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30 Snowbirds Gather When cruisers descend upon Annapolis in autumn, they swap boat cards, tales, gear tips, and wisdom about heading south.

44 That Drinking Thing Who among us doesn’t have a sailing friend with a drinking problem and a drinking friend with a sailing problem? by “Saving Sailing” author Nicholas Hayes

45 Going Nowhere Fast: the Benefits of Daysailing Racing against passing sailboats, making new friends, and at the end of the day, sleeping in a king-size bed make the list. by Dave Nestel

49 Out with a Bang: Culminating the War of 1812 One of the strangest wars in America’s history will leave our collective consciousness soon, perhaps much as it did when it happened. by Steve Allan

52 Preparing for the U.S. Sailboat Show According to vendors, a successful show requires more than just pitching a tent and hoping attendees notice their booth. by Beth Crabtree

80 Amazing Fall Racing J/80 Worlds, Governor’s Cup and Oxford Regatta recaps, and more fall racing.

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•Sailor John Burke recently returned from French Polynesia and added up his log book to find he has 109 days on the water. Closer to home, Dave Nestel has had his daysailer out over 72 times and is showing no signs of slowing down. Want to check in with the rest of the Century Club? Click on spinsheet.com/century-club

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Here’s one way to shoot to the top of the SpinSheet Century Club and clock more than 100 on-the-

water days in the calendar year: Take a sabbatical.

When Annapolis sailor John Burke had a chance to act as delivery crew for the Stevens 47 Ruby Slippers from Hawaii to Tahiti, he turned it down because of work. But equipment issues and life in general postponed the trip by a year. By the time it came back around, Burke’s work project and contract ended. He was free to go.

Burke’s friends and Ruby Slippers’s owners, John Cruz and Ivy Kudo, had sailed the boat from their former home in Baltimore to Kudo’s native Hawaii years before and were ready for the next adventure. Burke flew to Hawaii March 11 to work on the boat, and for six weeks (longer than anticipated) sanded, painted, re-placed thru hulls, rebedded hatches, changed out reefing lines, and more.

After much elbow grease, Burke, Cruz, and Kudo departed April 28. Nothing went as planned, of course. Not only had Kudo broken her wrist back in Hawaii delaying their departure, but she suffers on long passages. The weather was nice, but on the first day, with her off to a rocky start, the skipper feared for crew morale, so they decided against heading east to the Marquesas and instead pointed 180 degrees south and followed the Southern Cross toward Fan-ning Island.

“We sailed with 20 knots east southeast on the beam for about 1100 miles,” says Burke. “The nights were squally, but the days were clear with no huge waves.” He and Cruz did solo watches two hours on and two hours off. “Solo watches seemed intimidating at first, but I enjoyed it. I loved the huge sky and solitude.”

The crew arrived in Fanning Island after eight days and spent 10 more at an-chor, with much of the time spent sewing a ripped mainsail by hand. Their next pas-

sage spanned another 1000 miles, across the equator — with a gift to Neptune and a champagne toast — and on to Penrhyn, an atoll about seven miles across with 160 inhabitants. Ruby Slippers was only the fourth boat to visit the atoll in 2014. “We were like celebrities,” Burke says. “You would clear customs, and the guy would tell everyone ‘John and Ivy are here.’

People would call out, ‘John! Ivy! ... They would open a coconut in four whacks and sit down and want to talk.”

The last long leg of the trip to French Polynesia was rather grueling as they were at a disadvantage wind-wise, spent a day and a half becalmed, and had engine trouble. It took them nine days to travel 600 miles. Once in Raiatea, “Everything was a daysail, which changed everyone’s perspective, became easier. The skipper was more lighthearted.” The Ruby Slippers crew spent a month exploring the area.

Favorite places? “Mo’orea on the leeward side of Tahiti was fantasti-

cally gorgeous — slightly developed but not as much as Tahiti. We anchored at Cook’s Bay. You can go on great hikes or ride your bike. Because it’s volcanic, the hills rush upward aggressively and have spiny ridges … At night I’d come up on the foredeck to read and not read at all. Just look up at the night sky and see the silhouette of the ridges. People were so

friendly.” Attending church in the Cook

Islands left an indelible memory. “People dress up in their finery and straw hats and ride their mopeds to church. Everyone goes. I was so moved by the singing that I had tears in my eyes. When they sing, there’s no holding back.”

Hours before his departure, Burke sat in the cockpit of a Beneteau 47 with an Italian named Fabio (who ran a cooking school in Tuscany), who served a homemade dinner by candlelight in honor of his girlfriend’s birthday and the Annapolis sailor’s departure, along with a Norwegian named Thor and his “drop dead beautiful” Swiss wife. “It was representative of the cool people who were down there living their dreams.”

At the time of this writing, Burke had clocked 111 days on the water in 2014, including his evening plans to have cocktails with friends on a mooring to watch the Annapo-

lis YC Wednesday Night Races. He plans to compete in the Fall Oxford Race Sep-tember 13 and to kayak around Spa Creek through the fall. He recently donated his Tanzer 25 to CRAB (see page 102), so he’s looking for bigger boat.

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In the Readers Write section of the August issue of SpinSheet, we printed

a reader letter about a boater washing his car at his marina (before business hours) and the legality of the act. The reader sug-gested that the marina manager did not take her complaint about the car washer seriously and discussed applying “pier pressure” to boat owners and marina managers to follow the rules for not discharging chemical substances, including car-washing fluids, into the Bay.

Letter sections in magazines are meant to stimulate dialogue among readers — and to cor-rect mistakes within the publications. This particular letter sparked much discussion, not all of it productive. In retrospect, I, as editor, made a mistake. When I clipped the letter (it was cut in half before print-ed), I should have taken out the name of the marina. Keeping the name in resulted

in finger pointing; whereas if I had left it at “the marina,” the discussion may have stayed on the subject of car washing Bay-side as an environmental offense. The other option would have been to run the

letter by the marina manager in advance of publishing it to give him a chance to respond. Both would have been wise.

I would like to extend my apologies to the manager and staff of Podickory Point YC for not giving them the chance to tell their side of the story, which is that said

car-washer had already been reprimanded and the manager was doing his best to field complaints in the busiest part of his day. Since the August issue came out, we have learned that a MDE inspector

visited the site and after a thorough inspection reported absolutely no violations in 31 areas. The staff has posted signs and circulated a memo to reinforce the “no car washing” rule.

Donna Morrow of the Mary-land DNR also wrote us a letter to state that although car wash runoff harms the Bay, what falls under the discharge permit are water from powerwashing boat bottoms and stormwater runoff from boat repair

and maintenance areas. It’s not up to ma-rina managers to police car washing 24/7; it’s up to us (see next letter).

Thank you, SpinSheet readers, for sending thought- and action-provoking letters. Thanks, too, for pointing out where we could have done better. ~M.W.

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More on Car Washing

I am writing in response to the letter titled “Pier Pressure” from your

August issue. The writer expressed a legitimate concern about car washing and associated discharges at a local yacht club.

First, while the writer correctly noted that there is a General Permit for Discharges from Marinas, all marinas are not required to sign it. The Permit (issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment under authority of the Federal Clean Water Act) applies only to certain marine facilities that perform or allow boat repair and maintenance activities. The Permit regulates these boatyards for wastewater from wash-ing boat bottoms and stormwater from their repair areas.

Although car washing is not a typical discharge from a marina and is not specifically addressed by the

Permit, it would likely not be allowed under other sections of the Clean Water Act.

Secondly, while the Clean Water Act and other laws long ago prohib-ited the discharge of oil, sewage, or trash from vessels, there are other discharges incidental to the normal operation of recreational boats. Under a 2008 amendment to the Clean Wa-ter Act, the Clean Boating Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is developing practices to regulate these discharges, which will help further limit the amount of pollution dis-charged into our waters. Boaters can learn more at water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/vessel/CBA/about.cfm

There are many sources of pollu-tion, and regulators work within the law to control as much as possible. However, we rely on private citizens to help ensure laws are not being

broken. We applaud the efforts of those who alert us to violations, and citizens may contact the Maryland Department of the Environment’s inspections and compliance division with questions or concerns at (410) 537-3510.

To enhance citizen efforts and understanding, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers education and guidance: our Clean Marina and Clean Boating programs offer free information about laws, environmental concerns and best practices. Learn more at dnr.maryland.gov/boating/cleanmarina. [If these links are too complicated, try spinsheet.com/clean where we have compiled them.]

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DOCKTALK

Tall Ships Sink Brits. The armada of defenders arrives on Wednesday, Sep-tember 10, and this is a great opportunity to see them under sail and flying colors. However, there is no set schedule for any of the ships, and public tours won’t begin until Thursday at noon. If you’re mainly interested in getting onboard, head up on Friday for ship tours between noon and 5 p.m., and then head over to a Meet the Fleet Happy Hour held in the Inner Har-bor Village where you can meet visiting sailors and enjoy drink specials.

The Red, White, and Blues The Blue Angels are back! September 13 and 14 you want to find a place with unobstruct-ed skyline views to watch flight demon-strations between 2 and 4 p.m. The air show takes place over the Middle Branch of the Patapsco, and while it’s possible to watch the Blues from the water, cruising is restricted near the air show box while the demonstration is in process. Find all the information you need for cruising at spinsheet.com/1812

As for watching the Blues from the ground, there are many options, but none are as great as one of the many rooftop decks around Baltimore. Want to see a full list as compiled by the editors of SpinSheet and Baltimore Magazines? Check out spinsheet.com/1812 for more!

Sing it loud, sing it proud! September 13, two concerts bring out the big guns. Starting at 6 p.m., Fort McHenry hosts the U.S. Marine Band and the Morgan State University Choir, who will entertain while the 30-foot by 42-foot Star Spangled Banner is hoisted into the skyline. Our tip: get there early, as the bag check and security will be tight.

Starting at 7 p.m. at Pier Six Pavilion, a two-hour long concert hosted by John Lithgow will feature many international stars. Tickets run between $79 and $175 and can be purchased online at piersixpavilion.com. In addition, the whole concert will be broadcast on PBS live.

Fireworks! The fireworks will be launched from six barges stretching three miles between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry. The 20-minute show should start around 10 p.m. While your best bet is to catch them around the Inner Harbor, Canton Waterfront Park, and Fells Point, if you’re stuck watching from home, we rec-ommend tuning in to the KeyCam, one of four cameras set up in the East Harbor,

Key Bridge, and the West Harbor. You can watch the fireworks show as Francis Scott Key himself saw the city. Click on keycam.com for more.

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Between September 10 and 16, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will be jam packed with Tall Ships, fast jets, air craft carriers, and, of course, tourists. It’s a celebration that you don’t want to miss, but in order

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Cambridge will be treated to a sight not seen in many years, if weather and boat conditions

cooperate for this year’s Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race Saturday, September 27. More skipjacks than ever are expected for the race, which is free for spectators. Best views are from Long Wharf for the start and finish or Great Marsh Park for the middle legs of the race.

The annual race on the Choptank River began in 1997 and, with Deal Island’s Labor Day event, is one of only two skipjack races still held on the Chesapeake Bay. A number of skip-jacks not seen at the race in recent years are likely participants, including two that have been under restoration. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s newly restored Rosie Parks is expected to compete. Deal Island’s Helen Virginia should have her restoration finished in time to attend and reportedly is training an all-female crew for the races. The sight of as many as a dozen skipjacks on

the Choptank may have older spectators recalling earlier days when working sail vessels filled the Cambridge harbor.

Volunteers of the nonprofit Dorches-ter Skipjack Committee organize the race, with a commitment to keeping it alive to support the skipjacks and the community. The boats compete for pride, not prize, with each participat-ing skipjack receiving equal show-up money, derived from sponsorships and donations. The skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, acting as host vessel for the event, donates her portion back to the race to allow larger awards to the other skipjacks.

During the race, in addition to great views, Long Wharf will offer bleacher seating, food and gift vendors and ex-hibitors. Bill Smith will fire off his can-non to salute the vessels as they parade out from Cambridge Creek and to signal the official race start. Thomas Parker is bringing his traditional buyboat, Thomas J, down from Chestertown to serve once again as the race committee boat.

For those who like their skipjacks on a smaller scale, members of the Chesa-peake Bay Maritime Museum’s Model Skipjack Club will hold a regatta for radio-controlled skipjacks, conditions permitting.

The public can meet and greet the skipjack captains and crews on Friday evening, September 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Snappers in Cambridge. Reception tickets are $30 if purchased in advance or $35 after September 20. For more information, visit: skipjack-nathan.org

# The skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, host vessel for the race, sails by the lighthouse at Long Wharf in Cambridge, where spectators can get close-up views of participating skipjacks. Photo by Cyndy Carrington Miller

ARC Caribbean 1500The longest-running ocean crossing rally in North America, the ‘1500’ is a must-do for many cruisers. The ARC Caribbean 1500 fleet sails from Portsmouth, VA, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Nanny Cay on Tortola, British Virgin Islands. World Cruising Club will help you with the preparations for the cruise, finding crew, inspections of your boat and rig-ging, boat tracking while on the cruise, customs clearance, and social programs at port on either end of the rally. This is the most formal rally and aimed at the first-time cruiser of the rallies.

Your boat must be at least 35 feet long with at least two people onboard. Families are welcome on this rally. 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. worldcruising.com/carib1500

ARC BahamasCruise with friends and experience true offshore sailing to the Bahamas. The ARC Bahamas fleet sails from Ports-mouth, VA, at the mouth the Chesa-peake 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 foot, ideally). World Cruising Club will help you with the preparations for the cruise, finding crew, inspections of your boat and rig-ging, boat tracking while on the cruise, customs clearance, and 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 on this rally. The

passage should take from four to seven days, and the use of engines is okay. World Cruising Club is expecting about 10 boats on this cruise. worldcruising.com/arc_bahamas

Salty DawgThe fall 2014 Salty Dawg Rally de-parts 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 semi-nars and is run by a non-profit organiza-tion 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 is a little more informal but a great way to meet people and cruise south together. There are no set stan-dards for the boats or crew numbers. Last year, about 118 boats participated. saltydawgrally.org

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On August 2, 134 SUP enthusiasts and cano-ers took to the waters of

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In order to account for paddlers of all abilities and board sizes, 16 classes were determined from the start to designate outrigger canoes from SUP’ers, long boards from surf boards, and in some cases, men from women. The race was held in true Hawai’ian fashion, with brightly-colored leis distrib-uted at the finish by organizers. Trophies made of carved coconuts were handed out to all first and second place finishers.

The relationship between stand up paddling and outrigger canoe paddling might at first be seen as a curious one, but SUP Annapolis owner and race organizer Ben Butterwei says it makes more sense than it seems. “We’ve been friends with KIOCC for a long time and paddle with them a lot. It’s the same stroke; you’re either sitting or standing.”

And the outrigger canoe pad-dlers and SUP’ers have tendency to jump ship (so to speak) between each other. “At first, we had a lot of people converting to SUP,” says Butterwei. “But this year, we’re seeing many people get back into their outrigger canoes. Not as many as are jumping into the SUP boards, but it’s definitely growing as well.”

For the full results, click on paddleguru.com. For information on how you can get on a SUP board for racing, recreational paddling, and much more, visit supannapolis.com. And for information on paddling an outrigger canoe, check out kiocc.com.

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Such is the power of the partnership forged between the Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Now in its fourth year, STEM students can avail themselves of a number of sailing-related courses of study both on the water and off.

This summer, approximately 50 students participated in one of three sessions and learned the basics of how a sailboat works; how to plot a course and plan a passage; and how to build a model of a Chesapeake Bay Flattie. “The students had a great time building the model with the exception of having trouble getting their fingers unglued from the super glue they were using!” said NSHOF Education Program Associate Geoff Cuneo.

Local sailors provided both advice and vessels for the on-water component of the class. Fourteen sailboats of all shapes and sizes were represented in the STEM fleet, including the 80-foot all wooden yacht Witchcraft; the 83-foot long vintage Whit-bread Ocean Race yacht, MUSTANG; and 24-feet long Rainbows from the Annapolis Sailing School.

Under the mindful eye of skipper Craig Ligibel and instructor Krista Hankins, Kristina and her crew of three romped around the Bay in Mystic Wind, a 20-foot long, forty-year-old catboat. Another group of would-be sailors experienced a far more luxurious ride aboard SpinSheet as-sociate publisher J.C. McCracken’s Island Packet, Ceilidh. The students earned a well-deserved “graduation present” as they enjoyed a refreshing dip in the cool waters of Whitehall Bay.

“The kids really learned a lot,” says in-structor Krista Haskins, a teacher at South River High School and an accomplished sailor in her own right. “The on-water experience combined with the classroom sessions gave each of them a taste of what sailing is all about. Maybe one or two of them will ‘get hooked’ on sailing and pur-sue it down the road.”

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If you don’t have a boat, here are a few paddling opportunities to get out and enjoy the night.

Annapolis Community Boating will be offering a Super Moon Paddle September 7. With a potluck kicking off the event at 6 p.m. and kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards pushing off the dock at 8 p.m., this is a great op-portunity to get out there and be social. Kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards are available to rent or you can bring your own. annapolisboating.org

Capital SUP offers SUP tours around Spa Creek and Annapolis Harbor. Boards have a light on them, making them safe to operate after dark (and very romantic). You can choose either a paddle class or a yoga on the water class. The super moon is promi-nent for three nights, and classes start at 8 p.m. For more information, visit capitalsupbiz.com.

Down in Hampton, VA, the place to view the moon is on Buckroe Beach. There are eight acres of sandy beach to spread out a blanket and let the tide pull you in. Grills are avail-able, if you want to make it a romantic dinner.

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Every month, the moon’s distance to the earth varies between 222,000 and 252,000 miles.

When the moon is at its closest and is also full, we call that a super moon, as it appears to be about 14 percent larger than usual when viewed with the naked eye. They’re not uncommon: about every 14th full moon will be a

super moon. However, depend-ing on the cycle, they can happen more frequently.

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There’s nothing quite like paddling on the Bay’s tributaries, where paddlers mostly enjoy smooth

waters and always experience nature from a distinctively different perspective than the view from a larger, faster vessel. Together Maryland and Virginia have hundreds of miles of water trails, with more being developed each year. Here we highlight just a few you may enjoy paddling as summer turns into fall.

Pick up or download the new 2014 map and guide available for the Anacostia River Trail and the Charles County Water Trails. Designed to be stowed in your kayak or canoe, the paper versions are waterproof and tear-proof. The Charles County trail system is made of four trails along Mattawom-an Creek, the lower Potomac River, Port Tobacco River, and Nanjemoy Creek. The Anacostia trail covers ten miles from Bladensburg, MD, through Washington, DC, to the Anacostia’s juncture with the Potomac, just two miles south of Capitol Hill. dnr.mary-land.gov/boating/mdwatertrails

Along the Potomac River Water Trail, a new canoe and kayak campsite opened in August. Located in Caledon State Park, 23 miles east of Fredericksburg,VA, the camp-ground has six campsites. This landing site is also the newest public access point along the John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. dcr.virginia.gov

At the Chesapeake Bay Environmen-tal Center in Grasonville, MD, guided kayak tours and kayak and canoe rentals are offered through October. The center is ideally located on a peninsula, and the tours explore the shoreline along Marshy Creek, the Narrows, and Prospect Bay. Beginner and intermediate levels. Reservations and a fee required. bayrestoration.org/guided-kayak-tours

Mathews Blueways on the western shore of the Bay is an interconnected system of five separate water trails span-ning Mathews County on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia. The 90 miles of trails are particularly well suited for paddling and encompass three tidal rivers and 50 navigable creeks with dozens of access sites. matthewsblueways.org

At Janes Island State Park near Crisfield, MD, 30 miles of water trails comprise six trails, most of which are in protected saltwater marshes. GPS waypoints can be downloaded for the six trails. Afterward, upload your GPS tracks. Campsites available. dnr2.maryland.gov

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boats each with an interesting history. This is what you’ll find at the fifth annual Classic Wooden Sailboat Race and Rendezvous co-hosted by the Na-tional Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) and the Chesapeake Traditional Sailboat Association on Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21, in An-napolis.

On Saturday the public is invited to view the boats, which will be docked in front of the NSHOF at City Dock, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some open for onboard viewing. For skip-pers and crew, the day will end with a meeting, reception, and potluck dinner. Sunday at 11 a.m., the pursuit style race begins at Triton Light off the seawall of the United States Naval Academy. The best views of the course will be from the USNA seawall and from the Eastport section of Annapo-lis.

“Each year this event grows, and this year we have boats com-ing from Oxford, MD, out of the Cutts & Case yard, Philadelphia, and New Jersey,” says NSHOF’s Maria Museler. “This year we expect about 20 participating boats ranging in length from 18 feet to 65 feet. Special this year is the entry of the Woodwind Schooners in the Spirit of Tradition class. The schooners will give the public and non-sailors an opportunity to participate in the sail race even if they don’t own one of these classic boats.” Visit schoonerwoodwind.com to purchase tickets or follow the link from the NSHOF website.

Museler continues, “One of the sandbaggers, either Bull or Bear, will be sailed by the Cuneo family from New Jersey. Geoff Cuneo is heading up the STEM programs at NSHOF, and his family will be coming to help celebrate his birthday by sailing.

Learn more and see beautiful pho-tos from last year’s race at nshof.org. Click on “Classic Regatta.”

# Nearly two dozen beautiful, classic wooden boats will race in the waters off Annapolis on Sunday, September 21. Purchase a ticket on the Woodwind Schooner, and you can be a part of the fun. Photo courtesy of the National Sailing Hall of Fame


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On Saturday, September 13, wounded warriors and their families and friends will come

to Annapolis for the Fall Wounded War-rior Sailing Regatta hosted at the Na-tional Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) docks and co-sponsored by NSHOF, the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Sailing Team, and Chesapeake Region Acces-sible Boating (CRAB). The Connected Warriors organization plays a major role in transporting the wounded warriors from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as well as other military bases and private homes from around the region.

The warriors will be welcomed by the USNA Band as they arrive to the playing of their Service’s fight song and “Stars and Stripes Forever” before getting un-derway. Thanks to the generous support of the U.S. Sailboat Show organizers, their floating docks will make it much easier for the wounded warriors to board the sailboats.

The wounded warriors will be sailing on USNA Colgate 26s and CRAB Free-

dom 20s crewed by Navy Midshipmen and CRAB volunteers. All of the racing will take place in the Annapolis harbor just off of the USNA break wall. The floating markers have been provided by both the Eastport and Annapolis YCs, so everything looks very professional on the course.

If you wish to come out and enjoy a beautiful day and cheer our nation’s wounded warriors, please plan to arrive around 10:30 a.m. on the seawall. Op-portunities for individuals, organizations, or companies wishing to be sponsors of the regatta are available and appreciated. Please contact Paul Bollinger at [email protected].

In Lancaster, VA, October 24-26, Yankee Point Marina will host its first Race for Independence to benefit the Independence Fund, which is a wholly volunteer veterans’ charity. Unlike many other veterans’ charities, over 95 percent of every dollar raised goes directly to the veterans. The funds raised by this regatta will provide adaptive wheelchairs for combat wounded amputees from the Iraq

and Afghanistan wars (these wheel-chairs are built using tank treads so that the guys and gals can go anywhere and regain some mobility and independence in their lives). Organizers expect 20 vet-erans to participate. Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin will act as emcee, and a dozen USNA midshipmen will sail as well. To learn more about the Independence Fund, visit independencefund.org and to learn more about the regatta and how to participate, go to yankeepointmarina.com and click on regatta.

# Fall is a great time to sail in Annapolis as wounded warriors and their families learned at the 2013 NSHOF Wounded Warrior Regatta. Photo by Dan Phelps


About the time the rest of us break out our jeans and start, well, think about wearing socks

again, Chesapeake snowbirds throw off their lines and turn their bows south. Whether they leave solo, as couples or groups of friends, or in rally formation (see page 22), southbound cruisers—and those who cruise in other direc-tions—share many practices when it comes to preparation.

As you know from reading the Au-gust issue of SpinSheet, the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) hosts its Gam at Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD, along the Rhode River September 26-28. The three-day event features presentations to interest and inform veteran and new cruisers, cocktail par-ties, a potluck dinner, a barbeque, a gala auction, round-table discussions, and a nautical flea market.

A newer addition to the popular gam is the informal Heading South gather-ing on Thursday, September 25 at 5 p.m. on the Rhode. “People arrive a day or two in advance, so we do this before registration,” says Mary Verlaque, a former SSCA board member and vol-unteer who is heading up the effort.

“It’s very informal. If the tide is low, we have it on Flat Island… This year [because of high tide], we will probably do a dinghy raftup next to one of the larger vessels so that someone can speak and be seen and heard.”

There is no agenda for the meeting, just curious sailors of all experience levels willing to ask questions and share hard-won knowledge. Verlaque says, “You have people who have traveled to the Caribbean many times, done the ICW 20 times, or circumnavigated the world. Then you have someone who may be brand new to sailing or who thinks, ‘I’d like to do that sometime’… We do it to foster seamanship and as we say ‘leave a clean wake.’”

As an example of things experienced cruisers may share, Verlaque notes that going through the C&D Canal can be very tricky for sailboats that only travel at five or six knots; when the daylight is limited, sailors must plan their trips carefully around the new and full moons.

Other topics that sailors may bring up: bridges, wind against current (a new challenge for Great Lakes sailors), get-ting safely to shore for medical issues, pets onboard and pet-friendly shore lo-cations, provisioning, and finding ports where the grocery stores and laundro-mats are easily accessible by foot. “We open it up to the fleet to see what they would like to discuss,” says Verlaque, and the conversation flows naturally.

On Friday, the scheduled part of the weekend at Camp Letts begins with registration at 1 p.m. and the first speaker at 3 p.m. Visit ssca.org to learn more.

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6 Chestertown Jazz Festival 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wilmer Park,

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16 Sailabration! aboard the 74-foot Schooner Woodwind Sail to

Sailabration in Baltimore for an all-day adventure! 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Included is: breakfast, lunch, afternoon happy hour hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine or beer. $199.

17 In-Water Demo 5:30 p.m. Jonas Green Park. Free.

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18 Taste of the Chesapeake 5:30 to 9 p.m. Blue Heron

Center, Quiet Waters Park. $125. Benefits Alliance for the Bay.

18-21 SunFest Ocean City, MD.

19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day Arrgh! Not again!

19 Music Sail with the Lions of Bluegrass 5 p.m. Benefits the

Sultana Educational Foundation. $30.

19 Rebellion in Jamestown Jamestown, VA, was attacked and

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19-21 Chesapeake Film Festival

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20 A Taste of Smith Island 5:30 p.m. Somers Cove Marina,

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20 An Autumn Evening at Reed Creek Farm

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20 Boatyard Beach Bash 5 to 9 p.m. Annapolis Maritime

Museum. Food, fun & live music by Coral Reefer’s Michael Utley and Doyle Grisham. $65.

20 CBEC Wet and Wild Auction 6 to 9 p.m. CBEC’s Education

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20 Hi-De-Ho: An Evening with the Cab Calloway Orchestra

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20 Keels and Wheels 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis YC. Free.

20 Music Sail with the Lions of Bluegrass Benefits the Sultana

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20 Smithsonian Science on the Bay Smithsonian Environmental

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20-21 Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous

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20-21 NAS Oceana Air Show Virginia Beach, VA.

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20-21 Dream Days Open House 10 a.m. to

4 p.m. Annapolis Yacht Sales.

21 Classic Wooden Boat Regatta The Woodwinds will be racing

in the ‘Spirit of Traditions’ Class and there will be over 20 boats participating in the event. 11 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $79/adult and $49/child and includes Gourmet Bagged lunches, soda, and water.

21 Old Westminster Winery Dinner Cruise

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21 West Annapolis Oktoberfest 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annapolis

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23 Autumnal Equinox Get ready for shorter days,

cooler nights, and color-changing leaves!

26 City Park Paddle 5:30 p.m. Ellen Moyer Nature

park. Sponsored by Annapolis Community Boating. (443) 905-1075.


27 Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race

Cambridge, MD.

27 Havre de Grace Maritime Museum Crab-tober Feast

6 to 9 p.m. Havre de Grace American Legion Hall.

27 Dock Day on the Bay 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Somers Cove

Marina, Crisfield, MD. Commercial and sport fishing boats, historic fishing vessels, displays, maritime related arts and crafts, children’s activities, safety at sea, live fish, live music and a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

27 Oxford Library Book Mart 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market Street in

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28 Dorchester Center For the Arts Showcase A street festival

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30 Gordon Bok Concert 8 to 10 p.m. Galesville Memo-

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6 Sharps Island Race Southern Maryland SA.

6 Washington Leukemia Cup Dangerfield Island SC.

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13 Tri Service Cup Old Point Comfort YC.

13 Wounded Warrior Regatta National Sailing Hall of Fame,

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13 Wye Island Regatta Open to all person-powered boats, including

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14 CBMM Bartlett Cup

14 FBYC Fall Laser Regatta Fishing Bay YC.

19-21 505 East Coast Championship

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20 Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge and Dinghy Race

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20 Hospice Cup Regatta and Dinghy Poker Run

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20 SSA Fall Series #1 Severn SA.

20-21 Charm City’s Ya Gotta Regatta

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21 SSA Fall Series #2 Severn SA.

27 Neptune’s Atlantic Regatta Broad Bay SA.

27 Run What You Brung Regatta Circumnavigate Kent Island.

27-28 Crab Claw Regatta Severn SA.

27-28 PSA Race to Rock Hall and Back

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2 Mermaid’s Kiss Oyster Fest 7 to 10 p.m. National Aquarium in

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3-5 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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4 Historical Society of Kent County Chestertown House Tour

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4-5 Riverside WineFest Historic Sotterly Plantation,

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5 First Sunday Arts Festival 12 to 5 p.m. West and Calvert

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6-8 Upper Chesapeake Whitby Brewer Rendezvous

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8 Total Lunar Eclipse

8-11 NMEA Conference Sanibel Harbour Marriott

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9-13 United States Sailboat Show

City Dock, Annapolis.

10 Learning Math & Science through Sailing National

Consortium Workshop At the National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis.

10 Start Sailing Now Seminar Everything you wanted to know

about sailing but were afraid to ask... SpinSheet editor Molly Winans and a panel of local experts help new sailors get into the sport. Free and open to the public. In the Annapolis Marriott during the U.S. Sailboat Show.

11 17th Annual Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo

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11 Art and Seafood Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deltaville

Maritime Museum. (804) 776-7200.

11 Boat Show Bash 6 p.m. Eastport YC.

11 Progressive Porch Party A walking tour through

Onancock, sampling restaurants’ best offerings in the comfort of our neighbors’ porches. Onancock, VA.

11-12 Patuxent River Appreciation Days

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Free.

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15 In-Water Demo 5:30 p.m. Jonas Green Park. Free.

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16-19 United States Powerboat Show

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17-19 Poquoson Seafood Festival The City of

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17-19 Women’s Woodworking II

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD.

18 Chili Cook Off and Oyster Scald Solomons, MD

18 Practical On-the-Water Boat Handling 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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18 Tilghman Island Day Oyster shucking contest, crab

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18-19 Hot Sauce and Oyster Festival

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18-19 St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival

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19 Captain Avery Museum Oyster Festival

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23 Partial Solar Eclipse

25 Haunted Harbor Cape Charles, VA.

25 OysterFest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chesapeake Bay

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25-26 Gloucester Renaissance Festival

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4 Hard Rock Laser Masters Rock Hall YC.

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

11 Good Old Boat Regatta Shearwater SC.

18 Fall Invitational Regatta Southern Maryland SA.

18 GSA Frigid Digit Glenmar SA.

18-19 Laser Masters Atlantic Coast Championship

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24-26 J/35 Mid-Atlantics Annapolis YC.

24-26 Race for Independence Yankee Point Marina,

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25 BCYA Baltimore Harbor Cup Baltimore, MD.

25 Bucctoberfest Regatta Southern Maryland SA.

25 Round the Lights Old Point Comfort YC.

25 TAYC PHRF Skipper Race A 42- to 56-mile distance race

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25-26 Etchells/Stars and Halloween Howl

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25-26 J/70 Fall Brawl Eastport YC.

31 - Nov 2

J/24 East Coast Championships Severn SA, Annapolis.

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BALTIMORE AnnApolisChesApeAke

BAy Bridge-Tunnel

diFFerenCes Spring High Low H. Ht L. Ht RangeSharps Island Light –3:47 –3:50 *1.18 *1.17 1.5Havre de Grace +3:11 +3:30 *1.59 *1.59 1.9Sevenfoot Knoll Light –0:06 –0:10 *0.82 *0.83 1.1St. Michaels, Miles River –2:14 –1:58 *1.08 *1.08 1.4

diFFerenCes Spring High Low H. Ht L. Ht RangeMtn Pt, Magothy River +1:24 +1:40 *0.88 *0.88 1.0Chesapeake Beach –1:14 –1:15 *1.12 *1.14 1.1Cedar Point –3:16 –3:13 *1.33 *1.33 1.4Point Lookout –3:48 –3:47 *1.37 *1.33 1.4

diFFerenCes Spring High Low H. Ht L. Ht RangeOnancock Creek +3 :52 +4 :15 *0.70 *0.83 2.2Stingray Point +2 :01 +2 :29 *0.48 *0.83 1.4Hooper Strait Light +5 :52 +6 :04 *0.66 *0.67 2.0Lynnhaven Inlet +0 :47 +1 :08 *0.77 *0.83 2.4

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1 06:47 AM 0.8 L Mon 11:39 AM 1.4 H 05:46 PM 0.4 L

2 12:34 AM 1.9 H Tue 07:55 AM 0.8 L 12:34 PM 1.3 H 06:38 PM 0.4 L

3 01:30 AM 1.9 H Wed 09:01 AM 0.8 L 01:36 PM 1.3 H 07:39 PM 0.4 L

4 02:30 AM 1.9 H THu 10:01 AM 0.7 L 02:41 PM 1.3 H 08:47 PM 0.4 L

5 03:32 AM 2 H Fri 10:54 AM 0.6 L 03:46 PM 1.4 H 09:58 PM 0.4 L

6 04:31 AM 2 H SAT 11:43 AM 0.6 L 04:49 PM 1.5 H 11:06 PM 0.4 L

7 05:28 AM 2 H Sun 12:28 PM 0.5 L 05:48 PM 1.6 H

8 12:11 AM 0.3 L Mon 06:20 AM 2 H 01:10 PM 0.4 L 06:45 PM 1.7 H

9 01:13 AM 0.4 L Tue 07:10 AM 1.9 H 01:52 PM 0.3 L 07:40 PM 1.8 H

10 02:13 AM 0.4 L Wed 07:57 AM 1.8 H 02:33 PM 0.3 L 08:33 PM 1.9 H

11 03:13 AM 0.5 L THu 08:44 AM 1.7 H 03:14 PM 0.3 L 09:27 PM 2 H

12 04:13 AM 0.5 L Fri 09:31 AM 1.6 H 03:55 PM 0.3 L 10:20 PM 2 H

13 05:16 AM 0.6 L SAT 10:19 AM 1.5 H 04:38 PM 0.3 L 11:15 PM 2 H

14 06:20 AM 0.7 L Sun 11:10 AM 1.4 H 05:24 PM 0.3 L

15 12:11 AM 1.9 H Mon 07:26 AM 0.7 L 12:04 PM 1.3 H 06:15 PM 0.4 L

1 12:51 AM 2.5 H Mon 06:59 AM 0.4 L 01:25 PM 3 H 07:50 PM 0.6 L

2 01:44 AM 2.4 H Tue 07:55 AM 0.5 L 02:22 PM 3 H 08:52 PM 0.6 L

3 02:45 AM 2.4 H Wed 08:58 AM 0.4 L 03:25 PM 3 H 09:57 PM 0.5 L


5 05:03 AM 2.7 H Fri 11:11 AM 0.2 L 05:38 PM 3.2 H

6 12:00 AM 0.2 L SAT 06:09 AM 2.9 H 12:14 PM 0.1 L 06:40 PM 3.4 H

7 12:56 AM 0 L Sun 07:10 AM 3.2 H 01:14 PM -0.1 L 07:36 PM 3.5 H

8 01:47 AM -0.2 L Mon 08:05 AM 3.4 H 02:10 PM -0.2 L 08:29 PM 3.5 H

9 02:37 AM -0.3 L Tue 08:57 AM 3.6 H 03:05 PM -0.2 L 09:19 PM 3.5 H

10 03:25 AM -0.3 L Wed 09:47 AM 3.6 H 03:58 PM -0.2 L 10:08 PM 3.3 H

11 04:13 AM -0.2 L THu 10:37 AM 3.6 H 04:51 PM -0.1 L 10:57 PM 3.2 H

12 05:01 AM -0.1 L Fri 11:26 AM 3.5 H 05:45 PM 0.1 L 11:46 PM 3 H

13 05:51 AM 0.1 L SAT 12:17 PM 3.4 H 06:41 PM 0.3 L

14 12:37 AM 2.8 H Sun 06:42 AM 0.3 L 01:10 PM 3.2 H 07:39 PM 0.5 L

15 01:32 AM 2.6 H Mon 07:38 AM 0.5 L 02:07 PM 3 H 08:41 PM 0.6 L

1 04:45 AM 0.8 L Mon 09:45 AM 1.3 H 04:33 PM 0.4 L 11:25 PM 1.6 H

2 05:46 AM 0.8 L Tue 10:37 AM 1.3 H 05:25 PM 0.3 L

3 12:25 AM 1.7 H Wed 06:50 AM 0.8 L 11:42 AM 1.2 H 06:24 PM 0.3 L


5 02:23 AM 1.7 H Fri 08:51 AM 0.7 L 02:10 PM 1.3 H 08:30 PM 0.3 L

6 03:19 AM 1.8 H SAT 09:44 AM 0.6 L 03:18 PM 1.3 H 09:32 PM 0.3 L



9 05:47 AM 1.7 H Tue 12:06 PM 0.3 L 06:17 PM 1.6 H


11 01:21 AM 0.5 L THu 07:18 AM 1.6 H 01:37 PM 0.2 L 08:07 PM 1.7 H

12 02:17 AM 0.5 L Fri 08:03 AM 1.5 H 02:23 PM 0.2 L 09:02 PM 1.7 H


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19 05:40 AM 2.5 H Fri 11:38 AM 0.7 L 06:03 PM 2.8 H




23 02:02 AM 0.4 L Tue 08:23 AM 3 H 02:25 PM 0.4 L 08:37 PM 2.9 H






29 05:45 AM 0.4 L Mon 12:10 PM 3.2 H 06:33 PM 0.5 L


16 06:10 AM 0.8 L Tue 11:27 AM 1.2 H 05:51 PM 0.4 L








24 05:46 AM 1.5 H Wed 12:06 PM 0.4 L 06:22 PM 1.5 H








Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) Chesapeake Bay EntranceSlack Water Max Current Speed Slack Water Max Current Speed Slack Water Max Current Speed Slack Water Max Current Speed Slack Water Max Current Speed Slack Water Max Current Speed

Corrections Applied to Baltimore Harbor Approach Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Current Differences and Speed Ratios

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

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

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor

Approach

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay

Entrance

-3:29 -3:36 -4:08 -3:44 0.4 0.6

-1:39 -1:41 -1:57 -1:43 0.4 0.5

-1:05 -0:14 -0:22 -0:20 0.6 0.6

+0:59 +0:48 +0:56 +1:12 0.6 0.8

+2:39 +1:30 +0:58 +1:00 0.6 0.8

Time Differences Speed RatiosMin.beforeFlood Flood FloodEbb Ebb

Min.beforeEbb

Time Differences Speed RatiosMin.beforeFlood Flood FloodEbb Ebb

Min.beforeEbb

+0:29 +0:48 +0:06 +0:00 1.0 0.7

+0:05 +0:38 +0:32 +0:19 2.2 1.2

+2:18 +3:00 +2:09 +2:36 1.2 0.6

+2:29 +2:57 +2:45 +1:59 0.5 0.3

+4:49 +5:33 +6:04 +5:45 0.4 0.2

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel)

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

Tidal Current Tables

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

September 2014 Currents

11 0116 -1.1 THu 0429 0723 0.9 1018 1324 -1 1624 1943 1.2 2302 12 0208 -1 Fri 0526 0813 0.8 1105 1410 -0.9 1708 2032 1.2 2355 13 0302 -1 SAT 0624 0906 0.7 1154 1459 -0.8 1756 2123 1.1 14 0049 0358 -0.9 Sun 0724 1002 0.6 1247 1552 -0.7 1846 2217 1 15 0145 0456 -0.9 Mon 0826 1102 0.5 1345 1649 -0.7 1941 2315 1 16 0243 0556 -0.8 Tue 0928 1205 0.5 1450 1751 -0.6 2041 17 0015 0.9 Wed 0341 0656 -0.8 1028 1308 0.5 1557 1855 -0.6 2144 18 0115 0.8 THu 0437 0754 -0.8 1122 1407 0.5 1701 1958 -0.6 2247 19 0214 0.8 Fri 0531 0846 -0.8 1210 1501 0.6 1759 2056 -0.6 2347 20 0308 0.8 SAT 0620 0934 -0.8 1253 1548 0.7 1850 2148 -0.7

1 0135 0.7 Mon 0357 0758 -1.3 1135 1413 0.9 1708 2048 -1.1 2 0018 0230 0.6 Tue 0447 0858 -1.3 1236 1516 0.9 1817 2158 -1.1 3 0124 0334 0.6 Wed 0550 1008 -1.3 1341 1625 1 1932 2309 -1.1 4 0230 0443 0.6 THu 0703 1118 -1.4 1446 1733 1.1 2043 5 0014 -1.3 Fri 0332 0551 0.7 0820 1224 -1.6 1548 1837 1.2 2146 6 0112 -1.4 SAT 0427 0655 0.9 0931 1324 -1.8 1645 1934 1.3 2241 7 0205 -1.6 Sun 0518 0752 1.1 1035 1419 -1.9 1739 2027 1.5 2330 8 0254 -1.8 Mon 0606 0845 1.3 1134 1512 -2 1831 2116 1.5 9 0016 0341 -1.9 Tue 0653 0936 1.4 1229 1602 -2.1 1921 2204 1.5 10 0100 0427 -1.9 Wed 0740 1025 1.5 1322 1652 -2 2011 2250 1.4

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I grew up on the Maine coast, watched the lobster fishermen on very early cold mornings, and fell

in love with the ocean. In the warmer ‘months’ (about three weeks long), I would see an occasional sailboat. The beauty of a watercraft cutting so smoothly through the ocean captivated me, and from then on, I was fasci-nated by sailing, without any engines, to the sounds of nature.

In 1986, my job assignment took me to Hawaii where I dove into the sailing world with both feet, quickly becoming a ‘wind-jockey.’ The relax-ing control of the boat when you work with the elements to power yourself quietly through the water really takes you to another dimension.

Perceived obstacles to newcomers might simply be the newness of the art and a lack of confidence. This can be quickly overcome with a good sailing instructor and a moderate amount of patience. Passion for sailing grows as confidence builds. The apprecia-tion of working so closely with nature does carry you into a different plane, sometimes making it difficult to return to shore.

Each sailing day often provides a new experience; very few days are the same. Some can be calm and totally relaxing with very light winds. (You have to admit that the ability to still see the dock you left an hour ago has

a certain charm.) The next day can be an interesting ad-

venture with heavier winds from another direction, a challenge that makes you a more competent sailor. It gets you into the action of controlling the vessel, using muscles you rarely use, and making quick decisions. You’re left with a real sense of physical and mental accomplishment. Very satisfying.

Should you find your-self with any interest in the art of sailing, life is too short to pass it up. Give it a try, and I believe you’ll never regret the experience. You will have another unique skill that you will enjoy for life. As you try sailing, here are three things that I would like all new sailors to keep in mind:• Every day is a different day. If

you get spooked, get back on that horse and learn from it. The worst thing you can do is to hesitate to sail again by yourself because of one rough day. You must get past that hump, and your confidence and knowledge will double. You will smile about it later. This confidence does transcend into all areas of life and helps you to become a more confident person.

• Continue to learn from other sailors. Don’t let your ego stifle your intake of new knowledge. It’s not who’s the best sailor; it’s how we can all improve and share our skills. Unless you’re racing, it is not a competition. It is a shared experience.

• You command the boat. You have to respect and stay in harmony with nature. Keep in mind that nature does not care about your sailing skills. Play with it, and enjoy every new day on the water.

The finest reasons for sailing are relaxation, adventure, experiencing a different dimension away from land, and meeting a lot of interesting people who want the same experience.

About the Author: Ray LaPlante has been sailing seriously since the late 1980s, has raced in Hawaii and California and on the Chesapeake and in the Caribbean. He teaches at the Belle Haven Mariner Sailing School, saildc.com

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by Ray LaPlante


Many days, when needing a break from colleagues at the universi-ty, I grab a sub and lunch alone

in my truck. I park in the same place every time, backed up against a rail with the front facing a huge old oak tree. It’s quite on purpose, as the tree I dine with is a beautiful white oak, which carries me back to my youth on the South River and dozens of trips over the bridge to visit the, now long gone, Wye oak. The Bay and the trees of that region signifi-cantly shaped my personal connections to nature.

I remember cruising my Farr into the Po-tomac and Yeocomico, wife, boys, and dog in tow. At the end of a long day out on the water, we dropped the hook in a tree-lined cove. While my wife and I tidied up after our sail and pre-pared dinner, the boys would go ashore to walk our beagle. I remember watching them try to nose their kayaks into the shoreline, scrapping with vegetation, and hardly finding a spot in the thick wood to get the dog on dry land. Actually walking the beast in that tangle was almost impossible. Finding these tree-lined oases is the goal of many Bay sailors, and they are increasingly more difficult to locate.

A 2009 study covering the impacts of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay, published in the Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Journal, paints a rather gloomy picture of the future. Increased storm activity, sea level changes, in-creased water temperature, heavier rains, swollen streams, increased nitrogen lev-els, algae blooms, and more will all result in the Bay’s struggle. Trees are identi-fied as significant game changers in the battle to save the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act is one of these directives where 100 foot buffer areas of vegetation are now being regulated on many waterside properties.

However, not all of us who read SpinSheet have properties adjacent to the water. Many respect the health of the Bay and enjoy its bounty in food and fun. So, what is it that we can do as a sailing com-munity to really impact the Bay’s health? Yeah, we can plant a tree. We can fertilize our lawns less, or if we are lucky enough to own water- or stream-front property, we can maintain a healthy vegetative buf-fer along its edge. But, there is something bigger. It goes back to why I sit under a white oak for lunch 700 miles away from my home: place attachments.

The human connection to nature and places can be measured in what we call ‘sense of place.’ A recent model I created, based on an in-depth literature review, identifies four categories in measuring our sense of place: aesthetics such as identity or delight, attachment seen as home or love, spirituality as in reverence for a sacred place, and ethics, identified as environment or compassion. Two sig-nificant components strengthen these four categories: time and our senses.

The longer you spend time in a place and the more you connect all five senses to that place, the higher you measure in the four categories, thus the stronger

your respect for the environment. For instance, sailing on the Bay once creates a fond memory. Sailing a whole summer, racing with a team, watching the sun set over cocktails, smelling and tasting the brackish water on your lips, or hearing the clang of a red nun in the thick fog give

you more than memo-ries. They give you a connection. And this is why talking Bay health to sailors is speaking to the choir.

Connection is also the solution. It will take a whole society to make positive changes in the Bay environment. Much of that same society will have no connec-tion to the Bay other than their unknown impact of day-to-day activities. These activities make too long a list to print here, but the solution is short. Invite a friend on a sail. Invite many. Invite them more than once. Feed them, laugh with them, explore with them. The solution is inviting them to join. Take a child sailing as often as possible; make it fun; change the shape of our sport and its environment for the future. Grow sailors and the trees will grow themselves.

Growing Trees, Growing Kids

About the Author: Garth Woodruff was raised on the South River and raced out of Herrington Harbour for more than 10 years. Although he works in Michigan, he still keeps a boat and home in Virginia near family.

Where We Sailby Garth Woodruff


My youngest recalls sitting in her classroom on the first day of eighth grade sporting a cool

regatta shirt from a few weeks prior and being tapped on the shoulder by her friend Grace who whispered, urgently, “You can’t wear that here, it says rum. The principal is gonna send you home!” Elizabeth made it through the school day, but the shirt stayed in the closet until the next summer. Her mom and I were a bit embarrassed to have missed it.

Gosh, there is a lot of drinking in sail-ing, but as with the shirt, much of it goes unnoticed by many of us sailors. Sure, alcohol seems embed-ded in the sailing culture. Early high seas sailors carried fermented beverages such as beer because no known pathogens can live in it. IPA was, in effect, better than water. The Royal Navy’s long love affair with rum for grog set the stage for a marketing campaign by West Indies distillers that lives on today.

Who among us doesn’t have a sail-ing friend with a drinking problem and a drinking friend with a sailing problem?

And let me get this on the table: when the race is over, I’m often the first to ask, “What’s it take to get a beer on this boat?” I’m not anti-drinking. In fact, the gluten-free diet is out of the question for this Milwaukeean, because beer is at the apex of my food pyramid. A loaf of bread in a can.

But I’m also a dad and must admit, right or wrong, to having included some awfully young kids in some awfully ruckus keggers after sailing. It weighs on me. So we set limits.

The first is about the law. We don’t serve minors, even our own. It might seem surprising to you that this would need say-ing, but to many liberty-minded sailors, the right to self-select the timing of “coming of age” is theirs. So at many clubs it’s not odd to see a father and son or mom and teenage daughter clinking cups. My wife and I won’t go there, even if we were there

30 years ago. It’s different now. The risks are much greater.

Second, we boycott regatta parties where young women are under-paid to over-serve wrist-banded, rum-soaked bozos. In fact, years ago, we stopped traveling to regattas where this is the attraction and norm. Our daughters are now old enough to know better, but the family agrees, the boycott stands on principle. In our world, the bartending women would be better sailing, not serving. Here’s their open invitation to join our team. Bring PFDs and stay-warm clothes.

And that leads to our final framework: the sobriety advantage. Any serious athlete

will tell you that they lose performance as soon as they start drinking and for many hours afterwards. In fact, any serious practitioner of anything — writing, doctor-ing, inventing, driving, thinking — will say the same. Even bartenders know that they must stay sober to stay safe. One slip-up can lead to disaster. So we don’t drink before or during sailing. Ever. Non-negotiable.

The beer stays in the cooler until the racing is over, and on breezy nights, until the boat is safely tied at the dock. And the cooler is understocked. It carries just

enough cans for a toast or two, assuming flags were earned, and that’s it. There is no hard liquor on board. Oh, and we also offer a wide selection of juices,

teas, sodas, and waters for the kids and clear-headed adults.

The sobriety advantage has another last-ing benefit for families. Elizabeth and her older (almost legal) sister Kate explain that by watching drunken sailors act like fools, they’ve learned what they don’t want to be when they grow up. I’ll take solace in and raise a cup to that.

About the Author: Saving Sailing author and sailing advocate Nicholas Hayes sails his B-32 Syrena with his wife and two daughters in Milwaukee, WI, and has contributed regularly for SpinSheet for four years. savingsailing.com

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That Drinking Thingby Nicholas Hayes


The above title pretty much sums up the essence of sailing when you only have a few hours with the intent to

end up where you started the same day. While this might not seem all that exciting to a cruising sailor with faraway destina-tions in mind, I would like to make the case that this seemingly aimless activity is extremely enjoyable. All it takes is a little motivation.

My love for daysailing started the day after I started a three-day cruise with a nine-hour sail on a 20-foot pocket cruiser with 90-degree temperatures, a wife whose idea of “roughing it” is a black and white TV, two small boys, (four and seven years old), a night-long battle with mosquitoes, and a forecast for high winds and strong thunderstorms the next day. The mutiny was of epic proportion, and I was leading the way off the boat!

Once I changed my expectations, I soon learned that while you can daysail in a boat of any size, the ease of doing it in a small boat becomes more attractive when time is of the essence. Sailing with my friend on his 28-foot sloop that he keeps on a moor-ing, we first have to launch a dinghy. After rowing from shore and transferring our gear, we have to uncover the mainsail, bend on the jib, and untie the tiller. We stow our gear, bring out the cockpit cushions, and start up the engine. After securing the tender to the mooring, we have to mo-tor several hundred yards to deeper water where we then raise the main and jib and

begin our sail. All the above tasks, while not impossible to perform alone, are far easier with one or more crew members to help.

In stark contrast, I can remove the cock-pit cover and launch my 16-foot Windrider trimaran with all the gear already aboard in less than five minutes time. I simply paddle a few feet to clear the dock and unfurl the main sail from the mast. The old adage that the simpler something is to do, the more likely you are to do it certainly applies to sailing.

Thinking about what food and beverage I want for the day is usually the largest part of the planning I do prior to going out on the water. Since I don’t have a motor on my boat, I usually allow the wind and tide directions to dictate my destination. One of my favorite activities is unofficially rac-ing with other sailboats that I encounter. I always try and catch the boats ahead of me or stay ahead of those that are behind me. I will always investigate unusual ves-sels such as the Pride of Baltimore, Lady Maryland, Sultana, and Amistad as they have journeyed up or down the Bay. It is fun to contrast those magnificent vessels with all their sails and rigging to my simple trimaran. When conditions allow me to get close enough, I’ll try and find out the crew’s destination. Just last month I sailed briefly with an Annapolis 44 that was traveling up the Bay under spinnaker. I was able to find out that they were headed to the start of the Newport to Bermuda Race. I bid them

good luck and enjoyed the puzzled looks of the midshipmen as they swiftly left me behind.

In the late spring and early fall countless “snowbirds” pass by. Unfortunately, most of them have their sails furled even when the conditions would allow sailing a direct course north or south without tacking. I also like to see the luxurious motor yachts that are often more than 100 feet long. No matter how rough the conditions I am sailing in, their captains never fail to slow down when they approach. I usually feel guilty that I have unnecessarily slowed their progress, but I’ve not yet figured out a signal that lets them understand that their wakes are not a problem.

After three or four hours, the pain in my tailbone signals to my brain that I’ve been out long enough. In the evening if I’m watching a late-day thunderstorm in relative safety, or eating a nice dinner and watching television in my mosquito-free, air-conditioned surroundings, I often think of that memorable nine-hour cruise and how it changed the way I sail. When I jump into my king-size bed at night, I never forget to thank God that I am a day sailor!

About the Author: As of August 12, Dave Nestel had logged 71 sailing days on his own boat and 37 other trips on other peo-ple’s boats and his Whaler, which makes him an official SpinSheet Centurian. He aims to log 100 days on his own trimaran before the year’s end.

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If you’re looking to find a kind of Oxford/ St. Michaels experience on the Western Shore, Solomons Island

is it. This wonderful town is home to a plethora of wonderful hotels, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and bars, the Tiki Bar being one of the most famous (and infamous) on the Bay.

My first and second times in Solo-mons, I was racing in the Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge. I was on Gael

Force, an S-2 9.1, one of the first boats I raced on the Bay. I slept on the boat, although it might have not been the best thing for my health since one of the diesel jerry cans leaked into the bilge, so I breathed diesel fumes all night long. I didn’t think that much about it (I’d slept on a lot of diesel-smelling boats) until the rest of the guys came down in the morning and discovered the problem. Oh well, just another instance where I lost a couple of years off of my life. At least I didn’t light a match.

On the most recent trip, I upgraded from a smelly bunk to the Back Creek Inn, which I can heartily recommend to all sailors. Not only does the inn serve eggs Benedict that are legendary, but it has a deep-water dock. However, if you are looking to park your boat there during Screwpile, forget it. Another race boat has had the place locked in for years.

Actually, we first parked at the wrong dock; it wasn’t until we walked up the lawn and talked to a very nice man wash-ing a vintage Mercedes SL sports car that we realized we were on private property. As a traveler, I have trespassed (inten-tionally and accidently) many times, and I have met some unfriendly folks — sometimes justified, but mostly not. But this owner was so friendly, I got the impression he wouldn’t have cared a hoot if had just left the boat on his dock.

I can’t tell you how nice it is to stay in an inn and have your boat only a few feet away. Okay, yes, I’m one of those boat owners that are always checking on this and that. It drives some of my friends nuts, but I call it good seamanship. When your boat is close, it makes you feel a little more comfortable. Another thing that brings peace to a sailor is a well-protected harbor, and Solomons is

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just that. The whole time we were there it was blowing a good 20 knots on the Bay. But on Back Creek, there was little or no wind. It was fantastic. I had to flake some pretty big sails, so it was nice not to have to fight the wind. We were also exhausted from sailing a long day in heavy air and really enjoyed the well deserved break from the wind.

One thing I regret is in all my trips to Solomons I have never taken the time to explore the Patuxent, ditto on the Potomac. Alas, so much to explore, so little time ... that’s the Chesapeake Bay.

Cruising TipSpinSheet insiders recommend St. Leonard Creek (38.3898, -76.4998). Known for an historic battle in the War of 1812, the largest naval engagement in Maryland’s history, there is plenty of depth (even if your boat draws seven feet) in the spacious creek and options for anchoring near wild shoreline. The green #1 marking the shoal of Petersons Point at the entrance is unlit, so if you arrive at night, you will need a spotter and flashlight.

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After a difficult 12-plus hour crossing from Grand Bahama to Florida, I was shell shocked by my

reentry into the United States. So crowd-ed; so congested; so noisy. After finding a spot to anchor just outside the ICW near a highway and a railroad bridge, I followed the anchor off the bow, only to be harshly reminded that I wouldn’t be able to see it land on the bottom. Why did we come back?

A few months have passed since that spring day. Calypso has made her way up the ICW to the Chesa-peake. My temporary life as a “cruiser” is over, and I’ve painfully reentered the working world. But, at least on weekends, I’ve not let go of boat bumming. And as I’ve spent some glorious weekends, I’m reminded once again how lucky we Bay sailors are to cruise here. The water is not as clear, and there are no deserted white beaches, but some things here are better than in the Bahamas.

As I put together photo albums, I’m re-minded of the mad dashes we had to make to find a suitable place to stay for a cold front. In the area of the Exumas where we spent most of our time, there were only a handful of pricey marina slips to find

shelter, and a few anchorages to which you’d have to arrive early to find a tenable spot. Meanwhile, in the Bay, if you’re not in a marina, there are scores of hidey holes offering protection for every direction of wind if you happen to be caught out in a blow.

As mad dashes go, most cruisers were highly aware of the mailboat schedule and on what days the small number of poorly stocked grocery stores in the Bahamian Out Islands would be resupplied. That

was the day when the dinghy docks were crowded, and people hovered around the store doors, hoping to get that precious head of cabbage or some recognizable meat that hasn’t yet become hopelessly freezer burned. Be late or lose out.

Of course, you wasted dinghy fuel getting to the store at your peril. At one point, the weather had delayed the supply boat, and the most central marina had no gasoline for a few weeks. We rationed

what little we had left, using our kayak and paddleboard to get around until we could make our way to a more distant marina to re-fuel. We never have to worry about that here; if anything, we struggle with the breadth of options for restocking or refueling.

It’s not that I really missed stuff when we were in the Bahamas. I had provisioned and stocked carefully before leaving the U.S., so we’d never go hungry or wanting. But the remoteness of the Out Islands was both a blessing and a curse. One of my goals of

going cruising was to get away from the hurried pace of life at home. While we’d managed that, at times, I missed the feeling of connection and security that home offers. A good WiFi connec-tion was more sought after than fresh tomatoes. Finding medical assistance when I suffered an eye injury took two

days of travel out of our way.Most of the connections we made with

other cruisers were transitory and fleeting. While we made some friendships that will survive this chapter of our lives, and we were never short of company for a glass of wine and a sunset, it turns out that what I missed most were my friends. I had the adventure of a lifetime, but coming home to the people I care about has made returning to the “real world” worthwhile.

…some things here are better than in the Bahamas.

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Out with a Bang! Culminating the War of 1812

by Steve Allan

One of the strangest wars in America’s history will leave our collective consciousness soon, perhaps much as it did when it actually happened.

In these pages over the last two years, we have learned how the British saber-rattled their way up and down the Chesapeake region with abandon two centuries before, in a war that many argue had no clear purpose, no great strategy, and some have surmised, no decisive victor. Motivations of national pride then and now are wildly divergent. Bill Pencek, executive director of Mayland’s War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission puts it this way: “The U.S. thinks we won, Canada knows they won, and Britain thinks, ‘What blimmin’ war are you talking about?”

As a somewhat tongue-in-cheek refresher, President Madison and his war hawks were thinking about national expansion and muscle flexing of the young nation, while Britain was fighting Napoleon. Taking Canada would be a mere matter of marching, according to Henry Clay of Kentucky. Or as Don Novello’s Father

Guido Sarducci wryly observed, “You could do it in an afternoon … and be home for dinner.” While land and resource-rich Canada was the ultimate prize, rationale for the war was crafted around an unprovoked high seas attack on a U.S. merchantman on the high seas in 1807, and of accounts of the British Navy boarding American ships to impress British-born seamen back to the home country, sometimes ensnaring hapless Americans instead.

And so, in June 1812 war was declared, except that the United States didn’t really have much of a plan for fighting it, and it turned out, neither did Britain. Canada, with a small popu-lation and without a dog in this fight, couldn’t do much but circle the wagons and hope for the best. Later they would invent hockey, which might have helped repel the initial invasion. But an early victory won them Detroit, without a shot being fired. Taking Canada wasn’t so easy after all, especially once the British navy di-verted attention away from the northern border to the Chesapeake.


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tiny Brookeville in Montgomery County for a day.

Baltimore didn’t want to suffer that fate, nor the fate of Detroit. It was girding for a fight, and fight it did. The Battle of Baltimore was by far the most important of the war for America. In December, peace was negotiated; though nobody told the troops in Loui-siana, where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in January 1815, a month

after the treaty was signed. In the after-math, everything that each country had before the war was handed back. Even Detroit.

None of which is to say that the memory of blood spilled and lives lost in Maryland and Virginia was for naught: Britain, Canada, and the U.S.A. have been great and friendly al-lies ever since. And that is a good thing. Canada has given us Tanzers, C&Cs, Alberg 30s, Nonsuch 26s and 30s, Whitby 42s, and Hinterhoellers, not to mention Albacores and Grampians, Celine Dion, lacrosse, and the Polar Vortex. Britain of course has exported everything from Westerly bilge keelers, Camper & Nicholsons designs to luxu-rious Oysters, but also Pusser’s Rum, Piers Morgan, and cars with crummy electrical systems.

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After the sacking of Washington in August and bolstered by fresh troops from overseas, British strategy turned its sights on Baltimore, then America’s third largest city.

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September 11 and runs through September 15, with the big concert, parade of ships and fireworks bash on the night of September 13. For sailors wanting to get close to the action before, during, or after the celebration, here are a few important tips from the organizers at Sail Baltimore:Security: Expect it to be enhanced. Nobody is saying anything officially just

yet, but given the date in recent history, anything of this magnitude around September 11 is going to be closely monitored. Boaters should respect restricted zones or security boxes for the airshow, the fireworks, and around gray hull and commercial vessels. Assume that enforcement will be swift and uncompromising.

On foot or bike: Spectacular walking and biking routes will be clearly marked between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry. Ample bike parking will be available (at Latrobe Park and at the Inner Harbor Spectacular shuttle stop). Bring your locks for security. The walk between the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry is 2.3 miles/45-minutes; the bike route between the Inner Harbor and Latrobe Park is two miles/10-minutes.

Have fun: Get there early, watch where you anchor, and enjoy the festivities. After this month, once the last skirmish has been reenacted, America’s forgotten war might be forgotten again, but while it’s here let’s celebrate one more time with a big bash.

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“Our approach at the boat show may be a little different from that of an exhibitor selling a product,” says M Yacht’s Steve Madden, whose business pro-vides marine rigging, fabrication, and mechanical services. “Al-though we use many products in refitting a boat, we’re really in the business of selling a service, the quality of our labor. During the show, we want to build relationships with potential new customers as well as reestablish connections with current and former clients. So when it comes to designing our booth, we try to create a comfortable atmosphere.

“During the summer my business partner, Marc Mayo, and I discuss strategy. Our busi-ness has several departments, and some years we want to high-light one of them, while other years we give equal attention to all. We use a whiteboard to keep track of ideas because there is really quite a bit of behind the scenes work. For example, this

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“Every five years or so we completely redesign the booth. This year, instead of renting a tent as we have in the past, we purchased a custom-made tent with our logo and other graphics on it. Since our booth is on a floating dock and usually isn’t ready for move-in until Wednesday, we have just one day to set everything up. It can be a bit of a mad rush, as we bring in carpet, banners, tables, and our signature black leather couch, but it’s all designed to create a professional atmosphere where we can begin conversa-tions with clients and potential clients.”

Positive Attitude in the BoothJonathan Bartlett, who is pre-paring for his 30th Annapolis show as a sales consultant with North Sails, explains how the company’s booth has changed over the years. “We began with a 10x10 booth from which we gave out quotes while wearing coats and ties,” he recalls. “Today in addition to giving quotes, we have a large tent with a big display of products and images, and with Internet ac-cess at the show, we can give instant quotes and pricing. Clothing is obviously more casual now, but we still plan ahead and work with our gear department to pick out nice-looking oxford shirts for the staff.

“Each July we have our first meeting to begin plan-ning for the show. We use the same tent in the same location for consistency, but we add on and upgrade every year. On the Tuesday before the show opens, we start building our booth, which

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“We do our best to put on a really professional show. It’s important to have the right people in the booth and to be happy and engaged and have the same positive attitude right up to the end. Everyone from our Annapolis office is at the show including myself, Larry Leonard, and Will Keyworth. This year we are pleased and excited to have Scott Allan with us, and we’re preparing to welcome his customers. We also coor-dinate schedules with staff

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“In February we begin working with our manufacturers to determine what models will be shown and place orders for the boats,” says Annapolis Yacht Sales (AYS) sales coordinator Vera Sohovich, who has been with AYS and worked the show for 24 years. “In June we determine the displays and start planning the logistics of moving vessels from one site to another. This is also when we meet with the com-panies participating in the displays, order furniture, book caterers, and set budgets. Booking for media kits and advertising is done throughout the summer. In August, new boats are commissioned, staged, made ready, and custom interior packages are ordered. August is also the time we order floral arrangements and greenery, office items for the displays, and team apparel.

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“A week before the show opens, we purchase a truckload of water, beverages, snacks, chocolates, and coffee and ship it to the show for staff and customer use. A first aid kit is a must. Coolers, tables, and seating are also sent, and ice is shipped in daily. We order lunches to be delivered each day for about 30 staff. We try to think of every contingency because failure to prepare is preparing to fail, but sense of humor is a must to get through the show season,” she concludes.

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In November 2013, I volunteered to help deliver a 76-foot sloop from Jamestown, RI, to Savannah GA, with two weeks prior notice.

I had helped to deliver this vessel from St. Martin to Jamestown in July, and I guess I made a positive impression, because I was invited back. I had used up quite a few sailing “chits” with my ‘boss’ (my wife Carole) before this impending trip, so I initially passed on the invitation. However, as luck would have it, Carole gave me a thumbs up. I quickly called the skipper and ensured him that I could go. His assessment was that we could leave Rhode Island and head south for Savannah and if the weather gods were compliant, we’d make the passage in four or five days. But then again, as we who travel on sailboat well know, initial plans are often quickly jettisoned.

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Mark was also a professional chef. The skipper was keen to sign us all aboard, especially Mark who agreed to do all the cook-ing for the trip.

The begin-ning came together as planned. Mark, Scott (#1), and I all arrived at T.F. Green airport at 16:30 and linked up with the skipper and his mate who drove us all to Andinos restaurant on Federal Hill in Providence where we met Ed and my other buddy Noel. After a bracing Italian dinner, we all traveled to the boat in chilly James-town and settled in for the night. After completing preparations on Friday, November 7, we steamed out into Block Island Sound in a fading, northwesterly wind that had been pip-ing all day long. Based on the forecast, we decided to take the inshore route and synchronize our passage to avoid the worst of the series of gales that were predicted to sweep through the area over the next 60 hours.

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The wind was predicted to turn south the next day, so we made the decision to bang a right at Cape May and transit the C&D Canal to the Chesapeake. The weather moderated prior to the wind shift, and as Ed and I passed our afternoon watch steaming up the Delaware, Mark appeared at the after companionway and presented us with two small terrines filled with a hot, scrumptious mushroom soup. A memorable afternoon!

Ed and I were greeted by a pitch-black night at 21:00 and as we came up into the cockpit to a wild scene. Our position was north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at the intersection of the Craighill (Baltimore) and Swamp Point channels. The wind was blowing a steady 25 knots from the southwest.

The boat was pounding into breaking seas that showered spray back over us from the bow which was a good 65 feet forward. The channel lights were very confusing, with bright range lights blinking away, and there was consider-able traffic around us. Our radar and plotter appeared to be working well, but we still needed to constantly consult our charts to verify our position.

The wind was on the nose as we steamed toward the bridge. The skipper gave us some orientation, showed us our position, and then bid us a good night. It took 15 minutes or so to get accustomed to our surroundings, and just as I became comfortable on the helm, Ed and I noticed a tug and tow headed for us from the south. We could see him on the radar, but his AIS transponder wasn’t showing up on the plotter. I estimated that he was about two miles away and I could see his port running light as I continued to edge out of the channel toward shallower water. I thought he’d take the hint and head back to the channel, but just then I no-ticed his starboard light as well; he was headed directly for us! I kept edging to

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rapidly building wind and seas. The boat began surfing down the breaking seas as the conditions approached Force 7 and the boat hit speeds of 12, then 13 knots. It was exhilarating sailing.

I relieved Scott (#1) after he’d been at the helm for an hour and then began dancing with the ‘old girl’ as the breaking seas built to 10 feet attempting to back wind the jib and broach the boat. After 40 minutes of sailing calisthenics, the skipper relieved me, much to my relief; my shoulders were burning. He yelled in jubilation as the GPS reported that we’d hit 16.5 knots surfing down one big grey beard. Finally, as we approached the channel to Norfolk, we gybed, shortened sail, and got drenched with spray before arriving at the Waterside Marina.

My ‘boss’ decided that it was time for me to attend to my domestic duties, so Ed and I “jumped ship” the next day. I was home in Oregon by 12:30 that night. The skipper found replacement crew, and I’m told that the remainder of the trip to Savannah was uneventful. What a ride! #

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Salty Portraitsby Cindy Wallach

Close your eyes and think about women on boats, what do you see? Maybe a couple sailing

together? Or a wife in the galley fixing a meal? Maybe you see bikini clad ladies perched on the bow in the sunshine? Marga-ret LeJeune wants to change that image and bring a dose of reality to the fantasy and stereotypes that surround women on boats.

“I am travel-ing the country photographing women mariners. I am looking to photograph a broad spectrum of women who live, work, and enjoy being on the water,” says Margaret. “This includes women who sail and live aboard, captains, sailing instructors, sail makers, ship-wrights, riggers, mechanics, handlers, and more. I have cast a large net, so to speak, so that I can document the variety of women who live and work in this traditionally masculine realm.”

Margaret came up with this idea far from the ocean in land-locked Peoria, IL, where she is the head of the photography department at Bradley University. The project combines her

passion for sailing with her passion for fine art photography. But the best part is that Margaret gets to take time off from her teaching gig to pursue this venture while going cruising. She and her husband moved aboard a Tayana 37 in May of this year and set off for

their maiden voyage. Their boat Bear has safely taken them from where they bought her in Connecticut into the Chesapeake Bay where they’re now anchored in St. Mary’s City with

plans to cruise the Southern Bay this month.

“As I am traveling by boat, the weather, currents, and tides all play a significant role in whom I meet and where I can shoot. This as-pect of cruising is both challenging and rewarding. It has taken me off my planned path a few times, but each time I have found interest-ing women to photograph.”

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“I enjoy shooting portraits because I get to meet interesting and unique people,” she explains. “The women I have met on the water have been incredibly helpful, kind, and sup-

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She is an old pro at photography and portraits, but for Margaret and her husband, Jeff, cruising is a whole new world. They chartered once be-fore buying Bear, but other than that, it’s a new and steep learning curve for the couple. She laughs that friends and family back in Illinois don’t quite get what they’re doing. It’s one of those things that’s hard to understand until you’re out there doing it.






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“While I read many books about cruising, nothing could have prepared me for the actualities of the experi-ence,” Margaret says. “It shows you what you are and are not capable of doing. It pushes your boundaries, both personal and geographic, every day. It highlights the ability to live a simpler life, one in which we can place the enjoyment of experiences over the need for material objects. It gives us the chance to be part of a community who rely on each other for tools, technical knowledge, and emotional support when the going gets tough. This is one of the most challenging and rewarding things I have done.”

The big reward though will be when she’s back in Illinois next year and can display her range of por-traits of women on the water for the public. Her project is funded in part by the Puffin Foundation and will eventually become a public photog-raphy display as well as a book. In

the past, Margaret has done shows on topics such as female hunters that have gained her critical acclaim. The female mariner portraits will touch on similar themes.

“I chose to photograph women mariners because I am interested in making work about women in nontraditional roles and occupations. The goal of my work is to break down stereotypes about women and start conversations about gender construc-tion, identity, and representation,” states Margaret.

Maybe after seeing Margaret’s work, the image conjured of women on boats will shift. Maybe people will close their eyes and see women at the helm, women who have happily lived on boats most of their lives, women who love being at sea. To keep up with Margaret LeJeune’s cruising adventures and with her ongoing photographic series of women mari-ners check out her blog returntosea-sons.com and her professional web













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There comes a point in the journey of most cruisers when it’s time to fill the cruising kitty. Money

is running thin, decisions have to be made, and often someone is forced to use the J-word, job! Mike and Rebecca Sweeney sailed from Canada down the East Coast in 2010, with an eight-week stopover in the Chesa-peake Bay. Their PDQ32 catamaran Zero To Cruising took them on many adventures over the next three years all throughout the Caribbean.

“Rebecca and I were nearing the point where we knew that we would have to start earning some money in some way. When we left Canada after selling our house, business, and pos-sessions, we knew that we didn’t have enough money to cruise indefinitely,” says Mike. “We didn’t know how exactly we’d earn a living but we were confident that something would come about.”

That faith in things working out is part of what makes cruisers a unique tribe. A chance meeting a couple of years before in the Bahamas turned into a friendship that eventually turned into the next step for Mike and Rebecca. A man named Michael Eckert had an idea. He was going to buy a catamaran

and wanted the Sweeneys to run it as a charter in the Virgin Islands.

“When Michael first presented the idea to us, we truthfully didn’t re-

ally believe that he’d follow through,” remembers Rebecca. “About 1000 emails later, and after having him travel to Grenada to meet us face to face, we came to the arrangement that we find ourselves in now.”

Mike and Rebecca now run the sailboat One Love, a Robertson and

Caine Leopard 4600 catamaran. The boat was built specifically for charter, and the Sweeney’s have been involved in tricking her out for charter fun and safety since the day she was purchased. It seems ideal; the couple jumped from a small cruising cat to a big one and get paid to sail around the islands and have fun while their boat home waits for them on the hard to go cruising again one day. But it’s not all sunsets and cocktails with new friends. Run-ning a charter is hard work in exotic locations.

“We knew that it was going to be work,” says Mike. “Other than the fact that we live on a boat full time, running a charter boat is nothing like cruising. When cruising on ZTC, we were very minimalist, and now we’re on a yacht with all the bells and whistles. I think we visited a dock only once or twice in several years of cruis-ing on ZTC. Now we’re on one every

week. I think that perhaps the biggest difference is that when cruising, we never had a schedule. Now we always do. I’ve even taken to wearing a watch again!”

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The Sweeneys had to work toward charter life before they even started the job. Not just any-one can run a boat for paying customers. Mike and Rebecca needed to get all kinds of certifica-tions. Mike first went for his captain’s license. “Not being American, the USCG route that most of my friends had taken was not available to me. My research ultimately led me to the RYA (Royal Yachting Association),

and when I found that there was a school offering training and certifica-tions through them located right in Grenada where we were spending the

hurricane season, I jumped into it full force.”

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sights to see, local weather patterns, snorkeling spots, and more. With all the right credentials in hand, what really matters when they are working on One Love though is that Mike and Rebecca love sailing, love people, and love to have fun. And of course being former cruisers does help them to do their job, too.

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that want to avoid the crowds, we have a few special not-so-well-known spots that we can take them,” says Rebecca.

“We also learned to be pretty self-sufficient when cruising and that has carried over onto One Love as well. When things happen, and they always do, we’re typically pretty well prepared to deal with them,” Mike says.

For guests, it all seems like a dream vacation, and the hard work behind the scenes translates into a week of re-laxation and tropical adventure. Fresh local food, sundowners in the cockpit, paddle boarding, spying turtles and rays in a special snorkeling spot, and of course comfortable and smooth sailing on a luxurious catamaran, all without doing any work yourself. Mike and Rebecca have only been running One Love for about 10 months now but they have managed to book more than a dozen charters in that time with loads more on the horizon. They get rave reviews, and guests look blissed out in the photos they post on their company Facebook page.

“Hands down, there really is no better way to experience the Virgin Islands than on a boat! Imagine stay-ing at a luxury floating hotel where you can travel with all of your stuff from place to place, wherever you like, whenever you like,” Mike gushes. “The schedule and itinerary are yours to cre-ate. Having a professional crew look after the boat, prepare scrumptious meals and serve you, and ferry you wherever you like is as close to living the rich and famous lifestyle as many people will ever get.“

With all that love and attention go-ing to One Love, could their wee little cruising boat all alone on the hard in Grenada feel neglected?

“We decided to keep ZTC at the beginning, just in case the charter gig didn’t work out for us, a bit of a fallback position,” Mike states. “A few days ago, we just gave serious thought as to what we were going to do with her this season. Do we sell her or keep her? To tell the truth, we still haven’t fully decided. We love that boat!”

Whatever they decide, Mike and Rebecca have managed to create a path for themselves that may be hard work, but is the envy of many. They’re saving for the cruising kitty; they’re doing work they love; and they still get to live on a boat in the tropics and sail every week meeting new people. Not bad for a J-O-B. #

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On the shores of Virgin Gorda at the Bitter End YC in the British Virgin Islands as part of the 2013

Salty Dawg Rally last November, a litter of Salty Pups landed with 1500 freshly sailed nautical miles under their collars (see “Salty Pups Sail with the Big Dogs,” January 2014). Now, they’ve returned to their land life and to challenges of a com-pletely different nature: a fresh school year where swimsuits are no longer appropri-ate attire. Before heading home and with some 3500 additional bluewater miles under their belts, five salty pups spent a few days splashing, snorkeling, and swap-ping stories in the Bahamas.

The junior crews of the Hanse 445 Happy Chaos and the Stevens 47 Hurrah met up at Warderick Wells in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park last May shortly before sailing back to the U.S. East Coast. Bouncing on the foredeck, wild waving, and general rejoicing ruled as the kids recognized each other coming into the anchorage. Typical boat kids, they picked up right where they last left off and made the most of their imagination and the out-doors for some fantastic afternoons.

Evan (10), Laura (8), and Amy (6), spent last winter sailing with their parents from the Virgin Islands down to Grenada and then back through Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. As we were, they were planning to head to Florida for the first stop on the road to post-cruising. After meeting each other through the Salty

Dawg Rally, our families sailed in and out of anchorages in the BVIs and the USVIs through December. Our paths had last crossed in February in Dominica. On that trip, the kids (some of the adult ones, too) took turns jumping into waterfalls, hiking through the rainforest, and soaking in hot springs.

Since then, the kids had all nurtured a taste for tropical fruit and deep sea fishing. They chatted about eating soursop, cocoa pods, and plantains (no one quite agree-ing on which was their favorite) and about catching fish while underway. Outside of the passage from Hampton to Virgin Gor-da, Evan’s favorite day of the whole winter was the day they caught and released a blue marlin en route to Grenada.

In the Bahamas, my 10-year-old son, Hannes, a shark lover, was thrilled to see sharks in the wild. He and Evan watched a lemon shark swimming near the beach. Later, they were both snorkeling a reef when a Caribbean reef shark cruised by to check out the guests in his neighborhood. Snorkeling within sight of a shark was a dream come true for Hannes.

Laura, on the other hand, loves dolphins, and some of her favorite times last winter occurred when dolphins came to play. Laura had the good fortune to visit a local school in Dominica for a day in February. She walked away from that experience with a greater appreciation for homeschooling and for her old school in Toronto. “Boy, the teacher was really

strict,” she said. During the latter part of the trip, Laura undertook a quest for pure sand untrodden by people. She de-lighted in diving in six to 10 feet of water and bringing up handfuls of fine, white, soft oozing sand.

Amy and my daughter Anna (5) ap-preciated beaches. After making a few sand angels that covered them in sand from head to toe, they swam off to a floating platform, aka the stage. Next they danced merrily around before jump-ing in to start all over again.

Before leaving Warderick Wells, we all hiked to the top of Boo Boo Hill to place our homage to Hurrah with the rest of the wooden signs left by boaters who’ve visited the park. We pointed to the signs of salty pup friends who’d been there last season and wondered where their adventures had taken them. But enough of the reminiscing, or so the kids seemed to say. With their picture already snapped, they headed into the scrub, building forts for an epic battle of girls versus boys. Imagine the consternation when one of the girls switched sides to gain the protection of older brothers.

Which of these salty tales will stick in their memories? Who knows. Yet there they were, tanned and shaggy in faded swimsuits having the time of their lives pursuing simple outdoor pleasures. They seemed to have no idea how extraordi-nary their experience was. As parents, we’re hoping that spirit sticks.


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The Alberg 30 Turns 50

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was based loosely on the Odyssey, a boat he had de-signed for a group of 15 San Francisco sailors in 1959. In 1964, a similar group of Annapolis area sailors banded together to order, as a group, several of the new Alberg 30 design. Thus the birth of the Alberg 30 One-Design Association.

The boat was in continuous production through 1984 by Whitby Boatworks of Canada. An unprec-edented 750-plus boats were made; more than 300 were delivered to the Chesapeake Bay. Many of these boats still sail here, including impressive numbers on the starting line as a class in local races.

The celebration began with a parade of 34 boats and shoreside festivities into the evening. Twenty-six Albergs docked at City Dock for the event, and sever-al were available for boarding. Albergers shared their experiences with friends old and new. On Sunday, the A30 Association hosted an “Old Timers” Race on the Severn for 16 boats. Peter Scheidt, a three-time High Point winner in the class, took top honors as the guest skipper on Windswept. alberg30.org

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Once all fuel, water, provision-ing, and safety checks were complete, the flotilla headed out to the Dela-ware Bay for the trip to the Atlantic. Although a bit choppy, the bay was relatively docile, and Neptune granted us an uneventful passage south. We rounded Cape May at dusk and were greeted with July’s full super moon. With 15-knot winds out of the south-east, sails went up, a waypoint was set to the west side of Block Island, and the crews settled into their watches for the voyage. Sea turtles and dolphins joined us for welcome visits along the way.

After the first 24 hours, the wind began to pick up to a steady 20-plus knots. With seas up to six to eight and gusts bumping up to 30 knots at our backs, the ride got pretty excit-ing. Hourly checks throughout the evening ensured the crews and their boats were all safe, confident, and in control. At 6 a.m. Monday morning, 44 hours and 290 nautical miles after departing Summit, we all arrived safely in Newport, RI. Crews, tired and hungry, secured their boats and made

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Leaving Oak Bluffs Sunday morn-ing, the next stop would be Nantucket. Another great sail put us into Nantuck-et Harbor just before the rain began. A wet first evening made for a restful pause from the hectic pace we had been keeping on the trip so far. As soon as the sun peeked through the clouds, the exploring continued. The whaling mu-seum was a favorite for both young and old. More lobsters, scooters, local tog-geries, island excursions, and breweries (of course) kept everyone busy. But alas, all good things must come to an end. Not for Equinox and their recently retired owners Al and Sue Nahmias. They stayed on for the remainder of the summer and will return in September.

Thursday morning, fueled and ready to go with new crews that joined over the previous few days, the flotilla departed Nantucket Harbor for the long trip home. Our weather window worked well as 12-knot winds clocked from the north about four hours into the trip and stayed with us until we approached Cape May. We motorsailed most of the way in rolling but calm seas. Thirty-six hours into the return leg, Sails Call, Bleu Flue, and Force 4 ducked into Cape May for a bit of R&R while Anneliese and Beverly pressed on to Summit. Notus, the south wind god, blessed us with a 15 knot wind that pushed us up the Delaware Bay.

Between Saturday and Sunday July 26/27, 15 days and about 800 nauti-cal miles after the start of our journey, all boats and crews made it safely back to their home ports. Many new friends were made along the way. Some fantastic offshore sailing and tidal planning while in New England continued to develop the skills and confidence of the skippers and their crews. In CB2, we call these excursions BOLD trips: Beneteau Own-ers Living the Dream. Our trip certainly lived up to this expectation. Now, what’s on the docket for next year?!

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“I thought it might break or have a leak, but it went pretty well,” said 15-year-old Estarion Sunborn, who paddled to victory twice with 12-year-old brother Josh to claim both categorical and overall Pride of the Fleet honors. Their winning entry, christened The Molly Brown, was constructed with ship-build-ing expertise provided by connections at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center.

Nine entries took to the water in the event, held by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s, the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron, Nanticoke River YC,

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It was the next to last event in the Watershed Stewardship’s “Reclaim Our River” Nanticoke River series. The mission, says Phil Miller of DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship, is “to bring water quality awareness to the area … and connect residents to the waterways.”

Miller paddled DNREC’s Blue Frog Bullfrog recycled cardboard craft to a no-leak finish. “I think we did a pretty good job,” he says. “Besides a little bit of splash it stayed dry. I was surprised; I kind of thought I might get the Titanic Award.”

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It took on water to the point that Robbie and his sister Delaney had to abandon ship.

Runner-up in the Pride of the Fleet race was The Maelstrom, a Viking-themed entry built to the blueprint of the Disney World ride by Jason Reale of Laurel. He and daughter Monica (8) won the family division.

“The first hurdle was getting in the boat. I was just happy when I got in the boat and the thing didn’t fold in half,” says Reale, who credited daughter Monica for “setting the tempo. We had to work in tandem.” Mr. Reale said it took nine straight eve-nings to build The Maelstrom, which won the Most Whimsical award.

“I am very tired of looking at cardboard at this point,” Mr. Reale said. “But I had a great time. I think the turnout was good and I look forward to next year’s (regatta).”

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By joining our Squadron, you can become a part of a premier boating edu-cational organization with great courses and seminars; a civic minded group that donates time and money to the commu-nity; and a social group that holds raft ups, weekend rendezvous, weeklong cruises, a crab feast, picnics, and monthly dinner meetings with interesting speakers.

The old days of power squadrons where uniforms were worn and ceremony was paramount are all but gone from the An-napolis Sail & Power Squadron. We are more than your parents’ group of friends. We still hold to our standards but have adapted to today’s fast paced, informal lifestyle.

Educating boaters is paramount to our mission. We offer the basic boat-ing course in which you may earn your Maryland Safe Boating Certificate and much more. Our courses generally run six to eight weeks (one evening per week), and seminars are generally two hours long, often held at the Annapolis West Marine for free! Both the courses and seminars are taught by our own instructors.

Annapolis Sail & Power Squadron (ASPS) is very civic service minded. We participate in Safe Boating Week Kickoff in May and the Annapolis Sailboat and Powerboat Shows. We perform Vessel Safety Checks, donate funds and services to other civic groups when possible, such as the Toys for Tots program.

This year at the Annapolis Boat Shows we will have a Boating Skills Vir-tual Trainer. Stop by and try your hand at docking, pivoting, moorings, etc.

Our Vessel Safety Check program is a friendly one-on-one process that we provide for your vessel. We make our

inspection an educational procedure with the goal of providing useful “real

world” safety information. ASPS is an all-volunteer organization,

and we like to have fun together. We have a social hour with most of our events, once we are successfully tied up at the dock or off the water. Our monthly dinner meetings have a social hour. Here is a list of some of our activities: week day and weekend raft ups on local waters, week-long multiple port summer cruises, spring picnic, fall crab feast, monthly dinner meetings, and more.

Consider joining or visiting ASPS. You may participate in any of our events without being a member, giving you the opportunity to check us out before join-ing. If you desire someone to cruise with, to improve your boating skills, or a Vessel Safety Check, contact ASPS today.

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What Is Annapolis Sail & Power Squadron?by Commander Kathy Nash


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The Tartan 34 Classic Asso-ciation, founded by George H. Colligan and Deane Holt, is

made up of some 100 Tartan 34 Classic Sailboats primarily in 14 regions in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The Tartan 34 was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens Company and is built by Tartan Yachts. This boat is highly appreciated for her seaworthiness and ease of handling.

Several Tartan 34 Classics have sailed around the world and across the Pacific and Atlantic and back. The current commodore is David Bourdon and the vice commodore is Richard Lariviere of Montreal, Canada. Mary Ina Bourdon is the treasurer of the Tartan 34 Classic Association. Holt remains an active contributor to the Association as well as former commodore, web administrator, and true friend.

I sail my 1967 Tartan 34 Classic Celebration out of Bodkin Creek as a member of the Bodkin YC. With my wife and Admiral, Mary Ina Bour-don. We have been very active as members of the U.S. Coast Auxil-iary for 38 years. I am one of three founders and first commodore of the Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club and now Commodore of the Tartan 34 Classic Association.

Mary Ina and I have been sailing together since 1975, and each of us since our teens. For me, a teenage friend’s family had a 35-foot sloop and of course I was invited to work on the boat as well as sail on her. I fell in love with sailing and knew that someday, I would have one, too.

Sailing as a member of a cruising club/association is an extension of your family. Rafting with other boats, learning more about your boat, and sailing with others are freedoms one just has to experience. Every cruise and rendezvous is as exciting as the first one. Enjoying Mother Nature’s water, wind, and current, one has a true appreciation of the gift we have to sail our East Coast and the beauti-ful Chesapeake Bay.

If you’re interested in the Tartan 34 Classic sailboat, our association, and what we are currently doing, please feel free to call me at (410) 384-7753. ~Commodore David A. Bourdon

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# A Tartan 34 Classic Sandwich on the Goose Cruise. Photo by Grace Holt

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The calm waters of Worton Creek became a hub of activity on Saturday, July 26 as the North-

ern Star Hunter Sailing Association (NSHSA) conducted a safety, flare, and signal device exercise. The exer-cise was conducted with the assistance and support of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire De-partment. The raft-up was one of NSHSA’s more successful events with 21 boats participating. The intent was to learn, share, and practice the use of different signal devices.

The day’s event started at 10:00 hours with vessel safety inspections conducted by the three members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Inspections were conducted on 10 boats, all of whom successfully received inspection stickers. Perhaps the most valuable part of the

inspections was the dialogue with the inspectors who offered insight on general safety equipment and regulations. Many thanks to Judy, Rita, and Ben from the

USCGA District 5 Southern Region for their support.

The emergency flare and aerial signal practice commenced at 15:00 hours. The exercise was conducted under the

instruction and supervision of the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Department. The Fire Department Team was led by Captain Paul Brinkley, with support

from Sergeant Stormy White and Fire Technician Dakota. Attendees had the opportunity to practice the use hand held flares, signal guns, parachute flares, smoke, and dye bombs. The exercise reinforced the need to train on these devices, as there is nothing like actual practice to fully appreciate proper use. Many thanks to the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire De-partment for sharing both their expertise and their Saturday afternoon.

The exercise concluded at 17:00 hours just in time for a potluck dinner at the Worton

Creek Marina picnic area. The weekend could not have been better as cool tem-peratures prevailed both evenings, and a brisk south west wind had us all return to home port under sail. nshsa.org

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# NSHSA members test safety devices on the shore of Worton Creek.


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# Club Crabtowne members do a morning tour of Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge.

# Commodore Kelley serving up watermelon at an Hunter Sailing Association Station #1 cookout. Photo by Don White

# July and August were all about raftups for Catalina fleet 3.


The Corsica River YC (CRYC) was the center of Chesapeake Bay area junior sailing July 18-19 with 200 sailors ages seven to 18

competing for top honors in the U.S. Sailing Junior Olympics. CRYC is located on Ship Point of the Corsica River and provided an excellent venue for sailors competing in Club 420s, Lasers, and Optimist fleets in the protected waters of the Corsica River and the more open waters of the Chester River.

The sailors participated in a fleet of 38 Club 420s, 27 Laser Radials, 61 Optimists, and 35 Optimist-Green (beginner) fleets. Extremely light and variable wind conditions of less than five knots on Friday challenged Principle Race Officers John Macielag (C420/Lasers), Andy Wood (Optimist), and Joe Della Barba (Opti-Green) in setting up fair race courses, but each PRO managed to get off four races. Saturday brought more favorable wind conditions. Each fleet managed to get in at least seven races over the two days. Following racing each day was an assortment of activities including a pick-up game of soccer, a Friday evening taco dinner, and an outdoor movie theater that showed the Lego movie.

The grand finale of the weekend was the Olympic Award Ceremony in which the army of volunteers led by Wick Dudley, JO event coordinator, were recognized to help make the event a success. Following the recognitions, top medals were given to: Club 420s first place to Martina Sly and Ian Morgan (AYC); second place to Emma White and Grace Lucas (AYC); third place to Connor Bayless and Jake Vickers; fourth place to Jack Elkin and William Cabell (Christ Church School); and fifth place to Kyle Comerford and Amelia Hardy (AYC).

Laser Radials first placed to Leo Boucher (SSA); second place to Christian Filter (SSA); third place to Alexander Hanna (FBYC); fourth place to Aaron Helmly (SSA); fifth place to Gray Kiger III (BBYA).

Optimist first place to Boyd Bragg (FBYC/RRYC); second place to Benton Amthor (FBYC); third place to Owen Hennessey (AYC); fourth place to Trevor Davis (SSA); fifth place to John Vail (FBYC/RRYC).

Commodore Bob Elliott wrapped up the event by thanking the volunteers, participants, family, and coaches for coming to the event and making it such a great success.

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Corsica River YC Hosts Junior Olympics

# Shoreside action. Photo by Wick Dudley

# Land prep at the JOs. Photo by Wick Dudley

# The Junior Olympics on the Corsica River. Photo by Mark Hergan


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Welcome to the Kent Island High School Sailing Club

Years ago Kent Island High School (KIHS) had a sailing club, and a handful of students are enthusiastic

about starting another one again. The KIHS athletic director said that this school activity could start as a club and could grow and get more support from the school as a team and even varsity sport. Imagine that: varsity sailing on Kent Island.

We have been working with the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) hssailing.org to register the club on a national level. This will give the kids at KIHS an opportunity to learn

about boats, safety on the water, and to learn how to sail. Our first challenges are to coordinate some boats, a beach to launch from, and parent coaching/su-pervision two nights each week starting in September. We currently have a few small sailboats, a 470, an i420, and an Albacore.

Cash donations are always welcomed as well as any businesses that with to provide sponsorship. If you have a small boat that you are willing to donate, or loan, we are looking for other 420s, FJs and parts, small trailers, beach dollies, or a small tender/coach boat. For more in-

formation, please contact Charles Stone at [email protected] or Mark Mayher at [email protected]. We are very hopeful we can give these high school sailors from Kent Island the opportunity to sail and compete with other teams around the Chesapeake Bay.

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If you’re a J/80 racer, you’re used to two things: stiff competition in some of the world’s most exotic sailing destina-

tions. In 2011, the J/80 Worlds were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2012, boats were shipped to Dartmouth, UK. And last year, the Worlds were held in the brie and champagne-drenched shores of Marseilles, France.

In 2014, boats are com-ing home to Annapolis for a regatta hosted by one of the most active J/80 fleets in the country. Racing will happen September 29-October 4 with a lay day on October 2, and a maximum of 20 races over the course of five days is the plan. Eastport YC (EYC) is the host club, with PRO Sharon Had-sell and Chief Judge Charlotte Greppe bringing together an impressive race commit-tee experienced with running large-scale world class events. Windward-leeward racing is on the schedule at the mouth of the Severn River. “Sharon is the past commodore of EYC, and has been race com-mittee chairman throughout the years,” says J/80 National Class Secretary Chris Chad-wick, who is helping to orga-nize the event. “She’s done a lot of work with the J/80 fleet and our events on the Chesa-peake, so it seemed like a natural fit to have her take over that responsibility.”

To make sure that out of town rac-ers feel welcome in Maryland’s capital, EYC members have offered to host sailors and entire teams in their homes. As for where the boats will live, EYC is offering berthing, trailer storage, and

crane usage to keep the girls in tip-top shape throughout the week. To make things social, J/World and the national J/80 class association are sponsoring a cookout to get sailors mingling off the race course.

The J/80 class is doing something unique this year in that it has instituted

a lay day for racers to spend Thursday off the water. “When folks are coming into town and you have access to all these great places, like Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, you want to get out there and see things. So we thought, ‘why not give them a day to get off the water?’ Then we’ll finish up with racing

on Friday and Saturday,” says Chadwick. The Chesapeake Bay J/80 fleet has

about 30 boats actively racing on the Chesapeake, and Ramzi Bannura antici-pates upwards of 50 boats will be present for the regatta. “We have multiple Euro-pean boats coming, as well as a few boats from Canada,” says Chadwick.

The 2014 World Champion-ships are the culmination of a series of J/80 events hosted in Annapolis. The East Coast Championships will be raced out of Annapolis YC over Labor Day weekend, and the North Americans will be run out of AYC again September 10-14. The 2014 Worlds Circuit began in January and has been traveling up and down the East Coast, everywhere between Key West and New Hamp-shire.

So who is 2014’s Boat to Beat? Locals Will and Marie Crump with brother (in-law) Thomas Klok won both Charleston Race Week and the Annapolis NOOD Regatta on their boat USA 1486 (named R80 for the Worlds). Close be-hind them will be John White on USA 1162 (see his profile on page 92) and Chris and Liz Chadwick’s Church Key. Add in local skippers like Bert Carp, Nicole Weaver, and Ken

Mangano (and out-of-towners like Brian Keane, of course), and you have the makings of one competitive leaderboard.

Whatever the standings look like, you can count on SpinSheet to cover it. Look for pictures and results online at spinsheet.com.

Annapolis on the World Stage: J/80 Worlds Come to Town

# The J/80 fleet is pulling some all nighters in the month of September, with the East Coast Championships, North Americans, and Worlds coming into Annapolis. Look for some of the stiffest competition not only on the Bay, but in the world. Photo by Dan Phelps


Annapolis Leg ResultsFounders Cruising, Eric Dammeyer, Promise

J/35, Peter Scheidt, MaggieMultihull A, David Way, Trinity

Multihull B, Geoffrey Kaplan and Andrew Petit, Three MartinisPHRF A0, Jake Wolf, Yellow Jacket

PHRF A1, Othmar Blumencron, Dame BlanchePHRF A2, Rick Hanson, Rosalita

PHRF B, Tracey Polk, IncommunicadoPHRF C/D, Michael Cone, Actaea

PHRF N, Irv Buck, Cheap SunglassesSuper Cruising, Jon Opert, Orion

Potomac Leg ResultsPHRF N, John McKinney, Tennounce

PHRF Spinnaker, Doug Savage, Dark Star

Bay sailors love the Governor’s Cup, and for legitimate reasons. It’s a long race for the Bay (68.6 miles for the

Annapolis leg, 48 miles for the Potomac), and you never know if the weather’s going to cooperate despite the race hap-pening during the peak of the summer sailing season. You start in Maryland’s current capital (Annapolis) and end up in Maryland’s first capital (St. Marys City). It’s a race for serious Bay sailors who don’t mind staying up all night (nay, who enjoy staying up all night) at the helm or on the rail. And considering the fact that the Gov Cup is now in its 41st year as a fixture on the Chesapeake Bay racing circuit, you have to think there’s something to be said for all of that.

This year, the start and finish of the Gov Cup were marked by two lions of Chesapeake Bay sailing: the Pride of Baltimore II acted as the start boat, and the Maryland Dove waited to greet sailors at the finish. The Pride threw sailors a bit of a curve ball, however, as no one anticipated just how much wind would be blocked by the ship and in the strong current, several boats had minor incidents with the Pride’s bowsprit (not

2014 Governor’s Cup: Don’t Bet on the Weatheranything a few quick-handed crewmem-bers couldn’t alleviate, however). But if Bay sailors know anything, they know that once darkness falls, all bets are off.

“At 8 p.m. we started our watch schedules,” says Michael Jewell, who was competing in his twelfth Gov Cup on Five O’Clock, “so off I went to bed in seas

that were getting bumpy. At 11 p.m. I was on deck, and it was raining but still blowing 10-15 knots at Cove Point.”

“The next three hours were some of the most challenging that I remember for a Gov Cup,” says Jewell. Steady, heavy rain coupled with low visibility and big waves made for a very long night. “It was hard to see other vessels, as the running

lights would dip below the waves and just disappear,” he says. Jewell hit Point-No-Point around 2 a.m. and went off watch to be bumped around in the cabin until the very early hours of the morn-ing. “As often happens, the wind ends up on the nose for the last five miles, so a-tacking we shall go.”

The first boats from An-napolis started finishing around 2 a.m., with David Way’s Corsair 31 Trinity crossing the line at 2:01 in the morning and John Nicholson’s Corsair 31 Fair Curve just 22 minutes be-hind. The race committee met Potomoc Leg spinnaker sailors Doug Savage and team Dark Star at 3:18 a.m., when the cruising and PHRF fleets from Annapolis started showing up. The J/35 class was the only one-design class in the race,

and Peter Scheidt and family onboard Maggie took honors at 4:43 a.m.

Despite the less than favorable condi-tions, Jewell doesn’t sound dismayed in the least. “In the end, I had five of my best friends, and a night of adventurous sailing. Wet, cold, and miserably fun!”

For the full results, visit smcm.edu/govcup

# It’s rare to meet a Bay sailor with only one Gov Cup under his or her belt. Most often, there are at least half a dozen.

# The Pride of Baltimore II was on hand for the start of the 2014 Governor’s Cup between Annapolis and St. Marys City.

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2014 Oxford Regatta: The Art of Sail

Tred Avon Yacht Club (TAYC) hosted its largest annual regatta August 8 and 9, with PHRF, Stars, Comets, Snipes,

Penguins, Optis, Lasers, Club 420s, PHRF classes, and Shields all coming out to race on the Tred Avon and Choptank

Rivers. As usual, however, the real show stoppers were the log canoes.

This year, ten log canoes came out for a day of sailing under gorgeous blue skies. The wind was slight, but there wasn’t too much in the way of complaining.

A mechanical drone manned by Rob-ert Stevenson captured the majesty of the racing. To watch the video and see more, visit spinsheet.com/oxford-regatta-drone. For full results from the weekend, visit tayc.com.

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Bay Sailors Take to the Great Lakes

The 106th annual Race to Mackinac hosted by Chicago YC fell over the weekend of July 18-20, and

more than 300 boats and 2500 sailors showed up to race the 333 miles be-tween Chicago and Mackinac Island at the tip of Michigan’s lower peninsula.

Sunny skies and a light lake breeze around five knots launched the race on Saturday afternoon, forcing most of the fleet to hug the coast and sail up the Wisconsin shoreline instead of pushing toward the rhumb line. By late Sunday, a southerly breeze at 15-20 knots pushed the fleet up Lake Michigan before dying in the Straits of Mackinac just under the Mackinac Bridge.

Multiple Bay sailors traded a week-end in Solomons for a weekend on the Great Lakes. Winning the Bigger Boat division was Robert Berg’s To the Moon, a Swan 42 out of East Jordan, MI. Onboard were Kate Chaney and Bob Oberg of Annapolis along with Max Skelley of Havre de Grace and Nick Skibo of Kensington, MD. To the Moon won their class with a corrected time of 42 hours, 11 minutes, and 45 seconds, almost two hours ahead of the next competitor.

Dave Flynn of Quantum Sails raced with Sledd Shelhorse on the Farr 400 Median X along with crew from the Virginia Beach and Norfolk areas. Their corrected time of 45 hours, 45 minutes,

and 13 seconds was good enough for an eighth place in their class, inched out of the top five by Hot Lips, Christopher Whitford’s Farr 40 with rigger Mike Si-pala and Josh Putnam (both of Worton, MD) onboard.

Paul Murphy (Annapolis) raced on the new J/88 Hokey Smoke owned by Rich Stearns. “It was Rich’s 41st Mac,” says Murphy. “His wife Lorie is on her 21st. It’s a big deal when you get to 25, because then you’re considered an Old Goat.”

Currently the sailor with the most Chi-Macs under his belt is John Nedeau, of Muskegon YC. He has raced between the Windy City and Mackinac a total of 65 times. Old Goat, indeed.

Race to Rock Hall

Potapskut Sailing Association (PSA) is pleased to announce its second annual Race to Rock Hall scheduled

for September 27. The race format invites participation from 10 sailing classes using CBYRA Region II government marks. The course is expected to be 15 nautical miles and will be set by the race committee the day of the race.

Baltimore Light will serve as the starting mark with a finish on the Eastern Shore

near Rock Hall. There will be an onshore social following the race at Haven Harbour Marina in Swan Creek. The inaugural event attracted 42 participants with two one-design classes. This year, two addi-tional one-design fleets have been added, and race organizers anticipate as many as 65 to 70 race entries. PSA will also host a Sunday Race Back to Baltimore Light.

PSA has completed a total reconstruc-tion of its traditional Race to Queenstown

that was abandoned after 74 years in favor of a new location with better facili-ties. The shore party features live music, fresh shucked oysters, wine tastings, Gosling’s Dark n’ Stormies, and offers numerous nautical and home goods through a silent auction. Local vendors will offer hot barbecue and other grilled food.

For more information, please contact John Aellen at [email protected].

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At press time, there were already eight entries for the 35th biennial Annapo-lis to Newport Race, which will start

June 5 and 6 off Annapolis. Those skip-pers all took advantage of the early entry discount, which remains in place until December 1.

Under the direction of co-chairmen Dick Neville and Mark Myers, the Annapolis-to-Newport race committee is way ahead of schedule on a number of fronts. In the past, race documents were issued and entries were subsequently accepted around January of the calendar year in which Annapo-lis to Newport was being held.

That process has now been sped up by almost six months, with the Notice of Race being posted to the official event website in early July. The official event website, annapolisnewpor-trace.com, launched last month and serves

Annapolis to Newport Race: Open for Business!as one-stop shopping for all partici-pants. All race documents can be found and online entry performed using the YachtScoring program.

“In today’s world, people are making plans earlier and earlier,” says Myers. “As

a committee, we felt it was important to give owners an opportunity to view the Notice of Race and go through the reg-istration process earlier than ever before.

Yacht Scoring allows us to keep all the key information located in one place.”

Organizers with Annapolis YC have added a Performance Cruising Class, which is designed to introduce distance racing to a different segment of sailors.

Newport Yachting Center will serve as race headquarters on the finishing end. The marina features 180 floating finger piers, on-site repair service, 24-hour security, a professional staff and all sorts of other amenities. Annapolis YC has reserved a large number of discounted slips for Annapolis-Newport race boats.

Organizers will set up a race office, press office, and hospitality tent at the Newport Yachting Cen-ter for the convenience of sailors.

Participating skippers can reserve dockage beginning on February 1, 2015.

For more information, visit annapolis-newportrace.com.

Big Boats Headed Into Town

In its fifth consecutive year, the 2014 Storm Trysail Annapolis Fall Regatta on October 31 through November 2 repre-

sents a scheduled stop in the East Coast big boat racing season, being after the last racing events in New England and a month prior to the first race of the winter season in Florida.

Hosted by the Chesapeake Station of the Storm Trysail Club, the event is designed to attract a wide variety of race boats. Class divi-sions will reflect group-ing like-styled boats in appropriate size ranges, and trophies will be awarded using HPR and IRC scoring.

For three days, Storm Trysail will offer a variety of races that include not only windward-leeward buoy races on courses set near Annapolis, but also an innova-tive coastal race giving entries a five- to

six- hour tour of the middle portion of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. This allows a “two-for-one” points value for offshore race skills, and helps alleviate any bias that may

be introduced by changing weather that may occur during the race.

“We think this is an important innova-tion for inshore racing, which is too often dominated just by windward-leeward sailing,” says Dick Neville, Principal

Race Officer and past Commodore of the Storm Trysail Club. “While we have been adaptable to the changing times and the preferences of sailors, our heritage is rooted

in offshore sailing, so we found this format a great way to combine the skill sets of both in one event.”

Neville also lauds the late fall conditions in the area, where the tempera-tures are pleasant and the wind conditions typically consistent to produce great sailing.

“The Fall season in the Chesapeake can be the best time of year for racing here, so we invite teams to come and have a great time at our event.

We promise everyone they will not regret coming to Annapolis in October.”

Classes will be offered using IRC and HPR scoring, but other classes may be formed should there be interest. For more information, visit hprsailing.org.

# “This regatta is fantastic, really a lot of fun,” says Steve Benjamin, co-owner of last year’s HPR Class winner SPOOKIE. “The racing is tight, race management is excellent, and the course is really fun.” Photo by Dan Phelps

# A rainy start for the 2013 Annapolis to Newport Race.


80th Annual J. Rulon Miller Series for Stars

The 80th Miller Series for Stars was sailed at Gibson Island YS July 19 and 20 in light to moderate winds

and comfortable temperatures. This his-toric event is one of the oldest continu-ing racing series on the Chesapeake. This year, GIYS highlighted its legacy with a delightful dinner on the wooden houseboat Lone Star Saturday after rac-ing, where many decades of Star sailors have partied under the moonlight. Original films and photos from the past 80 years of Stars racing at Gibson Island were shown and Rulon Miller’s book on the first 15 years of the Chesa-peake Bay Star Fleet (1923-1938) was presented to all the sailors.

A surprisingly robust northeasterly held for the weekend, giving excellent sailing conditions with an interesting (and sometimes confounding) pattern

of shifts, as our north-easterly, trending southeasterly winds will do.

Continuing the legacy theme, the top two places were taken by Gibson Island, Chesapeake Bay Fleet sailors, with Mur-ray Leigh and crew

Tommy Price winning easily with three bullets in the five race series. In second was Tom Price, crewed by his daughter Saidee, winning a tiebreaker with John

Two Chesapeake Bay Fleet sailors have won the Star Internationals (Worlds) twice: do you know their names? Email [email protected] with the correct answers and win SpinSheet swag!

National Capital Area Leukemia Cup and Poker Run

It’s not too late to raise a sail in sup-port of the National Capital Area’s Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Leukemia Cup events! The NCA hosts their Potomac River-based Power Boat Poker Run September 5, and Leuke-mia Cup Regatta September 6. Anyone with an interest in sailing (or power boating!) and a passion for raising funds

to cure cancer can participate. Last year’s National Capital Area Poker Run and Regatta skippers, crew and sponsors raised $180,000 to cure blood cancers – sixth in the nation in total fundraising.

Participation in the Leukemia Cup Regatta and Poker Run ensures the discovery of cancer research innova-

tions, cutting edge drug therapies and cures. Leukemia Cup events have raised millions of dollars for lifesaving research and patient services, bringing help and hope to patients and their families. To register your boat for this year’s Poker Run or Regatta, email Briana Walsh at [email protected], call (703) 399-2930, or register online at leukemiacup.org/nca.

Vanderhoff from Havre de Grace. The first five finish-ers were separated by fewer than 10 points.

We were honored and pleased to have one of the original GIYS Star Fleet boats from 1923, Trout, come out and race

with us! Restored and owned by Tom Gahs, she still sails on the Magothy and though trailing the fleet, finished all the races and sailed beautifully.

# Murray Leigh and Tommy Price cross the finish. Photo by Mitch Koppelman

# Dropping off the tow for the afternoon’s race.


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The Sippy Cup Regatta: Big Sailing in Little Boatsby Dobbs Fryberger

Six years ago, we were lamenting with our friend Jim Brown about how little boats couldn’t compete in

the Governor’s Cup due to time limits. ‘Well, to heck with that,’ we said. ‘We’ll have our own overnight distance race for small and slow boats. And we’ll sail to Annapolis, because on the night of the Governor’s Cup, everyone else is sailing out of Annapolis.’ We called it the Sippy Cup Regatta.

Nine boats started this year’s Sippy Cup race, but only five crews finished. Monitoring the weather and tide, we knew we were in for a challenge – rain, light winds, cool evening temperatures, and the current against us for most of the race. Initially the wind was looking favorable, a broad-reach down the bay on a northeasterly breeze. Then, during the Regatta Fleet start, it veered 90 degrees to become a close-hauled race.

The southeasterly breeze stayed around long enough to see all fleets started, but after a mile or so dwindled to nothing. Rain set in. For the next hour, the boats struggled, pointing in every compass direction, looking for a breath of air. Adding to the challenge was how best to avoid the tug and barge coming down the Susquehanna channel. The wind returned on cat’s paws, slowly becoming steadier favoring the northeast, but only a bit less shifty. With the heavy cloud cover and rain, daylight faded quickly and it wasn’t long before each boat could only be identified by its running lights. Turkey Point was not far behind us before it was dark.

The first withdraw occurred around 0130. No wind is bad enough, but combined with the rain, it is weary-ing. For the next few hours, Grace,

our Columbia 31, slowly worked her way up through the fleets, tweaking and trimming, taking advantage of every wind shift until only one stern light remained. Sometime after 0300, the wind came back, this time from the completely un-forecast northwest. It continued to build to about 15-20 knots, and we alternately reached and ran before it toward the Bay Bridge.

Grace crossed the finish line at 0653, with Il Mio Sogno a little more than 12 minutes behind. Next across was Ice Floe, with Tempest trailing less than a minute behind her. Bringing up the rear was Yello Bird, the last survivor of the Big Gulp fleet. The five finishing boats all finished within a space of 40 minutes after 36 miles! This year, the Sippy Cup goes to Tempest, the Big Gulp Cup goes to Yello Bird, and Il Mio Sogno led the Regatta Fleet.

# This year’s Big Gulp winner, Jim VanLenten’s Yello Bird at left with Marty Lampner’s Islander .


Did reading about the 2017 505 Worlds (July “Small Boat Scene”) get you all pumped up to sail in

an international championship — but you’d rather focus on tactics rather than handling a trapeze and spinnaker? May we suggest the Albacore?

Designed by Uffa Fox in the 1940s, Albacores are a double-handed, main-and-jib-only boat. At 15 feet long and all-up sailing weight 300 pounds with 125 square feet of sail area, they are solid, yet lively. More than 8000 have been built, and fleets are very active in the United States (about 50-60 active boats), Canada (150-200 boats, mostly in Montreal and Toronto and now Nova Scotia), and Great Britain and Scotland have many more.

Regatta planning is well under way in Sarasota, FL, where the Sarasota Sailing Squad-ron will host the 2015 Albacore Internationals in March 2015 (Internationals are held every other year). “We are expecting at least 60 boats,” says Michael Heinsdorf, current president of the U.S. Albacore Class, who sails out of the Potomac Riv-er Sailing Association near Washington, DC. “There are two confirmed contain-ers coming over from Great Britain with 24 boats,” so some great competition from across the Atlantic Ocean will be on scene.

Chesapeake boats are poised to succeed at Internationals — Bay sailor Barney Harris, with longtime crew David Byron, has topped the field at Internationals five times — including the last four in a row.

A healthy annual regatta schedule ensures Chesapeake Albacores have plenty of time in the boat and on the race course to hone their boathandling and boatspeed. West River Sailing Club,

home to an Albacore fleet of roughly 20 boats, hosts the Dave Irey Regatta in early June and Bill Heinz Regatta over Labor Day weekend, as well as a learn-to-sail program and Sunday racing series. And on the Potomac, another fleet of about 20 boats sailing out of Washington Sailing Marina enjoys a Sunday series as well as

a Spring Regatta in May and President’s Cup/Leukemia Cup, slated for September 6-7 this year.

“The weekend of August 2-3 was the Virginia Governor’s Cup at Ware River YC, which we won as the biggest fleet with the most starts,” Heinsdorf says.

A new fleet in Hampton Roads at Hampton YC is growing excitement for sailing Albacores as well, and they will host the Hampton Fall Fling, November 8-9. Several New Jersey Albacore regattas are an easy drive from Chespeakeland. The United States, Canada, and Great Britain hold nationals each year as well. U.S. Nationals will unfold at Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association, October 11-13. And a North American Championship is held in off years from Inter-nationals; the 2014 edition will be competed at CORK

in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 16-17.

So who are Albacore sailors? Be-cause the boat has a very “tweakable” rig, a large range of total crew weights can make an Albacore go fast, though ideal crew weight is between 330 and 380 pounds. “My fiancé and I weigh

300 pounds together, and we’ve been com-petitive in 20 knots plus (and been out in 30 knots plus, and it’s actually quite comfort-able),” Heinsdorf notes. Family teams — parents/children, husband/wife — are common. Success-ful Albacore sailor Peter Duncan (WRSC) had his children crew for him … until they went off to col-lege and started driving their own Albacores.

The Albacore’s all-around fun factor and af-fordability sucked Heins-dorf in 10 years ago, and he’s been actively sailing them ever since. “I started sailing Albacores after moving to DC immedi-

ately after college,” he says. “I showed up one day in April 2004, and everyone was standing on the dock watching Barney sail in 30 knots of breeze. I was hooked. The boat is very similar to a 420 or FJ, with a lot more controls and a lot faster. I bought my first boat in 2005 for $2000 (a competitive boat is easily found at an affordable price).”

He sold that boat to a new Albacore sailor when he bought a new Hapco-built boat (locally built!) and has been sailing with his now-fiancé, Michelle Greenhalgh, since then. (Best wishes to the newlyweds — their big date was August 29!)

For more information on sailing Albacores:U.S. Albacore Association: usaa.albacore.org International Albacore Association: albacore.org Michael Heinsdorf: [email protected]

Small Boat Scene Albacores on the Chesapeake

by Kim Couranz

# Catherine Mika and Peter Duncan sailing in an Albacore regatta pairing experienced and new sailors on the Potomac.


The Mind’s Eye in Racing: Part 4by James E. Schrager

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This summer, we’ve considered three key questions expert skip-pers ask as they start a race: Are

we fast? Are we going in the right direction? And is the wind changing? We now encounter the most unusual question, so unusual, in fact, you might call it strange.

QuESTION #4: “Is something strange

happening?”

We all run a script in our minds of how the game will end, be it chess, tennis, football, or a

sailboat race. That script provides powerful foreshadowing of how the contest will progress and has a big effect on our decision-making. This fourth question challenges that script.

Many times your prediction about the race will be accurate. But at other times, you’ll be making decisions on automatic pilot, and this can cause lost opportunities. This fourth ques-tion can save you from making broad errors, the kind every other sailor in your harbor will notice and wonder how you made such an obviously dumb mistake.

In one race, we were ahead and had just rounded the second mark in our preferred heavy air. We knew the compass course to the next mark and headed right for it. We had trouble finding the mark on visual, as we were sailing into the setting sun, and wondered if our hand-held GPS was providing good data. We were going fast but started to get worried. Why couldn’t we find the mark? It’s been too long. We should have been there by now.

Nervously, I looked behind and saw the fleet, led by our arch rival, heading way up on us, maybe 20 degrees higher. What were they do-ing? They were heading to the mark. But what about our compass? It was simply wrong. After a few years of finding the marks by following other

boats or on visual, we were now in the lead. The running script in our head had changed, and we hadn’t noticed. That day, we had no one to follow, and had no idea that our compass was sticking, leading us astray. We changed the script right away, bought a new compass the next day, but didn’t win the race.

Another time, it was our wind, with lumpy seas, and we knew we would win. That was the script.

Out on the course a giant freighter was anchored, lying just beyond the outer edge of the downwind leg. We rounded the mark nicely out in front of our rivals and gybed out toward that glorious ship. As we did, our very experienced helmsman Ray noted: “You guys need to call the gybe point for me.” We confirmed.

The script in our heads was, “This race is ours, we’ve won.” The reality was that we wildly overstood the gybe

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mark while talking about all manner of non-racing nonsense and taking a good, long look at that big, fascinat-ing ship. When we finally woke up, one competitor had slipped by. We didn’t win.

In the video “American Sailors,” which is a superb production of the 100th Chicago Mackinac Race (find it on YouTube), Brian Torresen, a highly accomplished competitor, notes: “You can never be far enough ahead in a Mac Race.” He’s right, and assume the same in your course races. Never let a script enter your head that has you far enough ahead. You can relax when you cross the fin-ish line. Until then, stay in the race.

We were blanketed by one of our chief rivals right after a start as he headed inshore to a mark. We could have fallen off and made a lane for ourselves but chose to tack over his transom and out to sea. It turned out we sailed against an offshore current, and he sailed alongside it. When we

met up, he was several boat lengths ahead, as the current was far less se-vere inshore along his route. Current in Lake Michigan is quite rare. But when it appears, it can be invisible if you are not looking for it.

What develops with a good team are sailors always busy, always look-ing, always running scripts in their heads, alert that something strange may be happening. Mostly, on the best boats, it isn’t the helmsman as he or she is busy driving. You need to develop several sets of well-practiced eyes, ears, and minds looking out for how you are doing and what lies ahead.

On some boats I’ve crewed on, one person drives, makes all the calls,

has no time to explain, and is too busy to take in much new knowledge during the race. If they won the race, they were brilliant. If not, the cause was bad luck.

The explosion of knowledge ex-plaining expert performance allows us to understand what separates consis-tent winners from everyone else. That difference is due to understanding the mind’s eye in racing. Build on this, and you can set yourself up to make the best decisions in those precious hours we spend on the race course. Sailing, like any other intellectually rigorous pursuit, requires a dedication to improvement. For the team willing to do that, winning is well within reach.

About the Author: James E. Schrager has raced for more than 20 years in Southern Lake Michigan, winning BotY twice, most port-to-port races at least once, and crewed on a section-winning boat in the Mac. He now races with his two sons and friends out of St. Joseph, MI. In his day job, he teaches a popular course in strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.


Chesapeake Racer profile

When the J/80 Worlds hit An-napolis later this month, we’ll be seeing some of the best fleet

competition to happen to one-design racing. And while the rockstars will all be out, one local hero always stands out in the fleet. His boat has no name, but when you’ve been sailing on the Bay for as long as he has, you really don’t need one.

Of course, we’re talking about John White, owner of USA 1162, often called The White Boat, sometimes simply listed as “No Name.” But it’s usually toward the top of the leader-board.

USA 1162 isn’t White’s first boat, nor will it be his last, but he certainly treats the J/80 as if she’s the only one. “I’ve sailed on 10 boats with John through the years,” says his regular crewmember and North Sails repre-sentative Jonathan Bartlett, “and they (the boats) have all been meticulously maintained the entire time. When you leave the dock, there are no questions about the boat. You can always win.”

White learned to put in the atten-tion to detail at an early age. His fami-ly owned and operated the boatyard on Gibson Island, and performing annual maintenance on Bay boats became “the only job I’ve ever had,” he says. “It’s the only lifestyle I’ve ever known. We’re pretty heavy into it at this point, and it will remain this way.”

White’s first introduction to sailing came from his father, Buzz White, who started sailing on the northern Chesapeake in the 1940s. “He was from Baltimore and started running the Gibson Island boatyard in ’66 or ’67. He was a very good boatyard operator, and sailed a lot, but he was more the tinkerer type. He reworked everything he ever owned, for good or for bad.”

Longtime crewmem-ber Debbie Gosselin says that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, so to speak. “The boat is in excellent con-dition. The bottom is perfect, rudder and keel are perfect. Things don’t break on that boat, and it’s fast.”

Part of what makes White’s boat fast is his heightened ability to concentrate in a crowd. “It’s amazing to me how he can maintain his focus,” says Gossellin, “even when there’s no wind at all.”

Bartlett echoes that sentiment. “There’s a saying that if you have 10,000 hours of practice in something, you have mastered it. John has a lot more than that, and now it’s simply second nature to him.”

Humility is certainly one of White’s personal characteristics, though, because when we ask him about it, he’s quick to point to his own faults. “I’m the problem (on the boat), and if I would start better, we’d be better off for it, that’s for sure. The boat to beat is the Krump/Klok boat (R80). They’re doing it very well.”

It’s not unusual for White to sing the praises of another boat. “John is always the first person to congratulate the winner of any given race,” says Bartlett. And this makes him a popu-lar person to sail with. “Through the years, the crew list has had some pretty phenomenal people in the Annapolis area on it. The crew really values a day on the water with John, and they’ll do all they can to be there when asked.”

These days, his consistent crew is Bartlett, Gosselin, son Kevin White (who is also a marine surveyor work-ing at the White’s marina), Shane Zwingelberg, Tyler Raven, Barbara Vosbury, Julie Winters, and Fred Potts. With consistent, capable sailors on that list, it’s hard to narrow things down to the four he’ll sail with for Worlds.

Whatever happens at the J/80 Worlds, you can bet money on the fact that USA 1162 will be having some of the most fun on the water. “One of John’s mottos is ‘If you’re not having fun, why are you out there?’ That’s just what matters to John,” says Bartlett. Gosselin agrees. “It’s about being on the water and doing well, being competitive, and just enjoying each other, too. We’re social racers.”

Those are the best kind, in our opinion.

John White

# “I’ve never seen anyone focus in light air as well as John does.” Photo by Dan Phelps


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Eastport Has a New Antique StoreAnnapolis Maritime Antiques opened its doors on Severn Avenue at the begin-ning of July. The company specializes in nautical decorative items and antiques

from around the world and also owns the world’s largest collection of World War II Liberty Ship hatch covers, which they turn into custom nautical furniture. They sell mainly on a consignment basis, so whether you are looking to decorate or have some nautical items to sell, they are sure to be able to help you. Visit their Grand Open-ing in mid-to-late-September. annapolis-maritimeantiques.com

Geoff Becker Joins North Sails

North Sails is pleased to announce that Geoff Becker has joined North Sails One Design to represent its brand in the Chesapeake Bay area, based full-time out of the Annapolis office. “Geoff is a world champion sailor and respected coach who shares North’s passion for the sport. He has developed an appreciation for the instructional side of the sport and will be working closely with our clients to improve their results and maximize their sailing experience,” says Tim Healy, president of North Sails One Design. Geoff’s track record in the Lightning, J/24, and J/70 classes highlights his one-design sailing background. His recent accomplishments include back-to-back Key West Race Week wins in the J/70 class and a J/24 World Championship in 2013. northsails.com

20 Years StrongThe Downtown Sailing Center is celebrating its 20th year as Baltimore City’s only non-profit community sailing center. In preparation for the 20th anniversary the DSC community has worked hard to improve its fleet, its facilities and all of its programs. “We have deep gratitude for our donors, volunteers, community partners and participants. It is an honor to be able to celebrate 20 years on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. We look forward to charting our course for another 20 years” says Lynn Handy, DSC’s Executive Di-rector. For more information on the Downtown Sailing Center please visit downtownsailing.org

Two New BoatsAnnapolis Sailing School is very pleased to an-nounce the purchase of two 2015 Beneteau Oce-anis 37s from Annapolis Yacht Sales. Follow Me and Valkyrie will make an excellent upgrade to its cruising fleet. The names are a nod to Jerry and Kathy Wood who founded the Annapolis Sailing School in 1959 and the U.S. Boat Show in 1970. Their private yacht was named Valkyrie. Jerry’s personal racing Rainbow 24’ was named Follow Me. The decision was inspired by a Facebook post in our contest suggesting to name the boats directly after them; “Kathy and Jerry.” They expect these state of the art cruising yachts to provide them with the best possible instruc-tional platform for years to come!

Nancy Hammond is Back in AnnapolisNancy Hammond Editions will open a new gallery on West Street in Annapolis. The artist will move, along with her staff, from their current location in Centreville. They will be closed the entire month of August in prepa-ration for the move and re-open in early September. Nancy is known for her water life paintings and silk-screen prints. Boatyards, black labs, crab feasts, tropical ports, and iridescent fish are all scenes from her life of living near the water. nancyhammondeditions.com

Largest Beneteau Sailboat Dealer Worldwide is in Annapolis

Annapolis Yacht Sales fulfilled a nautical dream at Beneteau’s 2014 International Dealer Awards Gala, winning “Best Turnover 2014: Sailing Yachts.” “This is the first time an American company has won the award,” says Tim Wilbricht, President of AYS. “Our customers deserve a huge amount of gratitude,” Wilbricht adds, “Their continued support of AYS through repeat business, refer-rals and the use of our service and parts depart-ment has allowed AYS to offer the best possible array of products and services. Thank you also to Beneteau USA for their continued support of our still-growing business. We have so much

more to accomplish, but this award is one we are very proud to have on display.” To learn more, please visit annapolisyachtsales.com

One Year Ago…Fairwinds Marina on the Magothy River will celebrate its one year with owners JoAnna and Larry Goldberg. On August 1, they began with the mission to be your “full service marina on the Magothy.” JoAnna and Larry began with a deep cleaning and started renovations of the marina’s five acres and 146 slips. Over the winter, the team at Fairwinds worked tirelessly to or-ganize the yard and store, while local contractors rebuilt sections of the dock, and added gasoline and a pump out station. This spring they began offering lift slips and full-service land storage packages, and are now proud to offer a full-service boatyard. fairwindsmarina.com


DINGHIESDyer dingy 9’ (2005) Excel. cond., summer & winter covers, launching dolly, rub rail, flotation system, lifting hardware, bilge drain, mahogany seats, SHAW & Tenny 7’ oars, 4 oar locks. $2,000 Call (410) 507-6718.

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Boy Scout Sea Ship 59 Looking for tax deductible donations of sail & power boats in the Chesapeake Bay area. Donated boats must be structurally sound & in good cond. Contact Dr. Fred Broadrup (301) 228-2131.

Donate Your Used Boat To the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Boat Donation Program and receive a tax-deduction and make a difference in our education and historic vessel restoration programs. Contact Lad Mills at 410-745-4942 or [email protected]

Donate your Boat to Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB). Proceeds from boat sales fund our programs helping disabled people enjoy sailing. 410-626-0273 www.crabsailing.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

SAIL

10’ Bauer 10 ‘10 Bauer 10 sailboat, lightly used, very good condition. $2500. Includes sails, rigging, oars and cover. (No trailer). Annapolis location. Great for sailing or rowing. Sells new for $4500. 443-458-2224

Herreshoff H-12 1/2 ’88 (100 year anv) White, gaff, mahog trim, keel gds, rig cradle, mtr. Mnt lft sling. New, sails, varn, btm paint, cover & buoyance tank repairs. E/C $23,500 (215) 977-9900 X 11.

19’ Com-Pac ’86 Cruising sloop, w/custom trailer and 5-hp outbd, fixed keel, 2-ft draft, bronze opening portholes, sleeps 4 adults. Sea Scouts $2500, Steve Alexander, [email protected], (301) 646-0805

23’ O’Day ’80 Cruising, shoal, good Cond., ’97-9.9-hp long shaft, elect.start OB, bimini, main, jib, gen, spin, tiller. Fully equipped, great single-hander. $2,500 OBO (443) 790-5370. [email protected]

Corsair F 24 Mk-II Trimaran ‘01 This Corsair F 24 is compact and easily trailerable. It is fast and responsive. Fun to sail. In good condition. $32,000. Urbanna. Call Brian (804) 387-2245.

24’ Dolphin keel, centerboard Sloop S&S Sparkman and Stevens design. Very new 2 cylinder dsl engine, 4 bunks, 3 sails,. Very good condition. 410-647-0590, $5,000 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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

27’ Ericson ’73 Keel cruising sloop, good cond, main, jib, spinnaker, 9.9 Honda 4-stroke otbd, solar battery charger, $3900-obo. Sea Scouts, Ken Kessler, [email protected], Steve Alexander [email protected], 301 646-0805.

27’ Hunter ’83 Wheel steering, Yanmar dsl, tall rig, two sets of sails, spinnaker, autopilot, traveler, bimini, 4’3” draft. Canvas and cushions only 5 years old. $9,000. 443-454-3123 or [email protected]

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 [email protected]

28’ Sabre ’75 Needs work, and a new engine. Great boat for the right person. Bohemia River. $2,000. [email protected] [email protected]

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

30’ Catalina ’87 Tall Rig Exc. cond., limited family use only. Standard outfitting. Ready for sailing. In water on KI. $17,000 Contact (410) 604-3692, [email protected]

30’ Catalina ’94 Mark III Tall Rig Wing keel, 3’-10”, dodger, bimini, main Lazy bag, spinnaker, New 150% genoa, Walk-thru transom, 1292 hrs. on eng, new VHF. In Water in Oxford Maryland. $33,000 (410) 215-7360.

30’ Frers ’88 Racer / Cruiser, beautiful blue hull, new grey non-skid, excellent North Sails inventory, high tech running rigging, new tiller and extension, new Baltoplate 2014, sleeps 6, Nick (240) 429-3996.

30’ Hunter ’90 Professionally maintained, low hrs, wheel, auto-pilot. A wonderful boat for fast & dry sailing on-the-Bay. Located Galesville, MD. Offered at $29,900. Contact John at (202) 578-2123.

31’ Pearson MkII ’88 Commissioned 1990. V.G. condition. Shoal keel. Fully battened main. 110/145 furling jibs. Bimini, Dodger. New electronics. 18-hp inboard. Solar ventilation. Lazy jacks. $28,600. For details: [email protected] or see “Wessex” onSailboatlistings.com

32’ Pearson 323 ’77 4’5” draft, 10’3” beam. Wheel steering. NEW: engine, sole, bottom, ports, batteries, head, cabin lights. Fully-battened main, 2 furling jibs, spinnaker. Bimini, dodger, sail and binnacle cover. Garmin GPS, VHF, depth finder, auto helm. In water in Oxford MD. $29,900 Email [email protected], 410-714-2323.

32’ Sabre ‘84 Great Bay boat, tri-cabin layout, 21 HP Westerbeake, main 2012, roller furling headsail, genoa 2010, jib fair, winter cover, fin keel, $34,500, 410-703-7986 or [email protected]

32’ Endeavour ’78 Sloop Yanmar 20-hp dsl. New alternator, batteries, hatches, ports. Autohelm w/remote, Bimini, cockpit enclosure. 4’2” draft. Sturdy Bay cruiser. Good cond.. $9,500 Contact Larry, 540-846-7100, [email protected]

34’ C&C ’83 Yanmar dsl, complete sails, great bay boat! located in Baltimore $15,000, (443) 858-2931.

34’ Gemini 105Mc Catamaran ’03 Fine TLC specimen, yard maintained w/ major upgrades & equipment. Annapolis area. Asking $119K. For more info (410) 295-0638, [email protected]

37’ Hunter ’88 cruising sloop Ready to sail, Yanmar dsl, 110 furling jib, Dutchman mainsail, well equipped instrumentation, air/heat, Sea Scouts $27,500, Steve Alexander, [email protected], 301 646 0805

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Tartan 4600 ‘93, ‘95 2 from $199,0002003 Lagoon 410-S2 $328,900 Beneteau 49 ‘07 2 from $289,000

22 Norseboat 21.5 ‘12 ...........................$47,00025 Harbor 25 ‘07 .....................................$59,99527 Hunter 27 Edge ‘09 ............................$43,90030 Beneteau First 30 ‘11....................... $150,00030 C&C 30 Mark II ‘88 ...........................$42,50031 Beneteau 31 ‘10 .................................$99,90031 Beneteau 311 ‘03 ...............................$49,00031 Catalina 310 ‘00 ................................$57,50032 Beneteau 323 ‘04 ...............................$67,50032 Beneteau 32s5 ‘90 .............................$29,90032 Catalina 320 ‘00 ................................$67,50033 Caliber 33 ‘86.....................................$63,00033 Cape Dory 33 ‘84 ..............................$49,90033 Frers 33 ‘88 .........................................$32,50033 Tashing Mason 33 ‘86 .......................$59,00034 Beneteau 331 ‘02, ‘03...........2 from $71,00034 Beneteau 343 ‘07 ...................2 from $99,90034 Beneteau First Class 10 ‘85 ...............$37,00034 Cal 34 ‘70 ...........................................$31,90035 Bristol 35.5 ‘78....................................$60,00035 C&C Landfall 35 ‘82 ..........................$29,95035 Endeavour 35 ‘85 ...............................$39,90035 Hunter 356 ‘03 ...................................$84,90035 Hunter Legend 35.5 ‘90 .....................$39,90035 O’Day 35 ‘88 .....................................$34,900

35 Schock 35 ‘01 .....................................$49,50036 Beneteau 36 CC ‘97, ‘98 ......2 from $72,90036 Beneteau 361, 99, 01, 04 .....3 from $84,50036 Cape Dory 36 ‘81 ..............................$65,00036 Catalina 36 ‘96 ...................................$85,00036 Catalina 36 Mark II ‘94, ‘99 ...2 from $74,00036 Hunter 36 ‘05 ......................................$99,50036 Sabre 362 ‘01 ..................... 2 from $179,90037 Hunter 376 ‘97, ‘98 ...............2 from $76,50037 Jeanneau Voyage 11.20 ‘90 ............$60,00038 Beneteau First 38s5 ‘91......................$65,00038 Bristol 38.8 ‘83....................................$94,90038 C&C 38 MKII ‘77 ...............................$30,00038 C&C Landfall 38 ‘84 ..........................$48,00038 Catalina 380 ‘01 ............................. $114,50038 Morgan 382 ‘79 .................................$39,80038 Sabre 38 ‘85 .......................................$64,50038 Sabre 38 MK II ‘94 ......................... $145,00038 Sabre 386 ‘07 ................................. $269,90038 Wauquiez Hood 38 ‘86 ....................$91,50039 Beneteau 393 ‘02, ‘04...........2 from $99,90039 Pearson 39 ‘87, ‘88 ...............2 from $59,50040 Beneteau First 405 ‘87 .......................$75,00040 Catalina 400 MK II ‘03, ‘05 ...2 from $185,00040 Jeanneau 40 DS ‘03 ........................ $149,000

40 O’Day 40 ‘87 .....................................$52,000 41 Beneteau 411 ‘01 ...................2 from $99,50041 Cayenne 41 ‘87 ..................................$69,90041 Hallberg-Rassy 41 ‘79 ..................... $115,00041 Lagoon 410-S2 ‘03 ......................... $328,90041 Lord Nelson 41 ‘87 ............................$99,90041 Morgan Classic 41 ‘90 ......................$74,00041 Morgan Out 41 Classic ‘91 ...............$49,90041 Tartan 412 ‘90 ................................. $129,90042 Beneteau 423 ‘03 ............................ $169,50042 Beneteau 423 (2-cabin) ‘06 ........... $189,90042 Beneteau 42s7 ‘07 .......................... $119,90042 Hunter 420 ‘02 ................................ $139,90042 Hunter 420 Passage CC ‘04 .......... $169,90042 Jeanneau 42 DS ‘07 ........................ $210,00042 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS ‘10 ...... $210,00042 Pearson 424 ‘81 .................................$69,90042 Sabre 425 ‘91 ................................. $175,00042 Sabre 426 ‘06 ................................. $240,00043 Beneteau 13.50 ‘84 ...........................$99,50043 Beneteau 43, ‘09, ‘10 ......... 2 from $226,00043 Pan Oceanic PH Cutter 43 ‘81 ..........$79,50043 Schucker 436 Motorsailer ‘79 ..........$77,00044 Bavaria 44 ‘95 ................................. $142,00044 Beneteau First 44.7 ‘04 ................... $239,900

44 Beneteau Oceanis 440 ‘93 ............ $139,90044 Cal 44 ‘85 ...........................................$99,90044 Dean 440 Catamaran ‘02 .............. $244,00045 Hunter 45 CC ‘07 ............................ $247,50045 Hunter 45 DS ‘09 ............................. $257,00045 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS ‘10 ...... $250,00045 Nelson Marek 45 ‘84 $66,00045 Steel PH Howdy Bailey 45 ‘04 ....... $395,00046 Beneteau 46 ‘12 .............................. $273,00046 Beneteau 461 ‘00 ............................ $185,00046 Beneteau Oceanis 461 ‘01 ............ $194,90046 CAL 2-46 ‘74 .......................................$69,00046 Hallberg-Rassy 46 ‘96 ..................... $375,00046 Leopard 46 CAT ‘09........................ $575,00046 Tartan 4600 ‘93, ‘95 .......... 2 from $199,00047 Beneteau 47.7 ‘04 ........................... $240,00047 Passport 47 ‘85 ................................ $169,00047 Tayana 47 ‘90 ................................. $169,00049 Beneteau 49 ‘07 .................. 2 from $289,00049 Jeanneau 49 DS ‘05 ........................ $299,00050 Beneteau 50 ‘00, ‘04 .......... 2 from $235,00050 Beneteau First 50 ‘07....................... $429,00050 Celestial 50 PH ‘99 .......................... $287,90050 Horizon Steel PH ‘96 ....................... $195,00052 Swede 55 ‘78 .................................. $157,500

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Hunter 376 ’98 Seriously, a cleaner 376 you will not find! It’s my hobby to keep it pristine while as it sits in front of my house. Go to boats.com for pictures and all details. Price reduced to $71,500. (410) 252-1115.

38’ C&C ’80 New lifelines, running lights, main halyard, AS IS, illness forces sale $30,000, (412) 522-2563.

39’ Beneteau One Ton ’84 Air Mail is race ready, draft 7’ 2”, beam 13’, fractional rig, running backstays, PHRF 72, $20,000. contact Tom at (443) 837-6971 or [email protected]

40’ Hunter ’85 This is a beautiful cruiser / racer, very clean & up to date. Major upgrades in the past 3 yrs including bow thruster, canvas, electronics, rigging, davits, interior & exterior cushions. This is a very well maintained 2 head 2 cabin boat. Excellent live aboard or week night racer. Extremely easy to operate single handed with the remote autopilot. (703) 928-8561. http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1985-Hunter-40-624651

Bristol 43.3 ’86 Bristol center cockpit with ’08 furling main & genoa, heat & air, 2800 hrs, spinnaker & gear, dark blue awlgrip, radar, autopilot. Sailed last 7 years on Georgian Bay. (705) 529-9433, www.harrisellis.com

47’ Valiant Cutter ‘82 Robert Perry’s outstanding blue water cruiser. Exceptionally equipped & well maintained. Ready to go to sea again. Located in Rock Hall, MD. Asling $235,000. Contact owner: Parker Wilson (215) 908-5024.

37’ Southerly 115 ’06 $249,000. One owner, lift-kept, fresh water boat. Attractive center cockpit model w/fully retractable swing keel, which provides deep draft performance. Raymarine electronics, bow-thruster. Andrew Smith (410) 533-5362, [email protected]

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 [email protected]

Grand Soleil 54 ’08 by Luca Brenta Very well equipped fast offshore cruising yacht built by the famous Italian yard Cantiere del Pardo. Please call Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company for pricing and complete details 410-268-7171 or e-mail [email protected]

OYSTER 55 ’96 Extensive re-fit 2012-13 and ready for the ARC. New electronics, electric furling, rigging, sails, ultra-suede upholstery & much more. Asking only $475,000/OBO Contact: [email protected], 619-840-3728 or 410-268-7171

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34’ Beneteau First Class 10 ’85 L’Outrage is a proven race winner. Custom trailer & new genoa await. Price Reduced for a quick sale. $37,000. Call Bob Oberg 410-267-8181 or [email protected]

35’ O’Day ‘88 Classic O’Day, basic boat, with full instruments,10 yr old sails, spinnaker and pole. Call Jonathan Hutchings in Deltaville, VA. $34,900. Contact: 804-436-4484 or [email protected]

36’ Beneteau 361 ‘00 Great price – ex charter boat. Bottom job 2014. $64,500. Call Jonathan Hutchings in Deltaville, VA. Contact: 804-436-4484 or [email protected]

38’ Beneteau First 38s5 ’91 Superb perf. cruising boat! Two cabins, 2 heads, reverse cycle A/C, fridge, auto pilot, radar, dodger & bimini, electric windlass and halyard winch. Just listed! $65,000 Contact Keith (410) 267-8181 or [email protected]

38’ Catalina 380 ’01 Extremely well maintained & equipped. The owners lack of time forces this sale. She is on land and available to see and purchase any time. Asking only $114,500. Call Dan: 410-570-8533 or [email protected]

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38’ Sabre 38 ’85 Turnkey w/upgrades including new Raymarine C90W chartplotter/GPS, New “ultra thin” TV, propane BBQ grill, reverse cycle heat/air, more. RECENTLY REDUCED: $64,500! Contact Bob 410-267-8181 or [email protected]

40’ Beneteau First 405 ’87 Just Reduced! Fast comfortable cruiser/racer, beautiful teak interior, dodger & bimini, many recent upgrades - elect windlass, 105 hrs. on 2009 Yanmar. $75,000 Contact Keith (410) 267-8181 or [email protected]

42’ Pearson 424 ’81 Super clean and ready for extended cruising with radar, SSB, chartplotter, A/P, RF main & ST jib. Asking $69,900. Call Denise at 410-991-8236.

42’ Sabre 426 ’06 Nicely equipped w/factory options, AC, electric windlass, classic main w/Stack Pack, wind generator and lots more. Newly Reduced to $240,000, Contact: [email protected] or cell: 508-776-7789.

50’ Beneteau ‘00 Just Reduced! 2-Cabin with Genset, Air, thruster, power winches, stern arch, dinghy, and all the electronics you need to get cruising right away! $235,000. Contact: 443-949-4559 or [email protected]

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Catalina C400 ’95 New price $113,000. Pristine condition, meticulously maintained. Call Bob Allen (443) 822-0883.

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38’ 1997 Tartan 3800..................................... $149,00037’ 1999 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37......... $149,00037’ 1987 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37........... $77,00037’ 1977 Gulfstar 37 ........................................ $57,50037’ 1985 Tayana 37 Cutter.............................. $55,00037’ 2006 Tartan 3700 # 104........................... $239,00037’ 2005 Tartan 3700 # 100........................... $230,00037’ 2004 Tartan 3700 # 81............................. $220,00037’ 1983 Tartan 37c......................................... $60,00036’ 2004 Hunter 36 .......................................... $79,00035’ 1998 Ericson 350 by Pac Sea .................. $80,00035’ 2004 Hunter 356 ........................................ $98,00034’ 2007 Beneteau 343 ................................. $109,00034’ 2006 Tartan 3400..................................... $185,00034’ 2001 Legacy 34 Express - Jet Drives .... $179,00034’ 1993 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $110,00034’ 1998 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $150,000

34’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34......... $110,00034’ 1997 Gemini 105M .................................... $89,00033’ 2000 Nauticat 33 ..................................... $180,00033’ 1980 Tartan 33........................................... $32,00032’ 2007 Luhrs 32 Open ............................... $139,90032’ 2004 C&C 99 .............................................. $99,00032’ 1995 Catalina 320...................................... $48,50032’ 1984 Sabre 32 Tri-Cabin ........................... $32,50031’ 2008 Hunter 31 .......................................... $85,75031’ 1984 Bristol 31 .......................................... $55,00031’ 2006 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31......... $150,00031’ 1990 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 31........... $59,50027’ 1987 Pacific Seacraft Orion 27 ................ $75,00026’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Daysailor - Demo..... $98,00026’ 2014 Tartan Fantail Weekender - Demo $110,00025’ 1976 Albin Trawler .................................... $22,00024’ 1989 Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 ................. $49,500

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34’ Beneteau 343 ’08 Inmast furling, pivoting wheel, opening transom with shower, cruising spinnaker like new condition $105,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

42’ Bavaria Center Cockpit ’01 German quality and engineering, large aft cabin, solid mahogany interior trim, in mast furling $130,000 757-480-1073 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

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37’ Pacific Seacraft ’99 - Crealock Design - Amazing boat, recent price reductions - Owners say SELL!! Asking $149,000 - best value for offshore built PSC 37 on market! (410) 269-0939 -www.crusaderaychts.com

37’ Tartan 3700 Three available 2004 / 5 / 6 - All in great shape, painted hulls (2 Blue ones), well equipped & ready for their next adventures. All are here in Annapolis & ready to show. $220k - 239k - Call CYS Now for your choice of the three!! 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.com

38’ Freedom ’90 Amazing boat. Lots of updates & improvements. Newer electronics, painted hull & deck, Carbon rig, self tacking job & more. This boat is turnkey & ready for fall sailing now. Sellers want a bigger boat now! Asking $89,000 crusaderyachts.com

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40’ Pacific Seacraft ’98 LIBERTY Standout Crealock design. Meticulous care; many upgrades including windlass, genset, nice canvas, AIS, cutter rig, twin fullers, etc. Ready for coastal or offshore cruising! Reduced to $270,000 410-269-0939 CrusaderYachts.com

41’ Tartan 4100 ’98 Janus - Well equipped, experienced cruising boat. Great value under 200k Ready for Coastal cruising. Owners getting out of boating, everything goes with! $195,000 - 410-269-0939 or CrusaderYachts.com

44’ Tartan 4400 ’08 Superbly equipped, Genset, Air, frig, freezer, Leisure furl boom - This boat has it all - Over 800k to replace today. Low hrs, never been off Chesapeake, but ready for anywhere! Asking $419,000 Owner says sell…come see her today! 410-269-0939

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 $316,000 Schedule an appointment to see her today! 410-269-0939

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30’ Seidelmann ’80 A proven classic racer/cruiser design with 11 feet of beam, she feels much larger than she is, price reduced 05/14 to $5,500. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, [email protected]

38’ Cabo Rico ’87 New standing rigging, A/C, New cockpit enclosure. Owner Moved up ! Only $89,000 . Contact Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates [email protected]


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38’ Seafarer Sloop Rig ‘78 Fresh water vessel, 40-hp Yanmar dsl 3JH3E, asking $29,500 Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates, [email protected]

40’ Hans Christian Christina ’88 World cruiser with all the safety gear, dingy w/engine; conveyed, $149,900. She loves the oceans and the Islands. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187, Curtis Stokes & Associates, [email protected]

42’ Hunter 420 Center Cockpit ’99 2 ensuite staterooms/ 2 heads. Yanmar 62hp, all weather enclosed cockpit. $124,000. Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates, [email protected]

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Pearson 323 ’81 $12,500 Classic Pearson lines & quality - Volvo dsl, wheel steering, full galley, dodger, bimini & more - See her on the web - www.greatblueyachts.com - Call for details and to arrange a showing - Tony 800-604-3242, [email protected], [email protected]

36’ Hunter 36 ’07 CLEAN, Ready to sail away – In-mast, cruising spin, C80 plotter, AC/Heat, full canvas – A Must See! $99,000 Contact Tony or Cherie 800-604-3242, [email protected]

36’ Hunter 356 ’03 PRICED RIGHT! – In-mast, full canvas, AC/Heat, dinghy w/ OB, plotter, pilot – Available for demo sail. $89,000 Contact Tony 443-553-5046, [email protected]

41’ Beneteau 411 ’01 2 cabin, furling main, Gen, AC/Heat, plotter, radar – new electronics, dinghy w/ OB, cruising spin and more $123,000 Contact Tony – 443-553-5046, [email protected]

41’ Rival Aft Cockpit Cutter ’78 Classic Peter Brett Design, Blue Water cruiser. Beautiful lines above decks, gorgeous teak woods below. Exceptional Care and many recent upgrades – $44,500 Contact Tony 443-553-5046, [email protected]

Hunter 44 AC ’05 $139,900 EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN - In Mast, Panda Gen, AC/Heat, Plotter, Radar, Pilot, Davits Best Priced 44 on market all offers considered! - Tony 800-604-3242 t o n y @ g r e a t b l u e y a c h t s . c o m www.greatblueyachts.com


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32’ Dufour ’07 325 Grande Large, 19-hp dsl, wheel, RF, dinghy $114,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

Cal 35 ’80 Cruiser/Racer, wheel/ dsl/ spinnaker. $18,900 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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

38’ Pearson 38 ’91 Yanmar dsl, RF, wheel, new listing $89,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

47’ Gulf Craft Custom, center cockpit ketch. Solar panels, full keel, generator. $39,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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29’ Dehler 29 ’98 Full set of cruising and racing sails, clean bottom w/ fresh 2013 paint. PHRF is 141 (S) & 126 (A). $54,900, Contact David Malkin (410) 280-2038 or [email protected]

33’ J/100 ’05 Flag Blue hull set up for day sailing and racing. Windsprint can race with the big boys. $99,000. Contact Paul Mikulski at 410-961-5254 or [email protected]

J/105s North Point is your source for this great 35’ one design racer and day sail boat. We have a wide selection starting at $59,900 Contact [email protected] (410) 280-8976

43’ Beneteau Cyclades 43 ’06 Asking Reduced price $95,000. Blue water design, generous interior, large cockpit, dual helm, high tech, craftsmanship. Reliability, comfort, elegant finish. Large capacities for water, fuel, gear & food. 800-850-4081 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

44’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44i ‘09 Asking $145,000. The sleek lines, outstanding performance, and modern interior should excite anyone’s passion for sailing. Well-equipped and ready to sail away. Three and four cabin layouts are available. 800-850-4081 www.MooringsBrokerage.com

46’ Leopard 46 ’07 Asking $359,000. Great design, comfortable spaces, bluewater cruiser. Four large cabins, Generator, 3 air conditioners. Hardtop bimini, roll down side curtains. Aft deck bench folds into swim platform. Very easy handling, very safe family cruiser. 800-850-4081, www.MooringsBrokerage.com

29’ Bayfield ’88 Yanmar 13-hp, shoal, cutter $15,000 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

29’ Bayfield ’84 Yanmar dsl, 3’6” draft, extended galley. $16,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, Tall Rig, dodger. 3 avail. $22,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

30’ Ericson ’85 R/F, wheel, dsl. Cruise equipped. Shoal. $16,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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240 Hunter ‘00......$12,55925 Hunter ‘82....... $10,50025 Catalina ‘78.......$ 6,50026 Colgate ’05 ......$35,00028 Sabre ‘80 ..........$19,00028 Hunter ’90........$18,00030 Jeanneau..........$14,00031 Hunter ‘86........$22,000326 Hunter ’03.....$69,00033 Hunter ‘05........$74,90033 Hunter ’82.......$14,99933 Hunter ‘05....... $79,00033.5 Hunter ’92......$46,000

36 Ericson ‘81.........$29,90036CC Beneteau.....$94,50036 Endeavour........$139,90036 Hunter ’05........$99,900361 Beneteau.......$79,00037 Jeanneau ‘03...$74,900376 Hunter ’96 ....$65,000376 Hunter ‘97......$70,000376 Hunter ‘96......$79,900376 Hunter ’97......$72,00038 Hunter ‘07 ........$140,000410 Hunter ’00......$124,000

410 Hunter ‘01......$124,900410 Hunter ’00.....$117,50041AC Hunter ‘05..$169,00042 Hunter ’91........$91,00042DS Jeanneau....$219,00044DS Hunter ‘07...$195,00045CC Hunter ’07...$249,00045CC Hunter ’09...$259,000456 Hunter ‘05......$205,000456 Hunter ’04.....$190,00049 Hunter ‘10........$340,00050CC Hunter ’09..$340,000

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36’ Beneteau 361 ’02 Harken roller furling gear, auto-pilot, electric windlass for anchoring, freezer/refrigerator, huge cockpit for entertaining, 2 cabins, bathroom w/a separate shower, $95,000. Bill O’Malley at (410) 703-9058 or [email protected]

40’ C&C ’81 Has a great reputation as a wonderful racing/cruising yacht. Comfortable accommodations for cruising or relaxing. Lovingly maintained & is in exceptionally clean cond.. David Cox at 410-310-3476 or [email protected]

41’ Dufour 410 GL ’13 Best 41’ cruising design you will find. Great sailing performance combined w/fantastic accommodations - 3 cabins/1head. Contact David Malkin 410-280-2038 or [email protected]

J42 ’96 Great offering on a completely upgraded J42. Offshore equipped for long range cruising. This is a must see and highly recommended. $189,000. Call Paul Mikulski 410.961.5254 [email protected]

45’ Beneteau First 44.7 ’05 Three spreader racing mast with rod rigging, Extensive sail inventory, Volvo D255 55 hp engine upgrade. Comfort not sacrificed. $210,000. Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 or [email protected]

45.5’ Bristol Center Cockpit k/cb This Bristol has received 2 rounds of extensive upgrades & improvements. Perfect for the Bay or the Bahamas. Low hrs. REDUCED $159,900. Rick Casali at 410-279-5309 or [email protected].

50’ Gulfstar 50 Ketch ’77 This Gulfstar has completed several year-long live-aboard cruises around the world. Many updates make it an ideal live-aboard/offshore capable adventurer. $129,900. Bill O’Malley 410-703-9058 or [email protected]

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37’ Jeanneau ’03 Carol Too is in wonderful condition and comes equipped with bimini, dodger, roller furling jib, windlass, chartplotter, and more. Visit this boat today! $74,900 Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211,www.nortonyachts.com

410 Hunter ’01 Simple Pleasures is a beauty! She’s loaded w/space and equipped with 2 heads & showers, 2 ACs, VHF/radio, autopilot/GPS & more! Was $134,000, Now $124,900! Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

41’ Hunter ’05 Voyager is loaded with extras, radar, Refrigerator/freezer, spinnaker, and meticulously maintained. She‘s ready to sail! $169,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com


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29’ 1989 Bayfield Cutter Yanmar 13-hp, Shoal Draft........................... $17,750

29’ 1984 Bayfield Yanmar DSL, 3’6” Draft ............................................... $16,500

28' 1977 Sabre Volvo 13 Hp dsl, RF, wheel steering, bimini & dodger $15,000

30’ 1987 Catalina Universal DSL, 5’3” Draft ........................................... $22,500

30‘ 1985 Ericson 30 R/F, Wheel, DSL, Cruise Equipped, Shoal............. $19,500

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

34’ 2001 Motorsailor Kubota 50-hp, One-Off........................................ $35,000

35’ 1980 Cal 35 Cruiser/Racer, Wheel, DSL, Spinnaker......................... $18,900

38’ 1991 Pearson 38 Yanmar DSL, RF, New Listing................................ $79,900

32’ 2007 Dufour 325 Grande Large

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SAILBOATS1981 O’Day 28 main and jib like new condition, roller furling, 15 HP Honda outboard. $6,000

1977 Hunter 27 Nice boat with sails in great shape. Roller furling jib and main, Inboard Yanmar Diesel SB8 engine. sleeps 5. $3,500

1975 Tartan 27 with roller furling and Atomic 4 inboard engine. Hull and deck are sound. Tough, sturdy sailboat that needs work. $600

1981 Tanzer 25 Generous storage, porta potty, private front cabin. 9.9 mercury outboard engine. Good condition. $3,000

1984 Freedom 21 Catboat rig. Unstayed mast. Mainsail, jib, spinaker with shotgun mount. 4 HP Yamaha 4-stroke, fairly recent model. $2,500

POWERBOATS1972 Concorde Express 27 Mercruiser 302 Ford engine, enclosed electric head and stand-up shower, holding tank, sleeps 4, dinette, full galley. Economical cruiser. $300

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OC 42 ‘85 189K Classic Ocean Cruising Yacht OC42 built by Hank Hinckley beautifully crafted and a truly special class vessel for the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Valiant 42 CE Cutter ’01 299K (Two Available) Attractively Priced to Sell! Equipped to the max, many fresh water years, 1700 hours, genset, diesel heat, AC, radar, plotter, arch, dinghy, ob, great canvas. Great opportunity! RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

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60 Brewer Ketch 2000.............................$206,00057 Southerly 2011 ................................$1,675,00055 Trintella 2004 ............................................ U/C52 Island Packet 485 ................3 from.... $455,00050 Morgan Catalina 1990 ........................$144,00049 Southerly 2010 ...................................$665,00048 Bowman 1992/2006 ...........................$319,90047 Southerly 2013 ...................................$825,00046 Island Packet 465 ................2 from.... $525,00045 Island Packet .......................2 from.... $239,90045 Morgan Nelson Merek 454 1984 ..........$58,50045 Southerly 135 2002 ............................$389,90044 Island Packet 1993 .............................$179,00043 Jeanneau DS 2003 ..............................$175,00042 Endeavour 42 1985 ..............................$99,900

42 Island Packet 420 2000 ......................$299,00042 Moody 425 1991 ................................$119,00042 Southerly 42 RST 2011.........................Enquire41 Island Packet SP Cruiser 2007............$339,00041 Rhodes Bounty II 1957 ........................$52,50040 Cal 1966 ..............................................$95,00040 Island Packet .......................2 from.... $189,50040 O’Day 1986..........................................$49,50039 Pearson C/B 1989.................................$97,50038 Island Packet .......................3 from.... $189,00038 Catalina 380 2000 ..............................$129,90037 Island Packet 370 ................2 from.... $219,00037 Island Packet 1995 .............................$156,00037 Custom Steel Cutter 1995 ....................$69,50036 Hunter 2005 ......................................$104,900

36 Island Packet Estero 2010 ...................$270,00036 Pearson 362 1985.................................$53,90036 Tashing Tashiba 1986 ........................$128,50035 Island Packet .......................3 from.... $114,90034 Catalina 1993 .......................................$56,90034 Hunter 340 1999 .................................$64,90034 Sabre MKI 1980 ...................................$32,00034 Sea Sprite 1981 ....................................$27,50032 Island Packet .........................4 from.... $87,50031 Hunter 1984 ........................................$24,90031 Island Packet .........................2 from.... $48,90030 Pearson 303 1986.................................$34,90029 Island Packet .........................3 from.... $65,90027 Island Packet .........................2 from.... $34,50027 John Holmes w/trlr 1987 ......................$19,900

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www.DoctorLED.com

www.BayshoreMarineEngines.com

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Lady Sara Charter Services 37’ sailboat. Crewed half and full-day charters out of the Magothy River. Licensed captain. Call Captain Paul (410) 370-2480, www.ladysaracharterservices.com


EQUIPMENT MARINE SERVICES

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Marine Technician Marine Technician Marine repair, installation and Restoration Company based in Annapolis, Maryland is now taking applications for a lead technician. Applicants should have a minimum of five – ten years’ experience in the maritime trades industry and knowledge of all shipboard systems. Mechanical, A/C – D/C electrical, electronic installations, charging systems, navigation to plumbing, sanitation, general yacht maintenance and repair. Base pay, retirement (401K), performance based compensation, company vehicle, education, holidays, vacation. Tools and transportation required at start. 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 [email protected]

North Point Yacht Sales Is hiring full time sail and power yacht brokers in Annapolis, MD. Requirements: proven track record in yacht sales, strong client relationships skills, experience in development of sales plan and execution of plans, expertise in customer support, experience in power and sailboat market analysis, four year BS/BA degree preferred. Please send all inquiries and resumes to [email protected]

Riggers Wanted - Annapolis, MD Atlantic Spars & Rigging is looking for sailboat riggers. We are a well - established custom rigging & metal fabrication business with two locations. We are looking for riggers who are organized and have a great working attitude to be awarded with competitive wages, great benefits and a career position. Send resume to [email protected] or call 410-268-1570.

MARINE ENGINES

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• 24 Hour Emergency Service • Salvage • Hull Cleaning • Propeller Sales and Service• Zinc Replacement • Mooring Installation

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Annapolis Boat Shows Now hiring temporary event staff for the Annapolis Sail and Powerboat Shows. Must be available Oct 3 through Oct 21. Physical labor required. Email Marci at [email protected]

Canvas Fabtricator Wanted Growing sail loft / canvas loft is seeking experienced canvas worker. Experience is a must. Highly competitive pay. [email protected]

Extremely Busy Gelcoat & Fiberglass Repair Company In Annapolis seeking EXPERIENCED technician, for small cosmetic jobs up to large structural restorations. Full working knowledge of Awlgrip, West System and related gel coat & resin products a must. Looking for mature, self-motivated person who takes pride in quality of work. Benefits include new work truck, opportunity for profit-sharing. Will match pay to experience with possible performance raise after 3 months. Call 410-263-8980 or email [email protected]

Annapolis Yacht-Works LLCPersonalized & Professional Yacht RepairElectrical Systems, Electronics, Rigging, Plumbing,Carpentry, Commissioning, Yacht Management

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Fuel Polishing • Fuel Pump Out & Disposal Tank Cleaning • Servicing Gasoline & Diesel

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Shoreline Fuel Services

9.9-hp 2 Cycle Mariner Outboard Circa 1997. Low hours, runs great. $900 o.b.o. (410) 703-8200 (cell) or (410) 267-0756.

CLEANGREENMARINEDustless Blasting

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SAILS

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Distributor for

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20Min. From DC BeltwayAt Herrington Harbour North

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

BowleysMarina.com410.335.3553Slip Rentals • Slip Purchase

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Bell IsleBell Isle

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55-TonTravel-Lift27,000 lb. Fork-Lifts

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Baking Soda BlastingMobile Paint Stripping & Surface Restoration

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MOBILE SERVICEAnnapolis 122 Severn Ave • 410.268.1570

Herrington Harbour 410.867.7248

Rigging & Metal Fabrication


TRAILERS

INDEX OF ADVERTISERSAdirondack Guide Boats .........................................54Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay ...........................68Allstate Insurance ...................................................69Annapolis Accommodations ...................................35Annapolis Athletic Club...........................................75Annapolis Boat Shows............................................21Annapolis Gelcoat ..................................................73Annapolis Performance Sailing ................................5Annapolis Yacht Sales.......................................25,95Atlantic Cruising Yachts..........................................24Atlantic Spars & Rigging .........................................58Bacon Sails & Marine Supplies ................................2Bay Shore Marine ...................................................57Bay Yacht Agency ..................................................24Beta Marine ............................................................54Blue Water Sailing School ......................................50Boatyard Bar & Grill ................................................31Boatyard Beach Party...........................................111Cape Charles Town Harbor ....................................32CDI .........................................................................53Chesapeake Boating Club ......................................68Chesapeake Harbour Inc........................................34Chesapeake Light Craft ..........................................38Coastal Properties ..................................................17Coppercoat USA.....................................................36CRAB....................................................................102CRAB Boatyard Regatta.........................................82Cruise Annapolis ....................................................65Crusader Yacht Sales.............................................97Curtis Stokes ............................................................4Cypress Marine ......................................................70

Davis’ Pub ..............................................................70Diversified Marine ...................................................37Doctor LED .............................................................36Dream Yacht Charters ............................................13East of Maui............................................................69Eastport Spar and Rigging .....................................38Eastport Yacht Club................................................15Fawcett Boat Supplies ............................................12Ferry Point Marina ..................................................12Harbor East Marina ................................................72Harken ....................................................................79Herrington Harbour .................................................28Hydrovane International Marine Inc........................53Interlux ....................................................................37J. Gordon & Co. ......................................................47J/World ...................................................................50Knot 10 ...................................................................29KTI Systems ...........................................................53Landfall Navigation .................................................35Leeward Market Café and Grocery ........................57Lippincott Marine ..................................................102M Yacht Services....................................................26M Yacht Services Blue Div .....................................59Mack Boring & Parts Co. ........................................19Mack Sails ..............................................................60Maritime Solutions ..................................................55Martek Davits..........................................................73MISEA Group .........................................................46Moorings .........................................................7,63,99North Point Yacht Sales ...........................................3North Sails ............................................................112

North Sails Direct....................................................71North Sails/Scott Allan ............................................11Norton Yachts ..................................................67,101Norton’s Sailing School ..........................................64Passion Paddle Sports ...........................................54Pettit Marine Paint ............................................8,9,80Pier 4 Marina ..........................................................72Pocket-Yacht Company ..........................................72Pride of Baltimore II ................................................46Pro Valor Charters ..................................................64Profurl .....................................................................33Quickline USA ........................................................53Regent Point Marina ...............................................34RogueWave Yacht Brokerage ................................60Rondar ....................................................................79S&J Yachts ...........................................................103Sage Marine ...........................................................47SailFlow ..................................................................74Sailrite Enterprises .................................................18Scandia Marine Center ...........................................58Sea Canvas ............................................................61Spring Cove Marina ................................................70Stur-Dee Boat .........................................................73Sunfish Regatta ......................................................91Tohatsu America Corp............................................27Trawler Fest ............................................................23UK Sailmakers ..........................................................6Vane Brothers.........................................................51Viking Life Saving Equipment .................................55West Marine ...........................................................39Whitehall Yacht Yard ..............................................32

SLIPS & STORAGE SLIPS & STORAGE SLIPS & STORAGE

15’ Up to 60’ Deep-Water Slips On the Magothy. One river north of Annapolis. Easy access to marina by Route 100. North Shore Marina (410) 255-3982.

20’ - 40’ Slips. Pier 4 Marina 301 4th St., Eastport, across from Annapolis Yacht Club. Keep your boat where the Hinckley and Sabre dealers keep theirs. Electric, water & showers. (410) 990-9515.

25’ - 40’ Slips, MD Clean Marina / Boatyard of the year. Power & sail, cozy, in protected Deale harbor, excel. boating & fishing, free Wi-Fi & pumpout. 30 mins. from DC. DIY service boatyard. Discount to new customers. (410) 867-7919, rockholdcreekmarina.com

30’ - 35’ Slips Available Annapolis City Marina, Ltd. in the heart of Eastport. Includes electric, water, restrooms with showers, and gated parking. Give us a call at (410) 268-0660, www.annapoliscitymarina.com.

30’ - 50’ Deepwater Slips For Sale & Rent On the western shore of the Chesapeake in St. Leonard, MD. Flag Harbor Yacht Haven (410) 586-0070, www.flagharbor.com. Winter storage & repair (410) 586-1915.

Venture Boat Trailer ’06 Rated 1300 lb, like-new cond., OK for 17’ sailboat, Sea Scouts $950, Steve Alexander, [email protected], 301 646 0805

410.625.1700

Short Walk to:Movie TheatreRestaurantsWhole FoodsLiquor StoreHarborplace

AquariumFells PointLittle ItalyYear round fun for your family!

Annual slips & off-season monthly rates available in

the Inner Harbor.

www.harboreastmarina.com

*New* All inclusive Winter packages

Easy monthly payments | 25 ton travel liftComplete winterization and mechanical services

Full Service Boat Care | Highly protected slips up to 50’

410.544.6368On the Magothy River (10 minutes from Annapolis)

www.ferrypointmarina.com | [email protected] Mill Creek Road | Arnold, MD 21012

Winter StorageDon’t be left at the dock this winter

Custom-built & fitViking Trailers

724-789-9194www.Sailboats.VikingTrailer.com

Sailboat Trailers & Cradles

45’ Catamaran Slip Available on Annual Basis At Eastport Yacht Center, located on Back Creek. Call 410-280-9988 eastportyachtcenter.com

Annapolis Deep-Water Slips 25’ - 50’ Protected Whitehall Creek location. Electric, water, restrooms with showers. Annual and shorter term slip rentals. 410-757-4819. Whitehall Marina www.whitehallannapolis.com

Deep Water Sail Slips on Rhode River In Edgewater. Electric, water & showers. (410) 798-1232.

Why Pay High Annapolis or Baltimore Rates? $1,250-$2,200 YR. Land storage $120 monthly. Haulouts $10.00, Minutes to Bay and Baltimore Beltway. Old Bay Marina (410) 477-1488 or www.oldbaymarina.com


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