SpinSheet Magazine November 2022

Luxury Reimagined

Walking a beach where the only footprints in the sand, are your own. Enjoying a refreshing drink from an island bar only accessible by boat. Waking up each morning with the flexibility to sail anywhere you wish. These experiences redefine luxury -- and are the hallmark of any yacht charter vacation.

This year, we invite you to discover unbridled freedom and authentic travel experiences with The Moorings. Unforgettable moments await.

Helly Tech® is the waterproof and breathable outer layer between you and the elements. Its unique membrane will keepwater molecules out, while allowing sweat vapor to pass through—keeping you dry from the outside and comfortable on the inside.

GET ON BOARD

The freedom of a sailing vacation remains unparalleled, and Sunsail is here to help you make the most of every moment on the water. Comprised of passionate sailors from all over the world, our team of charter experts can help craft the perfect sailing getaway for you, your friends, and your family.

Select your charter destination from our extensive list of worldfamous cruising grounds, choose the ideal yacht for your crew, and let us help take care of all the details that make a yacht charter among the most unique, and memorable vacation experiences available today.

See the World, Differently.

sunsail.com | 800.437.7880

Photo by Eric Moseson

A Challenging Schooner Race

Weather challenges bedeviled the 2022 edition of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race,

some competitors toughed it out.

by Eric Moseson

Oh, What a Show!

The bustling 2022 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, October 13-17, was a spectacular reunion of old and new sailing friends among shiny new boats and gear.

Winter Is Coming… Are You Ready To Winterize?

Winterization tips for boat owners as we

the arrival of winter.

Chelsea Co

Six Things To Consider When Cooking Onboard

solutions for feeding your crew in various sailing conditions.

By Captain Steven Toole

Bluewater Dreaming: Riding Out Hurricanes, Here and There

cruiser compares her current hurricane hidey-hole in the Dominican Republic

her last one in Annapolis.

Cindy Wallach presented by M yacht services

Championship Season and a Tale of Two Lighthouses

Nationals, Fall Solomons, Seafarers Regatta, Hospice Turkey Shoot, BCYA Harbor Cup,

more exciting racing.

by Mount Gay ruM

Will Keyworth captured this month’s cover shot of Michael and Connie Cone’s winning Hinckley Bermuda

Actaea at the start of the BCYA Harbor Cup October

Photo by Steven Toole

Photo by Will Keyworth

612 Third Street, Suite 3C, Annapolis, MD 21403 (410) 216-9309 spinsheet.com

PUBLISHER

Mary Iliff Ewenson, mary@spinsheet.com

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Chris Charbonneau, chris@spinsheet.com

EDITOR

Molly Winans, molly@spinsheet.com

SENIOR EDITORS

Beth Crabtree, beth@spinsheet.com Kaylie Jasinski, kaylie@spinsheet.com

COPY EDITOR

Lucy Iliff, lucy@spinsheet.com

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Kelsey Bonham

FOUNDING EDITOR

Dave Gendell

ADVERTISING SALES Eric Richardson, eric@spinsheet.com

CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Brooke King, brooke@spinsheet.com

ADMINISTRATIVE AND MARkETING ASSISTANT Beatrice Roderick , beatrice@spinsheet.com

ART DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGER Zach Ditmars, zach@spinsheet.com

GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Royal Snyder, royal@spinsheet.com

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Kim Couranz, John Herlig, Eva Hill, Pamela Tenner Kellett, Craig Ligibel, Gwen Mayes, Lin McCarthy, Steven Toole, Cindy Wallach, Ed Weglein (Historian )

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Walter Cooper, Ben Cushwa, Mark Hergan, Will Keyworth, Ted Morgan, Al Schreitmueller, Cindy Wallach

Martin and Betty Casey, Gregory G. Greenwell Sr., Dave Harlock, Abbey Iliff, Ron and Colleen Ogden, John and Chrissy Wathen

©

Member Of:

Luff, Laughs, and Sailors

When your significant other is a non-sailor, you become an interpreter.

I’ve come to learn that the language and culture of our sport are not always easily conveyed in quick bites without a diagram, sailboat, or context.

Last month at the Annapolis Sailboat Show, I bought my guy a tee shirt. The slogan read, “Life’s a reach, and then you jibe.” When I presented the gift the next day at home, I noted that it wasn’t from just any tee shirt designer; it was from world circumnavigator Jessica Rice Johnson. Only at the U.S. Sailboat Show have the tee shirt vendors also sailed around the world.

Next, I explained to my beau that “reaching” was sailing with the wind mostly behind you (skipping the “beam” and “close” bits, as it was early in the morning, and I lacked a points-of-sail diagram).

I expounded upon the dangers of gybing. I told him we’ve always spelled it “gybe” instead of “jibe” in SpinSheet and wasn’t sure why but guessed it was to prevent “jib-jibe” typos. (My predecessor Dave Gendell confirmed it.)

By Molly Winans

This long, boring exposition about a pun on a tee shirt is only one example of how tiresome we sailors, or at least I, can be about our lingo. It made me remember a story I’d heard about my friend’s son Ben who interviewed for a software company job.

After reading his resume, the inter viewer said, “I see you’re a sailor.” Ben said, “Yes.”

The interviewer asked him if he knew what a “luff” was. Ben asked, “Noun or verb?”

He got the job.

See how that’s only funny if you’re a sailor? To me, humor seems ingrained in the sailing culture. Sometimes we sailors can be funny in a sarcastic or catty way. If you doubt this, ask yourself if you’ve ever laughed at sailboats un derway with fenders hanging overboard or their running aground. It’s all funny, until you’re the butt of the joke, which we’ll all be at some point.

At the Sailboat Show, my beau and I boarded the gorgeous custom LymanMorse 46. After he’d bumped his head on the hard dodger by the companion way, I said, “Watch your head.” It was

reflexive, as after a harmless accidental gybe, I’d have said “Gybe ho!” just for fun. Wouldn’t you?

Now, if my sweetheart had banged his head hard and fallen backwards, held his forehead in pain, or seemed otherwise truly injured, I would have been worried and asked, “Are you alright?” I did ask—perhaps a bit too late—realizing how mean my sailing humor may have seemed to my nonsailor. What I should have explained was that he’d just smacked his head in the most head-smackable place on a sailboat, one all of us head-butt eventu ally, thereby initiating him into my world. This should bring us closer!

Speaking of sailing culture, in the rain at the beginning of the Sailboat Show, watching all the sailors walking around happily in their foulies warmed my heart. Of course, they showed up.

Find more about the show on page 38. See you on the water!

# An attendee basks in the sunshine at the U.S. Sailboat Show 2022.

Photo by Larry French

Where To Find the Best Fish and Chips

Ijust read online the article by Tracy Leonard, “Charter Sailing: Exploring Hamble-le-Rice” (page 56, September SpinSheet). My wife and I now live in Hamble-le-Rice. We used to run a family charter out of the South River. We moved here a couple of years ago. And even though we miss the Chesapeake, we are happy here. The article brought back warm memories and the lost opportunities to eat Chesapeake blue crabs. The fish and chips are better here, however.

Rob Wagner Hamble-le-Rice, UK

Don’t Lose Your Dinghy!

Irealize “Five Ways To Keep Your Dinghy Where You Want It” (page 59, September SpinSheet) is about losing your dinghy, but just as importantly, lock your dinghy, at a dock, at your boat. It only takes a few minutes to do so, and many insurance companies will not cover it if it isn’t locked.

Christine Johnston

Emily on the Equinox

Crew member Lauren Mahoney sent us this nice shot of Emily Manders skippering the Beneteau 36.7 Jubliee on Wednesday, September 21, on Herring Bay.

Adventurer Underway

Andrew Perahia sent us this shot of Duncan Hood’s Adventurer underway a week before the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Find more about it on page 36.

Department of Corrections

It may be apocryphal that George Wash ington once said, “I cannot tell a lie,” after he cut down a cherry tree or that he once threw a coin all the way across the Rap pahannock River, but the facts about him presented in the brief “For History Buffs” (page 93, October SpinSheet) told a fib of its own, however unintentional.

The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 not 1793 as was printed and Washington did resign his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army in Annapolis later that year, but again it was definitely 1783, not 1793, when he was president. An interesting little book “When Washington Bowed” by former Governor Theodore Mckeldin recounts that pivotal episode in Annapolis, American, and indeed world his tory, because Washington willingly surren dered power and showed his deference and respect to the governing body that appointed him, the Continental Congress.

Although many of its members had already returned to their homes, as it was December 23, the 1817 painting by John Turnbull memorialized the ceremony that took place here in our lovely capitol now encased in scaffolding.

Paul Foer Eastport

The Wooden Crab Team

In Gwen Mayes’s “Inspired by the Chesa peake: Meet Phillip Smith, Woodworker” article (page 60, October SpinSheet), we recommend that readers find Smith and his friends and family team at the “Smitty Cre ations” Facebook page; that is incorrect. The page is called “72 Smitty Creations LLC.” You may also try 72smitty@gmail.com or (240) 750-0555.

# A view from the water to the quaint village of Hamble-le-Rice.

Veteran’s Day Spotlight on Valhalla Sailing Project

By Kelsey Bonham

The Valhalla Sailing Project is an Annapolis-based nonprofit sail ing program with one mission: to prevent veteran suicide. I spoke with cofounder Michael Wood to learn more about the program and how sailors can get involved. By highlighting programs like these, we hope to continue to sup port the military community. Learn more about The Valhalla Sailing Project at valhallasailing.org or email Michael at mike@valhallasailing.org

Tell me about Valhalla Sailing’s goals

Our goal is to bring veterans together to form a new sense of community and family through the sport of sailing. We teach the fundamentals of sailing, integrate the veterans into crews, and provide them with opportunities to use those new skill sets in either the racing community of Annapolis or abroad.

Valhalla Sailing Project isn’t just a sailing program. It is an opportunity to build these family bonds and this camaraderie on and off the water. We look to do things that are nonsailing-related during the off season, such as going to escape rooms, having fam ily dinners, and watching movies. It’s not just a sailing program, it’s a family.

How did you become passionate about this program?

I grew up on Lake Ontario, and sailed on the Chesa peake Bay for a majority of my life, except for the

time that I was in the Marine Corps. During that time, I built family and camaraderie through the Marines. When I got out of the Marine Corps I lost that sense of identity, lost that sense of self, and went into a pretty deep and dangerous mental state. I was on the road to becoming part of the nasty statistic of 22 veterans a day that take their own lives.

I was on SpinSheet’s CrewFinder when I got called up to race out of Galesville, MD, and it happened to be a boat filled with a bunch of Navy pilots and copilots. I was able to feel relaxed in that environment. It reminded me that I may not be in the Marines anymore, but I still have a community through the sport of sailing. Eventually I thought, ‘if sailing brought me out of my tailspin, maybe I can introduce the sport of sailing to other veterans and let them feel the same positive effects.’

What’s your favorite aspect of the work that you do?

The biggest benefit I have is seeing veterans come together and smile in a new, completely different environ

# Photos courtesy of Valhalla Sailing Project Facebook page

ment. I find my passion and joy with the program when I see that the sport of sailing, being on the water, and be ing on the Chesapeake Bay bring that sense of community to other veterans.

If readers aren’t veterans but would like to get involved, what’s the best way?

We look for people who have certain skill sets. It might be administrative skills, such as grant writing, account ing, or office management, or it could be sailing skills—we’re always looking for people to instruct. For big clinic weekends, we’re always looking for local boatowners who would be willing to donate the use of their boats.

Do you have any specific success stories you’d like to share?

I’ve had veterans that shared similar experiences to what I had after getting out of the Marine Corps, and I’ve had veterans approach me on the Saturday afternoon after our first clinic day and say, “Hey Mike, I was there ready to

More Veterans’ Sailing Programs

The Valhalla Sailing Project is just one of many veterans’ sailing programs. This year, Veterans Day will be observed on November 11. Check out these programs and find out how you can volunteer. If you know of other organizations that provide access and community for veterans on the water, email editor@spinsheet.com, and we’ll share it with our readers!

Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) (crabsailing.org) welcomes veterans to sail aboard their specially modified boats, which are designed to accommodate any disability.

Heroes on the Water (heroesonthewater.org) helps veterans, first responders, and their families relax and rehabilitate through kayaking, fishing, and getting out in nature.

U.S. Patriot Sailing (uspatriotsailing.org) is a competitive racing team for wounded and combat veterans.

Warrior Events (warriorevents.net) organizes social events, which sometimes include sailing events and fishing tournaments, for veterans, first responders, and their families.

Warrior Sailing Program (warriorsailing.org) introduces sailing skills to service members through a three-day basic camp, followed by the option to pursue advanced certifications.

end my life and I figured I’d go out on a high, see what this sailing thing is all about, not expecting to fall in love with it, and my entire life in the span

of eight hours did a 180-degree spin. These eight hours of sailing are literally why I am going to be alive tomorrow.”

A Soho-Style Art Gallery in a Boatyard

In the past 21 years, as the Eastport peninsula of Annapolis has garnished attention for its maritime culture and fun events, one home-grown tradi tion has held steady and maintained its vision and loyal following: Art Be tween the Creeks (ABTC).

The group of Eastport artists, who all live or work “in between” Spa and Back Creeks, creates non-traditional, or as they like to say, “non-Main-Street” art.

What started as a “rogue show” tuned into a mainstay of the local event calendar.

Starting in 1992, one of the trade marks of the bi-annual ABTC shows is the “pop-up” nature of the galleries. The artists choose a location: most recently Backyard Boats (at 222 Severn Avenue). They build the walls, hang the lighting, and curate and produce the entire show, including bringing snacks to share. A Soho-style art gallery in a boatyard? What could be more Eastport than that?

One of the founders, Cindy FletcherHolden, a native Annapolis artist,

liveaboard, and occasional SpinSheet contributor, lives in Eastport.

“I thought the first Art Be tween the Creeks was going to be a one-night wonder!” she says. “Here we are 21 years later. We do put on a great party in a cool space. It’s a great way to spend a Friday evening in Eastport, and there is, of course, awesome art by very talented artists!”

Although the ABTC show will take place in a boatyard and several of the art ists are sailors (including SpinSheet editor Molly Winans), this will not be a “mari time art show.” Expect the unexpected.

ABTC’s fall show kicks off Friday, November 4, with an opening reception from 6-9 p.m. at Backyard Boats (222 Severn Avenue) that is open to the public. The gallery will be open to the public beforehand on Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well as on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through November 13.

Entry to the opening reception is free, but donations are welcome at the bar and will benefit the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Box of Rain youth maritime program.

Learn more at artbetweenthecreeks.us.

# All are welcome to the Art Between the Creeks opening reception at Backyard Boats on Friday, November 4 from 6-9 p.m. Photo by John Bildahl

For the past several years, we as an office (SpinSheet, PropTalk, and FishTalk) have designated the Friday after Thanks giving as Blue Friday. This year it falls on November 25.

What exactly is Blue Friday? We like to think of it as a way to spend time on or near the water with family and friends, to spend one more day being thankful for what really matters, and to be thankful for the Chesapeake Bay that we call home.

We’re not saying you can’t shop, but rather than make the day all about shopping, make the water your priority. Do you have to actually go out on a boat? Nope! Though if it’s nice weather, why not? You can simply get outside and spend time by the water. Take a hike, stroll through a waterfront town, head to the beach with your pup; maybe even take a trash bag to do a good deed while you’re there.

After you’ve spent time by the water, then you can go shopping. But consider shopping local this year. If you’re in need of a boating good or service, you’ll find a multitude of op tions within the pages of SpinSheet. And if you shop with our advertisers, make sure to say SpinSheet sent you.

If you do go boating, take proper precautions in regard to water and air temperatures. Bundle up, be safe, and enjoy Blue Friday! Share your photos on social media by tagging @spinsheetmagazine and using #BlueFriday.

Brendan Sailing Bestows Annual Awards

The Brendan Sailing family gath ered in Annapolis on Sunday, Oc tober 2 to celebrate and recognize volunteers and sailors from 2021 and 2022. More than 100 attendees enjoyed food, fun, and camaraderie on a dark and stormy evening.

Charlie Arms, executive director, stated, “This night is so exciting as we announce the volunteers or orga nizations whose generosity of their time and assets make it all possible. The best part though is celebrating the achievements of our campers whose success in this program car ries through to their academic and social lives.”

The Annapolis Sailing School has been home to Brendan Sailing since 1992. Current owners Jenny and Rick Nelson received the Joanne Dorval Award given by the Brendan board of directors. Rick Franke, who worked for the school for 48 years and is a Bren dan board member, helped present the award.

Anita Vincent, a first-year parent, received the Daniel H. Gottlieb Award

for the parent volunteer that contributed the most to the program.

Dianne Sullivan received the Kurt M. Lowman award for the Donnybrook crewmember who contributed the most to the program. She volunteered when her nephew enrolled. “The best part was

Sailor Awards: The Howard and Jean Kluttz Noguts noglory Award, for the sailor whose example, leadership, and outstanding achievement contributed so much to our success to the Annapolis program: Matthew Fialkowski (2021) and Mason Griffith (2022).

Franklin J. Jerry and Kathryn M. Wood Award for the camper whose leadership, example, and achievement contributed so much to the St. Mary’s primary level program: Jailyn Shorter (2021) and Grant Pawley (2022)

spending time encouraging my nephew to do something I love, and he seems to enjoy too!”

Julia Miller (2021) and Margaret Thompson (2022) received the Molly Ma honey Award, which goes to the volunteer who contributed the most to the success of Brendan Sailing.

Arthur A. Birney Outstand ing Achievement Award, for the camper whose example, leader ship, and outstanding achieve ment at the St. Mary’s College of Maryland advanced level program: Mike Davis (2021) and Hannah Baressi (2022).

Brendan Sailing builds pathways for self-confidence and personal growth in children with learning differences through instruction in sailing. For more information, visit brendansailing.org

# Mike Davis, Jalil Shorter, board member Rick Franke (rear), Brendan Sailing founder James Muldoon, and Matthew Fialkowski

Melanie Sunshine Neale Receives Distinguished Service Award

Annapolis Boat Shows recently announced the recipient of the 2022 Sailing Industry Distin guished Service Award. Founder and owner of Sunshine Cruising Yachts, Melanie Sunshine Neale, was nominat ed by her peers and received the award in recognition of her steadfast leader ship in the sailing industry and her advocacy for women in leadership posi tions within the boating community.

“Melanie has been bringing women into sailing and the marine industry throughout her career and her life afloat,” said Tom Thompson, captain of the schooner Arabella and a yacht broker at Sunshine Cruising Yachts.

“In her varied roles, she has been an advocate, example, and mentor for so many. Melanie is a natural teacher, gifted writer, and capable career coach who continues to support and advocate for women in the sailing community.”

Melanie lived aboard a sailboat as a young child. She became a 100-ton licensed captain at the age of 19 years, and she has achieved several prestigious accolades throughout her career. When she started her yacht brokerage business in 2020, Melanie continued to drive for more females in this historically maledominated world by hiring a majority female staff.

Melanie is an award-winning author of books such as “Boat Girl” and “Boat Kid,” and she is the founder of Women Working in the Marine Industry group. Melanie is actively involved on a mu nicipal level with a goal of preservation and growth of the working waterfront, as well as the conservation of our natu ral resources.

“Melanie is an all-around driv ing force that exudes classiness,” said Stacy Pipitone, who is also a yacht broker at Sunshine Cruising Yachts. “She is a woman making a difference in the yachting world through writing, demonstrating the liveaboard life as a single mom, leading a brokerage in a male dominated field, and keeping her sanity.”

The Sailing Industry Distinguished Service Award is an annual honor bestowed on a sailor who has distin

guished him- or herself through out standing and unselfish service to the overall advancement of the sailing in dustry. Award winners are nominated by their peers. Final selection is made by a panel of judges who represent the industry and its high standards of excellence. The awardee receives a limited-edition precision timepiece donated by Weems & Plath.

far-away

everything.

Farewell to Friends

Lance Garms

Annapolis sailor Lance Garms died at the age of 52 on September 4 after battling ALS for nearly six years. He was initially diagnosed with ALS on October 11, 2016, after two years of unexplained symptoms in his right arm.

Although born in Long Island, NY, Lance lived in Maryland his whole life. He briefly explored a career at Culinary Insti tute of America before getting his degree at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). During the night classes he took at UMUC, Lance started a family with his former wife, Kristen Garms. Together they had two daughters, Sophia and Julia. Lance took on a job with IBM as a computer security professional that allowed him to travel for work, but the majority of his ca reer with IBM was done at home in order to be close to his girls.

Throughout their upbringing, Lance introduced his daughters into the sailing community. He started his own sailing experience with Annapolis Sailing School and Chesapeake Boating Club and quickly found himself getting involved with other sailing opportunities. Lance completed

DelMarVa trips, local races, and a handful of 59° North Sailing ocean voyages, as well as other local and offshore escapades.

Lance locked in a slip at Annapolis City Marina (ACM) with a boat of his own in September 2015. The Garms family ex plored the Chesapeake with their Niagara 35 Wild Wings, doing week-long trips, night sailing, and anchoring out along with his tight-knit group of friends from ACM. The friends he made there became family, so much that they kept inspiring him to go on new adventures even after his diagno sis. These adventures included traveling to 13-plus countries and completing a transAtlantic crossing via cruise ship.

Mike Bulmer

Dozens of friends gathered in Eastport at the timeless Muller Boatyard on October 18 to celebrate the life of Mike Bulmer. Many of the guests arrived carrying boxes of “genuine Eastport Liquors Busch Beer.”

For decades Mike was at the center of this work at Muller’s, a “first-in, last out kind of guy,” according to Brandon Beylo, who, along with partner Corey Blazevich, purchased the business in 2020. A humble, hard-working man, Mike first arrived in Annapolis for a Sailboat Show and never left. Memories of Mike’s time and activity along the waterfront, most of it in this salty corner of Eastport, were freely shared by the group.

In the fading, late afternoon sun, a folding table—set up on the gravel under the bow of a blocked Sabre—held cups of rum, cold beers, Mike’s racing trophies, a photo of the man, and a copy to Ten nyson’s “Crossing the Bar.” In attendance were a colorful mix of waterfront figures. The group included Bobby and Renie

Muller, back on familiar ground; Robert and Cindy Fletcher-Holden, close, long time friends of Mike; Steve Reeves from Bacon Sails; Holley Allsopp; a crew from J/Port; and a dozen or more boat owners, many of whom stepped forward in the cool, still air to tell stories of “Mikey” rising to the occasion with a well-timed repair or haul-out... seemingly always the night before a big regatta, ahead of an approach ing storm, or even between races.

In scale and spirit, the event recalled one of the Eastport sock burnings from three decades ago: a pure, uncomplicated tableau of boats and the can tankerous crane that hauls them and returns them to the creek, the skilled hands that work on them, the dedicated souls that pay for their upkeep, a collective

Lance is survived by his daughters So phia (age 21) and Julia (19), his parents, and other family and friends. He was known to be an intelligent and friendly person which was expressed through his contagious laugh and knowledge of just about anything and everything.

Friends may make memorial do nations to the ALS Association; all donations contribute to those living with ALS and ongoing research to cure this thieving disease. Or they can donate directly to Sophia and Julia’s GoFundMe at gofund.me/8264fb3a in order to help cover their dad’s leftover medical costs and college debt.

group all, like Mike, hopelessly in love with boats and the waterfront.

The cans of beer, the gravel underfoot, the stacks of jackstands waiting for the winter, the unleashed dogs, the stories bursting with sailing jargon and proper nouns. On this October day, Mike Bulmer was at the center of them all. A modest man, he would have likely been uncomfort able with the attention, especially if there was work to do at the yard. Sail on Mikey.

400 Fourth St Annapolis, MD boatyardbarandgrill.com 410-216-6206

through Nov 28

massoniArt Gallery Annual Show of Marc Castelli’s one-man exhibition: Paralian. Expect to see unmatched renderings of watermen, workboats, and log canoes from a painter recognized as one of the finest marine artists in the country. Extended exhibition hours at the High Street location during the Sultana Downrigging Festival. Artist talk October 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m.

2

cbmm Fall Speaker Series

Shaping a Landscape: The Archaeology & History of People in the Chesapeake. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Van Lennep Auditorium at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. $8 per person. Register at cbmm.org

4

Art between the creeks Fall Show

Join local artists “between the creeks” (Spa and Back Creeks in Annapolis) for an opening reception for the fall show at Backyard Boats at 222 Severn Avenue from 6 to 9 p.m. Snacks, beverages, and lots of art talk among sailors in the boatyard. Donations at the bar will benefit the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Box of Rain maritime youth program.

4

SpinSheet happy hour

Facebook Live: Young cruisers Living the Life We’re back to our 5 p.m. time slot! Join us for SpinSheet Happy Hour on Facebook Live and YouTube as we talk to “young” cruisers who didn’t wait until retirement age to live the cruising life about how they manage their adventures, what they’ve learned along the way, and tips for aspiring cruisers of all ages.

November5 the mariners’ park Fall Festival

1 to 5 p.m. at the Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, VA. Food trucks, beer and cider tastings, pumpkin decorating, kids activities, and more. Entrance to the festival is $2 per person. Children 3 and under are free. Tickets for tastings of craft beer and cider are $35 for Members, and $40 for nonmembers.

4-5

Urbanna oyster Festival Hospitality tents throughout Urbanna, VA, wine and beer tastings, oyster tastings, discounts at local businesses, shucking contest, and more.

5

16th Annual Fish For a cure tournament

Register your crew for the F4AC tournament, Paul C. Dettor Captain’s Challenge, and Weigh-in party to be held at South Annapolis Yacht Centre. This tournament supports the Cancer Survivorship program at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center’s (LH AAMC) Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute. Register and/or donate at fishforacure.org

11-13 51st Waterfowl Festival

Featuring a wildlife and nature art show; craft brews, wines, and delicacies of the Chesapeake; kid’s fishing derby; retriever demonstrations; birds of prey; buy, sell, swap and artifacts exhibit; world waterfowl calling championships, and more! Tickets $20 for all three days.

13 bay bridge run

Run or walk a 10K on a course that includes the 4.3-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

17 cbmm Fall Speaker Series

Our Common Table with Chef John Shields. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Van Lennep auditorium at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. $20 per person. Register at cbmm.org

Chesapeake

19-20 eastern Shore Sea Glass and coastal Arts Festival: holiday edition

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.

Tickets include admission on both days. Artisans and craftspeople will exhibit and sell coastal and sea-glass related jewelry, home décor, art, and more. Live music. Food and beverages for sale.

25 blue Friday

We sailors and boaters are outdoorsy people, so on the Friday after Thanksgiving, let’s take a waterfront walk with family, friends, and a dog, maybe bring along a trash bag, and enjoy the crisp air and wildlife. If you shop after your walk, give your business to local boating shops. Share your outing using #bluefriday

26 middle river parade of Lighted boats

Cheer on the nearly 100 boats that participate in this annual tradition along the parade route. Middle River, MD. Stay tuned for more details.

26 pasadena Lighted boat parade

In Pasadena, MD. Stay tuned for details.

27 - Jan 1, 2023

retro christmas at piney point

Lighthouse museum

Enjoy tours in a family friendly retro holiday exhibit inside the museum and keeper’s quarters. At the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum in Piney Point, MD.

November Racing

5 Willoughby hot buttered rum race

Hosted by Broad Bay Sailing Association, Southern Chesapeake.

6 - Dec 11

AYc Frostbite Series First half

Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club on Sundays.

Leftover bowl

Hosted by Eastport Yacht Club. December

1 - Jan 1, 2023

St. clement’s island museum christmas

Doll & train exhibit

Enjoy a holiday exhibit of antique and collectible dolls, classic trains, and other retro toys in this festive holiday display inside the St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point, MD.

3 Alexandria holiday boat parade of Lights Parade starts at 5:30 p.m. Dockside festivities start at 2 p.m. at the Old Town Alexandria Waterfront. Dozens of brightly lit boats will cruise along one mile of the Potomac River shoreline. Enjoy dockside festivities in Waterfront Park including a pop-up beer garden from Port City Brewing Company, food, activities, and more.

3

baltimore parade of Lighted boats Baltimore, MD. Stay tuned for details.

3

the District’s holiday boat parade 30th Anniversary of the District’s Holiday Boat Parade. Celebrate the holidays with this iconic Washington, DC event that features over sixty beautifully decorated boats parading along the Washington Channel. 6 to 9 p.m. at District Pier at The Wharf in DC.

more details and links to event websites, visit spinsheet.com/calendar

# Expect the Eastport Yacht Club’s Lights Parade to be extra special this year, as it’s the 40th anniversary of this wonderful event that the club hosts as a gift to Annapolis. Bundle up and join the fun on the waterfront of Annapolis, December 10 from 6-8 p.m. Photo by Heather Capezio

Yorktown Lighted boat parade

Pre-parade festivities start at 6 and include caroling around a beach bonfire, a musical performance by the Fifes & Drums of York Town, and complimentary hot cider. The boats will finish out the evening, as they make their way down the river in a dazzling show of lights that starts at 7 p.m. Yorktown, VA.

9-11 christmas in St. michaels

This year’s events include a lighted boat parade and festive Talbot Street Parade, a home tour, breakfast with Santa, holiday music and meals, a Santa dash, marketplace and sweet shop, and a “Light up the Night” drive-by house and harbor tour. Raises funds for local beneficiaries. Lighted Boat Parade December 10 at 6 p.m. around St. Michaels Harbor.

10 eastport Yacht club Lights parade

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the parade! 6 to 8 p.m. in Annapolis Harbor. Learn more at eastportyc.org/lights-parade

Solomons christmas Walk Solomons gazebo Christmas tree will be lit at 5 p.m. Santa parade with Solomons Volunteer Rescue Fire Dept. at 5 p.m. Competition for best decorated homes and businesses. Solomons Lighted Boat Parade organized by Solomons Island Yachting Center at 6 p.m. and arrives at Patuxent Riverwalk at 7:15 p.m. Prizes for best decorated boat. (For information on participation please call (667) 256-6272 or email fcsiyc@gmail.com).

December Racing through Dec 11

AYc Frostbite Series First half Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club on Sundays.

# Frostbite racing returns in November.

Photo by Will Keyworth

art

Meet Ki’Niya Henson Mentorship and Scholarship

Eastport Yacht Club sailor and Seeds 4 Success mentor Kathleen Kryza introduced us to this month’s Start Sailing Now profile, eighth grader Ki’Niya Henson, who has been sailing since age 11 thanks to the Seeds 4 Success program, Kathleen’s mentorship, and scholarships awarded by the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation (EYCF). Here is a peek at her sailing story.

When Ki’Niya and Kathleen met

As a mentor with Seeds 4 Success, Kathleen was matched four years ago with then fourth grader Ki’Niya. From the beginning it was a good pairing, and the two have made a lasting connection based on their mutual love of the outdoors. When Ki’Niya told Kathleen that she liked being active and being outside, Kathleen thought that sailing was something that Ki’Niya should try.

Tell us about your first time on a sailboat and what you like most about sailing.

My first time on a sailboat was with the Seeds for Success summer camp. I told Kathleen that I really enjoyed it, and she suggested that I apply for the EYCF scholarship, and I got it! The first time I sailed I felt unsure about whether I was going to like it. There weren’t many people who looked like me, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Once I got out on the water, I liked the feeling of freedom and openness and how the views of the Bay were different from on land.

Now that I’ve been sailing for a few years, my favorite positions on the boat are steering or trimming the mainsheet. In sailing camp, I am sometimes on a Feva (a doublehanded dinghy specifically built for

youngsters and adult/child teams), but a J/22 is my favorite sailboat.

Did you face any challenges or obstacles when you started sailing?

At first, I felt out of place. I didn’t have any friends that sailed, and I didn’t come from a family of sailors. But once I got out on the boats, I started to like it, and soon

I was able to make friends with other kids in the program because we had something in common (sailing!) to talk about. Now I keep up with my sailing friends even when camp is over.

How has sailing changed you?

My confidence has grown. I’m less shy.

I see myself as a sailor. I’ve met new people and made new friends. I’ve learned to always try a new experience and that just because something feels awkward or uncomfortable the first time you try it, you should go back and try again because you might find that with a little practice, you love it—like I did with sailing.

What are your dreams for the future?

Next summer I hope I can be a junior sailing counselor at Eastport Yacht Club.

I like being with young kids, and I love sailing. Plus, I’ve been told I’m kind, so it seems like being a sailing counselor is something I’d enjoy.

Next year I’ll go to high school, and after that I plan to go to college. I have started to do some modeling, and I would like to pursue a modeling career.

I want to keep sailing all my life. Kathleen and I are looking for ways that I can continue to sail for pleasure as a hobby while I’m in high school, without necessarily racing on a sailing team. One day I would love to own my own boat.

For video of Ki’Niya and Kathleen, hold your phone’s camera over this code.

As told to Beth Crabtree

How To Get Kids Into Sailing

Some children grow up in sailing families and inherit the sailing gene as they might inherit brown eyes, but what about young people who are not growing up around boats? How does one find good and safe learn-to-sail options for such children?

Yacht and sailing clubs are for members only, right? Not always. See Ki’Niya’s story (opposite page). Many yacht and sailing

clubs open their junior sailing programs to the public and even offer scholarships. The benefits of such programs may include facilities equipped for many boats to easily sail in and out, coach (or safety) boats, well-kept sailboats designed for kids, and skilled, safety-minded instructors (some of whom have grown up sailing at the club).

Community sailing centers are another good option. Such centers usually offer sailing, boating safety education, and other waterfront activities such as canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and fishing. Often partly funded by regional governments and community grants, such programs tend to be very affordable and are al ways open to the public. Some may be linked to the public school system. They often have high standards for safety and instruction.

Some overnight camps, both for-profit and nonprofit,

Find a Sailing School

New sailors or those returning to sailing may want to seek instruction or coaching at a sailing school or club. Many such organizations exist on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. They offer certifications for beginners, returning sailors hoping to brush up on seamanship skills, cruisers seeking bareboat chartering or navigation experience, and racers wanting to hone their skills. The following is a sampling of schools and clubs that offer sailing instruction on the Chesapeake. For a more complete list of schools offering certifications outside this region, visit US Sailing or American Sailing.

Chesapeake Bay Sailing Schools

offer sailing as part of a broader range of outdoor activities. Many YMCA camps are good examples. Such camps are usually reasonably priced (or offer scholarships), safety-minded, filled with dedicated men tors, and particularly good for families who would like their child to gain some exposure to sailing without it being the sole focus of the child’s day.

In addition to clubs, community sailing centers, and camps, sailing school busi nesses sometimes offer courses dedicated to young people. Such schools are sometimes affiliated with an adult sailing program or offer courses or private instruction for the whole family. Half-day or full-day programs may be available. As with all youth sailing programs, inquire as to types of boats, instructor-to-student ratios, safety protocols, instructor training, and pric ing, among other questions you may have. Adult sailing schools often field inquiries about where to send children to sailing school and can be a good resource for local youth sailing information.

# Pee Wee Program at Rock Hall Yacht Club Sailing School. The school offers scholarships and partnerships to introduce more children to the water and sailing.

Photo courtesy of Rock Hall Yacht Club Sailing School

Bassett Goes Back to Her Home River

Arundel Rivers Federation has hired Anne Arundel County native, Elle Bassett, as the new South, West, and Rhode Riverkeeper. As such, she will be the eyes, ears, and voice for these three Anne Arundel County rivers.

Bassett will monitor water quality, identify sources of pollution that threaten these rivers, advocate for their protection and restoration, and bring a passion for environmental education and community engagement to the watersheds.

Although she grew up along the South River, she has spent the past 10 years working to advance clean water solutions on Maryland’s Eastern Shore as an education and outreach coordinator before becoming the MilesWye Riverkeeper for ShoreRivers in 2018. Over her career, Bassett has worked to connect communities and youth to the water by inviting residents to join her on the rivers to monitor water quality, plant sea grasses, and restore oyster reefs.

In a 2020 interview, Bassett told SpinSheet, “The South River was very much a part of my life growing up… Our summer holiday revolved around boat trips and raftups with friends. I remember noticing how the shoreline would change when I was younger, and the beach by my home slowly changed and eventually disappeared which sparked my curiosity.”

She attended Washington College, hoping to be an English teacher, but

an environmental science class that involved interactive on-water lessons piqued her curiosity.

“I felt as if I was learning more from the river than I was in any of my textbooks,” says Bassett. “I decided that I wanted to help others build similar relationships to the river that I had rediscovered in that course.” As a result, she changed course and went on to earn her master’s in environmental education from Concordia University in Portland, OR.

“Being a riverkeeper is a dream job, but being the riverkeeper for my home river is a home run,” said Bassett. “I’m excited to bring all the skills I’ve learned over my 10 years with ShoreRivers back to this side of the Chesapeake Bay and start working with my hometown communities to protect our rivers together.”

Arundel Rivers Federation’s executive director, Matt Johnston, stated, “Elle will transform everything we do for our rivers. She will bring new communities and residents of our watersheds to our rivers so that we all may take part in this fight for clean water. As one of those watershed residents, I am thrilled to have Elle as my riverkeeper.”

ShoreRivers’s executive director, Isabel Hardesty, commented, “While we are certainly sad to see Elle leave, we are excited about this new opportunity for her and Arundel Rivers. Our organizations have always worked together in Annapolis to fight for

clean water, and now one of the strongest voices in that fight will be working just steps from the State House. I’m excited to see what we will accomplish together in the years ahead.”

Arundel Rivers Federation’s mission is to protect, preserve, and restore the South, West, and Rhode Rivers by working with local communities to achieve clean, fishable, and swimmable waterways for present and future generations. Learn how you can get involved at arundelrivers.org

Stories of the Century

100 Days on the Water—What Are You Waiting For?

As we wind down the sailing season, many aspiring and experienced SpinSheet Century Club members are scrambling to log the remainder of their 100 days on the water before the end of the calendar year. Here’s an update from several Century Clubbers about their journeys and some tips for aspiring club members. In the words of Joe Cummings, “What are you waiting for? Go play!”

In order to qualify for the SpinSheet Century Club 2022, all members must log 100 days on the water by December 31 at midnight. Log your days at spinsheet.com/century-club. We will run a full report in our February issue and throw a party that month, too. Stay tuned.

Julianne Fettus: 82 Days

My season was off to another slow start this year, passing on invites to get out on the water and instead filling those days with boat maintenance days for the upcoming season. Here are some quick notes... some rambling:

I have managed to get on a variety of boats, such as multihulls and powerboats and participated in the Helly Hansen Sail ing World Regatta Series (they will always be the NOODs, haha) aboard a J/70 and hit a steep learning curve. It’s been many years since I’ve done windward/leeward races which I was looking forward to, but the weather gods put a big kibosh on that as the J/70 fleet regulations required five knots of wind to start a race. Only three races were finished over the three days.

My most unique day on the water this year was also one of my favorites, Day #30 in Bermuda. Here’s what I wrote in my Facebook post: I know I have a lot of Annapolis to Bermuda (A2B) stuff to post, but slipping this one in: The Bermuda Triangle is a real thing, not just the navigational oddities, but how things just fall into place here (unless it’s missing luggage, that truly is a dark, sad Bermuda black hole, but that’s another story).

As we were asking for local input about any and everything, we kept hearing about a restaurant where the old Swizzle south was, called Lost in the Triangle run by two brothers, teaming up to run a local charter boat and the restaurant. I’ve been spoiled regarding fresh seafood and am very picky at restaurants. Fresh local fish on Friday sounded very intriguing, so there we went.

Long story short, during dinner HHIC (head honcho in charge) stopped by our table to see how things were going. Delvin was awesome, really cared about what he was serving, and in conver sation when I asked about the charter side, mentioned that they were going the next day with the Natural Resources Government folks for a research catch and release. And I got an invite! What the what?!?! So yeah, that happened!!

I was honored to go out on the awesome Paradise One to see this. I tried to fish wrangle as best I could, trying to do anything to help! So much more to the tale, but Bermuda Natural Resources were provided 166-plus hinds (groupers) pulled up via handline, all measured, sexed, double tagged, and carefully re leased.

What a great experience, seeing government, Natural Resources, and commercial fishermen working togeth er over this protected patch, carefully monitoring breeding expected during the next full moon, conservation, and harvest. And geesh, the banter was hysterical. I tried to get pics, but my hands were mucked up with fish slime, roe, salt water, and general fishy gross stuff.

Another favorite day had to be Hos pice Cup (September 17). I set that after noon aside for friends and family to enjoy a casual regatta for a good cause. We ended up with eight folks aboard my boat Bennu: six adults and two kids. I always get a kick out of kids on boats, and this was a good day for them to play on the water, help pull some strings, and even write in the logbook. The adults were able to meet and enjoy each other’s company, casually soaking in the afternoon.

# Julianne, Vickery, and Sheila

Joe Cummings: 100+

Joe logs 100 days every year and then loses track. Here’s what he had to say: I’m attaching a photo of a bumpy start for the Newport Bermuda Race. I passed 100 days a long time ago… I just returned from an interesting trip to Cuba. Half the island seems to be without power from Ian, but they are doing the best they can.

To aspiring Century Club members: what are you waiting for? When you come to the end of your days, you will not wish you had worked harder! Go play!

Terry Slattery: 108 Days

I did my 100th day on September 2 on board our catamaran Lux.

Most of my days were kayaking on Whitehall Creek. We managed to get a good number of days onboard Lux, cruising to local anchorages in the Wye River, St. Michaels, Queenstown, Rhode River, Magothy River, and Swan Creek. We rafted up with friends in Shaw Bay for the Riverkeeper’s concert and did our donation to them when they came around.

I also did some fishing in Whitehall Creek for snakehead fish and have been unsuccessful so far.

I’ve reduced the frequency of kayaking since I started building a stitch-and-glue kayak from Chesapeake Light Craft these last two months. I’m looking for ward to a lighter, faster kayak. It should be in the water by spring.

Aspiring Century club members have to take every opportunity to get on the water. Every day offers a change in the weather and a new prospect for add ing another day on the water. I started late this year in March and had 51 days

Come for a Course... Sail for a Lifetime!

chesapeake boating club

by June 30, meeting my goal of being halfway there by half through the year. I tried to get out four or five days per week.

I use kayaking as a way to check for plastic trash in the creek and pick it up whenever I can. This provides me an additional goal for each outing. My trips are often about 30 minutes in duration after dinner. I also look for wildlife and have noticed bald eagles more frequently on my trips this summer than in prior years. Other sightings are fox, muskrats, blue herons, green herons, egrets, osprey, and raccoons.

The top sailing school in the country, J/World teaches all course levels. You’ll love learning on J/80s - the boats are fast, fun, and easy-to-sail. Certified instructors make sure all students leave highly skilled, and smiling! 410.280.2040

JWorldAnnapolis.com

Experience

An annual membership to Chesapeake Boating Club allows you unlimited sailing to really hone your skills. With our knowledgeable staff on hand to assist, you can use the perfect boat to suit your mooddaysailing, cruising, or powerboating. 410.280.8692

ChesapeakeBoatingClub.com

Chesapeake Boating Club

place for boating adventures since 1993

# Bumpy Newport to Bermuda start for Joe.

Hannah Dickmyer: 90 Days

Bob Ohler: 88 Days

Sean Martin has tallied 153 days thus far captaining various boats on Assawoman Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and beyond.

# Hannah at center with Hei Hei, the Wayfinders’ team mascot.

A Challenging Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race

Weather challenges bedeviled the 2022 edition of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, which took place October 6, when approximately 20 vessels convened on the start line outside of Annapolis for the overnight race to Norfolk. However, many boats retired before completing the 127-mile course. Prior to the race, the remnants of Hurricane Ian sucked a strong nor’easter down the coast and intense winds prevented many boats from participating. Once that blew through, racers contended with either calm conditions or wind on the nose. Toward the end of the race, a strong wind came roaring down the Bay with gusts to 40 knots starting around midnight, Friday night. Congratulations to all who gave it their best and especially to the nine finishers. Top finishers noted here. Many classes had just one boat finish. Find full race results and award winners at gcbsr.org/races results.

# Photo by Eric Moseson

# Class A captains. Photo courtesy of GCBSR Facebook page

# Captain Alex of Daphnae, winner of Class B and recipient of the Thomble Shoal Fleet GCBSR Perpetual Trophy for best corrected time at the Thimble Shoal finish line. This is considered the most competitive schooner, and ordinarily is a Class A or AA vessel. Photo courtesy of GCBSR Facebook page

# Photo by Eric Moseson

# Photo by Tim Mangus, courtesy of GCBSR Facebook page

# Captain Jen of Woodwind with a smile and a wave from the helm. Photo by Eric Moseson

# The colorful sails of Adventurer. Photo by Eric Moseson

# Photo by Eric Moseson

Oh, What a Show!

The 2022 edition of the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapo lis was packed with boats, people, education, and fun. We’ve come to expect that, but we never take it for granted. Perhaps to make that point the weather gods sent us rainbows that bookended the first and last days of the show.

Speaking of rain and rainbows, this year’s opening VIP/preview day proved once again that sailors are not inhibited by a little weather. The raindrops simply meant we all donned our foulies or took advantage of boat

show pricing and bought new ones. Gorgeous weather prevailed for most of the remainder of the show, though few exhibitors will soon forget the drenching downpour that fell on the last day just as they were packing up at the show’s end.

As we’ve come to expect, new sailboat models both large and small drew sailors from around the country and beyond and even set attendance records on certain days of the show.. Whether it was the SOL dinghy measuring less than 14 feet or the new Hallberg-Rassy 400 bluewater

cruiser, all types of sailboats and their accompanying accoutrements were on display, and the attendees couldn’t get enough. Whose attention wasn’t caught by that paddle that doubled as a handpump or the frenzy at the Sailing Channels booth? When not captivated by novel products, most showgoers could be found wandering through tents, trying on high-tech jackets or boots, searching for that special replacement part, attending free seminars, or strolling the docks sipping a painkiller. Oh, what a show it was! See you in 2023.

# Photo by Nic Bailey

# The SailTime booth. Photo by Nic Bailey

# Photo by Larry French

# Photo by Nic Bailey

Four “Bucket List” Destinations Worth Exploring

By Craig Ligibel

I’ve been sailing for 65 years. I’ve cruised all over the East Coast of the United States, the Bahamas, and Central America. My logbook shows over 40,000 coastal and bluewater miles. I’ve dropped the hook in hundreds of anchor ages, some I’d like to forget. Others I invite you to visit.

What follows is an abbreviated “Ligi bel’s List” of spots I recommend visiting. I can vouch for each and every destina tion, although I must admit the ravages of time may have diminished my recollection of specifics of some locales while at the same time leaving me with mostly fond memories of both the voyages it took to get there and the enjoyment I and my crew had while in their confines.

Little Cranberry Island, ME 44.2605° N, 68.2317° W Little Cranberry Island is on the south eastern side of Mount Desert Island near the entrance to Somes Sound. It’s an easy five-mile sail from Southwest Harbor. Fewer than 65 hardy souls call this little island of 200 acres their year-round home, yet permanent residents profess their love of the island’s history, solitude, and cui sine. My wife and I visited friends whose families had made the island their Maine residence for two generations.

The island beats to the throb of “lob stah” boats coming and going early in

the morning and into the evening hours. A stroll through the lobster coop reveals baskets of bait fish ready to be plunged into the frigid waters in the attempt to lure the spiny crustaceans from their watery homes.

Lobstering has been tough the past several years. Prices have plummeted, while the cost of fuel, bait, and labor have skyrocketed. Mainers being Mainers, however, the boats go out rain or shine, cold or hot.

Some of the sea’s bounty finds its way to Little Cranberry’s premier dining experience, the Islesford Dock and Gallery, on the waterfront. You just can’t get lobsters any fresher.

On one trip to Southwest Harbor, I cajoled a lobsterman to take me and a buddy out while he picked pots off

the bottom of the rocky shore. Charles Gertruidus was a fourth-generation lobsterman. A man of few words, he wondered why a couple of sailors would want to go out with him on this blustery April evening. I told him we wanted to get to know more about lobstering.

“Times are God awful tough,” he told us. “Prices for lobsters are rock bottom, and prices for everything else are sky high. Why do we do it? We don’t know nothing else.”

Back on Little Cranberry, our island friends had prepared a feast for us at their seaside home: lobsters, to be sure, plus fresh picked corn and coleslaw, all washed down with a crisp chardonnay. Life for this sailor was pretty darn good on that epicurean night on Little Cranberry Island.

# Little Cranberry Island waterman’s coop.

# A reed island on Lake Titicaca.

Tobacco Caye, Belize, Central America 44.2605° N, 68.2317° W

The sun was just coming up as we swung the nose of my 43-foot Endeav or ketch Wind’s End into the friendly confines of the 10-foot-deep Tobacco Caye anchorage. Located just inside the Mesoamerican reef, Tobacco Caye was our first port of call after having made a nerve-wracking journey from Mexico’s Cozumel, 300 miles to the north.

Finally, the tiny three-acre island was something other than a little dot on an electronic chart. We were really here, swinging on the hook with a veritable palm-tree lined paradise not 100 yards off our bow.

Just as we settled down for a little shut eye (after an all-night sail through the reef that guarded the placid water of the Belizean coastline and past the bright lights of Belize City), we heard a tapping on the hull and the welcom ing voice of Diedra who, as it turns out, is the unofficial welcome wagon of Tobacco Caye.

“Welcome to Belize,” she said with a gap-toothed smile. “Tings are good

here. Wat time you want dinner at da bar? We have lobsters and snapper… and cold beer.”

“Sign us up,” Chad hollered. “You tell us when, and we’ll be there.”

From a football field away, Tobacco Caye was an island paradise. As our dink got closer, however, a few warts became obvious. The 20 or so huts were a little ramshackled, and there were piles of plastic bottles littering the beach.

To get to Belize, we had run the gaunt let of a hasty escape from the captain of the Port of Cozumel who threatened to impound our boat and us for not checking in and for anchoring in a restricted area close to the cruise ship docks.

We also had dodged waterspouts, a balky fuel system, and a fierce lightning storm off the coast of Cuba. But we’d been treated to some spectacular sailing in the 9200-foot deep Yucatan Channel,

You

on Your Boat

# Dinner... courtesy of the waters off Tobacco Caye.

See the Bay

including a morning sail where we hit the trifecta: we jumped a marlin on the line we were trailing from the stern; we were surrounded by a pod of spinner dolphins that wanted to play and that even let Chad hang from our bow pulpit and touch their backs with his feet; and we were treated to the too-close-for comfort blow of a whale as this 40-foot long creature greeted us along with the morning sun.

Dinner on Tobacco Caye was outstand ing: grilled lobster, conch fritters, and cold beer.

We retreated to the confines of Wind’s End to contemplate our good fortune. During our stay on the little island, we gave each islander a little flashing shamrock as a token of our apprecia tion. Now, looking at the island from Wind’s End, we could see little flashes of green light all along the shoreline as our newfound friends strolled around their village proudly displaying their flashing trea sures. Sometimes even paradise can benefit from a little glitz.

Lake Titicaca, Peru 15.9254° S, 69.3354° W; elevation 12,500 feet above sea level

Welch sailor and adventure writer Tristan Jones battled snipers off the coast of Africa, slogged 3000 miles against the mightiest current in the ocean, survived the ravages of jungle diseases too numerous to men tion, and, oh yes, dragged his 17-foot keel boat Sea Dart over some of the roughest country in the Andes, all to claim the title of having sailed in the highest navigable body of water in the world: Lake Titicaca.

In April 2011, my daughter Betsy and I went to Lake Titicaca in search of the Tristan Jones legend. We found that while much had changed in the ensuing years, much remained the same.

We were slated to accompany two young Peruvian sailors, Renso and Rafael Verand, who operated the only sailboat charter business on the lake. Their 31-foot Hunter Thaya had been trucked over the

mountains from Lima in much the same way that Jones’s boat had been conveyed. Its deep draft, forgiving sail plan, commodious cockpit, and spacious belowdeck accommo dations made it an ideal boat for the Lake Titicaca charter business.

Our first port of call was Uros Khantati, an island in a series of 40 or so three-acre floating rafts made of woven totora reeds. The totora plant, which grows in abundance in the shallow waters around Lake Titicaca, is related to the giant bullrush sedge.

welcomed us with open arms as long as we do not snag their fishing nets.”

Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race

From Sydney, New South Wales at 33.8688° S, 151.2093° E

To Hobart, Tasmania at 42.8826° S, 147.3257° E

Okay, okay, so I haven’t done this race and probably never will, but it’s on my Bucket List because it is a race that a dedicated sailor with good credentials aspires to. The race is 630-nautical-miles long. It starts on Boxing Day, Decem ber 26, in Sydney Harbor and finishes in Hobart, Tasmania, after a wild ride down the Australian coast, across the dangerous Bass Straights, up the quirky Derwent River, with a final berth at Hobart’s Constitution Docks. The Sydney to Hobart is not for the faint of heart.

The construction of the islands them selves is ingenious: two-foot cubes of peat are lashed into sections about 20 feet by 20 feet. These sections are joined to form an island the size of a football field. The entire surface is covered with a build-up of up to 20 layers of totora reeds. Each island is secured to the shallow lake bottom with stakes driven into the muck. The footing is firm, but there is a slight give underfoot. Sometimes, whole chunks of the islands break off and residents can find themselves floating hundreds of yards away from where the rest of their island had been tethered.

We shared a morning coffee with the sailing brothers, who were eager to show us what their Hunter 31 could do on the lake’s expansive waters. The young entre preneurs told of easy day sails and gutwrenching crossings into Bolivia.

“The winds can come up quickly. One minute, you are coasting along and the next, working to windward in 30-knot winds,” Rafael said. “While we have had a good reception on the lake, the charters have been slow to come. The locals have

Shortly after the commencement of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, a super cell storm stirred up massive seas in the Bass Strait. The storm cut through the fleet, resulting in the drowning of six sailors (from New South Wales, Tas mania, and Britain). Seven yachts were abandoned at sea and lost.

Today, a number of outfitters offer an alternative to driving your own boat in this race. For the modest sum of $10,000, you can buy a berth on a fully outfitted charter, which includes three weeks of pre-race training in Sydney. The most respected outfitter is Flying Fish Charters.

Russell Bonner, director of operations and a multi-race Sydney to Hobart vet eran, tells SpinSheet that spots are nonexistent for the 2022 edition of the race, but now is the time to put your name in for 2023. I plan to photograph the race from the safety of a chase boat this year and may even fly down to welcome the racers as they dock in Hobart. Who knows—perhaps I’ll be reporting from the deck of a participating vessel in the years to come. One can only dream. #

# The start of the Sydney to Hobart Race. Photo bby Andrea Francolini/ Rolex

For many sailboat owners, the marina is a fantastic weekend getaway. Free from the trap pings of work and chores around the house, spending time aboard is a well-deserved break. The marina offers a chance to forget about land life and enjoy sundowners with the dock neighbors. It has a built-in social life when everyone feels like they’re on a mini-vacation, so it’s easy to be friendly. The shared experience of boat ownership brings a closeness to dock neighbors that many don’t have with their neighbors on land.

By TJ Butler

My husband and I are part-time liveaboards, dividing our time between our sailboat on the Chesapeake and our business near Washington, DC. As business owners, there’s no such thing as work/life balance. Instead, our business is our lifestyle, not our job. Like many people who’ve permanently transitioned to working from home, I can do laundry during my workday. I get groceries delivered between clients. However, unlike working from home for a boss, I spend as much time on personal projects and interests as I’d like. My workday

begins when I wake up. It doesn’t end until I check my email and the next day’s schedule while I’m getting ready for bed. It’s not working; it’s a passion that makes up my life.

Our time spent at the marina is far from a vacation. In fact, our sailboat serves as an extension of the office. My husband and I often choose to spend time aboard separately, using the boat as a quiet workplace free from distractions. I can usually get more work done aboard. Without clients and employees asking for my attention, my time is my own.

During the summer months when the marina is busiest, quiet time is challenging to come by. Visit any marina in season. You’ll find people chatting on the dock and the occasional boat with many dock neighbors in the cockpit enjoying appetiz ers and cocktails. I wave to my neighbors as I pass these gatherings on my way to and from my floating workspace.

I’m a proponent of taking breaks when I’ve been sitting for a few hours. My ma rina has a nice walking trail bordering the water that offers a respite from my laptop. Walking alone on the path is a way to enjoy nature. It not only clears my head, but the walk also makes room for other ideas that pop up. In season, this might be the only time I see my neighbors.

As the temperatures drop, many boat owners plan their final sailing adventures. They winterize, clean out the galley, schedule their winter haul-out or wrap ping, and take home all the pool towels to wash and store for the next season. Those

heading south are nearly done with their final provisioning, and they’re counting down the days until they can cut the lines for another season.

We’ll be wrapping our boat soon. This year’s wrap will be the most expensive yet. Prices have increased everywhere. The marine industry is no exception. Our wrap this year will be a couple hundred dollars more than last year and many hundreds more than when we first began wrapping years ago. We use our boat year-round, so we don’t winterize. Instead, our heater keeps the boat in the 50s when we’re not aboard. Our dehumidifier, sized for far more square footage than our sail boat, drains into the shower and keeps our cabin dry.

Many of the boats on my dock are closed for the season. Not mine. My husband and I love this time of year the most. Things have slowed down at the marina. Lots of slips are empty, and the yacht yard is full. My walks to take a break from my laptop change from enjoying nature to walking the rows of empty boats on the hard. If you’ve ever

been drawn to abandoned places, the feeling of the yacht yard in the winter is similar.

Boat owners are cozy at home during the quiet colder months, making plans for the next sailing season. Winters aboard might never come to mind for those who associate their sailboats with summer adventures on the water and sundowners in the cockpit. For us, we’re enjoying the solitude.

Chilly temperatures and even the threat of an incoming nor’easter don’t signify the end of our season. Instead, cooler temperatures are a demarcation line. The parking lot is nearly empty. The marina is almost quiet. Soon, the only noises on the dock will be our diesel heater, the clicking of our fingers on the keyboard, and the squawking calls from the great blue heron who stalks the shal lows near our dock for its dinner. #

Find your per F ect Chesapeake Bay Marina

Looking for a slip for your sailboat?

the perfect home for

Winter is Coming…

Are You Ready To Winterize?

By Chelsea Co

The arrival of autumn entices us with a crispness in the air and a fall breeze that sailors relish after the heavy humidity of summer, but it also taunts us with the nibbles of winter’s chill and all that comes with the colder condi tions. The Chesapeake’s mercurial seasons have a habit of serving us mixed messages that can make it difficult to gauge what the weather has in store, but by anticipat ing freezing temperatures and winterizing your boat, you can avoid consequences such as a cracked engine block and or burst plumbing.

Winterization is the process of pre paring your boat’s systems for freezing temperatures. Depending on the boat, servicing your boat for winter can be much more complicated than one might think! Below are six aspects of winteriza tion that boat owners might consider as we enter the end of fall and embrace the arrival of winter.

1. The long haul. Hauling your boat for winter is a personal choice. Some boaters choose to leave their boats in the water over the winter, while others will store them in a boatyard. Others will pursue options such as a trailer or garage storage situation depending on the size of your vessel.

The local yards usually begin to fill up in November, but it depends on the weather each year. If you are considering hauling your boat for this coming winter, you’ll want to get on the haul out list as soon as possible at your yard of choice, or you may be left with minimal options as they fill up.

Choosing a yard for the winter season will rely on availability, budget, and amenities that you need. Note that some yards allow you to work on your vessel yourself, while others require all servicing be provided by yard employees.

If your boat is already on the hard, but not yet winterized, you’ll need to winterize it sooner than if it was still in the water. Water serves as a natural insulator and keeps the boat warmer than when it is on land and surrounded by the cold air.

2. Knowledge is power. Some boats can be straightforward with only a few systems to winterize, but others can have much more complex systems to address. If you have complete compre hension and understanding of your ves sel’s systems and absolute confidence in administering the proper techniques for winterizing them, you may choose to undertake winterizing your vessel on your own.

Although some boats can be simple and straightforward if they have none to minimal systems, boats with multiple systems will require in-depth servicing to be winter-ready. Any sys tems that utilize water will need to be winterized, such as fresh water systems, raw water systems, HVAC, watermak ers, ice makers, refrigeration, and of course, your engines and generators you may have onboard.

Several marine service businesses and BoatUS offer downloadable winterization checklists available

# Photo by Mariah Cook

# Photo by Mariah Cook

online to advise that you don’t forget anything, but even with these additional tools, winterizing your boat can be a daunting undertaking.

While there are individuals who will attempt and some may succeed to winterize their boats themselves, it can be quite time consuming, and the risk of error could lead to expensive conse quences. Unless you are truly certain of all the steps that your boat needs to be winterized, hiring a professional marine technician is highly advisable. With their knowledgeable expertise and the right tools, they are readily equipped to successfully take your boat from summer to winter.

3. Fool-proof prep. If you’ve taken the route of hiring a professional, here are some tips to prepare your boat for their services before they arrive that can make the process go much quicker and smoother. Your technicians will surely appreciate the forethought.

j Drain all freshwater plumbing systems. This will save your tech the time of waiting for your tanks to empty.

j Empty the holding tank; you’ll want to store this dry over the winter.

j Remove all cushions from the boat, as this will make it easier for technicians to access your systems. It’s also a great opportunity to remove the covers and wash them.

j Clear out any refrigerated or frozen items from the icebox or refrigerator; don’t leave behind any consumables that could leak, rot, or attract creatures.

4. Sails away. Removing the sails dur ing winter is another task to add to the list. Some sailors are confident with the removal of their sails, while others may find that they prefer to hire a rigger or marine technicians to remove their sails for them.

Ensure that sails are dry before stor age and store them in a dry place, safe from the elements and pests. Sail lofts can offer sail storage at their facility that can be equipped with ideal humidity and temperature for sail storage, if perhaps you don’t trust the conditions and crit ters stowed away in your garage.

5. General maintenance. Routine servic ing keeps systems in sound working condition after a season of usage. Oil and fuel systems do not need to be serviced at winterization, but it is a great opportu nity for the necessary actions of replacing filters and doing an oil change.

j If you are performing an oil change yourself, please dispose of the used oil appropriately. Napa Autoparts takes up to five gallons of used oil for disposal, free of charge.

j Sometimes name brand filters may be so popular that they run out of stock. These days there are other manufacturers making the same filters just under a different part number and brand, which is a route that could save you time and money.

6. Bundle up. Although boats are de signed to exist outdoors, tucking them away under a cover or shrinkwrap for winter shields your boat from rough and wet winter conditions and protects it from rodents, insects, bird droppings, and dust. Canvas covers can be custommade or ordered online, while shrink wrap is made of a durable plastic that can later be recycled.

Depending on your situation, you will likely want to remove any dodgers or biminis for preservation. Some folks choose to wash their canvas pieces with Woolite once a year to freshen them up.

If you plan on accomplishing projects on your vessel throughout the winter and are planning to have your boat shrink wrapped, adding a zipper door for easy access is a smart move. #

# Photo by Mariah Cook

About the Author: As well as being a sailing journalist, Chelsea Co has been a marine technician, sailboat owner, delivery crew, and SCUBA diver. Follow her marine adventures on Instagram @deepbluechelsea.

# Photo by Al Schreitmeuller

Winter is Coming…

Six Things to Consider when Cooking Onboard

By Captain Steven Toole

Whether you’re cruising or racing, if you’re on the water for more than a few hours, your crew’s gonna get hungry! Planning your meals should take several factors into account, given the rela tively limited galleys typical of most sailing vessels (un less of course, your name is Richard Branson or Jimmy Buffett). Here are six key factors to consider, as well as some menu ideas for the practical sailor.

1. How long will you be on the water? Even if you’re just daysailing or doing a buoy race, if you’ll be on the water spanning a typical mealtime, you need to provision your crew with some nourishment. Simple snacks to bring aboard could include a selection of fruit, veggie sticks, snack bars, cheese and crackers, and more. Don’t forget the ginger snaps to help reduce mild cases of motion sickness.

2. Refrigeration—For longer trips, a portable cooler might not be practical, as it could need additional ice to keep the temperature down. If you have an onboard fridge, you’ll be able to keep cold items onboard for a longer period. Make sure your crew knows what to expect if they’re helping to provision the boat.

3. Preparation—Preparation area, storage, cooking tools, and ingredients tend to run scarce onboard. Anything you can prepare in advance (or purchase pre-prepared) can dramatically expand menu options onboard. One crewmember recently brought a Ziploc bag with premade French toast that simply needed to be cooked in a pan. Another crewmember brought a storebought quiche that we simply threw into our onboard oven for 30 minutes, providing a warm and tasty breakfast for the crew while underway.

4. Cooking/heating—Larger sailboats and cruisers tend to have onboard gas ranges, ovens, and even barbecue grills, enabling hot foods to be prepared onboard, ashore, and underway. Be sure to factor rough waves and weather into consideration before lighting up the onboard range. Also factor in cooking splatter, smoke, and grease. One crew member pan-fried an amazing steak aboard my J/120 Hot Pepper making a total grease splatter mess of the entire galley area and overhead surfaces while filling the cabin with smoke.

# Real men eat quiche aboard Hot Pepper

5. Eating—Enjoying an onboard meal in a peaceful anchorage is one thing, but trying to down a meal topsides while underway in heavy waves is a whole different situation. When you’re racing, there’s a good chance all your crew will be on deck, likely balancing a bowl or plate in their lap as the boat pitches and rolls through the waves. Handing up a plate that requires a knife and fork may not end well for the plate, the meal, or

deck when that rogue wave sends

a

at the cost of their dinner. The fewer

utensils required, the better.

no plate/no fork works best on

In my experience, the less

the better. A clogged drain is no fun, and it’s awfully hard to get a plumber to make house calls out in the middle of the Bay. Before

you decide to bake a casserole in your onboard oven, think about how difficult it is to clean that pan at home, let alone aboard.

Whatever your journey has in store for you, the goal should be to provide the best meal for your crew with minimal space, prep, consumption, and cleanup required. Hopefully, this gives you some ideas on how to keep your crew happy, healthy, and well-fed while out on your boat. #

About the author: Captain Steven Toole covers cruising, destinations, and other Bay-related topics for SpinSheet. He races and cruises his J/120 Hot Pepper on the Chesapeake Bay and holds a USCG Master Captain’s License.

Offshore Rigging Specialists

Riding Out Hurricanes, Here and There

By Cindy Wallach

Trying to reason with hurricane season is getting harder and harder to do. Storms are coming on stronger each year, and they don’t always follow the rules or lines drawn by marine insurance providers.

I remember squinting at the Google Earth images of Luperón, Dominican Republic, from my cell phone in the Ba hamas, trying to determine if it would be a suitable hurricane hole. Eight months later we were squinting at satellite images of Hurricane Fiona looming closer and closer while we waited in the eerie still of Luperón harbor.

We’ve weathered a handful of tropical storms and even hurricanes in the Chesa peake. But that was home. Those were waters we knew inside out with our eyes closed, and we knew exactly what our boat could expect in all conditions.

Our summer spot here in the Domini can Republic is completely surrounded by mountains. When the wind blows from any direction, it’s safe in here. This reminds me of our corner of Back Creek in Annapolis, except the protection comes from large trees, condos, homes, and small hills. Compared to the open water outside, you’re sitting flat and comfortable at your slip or at anchor in both places.

Our little Dominican harbor is pretty packed with boats, also like Back Creek. I remember spending many pre-storm days looking after and securing the boats around us in Annapolis. In both places,

there are many unattended boats because people know it’s a safe place to leave a ves sel for the season. Part of our routine prestorm checklist is to look for loose objects that can become projectiles and clear them from decks, add dock lines where needed, and try to predict the risk of the boats around us damaging ours if things get bad.

Before Fiona we cleared the clutter around our own decks and helped our neighbors do the same. We daisy-chained the mainsail cover and gave the genoa some extra wraps. We got some extra drinking water, made sure we had plenty

Luperon, Dominican Republic, after Fiona

Photo by Cindy Wallach

of fresh food, and bought some gas for the generator, just in case. Then, we waited, and watched, and waited, and watched.

We leaned heavily on PredictWind because other weather sources just didn’t show the level of detail we needed to see to figure out exactly what we should expect in our little harbor. Checking U.S.-based news you’d think the hur ricane was hitting Puerto Rico, just doing nothing, and magically appearing again at the Turks and Caicos. The Dominican Republic was not well covered by news.

With our weather apps we watched the large dark gray swirl inch across the screen so close you could reach out and shake hands with it. While the land around us is high ground, it’s also a very narrow strip between us and the open ocean. We listened to the angry surf crashing against the shore on the other side.

My kids loved the storm. They knew enough from living aboard their entire lives to understand that we were perfectly safe where we were. And they know that tropical systems suck the trade winds away when they move on, meaning that about 48 hours later it was going to be stinking hot. For the moment, in the thick of the storm, it was “cold.” They were loving it.

They had a fall feast planned to cel ebrate the cloudy and “cold” 74-degree weather. We made hot cocoa, roasted

sweet potatoes, made meatloaf, and baked cookies. My daughter dared to wear long sleeves and was so excited to sleep under her blankets, rather than sweating on top of them.

The biggest difference between weath ering a storm back on the Chesapeake and here in Luperón is the community. Sailors back home flock together for fun, but it’s more an ‘every man for himself’ mentality. Here we had a com munity VHF channel and a group chat on WhatsApp for all of the boats in the harbor. I was floored at how quickly members of the community jumped into action at the first sign of a boat dragging. People of all ages hopped into their din ghies and headed out to go secure boats and lend a hand. It didn’t matter if it was pitch dark and blowing rain sideways,

every boat and every person was looked after.

The day after we took a walk to see how things looked on land. There was some localized flooding, but nothing that didn’t dry up in the tropical sun a couple of days later. We were sur prised to see the way the tree litter and branches were cleared up in less than 24 hours in our neighborhood. The sea was flat, the air was clean, and squalls con tinued to roll through on the back end of the bands. The buckets of rain meant a clean boat, clean dogs, and clean hair.

Fiona wasn’t a strong storm com pared to the systems that bubbled up elsewhere later in the season, but it was a good test of Luperón as a hurricane hole. Geography, topography, and luck were on our side... this time.  #

About the author: Longtime SpinSheet contributor Cindy Wallach cruises aboard her St. Francis 44 catamaran Majestic with her husband, two children, and two dogs, currently in Luperón, Dominican Republic.

Surprise!

It’s Cold

By John Herlig

It caught me by surprise. Every year it catches me by surprise. If it happened to you and you told me about it, I would roll my eyes at your naïveté, and the next day I would shoot you a text to let you know that it had happened to me— again. I would own my hypocrisy like a badge of honor. Every single year, the cold sneaks up on me.

I just spent four months fighting through another Chesapeake Bay sum mer. Day after day my body became its own ecosystem of rain, evaporation, con densation, and again, rain. Work would grind to a halt as sweat fell from my face onto my eyeglasses, leaving me fumbling blindly about. With my body half in and half out of the anchor locker, my fingers coated with caulk and my glasses use less, I would cry out in despair, crawling cautiously backwards out of the locker to wander in search of a swatch of toilet paper for my glasses, maybe pausing for another drink of water and a quick wipe of my face. Then, I would start it all again.

“You just can’t understand,” I would tell anyone foolish enough to listen, “how miserable this heat is.”

Without warning, I find myself forego ing a day of boat work to burrow through lockers looking for socks and hats. What happened to that middle ground? What happened to thoughts of thank God it is less hot today echoing through my head? To a few luxurious weeks of giving the fan a break, or sleeping under a light weight blanket? Those days never come, it seems. I’m not sure they ever really do. Or do I just forget them?

Even on the hard, changes in weather represent a massive redrawing of daily life aboard a boat. It’s weird enough that I’m

wearing shirts again, but it’s weirder yet that I have donned long pants and woolen socks. The last time I was out running errands I reminded myself to buy a few one-pound cans of propane for my small heater. It felt almost silly at the time. I suppose somewhere deep in my brain stem I knew the cold would eventually come. But with the tem peratures now in the 40s and 50s and the winds left over from Hurricane Ian bringing a miserable driving rain, I real ize that despite that moment of clarity, I am not actually prepared at all.

Where is that little heater that needs those propane canisters? It’s in the laza rette, of course, and from the compan ionway the lazarette looks like Laura Ingalls’s barn in a prairie snowstorm— far away and a treacherous journey. I know I need the heater. I can see my breath in the salon. Ian is still pushing that rain in, and my boat is in work mode. Nothing is right.

The ridiculousness of me contemplating the lazarette dash is not lost on me. I let out a little chuckle. In the end, if we don’t have our sense of humor, we have nothing at all. I decide to make the run barefoot. Protecting my house slippers from getting wet is of paramount importance to my comfort, and the cockpit looks like Weather Channel storm footage. The bimini is nearly use less in Ian’s 30-knot winds. The thought of wearing actual shoes seems absurd—I can’t remember the last time I wore any, and I sure as heck am not about to hunt

them down and strap them on to go six feet across the cockpit.

Later, back in the warmth of the sa lon, the puzzle that is cold-weather boat life begins to take shape, from house slippers and woolen socks to hats, fleece blankets, and heaters. There are other benefits as well, such as steamy pots of lentils for dinner and big skillet-fries of potatoes, onions, and eggs for breakfast. I can dive into projects without worrying about sweat marring my vision. I stay hydrated, day in and day out, with very little honest effort. And sleep, now that I have located the top sheet and a smatter ing of blankets, has been ever so sweet.

It isn’t that the cold is so bad, it’s that it always comes as a surprise. But next year I’m going to remember, I just know it. Next year I’ll be ready.

# The author bundled up in the cabin of Ave del Mar.

An Authentic Caribbean Experience: Antigua and Barbuda

While wandering around Vaca tion Basin at the U.S. Sailboat Show, I met Susan Coulton of the Antigua and Barbuda Tour ism Authority. Ten minutes with Susan would convince anyone who likes tropical paradise to sign up for a sailing charter to these sister islands in the middle of the Leeward Islands.

“It really is the authentic Caribbean experience,” says Susan. “It’s safe to travel to. The food, the people, and the beaches are amazing. There’s a rain forest in the middle of the island, so you can zipline in the afternoon and relax on the beach in the evening.

“It’s an escape for everything and any thing. I’ve been to beaches everywhere, and Princess Diana Beach (on Barbuda) is the prettiest beach I’ve ever seen.”

What else does she like about the place? Local steel drum music, the lack of overcrowding by tourists, roast corn sold on the side of the road, and the fact that

it “still has the old British feel about it,” says Susan.

You can also fly non-stop from New ark, NJ, to St. John’s, Antigua; flights from the Washington, DC, area gener ally come through Miami.

“There’s snorkeling, horseback riding, the Black Pineapple Festival, fishing tournaments. Even if you’re not a sailor, it’s fun to be there for Antigua Sailing Week… You really have to come to see it.”

The Moorings has a base in Anti gua in the historic Nelson’s Dockyard. Of the benefits of sailing there, the company website reads: “In addition to captivating clear-blue waters and short passages between anchorages, an Antigua yacht charter vacation also delivers lineof-sight navigation. Roughly 14 miles long and 11 miles wide, Antigua is en robed by 54 miles of superior Caribbean coastline blessed with 365 uncrowded and unspoiled beaches.”

Weather and Sailing Conditions

It’s between 77-88 degrees Fahrenheit, with an average 81-degree water tempera ture. The Moorings notes: “Northeasterly winds of about 15-20 knots are the norm from November to May. Tidal ranges are typically slight, between 12 to 18 inches.”

# Keyonna Beach on Antigua.

# Will Passano’s Polaris team prepare for the Caribbean 600 on Antigua in 2021. Photo by Cynthia Steeble

Do:

· Snorkel among coral reefs

Hawksbill

· Dive deep blue wrecks, including the Pillars of Hercules and Antigua’s world-famous Sunken Rock. Earn a diving certification.

· Visit Fort Barrington: It safeguarded St. John’s Harbour during the 18th and 19th centuries.

· Zip-line in the tropical rainforest.

· See the Admiral Nelson home and only working Edwardian dockyard still in existence (UNESCO World Heritage List).

· Visit the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda in St. John’s.

Visit Barbuda

To make your way to the sister island of Antigua, Barbuda, 27 miles to the north east, you can sail a short bluewater passage (two to three hours), take a high-speed ferry (90 minutes), or a short flight or helicopter trip to this low-lying coral island of only 1500 inhabitants, many of them fishermen. Barbuda boasts one of the world’s largest frigate bird sanctuaries and is a protected area. Anchor your charter boat along the 15

miles of pristine white sand beach with no habitation in site. Visitors walk across the sand dune to find a local guide who will take you around to see the nesting sites.

Racing Events

RORC Caribbean 600 (February 1424, 2023): The series will include three days of racing followed by the main event; the 14th edition of the RORC Carib bean 600, a 600-mile ocean race.

Charter Directory

# Photo by Derek Latta, Courtesy of Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority

Antigua

Learn More:

Dream

dreamyachtcharter.com

moorings.com

Yacht Charters: nicholsoncharters.com

Visit Antigua and Barbuda: visitantiguabarbuda.com

# Antigua Sailing Week. Photo byPaul Wyeth, Courtesy of Antiguaand Barbuda Tourism Authority

# Photo by Ted Martin, Courtesy of Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority

Attention Chesapeake Bay sailing clubs! Share your club news and events here in SpinSheet’s Club Notes section. Attract new members and show off your fun social events and cruising adventures. Send a 350-word write-up and one or more clear photos of smiling faces or pretty boats. Send monthly submissions to beth@spinsheet.com. Thanks to Club Notes section sponsor, YaZu Yachting! Find them at yazuyachting.com and on Facebook.

Beautiful Weather and Togetherness Bring Smiles

By Martina Sestakova

The Chesapeake Bay Pearson Sailing Association (CBPSA) had a successful hurricane raftup in Swan Creek September 1718. Thank you, Anne and John Martin, for hosting the event, which was our club’s largest raftup that anyone could re member! At one point, we had 10 boats rafted together: eight Pearsons, one Catalina (char tered by the Martins), and a powerboat (which belongs to friends of Geff Lampshire).

The adventure began early in the day after dragging on the first boat’s anchor. We powered all 10 boats forward, at least 100 yards while still tied together, across Swain Creek before Dolce Vita dropped her anchor for a secure night. It was quite a sight to see the entire raft motoring across the creek. The neigh boring boats in the anchorage were surely in awe of our club’s amazing raft moving expertise!

The attendees included: our hosts, John and Anne Martin, on their char tered boat; Jack Janos with his crew

Chesapeake Bay with little wind, we gathered in Swan Creek and enjoyed a spread of wonderful food and refresh ing drinks, which included Bob Morrow’s gigantic bar rel of homemade Bohemian Goombay Punch. A fun time was had by all.

Saturday morning brought sunshine, yummy coffee, and strawberry short cakes with whipped cream! Many of the participants continued sailing with the Martins to other anchor ages. Beautiful weather and togetherness brought smiles to all.

Rick Cook; Lynn and Marty Gaynor; Ron Harbin; Geff Lampshire; Bob Morrow; Martina and Jordan Snyder; Ed and Joan Criscuolo; and Jonathan Coppersmith and Laurie McCallum. After a day of mostly motoring on the

During the sailing season CBPSA holds monthly events. These consist of multiple raftups throughout the middle Chesapeake Bay and other social gatherings. We always welcome new club members to share sailing experiences, rendezvous, and stories. Learn more at CBPSA.org

your club’s notes at spinsheet.com/clubs

By Mary Ann Gordon

Sailing Club, Inc. was started by a few AT&T company ski club members. Winding down the ski season in March of 1983, they were gathered in a friendly pub, and someone inquired about plans for the spring. More than one said they planned to sail.

ideas formed in taverns always seem superior, of course. But this one resulted in a cooperative group forming to sail, but with an emphasis on everyone enjoying the experience, with an attempt to balance sail time with land time. The group of intrepid sailors, some with chartered boats and a few privately owned boats, planned and implemented two trips that first season on the Chesapeake Bay. Skippers and crew supported one another with advice and assistance. A helpful tow was always appreciated if you couldn’t get out of shallow water by yourself! The

trips turned out to be more fun than sailing solo because there was always someone among the four or five boats that wanted to go ashore or explore an island, even if your entire crew wanted to stay aboard. Happy crew, happy boat!

In 1984, there were five trips and more people. The AT&T corporate breakup happened in January 1984. The now formally named sailing club opened membership to the general public. That required more structure, such as a membership fee and insurance to protect the club and its members. Incorporated in 1994, the club initiated a skipper qualification process that requires, in addition to sailing and safety skills, the ability to counsel new members calmly and to encourage rather than disci pline. A formal training program was soon implemented for both skippers and first mates with an emphasis on mentoring

Now, 38 years later, the club is still strong and welcoming new members. New members are the future, but we celebrate our older members and repeat funny stories often. Sharing space on a sailboat makes good friends or removes all doubt that this is for you. Those of us who come back year after year, to share the work and the fun, know deep down this is what we love. Learn more at thesailingclub.org

Annapolis Sailboat Show, booth

Annapolis Sailboat

booth

# Ingrid and Walt, sailing in St. Martin.

Busy Season and a Gathering at Sailboat Show in Annapolis

late summer

early

Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club (CBTSC) members have experi enced plenty of hot weather, great events, and a visit from Hurricane Ian. It’s the kind of mix that

stories and comradery.

summer heatwave made for a Land Cruise event to the Carpac cio Tuscan Kitchen in Annapolis. We welcomed members Stan and Rosemary Marcus (T-37), Drew and Margaret Davis (T-3700), and longtime member Julie Blackburn.

The next gathering was our an nual Crab Feast. This year hosted by the Harboms at Stan & Joe’s Crab House on the West River. The weather was beautiful, but yikes… the crabs were $100 a dozen! They were very good, the beer was cold, and a sur prise raffle made for a fun afternoon.

Hurricane Ian—what a disaster for our snowbird members who winter on the west coast of Florida. We send thoughts and prayers for their homes and boats. Meanwhile, the Bay seemed

the west and hover over much of the Bay from Baltimore to Portsmouth. One Tartan 3700 was locked down in Tidewater Marina for seven days of eating, drinking, and sleeping!

This article was written before the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, but members are looking forward to a businessas-usual show including a Tartan lunch at the Fleet Reserve Club on October 14, followed by an evening gathering hosted by Crusader Yachts.

# CBTSC members at Carpaccio Tuscan Kitchen in Annapolis.

as if it would be spared a direct hit and Ian would go down as a near miss, but its skate-like shape decided to swirl to

Photo by David Sites

As the season winds down, we will have an Oyster Fest in St. Michaels, MD, and our an nual business meeting at Carrol’s Creek Restaurant in Annapolis.

CBTSC members will have had a boat load of social time before the dreaded haul-out season. Learn more at cbtsc.org.

Tartan 34 Classic Association Fall Rendezvous

Members from multiple regions of the Tartan 34 Classic Association (T34CA) gathered on September 1718 for a fine late summer weekend, in Solomons Island, MD, for the group’s annual Fall Rendezvous.

Four local boats, with home slips ranging from the Magothy River to Norfolk, were joined by long-range cruiser and ex-commodore Richard Larivière from the Lake Champlain region. Richard is singlehanding his boat down the coast to Martinique for the winter and was able to coordinate his schedule to join the rendezvous this year.

As in prior years, the 2022 event was held at Spring Cove Marina in Back Creek. The informal schedule included a pool social, boat tours, a

“business meeting,” and group dinner at the Ruddy Duck Restaurant.

The T34CA was founded in 2003 to promote this venerable design and provide support for current and future owners who have been racing

and cruising these boats at the highest levels of performance for 55 years. For those interested in more information, visit tca34.clubexpress. com for archival information and Facebook for communication.

The Corinthians Chesapeake Bay Fleet Fall Cruise

By Susan Theuns

The Corinthians Chesapeake Bay Fleet finished up the fall season with some on-water and some onland activities.

The annual Fall Cruise had a few great days, and then Ian arrived with lots of wind and rain. This did not stop the 57 people who had signed up to participate; activities just moved from water to land. Although only one boat made it to Wall Cove off the

Bodkin, more than 50 people arrived by car in shifts to taste the menu at Sam & Mag gie’s Restaurant. We are always looking for new places to try where boats and cars can access, and this one did not disap point. The closing dinner was held at the Gibson Island Club boathouse, which was a wonderful event to celebrate surviving Ian and getting back to a semblance of normal sailing season post-pandemic peak. Ed and

Tina Burke aboard Merlin were the only ones to make it to the Gibson Island dock, proving that they were true all-weather sailors.

Unfortunately, all four races scheduled for the cruise were cancelled, so we will try to get one in later this month for the “Fall Out Before the Haul Out.” This final afloat event of the year has become a tradition and excuse to get just one more raftup in before everyone pulls their boat for the season. As of this writing, a date has not been chosen, so be sure to check the online calendar and your inbox for details.

Registration should be opening soon for our annual holiday luncheon. It promises to be a festive time at the Naval Academy Club on Sunday, December 11. Cocktails start at noon followed by a formal lun cheon. This will be the last event for 2022, but committees are already working on 2023.

For information about our organiza tion, please check thecorinthians.org for a membership brochure and additional information.

# CB Fleet members and guests prepare for a potluck at Conquest Beach during the Fall Cruise.

Weekend in Baltimore for Jeanneau Owners

By Nancie Merritt and Myra Frick

August found several members of the Jeanneau Sailboat Owners of the Chesapeake Bay (JSO) at a weekend event at Anchorage Marina in Baltimore, August 20 through 21. There were at least seven boats in attendance with over 20 guests joining the festivities. It was hosted by members Mary (MJ) Church and Jeff Porter. Wayne, the dockmaster at Anchorage Marina, did an excellent job of securing the vessels, and he also made sure that the JSO boats were all together in one dock area. This, of course, assured easy socializing and camaraderie among attendees. In addition, accommodations and amenities were relaxing.

The weekend activities began with a short walk to Chesapeake Wine Company for a tasting of wines from around the world. These wines were chosen by MJ based on recommendations by the owners. Specialty cheeses, fruits, and other accompaniments enhanced the tasting experience. Later, MJ and Jeff also organized a splendid cookout at the Anchorage pavilion with music performed by local group Sound Storm. Dancing and fun went late into the evening, followed by an after party on D Dock. Sunday morning brought a pleasant walk

in Baltimore to Cowboy Row for brunch, with optional mimosas and bloody Marys.

It was most unfortunate that the September event had to be canceled, but members look forward to the wrap up of the season at the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October.

JSO is a loosely formed group of Jeanneau sailboat owners who enjoy sailing and socializing together. See our website at groups.io/g/JSOChesapeakeBay.

Sailing the Islands North of Sicily

Singles on Sailboats (SOS) sailed the beautiful Aeolian Islands, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a week in September traveling among the islands with other long-time members.  The islands are valued for the knowledge they provide on the nature of volcanos. With spectacular scenery, deep ports, and active volcanos members enjoyed the challenge of adapting to a different environment. A highlight of the trip was sitting in the cockpit after dark watching the volcano on Stromboli erupt approximately every 20 minutes.

Since its founding in 1978, SOS has been sailing the Chesapeake Bay and inviting other singles, sailors, and sailboat owners to join the club. SOS is a nonprofit organization for single adults who want to sail and socialize with others who enjoy sailing.

In addition to sailing on the Chesapeake Bay for 20 years, SOS has sponsored twice-annual bareboat trips to exotic locations around the world. Previous locations have included Turkey, Greece, Sweden, and Croatia along with many locations in the Caribbean. The club’s next destination is the Sea of Cortez in January.

For information on joining us, visit singlesonsailboats.org

# On the island of Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands located north of Sicily, newcomers to Singles on Sailboats (“SOS”) Paul Anderson, Michelle Watters, Kimberly Earley, and Ellen Martz enjoy catching up sailing news from back home via SpinSheet.

Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay Cruising the Bay

This season Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay (CB2) members have completed two more memorable extended cruising trips.

Every year the club plans what members affectionately call ‘BOLD’ cruises, which is short for Beneteau Owners Living the Dream. Earlier

this year the club traveled north to Block Island, Newport, and a memorable cruise by New York City on the way home.

During the latest BOLD adventure in July, the club visited spots on the Southern Bay. Eight sailboats enjoyed port calls in Herrington Harbor, Solomons, Crisfield, Oxford, and a peaceful anchorage in San Domingo Creek. While in Crisfield, the group took the ferry to Smith Island for a visit, and of course to enjoy renowned Smith Island cake! The boats that call home north of the Bay Bridge gathered in Annapolis for one last evening together be fore sailing to their home ports.

CB2 has more events for the 2022 season but has already enjoyed many adventures afloat and wonderful gatherings ashore. If you are a Beneteau or Lagoon owner, and you would like to join a great sailing club, please visit cb2.org and be a part of our future adventures!

# CB2 members on Smith Island.

Pungoteague

On September 10 the Onancock Sailing Squadron, a cruising club, held a Small Boat Regatta on Pungoteague Creek off the Virginia Eastern Shore. The rules were simple: any small boat and no handicap. Commodore Terri Hutchinson-Miles was race committee chairperson, and her downwind start was safely navigated. The laser won. All gathered for the party ashore after the race (photo on page 62).

# Small Boat Regatta on Pungoteague Creek

# Mark and Celest Streger were named Members of the Year by the Hunter Sailing Association Station-1.

# Labor Day weekend, Back Creek Yacht Club members cruised to Lankford Bay Marina on the Chester River.

# America’s Boating Club-Wilmington members gathered for fun at a pizza parlor. The membership is currently conducting a photo contest of the season’s activities.

# Members of Onancock Sailing Association gathered after the Small Boat Regatta on Pungoteague Creek.

# Jeanneau Sailboat Owners (JSO) boats docked at Anchorage Marina.

Great Competition at the J/30 North American Championship

By Bruce Irvin

Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) hosted the J/30 class 40th North American Championship Sep tember 23-25 in Annapolis. The event featured great competition throughout the 15 teams and included multiple previous North American Champion ship winners.

The J/30s were built from 1979 to 1986 and are found across the United States with the largest fleet hailing from Annapolis. J/30s are incredibly well built and have an enduring following of

one-design racers who enjoy the boat’s uniquely balanced fractional rig and high-performance characteristics. It was a special honor and thrill this year to have Gary Jobson join the event for a very memorable 40th anniver sary awards ceremony.

Race conditions over the three-day event had the full Annapolis offering. The first day (Friday) had a stiff northwesterly breeze between 18 and 25 knots accompanied

by sudden 20-degree shifts in puffs making the downwind legs particularly challenging. On day two, the fleet and race committee waited patiently for a southerly to fill in. The two-hour wait paid off and veteran PRO Sharon Hadsell held two races in a stable fiveto nine-knot breeze with big cur rent. Sunday offered a perfect eight

# Photo by Phil Heldrich

to 12 knots of wind with overcast skies to produce the final two races of a great seven-race series.

The higher and shifting winds on Friday pushed crews to their limits. Race three saw several teams round up under spinnaker with many bythe-lee saves and one statistically impossible collision. After the first downwind leg, (my team on) Sham rock rounded the right-hand gate tied

for first with Bob Rutsch’s Bebop who took the left side gate. In an extremely rare situation, and after executing an (almost) flawless dowse/gybe round ing, we came up cleanly on starboard tack, but with a fully baked jib-sheet override.

The locked override led to cutting the sheet and an off-balance tack to port. With an immediate and close duck required with Russ Atkinson’s

Wildcat, a large and ill-timed puff sealed an improbable round-up colli sion with Wildcat crossing on star board. Fortunately, no crew members were hurt.

Wildcat sustained significant dam age to the cabin top necessitating both boats to retire from the race. Competi tive racing offers many highs and lows, and the ride back in was a gutwrenching nadir for both teams.

# Bruce Irvin’s Shamrock team.

# Russ Atkinson (left) and his winning Wildcat team, with Gary Jobson in the back. Photo by Dave Erwin

We Want You on our Crew!

Top Five Results

J/30 (One Design 15 Boats)

1. Wildcat, Russ Atkinson

2. Bebop, Bob Rutsch & Mike Costello

3. Shamrock, Bruce Irvin

4. Rag Doll, Rob Lundahl

5. Cannonball 2.0, Doug Wallop

In a remarkable show of resiliency and with the speed of a NASCAR pit crew, Russ’s team (from Michi gan) set about making the needed repairs back at the dock. (Did I mention the J/30 is well built?). With great ingenuity, beer, a dozen bolts, two-by-fours, plywood, and a car jack, Wildcat was sorted and back on the starting line Saturday morning. Earning a third and second on Satur day and a pair of bullets on Sunday, Russ and his crew secured a deci sive win for their third J/30 North American Championship. Finishing on a high. Well done.

Editor’s note: race chair Heidi Frist also commented: “The Valhalla Sail ing Project revived the J/30 iSmile to sail as Valhalla Sailing Project and had an all-veteran team compete, which also included the young est crew person in the regatta: an 11-year-old named John Storer!”

# Photo by Phil Heldrich

# Steven Toole’s J/120 Hot Pepper team.

A Light Breeze for AYC Fall Solomons Race

It would be an understatement to say that the 2021 Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) Fall Solomons Race was underwhelming in the breeze department, so this year they had nowhere to go but up! With the help of co-hosts at Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA), those who completed the September 24 race were welcomed at SMSA’s clubhouse for the post-race social and trophy presentation.

With the breeze dropping out in the greater Annapolis Harbor area, all racecourses including AYC, Eastport Yacht Club, and Navy postponed until sailable breeze filled close to noon. Competitors plowed on as the breeze dropped and made the best of the situation which included an adverse current. A number of boats made the decision to drop out during the race and head home whether back in the Annap olis area or powering through back to southern Maryland.

At 3:30 p.m., the race committee led by PRO Bobby Frey posted a shortened course notice to competitors mov ing the finish line to G”77,” the final mark of the course to be honored in the original Sailing Instructions.

In the long run, 39 of the original 51 starters completed the race. The first to finish was the Block Island 40 Alaris skippered by Nick Iliff at 17:36:16 with an elapsed time of 08:06:16. The last boat crossed at 20:28:27 wrapping up the 2022 edition of the race. Thanks to AYC members Susan Meredith and Paige Bauman who drove to Solomons in the morning to hop aboard the finish boat with Joe and Randy, the team from SMSA and head out to the original finish line before moving to the mark of the shortened course.

PRO Bobby Frey hopped off the starting signal boat when it hit the dock at noon and headed down to Solomons to manage finishes and competitor updates ashore before kicking off the awards ceremony at SMSA’s Clubhouse once competitors had docked and headed to the party.

Top Three Results

J/105 (7 Boats)

1. Dreadnought, 2/C Pat Fisher

2. Chessie, John Kircher

3. Rakali, Mark and Robin Witte

ORC 1 (8 Boats)

1. One Trick Pony, David and Jacki Meiser

2. Ma’m’selle, Ed and Cindy Hartman

3. ZUUL, Benedict Capuco

ORC 2 (7 Boats)

1. Cookie Monster, Stephen Hale

2. Chaotic Flux, James Chen

3. Legacy, Nick Carter

ORC 3 (9 Boats)

1. Actaea, Michael M Cone

2. Country Squire, John and Kevin White

3. Skoot, Dan Lewis

ORC Cruiser - Spin (4 Boats)

1. Dauntless, James Keen

2. Miles To Go, Erik Halverson

ORC Double Handed (4 Boats)

1. Abientot, Roger Lant

2. Jane Says, Robert Dunigan, Jr.

PHRF A (7 Boats)

1. Victorine, David Conlon

2. Cheetah, Marc Briere

3. Blur, Trevor Carouge

PHRF B/C (6 Boats)

1. Alaris, Nick Iliff

2. Resolute, David Adams

3. Cordelia, Nicklaus Simpson

Multihull (5 Boats)

1. Temple of the Wind, Doug Dykman

2. Wild Card, Tim Layne

3. Triple Threat, Timothy Lyons

# Photo by Steven Toole

A

Tradition Is Born

Seafarers Regatta!

The Seafarers Yacht Club (SYC) and Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) teamed up to make the first an nual Seafarers Regatta, September 24, a resounding success on and off the wa ter. Thirty competing boats met at the start line for four different starts on a sunny, light-air Saturday off Annapolis.

Mary Ewenson, SpinSheet’s pub lisher who sponsored the event (among other sponsors), placed first on her Viper 640 Evil Hiss in the Spinnaker 1 class.

Ewenson says, “We were super excited for this new event. Not only are the Seafarers YC members our Eastport neighbors, but we’ve also al ways admired their youth programs and are thrilled to support them through this regatta. We had a great time on the water, and WOW, what a party! Thank you to SYC for hosting this fun race and party. We can’t wait until next year’s edition.”

“We were happy to be a part of the first annual Seafarers Regatta,” says Michael Jewell, skipper of the O’day 40 Five O’Clock, whose team placed second in the nine-boat Non-Spinnaker 1 fleet, with Augustus Hill’s NSurgery in first.

“The race conditions were light and challenging,” says Jewell. “The race

committee got us started right away and chose a short course, so most boats were able to finish. Nice to see some first-time racers as well as Sea Scouts on the water. Placing second in our fleet was a pleasant surprise. The Caribbean-themed after party was refreshing with steel drums, gracious hosts, and yummy food. We look forward to next year’s event.”

“The excitement level for me was the support level we received from the community and EYC,” said regatta chair and Seafarers YC board mem ber, Dale Clark, who sailed with his daughter Hannah (13) and Ridgely McKenzie.

“I can’t thank Mary and the team at SpinSheet enough. You helped us so much with the artwork and every thing. It was a great help. Between SpinSheet and EYC, you knocked it out of the park for us... The sailors all surprised me by supporting the race. It was a lot of fun!”

Proceeds from this event will go to the Seafarers Foundation, Inc, a 501(c)(3) that supports underserved communities in Maryland, especially through its youth and senior activities.

Learn more about the club at seafarersyc.com.

# Seafarers YC Commodore Benny McCottry. Photos courtesy of Dale Clark

# Warren and Tracey Richter on Committed topped Spinnaker 2.

# Since

Seafarers YC

traditionally

powerboat club

sailing club,

# Mary Ewenson proved victorious on Evil Hiss.

Regatta

Ridgely

# Piper King (age 15) painted this image for the Seafarers Regatta poster. Piper is the daughter of Brooke, SpinSheet’s customer service manager.

Dennis Hannick in Goin’ Wins the Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta

Delayed two weeks by Hurricane Ian, but undeterred, 53 of the original 94 registered boats showed up to race on the Rappahannock River above the Norris Bridge off Irving ton, VA, and to socialize over drinks and meals October 14 to 16.

The weather was perfect with tem peratures in the mid 70s and sunny skies all weekend. Saturday, when boats raced in divisions based upon their PHRF rat ings, the winds were a little light at the start, postponing it for 20 minutes until the wind filled in at five to eight knots from the south and increased over the course of the race to 15 knots, gusting up to 20.

On Sunday, for the traditional pursuit race, where boats started based on their handicaps, slowest boats first, the wind started out light and fluky at three to five knots, as expected, and continued to shift and lighten during the first two legs of the 4.5-nautical-mile course. Finally, with most of the fleet drifting near the third mark on the south side of the Rappahannock, the wind filled in from the southeast at five to eight knots and drove the entire fleet to the finish line in a parade of sail, often in bunches of three to five boats. This made identifying the order of finish a challenge for the race committee according to Tom Linville of Rappahannock River Yacht Club (RRYC), who was tasked with calling boats as they finished.

The Overall Winner of the Virginia Spirit Trophy was Goin’, a Tripp 26,

owned and sailed by Dennis Hannick out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC). Compliments of the Tides Inn, Dennis also received a prize of a free room and slip for the 2023 regatta. He will receive a plaque engraved with an image of their boat compliments of AGA Correa and Sons. Dennis joins a unique group of participants who have won the regatta three times!

Other overall winners:

Second Place Overall was Trilogy, an Irwin 38, skippered by Wayland Rennie (FBYC), at 94 the most senior sailor in the regatta. Wayland is also a three-time winner of the regatta. Trilogy also won Division 3, the Corinthian award, and accepted the McConnico award for most entries from a yacht club: FBYC.

Third Place Overall was won by Dian thus, a CS36m, skippered by David Tabor of FBYC. When asked at the awards ceremony how his start was in the pursuit race, David said, “awful.” But he made up for it around the course when the wind filled in.

The Corinthian Award awarded for the best performing cruising boat, spon sored by Ed Tillett, editorial director of Waterway Guide Media, was also won by Trilogy.

The Most Beautiful Boat Award voted by observers on the race committee, was Burke Johnson’s Rights of Man, a 35-foot Kenner Skipjack, who will also receive a plaque engraved with an image of his boat compliments of AGA Correa and Sons.

Other notable finishes:

Division 1: First, Raven, Gary Hooper; second Rhapsody, Jim Raper and third, Ceilidh, Guy Blundon.

Division 2: First, Dianthus, David Tabor; second, Ceil, Ben Ackerly; third, Lizzies’ Teau, Meade Shore.

Division 3: First, Trilogy, Wayland Ren nie, second Catitude, Lew Thatcher; third Aurora, Doug Miller.

Division 4: First, Goin’, Dennis Hannick; second, Freedom, Glenn Solt; third L’eaudanse, Tim Scheid.

Division 5: First, Elixir, Joran Gendell; second Eroica, Randy Alderks; third White Hawk, Rob Brodsky.

Division 6: First, Joie de Vie, Russ Seltzer; second, Talelayo, Krister Allen; third Free style, Warren Ryan.

Division 7: First, Last Boat III, Frank Murphy; second, Thistledowne, Bill Mc Clure; third, Scuba Kat, Mike Chesser.

Division 8: First, Life of Riley, Eddy Whichard; second, Cbrese, Dawn Cal abrese; third, Rose, Joe Hotard.

Division 9: First, Rights of Man, Burke Johnson; second Ricochet, Richard Wil liams and family; third First Light, Chuck and Kathy Hall.

Division 10 (Typhoon fleet): First, Mad Cow, John Congdon and Mike Miller (in their cow suits!); second, Goldfinch, Ian Ormesher/Judy Fay; third, Lady Bug, Bob Damon and Chris Volk.

Best Wooden Boat, the Wobbly Compass Award was earned again by Ricochet.

And the John and Carole Jean McCon nico Award, for the yacht club or marina with the most entries, went to FBYC, and Wayland Rennie accepted on the club’s behalf.

The racers were treated with a cocktail party on Friday evening with music by DJ Ed Jennings, breakfast both mornings, dinner on Saturday, and hot dogs and beer during the awards ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

At the awards ceremony Principal Race Officer Tom Chapman (along with Jerry Latell) and the racers thanked the many race committee members who help make this event work: Karl and Nancy Hamm who provide the Signal Boat, Karibe Kat, Tom Linville, Lynn Richardson, Allie Fisher, Jane Radford, George Kuper, Linda Caron, Arabella Denvir, and Betsy and Peter Larabee, as well as Shaun Thaxter who leads the water taxi service as well as Kimberly Vail who leads the registration process.

And this regatta and campaign would not be the success it was without the generous donation of time, talent, services, money, gifts, and awards of all the volun teers, participants, sailors, and donors.

John and Carole Jean McConnico, the regatta founders, wish to thank everyone on the 2022 HTSR Committee and the support team members who helped make this regatta and campaign such a success.

According to co-event chairs George Bott and Tom Chapman, the regatta is a joint organizing effort of the Rappahan nock River Yacht Club, the Yankee Point Racing and Cruising Club, Bruce Sand ers’s Rappahannock Yachts, the Town of Irvington and Lancaster County, VA, community and Riverside and Northern Neck, VA, Hospice Services. This regatta is the high point of this annual fundraising campaign to benefit Hospice services and was a big success. Called a Turkey Shoot at its inception as it was held the day after Thanksgiving, it was moved to early Oc tober to attract more racers due to warmer weather and separation from a major holi day. Learn more at turkeyshoot.org

# The crew of Goin’ (minus skipper Dennis Hannick, whowas delivering his boat home) accepting the VirginiaSpirit Award for first place from John McConnico.

# Rights of Main, voted the most beautiful boat.

# Goin’ finishing first.

Baltimore Harbor Cup

A Tale of Two Lighthouses

Fall racing can be some of the best of the year here on the Chesapeake Bay, and a consistent favorite is Baltimore City Yacht As sociation’s (BCYA) Harbor Cup, which took place October 15. Sunny skies, free from summer’s humidity, and a steady 15-knot breeze made for a great day to be on the water.

Conditions were favorable not only for sailors but also for BCYA’s race committee (RC). With the wind coming from the south, it was the perfect op portunity to set Baltimore Light as the first upwind mark from the starting line. Boats rounded the mark in spectacular fashion, before sailing north to round another historic lighthouse, Craighill Light. Boats sailed on to honor three ad ditional marks to make their way up the Patapsco River to the finish at Anchor age Marina in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

More than 50 boats came out to com pete in 10 classes on this beautiful fall day, including a continued strong show ing from the Chesapeake Racer Cruiser

By Adam Podbielski

Association. Midway through the starts, RC made the call to fly the AP flag and postpone subsequent races in order to ensure a passing commercial ship would not have to worry about racers vying for a starting position. As racing resumed, things got exciting at the A fleet start. A generous starting line, measuring half a nautical mile, proved to be too short for the spirited fleet. Of the 21 boats fighting for a spot, four ended up with penalties for being over early as they crowded the “boat end” of the line.

With the healthy breeze continuing to build throughout the day, sailors made easy work of the 22.6-nauticalmile course. A few gusty breezes at the finish line made for excited spectators as many boats roared in under full spinnaker. Anchorage Marina has arguably the

best party dock in the harbor, and spirits were high as sailors enjoyed delicious BBQ selections from Annapolis Smoke house and a bar filled to the brim with Dark ‘n Stormys.

As summer memories begin to fade, the Baltimore Harbor Cup is a great reminder that fall is a wonderful time to enjoy some of the best sailing in the Bay, and we hope you’ll join us next year!

Learn more at bcya.com

# Steve Young’s Patriot VII team.

# Josh Colwell’s OrgaZmatron

by Will Keyworth

Mark Lister’s

A Test of Versatility at the AYC 3-2-1 Invitational

For the second time in three years, New York Yacht Club (NYYC) took home the win September 25 at the 2022 Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) 3-2-1 Invitational. Combin ing 3v3 team racing, 2v2 team racing, and 1v1 match racing, the AYC 3-2-1 regatta tests the versatility of sailors to change roles on the boat and strategies among three disciplines. NYYC show cased their boat speed, tactical prowess, and adaptability throughout the weekend against the seven other teams.

With 18 wins and three losses, the winning team was comprised of team captain Josh Dochoda, Pearson Potts, Gwynie Dunlevy, Macy McCann, Luke Adams, and Chase Quinn. San Francisco Yacht Club was second with 16 wins and 4 losses while San Diego Yacht Club was third with 12 wins and 8 losses.

“The food, the hospitality, and the sailing are incredible,” said Pearson Potts from the winning NYYC team. “We can’t say enough good things about this event.”

This regatta is different from any other event because each team races in different boats throughout the event in different types of racing formats. The eight teams of six sailors doublehand J/22s for the 3v3 team races. They go three-up in J/22s for the 2v2, and for match racing, all six sailors are on J/105s, which were generously donated by two AYC members for this event.

“This was my first 3-2-1 running races. It is an amazing compilation of volunteers and race committee,” says Ted Kaczmar ski, who ran the committee on the team racecourse this week while Sandy Grosve nor led the races on the match racecourse. “It is a pretty impressive environment.”

One of the co-chairs of the event, Cole Allsopp, along with John Howell, both Annapolis locals and AYC members, masterminded this event years ago.

Bell Carty, the second co-chair said, “It has been amazing seeing this idea and dream come to fruition. It takes a great idea, a ton of planning, sponsors, and fabulous volunteers to pull off an event like this. We are thrilled to have hosted another great 3-2-1.”

“You’ve put on a top-tier event. I’ve been coming to this event since you started and every year you raise the bar,” said Potts during the awards ceremony. “World-class umpires; I’ve seen these judges at some top-tier events and to bring them here for the 3-2-1 is awe some.”

Jeff Borland led the team of umpires from around the nation, with one even traveling from Sweden to judge this event.

The Annapolis Yacht Club 3-2-1 Invi tational was sponsored this year by Hart man Attorneys at Law, Patron Tequila, Dry Creek Vineyard, Forward Brewing, Merrill Lynch, and Allsopp Marine. The 2023 event is scheduled for September 22-24 of next year.

Harry Young Cup

North Point Sailing Association (NPSA) held the Harry Young Cup on Saturday September 17. This year was the 30th anniversary of the race, attracting old members and sail ors from all over the Northern Bay who return for the event and crab feast.

The race is held in honor of Harry Young, a boat builder and veteran who opened the boatyard in 1945. Young’s Boatyard and Marina is now owned by Ant and Sue Steward, who are world class sailors. They keep the spirit of sailing and racing going at Young’s, as they continue to support NPSA.

It was a slow start to this non-spin, pursuit race with a fleet of 18 boats. However, as they rounded the first mark the wind began to build, giving the fleet more legs and off, they went. The 4.6-mile course went by quickly as the Frers 38 Legacy, skippered by Mark Taylor, took the lead and slowly moved ahead of the fleet. Ant Steward on the S2 9.1 Heart breaker and Paul Susie on the Schock 35 Aftershock gave chase. After the last rounding it was Legacy and Heartbreaker duking it out for first, as the Schock dropped behind. Just a few yards from the finish, Legacy pulled away and took the horn. What an exciting race!

The race was followed by NPSA’s Crab Feast. We had between 70 and 80 people for this event and the crabs were large, lo cal, and delicious! The feast was followed by awards and music into the evening. We now look forward to the 31st running of the Harry Young Cup in 2023!

# AYC 3-2-1 photo by Will Keyworth

# Jose and Crissy Fuentes.

Sailors earn one point per series (not race) toward their total for the SpinSheet Racing Team. Find details at spinsheet.com/racing-team

Caramba for the Win in New England

Annapolis sailor Jose Fuentes placed first on Caramba in the Etchells New Eng land Championship at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, October 7-9. With Marc Gauthier, Tony Rey, and Wilson Stout rounding out his team, Fuentes topped the 19-boat fleet by posting three bullets and two second-place finishes in the eight-race re gatta. John Sommi on Veracity and Chris Lanza on Vertigo 2 placed second and third respec tively. Find full results on yachtscoring.com

# Jose Fuentes on Caramba racing in Annapolis last summer. Photo by SpinSheet

Submit Your SpinSheet Racing Team Score by December 12 Who Will Make the 2022 Team?

SpinSheet Racing Team, powered by Team One Newport, invites all racing sailors to enter our challenge and get credit for competing in a large number of regattas in a wide variety of for mats, regardless of their finishes. Our points system works as follows:

(fall, weeknight, frostbite) - 5 points per series, not race.

5 points

regatta

points

class

points

more

2 points

- 2 points

a sailing charity - 1 point

racking up 25 points or more make the team. Members of our team will receive a long-sleeved high-tech shirt from Team One Newport. To qualify, log your points by December 12 at spinsheet.com/ spinsheet-racing-team. Team members will be announced in our January issue and invited to a February celebration along with SpinSheet Century Club members for awards, beer, and cake.

What Has CBYRA Been Up to in 2022?

By Jon Anthony

When looking back over the last year at racing and at the results of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBY RA), much has happened. CBYRA has 13 mission statements centered around three primary concepts. These concepts guide us to promote and market sailboat racing, educate new and existing racers, and be a grant-making nonprofit. This is all to support our organizing authorities who sponsor events and to help those individuals and teams who wish to com pete in major events outside of our geographic region in the USA and internationally. To that end, here are events and racers that we have helped in 2022:

Promote and Market Our Sport

• Media grant to video report on Thursday Night Racing for J/22, J/24, J/70, J/80, and Lightnings.

• Media grant for the 2022 Star North Americans.

• Media for the 2022 Snipe Women’s Nationals.

• Internally we have helped to promote numerous regatta organizers’ events to our 700 members and 4300 subscribers via Constant Contact and SpinSheet.

Educate New and Existing Racers:

• Numerous webinars on racing-related topics from boat preparation to advanced weather, team building, and strategy and tactics. We have easily reached several thousand racers in 2022.

• ILCA Racers’ Clinic at Severn Sailing Association.

• Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Sail GP Junior Foiling Clinic.

• Junior Rules Webinar with Dave Perry for Yacht Clubs and Sailing Associations for 200 plus junior and high school racers. Many had group watch sessions.

• Provided training for 27 new US Sailing trained Club Race Officers. A special thanks to Maryland Yacht Club, Severn Sailing Association, and US Sailing for hosting and leading these training sessions for the entire region.

Grant making—we provided grants to organiz ing authorities and individuals including:

ILCA Racers’ Clinic SSA for 49 racers CBYRA Fund for Chesapeake Sailors:

• 2022 Thayer Women’s Team Racing Marblehead, MA

• 2022 Snipe Junior World’s grant to Trevor Davis and Rees Tindall to compete in Portugal

• 2022 ILCA World’s grant to Leo Boucher to compete in Mexico

• CBYRA Regatta Support Financial Grants:

• Glenmar Sailing Association’s Northern Bay Regatta.

• The Southern Maryland Sailing Association Screwpile Regatta.

• J/105 Women’s Regatta.

• J/24 North Americans and J/22 East Coast Championships.

• 2022 Snipe Women’s Nationals.

We are pleased to be able to help our fellow racers and hope you take the time to follow us at cbyra. org. Please join CBYRA, donate to support these efforts, and lend a hand to grow the sport. Contact CBYRA president, Jon Anthony, at president@cbyra.org.

# Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Sail GP Junior Foiling Clinic. Photo courtesy of Duffy Danish

# Photo Courtesy of Trevor Davis and Rees Tindall

Small Boat Scene

Building Success from the Ground Up

By Kim Couranz

In so many ways, sailing, especially dinghy racing, isn’t like any other sport. But in a handful of aspects, it has a lot in common with other sports. It’s important to build success from the ground up—or really, in our case, the cabin sole up—by developing and prac ticing effective, repeatable footwork.

It’s impossible to run the 100-meter hurdles without practicing your strides to ensure you lead over each hurdle with the proper leg. Success at bat for baseball players includes getting your feet set just so at the plate and trans ferring your weight from back foot to front foot at the right time to maximize your power. Football punters carefully measure steps back from the ball they’re going to kick so they can follow the

same steps on the way back to kicking a field goal.

So it is with sailing. How do you get from side to side in a tack? If you try it a different way each time, it’s likely to be a hot mess. Figuring out the best way (for you) to move around the boat—and practicing it so that it becomes committed to muscle memory is a big step toward success. The less you have to actually think about what you’re doing and instead just do it, the better. And smooth boat handling leads to boat speed.

How to get from here to there? To figure out the best way to get from one spot to the next, think about keep ing your feet and body moving in the

right direction while also continuing to effectively do whatever your role on the boat is.

A (fairly) easy example of this is the crew tacking on a doublehanded boat. Boiling it down, you need to move across the boat while also moving the jib from side to side. On most boats, moving from hiked-out position on one tack to hiked-out position on the other tack, you’ll want to remove your aftmost foot from under the hiking strap, take a big step with that foot over the centerboard as your other foot follows, and pivot 180 degrees on that same foot so that you’re once again facing inboard—and then pop out into your hiking position. Your trailing foot may never hit the cabin sole!

Photo by Will Keyworth

But, your individual mileage may vary. On some boats, the jib sheets are led further aft, so in order to release the jib and trim it onto the new side, tacking facing aft may be required. In that case, you’ll need to lead with your fore-most foot—and your pivot will include an instant where you are facing completely aft in the boat.

Think through your choreography to keep things as streamlined as possible, especially on more complex maneuvers. Your initial choreography may not be the

best—experiment until you get things optimal. If you’re doing foredeck sitting on a J/22, heading upwind with your feet outboard, as you head toward the weather mark and prepare to pop up to hoist the spinnaker, you may be used to spinning around on your butt and first putting the foot that’s furthest forward on deck first. By continuing the spin so that you first contact the deck with what was your aft-most foot you might be able to save a step. Here, trial and error that lead to learning are critical.

Throughout all of this, whenever your feet make contact with the cabin sole (or if on a larger one-design boat like a J/22, if you go up on the fore deck), never get back on your heels. Keeping your weight forward, poised for action, will ensure you don’t get caught a half step behind the action.

You’ve heard this before, but practice makes perfect. Yes, it is way more fun to go out on a breezy day and practice reaching so that you get to go super fast, but locking in that footwork will pay last ing dividends. Putting in the legwork (pun intended) will create the muscle memory you need so that in the heat of battle, your maneuvers run smooth ly—so you can simply tack, rather than tacking while you’re thinking about how to tack.

One thing many (most?) sailors are challenged by is that we don’t automatically do our maneuvers symmetrically. I know for me on my ILCA 6, tacking from starboard to port seems to come more smoothly than port to starboard. What I have done is to identify the steps it takes for me to tack successfully from starboard to port. I will go out to practice and as I identify each of those steps, I count them off, giving a happy tack a rhythm, and ensuring each of those steps is clear in my head. I work on replicating that counting process— that rhythm—as I tack from port to starboard. I literally say out loud, “one, two, three, four, five, six” as I practice each of many, many tacks.

Boathandling drills by yourself help you get from this point—slow tacks where you talk yourself through the process—up to speed. Work through five to 10 tacks each way, talking your self through it, at slow speed. It may feel quite odd, but it’s helping connect your mind to your body movements. Then, remove the out-loud talk, and try them as normal-speed tacks.

This isn’t just a one-time adven ture! Add this talking to yourself drill back in whenever you feel you need a refresher. Talk yourself through it, and you’ll talk yourself to success! #

New Business

Jim Dean announces the formation of his new business, Dean Yacht Company. He says, “I have been bringing a higher level of personalized service and management to the brokerage business for the past five years (and service industry for the past 16 years), and I am excited to now open my own business where I can bring my expertise to my clients’ individual needs even more!”

For more information, contact Jim Dean at jim@deanyachtcompany.com or (410) 353-8888.

Accreditation Director

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) has named Sarah Devlin as the new accreditation director to man age and promote the ABYC Founda tion’s expanding Marine Trades Ac creditation Program (MTAP), which launched earlier this year. Devlin will work directly with secondary and postsecondary schools across the country that are educating future marine technicians. “I am eager to get more involved in these initiatives for graduating technicians to receive the guidance necessary to succeed in the marine industry,” Dev lin said. “I look forward to con necting with both schools and industry to ensure students are getting trained to the Standards be hind 90 percent of the boats built in North America.” Devlin, who has been ABYC’s con tent director since early 2021, formerly worked as communications director for The Landing School and Education Di rector for the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference (IBEX). She will continue the work with teachers and school administrators that Margaret Pod lich initiated as the Foundation’s execu tive director. Accreditation is available to all high school and post-secondary school marine service technology programs that deliver consistent and reliable instruc tion on industry-acknowledged topics and techniques. Practices, resources, and instructors must all meet ABYC Founda tion Accreditation Commission stan dards. Visit teachboats.org to learn more.

Legasea Marine

A well-known name in boating throughout the Mid-Atlantic and far beyond has announced their purchase of Dare Marina. Chris Hall Jr. and his wife Jennifer have formed Legasea Marine, a premier yacht sales, service, and marina enterprise. Situated in the historic river community of Yorktown, VA, the Dare Marina property has been serving boaters for over three decades. “We would like to thank the former owners of Dare Ma rina—Cason Barco, Hugh Delauney, and Pat Milmo—for their kind ness and help in making our dreams a reality,” reflects Chris. A lifelong Hampton Roads resident, Chris not only has deep ties to the local boating community, but he also brings well-established relationships with most national and local marine vendors and manufactur ers. Jennifer was raised in Newport News and enjoyed a successful 24-year career working for the Department of the Navy in Information Technology Acquisition and Business Systems. Jennifer is excited to bring her leader ship and proficiency prowess to work collaboratively with her husband, team members, and customers to ensure Le gasea Marine experiences are on time, on budget and, most of all, enjoyable. Long-standing customers and transient boaters who have made Dare Marina one of their favorite stops will enjoy seeing familiar faces on the crew while benefitting from new management and ownership. legaseamarine.com

Expansion

Switlik Survival Products announces that they have officially broken ground on what will be an expansion to their manufacturing facili ties. The expansion consists of the addition of a new 20,000 square foot building on their 1325 East State St. property in Trenton. This project is testament to the growth the compa ny has been experiencing over the years as well as a commitment to keeping their business local. Switlik has proudly manufactured out of Trenton since 1920 and has been employ ing both Trenton and Hamilton residents for over 100 years. This new addition is providing them the much-needed space to expand their product offerings and bring on new innovative ideas. “We’re thrilled to get moving on this project which will ultimately provide the resi dents of Trenton and Hamilton with new job opportunities and help those employed contin ue succeeding. For 102 years Switlik has been saving lives worldwide, providing jobs locally,” says Stanley Switlik II, CEO. What does this mean for customers? The new manufacturing warehouse will enhance Switlik’s capacity in expanding its current product lines as well as giving headway to the creation of new features and enhancements. “The expansion is pivotal for us,” says Sarah Switlik, COO. “It allows us a lot of opportunity as we look towards the next generation at Switlik.” switlik.com

New Floating Docks

Safe Harbor Great Oak Landing Marina in Chestertown, MD, has begun the instal lation of new state-of-the-art floating docks. The new docks will replace two fixed docks adjacent to the popular Jellyfish Joel’s Beach Bar and will feature 104 floating slips that can accommodate yachts up to 60 feet in length. The marina’s new floating slips will also be able to accommodate wide multihulls. Safe Harbor Great Oak Landing has become a popular home port and service marina for large multi hulls as a result of its wide, 75-ton Travelift, able to haul and launch vessels with beams up to 31 feet. Safe Harbor Great Oak Landing is a full-service marina with ABYC-certified technicians, 350 slips, fuel and pump-out services, The Landing Restaurant, 30-room inn with pool deck, fitness center, nine-hole executive golf course, and other amenities, and is a part of Safe Harbor Marinas, the largest network of marinas with over 130 locations nationwide. shmarinas.com/locations/safeharbor-great-oak-landing

kaylie@spinsheet.com

To advertise in the Brokerage and Classified sections, contact beatrice@spinsheet.com

S&J Yachts, Brokers for Fine Yachts With 10 locations from Maine to Florida, S&J Yachts is one of the largest full-service yacht brokerages on the East Coast. Our extensive reach & marketing helps find top buyers quickly. S&J Yachts has established an outstanding reputation for integrity and service! Our experienced team of brokers is committed to serving both buyers and sellers, ensuring fair practices and complete satisfaction with every deal. Whether sail or power, we’ll help you find the perfect fit! 410.639.2777 info@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

Deanna Sansbury developed her love of the water when she and her husband lived aboard their 40’ catamaran, eventually taking a sabbatical to cruise the Islands. Upon returning, she began selling sailboats for a large brokerage in Annapolis, winning the Beneteau Top Gun award for most new sailboats sold in North America. By focusing on providing exceptional customer service and listening closely to her clients’ needs, she is a top pick for buyers and sellers looking for outstanding results. Cell: 410.629.9186 Deanna@YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

Jon and Anne Hutchings established YaZu Yachting in Deltaville in 2020. They’ve been Deltaville based ’Dream Merchants’ since 2005. They lived the dream cruising across the Atlantic from South Africa to the Caribbean on their 35’ sailboat. They worked as captain and mate on charter catamarans, before settling on the Southern Chesapeake. They are committed to helping people realize their dreams and establishing relationships that last long after the purchase or sale of a boat. 804.567.0092 anne@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

DINGHIES

Catalina 27 Docked on Back Creek. Outboard version. Roller furling jib, main on boom ready to sail. Make appointment, call Steve (no text please) 443.871.5610 $3,500 OBO

Yacht View Brokerage, LLC announces our new 8% commission, which may include complimentary Annapolis dockage (for yachts above 100K and up to 80’ in length) and 10% co-brokerage listing commission! We will successfully market your yacht from her current East Coast location or arrange delivery to our secure dockage for yachts from 30’-80’ (Power/Sail). Located 20 minutes from BWI airport, our listings are easily inspected and demonstrated to prospective buyers. Targeted print advertising & Yachtworld.com MLS internet exposure with wide angle/high resolution photos and video. 30 yrs proven customer service! Call/text Capt. John Kaiser, Jr. @ 443.223.7864. Email your yacht’s details for a full market appraisal to: john@yachtview.com www.yachtview.com

Classic Whitehall Sailing DinghyChestertown, MD Lightly used 1979 12’ Whitehall Sailing/Rowing Dinghy. Gaff rigged with twin dagger boards. Fiberglass hull, wooden spars, mahogany seats and rub rail. Custom cover, original oars, trailer. $3,500 Call Joe 267.467.3867

SAIL

25’ Newick Trimaran Fast trailerable center cockpit trimaran. Rotating carbon mast, boom, bowsprit. Sleeps three. Vulcan GPS, autopilot, VHF, depth sounder. Boat and trailer in excellent condition, completely refurbished. $32,000 Call Brad 410.991.9030

1978 Bristol 29.9 Well-maintained, nice wood interior with lots of headroom. Lewmar 40ST winches, Yanmar diesel, h/c water, wheel, bimini. Located in Urbanna, VA. Don Pringle 804.776.8400. $18,700

Read boat reviews online at spinsheet.com

2004 Colgate 26 Excellent daysailer. 2018 6Hp Tohatsu, bottom barrier coat/paint 2017, ST70 wind/depth instruments, E80 GPS chartplotter, spinnaker pole. $25,000 Havre de Grace, MD. Text/call Stephen Berkebile 440.454.4818 or stephen2022@sig-research.com

1984 Baba 30 Extensive renovation to this Bluewater cruising sailboat. Located in Cambridge, MD on the hard. Great condition inside and out. Over 12k in canvas work alone, including a FULL Winter cover. New stove, radar, plotter, water heater, and more. New barrier coat on bottom and ready to sail. More details and photos available by calling 410.829.0467 or emailing choptankriver@gmail.com

(Bon Chance) 29’ Paceship Chance ‘74 Lively, actively sailed and well-loved cruiser/racer. Dependable Atomic 4 engine, new exhaust, newly replaced windows, Harken roller furling. In the water and ready to sail! $8,900 Call 443.822.4096 or artholtjr@gmail.com

(Freya)

Annapolis, MD � Kent Island, MD Rock Hall, MD � Deltaville, VA 410.287.8181

Brokerage & Classified

Catalina 30 ‘90 1990 Catalina 30 Tall Rig, Wing Keel. Free slip until spring at current owner’s private dock. Virginia, lower Potomac. New main. Cream color hull. MX25 engine. $19,000 703.963.8611

ANNAPOLIS, MD • KENT ISLAND, MD DELTAVILLE, VA • VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 410.267.8181

www.AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Pearson 30 - Many Upgrades! $12,000 Renovated Atomic 4, wiring, wheel, large bimini, new rigging, roller furler, mainsail, traveler, toilet, batteries, depth finder, cabin carpet, tiller box, Galvanic Isolator, Garmin plotter, Gel coat. Call 410.268.1058 https://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/d/ annapolis-pearson-manyupgrades/7522095451.html

35’ Cheoy Lee Price dropped 33% to $12,900 Make offer. Beautiful lines. Plenty of room. New 44Hp diesel, only 75 hrs. New roller furling. New running rigging. Much hardware re-chromed. Upgraded stainless steel portlights. New & re-varnished hatches (3). Much exterior & interior teak re-varnished. Exterior teak sunbrella covered. New brass/teak enclosed head/ shower. Project boat. Edgewater, MD. Call 443.994.0101 or email ngkoller@gmail.com

1978 Dickerson Sloop 36' NEED NEW OWNER! Current ones craped out on me! Classic design, solid go about anywhere boat. Asking $20,000 Worth a lot more, but needs new adventures! Located North Carolina. Call 540.220.9098

1990 Island Packet 27 Nicely kept. Dockside heat/AC, wind generator, new bottom paint and zincs, newer cushions all around. Located in Annapolis, MD. Give Jeff Nicklason a call at 410.353.7423 to arrange a showing or email jnicklason@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

2014 Lagoon 380 4 cabin, 2 head. Wellmaintained with ample upgrades, including Air Conditioning. Bottom paint in 2021. Dockage for up to one year available as part of this deal. Listed at $290,000 Call Andre de Klerk for details; 443.808.86211 or email adeklerk@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

1999 Beneteau Oceanis 321 Great Bay cruiser! Well maintained, AC upgrade, charging system, fresh running rigging, lifelines, low engine hours, recently serviced sails, 4’3” shoal draft bulb keel. Herring Bay, MD. $58,000 703.402.3427 or adam.cermak@gmail.com www.boattrader.com/boat/1999beneteau-oceanis-321-8481069

36’ Morgan: Cruiser! Racer! Voyager! Exceptional, Performance, History! Meticulously Maintained! Best layout and handling for 2 or more! $60,000 with many accessories and improvements! Annapolis Slip! 410.271.3389 or Rogrbal@gmail.com

2016 Beneteau Oceanis 35 2 cabin, 1 head. Superb condition. More details COMING SOON. Call Matt Weimer for more details; 410.212.2628 or email matt@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

2003 Beneteau 40.7 Legendary racer/ cruiser. This one-owner boat has been well maintained and comes with a cruising and racing inventory. Asking $107,000 Located in Annapolis. Call Matt Weimer for details; 410.212.2628 or email matt@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

(Jangada) 35’ Hunter Legend ‘90 Solar. Wood stove. Cozy interior. Wellmaintained. Freshly painted hull. Ready to sail! $38,700 Located in Pasadena, MD. Call Dave at 240.285.4016 www.jangada.info

2019 Jeanneau 389 Sun Odyssey Owner offered Performance Cruiser. Shoal draft keel, Yanmar 29 diesel, dual helm, twin rudder, radar, AIS, bow thruster, dodger/full bimini, solar, life raft, davits, more. Enroute to Florida. $278,000 Call 410.693.6503 or email 4lerevellc@gmail.com

Sabre 38’ Mark 1 Divorce sale. $10,000 Boat needs work. Sails included. Make this boat your winter project! Call 410.703.5699 or email 21401naptown@gmail.com

2004 Beneteau 373 2 cabin, 1 head. Immaculate! The engine has less than 500 hours and runs like new. The maintenance history has been meticulously documented and original manuals are still on board. Listed at $110,000 If you are looking for a clean, no excuses cruiser for the bay, contact Andre de Klerk for more details; 443.808.86211 or email adeklerk@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

2004 Hunter 41 Aft Cabin 2 cabin, 2 head. “Odyssey” is in very good condition and well cared for. Generator, Air Conditioning, New Spinnaker and more! Asking $139,900 Call Matt Weimer for details; 410.212.2628 or email

boat

2020 Lagoon 42 Rare opportunity to purchase an almost new Lagoon 42 at a used boat price. Watermaker, generator, ready for cruising. En route to Charleston, SC. Asking $650,000 Call Matt Weimer for details at 410.212.2628 or email matt@annapolisyachtsales.com www.annapolisyachtsales.com

spinsheet.com

37’

Call Mike Titgemeyer 410.703.7986

www.CrusaderYachts.com

43’

go!

Rowan 703.593.7531

www.CrusaderYachts.com

39’

Call CYS offices

speak with your favorite Broker! $650,000 410.269.0939 or www.CrusaderYachts.com

45’

in this classic

Design! PROFESSIONALLY CARED

- GENSET, AIR and a FULL LIST of updates! Asking $130,000 Give Rod Rowan a call for more info, 703.953.7531! www.CrusaderYachts.com

www.CrusaderYachts.com

Call your

410.269.0939 or www.CrusaderYachts.com

elegance not

gear

cruising cats! Hull #14 arrived in August for fall delivery/ sailing. Call your CYS broker for more info! 410.269.0939 or www.CrusaderYachts.com

49’

seen

Call

410.739.4432 or email Gordon@CrusaderYachts.com www.CrusaderYachts.com

Brokerage

7330 Edgewood Road, Suite 1 Annapolis, MD 21403

1977 Baltic 42 10-year restoration project. New standing rigging, running rigging, deck hardware, paint, engine, hydraulics, winches, electrical system, and much more. Contact Mike Coe 410.387.8859 or Mike@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2005 Telstar 28 Trimaran Known for versatility

performance. Exciting sailing

Contact Jack McGuire 401.290.7066 or Jack@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2020 Dehler 30 One Design Most innovative production level boat on the market. Carbon rig, water ballast, pure performance deck layout. Contact David Malkin at 410.280.2038 or David@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2009 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36i Ample space, natural lighting and comfortable atmosphere. High performance ’Marc Lombard’ hull. Contact Jack McGuire at 401.290.7066 or Jack@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

(Espresso) 2020 Hanse 388 Well-maintained and in great shape. Avoid the wait for a new boat, get into an almost new boat. Contact Bob Oberg at 410.320.3385 or Bob@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2001 Feeling 39 Perfect sailboat for racing or cruising on the Chesapeake. Lifting Keel, twin rudders, In-Boom Furling Main. Contact David Cox 410.310.3476 or DavidCox@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2013 Dufour 45E Performance Single owned boat, professionally maintained since new. 2011 Winter for Best Cruiser. Contact David Malkin at 410.280.2038 or David@ NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com (Intrigue) 2014 Bavaria Vision 46 Wellequipped cruising yacht with recent upgrades ready for her next adventure. Contact Chris Beardsley 315.447.1251 or Chris@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2011 J Boats J/145 Turnkey, unique and sought-after boat. New bottom, updated B&G Electronics, new Quantum headsails, and more. Contact Grady Byus at 410.280.2038 or Grady@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2011 Jeanneau 50 DS Luxury performance cruiser ready for new adventures! 60 docking system with integrated bow thruster, solar panels and more. Contact Mike Coe at 410.280.2038 or Mike@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

(Sea

804.776.9211

97 Marina Dr. Deltaville, VA nortonyachts.com

(L’Audace)

(Running on MT) 2001 Sabre 402 Fantastic opportunity to own a meticulously maintained boat by original owner. Contact Mike Coe at 410.387.8859 or Mike@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

2016 Hanse 415 Very nice performance cruiser well equipped for sailing late into the season with a full Bimini and dodger. Contact Chris Beardsley 315.447.1251 or Chris@NorthPointYachtSales.com www.NorthPointYachtSales.com

(Inspiration) 2002 Hunter 380 Well-kept Chesapeake Bay only boat with a roomy cockpit area for entertaining. $95,000 Call 804.776.9211 www.nortonyachts.com

Island

(Flamingo)

Chesapeake

Hunter

Nauticat

& ‘85

Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

Spacious

$130,000 Call 804.776.9211 www.nortonyachts.com

Brokers

Bavaria Yachts NEW C38, C42, C45 In

for Fall Delivery.

2022

Contact S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

2014 Beneteau Oceanis 41 Wellmaintained 3-cabin/1-head. Ready to cruise: Bow Thruster, Anchor Windlass, Double anchor rollers, Sails in good condition, Canvas in good condition, A/C with reverse cycle heat, Flat screen TV and Stereo system. $245,000 S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

Athena 38 1995 New Listing. Designed and built by Fountaine Pajot. Spacious, bright and airy salon. 4 double cabins, 2 heads. Attractive

performs

cockpit

deck. $145,000 S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

plenty

2002 Moody 38

S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

2000 Hunter Passage 420 Great cruiser or liveaboard! One-Owner, Center Cockpit design. Wellequipped/maintained. 2 private Cabins/Heads. Comfortable w/ lots of storage. High aspect sloop rig and a bulbed wing keel. Furling Main and Genoa, A/C & Gen, Solar Panels, VacuFlush Heads, Dinghy & OB, Davits, Electric Winch & Anchor Windlass, & much more! $139,900 S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

Southerly Yachts 42’-57’ Brokerage. Best shoal draft, bluewater boats for over 40 yrs. Sail the Bay or cross Oceans. Push button variable draft swing keel completely retracts inside hull. Several brokerage boats available: S115 - 37’, 42’, 45’, and 57’. S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

39’

S&J

410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

43’ Hans Christian 43T ‘91 Custom design. Modified sail plan, Mark ll interior; forward stateroom, queen pullman berth, Telstar keel w/ cutaway forefoot & skeg hung rudder for improved speed, safety and maneuverability. $135,000 S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

Brokerage

41’ 2007 Hunter 41 Deck Salon $159,900 Well-equipped and loaded with extras. Generator, Bowthruster, New furling mainsail, New batteries, Davits, dinghy & outboard, Upgraded Yanmar. Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

Bavaria

in

than new.

and

Asking $549,000

for adventure in

WWW.YACHTBROKERSOFANNAPOLIS.COM

40’ 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40 $164,900 The perfect size to do extended cruising and can be easily sailed by a couple. 2 cabin/1 head layout with lots of storage and space for everyone. Generator, A/C, Kato davits, low engine & genset hours. Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

(Mystic) 167’ Custom 3-Masted Schooner ‘07/’15 MYSTIC is a threemasted gaff-rigged square topsail schooner. Major refit 2015. Comfortably accommodates 36 passengers/12 crew overnight & 150 passengers for day charters. Great business opportunity. $2,400,000 S&J Yachts 410.639.2777 www.sjyachts.com

40’ 1996 Freedom 40/40 $134,900 Sturdy and fast with stunning lines that will turn heads. Recent updates: bowthruster, electronics, Jib & Genoa, oversized bimini with full enclosure, solar & wind, dinghy & outboard, davits. Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

46’ 2019 Beneteau 46.1 $519,000 Absolutely stunning! 3 cabin/2 head, genset, bowthruster, A/C, upgraded sails, and more. Huge cost savings over a new build and no wait times. Loaded and ready to cruise this Fall! If you’re looking for a like new boat at a great price, this is your boat! Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

51’ 2020 Beneteau 51.1 $674,900 Fully optioned for cruising and ready to take you to the tropics this winter! 3 cabin/2 head, genset, bowthruster, A/C, davits, W/D and so much more! Huge cost savings over a new build and no wait times. This is your dream boat! Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

51’ 1999 Celestial Pilothouse Cutter $169,000 This unique vessel is for serious bluewater cruising. Current owners have cruised over 10k NM. Great layout and good inventory with lots of recent updates. Deanna Sansbury at 410.629.9186 or Deanna@YachtBrokersOfAnnapolis.com www.YachtBrokersofAnnapolis.com

39’ Amel Sharki ‘80 Cruising ready ketch. Has just crossed the Atlantic. Radar, Autopilot, LiFePO4 House bank, Bowthruster, Inverter, Honda Generator, Refrigerator, AIS, Lombardini 60Hp engine. $75,000 Deltaville, VA. Call Anne Hutchings 804.567.0092 or anne@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

40’ Beneteau 40 ‘10 Loaded with cruising gear. Solar, Radar, Wind Generator, NexGen 5.5KW, Yanmar 54Hp Engine, 1700hrs, Garmin GPSmap 1242, Mantus 60 Anchor, Full Enclosure, Davits. $169,000 Kilmarnock, VA. Call Anne Hutchings 804.567.0092 or anne@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

41’ Tartan 41 ‘74 Sparkman & Stephens designed, classic cruiserracer, clean lines, clean boat. Standing rigging (2016), New Mainsail (2018), Autostream Feathering Prop, Beta Marine 37Hp engine, Garmin Chartplotter. $54,000 Deltaville, VA. Call Jon Hutchings 804.567.0093 or jon@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

(Nanuq) 42’ Sabre 426 ‘09 Set up for successful high-performance racing, deep draft, traveller in cockpit, racing helm, carbon sails. Comfortable cruising boat w/ aircon & generator, 2 cabin, 1 head. $310,000 Deltaville, VA. Call Jon Hutchings 804.567.0093 or jon@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

41’ Fountaine Pajot Lipari ‘13 4-Cabin, 2-Head. 220V/12V. Never Chartered. Solar, Volvo 30Hp (upgrade), Flexofold prop, ROCNA 33KG, Anchor Camera, Asymm Spinnaker, Davits, Liferaft, Garmin instruments, Dinghy & Outboard. Mathews, VA. Call Anne Hutchings 804.567.0092 or anne@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

42’ Island Packet 420 ‘00 Cruised winters, well maintained. LOADED Solar, Watermaker, AIS, NexGen 5.5, Inmast Furling Mainsail, Arch, Davits, 3/4 Enclosure, Dinghy & Outboard, ROCNA 73lb, EPIRB, Electric Salt/ Fresh Head. $257,500 Deltaville, VA. Call Jon Hutchings 804.567.0093 or jon@yazuyachting.com www.yazuyachting.com

Read boat reviews online at spinsheet.com

H ELP WANTED

P/T Delivery Driver Wanted for three-day-a-month magazine distribution route in Baltimore City. Compensation based upon quantity of stops. Must have a valid driver’s license in good standing, reliable vehicle, and be able to lift up to 25 lbs. Contact Beatrice at 410.216.9309 or beatriwce@spf-360.com

S&J Yachts Looking for an experienced Full-time Yacht Broker. Great opportunity to work with a large, professional company - 5 offices from the mid-Atlantic to Florida. S&J Yachts are Dealers for: Bavaria Yachts Sail & Power and Makai Power Catamarans, specializing in quality Brokerage yachts. Boating experience and team player a must! Friendly, professional working environment. Inquiries confidential. Contact Jack at 410.971.1071 or info@sjyachts.com www.sjyachts.com

Seeking Woodworking Assistant with ability to use hand tools and machinery. Power and sailboat repair, maintenance. Also, varnishing, painting, fiberglass/ epoxy work. No smokers. Call 410.798.9510 or email mastandmallet@verizon.net www.mastandmallet.com

Yacht Sales - Curtis Stokes and Associates, Inc. is hiring new salespeople for our Chesapeake area operation. Candidates must be honest, ethical and have boating experience. This is a commission only position. Contact Curtis Stokes at 410.919.4900 or curtis@curtisstokes.net www.curtisstokes.net

M ARINE S ERVICES

H ELP WANTED

Are you on a search for a full-time sales position that requires you to get out and enjoy the water, where all your co-workers are super cool, and where flip-flops and shorts are considered business casual? SpinSheet, PropTalk, FishTalk, Start Sailing Now, and PortBook magazines are in growth mode, and we are looking for that special advertising sales rep who understands the marine industry and knows how to work and play hard. If you think you will excel in creating sales and marketing solutions for advertisers, then we would love to chat with you. Send your resume, a description of your boating experience and interests, and a cover letter telling us why you’d be a great fit for our team today! info@spinsheet.com

Hiring Boat Loan Processor Full time, M-F, 9-5, proficiency in data entry required, attention to detail a must, excellent communication skills necessary. Send resume to dave@sterlingacceptance.com www.sterlingacceptance.com

Advertising Sales Representative

We are looking for that special advertising sales rep who understands the marine industry and knows how to work and play hard.

P/T Delivery Driver

Three-day-a-month magazine distribution route in Baltimore city. Compensation based upon quantity of stops. Must have a valid driver’s license in good standing, reliable vehicle, and be able to lift up to 25 lbs.

For more info visit spinsheet.com/join-our-crew, call 410.216.9309 or email info@spf-360.com

M

30’-50’

Sale

Rent

Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Slip

410.586.0070/ fhca@flagharbor.com.

&

Repairs 410.586.1915/ flagboatyard@gmail.com www.flagharbor.com

For Rent or Sale: Magothy River

in Severna Park

Magothy

Gated,

fuel

Holly 301.325.7247

26’ x 12’

Giving Thanks

As we turn the calendar to November, many of us think of Thanksgiving and begin making plans for travel, food, friends, and family. If you’re celebrating aboard, drop us a line at editor@spinsheet.com to share your best galley prep tips. On Thanksgiving Day and Blue Friday (see page 21), snap a few photos of your onboard celebration or outdoor adventures and share them with us too.

This year, SpinSheet staffers are thankful for:

kaylie: I’m thankful for a wonderful first year of marriage, a goofy dog that I can bring to the office, spontaneous fishing trips with coworkers, and the fact that I finally completed a bucket list hike this year.

Mary: I am thankful for all the people who have kept me going these past two years. I am thankful that my dad got me into sailing and that Geoff talked me into learning to drive our boat in races.

Beatrice: I am grateful for my family and our tradition of camping on Assateague Island National Seashore during the Thanksgiving holiday. Our tradition continues this year, and we hope to recreate a variety of traditional (and delicious) family recipes, as well as sharing laugher and creating more memories together.

Molly: I’m thankful for SpinSheet readers, their contributions and story ideas, enthusiastic notes, pretty and funny photos, and even their keen eyes for typos. More than anything, I’m grateful for their passion for sailing—without it we’d be out of business. Thanks, awesome SpinSheet readers, for making our “sailing rag” something special 12 months a year!

Lenny: I am thankful for my new boat!

Beth: I am thankful for the culture of enthusiasm, professionalism, kindness, and teamwork that makes SpinSheet a wonderful place to work.

Chris: As always, I am thankful for family, close friends, good health, and a job I enjoy.

Eric: I am thankful to be able to work at SpinSheet Publishing, such an awesome group of professionals.

Lucy: I’m thankful for a relatively peaceful year with Covid diminishing, more success in Ukraine, and happiness to be with my family on my 80th.

royal: I am thankful for my family, roommates, libraries, office dogs, InDesign, and avocados.

kelsey: I’m grateful for sailing, peak farmer’s market season, and a new phase of life after graduating from college.

Zach: Thankful to have a cool job working in the marine industry that enables me to share my love for the Chesapeake Bay.

# Photo by Steven Birchfield