quickly become a sick guest, so put on sunscreen, drink lots of water, wear a hat, stay under the bimini if possible. Sundowners out on the water are a fabulous way to relax, but out on the boat is not the place to get drunk. Try to stay hydrated and drink nonalcoholic drinks. You can save the festive rum drinks and beer for back

##Try to give your guests some moments to remember.

at the dock. If you must drink underway, go easy. Keeping guests safe is hard enough; a drunk guest is a liability to everyone. There’s one thing you need to be ready to let go of when you head out sailing with a friend, and that’s schedules. Don’t expect to cast off right when you arrive, and don’t expect to return at a particular time. Your boat-owning friends will do the best they can, but nobody can control the wind and waves. If you don’t have a loose enough schedule to give the whole day over to sailing, you may want to decline until you have more time. Put your devices aside, and enjoy the company and the amazing views. Finally, don’t sail and run. Your hosts will have been working to get the boat ready for a couple of hours before you arrived, and they will have an hour or so more work to do once you tie up at the dock. Ask how you can help. Sails will need to be folded, lines coiled, decks rinsed and scrubbed, odds and ends put away, and trash taken out. The best way to become the people who never get asked back out on the boat is by saying goodbye within minutes of arriving back at port.

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noon. You’re the captain, and ultimately everyone’s safety and comfort falls on your shoulders. A good first step is to have a pre-departure “what to expect when you’re sailing” write up that you can email to friends or family before they arrive at your boat. Give them the lowdown on what to wear (or not to wear), what to expect with timing and schedules, what to bring, and some basic safety information. It’s also a good idea to make a call or email ahead of time to work out food. It will make everyone happier to have a good variety of foods, rather than four bags of chips and salsa and nothing else. Once your guests arrive, help them stow everything and give them a chance to get comfortable with the boat before casting off. A short tour and safety talk is always a good idea. Make sure your guests understand PFD use, where and when the boom may come around, and of

course how to use the head. Going over man overboard scenarios and basic emergency protocol is wise as well. Also, give them the talk about what will happen while departing the dock. Docking maneuvers are when things can go terribly wrong, and it will all go much smoother if everyone knows their role, even if that role is to sit perfectly still and do nothing until you’re clear of the dock. Finally, for you it may just be another day on the Bay, but for your guest it can be a once in a lifetime experience. Try to give them some moments to remember. On a calm day, offer to show them how to take the helm. Play the tour guide and show them what’s what around the Chesapeake. Turn on some tunes and take some photos. Sharing sailing with friends makes it all the sweeter. Just remember, you’re all in the same boat.

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Striking Sailors’ Chords by Eva Hill

or the last several years, I’ve been saying that I’ve outgrown Jimmy Buffett. Sure, if I found myself where he was and didn’t have to make too much of an effort, I’d go to his show. But the days of buying tickets the moment they went on sale (or paying ticket “brokers” exorbitant prices), killing a day or so for tailgating and recovery, and slavishly following this tropical Pied Piper were past. I believed myself a “Parrothead” no more. Since I attend the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on an annual basis, oftentimes with sailing friends, my path and Jimmy’s happily collided in April. In the bright sunshine that capped off a weekend of otherwise violent weather, a mellow mudcovered crowd cheerfully volleyed beach balls and danced and sang along. I’d forgotten the endorphin rush of being in the company of thousands of like-minded folks who were led by this troubadour of high-spirited tales of beaches, palm trees, and boats. 60 June 2015 spinsheet.com

I’m willing to bet that most sailors have a playlist of sailing songs, either to accompany them on the water, or get them through a long winter. And I’d go further and say that many of those songs are Buffett’s. Unlike many of the artists featured on those playlists, we know that Jimmy is one of us. He’s owned sailboats and taken them to far-flung places. Judging from the tales of his adventures, our wakes have crossed. He gets us. Although I’ve long ago ceased annual attendance at Buffett concerts, Rick and I have been using the summer solstice as an excuse to host our annual Margaritaville Sailgate party. Although the party has antecedents that go back even further, for more than a dozen years our party has been a rendezvous for the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association. We dig deep into the songbook and find a tune to encourage a theme for the festivities. This year’s will be “The Wino and I Know,” so that we can throw a little wine-drinking into the mix. I’ll drape Calypso with leis and paper lanterns and attach a palm tree

to the mast while flying a Conch Republic flag from the stays. Guests festoon themselves with tropical-printed attire (thankfully, we’ve yet to see the coconut-shell bikini top on anyone!) and flipflops. Thematic libations will flow, and song-inspired snacks will feed us. And of course, we know what will be playing on the stereo, accompanying the general vibe of island-y bonhomie. Before I ever owned a boat, Jimmy’s music was aspirational. When we bought our first sailboat, we even gave it (and its successor) a moniker inspired by a Buffett song: Lattitudes based on “Changes in Lattitudes, Changes in Attitudes.” When we went cruising in the Bahamas, our (seemingly) footloose and fancy-free lifestyle could have been the model for a song or two. And now that we’re back to work, we’d like to amass some wealth (like Jimmy’s, but a smaller scale will do) so that we can do it again. Perhaps, once you’re a Parrothead, you never quite get over it…

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ailing across an ocean can A few hundred miles from the change your attitude about Azorean island of Faial, I found myself many things. It will force you to dreaming of big washing machines respect the weather, the power of the swishing away with our clothes, sheets, wind, and the size of the waves. It can and pillow cases inside, followed by huge give new meaning to small tasks, such driers blasting warm dry salt free air all as using the toilet or preparing food in over the freshly cleaned laundry. rough seas. It can make you keenly aware of how much electricity is needed for everyday things. And it can make you miss a washer and drier like you’ve never missed anything before. Stuff is always damp in the ocean. Not wet, but clammy. When we sailed across the Atlantic, I started fantasizing about doing laundry as early as the Gulf Stream. We ##Photo by Cindy Fletcher-Holden had rough heavy weather all the way to Bermuda and even though our But on arrival, we learned that 1.) The boat doesn’t leak, the salty dampness laundry facilities at the marina were tiny, found its way into what had been expensive, and the drier worked only “on clean sheets a few days earlier and into occasion;” 2.) We had the option of takclothes that were not in lockers. When ing our laundry to a “Lavenderia Service,” we pulled into St. George’s Harbor, where someone else does it all for a steep I was more excited about finding the fee; and 3.) This was how it is in Portugal. laundromat than I was about seeing Period. the island. (I still have a laundry card Well. This was going to make life from Bermuda in my wallet.) interesting since Portugal was our main Follow us!

destination. And so it was for the next two years: doing laundry wherever we went became an event that we now look back on with cherished memories. We did find many coin operated washers and driers in marinas. Some great. I can picture each one in my head. Sometimes we opted for hang drying if the air wasn’t too humid or salty. We had to rely on the laundry services a few times, but they were very expensive. One guy ruined two shirts, a pair a good shorts, and a towel. Not good. And there were a few places that we had no other option than to hand wash in buckets and hang dry. My husband, Robert, even rigged a leach line from the forestay to the mast for large things to hang. On windy days, when clothes pins wouldn’t hold, we used industrial spring clamps. In one small town in southern Portugal called Olhao (pronounced Ol yowl), we actually found an Americanstyle, do-it-yourself, coin-operated laundromat, and it was like finding spinsheet.com June 2015 61

Bluewater Dreaming continued... gold! We’d make a day of doing laundry, pulling our carts full of clothes and linens along the cobblestone streets, past cafes, castles, and colorfully tiled ancient buildings to the laundromat where we spent the afternoon washing, reading, drying, and folding. When we did laundry in marinas, we often met other cruisers and shared sea stories. Sometimes there were book exchanges in the marina laundry rooms. We left many books and picked up many, enhancing our own library. Probably the most interesting marina laundry was in the town of Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. The huge marina there is the site for the start of Jimmy Cornell’s now famous Atlantic Rally for Cruisers or ARC. Geographically, Las Palmas is an excellent starting place for sailing west across the ocean. By late October, the marina and harbor is packed full of boats getting ready to either sail with the ARC boats or cross on their own. The trade winds start to fill in

during November and blow through February, making these months the best for the crossing. The energy and excitement is tangible. And the marina laundry room is always busy. Flocking to Las Palmas is a certain breed of folks whose main goal in life is to roam around seeking big adventure, like sailing across the ocean. Here they hang around searching for boater types and asking to be crew. Like falling leaves and morning frost, these drifters show up every fall looking for a berth. The laundry room at the marina is where these guys advertise. Taped on the walls, stuck on the machines, and fluttering in the doorway are fliers, posters, and signs, selling the drifters’ talents such as juggling, singing, playing the flute, cooking, cleaning, doing card tricks, and maybe some sailing skills. These folks, and we met many, might think they are “nonconformists” by wearing baggy clown pants, long dreadlocks, funky hats, and lots and lots of beaded things. But when they all hang together, you can’t tell one from the other. I wondered how many

##Photo courtesy of facebook.com/lavandaria20.laundry.selfservice

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of them got on a boat, and if so, did they like the ocean? We got to know a few fairly well. We did see one of these guys later in Cape Verde, and he was really enjoying his trip. Another guy we met had left and then came back to Las Palmas, stating he had “issues” with the captain. The marina and the flier-filled laundry room are their main connections to the ocean crossing world, where they hope to experience a chance of a lifetime. I suspect they spend countless hours dreaming of sailing off into the trade winds, strumming their guitars or writing poetry. They probably envision sunny days filled with warm breezes and nights filled with stars. And then there’s me, dreaming of fresh dry sheets and soft towels. It’s all part of ocean sailing. But hey, I loved those warm breezes and starry nights! I even loved the heavy weather! I’d go back in a heartbeat, damp sheets and all. Just don’t get in my way when I head to the nearest washing machine when we make landfall.

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here’s not much that can improve upon the experience of sailing on the summer solstice—but we know of one way: Go sailing that day to win a free, weeklong Sunsail charter vacation in the British Virgin Islands. What’s the catch? You must sign up at summersailstice.com, list your sailing

plans, and go sailing June 20. That’s it. Even if you don’t win the grand prize, there are many other prizes and other reasons to join the worldwide celebration of sailing (see page 22). We know of many clubs gathering for Summer Sailstice events, and more are coming together as we go to print.

While you’re out on the Chesapeake on that day or any day, make sure to snap a few photos of smiling sailors and share them with SpinSheet. What we cannot fit into print, we will post to spinsheet. com/clubs. Send all club news and photos to molly@spinsheet.com by June 10 for the July issue.

Living the Dream

lub Beneteau Chesapeake Bay (CB2) members kicked off the 2015 raftup season with two fun gatherings. The first one was an ashore raftup at Henderson Wharf Marina during the 11th annual Privateer Festival in Fells Point, Baltimore. After having a great time celebrating on Thames Street, the sailing vessel Nichols Quarters hosted a ‘dock’ raftup with delicious food and grog.

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Little Round Bay in the Severn was the location for the Cinco de Mayo raftup complete with sombreros, margaritas, and tasty Mexican food… plus a few wagers on favorite horses while everyone watched the Kentucky Derby. Two major events will be held in June. The Beneteau Rendezvous (sponsored by Beneteau USA and Annapolis Yacht Sales) will be held at the Balti-

more Marine Center Lighthouse Point Marina June 5-7. At last count 10 boats have prepared for the Beneteau Owners Living the Dream (BOLD) trip June 19-28. This year’s 10-day trip is heading to the southern part of the Bay with stops at Crisfield, Cape Charles, Norfolk area, York River, and Solomon. cb2.org

##CB2 members, shown here at the Privateer Festival, look forward to the Baltimore Beneteau Rendezvous June 5-7.

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Want To Join the Welcoming Flotilla?

tephan Leader aims to organize a welcoming flotilla among the members of the Herrington Harbor Sailing Association to meet the French frigate Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hermione as she approaches Annapolis June 14 or 15. Learn more about the ship and itinerary on page 18. Boat owners along Herring Bay, West River, South River, Annapolis and beyond are welcome to join the fun. Email captstef@comcast.net if you are interested.

Women Who Sail BVI Rendezvous

tart in the British Virgin Islands. Bring water, sun, and ripening coconuts to room temperature. Add six female boat captains, 45 women sailors, four charter sailboats, and eight BYOBoats. Sprinkle in a few assorted husbands and other guests. Season liberally with Painkillers and sailing stories. What do you get? The first annual Women Who Sail Rendezvous! The Facebook group called Women Who Sail (WWS) boasts more than 5600 members worldwide, ranging from women dreaming of sailing to those with extensive experience on all kinds of boats. They share their expertise on subjects from servicing the engine to how to feather your cruising kitty and anchorage advice. They are young, old, single and partnered, and all bring their love of being on the water. WWS can count on a friendly face and support

wherever they meet and can be traced through Facebook or their WWS burgees. The online event was created on Facebook March 11, with an open invitation to members and their friends for the first annual WWS Rendezvous May 16-23. Within two weeks, details were going out to the group about the gathering, and the spark was catching fire! Using social media, women began sharing their travel plans and setting up ferry rides from St. Thomas, USVI, to Tortola, BVI. As you might imagine, women traveled from all over the country and arrived on different days to allow for flexibility and collaboration with each other. The group was still under way at print time but had planned to visit Norman Island, Virgin Gorda, Tortola, Jost Van.Dyke, and more. Stay tuned. facebook.com/groups/ womenwhosail

##The Indians in the BVI. Photo by Anne Bryant/ facebook.com/groups/womenwhosail

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##Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hermione comes up the Bay in June. Francis Latreille/ Association Hermione-La Fayette

Sharing the West River Fun

ue Bell of the Parklawn Sailing Association (PSA) calls Galesville, MD, her home port. She sails PSA’s three club boats: the Catalina 34 Pisces, Hunter 34 Voyager, and Express 30 Vivace. She took time from her busy spring sailing schedule to share some thoughts with SpinSheet.

How did you get into sailing? I started sailing at a Girl Scout camp. I owned my own twoperson “get wet on a lake” boat in my 20s. I’d tried “big boat” sailing in Galveston Bay but was not particularly enthused. I moved to the Washington, DC, area in the mid-1990s and was hooked after an introductory sail at a PSA open boat event. After a spring overnight to the Wye River, I became a devoted Chesapeake Bay cruiser for weekends and an annual week or two getaway vacation. What’s the best part about being in a cruising club? The affordability and the network of friends. I often say that I share the cost, the work, and the fun of three boats with 60 friends. Have you held an office within the club? I’ve played many roles in PSA, having been on the board as secretary, but the

##PSA member Sue Bell.

work I’ve enjoyed most was working as part of the fleet command. I was assistant bosun for the first year after acquisition of each of the boats currently in the fleet. Fleet work gave me experience with the boat systems, which bolstered my confidence as a skipper.

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Do you have a favorite recent memory from a club rendezvous or raftup? We have an unofficial group within PSA that we call the Windlasses. Our goal is to get more of our lady members on the water and prepared to qualify to skipper. My favorite memory is having two boats sail from Galesville to St Michaels for a ladies-only weekend… a wonderful getaway. Can you tell us about one interesting person you met through sailing? My PSA mentor has been Janet Goldberg. As skipper, Janet always kept it cool and fun regardless of the challenge. She was always a teacher and never a yeller. Anything else you would like to share about your sailing adventures? With PSA, I sail with people coming from a variety of sailing backgrounds. At every maintenance day and on every sail I learn something new. As with any activity, what you get out of it will be proportional to what you put into it.

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hen Stan Wujcik first joined the Parklawn Sailing Association (PSA) on the West River 30 years ago, he hoped to gain enough experience to buy his own boat. He says, “Maintaining the boat and having the additional expense of ownership was not something I wanted to take on considering ##PSA member my busy lifestyle Stan Wujcik. and the variety of interests I had. The club afforded me a reasonable cost to sail when I wanted to and to participate in the maintenance that caught my interest without having the burden of enduring all.” Here are some of his thoughts about sailing. How did you get into sailing? I have loved water sports all my life:

Paying It Forward swimming, scuba, fishing, water skiing, and downhill skiing. When I moved to the area in 1977, I wanted to experience sailing. I joined Johns Hopkins sailing club… After joining I found out that it was a group of grad students that liked to sit around and talk about sailing. I wanted more, so I took sailing lessons from Annapolis Yacht Sails (then, the Pearson dealer). I learned on Pearsons and began to charter. After chartering for two years, I found PSA. Have you held an office within the club? I have been the club’s commodore, fleet captain, training officer, and a boat bosun. Each of these positions added to the

overall experience I have gained and the fun that I have received from the sport of sailing and the club. I have learned a lot about human nature, running a small not-for-profit corporation, boat maintenance, safety, and boat handling. I’m still learning each and every time I sail; it never stops. Can you tell us about one interesting person you met through sailing? The most interesting person I have met is Louise Burke. After learning to sail, I was hungry for some ocean or blue water experience. Louise was the head coach of Navy Offshore Sailing for the Naval Academy and gave me the opportunity to assist in a boat delivery from Bermuda to Newport, RI, after the Newport to Bermuda Race. Since then I have assisted Louise on several deliveries to and from the British Virgin Islands and from Camden, ME, to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, including several ICW transits. As a result, I have been on many ocean transits in all types of weather conditions. Louise took a chance and gave me a chance, and I have been paying this forward ever since.

A Great Way to Escape

f you sail out of Annapolis’s Back Creek, you may see Celeste and Mark Streger heading out the mast-lined creek and into the open Bay. Like the other club members we have interviewed this month, the duo manages to sail actively without owning their own boat. Through their membership with Chesapeake Boating Club (CBC) in Eastport, they have access to 20 daysailers and cruisers. Here’s what they wanted to share with SpinSheet readers: How did you get into sailing? We started several years ago by taking classes at several J/World locations in Newport and Annapolis. What’s the best part about being in a cruising club? The best part of CBC is that we do not have to the maintain the boats. The staff does a great job of maintenance, so the boats are always ready to sail. Paul Mikulski, Kevin Ryman, and Alex Berg are focused on keeping the boats in great shape and ready to sail so that club members can focus on sailing and having fun. With a variety of boats there is never an issue of not being able to go sailing.

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Do you have a favorite recent sailing memory? We cruised last year through the narrows at Tilghman Island on the way to Cambridge. That was a great sail, and we stayed at some very nice anchorages. We also like anchoring behind Dobbins Island (on the Magothy River), which is close enough to get there in a few hours and very quiet and special at night. Tell us about one interesting person you met through sailing. One of the friends we have met through the club is a retired Airforce Pilot. I believe sailing must seem low key compared to flying solo at night. Anything else you would like to share about your sailing adventures? Sailing is a great way to escape work and stress. We have had a variety of experiences while exploring the Bay and believe there are so many spots we have yet to discover. The staff at CBC facilitates this. They are always available to answer questions or to help out with any last-minute preparations.

##Celeste and Mark Streger of CBC.

MRYC Foundation Helps Chesapeake Youth Groups

he Miles River YC Foundation (MRYCF) has made grants totaling $31,005 in its spring 2015 grants cycle to seven area non-profit organizations that offer swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and other maritime educational programs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. MRYCF has now contributed $189,699 to 23 non-profit organizations in its first four years of grant-making. Funds were awarded to DelMarVa Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Rodney Scout Reservation in North East, MD, to purchase a Hobie Cat and to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) of Annapolis to buy equipment for their sailboat fleet. Phillips Wharf Environmental Center of Tilghman Island

received support to hire staff; and the Dorchester County YMCA of Cambridge, Annapolis Community Boating, and MRYC Junior Sail Program of St. Michaels received scholarship support for at-risk students. The foundation provides full scholarship and staff support for its signature SOS: Sink or Swim program, a five-year effort to teach every Talbot County non-swimming child how to swim. Last summer, 275 children learned to swim under the program. This year’s goal, working with the St. Michaels Community Center in partnership with the Critchlow Atkins Children’s Center, is to turn 500 non-swimming children into swimmers at the Bay Hundred Community Pool in St. Michaels and the Moton Pool in Easton. mrycfoundation.org

##The MRYC Foundation plans to teach 500 non-swimming children to swim this summer through its signature SOS: Sink or Swim Program. Photo by Tim Bauer/ timbauerphoto.com

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES ##Back Creek YC flag officers: Commodore Bob Higginbotham, Jamie Ritter, Terry Bidnick, Colin Soucy, Mary Bowie, Mary Ross, and Bill Kranzer, outgoing commodore. Photo by J.J. Sullivan, Jr.

##Baltimore YC’s sock burning.

##Corinthian Hank Recla with Susan Recla, Dick Tudan, and Jenny Shinkfield aboard Bay Tripper.

##The Hunter Sailing Association knows how to party.

##Club Crabtowne’s lunch break while kayaking.

##Southern Maryland Sailing Association members at a happy hour raftup on Mill Creek in Solomons.

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he Chesapeake Outdoor Group (COG) will host its 12th annual 12-Ounce Regatta August 15 at the Eastport Democratic Club. This one-of-akind very small boat competition and fundraiser will benefit Annapolis Community Boating and the Annapolis SPCA. The competition pits the ingenuity of racing sailboat design with the ability to build a boat out of a six pack of empty beer cans. The Downwind Sailing Challenge is a family affair with kids building their boats out of root beer cans. It’s a fun way to spend a summer’s day, so check out the website to see how you can get involved. chesapeakeoutdoor.org

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he Old Point Comfort YC Yankee Station Regatta Series (YSR) for 2015 started May 2 with the Round the Lights Race, a chase start from the Old Point Comfort Marina, rounding the Middle Ground Light before returning to the finish at OPCM

##The Round the Lights Race 2014. Photo by David Baxter/ dbaxterphotography.com

Remaining YSR dates for 2015 are: Yankee Station Race (off Buckroe Beach)..................................... June 13 Veteran’s Cup (sponsored by LYC)............................................... June 27 Yankee Station Race (off Buckroe Beach)...................................... July 11 New Willoughby Challenge (sponsored by NYCC)...................... July 18 Yankee Station Race (off Buckroe Beach).................................August 22 Tri Service Regatta.............................................................. September 13 Round the Lights Race (sponsored by OPCYC).................... October 17

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The 2015 Helly Hansen Annapolis NOOD Regatta

he Annapolis stop on the Helly Hansen National Offshore OneDesign Regatta presented by Sailing World (henceforth, the NOOD) circuit is always known for throwing a mixed bag of conditions at sailors. And the 2015 edition of the regatta was no different, keeping the crews of almost 200 boats on their toes (and for a little while on land). This year, a new title sponsor stepped in, and it was clear that the mood was changing in the event tent. Colorful Helly Hansen activewear

punctuated the party and definitely got sailors shopping during the onshore delays later in the weekend. Friday’s conditions brought the best sailing of the regatta, with overcast skies threatening rain but never delivering. Winds were steadily 10 out of the northeast, with a few gusts coming down in the 14-16 range. Knowing that the rest of the weekend’s forecast didn’t look as promising, the Race Committee did a great

job getting in a full day of racing on all four courses. The J/70 class is proving that a small boat can bring big action, especially when you have 55 of them racing in a regatta. After the first day, Annapolitans Jenn and Ray Wulff onboard Joint Custody were

##Cheryl Harvey raced with an allfemale crew onboard the S2 7.9 Maniac. Photo by Dan Phelps

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##James MacDonald’s Distant Passion crew traveled from Bermuda, ate at all the top restaurants in town, and took third in the J/105 class.

The 2015 Helly Hansen Annapolis NOOD Regatta (continued)

NOOD Regatta Results J/22 1. Jug 4 1, Chris Doyle 2. Hot Toddy, Jeff Todd 3. Julian Associates, Brad Julian J/24 1. Rush Hour, Pat FitzGerald 2. Bash, Ron Medlin, Jr. 3. The J-Team, Mark Rivera

Etchells 1. 1371, Ken Womack 2. Make Mine a Double, Jeff Borland 3. Whirlwind, Chris Brady and Billy Fink J/35 1. Aunt Jean, Sagerholm and Christofel 2. Maggie, Peter Scheidt 3. Medicine Man, Charles Kohlerman

S2 7.9 1. Horizon, Bob Fleck J/105 2. Defiant, Fred Caison 1. Tenacious, Carl and Scott Gitchell 3. Cheeky Monkey, Paul and Julie Ann Wash 2. Inigo, Jim Konigsberg 3. Distant Passion, James McDonald Alberg 30 1. LinGin, Tim Williams J/109 2. Argo, T.C. Williams 1. Rush, Bill Sweetser 3. Skybird, Michael Nikolich 2. Nordlys, Bob Schwartz 2. Rosalita, Rick Hanson Cal 25 1. White Cap, Tim Bloomfield 2. Love Shack, Barton Goldenberg J/111 3. Zephyr, David Hoyt 1. My Sharona, George Gamble J/70 1. USA 419, Terry Hutchinson 2. Reach Around, Thomas Bowen 3. Bang Ding Ow, Peter McChesney

J/30 1. Bebop, Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello 2. Chaos, Phil Heldrich 3. Avita, George Watson J/80 1. FKA, Les Beckwith 2. Meltemi, Mike Hobson 3. R80, Will and Marie Clump and Thomas Klok 72 June 2015 spinsheet.com

2. Velocity, Martin Roesch 3. Dark Horse, David McCreight

Farr 30 1. Ramrod, Rodrick Jabin 2. Seabiscuit, Kevin McNeill 3. Rhumb Punch, John and Linda Edwards

North Sails Rally Results 1. Themis, Walt Thirion 2. Still Messin, Adam Esselman 3. Boat, Bill Markel

at the top of the leaderboard, with Pete McChesney’s Bang Ding Ow in second. On the other end of the spectrum, one of the oldest fleets, the Alberg 30, was exhibiting the perennial showdown between Tim Williams and TC Williams (who are of no relation to each other). The Williams boys traded bullets back and forth, with Tim onboard LinGin coming out on top with three wins in the day’s four races. Not to be outdone, the crew onboard Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello’s Bebop also set up picket fences in the J/30 fleet. At the end of the day, Bebop was a whopping 15 points ahead of the next boat, George Watson’s Avita. Bill Sweetser’s Rush also took home straight bullets in the J/109 fleet. And on the Farr 30 course, Rod Jabin’s Ramrod walked away from the fleet as well. Saturday’s conditions kept the onedesign sailors on the docks all morning, but the boats taking part in the distance rally race headed out to their race course and ended up having some of the best sailing of the weekend. The North Sails Rally Race is a new feature in the regatta series, offering a one-day option geared more toward racer cruisers and those boats that don’t have the numbers to meet fleet requirements for the one-design regatta. This year, 13 boats participated in the rally race, and that was the only class to get a race off for the day. Geoff Ewenson was at the helm of Walt Thirion’s brand new C&C 30 Themis in the owner’s absence and skippered the boat to a win, completing the 13.4-mile course in an hour and 46 minutes. Monkey Dust, Craig Saunder’s Tripp 33, which was loaded to the brim with smiling, happy kids, won the North Sails award for Most Spirited Local Boat. Looking at the pictures, we can see why. Sailors woke Sunday morning to light winds and the sinking feeling that if there was going to be a race, it would have to wait for the sea

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breeze to fill in the afternoon. There was a delay on shore, but then fleets headed out to the race course for a game of hurry up and wait. When the Chesapeake Bay version of an afternoon delight finally did show up, it was in the form of a flukey five-knot southerly. In the J/70 fleet, the Wulffs were knocked off their podium by none other than two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Terry Hutchinson, who had his 13-year old daughter Katherine onboard (as well as some other highly experienced crew members). As the overall winner of the regatta, Hutchinson and his crew will head to the British Virgin Islands to compete in the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Championship hosted by Sunsail later this year. For all the results and more pictures, visit spinsheet.com/annapolis-nood-2015

##Despite the light air, Geoff Ewenson managed to take off onboard Walt Thirionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Themis during the North Sails Rally Race. Photo by Dan Phelps

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Three days of the best racing, parties, and fun! Plenty to do for families with extra entertainment for the kids, this year. Fun Parties by the Holiday Inn Pool Bar. PHRF Spinnaker, PHRF Non-Spinnaker and One-Design Racing. Decorated boat & crew contest. The same great race management team. Entry Form available at www.screwpile.net For further information email: chairman@screwpile.net

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The Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover

Big Time Sailing by Duffy Perkins

t the Newport stopover for the 2014-15 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, one sailor in particular struggled to get acquainted with, well everything. Standing at the end of the dock, examining the foul weather gear assigned to him, he was out of place, wearing a pair of blue jeans and his crew T-shirt. Further down the dock, Ian Walker, the skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, was mobbed by reporters wanting to know every last detail about his day. Walker side-stepped their video cameras and helped his friend and crewmate locate the leg of his foulies and step into them. “No worries, mate,” he told him as he returned to the cameras. Of course, the confused sailor wasn’t really a sailor. He was Zdeno Chara, the captain of the Boston Bruins hockey team, a man whose seven-year salary is calculated at $45 million, a guy who can’t walk down Boylston Street in Boston without

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being mobbed. But on the dock in Newport, he was just another guy distinguishable mainly because of his hulking figure that towered over the rest of the crew. This is, of course, because Newport is a sailing town (although plenty of sailors are known to play hockey), and the sailors were the celebrities. They were certainly greeted as such when all six boats rolled into town in early May, with Dongfeng Racing Team leading the pack and Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing just three minutes behind them. The reception that the boats received included the transformation of Newport’s Fort Adams State Park to create one of the world’s best amphitheaters for watching the on-the-water action. Shipping containers were stacked to create home bases for the crews and give onshore teams a place to perform necessary boat maintenance. Newport was designated a nonhaul out stopover, meaning that the

##Families and fans were divided on whom to cheer for during the in port race on Saturday.

boats were not planned to come out of the water, and luckily the boats are doing so well in terms of their conditions that they didn’t need much work. Team Dongfeng Racing replaced a water maker, but nothing significant was done to any of the other boats. During the three days of pro-am and in-port races, boats used the same

##Wyoming sailor and Team SCA bow and pit woman Sara Hastreiter received a warm welcome from her family.

##Thousands crowded Fort Adams to see the boats up close

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rigging outfits and sails that they carry with them around the world. Since all the sails and rigging must be identical, replacements are only allowed in certain circumstances. (Team SCA was recently denied a sail change that they requested back in Auckland and Itajai). More than 125,000 visited Newport over the 12 days. Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad said this was roughly four times the amount of visitors the Miami stopover received in 2012, and the turnout has prompted Frostad to enter into negotiations to make Newport the stopover for the 2018 edition. In acknowledging the success of the 2014-15 race, Frostad also addressed issues that the race is having and his ideas on improving it. Frostad said he wanted to add more boats to the roster, getting eight to 10 boats involved, but admitted that his top priority was to get as many of the existing teams to return. To do that, the next edition of the race will again use the Volvo Ocean 65s, but improve certain elements (the details will be announced later this

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##Before racing, shore team members escorted VIPs around the boats for some selfie action.

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Annapolis to Newport

##The start of the 2013 race was delayed four hours due to Tropical Storm Andrea.

by Beth Crabtree

ore boats, two start days, and a new performance cruising class. That’s just part of the excitement that’s in store for the participants and followers of the biannual Annapolis to Newport sailboat race (A2N), which starts Thursday, June 4. More than 85 boats are registered for this iconic distance race, which connects two historic waterfront towns, each steeped in sailing tradition and each claiming to be a sailing capital. Two notable changes will enhance this year’s edition—a new performance cruising class and the decision to start the slower boats a day earlier than the Grand Prix yachts.

A New Class

“There are many cruising sailors out there who have a lot of experience and are interested in racing but simply needed information on how to prepare their boats and crew for racing,” says Garth Hichens, former owner of Annapolis Yacht Sales (AYS) and A2N participation chairman, who has successfully spearheaded the recruitment of performance cruising designs such as Beneteau, Dufour, J/Boat, Jeanneau, C&C, Tartan, and Swan. “So we set up a fantastic series of seminars that provided all kinds of information on what to expect and how to prepare. We also provided instructional materials and other outreach to get these cruising sailors and their boats fully ready for ocean-racing. We hope this helps open up racing to the performance cruising segment of the sailing community. Without them we’re missing a significant part of the racing market.” The performance cruisers and other slower boats will start on Thursday, and their course will be shorter than the route for the custom-made racing yachts and other faster boats, which depart Friday. “The race committee began working more than a year ago,” Hichens contin##Smooth sailing aboard Kalevala II. Photo by Ted Steeble

ues. “We want to grow racing, and this will be a good test. We have a PHRF consortium of our own that has produced ratings specifically for this race. Cruising amenities such as bow thrusters and generators are reflected in the ratings.” Along with the new cruising class, which is expected to include many production boats, a new trophy, the Manufacturer’s Trophy, will be awarded to the manufacturer whose top five boats score the lowest number of points using the low point scoring system irrespective of the class they entered. In addition to the perpetual trophy awarded to the manufacturer, each boat will also receive an award.

Reaching Out to Young Offshore Racers

Another new tradition begins this year with a concerted effort to recognize skippers who bring more young people into distance racing. The new Youth Challenge Trophy will be presented to the boat with a minimum of three sailors that are under 25 years of age at the start of the race. Service academy vessels are not eligible. “Annapolis YC is very committed to getting the next generation of sailors interested in ocean racing, and this trophy is one way to do it,” says race co-chairman Dick Neville. “The ultimate goal is to grow the sport of sailing, and the best way to do that is to foster a lifelong interest in the sport in young people. It’s the responsibility of all

distance race organizers to give youngsters the opportunity and incentive to go offshore.”

The course(s)

The Grand Prix classes take off Friday on the traditional 475-nautical mile course, which requires them to round Chesapeake Light after entering the Atlantic Ocean. The boats that start on Thursday will not round Chesapeake Light. This puts the slower boats on a slightly shorter course, and race organizers hope the fleet will stay closer together. The course we’ve come to know over the last 50-plus years starts off Annapolis Harbor, but if you look back at the history of the race, the course has taken many forms since its inception in 1871. For example, during the period 1927 to 1933 and in 1939, the race started off New London, CT, and finished near Gibson Island, MD. Following WW II, race organizers moved the start to Newport, and 10 years later they changed it to Annapolis. Apparently they received feedback from racers who weren’t too fond of the long trek up the Bay after spending several days on the ocean. Regardless of where the race starts and finishes, it’s consistently a challenging course due to the combination of skills and knowledge needed to sail fast in the Bay, offshore, and in the waters of New England.

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Annapolis to Newport (continued)

The leg down the Bay often requires contending with shifty winds, current, and marine traffic. After determining whether to hug the western shore or maneuver through the shipping lanes, the boats make their way into the Atlantic Ocean, where navigators must determine whether to sail the rhumb line, head further east out into the ocean, or follow traditional wisdom and stay closer to shore. For Annapolis skippers it helps to have crew with local knowledge on the final leg, navigating New England’s waters from Block Island to the finish line off Castle Hill Light.

support, repair services onsite, and most importantly the boats and crews will remain in close proximity post-race.” The All-Hands Awards party at New York YC’s (NYYC) Harbor Court facility will accommodate a larger crowd and provide amazing views of Newport Harbor.

After A2N— More Sailing!

Many of the racers will stay in New England, whether it’s to continue racing or begin cruising. A2N is followed by two famous New England regattas: the NYYC Annual regatta (June 12 to 14) out of Newport and the 50th Block Island Race Week (June 21 to 26). Hichens says, “We’re trying to make it easy for our performance cruisers to stay in New England and go cruising after the race, so I’ll be driving a truck to Newport full of their cruising gear.”

New Venue at the Finish

##Poco a Poco crew relax on deck. Photo by Bobby Gignilliat

“This year’s race headquarters will be the Newport Yachting Center, which will have a different feel and will be a change for the better,” says Hichens. “The marina has plenty of slips to accommodate race boats and is close to dining. There will be full shore

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##Fireball skippered by Kristen Berry took first in PHRF I in the 2013 A2N.

##Doug Jurrius (middle) with son Scott and crew Mike Rajacich at the AYC pre-race party. Jurrius skippered Belle Aurore to a second place PHRF III finish in 2013.

It’s All About Weather

Many readers probably remember the four-hour delay due to weather at the start of the 2013 race. The day brought low, dark clouds, driving rain, and rolling waves at the front end of Tropical Storm Andrea. I was in Annapolis YC around noon when the crews poured into the clubhouse, shedding all kinds of foul weather gear, getting one last meal while properly seated at a table, and chatting and joking amicably while they waited with palpable anticipation until it was time to go back to the boats. To follow this year’s race go to spinsheet.com during the race, and look for full coverage in our August issue. annapolisnewportrace.com

##Marihelen Owens trims the kite on Poco A Poco. Photo by Bobby Gignilliat

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Block Island Race Week 2015 Your Regatta Away From Home

lock Island Race Week (BIRW) is not for the faint-of-heart. The regatta extends over five days of racing and always brings a mixed bag of typical New England conditions; anything from balmy 80-degree days to screaming nor’easters and 40-knot gusts. Despite this, in the 50 years that BIRW has been running, the regatta has earned a reputation as a regatta worth the distance, and a regatta few sailors only manage to do once. Take, for instance, Ed Tracy and Tim Polk’s Omega 36, Incommunicado. The boat first participated in BIRW in 2005, when they underwent an unfortunate dismasting during the Around the Island Race. This didn’t deter them from signing up again, though. The 2015 edition will be their fourth trip up to Block.

##Stephen Bowes’ Apparition will be heading back up to Block Island for another great regatta weekend. Photo by Allen Clark/ PhotoBoat.com

Block Island Race Week is also considered a great regatta for the more beautiful race boats out there. That’s certainly the case for Crackerjack, Alan Krulisch’s green-hulled Cambria 40. Only six hulls were cut, and Crackerjack stands out wherever she goes. The 2015 BIRW will be her seventh Block, and Krulisch is no stranger to the waters; he and wife Kathleen Hart split their time between Arlington and New England. Donald Santa and his crew onboard the J/105 Santa’s Reign, Dear will be heading up to Block for the first time on the boat. “It’s been on our ‘sailing bucket list’ and the crew committed to make it happen when we wrapped up the 2014 season,” he says. “We’ve heard great things about BIRW from other local J/105 sailors who did the regatta in the past years,

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and we’re really excited.” Santa’s Reign, Dear will be pairing BIRW with the New York YC Annual Regatta in Newport the preceding weekend, as well as the feeder race over from Newport. We’ll put bets on it right now that they’ll be back in New England for the 51st edition. To keep track of all the Bay boats headed up to Block, visit spinsheet.com

##From left to right, Bruce Ogden, Jacolyn Wetmore, Randy Gray, and owner Alan Krulisch make pretty Crackerjack sail so fast. Photo by Allen Clark for PhotoBoat.com

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Screwpilers Prep for Summer Fun

crewpile, already? Welcome to summertime, sailors! Registration for the 22nd annual Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge Friday through Sunday, July 17-19, is open, and Holiday Inn Select reservationists await your call for discounted rooms (by July 2). Screwpile organizers are known for taking racers’ suggestions seriously and being open to “mixing it up.” Last year, they created the Saturday distance race around government marks that finished in the Patuxent off the main drag in Solomons; it was a big hit with racers, so it’s on again in 2015. If you know any cruisers who occasionally race or would like very much to do so, encourage them to sign up for this event. It’s a great excuse to visit Solomons. Those who only race on Saturday are invited to the parties, too! In case you hadn’t noticed, SpinSheet has produced the Screwpile Program and Daily News since the early days of this popular summer regatta (we used to fold them by hand!). Those who attended the 2010 event may remember

##Brad Miller’s Schiehallion crew strike a pose for SpinSheet at a Screwpile Regatta party 2014.

the ugliest birthday cake ever (black icing) to celebrate SpinSheet’s 15th birthday. Expect a much better cake in 2015 as we celebrate 20 years of great sailing stories. At daily awards parties, come by the SpinSheet booth for crew pictures,

our signature anchor tattoos, and an ongoing cornhole tournament. While you’re there, please let us know what SpinSheet means to you. We will collect quotes and photos to share with readers as we celebrate 20 sailing seasons. screwpile.com

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##Winning South River High School sailors: Ryan Dorsey, Leo Boucher, Tyler Mowry, Megan Rutkai, and Maggie Smith (with J/World head coach Dave Manheimer).

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he first Annapolis Junior Keelboat Challenge, hosted by J/World April 25 in conjunction with the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show, was a huge success. Giving young dinghy racers more keelboat experience and hence a ramp onto more lifelong sailing possibilities is an idea shared widely in the national sailing community. If this event was any indicator of the smooth transition from dinghy to keelboat, there should be more such events on the Bay. Following an hour-long practice session in light air, 25 sailors competed from five Annapolis area high schools: South River, Broadneck, Severna Park, St. Mary’s, and Archbishop Spalding. Teams on J/World Annapolis’s J/80s got off seven races in seven to 10 knots of wind “The air was light, but there was enough pressure,” says Jeff Jordan,

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J/World Annapolis co-director. “It was hotly contested. Out of five teams, four got first. The one that did not place first got the most seconds.” Each team had a J/World coach onboard. Jordan says that they coached the first session and “stood by as advisors” for the next one. As

Jordan notes, these sailors are far from beginners. “These kids caught on really quickly. They taught us a little something.” To learn about J/World’s Kids Keelboat class August 3-7, in which students will earn their U.S. Sailing Keelboat certification, visit jworldannapolis.com.

Shorthanded Racing on the West River

T ##Leo with the first Annapolis Junior Keelboat Regatta trophy, created by Weems & Plath and presented at the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show.

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he Chesapeake Shorthand Sailing Society (CHESSS) held its inaugural Chesapeake Bay YRAsanctioned race, the Shorthand Classic, at West River Sailing Club (WRSC) on May 9. Twenty-one shorthanded racers entered the three classes: spinnaker, jib and main, and multihull, with the majority of the boats racing in the spinnaker class. Racers faced challenging conditions with light, patchy, and shifty

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The real high point of the day was the gathering at WRSC afterward. For the most part, CHESSS members only knew each other from postings on the CHESSS webpage. But as we all know, it’s hard to get to know people simply from their comments on Internet forums, so it was truly a delight to personally get to know all who attended. CHESSS member Tom Price noted that for any shorthanded racer, a successful race is measured not by a finishing place but from the sense of accomplishment and the lessons learned out there on the water. Shorthanded racing is both humbling and empowering at the same time. For longtime racing skippers, it is a humbling reminder that it is not just the skipper who makes a fast boat fast. As a shorthander, simply getting out of the slip, and getting across the starting line fully rigged is a small victory in itself. This first race was a great success. The race course proved challenging, no

father-daughter, husband-wife, and brother-brother crews out on the course, not to mention Entourage’s husband-wife-infant crew and Honalee’s husband-wife-retriever team. There has been a lot of talk about the racing community ‘aging out’ of racing, but the CHESSS race fleet drew participants across the demographic from infant to well past Medicare age. In crewed racing, it is often the ‘surplus crew members,’ those folks who are out of the action at that moment, who become the second set of eyes, who might notice that the spinnaker pole is not properly squared or the jib leads are not exactly right. And while the race rules forbid outside assistance, the fleet owed a debt of gratitude to the spinnaker class winner Incommunicado for showing how it is done. Throughout the race it was easy to look over at them and think, “Boy, those guys are moving” and try to learn from what they were doing right.

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Small Boat Scene

It’s Good to Have Friends by Kim Couranz

t’s good to have friends. It’s great to have friends who sail. It’s even better to have friends who are eager to work together to get faster and smarter. Taking your boat out for a practice session on your own helps you to streamline your tacks, gybes, and spinnaker sets and douses and build boathandling confidence. But it doesn’t really help you know how fast you are going. For that, you need a yardstick against which to measure your speed—you need friends. While it would be great to have the luxury of time and to set aside an entire day to work with a group of boats on speed, we don’t always have that opportunity. But pre-race tuneups can be a big step in the right direction. Chat with some folks in the boat park as you’re rigging up. Who likes to head out to the race course about the same time as you do? Organize a quick tuning session. Getting some side-by-side upwind (and downwind) time before the first race starts can help you adjust settings to maximize your potential speed. Once you and your tuning buddies get out to the race course and check in, spend some time checking your upwind

speed. To do so, set up on a close-hauled course, with your bows roughly even, about two or three boat lengths apart. Starting with your bows even—or with the leeward boat maybe a foot or two further forward (for dinghies, a critical step). If the leeward boat starts out too far forward, they will be able to pinch the windward boat off without much effort. And if the windward boat starts too far ahead, they will quickly roll over the top of the leeward boat. The goal is to create a solid chunk of time sailing upwind together, perhaps three to five minutes, to gauge who has better speed and height. During this time, crews should talk to their skippers about speed and height relative to the other boat (make sure you share a common language with your skipper, such as, “We are higher and faster”) so skippers can focus on driving and thinking about boat settings. Sail upwind on one tack, checking speed and height; then replicate the effort on the other tack. Turn downwind to head back to the starting area and spend that time talking honestly between boats about what worked and what didn’t. Which boat had better height,

##Spend time talking with your tune-up partners about what worked and what didn’t. Photo by Dan Phelps

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and why do you think that was? Did one boat have better speed through the chop—was that because they were focusing on footing, or was it because they had less outhaul on than the other boat? Be collaborative and open to ideas. To make this discussion even more fruitful, it’s helpful to work with the same few tuning partners over the course of a season. On shore, talk through your “base” settings: where you have your mast rake set, rig tension, and such. For example, for the Snipe I sail on, our base rig tension is about 18 on the Loos gage. That way, when we’re talking with our tuning partners on the water, and we mention that we are “one turn tighter than base,” the other boat know what we mean. If you have time, you can repeat the upwind mini-tuning sessions, and you can try different settings (different rig tension, more cunningham, less jib sheet) on subsequent runs. But, as in science class, it’s best to only change one variable at a time so you know what works and what doesn’t. Having a few friends on the water can be especially helpful getting ready for longer races. While each moment on the water is different, and shifts are, well, shifts… it can be instructive to sail a few “splits” to test how good each side of the course is. In a split, boats sail a predetermined amount of time (usually three or five minutes) on one tack, and then tack and head back toward each other to see who comes out ahead. To get the split started, one boat (or set of boats) ducks the other near the middle of the starting area; crews start their countdown watches when that duck happens. When you get to zero, just tack and head back toward each other. When you meet up again, talk about why you think one side had more success than the other: Current? Wind shift or better pressure? And of course, remember that was just one snapshot in time. Things may change once the race starts, but it’s a solid data point from which to build. Working and talking together makes everyone faster and smarter!

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Quantum Sail Design Group’s David Flynn takes a look at the Zen of becoming the ultimate crew to answer the eternal question: How do I become better crew so I can get on good boats? Priorities, priorities… The more you race, the more you will realize which things have to happen and which can wait. As you set the spinnaker, for example, is it really important to ease the outhaul, cunningham, and backstay, right now? The answer is no. All that is critical is to get the spinnaker up, the jib halfway down so the spinnaker fills, and the mainsail and spinnaker trimmed properly. It will be better for boat speed to freeze and to attend to the small details of sail trim later, once the boat has settled down. Remember this principle after every mark rounding. At the leeward

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mark, do not detach the spinnaker gear from the spinnaker or do any clean-up other than what is absolutely necessary. Ask the tactician before the rounding if you will need to tack immediately. Hit the rail and tidy up later. Speed first; then go for the good housekeeping seal of approval. There will be appropriate times to flake halyards, pack spinnakers, and move gear. Have a plan. Part of identifying priorities is having a game plan. There are four basic evolutions in sailboat racing: tacks, sets, gybes, and douses. Create a plan for your boat. Define the responsibilities of each position for

every evolution. You can work out the details in practice. There is no perfect scheme. Just as great golfers are able to achieve the same results with different swing mechanics, you can get the mechanics of boat handling accomplished with a variety of different plans. Whatever works on your boat, with your crew, is right. No matter what scheme you come up with, have the plan outlined so that every member of the crew understands his or her responsibilities. When new crew come on board for a race, you can easily plug them in and define their tasks. (If you need a sample plan, contact me at dflynn@ quantumsails.com). Take the initiative. If you want to graduate from automatron to rock star status, you have to learn to take initiative. For example, if you are the bowman, when you get to the boat, you know that all the gear needs to be led and the sails checked and packed. Do it without being told. When you get out to the race course, make sure your skipper fills you in on the details. Know what the course is and when you start. Have your skipper sail the course in miniature so you can get a sense of the wind angles and velocity for each leg. This will enable you to anticipate the need for spinnaker gear position. Set up all spinnaker gear before the start.

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Do not rely on the industry of others. Think for yourself. As the weather mark approaches, bowmen know how much time they need to get the spinnaker hooked up. Pick the right moment, dive down below, and get it. Stay in the game. React to puffs and lulls and changes in boat speed

with the proper weight shift. Keep an eye out for the next mark. The tactician will always appreciate this information. Let the crew in the back of the boat know about major changes up the course: breeze velocity or other boats that are all of a sudden doing something differently. Make sure your information is precise, and be sure not

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to get everybody talking at once. Too much information is just as bad as too little. You don’t need a continuous play by play. Funnel all information through one person, the tactician. Good crew is not found; good crew is made. As crew, you should make sure you sail with someone who appreciates desire and is willing to train. Good skippers have a knack for getting the most out of every person on the boat, and for making everyone feel as if they are part of the game. They ask opinions about trim, speed, and tactical situations (even if they end up ignoring them). They are careful to make sure the whole crew knows how the course is set up and what the tactical plan is. It is this spirit and attitude that create a sense of responsibility and encourage crew members to take the initiative.

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No Boat Tax

A New Location

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Annapolis Inflatables has acquired the Annapolis location of Inflatable Xperts from Rhode Island-based Maritime Solutions. Inflatable Xperts provides service of inflatable boats and is the regional dealer for AB Inflatables, Walker Bay, Achilles, Highfield, Viking, Tohatsu, and Honda. Annapolis Inflatables is the Mid-Atlantic dealer for Zodiac Milpro and Zodiac Recreational boats. The combined entity will be one of the largest inflatable boat sales and service centers on the East Coast serving the entire Mid-Atlantic region. Dave Weaver, owner of Annapolis Inflatables, says, “Our company now offers a wide array of products able to meet the needs of the region’s growing demand for inflatable boats. Our service department is second to none with extensive repair capabilities based on decades of experience.” annapolisinflatables.net

Welcome Aboard

S&J Yachts is pleased to announce that William Jones has joined Skip Madden as a full time broker in the Deltaville office. Willie has enjoyed boats for over 35 years. Spending his summers in Urbanna, VA, Willie grew up racing Hobie Cats. Following that, he enjoyed cruising the Bay and has sailed in the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands. Willie looks forward to helping his clients. Whether buying or selling a boat, Willie will make it an enjoyable process. sjyachts.com

Curtis Stokes & Associates is expanding its presence in the Chesapeake Bay area with a new location in Occoquan Harbour Marina, located in Woodbridge, VA. Curtis Stokes & Associates, which has its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale along with a full-service office in Annapolis, considers the addition of a presence at the Occoquan Harbor Marina to be of strategic benefit to its growing list of customers. “We are always looking for better ways to serve our clientele,” said Curtis Stokes, president of the bonded and licensed yacht brokerage company. “Part of that strategy is to make it as easy as possible to serve the people who come to us for unparalleled service.” Terry Holzman, general manager of Occoquan Harbor Marina, said, “We are honored to partner with such a professional and successful yacht brokerage firm. Its reputation and concentration on customer service matches ours, so we feel our firms will be a great fit for our mutual clients in this area.” curtisstokes.net

The Gloucester County, VA board of supervisors voted to eliminate the boat tax after performing an in-depth analysis regarding the economic activity and fiscal impacts of recreational boating to the county. Gloucester’s officials recognize the importance of the boating industry to needed tourism and tax dollars, and welcome new boaters through this elimination of personal property taxes. “We have all the accommodations and services any boater will require during their time in Gloucester, and we welcome boaters, both large and small, to our community,” said Ashley C. Chriscoe, chairman of the board of supervisors. “This decision not to tax boats will create a positive economic impact on our local businesses and community.” Gloucester is home to 12 marinas that can accommodate nearly 1000 transient and annual slips ranging from eight-foot PWC to 150-foot yachts. The beautiful 300-mile shoreline surrounding Gloucester offers great fishing and recreation for the entire family and is within minutes of historic Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, Jamestown, and Yorktown.

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The deadline for the Brokerage and Classified sections is the 10th of the month prior to publication (June 10 for the July issue). Contact Lucy Iliff for advertising, (410) 216-9309 or lucy@spinsheet.com

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14’ Compac Picnic Cat ‘11 Located Solomons, US $11,000, like new, sailed 4 times, garage kept. Many extras including outboard. Call for info (410) 586-0890.

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Chesapeake 20 For sale. Built 1940 by Capt. Dick Hartge. Includes mast, sails, trailer. Ready to sail. $8,500. 410-544-4854

27’ Albin Vega ’72 Legendary cruiser, recent Beta dsl, well equipped, sail ready $7900. idtouseoncl@gmail.com 28’ Sabre ’75 Needs work, and a new engine. Great boat for the right person. Bohemia River. $2,000. celeriter7@ yahoo.com, phil.vogler@comcast.net Lippincott 30 ’82 Great cond., Well-maintained, Roller main & genoa, bimini, Yanmar dsl. Great Bay cruiser with 4’2” shoal draft. $19,500 Docked on Kent Is. 302-943-0450 or parsail30@comcast.net

BOAT4HEROEs.ORg Donate Your Boat to The Downtown Sailing Center Baltimore’s only 503c non-profit community sailing center. Your donation helps us run our community based outreach programs. Contact jack@downtownsailing.org or call 410-727-0722. www.downtownsailing.org Boy Scout Sea Ship 59 Looking for tax deductible donations of sail & power boats in the Chesapeake Bay area. Donated boats must be structurally sound & in good cond. Contact Dr. Fred Broadrup (301) 228-2131. Donate your Boat to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB). Proceeds from boat sales fund our programs helping disabled people enjoy sailing. 410-266-5722. www.crabsailing.org Baltimore County Sailing Center Is seeking tax-deductible donations of small, trailerable, sailboats, dinghies, and outboard boats to support our community sailing center’s mission. Contact Eileen at 410-391-0196 www.bcsailing.org Donate Your Boat, Planet Hope is a local 501(c)3. Teaching youth from DC, Maryland and Virginia to sail for over 15 years. (800) 518-2816. www.planet-hope.org

BOAT SHARING Boat Club Membership for Sale Based private sailing club. 3 well equipped, professionally maintained sailboats: Catalina 30; Catalina 320; Beneteau 311. All in great Annapolis marina locations. Low annual dues. Unlimited usage. tmdowns1@aol.com Share for Sail in Beautiful Catalina C320 Located near Baltimore. 25% or 50% share for sail in my one owner, fully equipped 2001 C320 that has been maintained like new. Email for full color brochure and details. info@tensilesystems.com For Sale: 1/2 Interest in a 1983 Ctr Cockpit 36’ S2 sailboat. Moored off Middle River, MD at cost of $1,000 per year. Other cost is boat insurance at $600 per year. Price $14,500 w/partner approval neat freak. Call (717) 381-9084.

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24’ Dolphin keel, centerboard Sloop S&S Sparkman and Stevens design. Very new 2 cylinder dsl engine, 4 bunks, 3 sails,. Very good condition. 410-647-0590, dondunk@gmail.com 24’ Glastron 249 ’04 Great for couple w/ young kids, for fish, crabs & water-skiing. Name a few: AC & heat, Reg+free, stove, toilet & shower. Asking $16,000. For more into/direction, get in touch w/ Ed (301) 254-4722! J/24 Sail #1223 Replaced all toe rails, updated & replaced deck hardware. New Kiwi grip deck. All Stanchions, pushpit & bow pulpit, re-glassed . Tac tic wireless. $4,500 firm. Call John Yorkilous for more details: (410) 819-7878.

Sabre S28-II ’79 Sloop $12,250 Good cond. 4’8” draught, 9’3” beam. Wheel steering, NEW: batteries, alternator, charger, tachometer, chartplotter/ fishfinder, VHF, cabin lights, head, running rigging. New bimini, sail cover, binnacle cover and jib UV cover. Bottom paint 2011. Furling jib, wheel steering, AC. Volvo MD7-A. 4 sails. 2 anchors. Depth meter. Deale, MD Contact Gary: (303) 775-5453 or gary@sunshineduo.us 29’ Bristol 29.9 Sailboat Swing Keel ‘78 ”Orion” is a good coastal cruiser with roomy accommodations. The quality construction the Bristol name carries can be seen throughout. (443) 632-8790. Website: baltimore.craigslist. org/boa/4953103518.html

26’ Bristol ’73 Classic Great sailing sloop. H. Herreshoff design. Thousands in upgrades since 2003. Electric start Honda 9.9, Cabin cushions, Raytheon inst., teak hand rails, standing rigging, hatch AC. Asking $6,500 OBO (703) 764-1277. 26’ Colgate ’04 New sails, upgraded shrouds and hardware, Raymarine chart plotter, 3 Raymarine ST60 displays, AIS, lopo nav lights, stereo with cockpit speakers, spinnaker, Nissan 6.h.p. Mint condition! (443) 376-7245. 26’ S2 7.9 IB ’83 Lifting keel… min draft 18”. BMW dsl. Folding prop. Freshwater boat. Bottom epoxy barrier and Vivid. Recent sails. Boom Kicker, Vectra backstay system with flicker. . Autohelm. Trailer. PHRF 174. Excellent condition. Located North East, Md. (610) 328-6448

Pearson 303 ’84 Spring commissioned & ready to sail. 4’6’ draft, 11’ beam, 15hp Yanmar, 135RF, lazy jacks, compass, WDI, KM, DF, AC/heat. Full canvas & more. Middle River $23,500 (410)-456-6914, (443)-465-1530, doorlene@hotmail.com 1965 Shields Lying Oxford, MD. Good condition. Several sets of sails. Ready to race. $15,000. Contact: tgusdog@gmail.com

25’ Cape Dory ’77 Thoroughly upgraded and improved, solid deck, ST, new headsails, new electric, Honda OB. Asking $8000. Call Scott (410) 798-1456 or scottstahler08@live.com 25’ Merit 25 ’82 Well-equipped, sleek, very fast, large sail inventory, Tohatsu 4-cycle 3.5hp OB, recent interior cushions, VC offshore bottom paint, white hull, on hard for your inspection in Arnold, MD $5,500 (703) 303-3085.

Pearson 30 ’77 Well maintained, many upgrades, near new sails. Featured in: CHESAPEAKE BAY May 2004 magazine. $13,000 410-5442721 (message) dkral3@comcast.net

Beneteau First 305 ‘85 Well maintained. Lots of upgrades. New Quantum mainsail and 120 headsail. 150 and 100 headsails. 2 symmetrical spinnakers. New Tides Marine track. New Rodkicker vang. New electronics. New DC/AC wiring & panel. New head, Custom aft mattress. Custom cockpit cushions. Bimini. Volvo 2002B dsl. Pasadena Docked. $32.5k OBO. jbfrithsen@gmail.com

31’ Seafarer ’72 Yawl Bill Tripp designed baby B40. Perfect daysailer or weekender. Very pretty CCA lines, with great sailing characteristics. Always gets compliments under sail. $3999. Call Tim 443 989-8900 troy519@aol.com

Cape Dory 30 Cutter ’82 Sound Volvo dsl and hull. Needs cosmetic work. Priced accordingly under $20,000. Great opportunity for someone willing to invest sweat equity. Contact reking@att.net or 410-841-5522.

32’ C&C Centerboard ’81 4 ft. draft, 4 sails including cruising spinnaker, dsl, ProFurl. Good cond.. Eastern Shore, MD $15,000 (410) 745-9291.

30’ Laguna Sloop ’85 –/4ft draft, W/ inboard Yanmar 2GM dsl- 15-hp, new mainsail, 130 genoa, dodger, bimini, with connector. Large entrance hatch opens to a roomy interior, w/6’-2” headroom $16,900 call Tom 215-439-1939 Rock Hall, Md.

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34’ Hunter ’83 Fun to sail. Lots of updates & improvements. Slooprigging, New running rigging, 150 genoa, Garmin 720 chartplotter, 4 new Harken winches, Asking $27,500 ,Call Mark (610)-216-2154

32’ Brewer Morgan ‘83 Roomy fin keel cruiser, original gel coat in excel. cond. New since 2012: sails, interior cushions, bimini, canvas covers, custom winter cover, depth sounder. 22-hp 3 cyl Yanmar, Lewmar #40 ST winches, dodger, furler, Garmin 440 GPS, 9 opening ports, Edson wheel steering w/cockpit table. Waxed, painted & ready to go! $31,500 obo (443) 392-2245, (410) 284-1584.

33’ Cherubini Raider ‘84 Tall rig, mahogany interior, Yanmar 13-hp, wheel steering, race/cruise, new bottom, great cond., inventory list available. Moving, best offer. (410) 866-3015 or CHunt.3631@aol.com

34’ Hunter Sloop ’84 Excellent boat for cruising the Bay! Good cond.. Many upgrades and new items. Email for complete list. Located Kent Narrows. Motivated to sell before slip rental due. $15,000 or OBO. (717) 201-1086. 34’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock ‘90 Seaworthy cutter, a world traveler, fast in light air and steady in strong. Well maintained, new main, heavy bronze fittings, fine interior. On the Chesapeake. $90,000. (540) 271-4008 Photo and specs at: Website: tinyurl.com/meander4sale

35’ Allmand 35 ‘82 Tri-Cabin Solomons, MD. Great Bay cruiser, very forgiving in shallow water. HeatPump, A/C, propane cabin heater & Chill-plate refrigeration only 5yrs old! Price $16,000. Contact 301-904-7549 / barefootsailor35@yahoo.com

35.5’ Hunter ‘87 CEA J. Great looking. Full batten main, 150 Head sail., Lazy Jacks, Yanmar3GM, Auto Helm, Cruise Air, more pics at Great Blue Yachts. Great Price @$24,900. (717) 243-9474. J105 Hull 97 - best priced J in the country Straight-up J105 Hull 97, former Hiawatha. Deep draft. Proven race winner. Pre-scrimp hull. Lightly used racing sails. Fresh micron bottom. New Sheets. Annapolis. $50,000 OBO. jjavitt@gmail.com

36’ Presto Ketch ’82 Fiberglass, shoal draft, tanbark sails, Yanmar 30 dsl. Perfect for Bahamas, Florida Keys and Chesapeake. $24,800 Located in NC. (919) 942-6862. Specs and pictures at www.beaufortyachtsales.com

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36’ Sabre ’85 Great shape, K/C, Dinette layout, sleeps 7, lots of extras, one owner, $59,500 obo, email for full specs, rlv@adalliance.net 37’ Hunter ’88 cruising sloop Ready to sail, Yanmar dsl, 110 furling jib, Dutchman mainsail, well equipped instrumentation, air/heat, $27,500, Steve Nichols, sailnichols@hotmail.com, (703) 408-8247

37’ Irwin Mark III ’77 Restored and relaunched 2013. Haul out for bottom cleaning, winter 2014/15. Not relaunched. Perkins 40HP inboard dsl, new mainsail/cover roller furling jib, full galley, freezer, 2 berths/heads, new int/ ext cushions/mattresses. New wiring interior LED. Custom, interior wood, solar panel, wind generator, many extras.Sold As Is Where Is, Shipwright Harbor Marina, Deale, MD. $25,000 E-mail mcclurelark@gmail.com 717-352-8126.

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44 Bavaria 44 $134,500 4 from $89,900 44 Beneteau First 44.7 $239,900 $89,900 $99,900 $179,900 44 Cal 44 $244,500 $139,900 44 Dean 440 Catamaran 2 from $228,999 2 from $130,000 45 Hunter 45 CC '07, '08 http://www.hermione2015.com/history.html#home $225,000 $115,500 45 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45 Lagoon 440 $495,000 $94,900 46 Beneteau 46 $250,000 $94,900 1979 KELLY PETERSON 44 $79,000 2 from $179,900 $269,900 46 Beneteau 461 , '00, '01 46 Hallberg-Rassy 46 $360,000 2 from $99,500 $575,000 $119,000 46 Leopard 46 CAT Beneteau Oceanis 40 '08, '09 2 from $173,500 46 Scheeps & Jachtbouw Ketch $95,000 $234,900 Catalina 400 MK II $164,900 46 Tartan 4600 47 Beneteau 47.7 $240,000 Beneteau 411 $99,500 $198,000 Hallberg-Rassy 41 $115,000 47 Beneteau 473 $159,000 Hunter 410 $114,900 47 Passport 47 1988 BENETEAU 432 $64,900 $169,000 Lagoon 410 $259,900 47 Tayana 47 $189,900 Lagoon 410-S2 $295,000 48 Hans Christian Yachts 50 Beneteau Cyclades 50 $160,000 Lord Nelson 41 $99,900 $299,000 Tartan 412 $119,500 50 Beneteau First 50 $255,000 Hunter 420 $129,900 50 Celestial 50 PH 50 Horizon Steel Pilothouse $185,000 Sabre 42 '88, '90 2 from $89,995 $349,900 Sabre 425 $145,000 52 Beneteau 523 $249,000 Beneteau 43 $208,500 53 Amel 53 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 DS $179,900 $227,000 55 Custom Ketch Beneteau 343 , '06, '07, '08

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 38’ Bluewater Ingrid 38 Ketch ’73 Full keel, double ender, Perkins 4-108, VHF FM. Boat, eng, sails, good cond. Same as Nigel Calder’s “Nada”. For sale well below appraised value. $27,500. Steve Nichols, sailnichols@hotmail.com, (703) 408-8247

40’ Bayfield ‘84 with 2014 Refit Do not miss this incredible opportunity at a highly upgraded and refitted Bayfield 40. Reduced $20k to $89k. Owner wants sold immediately. View details at www. epicyachting.com or call 888-988-EPIC.

25’ Harbor 25 ‘12 Barely used, low hrs on sails and Yanmar dsl. Canvas and desirable options $84,900. Call Pat Lane: 410-267-8181 or Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 31’ Beneteau 311 ’99 Super bay boat in excellent cond. with new mainsail & running rigging; Raymarine instruments; AC etc. Check out the specs on www.annapolisyachtsales.com. $49,500 neg. Call Jonathan Hutchings: 804-436-4484 or email Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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

33’ Soverel 33 ’85 2012 National Champion “Renegade”. Custom trailer, updated sail inventory and tons of upgrades! Just Listed at $35,000. Call Bob Oberg 410-320-3385 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 34’ Beneteau 343 ’07 & ’08 Both nicely equipped w/AC and chartplotter. Other equipment varies. From $107,000. For more information contact Bob Oberg 410-320-3385 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 38’ Beneteau 381 ‘01 Air Conditioning, New Canvas, Dinghy and Outboard. This boat is turn-key and ready to go now! Call Bob Oberg 410-320-3385 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

C&C 41 My Way is a 1988 classic cruiser racer – roomy & very comfortable in heavy or light air. 4’ keel and a 4’ centerboard, dingy & OB, 5 sails, hydraulics, roller furl, dodger and bimini, GPS, VHF, radar, new electronics, stereo, A/C, tv and dvd, microwave, stove, large fridge, whisker pole, sleeps 7: In water ready to go! Asking $59,900 (240) 882-1652. www.facebook.com/myway.racingpage

43’ Hans Christian Christina ’97 Well equipped, fast, comfortable. Chartplotter, radar, AIS, SSB, autopilot, generator, life raft. Pullman berth, guest strm, workshop, granite counters. Starting to need TLC. Asking $159,000. Call Rose 443-618-6705 or gypsymarine@comcast.net

Grand Soleil 54 ’08 by Luca Brenta Very well equipped fast offshore cruising yacht built by the famous Italian yard Cantiere del Pardo. $699,000 Please call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company for pricing and complete details 410-268-7171 or e-mail harold@aycyachts.com

OYSTER 55 ’96 Extensive re-fit 2012-13 and ready for the ARC. New electronics, furling, Annapolis, MDelectric � Kent Island, MD rigging, sails, ultra-suede Rock Hall, MD �upholstery Deltaville, VA & much more. Asking only $398,000/OBO 410.287.8181 Contact: Harold@AYCyachts.com, 619-840-3728 or 410-268-7171

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www.AnnapolisYachtSales.com 25’ Harbor 25 ’07 Self-tending jib, new sails, wonderful singlehander: $59,995. Call Pat Lane 410-267-8181 or Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

40’ Beneteau 40 ’08 & ’09 Choose from 2 of the nicest, cleanest Beneteau 40s on the market. Both extremely well equipped and one is 2 cabin, 1 head, the other 3 cabin 2 head. Easy to see here in Annapolis at Jabins. From $178,500 Call Denise at 410-991-8236 or Denise@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 40’ O’Day 40 ‘87 Very well maintained and sellers are anxious for any reasonable offer. Asking $52,000. Call Dan Nardo at 410-570-8533 for more info and to take a look. 44’ Beneteau First 44.7 ’04 Absolutely the nicest ever commissioned. Never raced unless for fun!! Custom improvements, AC/Heat, Genset, microwave, new electronics and much more. Asking $239,900. Call Dan at 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 45’ Hunter 45 CC ‘07 This boat is super clean and well equipped. Generator and Air Conditioning. $228,999. Call Bob Oberg 410-320-3385 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 50’ Beneteau First 50 ’07 Absolutely stunning boat. Perfect performance cruiser. Loaded with all the toys from Genset/Air to Great Electronics & Sails! $399,000 Contact Tim (410) 267-8181 or > tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 53’ Amel Super Maramu ’93 Blue water center cockpit getaway boat for retirement circumnavigation. All the goodies for luxury cruising in style. Check out the specs on www.AnnapolisYachtSales.com. $249,000 neg. Call Jonathan Hutchings: 804-436 4484 or email Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com.

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www.atlantic-cruising.com Pearson 28-2 ’87 Clean, turnkey, meticulously maintained Chesapeake Bay cruiser, many upgrades, Yanmar diesel $16,900 call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 CS 34 ’90 Winged keel at 4’ 3”, perfect bay boat and strong capable offshore cruiser. Boat is one owner and absolutely mint. Owner moved up, needs to sell now $54.9K NEW PRICE!, will look at all serious offers. (443) 949-9481 Gemini MC 105 ’08 2008 Gemini MC 105 $134,900 clean call 443-949-8051 for details. Call (443) 949-9481. Fountaine Pajot Highland 35 Power Cat $189,000 Panda genset, full AC on boat. Superb performance boat on and off shore. New AB tender and new Yamaha 6hp. Boat is in great shape and ready to go! (443) 949-9481. Jeanneau 409 ’12 $209,000 2 cab/1 head – 150 engine hours, full electronics and spinnaker - boat like new call Bobby Allen (443)-949-9481

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Jeanneau 42i ’07 $199,000 NEW PRICE! Perhaps the fastest 42i built, North 3DL inventory, deep keel, epitomizes the term, “racer/cruiser”. Call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 44’ Fountaine Pajot Helia ’14 Located in the Caribbean, nicely equipped, top of line electronics, radar, solar panels, SSB, dinghy, outboard, EPIRB, genaker, owners relocating, ready to sell. $549,900 NEW PRICE. Call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 Jeanneau 45.2 ’03 3 cabin/2 head, owner says sell - TRY $209,000, full electronics, new sails, includes spinnaker, shoal draft, beautiful flag blue – call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481

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48’ Fountaine Pajot Salina ’08 New Price $489,000 loaded, 4 cabin 2 head, full electronics, perfect family cruiser call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481

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Jeanneau 50 DS ’09 NEW PRICE $299,000 fresh water boat, 140 eng hrs, Navy Blue hull, teak decks, totally loaded, all the bells and whistles.. immaculate.. call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 50’ Oceanis ’11 2 cabin, 180 hrs on Yanmar 110-hp. Fresh water yacht. Asking $349K Call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481

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35’ Southern Cross canoe sterned, Cutter rigged, Tom Gilmer design. two owner boat she has had excellent care and is in great cond., ready to cruise $52,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 36’ Pearson 365 ‘78 Sloop Big aft cockpit, 4’7” draft, one of the cleanest boats we have ever listed. Stall shower, 150 gallon water tankage solidly built $34,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 44’ Alden ’91 Beautiful, traditional cutter/sloop. She has a skeg mounted rudder, keel centerboard underbody with 4’11 draft. Great looks and superb quality $173,500 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 46’ Formosa center cockpit Solid cruising boat. Fiberglass decks, fin keel with skeg mounted rudder, cutter rig. $59,000 New Listing 2 available 757-480-1073

Classic Nutshell Sailing Dinghy Fabulous multi-purpose tender. Row or sail. Bright finish throughout. Fantastic cond.. Complete and ready to launch. $1,095 Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org JC-10 Sailing Canoe ’As New’ cond. and ready to launch. Thrilling sport boat. Rare find. Don’t wait on this one. Will sell soon. Call Lad Mills, boat donation director, $995 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org Chesapeake Light Craft 17 Kayak with trimaran sailing rig. Superb build quality and excellent condition. Complete and ready to launch. Call Lad Mills, boat donation director, $1,450 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org Ericson 32 Sloop ’71 Bruce King designGreat sailing boat, new Yanmar dsl, fresh sails, roller furling, lazy jacks. Needs some interior work. Call Lad Mills, boat donation director, $8,000 410-7454942 or lmills@cbmm.org

7078 Bembe Beach Rd., Annapolis, MD 21403

26’ Tartan Fantail ’14 We have both the DaySailor and WeekEnder in stock. Ready to go excellent incentives. SailAway package at $89k DaySailor & $99k Weekender. ready to test sail, 410-2690939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

33’ Tartan 101 ’14 Lightly used, Offshore equipped. Owner looking to downsize. Radar, wheel steering, Custom interior Cherry, North 3di Sails etc…Race and Cruise equipped. $210,000 410-269-0939 in Annapolis.

34’ Beneteau 343 Two Available - ‘06 & ‘07 Both Air, Cruise equipped Plotter etc. Newer Canvas. One with Deep Keel / Traditional Rig & One Furling Rig / Shoal Keel — Both Super Nice & Asking $99,000 410-269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

32’ C&C ’99 ’04 Trade In - Well equipped for racing or performance cruising, Deep Keel ( 6’5” ) White Hull, Carbon Rig & Pole - Updated electronics and racing sails. Asking $85,000 Offers / Trades encouraged Contact Mike 410-269-0939

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31 Hunter ‘87 - $21,500 31 Hunter ’86 - $19,000 31 Hunter ‘84 - $21,000 31 Hunter’84 - $19,500

32-40 foot 326 Hunter ‘03 - $59,000 33 Hunter ’05 - $79,000 33 Hunter ‘82 - $14,999 336 Hunter ’96 - $50,000 37.5 Hunter ‘94 - $66,900

376 Hunter ’97 - $70,000 376 Hunter ’97 - $72,000 376 Hunter ‘96 - $45,000 376 Hunter ’96 - $79,900 38 Hunter ‘08 - $135,000

41 + foot 41AC Hunter ‘05- $154,900 45DS Hunter ‘10- $265,000 41DS Hunter ’11 - $227,000 456 Hunter ’05- $205,000 42 Hunter ‘91 - $91,000 456 Hunter ‘04- $190,000 44AC Hunter ’04- $169,500 49 Hunter ‘10- $340,000 44DS Hunter ‘07 - $175,000 50 Hunter ’09 - $324,900

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37’ Pacific Seacraft 37 ‘95 Very well kept and equipped. Offshore capable, knowledgeable owners have kept her updated and in beautiful condition. Best equipped 37 on market! Asking $160,000 wwwCrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

35’ Hunter 356 ’04 Great cond., lightly used and equipped perfectly for coastal / Bay cruising. Air Con, windlass, Furling mast and more. Asking $89,000 Reduced / Make offers! 410-269-0939 www.Crusaderyachts.com

37’ Tartan 3700 ’04 In great shape, white hull, Raymarine electronics / radar, autopilot and more . Mostly Freshwater Sailing & Indoor winters. Here in Annapolis & ready to show. REDUCED $205k - Offers encouraged 410-269-0939

38’ Hanse 385 ’15 New Demo model Just arrived - Call for a test sail! Ready for delivery, see her at Annapolis Show! Special factory / dealer incentives on this boat!! Trades considered! Call !! 410-269-0939 40’ Pacific Seacraft Three Available Standout Crealock design. ALL VERY well equipped and meticulous care by owners Ready for coastal or offshore cruising! BEAUTIFUL! FROM $245,000 - 410-269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

41’ Tartan 4100 ’98 Janus - Well equipped, experienced cruising boat. Great value under 200k Ready for Coastal cruising. Owners getting out of boating, everything goes with! $160,000 410-269-0939 or www.CrusaderYachts.com

49’ Jeanneau 49DS ’07 Well equipped owner’s layout w/convertible aft cabin to a kind single. Chesapeake Bay sailing only. Excellent price and value - lightly used! ! Asking $299,000 Schedule an appointment to see her today! 410-2690939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

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Featured Brokerage 62’ 1984 Gulfstar SailMaster 62 ..........................$339,000 53’ 1984 Mason 53 Ketch ....................................$150,000 50’ 1984 Gulfstar SailMaster 50 ..........................$165,000 49’ 2007 Jeanneau 49 Deck Salon ......................$299,000 48’ 2000 Sunward 48 Ketch ................................$225,000 46’ 2003 Tartan 4600 ............................................$349,900 44’ 2004 Tartan 4400 ............................................$399,000 43’ 1997 Saga 43 ..................................................$189,000 42’ 1981 Pearson 424 ............................................$44,900 41’ 2001 Tartan 4100 ............................................$155,000 40’ 1976 Bristol 40 .................................................$49,000 40’ 2005 Formula 40 PC - Hardtop .....................$179,000 40’ 1998 Pacific Seacraft 40 ................................$250,000 40’ 1996 Pacific Seacraft 40 ................................$259,000 40’ 2001 Pacific Seacraft 40 ................................$245,000 40’ 1998 Regal 402 Commodore ...........................$97,500 38’ 1988 C&C 38 Mk III ...........................................$57,500

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38 2004 Hunter 38 ................................................$137,500 38’ 2015 Hanse 385 - New Demo .............................. CALL 37’ 1977 Gulfstar 37 ...............................................$57,500 37’ 1995 Pacific Seacraft Creelock 37 ................$160,000 37’ 2009 Tartan 3700 ccr .....................................$279,000 37’ 1985 Tayana 37 ................................................$45,000 37’ 2004 Tartan 3700 # 81 ....................................$210,000 37’ 2002 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 37 ....................$95,000 37’ 2008 Tartan 3700 ccr ........................................... CALL 35’ 1979 Bristol 35.5 ..............................................$54,900 35’ 2004 Hunter 356 ...............................................$84,000 34’ 2006 Beneteau 343 ..........................................$94,000 34’ 2007 Beneteau 343 ..........................................$99,000 34’ 1990 Cabo Rico 34 ...........................................$85,000 34’ 1987 Express Alsberg Built ............................$45,000 34’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 ..................$95,000 34’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 ..................$95,000

34’ 1993 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 ..................$90,000 33’ 2015 Tartan 101 - NEW IN STOCK ...................... CALL 33’ 1980 Tartan 33 ..................................................$25,900 33’ 2000 Nauticat 331Motor Sailor .....................$180,000 33’ 2014 Tartan 101 ..............................................$210,000 32’ 2015 Legacy 32 Downeast - NEW # 50 ......... $380,000 32’ 2004 C&C 99- Trade In .....................................$84,000 32’ 2004 C&C 99 .....................................................$85,000 32’ 2000 Catalina 320 .............................................$64,500 32’ 1995 Catalina 320 .............................................$48,500 32’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Pilot 32 .........................$95,000 32’ 1995 Pacific Seacraft Pilot 32 .......................$110,000 31’ 1990 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31 ..................$59,500 28’ 1987 Tartan 28 ..................................................$29,500 27’ 1980 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 w/ Trailer ...... $67,750 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Daysailor - Demo ............ $88,000 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Weekender - Demo.......... $98,000

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28’ Pearson ’78 In good shape, combines comfortable accommodations w/excellent sailing qualities. Baltimore area, only $9,900 Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis stokes & Associates, rob@curtisstokes.net

30’ Seidelmann ’80 A proven classic racer/cruiser design with 11 feet of beam, she feels much larger than she is, Asking $5,500. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, rob@curtisstokes.net

38’ Hunter ’05 Fresh water boat, extremely well taken care of and very clean, located in Mississippi. Asking $129,900 Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or email rob at rob@curtisstokes.net

35’ Classic C&C MK II Classic ’74 Westerbeke auxiliary, large sail inventory, proven winner. Asking $19,000 Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or email him at rob@curtisstokes.net

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

42’ Hunter 420 Center Cockpit ’99 2 ensuite staterooms/ 2 heads. Yanmar 6-2hp, all weather enclosed cockpit. $100,000. Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216 5339187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, Rob@curtisstokes.net

51’ Little Harbor Pilothouse ’96 Well maintained performance cruiser. Beautiful condition. New Yanmar 160hp. $299,500. Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216 533-9187 Curtis Stokes and Associates Rob@curtisstokes.net

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Dealers for DELPHIA from 31’– 53’ 63 Little Harbour 1989 ........................................... $995,000 57 Southerly 2012 ............................................... $1,395,000 57 Southerly 2011 ............................................... $1,675,000 52 Island Packet 520 NEW MODEL .................... ENQUIRE 52 Island Packet 485 2007 ...................................... $475,000 52 Island Packet 485 2005 ........................................... SOLD 52 Island Packet 485 2003 ...................................... $505,000 50 Morgan Catalina 1990 ............................................. SOLD 48 Bowman 1992/2006 ................................................ SOLD 47 Trintella 2002 .................................................... $595,000 46 Delphia NEW .................................................. ENQUIRE 46 Island Packet 465 2008 ...................................... $489,000 46 Island Packet 465 2008 ...................................... $420,900 45 Island Packet 1996 ........................................... ENQUIRE 45 Island Packet 1996 ............................................. $199,000 45 Island Packet 1999 ............................................. $199,900 44 Island Packet 1993 ............................................. $175,000 44 Island Packet 440 2005 ...................................... $399,900 43 Jeanneau DS 2003 .............................................. $199,900 43 Endeavour 1979 ................................................... $39,900 43 Passport 2000 ..................................................... $284,900 43 IP SP Cruiser MKII NEW MODEL .................. ENQUIRE 42 Island Packet 420 2002 .............................................. U/C

Dealers for ISLAND PACKET from 36’– 52’ 42 Island Packet 420 2005 ...................................... $288,500 42 Moody 425 1991 ................................................ $118,500 42 Endeavour 1985 ................................................... $99,900 42 Southerly 42RST 2011............................................... U/C 42 Tatoosh 1982 ..................................................... $120,000 41 IP SP Cruiser MKI 2010 .................................... $429,000 41 Bristol 41.1 CC 1981 ......................................... $135,000 41 Rhodes Bounty II 1957 ........................................ $44,750 40 Delphia NEW IN STOCK .................................. $265,000 40 Island Packet 1999 ..................................................... U/C 40 Island Packet .................................................. ENQUIRE 40 Island Packet 1996 ..............................................$188,500 39 Beneteau 393 2003............................................... $99,900 38 Southerly 2009 ........................................................... U/C 38 Catalina 380 2000 .............................................. $122,500 38 Hunter 2005 ...................................................... $124,900 38 Island Packet 380 1999 ...................................... $199,900 38 Island Packet 380 2000 ...................................... $225,000 38 Island Packet 380 1999 ...................................... $179,000 38 Island Packet 1990 ............................................. $127,000 37 Nauticat 2002 .................................................... $239,000 37 Gib’Sea 1990 ........................................................ $29,990 37 Island Packet 370 2008 .............................................. U/C

Dealers for SOUTHERLy Variable Swing Keel 37 Island Packet 1995 ............................................. $149,000 37 Southerly 115 MK IV 2006 ................................ $199,000 36 Hunter 2005 ........................................................ $94,900 36 Southerly 110 2005 ............................................ $199,000 36 Island Packet Estero 2010................................... $270,000 36 Tashing Tashiba 1986 ........................................ $119,900 36 S2 11.0C 1980 ..................................................... $45,000 35 Island Packet 350 1998 ...................................... $120,000 35 Island Packet 1992 ............................................. $114,400 35 Island Packet 1989 ............................................. $124,900 35 Island Packet Cat 1994 ....................................... $149,500 34 Catalina 1993 ....................................................... $49,900 34 O’Day 1983.......................................................... $39,900 34 Sabre MKI 1980 ................................................... $39,000 33 Tartan 1981 ......................................................... $34,500 32 Camper Nicholson 1970 ....................................... $59,000 32 Island Packet 3 from ............................................. $79,900 31 Island Packet 4 from ............................................. $48,900 31 Hunter 1984 ........................................................ $16,900 30 Allied Seawind 1969 ............................................. $49,500 29 Island Packet 2 From ........................................... $59,900 27 Island Packet 2 From ........................................... $39,900 27 John Holmes Custom w/trlr 1987 ......................... $12,500

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 41DS Hunter ’11 Captain’s Lady is in pristine condition! She has a great layout that provides ample space, and has been very well cared for. Just Listed! $227,000 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

32’ 2007 Dufour 325 DS Hunter ’07 Blue Skies is Grande Large 44’ Gorgeous & loaded with options! She’s

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29’ 1989 Bayfield Cutter Yanmar 13-hp, Shoal Draft................CONTRACT 29’ 1984 Bayfield Yanmar DSL, 3’6” Draft ............................................... $16,500 28’ 1977 Sabre Volvo 13 Hp dsl, RF, wheel steering, bimini & dodger $15,000 30’ 1988 Catalina DSL, Shoal Draft 3’10” ................................................ $22,500 30’ 1987 Catalina Universal DSL, 5’3” Draft, Tall Rig............................. $22,500

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49’ Hunter ’10 Maida Vale is a beautiful boat! It is Like NEW, and very spacious. This boat is fully equipped and very well maintained and ready to go today. $340,000 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

42’ Catalina ’03 $159,900 Blue water ready- rare cabin/w center queen call Jay 410-977-9460 Island Packet 485 ‘09 Why buy new— this boat is in new condition. Call Jay 410-977-9460

32’ 2007 Dufour Le Grande Volvo DSL, Wheel, RF, Shoal................$114,500

50CC Hunter ’09 Quiet Wings is a oneowner dream boat with every possible option! You have to see this queen of the fleet! $340,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

34’ 2001 Motorsailor Kubota 50-hp, Custom......................................... $35,000 36’ 1996 Catalina 36 Yanmar, Air, Dinghy, w/ Davits.............................. $74,500 38’ 1991 Pearson 38 Yanmar DSL, RF...................................................... $75,000

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BOATS FOR SALE! SAilBoATS S2 (9.2A) 30 1978 sloop rigged, fin keel, skeg rudder and keel stepped mast. Yanmar diesel engine $9,000 Sabre 28’ 1974 30 HP Universal Atomic 4 $10,000 J/24 1979 and Triad single axle trailer Mercury Outboard 4 hp new topsides 2013 complete, reliable and sturdy. $4,800 All boats are sold “as is, where is” See boats’ photos at www.crabsailing.org To learn more or discuss purchase, contact CRAB at

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29’ Bayfield ’89 Yanmar 13-hp, shoal, cutter $15,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger. 2 avail. $22,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

Regent Point Marina Full Service Yacht Repair Facility. See our website for details of Winter Wet or Dry storage specials. Call Regent Point Marina 30’ Catalina Diesel, roller furling, shoal Boatyard 804-758-4747. 40’ 1995 Hunter Yanmar 50hp, A/C, AP, Inverter@$99,500 draft 3’10” $22,500 Lippincott Marine yardmaster@regentpointmarina.com (410) 827-9300. 20’ Pacific Sea Craft Flicka “Miracle” 30’ Catalina ‘88 Dsl, shoal draft 3’10” New 14-hp Beta Marine dsl w/ 146 hrs, $22,500 Lippincott Marine ( 827-9300. heavy duty long trailer, roller furling, tiller 30’ Ericson ’85 R/F, wheel, dsl. Cruise auto pilot, Ready to go ! Asking:$24,900 equipped. Shoal. $16,500 Lippincott Call Regent Point Marina @804-758Marine (410) 827-9300. 4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19-hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $114,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 33’ Pearson 33 ’88 Dsl, shoal, dodger, AP $39,900 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 36’ Catalina ’96 Yanmar dsl, dodger, dinghy, custom mattress $79,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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20’ Beneteau First ’13 Caper is in excellent cond.. This is a beautiful boat, perfect for day sailing, racing, or a first taste of coastal cruising. $39,500 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 32’ Hunter 326 ‘03 Salty Mistress is the perfect size boat for your first cruiser. She is very clean, and has all the necessities you need to escape the weekday noise. $59,000 Norton Yacht Sales (804)776-9211

30’ Catalina ’86 “Goober” 24-hp Universal dsl, Autohelm, bimini, dodger, dinghy davits w/ dinghy and 4-hp OB, Asking: $21,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-757-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 30’ Lippincott ’83 “Red Horizon” Yanmar 2GM, new canvas, new standing rigging, good sail complement, 2 new Trojan 6V house batteries, sail ready! Asking: $19,900 Call Regent Point Marina@ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 46’ Hunter 460 ‘00 “Proud Mary” 75 HP Yanmar dsl, Great live-aboard or family cruiser, 3 private cabins and 2 enclosed heads w/ showers, generator & much more, Asking: $129,000 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Tayana Vancouver 42 ’87 $179K Totally upgraded and equipped…900 amp hrs and genset, solar, wind, water maker, diesel heat, new electronics, ready to go now. RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Rogue Wave Specializes in High Quality, Ocean-going vessels of substance and character. Happy summer cruisin’ List your boat with us!. Also check out our free Buyer’s Agent Services! Call Kate and Bernie at 410 571-2955.

Passport 40 ‘85 $119K New arrival! Two boat owner. Priced to sell. Custom hard dodger. AC, generator, refrigeration. No more excuses. Great boat. Go now! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Valiant 42 CE Cutter ’99 to 2004 priced $299k to $329K. Several beautiful Valiant 42s available now. Completely equipped blue water cruising boats of the highest caliber. RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Brewer 44 CC Ketch ‘88 $159K Perfect liveaboard cruiser, two stateroom commodious accommodations, new genset, AC, refrigeration, dinghy, ob, davits, bottom paint. Move aboard! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Passport 49 CC ’90 $149K Big tough Perry designed center cockpit cruiser, two staterooms, two heads, new electronics. Great liveaboard with AC and genset! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

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Delphia 40 New A quality boat with a European flair. New boat, available now in Annapolis. 3 cabins. Nice mahogany joinery. Many nice features! $264,900 S&J Yachts (410) 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

19’ Menger Cat ’93 Classic Gaff rigged Menger Cat boat with style, function and practicality! Drawing less than 2’ and sporting a huge cockpit she represents the perfect Chesapeake daysailer offered for $19,000 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

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Southerly Yachts Extreme Shoal Draft World Leaders for over 36 yrs & 1,100 boats. Push button swing keel. Go where others cannot! Several models available 36, 37, 38, 42, 47 & 57 feet from $199,000 to $1,675,000. S&J Yachts 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

Passport 43 ‘00 True cruising boat. Gorgeous joinery w/luxurious quarters. Nicely equipped w/ in-boom furling, running backstays, generator, A/C, Only 979 hrs. $284,900 S&J Yachts (410) 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

39’ Pearson ‘74 “Molly” has had a major refit with over 160K spent! Convertible yawl rig...have it both ways! An unbelievable opportunity for the discriminating buyer looking for that special boat! Now $69,000 (410) 6399380, www.saltyachts.com 40’ Hunter 40.5 Legend Series ’97 Simply one of the best layouts in a 40 footer! Ready for adventure...Reduced to $87,750 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

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Yacht View Brokerage LLC Wants Your Listing! USCG 100t Master John Kaiser Jr. has been selling only well maintained power and sailing yachts in Annapolis since 1988. We will market your yacht from her current location or ours! We offer select yacht owners complimentary dockage (25’-75’), including weekly cleaning and electric. National advertising including Yachtworld.com internet exposure with hundreds of high resolution photos! Located in Annapolis, 15 minutes from BWI airport, your yacht will be easily inspected and demonstrated to the prospective buyer. A successful sale in under 90 days is our goal! Call/Email John @ 443-223-7864 Cell/Text, 410-923-1400 Office, EMAIL: john@yachtview.com, WEBSITE: www.yachtview.com

30’ Sabre ’86 Datamarine knot/depth, roller furling, VHF, genoa, dodger, bimini, etc. Call 443-209-1111 or go to www.TidewaterYachts.com 31’ Hunter ’06 ST40 knot/depth, autopilot, in-mast furling, VHF, wheel steering, fixed wing keel, bimini. Call 443-209-1111 or go to www.TidewaterYachts.com 38’ Hunter ’08 Air, speed/depth, GPS, autopilot, electric windlass, in-mast furling, bimini, dodger, etc. $149,900 Call 443-209-1111 or go to www.TidewaterYachts.com 45CC Hunter ’07 Air/heat, in-mast furling, TV, generator, GPS, dodger, bimini, washer/dryer, etc. Call 443-209-1111 or go to www.TidewaterYachts.com 466 Hunter ’02 (2 to choose from) 466 Hunter 2002 (2 to choose from) Air/heat, ST60 knot/wind/depth, GPS, generator, bimini, dodger ($159,500 & $179,000) Call 443-209-1111 or go to www.TidewaterYachts.com

Severn Sailing Association (SSA) IS Looking for an Office manager. 30 hr per week salaried position w/core 10AM to 2PM weekday hrs. Duties include: database, website updates; invoicing, AR/AP, bookkeeping (QuickBooks); supporting sailing director & facilities manager; primary POC for members by phone/email; working w/volunteer board; controlling clubhouse use; special event (July 4, etc.) coordination. Benefits: vacation, holidays, healthcare allowance, salary TBD. Resumes to office@severnsailing.org Naval Academy Sailing Foundation Executive Director. NASF, an IRS 501(c)(3) corporation, supports the Naval Academy’s sail training in Annapolis, MD. The Executive Director; who is also the Treasurer, is responsible for development of donations, and management to accomplish the mission. This involves close coordination with the Director of Navy Sailing and USNA administration. Further info, or send resume: nasfbower@compuserve.com.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AB Marine - Magic Ezy............................................43

East of Maui............................................................34

Pocket-Yacht Company...........................................69

AB Marine - Shaft Shark..........................................70

Eastport Yacht Center.............................................35

Port Annapolis Marina.............................................19

Adirondack Guideboat.............................................81

Eastport Yacht Club................................................51

Pro Valor Charters...................................................53

Allstate Insurance....................................................78

Fawcett Boat Supplies........................................31,43

Profurl / Wichard......................................................12

Annapolis 2 Bermuda Race.....................................77

Forespar - Whisker Pole..........................................79

Quantum..................................................................89 Regent Point Marina................................................59

Annapolis Gelcoat...................................................70

Governor’s Cup.......................................................73

Annapolis Performance Sailing.................................3

Harbor East Marina.................................................29

Annapolis Yacht Sales.......................................48,93

Harbours at Solomons...............................................7

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

Herrington Harbour..................................................25

Bands in the Sand.................................................107

Hood Sailmakers.....................................................71

Blue Water Sailing School.......................................53

Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond...............................29

BoatU.S.....................................................................9

Intensity Sails..........................................................86

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

Interlux.....................................................................17

Calvert Marine Museum..........................................85

J. Gordon & Co........................................................44

Cape Charles Cup...................................................83

J/World....................................................................34

Cape Charles Town Harbor.....................................32

Knot 10....................................................................99

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.......................32

Lippincott Marine.....................................................98

Chesapeake Boating Club.......................................51

M Yacht Services....................................................24

Chesapeake Harbour Inc........................................33

M Yacht Services Blue Div......................................61

Coppercoat USA.....................................................57

Mack Sails...............................................................59

CRAB......................................................................98

Martek Davits..........................................................70

CRAB Boatyard Regatta.........................................90

Moorings..................................................................10

Cruise Annapolis.....................................................16

North Sails.............................................................108

Crusader Yacht Sales.............................................96

Norton Sailing School..............................................33

Curtis Stokes.............................................................5

Norton Yachts.....................................................63,95

Vane Brothers.........................................................67

Davis’ Pub...............................................................69

Orca Green Marine..................................................44

West Marine............................................................23

Dream Yacht Charters...............................................6

Pettit Marine Paint Vivid..........................................71

Whitehall Marina......................................................31

RogueWave Yacht Brokerage.................................54 Rondar.....................................................................86 S&J Yachts..............................................................97 SailFlow...................................................................22 Sailrite Enterprises..................................................20 Sailtime....................................................................11 Scandia Marine Center.......................................26,65 Screwpile.................................................................75 Shipwright Harbour..................................................35 Spring Cove Marina.................................................69 Stur-Dee Boat..........................................................43 Summer Sailstice....................................................57 Sunfish Regatta.......................................................82 Sunsail.....................................................................15 Suntex Marinas.......................................................67 Tidewater Yacht Service Baltimore.........................65 UK Sailmakers Annapolis........................................21 Ullman Sails..............................................................4 US Sailing................................................................39

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CAPTAINS

CHARTERS

CREW

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Sail all Season for less than a slip fee!

Charters Available C&C 44 Kirby 30 Two boats for Charter, Kirby 30 can be chartered for the full year or any partial plan. K30 is a daysailer but does have accommodations for 4. Also a C&C 44 available, great boats with all the amenities. Very reasonable rates. Please call for details and pricing. Call Greg 410-8528671 or Gary 443-277-6425

Join Our Sailboat Club! Yachts from 25-40’ Hunter 25 Catalina 27 O’Day 302 Hunter 375 Jeanneau 40.3

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DELIVERIES Captain Bob Dunn Deliveries Charters, Yacht Management, Live away from the Bay? Who’s watching your boat? (410) 279-0502. dunnboat01@gmail.com Endurance Yacht Deliveries Local and Long distance. Twenty-one years experience with clean insurance approved resume. Local references. Please call Simon Edwards (410) 212-9579 or email simon@enduranceyachtdeliveries.com

ELECTRONICS

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Charter Someday

Day charter Someday, a beautifully restored Hinckley Bermuda 40 Sloop with captain and crew to sail the mid bay area. See Thomas Point Lighthouse close up, cruise Annapolis harbor, Ego Alley and view the Naval Academy waterfront from the helm of a teak trimmed classic. Learn some sailing fundamentals, polish your skills, show off ! Gourmet lunch and beverages included.

Capt. Richard Rosenthal

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Equipment

Help wanted

MARINE engines

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Dockmaster - Part Time Weekend Person Hours: 12 noon to 6 pm Sat, Sunday & holidays. Good pay plus tips. No experience necessary. Must have cell phone & basic boat knowledge. Will train. Call Bob | (443) 454-4370.

2014 Mercury 9.9-hp Big Foot Model # 9.9EXLHD-25”, elec. start, tiller steer. Comes w/tiller extension, many extras. 55 hrs. 4 yr warranty. Asking $2095. Located in Annapolis. Charlie (610) 585-4567. Can be seen on Craig’s List. annapolis.craigslist.org/ search/sss?query=mercury%202014%20engine%20 annapolis&sort=rel

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Junior Marine Technician Full-time, Hourly position. Some knowledge of marine industry required. Must be able to lift 50 lbs and work in a team environment. Overtime hrs during the busy seasons. Responsibilities to include installation and repair of minor components. Excellent opportunity to gain experience in an apprenticeship environment. For full description visit: www.annapolisyachtsales.com/career-opportunities or email: service@annapolisyachtsales.com

Sailmakers/Managers Wanted, Quantum Sails - Is looking for experienced sailmakers and managers. Outstanding pay, and an outstanding work environment. Call or E-mail Charlie for an interview. 410-268-1161, csaville@quantumsails.com Seaside Boatworks, Annapolis, MD Is now hiring experienced marine technicians, detailers, and bottom painters. Call (410) 267-9179. Seeking Experienced Yacht Broker. Excellent compensation package for strong performer. Contact (410) 709 8002-for information and a confidential interview.

Marine Engine Sales, Parts & Service 410-263-8370

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Senior Marine Technician Full-Time, 5 years experience req’d in marine industry, servicing sail or power boats. Must be able to discuss nature and extent of an installation, malfunction or warranty claim. Skills should include: trouble shooting Baking Soda Blasting major on-board systems, gelcoat repair, and Mobile & In-House Blasting Services installation of electronic components. Rigging Environmentally Friendly Abrasive and Non-Abrasive Media Blasting experience a plus. For full description visit: 140 W. Mt. Harmony Rd. #105 Mike Morgan www.annapolisyachtsales.com/career-opportunities (p) 410.980.0857 • (f) 443.550.3280 Owings, MD 20736 or email: service@annapolisyachtsales.com Chesblast@yahoo.com www.chesapeakesodaclean.com

Lodging

APS, The World Leader in Outfitting Sailors, Is a strategically driven and constantly growing company that is looking for motivated sailors to join our team. We offer competitive wages, benefits and fabulous discounts on our products. If you have a passion for sailing and the drive to provide sailors with an excellent customer experience, for more information visit www. apsltd.com/employment

MARINE Services

Riggers & Service Manager Wanted Annapolis, MD Atlantic Spars & Rigging is looking for sailboat riggers and a Service Manager. We are a wellestablished, custom rigging & metal fabrication business with two locations. All positions require prior rigging experience, be extremely organized, detail oriented, and have a great working attitude. We offer competitive wages, great benefits and career positions. Send resume to marc@atlanticspars.com or call 410-268-1570.

Help wanted

Diversified Marine Services, Inc. - Marine repair, installation and Restoration Company based in Annapolis, Maryland is now taking applications for a lead technician. Applicants should have a minimum of ten years’ experience in the maritime trades industry and knowledge of all shipboard systems. Mechanical Electrical - Systems. Base pay, retirement (401K), performance based compensation, education, holidays, vacation. References required. This is a rapid advancement opportunity. Please visit our web site for a company profile. www.dmsinc.net, For a confidential interview contact 410.263.8717. Please e-mail resumes to tomdmsinc@verizon.net

Propane Outboard - Lehr 5 HP Outboard. Less than 10 hours use. 10 hour maintenance check done. Includes 11 pound propane tank and hose. $1250 410721-9109 or boats.babies@verizon.net

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Need a Place to Stay? Waterfront Eastport, Annapolis for boat shows, boating events, regattas or option for summer house sharing. Call (443) 223-9299 OR (410) 980-6523.

Electrical Systems, Electronics, Rigging, Plumbing,Carpentry, Commissioning, Yacht Management

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Marketplace & CLASSIFIED MARINE Services

SAILS

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kevin@mallardmarineservices.com www.mallardmarineservices.com Kevin Ladenheim

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Mike’s Sodablasting LLC

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

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RIGGING

Rigging & Metal Fabrication

NEW & USED SAILS BUY-SELL-CONSIGN-TRADE. 1000’s of cruising & racing sails in stock. Tax Deductions/Donation Program New Sail Covers - Loft on Site MASTHEAD ENTERPRISES (800) 783-6953 (727) 327-5361 or fax: (727) 327-4275 4500 28th St. N., St. Petersburg FL 33714 email: masthead@mastheadsailinggear.com www.mastheadsailinggear.com

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• 24’ - 55’ slips • Full Service Marina • Pool/Clubhouse • Picnic Areas • Close to restaurants • Save Fuel • Mouth of Middle River • Easy access to I-95/695

Sales, Lease and Management by Coastal Properties Management, Inc.

SIPALA SPARS & RIGGING LLC

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Splicing, Swaging, Spar Transportation and Refinishing Premium Quality Rigging at Reasonable Rates Full Rigging Shop Fully Mobile Rigging Services

sLIPS & STORAGE

Bell Isle

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Transients Welcome (Lower (Lower Bay) Bay)

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Harbor East Marina New listings are being added all the time, visit spinsheet.com

Call Now for Monthly Vacation Dockage May - October Annual & Transient Slips also available! Year round fun for your family!

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www.FrigateMarineSurveyors.com Annapolis Surveyor Kevin White Marine Survey LLC, SAMS(SA), ABYC, Insurance, Condition & Valuation, Pre-Purchase surveys and consultation. 410-703-2165. www.KevinWhiteMarineSurvey.com

TRAILErS On the Annapolis Harbor, in Eastport’s Restaurant Row Slips from 30’ to 62’ Office Suites from 600 sq.ft. 326 First St. Annapolis, MD 21403

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Full Service Marina • A Certified Clean Marina • Serene Setting w/ Pool

410-867-7686 Deale, Maryland

• Minutes to the Bay • Transients Welcome www.shipwrightharbormarina.com

15’ Up to 60’ Deep-Water Slips On the Magothy. One river north of Annapolis. Easy access to marina by Route 100. North Shore Marina (410) 255-3982. 25’ - 40’ Slips, MD Clean Marina / Boatyard of the year. Power & sail, cozy, in protected Deale harbor, excel. boating & fishing, free Wi-Fi & pumpout. 30 mins. from DC. DIY service boatyard. Discount to new customers. (410) 867-7919, rockholdcreekmarina.com 30’ - 35’ Slips Available Annapolis City Marina, Ltd. in the heart of Eastport. Includes electric, water, restrooms with showers, and gated parking. Give us a call at (410) 268-0660, www.annapoliscitymarina.com. 30’ - 50’ Deepwater Slips For Sale & Rent On the western shore of the Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Flag Harbor Yacht Haven (410) 586-0070, www. flagharbor.com. Winter storage & repair (410) 5861915. 35’ - 60’ Slips on Choptank River Cambridge City Marina. Low annual and transient rates, water, electric. Clean restrooms, showers, laundry, Wi-Fi. Walk to historic downtown and great dining. 410-330-8016.

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Venture Boat Trailer ’06 Rated 1300 lb, like-new cond., OK for 17’ sailboat, Sea Scouts $950, Joel Davie, jdavid5158@aol.com, 301 646-0805

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45’ A Pier Slip in Anchorage Marina Great location in Baltimore Harbor, near Fort McHenry, for rent or for sale. Contact Ray (410) 534-7655. 46’ Boat Slip on Spa Creek for Sale Inside bridge. 30amp electric, water, pool, baths, club house, parking. $150,000. 267-304-4246. Annapolis Deep-Water Slips 25’ - 50’ Protected Whitehall Creek location. Electric, water, restrooms with showers. Annual and shorter term slip rentals. 410757-4819. Whitehall Marina www.whitehallannapolis. com

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Annapolis Slip near Cantler’s Mill Creek Join knowledgeable, friendly skippers. Private dock, hurricane hole, deep water, 30-45+ ft., dock carts, electricity, potable water, parking, quiet. Mins. by car to rt. 50. (410) 757-3553 or (703) 405-3277. Galesville - West River Deep water sailboat slips with water and electric. Private home. Up to 40 feet. 410212-4867. Private Sailboat Slips off Mill Creek Near Cantlers, easy access Whitehall Bay. Quiet Water and electric and bubbler. Slips 28ft – 45ft with deep water 301 5180989. Slip for Sale $32,000 West River Yacht Harbor. C Dock. 11.5 x 42, 8.5” depth. . DIY Clean Marina with yard, pool, bath house, gas dock, pump out,. Available immediately. Easy in/out. 814-386-1424 Slips, up to 40’, in town of Oxford on Town Creek Starting at $1,900 through 2015. Water and electric. (410) 726-3151.

Adopt A Manatee® Friend … or Three!

Slips, West River, Galesville MD 20’ TO 52’ available. Water, power & shower included. Deep draft. Minutes to the Bay. Pirates Cove Marina. (410) 867-3600.

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Why Pay High Annapolis or Baltimore Rates? $1,250-$2,200 YR. Land storage $120 monthly. Haulouts $10. Minutes to Bay and Baltimore Beltway. Old Bay Marina (410) 477-1488 or www. oldbaymarina.com

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C L A S S IC

Old Point Comfort, Virginia

ld Point Comfort, later the site for Fort Monroe, served as the key defensive site at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay for at least 400 years. In 1607, John Smith and the Virginia Company discovered the point of land that is known today as Old Point Comfort. They named it such because when rowing over to it, English colonist George Percy wrote, “We found a channel and sounded six, eight, 10, or 12 fathoms, which put us in good comfort.” John Smith began to build defensive works on the point at the mouth of the James River, and in 1609, under the direction of Captain Ratcliffe, the British built Fort Algernon in order to protect settlements along the James River Estuary. Unfortunately, the Fort accidentally burned and was destroyed in the winter of 1612. Over the years, several attempts were made to erect a permanent fortification at Old Point Comfort, but many were shoddily built and only maintained when there was an immediate threat to the colony. Between 1730 and 1739, the colonists made another attempt with the building of Fort George. It was hoped that the masonry Fort would become a permanent fortification at the site. In 1736, Governor William Gooch wrote

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that “no ship could pass it without running great risks.” Well… in 1749, Fort George was destroyed; this time by a hurricane. With this latest pitfall, Old Point Comfort was once again unfortified, leaving the entire Chesapeake Bay open to potential attacks.

In 1802 the Old Point Comfort Lighthouse was constructed. During the war of 1812, the British temporarily took over Old Point Comfort and its lighthouse, while sailing further into the Chesapeake Bay and destroying the city of Hampton, VA, and burning Washington, D.C. With no fort at the mouth of the Bay, the British were completely unhindered by any coastal defenses. Thus, plans were constructed for the beginning of a new fort in 1817. Simon Bernard, a French-trained military engineer, was appointed to draft plans for a coastal fortification under the recommendation of the Marquis de Lafayette

(Hermione, an exact replica of Lafayette’s ship will visit the Chesapeake Bay this June. See page 18). Construction on the stone fortress began in 1819 and was completed in 1836. It was named Fort Monroe in honor of the fifth U.S. President, James Monroe. A young lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed briefly at the fort from 1831-1834 and oversaw its completion. Between 1861 and 1865, most of Virginia became part of the Confederate States of America, but Fort Monroe remained a Union stronghold. Confederate President Jefferson Davies was placed under arrest in April 1865 and imprisoned in the Fort for two years. But despite the upheaval of the Civil War, Fort Monroe also earned the nickname “Freedom’s Fortress” after General Benjamin Butler refused to return three enslaved men who had escaped the Confederate Army and fled to Old Point Comfort. Butler deemed them “contraband of war,” and it was those policies that eventually led to the Emancipation Proclamation. To this day, Fort Monroe is the largest stone fort ever built in America, costing nearly two million dollars to construct, covering 63 acres of land, and taking more than 15 years to complete.

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