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See the Bay: Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Tips to make a September cruise to Baltimore smooth and memorable. sponsored by Annapolis

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He tried to instill a love of sailing in his daughter, but…

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U.S. Sailboat Show Preview

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Twenty Years of SpinSheet!

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Charter Notes: Expecting the Unexpected in Croatia Wandering the narrow streets of impossibly pretty stone villages and other Mediterranean delights.

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Editor’s Notebook

by Molly Winans

Fit to a Tee

ack in 1996 or early 1997, Dave Gendell came to visit me at my office on Back Creek, right next door from where we’d met six or so years before as instructors at Annapolis Sailing School. In my memory (this was a long time ago), he wore a navy plaid shirt and khakis, and he had a reporter’s notebook tucked in the back of his pants, his signature fashion statement back then. Dave had read my articles in the now defunct Inside Annapolis Magazine and wondered if I’d write a bit for SpinSheet. He could offer me a free tee shirt as compensation. I had a decent full-time job and a weekend stint teaching English at the community college, so I didn’t really need another gig or shirt. But Dave had a knack for drawing you in when he turned on the charm. I said “yes.” My first article, the spring 1997 sailing school feature, makes me laugh every time I stumble upon it in our archives. I began the article with what I would learn later was the SpinSheet editor’s top pet peeve for introductory paragraphs: a series of questions. I posed eight of them. My favorite: “Do you sometimes scrape, or even slam, into pilings when docking?” Knowing our founding editor as I do now, I can imagine him getting my final “Back to School” copy, reading the terrible introduction dotted with question marks, rolling his eyes, and sighing. He never sent my tee shirt. 16 September 2015 spinsheet.com

Years clicked by. I’d run into Dave here and there at a party or Wednesday night race. I published articles in other magazines and carried on. In the early oughts, Dave called. He needed more writers. I needed more work. For modest sums of money, I started writing SpinSheet articles steadily and happily. Writing about sailing came naturally to me. I en-

joyed reconnecting with sailing pals old and new. It took us a few years of talking about it before Dave and his partner (our current owner and publisher) Mary Ewenson hired me as a fulltime associate editor in 2006. The place felt like home right away. A year and a half later, when Dave departed to launch a new career and I took over as editor, no one cried harder than I did. I remember him saying, “Why are you crying? You’re benefiting from this more than anyone”—which was true. But SpinSheet was, and still is, like family to me. Big changes can be exhilarat-

ing yet disorienting. It was a brave new world for our family. We rearranged our chairs around the table and adjusted, as a family does when one of them takes off for college. Years clicked by. We entered new ventures and welcomed new family members. And here we are at our double-decade birthday (see “SpinSheet Turns 20” on page 56). I reached out to some friends of the program to ask them to share thoughts about SpinSheet. Annapolis sailor Debbie Gosselin began her note: “SpinSheet is like family.” I choked up when I read it, because if it feels like family even to those outside our office, we’re doing something right. It doesn’t surprise anyone around here that Dave forgot to send my tee shirt back in the 90s. It’s given me leverage in freelance writer payment negotiations. I tell them about the old days when all I got was a lousy tee shirt—that never came. As you can tell by this photo, SpinSheet has more than made up in gear for the lost-in-the-mail 1997 tee. That question-crazy article I wrote may have been, in the end, the best thing that has ever happened to me. If you would like to share some thoughts about what SpinSheet has meant to you over the years, email molly@spinsheet.com.

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n your August issue, in a letter by Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell regarding children wearing lifejackets, they stated that it is required by law. Not so. Although, it is always a good idea for anyone on the water to don a lifejacket, it is not required by law as long as the boat is 21 feet long or larger or the child is 13 years or above in age. To put it simply, if a child is under 13 and on a vessel under 21 feet long, he or she must wear a lifejacket if on deck. If a child of any age is on a vessel 21 feet or longer, he or she does not need a lifejacket. Allen Delaney Via email Editor’s note: See spinsheet.com/ lifejackets for the rules.

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Good Samaritan Saves Lives

t’s one thing to take safety precautions and responsibility for your own boat. But how quickly do you think you would respond to an emergency on another boat? Pasadena resident Shawn Harlan wasn’t necessarily thinking about the safety of others when he went out for some singlehanded sailing on Sunday, August 9. But as he passed under the Bay Bridge, he noticed five people in the water, in obvious distress. “I made an initial VHF call to the Coast Guard as soon as I understood what the situation was,” he says, “and I evaluated who needed help first. A young girl and boy had drifted from the other three, and seemed the most in danger of drowning. No boat was to be seen.”

Harlan pulled the two youngest children, as young as five years old, into his sailboat and threw cushions from his cockpit to the others to use as floating devices until he could get them into his boat as well. In the meantime, he made a second call to the Coast Guard alerting them of the current state of the situation and his work in recovery. Once he had all of the victims in his boat, he stayed on the scene waiting for the Coast Guard to transfer the five and work with MD Natural Resources Police (NRP), who shortly arrived to search for a sixth missing boater. Candus Thomson, spokesperson for the NRP, stated that the boat that sank was a 17-foot center console

that launched out of Sandy Point State Park with six persons aboard: two fathers and four children. The boat suffered engine troubles and started taking on water shortly after it passed under the bridge. “It sank in a matter of minutes, if not seconds,” Thomson said, “and the passengers did not have time to put on their life jackets.” A sixth man, identified as the father of one of the children, drowned. Shawn Harlan doesn’t see himself as a hero. He sees himself as being in the right place at the right time. Fortunately, for five people, he was the right guy in the right place at the right time. His quick thinking and experienced seamanship saved lives.

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DOCKTALK Century Club Update

e’re two thirds of the way through the 2015 calendar year, which means our Century Club members are looking at the final days of warm weather to get in their time on the water. For the most part, Club members are hitting numbers in the mid 50s to high 70s. But that doesn’t mean they’re in the clear! At the party for 2014 members, it was clear that breaking through the 80s was the hardest part. “I wanted to give up around Day 84,” SpinSheet Centurion Bridget Shea told me. We’re glad she didn’t. The 2015 edition currently has 42 members attempting to hit 100 days, as well as two confirmed Centurions so far. Sail

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Nauticus volunteer Lynn Shoenbaum, who wrapped up her days early in the season, explains that her success was partially due to the fact that “I have a little bit of a competitive nature, so trying to get there fast came easily.” Schoenbaum sails on smaller boats in the Elizabeth River, but explains that it was still (and always) an adventure. “We have a great time dodging tugboats with barges, cruise ships, tour boats, and all other forms of watercraft. The occasional porpoise swimming next to us is an added bonus.” Schoenbaum isn’t the only one spotting porpoises. “We saw dolphins that day on the Miles!” writes 2014 Centurion Jason Pinter, director of the Waterfront and Sailing Academy at the Inn at Perry Cabin. Pinter currently has 74 days on the water, and finds a way to make sure all his sailing isn’t for work by taking out his two children and family members. Sailor Catherine Tobin crews onboard the J/105 Chessie, and currently has 62 days of sailing and SUP’ing, but to her, it’s about more than just counting days. “I set out to do the challenge to help make new

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friends, to teach my son sailing and boating skills, and to become a better sailor overall and start offshore racing and cruising.” Her photos very clearly show that she has met and exceeded all of her goals so far. Centurion Sarah Robertson made her way to 100 days using OPBs after work. “I use the boats at the Chesapeake Boating Club in Eastport, and it is so easy to be able to just get on one and go whenever I want. One of my favorite times is going after my drive home from work. It’s a great way to unwind and start the evening.” Robertson hit her 100 days in early August. So how about you? Are you counting your days? Snap a selfie and send your update to duffy@spinsheet.com and check out our page at spinsheet.com/century-club. Summer’s almost over, but it’s always a great day to be on the water.

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Classic Wooden Boats Coming to Annapolis

addition, from 1 to 4 p.m., several experts howcasing the history and elegance and Bear, the sandbaggers docked at the of traditional wooden sailboats, the will be speaking about old boat models, National Sailing Hall of Fame, will also Classic Wooden Boat Rendezvous such as Star, Wayfarer, and Cutts & Case. participate. Joe Reid of Mast & Mallet Boatworks will and Race September 26 and 27 will be “At 11 a.m. on Sunday, the pursuitdemonstrate traditional caulking methods. held in Annapolis Harbor and shoreside style race will begin off Triton Point at “The schooner Woodwind will be racing, near the National Sailing Hall of Fame. the U.S. Naval Academy. For spectators, Approximately 30 boats are expected to as well as a new ‘old’ boat from Cutts & the U.S. Naval Academy seawall will participate in this annual provide the best opportunity event, which provides an for viewing, since the start ##Come to Annapolis Harbor September 26 and 27 and admire the beauty informal opportunity to and finish lines are just off and craftsmanship of nearly 30 wooden boats. Photo by Bill Museler compete in a low-key race the point and the vessels must against similar vessels. In cross the start/finish line for addition to the racing, each lap of the race,” concludes the weekend will include Miller. opportunities to view the Any boat under 65 feet in vessels, hear expert speaklength whose hull is built from ers, and see demonstrations wood and whose design dates related to classic sailboats. back before 1970 may parThe public is encouraged to ticipate. This includes newer attend. wooden boats built to pre-1970 “We’re expecting more designs. Vessels designed after than two dozen boats, 1970 that wish to enter will be ranging in length from reviewed on a case-by-case ba10 to 65 feet,” says race sis. The National Sailing Hall organizer Paul Miller. “Saturday from 10 of Fame and the Chesapeake Traditional Case. In addition we’re expecting a few a.m. to 5 p.m. the boats will be available Sailboat Association sponsor the event. classic Moths, which were very highfor visiting at no charge, and at noon Find the full schedule of events and learn tech in their day, and several Stars dating there will be a dinghy rowing race. In from the 1920s through the 1950s. Bull more at nshof.org.

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##Cove Point Lighthouse in Lusby, MD. Photo courtesy of the Calvert Marine Museum

I’ve Seen the Lights!

ark your calendars, lighthouse enthusiasts, because the 10th annual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge is back! The event will take place September 19 and 20, and for the extra motivated, there will be an early bird date of Friday September 18 for those who want to jump-start their journey on the Eastern Shore. The challenge is sponsored by the Chesapeake chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, in partnership with other statewide organizations. There are nine lighthouses and one lightship on the route, and to complete the challenge, participants must visit all 10 (in any order). But even if you cannot complete the full challenge, participants will still receive complimentary souvenirs at each lighthouse visited. There will be a specially designed, additional souvenir for challenge completers. The clockwise line-up of mandatory lighthouses on the route includes: Concord Point in Havre de Grace, the Seven Foot Knoll and Chesapeake Lightship (both in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor), Hooper Strait at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, the Choptank River Lighthouse Replica on the pier at Long Wharf

Park in Cambridge, Drum Point and Cove Point (both of the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons), the Piney Point Lighthouse in Piney Point, Point Lookout Lighthouse at Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, and finally Fort Washington in Fort Washington National Park. There are also three bonus lights this year: Millers Island Lighthouse in Sparrows Point (to be viewed from the Dock of the Bay Restaurant), Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse in Annapolis, and the Blackistone Lighthouse Replica at the St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton Point. Visiting these bonus lights is not counted toward event completion, but they will take challengers to two more beautiful Bay locations, earning them extra event souvenirs. Participants will find these magnificent structures and the history surrounding them at some of the most scenic waterfront destinations statewide. Visit cheslights.org for challenge rules and detailed driving directions from one lighthouse to the next. If you complete the challenge, we would love to hear about it! Please email kaylie@ spinsheet.com to proclaim that you’ve “seen the lights!”

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Building Catamaran Confidence

ou’ve taken sailing lessons, earned your certifications, and maybe even sailed on monohulls up to 40 feet long. You’re ready to handle big catamaran sailing, right? So what if the vessel is twice as wide as the sailboat you sailed before and has a twin-screw engine? (You think you know what that is.) It can’t be that hard… can it? Some sailors think so, or they feel as if they need more training or experience before taking the leap into a large catamaran, especially when chartering. That’s why the charter management company, Cruise Annapolis, and sailing school, J/World Annapolis, have teamed up to conduct sail training onboard catamarans. Designed for experienced sailors with ASA or US Sailing certifications, the courses will be taught using a J/ World-designed cruising curriculum modified for a 44-foot Fountaine Pajot catamaran. “The course will prepare students to charter a cruising cat in the islands or Mediterranean. We’ve taught this class for years on monohulls, but the skills needed are different for catamarans. They handle differently under power, and anchoring, picking up moorings, and docking can be challenging. We teach close quarters maneuvering,” says J/World’s Kristen Berry. “Under sail, catamarans sail the same as monohulls. It’s when you take the sails down that things change. The beam is twice as wide as what is on a monoull, so you can lose sight more easily of a mooring or a dock, which can be intimidating. Even someone who has cruised monohulls would benefit from this course.” Jeff Jordan, director of J/World Annapolis says, “You can learn with your friends and family here in Annapolis in the fall and cruise the same boat in the Bahamas this winter!” “Professional training makes for competent customers who have a better time because they are confident in their skills and know the boats and their systems,” says Sean Beale Rosano, general manager of Cruise Annapolis. Visit jworldannapolis.com to learn more.

##Close quarters boathandling may be challenging on a catamaran that has twice the beam of a monohull of the same length. Photo courtesy of J/World Annapolis

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New Paddling Event and Zipline at the Maryland Seafood Festival

e know about the crabcakes, lobster rolls, crab soup, beer, exhibits, crafts, and music at the Maryland Seafood Festival, but a few new additions caught our attention. Over the weekend of September 12-13, attendees may participate in a paddling competition or try a new zipline ride at Sandy Point State Park. Organizers are especially excited about the Sunday “Paddle for Betterment” competition. The family-friendly game (starting at 9:30) allows competitors to paddle to checkpoints, collect playing cards, and then show their cards at the end for prizes based on the best poker hands. For the price of competition

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registration, $60 for adults and $40 for children, participants receive admission to the festival, parking onsite, an event T-shirt, and lunch. Paddleboards will be available, but participants are welcome to bring their

own boards, kayaks, or canoes. There will be paddleboard demonstrations and instructions prior to the event. More than 60 people had already registered by early August. And it’s for a good cause. Funds benefit “Community Betterment,” a non-profit organization that

partners with individuals and communities to raise funds to help those in need. On land, adults and youth can have a blast with the new 200-foot “zipline” on the beach. Adventurers pay $10 for a chance to take a ride on the glide. Also new this year is the opportunity to sign up for cooking classes sponsored by Williams-Sonoma. Sixty-dollar tickets include early admission, parking at the park, a cooking class, and samples. For just $10, enjoy one of the festival’s favorites: the crab soup cookoff. Tasters can sample some well-known restaurant offerings for Maryland crab soup, cream of crab and an alternative version of crab soup and then vote on the best. mdseafoodfestival.com

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See us at the Boat Shows! Tent C7 MARINA RESORTS Nautical Scout Collapsible Cook Pot. Sailors like anything that shrinks for storage in small boat nooks; Nautical Scout gets this. The company offers pet bowls, food storage containers, serving bowls, buckets, and cookware among other items for boaters and RV owners. We tried the four-quart cook pot, safe for gas and electric burners, as well as microwaves and dishwashers. I (the editor) used it to boil white corn from the farmer’s market (mmm) in the galley of a 40-footer. Anchored in lovely Dividing Creek on the Wye River surrounded by friends, I admit I would have liked any product I tried, but this one worked well. The only challenge proved to be opening the pot from its collapsible state before cooking. I learned to not be shy about manhandling it; I pressed the bottom to the counter and pulled the sides up (with force) with my other hand. Once you do it a few times, you get the hang of it. The same goes for the collapsing part. The pot is a useful, easy-to-stow addition to our galley. nauticalscout.com Follow us!

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y winter of 2016, Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis is expected to become a model of alternative energy. The 63 year old park is one of Maryland’s most popular Chesapeake Bay destinations, and by this fall, will see the installation of solar power, wind power, and other energy-efficient features. Earlier this month, the Board of Public Works approved a $535,870 contract with Baltimore-based Bithenergy to evaluate, design, and install park upgrades that will reduce total energy consumption by an estimated 45 percent. The projects include: installing solar photovoltaic systems to the roofs of two buildings and four picnic pavilions, adding solar thermal technology to the park’s public bathhouses with 80-gallon solar water heating systems, LED light upgrades to the existing interior and exterior lighting fixtures park-wide, placing a small wind turbine 40-feet high in the South Beach parking area, and replacing hand dryers in all park restrooms with high efficiency models. Additional projects still in the design phase include a nature-themed playground, an expanded nature center, and renovations to the central park plaza that will feature tree planting, permeable pavers, and interpretation of the Chesapeake Bay’s natural and human history. State Parks superintendent Nita Settina says, “Once installation is complete, Sandy Point will be the first state park to host alternative energy projects of this size and scale.” The work is scheduled to begin this fall with an estimated completion date of January 2016. For more information on the park, visit dnr2.maryland.gov and click to Sandy Point.

Seeking Coastal Cleanup Volunteers in September

by Beth Crabtree

n September 2014, an astounding 560,000 volunteers in 91 countries picked up more than 16 million pounds of trash as part of the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. And I was one of them, although I have to admit I stumbled upon it by chance. I was with my college girlfriends for a reunion of sorts and despite the overcast skies, two of us decided to take a walk along the beach of Florida’s Gulf coast. When we arrived at our usual access point, two friendly and energetic volunteers offered us free T-shirts if we promised to take a trash bag and pick up any garbage we found during our walk and return it to them. Turns out, their efforts were a part of the much larger annual International Coastal Cleanup, which occurs on the third Saturday in September. Since 1986, millions of volunteers have collected and tallied the coastal trash, country-by-country and stateby-state. The numbers are used to raise awareness, identify hotspots for debris or unusual trash events, and inform policy solutions. This year’s date is Saturday, September 19. So gather up your friends and family, and get involved. There are nearly 30 cleanup sites around the Bay and another 10 along Maryland and Virginia’s Atlantic seaboard. The locations range from Northeast, MD, to the Tred Avon to Deltaville, VA, to Willoughby Beach, VA, and lots of places in between. Check with your local cleanup organizer to be sure of the date in your area. Due to a number of factors, such as inclement weather, cleanups may be occurring on different dates around this time. Visit oceanconservancy.org for a terrific interactive map with all the sites and details of how to get involved, and to sign up, click to signuptocleanup.org.

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Snowbirds Gather Cruising sailors pass through and often back out of the Chesapeake Bay every autumn. Here are the top events they flock to: ##Cruisers learn from one another (and have a great time) on the shore of the Rhode River for the annual Annapolis Gam. Photos courtesy of SSCA

##Snowbirds flock to Camp Letts October 2-3 for the SSCA Gam’s impressive line up of seminars.

The Annapolis Gam

The 29th annual Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) Annapolis Gam will be held at Camp Letts on the Rhode River in Edgewater, MD, just south of Annapolis, October 2-4. The event kicks off Thursday evening with an informal Heading South raftup and then picks up Friday afternoon with a variety of great seminars. Seminars continue all day on Saturday. Speakers include: Lin Pardey, Chris Parker, Lee Chesneau, Dave Skolnick, Mike Meers, Chuck O’Malley, Mark Doyle, and many more. Topics will include weather, rigging, communication, sail repair, and cooking aboard, among others. Roundtable discussions and demos will be held on Sunday morning. As well as seminars, cruisers gather for potluck dinners and cocktail parties, happy hours, breakfasts, and a silent auction and raffle. After dinner on Saturday, special guest Lin Pardey will speak on “The Compelling Power of Adventure.” On Sunday, sailors gather for SSCA’s flea market (tables $10 each, payable on site). For complete program information and online registration go to ssca.org

ARC Caribbean 1500

The longest-running ocean crossing rally in North America, the ‘1500’ is a must-do for many cruisers. The ARC 30 September 2015 spinsheet.com

Caribbean 1500 fleet sails from Portsmouth, VA, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Nanny Cay on Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Organizers from the World Cruising Club will help you prepare for the cruise (you get discounts at certain suppliers), find crew, inspect your boat and rigging. Participants also have access to boat tracking while on the cruise, customs clearance, and social programs at port on either end of the rally. Your boat must be at least 35 feet long with at least two people onboard. Families are welcome. The passage should take from seven to 12 days, and the use of engines is okay. There are usually 40 to 60 boats that participate in this rally. The 2015 start date is November 8, weather permitting. worldcruising.com/carib1500

ARC Bahamas

The ARC Bahamas fleet sails from Portsmouth, VA, at the mouth the Chesapeake Bay to Bluff House Marina, on Green Turtle Cay in the Abacos. Note that the best of the Abacos—and the rest of the Bahamas—are best experienced in a shallow-draft boat (five feet, ideally). Organizers from the World Cruising Club will help you prepare for the cruise, find crew, inspect your boat and rigging, tracking your boat while on the cruise, and clearing customs. There are social programs at

port on either end of the rally. The low-lying and reef-strewn Bahama Islands offer a remarkably beautiful cruising ground, but the islands also offer arguably more challenging sailing than the high and steep Eastern Caribbean. Your boat must be at least 35 feet long with at least two people onboard. Families are welcome. The passage should take from four to seven days, and the use of engines is okay. World Cruising Club expects about 10 boats on this cruise. Ralliers aim to depart November 8 if the weather permits. worldcruising.com/arc_bahamas

Salty Dawg

Starting November 4, the fall 2015 Salty Dawg Rally departs from Bluewater Yachting Center, Hampton, VA, (or other locations of your choice), to sail to the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, or other various locations. The event provides free seminars and is run by a non-profit organization and a team of volunteers. You can become a contributing member of the Rally to receive discounts and benefits on gear, lodging, services, seminars and more. This rally is a little more informal but a great way to meet people and cruise south together. There are no set standards for the boats or crew numbers. Last year, 67 boats participated. saltydawgrally.org

##Evan McCarthy captures it all with his GoPro on the rail of Donnybrook, with his father, during a Brendan Sail alumni outing.

Alumni Cookout & Sail with Brendan Sailing Camp for Teens with Learning Differences

n a sunny day with beautiful blue skies and a steady 12 to 15 knots of wind, I was fortunate to sail with alumni, family, and friends of the Brendan Sail Program, a Bay-based non-profit sailing camp for children ages 11 to 18 who have learning differences. After a cookout at the home of program director Joel Bays, we walked together to Annapolis Harbor and boarded Donnybrook, the Andrews 80 owned by Brendan Sailing’s founder, Jim Muldoon, a Washington lawyer and businessman who was at the helm happily welcoming all aboard. Now in its 30th year, Brendan Sail offers day and overnight camps at St. Mary’s College of Maryland as well as a day camp out of Annapolis. Patrick McCarthy, whose son Evan (age 15) has participated in the day program for six years, shared his family’s experience. “At a time when many kids were drifting into team sports, we were looking for something physical Evan could do on an individual basis, a sport where he could focus on doing a job and not the nuances of personalities,” says McCarthy. “A doctor suggested Brendan Sailing might be a good fit, so we gave it a try. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we were happily surprised at how well he took to it. In fact, he loved it immediately.” Follow us!

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McCarthy continues, “The program has plenty of flexibility built into it, so regardless of a child’s abilities they are challenged and satisfied. The counselors are terrific and make the environment fun, while encouraging the kids to do things for themselves. Learning from one another as well as from the counselors, the kids come to understand that there’s not always just one right way of doing things—on a boat or in life. “As a result of Brendan Sailing, Evan was able to join his high school sailing team, and this year he’s a junior sailing counselor at camp. Since my wife and I are not sailors, and we don’t belong to a yacht club, as parents we feel very fortunate that this program exists. I think it’s wonderful that well before getting his driver’s license he’s learned to maneuver a vehicle in a dynamic condition,” says McCarthy, who is a professional pilot. “Evan’s not only learned a lot about sailing, he’s also learned a lot about himself.” Muldoon probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that sailing has had such a dramatically positive impact on Evan’s life. “Over the years I’ve seen so many examples of how this program increases the confidence of young sailors with learning differences,” says the program’s founder. “Some of the smartest kids I’ve ever met have had learning differences and have struggled in school. So our program emphasizes to the

kids that they aren’t learning disabled; they just learn differently. And we teach them in a way that meets their needs. With a low student to instructor ratio, the whole group becomes a team. At the end of each session the kids take their parents sailing, and the experience almost always has a tremendous impact on the moms and dads. They’re amazed when their kids take charge of the boat and show off their skills.” Also aboard Donnybrook, I met Brennan Connelly, an alumni of the overnight camp and a recent Anne Arundel Community College graduate. Brennan says he too became more confident as a result of attending sailing camp. “It taught me not to be shy or scared, and to just go for it. It helped me step out of my comfort zone and establish new friendships, some of which continued outside of camp. The counselors showed us how to do things properly, taught us how to get along with others, and make me feel special. At Brendan Sailing I felt like part of a group, and I loved it. I would really encourage teens that have a learning difference or a hard time meeting new people to try this camp. Not only did I have a great experience on the water, the skills I acquired have helped me well beyond sailing.” Learn more about Brendan Sailing at brendansailing.org spinsheet.com September 2015 31

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Maryland State Fair Timonium Fairgrounds.

Inaugural SpinSheet takes the Bay by Storm 1995. Thanks for keeping us going all these years!

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

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Annual Hard Crab Derby Celebrate the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab with crab races, crab picking contests, rides, live music, boat docking contests, and more! Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD.

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Maryland Renaissance Festival 16th-century celebrations with 10 stages on 22 acres. Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. Saturdays and Sundays.

18th Annual Charity Boat Auction Gates open 8 a.m., auction 1 p.m. Fogg’s Landing, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. $5.

Turtle Paddle 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sultana Education Foundation. Tuckahoe Creek off the Choptank River. $30.

5-7

56th Annual Deal Island Skipjack Races and Festival Deal Island Harbor. Blessing of the Fleet, parade, car show, skipjack races, boat docking, and more.

Marquis de Lafayette is Born In Chavaniac, France, 1757. He came to America in 1777 on L’Hermione to volunteer in the American Revolution, beginning a long friendship with George Washington.

Quiet Waters Park Concert Series Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Annapolis. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

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Labor Day Take the day off and go for a sail!

The Frigate USS Constellation, 36 guns, the “Yankee Racehorse,” was launched in Fells Point in Baltimore, 1797.

10-14

Delaware’s Kalmar Nyckel in Baltimore 141-foot tall ship visiting the Inner Harbor and open for tours.

CMM Maritime Performance Series John Mock. 7 p.m. Hams Gallery, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

11-12

FlowerMart Free family-friendly festival. Mt. Vernon Park, Baltimore.

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Environmental Concern’s Plant Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Michaels, MD. All proceeds will help fund EC’s mission to improve water quality and enhance native habitat in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

11-13

Hampton Bay Days Multiple stages of free entertainment, a Bay Education area, Tidewater Dock Dogs, crafts, food, and fireworks. Downtown Hampton, VA.

22nd Annual Wye Island Regatta Canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards can be rented from Annapolis Community Boating for $20. Entry fee $55. 13.1- and six-mile race. Starts at Wye Landing on the Wye East River.

3rd Annual Olivia Constants Foundation Fundraiser 6 to 9 p.m. Mears Marina, Annapolis.

Sail Trim Seminar Northern Virginia Sail and Power Squadron. 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. Free. education@nvsps.org

Annapolis Craft Beer and Music Festival 12 to 6 p.m. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Blue Water Bash 1 to 5 p.m. Nick’s Fish House and Grill, Baltimore. All proceeds support Blue Water Baltimore’s mission to achieve clean water. $60. Live music, food, silent auction, photo booth.

“JANUARY’S BEST … IN KEY WEST!” If you are like John and Linda Edwards, racing is only as much fun as the party after. Since 1999, the Edwards have been leaving the cold and snow in Solomon’s behind and racing Rhumb Punch at Quantum’s Key West Race Week:

“We fell in love with this event from the start. It’s not cut-throat; everyone is here to have a good time. I can’t think of any place we would rather be in January than Key West. That’s why we keep coming back!” - Linda

“If you like friendly competition with great people, you belong in Key West. You won’t find many events that are as much fun and fair out there. There’s no local knowledge required, so no one has an edge on you and everyone celebrates just being out on the water.” - John

January 17–22, 2016 Trust us JANUARY is best in KEY WEST so start your plans NOW! For info: keywestraceweek.com or info@keywestraceweek.com Storm Trysail Club is the new QKWRW organizer and promises to bring more thrill and fun into the race for 2016 with a harbor course area for smaller sailboats, distance racing for Performance Cruising designs and replacing PHRF with the International ORC rating system.

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Children’s Day: Feathered Friends 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, MD. Adults $13, kids 12 and under $4. Celebrate the amazing characteristics of birds with hands-on learning.

12-13

48th Annual Maryland Seafood

Festival Savor the Bay! $15 general admission, kids 12 and under free. Live music, vendors, demonstrations, and of course seafood! Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis.

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GVC’s Evening at Marshy Point Hosted by the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at Marshy Point Nature Center in Baltimore. Tickets $85.

Point Lookout Lighthouse Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Scotland, MD. $5 per person park entrance fee. Docents will be on hand to answer questions.

Skipjack Bike Tour 15-, 30-, and 65-mile bike rides along the Eastern Shore. Deal Island, MD. $40. Benefits Deal Island/Chance Volunteer Fire Company.

Sunset Supper History Cruise On the William B. Tennison, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. 6 to 8 p.m. $60. Supper provided by Lotus Kitchen. BYOB.

Birds of Prey Photo Shoot 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuckahoe State Park, Queen Anne, MD. Come photograph the park’s Scales and Tales: hawks, falcons, owls, and a bald eagle. $15 per photographer, spectators free.

The Battle of Baltimore Francis Scott Key observed the British attacking Baltimore Harbor throughout the night but at dawn saw the American Flag still flying over Fort McHenry, 1814, inspiring him to write a poem that would later become our National Anthem.

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Solomons Plein Air Festival An open air painting extravaganza! Solomons, MD.

Beer and Bark with South River Federation 5 to 7:30 p.m. Historic London Town and Gardens, Edgewater, MD. Dog-friendly activities, Sweetwater Brewery, and food from the Bullhead Pit Beef food truck.

CLC Kayak Demo Chesapeake Light Craft. 5:30 p.m. to dark. Jonas Green Park on the Severn River, Annapolis. Free. RSVP online.

The Mayflower Departed England bound for America with 102 passengers and a small crew, 1620.

17-20

Newport International Boat Show Newport, Rhode Island. Sail and powerboats.

Oyster Sail on the Sultana 5 p.m. Learn all about the eastern oyster while sailing the Chester River. Raw oysters available for sampling. Chestertown, MD. $40 adults, $20 kids under age 12, no children under 5.

Baltimore Seafood Fest 12 to 7 p.m. Canton Waterfront Park. Live music, local seafood dishes, and children’s activities.

Boatyard Beach Bash 5 to 10 p.m. Tickets $75. Sponsored by the Boatyard Bar & Grill, Annapolis. Featuring music by five of Jimmy Buffett’s original Coral Reefers! Benefits Annapolis Maritime Museum.

CBEC Wet & Wild Auction Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD. Supports environmental education and restoration programs.

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Fossil Field Experience Calvert Marine Museum. Learn to find and identify fossils on the beach at Cove Point Lighthouse. $20, includes museum admission. Ages 8 and over. Preregistration required.

Hospice Cup Dinghy Poker Run Begin and end at Bert Jabin Yacht Yard with a shore party at the finish. $50

International Coastal Cleanup Day Hosted by Ocean Conservancy. Check online to find a cleanup loacation near you!

Turkey Point by Moon Light 8 to 9:30 p.m. Elk Neck State Park, North East, MD. Hike two miles round-trip to the Turkey Point Lighthouse. $3 per person or $10 for family of 4. Reservations required. (410) 287-5333.

19-20

Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Visit the nine mandatory lighthouses and one lightship and collect the specially designed commemorative souvenir from each within the two days.

185th Anniversary of Point Lookout Lighthouse Anniversary of the lighting of the lighthouse. Cake and commemorative souvenirs.

Fort McHenry Tunnel 5K Out and back course through Bore 4 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore. Walk or run! Hosted by MDTA to benefit Special Olympics. $35.

Schooner Woodwind History Cruise Romance on the Chesapeake, naval courtship, and nautical traditions. Cruise departs 5:30 p.m. Annapolis Marriott. $44 adults, $27 children under age 12.

First Day of Fall Time to break out those comfy sweaters! Hopefully you didn’t burn all of your socks.

24-27

Ocean City Sunfest Summer lasts longer in Ocean City, MD! Music, crafts, food, and kids activities. Free.

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39th Annual Oxford Book Mart 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market Street, Oxford, MD. Rain date Sept. 27. Partner in Command Seminar Northern Virginia Sail and Power Squadron. 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. Free. education@nvsps.org

Chestertown RiverFest Wilmer Park, Chestertown, MD. Poker run, cardboard boat regatta, canoe and kayak races, a nighttime parade of lights, and much more! Follow us!

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Dock Day on the Bay Commercial and sport fishing boats, historic fishing vessels, seafood cooking demonstrations, fishing gear displays, arts and crafts, and Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD.

Ecology Sail on the Sultana 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Help pull the 20-foot wide net to catch fish, crabs, and other critters from the Chester River. Chestertown, MD. $30 adults, $11 kids under age 12, no children under 5.

Havre de Grace Maritime Museum CRAB-tober Fest 6 to 9 p.m. Havre de Grace American Legion, Post 47, Havre de Grace, MD. All you can eat steamed crabs! $55.

Ghosts Ships of Mallows Bay Kayak Trip Departs 10:30 a.m. Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and returns 6 p.m. Guided tour, boxed lunch, and kayak included. $135 bus trip or $85 to drive yourself.

Magnolia Circle Dragon Boat Race To support the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA.

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26-27

Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous and Race National Sailing Hall of Fame Docks, Annapolis. Race 11 a.m. Sunday. Viewing along US Naval Academy seawall and Eastport side of Spa Creek.

ABYC Fast Trac Marine Electrical Certification 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Classroom time limited to one day! Registrants will receive a free one-day pass to NMEA Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Music On The Nanticoke Free Summer Concert Series 4 to 7 p.m. Vienna, MD. Music by the Winstons Worlds Greatest Motown and Soul Review. Free boat ramp and overnight dockage. (443) 239-0813.

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Tour Departs Annapolis Maritime Museum 9 a.m. or 12 p.m., 30 minute boat ride, and two hour tour of the lighthouse. $70 per person.

Full Moon Paddle 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sultana Education Foundation. Wilmer Park, Chester River. $30.

The Real Skinny About Hurricanes Learn how hurricanes affect the Bay and what to expect from large storms. Hosted by CAPCA. Annapolis, MD. Free.

The S&S Designed 12-meter Sloop, Intrepid, defeated Gretel II of Australia, becoming the second vessel to defend the America’s Cup in successive series. 1970.

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29 - Oct 1

NMEA Conference and Expo National Marine Electronics Association. Showcasing new products, technical seminars, and demo boats. Baltimore, MD.

September Racing

Last night of Annapolis YC Wednesday Night Racing Sigh. We’ll see you at the bar.

4-6

Stingray Point Regatta Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville,

VA.

Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge And dinghy distance race. $35 per boat. Willoughby Park, Norfolk, VA. Classes include Sunfish, Open, Force 5, Laser, Multihull, Harbor 20.

19-20 19-20

PRSA President’s Cup Potomac River SA.

Charm City’s Ya Gotta Regatta Baltimore, MD. Benefits Downtown Sailing Center’s community outreach and accessible programs.

19 19

Log Canoe Bartlett Cup Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Miles River YC.

CCV Fall Series #1 and 2 Cruising Club of Virginia. W-L racing in Norfolk Harbor.

Hospice Cup Annapolis YC.

Log Canoe Higgins and Commodore Races Miles River YC. Sharps Island Race Southern Maryland SA.

20 20

Your Home Port for Sailing, Fishing & Cruising on the Chesapeake Bay!

5-6 5-6

Annapolis Labor Day Regatta Annapolis YC.

Bill Heintz Memorial Regatta West River SC, Galesville, MD.

61st Annual NASS Race to Oxford Naval Academy Sailing Squadron.

National Capital Area Leukemia Cup Washington, DC.

12 12

SERC Fall Regatta Annapolis YC.

Wounded Warrior Regatta National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis.

12-13 12-13

Inter-Club Team Race Annapolis YC.

Association.

J/22 Mid Atlantics Severn Sailing

12-13

Log Canoe Labor Day Series Miles River YC, St. Michaels.

13 16-20

Tri-Service Cup Old Point Comfort YC.

505 North American Championship Severn Sailing Association.

18-20

Roton Point Multihull Regatta Open to all “beach” catamarans less than 22 feet in length. Roton Point, Rowayton, Connecticut. Follow us!

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24-27

26 26 26

Hard Rock Laser Masters Rock Hall YC.

U.S. Offshore Championship Naval Academy Sailing Squadron, Annapolis.

Neptune’s Atlantic Regatta Broad Bay Sailing Association. Virginia Beach oceanfront.

Hinman Regatta Annapolis YC. U.S. Team Racing Championship.

PSA Race to Rock Hall Potapskut Sailing Association. hosted at Haven Harbour Marina.

25-27

October

Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race Cambridge, MD.

Bringing the America’s Cup Home to Annapolis Fundraising event at Annapolis YC featuring the America’s Cup trophy, the “Auld Mug” herself, and an evening of activities to raise funds that will directly benefit sailors of the Chesapeake Bay. Sponsored by SpinSheet!

Doctober Fest Cruise 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. dog-friendly cruise on the Harbor Queen, Annapolis. Hosted by Anne Arundel County SPCA. $30 adults, $15 kids ages 3-11.

2-3

29th Annual SSCA Annapolis Gam Seven Seas Cruising Association. Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD. Weekend-long seminar and social event for sail and power.

2-4 3

Fells Point Fun Festival Baltimore, MD.

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. Small craft both on and off the water, demonstration pond, model races, kids’ activities, food, and more.

Knocks Folly Fall Festival Celebrate all things autumn at a traditional fall festival on the shores of the Sassafras River. Kennedyville, MD. Free.

Sandy Point Paddlefest Sandy Point State Park. SUP and kayak races for paddlers of all skill levels. Benefits Special Olympics Maryland.

Birdies for the Bay Golf Tourney Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD.

Salty Dawg Rally Fall Seminar Series Mears Pavilion, Annapolis. Topics on offshore sail repairs, offshore communications, offshore cooking, weather, rigging issues, and more. Free.

8-12 10

U.S. Sailboat Show Annapolis City Dock.

Horn Point Laboratory Open House 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cambridge, MD. University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science. Free. 38 September 2015 spinsheet.com

10-11

Patuxent River Appreciation Days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Wine tastings from local vineyards, boat rides, live music, crafts, pony rides, and more. Free.

Public Sail on the Skipjack Nathan of Dorchester 1 to 3 p.m. $30 adults, $10 children 6-12, under 6 free. Cambridge, MD.

Tilghman Island Day Oyster shucking contest, crab picking contest, vendors, and auction to benefit the Tilghman Volunteer Fire Co.

St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, MD. Adults $5, kids 12 and under free.

Chesapeake Multihull Association’s Annual Boat Show Party 6 p.m. Union Jack’s, Annapolis. Guest speaker Gino Morelli. Champagne Brunch Cruise on the Schooner Woodwind Cruise departs Annapolis City Marina in Eastport 11:30 a.m. and returns 2:30 p.m. $109 adults.

17-18

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

CLC Kayak Demo Chesapeake Light Craft. 5:30 p.m. to dark. Jonas Green Park on the Severn River, Annapolis. Free. RSVP online.

23-25

Cambridge Schooner Rendezvous Blessing of the fleet, public day sails, live music, food, and more! Cambridge, MD.

A racer and cruiser friendly event, 753 miles down the Chesapeake, across the Gulf Stream, and on to Bermuda. Competition, friendship, and the experience of a lifetime.

11-12

Ultimate Cruising Symposium Encore Everything you need to know about traveling offshore and passagemaking from top industry experts. Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, Linthicum Heights, MD. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Single ticket $350, couples ticket $490.

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Birth of the United States Navy The Second Continental Congress authorizes the acquisition of a fleet of ships, 1775.

Plastics in the Ocean and Bay 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum. Hosted by Annapolis Green and Trash Free Maryland.

15-18

Hampton Snowbird Rendezvous Cruising-related educational seminars, bands, area tours, food, and more. Discounted dockage will be provided for seminar attendees. Hampton, VA. Full registration only $35!

15-18 16

U.S. Powerboat Show Annapolis City Dock.

CMM Maritime Performance Series Calico Jenny. 7 p.m. Hams Gallery, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

16-18

Poquoson Seafood Festival Celebrating the working watermen of the Chesapeake Bay and their boats. Fresh seafood, music, workboat races. Poquoson, VA.

Creepy, Crawly, Critters 10 a.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum. $5. Preregistration required. Follow us!

Registration for 2016 is open! The committee is excited to announce a new performance cruising class for 2016 to enable dual purpose boats to participate more competitively. Also, three or more entries of a boat model or make will be scored as their own class. Recruit your fellow owners and race to Bermuda!

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26 - Nov 2

Salty Dawg Rally Prepare for departure to the British Virgin Islands or the Bahamas. Bluewater Yachting Center, Hampton, VA.

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The Great Baltimore Oyster Festival Hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. 1 to 5 p.m. West Shore Park, Inner Harbor, Baltimore. Free to attend. Live music, food, displays, and boat tours. Anchoring Seminar Northern Virginia Sail and Power Squadron. 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Alexandria West Marine Store. Free. education@nvsps.org

The Boston Red Sox sweep the St. Louis Cardinals, winning the World Series for the first time in 86 years. 2004.

“Okay, I’ve got My Captain’s License-Now What?” Learn what jobs are available to newly licensed captains and how to better market your skills. Hosted by CAPCA. Annapolis, MD. Free.

27-31

Oysterfest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Music, boat rides, and everything oysters! $15 adults, $6 children.

Halloween Eat, drink, and be scary.

October Racing

1-3

Buccaneer 18 North American Championships Southern Maryland SA.

Salty Dawg Rally Fall 20th Annual Hospice Turkey Seminar Series Shoot Regatta Topics on Seven Seas Cruising Association, Rappahannock River YC, Yankee emergency sail repairs, offshore cooking, Point Racing and Cruising Club, and bluewater sail trim, BVI provisioning, Rappahannock Yachts. Irvington, VA. customs, and more. Hampton, VA.

2-4

29 - Nov 1

Downrigging Weekend A celebration of maritime culture, wooden boats, and everything else that makes the Chesapeake Bay great. Sultana Education Foundation, Chestertown, MD.

3-4 3-4

AYC Fall Series 1 Annapolis YC

J/70 Chesapeake Championship Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville, VA.

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3-4 4 7

Star Fall Regatta Miles River YC.

CCV Fall Series #3 Cruising Club of Virginia.

CCV Oktoberfest #1 Cruising Club of Virginia. Distance race, Hampton.

10 10-12

AYC Fall Series Distance Race Annapolis YC.

Rock Hall YC.

Albacore Nationals Regatta

11 11-18

CCV Fall Series #4 and 5 Cruising Club of Virginia.

Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race The race begins in Baltimore, MD, and ends 127 nautical miles down the Chesapeake Bay in Portsmouth, VA.

14 17

CCV Oktoberfest #2 Cruising Club of Virginia. Constellation Cup Baltimore City YA.

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Hooper’s Island/Point No Point Race Southern Maryland SA.

Round the Lights Race Old Point Comfort YC. The largest single race on the Southern Bay!

17-18

Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters

Championship Fishing Bay YC, Deltaville, VA.

18 21 23-25

SMSA Fall Invitational Southern Maryland SA. CCV Oktoberfest #3 Cruising Club of Virginia.

Annapolis.

J/70 Fall Brawl Eastport YC,

23-25

STC Annapolis Fall Regatta Storm Trysail Club, Annapolis.

Baltimore Harbor Cup Baltimore City YA.

24-25

USODA Atlantic Coast Championship Hosted at Annapolis YC.

28 30 - Nov 1

CCV Oktoberfest #4 Cruising Club of Virginia.

J/24 East Coast Championship Severn SA.

31 - Nov 1

Fall Etchells and Stars Annapolis YC.

31 - Nov 1

J/105 East Coast Championships Annapolis YC.

31 - Nov 1

J/22 East Coast Championships Severn SA.

31 - Nov 1

J/35 Mid Atlantic Championships Annapolis YC.

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

BALTIMORE 1

3:24 AM Tue 9:03 AM 3:38 PM 9:45 PM

0.5 1.8 0.3 1.9

L H L H

3:32 AM Wed 9:04 AM 3:21 PM 9:44 PM

0.7 1.6 0.4 1.7

L H L H

1:36 AM Tue 7:36 AM 2:01 PM 8:26 PM

0.5 1.6 0.2 1.7

L H L H

1:46 AM Wed 7:32 AM 1:57 PM 8:21 PM

0.6 1.5 0.4 1.6

L H L H

1 4:31 AM Tue 10:54 AM 5:06 PM 11:14 PM

-0.3 L 3.6 H -0.1 L 3.2 H

4:24 AM Wed 10:46 AM 4:55 PM 11:00 PM

0.4 3.1 0.5 2.7

L H L H

4:27 AM Wed 9:52 AM 4:22 PM 10:41 PM

0.5 1.7 0.2 2

L H L H

4:18 AM THu 9:39 AM 3:51 PM 10:23 PM

0.7 1.5 0.4 1.8

L H L H

2:34 AM Wed 8:23 AM 2:49 PM 9:24 PM

0.5 1.6 0.2 1.7

L H L H

2:30 AM THu 8:04 AM 2:33 PM 9:04 PM

0.7 1.4 0.4 1.6

L H L H

2 5:21 AM -0.2 L Wed 11:46 AM 3.5 H 6:03 PM 0 L

0.5 3 0.6 2.6

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0.6 1.6 0.2 2

L H L H

5:08 AM 10:18 AM 4:25 PM 11:03 PM

0.8 1.4 0.4 1.8

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3:34 AM THu 9:12 AM 3:40 PM 10:25 PM

0.6 1.5 0.2 1.7

L H L H

0.7 1.3 0.4 1.6

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6:44 AM 0.7 L 11:37 AM 1.5 H 5:59 PM 0.3 L

6:03 AM SAT 11:02 AM 5:05 PM 11:48 PM

0.8 1.4 0.4 1.8

L H L H

0.7 1.4 0.3 1.7

L H L H

4:06 AM SAT 9:14 AM 3:53 PM 10:39 PM

0.8 1.3 0.4 1.6

L H L H

7:03 AM 0.8 L Sun 11:52 AM 1.3 H 5:51 PM 0.5 L

5:42 AM 0.7 L SAT 11:05 AM 1.3 H 5:31 PM 0.3 L

0.8 1.2 0.4 1.6

L H L H

5:34 AM THu 10:43 AM 5:08 PM 11:40 PM

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AnnApolis

Fri

4:36 AM 10:06 AM 4:34 PM 11:28 PM

Fri

3:16 AM 8:37 AM 3:11 PM 9:49 PM

4:58 AM THu 11:22 AM 5:34 PM 11:36 PM

3 12:06 AM THu 6:14 AM 12:41 PM 7:04 PM

3 H -0.1 L 3.4 H 0.2 L

1:02 AM 7:11 AM 1:41 PM 8:08 PM

2.8 0.1 3.3 0.4

H L H L

12:17 AM SAT 6:18 AM 12:43 PM 7:04 PM

2.5 0.6 2.9 0.7

H L H L

5 2:04 AM SAT 8:13 AM 2:45 PM 9:16 PM

2.6 0.3 3.1 0.5

H L H L

1:02 AM Sun 7:06 AM 1:32 PM 7:59 PM

2.4 0.7 2.9 0.7

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6 3:14 AM Sun 9:19 AM 3:54 PM 10:22 PM

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1:55 AM Mon 8:03 AM 2:28 PM 8:59 PM

2.4 0.7 2.9 0.7

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5:36 AM 0.5 L 12:00 PM 3 H 6:17 PM 0.7 L

12:41 AM SAT 7:55 AM 12:36 PM 6:55 PM

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1:44 AM Sun 9:02 AM 1:39 PM 7:57 PM

1.9 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

12:38 AM Mon 8:05 AM 12:49 PM 6:46 PM

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12:33 AM Sun 6:49 AM 12:09 PM 6:29 PM

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.3

H L H L

2:48 AM Mon 10:04 AM 2:44 PM 9:01 PM

1.9 0.7 1.3 0.4

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1:34 AM Tue 9:04 AM 1:50 PM 7:50 PM

1.8 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

1:36 AM Mon 7:54 AM 1:15 PM 7:28 PM

1.7 0.8 1.2 0.4

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12:29 AM Tue 6:58 AM 12:02 PM 6:33 PM

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7 4:26 AM Mon 10:25 AM 5:01 PM 11:23 PM

H L H L

2:56 AM Tue 9:06 AM 3:30 PM 10:01 PM

2.4 0.6 2.9 0.6

H L H L

3:50 AM Tue 10:59 AM 3:47 PM 10:03 PM

1.9 0.6 1.3 0.5

H L H L

2:32 AM Wed 9:58 AM 2:53 PM 8:59 PM

1.8 0.7 1.3 0.5

H L H L

2:35 AM Tue 8:53 AM 2:19 PM 8:26 PM

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1:25 AM Wed 7:54 AM 1:13 PM 7:35 PM

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8 5:33 AM 2.5 H Tue 11:27 AM 0.5 L 6:00 PM 3 H

4:02 AM Wed 10:12 AM 4:34 PM 11:00 PM

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4:45 AM Wed 11:47 AM 4:45 PM 11:01 PM

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3:31 AM THu 10:46 AM 3:55 PM 10:09 PM

1.9 0.6 1.4 0.4

H L H L

3:26 AM Wed 9:43 AM 3:17 PM 9:19 PM

1.7 0.7 1.3 0.4

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2:20 AM THu 8:48 AM 2:22 PM 8:37 PM

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5:33 AM THu 12:28 PM 5:38 PM 11:53 PM

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1.9 0.5 1.5 0.4

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4:10 AM THu 10:26 AM 4:09 PM 10:09 PM

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1.8 H 0.6 L 1.5 H

5:22 AM 1.9 H SAT 12:13 PM 0.4 L 5:50 PM 1.7 H

12:41 AM SAT 6:51 AM 1:35 PM 7:10 PM

0.5 1.8 0.5 1.6

L H L H

12:19 AM Sun 6:13 AM 12:55 PM 6:45 PM

0.4 1.8 0.3 1.8

L H L H

1.7 0.6 1.4 0.5

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4:49 AM 11:04 AM 4:56 PM 10:55 PM

4:02 AM SAT 10:24 AM 4:25 PM 10:36 PM

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1:25 AM Sun 7:25 AM 2:02 PM 7:51 PM

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0.4 1.8 0.2 1.9

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5:24 AM SAT 11:39 AM 5:39 PM 11:39 PM

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5:57 AM 1.6 H Sun 12:13 PM 0.5 L 6:20 PM 1.5 H

2:07 AM Mon 7:58 AM 2:27 PM 8:30 PM

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2:20 AM Tue 7:51 AM 2:17 PM 8:31 PM

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L H L H

12:22 AM Mon 6:29 AM 12:47 PM 7:00 PM

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12:29 AM Tue 6:23 AM 12:42 PM 7:12 PM

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0.7 1.6 0.4 1.7

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0.4 1.6 0.2 2

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0.6 1.5 0.4 1.5

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Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

Fri

6:15 AM 1:04 PM 6:26 PM

2:49 AM Tue 8:30 AM 2:53 PM 9:07 PM

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

Fri

4:28 AM 11:31 AM 4:54 PM 11:15 PM

3:20 AM Wed 8:40 AM 3:01 PM 9:24 PM

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

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Fri

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1:04 AM Tue 7:01 AM 1:22 PM 7:40 PM

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

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1:01 AM THu 7:14 AM 1:10 PM 7:33 PM

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L H L H

1:40 AM 7:54 AM 1:52 PM 8:10 PM

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L H L H

12:49 AM SAT 7:06 AM 1:13 PM 7:30 PM

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1:39 AM Sun 7:59 AM 2:08 PM 8:22 PM

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2:48 AM Sun 9:05 AM 3:07 PM 9:18 PM

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3:17 AM Tue 9:42 AM 3:56 PM 10:03 PM

-0.3 L 3.8 H -0.2 L 3.3 H

L H L H

0.3 3.1 0.4 2.8

L H L H

-0.3 L 3.8 H -0.1 L 3.2 H

5:37 AM 1.6 H Mon 11:56 AM 0.2 L 6:17 PM 1.7 H

1:25 AM Wed 7:10 AM 1:30 PM 8:07 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

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

Fri

3:51 AM Tue 10:12 AM 4:19 PM 10:25 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

5:08 AM THu 11:15 AM 5:37 PM 11:56 PM

25 Fri

6:09 AM 3 H 12:16 PM 0.2 L 6:35 PM 3.3 H

4:06 AM Wed 10:32 AM 4:50 PM 10:54 PM

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

L H L H

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

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Slack Water Max Current Speed

Tue

441 1039 1651 2323

Wed 540 1124 1734

Slack Water Max Current Speed

117 746 1412 2011

434 0.9 1057 -0.9 1709 0.8 2311 -0.8

227 -1 831 0.8 1432 -0.9 2056 1.1

208 828 1449 2055

520 0.9 1137 -0.9 1750 0.8 2355 -0.8

256 907 1523 2136

602 0.8 1215 -0.9 1828 0.9

38 -0.8 643 0.8 1251 -0.8 1905 0.9

120 -0.8 724 0.7 1327 -0.8 1942 0.9

25 Fri

202 -0.8 805 0.6 1403 -0.7 2021 0.9

Fri

SAT

452 -1.8 1035 1.3 1726 -1.7 2306 1.3

219 Wed 852 1457 2132

544 -1.7 1127 1.3 1827 -1.6

120 0.8 802 -0.8 1412 0.5 1959 -0.6

1 1.1 642 -1.6 1224 1.2 1932 -1.5

218 0.8 852 -0.8 1502 0.6 2058 -0.7

100 1 742 -1.5 1324 1 2035 -1.3

628 1252 1849

313 0.9 938 -0.9 1549 0.7 2153 -0.8

SAT

505 1152 1815

54 714 1329 1940

406 0.9 1022 -0.9 1635 0.9 2246 -0.9

153 800 1407 2030

456 0.9 1105 -0.9 1719 1 2337 -1

Mon

Tue

352 1046 1557 2142

22 0.8 709 -0.7 1317 0.4 1857 -0.5

0 Mon 432 1207 1814

206 0.4 844 -1 1438 0.6 2129 -0.9

300 -1.2 819 0.7 1502 -1.3 2041 0.8

57 541 1303 1912

300 0.4 941 -1.1 1539 0.7 2232 -1

631 1159 1846

331 -1.2 900 0.8 1536 -1.3 2120 0.8

151 Wed 651 1401 2006

405 0.5 1046 -1.2 1645 0.8 2330 -1.1

27 Mon 708 1239 1925

358 -1.2 940 0.8 1608 -1.2 2157 0.8

508 0.7 1146 -1.3 1739 1

200 0.8 842 -1.3 1425 0.9 2142 -1.2

59 744 1320 2006

424 -1.2 1017 0.8 1640 -1.2 2234 0.8

50 611 1300 1924

303 0.7 947 -1.2 1537 0.8 2253 -1.2

131 Wed 821 1400 2046

454 -1.2 1054 0.8 1716 -1.1 2311 0.7

158 Mon 715 1408 2028

419 0.6 1057 -1.2 1710 0.7 2356 -1.2

204 900 1440 2128

530 -1.1 1133 0.7 1759 -1 2351 0.6

529 0.6 1158 -1.2 1808 0.8

236 939 1522 2213

613 -1.1 1214 0.7 1850 -0.9

50 -1.2 617 0.6 1251 -1.2 1847 0.8

34 0.5 703 -1 1300 0.6 1942 -0.9

139 -1.2 657 0.7 1339 -1.2 1923 0.8

119 0.4 753 -1 1347 0.6 2033 -0.9

Tue

18 641 1212 1821

323 -1 925 0.7 1522 -0.9 2148 1.1

115 745 1306 1913

422 -0.9 1023 0.6 1616 -0.8 2245 1.1

215 852 1406 2010

524 -0.9 1126 0.5 1715 -0.7 2346 1

317 1000 1513 2112

628 -0.9 1233 0.5 1820 -0.7

48 1 731 -0.9 1339 0.5 1926 -0.6

17 THu

605 1137 1735

246 -0.8 848 0.6 1440 -0.7 2101 0.9

151 1 831 -0.9 1441 0.6 2030 -0.7

24 658 1217 1812

332 -0.8 934 0.5 1521 -0.6 2144 0.9

249 Mon 844 1447 2119

546 0.9 1148 -0.9 1804 1.1

250 0.9 924 -0.9 1536 0.6 2129 -0.7

112 755 1303 1854

423 -0.7 1025 0.4 1606 -0.5 2232 0.8

28 -1.1 635 0.9 1232 -0.9 1850 1.2

344 0.9 1013 -0.9 1625 0.7 2222 -0.7

203 854 1355 1942

516 -0.7 1120 0.4 1657 -0.5 2325 0.8

118 -1.1 725 0.8 1318 -0.9 1938 1.2

Fri

SAT

Sun

Mon 418 1103 1622 2217

Tue

517 1159 1729 2321

Wed 611 1249 1829

10 THu

21 700 1333 1923

Sun

Mon 343 944 1556 2217 Tue

428 1021 1628 2258

Wed 515 1058 1701 2340

Fri

SAT

Sun

Wed 446 1133 1658 2248 THu

SAT

Sun

Tue

538 1214 1756 2352

344 929 1528 2209

Wed 439 1016 1612 2259

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

Slack Water Max Current Speed

223 -1.2 737 0.7 1423 -1.3 2001 0.8

THu

Slack Water Max Current Speed

130 759 1359 2034

257 953 1454 2039

613 -0.7 1219 0.4 1755 -0.5

Slack Water Max Current Speed

THu

Fri

Sun

Tue

310 948 1556 2234 404 1048 1703 2341

301 813 1509 2126

Wed 357 907 1602 2214

THu

441 956 1649 2253

Fri

SAT

Sun

Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

520 1039 1729 2327 556 1119 1807 2357

308 1022 1609 2303 343 1111 1709

Tue

THu

Fri

SAT

Sun

241 756 1458 2058 330 859 1552 2148 418 1000 1644 2237 502 1057 1736 2324

Mon 549 1151 1829

22 -1.3 558 0.9 1242 -1.5 1828 1.1 111 -1.5 646 1.1 1338 -1.7 1916 1.3 202 -1.6 735 1.3 1433 -1.8 2008 1.3 252 -1.8 827 1.4 1526 -1.9 2102 1.3

12 638 1247 1922

340 -1.8 920 1.5 1617 -1.9 2154 1.3

102 Wed 730 1341 2019

428 -1.8 1011 1.5 1709 -1.8 2246 1.2

Tue

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

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

0.4

0.6

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

0.7

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

-1:43

0.4

0.5

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

+0:19

2.2

1.2

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

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

0.6

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

1.2

0.6

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

0.6

0.8

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

0.5

0.3

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

0.6

0.8

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

0.4

0.2

Corrections Applied to Baltimore Harbor Approach

Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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-1 0.9 -1 1.1

133 740 1347 2006

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Slack Water Max Current Speed

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##Mohammad Al-Hrou b, 22, takes the helm of Spa rkle Plenty while NSL sta ff member, Ma tthew Gianitsos, obs erves. Photo courtesy of Tor y Salvia

Sailing To Better International Relations

ould learning to sail play a small role in improving international relations? Well, sailing does require communication, understanding, and partnership. Maybe that’s why sailing on the Bay has become a much-enjoyed component of the New Story Leadership (NSL) program for young emerging leaders from Palestine and Israel. Each summer for the past five years participants in this Washington, D.C.-based program have had the opportunity to experience the beauty of sailing the Chesapeake aboard boats hailing from Shady Side’s Leatherbury Point Marina. “Each year I’m amazed at these young people,” says Tory Salvia, NSL sail coordinator. “They get along so well and support each other. They are smart, funny, and intent on getting the most out of the sailing experience. Many have never even been on a boat before. This year, a 20-something Palestinian man wanted to learn every sailing term. This was his first trip outside the Middle East. Though he

lives just a few miles from the sea, he is not allowed to go there. He loved steering, tacking, and helping out when we anchored for a swim on the Rhode River.” A trio of boats hosting the students sailed out of Parish Creek on the West River: Giselle, a York Harbor 36 skippered by Phil Christenson; Halcyone, a Pearson 30 skippered by Bob Ogden; and Sparkle Plenty, a Mariner 36 skippered by Salvia. During the after-sail party at the marina, the crews shared experiences, and many expressed a desire to return some day to the Chesapeake for more sailing and exploration. A couple of weeks later, group members had an opportunity to discuss the NSL program before members of Congress. Several mentioned their sail on the Bay as one of the highlights of the program. “Each year, before we go sailing, we give the students a bit of a history lesson to orient them to the Bay and the Chesapeake’s impact on the region,” explains Salvia. “This year I chose the

theme of ‘adapting to change.’ We talked about how the Bay has changed and how Leatherbury had evolved from a family-operated oyster and crab processing plant to a small marina. Being prepared for change and adapting to changing circumstances are life skills everyone needs to develop.” Founded in 2009 by Paul Costello, NSL brings students from Israel and Palestine together in Washington, D.C., for a summer of government and private internships and leadership training. The program allows young leaders from the region to interact in a neutral environment and find ways to cooperate and construct a new story of peace and cooperation. Costello (an Aussie) has developed similar successful programs for Irish and South African students. Several alums from those programs contribute their time to NSL. Visit newstoryleadership.org to learn more.

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by Pamela Tenner Kellett

Where We Sail

It’s a Shark! It’s a Dolphin! It’s a Cow Nosed Ray?

hesapeake sailors have undoubtedly been fooled at the sight of the cow nosed ray’s “wingtips” breaking the surface, thinking they are seeing the dorsal fin of a shark or dolphin. More likely, it is the triangular ends of the cow nosed ray’s pectoral fins. This unusual cartilaginous fish has generated much attention recently due to its diet of mollusks, oysters in particular. A long history of contentious interactions with the commercial shellfish industry, in particular oyster restoration efforts and commercial aquaculture, has done nothing for this batoidae’s (flat fish) reputation. I have frequently seen cow nosed rays while sailing the Chesapeake, and they have certainly been caught (and released) by my fishing-crazed husband and son, but the biology of this fish was relatively unknown to me. Cow nosed rays (Rhinoptera bonasus), a species of eagle rays, are cartilaginous fish, related to sharks, and a separate family from stingrays and skates. Their bodies are kite-shaped, with a long whiplike tail, and a square, indented snout that resembles a cow’s nose (hence the name). The color on the dorsal side ranges from brown to olive green, and their underside is white. They can weigh as much as 50 pounds (exciting anglers until they come into view) with a wingspan of up to three feet. They swim by flapping their powerful pectoral fins. Rays use their dental plates to crush shells, and then they digest the soft body parts of the mollusks. They find their prey by flapping their fins against the bottom to uncover buried shellfish while sucking in sand through their mouths and out through their gills (a vacuuming effect). Rays have poisonous spines at the base of their tails and gained early notoriety on the Chesapeake when Captain John Smith was stung in the shoulder while spear fishing for rays at the mouth of the Rappahannock. He became so ill that his crew Follow us!

was planning his funeral, but apparently made a rapid recovery in time to eat the ray for dinner. This is how Stingray Point was given its name. Cow nosed rays do not lie on the bottom, so it is unlikely one would step on one and get stung. Cow nosed rays are seasonal summer residents of the Chesapeake, migrating to the Bay in order to mate and give birth. They journey to the Atlantic Coast of Florida for the winter. The ray’s life history makes it particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Research into ray biology will be critical if a fishery is actually ##Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program/ chesapeakebay.net

developed. Males mature sexually at the late age (for a fish) of five to six years old, and females at seven to eight years old. The rays mate at the end of the summer before leaving the Bay and return after a long gestation to bear a single “pup” in June of the following year. The pups measure 11-18 inches at birth. Schools are formed based on gender and age, and schools of over 300 have been spotted at the mouth of the Bay. The ray’s

main predators are coastal sharks, particularly the bull shark and sand shark. It is theorized by scientists that growth in the ray population is related to the removal of their apex predators by the coastal shark fishing industry. The reports of destruction of shellfish beds by rays has spawned an “Eat a Ray, Save the Bay” campaign. The pectoral fins apparently have a veal- or pork-like flavor. This campaign does not seem to have led to a demand for ray on the menus of local seafood restaurants. Unfortunately it may have spurred controversial ray killing contests, where upward of 150 participants bow hunt for rays (an easy target), killing unknown numbers for sport. It is clear that a regulated fishery would be helpful in managing ray populations, especially as their life history makes them vulnerable to overfishing. An ecosystems management approach would take into account the complex web surrounding the life cycle of the cow nosed ray. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is leading the way in studying ray biology in order to better understand and protect these unusual fish. Next time you witness the cow nosed rays leaping into the air (a territorial display) on a summer sail, hopefully you will have a newfound appreciation for this strange-looking sea creature. About the Author: Pamela Kellett, a gradutate student in environmental science at Johns Hopkins University, holds a 200 Ton Near Coastal Master/ 500 ton Ocean Mates license and used to be the captain of Lady Maryland. spinsheet.com September 2015 45

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Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

early 100 years after Captain John Smith led his expedition up the river, in 1706, the Port of Baltimore was established at the head of the northwest branch of the Patapsco River, later known as the Basin and then the Inner Harbor. The port expanded east and southeast downriver to what we know now to be Fells Point and Canton. The word Patapsco derives from the Algonquian pota-psk-ut for backwater. Three hundred years later, anything from water taxis to tall ships still roam the bustling port—just upriver from Baltimore’s substantial commercial port—and visiting sailors may catch a free Circulator Trolley to anything from a ball game to a seafood restaurant along a cobblestone street. If you would like to try an urban cruising destination, September is a wonderful month to visit Charm City. Not only does the weather tend to be friendly for sailing and strolling, there are endless events: harbor cruises, museum exhibits, art shows, ball games, concerts, and even Fells Point ghost walks. To find Baltimore fall events, start at the SpinSheet calendar (page 32) or spinsheet.com/ calendar. Next, try baltimore.org/events. 46 September 2015 spinsheet.com

39.278, -76.602 Entering the Harbor The shipping lane in the Patapsco is vast, well-marked, and well-used. Luckily, there’s plenty of space for sailboats outside yet near the shipping lane as you travel to the Inner Harbor. One word of warning: wake! Mix a

ripping current with a stiff breeze and a steaming ship, and even the heaviest 40-footer can get rolled, so choose your travel days and times well if you can, and batten the hatches. The river is wide with few shoals to watch for. Rock Point Shoal, halfway between Bodkin Point and Fort Carroll, is one to mark on your chart—and you’ll know why it’s called Rock Point when you see it. Other than that, just steer clear of the shipping lane and enjoy the interest-

ing view of the industrial port, Ft. McHenry, and the pleasant view of the city skyline as you enter the Inner Harbor. Tying Up for the Night SpinSheet writer and Baltimore sailor Eric Vohr prefers Henderson’s Wharf Marina in Fells Point because of its walkability to bars and restaurants. Between Henderson’s Wharf and Anchorage Marina, you’ll find a short-term anchorage as well. hendersonswharf.com Last September, SpinSheet’s editor stayed at Baltimore Marine Center’s Inner Harbor marina at the foot of Federal Hill, where she was treated well, met a surprising number of slipholders walking little dogs, and enjoyed walking over to the Baltimore Book Festival. The only drawback was the bright light coming from the field spotlights at night— nothing that a beach towel draped over the companionway couldn’t block. baltimoremarinecenters.com Another great docking option for transients in Baltimore is Harbor East Marina, near Little Italy, only three blocks from the grocery store and the Charm City Circulator bus line.

Baltimore’s Dockmaster’s office (near the Rusty Scupper) also offers docking for big boats and dinghies at Piers 3, 4, and 5 in the Inner Harbor. Before you go, visit baltimoredockmastersoffice.com for pricing; once you’re there, hail the dockmaster via VHF on channel 68 or call (410) 396-3174. Getting Around If you wanted to just sit on your boat, you would probably be across the Bay on the

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The Kid Comes Back … Sort Of by Steve Allan

t always brings a wistful smile to my face whenever I see families out sailing and really enjoying it, even more so if the kids are involved in running the boat, and not just hanging on the pulpit getting splashed with powerboat wakes, fun though that must be. It had been too long of an absence from the boat for my almost 16-year-old daughter. First high school, then the ubiquitous phone and internet appendages, friends, and the drama of love interests were too much competition for Paleolithic Dad and his hoary old 80s-era sloop with earth-tone décor and hank-on headsails but no television, Bluetooth stereo, or a USB port to be found. Clearly and inevitably I had lost her to the 21st century and all of the attendant trappings of whiz bang technology delivering instant gratification via satellite at the tap of a screen. But there’s more to it than just that. Annie’s Rose doesn’t have a fully enclosed head, which proved to be a dealbreaker in the recent past whenever I would ask her to go on weekend cruises or even daysails. I get that. She used to sleep in the vee berth, a veritable stateroom compared to the quarter berth, except for the fact that the head was in it. When she stopped coming Follow us!

to the boat, I moved into the vee berth, but it doesn’t really bother me that the toilet seat is 18 inches from my nose. Except when it does. I wish I could report how my kid loves the boat and has taken to sailing as a natural part of growing up, but as much as I wanted that, it hasn’t worked out that way. She learned her way around the boat when she was young, took sailing lessons at camp for a couple of summers, but never quite developed a passion for it in the way that I had hoped. I was admittedly perhaps too patient with her, never wanting to force upon her the notion that sailing is the greatest thing in the world, and darn it—you should consider yourself lucky to have the opportunity to be out there on the greatest body of water on the whole East Coast, you ungrateful little drain on Daddy’s boat fund, retirement dreams, and day-to-day anchor on keeping me glued to my chair in a gloomy office building taking orders from landlubber bosses who wouldn’t know a controlled gybe from the uncontrolled rage I harbor against them for not letting me out early on Wednesdays so I can get down to the boat in time for a night sail. Oh, did I say something wrong? Sorry for the digression. Good thing I’m balanced and grounded. On this particular trip, I was happy just to have her along. A 26-foot boat with two people aboard gets smaller by the day, but she seemed to do alright, even if I wasn’t always amused by her propensity to generate a trail of clutter wherever she went in every part of the boat. Ensconced down

below most of the time, she missed great blue herons taking flight from their shore perches, skates swimming in schools next to the boat, the unexpected beauty of a Choptank River vista as another bend was rounded. She preferred sailing rather than motoring, but she didn’t lend a hand with raising or lowering the sails, and except when I asked her to take the helm and go either in forward or reverse, setting and weighing the anchor was pretty much left to me while she busied herself in her world. In silence, and perhaps with a bit of smoldering anger and disappointment, I feared for her future, and that of legions of her peers tethered as they are to email and Twitter and Spotify and whatever else the cool new communication tool of the day is in vogue. I desperately wanted her to soak in the Zen of sailing. On the other hand, the kid could still row a dinghy. Paleolithic Dad hasn’t gotten around to equipping the dink with an engine, so after some prodding, she took to the dink for a row around the anchorage one night on La Trappe Creek. She had the oars again after we ran aground in San Domingo Creek outside St. Michaels. I thought, “Not many kids can do that, on average.” Maybe I don’t ask enough of her. Maybe I’ve been too overzealous about my love of sailing and the good things it brings me. Somewhere along the line I can’t help but think that somehow I have failed her. All I can say is, when she gets a boyfriend, he better know how to sand the bottom of my boat. spinsheet.com September 2015 49

The U.S. Sailboat Show:

A Preview in Numbers

t’s the oldest in-water show in the country, but it doesn’t happen in a marina. It’s a sailboat show with more than 800 exhibitors, but nearly two thirds of them show their wares on land. It temporarily brings in 62 pilings to Annapolis harbor and almost two miles of floating docks to hold more than 100,000 visitors. There are more than 250 tents, and more than six miles of cable feed everyone with electricity. And it only lasts for 105 hours; then, poof! Like Brigadoon it disappears, and the motorheads come to town. The U.S. Sailboat Show means a lot of things to many different people, running the gamut to the worst traffic offender in Annapolis to Christmas for Cruisers. Falling over one of the 50 September 2015 spinsheet.com

most temperate weekends in the Mid Atlantic fall, the Sailboat Show brings in the best of the sailing world and everything else you didn’t know you need. The 2015 U.S. Sailboat Show is the 44th incarnation of the event, and it just keeps growing with the Vacation Basin and Brokerage Cove taking up ample dock space in Spa Creek and Ego Alley. But it’s not all about hopping on and off board: with Cruisers University, the Take the Wheel and First Sail workshops, and even an appearance by the America’s Cup, the Boat Show brings in something for everyone. The Sailboat Show is always the best way to catch up on trends in the sailing world, and this year proves no different. More than 50

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catamarans are set to show up to City Dock, the largest collection of multihulls in the world. Looking at the numbers of boats showing up year upon year, numbers have certainly gone down, making it look like the show has gotten smaller. But president and general manager of the U.S. Boat Shows, Paul Jacobs, says that’s not the case. “The boats have just gotten bigger,” he says.

“Each year we’ve had to increase dockage.” Setting up those docks is no easy feat. Weeks before the show opens, the docks are assembled on the other side of the Severn River in Carrs Creek. Days before the show, they’re towed to City Dock in strings up to 480 feet in length. Workers use GPS to get the docks to fit within inches of each other, getting boats even

closer. Days before the show, booths and tents are customized by exhibitors to be comfortable and inviting. Boats that were commissioned in August will be given final interior decorations and staged for thousands of prodding eyes. During the show, beginning sailors participating in the First Sail Workshops will dart in and out of the harbor on Beneteau

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Those who want to spend more time getting comfortable on boats can take part in a Take the Wheel Interactive Workshop led by author and ‘round the world sailor Ralph Naranjo, who presents a morning seminar on sailboat design, operation, and ownership before an afternoon on-the-water experience gets sailors new and old out with qualified instructors on both catamarans and monohulls. Both workshops will sell out early, so be sure to register now and make your Boat Show experience that much more interesting. Outside the show gates, downtown Annapolis is a mad hub of excitement. Trying to get a waterfront table at Pusser’s Caribbean Grille or into Chick and Ruth’s Delly for a corned beef sandwich isn’t for the impatient, but the reward is always worth it: Pusser’s will pour 2500 painkillers daily for a reason. For more information on registering for workshops, buying tickets ahead of time, and learning the show layout, visit annapolisboatshows.com

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he word “derecho” comes from the Spanish word in adjective form for “straight line winds” (or “direct”) that can extend over considerable distance as they contain multiple thunderstorm cells organized as a squall line; but they are uniquely identifiable as a single entity. On the other hand, tornados (“twisted wind”) are more localized. Derechos are essentially squall lines that take on the look of a bow shape on radar and also are referred to as “bow echoes.” During the cold season within the northern hemisphere, derechos generally develop within a pattern of southwesterly winds at mid-levels of the troposphere in an environment of low to moderate atmospheric instability in the lower levels from the surface (a layer of cold air on top of a layer of warm air). In other words, derechos are caused by heat and moisture near ground level and cooler air moving in aloft. Warm season derechos in the northern hemisphere form in west to northwesterly air flow at middle levels of the troposphere, with moderate to high levels of instability. Derechos thus form within environments of abundant low-level, warm, moist air flows (sometimes referred to as “warm advection”). They are associated with bands Follow us!

of heavy showers or thunderstorms (collectively referred to as “convection”). On weather radar they assume a curved or bowed shape return. The bow-shaped thunderstorms are called “bow echos.” The composite display of hourly radar reflectivity imagery (above) shows the development and evolution of the June 29, 2012 derecho producing convective system, with selected observed wind gusts of 66-70 miles per hour in the Annapolis area. By definition, winds in a derecho must meet the National Weather Service (NWS) criterion for severe wind gusts (greater than 57 mph) at most points along its path. In stronger derechos, winds may exceed 100 mph. The associated winds are not constant and may vary considerably along the derecho path, sometimes being below severe limits (57 mph or less), and sometimes being very strong (from 75 mph to greater than 100 mph). This is because the swaths of stronger winds within the general path of a derecho are produced by what are called downbursts, which often occur in irregularly arranged thunderstorm clusters, along with embedded microbursts and burst swaths. Derechos might be said to be made up of families of downburst thunderstorm clusters that extend, by definition, continuously or nearly continuously for at least 240 miles (about 400 km). As the June 29 episode demonstrated, they can occur over waters that many boaters utilize such as the Chesapeake, Delaware Bay, and the coastal waters of the middle Atlantic seaboard.

Boaters need to note that on average one derecho occurs every four years. There are two distinct scenarios that derechos are identified with: The first is a “serial derecho” event typically is associated with an extensive squall line or quasi-linear convective system (red dashed / doubledotted line) with multiple embedded bow echoes. The second is a “progressive derecho” event, typically associated with a squall line of restricted length that may involve a single bow echo or multiple bows. Progressive derechos usually are associated with a stationary front in a rather stagnant largescale weather pattern. Overall convective system (and, therefore, derecho) motion is dominated by thunderstorm propagation, that is, the development of new storm cells downstream from existing ones. Because derechos are most common in the warm season, sailors are at risk for injury or drowning from storm force winds (48 to 63 knots) and high waves that can overturn boats. They occur very quickly, so boaters need to be tuned into NOAA Weather Radio and take swift action to protect life and property. About the author: Senior marine meteorologist Lee Chesneau will conduct a Marine Weather 1 course at Bacon’s Sails in Annapolis September 12-13 and will instruct at the Ultimate Cruising Symposium at MITAGS in Linthicum Heights, MD, October 11-12. Visit chesneaumarineweather. com to learn more.

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T u r n s

Starting Up

by Dave Gendell, founding editor

y mid-summer of 1995 it seemed that anything was possible. Mary Iliff and I had grown up just a couple of miles apart near Annapolis and knew each other through sailing circles. We were just a few years out of college, and she taught math and coached at The Key School while I worked at The Capital newspaper and as a boat captain. We were both working on the staff at Rags magazine in spring 1995 when the magazine’s owners gently but abruptly closed the doors.

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All around us, the old world was yielding to the new. In May, off San Diego, Team New Zealand’s Black Magic trounced Stars & Stripes. I watched Black Magic cross the final finish line from about 100 yards away and later that day composed and sent my first email. In July, Amazon, a startup website none of us had heard of yet, sold its first book. In early August, Netscape stock debuted as a tremendously successful Initial Public Offering. That same day, Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia unexpectedly died. All around us, the old seemed to be stepping aside to let the new push through. 1995 was a fruitful and memorable summer. We were inspired. I clearly remember that there was no panic and no drama. For me, there was simply a gradual realization that the world was sending a message: “We should start a magazine on our own.” I walked the idea around town

We were sailing all the time. I spent four or five days on the water every week in 1994. A lot of our principles were hatched and developed aboard sailboats and among sailing crews. SpinSheet would never be a “boating magazine.” In fact, we banished the word “boating,” and we banished the word “yachting.” We were all local. Chesapeake Bay only. Full Stop. We were all sailing. All the time. Full Stop. There were to be no recipes and no poetry. There was to be nothing to take a drop of ink away from sailing and the sailors. And all race results were to be published at least to the mid-point of the standings, not just the top three as the newspapers did. Photo captions would be packed with rich detail and big bylines. When SpinSheet started, I We left the premiere issue undated wondered how long this unique because we were not sure when there publication would last. That was would be a second one and didn’t want it to look expired on the newsstand. pre-internet, pre-email, and preWe put every ad dollar we earned back instant gratification in terms of to trusted friends and advisors… Dave Cyinto the business. We worked harder and news. Marvelously SpinSheet has phers, Terry Hutchinson, Mike O’Brien, Jim longer than I ever thought possible. not only endured, but it has thrived, Cullen. If there was any doubt, they quickly There were some lucky breaks along the in a constantly changing news and erased it. way, no doubt. Some incredible people I have always loved technology, storytellbusiness world. It’s an easy read, walked through our door. Our parents ing, the Chesapeake Bay, and sailing. Mary full of happy news, smiling people, brought a talent for connecting with potential stayed behind us and, in Mary’s case, even and the sport that its readers enjoy advertisers, a similar drive and love for sailing, came to work with us when her mother so much—what’s not to love? That signed on the staff. My younger brother and an overarching ability to organize and unique blend, and its permeation became part of the Chessie crew in the optimize everything. We knew there needed around town (it’s in every store I walk 1997-98 Whitbread and, as that remarkto be a central place to bring content and into!) makes it convenient to pick up able lap around the planet unfolded, the relevant advertisers together. Inspired by the and delve into in as much or as little identity of the region’s sailing community world around us and egged on by family and time as you have. Congratulations to coalesced. SpinSheet had the inside track friends, we put our heads down and started everyone who has been part of that to tell the story. Outside of the office, we the work. success over the last 20 years! each married partners who understood Mary’s father, Charlie Iliff, quietly, me~Margaret Podlich, and supported what we were working thodically, and steadily guided and encourBoatU.S. president to build. Shout-out to Chris Scanlon aged us in the first hours and days. Sandy and Gendell and Geoff Ewenson. Sally Morse, who owned a J/35 that we raced Talented and aboard, were strong supporters in those early smart people kept days. SpinSheet by the Numbers coming into our At the same time, the rapid advent of lives (Fred Miller! Full-time employees in 2015......................................... 11 email, portable data storage, photo scanners, John Potter! Waland powerful desktop publishing programs Issues of SpinSheet published to date.........................241 meant that the mechanics of putting together ter Cooper! Dick Publications produced each year Franyo!). The sailing and publishing a magazine were suddenly a (includes SpinSheet, PropTalk, PortBook, community exlot less complicated than they had previously Start Sailing Now, and Screwpile Daily News)...............31 been. Barriers to entry were falling. The day- panded. Technology improved. Suddenly Staff average days 2015 YTD on the water ................27.9 to-day focus could be on stories, the photos, we had cell phones and taking care of advertisers rather than Our graphic designer Zach Ditmars’ things such as printing presses, layout teams, and direct-to-plate number of days 2015 YTD on the water........................61 printing, and race reand darkrooms. Just a year or two earlier, Paid contributors in this issue of SpinSheet...................14 sults were published absent the developing technology, it would on the Internet. We Unpaid reader contributors in this issue........................30 have been a lot more complicated to start a expanded and evolved publishing business.

Dave and Mary at SpinSheet, besides being the voice of the sailing zeitgeist on the Bay were instrumental in helping us start the Boatyard Bar & Grill in 2001. They gave us so much great advice as to what to be, and not to be, like. Besides being great advisors and partners they have been great friends. They still are the “go to” people with regard to maritime/ sailing issues for our business. Molly humors me by letting me be the man on the ground in St. Barths reporting for SpinSheet from the Bucket Regatta. SpinSheet has partnered with the Boatyard as a major media partner on our four major lifestyle charity events: Bands in the Sand for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Boatyard Regatta for CRAB, the Boatyard Beach Bash for the Annapolis Maritime Museum, and the Boatyard Opening Day Spring Rockfish Tournament. Thank you for what you have done for all of us who live and play on the Chesapeake—Happy Birthday, SpinSheet! ~Dick Franyo, Boatyard Bar & Grill owner

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Happy Birthday! I am proud and honored to have been part of such a great publication, and it’s exciting to see what SpinSheet has become and where it has gone over the years. It has created a legacy much larger than the void it initially filled back in 1995. All of us who care about sailing on the Bay have in one way or another been touched by SpinSheet’s reach and are better off for it. Thank you for the contribution you have made to sailing and to the community on the Bay and beyond and congratulations on 20 years of coverage “For the Sailors by the Sailors!” ~Tucker Thompson, America’s Cup public host

the business but never Hello PortBook! strayed from our initial In the fall of 2011, SpinSheet core values. Publishing Company acquired the In 2004, rather than well-known, free marine services jam fishing and powerboating into our sailing directory, PortBook for Annapolis/ pure play, we launched a Eastern Shore and Newport, RI. We new magazine, PropTalk, have since expanded it to Charlesfeaturing inspired content ton, SC. Visit portbook.com to find from the talented Joe Evmarine services. ans, who served as editor for a few years. sailing friends or legends passes away. I And then deep one stay connected. night in the summer of 2007, I awoke... These days, the kids pick up the wife and three kids quietly asleep, with magazine for me as they move around a passion for digital everything and a town and they drop it on my desk as burning feeling that I had to do somethey fly by, chasing their own passions. thing else. After a methodical transition, I pick up each issue, check the page I was suddenly wearing long pants and count, check the masthead, and then tight shoes, deep in the business world of dive in… deeply proud of what we digital media. My career post-SpinSheet started 20 years ago. has been interesting, rewarding, and Congratulations to the past and presoften a lot of fun, but I still think about ent SpinSheet staff on 20 great years. SpinSheet every day. I love that I can still And a massive thank you to everyone contribute my quirky and somewhat offhas ever read, advertised in, contributed topic articles a few times a year. I happily to the magazine over the years. step up to write tributes when one of our

Why SpinSheet?

by Mary Ewenson, publisher helped deliver the magazines, and my n 1995 sailing was what I did. My family sailed, my friends sailed, and I dad wrote for us. Local business owners sailed. I didn’t have a grand life plan. bought ads in a publication that had not yet been printed, all because the ChesaI just knew I loved sailing and spending peake sailing community wanted its own time with other sailors. My friend Dave Gendell sailed even more than I did, and magazine, and sailors are all about other he was a writer, so when the magazine sailors. we worked for folded, we jumped in and Fast forward 20 years—wow was that fast! We’ve grown from a full-time staff started SpinSheet—with a lot of help of two to eleven. Hundreds of advertisfrom our friends! We didn’t have a plan, but the sailing community was there for ers, writers, photographers, graphic us. designers, and distribution drivers have From the start, fellow sailors sent contributed over the last 20 years to us their stories, told their friends about make SpinSheet what it is today. We SpinSheet, and helped in every way now publish PropTalk Magazine for our imaginable. Our families invested in a powerboating friends, PortBook Marine Services Guides for our boat-owner computer and a printer for us, my mom

SpinSheet Crushes It During Recession

You might recall tightening your belt for a couple of years starting in 2008. The SpinSheet staff put their noses to the grindstone and fought to keep the magazine strong in the face of tough times. While many magazines published fewer pages or issues, pared down their staffs, or even closed their doors, we double-reefed and sailed steadily through the storm. We’re proud of our resilience and our tough team!

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Welcome New Sailors

In 2008, when we launched our first new sailor guide, Start Sailing Now, we didn’t know it would turn into a popular seminar series, but it has. SpinSheet editors give talks and panel discussions about getting into sailing from the beginning of sailing season through October; our two biggest seminars unfold at our annual Annapolis Crew Party and at the Annapolis Sailboat Show. Find the monthly Start Sailing Now column featuring new sailors on page 44. Visit startsailingnow.com to learn more.

friends, and Start Sailing Now for our soon-to-be-sailing friends. On top of that, we have excellent websites for all of those publications. We have Chesapeake Bay sailing and boating covered. Over the years there have been so many great adventures with Team SpinSheet: teambuilding at J/World, frequent all-staff outings to Annapolis Ice Cream Company, cocktail class boat building and racing, pool parties, Woodwind sailing trips, team windsurfing lessons, CPR classes, fishing trips. The list goes on and on. We enjoy the Chesapeake, and we enjoy each other’s company. So many friendships have grown from SpinSheet! Now I don’t have as much time to sail, because SpinSheet, PropTalk, PortBook, and Start Sailing Now are what I do. I love my job, and I love the team at SpinSheet. When I’m not working, my husband, Geoff, and I SUP, powerboat, and sail together. As in 1995, it’s all about the people. The boating community is alive and well in 2015, and we are at the heart of it. Thank you for the last 20 years! I’m looking forward to what the next 20 will bring!

SpinSheet is like family. The SpinSheet folks are dependably out on the water with us, celebrating our sport and the sailors’ efforts within it. I love seeing them at regattas, cheering us on, taking photos. SpinSheet keeps me current on Chesapeake sailing, people, and events. SpinSheet connects us. Their support of our sport in the Chesapeake is invaluable. Looking forward to the next 20 years! Thank you, SpinSheet! ~Debbie Gosselin, Watermark Cruises owner

ASIA in Annapolis?

No, it’s not a cool new restaurant at City Dock—it’s the Annapolis Sailing Industry Association, founded by SpinSheet publisher Mary Ewenson during the recession to bring together locals in the marine community and strategize how to keep each other afloat. Today, ASIA provides a platform for networking among Annapolis marine industry professionals. To learn how you can get involved or attend a monthly luncheon, email info@spinsheet.com.

Ed and I have been on the SpinSheet distribution team for 13 years. The magazines arrive at the storage shed on wooden pallets with the back of the magazine showing. We load the car and never look at the cover until we are in the car and heading out on the route. I then clip the plastic bindings on the first bundle and turn over the top magazine to see what is featured on the cover. It’s always a pleasant surprise! Sometimes on our routes, I have a chance to look through some of the articles and read them to Ed as we go along. If a marina or boat service on our delivery route is featured in the current magazine, I can tell the people, “Look on page such ‘n such to see some familiar scenes.”… We get lots of positive feedback from readers, and it’s a fun job for us! ~Elaine and Ed Henn, SpinSheet distributors Follow us!

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Charter Notes

by Eva Hill

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t didn’t take long after arrival at our marina about 45 minutes’ drive away from Split, Croatia, to conclude that things were different there. My husband Rick and I, along with our friends Skip and Harriet, had arrived from London around 2 p.m.; Pat and Emily had already spent a few days in Croatia and were relaxing with the local Karlovačko beer. The Sunsail marina was a mob scene, as taxi after taxi unloaded arriving sailors. I lined up at reception to check us in. It turns out that most charters in this region start on Saturday afternoon, so we were jockeying for resources—space, attention, provisions—with every other crew sailing in Croatia this week. We found our local skipper, Roko, and were off the dock by 4 p.m. The fact that we had a skipper enabled us to skip boat and chart briefings. We’d provisioned some essentials with Sunsail which were already stowed

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for us, so we beat the rush. This turned out to be no insignificant thing. The fact that I knew hardly anyone who’d ever been to Croatia did not mean that this was some secluded, undiscovered destination. Europeans know all about the Dalmatian coast—it is beautiful and historical, convenient to reach, still relatively pristine, and affordable—and they flock here in droves. Roko’s first choice for the night’s destination was already full, so we went to his second choice, Šešula bay off the island of Šolta. Šešula had no marina and a bottom so hard that anchoring was out of the question. Instead, in exchange for use of a mooring, we agreed to dine at the associ-

ated local restaurant. Mooring is the way to go here, often with a line attached to the sea bottom, and another attached to the shore. But you are not alone on the mooring. By the time we sat down for dinner, we were wedged among more than a dozen boats, separated from our neighbors only by a fender’s width. Although we were initially skeptical of the requirement that we sail with a local skipper (since we didn’t want to bother with obtaining the required license), the mooring situation would have been bewildering without his expertise. Night after night, we wedged our 26foot wide catamaran stern-to into a marina, or stern-to at a village quay. Except for that first night, every place we tied up offered, for a modest price, electricity and un-metered water (this is a luxury especially appreciated by me, who could make 100 gallons of fresh water last over three weeks in the Bahamas, and still treats water as a precious commodity). Each evening was more crowded than the last, and it helped immensely to have the lo-

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Charter Notes cal knowledge that Roko offered; with a phone call he could suss out where there would be room for us, while other sailors not so fortunate begged for spots at the dock, or spent miserable nights in less than ideal spots, rocking and rolling in the swell. Roko also knew where the infamous Yacht Week flotilla was headed day after day so that we could (mostly) avoid them. I had no objection to the partying that was associated with the Yacht Week flotilla (only jealousy for the fact that such a thing didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist, and I could not have afforded it when I was a 20-something!), but there were so many of them that lines for marina showers and toilets were inevitable. But we soon became accustomed to the crowds of boaters, and our proximity to them; instead of defaulting to our North American tendency to try to make friends, we learned to ignore them. Though we thought a local skipper would have been useful for his language skills, it turned out that just

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f you own a sailboat and you’ve zzFor all the attractions that the ICW always wanted to ply the Intracoastal offers, it’s essentially a big ditch. Except Waterway (ICW), you’re in for a new for brief sojourns on the Albermarle or experience. The 1,088-mile channel, Pamlico sounds—or an overnight escape which is a collection of estuaries, sounds, into the Atlantic Ocean through one of and rivers stretching from Norfolk, VA, to a few widely separated inlets—there are Miami, FL, is unlike most bodies of water few opportunities for you to raise sail and that sailors typically frequent. It promises some unusual chal##Photo taken from the visitor’s center lenges, some satisfyfor the Dismal Swamp on the ICW. Photo by Captain Wendy Kravit ing, some not. In broad terms, transiting the ICW needn’t be all that daunting. The waterway is protected and is a far cry from the challenges that ocean passage presents. There are plenty of marinas, boatyards, and waterside communities that together offer slip space, repairs, fuel, and other supplies, not to mention some interesting sightseeing and seaside comenjoy the wind. That means you’re going munities to explore. to have to spend the bulk of your time Yet the waterway isn’t for beginners, or on the ICW motoring, which guarantees for boats that aren’t in A-1 shape before that you’ll be racking up a lot of engine you start. Depending on where on the hours, running the risk of needing extra ICW you are, the water can be deep or so maintenance and repairs, and spendshallow that you may have to wait for rising ing two to three weeks motoring from tides. Currents can be very fast. You need Norfolk to Miami via the ICW instead to be able to read charts and day marks of the week or so it might take to make closely and to cope with heavy traffic. And the trip in blue water. you need plenty of patience. zzParts of the ICW are silted-in and often For sailors, particularly, here are some unmarked, which leaves you more vulpoints to ponder before you start making nerable to sudden grounding if you have any serious plans: a keelboat. Tide levels often are crucial.

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And navigation aids on the ICW sometimes are out of position, thanks to storms or shifting shoals. Dredging is imperfect. The “Magenta Line” said to mark a channel on chartplotters often isn’t accurate. zz Sailors traveling the ICW also must cross under dozens of bridges and cables and through locks. Although charts show most of the bridges at 65 feet above the water at high tide, some spans don’t quite measure up, and a few are drawbridges that open only on regular schedules. Either way, you’ll need to factor all these into your planning and expect some delays. That said, don’t be deterred. If you do take your sailboat down the ICW, you won’t be alone. Sailboats account for a hefty proportion of the recreational boats that travel the waterway each year, according to the Atlantic ICW Association. Many are captained by snowbirds, who head south in late fall to sail off Georgia and Florida. “Don’t be afraid of it—it’s really one of the most beautiful waterways you’ve seen,” advises Paul Harmina, a Coast Guard-licensed captain who has transited the ICW frequently on boatdelivery jobs over the past 20 years and owns a 37-foot sloop that he sails for recreation. “If you make sure you’re prepared for it, the trip can really be a lot of fun.” Here are some tips for transiting the ICW, gathered from sailors who have done so frequently and from experts who keep track of what’s happening on the waterway: Stock up on information and charts. Buy full-sized (and up-to-date) NOAA charts of the ICW; updated electronic charts for your chartplotter; and a waterway guide that reproduces portions of nautical charts and lists ports, marinas, fuel docks, and restaurants along the way. Take a laptop or tablet and check the websites of several online ICW-monitoring organizations.

Learn the rules of the road—no fooling. The ICW has a lot of traffic, from cargo ships, barges, and powerboats to sailboats and what-have-you, skippered by experienced boaters and newcomers alike. Especially in a narrow waterway such as this, you need to know the rules, from rules for meeting, crossing, and overtaking to requirements for lights and sound-signals. Buy a good VHF-FM marine radio and one or two hand-held radios as backups. And learn the proper procedures for using them (BoatU.S. offers a very good online course for $24.95 via boatus.org/courses). You’ll need to use channels 16, 9, and 13 to communicate with other vessels and with bridges and marinas. Also bring along a laptop computer and a cell phone with a recharger or two and plenty of batteries. Buy an unlimited towing insurance policy from an organization such as SeaTow or TowboatU.S. If you break down or run aground on the ICW, it’s often difficult and expensive to get help if you aren’t signed up with one of those towing firms. Towboat captains also can provide updated information on local conditions. Be sure your boat and everything on her is in tip-top condition—engine, electrical system, fresh water system, head, navigation system, anchoring gear, depthsounder, and seals and seacocks—and that you’re carrying enough parts to repair them if something goes awry. Even if you find a good boatyard, it may not be able to get the part you need for several days. Have a trusted mechanic go over your boat before you leave your home port. Check your batteries. Have everything serviced before you leave, from changing the oil and transmission fluid to installing a new impeller for your engine’s cooling system. Learn how to perform routine such tasks yourself. Don’t box yourself in with a detailed plan for the entire voyage. Sure, you should have a thorough grasp of the route you’re taking and what’s in store. But you’ll still have to spend evenings deciding what you’ll be doing the next day and checking the weather, potential hazards, navigation aids, marinas, fuel and food stops, and the like. Treat each day as a long daytrip. Follow us!

Captain Harmina writes the information he’ll need for the next day on a whiteboard and keeps it where it’s easily visible from the helm. He also advises calling ahead first thing in the morning for transient slip space at a marina close to the place you intend to be in late afternoon. Few boats are under way at night because it’s so hard to spot the hazards in the dark. “Always make a fallback plan in case you don’t make it as far as you planned to go at the end of your day on the water,” advises Captain Jeremy Hopkins, a Coast-Guard-licensed delivery captain who plies the ICW frequently. “Have alternative marinas, anchorages, and

so on, picked out in advance and know whether they’ll have space for you.” Make a daily check of some of the online websites that track problems on the ICW and read the updates posted by fellow boaters reporting broken or misplaced navaids, silting, or other hazards. Find a partial list of helpful websites at spinsheet.com/icw. Keep in touch with other ICW travelers via marine radio and at your marina. Some may have long experience transiting the waterway and know the hazards. You may find some who have just come from areas where you’re

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when passing to avoid wake damage to the other boat. Once you’ve been passed, position yourself directly astern of the other boat to signal that she can speed up. Don’t try to rush. You’ll find transiting the ICW is a lot more enjoyable if you take your time and avoid trying to meet a deadline. As in long cruises of any kind, expect to be delayed by one of the myriad potential difficulties you may encounter, and be prepared to solve whatever problem comes up. Captain Harmina’s advice about the ICW is, try it—you’ll like it. “If you do it right,” he says, “you’ll come back home saying, ‘Wow—that was a lot easier than I thought.’ ”

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ast summer found us calling at Port Washington, NY, on Long Island twice—once on our way from the Chesapeake to Maine and again on the way back home. Our stays there convinced us that Port Washington would make an excellent destination for a Bay sailor looking for the spice of a short ocean passage or a bluewater dreamer looking for a shakedown cruise. Sailing to Port Washington offers a bit of adventure as you transit the C&D Canal, sail down the Delaware Bay, scoot up the Jersey shore, and hustle through nerve-wrackingly busy New York Harbor up the East River past the Manhattan skyline and always churning Hell Gate. Port Washington is in Manhasset Bay on Long Island Sound, the third bay on the right after passing under Throgs Neck Bridge. An old community that served both as the inspiration for East Egg in “The Great Gatsby” and as the birthplace of frostbite racing, Port Washington offers cruisers many sought-after amenities, not the least of which is a direct train connection into New York City. We spent a total of 12 nights here, first for an extended trip in June and later as shelter from a passing storm in August. Several years ago, an enterprising water taxi man installed several moorings in the harbor, which are free for the first two nights and cost a modest fee after that.

This brings a reasonable amount of cruising traffic into Port Washington. Unlike other harbors we visited on Long Island Sound, where fees for moorings and dinghy docks start to compete with the beer kitty, the folks in Port Washington have realized that reasonable mooring fees, free and accessible dinghy docks, and a hospitable town encourage cruisers to come ashore, enjoy the amenities, and leave with lighter pockets.

We first took advantage of the free moorings and later moved our Stevens 47 Hurrah to the ample, muddy-bottomed anchorage just past the mooring field. The town has two dinghy docks: one is at the base of Main Street within a short walk of a well-stocked bookstore, a public park, an ice cream shop selling water and ice, and the train station. The other one is conveniently located across the street from a grocery store and within a short walk from a laundromat, a West Marine, and some absolutely fantastic pizza at Salvatore’s. Don’t miss the pizza: after two pizza tours in New York and Boston, Salvatore’s has stayed on our top five best pizzas eveh.

In addition to its own merits, Port Washington serves as an affordable, convenient base for visiting New York City. The Long Island Railroad runs a line straight into Penn Station. We spent our days in the city pursuing pizza, books, and wooden sailing ships. After finding settings for some of our favorite books, we toured the four-masted barque Peking; her 1929 rounding of Cape Horn was filmed and is now widely available online. Sadly, Peking’s days are now spent in relative disrepair on the banks of the East River. Still we enjoyed the connection to the past we felt while walking around this ship and marveled at all that she has seen. More than just a provisioning and commuting pit stop, Port Washington is a well-kept town with summer concerts on the town green, a weekend farmer›s market, lovely homes, and lots of trees. Fish seem to love the harbor more than boaters. August is known for its late summer fluke run, and we spent some of our time fishing in the harbor. More astounding than the fluke were the schools of silver surface-feeding fish that swam together so densely, you could practically walk on the surface of the water. We enjoyed a couple of fluke for dinner on our last night in Port Washington and then finished prepping for our passage back to Annapolis, resolving to return when the call of a little bit of ocean and a little bit of pizza could no longer go unanswered.

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e have the same conversation every year. My husband rolls his eyes and says, “So which internet friends that we’ve never met before will be coming to dinner during boat show?” And every year I gently remind him that because of my internet friends we have had places to crash all across the country, we have won a new set of running rigging for the boat, we have scored everything from a kid’s harness to chartbooks to a new anchor; and oh, by the way, many of them are now real-life friends. There’s just no getting around the fact that social media is the new coconut telegraph among cruisers. Numerous groups listed on Facebook and various forums bring cruisers of many stripes together. There are groups for those cruising with kids, groups for

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those cruising the ICW, groups for those participating in rallies, groups for those living aboard in certain areas, so many groups. It can feel like overload, and for those a little less plugged in, it may seem excessive. But the fact is that this is the way sailors connect these days, and it’s more than just planning cocktail hour. Social media connections can lead to real world advice, help, local knowledge, and connections. A Catalina 42 Facebook group member relays a tale of a member being out at sea with an impeller issue. Those plugged in to social media and fast Wifi were able to offer advice, do research, relay instructions, and zap quick information in real time. The group talked her through the problem, and all ended well.

A sailing couple from Michigan thought they found their dream cruising boat online. But from the glow of the computer screen, they weren’t sure if she was worth making a trip from the Midwest to Florida to check out or not. Through an online sailing group, they found some Florida sailors who were willing to check the boat out on their behalf. The news came in via social media from Florida that the boat was everything she seemed, and the couple made the trip to have a serious look. Now they are in the final steps of buying the boat that strangers from the internet helped them scope out. Even more serious issues are being handled within social media groups. There’s no doctor at sea, but using a radio to send and receive messages

www.Myachtservices.net often can mean that medical help from real professionals can be relayed. One cruiser had a husband with heart symptoms in a very remote part of the Indian Ocean. She reached out on a women’s sailing group and got some doctors and nurses to talk her through what needed to be done until they could get him to a hospital. Another cruiser couple needed Transderm Scop patches to ease seasickness underway. They had run out, and could not find any in the Dominican Republic where they were cruising at the time. They reached out to a sailing group for that area, and another boat happened to have extra patches to spare. The patches were dropped at a marina, and the seasick boat was able to continue on thanks to the kindness of internet strangers. Social media has become the go-to way of raising money and rallying help for sailors who have experienced major losses. For many out there cruising, their boat is their only home complete with all of their possessions.

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hile sorting through Couples Race/Cruise up the Patuxhundreds of sailing phoent River to Battle Creek. It’s always a tographs each week, a few well-attended and well-received event for always stand out in memory—but they racers and cruisers alike. All year, memcome at me here at SpinSheet so quickly, I can’t always find them weeks later after they’ve been sucked into the virtual black hole of my desk. The photo below came to me from the Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA). Later, when the happy image crossed my mind again, I could not remember who sent it or where it was in my folders. Was it in the “Club ##SMSA members celebrate summer in Battle Creek. Notes” folder or the “reader photos” folder? Was it saved in my “cruising” folder or in the “letters bers and friends eagerly look forward to to the editor” file? Thankfully, I found it. mid-August, when we race to the raftup, The photo caption reads: “SMSA’s then anchor, break out the water toys ‘hot’ August event is our annual Mixed and food, and settle down for a nice long

evening of on-the-water socializing and exercise.” When it’s January, and the creeks are iced in and/or very cold, the memories that sailors will cherish look a lot like what you see in this photo: 10 varioussized sailboats rafted up; friends floating on their noodles and rafts (a few holding beers); a paddleboard, jet ski, and kid in a lifejacket playing in a dinghy behind a boat—what’s not to love about this picture? As we wind down the summer and enter into the fabulous sailing wonderland we call fall on the Chesapeake, let’s savor the season’s end. Take a few pictures of family and friends at anchor and jot down a few of your stories. Send them with other club news to molly@spinsheet.com by September 10 for inclusion in the big October issue. Enjoy!

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lub Beneteau Chesapeake Bay members, friends, and families gathered for the first annual Commodore’s Crab Fest at the Corsica River YC. The weather was perfect for a picnic with temperatures in the low 80s and 10-plus knots of wind for those who sailed to the event. Folks started arriving around 1 p.m. and enjoyed playing a number of games, visiting with friends, and as always, sharing great food: crabs, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, corn, and special treats prepared by club members. A great time was had by all, and it looks as if another tradition has started. For more information on CB2 events or joining our club, please check out our website: cb2.org. ~Jeanne van Hekken

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he eighth event of the Chesapeake Bristol Club (CBC) 2015 season was Mini-Cruise #3 to St. Michaels including Log Canoe Races July 25-27. Wind on Saturday was near zero, so sailors had to mostly motor to St. Michaels. There were two Log Canoe races on Saturday and one on Sunday, all observed by CBC members. Saturday’s events were capped off with Happy Hour on Galatea followed by dinner at Ava’s, highlighted by having “balcony seats” to watch the St. Michaels parade, and having ice cream at Justine’s. Members and guests Rob and Carroll Greve, Lida and Will Klunk, Deb and Ken Coons, Bob and Prue Clopp, Doc and Carol Johnson, and Marty and Joyce Suydam attended. We watched Sunday’s log canoe races from land and had an upscale lunch at

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t was hot. Very hot, with infrequent encounters with light winds on the way to Rock Hall for the 33rd annual Seafood Feast. Yet on most measures, the gastronomical extravaganza was an unparalleled success with more than 100 Singles on Sailboats (SOS) members picking all-you-can-eat crabs, shoulder to shoulder into the twilight. By the end of the dinner, some members were so full, they could only sidle sideways like crabs between the long tables piled high with the decapods. Crabs have 10 legs which make them very agile, but oddly enough they are terrible dancers because of their five left feet. Now SOS doesn’t claim that amongst their ranks, none have five left feet, but since most only have one or two, the tide of dancers boogied impressively beneath the stars to the rockin’ tunes of the 12-piece Kaleidoscope band. Sailing season is passing quickly, but SOS has sailing trips into November, as well as a full winter program of

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Rock Hall YC Hosts Windmill National Championship

Sandy (Holt), careers and children took indmill Class president, Ralph priority. They had to put their passion Sponar, III, and son, Matthew for sailing on hold for a few years. The Sponar, won the 2015 Windcouple spent a lot of time researching a mill National Championship Regatta on small, affordable, easy-to-rig dinghy to Sunday, July 26, at the Rock Hall YC. sail with an active racing fleet, something The Chesapeake Bay offered excellent conditions for the threeday event. Light wind ##Ralph Sponar III (skipper) and Matthew Sponar race Friday built into 18-25 their new boat, 5702, in the 2015 Windmill Nationals at the Rock Hall YC. Photo by Ann Peyton Photography knots with three-foot seas by Sunday. Twenty-seven boats from across the United States, including California, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Virginia competed in the 10-race event. Ralph began his sailing career in Bermuda in the 1970s. As a teenager, he that could be stored in a garage. In 2008, raced Luder 16s, crewed on a variety of Ralph purchased his first Windmill and small boats, and worked his way up to now has his own fleet of three. skippering. Ralph won the International Luder 16 Championship in 1984. When According to Sponar, “The Windmill he married a fellow Luder 16 skipper, is a great high-performance dinghy. It

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Using no less than five types of wood and more than 3000 copper rivets, the vessel named Pearl gradually took shape. Finally, after 12 years of painstaking work and attention to detail, Pearl was declared completed in early 2015. On July 29, 50 or so Corinthians, neighbors, friends, family, and members of the prestigious Davis’s Pub YC assembled on Aberdeen Creek on the north shore of the South River. Braving a classic and torrential Chesapeake Bay summer thunderstorm, Derek’s wife Penny officially named and commissioned Pearl to the cheers and the applause of the assembled company. Umbrellas were raised as the group scuttled back for a celebratory lunch at chez-Watridge, after which DPYC commodore Spencer Johnson and DPYC member Keith Drewett, both Corinthians, presented Derek with a substantial rum ration, a brass ‘Rum Locker’ sign, and an engraved brass compass. thecorinthians.org

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Racing to Do Good I

n a recent SpinSheet article the claim was made that among sailors that there are racers and there are cruisers, and never the twain shall meet. While that may be true for many sailors, there are many who occupy both spheres. In the case of a great many cruisers every time they are out on the water and there is another boat in sight and heading in vaguely the same direction, the race is on, even if the other skipper has no idea he is being engaged. Other than a critical analysis of the unknowing opponent’s sail trim and tactics, and virtual bragging rights, there are no tangible results of this sort of “racing.”

##During charity regattas, serious racers and part-time racers share the satisfaction of sailing and supporting a good cause. And they hope to inspire others to join the fun. Hospice Cup photo by Dan Phelps

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Some sailors who own cruising boats, such as my husband Rick and his racing partner Brett, have enough of a need for speed that they have invested in buying a racing boat. Rick and Brett co-own a Harbor 20 named Mofongo and race on most Wednesday nights in the summer and on Sundays during Frostbite racing season (when Spa Creek isn’t frozen over….). Because most of their time and money is devoted to keeping up their bigger, needier cruising boats, they may never become Harbor 20 champions, but they certainly take pleasure in the competition and camaraderie of the race fleet.

For those who don’t want to commit to participating in both racing and cruising universes, there is the opportunity to race provided by charity regattas. As long-time members of the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association (CBSA), we wanted our club to be more than merely a social, drinking, and sailing club. What started out as random and episodic participation in the Leukemia Cup (raced this year on June 30, and in which Mofongo participated), the Boatyard Bar & Grill Regatta to benefit CRAB (Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating August 22), and Hospice Cup (September 19), became, for our club, more focused. The CBSA has been involved with Hospice Cup for several years and raced in the Hospice Class, which is intended to provide a friendly venue for the infrequent racer. Our Calypso has raced most of those years. Leukemia Cup and CRAB offer similar opportunities. Over the years, CBSA’s participation has increased to the point where we hope to be able to field our own “one-design” class of Sabre 402s in the near future. The race and the postrace party are on the club’s calendar, and Sabre Yachts has sponsored a perpetual trophy which goes to the best-finishing Sabre (even if that Sabre is not in the running for trophies otherwise). More importantly, CBSA engages in fund-raising for the participating hospices and has brought home trophies for club fundraising in the past. The group enjoys the camaraderie (and internal competition) of raising money and especially appreciates the opportunity to do some good for a cause we embrace. You won’t see Hospice Class boats on the race course with spinnakers or sexy racing sails; indeed, Calypso took home the Sabre trophy one year under her original (circa 1997) Dacron sails, reefed. When you see the part-time racers at the post-race party, they may not look like hardcore racers in matching outfits, and they won’t necessarily be adding hardware to their trophy collections. But they’ll be basking in the glow of a job well done and a cause well-supported and hoping to inspire other cruisers and clubs to join them in doing the same.

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Houck and White Take Club 420 Nationals

lmost 200 teams arrived in Newport, RI, to compete at the Club 420 U.S. National Championships over the weekend of July 21-23. Coming out on top were Annapolis sailors and high school students Stephanie Houck and Camille White, who were the only team to post all top ten scores. Houck and White came out of the eight races with only 25 points, winning them the top spot. The two girls are the first all-female

team to capture the Club 420 National Championships, and also recently received the Ida Lewis Trophy at the U.S. Junior Women’s Double-Handed Championships. Houck will be a junior this fall, while White will be a sophomore. Elsewhere in the top 10, Hector Guzman and crew Annabel Carrington from White Stone, VA, came in fifth place. For full results and more, visit sailnewport.org

USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival

hesepeake Bay Open at Fishing Bay Yacht Club June 27-28 featured 153 junior sailors in Optimists, 420 and Laser Radial. Competitors came from nine teams across NC, VA, and MD. Nathan Smith of FBYC won Opti overall; Leo Boucher of WRSA won Laser Radial; Connor Bayless of AYC won 420. fbyc.net

Try It Out Clinic Gets Kids in Sport Boats

est River Sailing Club (WRSC) and the Multihull Committee of US Sailing joined together to run a “Try It Out” Clinic for selected 420 race teams July 29. The goal of the clinic was to introduce top-ranked racing juniors to the world of high

performance boats: F16 catamarans, 29er skiffs, Formula boards, and International 420s. The WRSC clinic used four F16 catamarans borrowed from members of West River Catamaran Racing Fleet (WRCRA). Katie Flood, a member of the U.S. Sailing’s Olympic

Development Team was head coach and led a team of five WRSC members. Twelve members of Annapolis YC’s 420 Race team got a chance to learn the basics of wire-to-wire tacking, spin hoisting, and capsize recovery on the beach before hitting the water in a building breeze of six to 11 knots. The F16s were sailing in the Bay off of the West River reaching speeds of 16 knots in a few runs. Sailors were all very excited and impressed with the speed and power of the boats, realizing quickly that you can’t muscle high performance boats, that the main sheeting system is exactly opposite to 420s, and that the acceleration can toss you backward off the boat. Thanks to Katie Flood, Jocelyn Henderson, and Fan and Colin Pitts who helped the sailors climb a steep learning curve.

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nnapolis sailor Jesse Falsone first attended the 505 Worlds in 1998, when the Championships were held at Hyannis YC in Massachusetts, and was immediately hooked. “I saw how former 505 world champion Dave Penfield was vitally involved in the Hyannis Worlds as PRO, and I knew then that I wanted to one day run them. I thought, ‘this could be me in 20 years.’” To make good on that thought, Falsone worked hard within the fleet, traveling around the world and competing in the 505 Worlds on 10 separate occasions, developing important relationships and experience in running the event. In 2013, elder 505 class officers conspired to bring the 2017 World Championships back to the Eastern Seaboard for the first time in almost 20 years, and Annapolis was the top choice. When Falsone was

called and asked about his enthusiasm for hosting the event, he realized his bucket list was going to come true. In the run-up to the Worlds competition, Annapolis is ramping up its 505 events with championship regattas run jointly between Severn SA and Eastport YC. Later this month, the 2015 505 North Americans will bring in roughly 40 teams, and the East Coast Championships will be bringing in a similar number in 2016. For Falsone, the 505 events are all about getting the band back together for a hometown show. “At Worlds, our fleet is comprised of very high level amateurs who love the boat and the people,” he says. “There are friendships that run quite deep in this class, fueled by our love of an extraordinary boat and the camaraderie that accompanies our passion.” Falsone will be acting as co-chair for the regatta along with Keith Jacobs of ##Jesse Falsone at the helm and Mike Martin in the trapeze during the 2005 International 505 Worlds in Warnemunde, Germany. Photo courtesy of Jesse Falsone

##Getting up close and personal during the 505 East Coast Championships in 2014, hosted by SSA in Annapolis. Photo by Dan Phelps

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EYC. For sailors interested in getting involved, Falsone is happy to act as a match maker. “There are numerous local boats available for sale, and plenty of time to get involved in the regatta. We boast an eclectic blend of members— from sailors in their teens to 70s, women and men, from all walks of life.” To get started in 505 racing, both SSA and the West River SC run training groups. For information and to get involved, visit severnsailing.org.

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##Jubilee at the start. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

2015 Governor’s Cup Yacht Race : Another Night to Remember

vernight races are not for the faint hearted sailor. Middle of the night conditions are made just as unpredictable as your response time when you’re exhausted. And yet, we love them, and return to them time and again, for more. The Governor’s Cup Yacht Race (Gov Cup), hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland, is a prime example of this. Held in 2015 for the 42nd time, Gov Cup takes racers on one of three routes: the more popular Annapolis leg, 68.6 nautical miles heading south; the Potomac leg, 46.7 nautical miles starting in Dahlgren; and the Southern leg starting at Wolf Trap Light and heading ##For the second year in a row, the Pride of Baltimore II acted as Race Committee for the start of the Annapolis leg. Photo by Lexi Pine

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north up the Bay for 61 nautical miles. For the second year in a row, the Pride of Baltimore II served as the committee boat on the starting line of the Annapolis leg. Winds were light at the start before filling in for roughly six hours of pleasant sailing down the Bay on a close reach. “The start was flukey, but interesting,” says Shannon Hibberd, who crewed on Keith Mayes’ Beneteau 36.7 Jubilee. “The spinnaker was up, then down, then up, then down. But overnight we had lovely, consistent wind and the most glorious full moon that helped us see the fish traps, targets, and all the other things one has to watch for

at night in the Bay.” Jubilee lost her instruments shortly after 10 p.m. and only had a tacktick. Despite that, the boat came in second place, less than three minutes behind the PHRF A2 leader, Don Snelgrove’s Himmel. The class was deemed the most competitive fleet because just seven minutes and 37 seconds separated the first five finishes. That’s a lot to handle when you’ve only gotten three hours of sleep, as Hibberd had done. But she isn’t complaining. “I’ve done a lot of overnight sailing,” says Hibberd, “but this was hands-down the best experience I’ve ever had.” smcm.edu/events/govcup

Class Winners Southern Leg: PHRF: Triage, Tim Savage Potomac Leg: PHRF NS: Kristine, John White PHRF Spin: Shadowfax, Denis Bessette Annapolis Leg: Founders Cruising (5): Empress II, Mike Rhine Super Cruising (12): Orion, Jon Opert PHRF A0 (2): Yellow Jacket, Jake Wolf PHRF A1 (8): Magic Dragon, David Poff PHRF A2 (17): Himmel, Don Snelgrove PHRF B (8): Incommunicado, Tracey and Polk PHRF C (9): Alaris, Nick Iliff PHRF N (10): Coyote, Richard Griner Multihull A (6): Thrill Ride, Jim Parrott Multihull B (6): Gemini, Jere Glover

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Oxford Regatta: Change Is Welcome

Shields, Stars, Optis, Laser Radials, he Tred Avon YC (TAYC) Club 420s, Penguins, and Comets hosted its annual regatta over had a long (yet beautiful) day of the weekend of August 8 and 9, bringing out everyone from Opti to log canoe sailors to race on the Tred Avon and Choptank rivers. Saturday’s conditions brought a shifty northerly at eight to 15 knots, while Sunday was light and variable. The annual Race to Oxford moved dates this year, from Friday to Saturday, and 38 PHRF boats and five newlyappointed Chesapeake Racer-Cruiser Associa##Dorian Haldeman collecting the award for first place in the Snipe division tion boats made the trek from Annapolis to Oxford. Nick Iliff onboard racing on Saturday. Muskrat took home the Poker Bowl Sailor Dorian Haldeman was crew Trophy for the skipper with the best onboard Brett Davis’s Snipe Haze, corrected overall time in the PHRF who won her regatta with two first Spinnaker fleet. place finishes in four races. “Saturday Already on the Eastern Shore,

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the racing was great,” she says. “Brett and I won the first two races, then our whisker pole launch line broke. We managed to place fourth and second in the next two races, with me holding my arm over my head as the ‘human pole.’ There was no racing on our course on Sunday, and it was so light we got towed to and from the race course.” The after party at Harleigh Mansion was its usual great success. Sailors ditched the board shorts and T-shirts for jackets, ties, and sundresses to kibbitz on the lawn of the exquisite estate. Even the Opti sailors put on their best manners for the event. For a full list of results, please visit tayc.com.

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PSA Race to Rock Hall

ey, it’s that time again! Potapskut Sailing Association (PSA) is looking for racers to help us make this another great Race to Rock Hall on Saturday, September 26, and back on Sunday the 27th. And of course, there is the fantastic shore party at Haven Harbour including dark n’ stormies, oysters, and many other great foods. Dockage is also available with access to a pool and hot showers.

This is our third year at the Rock Hall location, and everyone who experienced the first two years was very impressed. There will be starts for cruising racers, also. We want you to sign up and be a part of this Upper Bay tradition. If your other crew or family members want to drive over to meet you, there are always places in the area to stay overnight. Rock Hall is a fun town with very gracious and

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SpinSheet Sponsors New Youth Trophy

f you race with younger crew or need incentive to grab a young person and teach him or her how to crew, here it is: the new SpinSheet Junior Sailing Trophy at the Annapolis Labor Day Regatta, September 5-6. Junior crew must be under 18 years of age on the first day of the regatta. As a crew minimum, at least one junior crewmember must be on boats that are 25 feet (length overall) or less;

order of application, shall be: the boat with the highest finish position in any race or the boat with the youngest average age of all junior competitors. Email sailors@spinsheet.com for an entry form. It must be completed and turned in at the registration table when you pick up your skipper bags (Thursday, September 3 from 5-8 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 4 from 3 -8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 5 from 8-9 a.m.)

What Is a Racer-Cruiser?

ith Cruising Class becoming one of the fast growing parts of racing, it seems like a good time to consider what boats qualify and what type of people race them. The quick answer to both question is a very wide variety. When we started the Chesapeake Racer Cruiser Association (CRCA) last winter, the first and by far most difficult issue was defining what boats qualified. Without going into a lot of detail the answer was everything from a San Juan 21 to the biggest floating condo you can imagine. To deal with this, CRCA has developed three classes in its Racer Cruiser Fleet. While examples from the extremes of these classes make it easy to see the difference, as we get to boats in the 32foot to 36-foot and 12,000-pound range, things get a bit more complicated. A good example of a big true cruiser is the current leader in the season standings. Celerity is a Beneteau Oceanis 473 shoal draft with a roller furler main and bow thruster that uses an asymmetrical

##A couple of young crew members at the start of the Solomons Race. Maybe they’re free to crew for you for the Annapolis Labor Day Regatta? Photo by Dan Phelps

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and at least two junior crewmembers must be on boats that are greater than 25 feet (length overall). Each junior crewmember must have an active crew position sailing the boat, much more than railmeat. The award will be given to the boat with the highest overall finish, competing in any class that races both Saturday and Sunday. In the event of a tie, the tiebreakers, in

spinnaker tacked to the anchor roller. The 140 percent roller furler headsail is smaller than the standard “Race Ready” 155, but it means that headsail changes aren’t needed, which works well for the relatively small crew of five or six. In comparison to ##Celerity in the Racer-Cruiser Class at Celerity, the Beneteau the Solomons Island Invitational start. Photo by Dan Phelps 53f5 WK Relativity in Performance Cruising might seem make her a good choice. Interesting: like a Grand Prix Racer. But at 32,000 the trend toward more small cruisers on pounds, she isn’t like to do many drop trailers and also dry-sail storage of boats mark races. With a stack pack and has meant that we have eliminated the electric winch to raise the 125-pound rules that Pocket Cruisers be wet-sailed. full-batten main, there is an obvious The next major question is what performance increase over the roller people qualify as Racer Cruisers. Defurler main on Celerity. The traditional spite the stereotype that they are laidspinnaker for downwind work requires back cruisers who aren’t very intense, a bigger crew but again adds to the the reality is that a large percentage of performance. However, when you go the owners are ex-one-design racers below, the boats are similar with the that now have dual purpose boats that 53 having more creature comforts due meet the needs of both the family and to her size. Chief among these are an desire to race. Note the program of the additional head, second A/C unit, third Galatia, the True Cruiser Class winner, cabin, and dedicated sail locker. and second overall in the recent SoloAt the other end of the size spectrum mons Race; the skipper also campaigns are the Pocket Cruisers. While there are a J/111. Another owner is considering many retired MORC boats that fit into adding a J/70 for kids now that his wife this class, a good example is a Sabre 28. is happy with their new Beneteau. Certainly the interior is nowhere near For a full understanding of what that of the large boats, but the budget boats qualify check out the Class Rules and light-air performance of the boat at chesapeakerca.com

The Auld Mug Visits Annapolis

he Annapolis Yacht Club Foundation will host an event at AYC Thursday, October 1, featuring the America’s Cup trophy and fundraising activities that will directly benefit Chesapeake Bay sailors. The event will also honor two AYC members who have won the America’s Cup, as well as highlight the America’s Cup Tour, presented by Tucker Thompson, former America’s Cup sailor and active AYC member. When Thompson was recently chosen to be the television and public host of the 35th America’s Cup, he thought “…being able to begin right here at AYC would be an immensely proud moment for me to kick off the world tour.” The tour includes a full multimedia presentation about the 35th America’s Cup and covers all aspects of its history, the future of the series, and what to expect in Bermuda. Tucker has arranged to bring the actual America’s Cup, the prized trophy of this 164-year-old

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sporting event, to the club. Known as “Auld Mug” to many generations of racing sailors, it is the oldest sporting trophy in international competition. Its presence in Annapolis is a rare and unique opportunity to see a piece of history. The public may purchase a maximum of four tickets per reservation. Tickets cost $135 and include heavy hors d’oeuvres, live and silent auctions, and two-hour open bar ($35 of the ticket price will be tax deductible). Proceeds will support the efforts of the AYC Foundation. Non-AYC members can make a reservation request at aycfoundation.org/americascupevent. The America’s Cup trophy also will be on display at the U.S. Sailboat Show (October 8 and 9 only) at VIP Preview Day, that evening at the Premiere Launch Party, and again at the show the next day. “We are thrilled to offer our guests the opportunity to see the America’s Cup trophy as part

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Racing Formats for Broader Audiences in Key West

ast month, organizers from the Storm commitment by September 1 in order Trysail Club (STC) announced new to have an amendment made to the features to Quantum Key West Race official Notice of Race. Week 2016 to increase the event’s flexIn addition to the return of IRC and ibility to accommodate more sailors and HPR rating systems, the regatta will classes. offer handicap scoring using the ORC system, the largest science-based rating A one-design or handicap class that system in the world. Managed by the can organize a minimum number of eight Offshore Racing Congress, the ORC entries may consider using an alternarating system is used in 40 countries tive format being offered for three days with more than 9000 certificates issued of racing starting Wednesday, January 20 through Friday, January 22. This will ##Alternate formats will invite more racers into be in addition to the the fold at Quantum Key West Race Week 2016. standard format of Photo by Ken Stanek/ kenstanek.photography racing held Monday, the 18th through Friday, the 22nd. Classes competing in the standard format will be ineligible to also compete in this alternate format. Those that opt to race WednesdayFriday will receive the same high-quality race management provided to the other classes and may be included in course areas provided for other classes during the week or given their own courses, depending on their needs. “We are offering this flexibility feature so that we may interest classes of competitors who cannot each year and is an organizer for annual make the full-week commitment yet still ORC World and ORC Continental want to be a part of this exciting internachampionships sanctioned by the Intional sailing event,” says STC event manternational Sailing Federation (ISAF). ager Bill Canfield. “It is a formula that has Boats with either ORCi or ORC Club worked extremely well at other popular valid certificates may enter, with classes international regattas, such as Kiel Week formed for each. in Germany and Cowes Week in the UK, “The ORC system has shown so we see this being a positive new feature tremendous success overseas in the to also offer for Key West.” last several years, with measurements Classes interested in this alternate and ratings for many of the same boat format must register their interest and

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types we have here in the U.S.,” says race committee chairman Dick Neville. “It is a fully web-based transparent system that is easy to access for sailors and gives race managers lots of scoring options not offered by other systems, so we feel its use here will not only increase the international caliber of the event, but also increase the accuracy of results while reducing the previous hassles we had getting through the PHRF rating process.” Find a fact sheet on ORC and a list of ORC ratings for common boat types on the Yacht Scoring site at yachtscoring.com. More information on the ORC system is available at orc.org. Make applications for ORC Club ratings at orc.org/clubapplication. Event managers are prepared to add short navigational races to the format for Performance Cruising classes that have expressed interest in participating at Quantum Key West Race Week. This is a style of racing popular for the casual and/or shorthanded sailing teams, who wish to be part of the larger event but typically enjoy just one race per day. Note that the first early discount entry fee deadline for the regatta is September 1; fees increase by $4/foot after this date. Click to keywestraceweek.com to register. For more information on the race formats, contact event manager Bill Canfield at bill@keywestraceweek.com. For general regatta questions and sponsorship inquiries, contact Amy GrossKehoe at info@keywestraceweek.com.

Annapolis-Area Sailors Excel at Laser Master Worlds

en Annapolis-area sailors journeyed to Portsmouth Olympic Harbor (site of the 1976 Olympic sailing competition) in Kingston, Ontario, July 12-18 for the Laser Master World Championship Regatta. “It was a great freshwater sailing venue, and we had terrific sailing conditions, seven to 17 knots over the course of the six-day regatta, from varying directions,” says Severn Sailing Association (SSA) member and SpinSheet columnist Kim Couranz. “That meant it was challenging physically and mentally. Super cool was that nearly half of the Radial Masters fleet was women!” Nearly 250 sailors aged 35 and up from 26 countries, all selected by their country’s Laser Class organizing authorities, competed in the event. Sailors were divided into four Laser Standard divisions and four Laser Radial divisions in 10-year age groups: Apprentice, Master, Grand Master,

and Great Grand Master. This year, awards were also given in a new Radial category— “Legends”—for those 75 and up. Men and women race together in ##SSA members Kim Couranz and Margaret Podlich each age group, at the Laser Master Worlds in Kingston, Ontario. but awards are Couranz topped the Radial Master Women’s division. also given to women’s division fleet. Mike Schmidt of Pasadena finwinners. ished 11th in the Radial Grand Master Couranz placed eighth in the fleet. Other SSA members on the race Radial Master fleet and was the topcourse were SSA fleet captain Steven scoring female competitor, hence the Cofer, Jonathan Phillips, Bill Lawson, winner of the Women’s Radial Master Jaqcues Kerrest, Joe Hidalgo, and Mike division. She was followed by three Parramore. points by her longtime teammate, Interested in sailing Lasers at SSA? friend, and Annapolis YC and SSA Visit severnsailing.org. Find complete member Margaret Podlich in ninth Laser Master Worlds results at place. SSA member Dorian Haldeman kingstonlaserworlds2015.com placed 10th in the Radial Apprentice

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Annapolis Sailors Sail Fast ‘Round the Island

ollowing his class win at the Annapolis to Newport Race in June, Annapolis sailor Steve McManus and his team, mostly made up of U.S. Naval Academy sailors on Saykadoo, topped the J/120 class at the ‘Round the Island Race hosted by the Edgartown YC in Martha’s Vineyard July 30. The team was also awarded the J/boat with best corrected time and the Yacht Club Team Trophy. McManus’s team had placed second in the Round the Buoys races July 28-29, and two U.S. Naval Academy teams onboard the Navy 44s Gallant (Erik Derecktor, skipper) and Tenacious (Jackson Niketas, skipper) had taken second and third places respectively. On the final day of the event, the teams combined forces to form the victorious ‘Round the Island Race team.

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U.S. Patriot Sailing Veterans Winning on the Water

here is a new racing program on the Chesapeake: U.S. Patriot Sailing. This competitive sailing program’s mission is to help veterans by aiming to “win” on the water. For U.S. Patriot Sailing, “winning” is not always finishing first at the end of the race. Thanks to the efforts of founder Peter Quinn (U.S. Naval Academy ’99) and Chesapeake Bay skipper Dailey Tipton, the program’s mission is on course. 2015 marks U.S. Patriot’s inaugural season. The Team—comprised of wounded and combat veterans and a mix of volunteering veterans and supporters—has competed in the Cape Henry Cup on Quinn’s SJ-35 Flyer and the inaugural Ocean Race North (CharlestonAnnapolis) on Jim Hightower’s King 40 Hot Ticket, and has raced the NERYC Invitational (first PHRF), Solomons Island invitational (first PHRF A1), Screwpile, and Governor’s Cup on Dailey Tipton’s 1D35 Blofish. Tipton had just refit his 1D35 to a permanent bow sprit (1D35 -Turbo) in 2014, and after learning of the program mission from Quinn, offered to have the Blofish be the inaugural Annapolis platform for U.S. Patriot Sailing. “After 20 years of racing multiple boats on the Bay, I wanted the Blofish program to give something back to the community. As a prior Naval officer and combat veteran, helping warriors by offering them access to the competitive sailing community was a perfect match,” says Tipton. Tipton has hosted U.S. Patriot participants for five events this season. He also secured the sponsorship of Jeff Kitchen (USNA ‘91) of Edward Jones to directly fund the logistics for the participating warriors. Further, Tipton’s Blofish crew Follow us!

Coming home from foreign conflict can present many stresses, which most of our society will never experience. U.S. Patriot Sailing creates an environment where warriors can reintegrate together, share stories, and accomplish a new, positive, and memorable mission.” Quinn is quick to point out that the sailing community has been very welcoming to these veterans. In fact, for Screwpile Regatta in July, the entire U.S. Patriot Blofish crew stayed at the home of competitors Jim and Barb Whited, owners of the J/111 Bad Cat, and they ##U.S. Patriot sailors on Dailey Tipton’s Blofish hosted Blofish at the at the start of the Governor’s Cup Regatta. Southern Maryland Photo by Lexi Pline/ SpinSheet Sailing Association (SMSA) during the event. Another class competitor, Norm Dawley of Pursuit, provided dockage for the week pre-race. For the Ocean Race North in May, Severn Sailing Association kindly hosted Hot Ticket at its docks after completing the 500 nautical miles, and Helly Hansen of Annapolis donated gear for the Patriots sailing on Blofish. Quinn says, “As a mission. Together the team must execute 501(c)(3), U.S. Patriot Sailing has met and adjust tactically, constantly reassessing its mission this season because of the until the finish. Warriors are experts in generosity of owners and supporters who teamwork. U.S. Patriot sailing offers warhave hosted the team and donated their riors access to a new dynamic challenge, time and resources to this effort.” one that leverages their teamwork experU.S. Patriot Sailing plans to establish tise. Sailing is a goal-oriented, healthweekly racing opportunities in Annapolis ful sport with a welcoming, supportive next spring and looks to increase access community. I can not think of a better for warrior crews in major offshore environment for warriors who are dealing events. Quinn says, “Local access prowith the hardships of reintegration and vides an activity and outlet that warriors transition after injury and combat stress.” can work into their weekly routine. Already this season 21 veterans of Distance racing lets them set long-term multiple conflicts and all of the branches goals and gives them a life accomplishof service have raced with the team. “Bement to remember.” ing part of a crew, competing, and sharing For more information, to donate, or camaraderie are familiar to veterans. For volunteer visit uspatriotsailing.org or folmany, access to this team environment is low U.S. Patriot Sailing on Facebook. more than fun; it is a transition enabler. members have been extremely supportive. One of them, Becky Esterly of Annapolis, states, “It has been an honor and joy to get to know these warriors. The experience has been personally rewarding, and I look forward to volunteering with U.S. Patriot Sailing, both on and off the water.” How does competitive sailing help? In Quinn’s words, “Competitive sailing shares much with the military experience. You build and train your team; develop a strategy based on weather, competitors, and equipment; and then, you set off on a

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Small Boat Scene

Fast as a Bolt of Lightning

Team Becker Wins Lightning Worlds

by Kim Couranz

rom July 21-25, 63 Lightnings defirst time at the Buffalo Canoe Club, lighted in sailing in terrific conditions and I wish I had been there before out of Buffalo Canoe Club on Lake now. Everything was amazing, and it Erie in Ontario, Canada. At the end of all started with the people, the club nine races, Geoff Becker (Arnold, MD) members and volunteers who gave their and his team of Jimmy Barnash (Rochtime and effort to make every sailor feel ester, NY) and Laura Beigel (Severna welcome.” Park, MD) topped the rest and claimed Becker works as a one-design expert the Lightning World Championship. at North Sails; he competes in several different one-design classes (includBecker, who is a member of Severn ing J/70, J/24, J/22, Thistle, Viper, and Sailing Association, started sailing Lightning) in an effort to remain on the Lightnings as crew in 2000 and enjoyed leading edge and pass his knowledge the boat so much he bought his first on to his customers. Earlier in July, his Lightning in 2007 to start driving. That year, he and his crew won the 2007 Lightning North ##Photo by Art Petrosemolo/ nauticalphotography.us Americans in Annapolis; he finished sixth in the 2009 Worlds in Malletts Bay, VT. The regatta featured a variety of conditions—though the traditional “sea breeze” out of 240 degrees that many who have sailed on Abino Bay will recount never materialized. For three days the fleet enjoyed a solid 10-14 knots. One day, it was significantly windier, and the other day it blew six to eight knots with a few puffs to 10 knots, ensuring that the champion could excel in them all. “The fresh water of Lake Erie combined with the regular afternoon breezes made team finished third in the J/70 World for some of the best sailing I have done Championship in La Rochelle, France. in some time. With the great wind, the To prepare for the Worlds, Becker location offered flat-water sailing closer and his team targeted six events and to shore or bigger and more exciting sailsaw each event as an opportunity to ing in the waves out toward the middle improve. of the lake,” Becker said. “In many one-design classes, like the The Buffalo Canoe Club setup also Lightning, boat speed is paramount to made getting going in the morning easy: success,” Becker emphasized. “There All the boats remained in the water on are so many good sailors in the class. a mooring or at anchor throughout the If you are not on pace with the front regatta. The beach drops off very slowly, group, you will not be in the front so sailors simply walked out into waistgroup. Knowing that, my primary focus deep water to get to their boats. leading up to the Worlds was to get my “It created a relaxing atmosphere for boat up to speed and be as comfortable me, like when you go cruising and tuck as I could with the settings for the mast in somewhere for the night,” Becker and sail trim.” noted. “The Lightning Worlds was my

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“Jimmy, Laura, and I would all agree that it never felt like we were tearing it up after any race or any day of racing. All we could do was control each decision we made and try to improve during the next leg or next race. Nothing we did was flashy and we just kept plugging away all week.” The “all week” factor is a big one, Becker notes, at long regattas like world championships. “Having the proper outlook and mental state during a long event is also very important. Longer regattas, more than two or three days, are marathons, not sprints. While each day brings challenges, weeklong regattas are won through attrition and keeping a competitive pace over the entire length of the event. Anything you can do to maintain mental and physical freshness will go a long way over the course of those events.” Becker also stressed the importance of teamwork: “It is important to sail with people you trust and allow each crewmember to do his job. When jobs are second guessed, attention is focused inside the boat instead of helping the boat get to the finish line. Choose your team well, but also allow the crew to do their jobs and share the responsibility for the outcome.” Becker isn’t resting on his laurels, as he has three North American championships remaining on his 2015 calendar—sailing on J/24s and J/70s as crew, and then getting back in the Lightning for the North Americans in October (Southern YC, New Orleans, LA). “I really enjoy sailing the Lightning; it is a good balance between dinghy and keelboat. You won’t find a more competitive one design at the top levels, and I have already started sailing the boat with my kids in some of the local regattas. At all levels, the Lightning is a great boat to sail and race.”

Chesapeake Racer Profile

Megan Yeigh

niversity of Vermont (UVM) Sailing Team president and senior Megan Yeigh grew up on Fishing Creek in Annapolis. When she was very young, she started sailing in her backyard with her dad on Lasers and Optis. She attended KidShip, went through the 420 racing program with Annapolis YC, and sailed on the Archbishop Spalding High School team out of Severn Sailing Association (SSA). You may have seen her on the foredeck of her dad John’s Tripp 26 A Parent Tripp, upon which she learned to love keelboat racing as much as dinghy racing.

##Annapolis sailors competing on the University of Vermont team, Megan Yeigh and Lilli Salvesen. Photo by Robert England

Tell us about your college sailing career. Sailing for UVM has been one of the best experiences of my life. I have had the privilege of travelling to regattas almost every single weekend in the fall and spring seasons, generally as the Women’s A skipper. At most other schools I would not have had this opportunity, and I definitely would not have been able to improve to where I am today. This past year, we set a goal to qualify for Women’s Nationals and made it! My primary crew for the year was fellow Annapolitan, Lilli Salvesen.

every weekend by car to an event that can be up to eight hours away, staying with a host family or in a hotel, competing for two days, and driving home. Repeat this 12 times every semester while trying to get a high level education. It takes a lot of effort and self-discipline

How does college sailing compare to high school sailing? Collegiate sailing is very similar to high school sailing on a technical and tactical level. You’re competing in an 18-boat fleet, with the same settings and controls as everyone else, on a short course. Collegiate sailing, however, exposes you to a level of competition that isn’t found in high school. The even bigger differences between the two are the organizational aspects. In college sailing, you’re traveling

Do you have advice for high school sailors? Just keep sailing! The best thing you can do for yourself is spend time in the boat. Collegiate teams and coaches are looking for someone with strong tactical awareness and spot-on boat handling. Both of those things are not necessarily things you can be taught, no matter how great your coach. It takes a lot of time in the boat, and focus while you’re there. Another thing: your teammates and those you compete against can be your best coaches, especially once you get to college. Use them. Ask questions about rig tension, foot placement on a tack, or jib trim. If they look fast, or are doing

Have you had low moments as well? Qualifying for Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships (ACC) in the fall was a goal we did not meet. One of my past coaches always said, “Every point counts.” Even if you are having a horrible race, if you can just focus on passing one boat, that one extra point matters in the results. We didn’t qualify for ACCs by six points last fall, which is a tough number when you see a dozen races where you could have made up those points.

Name three pieces of sailing gear you cannot live without. My neon yellow SSA hat, which I got my senior year of high school and have donned almost every collegiate regatta since, my Kokatat drysuit, and Atlas gardening gloves.

something better than you are, use their knowledge. That’s how you make a great team and keep everyone improving and moving forward.

What else would you like to add? At UVM, our sailing team becomes a ski team in the off-season. The majority of us buy a ski pass to Stowe where we spend most of our winter spending even more time together on the mountain. Besides skiing and sailing, I’m working on a biomedical engineering degree, and I use what time I have left between all the fun and practice to do my schoolwork. What offices have you held on the sailing team? Last year, as social media coordinator, I handled all of Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and the team email. I handled a major part of recruiting and helped incoming students set up recruitment visits to meet the team and coach. I was voted president of our team this year, which already has been a huge learning (but rewarding!) experience. We hired a new coach this summer, are welcoming 18 incoming freshmen, and are rolling off a lot of success from last season. It’s going to be a great year, and I am sad that it’s my last!

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Sailing Education Partnership

Changes at SSA

Severn Sailing Association (SSA) recently hired Tom Sitzmann to serve as sailing director, a new position for the club. Sitzmann will oversee the summer junior program, coach the high school teams that train out of the club during the spring, and assist the various fleets with organization and logistics. As a former professional sailor, another mission will be bringing fleet championships and U.S. Sailing events to SSA. Although Sitzmann is not a native of Annapolis, he is no stranger to the sailing scene here, having coached at the Naval Academy in the past and most recently served as the head sailing coach for Severn School. No need to worry about Tom being bored in his free time, as he also is the owner of Sail1Design LLC, a webbased sailing resource. He currently competes in the International 505 class, which will have its North American Championship at SSA this fall. Also new to SSA, Sarah Woodling has transitioned into Nan Walker’s position as the office manager. She is a local sailor who participated in the Junior Program and high school sailing at SSA, and is very excited about her new job. She is looking forward to many years at “one of the coolest sailing clubs around.” severnsailing.org 100 September 2015 spinsheet.com

Cruise Annapolis and J/World Annapolis announce a partnership to conduct sailing training designed for experienced sailors with existing U.S. Sailing or ASA certifications. The courses will be taught on new Fountaine Pajot catamarans using a highly refined cruising education curriculum by experienced J/World coaches. “We think teaching aboard the boats that clients will charter gives the broad cruising education we provide a certain focus. You can learn with your friends and family in Annapolis in the fall and cruise the same boat in the Bahamas this winter,” states Jeff Jordan, director of J/World Annapolis. jworldannapolis.com and cruise-annapolis.com

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New Captains on the Bay

Fourteen students graduated in May from Charter Captain Courses, earning certificates in the 12-week course taught by Captains Ken Daniel and Bill Tyndall. Graduation was held on the Dorothy Megan paddle wheeler at Suicide Bridge Restaurant. The school is Coast Guard approved to teach and test for the OUPV (six pack) license and up to 100 gross ton Master’s Near Coastal license. Hands-on training plus 80 hours of classroom teaching culminate with final exams administered by Charter Captain Courses. For more information, call Capt. Ken at (410) 228-0674.

Old Company Has New Owners

When Bob and Jo Hamilton started Standout Yacht Fittings in 1980, it was because the marketplace didn’t offer what they wanted for their own sailboat. When Bob died, running the company became an act of pure love for Jo. Turning 82 this month, Jo decided it was time to retire. Enter Mark and Misty McColgan, the new owners. “We are already improving the systems and modernizing to improve our turnaround time and eventually want to expand the product line,” said Mark. They plan to keep the proven winners: “Backsider” lifeline cushions, Lifesling covers, winch covers, grab rail covers, and much more. standoutyachtfittings.com

New Home For TrawlerFest

The TrawlerFest boat show and seminar series is returning to the Chesapeake Bay for six days this fall, September 29 - October 4, and includes seminars on diesel engines, hands-on boat handling, and mastering the boat-buying process. This year’s destination seminars will focus on the Great Loop and its tributaries and Downeast Maine. The show runs October 1 - 4 and includes booths displaying marine products and services. Dozens of new and used cruising powerboats will be featured on the docks of the Bay Bridge Marina in Stevensville, MD. passagemaker.com/locations/baybridge

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19’ Alerion Express ’99 Gary Hoyt design - TPI built. This innovative catboat is powered by a 5hp Lehr propane outboard. Easton, MD on a lift. $19,990. Eric, 410-703-3025, EGAssoc@aol.com

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10.2’ Zodiac Cadet Fastroller 310 ACTI-V Unused, excellent cond.. Perfect for use as sailboat tender includes foot pump, oars, seat bench, carrying case. Asking $975. Call 410-820-4482 or email billdudley@exede.net

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BOAT4HEROEs.ORg Donate Your Boat to The Downtown Sailing Center Baltimore’s only 503c non-profit community sailing center. Your donation helps us run our community based outreach programs. Contact jack@downtownsailing.org or 410 727-0722. www.downtownsailing.org Boy Scout Sea Ship 59 Make a tax deductible donation of sail/power boat in the Chesapeake Bay area. Donated boats must be structurally sound & in good cond. Contact: seascoutship59.mytroop.us/contact Donate your Boat to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB). Proceeds from boat sales fund our programs helping disabled people enjoy sailing. 410-266-5722. www.crabsailing.org Sea Scouts - Coed High Adventure Scouting seeks tax deductible donations power or sailboats, dinghy or outboard engines to support our program of boating skills, leadership and adventure. (301) 788-3935 Donations@Ship37.org Donate Your Boat, Planet Hope is a local 501(c)3. Teaching youth from DC, Maryland and Virginia to sail for over 15 years. (800) 518-2816. www.planet-hope.org

19’ West Wight Potter ‘10 Great sailboat, hardly used. Premium package along with Tohatsu 5-hp eng, retractable keel, RF system, built-in 36 qt cooler, marine cooking stove, 2 berths w/ custom pillows, galvinized trailer w/ spare, AM FM CD player w/remote, Garmin w/ Depth finder, and lots of other boat related stuff. $3,500 OBO, motivated seller! (410) 980-6312 Chesapeake 20 For sale. Built 1940 by Capt. Dick Hartge. Includes mast, sails, trailer. Ready to sail. $8,500. 410-544-4854 23’ Hunter ‘89 Nice Hunter H23 with roller furling and new foresail. 5-hp Yamaha motor, fin keel 2 1/2 foot, stable, fun, easy to sail. $3000. Currently in Alexandria area. (804) 921-2117. 25’ Cape Dory ’77 Thoroughly upgraded and improved, solid deck, ST, new headsails, new electric, Honda OB. Asking $8000. Call Scott (410) 798-1456 or scottstahler08@live.com 26’ Bristol ’73 Classic Great sailing sloop. H. Herreshoff design. Thousands in upgrades since 2003. Electric start Honda 9.9, Cabin cushions, Raytheon inst., teak hand rails, standing rigging, hatch AC. Asking $6,500 OBO (703) 764-1277. 26’ Colgate ’04 New sails, upgraded shrouds and hardware, Raymarine chart plotter, 3 Raymarine ST60 displays, AIS, lopo nav lights, stereo with cockpit speakers, spinnaker, Nissan 6.h.p. Mint condition! $24,900 (443) 376-7245. Catalina 27 ‘78 Atomic 4 inboard; Two mainsails, working & genoa jib, spinnaker & hardware, not rigged; w/ dinghy. Sleeps 6, head, galley. Clean & well maintained- $4000. call @ 410-507-1664. 27’ Pearson ’91 12-hp Westerbeke, roller furling, wheel steering, wing keel, 4 sails, $6,000 (410) 437-1483. 28’ Sabre ’75 Needs work, and a new engine. Great boat for the right person. Bohemia River. $2,000. celeriter7@ yahoo.com, phil.vogler@comcast.net

Sabre S28-II ’79 Sloop $12,250 Good cond. 4’8” draught, 9’3” beam. Wheel steering, NEW: batteries, alternator, charger, tachometer, chartplotter/ fishfinder, VHF, cabin lights, head, running rigging. New bimini, sail cover, binnacle cover and jib UV cover. Bottom paint 2011. Furling jib, wheel steering, AC. Volvo MD7-A. 4 sails. 2 anchors. Depth meter. Deale, MD Contact Gary: (303) 775-5453 or gary@sunshineduo.us

Beneteau First 305 ’85 Well maintained. Lots of upgrades. New Quantum mainsail and 120 headsail. 150 and 100 headsails. 2 symmetrical spinnakers. New Tides Marine track. New Rodkicker vang. New electronics. New DC/AC wiring & panel. New head, Custom aft mattress. Custom cockpit cushions. Bimini. Volvo 2002B dsl. Pasadena Docked. Price Reduced! $28k OBO. jbfrithsen@gmail.com 30’ Cape Dory 30 ’81 $15K. New North sails with quick cover, Harken MK IV, roller furling, bimini, dsl, dinghy and extras. (410) 255-3984. 30’ Catalina ’78 Classic: Great Bay Boat with good gear. Tiller, spinnaker,sock, doyle main, ICOM, AP, depth, chart, RF, draws 5’6”, new holding tank, head, spacious , Annapolis call for pics $17,400 (240) 731-9067. O’Day 302 ‘88 3’11” draft. Great Bay & Bahamas boat. Newer Raymarine wheel autohelm, Furlex, and Jabso + hoses. Full reconditioned dodger + bimini. 33’ Rocna. Recent bottom. $18,500. 410-693-6999. info@gurlik.com Pearson 303 ’84 Ready to Sail! Bottom painted, engine serviced, hull/interior detailed. 15hp Yanmar, draft 4’ 6’, beam 11’. Canvas/Sails in good cond., asymmetric sail, sleeps 6, drop down table. Maintenance records and only 1 prior owner. Great cruiser for the Chesapeake. $26,500. Annapolis. 410570-6602, jl_harrison@outlook.com

1965 Shields Lying Oxford, MD. Good condition. Several sets of sails. Ready to race. Town certified mooring included. $15,000. Contact: tgusdog@gmail.com 30’ Tartan ’76 S&S design. Great family racer-cruiser. Ready to sail. Roller furling, 2 genoas, 1 spinnaker. Tiller autopilot. Yanmar dsl. Walker Bay 8 dingy w/sail. Lots of extras. $9,999. Contact Armando. armando.ylas@ gmail.com, tinyurl.com/windrift

31’ Pacific Seacraft ’89 Scheel keel. Doyle stack pack. $68,000 (302) 368-8674. 32’ Dreadnought 32 Ketch Beautiful double-ender, $18,500,‘76, Crealock design, red sails, 30 hp Yanmar - 300 hrs, Cruise equipped, 4.75 ft.draft, near Key Bridge, Baltimore, Go anywhere boat, $18,500 443-825-6765 or 410-947-3740 32’ Morgan ‘81 GPS, knot/depth, dodger, bimini, refrigerator, VHF, Yanmar dsl and more, Very good condition, $19,800 (443) 462-6049 LenLitkow@gmail.com 33’ Caliber 33 ’89 Rebuilt Yanmar dsl 140 hrs, new jib furler, canvas, batteries, chart plotter, depth-speed, RIB with Honda OB, heat pump-AC, good sails $49K firm. Call 610-513-1236. 34’ Hunter ’83 Fun to sail. Lots of updates & improvements. Slooprigging, New running rigging, 150 genoa, Garmin 720 chartplotter, 4 new Harken winches, Asking $27,500 ,Call Mark (610)-216-2154 34’ Pacific Seacraft Crealock ’90 Seaworthy cutter, a world traveler, fast in light air and steady in strong. Well maintained, new main, heavy bronze fittings, fine interior. On the Chesapeake. $90,000. (540) 271-4008 Photo and specs at: Website: tinyurl.com/meander4sale

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35.5’ Hunter ’87 CEA J. Great looking. Full batten main, 150 Head sail., Lazy Jacks, Yanmar3GM, Auto Helm, Cruise Air, more pics at Great Blue Yachts. Great Price @$19,900. (717) 243-9474.

Cabo Rico 38 Silver Series ’92 Show Boat was the builder’s own boat. Myriad upgrades/options. 300 original engine hours $124,500 Offers encouraged Contact dan@martinbird.com

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

SOLD 35’ Pearson ‘75 Green AWLGrip, 25-hp Universal M25xPB dsl, VHF, GPS w;depth, AP, refrigeration, custom teak & mahogany interior, holding tank w/ pump, 3 water tanks, dodger, bimini & connector, 3 sails, 4 deep cycle batteries, TV, Force 10 propane stove, water heater, and usual equipment, $20,000 Call (410) 749-6948. 36’5” Freedom 36 ‘87 One owner. Fresh water sloop. Excellent cond., well maintained, lightly used. Newer batteries, instruments, fuel tank polished. Teak interior, 3 cabins, VIRGIN Tasco stove, electric head. Set up for single-handed sailing. Carbon fiber mast, Yanmar dsl, no blisters. $59,900. Located Erie, PA. Doctors say “SELL”. Contact Tracy: (716) 680-4554. For pictures/specifications visit . RCRYachts.com

36’ Sabre ’85 K/C, Fully commissioned, in the water, Ready to set sail, Dinette layout, Sleeps 7, Ideal bay Boat, One owner, $59,500 obo, email for full specs, rlv@adalliance.net 37’ Hunter Legend 1988 Cruising Sloop Ready to sail, Yanmar dsl, 110 furling jib, Dutchman mainsail, air/heat, $24,900, Steve Nichols, sailnichols@ hotmail.com, (703) 408-8247

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www.AnnapolisYachtSales.com 22’ NorseBoat 21.5 ‘12 New Arrival! NorseBoat production boat w/ ballasted stub keel, centerboard, carbon mast, sloop rig w/mainsail and jib. Comes w/loads of extras! $39K Call Aaron: 443-949-4559 or Aaron@annapolisyachtsales.com 25’ Harbor 25 ’07 Self-tending jib, new sails, wonderful singlehander: $49,995. Call Pat Lane 410-267-8181 or Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 25’ Harbor 25 ’12 Barely used, low hrs on sails and Yanmar dsl. Canvas and desirable options $84,900. Call Pat Lane: 410-267-8181 or Pat@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

41’ Pearson Rhodes ‘65 New decks, gelcoat, bulkheads & holding tank; all hardware rechromed inc. steering pedestal with Kelvin White compass; Ulmer main & 150 genoa, Sunbrella canvas. Super nice! Eastport Yacht Sales 410-903-1830 Website: www.eastportyachtsales.com

41’ Rhodes Reliant Yawl ‘66 This classic fiberglass yacht has been COMPLETELY rebuilt. ALL NEW: Yanmar 4JH5E 53-hp eng; fuel tank; decks; interior cushions & coverings; aluminum masts & booms; rigging; sails; portlights. Eastport Yacht S a l e s 410-903-1830 Website: www.eastportyachtsales.com 43’ Columbia ’70 - Great Value Tripp designed cruising classic, beautifully maintained, upgraded for live-aboard comfort. Cutter rig w/furling genoa, 63hp Yanmar, quality deck hardware/ anchoring gear, dodger w/awnings, davits, 360w solar, wind generator, inverter, HF, hot water shower, 3-burner stove/oven, DC fridge/freezer, parquet cabin sole, resurfaced deck, new cushions, spacious cockpit and interior. Asking 42K. Located FL. (321) 2899956. www.columbia43.com

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

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33’ Soverel 33 ’85 2012 National Champion “Renegade”. Custom trailer, updated sail inventory and tons of upgrades! Just Listed at $35,000. Call Bob Oberg 410-320-3385 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

Dufour 325 ’07 For only $99,000. One and only owner purchased this Annapolis show boat. Low hrs, well maintained and nicely equipped. Call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company to view. 410-268-7171 or cel 619-8403728 Harold@aycyachts.com

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

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

34’ Catalina ‘86 and ‘01 available from $32,500. The ’86 is a clean boat with a slip that can convey in Annapolis. The ’01 has A/C, A/P, chartplotter, davits and more. Call Denise Hanna at(410)991-8236 or email denise@annapolisyachtsales.com 35’ Beneteau 343 ‘06 Available Now! 500 hr Yanmar, A/C, windlass, electric winches, new bottom paint and mainsail 2015, LED lighting! Under $90K Call Aaron: 443-949-4559 or Aaron@annapolisyachtsales.com 35’ Island Packet 35 ‘89 Just Listed. “True Colors” is very clean & lightly used. New instruments & upholstery, Kato davits, Re-conditioned engine. All in a very comfortable blue-water cruiser. $80,000. Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 436 4484 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com 36’ Beneteau 361 ‘04 “Joyful” really is a joy! Very clean example of this popular model. All the bells and whistles: A/C, inmast furling, recent canvas, autopilot and more. Deltaville VA. $89 000. Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 436-4484 jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com 40’ Beneteau 40 ‘08 Just Listed!!! Gorgeous 2 cabin w/Genset and Air!!! Extremely well equipped w/ 2 cabin, 1 head layout w/lots of toys to make comfortable cruising a reality. $190K. Call Tim: 410-507-4359 or Tim@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 40’ Beneteau First 40 ‘03 Gorgeous blue Awlgrip hull, great electronics, good racing and delivery sails, racing bottom, priced to sell. $129.9K. Call Keith Mayes at 301-503-4634 or keith@annapolisyachtsales.com

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36’ Endeavour Power Cat. ’02 Beautiful one owner, 3 state rooms, twin dsls, AC, genset, low engine hrs, fully enclosed cockpit, perfect summer cruiser $155,000 call Bobby Allen (443) 949-8051

40’ J 40 ‘90 Well equipped J which has been used for cruising. Includes A/C good sails, canvas, re-varnished interior. On the hard in Deltaville VA. $99,000. Call Jonathan Hutchings (804) 436 4484 or jonathan@annapolisyachtsales.com

Jeanneau 409 ’12 $209,000 2 cab/1 head – 150 engine hrs, full electronics and spinnaker - boat like new call Bobby Allen (443)-949-9481

Jeanneau 40 ’03 Loaded w/ cruising gear and ready to go. Just arrived and seller is anxious for reasonable offer. On land in Annapolis until sold. Asking only $129,900! Call or email Dan Nardo, CPYB 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 41’ Beneteau 411 ’01 Blue water cruising boat with solar and wind. 1 yr. old sails, classic main. Great canvas. Engine rebuilt July 2015. $123K. Call Keith Mayes at 301-503-4634 or keith@annapolisyachtsales.com 46’ Beneteau ‘08 Well equipped for cruising w/generator, water maker, solar panels, davits, Radar, SSB, life raft, dinghy, OB and more. Clean and ready to go. Call Denise Hanna at (410) 991-8236 or email denise@annapolisyachtsales.com 47’ Beneteau 473 ’02 Two cabins, great condition and well equipped. Wonderful for Bay sailing or going the distance. Just reduced for spring!! asking only $179,000.00 call Dan at 410-570-8533 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

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Jeanneau 42i ’07 $192,900 NEW PRICE! Perhaps the fastest 42i built, North 3DL inventory, deep keel, epitomizes the term, “racer/cruiser”. Call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 44’ Fountaine Pajot Helia ’14 nicely equipped, top of line electronics, radar, solar panels, SSB, dinghy, outboard, EPIRB, genaker, owners relocating, ready to sell. $479,500 NEW PRICE. Call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 Jeanneau 44is - 2 to choose ’09 and ’13 from $159,000 Jeanneau 45.2 ’03 3 cabin/2 head, owner says sell - TRY $209,000, full electronics, new sails, includes spinnaker, shoal draft, beautiful flag blue – call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481

26’ Tartan Fantail ’14 We have both the DaySailor and WeekEnder in stock. Ready to go excellent incentives. Sail-Away package at $84k DaySailor & $96k Weekender. ready to test sail, 410-269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

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48’ Fountaine Pajot Salina ’08 New Price $495,000 loaded, 4 cabin 2 head, full electronics, spinnaker, perfect family cruiser - call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481 Jeanneau 50 DS ’09 NEW PRICE $299,000 fresh water boat, 140 eng hrs, Navy Blue hull, teak decks, totally loaded, all the bells and whistles.. immaculate.. call Bobby Allen (443) 949-9481

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32’ C&C ’99 ’04 Trade In - Well equipped for racing or performance cruising, Deep Keel ( 6’5” ) White Hull, Carbon Rig & Pole - Updated electronics and racing sails. Asking $81,000 Offers / Trades encouraged Contact Mike 410-269-0939

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34’ Pacific Seacraft ’89 Currently three PSC 34s on the market @ CYS with varying equipment and pricing. Excellent selection on used Pacific Seacrafts - Call for more infoFrom $78,000 410-269-0939, www.CrusaderYachts.com

35’ Hunter 356 ’04 Great cond., lightly used and equipped perfectly for coastal / Bay cruising. Air Con, windlass, Furling mast and more. Asking $84,000 Reduced / Make offers! 410-269-0939 www.Crusaderyachts.com

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

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www.atlantic-cruising.com Pearson 28-2 ’87 Clean, turnkey, meticulously maintained Chesapeake Bay cruiser, many upgrades, Yanmar diesel. New price $9,999 Call Bobby Allen. (443) 949-9481 CS 34 ’90 Winged keel at 4’ 3”, perfect bay boat and strong capable offshore cruiser. Boat is one owner and absolutely mint. Owner moved up, needs to sell now $54.9K NEW PRICE!, will look at all serious offers. (443) 949-9481

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Gemini MC 105 ’08 New price! $124,900 clean call 443-949-8051 for details. Call (443) 949-9481. Fountaine Pajot Highland 35 Power Cat $189,000 Panda genset, full AC on boat. Superb performance boat on and off shore. New AB tender and new Yamaha 6-hp. Boat is in great shape and ready to go! (443) 949-9481.

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36’ Frers ‘85 Carroll Marine built. Great PHRF boat, at 96 she is very easy to sail and win! CYRANO $39,000 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 41’ Fountaine Pajot Lipari 41 ‘13 Catamaran generator & air, all factory options, US electrical system, solar, 30 volvos $385,000 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1073 42’ Beneteau ’85 This is a solid strong First 42, freshwater boat for 24 yrs. 6’ draft excellent cond., new electronics and autopilot $69,500. www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757-480-1074 42’ Tayana V-42 avt Cockpit ‘96 This is a serious offshore cruising boat ’06 Yanmar dsl, air, liferaft, full offshore gear. $175,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

33’ Tartan 101 ’14 Lightly used, Offshore equipped. Owner looking to downsize. Radar, wheel steering, Custom interior Cherry, North 3di Sails etc…Race and Cruise equipped. Reduced $149,000 410-269-0939 in Annapolis.

37’ Tartan 3700 ’04 In great shape, white hull, Raymarine electronics / radar, autopilot and more . Mostly Freshwater Sailing & Indoor winters. Here in Annapolis & ready to show. REDUCED $195k - Offers encouraged 410-269-0939

34’ Beneteau 343 Two Available - ’06 & ’07 Both Air, Cruise equipped Plotter etc. Newer Canvas. One with Deep Keel / Traditional Rig & One Furling Rig / Shoal Keel — Both Super Nice & Asking $95,000 410-269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

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1993 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34.............. $78,000 2015 Tartan 101 - NEW IN STOCK ..................CALL 2004 Hunter 33 ............................................. $79,000 2000 Nauticat 331Motor Sailor ................. $150,000 2014 Tartan 101.......................................... $149,000 2004 C&C 99- Trade In................................. $81,000 1995 Catalina 320......................................... $42,500 2015 Legacy 32 Downeast - NEW # 50..... $380,000 1995 Pacific Seacraft Pilot 32 ................... $110,000 1994 Pacific Seacraft Pilot 32 ..................... $95,000 2003 Camano Troll 31................................ $125,000 1990 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31.............. $59,500 1987 Tartan 28.............................................. $27,500 1980 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 w/ Trailer .. $67,750 1984 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 ................... $55,000 2001 Colgate 26 ........................................... $22,500 2014 Tartan Fantail Daysailor - Demo........ $84,000 2014 Tartan Fantail Weekender - Demo..... $96,000

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED SOLD 38’ Hanse 385 ’15 New Demo model Just arrived - Call for a test sail! Ready for delivery, see her at Annapolis Show! Special factory / dealer incentives on this boat!! Trades considered! Call !! 410-269-0939

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

40’ Pacific Seacraft Three Available Standout Crealock design. ALL VERY well equipped and meticulous care by owners - Ready for coastal or offshore cruising! BEAUTIFUL! FROM $220,000 - 410-269-0939 www.CrusaderYachts.com

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

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

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

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

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42 Moody 425 1991 ......................................... $118,500 42 Endeavour 1985 ............................................ $94,900 42 Tatoosh 1982 .............................................. $120,000 41 IP SP Cruiser MKI 2010 ............................. $428,500 41 Bristol 41.1 CC 1981 .................................. $135,000 41 Rhodes Bounty II 1957 ................................. $44,750 41 Morgan Out Island 1981 ................................ $59,900 40 Block Island 40 1997................................... $235,000 40 Delphia NEW .............................................. $265,000 40 Maestro 2006 .............................................. $269,900 40 Island Packet ‘94, ‘96 .................... 2 from....$176,900 38 Hunter 2005 ............................................... $119,900 38 Island Packet 380 ‘99, ‘00 ............. 2 from....$193,000 38 Cabo Rico 38 1993 ...................................... $184,500 37 Nauticat ‘02 .................................. 2 from....$239,000 37 Island Packet 1995 ...................................... $149,000

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37 Southerly 115 MK IV 2006 ......................... $199,000 36 Island Packet Estero 2010............................ $270,000 36 Tashing Tashiba 1986 ................................. $119,900 35 Island Packet 350 1998 ............................... $120,000 35 Island Packet ‘89, ‘92 ...................... 3 from....$99,000 35 Island Packet Cat 1994 ................................ $149,500 34 Catalina 1993 ................................................ $47,500 34 Sabre MKI 1980 ............................................ $29,900 33 Tartan 1981 .................................................. $29,500 32 Camper Nicholson 1970 ................................ $49,000 32 Island Packet ‘90, ‘96 ...................... 2 from....$78,500 31 Island Packet 1987 ........................................ $49,900 31 Pacific Seacraft 1997 ................................... $105,000 30 Allied Seawind 1969 ...................................... $49,500 29 Island Packet ‘92, ‘96 ...................... 2 from....$59,900 27 Island Packet ‘85, ‘86 ..................... 2 from....$37,900

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44’ Cherubini ’80 Cutter Rigged Ketch Blue water ready with all the gear, equipment and safety items you’ll need. She is off shore proven. Asking $225,000 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-5339187 or email him at rob@curtisstokes. net rob@curtisstokes.net.

29’ Bayfield ’89 Yanmar 13-hp, shoal, cutter $14,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

7330 Edgewood Road, Suite 1 Annapolis, MD 21403 33’ J/100 ’05 Well equipped, dsl eng, marine head, v-berth, rare shoal draft, Hoyt/jib/boom, Dutchman/ Mainsail, Full cockpit canvas, price reduction. Contact Grady Byus grady@northpointyachtsales.com or 410-280-2038. Additional J/100’s in inventory.

30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger. 2 avail. $19,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 30’ Catalina ’88 Dsl, shoal draft 3’10” $22,500 Lippincott Marine ( 827-9300. 32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19-hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $114,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300. 33’ Pearson 33 ’88 Dsl, shoal, dodger, AP $39,900 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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

36’ Catalina ’96 Yanmar dsl, dodger, dinghy, custom mattress $79,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Catalina 30 ’88 Built to exhibit great characteristics under sail, along with ideal accommodations make this boat tough to beat. Offered at $23,000. David Cox davidcox@northpointyachtsales. com or 410-310-3476

44’ Cal ’85 Cal 44 Long distance cruiser, new listing $99,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

34’ Ericson 34 ‘89 Performance cruiser. Large cockpit w/new canvas. Full set of 2015 performance cut sails w/ A-kite. Spacious 2/cabin aft head interior. $48,000, David Malkin 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

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20-31 foot 20 Beneteau ‘13 - $34,900 23.5 Hunter ‘96 - $10,000 25 Hunter ’82 -$5,500 28 Sabre ‘80 - $19,000 28 Hunter ’90 - $18,000

31 Hunter ’86 - $17,000 31 Hunter ‘84 - $16,900 31 Hunter’87 - $19,500 31 Hunter ‘09 - $75,000 326 Hunter ‘03 - $59,000

32-40 foot 33 Hunter ’05 - $79,000 336 Hunter ’96 - $50,000 34 Hunter ‘84 - $30,000 36 Hunter ‘06 - $102,500 36 Hunter ’07 - $115,000 36 Island Packet ‘10 - $235,000

37.5 Hunter ‘89 - $49,900 376 Hunter ’97 - $72,000 379 Jeanneau ’13 - $189,000 380 Catalina ‘01 - $120,000 38 Hunter ’06 - $141,000 Endeavour 38 ‘84 - $63,500

41 + foot 41AC Hunter ‘05- $154,900 41DS Hunter ’07 - $169,900 41 Sarabande ‘85 - $39,000 420 Hunter ‘01 - $134,900

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19-hp equipped DSL, Wheel, RF,draft Dinghy 42’ Cabo Rico Cutter ’06 Repowered in 35’ J/109 ’05 well shoal $124,500 5’9” version. European style interior w/ 2014 w/new 54-hp Yanmar/Diesel. two private sleeping cabins and Custom built, one owner, new Schaefer pull-out double in the large roller furling unit for genoa, many unique main cabin. $169,000. Call features. Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 rick@northpointyachtsales.com bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

29’ 1989 Bayfield Cutter Yanmar 13-hp, Shoal Draft.............................. SOLD 29’ 1984 Bayfield Yanmar DSL, 3’6” Draft ............................................... $14,500 28’ 1977 Sabre Volvo 13 Hp dsl, RF, wheel steering, bimini & dodger $15,000 30’ 1988 Catalina DSL, Shoal Draft 3’10” ................................................ $22,500 30’ 1987 Catalina Universal DSL, 5’3” Draft, Tall Rig............................. $22,500 34’ 2001 Motorsailor Kubota 50-hp, Custom......................................... $35,000 33’ 1988 Pearson 33 DSL, Shoal, Dodger, AP.......................................... $39,900 36’ 1996 Catalina 36 Yanmar, Air, Dinghy, w/ Davits.............................. $72,500 38’ 1991 Pearson 38 Yanmar DSL, RF...................................................... $72,500

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38’ C&C Landfall 38 ’94 Fresh water boat until 2011, New Sails 2011-2013, Yanmar 3GM new 1995, New Chartplotter, other electronics very recent. Portsmouth, VA $37,500. Peter Bass peter@northpointyachtsales.com 757-679-6991

42’ J/42 ’96 & ’01 Extensive upgrades/ replacements on both, perfect cockpit layout, 2 head interior, $179,000 & $199,000 Contact NPYS at 410-2802038 or info@northpointyachtsales.com

www.lippincottmarine.com 42’ AP, J/42 ‘98 This is the shoal 40’ 1995 Hunter Yanmar 50hp, A/C, Inverter $99,500

BOATS FOR SALE! SAilBoATS S2 (9.2A) 30 1978 sloop rigged, fin keel, skeg rudder and keel stepped mast. Yanmar diesel engine $6,000 Sabre 28’ 1974 30 HP Universal Atomic 4 $7,000 1973 Yankee 28’ A solid cruiser 30 hp inboard Atomic 4 $3,500 J/24 1979 and Triad single axle trailer Mercury Outboard 4 hp new topsides 2013 complete, reliable and sturdy. $4,000 2002 Performance Sailcraft Megabyte 14’ Fast, stable boat excellent condition has launching dolly $2,800 CoMing Soon 1982 Catalina 25’ 1972 owens Concorde 27’ Express Cruiser

40’ Beneteau 40.7 ’02 & ‘04 Located respectively in Annapolis & Charleston, Both are great racer/cruisers, many racing customizations added, Farr Yacht designed hulls, luxurious comforts, Contact NPYS at 410-280-2038 info@northpointyachtsales.com

40’ Hood Gulfstar 40 ’77 Rare opportunity, Built by Gulfstar, Designed by Hood, leisure furl main, centerboard, full winter cover, ready to go, $85,000. Contact David Cox davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com or 410-280-2038

draft J/42 that you have been waiting for. Let me show you this once in a lifetime opportunity. Contact Paul Mikulski 410-961-5254 or paul@northpointyachtsales.com

44’ Beneteau 44.7 ’05 & ’06 Wonderful conditions, Superb Cruiser/Racer, Great inventory, 3 cabins/2 heads, both located in Annapolis and in the $199,500 range. Contact North Point Yacht Sales 410-280-2038.

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45’ New York NY 32 ’36 Beautiful Sparkman Stevens designed racer. Many upgrades, overall condition solid/strong. Capable of sailing/racing/cruising all over the world. $99,000. David Cox davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com or 410-280-2038

36 Hunter ’06 JUST REDUCED! Adventure is in great cond.! She is very well equipped and even comes with generator for AC while at anchor! She has the perfect amount of space and comfort! $102,500 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 50’ Gulfstar 50 Ketch ’77 This Gulfstar has completed several yr-long liveaboard cruises around the world, ideal live-aboard/offshore capable adventurer. Owner financing is available $99,900. Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 or bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

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20’ Beneteau First ’13 JUST REDUCED! Caper is in excellent cond.. This is a beautiful boat, perfect for day sailing, racing, or a first taste of coastal cruising. $34,900 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

38’ Endeavour 38 ‘84 Chameleon is the definition of solid. She performs like a dream and is built with the state-of-theart construction methods Endeavour is known for. Loaded with Equipment! $63,500 Norton Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211 44’ AC Hunter ’04 Water Dancer is Gorgeous & Extremely Clean! She’s the perfect boat for you! Reduced for Quick Sale – Don’t let this boat get away! $159,900 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 49’ Hunter ’10 Maida Vale is a beautiful boat! It is Like NEW, and very spacious. This boat is fully equipped and very well maintained and ready to go today. $310,000 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 50CC Hunter ’09 REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY! Quiet Wings is a oneowner dream boat with every possible option! You have to see this queen of the fleet! $324,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

30’ Catalina ’86 “Goober” 24-hp Universal dsl, Autohelm, bimini, dodger, dinghy davits w/ dinghy and 4-hp OB, Asking: $21,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-757-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Regent Point Marina Full Service Yacht Repair Facility. See our website for details of Winter Wet or Dry storage specials. Call Regent Point Marina Boatyard @ 804-758-4747. yardmaster@regentpointmarina.com 20’ Pacific Sea Craft Flicka “Miracle” New 14-hp Beta Marine dsl w/ 146 hrs, heavy duty long trailer, roller furling, tiller auto pilot, Owner Must Sell. Asking:$24,900 Call Regent Point Marina @804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 23’ Sport Craft ’98 Cuddy Cabin I/O Mercruiser, Kept in a boat house, great condition. Asking: $6,500 Call Regent Point Marina@804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

41’ Gulfstar CC ’75 Westerbeke 50-hp dsl w/ LOW hrs, enclosure, Built to go anywhere. Asking: $56,000 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 41’ Morgan Out Island 416 ’82 Cruise the Islands in this very clean Ketch, 3 cabins w/ 2 enclosed Heads, Many extras including AC and refrigeration. Asking: $44,900 Call Regent Point Marina@804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 46’ Hunter 460 ’00 “Proud Mary” 75 HP Yanmar dsl, Great live-aboard or family cruiser, 3 private cabins and 2 enclosed heads w/ showers, generator. Bring all offers. Asking: $129,000 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

28’ Morgan Out Island ’73 Great family boat, lots of room for a 28 footer, Sleeps 7, Kubota 22.4 dsl w/ 85 hrs, Asking: $9,600 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Westerly OceanLord 41 ‘97 $189K CC, 2-stateroom liveaboard-cruiser in excellent cond.! New cockpit enclosure, dinghy davits, 10’ Apex & OB, solar panel installation, and more! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955

Mason 44 ’99 $279K The most beautiful, lightly used Mason 44 with no teak decks, new canvas and stack pack, gorgeous interior, maintained by Zahnisers in excellent cond. ready. (410) 571-2955.

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Tayana 52 ‘93 $229K – The finest Tayana 52 this Broker has ever seen! NO teak decks. New generator, bow thruster, epoxy bottom, chain plates, standing rigging, furling headsails & main, OB & dinghy. RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955

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

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Crew with Andy Schell & Mia Karlsson Aboard Isbjorn, a classic Swan 48, for an adventure in offshore sailing! Passages from Annapolis-BVI, Caribbean Cruising, Trans-Atlantic & more! 59-north.com/offshore. 484-269-3358.

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Help wanted APS, The World Leader in Outfitting Sailors, Is a strategically driven and constantly growing company that is looking for motivated sailors to join our team. We offer competitive wages, benefits and fabulous discounts on our products. If you have a passion for sailing and the drive to provide sailors with an excellent customer experience, for more information visit www.apsltd.com/employment Diversified Marine Services, Inc. - Marine repair, installation and Restoration Company based in Annapolis, Maryland is now taking applications for a lead technician. Applicants should have a minimum of ten years’ experience in the maritime trades industry and knowledge of all shipboard systems. Mechanical Electrical - Systems. Base pay, retirement (401K), performance based compensation, education, holidays, vacation. References required. This is a rapid advancement opportunity. Please visit our web site for a company profile. www.dmsinc.net, For a confidential interview contact 410.263.8717. Please e-mail resumes to tomdmsinc@verizon.net Marine Technicians Wanted - Must be experienced. Established full service boat yard specializing in mechanical, electrical, systems, fiberglass, gelcoat, carpentry, varnish and all other aspects of marine repairs. Hiring for multiple positions. Diesel and gas engine technicians preferred but not required. We offer great benefits, competitive compensation, and profit sharing. Send resumes to erin@zimmermanmarine. com or call 410 867 4400. Please include references. Seeking Experienced Yacht Broker. Excellent compensation package for strong performer. Contact (410) 709 8002-for information and a confidential interview.

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30’ - 35’ Slips Available Annapolis City Marina, Ltd. in the heart of Eastport. Includes electric, water, restrooms with showers, and gated parking. Give us a call at (410) 268-0660, www.annapoliscitymarina.com. 30’ - 50’ Deepwater Slips For Sale & Rent On the western shore of the Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Flag Harbor Yacht Haven (410) 586-0070, www.flagharbor.com. Winter storage & repair (410) 586-1915.

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flagharbor.com Slip #63 asking $9500 or best offer. Marina is well protected has private beach and full service boat yard facilities, and swimming pool. (202) 316-1158. robhowrengray@gmail.com 35’ - 60’ Slips on Choptank River Cambridge City Marina. Low annual and transient rates, water, electric. Clean restrooms, showers, laundry, Wi-Fi. Walk to historic downtown and great dining. 410-330-8016. 40’ Slip in Back Creek - Eastport - Severn House Section of Annapolis, 15’ wide, 7.5’ deep, water, electric, dock box, no liveaboards, no pets. $4000 /yr. 410-271-0112 45’ A Pier Slip in Anchorage Marina Great location in Baltimore Harbor, near Fort McHenry, for rent or for sale. Contact Ray (410) 534-7655. 45’ Slip in Protected Back Creek - Eastport/ Annapolis, 16’ wide, 7.5 MLW, water, electric, $400/M, $4000/yr. (919) 812-6070 Annapolis Deep-Water Slips 20’ - 50’ Protected Whitehall Creek location. Electric, water, restrooms with showers. Annual and shorter term slip rentals. 410-757-4819. Whitehall Marina www.whitehallannapolis.com

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 59 North...................................................................80 AB Marine - Magic Ezy............................................72 Adirondack Guide Boats..........................................79 Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay............................40 Allstate Insurance....................................................91 Annapolis 2 Bermuda Race.....................................39 Annapolis Athletic Club...........................................35 Annapolis Boat Shows..............................................8 Annapolis Gelcoat...................................................80 Annapolis Performance Sailing.................................3 Annapolis Yacht Sales........................11,46, 102,103 Bacon Sails & Marine Supplies.................................2 Bay Shore Marine....................................................24 Beta Marine.............................................................65 Blue Water Sailing School.......................................63 Boatyard Bar & Grill.................................................32 Boatyard Beach Party...........................................119 Bowleys Marina.......................................................48 C & C Yachts...........................................................85 CDI..........................................................................66 Chesapeake Area Professional Captains Assn.......51 Chesapeake Boating Club.......................................78 Chesapeake Harbour Inc........................................73 Chesapeake Light Craft...........................................76 Coastal Properties...................................................47 Coppercoat USA.....................................................95 Cover Loft................................................................65 CRAB....................................................................110 CRAB Boatyard Regatta.........................................87 Cruise Annapolis.....................................................22 Crusader Yacht Sales...........................................107 Curtis Stokes.............................................................5 Cypress Marine.......................................................79 Davis’ Pub...............................................................79

Dream Yacht Charters.............................................17 Eastport Spar and Rigging......................................95 Eastport Yacht Center.............................................76 Fawcett Boat Supplies.............................................51 Ferry Point - Trappe................................................73 Harbor East Marina.................................................48 Harbours at Solomons...............................................9 Haven Harbour Marina............................................25 Herrington Harbour..................................................27 Intensity Sails..........................................................93 Interlux.....................................................................15 J. Gordon & Co........................................................72 J/World....................................................................62 K&B True Value.......................................................41 Knot 10..................................................................111 KTI Systems............................................................54 Landfall Navigation..................................................70 Lee Chesneau Weather Seminar............................34 Liberte.....................................................................74 Lippincott Marine...................................................110 M Yacht Services....................................................28 M Yacht Services Blue Div......................................68 Mack Boring & Parts Co..........................................23 Mack Sails...............................................................70 Martek Davits..........................................................80 Maryland Dept of Nat Resources............................40 Moorings - Charter..................................................61 Nautical Scout.........................................................51 New Found Metals..................................................74 North Point Yacht Sales........................................105 North Sails.............................................................120 Norton Sailing School..............................................62 Norton Yachts..........................................................71 Norton Yachts........................................................109

Onancock Marina....................................................77 Orca Green Marine..................................................78 Pettit Marine Paint Vivid....................................6,7,84 Pocket-Yacht Company...........................................41 Pro Valor Charters...................................................63 Profurl / Sparcraft....................................................12 Quantum..................................................................89 Quickline USA.........................................................51 Regent Point Marina................................................75 Ribcraft....................................................................53 RogueWave Yacht Brokerage.................................69 Rondar.....................................................................93 S&J Yachts............................................................108 SailFlow...................................................................38 Sailrite Enterprises..................................................21 Sailtime....................................................................13 Scandia Marine Center............................................66 Sea Bags.................................................................52 Sea Beds/Bedcrafters.............................................54 Sea Canvas.............................................................36 Somers Cove Marina...............................................37 Spring Cove Marina.................................................81 Spyderco.................................................................77 Storm Trysail Club...................................................33 Stur-Dee Boat..........................................................80 Sunfish Regatta.......................................................90 Suntex Marinas.......................................................26 Tidewater Yacht Service Baltimore.........................69 Tohatsu America Corp............................................18 UK Sailmakers Annapolis........................................29 Ullman Sails..............................................................4 West Marine............................................................19 Whitehall Marina......................................................75 Young’s Boat Yard..................................................65

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Remembering Hurricane Isabel M

by Kaylie Jasinski

ost of us Marylanders the storm would instead make landfall remember Hurricane Isabel. in the Carolinas and pass west of the She is a hard one to forget. Chesapeake. Isabel was one of the worst tropical Isabel made landfall in eastern cyclones to affect the Chesapeake North Carolina about midday Septemand Potomac regions since Hurricane ber 18 as a Category Two hurricane. Hazel in 1954 and the ChesapeakeIn the Chesapeake region the brunt of Potomac Hurricane of 1933. The winds were not nearly as strong as previous hurricanes, but we will all remember the storm surge, the way the water continued to rise and rise throughout the night, even as the winds began to calm. Many of us still feel a chill ##Homes in the Bowleys when we see an Quarters neighborhood unusually high of Baltimore County tide, memories of are surrounded by water on the morning Isabel still fresh of September 19, 2003. with us. Photo courtesy of FEMA Isabel became the ninth named storm of the 2003 Atlantic basin tropical cyclone the storm was not felt until late that season, about 625 miles west of the night and into the next morning, while Cape Verde Islands on the morning residents dealt with the aftermath of of September 6. The storm intensithe record storm surge, a surge that fied rapidly, and by September 11 she would force cold ocean waters directly had reached the rare Category Five up the Bay, completely ‘de-stratifying’ status. Early forecasted models all saw the Bay’s water column. The Northern Isabel coming ashore in the MidAtBay region saw waters peak at about lantic, and a few of those models even eight feet above mean levels. suggested that she could come right The high water mark peaked around up the Chesapeake Bay. But luckily 8 a.m. on the morning of September as the days drew on, those models 19th with the waters receding soon changed. It seemed that now the Bay after, just as quickly as they had risen. would escape from a direct hit, and Dave Gendell, founding editor of

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SpinSheet, vividly remembers the sights and smells on the Bay just a short time after the waters began to recede. “I cut the engine. Free of the shoreline and the gawking crowd, the air smelled of tangy salt. The water ran deep blue and cold and smelled and tasted of the open ocean. This was unlike any Bay water I have seen before or since.” For some, this created almost a ‘party’ atmosphere, with residents of downtown Annapolis and Baltimore’s Inner Harbor seen paddling down flooded streets or navigating dinghies past sunken cars. For others, the receding waters brought the nightmarish damage to light. Many residents in low-lying areas were left temporarily without homes. Maryland suffered an estimated $410 million in damages and Virginia, $925 million. This storm was a terrifying reminder of the amount of destruction a Category Two hurricane can cause and makes us wonder and wait for the day a major hurricane might strike our shores. If you have a memory or a photo from Hurricane Isabel that you would like to share, please email to kaylie@spinsheet.com.

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