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Chesapeake Bay Marinas 2015 Some important considerations for choosing marinas, how you can benefit from Clean Marina initiatives, and two marina managers’ takes on life along the Bay.

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Editor’s Note

Duffy Perkins

##Winter boat shows are a good way to pass the time, but nothing beats the real spring thing. See you at the Bay Bridge Boat Show April 17-19.

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t’s no secret that we at PropTalk love a good boat show. From the wooden backyard boats to the ocean cruisers, it seems someone in this office is always heading out to kick tires somewhere. Within the last month alone, we’ve had the pleasure of hitting three regional boat shows that made us proud to be in this industry: the Providence Boat Show in Rhode Island, Baltimore Boat Show, and the Atlantic City Boat Show a week later.

Some might say it’s a lot of driving to go kick some tires, and they’d be right, despite the relief gas prices are giving us right now. You can tell me you’re not in the market, and I’d understand. We’re not really, either, although at the same time we’re always in the market. I can’t really describe it. But I’ve learned through the years that there are still some who think you need to be shopping for a boat to enjoy a boat show. Some of us like to shop through magazines like PropTalk and doing extensive research online before reaching out to get in a sea trial. Can’t fault anyone for that, but if you fall in that camp, you might want to give boat shows another look.

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The Baltimore Boat Show was 20 percent larger this year, and you definitely noticed that the second you walked in the doors of the convention center. While the perennial standouts were there again this year (Fred’s Shed, Miss Geico, a never-ending collection of Boston Whalers), it was the new stuff that really caught my attention.

It’s not that the boats were 20 percent bigger. There aren’t 20 percent more boat manufacturers on the market. The industry hasn’t gained an influx of 20 percent more brokers and dealers. It’s that the industry has grown around its periphery. There are new mom and pop shops opening up, catering (or hoping to cater) to us boaters. Our boats are the same size, but our world has grown by leaps and bounds.

And it’s a cool world. At one point, I found myself standing on a SUP board in the middle of a fullsized pool. Annapolis School of Seamanship offered remote-controlled boat docking demos, and the Progressive booth had interactive fishing games that caught my daughter’s attention as well as her grandma’s.

I got a leg up on birthday presents by shopping with Ed Gunther, the

founder of Bay Bred, a screenprinting company focused on making apparel for the Chesapeake Bay lifestyle. So if you are still thinking that a boat show is just about boats, you’re missing a huge opportunity.

In this issue of PropTalk, you’ll see more examples of this great big world, now 20 percent bigger. Our marina section is bursting at the seams with pictures of active marinas and boatyards, while our boatshop reports get better every month. In our fishing news, anglers managed to break not one but two world records already this year. Our kids’ camps feature shows that we’re raising a new generation of water rats, too. It’s as if we can’t stop ourselves from growing.

PropTalk sees itself as a reflection of that world, so it’s not surprising that we’re growing as a magazine, too, adding pages, distribution stops, advertisers, and especially readers every week. So we have to say thank you for letting us be a part of that whole, big world. Our only hope is that you’ll use this magazine to become a bigger part of it yourself.

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Brokers on Boat Buying

rt Pine’s article “Ten Boat Buying Tips” (February PropTalk page 30) prompted two long letters from Ken Jacks and Dave van den Arend, both brokers at Crusader Yacht Sales who disagreed with several of the author’s points.

With the two brokers’ permission, we have condensed and combined their thoughts into a bulleted list.

The author wrote, “You shouldn’t over-buy.” While this holds true to some extent, we also see buyers that have their sights set on a boat that is a little smaller than ultimately would suit them for their intended use. I’ve seen owners purchase something a little too small who sell in a year or two because of that. From a financial standpoint, they are going to lose some money having to turn around and sell so soon (in commission and negotiations) as well as the cost of finding and surveying the next one. If they are capable, better to over reach a little and get something more suited to their needs; it usually saves them thousands.

Pine wrote, “Make a list of five or six boats…” Here is one area where a broker’s guidance is especially valuable. Almost every buyer that has darkened my doorway is introduced to models they are not familiar with; quite often they end up buying something entirely different than what was on their original list.

Pine: “…take along a disinterested party who’s an experienced boater, mechanic or boatyard manager …

Brokers represent the person who wants to sell the boat. You need

someone who has your interests at heart and who knows what he or she is talking about.” First, the well-intentioned friend is usually a disaster, especially at survey. The “experienced boater” is experienced on the boats he or she has operated.

As a broker, our experience level is so much more extensive in boats we’ve handled, knowledge of specific manufacturer’s strengths, weaknesses, and build history that can help guide the buyer away from problems. Such experience, aside possibly from some delivery captains, is not something a

consumer would have the exposure to. We also quite frequently function as a buyer’s broker. Frankly, as a CPYB-accredited YBAA member, I find the implication that I don’t have my client’s best interests at heart somewhat insulting.

Pine: “Before you sign a contract for a boat, read it carefully.

Few dealers, brokers, or private boat owners are swindlers … Ideally, you should show the document to a lawyer.” What a perfect reason to use a YBAA/FYBA or similar broker!

The YBAA documents have been developed by attorneys over the last 50 years to protect the buyer and seller equally. If a consumer takes the contract to an attorney, are they experienced in maritime law? If not, that could be a problem. Secondly, we don’t charge them to use the form

that has been used tens of thousands of times specifically for this purpose.

Among the services that a broker can render to a buyer is access to the YachtWorld Sold Boats database, a compilation of all of the listings that were sold on YachtWorld since 1998 with the last listed price and the date and amount of the actual selling price. It is not available to the public. This is an invaluable tool, for buyers and sellers, for determining if the contemplated offer is too high and gives a buyer the chance to view the full sold listing, including photos, to see how the boat and its equipment that he/she is contemplating buying compares to the boats that have been sold and the prices they have been sold for.

How brokers work: A broker can show any boat listed as available for co-brokerage, whether listed by the brokerage he/she works for or by any other brokerage. As in real estate, the vast majority of sales are negotiated between the seller’s broker and the buyer’s broker. Even if the broker is selling a boat listed by another broker in the same agency, the buyer and seller are separately represented, and each has an ethical obligation to represent his/her client.

There is no difference in commission for a broker selling the listing of another brokerage or the listing of the firm that he/she works for. In a co-broker sale, the commission is typically shared 25% to the listing (seller’s) broker, 25% percent to the listing (seller’s) broker’s firm, 25% to the buyer’s broker, and 25% to the buyer’s broker’s firm.

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Spotlight: Chris Charbonneau

hris Charbonneau (Charb) has lived pretty much everywhere, from Italy to Alabama. The Army brat “grew up all over,” and didn’t stop moving after he turned 18.

After graduating from Texas Christian University with a degree in advertising, he worked a series of corporate jobs, allowing him to travel through the States, Canada, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

“My Annapolis move was my 14th move,” he says, and a serendipitous one at that.

Charb first sailed on a family vacation to Cape Cod when he was only 10 years old, and he quickly decided he wanted more. “My dad had a Hunter 35, and we sailed that on Greer’s Ferry Lake in Arkansas.” When he signed on with Offshore Passage Opportunities to deliver a 48-foot Pearson from Florida to Boston, he was officially hooked.

Nearing his 31st birthday, Charb decided to ditch a corporate job selling paper and instead moved to the United Kingdom, where he set out to receive his Ocean Yacht Masters certificate.

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“I was doing some chartering and boat deliveries when I signed on to become the boat captain of a 55-foot Swan down in the Med. I had some time before the job started, so I decided to go visit my family who was living at the time in North Carolina.”

But while Charb was visiting his family, the job fell through, and he found himself without an immediate Plan B. When a recruiter called and offered him a position where he could work from a home office, he wanted to try someplace new.

“A friend who lives in the area said, ‘Why don’t you look at Annapolis? I think it’s kind of your speed.’ And it definitely was, so I moved here.”

Charb quickly made Annapolis his home and has lived here for longer than any of his other ports of call. A few years later, he met Kate, and the fates aligned.

Their first date was at the Boatyard Bar and Grill, and their honeymoon was onboard a Sabre 42, cruising around the Chesapeake. And the couple has been boating together ever since on anything

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from waterski boats to kayaks to Bermuda-bound sailboats. In early March, the Charbonneaus will charter a catamaran in the Bahamas with a group of eight.

Because he’s such a great combination of interesting and easy going, you can’t blame PropTalk for calling him when we had an open position in our advertising team. And as an added bonus, Charb’s corgi, Max, fits in smashingly well with the rest of the office hounds.

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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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excellent site for the museum’s campus to take shape.

“Almost from the start, we collected watercraft,” says Pete Lesher, chief curator at the Museum. The collection immediately became a living exhibit, since the boats needed high levels of maintenance to preserve them. “In the early 70s, we made the decision that we should be doing the maintenance in house, to do it in front of the public. Our boat shop is not just a center for conservation, but is also a public program.”

Lesher and his team at the museum are committed to preserving not only the tools of the trade, but also the stories.

“We don’t save these objects for their intrinsic value,” he says. “We save them because they remind us of stories of people.” To collect these stories, Lesher and his team at the museum have started recording the oral histories of watermen.

One of those stories is that of the skipjack Rosie Parks, a boat built by the famed M M te sy of CB builder Bronza ##Ph otos co ur Parks for his older brother, Orville, and named after their mother.

Captain Orville was known as a good dredger and a hard-

y the mid-1960s, the culture of working Chesapeake Bay watermen was undergoing a change. The last schooner had been taken off the Bay. A few skipjacks survived, and a solitary bugeye could be found working the water.

But the era of commercial sail on the Bay was considered to be nearing its final days, and Eastern Shore historical societies were voicing the need to start immediate efforts to preserve the distinct culture of Chesapeake Bay watermen and women.

That proved to be a massive undertaking.

This is the story of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, which celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year. Instead of focusing on just one individual’s collection, the museum was made to represent the collections of multiple historical societies up and down the Chesapeake, from Pennsylvania to Virginia. In St. Michaels, waterfront seafood packing houses were shutting their doors and provided an

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driving captain. When Bronza gave Rosie over to him, Orville started racing her at Sandy Point State Park and Deal Island, racking up more wins than any other captain. But three years after the boat’s launch, Bronza Parks was murdered by one of his customers. By the time the skipjack was 20 years old, she was at home in the museum. The three-year long restoration project got her back on the water in 2014.

Boats aren’t the only thing featured at the museum. “In the 1960s, the Coast Guard was demolishing all the wooden lighthouses on the Bay and replacing them with automated ones,” Lesher says.

“Lighthouses were a maintenance burden.

The museum swooped in and purchased the Hooper Strait lighthouse from the demolition contractor, and moved it 60 miles by barge to the St. Michaels campus. It was the first lighthouse in America to be moved for preservation services.”

Today, the Hooper Strait lighthouse is one of the most popular exhibits at the museum annually, and is an iconic figurehead for visitors coming to St. Michaels by water.

The museum has several events planned this spring and summer to celebrate the anniversary, beginning May 23 with a festival day and the opening of a new exhibit, “A Broad Reach.” The exhibit will present a select 50 objects representing the breadth of the collection. For a list of events, and to read more about the ongoing exhibits at the museum, visit cbmm.org

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Career Fair for Students Interested in the Marine Trades

by Laura Carty (Severna Park High School student)

Are you in middle or high school?

Are you interested in working in or around boats?

Did you answer yes to either of these questions?

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f so, you should come to the Fifth Annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair Saturday, February 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at Annapolis High School. Last year, over 200 students came to learn about career opportunities related to boating.

“Providing students with knowledge, awareness and resources to meet those goals is the purpose of the career fair,” said Pam Ray, co-chair of the Marine and Maritime Career Fair.

This is an opportunity for students to meet and talk to people who work in a variety of fields related to boating. The fair is a great time to explore all the different fields and to decide what interests you most.

To keep track of what you will learn, you should bring a pen or pencil, something to write on, and a bag or backpack for carrying all the fun swag, freebies, and cool information from exhibitors.

This year, seminars cover topics such as “Marine Trades in the Chesapeake Bay Region” and “STEM Careers in the Marine and Maritime Industry.” There are also peer to peer sessions where you can talk to other students who went through the same process you are going through.

Sailing coaches and school owners, boat builders and service experts, marine craftsmen, STEM professionals, environmental scientists, technical training programs, two to four year colleges, publication and media professionals (such as SpinSheet and PropTalk staff), local, state and federal government agencies, as well as military personnel will all be there to talk to you.

If you don’t know exactly what you want to do, that’s okay. Exhibitors from fields, such as boat building, rigging, engineering, plumbing, sailmaking, equipment and supplies, bay conservation, environmental policy, product design, and even oceanography will be there for you to explore.

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The Menhaden Assessment: What Now?

he 2015 Atlantic menhaden stock assessment report was published in January by the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), stating that the species is not overfished.

And while this is encouraging news, it’s obviously not the full story. It’s not reason to start believing that there are plenty of fish out there, or that catch limits can be ignored. It’s not reason to start thinking that conservation efforts worked and can be abandoned now.

This is because the stock assessment looks at menhaden’s “ability to sustain harvest and avoid depletion, not its capacity to provide adequate forage for other species in the ecosystem,” writes Ken

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Hinman for wildoceans.org. To get a full picture of the species at large, we have to change the way we judge the status of Atlantic menhaden.

This is not to take a “glass half empty” approach, though. There is a definite correlation between the reduction in fishing pressure and the increase in the menhaden population. In 2012, the ASMFC put restrictions in place to lower catch limits by 25 percent. Today,

these efforts are showing to have paid off, as the current assessment shows a greater number of large adults than what was present in previous estimates.

Still, the total number of menhaden remains near historic lows. This is a critical matter for the Chesapeake Bay, as juvenile menhaden are a main source of food for striped bass, osprey, and many other Bay species.

So while the 2015 report paints a promising picture, it should be seen as confirmation that current efforts toward ecosystem conservation and revival are beginning to work.

To read the full report, visit proptalk.com/menhaden2015

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Choose Your Adventure… then Start It!

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round Bay Country, you’re considered ready for the nuthouse if you haven’t given much thought to chucking the nine to five gig and moving onboard your boat, heading out for the horizon with your first mate next to you and all your troubles behind you.

But for most of us, it’s a dream that never materializes, for one reason or another.

One of the main reasons we give up on the dream is we don’t have someone to help us get there. But that’s all about to change. PropTalk contributors Captain Chris and Alyse Caldwell are bringing their expertise to Annapolis Sunday, March 29, for a jam-packed seminar meant to get you behind the helm and cruising with confidence.

Boating: How to Start Your Adventure gives you the scoop on how to find the perfect boat for your trip, finance and insure it, and then safely get out on the water in it. With decades of experience behind them, the Caldwells are just the right people to help you make your dream a reality.

The day-long seminar costs only $99 and includes lunch and extra course materials. For more information, click on captainchrisyachtservices.com

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DOCK TALK Two Women in Virginia Find Pearls In Local Seafood

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magine buying a $15 bag of clams for dinner and biting into a beautiful pearl, possibly worth thousands of dollars.

That’s exactly what happened last fall to a Virginia Beach woman who was travelling to Philadelphia and stopped to pick up some clams at the Great Machipongo Clam Shack in Nassawadox, VA, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Later, as she took a bite, she found a rare 4.5-carat lavender pearl, worth an estimated $3000. The pearl is especially unusual because it grew in an aquaculture clam. While all natural pearls are rare, it’s even more unusual to find one in aquaculture seafood. This particular clam was harvested from nearby Hog Island Bay and was sold to the restaurant by a local waterman.

Another locally harvested pearl was served last Memorial Day to a different Virginia woman dining at the Ocean House Waterfront Seafood

##This purple pearl was recently found in a bag of clams purchased on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The clam was harvested by a local waterman. Photo by Joe Morelli

Restaurant in Virginia Beach. She found her smaller, white pearl in an oyster.

If heading to Virginia Beach for tonight’s seafood dinner is starting to sound like a good way to pick up cheaply the start of some pretty, new jewelry, don’t jump into the car too quickly. The odds of finding a pearl this way aren’t in your favor. Maybe even a million to one.

Pearls are formed when a mollusk reacts to an irritant by secreting thin, concentrated levels of calcium carbonate, called nacre, which coat the irritant.

Cultured pearls are pearls formed by human introduction of the irritant.

Natural pearls are formed in the wild and are caused by irritants such as a shell fragment, scale, or parasite. Pearls can be found in fresh- and salt-water oysters, clams, and mussels. A pearl’s color is determined by the type of oyster, the thickness and number of layers of nacre, and possibly trace elements in the oyster’s aquatic environment. They come in white, cream, pink, purple, blue, black, and grey.

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Knowing Your Bilge Pump S ince the definition of a boat is “a vessel constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water,” the experts at Edson International gave us some useful bilge pump testing tips to benefit PropTalk readers as they get their boats back into the water come spring.

Step 1 - Test Existing Pump Capacity • Pour a known quantity of water into your bilge (at least 20-30 gallons). A one-inch hole two feet below water allows 28 gallons per minute into your vessel.

• Turn on your electric bilge pump, and use a stopwatch to time how long it takes to empty your bilge. Record the time in your vessel records.

• Pour in another 20-30 gallons, and empty your bilge using your manual bilge pump. Time the test and count the strokes of the pump needed to empty your bilge. Calculate the volume per stroke of your manual bilge pump.

• Fill a two-and-a-half- or five-gallon bucket with water and stand in the cabin. Pick up the bucket and empty it out into the cockpit. This will help you understand the sheer weight of the bucket and the awkwardness of lifting it up to or above your shoulders. While doing this test, imagine doing it many times in a seaway.

• Record your capacities in electric and manual pumps after performing the above tests. Calculate your combined current pump capacity.

to pump as discharge head increases, without affecting capacity.

Boat manufacturers are required to install an electric bilge pump and a cockpit mounted manual pump. However, there is no capacity requirement for either.

Step 3 - Water in the boat – the sooner you know, the better What is the first step if you find your bilge full of water, or your bilge alarm goes off? Find the leak! Stop it by any and all means possible. If you cannot stop it, slow it down to a point that your pump capacity can handle.

The more water that comes into the boat, the harder it is to locate the ingress point and the lower the waterline gets, which increases the amount of water and pressure it is exerting, making it harder to patch or fix. These are the reasons why bilge alarms are important as well as regular scheduled inspections of the bilge.

Step 4 - Important factors to consider How far offshore do you plan to venture? Will you be boating in a remote area or one populated with other boats who could help in an emergency? How comfortable/confident are you with your current pumping capacity?

Survey available space for additional manual and/or electric pump installations and the hose runs required. If you are considering adding a manual pump, think about the ergonomic activity of pumping.

Can you brace yourself in a seaway?

Can you put your body behind each stroke? Is your bilge compartmentalized? If so, how do you best address that? Most would suggest each compartment have its own bilge pump with its own discharge hose and thru hull.

Know your physical limitations and that of your crew, and know how fast water can come in to a boat.

Step 2 - Understanding how and what to add for pump capacity It is important to know the discharge head of your pumps (the distance from the bottom of the bilge to the underside of the deck where the “loop vent” is located for the discharge hose). Based on the discharge head and the rated capacity, you approximate the actual capacity of your electric pump. (Note: A typical 2000 gallons per hour pump with six feet of discharge head will actually pump approximately 1300 gallons per hour, or 22 gallons per minute).

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Flow Of Water In “Gallons Per Minute”

Step 5 - Planning and prevention 1. Install a Bilge Alarm

2. Check all hoses above and below the waterline.

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3. Check engine exhaust risers and hoses.

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6. Check prop shaft, rudderpost stuffing boxes and lip seals.

7. Clean the bilge and paint it white. This will help you see debris that could clog a pump.

8. Keep a waterproof LED flashlight handy. If your bilge is deep, tape the flashlight to a dowel long enough to reach the bottom of the bilge and to help you see debris and issues below the water level.

9. Draw a map of the thru-hull hole locations in your boat.

Check your map when your boat is on the hard and make sure every thru-hull is duly noted on the map.

10. Put a sign on your engine intake seacock that says: “Leave open if engine is running.” You never know who is closing seacocks.

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5. Make a plan for rudderpost failure

* Multiply by 60 for “gallons per hour”

Find the full article at proptalk.com/bilge-pumps and find part two in the April PropTalk.

Chesapeake Women Tell Their Tales

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hen I was little, I’d wear a life jacket, but when I got big enough that daddy thought I could learn to swim, he taught me the Smith Island way,” says Shelley Somers, a native Smith Islander. “He’d tie a line around my waist and tell me to jump off the boat.

It’s amazing how fast you learn to swim when you have to.”

In the June 2015 issue of PropTalk we reviewed Don Parks’s book “Chesapeake Men: Their Stories, Their Memories” (2013) and are now delighted to delve into his newest venture, “Chesapeake Women: Their Stories, Their Memories” (2014). Somers is just one of the 11 women interviewed by Parks for his book, and the stories range from Kent Island to Smith Island, seafood packers to skipjack captains, though each of these amazing women shares a deep love for the Bay and the hope for its continued survival.

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worked on the Bay from the time they were five years old to the time they were 85 years old. Cindy P. Driscoll, for instance, is a veterinarian by trade and has worked for NOAA and the Maryland DNR, which have taken her as far as Alaska and the Cayman Islands, though she is a Chesapeake lady at heart and always returns to her beloved Bay. There is also the account of Linda Morgan who has been a captain for many years, at one time piloting boats into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and now serving as the proud Captain of the Skipjack Martha Lewis.

Of the 11 accounts, my personal favorite was that of Mary Jane Fairbank whose witty and honest memories of her time spent growing up on Poplar Island make you feel as if you were right alongside with her. The island was bought and used as a highly exclusive political retreat during the early 1900s, and Mary’s parents served as caretakers for the club. As a young girl, she remembers happy summers and harsh winters living on the secluded island,

how there were always exciting people around, of taking a small skiff to the mainland for school, and of the “wild parties” that folks such as FDR and President Truman threw every summer.

Sincerely felt and beautifully retold, these stories represent some of the best years of these women’s lives and all while living and working on their beloved Chesapeake Bay. It is not often that we get to hear these stories. When the Bay is mentioned or someone speaks of “watermen,” more often than not it is the men who are applauded, but Parks shows us a rare glimpse into the extraordinary women who also call this place their home. ~Kaylie Jasinski proptalk.com

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23rd Annual Fishing Flea Market/Show 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Earleigh Heights Volunteer Fire Company, Severna Park, MD. Hosted by Pasadena Sportfishing Group.

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Marine Weather Course Two-weekend course, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sail Solomons, $395. No prerequisites, sail and power welcome.

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Do It Right! ABYC Standards Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with John Adey, ABYC. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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PSWSFA Meeting 7 p.m. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 540 building, 7812 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News, VA.

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Random Acts of Kindness Day Help out a stranger today.

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MSSA Annapolis Chapter Meeting “Understanding What You See on your Fish Finder” with Capt. Brian Mayer of Marauder Charters. American Legion Post 7, Crownsville, MD. 7 p.m.

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Flowers to Honey: Just how Cool is the Honey Bee? The amazing story of what bees are able to do. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

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Fishing Workshop 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hoffman Community Building in Quarryville, PA. Expert anglers George Acord, Richie Gaines and Dave Shindler will provide presentations on largemouth bass on Susquehanna Flats, effectively using depth finders and GPS to better locate and catch more fish, and big-game action with flathead catfish to 40 pounds in the Susquehanna River. Question and answer sessions with the pros, and free door prizes.

Advanced registration is only $25 and $15 for women and children (admission at the door will be $30). Call Keith Kaufman at (717) 284-3385.

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The Great White Fleet returned to Hampton Roads after circling the globe, showing the world the capability of the US Navy. 1909.

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Thru Hulls, Seacocks, and Charging Systems Seminar 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free. Scandia Marine Center, Annapolis. Preregistration required.

(410) 643-0037.

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Boating Safety Course 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Havre de Grace Maritime Museum.

Satisfies the requirements for operating a vessel on MD waters and a MD DNR Certificate of Boating Safety Education is issued upon completion. $35. To register: safeboating2207@gmail.com

21 - May 15

Coffee: The World in Your Cup Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA. This traveling exhibition provides a look into the powerful influence of one of the world’s most popular beverages.

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Assessing Weather Risks Marine Forecaster Lee Chesneau will teach you how to gather and analyze weather information. Hosted by CAPCA. Annapolis, MD. Free.

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Angler’s Night 6 to 7 p.m. Happy hour, dinner, and drink specials. 7 p.m. “Jungle Fish”

by Bill Goldsborough of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and talk. Boatyard Bar & Grill, Annapolis.

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Maryland Bay Pilots: The View from the Bridge Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with John Hamill, Bay Pilot Association of Maryland.

7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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Monterrey Wrecks: Unraveling the Mystery of a Baltimore Privateer Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico 2 to 3:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Explore the story of three early 19th-century shipwrecks discovered in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011. $9. (410) 745-4941.

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What’s That Fox Doing in my Backyard?

7 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD. A fascinating talk on Red Fox biology and behavior. $10. knelson@bayrestoration.org to reserve your spot.

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Family Around the World Adventure Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with the Wallner family. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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The Living, Breathing Ocean: Perspectives from NASA’s Color Satellites Ocean data applications in a nutshell: carbon cycle, red tides, climate extremes.

7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

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National No Brainer Day Give your brain a break.

5th Annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair 12 to 3 p.m at Annapolis High School, 2007 Riva Road.

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Basic Weather and Forecasting 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. 601 S Patrick St. Hosted by the Northern VA SPS. Free.

Email education@nvsps.org for more.

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Birdhouse Building Workshop At the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. Please pre-register by calling (410) 939-4800.

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Saltwater Fishing Expo 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Annapolis Elks Lodge #622, Edgewater, MD. Four great seminars. $5 admission. Hosted by MSSA Annapolis Chapter.

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Oyster Restoration Little Havana Restaurant, Baltimore.

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Boat Maryland: A Course on Responsible Boating 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. Satisfies the requirements for operating a vessel on MD waters and a MD DNR Certificate of Boating Safety Education is issued upon satisfactory completion. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $15.

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Launching Barren Island Oysters: NY Photographer to Oyster Aquaculturist Personal journey from successful photographer to oyster production-oysters as a sustainable choice. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

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Coastal Navigation Course Two-weekend course, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sail Solomons, $395. Sail and power welcome.

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Advanced Power Handling Kent Island YC. 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Kent Narrows SPS. proptalk.com

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Fitness, Health, and Fine Dining at Sea Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Cindy Fletcher-Holden and Robert Holden. 7 p.m.

919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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Frederick MSSA Meeting Dinner at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m., 50/50 and prize raffle, speaker and vendors. Frederick Moose Lodge, 828 E Patrick Street, Frederick, MD. Public welcome.

12

Care and Feeding of your Outboard Motor Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Scott Noyes. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

Boat Show Fun for the whole family!

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Introduction to Sea Kayaking 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. West River Center, West River, MD. Sponsored by the Chesapeake Paddlers Association. $30.

Please register by March 6.

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The Frogs of Spring 7 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD. Learn about these seldom seen but fascinating amphibians and their relatives. $10. knelson@bayrestoration.org

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Messing about in Boats Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Fred Hecklinger, local sailor and marine surveyor. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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Common Sense Engine Maintenance 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Free. Scandia Marine Center, Annapolis.

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GPS for Mariners 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. A modern learning experience that focuses on the GPS equipment typically owned by the recreational boater. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $10.

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Light Tackle and Kayak Fest Prospect Bay Country Club, Grasonville, MD.

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Medical Emergencies at Sea: Beyond First Aid 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CAPCA. Annapolis Elks Lodge #622, Edgewater MD. Learn to handle illness and injury when offshore. $40 members, $65 non-members. Breakfast and lunch included.

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Annapolis Oyster Roast and Sock Burning 12 to 5 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Live music by The Eastport Oyster Boys, raw and roasted oysters, beer and wine, bonfire. $30.

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Marine Weather Course 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Port Annapolis Marina. Offered by Delmarva Sailing School. Includes ASA 119 Marine Weather Certification. $269.

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PSWSFA Meeting 7 p.m. at the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 540 building, 7812 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News, VA.

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Great Loop Cruising: A Guide to the Looper Lifestyle 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Annapolis. Hosted by the America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association.

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Paddlesports America 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. A four-hour safety oriented course specifically designed with novice paddle enthusiasts in mind.

Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $10.

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Angler’s Night 6 to 7 p.m. Happy hour, dinner, and drink specials. 7 p.m. Hank Patterson’s “Reel Montana Adventure,” with fishing talk and CCA fundraiser to follow.

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Tech It Out

by Capt. Chris D. Dollar

What’s New in Fishing Gear?

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rying to keep up with all of the new innovations and products can be a bit dizzying, but man, it’s sure a lot of fun. With the start of the 2015 fishing season just around the corner for most of us, here’s a small sampling of some of the new equipment and gear introduced at last summer’s ICAST event, the fishing world’s premier launch pad for cool stuff.

Pop ShadZ. A few months ago Z-Man Lures unleashed its new Pop ShadZ, a versatile, soft plastic topwater bait that, as a rabid topwater angler, immediately caught my eye.

Designers at the Charleston, SCbased company (zmanfishing.com) have created a saltwater surface bait using its proprietary ElaZtech material, which is 100-percent buoyant.

They cupped a face to its knucklesized head, so it will thrash like a wounded baitfish, an action that can drive gamefish crazy. The hook pocket built into the Pop ShadZ makes it run weedless. It should work well over grass beds in the lower Bay or on the Susquehanna Flats. The ElaZtech material also stretches, so Pop ShadZ should hold up well to multiple strikes; though I wouldn’t expect it to survive prolonged slashes inflicted during a bluefish melee.

I can see myself casting it at sunset within a foot of a marsh tump, or rock jetty, alternating retrievers between walking the dog and spit’n’chug to find just the right retrieve that infuriates a gamefish to point of explosion.

As far as I know, the new Pop ShadZ is a first-of-its-kind, soft plastic topwater bait, and you can bet it will take up space in my tackle bag. The Pop ShadZ retails at $5.99 at your favorite tackle dealer.

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St. Croix’s Legend Trek Series travel rods. Full disclosure: I’ve been a long-time fan of St. Croix rods, beginning several years before I became a guide in 1999. And not long after that when I went on a fishing walkabout to the Sea of Cortez, I took one fly rod and one spin rod. You guessed it: Both were St. Croix travel rods, one less thing for me worry about.

For the techies reading this, inhale these tasty tech tidbits about the new Legend Trek: built on high-modulus/ high-strain SCIV graphite blanks using Integrated Poly Curve tooling and proprietary Fortified Resin System technologies; strengthened with Advanced Reinforcing Technology throughout the blank; components are 100-percent saltwater proof, including Kigan Master Hand Zero Tangle guides with ultrahard zirconia rings and titanium frames; all thread wraps sealed with two coats of Flex Coat slow-cure finish; supergrade cork handles and premium Fuji reel seats with exclusive E-finish hoods.

Now that’s sexy.

There are eight, three-piece models (spin and baitcasting rods) from sevento seven-and-a-half-feet in length in the Trek line. Best of all, they break down to 32 inches or less to securely fit into a rugged carrying case that will have you breezing through TSA checkpoints. Even if you don’t fly to your fishing destinations, the travelling Trek makes sense for the mobile angler. Rod prices range from $460–$530, and St. Croix backs up its rods with a 15-year, transferable Superstar Service warranty.

Now all I have to do is convince my PropTalk bosses to send me away on assignment.

I had planned to highlight Penn’s Battle II spinning reel that took top honors in the saltwater category at ICAST. But PropTalk’s contributor Eric Burnley beat me to the punch (see page 72). No matter, there are plenty of new and improved saltwater reels, rods, and other gear to go around.

Zebco Splash Combo. Mention Zebco reels to snooty anglers, and you’re likely to get a snooty chuckle (I’m not sure why, as Van Staal and Fin-Nor are also in the company’s stable). The truth is that Zebco has been making solid gear to introduce fishing to kids since 1949, so it’s no great surprise the Splash Comb won ICAST’s 2014 Best Kids’ Tackle award. If there’s one thing I learned in running kids fishing camps for the past six years, it’s that simpler is better. Way better. This summer I’m leaning heavily toward using these rod-and-reel combos for the novice campers.

Shimano’s Stella FI. Fishermen who like to whip inshore species on light gear are familiar with the Stella reel series.

Shimano’s four models feature innovative, technological upgrades, such as moving up the G Free Body oscillation system closer to your hand for a better balanced reel. Also new in these spin reels is the Micro Module gearing for better torque and power. And CoreProtect technology keeps the salt out. The reels are expensive (~$800) but you should expect to pay top dollar for top shelf equipment.

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Boat Notes

by Lenny Rudow

The Stripers are Back!

(No, not the fish…)

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ith new center console and dual a spectacularly successful day during the underneath, and a pedestal mount in the console models, the Striper spring trophy season. middle for a removable table, is also the brand is back in action as part Striper calls a 115 the “standard” engine, same. The helm area is, on the other hand, of the Larson Boat Group. but with a 150-hp outboard the 200 CC quite different. The passenger and captain Remember the Seaswirl striper line? offers solid performance, cruising at about each get a small helm console, with the It was part of the boat-building goliath 30 miles per hour while getting in the passenger’s side being taken up entirely by Genmar, which went bust back in 2009. neighborhood of three miles to the gallon. a head compartment. It’s not as large as the Since then a number of the Genmar The boat can handle a 200, but why pay one in the CC version, but it’s still useable brands have been reinand also has a small sink. troduced (and flourInstead of a leaning post you ##Photo by Richard Steinberger. ished) under different get pedestal seats, but they’re Photography for Striper. ownership. But Striper a lot more comfortable than was more or less in old-school pedestals and slumber, since coming have both arm rests and flipunder Larson ownerup bolsters. Fishboxes and ship back in 2012. Now, the transom livewell remain however, Striper has the same, but stern seatgotten back to building ing is also quite different. new models — starting There are jump seats in both with a pair of 20-footcorners of the stern, and a ers that will interest Bay larger center bench in front dwellers. of the motorwell.

The first of these If you’re into watersports, two boats was introyou’ll want the extended duced early last year: swim platform with a the Striper 200 CC, a boarding ladder. There’s center console fishing also a boarding ladder at machine that’s ideal for the bow for easy beachLOA: 20’1” | Beam: 8’2” | Draft: 1’3” use in bays, rivers, and ing. But if you’re really into Displacement: 3,389 lbs. | Max HP: 200 perhaps a quick shot out watersports, you’ll be glad Fuel capacity: 91 gal. (CC model); 96 gal. (DC model) into the ocean on a nice to learn that the deck comes day. Unlike many of the pre-reinforced for adding a modern “Bay boat” designs, gunwales are more up front and then burn more fuel? wakeboarding tower. full height, and the hull maintains a steep The top end of 40 miles per hour is plenty I haven’t been able to run the 200 DC 20-degree transom deadrise. Construcfast for most reasonable anglers. yet, nor has Yamaha published a pertion is all composite, with a foam-cored Unexpected perk: the 200 CC has a formance report, but it’s a safe bet that fiberglass stringer grid and a hand-laid head compartment in the console which is performance will be nearly identical to that hull, and an inspection of the deck hard(unlike those found on most boats of this of the 200 CC. Not only are the hulls the ware, grab rails, and console construction size) large enough for use by the average same, the boat’s weight is the same, too, so provides reassurance that the boat is built American. cruising and top-end speeds and efficiency to take heavy saltwater use.

Close on the heels of the 200 CC should more or less mirror images. That Speaking of saltwater use, this is a Striper rolled out the 200 DC, at this fall’s said, it’s worth noting that the weight of fishing boat through and through, and Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. these boats (3389 pounds) is pretty darn it shows. The optional livewell holds a And it’s no surprise that dual console boats beefy for a modern 20-footer. Yes, the stellar 43 gallons, which would be big have become more and more popular in Stripers would run a bit faster and more for a boat with six or eight more LOA, recent years. If you like to head out onto efficiently if they weighed less. But the and it comes on top of a small standard the Bay for a bit of fishing now and again upside to added displacement is a better well in the transom. There are stainless but are just as interested in taking out the ability to bull through choppy waters. And steel rodholders in the transom as well family for a cruise or some watersports, the hey — we all know that around here, a as in the gunwales, and those gunwales DC design is a winner. tight chop is not exactly unusual. So the are bolstered. One beef: the macerated As you’d expect, this boat’s hull is next time you go out hunting for stripers, 12-gallon integrated fishboxes will be a no different from the 200 CC. The bow maybe you’ll want to do it from the deck of bit on the small side, especially if you have layout, with seats to either side, stowage a new Striper. # 28 March 2015 PropTalk

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uite impressive, actually, how much technology has improved our boating experience since the days of King Senefru, the Vikings, or Columbus. Gone are days where man relied on paddle or sail to make way, and gone are the days where man relied on sextant and chronometer for navigation. We’re in the GPS-age, baby.

I used to make this 20-mile (oneway) trip regularly back in the early 90s, between my little channel and the only place worth traveling to. The trip was more than long enough to lose one’s way and sight of land, especially if the weather turned lousy. I searched for a better way and invested in the only high technology for navigation: LORAN. LOng RAnge Navigation had been around from the 1950s, but since it was primarily for airplane navigation, there tended to be significant errors at the earth’s surface … exactly where boats usually travel. LORAN generally got me within a quarter to a half mile of my destination despite dropouts, Follow us!

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though I’d always have to use eyesight to hit my channel, something very difficult to do after dusk.

“Affordable” handheld GPS receivers came onto the market very shortly thereafter. Once again, driven by technology, I invested in an expensive handheld Magellan GPS Nav to supplement my LORAN. This GPS had no built-in maps, boasting something like a 120x120 black and yellow pixel LCD-screen; it could track a whopping three satellites while updating my position every five seconds or so. By today’s standards archaic, but it proved itself invaluable on one night’s crossing, precisely placing us between my channel’s red and green markers at a time I was completely disoriented.

However, three navigational epiphanies occurred to me one bright morning en route to offshore boat races at my typical destination. As I motored into a fog bank so thick I lost sight of my own bow halfway across Great Lake Ontario, related technology errors almost killed me. LORAN gave good bearing to the destination,

but updated so slowly it was useless in real time. RADAR could only display in reference to the bow, not in reference to my course. And my GPS updated COG (course over ground) so slowly that my body was apparently making course compensations due to two-foot waves striking off the forward starboard beam. It wasn’t until I came dead on the transom of a fishing boat (while traveling about 20 knots in this white out) so closely I could see horrified expressions on the fishermen’s faces, that I ditched the throttles in a hard over and sat there for a minute to regroup.

Looking down that day, my handheld’s tracks appeared like a corkscrew, having looked like a straight line only moments before. That’s when it hit me: technology is useless without the basic 1000-year-old compass. Bearing is meaningless without a known heading. Even with all my expensive electronics aboard today, it’s my liquid-filled compass that I couldn’t live without, literally. Sometimes old school still trumps technology. # PropTalk March 2015 29

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t one time Deltaville, VA, was the wooden boat boatbuilding capital of the Bay, and today those same skills and traditions carry on in the many boatyards that line the creeks of the peninsula. The concentration of skilled technicians here is unusual. Boaters up and down the Bay have learned that this Bayside village is the place to go to get competent boat service without the big town prices.

On Broad Creek alone there are eight boatyards with nine Travelifts and three additional marinas. On Jackson Creek there is another large yard with two Travelifts, and in Fishing Bay there is a boatyard with a lift and a large railway.

They say that there are 3000 boat slips in Deltaville and only 800 full time residents with a strong boating inclination.

Lying 36 miles north of Hampton Roads, VA, and 48 miles south of Solomons, MD, Deltaville is a very conve-

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nient stopping point for cruising boats transiting the Bay. In spring and fall the anchor lights of the snowbirds illuminate Fishing Bay at night. Jackson Creek is a popular well-protected anchorage, and you will see boats of many different nationalities at anchor there. The variety of marinas in Broad Creek attract hundreds of snowbirds each season. Yacht and cruising clubs host their rendezvouses here every year. For many cruisers, Deltaville is just that, a convenient anchorage on the way past in the fall and in the spring.

Deltaville has the prerequisite stores for a cruiser: a grocery store, Super West Marine, ABC store, post office, Hurd’s Hardware, Nauti Nell’s Gifts and Marine Consignments, and other interesting shops and restaurants. However, Deltaville lacks a village center: the shopping and restaurants are spread out in a line along a two- or three-mile stretch of General Puller Highway which bisects the peninsula. A bicycle comes in mighty handy. Most marinas offer loaner bikes, and several marinas offer loaner cars.

Several of the restaurants and even the grocery store have been known to pick up and deliver customers at the marinas.

This combined with the helpfulness of the locals means that getting around is never an issue in the town of Deltaville.

For years, people knew Deltaville supported two West Marine Stores.

They have now been merged into a large West Marine Superstore with an excellent inventory. As expected, the deep maritime roots in Deltaville mean that

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the staff is exceptionally knowledgeable and yet open and friendly as you expect to find in small town America. Maggie, the long time manager has now been promoted but Paula (a circumnavigator), Ava, Victoria, Winterann, and all the rest of the crew have a lot of knowledge and experience.

Hurd’s Hardware store is a Bay icon.

It is a typical small town hardware store with friendly and helpful staff. Jack Hurd’s family has been in Deltaville forever, and three generations of family will be found at the store everyday. Sam is a really great problem solver for cruisers who need some outside help finding creative solutions. You need a piece of stainless steel all thread rod in a metric size? Did you drop a 10 mm ss bolt overboard? Yup, they have it. Whether you seek plumbing parts, electrical supplies, or tools, Hurd’s has it. If they don’t, you probably do not need it.

There are several restaurants in Deltaville. One is accessible by boat or dinghy.

The Railway on Broad Creek serves cold beer and hot meals. In the heart of town, the venerable Taylor’s Restaurant sits proptalk.com

WWW.ANNAPOLISYACHTSALES.COM just across the street from Hurd’s and a few steps away from the Post Office. Antonio’s Pizza and Top China restaurant bookend the ABC store about half way down the road to the Deltaville Market.

The Deltaville Maritime Museum is always an interesting stop. After a devastating fire destroyed the Museum in 2012, the local volunteers pitched in and have rebuilt it bigger and better. The museum is accessible by dinghy. At the main dock, you will see FD Crockett, the 63-foot long, log built, Chesapeake buy boat, built in 1924. FD Crockett worked carrying freight, dredging oysters and crabs, as well as transporting produce for 70 years. In 1994, she was converted to use as a recreational vessel. By 2005 when she was donated to the Deltaville museum, rot had claimed much of her deck and superstructure. Over the next eight years she would be completely rebuilt by the museum volunteers known as the “Crocketteers.” FD Crockett can now be found at most every waterfront festival on the Chesapeake.

Looking for orange beets, purple peppers, or artisanal cheese? You may find the farmers’ market on the grounds of the Museum the last Saturday of the month (April through September). There are dozen of artists and crafters displaying their creations. In the evening after each monthly market, return to the museum grounds for the outdoors concert “Grooving in the Park.” There is plenty of daylight spring through fall to allow you to dinghy back to your boat after enjoying and evening concert featuring local musicians.

Among the many reasons to visit Deltaville, here is another one: extend your season and cruise the Chesapeake with new destinations. After many years cruising in the Upper Bay, job relocation to Deltaville gave us our first exposure to cruising in the Southern Bay. We had cruised the northern and middle Bay, but our reaction to the Southern Bay? What a different experience! The southern Bay is much less crowded; scanning the horizon on a busy day, you will only see

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20 boats. It is generally possible to get a transient slip with little advanced warning. There are many secluded anchorages where finding even one other boat makes it a crowded anchorage. There are long stretches of undeveloped shoreline, and in the middle of the Chesapeake off Deltaville you cannot see the shore in any direction. Every year, a number of boats from Baltimore, Rock Hall, and Annapolis head south and overwinter in Deltaville for the longer season, new

cruising grounds, and access to great boatyards.

From Deltaville, you will explore the Southern Bay, a region you will find is very different from what boaters are used to up north. If the wind is from the north, you can head south to the Piankatank River, or to the four rivers that make up Mobjack Bay, or head to historic Yorktown. If the wind is from the south, you can head north to Fleets Bay, Irvington, and Reedville, as well as

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From Deltaville, the Eastern Shore, Smith Island, Tangier, Crisfield, Onancock, and Cape Charles are a day away and offer unique and different perspectives on the Chesapeake. Is the Bay too rough? No problem, the Rappahannock River is itself as a great cruising ground with the historic colonial era towns of Irvington and Urbanna. The Corrotoman River with its many secure and secluded anchorages has its own cruising guide.

When the Bay is rough, you will not be confined to your marina in Deltaville.

Deltaville holds itself as the Boating Capital of the Chesapeake. After you have spent some time exploring the Bay from Deltaville, I think you’ll agree.

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hile the weather may still be a bit frightful at times, summer really is right around the corner. And if you have children or grandchildren in your life, it’s a great time to get them involved in one of the many awesome kids’ camps located around the Bay. Offering more than campfire singalongs and kickball, these camps feature some of the best watersports activities around.

Paddling: Canoeing, Kayaking, & SUP

Standup paddleboarding is all the rage these days and for good reason! It is a great way to workout, and you look cool doing it. And kids have noticed this, too.

Paddleboarding has the cool factor of surfing without the rigorous learning curve.

Almost anybody with a few basic pointers could hop right up on a board and hit the water in no time. Ultimate Watersports in Baltimore County offers five days of paddleboard adventure, with the choice of hard epoxy boards, inflatables, and even brand new “monster SUPs” that can hold eight kids each.

Justin Pugh, a watersports instructor at Ultimate for 25 years, says his favorite part of teaching is being part of someone’s future nostalgia. “My job makes summer what summer is all about—doing things Follow us!

outside, learning cool things, and hopefully inspiring parents to have their children learn these sports as well.”

Also be sure to check out Paddlestroke SUP in Potomac, MD, and Calleva Outdoors. Both offer paddleboard adventure camps on actual whitewater (mild rapids of course). There are also a multitude of canoe and kayak camps, both on whitewater and the calm inlets of the Bay, that not only teach kids about the essentials of paddling, they also teach them the necessary skills for planning a trip, being safe on the water, preparing their gear, and for conserving our waterways. Most are day camps but a few are week long sleep-a-ways.

Age range: Eight to 16 (the child must be big enough and strong enough to paddle a watercraft on his own).

Need prior experience? Nope! All skill levels welcome.

Must campers know how to swim?

Preferred but not required, though each child must wear a lifejacket.

Need to bring lifejackets? Usually no, unless otherwise stated. Most camps offer lifejackets but if your child is especially tiny you may feel more comfortable with your own lifejacket fitted to him or her.

Do instructors have lifeguard or other certifications? Most often

instructors are certified lifeguards but if not, the minimum qualification for working with children is basic CPR/First Aid training. Feel free to ask before signing your child up.

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Outdoor/Adventure Programs

Chesapeake Bay. At these camps your children will be actively learning and having a blast while doing it.

Age range: generally ages eight to 16 but many of the outdoor educational camps will take kids much younger, some as young as age three! (ex. UMD Center of Environmental Science in Cambridge, MD).

Need prior experience? Not unless otherwise stated.

For the kids looking for a little more excitement, adventure camps offer horseback riding, zip-lining, rock climbing, mountain biking, and even wilderness survival. At Passages Adventure Camp in Virginia, campers can choose either the “Rock and River” option where they will learn to kayak, rock climb, and rappel, or the “Dirt and Air” program for those who love to mountain bike.

For the budding naturalists, several outdoor education camps will get your child out on the Bay, teaching him about its history, its plants and animals, and even teaching her about the Native Americans who first settled its shores. The John Fishback Nature Programs in Crownsville, MD, and The Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Calvert County both introduce kids to traditional Native American survival skills while exploring the trails and waterways of the

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Must campers know how to swim? No, though each child must

wear a lifejacket.

Need to bring lifejackets? Usually no, unless otherwise stated.

Do instructors have lifeguard or other certifications? Most often instructors are certified lifeguards but if not, the minimum qualification for working with children is basic CPR/First Aid training. Feel free to ask before signing your child up.

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Sailing &Windsurfing

You know those boats with the big sticks in them that go really slowly and get in your way? You may not care for them, but your kids might want to give them a try. Young boaters who learn to sail gain an appreciation for the elements, wind direction and where they can go in relation to it, hand-eye coordination, and selfreliance. Sailing and windsurfing tend to be physical sports, so more athletic children may appreciate hiking out on the rail on windy days or leaning back with the boom in hand while skimming along the water’s surface. Watersports involving sails tend to be social, so young people who enjoy making new friends and playing games, such as on-the-water scavenger hunts or water battles, may thrive in the sailing environment.

Rock Hall YC Sailing School is one among many clubs that offers summer camps that are open to the public. Director Connie Ranney notes how children can go from zero knowledge to good sailing quickly. “Being able to impart sailing to

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these kids in such a short time and seeing them ‘get it’ in a matter of hours is amazing.”

Ultimate Watersports is the only windsurfing camp on the Bay we know of; although, a few yacht club programs have windsurfers for camper use. Sailing schools and camps that include sailing among their offerings are widespread on the Chesapeake; visit spinsheet.com/kids-camps for ideas.

Age range: six - 15 years old as a rule. There are a few programs for teens, such as J/ World Annapolis’s Keelboat Program.

Do the instructors have lifeguard or other certifications? Instructors

should be certified lifeguards and American Sailing Association (ASA) or U.S. Sailing certified, which includes CPR/First Aid certification. Ask before signing up.

Need prior experience?

No, unless stated otherwise.

Must campers know how to swim? No, but

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Boating & Boating Safety

Whether you want your child to take a weeklong, on-the-water boating safety class (and earn his or her safe boating certificate at the end of it) or you just want him or her to go out tubing or kneeboarding and have some fun, there are many ##Wha t summer camp would be complete without a canoe trip?

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Middle- and high-school-aged students get hands-on experience in the Maryland State Boater Certification course. ACB’s fleet of boats is very portable allowing for their camps to come to neighborhood Annapolis area beaches.

“Our summer camps teach water safety and expose the campers to the environment of the Chesapeake Bay,” says director Lorie Stout. “Campers leave with confidence to participate in boating activities in a safe manner.”

Age range: five – 15 (CIT program for ages 14-21 years old).

Need prior experience? No.

options to choose from along the Bay. YMCA Camps, such as Camp Letts, Tockwogh, and Wright, offer day camp and residential (sleepover) options. Rather than focus on just one sport, campers participate in a wide variety of activities from wakeboarding to swimming.

Campers at Annapolis Community Boating (ACB) have the opportunity to experience powerboats, kayaks, canoes, sailboats, and stand-up paddleboards or SUPs, while learning boater safety.

Campers of all levels embark on journeys around the area to explore creeks and rivers.

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But if your summer schedule doesn’t allow you to get fishing outside the weekends, certain summer camps will teach your child to fish in a fun, safe environment. If your child has Bassmaster Pro written all over him or her, you can even look into a specialty fishing camp. PropTalk’s own Capt. Chris Dollar runs a fishing camp every summer where he promotes a “think like a fish” philosophy, teaching kids about “rods, reels, lines, bait, and lures, as well as the ecosystem, tides, currents, seine nets, and weather

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Must campers know how to swim? Most camps won’t

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Need to bring lifejackets?

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Does your child have a need for speed?

Several residential camps offer specialty watersports camps that feature wakeboarding and waterskiing for kids who are really interested in it. “In our wake-

boarding and waterskiing camp, kids are on the water all day, every day,” says Alex Flaxenburg, assistant director in charge of waterfront programming for Camp Tockwogh in Worton, MD. The specialized camp allows instructors to work one-on-one with campers to focus on individual goals and develop skills in a tighter environment.

Age range:

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eight, Camp Tockwogh’s specialty camp is offered to students who have completed the seventh grade through the tenth grade.

Need prior experience? No, but remember, your child will be on the water all day, so it’s a good idea if they at least know what they’ll be getting into.

Must campers know how to swim? Yes, but for the same reason

as stated above. “It’s more a level of comfort,” says Flaxenburg. “Campers should be comfortable on and in the water, as well as able to swim.”

Need to bring lifejackets? No. They’ll be provided.

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Choosing the Right Marina

by Captain Art Pine

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ooking for a marina for your boat? If so, you’ve probably discovered that it isn’t always easy to find one that suits your needs. Just as you learned when you bought your boat, there are a lot of factors to consider, and you may end up facing some troublesome tradeoffs.

A marina that provides basic slip space may fall short on the amenities that your family wants. On the other hand, do you really want to pay for a swimming pool and clubhouse if all you’re planning to do is go fishing with your buddies? Will tying up at a remote pier mean that you pay a travel fee for a mechanic to get there? Questions like these are worth exploring.

“Choosing a marina is a lot like buying a house,” says Wendy Kravit, an Annapolis boater who has spent time selecting marinas for sailboats and powerboats that she’s owned over the years. “You not only have to be sure the slip is right for your particular boat, but you also have to check out the neighborhood and look into the security. It’s easier to find a boat than to find a marina.”

Here are some factors you may want to consider.

What’s your boat like, and how do you plan to use her?

If you have a sailboat with a deep draft or an extra-beamy cabin cruiser, you’ll want to make sure that both the channel leading up to the marina and the fairways between the rows of slips are big enough to let you get in and out easily, even on windy days. Is the approach channel deep and wellmarked, with lighted buoys? Could you find your way in after dark?

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quickly become a drag. And how long will it take for your boat to motor from your slip to the area where you usually do your boating? If you like to get out to the Bay quickly, you won’t want a marina that’s several miles upriver.

What services and amenities will you need, or want, and how much will they cost?

Does the marina provide shorepower hookups? Fresh and drinkable water that you can use to fill your boat’s water tanks? Finger piers?

Well-placed cleats and line-hangers?

Dock carts? Gear boxes? Dinghy storage? Is there adequate parking for you, your crew, and guests? A head and showers ashore? A swimming pool? Picnic tables? A restaurant or clubhouse?

Depending on the characteristics of your boat, the needs of your crew and family, and what you’re willing to pay for, the answers to these questions could be important.

Visit the marina and take a close look around.

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ricane? How high has the water risen in big storms — above the piers and pilings? Does the marina offer dry storage? Is there a boatyard onsite?

How good is it? Does the marina operate head pumpout facilities?

Does it provide the fuel you need? If not, how far must you travel for these services?

Are the piers and walkways in good condition, without loose planks or wobbles? Is the marina neat, clean, and well cared for? Are the walkways

lighted at night? Is there adequate security? Has the marina placed safety ladders every few slips so you can climb out easily if you fall into the water (it does happen)? Does it have a boat ramp? A Travelift for haulouts?

Will you have enough room to dock your boat comfortably? If your slip is too short, your bow will stick out into the fairway, causing problems for other boats; or you may not be able to cross your sternlines. Is the fairway between the rows of slips

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wide enough for you to maneuver?

If you’re considering a seawall slip, is the silt piled so high you may run aground?

Look around at the makeup of the marina’s tenants. Would your vessel be the only powerboat — or sailboat — in the mix? If it is, is that what you want? Would being the odd-boat-out present any problems?

Are the boats currently tied up there in good condition? Is the marina manager present and helpful?

After you’ve talked with the marina’s manager, visit the place on a nice weekend morning and talk to other boaters to get their take on many of these key issues. Ask them if they’ve encountered any downsides to keeping their boats there. Check out the slip you want to lease and see how it looks from ashore.

Do the marina personnel seem helpful and responsible? What can you expect them to do for you?

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disturbed or burglarized? Double up your lines in case of a storm?

How can you reach one of the marina’s managers if you run into an emergency or serious problem after hours? Who provides security protection? Is the marina gated?

Know the rules.

Marinas often have all sorts of rules, some that you may welcome and some that may prove difficult.

Are there restrictions on the hours you can enter the marina? On the amount of noise that boaters and their guests can make? On living onboard your boat? On attaching your own cleats, hooks, or other hardware to piers, wharves, or pilings?

Some marinas — particularly those that maintain onsite boatyards — prohibit outside mechanics and other personnel from working on your boat while it’s on shore. Will that pose a problem for you? What are your obligations if your boat

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leaks fuel or oil? If you decided to leave before your contract ended, could you sublet your slip? If not, what would happen?

Before you sign, try it out — by boat.

Motor to the marina to see for yourself what the approach channel is like and how difficult it is to get to your slip. If possible, with the permission of the marina’s manager, try docking your boat in the slip you’d like to lease (or a similar one). Go in and out several times to be sure you haven’t missed anything.

Compare prices and benefits.

Depending on the market, some marinas may be willing to give you a break on slip fees, particularly if they have a lot of unfilled spaces. Or you may find that you don’t need some of the amenities and can get by well enough somewhere else. Re-check what you’ll be paying for and decide whether it’s what you want.

Read the contract closely.

Make sure that you’ve looked over all the restrictions, obligations, and other rules and that you’re prepared to go

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along with them.

If you’re planning a trip and you’ll only need short-term transient space at a marina along the way, do some homework by reading cruising guides, surfing the Internet, and consulting your chartplotter. Then

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call the marina in advance and ask questions about the issues that are important to you.

Which channel does the marina staff monitor on VHF-FM marine radio: 16, 9, or something else?

What phone number is best to

reach them? During what hours do they take calls? Do you need to reserve a slip ahead of time? If so, how late can you cancel it if you can’t get there in time?

Take stock of your situation every few years.

Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of where you keep your boat at the time against what you want to get from boating. You may find that your current marina still fits the bill. Or you may decide that so much about your boating has changed for you that it’s time to move. If so, dig out this article and start again. #

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nnapolis boater Donna Morrow has been deeply involved in Bay boater education for more than a decade and has directed the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Clean Marina Initiative since 2002. PropTalk caught up with her recently to find out how boaters can develop environmentally sound practices and protect Chesapeake marinas and the Bay. Since most of our readers are not marina owners, what can they do as boaters to support the Clean Marina Initiative? They can support Clean Marinas when they are selecting a marina either for long-term use or when travelling. If their marina of choice is not already a Clean Marina, they can encourage the manager to look into it. When businesses get inquiries from customers, that counts a lot! We also certify yacht clubs and community associations, so if they keep their

boats at one of these, they could get certified.

What is the Clean Boater Pledge, and how do sailors sign it? It’s just a simple way for boaters to learn about basic ways to prevent pollution and then indicate their promise to follow those practices. In return, we send them a “clean boater” decal for their boat and some other DNR goodies. Boaters can find the pledge at DNR licensing service centers, or they can find it (along with educational information) at dnr.maryland.gov/boating/cleanmarina.

How do you find divers for hire who follow hull-cleaning best practices?

Our Clean Diver Program offers professional divers a set of practices to prevent pollution while doing their work, and there is a pledge form the diver can print off and sign. We encourage them to share it with their customers or the marina manager

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where they work. It’s important for boaters as well as divers to think about this issue. Boaters should never ask to have ablative paints cleaned in the water and should know what is on their hull. Experience shows that many boaters do not know if they have hard or soft paint, etc. Find our tip sheets at dnr.maryland.gov/boating/cleanmarina/ resources.asp.

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the least toxic cleaners possible. Once the boat is launched, your choice of cleaners is especially important. Look for those that have either the Green Seal or EPA Design for the Environment logo on the label.

What other clean boating tips do you wish all boaters would adopt immediately?

Stop sudsing up the whole boat every time. Spot clean the few scuffs, and wipe off with a rag. Plain water and a scrub will do just fine for the rest.

For that small percent of boaters who still dump sewage overboard, it’s time to join the 21st century and get legal. The practice is gross, illegal, and disrespectful to those in the slips near you. If you don’t know what is legal, visit our website: dnr.maryland.gov/ boating/.

And for smokers to never toss cigarette butts overboard. It’s very easy to pull them off and put them in a baggie in your pocket and throw them out when you get back in.

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Boaters seeking marinas with environmentally responsible practices in the District of Columbia should visit green.dc.gov/service/dc-clean-marina-partnership.

How do I find a certified Clean Marina?

Click to our website: dnr.maryland.gov/ boating/.

Anything else you would like to add?

It should also interest readers that the General Permit for Discharges from Marinas requires facilities that wash boat bottoms painted with anti-fouling paints, to: 1) meet very low limits on dissolved metals in the waste water; or 2) cease discharging this water by March 1. Because meeting the limits for metals is so difficult, most yards have to go to zero discharge by a wash water recycling system, connecting to sanitary sewer, or pumping into a tank

and having a licensed hauler (truck) remove it.

This deadline is causing a lot of waves among boatyard operators who haven’t yet installed a way to stop discharging. The effect on boaters is that costs for hauling/ washing could rise as a result. I also imagine fewer marinas that can haul and wash will allow divers in.

The permit is available at mde.maryland. gov under “permits” (or at proptalk.com/ clean-marinas-2015). (Note: the DNR does not administer or enforce this permit.

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How did you get your start working in the marina industry?

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What would surprise people about what you do?

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to enjoy such comforts. Don’t get me wrong though, the great locations and these very elements are what often draw people into this job. At the end of the day, it is unquestionably pleasurable to look out one’s office window to a beautiful waterfront view. Sometimes it is these small pleasures that make all the hard work worthwhile.

What do you wish more people knew about running a marina?

Running or managing a marina properly has more challenges than most people would imagine! There have been many recent changes and additions to the governmental regulations and compliance requirements for marina facilities. The managers are spending more time than ever to ensure their facility and staff are in compliance with every environmental and safety regulation, homeland security requirements, collections, and human resources to name just a few. Marina managers work very long, hard hours to create a safe and enjoyable environment for their boat owners and customers.

What’s unique about the marinas Coastal Properties manages?

Coastal manages many different marinas throughout the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Our marinas vary in size, type, and demographic interest, with some offering premium entertainment and dining options or quiet, peaceful settings, and others with quality boatservice and storage facilities. Coastal strives to create a consistent highquality level of service and amenities throughout its marinas, with excellent staff and proper management.

Do you ever have time to go boating?

I have always enjoyed boating from fishing and cruising, to sailing locally and in the islands. At the moment, my personal vessels are of the “selfpropelled” type. I currently own sea kayaks, which I enjoy paddling on the Bay and exploring its many secluded creeks. However, I do get

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out occasionally with friends and colleagues on larger vessels.

Anything else you would like to add?

The opportunity to work in this industry is one with many benefits and privileges, but also with responsibilities to the aquatic environment which supports our very jobs. Our managers are vigilant to ensure the marinas are always in compliance to

protect the waters. We also support marine trades groups, which work to protect and improve the Chesapeake and all the waters we call home. It is up to all of us in the maritime industry, and those who enjoy boating on the water, to be good stewards of the Bay in order to safeguard its quality, so it will be available for future generations to enjoy. #

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##You have to be a jack of all trades to run a marina, says Ray Porter of Porter’s Seneca Marina.

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How did you get started in the marina business?

I started in the marina business in 1979 when my parents purchased the marina. My first job was to caulk an old pile driver that came with the marina.

What’s the best part of your job?

The best part of the job is that every day is different. The scenery is not too bad, either.

What do you wish more people knew about running a marina?

You have to be somewhat of a jack of all trades to repair boats, the bigger ones especially, since they are, in effect, floating houses.

Do you have any time to go boating?

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hen it comes to selecting bottom paint, boat owners have many choices. We recently caught up with a few regional experts who shared some important information to help you prepare your boat for splash day.

Types of Paint

Two types of paint commonly used in our region are ablative and modified epoxy, also called hard paint. Here are the basics.

Ablative “Most ablative paints have an antifouling agent that works when the boat is moving through the water,” explains George Dunigan, technical sales representative for Interlux Paint and past president of the Marine Trade Association of Maryland.

“The movement of the boat causes the paint and any growth to gradually slip off the hull, exposing fresh antifouling agents.”

“Since motion is key to effectiveness with most ablatives, the boat needs to be used about once a week for the antifouling agents to work properly. However, there are some newer, high-end ablatives that offer a controlled release, which is effective even when the boat is sitting. These newer ablatives contain self-polishing copper called copolymers, and some of them will last several years with just a scrubbing or light sanding each spring.

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Primary Components of Paint

Solvent - the delivery system, which keeps the paint fluid and then evaporates Pigment - provides the color Antifouling Agent - a biocide that prevents marine growth Resin - holds the product together and controls the release of the biocide Most ablatives, however, need a fresh coat at the start of each season.”

Dunigan continues, “One of the biggest advantages of ablative paint is it can come out of the water without losing its antifouling properties. So it’s good for boats that are hauled for more than a month or two. This is not true with hard paint.”

Hard/Modified Epoxy Dunigan continues, “An older technology is hard paint, also called modified epoxy. Unlike ablatives, hard paints work all the time, whether or not the boat is moving. The disadvantage with hard paint is their antifouling agents, which contain copper, lose potency when out of the water for more than about 60 days, because the paint begins to lose copper at a faster rate. Around the Chesapeake, some boats only come out for a couple of

months each year, so for them it’s not a concern.”

Don Zabransky, vice president of sales and marketing for Pettit Marine Paint further explains, “Hard paints are very durable and don’t wear away, but their biocides, which are the antifouling agents, gradually leach out. So even though the paint is in good shape, a fresh coat will be needed to maintain the antifouling properties. Hard paints are best for boats that stay in the water for two to three years and for boats that spend a lot of time at the dock.” Since they don’t wear away like ablatives, after several years of build-up, hard paints will need to be stripped.

Generally, modified epoxies are more economical than ablatives, but cost is complex. And paint isn’t a good place to cut corners. “Cost depends upon proptalk.com

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the ingredients, including the quality and quantity of copper and pigments, but cost is also impacted by the process, including the chemical research behind it,” says Dunigan.

Selecting the Proper Paint

Erik Norrie, CEO of Sea Hawk Paints says, “Over the years I’ve found that it helps boat owners to think through the application of antifoulings in three parts: pre-application, the application process itself, and post application. Breaking a bottom job into digestible segments helps eliminate confusion, ensure expected results, and quantify value in the process.

“Adjust your mindset to embrace the fact that combating marine fouling is an on-going event, not a one-time deal, and begin with the end in mind.

Think about the type of antifouling system and the type of hull maintenance your vessel will require. From there, consider hull type, the type and temperature of water your vessel will run in, the time it will be in the water, and what fouling agents you need to combat. The answers to these questions can lead you to an effective antifouling system and program.”

Dunigan puts it this way, “It’s the old ‘who, what, when, where, and how.’ Who is the owner (and what is their price range)? What kind of boat (wood, fiberglass, fishing, racing)?

When is the boat used (daily, weekly, only holiday weekends)? Where is the boat (water temperature and salinity where it’s run, as well as whether it’s kept in-water or on a lift or rack)?

How is the boat used (is speed important; is the boat trailered)?

For example, if the boat is trailered, you need a paint that can withstand hitting the bunks. Generally, hard paints can take abuse better. And they hold their color better, so they look good on the trailer. If your only goal is speed, there are specialty high-speed paints, which are often used by professional fishing captains and others who want to be the first to the fishing hole.

“When it comes to choosing a bottom paint, there isn’t one kind of paint that’s best for every boat,’ says Zabransky. “In fact, the Chesapeake has some of the most challenging antifouling conditions in the country because of 52 March 2015 PropTalk

##Even underwater gear looks handsome with a new coat of paint. Photo courtesy of Cape Charles Yacht Center

the extremely diverse conditions. Some areas are very brackish, while others have mostly fresh water. The Southern Bay and urban areas such as Dundalk tend to stay warmer, while on the Eastern Shore, there’s runoff from farms that impacts the water. The best thing to do is to pick the paint that suits your specific conditions. It’s a good idea to consult the manager of your boatyard or local marine store and ask which type of paint is best for your particular creek or harbor.”

“Quality boatyards perform bottomjobs every week,” says Norrie. “Engage a reputable yard and ask what challenges you might face and what costs you should expect. New boats, or ones that are well maintained, pose fewer challenges than less well maintained boats, which frequently exhibit bottom blisters, peeling and cracking, and hull damage. Ask if the yard is trained and certified in the coatings they apply and if the manufacturers of the products they use are available for site inspections to aid in the selection, preparation, and application of the correct coating materials.”

Dunigan emphasizes, “Whether you’re seeking a recommendation on the best paint to do-it-yourself or hiring someone to do the job for you, make sure it’s someone you know and trust.”

Post-Application

“Regardless if you are protecting a runabout or a yacht, be sure to get a warranty on the antifouling system you have applied,” says Norrie. “Understand the warranty conditions and keep the necessary records so you are covered in the rare case of a failure. Because many warranties may not apply to do-it-your-

What To Consider When Selecting a Paint: • What’s the water temperature and salinity where the boat is used?

• Does the boat stay in the water all season or come out on a lift or trailer?

• Does the boat stay in the water for multiple years?

• How often and at what speeds do you run the boat?

• What kind of paint is on the bottom now?

• How long do you expect the paint to last?

• How much can you afford to spend? self jobs, be fastidious in your prep-work and application techniques.”

Norrie continues, “Maintain the hull with routine cleanings. You can contract a pro to do this or set a schedule on your calendar to remind you to do it yourself.

Today’s high tech paints are easy to clean and will last much longer with routine maintenance. Additionally when using a self-polishing antifouling paint, apply the first coat in a different color. When you see that color showing through, it’s time for a repaint.”

Water-Based Paints

The introduction of water-based paints has been a big advancement. “Waterbased paints work as well as the old solvent-based paints, but they’re much more user friendly and environmentally friendly,” Zabransky says. “With a waterbased paint, we take out the solvent, so they have very little odor and clean up with soap and water. They hold their color and work just as well as the old solvent paint. And for boats that stay on proptalk.com

a trailer or rack, they’re tough enough to take hitting the bunks.”

Although they may have been expensive when they first hit the market, today’s water-based paints come at several price levels. “Not every boat owner needs to purchase the most expensive paint on the market to get good performance and be environmentally friendly,” says Zabransky. “For example, top of the line water-based paints contain Teflon, which makes them slick. If speed is your goal, this may be the paint for you. But if not, there’s no need to pay more for unnecessary additives.”

Environmental Concerns

Marine paint has become increasingly environmentally friendly, but let’s face it—antifouling agents are made to kill organisms that want to live on your boat’s hull. That’s why they’re called biocides. Nevertheless, leading manufacturers are continually improving their products and now offer choices that are increasingly environmentally friendly. Many are lower in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or solvent-free.

“In the last several years, environmental regulations have changed drastically,” says Steven Uhthoff, owner of Annapolis Gelcoat, who has more than 30 years of experience in the marine industry. “Occasionally when it’s time for a fresh coat, the type of paint on a boat is no longer available due to new regulations, but finding and applying a new paint shouldn’t be a problem, if it’s compatible with the existing one.”

When it comes to environmental laws, Dunigan emphasizes, “The boat owner should be aware of the changes, but rely on a trusted expert for specifics. Reputable marina managers will know and adhere to environmental regulations, which are sometimes very complex.”

The Future of Paint

“Manufacturers are always refining biocide and the best delivery method. This is where some of the biggest technical advances are occurring,” says Dunigan.

“If we can use less copper, that will keep the price down. As we work on delivery systems and foul and release products, the future is a bio-release paint containing silicone. Silicone causes the hull to be so slick the marine organisms just slide right

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off, with the added advantages of fuel savings and a faster boat. This type of paint is used on supertankers now, but for the most part, it’s still extremely expensive.

However, we’re beginning to see it trickle down, and this is something I expect will eventually reach the recreational boater.”

DIY Safety and Prep

“Twenty years ago, you could walk into a boatyard and see about half the work being done by do-it-yourselfers,” says Uhthoff. “Working on the boat used to be part of it, and everyone learned how. Now the majority of people are more into using the boat than doing the work. I’d say that number is down to about five to 10 percent.” Although they may be a dying breed, for some boaters applying a fresh coat of paint is an annual spring ritual, and no amount of mess or tedium will persuade these guys to hire a pro.

To the DIYers, we say pay attention to all the details, beginning with safety.

Most of the work will be done lying on your back under a trailer or a boat on jack stands. That can be a dangerous place.

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##Use a good quality tape intended for marine use. Inexpensive tape from the home store may leave adhesive on your hull. Photo courtesy of Kompletely Kustom Marine

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teve Uhthoff, owner of Annapolis Gelcoat, explains, “Gelcoat is a base that contains the original pigment and is sprayed into the mold as part of the factory production. Paint is usually applied to the hull after the factory gelcoat, but whether the boat owner leaves the gelcoat or applies paint depends on how the boat is used. Gelcoat doesn’t apply easily, and it has to be wet sanded and polished. It’s hugely labor intensive.

So once a boat’s been painted, it’s difficult and expensive to go back.

“A boat that stays in the water has to have paint, which contains the antifouling biocide. Because gelcoat is a naturally porous material, it must be coated with primer or a water barrier before the application of antifouling bottom paint to decrease the chance of blisters. Bottom paint won’t be as smooth as gelcoat, but a boat living in the water has to have it. Where speed is important, there are special paints with Teflon, which are smooth and shiny and create little resistance.”

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carbon respirator is a must. “A paper mask you pick up at a home store is not sufficient,” warns Uhthoff. “Purchase your protective gear at a marine supply store. Even when rolling, the thinner in the paint comes off into the air along with toxins.”

Before you begin, read the paint data sheet with the temperatures, overcoat windows, safety standards, and other application information. Use the proper tools for sanding, spraying, and rolling. Again, shop specifically for marine-grade tools. Cheap tape, for example, can leave adhesive on the boat.

“Remember that when it comes to antifouling systems, a penny saved is not necessarily a penny earned,” warns Norrie. “Avoid shortcuts in the hull preparation and coatings application.

Antifouling paints work best when they bond mechanically and chemically to the hull. This is achieved by proper hull preparation via sandblasting, sanding, and proper priming and painting.”

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es, winter is still upon us. But that doesn’t mean we’re all hibernating! Around the Bay folks are having fun with their local clubs and also getting schooled to make the 2015 boating season one of the best on record. Take a class, go to a party, what more do you want out of life? Oh, yeah: to spend some time on the boat. Don’t worry, it will be spring soon enough. To get your club’s events listed, send a box of Russell Stover chocolates and a brief email to duffy@proptalk.com.

Back Creek YC members in the north and south kicked off 2015 with simultaneous happy hours January 9.

The northern event in Arnold, MD, hosted by Jamie Ritter, was attended by 15 club members. Hosts Pam and John Loving were joined by 18 club members at the southern event held at Conchy Joe’s in Jensen Beach, FL. BCYC North and South have a full schedule of wide-ranging activities in February and March. In the north, Gail and Bob Higginbotham (Commodore) hosted a Cabin Fever Happy Hour February 7. A Valentine’s Day celebration on February 14 includes a performance of Broadway in Annapolis: Fiddler on the Roof at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Following the performance, club members joined hosts Cindy and Westbrook Murphy

##Back Creek YC South members celebrating a happy hour in Jensen Beach, FL.

for dinner at Carpaccio’s. February 21, the club will celebrate the Year of the Goat with dinner at the Asian Buffet. Rosie Caven is the host for

this Chinese New Year’s Party. The first BCYC mid-week event of the year is February 26-28. Hosts Pat and Tom Bernhart are organizing a trip to the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, VA. Plans are in the works by the Bernhart’s for a possible overnight at Cove Point Light House in March. The BCYC South group in balmy Stuart, FL, has a Happy Hour planned for February 20, with hosts Mary and Richard Ross.

Madi and John Yates have invited club members to join them at their home February 28. A happy hour is planned for March 6, with hosts Ben and Candy Wilson. For more info, check out backcreekyc.org for details.

##Back Creek YC members celebrating a happy hour in Arnold, MD.

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The Silverton Owner’s Club is in planning mode for the 2015 year, with dock party plans, annual winter dinner parties, boat shows, and long distance travel. “Our annual SOC Dock Party will be held in Annapolis this year, and we’re currently in talks with a marina on Back Creek,” writes Nyla Deputy. “We’re looking forward to seeing our winter snowbird members and Florida club members at our dinner party February 5 in Fort Myers, FL. March 28, our annual winter dinner party will take place in Kent Island.” SOC members are also going to some boat shows: a party bus will shuttle members between Cape Coral, FL, and Miami for the Miami Boat Show February 14, while club representatives plan to help canvas the Bay Bridge Boat Show on Kent Island April 17-19. For more information on this fun club, visit silvertonclub.com.

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es, winter is still upon us. But now is not the time to sit around on your couch! The following courses are being offered by local sail and power squadrons. For more information on what to expect, visit proptalk.com/clubs.

Mark your calendars for April 11: Nanticoke River YC will host Paddle Smart, a seminar taught by the Nanticoke River SPS intended for those about to join America’s fastest boating segment. We’ll be discussing terminology, equipment, using paddle craft, safety practices, and day tripping and touring considerations. For more information, visit uspsd5.org Annapolis SPS will be offering an Anchoring Seminar February 28 (location TBD) to help assist boaters in understanding the issues and problems

involving the theories of anchor weight, the methods used to anchor, and the choices of anchor types for the area of boating. The knowledge gained from completing this seminar will increase the student’s understanding of the conditions and situations involved in anchoring a boat and the need for a proper anchor choice. For more information, visit aspsmd.org/education.htm Kent Island SPS will be offering two can’t-miss classes for PropTalk readers: Electronic Navigation will be held March 9 at Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department, and Advanced Powerboat Handling class March 10 at Kent Island YC. For more information, visit uspsd5.org/squadrons/ kent_narrows.html.

Delaware River SPS will kick Safe Boating Week off right with an educational cruise on the Delaware River May 20

onboard the Benjamin Franklin yacht.

The informative and exciting narration will focus on aids to navigation, piloting, chart work using a hand-held compass, GPS, and plotting one’s position on the Delaware using paper charts. Make your reservations now for this fun, informative cruise. uspsd5.org/events/2015/Ed-cruise. jpg or call (267) 738-7183.

Dundalk SPS is offering Advanced Piloting at Red Eye Yacht Club in Baltimore, March 2. This is the second in the sequence of USPS courses on navigation, and it continues to build coastal and inland navigational skills, allowing the student to take on more challenging conditions, unfamiliar waters, limited visibility, and extended cruises. Want to know more? Visit uspsd5.org/squadron_site.php?squad_no=1560

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Racing News Hydroplane Racing

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tarts are important. Racers have imaginary lanes around a course.

Those nearest the inside lane travel the shortest distance, so if two boats race at the same speed, the inside, shortest distance will win a heat or race.

And every racer knows that. So they all want to be in position to own that inside lane at the start of the race. Current rules say that whoever has that inside lane going around the last pin buoy (turn buoy) before the starting line, owns that lane at the start line.

So, how does one play the start line strategy? The “simple” way is to be at your hydro’s top speed rounding that buoy, but do not pass the start line before the clock countdown says it is okay to start racing. If another racer gets there before you, that preferred inside lane belongs to him. All racers naturally want to be in position to win this way, but only one can win this important part of a racing heat using this technique. The rest of the racers have to do something different.

How else can you get the inside lane?

Keep your boat speed up. Then, if the inside lane leader has had to back off his boat speed, you can pass him and take over control of that important inside lane once your prop’s rooster tail will not wet

by Chris “Seabuddy” Brown down his boat, which is approximately a distance of three boat lengths.

If he was going fast to secure the inside lane first and then had to slow down to avoid jumping the start clock, you have him! Just being aggressive in one’s driving to get that inside lane at the last turn before the starting line turn worked against him … better to first think about it and then be aggressive for the best position at the true start line. Be aggressive when it counts, but not all the time. You can change lanes anytime your prop spray does not wet down the other person’s boat by allowing for enough distance.

Perhaps next up in a winning formula is being consistent. A driver must start his races and heats. And he needs to finish them. He needs to keep his boat up to any water set, wind, or wave conditions as they are presented. He also needs to make repairs and patch up his boat fast. A racing boat that floats is enough to get racing again; it does not matter how pretty the boat looks.

Another option is to carry — customized to his racer — two or three lengths of canard control rods for his boat. In a hydroplane racer, the canard (front wing of a modern hydroplane) is used to adjust how high the front end

flies over the water. A driver has more control than most by keeping and using these extra parts kept in his truck.

What else does one do to get and to stay at the top? He adjusts the engine’s camshaft timing. He re-does his engine’s carburetor’s jets. The engine often must be deemed “stock” in some classes.

Everything else is custom made to his hull and running gear, including the exhaust piping.

If he watches his weight, he uses lead weight in the boat to make the minimum weight rules. And, he moves that weight around within the boat to best fit a given set of conditions. He moves his skid fin and changes its shape, depth, and in/out angle. He should prefer his racer to go straight, not dart or turn left or right. The prop shaft strut is movable up or down, other than when in the water. So that can be adjusted for conditions. He can use different props, perhaps a lot of props. His hull is most likely an old fiberglass hydroplane and has been “fixed” many times.

Some boats are even older and made of wood and repaired many more times.

See lots of Hydroplanes at the Thunder on the Narrows on June 27. Lock that date in your mind, and stay tuned to PropTalk for more news as June approaches.

##Thunder on the Narrows. Photo by Walter Cooper

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Racing Runs in the Family

avid and Ann Shaw have a great family. David is a boat racer, and Ann kept the family values together during as well as between races. Their children, Katelyn, Richard, and John, are now all boat racers, too. Expect to see them all at the Thunder on the Narrows upcoming races June 27-28.

Ann still does what many moms do in a racing family: She observes, shapes, and administers values and life lessons as they come up in the racing pits, within their traveling motorhome, and on the race course.

Rumor has it that the “For Sale” sign was prepped and ready to be displayed on the race boat if one of the kids came home with a report card that did not reflect “Honor Roll” status. Now that 20year threat has given birth to another generation of dedicated school teachers, just like Mom and Dad. No misbehaving allowed outside of school either.

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Dad David was a racing boat driver and owner. Now he has passed the baton to his children and is the support crew for this second generation of racers.

David made it happen: he no longer has a race boat, but his kids do. He no longer drives in these races, but all three children do. It was a well-crafted plan promised long ago by these parents: “We will get you your boat.”

Dad is a pit crew now — before, during, and after a race. He put a rebuilt engine back into the hydroplane when the kids were too exhausted after coaching a team at school. Before the beginning of a race weekend, he drives the motorhome while the kids are sleeping, runs for parts, and offers advice.

Katelyn tends to race Sportsman Entry (“SE”) class which is a 16-foot ski boat that weighs 1850 pounds and is powered by a small block inboard engine.

This class is GPS limited in its top speed on a race course. Any racer that goes

##A family that races together stays together. (L-R): Ann Shaw, Katelyn Shaw, John Shaw, Richard Shaw, Lauren McElhenny, and David Shaw.

faster than 85 miles per hour is disqualified in this class. It keeps the competition close and the costs down.

Richard races hydroplanes of all sizes and also some JS events. He likes inboard race boats. He says, “Both mom and dad instilled in my brother, sister, and me that value of hard work and dedication to whatever task we undertake. They taught us to lose gracefully and win humbly. We have carried these lessons, along with many others, over into our everyday lives.”

John is a top driver in the 1.5 stock (“T”) Class, races all but two hydroplane classes, and gets in a JS (Jersey Speed Skiff) at the races regularly (see below).

Thunder on the Narrows Racer Gets National Award

ohn Shaw was inducted into the American Power Boat Association (APBA) Hall of Champions in January in Detroit, MI. This award recognizes his outstanding racing record for the 2014 season. And John did it all in an old boat, with a rebuilt engine, and on a teacher’s salary.

The Hall of Champions was established by the APBA in 1974 to recognize and distinguish its most outstanding drivers nationwide from each season. John’s been competing for 12 years as a race boat driver. Since his dad was a boat racer, John’s been in and around inboard hydroplane racing for all but the first four months of his life. John went with his mom and dad (David and Ann Shaw) to all the races starting with the first spring season after his late winter birth.

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John, his brother, Richard, and his sister, Katelyn, are all second generation powerboat racers, and each of them has been successful on boat racing courses.

Their family is active in the Kent Narrows Racing Association, the host of Thunder on the Narrows June 27, which is also the site of the East Coast Championships this year, a special racing event.

In the eastern half of the United States John is one of the top two or three drivers in the 1.5 litre stock hydroplane (“T”) class.

This is in a race boat designed to go fast.

These boats can go just under 95 miles per hour on a straight run and about 80 miles per hour around a circular course. The boat is about 14 and a half feet long and uses an old Toyota 1500 cc 4-cylinder engine to power its propeller. The combination of boat, motor, and driver weighs just over 825 pounds.

When one asks what makes him a top driver, John sums it up in one word: “smooth.” But there’s more to it than that.

Another important component is an innate sense of correct timing: “aggression.”

Seated across the table from John and his brother Richard in the racer’s local restaurant, the Fisherman’s Inn in Grasonville, MD, I was surprised when they shared the “aggression” answer.

Both of these men are under 30 and to Seabuddy, who’s twice their age, this somewhat narrow answer seemed to be out-of-place. So, we talked about it further.

“Smooth” was said to translate to more speed going around each lap, each and every time it was used. “Aggression” as it turned out, actually has two faces. “Aggression” will lose races if it is unfettered at all times and in all racing situations.

But, it is also the way to win races when applied at critical moments. John has done it both ways over his 12 years behind the wheel of a racing boat. Now he’s at the top of his racing game by first judging when and then how to correctly apply his brand of “aggression.”

Did John just race locally or go an extra step to get his award? Yes, he went the extra mile. He is a full-time school teacher and also coaches after his classes end. Plus, he helps other racers after winter and spring season sports programs are over. John (and often his family) may drive 14 hours to get to a race. Then another 14 hours back home. This year he raced as far north as Canada, as far south as Florida, and up and down the eastern half of the USA. What a large landscape to compete racing boats.

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##Apprentice shipwright James DelAguila begins the process of shaping logs for the bottom of a three log canoe with a traditional broad axe at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.

wanted the boat to look as good as the transom built last year. After spending the summer cruising around the Annapolis area, Gin Mill, the 1990 20-foot Hacker Craft is also coming back in for a few more coats of varnish to add more protection to the well-used woody. Already lined up for spring, Old School, the 1941 Morin Craft 22-footer, is going to spend some time in the shop after blasting around the South River. Her new 454 power plant rattled loose some parts after some hardcore runs in the Bay and she will also get some touch ups to the top side and deck in time for summer.

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cooter Pierce, Service Writer at Hartge Yacht Harbor in Galesville, MD, shared his optimistic outlook with me. “We have a lot of services available to boaters: mechanical, carpentry, etc. We have a whole building dedicated to painting and refinishing. Knock on wood; we have not seen a winter slowdown at all. Our haul out, winter storage, and paint business has been good. Our mechanic has been very busy, so I’d say it has been a very good winter.”

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permits, we’ll start painting bottoms and launching in March. It seems like we just got these guys out of the water and shrink wrapped, and it’s time to put them back in.”

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ave Hannam of Classic Watercraft Restoration in Mayo, MD, reports he is moving forward with the winter projects and deadlines in the new shop.

Most of the startup kinks have been worked out, including the installation of a new woodshop dust collection system. Dave is completing final coatings on the 1957 Sportsman 19-footer.

The 1926 Lyman is coming back in to have a new paint job after the owner

A pilot boat gets a new deck at Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD.

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racy Munson of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD, sends us the following winter update. “CBMM shop manager Michael Gorman reports the winter months mean several projects are underway. Martha’s topside planks have all been replaced and the first coats of paint applied, with more painting anticipated before her Olds 455 is refurbished and the 1934 Hooper Island draketail splashes this spring.

The 1920 buy boat Winnie Estelle went up on CBMM’s marine railway for the first time since the museum acquired her in June. On one of winter’s warmer days, Winnie’s zincs were replaced and the bottom painted by museum volunteers. Adapting the lines from a Lambdin canoe in CBMM’s collection, shipwrights and apprentices have also begun working on a new threeproptalk.com

log sailing canoe. With a hull built from three 26-foot local loblolly pine logs, the canoe will be constructed in full public view, with an anticipated spring or early summer launch. Open daily, the museum is offering free admission each Friday in February, giving guests a great opportunity to see much of this work first-hand.

More info at cbmm.org.”

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mokey Glover of Willard Marine in Virginia Beach, VA, sends us this update: “We have two Willard 6.7 meter SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) RIBs in our shop for repairs and upgrades. One

was to create an enclosed structure from the middle of the vessel to completely surround the hull. Controlling the temperature of the work area and underside of the boat was also a high priority. Atlantic Shrink Wrap’s portfolio of unique shrink-wrapped scaffolding projects over large ships in Bangkok, Thailand, and the U.S. Coast Guard yard in Baltimore, where the USS Constellation is dry docked, made it the perfect company to complete such a project. After consulting with Dr. Shrink, Atlantic Shrink Wrap determined the 12-mil white shrink wrap would be ideal for this job. Then, the USS Constel-

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Final varnish work on the deck of a 1957 Chris Craft Sportsman in Classic Watercraft’s new shop in Mayo, MD.

belongs to the Military Sealift Command and the other to NOAA. These are two examples of the government, military, and commercial support going on at our Virginia Beach facility. Willard Marine is based out of Anaheim, CA, where their corporate offices and manufacturing plant are located, with a manufacturing, repair, and support facility in Virginia Beach.”

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n the 160th year after it was first launched, the Baltimore, MD-based USS Constellation must undergo an almost $2 million hull restoration. To do this, it requires a new temporary structure to provide protection during the rebuilding process. An easy solution was to utilize premium shrink wrap from Dr. Shrink, the Michigan-based supplier of most of the ubiquitous white stuff, professionally installed by Annapolisbased Atlantic Shrink Wrap. The task Follow us!

war Constellation was the last all-sail vessel constructed for the U.S. Navy and the second to carry her illustrious name. She became a training ship in 1894 for the Naval Training Center in Newport, RI, helping train more than 60,000 recruits during World War I. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, the Constellation is scheduled to be back in her home berth in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in early 2015.

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eorge Hazzard of Wooden Boat restoration in Millington, MD, sends us this

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Watermark Cruises of Annapolis has the workhorse Harbor Queen on the railway in Cambridge.

lation was raised and docked inside the World War II era floating dry dock USS Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge is part of the USCG Baltimore Fleet Support Yard. With 205-foot long stretches of open air space between the hull of the Constellation and the walls of the Oak Ridge, the 12-mil material is strong enough to withstand heavy ice and snow loads throughout the winter months. Atlantic Shrink Wrap coordinated the building of scaffolding around the Constellation’s lower half to facilitate both the mounting of the shrink wrap and the hull repairs beneath. The front and back of the vessel were closed off by continuing the shrink wrap over pre-erected scaffolding. Large entrance doors were framed into it to allow access to tools and materials.

Built in 1854 in Norfolk and decommissioned in 1955, the sloop-of-

Jerry Marcinkevich finishing the hand sanding on a 19’ Wellcraft before the AwlGrip is sprayed on at Lilly Sport Boats in Arnold, MD. Photo by Rick Franke

update. “We are still working on Trouper II, the 1935 39-foot Consolidated, re-painting the cabin tops and varnishing the cabin sides. We are also rewiring the 12-volt system replacing old wires and adding more breakers for safety. Nearly complete is the 1956 23foot Chris Craft Holiday with her new upholstery by Oatley’s Top Shop in Galena. On warmer days we are building the coats of varnish on the 20-foot 1953 Chris Craft Riviera.”

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rom Susan Campbell at Campbell’s Boat Yards in Oxford, MD, comes this comprehensive update. “This spring promises to be busy as the crew at Bachelor Point will commission and launch more than 100 boats that have spent the winter on the hard. We will wrap up several larger projects, such as installing complete marine electronics systems on three boats and

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refitting a Campbell’s Custom 37 that was recently sold. The new owners chose Garmin displays, an auto pilot, and radar. We have painted the hulls of four boats with Awl Grip over the winter. Our projects included a newly purchased J/100 to be used for Bay racing and a Hinckley B-40 that is a family heirloom.

We continue to solicit additional paint work and can accommodate

boats up to 60 feet, both power and sail. The carpentry shop remains busy with ongoing work on Mr. Jim, a restoration of a Chesapeake Bay buy boat … In addition to bottom paint, washing, waxing, and cleaning, we expect the usual mechanical work with regards to commissioning engines and various systems on many of our storage boats. Now would be the time to think about any late winter projects as well

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Doug Reigle does the final hand sanding to prepare the repaired hull of a 36 foot Cruiser Yacht for spraying at Lilly Sport Boats in Arnold, MD. Photo by Rick Franke

as considering your summer schedule and planning a trip to Oxford.”

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artin Hardy of Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD, shares with us what must be the most unique custom job of the winter. “We were commissioned to build a prototype kid’s pirate ship that is propelled by a small trolling motor and can carry four kids. We are doing a complete deck replacement on an

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The USS Constellation, in dry dock for bottom repairs, is protected by shrink wrap at the US Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, MD. Photo courtesy of Martin Foley Associates

Martha, a 1934 Hooper Island Draketail, shows off her new hull planks while awaiting a warm day for final painting at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St, Michaels, MD.

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The crew just pulled another 32 by 11-foot, six-inch Deadrise out of the mold for a local owner who will finish the boat himself.”

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eg Roney of Mathews Brothers in Denton, MD, says, “Our paint booth is busy with the second round of boats to be varnished. We’ll also rotate a Patriot 29 into the paint booth for

new paint. The glass shop is in the process of assembling a new boat. In the middle and main bays of our shop, our storage boats have been rotating through with various winter projects including engine service, bow thruster service, windshield replacement, windlass replacement, and troubleshooting everything from navigation lights to electronics to thru hulls and everything in between. The spring schedul-

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A 6.7 meter SOLAS RIB in the shop for minor repairs and updating at Willard.

ing has already begun with launch dates on the calendar. Be sure to check our blog (mathewsboats.com/blog) and daily pictures to see the latest.”

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rit Lilly of Lilly Sport Boats in Arnold, MD, is his usual upbeat self with the following report: “We are slam packed with work this winter. I’m a month behind on the waiting list, and I’ve got another 12 boats that I have to get done by April first!”

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A “prototype pirate ship” big enough for four kids at Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD.

The 1920 buy boat Winnie Estelle getting a coat of bottom paint on the railway at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.

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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

3:07 AM Sun 9:39 AM 4:19 PM 11:00 PM

0.8 H -0.2 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

16

3:19 AM Mon 9:42 AM 4:02 PM 11:02 PM

1 H -0.1 L 1.3 H 0.1 L

1

1:43 AM Sun 8:00 AM 2:52 PM 8:48 PM

0.7 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.1 L

16

1:47 AM Mon 8:13 AM 2:47 PM 9:03 PM

0.9 H -0.1 L 1.1 H 0.2 L

1 5:29 AM Sun 11:39 AM 5:46 PM 11:43 PM

H L H L

16

2

0.9 H -0.2 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

17

1.1 H -0.1 L 1.3 H 0.1 L

2

2:35 AM Mon 8:51 AM 3:36 PM 9:32 PM

0.8 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.1 L

17

2:51 AM Tue 9:15 AM 3:43 PM 9:55 PM

1 H -0.1 L 1.2 H 0.1 L

2 6:16 AM 2.6 H Mon 12:23 PM 0.2 L 6:30 PM 2.3 H

17

4:49 AM 0.9 H Tue 11:19 AM -0.2 L 5:46 PM 1.1 H

18

5:16 AM 1.2 H Wed 11:53 AM -0.2 L 5:59 PM 1.3 H

3

L H L H

18

12:46 AM Wed 7:11 AM 1:20 PM 7:35 PM

-0.3 L 3.1 H -0.3 L 3 H

19

12:36 AM THu 6:11 AM 12:54 PM 6:52 PM

0 L 1.3 H -0.2 L 1.3 H

1.1 H -0.1 L 1.2 H 0 L

0 2.6 0.1 2.4

0.1 L 1 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

3:51 AM Wed 10:15 AM 4:36 PM 10:44 PM

3 12:28 AM Tue 6:56 AM 1:01 PM 7:09 PM

12:17 AM Wed 5:34 AM 12:03 PM 6:22 PM

0.8 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.1 L

18

4

3:22 AM Tue 9:38 AM 4:15 PM 10:11 PM

4

0 2.6 0 2.5

L H L H

19

1:44 AM THu 8:05 AM 2:12 PM 8:29 PM

-0.5 L 3.2 H -0.5 L 3.2 H

0.1 L 1 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

20

1:20 AM 7:05 AM 1:52 PM 7:42 PM

0 L 1.5 H -0.2 L 1.3 H

1.2 H -0.1 L 1.2 H 0 L

4 1:08 AM Wed 7:32 AM 1:35 PM 7:44 PM

12:48 AM THu 6:16 AM 12:43 PM 6:55 PM

0.9 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.1 L

19

5

4:05 AM Wed 10:22 AM 4:50 PM 10:48 PM

5

20

5:44 AM 1.3 H 12:08 PM -0.1 L 6:15 PM 1.1 H

5 1:45 AM THu 8:05 AM 2:07 PM 8:18 PM

-0.1 L 2.7 H 0 L 2.6 H

20

-0.6 L 3.2 H -0.6 L 3.4 H

6

0.1 L 1.1 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

21

2:04 AM SAT 7:58 AM 2:49 PM 8:30 PM

-0.1 L 1.5 H -0.2 L 1.3 H

0.9 H -0.1 L 1 H 0 L

6

5:25 AM 1 H 11:44 AM -0.1 L 5:57 PM 0.9 H

21

12:19 AM SAT 6:38 AM 1:02 PM 7:03 PM

-0.1 L 1.4 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

Fri

6

-0.1 L 2.6 H 0 L 2.6 H

21

3:32 AM SAT 9:46 AM 3:50 PM 10:10 PM

-0.6 L 3.2 H -0.6 L 3.4 H

7

1:43 AM SAT 7:32 AM 2:02 PM 7:59 PM

0 1.1 0 1.1

L H L H

22

2:47 AM Sun 8:51 AM 3:46 PM 9:19 PM

-0.1 L 1.6 H -0.1 L 1.2 H

7

12:00 AM SAT 6:04 AM 12:24 PM 6:29 PM

0 L 1 H -0.1 L 0.9 H

22

1:07 AM Sun 7:31 AM 1:56 PM 7:51 PM

-0.1 L 1.4 H 0 L 1 H

7 2:55 AM SAT 9:09 AM 3:10 PM 9:25 PM

0 2.6 0 2.6

L H L H

22

4:24 AM Sun 10:35 AM 4:39 PM 11:00 PM

-0.6 L 3.1 H -0.5 L 3.4 H

8

3:11 AM Sun 9:09 AM 3:42 PM 9:33 PM

0 1.1 0 1

L H L H

23

3:32 AM Mon 9:43 AM 4:44 PM 10:08 PM

-0.1 L 1.6 H 0 L 1.2 H

8

12:36 AM Sun 7:43 AM 2:05 PM 8:02 PM

0 1 0 0.9

L H L H

23

1:55 AM Mon 8:24 AM 2:49 PM 8:40 PM

-0.1 L 1.4 H 0 L 1 H

8 4:30 AM Sun 10:42 AM 4:42 PM 11:00 PM

0 2.5 0 2.6

L H L H

23

-0.4 L 2.9 H -0.3 L 3.2 H

9

3:41 AM Mon 9:46 AM 4:25 PM 10:09 PM

0 1.2 0.1 1

L H L H

24

4:18 AM Tue 10:37 AM 5:44 PM 10:59 PM

-0.1 L 1.5 H 0.1 L 1.1 H

9

2:12 AM Mon 8:23 AM 2:47 PM 8:37 PM

0 1 0 0.9

L H L H

24

2:46 AM Tue 9:19 AM 3:43 PM 9:31 PM

-0.1 L 1.4 H 0.1 L 1 H

9 5:06 AM Mon 11:16 AM 5:17 PM 11:36 PM

0.1 2.4 0.1 2.6

L H L H

24

10

4:14 AM Tue 10:26 AM 5:13 PM 10:49 PM

0 1.2 0.1 1

L H L H

25

0 1.5 0.2 1

L H L H

10

2:50 AM Tue 9:06 AM 3:31 PM 9:13 PM

0 1.1 0.1 0.8

L H L H

25

3:39 AM Wed 10:16 AM 4:39 PM 10:25 PM

0 1.3 0.2 0.9

L H L H

10

11

0 1.2 0.2 0.9

L H L H

26

6:04 AM 0.1 L THu 12:32 PM 1.4 H 7:46 PM 0.2 L

11

3:30 AM Wed 9:52 AM 4:20 PM 9:53 PM

0 1.1 0.1 0.8

L H L H

26

0 1.2 0.3 0.9

L H L H

12

4:15 AM THu 10:44 AM 5:13 PM 10:40 PM

0 1.1 0.2 0.8

L H L H

27

13

0 1.1 0.2 0.8

L H L H

4:01 AM Mon 10:32 AM 5:06 PM 11:41 PM

3

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ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis

Fri

1:16 AM 6:55 AM 1:22 PM 7:27 PM

4:51 AM Wed 11:09 AM 6:06 PM 11:33 PM

12

5:34 AM 0 L THu 11:58 AM 1.2 H 7:06 PM 0.2 L

13

4:18 AM Tue 10:50 AM 5:03 PM 11:51 PM

Fri

5:08 AM Wed 11:33 AM 6:45 PM 11:53 PM

27 Fri

12:50 AM 7:06 AM 1:34 PM 8:46 PM

1 0.1 1.3 0.3

H L H L

0.9 0 1.3 0.2

H L H L

28

1:49 AM SAT 8:13 AM 2:40 PM 9:41 PM

1 0.2 1.2 0.3

H L H L

14

1:19 AM SAT 7:24 AM 1:54 PM 9:11 PM

0.9 0 1.3 0.2

H L H L

29

2:49 AM Sun 9:19 AM 3:43 PM 10:31 PM

1.1 0.2 1.2 0.3

H L H L

15

0.9 0 1.3 0.2

H L H L

30

3:46 AM Mon 10:21 AM 4:39 PM 11:14 PM

1.1 0.2 1.2 0.3

H L H L

31

1.2 0.2 1.2 0.3

H L H L

Fri

12:23 AM 6:24 AM 12:53 PM 8:09 PM

2:18 AM Sun 8:32 AM 2:58 PM 10:09 PM

4:39 AM Tue 11:16 AM 5:26 PM 11:52 PM

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

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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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

4:46 AM THu 11:04 AM 5:24 PM 11:24 PM Fri

Fri

5:08 AM 11:42 AM 6:10 PM 11:37 PM

14

6:06 AM 0 L SAT 12:44 PM 1.1 H 7:09 PM 0.2 L

15

12:41 AM Sun 7:09 AM 1:47 PM 8:07 PM

0.8 0 1.1 0.2

H L H L

4:49 AM THu 11:12 AM 5:27 PM 11:32 PM Fri

4:35 AM THu 11:15 AM 5:35 PM 11:23 PM Fri

5:34 AM 0.1 L 12:16 PM 1.2 H 6:32 PM 0.3 L

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

5:46 AM 0.1 L Tue 11:52 AM 2.4 H 5:56 PM 0.1 L

5:07 AM Mon 11:28 AM 5:34 PM 11:46 PM

Fri

6:11 AM -0.2 L Tue 12:14 PM 2.7 H 6:20 PM -0.1 L

25

12:43 AM Wed 7:07 AM 1:07 PM 7:16 PM

3 0 2.5 0.1

H L H L

11

12:15 AM Wed 6:29 AM 12:32 PM 6:39 PM

2.6 0.2 2.3 0.2

H L H L

26

1:39 AM THu 8:07 AM 2:05 PM 8:16 PM

2.8 0.2 2.3 0.2

H L H L

12

1:00 AM THu 7:19 AM 1:19 PM 7:30 PM

2.6 0.3 2.2 0.2

H L H L

27

2.6 0.4 2.2 0.3

H L H L

1:52 AM 8:17 AM 2:14 PM 8:29 PM

2.5 0.3 2.2 0.2

H L H L

28

3:49 AM SAT 10:13 AM 4:17 PM 10:27 PM

2.5 0.5 2.2 0.4

H L H L

2.4 0.5 2.2 0.4

H L H L

Fri

0.9 0.1 1.1 0.3

H L H L

13

29

1:24 AM Sun 7:37 AM 2:16 PM 8:19 PM

0.9 0.1 1.1 0.3

H L H L

14

2:52 AM SAT 9:20 AM 3:17 PM 9:34 PM

2.6 0.3 2.2 0.1

H L H L

29

30

2:22 AM Mon 8:35 AM 3:08 PM 9:05 PM

1 0.1 1.1 0.3

H L H L

15

2.6 0.2 2.3 0

H L H L

30

31

1.1 0.1 1.1 0.3

H L H L

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

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

2:38 AM 8:57 AM 3:01 PM 9:20 PM

5:17 AM Mon 11:24 AM 5:29 PM 11:51 PM

12:23 AM SAT 6:36 AM 1:18 PM 7:27 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

2.7 H 0.1 L 2.5 H -0.2 L

6:12 AM 2.9 H Tue 12:26 PM -0.1 L 6:38 PM 2.7 H

28

3:14 AM Tue 9:29 AM 3:53 PM 9:48 PM

diFFerenCes

2:20 AM 8:37 AM 2:38 PM 8:52 PM

2.5 0.2 2.2 0.1

Fri

3:59 AM Sun 10:25 AM 4:26 PM 10:41 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

2:41 AM 9:10 AM 3:09 PM 9:22 PM

4:56 AM Sun 11:11 AM 5:20 PM 11:26 PM

5:54 AM 2.4 H Mon 12:01 PM 0.4 L 6:13 PM 2.4 H

31

12:18 AM Tue 6:42 AM 12:44 PM 6:58 PM

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

0.3 2.5 0.4 2.5

L H L H

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

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Tidal Current Tables

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Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Max Current Speed

12

115 715 1428 2117

424 -0.6 1054 0.9 1739 -0.7 2339 0.3

22

59 -1 717 1.2 1343 -1.1 1949 0.8

1

18 Mon 551 1139 1823

301 0.6 849 -0.7 1505 0.9 2137 -0.9

13

208 805 1523 2217

516 -0.5 1148 0.9 1837 -0.7

23

145 -0.9 806 1.2 1436 -1.1 2042 0.7

2

3

100 642 1231 1906

347 0.7 940 -0.7 1552 0.9 2218 -0.9

14

39 0.3 615 -0.5 1246 0.9 1934 -0.8

24

529 1220 1857

234 -0.8 856 1.2 1530 -1 2137 0.7

3

138 Wed 729 1320 1946

430 0.7 1026 -0.7 1635 0.9 2257 -0.9

15

138 0.4 717 -0.5 1345 0.9 2027 -0.8

25

24 Wed 619 1316 1958

326 -0.8 950 1.1 1628 -1 2236 0.6

4

5

213 812 1406 2024

509 0.8 1110 -0.8 1717 0.9 2334 -0.9

16

234 0.5 820 -0.6 1442 0.9 2116 -0.9

26

122 714 1413 2059

423 -0.7 1047 1 1727 -0.9 2338 0.5

5

6

246 853 1452 2100

547 0.8 1152 -0.8 1757 0.8

17

39 615 1213 1853

325 0.6 919 -0.7 1536 0.9 2203 -0.9

27

226 815 1512 2200

526 -0.6 1147 0.9 1828 -0.9

6

Fri

9 -0.9 624 0.8 1234 -0.8 1837 0.7

18

118 Wed 710 1314 1940

413 0.8 1015 -0.8 1629 1 2247 -1

28

42 0.5 632 -0.6 1250 0.8 1927 -0.8

44 -0.8 801 0.9 1417 -0.8 2019 0.7

19

156 802 1413 2025

459 0.9 1108 -0.9 1719 1 2331 -1

29

220 -0.7 840 0.9 1502 -0.7 2103 0.6

20

235 853 1510 2110

544 1200 1809

1 -1 0.9

30

555 1245 1914

258 -0.7 921 0.9 1551 -0.7 2150 0.5

21

15 -1 630 1.1 1251 -1.1 1859 0.9

31

31 Wed 633 1335 2014

338 -0.6 1005 0.9 1643 -0.7 2242 0.4

Sun

2

Tue

4

THu

Fri

7

SAT

8

Sun

9

318 934 1538 2137 449 1115 1727 2313

Mon 522 1159 1818 2350

10 Tue

11

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

308 902 1619 2311 413 1005 1713 2357

Mon 516 1110 1804 Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

316 944 1606 2155

Sun

358 1035 1702 2242

Mon 442 1127 1759 2331 Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

334 920 1610 2256 441 1027 1706 2346

Mon 541 1130 1759 Tue

31 634 1229 1847

Slack Water Max Current Speed

534 0.7 1220 -1.2 1755 0.6

11

19 -1.1 609 0.7 1304 -1.2 1832 0.7

12

104 -1.2 643 0.8 1342 -1.2 1910 0.7

13 Fri

143 -1.2 720 0.8 1413 -1.3 1948 0.8

Slack Water Max Current Speed

0.8 -1 0.4 -1

22

103 0.7 801 -0.9 1329 0.4 2005 -1

23

524 1231 1632

14

217 -1.3 757 0.8 1439 -1.3 2024 0.9

15

559 1133 1819

248 -1.3 833 0.8 1504 -1.3 2058 0.9

16

7

3 638 1203 1852

144 0.6 737 -0.6 1351 0.8 2023 -0.8

8

240 0.6 838 -0.6 1448 0.8 2113 -0.8

9

330 0.7 932 -0.7 1540 0.8 2158 -0.8

120 752 1323 1955

444 -1.9 1019 1.3 1651 -1.8 2238 1.5

211 Mon 849 1412 2046

538 -1.8 1110 1.1 1740 -1.6 2327 1.4

153 0.7 856 -0.9 1423 0.3 2102 -1

24

637 -1.6 1205 0.9 1837 -1.4

18 632 1331 1804

250 0.7 1001 -0.9 1529 0.4 2208 -1

25

120 734 1428 1927

400 0.8 1107 -1.1 1644 0.5 2318 -1.2

26

224 Mon 831 1518 2039

509 0.9 1203 -1.3 1743 0.7

27 Fri

609 1310 1811

218 0.7 951 -1.1 1511 0.4 2148 -0.9

319 -1.2 908 0.8 1530 -1.3 2132 0.9

17

19 -1.4 603 1.1 1254 -1.5 1831 1

28

100 716 1418 1921

329 0.6 1102 -1.1 1647 0.4 2304 -0.9

40 818 1333 2026

452 -1.2 1042 0.7 1701 -1.2 2305 0.9

18

116 -1.6 653 1.2 1343 -1.7 1920 1.2

29

210 815 1517 2023

514 0.5 1201 -1.1 1753 0.5

218 Mon 859 1402 2101

530 -1.1 1118 0.6 1738 -1.2 2340 0.8

19

212 -1.7 744 1.3 1433 -1.8 2010 1.4

30

10

616 -1 1156 0.5 1822 -1.1

20

31

Sun

238 850 1532 2043

Mon 328 932 1610 2128 Tue

409 1006 1642 2208

Wed 446 1036 1714 2247 THu

SAT

Sun

Tue

521 1104 1747 2325

255 941 1430 2139

Wed 334 1031 1459 2222 THu

SAT

Sun

Tue

324 925 1603 2144

Wed 420 1016 1648 2242 THu

511 1102 1731 2336

Fri

604 1149 1818

305 -1.9 837 1.3 1520 -1.9 2101 1.5

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28 658 1236 1905

355 -1.9 929 1.3 1605 -1.9 2150 1.6

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421 1129 1535 2316

19 708 1240 1913

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Tue

303 948 1501 2140

Wed 358 1050 1555 2240 THu

SAT

Sun

459 1159 1658 2348

Mon 315 906 1602 2119 Tue

407 948 1639 2207

21 1.2 741 -1.4 1304 0.7 1938 -1.2 118 1 843 -1.2 1404 0.6 2040 -1.1

5 -1 608 0.6 1249 -1.1 1834 0.6 54 -1 642 0.6 1329 -1.1 1908 0.7

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Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

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Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

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Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

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Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

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Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

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

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

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Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

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Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

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Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

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Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

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Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

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0.2

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March 2015 Currents

453 1043 1737

208 0.5 754 -0.6 1414 1 2051 -0.9

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Fish News

by Capt. Chris D. Dollar

##Lee Haile III of Towson hooked this 8 lb chain pickerel in a pond near Salisbury setting a new state record. Photo by Eddie Haile

Two Maryland Records Fall in New Year

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ven if Ken Westerfeld and Lee Haile never catch another fish this season, they’ve already had a heck of a year. Separately but on the same day, January 2, Westerfeld and Haile both entered Maryland’s fishing record book. Haile pulled an eightpound chain pickerel from an unnamed Eastern Shore location while Westerfield boated a huge 28.8-pound tautog off Ocean City.

For years Westerfeld has been trying to break the 20-pound mark for tog, and he calls the reefs and wrecks off Ocean City “the best place for big tautog. The water clarity is very good, and the offshore wrecks hold some really big fish.” A resident of College Point, NY, he frequently treks to OC to fish with Captain Kane Bounds on his charter boat Fish Bound. It was Bounds’s first trip of 2015, and a beautiful day it was when early in the trip Westerfeld hooked into the now record fish.

“Ken did a great job pulling (the fish) out of the wreck,” Bounds said. Once netted and slung over the gunwales, the big fish weighed 29.4 pounds on a

##Westerfeld’s state record tautog. Photo

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digital scale. No doubt the tog lost some weight from the time it was caught to when Jacob Widgeon at Sunset Marina weighed it on the marina’s International Game Fish Association-certified scale later that day. Westerfeld caught the tog on a white crab fished from a Calstar Custom rod matched to a Shimano Tymos reel loaded with 50-pound braid and a 50-pound fluorocarbon leader.

“Maryland has the most prolific tautog fishery. I believe there is a bigger one out there,” added Westerfeld, who has applied to the IGFA for world record certification. The current tog record is 25 pounds.

Captain Monty Hawkins knows firsthand how impressive Westerfeld’s tog is.

The previous two state tautog records — Charles Donohue’s 23 pounder caught in 2012 and Sam Beauchamp’s 20-pound, 11-ounce tog he caught in 2007 — were landed aboard Hawkins’s O.C.-based boat, Morning Star.

That same day on an inland pond not too far from Ocean City Haile was chasing a fish he’d seen before. “I caught and released that fish three years ago, hoping it’d become a giant,” the Towson, MD resident told PropTalk. After a spirited fight that saw the big pickerel circle the boat Lee and his son Eddie were fishing from, once netted they knew immediately this was one fish they had to weigh. Haile certified the pickerel’s weight at Conrad’s Crabs & Seafood Market in Parkville, MD, which was later confirmed by state biologist Keith Lockwood.

Haile’s fish beat the seven-pound, four-ounce fish caught nearly 40 years ago by Roy Molick Jr. The world record chain pickerel is nine pounds, four ounces.

Haile’s pickerel hit a minnow/jig combination fished on a light spinning outfit loaded with eight-pound braided line and tipped with a 20-pound leader.

Haile, son Eddie, and other family members and friends almost always release the trophies they’ve caught over the years, opting instead to have replica mounts made. “Four pounders don’t excite us anymore,” he deadpanned.

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cons often go by a single moniker.

Elvis, even 80 years after his birth, is an obvious one. In the fishing world, Lefty has earned the same instant recognition as perhaps fly fishing’s most famous pioneer.

That’s Lefty as in Lefty Kreh, for the uninitiated.

On Saturday, March 7, in conjunction with the popular Lefty Kreh TieFest, the annual gathering of some of country’s finest fly practitioners that’s sponsored by the Coastal Conservation Association Maryland (CCA MD), fishing mortals will have the opportunity to dine with Lefty the Legend.

The event also features fly tying legends Bob Clouser and Bob Popovics. Held at the Prospect Bay Country Club in Grasonville, MD, the dinner caps the daylong TieFest, which runs from 11 a.m. to

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5 p.m. and features other fly fishing stars such as Steve Silverio, Blaine Chocklett, and Brad Buzzi, as well as Chesapeake fly fishing guides, fishing shops, and angling organizations.

After TieFest, the crowd can enjoy cocktails and films from the Costa Fly Fishing Film Tour. Silent and live auctions will feature items provided by many of the featured anglers at the event.

Admission to TieFest is free for CCA members and $10 for non-members.Nonmembers can join CCA at the door for $25 and receive free admission. Tickets for the dinner are $150 for all participants.

“Last year we saw important actions taken to conserve striped bass in which CCA Maryland played a leadership role,” said Tony Friedrich, CCA MD executive director. “Our goal now is to celebrate our achievements and further our conservation efforts so that the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Seaboard will be able to have an exceptional fishery for years to come.” For more information, visit ccamd.org, or call (202) 744-5771.

Virginia Striper Tournament a Success

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ome Chesapeake striper fishermen in Virginia made the most of the disappointing 2014 season by taking part in the Irv Fenton Memorial Rockfish Tournament, which ended December 31.

“Despite a slow striped bass season, some really nice fish were caught,” said Ken Neill III. “Winners were determined by their single heaviest fish. Wes Blow won the event with a 49-pound rockfish.

Wally Veal was a close second with a 48.1-pound fish.”

Two anglers, Charles Southall and Neill, tied for third by each landing a 43.5-pound rockfish. Time-of-catch was the tie-breaker. Neill landed his big striper before Southall caught his.

“All of the fish entered into the tournament were caught by fishing with live eels on the Eastern Shore side of the Chesapeake Bay,” Neill told PropTalk. “This event was sponsored by Wilcox Bait and Tackle.”

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Fish Forecasts

by Capt. Chris D. Dollar

Email fish photos and news to: cdollar@cdollaroutdoors.com

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’ll admit to being a little annoyed as I tap on the keyboard, my mood made sullen by a relentlessly miserable downpour on this winter morning.

Unpredictable weather has my fishing season off to a slow start, and laid my duck season in tatters. Although I only have a short time in which to make amends in the latter category, as to the former, opportunities abound. Sportsmen are notorious optimists.

As winter plods on, my spirits have been buoyed by recent reports of good fishing, at least when the weather has been fit enough to get on the water.

Pickerel and crappie have been cooperative in the fresh-brackish tributaries while tautog and tilefish have been pulled from reefs, wrecks, and canyon nooks off Virginia Beach and Ocean City. Two fishermen, Ken Westerfeld and Lee Haile, rung in the New Year in dramatic fashion, setting Maryland records for tautog and chain pickerel, respectively. Check out Fish News (page 66) for details.

A few maniacal Maryland striper fishermen have busted ice at the ramp to pull in rockfish from warm-water discharges, catch-and-release action only, of course. In Virginia’s Elizabeth River, anglers have caught some

exceptional speckled trout, most in the 20-inch range but one or two gators measuring more than 30 inches! A puppy drum here and there is also in the mix.

It’s good to hear those fish were released in good shape.

Which brings us to my outlook for the 2015 season. Sure, predictions can be folly. Cursed be the Packers! And yes, I know there are way too many variables that can, and will, produce wild swings in catches or lack thereof. Who cares?

No one will remember my handicapping success rate once spring breaks and the air crackles with “fish on!”

So let’s start with the easy stuff.

Speckled trout and red drum fishing will be better in Maryland — I’m not going out on a limb here since it stunk last year. Action on bull reds in Virginia will again be off the hook. Bottom fishing for croakers and spot will range from fair to outstanding. Bluefishing will earn a C+, and flounder fishing along the coast and back bays of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia will pull down a collective B-.

It’s expected that Maryland’s trophy spring season will require a 36-inch minimum size for a striper. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission did pass a motion, presented by the Maryland and Potomac River delegation, at its

February meeting that would include an option during the spring season for one rockfish between 28-36 inches, or one 40-inch striper. The creel will remain at one striper per day per angler, regardless of size regulations.

It’s also possible that landing a keeper resident rockfish, what some call a dinner fish, might be a touch more challenging in the Chesapeake recreational fishery (the two Bay states and Potomac River). It’s expected the minimum size will increase from 18 inches to 20 inches, though you can still keep two rockfish a day. It’s also possible Maryland’s resident season could be extended to December 20.

Already along the coast, sport anglers’ daily rockfish quota is now one striper per fishermen, cut in half from 2014.

Cutting the rockfish harvest might cause some griping among some sportfishermen and perhaps even some true economic hardship for some charter skippers, many of them my friends. I hope not. I truly do. But I think any short-term pain will be worth it in the long run. So yes, I think it’s going to be a different season, but still a great season. Of course, I can’t think of a time when I didn’t have a good time fishing.

Delaware

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caught up with Captain Chuck of First Light Charters just before he was headed south to Florida on a busman’s holiday of sorts. There he’ll chase snook, maybe some tarpon, and reef dwellers before heading north Follow us!

to start his 2015 fishing season in Delaware waters.

While he personally won’t be fishing in Delaware until early March, he says it will be an almost 100-percent tog fishing game over the next several

weeks. “Deeper water — 90-plus feet — is where you want to be for tog,” he suggests. “Site 11, wrecks (sunk by state reef programs) such as Deljerseyland and the Radford, as well as older wrecks, should hold tog. Green PropTalk March 2015 69

Fish Forecasts crabs are usually very good bait but sometimes hard to get, so clams are a second best bet, or even store bought shrimp will work.” ric Burnley says, “This is the time of year when anglers begin to get very anxious to begin the fishing season. Unfortunately, the fish are still on their winter break and won’t begin to join the party until the water warms up to their liking.”

Eric says fishermen looking to shake off the winter blues will do well to target yellow perch.

“They should arrive in the tidal rivers and creeks by the end of February where small minnows on shad darts or jigs will tempt them to bite,” he recommends. “I have found spillways to be a good location for perch fishing with the one below Noxontown Pond especially productive for yellow perch.”

Next up, and right on the heels of the neds, will be the white perch, found in the same waters as the yellow perch and will hit the same baits. “They seem to be more widely scattered than the yellow perch and are found all along the shoreline of the

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tidal rivers and creeks as well as the lower Delaware River and upper Bay,” Eric says.

What about saltwater fish? “If we have a very mild late winter, we could see summer flounder in the shallow waters of the Inland Bays as well as the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and the Broadkill River. This is a fishery dependent on warm days, outgoing tides and clear water. A live minnow on a bottom rig or bucktail is the top attractor for early flounder.”

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arly spring around Southeastern Virginia can be a tough time, according to Ric Burnley. “The weather is terrible, the water is cold, and fishing is slow. Best bet for curing cabin fever is targeting big tautog on offshore wrecks and reefs,” he advises. “Look for monster tog on wrecks in 100 feet of water with live greencrab and clam fished on a single-hook bottomrig tied into 50 pound fluorocarbon and a 3/0 livebait hook. A little farther offshore, past the 50 fathom curve, early spring is the best time to target tiles and

##This 25-inch female tautog was released by Frank Graziano of Wilmington, DE on 1/23/15, fishing on Morning Star with Captain Monty Hawkins. They were fishing over an artificial reef off Ocean City. Photo courtesy of Captain Monty Hawkins.

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grouper. Drift two-hook bottomrigs tied in 80 pound mono with 5/0 baitholder hooks and baited with squid or cut fish.”

If you venture out deeper, past 100 fathoms, he says you can score grouper and golden tiles. “While the rest of the mid-Atlantic wakes up from winter, fishing out of Hatteras will be on fire. Late winter and early spring are prime times for big bluefin tuna off Oregon Inlet,” Ric suggests. “Look for the fish on the edge of the Gulf Stream at the edge of the 100 fathom curve with big ballyhoo on an Ilander, large spreader bar or naked horse ballyhoo.”

This month Ric predicts crews “bounding a greenstick rig will tempt finicky bluefin into biting. For a real challenge, chase schools of fish with topwater lures and vertical jigs. Blackfin tuna will present an easy target for anglers jigging the rocks and hills off Hatteras.” By the end of March, he says, yellowfin tuna will show up at the edge of the Gulf Stream, followed by dolphinfish.

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Maryland

ccording to Captain Walt of Light Tackle Charters, the next four weeks of fishing on the Pocomoke River should continue to produce good catches of crappie, yellow perch and chain pickerel.

“By March we’ll be able to add white perch to the mix,” he says. “It’s an ultra-light fishery where we use six-pound spinning gear and fourweight fly gear. It’s also a great way to stretch some line in the winter months instead of watching others do it on TV or spending a fortune seeking warmer fishing climates.”

If you haven’t fished the Pocomoke, give it a try. There’s almost always a stretch of river on which you can hide from the wind. “I can always find a great location holding fish that is out of the winter wind and in the winter sunshine,” Walt says. “Trips are inexpensive and we launch daily out of Snow Hill Maryland.”

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##Eddie Haile with a fat upper Bay crappie.

Photo courtesy of Eddie Haile.

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caught up with kayak fishing machine Joe Bruce at the MSSA Frederick chapter’s “Fishing Expo,” at which I gave a seminar, and PropTalk was a sponsor. Joe showed me his Articulated Bullethead Dart, an innovative fly that can be used for varied species from chain pickerel to redfish.

Tied in either single or double connections. The single Bullethead is five to six inches in length and the double is about eight inches.

“February will bring on the yellow perch run on the Eastern Shore Tributaries,” Joe says. “The Wye, Choptank, Nanicoke, and Wicomoco (to name several) all have a perch run. Minnows on shad darts or some flies on sink-tip fly lines will get the nod. Also the pickerel should be in full swing.” aptain Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide Charters expects to roll through the doldrums of winter by conducting seminars and hoping for an early spring. And he

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might even try his hand at some catch and release striper fishing.

“I’ve heard scattered reports of rockfish already showing up at the warmwater discharges on the Patuxent and Calvert Cliffs,” he says. “As water temperatures hover in the 30s Fahrenheit, I expect more rockfish to start to show at the power plants. That’s where the bait will go and the rock are sure to follow.” Mark adds that based on the large number of rockfish that have stayed in the Lower Bay this year we should see good fishing this winter for those brave enough to endure the cold. aptain Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters is back in Marathon, FL, chasing after all sorts of gamefish. Wahoo snapper, and grouper are just a few of the species that he might hook. Come March he’ll be looking for the tarpon schools. By late spring he should be back up in the Chesapeake, chasing rockfish.

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New Products

for Chesapeake Bay Anglers

by Eric Burnley

Berkley Gulp! and Gulp!

Alive Dovetails

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can’t think of a single product in the past few years that has had a bigger impact on fishing than Berkley Gulp!.

The research scientists at Berkley spent a good deal of time making sure this product would work as advertised and they certainly have succeeded. I personally use Gulp! for everything from croaker to flounder and it is hard to find a head boat angler that doesn’t add a Gulp! swimming mullet to his hook.

As effective as the swimming mullet and minnow have been, this new DoubleTail model should outperform even them. Built on the same body as the popular swimming mullet and minnow the three and four-inch size DoubleTail has twice the alluring action of the single tail model and should be irresistible to croaker, perch, flounder and rockfish.

They may be fished on a bare hook or on a jig.

DoubleTails come in eight Gulp! saltwater and freshwater colors and four Gulp! alive colors. Each lure has a serrated fish scale pattern with high-definition cut eyes to add to their alive look.

DoubleTail saltwater packs cost $6.99 while freshwater packs retail for $5.99.

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Penn Battle II Spinning Reel

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o fisherman needs an introduction to PENN Reels, as they have been producing quality products for longer than most of us have been alive. Their latest offering is the Battle II model spinning reel that carries several new features not found on the previous Battle reels.

Proper filling of the reel is extremely important for long casts and for preventing excess line from coming off and turning into what we call wind knots. The Battle II has line capacity rings to let the angler know when the machined and anodized spool is properly filled.

The five sealed bearings and one antireverse bearing will prevent corrosion from saltwater intrusion. Standard full metal body, sideplate and rotor also work together to prevent damage from the harsh environment found on the bay.

Keyed, carbon fiber washers make up the HT-100 drag system and give the angler an added 15 to 50 percent more maximum fish fighting pressure to turn the big one before he can make good his escape. Instant anti-reverse is another feature that will improve the fish fighting ability of the Battle II reel.

Eight different sized Battle II reels are available and may be matched to nine Battle II rods. The reels range in price from $99.95 to $129.95 with combos going for $129.95 to $159.95.

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Marlin Trading Co. Insulated Deck Boots

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any fishermen do not stop just because the weather has turned a bit nippy. Others may put their gear away until spring, but then think nothing about going out long before the sun has had a chance to warm the water or the air.

Nothing will make for more uncomfortable fishing than cold feet, and few things are more dangerous on a boat than knobsoled hunting boots that have no traction on a slippery deck.

Enter the Marlin Trading Company Insulated Deck Boots.

These boots are made from DUPONT EVA closed cell material with a removable, aluminized fleece liner. The orthotic foot bed provides the extra comfort your feet will thank you for after a long day on deck.

Speaking of the deck, these boots have a non-skid, non-marking sole. They are very lightweight, and I picked up a pair at a recent fishing show and was surprised by this feature.

Naturally, the boots are waterproof, dirt resistant and easy to clean.

The Marlin Trading Company Insulated Deck Boots come in sizes eight to 13 and retail for $49.95.

Boomerang Tool Company Big Snip

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have written before about the Boomerang Tool Company’s Snip because I think it is the handiest and most useful fishing tool to come along in years. Now the company has come out with a much larger model, the Big Snip, designed for heavy duty saltwater use.

The Big Snip will cut 100 to 150-pound braid or 250-pound mono. The back of the tool has no screws to rust, so it should last pretty much forever in the harsh saltwater environment.

The retractable leash allows the tool to be attached to the angler’s belt or from something convenient at the rigging table.

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Fish Spots

Ocean City, MD Bass Grounds 38° 17’ 45.34” 74° 54’ 39.18” Kelly’s Reef 38° 16’ 36.54” 75° 04’ 31.24”

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easy trip for competent sport fishermen in seaworthy boats. Water depth ranges from 50 feet on the eastern side to 70 feet of water on its western edge. The reef was at one point considered two distinct areas, but was re-permitted as one 804-acre reef. The Bass Grounds reef materials include concrete pipe and cable mounds, as well as several sunken boats.

MARI / Ocean City Reef Foundation Reefs 75°5'0"W

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Forty subway cars were sunk in May 2008 on Jackspot Reef thanks to a partnership between the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative, the Ocean City Reef Foundation, New York City Transit Authority and the town of Ocean City. These recycled materials enhance both the habitat for sea life and value as a recreational fishing and diving destination.

Isle of Wight Reef

Purnell's Reef

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Research reef

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Bob Mason Reef

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Great Eastern Reef

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Side scan sonar image of Great Gull Bank (2008)

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African Queen Reef

Bob Mason Reef Purnell' s Reef Kelly' s Reef Great Gull Reef Isle of Wight Reef Research Reef Bass Grounds African Queen Reef Great Eastern Reef Jackspot Reef

Center Point latitude longitude 38° 20' 09.48" 38° 21' 00.01" 38° 16' 36.54" 38° 16' 06.15" 38° 22' 54.50" 38° 19' 24.63" 38° 17' 45.34" 38° 09' 04.71" 38° 12' 30.03" 38° 05' 25.63"

75° 05' 19.22" 75° 03' 30.00" 75° 04' 31.24" 75° 01' 48.20" 74° 58' 42.51" 74° 56' 22.84" 74° 54' 39.18" 74° 57' 11.71" 74° 43' 54.03" 74° 48' 43.65"

Inlet Distance (nautical miles)

Area (acres)

1.0 2.1 3.0 4.2 6.2 7.0 8.4 12.1 18.1 19.1

794.1 3816.6 4.4 800.1 964.7 90.4 181.9 463.2 399.3 305.7

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Grounds in season. Even king mackerel and sharks have been caught here during the summer. Skippers have said the Bass Grounds has saved the day when conditions are too rough to go far offshore.

Kelly’ s Reef, which takes up about the southern third of Little Gull Bank, is really close to the Ocean City Inlet, just three nautical miles southeast of the jetties. That’s why it’s favored by small boat fishermen. This reef covers 467 acres of Atlantic bottom, over which concrete rubble, prefabricated concrete units, and a sunken barge have been placed. There are numerous game fish that hang around Kelly’s Reef, including tautog and black sea bass, as well as flounder, croakers, bluefish, and spadefish once waters warm up.

The West Ocean City public boat ramp on Harbor Road East, off Golf Course Road, a couple of miles off Route 50, is a good launch. It is well lighted, and has six boat ramps.

The current can rip through there, so pay attention when exiting or approaching the ramp slot.

The facility has a restroom available during the season, though you cannot park or dock your boat overnight, or leave your vehicle and trailer overnight.

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ven with just a cursory look at the pages of PropTalk winter issues over the past few years, you can’t help but be impressed with photos of big tautog caught off Maryland and Virginia’s coast. Last month, Ken Westerfeld broke the existing Maryland state record tog with a beast of a fish that tilted the scales at 28.8 pounds (see Fish News on page 66). Maryland’s newest record holder calls the state’s tog fishery “prolific” adding, “I believe there is a bigger one out there” than his pending world record.

In fact, the state record for tautog has been broken three times since 2007.

So fishermen might rightly ask themselves, why not me? Why not, indeed. Which makes this month’s “Fish Spot” timely. Maryland has 11 artificial reefs and numerous wrecks within 20 miles or less of the Ocean City Inlet, an easy run for the fishing port’s numerous party boats as well as doable for private boat anglers. Count the Bass Grounds and Kelly’ s Reef ( at Little Gull Bank) among them.

The Bass Grounds are 8.4 miles southeast of the Ocean City inlet, an

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In 2008 and 2009, the state sunk some of its allotted New York subway to provide more relief to the structure.

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Keeping Things High & Dry

Bert Jabin Yacht Yard is proud to announce the arrival of a brand new M2300 Marine Forklift to its equipment line up. With this new addition, the yard is now capable of accommodating boats up to 32 feet for the High and Dry Boatel service, just in time for the April 2015 season open! bjyy.com

Help Wanted

The Marine Trades Association of Maryland (MTAM) would like local businesses to help in its workforce development initiatives. It’s easy to share the application and pre-apprenticeship information with customers and contacts. MTAM has created icons that can be placed on website homepages, e-newsletters, and other electronic forms of communication. With the help of businesses, additional interest will be created through an eye-catching link to more information! If you have a job opening, send position information to susan@mtam.org. For more information, visit mtam.org.

Snow Birds

Kompletely Kustom Marine just wrapped up a tour in Florida to visit many major marine manufacturers and attend various up-to-date training classes to help strengthen the technical abilities of all their technicians. KKM has landed two new authorized dealerships with Lenco Marine and Uflex.

KKM also attended the ABBRA business conference, which was focused on developing and maintaining stability in the marine service industry. KKM looks forward to applying all of their new knowledge for many boating seasons to come. kompletelykustom.com Follow us!

Under New Management

The former Gateway Marina, located in Trappe, MD, on the Choptank River and Route 50, is now under new ownership and management as of July, 2014.

The new Ferry Point Marina is currently under the management of Composite Marina, LLC, by way of Composite Yacht, LLC. With over 100 slips, acres of dry storage, 50-ton Travelift, fuel dock, ship’s store, and certified techs on staff, the marina is fully equipped to care for all of your boating needs. Improvements began immediately with landscaping, building repairs, and painting. New LED security lights have been installed, bath houses updated, and all equipment gone through. The crew has also begun the first stage of new bulkheads, docks, and slips. ferrypointmarinatalbot.com

New Girl in Town

The Moorings is proud to announce the global expansion of its highly acclaimed power catamaran, The Moorings 514 PC. Currently available for charter in the British Virgin Islands and The Bahamas, the 514 PC will be launching in St. Martin, Agana, Croatia, St. Lucia, and Grenada throughout the spring and summer. “We wanted to create a yacht that transcends its power with comforts that rival those of a premium resort,” says Shannan Brennan, head of global marketing for The Moorings.

The Moorings 514 PC will make its live debut at the Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show, taking place in Miami Beach from February 12 through 16, 2015. Visit moorings.com/Moorings-Boat-Shows.

CBMM’s New Hire

Longtime yachting professional Todd Taylor of Easton, MD, has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as boat donation program manager.

In this new position, Taylor will work closely with CBMM boat donation director, Lad Mills, to further enhance the program. Taylor will leverage his industry network to promote awareness of CBMM’s boat donation program, while soliciting boat and yacht donations and actively marketing those vessels to the public. “With nearly 20 years of direct experience backed up by a lengthy career as a professional captain, Todd has earned a reputation of being very knowledgeable about all facets of yachts, equipment, and transactions.

His expertise and deep knowledge of the marine industry will be of notable benefit and a complement to the museum’s core mission” says Mills. For more information, visit cbmm.org.

Congratulations, Graduates!

Ten students graduated in December from Charter Captain Courses. They earned their certificates in the 12-week course taught by Captains Ken Daniel and Bill Tyndall of Cambridge. Graduation was held on the Dorothy Megan paddle wheeler at Suicide Bridge Restaurant. For more information, please email rdboat@verizon.net.

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED SECTIONS DONATIONS 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, 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

DONATE YOUR BOAT Help a Wounded Veteran

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The deadline for the Brokerage and Classified sections is the 25th of the month prior to publication (February 25 for the April issue).

Contact Lucy Iliff for advertising, (410) 216-9309 or lucy@proptalk.com

Arima 1511 Sea Explorer ‘99 w/ 2012 Yamaha 60-hp 4-stroke. Nicely equipped runabout in great cond. including 2013 trailer. $10,250. Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org 21’ Sailfish ’02 2196 Single Yamaha 2-stroke 150-hp O/B gas - $14,900 Contact Kellie at (410) 604-4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com Romany 21 Classic ’68 English Cabin Cruiser project. Some major work completed including Perkins 4-108, steering, fuel tanks. No trailer. $8,000.

Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or mills@cbmm.org

24’ Rosborough 246 RF ’04 With a Yamaha 15-hp and a Yamaha 8-hp kicker motor. Fully equipped, also comes with a generator, and a custom canvas/eisenglass cockpit enclosure.

Located at our office on KI. 74k. Contact Kate Chaney at 410-279-6445, or kchaney@annapolisyachtsales.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, 410923-1400 Office, EMAIL: john@yachtview.com, WEBSITE: www.yachtview.com

POWER 13’ Boston Whaler No motor, untitled storage trailer. Sound classic. It’s all there, just needs restoration. $1,200.

Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org

22’ 2009 Regal 2250 & 2011 Regal 2550 Both Volvo V-8 powered, clean boats starting at $38,500 Please contact Jason Whitson at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x215 or 484-994-4244 jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.com Grady White 22 Walk Around ‘87 w/ 225-hp Yamaha, VHF, GPS, sounder, bimini. No trailer. $8,995. Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org

23’ Sylvan Signature 8523 Pontoon ‘12 Single Mercury 150 Optimax, like new, Asking $34,995 Please contact Dave Melvin at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x214 or 302-242-0564 dmelvin@jacksonmarinesales.com 24’ Crownline ’05 240 Express Single Volvo DUO 287-hp I/O Gas – $30,489 Contact Paul at (410) 867-9550 or pjlash@clarkslanding.com

24’ Regulator 24FS ’03 Twin Suzuki 200 four strokes w/450 hrs. Two-tone yellow/white, lift kept, never bottom painted, electronics, coaming pads; tandem trailer w/new brakes/bearings. $64,000, call Scott 730-307-5900, smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com 25’ Bayliner ’13 2550 Single Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo 3 260-hp I/O Gas $60,953 - Contact Kellie at (410) 6044300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com 25’ Parker Dee Vee Walkaround ’11 S-Yamaha 300-hp 4 stroke OB, windlass, radar, depth, hardtop, canvas enclosure, sleeps 2 etc. Very low hrs, like new. Asking $84,500 Acadia Yacht Sales (410) 226-0100

25’ Parker WA F225 Yamaha, 2004, 900 hours, very clean boat. martin@compositeyacht.biz 410-476-4414

24’ Four Winns 248 Vista ’05 Single Volvo 5.0 GXI 270-hp I/O Gas - $35,000 – Contact Mike at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com 24’ Maxum ’03 2400 Single Mercruiser 5.0L Alpha 220-hp I/O gas - $15,900 – Contact a salesman at (410) 867-9550 or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com

26’ Chaparral 260 SSI ’06 Just took in on trade. A well maintained, clean boat.

Included is a 2010 Venture trailer, 5.7 Volvo Penta engine. Asking $32,000.

Located at our Kent Island office. Please contact Ian Dimka: 410-267-8181, Ian@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

26’ Larson 260 Cabin Cruiser ’09 Extremely clean, with full canvas enclosure, A/C, Generator, GPS, Spotless Mercruiser, Must see and a bargain at $49,900.

Contact Pat Lane @ 410-267-8181 or Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 26’ Sea Ray ’07 260 Sundeck Single Mercruiser 496 HO 375-hp I/O Gas w/ Trailer - $46,440 - Contact Barrie at (410) 320-2038 or bdavenport@clarkslanding.com 26’ Sea Ray ’87 260 Single Weekender Single Mercruiser 454 MAG Alpha 330-hp I/O Gas - $10,000 Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

28’ Carolina Classic ’04 Fresh water vessel in great lakes, heated storage, Crusader 375HP inboards, hardtop, updated Garmin & Furuno electronics, bait prep and storage center. Asking $82,700 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-5339187 or rob@curtisstokes.net 28’ Cutwater 2013 and 2012 Starting at $159,000. All factory options. Both yachts at our office and ready to enjoy the 2014 season! Two of the rarest boats on the used market today. Pocket-Yacht (410) 827-5230.

26’ Boca Grande 450 Crusader 350-hp, low hrs, teak trim, $27,500, martin@compositeyacht.biz, 410-476-4414

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50’ Viking 1998 - Call Scott: 443.373.6313

50’ Sea Ray 2012 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944

50’ Hatteras 1993 - Call Mark: 757.406.1673

50' Hatteras 1996 - Call Roger: 410.456.3659

50' Tiara 2003 - Call Hank: 804.337.1945

50’ Hatteras 2002 - Call Roger: 410.456.3659

50’ Viking 1995 - Call Doug: 443.497.2582

48' Sea Ray 2005 - Call Roger: 410.456.3659

48’ Sabre 2013 - Call Chris: 757.509.0742

48’ Sabre 2015 - Call us Today: 877.269.3021

48’ Sea Ray 2009 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944

47’ Post 1997 - Call Hank: 804.337.1945

45’ Formula 2008 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

45' Sea Ray 2006 - Call Jud: 757.846.7909

44' Carver 2006 - Call Scott: 757.570.3944

43’ Rybovich 1965 - Call Bob: 732.598.1374

43’ Ocean 2003 - Call Doug: 443.497.2582

42’ Viking 2015 - Call us Today: 877.269.3021

42' Grand Banks 1996 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

41' Meridian 2007 - Call Harry: 757.912.6784

41’ Grand Banks 2009 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

40' Legacy 2005 - Call Chuck: 703.999.7696

40’ Cabo 2006 - Call Scott: 703.307.5900

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28’ Harris Downeast Cruiser ’83 28’ Harris Downeast Cruiser, 1983, 1993 Volvo 200HP Diesel, Major refit in 2008, $45,000, martin@compositeyacht.biz 410-476 4414 28’ Judge ’98 Nice “Downeast” design, International dsl eng. 275-hp, depth, GPS, refrig, battery charger, sleeps 2, sm galley etc. Asking $36,500 Acadia Yacht Sales (410) 226-0100 Jim Reynolds.

29’ Back Cove Soft Top ‘05 Under 300 hr on her 260-hp Yanmar dsl, bow and stern thrusters, Shore AC and HT, Refrig, Raymarine AP, Radar and GPS etc. Priced to sell as she needs paint and canvas $85,000 Jim Reynolds (410)-226-0100

29’ Sea Ray 290 Amberjack ’02 Low hour, lift kept express cruiser w/ fishing package. Livewell, bait prep station, transom fishbox, rocket launchers.

Priced to move $39,995. Call Scott 703-307-5900, smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

31’ Albemarle 310XF ’04 3126Cat’s (300 hrs) Lightly used on the Chesapeake. All factory options including tower, trolling valves, genset, windlass, Raymarine electronics, custom cockpit sunshade, price $126,995. Call Doug 443-497-2582

30’ 2013 Jupiter this is a late model, low hour boat with extended Yamaha warranty until 2019. Great electronics.

Lift kept. Call John McDevitt, Bluewater Yacht Sales, 610-220-5619

32’ Silverton Sedan ‘92 Twin 235-hp Crusaders, AC, Very clean Asking $25,000 Please contact Dave Melvin at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x214 or 302-242-0564 dmelvin@jacksonmarinesales.com

30’ Motorcat MC 30 ’03 Unsinkable, unrivaled economy and plenty of interior space for a pocket cruiser. Cruise 14-16 knots tops out at 24 knots. T-90-hp Evinrudes.

Asking $65,000 (410) 226-0100 Jim Reynolds 29’ Hinckley T 29 R ’04 ZD3 is a fast and very responsive Runabout. Perfect for cruising shallow water areas, ZD3 is in Excellent condition. $235,000 Located in Easton, MD. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410)2630095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com

30’ Pursuit ’99 3000 Express Twin Crusader 350 330-hp I/B Gas - $44,647 Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

29’ Ranger Tug ’13 All factory options including custom trailer. 87 original hours! Shows like new. $149,000 Pocket-Yacht (410) 827-5230.

29’ Sea Ray ’98 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 5.7L EFI Alpha 260-hp I/O Gas - $26,950 -Contact Mike at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

29’ Strike Center Console ’03 Very economical, Very clean, Cuddy w/AC, upper station, Cummins 450C, Garmin chart plotter, Furuno sounder, Si-Tex radar, bow thruster, martin@compositeyacht.biz, 410-476-4414

31’ Fjord Dolphin ’87 Twin Volvo dsl AQ-31D I/Os 138-hp 780 hrs, $29,900 Curtis Stokes & Associates Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-1987 or email rob@curtissstokes.net

31’ Sea Ray 310 ’12 Loaded w/great gear & on land at Kent Island until sold.

Owners are very anxious & will accept any reasonable offer. Save thousands over buying a New Sea Ray!! Asking only $159,900.

Call Dan at 410-570-8533 or email Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 31’ Silverton 310 ’84 Convertible Twin Chrysler 5.2L 235-hp I/O - $2,500 Contact a salesman at (410) 867-9550 or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com

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32’ Sea Ray 320 ’03 Asking only $74,900 What a boat!! She is our trade and we want to sell her now.

Absolutely spotless & has had only one owner. Bring us an offer NOW!!!

On land at Kent Island office.

Call Dan at 410-570-8533 or email: Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 32’ Wellcraft 3200 ’89 St. Tropez Twin Mercury 7.4L 340-hp I/B Gas - $9,900 Contact Paul at (410) 867-9550 or pjlash@clarkslanding.com

33’ Rinker Twin Mercs 5.7 Liters 810 hrs asking $45k Curtis Stokes & Associates call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 rob@curtisstokes.net 33’ Sea Ray ’96 330 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 7.4L 330-hp I/B Gas $41,159 - Contact Mike at (410) 8679550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

33’ Sea Ray Express Cruiser 330 ’99 New twin 7.4 Merc 310-hp engines, loaded with options, gen set, mechanically she’s a 10, soft goods and canvas in great shape. Asking $58,500, Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 or email rob@curtisstokes.net

34’ Hatteras Sport Fish ’65 With recent rebuild. “Tar Baby” is a hot looking classic in black & cream. Twin Yanmar 240s. In Deltaville asking $139,000. Call Jonathan Hutchings 804-436-4484 to discuss or email Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

34’ Mainship Trawler MK I ’78 Single Perkins dsl 200-hp, Gen set, fair cond., needs some TLC Asking $17,900. Call 33’ Crownline 330 CR ‘99 Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Twin Mercuiser 454s, gen, AC, Stokes & Associates or Trades Possible, Asking $49,000 rob@curtisstokes.net Please contact Stephen Parker at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x212 or 443-553-2518 sparker@jacksonmarinesales.com

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35’ Cruisers 3575 ‘99 New canvas & upholstery, service records available.

360 hrs. on 7.4 MPI Mercs. Gen, GPS, A/C and windlass. $69,900 Call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

34’ Mainship Trawler MK I ’78 Single Chrysler dsl, fresh water vessel, great cond., full keel, forward V-berth, extended hard top. Asking $44,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates or rob@curtisstokes.net

34’ Pursuit 3400 Express ’00 Twin gas 7.4L MP’s 320-hp, always fresh water, inside heated storage, located on Lake Erie. Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Asking $110,000. Call Rob Dorfmeyer Curtis Stokes & Associates or rob@curtisstokes.net

34’ Formula 2007 lift kept, low hours. A great boat for the Bay. Upgraded electronics, generator. 30 Knot cruise, no bottom paint. Call John McDevitt, Bluewater Yacht Sales 610-220-5619

34’ Regulator 34SS 2013 T/350hp Yamahas, 150 hours, Warranty thru 2019!

HelmMaster, A/C, shed kept!

Asking $289,000.

Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com 35’ Carvers 3575 ‘99 New Canvas & upholstery, service records available.

360 hrs. on 7.4 MPI Mercs. Gen, GPS, A/C and Windlass. $69,900 Call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

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35’ Sea Ray 350 ‘09 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 8.1L 375-hp I/O Gas $229,000 - Contact Kellie at (410) 6044300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com

36’ Composite Yacht Custom Deadrise Cruiser 450 Cummins QSB, bow thruster, Galley, 35’ Sea Ray 350 ’12 Sundancer head w/ shower, AC, Twin Mercruiser 350 Axius 320-hp I/O $219,000, martin@compositeyacht.biz, Gas - $259,900 - Contact a salesman 410-476-4414 at (410) 604-4300 or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com

35’ Albin Command Bridge 2003 s/Cummins 370hp w/thruster, 750 hours! Awlgrip blue hull, gen, A/C, hardtop!

Asking $124,900!

Call Chuck at 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com

36’ Little Harbor Whisper Jet ’98 Jet drive boat w/generator and air conditioning. Clean and ready to go.

Located in Jabins Yacht Yard. $177,500.

Contact Bob Oberg (410)-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

36’ Carver Mariner ‘06 Popular singlelevel floor plan offers a full beam salon.

Two integral stairways lead to large bridge. T-Volvo V-8s, professionally maintained. $119,500 Call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

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CAPT. TOM KNOELDER, CPYB Tom joins the Power Division of Annapolis Yacht Sales, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from 30 years of serving our community as a broker of power, sail and large catamarans. Welcome aboard, Tom!

Hunter 45 CC ‘07, ‘08 2 from $245,000

24’ Rosborough 246 2004 $74,000

31’ Sea Ray 310 2001 & 2012 from $58,900

44’ Jefferson 4300 1999 $129,000

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36’ Marine Trader Sundeck ’90 Ford Lehman 135-hp single diesel, AC/ Reverse Heat, full galley, new soft goods, two stateroom, aft full beam master, asking $69,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

38’ Chris Craft Corinthian ’84 Twin Merc 340-hp gas inboards, gen set, perfect live aboard, located in Baltimore, asking $39,000 Rob Dorfmeyer 216533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates rob@curtisstokes.net

‘04 29’ T 29 R ZD3 $235,000

37’ Formula 2002 PC currently the lowest priced PC on the market; shows very well; lift kept and has all receipts from current owner.

Call Scott 443-373-6313, ssteffy@bluewateryachtsales.com

2013 Hinckley Picnic Boat MK III GRACE New listing - $890,000 | Located in Easton, MD

38’ Evans Custom Deadrise 2009 s/Cummins 490hp common rail, A/C, queen berth stateroom, original owner! Asking $195,000.

Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com 39’ Carver 396 ES ‘03 One owner, shed kept, fresh water ACMY. Spacious, open floor-plan. 8.1 Volvo engines w/low hours. Bow thruster, electronics plus much more. Priced to sell $134,900.

Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

38’ Egg Harbor ‘87 Rare aft cabin design. Price Just Reduced! $58,999.

Call Ian Dimka at 410-267-8181 or Ian@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

‘12 48’ Hinckley Talaria 48 Motoryacht MODERATION $1,995,000 | Located in Naples, FL

40’ Carver 405 ’97 Aft Cabin Twin Caterpillar 3116s dsls, loaded Asking $92,500 Please contact Jason Whitson at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x215 or 484-994-4244 jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.com 38’ Bertram 38 III Convertible ’81 Great cond., well maintained, high quality fishing boat. Fresh bottom paint.

Great value at $79,999. Contact Ian Dimka 410-267-8181 or Ian@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

‘91 40’ Hinckley Bermuda 40 MK III Sloop HIGHLANDS $274,900 | Located in Easton, MD

40’ Sea Ray ’94 400 Express Cruiser Twin Mercruiser 7.4L 310-hp IB - $49,500 - Contact Paul at (410) 3402750 or pjlash@clarkslanding.com

High end listings always welcome!

Jack Erbes jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com

40’ Carver 405 MY ’97 T-Crusaders 7.4XLI, Less than 500 hrs. Kohler 6.5 Gen. GPS, Radar, Trac-Vision, new bridge carpet. Great live-aboard, cruising yacht. $94,900. Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

38’ Carver Super Sport ’06 565 hrs, Crusaders, bow thruster, Sport package, AC, Gen set, 2x staterooms, Garmin electronics, standing tall. $159,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-5339187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

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Silverton 40 AFT Cabin Motor Yacht ‘90 Well maintained, spacious, Crusader 454s, 800 hrs., 7.5Kw generator, upgraded interior, new canvas, carpet, exhaust, GPS, stereo, TVs and more. Great live aboard.

Dundalk, Bear Creek. $54,900. Website: http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1990Silverton-40-Motor-Yacht-639147

40’ Cabo Convertible ’06 Immaculate one owner boat w/every option and over $70k of electronics. Twin MAN R6-800CRMs w/ 1000 hr service just completed. $469,000, call Scott 703-307-5900, smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

42’ Hinckley SC 42 Black Watch Edition ‘06 Alice Marie. Her 800-hp MANs push her to very comfortable 32 kt cruise & wide open throttle of 40 knots.

Hardly any expense spared in her build, now at reduced price of $650,000, ready to go fishing. Located Stuart, FL. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410) 263-0095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com

42’ Beneteau Swift 42 ’04 Located at Jabins Yacht Yard!! She has a beautiful red hull and tons of custom additions Freedom Lift, custom main salon & much more. She is loaded!!! $250,000 Contact Kate Chaney (410)-267-8181 or Kchaney@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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42’ Beneteau Swift Trawler ’06 Sharp looking white hull & blue canvas, new Furuno instruments plus the usual bells & whistles. In Florida for winter but very much for sale at $289,000. Call Jonathan Hutchings 804-436-4484 to discuss or email Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

45’ Beneteau Antares 13.80 Flybridge Sedan ’06 Gorgeous, well-maintained, 3 strms, 2 heads. Low hrs & clean throughout. Generator, Raymarine electronics & new KVH satellite tv receiver. $259,000.

Call Keith Mayes at 410-793-4100 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com.

43’ Sea Ray 430 Convertible ‘88 Twin Caterpillar 3208 TAs, Loaded, Asking $69,000 Please contact Stephen Parker at Jackson Marine Sales 410287-9400 x212 or 443-553-2518 sparker@jacksonmarinesales.com

46’ Jefferson M/Y Aft-Cabin ’87 New Listing CATs 3208, a great live aboard, needs some TLC asking $29,700. Curtis Stokes & Associates.

Call Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

43’ Egg Harbor SportYacht ’07 T- Caterpillars w/low hrs, full electronics and satellite TV. Two staterooms, 2 heads with spacious salon & galley.

Never fished. $364,900 Call Joe 410708-0579, Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales

47’ Formula Yacht ’07 Pristine! Lightly used high quality cruising Yacht.

Loaded; washer/dryer, hydraulic swim platform, Raymarine electronics, bow thruster and more. T-Volvo diesels. $299,000 A must see, call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 52’ Sea Ray ’07 Sedan Bridge Twin Cummins QSM 11 640-hp I/B dsls $479,000 Contact Barrie at (410) 867-9550 or bdavenport@clarkslanding.com

48’ Sabre 2013 600hp Cummins w/ POD drives, 185 original hours w/ warranties until 2018. Freedom lift, sunroof, 3rd stateroom, current survey available, must go, a bargain at $949,000. Call Chris 757-509-0742

48’ Hinckley Talaria 48 MY ’12 MODERATION - an opportunity to take immediate delivery of a beautifully custom built Hinckley T48 motor yacht.

Nearly new and ready to go. $1,995,000 Located in Naples, FL. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410) 263-0095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com 48’ Sea Ray ’07 Sundancer Twin Cummins TVD-QSC 540 517hp I/B Diesels - $419,000 – Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 30’ Ocran Boatworks Deadrise ‘87 Dsl 170-hp, Priced to sell, own a piece of Northern Neck History, $14,900, Call Josh Clark (804) 824-3606 Josh@dozieryachts.com Grady-White 286, 1998 Dual 150hp Yamaha 2 strokes, 500 hours, Engines just gone through, Great Bay Fishing Boat, trailer included $34,700 Call Josh Clark (804)824-3606 or email at Josh@dozieryachts.com

56’ Chris Craft Salon Model ’57 2x Cummins 555, she is a real classic, bottom & hull totally refurbished summer ’13, 6kw Gen set, many upgrades, $99,900. Curtis Stokes & Associates, Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 rob@curtisstokes.net

78’ Hatteras Cockpit Motoryacht 1990 4 staterooms, 5 heads, plus office! 1M Refit, bright white awlgrip, beauty! $749,000, call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com

38’ Marine Trader ‘80 Recent survey, very clean & well maintained, Ford Lehman dsl, great cruiser or liveaboard, ac/ heat, priced to sell, $63,500, Call Josh Clark 804-824-3606 or josh@dozieryachts.com 40’ Trojan 12 Meter Convertible Excellent cond., well maintained, twin 671 diesels 1802 hrs, cruise or fish!

Just reduced in price! $66,000, Call Josh Clark (804) 824-3606, Josh@dozieryachts.com

San Francisco Boatworks Is Seeking A Marine Master Certified Mechanic with outdrive, outboard, engine repairs in gas & diesel, electrical, fuel injection experience. Must have certification in Volvo or Mercury. Must be organized and detailed, manage time efficiently. and must work with minimum supervision. Must have own tools.

Negotiable relocation fees. Benefits: PTO, 401k, Medical and Dental. Call us: 415-626-3275 26’ Crownline 262 CR ‘02 640 hrs, cruise and fish. Full galley, head, sleeps 5. Radar arch, 10+ rod holders. $18,990.

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40’ - 50’ Slips for Sale & Rent Severna Park private Yacht Club. Located on the Severn River. Covered and outside slips available. Runrunner34@yahoo.com 40’ Slip in Back Creek - Eastport Section of Annapolis, 15’ wide, 7.5’ deep, water, electric, dock box, no liveaboards, no pets. $400 /mo. 410-271-0112 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.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Acadia Yacht Sales................................... ...81

Composite Yacht................................... ......63

Moorings................................................. .....13

America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Assoc....... .35

Coppercoat USA.......................................... 53

National Marine Underwriters..................... .10

Angler’s Night Out................................... ....71

Curtis Stokes & Associates..................... ......3

Paradise Marina.......................................... 45

Annapolis Maryland Capital Yacht Club .....40

Cypress Marine.......................................... .68

Pettit Paint................................... .....6,7,51,60

Annapolis Yacht Sales ..................... ......30,79

Dandy Haven Marina................................... 46

Pier 4 Marina.......................................... .....42

Automotive Training Center..................... ....53

Diversified Marine................................... .....37

Pocket-Yacht Company............................ ...24

Bay Bridge Boat Show............................ ....25

Doctor LED................................................. .56

Bay Shore Marine................................... .....55

Dozier Yachting Center............................ ....32

Beacon Light Marina................................... 10

Eastport Yacht Center................................. 31

Belmont Bay Harbor................................... .42

Fawcett Boat Supplies............................ .....37

Bert Jabin Yacht Yard ............................ .....41

Ferry Point – Trappe................................... .31

Black Dog Propellers................................... ..9

Harbor East Marina................................... ..49

Bluewater Yacht Sales............................ .....77

Harbour Cove Marina............................ ......36

Boatyard Bar & Grill Tournament......... ...23,67

Harbours at Solomons................................... 5

BOE Marine................................................. 88

Hartge Yacht Yard................................... .....41

Cape Charles Town Harbor..................... ....54

Herrington Harbour................................... ...17

Castle Harbor Marina............................ ......44

Hidden Harbour Marina............................ ...46

Chesapeake Harbour Inc............................ 40

Hinckley Yachts Annapolis..................... ......80

Chesapeake Light Craft............................ ...62

J Gordon ................................................. ....54

Chesapeake Whalertowne..................... .....68

Jackson Marine Sales............................ .....15

Stur-Dee Boat Company............................ .46

Chesapeake Yacht Sales............................ 31

Jay Fleming................................................. 71

Sudbury Boat Care Products..................... ..62

Clarks Landing.......................................... ..20

Kompletely Kustom Marine.................... .... 11

US Powerboating.......................................... 2

Coastal Properties................................... ....87

Maryland Marina.......................................... 36

Wooden Boat Restoration Company....... ....63

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Operation Parcel: January 1941

by Dave Gendell

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bove the cold, black waters of Scapa Flow, Scotland, Prime Minister Winston Churchill shares a farewell lunch with Britain’s most important new ambassador. They dine aboard the 745-foot King George V, the nation’s newest battleship and one of the five largest warships afloat. The ship flies the flag of an empire at war, and the crew makes final preparations for her first mission.

For months London has been under German attack. The North Atlantic is menaced by “Wolf Packs” of German submarines.

The powerful and speedy King George V was built in secrecy as Great Britain prepared for war. She carries more than 100 guns, headlined by 10 14-inchers. The hull along her waterline is more than a foot thick. Her crew affectionally calls her KGV: “Kay-Gee-Vee”.

The Prime Minister disembarks after lunch. With the new ambassador still aboard, KGV’s slips her mooring and moves into the North Atlantic winter. Operation Parcel is underway.

Nine days and 3500 miles later, shrouded in fog, cold rain, and mystery, KGV approaches the Virginia Capes.

Belowdecks, the new ambassador, Viscount Halifax, prepares to assume his post in the capital of his nation’s closest ally. In his long and honorable career Halifax has negotiated with Gandhi, tangled over lunch with Hitler, and, more recently, was the King’s own choice for Prime Minister, ahead of Churchill.

As he enters American waters, Halifax knows that his new role in the United States will be defined by his nation’s dire need for all kinds of wartime assistance and, at the same time, dramatically diluted as a result of the American President’s direct relationship with Churchill.

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President Roosevelt prepares for a car trip and a boat ride. Weeks earlier he was elected to an unprecedented third term, Never before has an American president left Washington, or even the White House, to greet a new Ambassador. But on this January afternoon, Roosevelt is driven over wet roads, in secret and without fanfare, to Annapolis. At the Naval

Academy, he boards Potomac, the Presidential Yacht.

Potomac motors out the Severn and into the Bay where KGV has anchored in the cold rain and fog. He boards the battleship and welcomes Viscount Halifax as the new Ambassador to the United States.

A few days earlier, among the UBoats and the North Atlantic winter, KGV crew member Stanley Goode turned 23 years old. Leading Seaman Goode manned the radar as KGV entered the Chesapeake and sailed north for Annapolis. The young sailor from Manchester had never before seen an American. He later recalled that once KGV was safely anchored, “I shut my radar off and went out onto the bridge of the battleship. I looked down and there stood the President of the United States … I thought it strange that the first

American I would see would be Franklin Roosevelt.”

After a tour of KGV, Roosevelt, Halifax, and their modest entourages make for shore aboard Potomac. While KGV is anchored off Annapolis, a small open boat carrying four wooden crates draws alongside. The crates are brought aboard in cargo nets and carefully stowed belowdecks. They hold a secret American reconstruction of “Purple,” the main Japanese cipher machine. Boarding along with the Purple machine are four American experts who will cross the Atlantic to work alongside English cryptologists.

Darkness falls and the cold rain continues. Potomac is secured along the Academy’s bulkhead on the Severn River.

The President and the new Ambassador enjoy dinner aboard. After dinner, a few patient newsmen are invited aboard.

Viscount Halifax tells them, “We have had a voyage which we shall always remember … the President has done my country the greatest honor of coming to greet us on arrival.”

The following morning, after weeks of secrecy, news of FDR, Halifax, and KGV off Annapolis is on the front page of The New York Times. Out in the Bay, the KGV crew raises her anchor under clearing skies and makes for the open Atlantic. The return passage to England includes the powerful Purple machine and the men who can use it to break enemy codes, although only a handful of her crew know the secret.

Four months later, to the day, Goode and KGV play a key role in the sinking of Bismarck, the largest, fastest, and most powerful ship in the German Navy. proptalk.com

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