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Chesapeake Holiday Destinations The towns and coves you love during the summer light up with holiday cheer. Our calendar editor chooses her favorite spots to be merry. by Allison Nataro

Setting Priorities: When Sailing Gets in the Way of Life ##Photo by Al Schreitmueller

Some say life gets in the way of sailing. Not this guy. by Steve Allan

Down the Bay by the Light of the Moon: The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race The GCBSR is like a family reunion with a race in between. A 127-nautical mile race, that is. by Beth Crabtree

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Rebirth of the Rosie Parks A community of skipjack lovers breathe new life into a tired old boat. by Nathan Bickell

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ere’s your first quiz of the utterance of his only word in the film, month. While sailing alone on the “F” bomb, comes shockingly late in a Cal 39 in the Indian Ocean, the 100-minute film. Any good sailor you discover a huge storm cloud headed knows that a gushing hole in a boat in your direction. You then: a) batten merits foul language, but he held out the hatches; b) hank on the storm jib; cool as a cucumber through several lifeor c) shave. threatening calamities. He is Our Man, In his glowing review, the New York after all, wearing the perfect sunhat Times reviewer A.O. Scott supposes and turquoise ring (from the Sundance that Robert Redford’s shave in his much hyped film “All Is Lost” may have been a sign of “selfdiscipline or vanity.” His fellow Washington Post reviewer Ann Hornaday notes his “attention to detail” and the “utter believability” of his actions. Not one reviewer I read asked the real question, throughout the whole film, from a sailor’s perspective, “What the hell ##Photo by Abe Yoffe is he doing?” Forget the few implausible events that precede it. Once Catalog?) wielding a freakishly dry Our Man (as identified by the credits) sextant and journal in his liferaft to sees the gaping hole in the side of his prove that he can weather disasters like boat gushing water into the cabin and a cowboy. then recognizes that on starboard tack, Funny in retrospect that we chose to water no longer rushes into it, why does see this silly movie the same weekend he come about to let water gush back we learned that several distress calls and in? What is he doing? two helicopter rescues had been made Later, after he patches the hole, in the first 36 hours of the Salty Dawg forget that he keeps opening the Rally (SDR). In real life, offshore conhatchboards and letting more water ditions deteriorate much more quickly in during the storm. By the time he than in film, as five crews who departed crawls on deck in a gale in roiling seas, from Hampton, VA, November 7 and to hank on the storm jib, my fellow 8 discovered. The projected weather editor and movie goer Duffy Perkins system that most of the 116-boat fleet and I were laughing. Much later, the left a few days earlier to avoid came on

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stronger than forecasted. Gear, rudder, and hull damage and two dismastings were cited as problems. One boat reportedly sank following the crew rescue, one remains adrift, and several others returned to the States for repairs. We are happy to hear that a broken arm was the only crew injury reported. The rest of the ralliers made it safely to the islands. At saltydawgrally.com, where you will find a more complete report, organizers made it clear that the crews who left late chose to disregard professional weather advice and said, “There was no set start date for the rally. Boats left when they deemed it right for them, as is the philosophy of the SDR and any experienced cruiser.” Before we sailors point or wag fingers, take quiz #2. Have you ever ignored or underestimated the weather while sailing? a) yes, b) no. Sailors tend to push the limits, and sometimes it works for us, sometimes not. Let this be more of a lesson in heeding the advice of veteran sailors and becoming as educated and prepared as possible for all sailing voyages, long and short. Let’s remember that even highly experienced, prepared crews may face conditions out of their control. It’s a pact we make with Mother Nature when we set sail. We do our best, as did a still dashing Redford on the big screen. Be safe, and sail on.

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or several years, I have been reading articles in SpinSheet and other publications by Bill Sandberg (“Youth Sailing as It Ought To Be” October SpinSheet page 113) on what is wrong with youth sailing. I believe he has missed the mark. Just because a lot of youth sailors go on to do other things that do not involve sailing does not deserve to be thrown back on the junior sailing programs as proof of their failures. The first time I won a race I was eight and had no idea I was even in a race. I liked sailing. I was a sailing instructor in my youth and ran the club’s junior and senior sailing and racing programs. I raised three children through soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and junior sailing programs. Having sat on multiple junior sailing committees and helped run sailing events from lowkey Halloween Howler Opti regattas to club, CBYRA, regional, national, and world championship events, I have seen the good and the bad of our sport. And you know what? At all levels, the sailors were having fun… laughing, swimming capsizing, and going out in the rain and in the snow, too, building friendships across town, across the country, and around the world.

Missed the Mark My children were involved in two or three sports each season year round: soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and sailing for their high school team and club. Do they belong to a yacht club now? No. But they do not belong to a lacrosse club or a soccer club, either. But they run, bike, hike, mountain climb, and sail. Most of us eventually have other commitments, graduate school, careers, and especially raising a family that pull us back from a lot of our former activities. My daughter sailed and taught sailing even into her second year at medical school. My eldest son continued to sail even into the start of his PhD Oceanography program. Eventually they had to let it go for lack of time. My youngest son and his now wife (she a collegiate All American sailor, he an Honorable Mention, and both St. Mary’s College sailing team captains) graduated and took jobs in Chicago. When they had had enough of the mid-west winters, they pooled their resources, outfitted a sailboat, and went to cruise in the Bahamas. Now Maggie runs a community sailing program, and Ted works in a boatyard. They have a Tartan 30 to sail, for fun.

Bill contends that the reason sailors leave the sport is because of the competition. Bill, players leave all of the youth sports when they get out of high school or college because they have other demands on their time. Many youth sailors continue to love the sport, and we have yacht clubs and community sailing programs for kids and adults in which they can participate for 60 years. There are no other sports I know of like sailing in this regard. True some sailors drop out of sailing. But the same can be said about all sports. Sure some kids decide they do not enjoy the sport and same with soccer or baseball or lacrosse. At least in sailing, there is the option to continue in the sport at a non-competitive level like cruising and day sailing, unlike most other junior sports. Bill is correct that some sailors do not like the competition, and they burn out. But you cannot become a good tennis or soccer player if you do not compete. Competition is essential to hone your skills and make you better in your sport. Bill contends that the kids at Glandore Harbor YC will still be sailing when they are 70. Can U.S. programs say the same? Yes, they can! There are a lot of us out there to prove it. A lot more of us sail than play soccer, baseball, or lacrosse at 70. Tom Hale Deltaville, VA

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recently had one of my colleagues, Captain Don Boccuti, out for a daysail on my boat Imagine and caught this unposed (cross my heart!) photograph of Don and his grandchildren. He is a great guy and a wonderful instructor who, just last year, received the prestigious Instructor of the Year Award from ASA. ~Frank McKee

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Holiday Lights Parades A View From The Water by Beth Crabtree

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ach December sailors and others around the Bay cheer for holiday parades of lighted boats. Although those on land are considered the spectators, the skippers and crew aboard the entries are watching us, too. What’s the view like from the water? Three veterans of the Eastport YC Lights Parade share their perspective.

Holly Frye-Atcherson of the “Ravens” boat explains: “It’s really fun to see so many people cheering from Ego Alley, the Eastport Bridge, the restaurants, and the private homes on Spa Creek. During the parade, the adrenaline is so high we don’t even notice the cold temperatures. The Bailey’s in the hot chocolate could help that as well! We play music and shout different cheers, and we wonder if you (on shore) can hear us. We can hear shouts from the crowd and see you waving, and we appreciate all the positive responses. Watch this year for a new, special surprise feature on our display. And look for us at the Baltimore Parade of Lighted Boats on December 7 as well as the Eastport Lights Parade. Chris Rogers says, “I’ve been in the parade five times, and we really respond to enthusiasm from the shore; it definitely builds the energy of the evening for us. City Dock area is the epicenter of the Follow us!

evening, but lively crowds on the bridge, on piers and decks, and at the street-end parks really add to the night. Lights on the shore also make a difference. The decorated rooms on the Marriott hotel are always a kick, and the best way to see them is on the water. Keeping warm involves lots of layers and maybe a thermos of something hot. Moving about helps as well. We almost always work some music into our theme. The parade organization is a well-oiled machine. There’s a lot of support on the water with guide boats, assistance boats, communications, and special lighted course markers. I’ll be on the Cal 25 Ronin this year with an idea hatched at the Austin City Limits Festival. Julianne Fettus, whose entry is based on the movie The Christmas Story says, “Ego Alley is a real kick because we are so close to the crowds. We also get a view of the enthusiasm at the Eastport

Bridge and at the Navy seawall, where we see the families with kids bundled up, and there’s usually a good crowd cheering at Sarles Boatyard. Up Spa Creek we’ll hear spectators with horns honking. Doing the parade on your own boat? Well, wow…dark night, bright flashing lights, lots of loud music, horns and singing, boats that sometimes have trouble maneuvering, limited visibility, and unlit pilings and mooring balls to dodge. Yet, hearing the crowds when you go down Ego Alley or cheering from the bridge is really a special feeling. We have a lot of family on our boat, so it’s great to see what a good time the kids have singing to the crowds. We sometimes wonder if y’all can hear us when we yell out, “Ho-Ho-Ho! How about a nice football?” Chesapeake Bay lights parades are listed in Holiday Destinations on page 22 and in the calendar on page 23. SpinSheet December 2013 13

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e were delighted on the night of November 7 to see social media light up with pictures of a gorgeous pink and orange sunset littered with patchwork clouds. And it took all of five minutes for a SpinSheet reader to comment with the old nautical saying “Mares’ tails and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails.” But is there any truth to this old saying? What do sailors know that weathermen still struggle to understand? The mackerel scales are, in this case, cirrocumulus clouds that signal higher winds and high pressure systems running into advancing low pressure systems. The cirrocumulus (and sometimes altocumulus) clouds resemble the scales on a fish, and are the markings of the disintegration of a passing front. They signal moisture and instability, and if they’re followed by showers you can expect a warm front to follow. Other sayings include “Mackerel in the sky, three days dry” and “Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry.” Thankfully, local weathermen had it right this time when they forecast a warmer weekend following the beautiful sunset. Turns out there’s some truth to those old nautical sayings after all.

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ver 300 participants from around the United States and Canada showed up to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM’s) 31st annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival October 4-6 in St. Michaels, MD. The festival honors traditional boatbuilding and brings together some of the most historically accurate reproductions on the Bay. This year, judges recognized five categories: Traditional Design and Construction (Grigg Mullen for the draketail Miss Sue); TraditionalContemporary (Grant Massey’s Dorothy Jean); Contemporary (Steve Warfle’s Susy J); Restoration (Douglas Heckrotte’s Surcease); and Paddling ( Jean Preckel’s double-paddle canoe). Sailing skiffs, rowing shells, kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, prams, and plenty of one-of-a-kind boats were on display and looking for the top prizes. On Saturday, despite the light breeze, racing got underway on the Miles River. First place winners included Douglas Heckrotte with Surcease in the Higher Performance A category; Rex Guilliland with his Penguin Guy in the Higher Per-

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formance B category; John Depa with Swan in the sailing canoe category; Harold Bernard with the Glen-L Annalie in the sloop category; Mike Wick with the melonseed Moggie in the one-mast skiff category; Marla Surgent with the Crotch Island Pinky Buna-Mon-IYa in the two-mast, 2/3 sails category; Pete Peters with the Barto-built Obadiah in the catboat category; Fred Bennett with the gaff catboat Sabot in the cruising class; and Joe Bondmass with the DC-10 sailboat Bonita in the youth category. Spectators watched the racing from the museum’s waterfront and

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large contingent from the San Diego YC enjoyed a 10-day cruise on the middle Chesapeake Bay this October, bookending their trip with the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis prior to departure and the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) induction ceremony upon their return to Annapolis. “We had four couples on the catamaran Dream Cat, and there were two other cats as well. We also had four powerboats and three monohulls, for a total of 48 people on 10 boats,” says H.P. “Sandy” Purdon, who organized and participated in the event and who has family in Chesapeake Country. “We chartered from a number of companies. Most were in the Annapolis area, but a couple of groups went to Kent Narrows to get their boats. Two boats were owner-driven, as their boats were on the East Coast cruising in the area already,” explains Purdon, who is a member of the NSHOF board of directors and attended the induction ceremony with others from the group. During their 10-day trip, the fleet sailed from Annapolis to the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron for one night, then crossed to the Eastern Shore to anchor in Lankford Creek off the Chester River. They spent two nights in St. Michaels and another two in Oxford (at the Tred Avon YC), with a night on Shaw Bay in between. Returning to the western shore, they sailed to Sheepshead Cove off the Rhode River, and then returned to Annapolis. “Sailing in the Chesapeake is very different from sailing out of San Diego. You can go 10 miles and find a great anchorage or marina to enjoy on the Chesapeake. We have to go 70 miles to Catalina Island, for instance. We can go 50 miles to Mexico’s Ensenada or 10 miles to Mission Bay, but it’s not the same nor as picturesque as the locations on the Chesapeake. But, in San Diego, we can go 365 days a year,” says Purdon.

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Bay Sailor Pens Thriller

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ight after college, I found a ride across the Atlantic on a 35-foot boat from Annapolis to Bermuda and then (hopped on a 40-footer) to the Azores and on to Portugal. The adventure got me interested in writing,” says the recently published book author Stephen Ryan.

“I wanted to be like Ernest Hemingway,” he says. “I bought a motorcycle in Europe and wanted more adventures.” Those young years indeed led him into more sailing travels, yet the idea of writing a novel remained quietly in the back of his mind. Ryan has owned a few sailboats over the years but happily sails

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##Author and offshore racer Stephen Ryan (front) on Widow Maker during the Annapolis to Newport Race.

on other people’s boats these days. For the past decade, he has sailed in an offshore race every year: Newport to Bermuda, Annapolis to Bermuda (in which his crew on Wharf Rat won their class), and Annapolis to Newport. As a stockbroker, when the market crashed, it caused Ryan to ask, “What have I done with my life?” He had an active blog for which he received encouragement from other writers and “wanted to do something more meaningful.” He combined his interest in the supernatural mysteries of the Catholic Church with his passion for sailing and travel and fulfilled his long-dormant desire by penning a contemporary religious thriller, “like a Dan Brown mystery,” he says. “The heroine is an accomplished sailor. Some of the dramatic scenes take place on the Annapolis YC docks. The hero is completing a worldwide sailing trip. There’s a lot of sailing in the book.” He notes that the Annapolis to Newport Race acts as a backdrop for some central events in his story. Ryan’s 440-page thriller, “The Madonna Files,” was published by Whiskey Creek Press, a member of the International Thriller Writers Association. Find it on amazon.com in EBook or paperback formats. ~M.W. spinsheet.com

Jobson’s World Unfurled

ot that this would surprise anyone who knows Gary Jobson: the sailing commentator and author hasn’t let much grass grow under his feet since broadcasting the America’s Cup for NBC on San Francisco Bay in late September and honoring famous sailors at the National Sailing Hall of Fame Induction in Annapolis in October. When we reached out to him about the America and the Sea Award that Mystic Seaport Museum awarded him at a gala in November in Manhattan, NY, he had already landed 7000 miles away in Oman for the International Sailing Association (ISAF) Annual Conference. The museum’s America and the Sea Award honors and celebrates those who embrace the scholarship, exploration, adventure, aesthetics, competition, and freedom the sea inspires. “Few people have had such an extraordinary impact on the sport of sailing as has Gary Jobson,” says Steve White, president of Mystic Seaport.

Jobson has collaborated on producing documentaries on sailing and sailors with Mystic Seaport’s Film and Video Archives, including “Unfurling the World: The Voyages of Irving and Electa Johnson, “ a documentary about the adventures of the famous sailing couple who completed seven round-the-world voyages between 1933 and 1958 and later in life traveled throughout the inland waterways of Europe. Jobson, in partnership with the museum, hosted the Mystic, CT, premier of the film in April, 2012. Of the challenges inherent to condensing such vast adventures into a film-length project, Jobson says, “The biggest challenge of ‘Unfurling the World’ was understanding the footage. We spent months reading Exy Johnson’s logs and notes to match up the picture with her writing. Luckily, Irving wrote five books. This material was also very helpful.” Jobson is working on a contemporary history of the Annapolis YC, to be released in June, as well as writing a book about the Barnegat Bay YRA (BBYRA), and pro-

ducing a documentary that will be released in May. “The year 2014 marks the 100th Anniversary of the BBYRA,” he says. “I grew up sailing on Barnegat Bay, and I’m still a member of two yacht clubs.” Click to store.mysticseaport.org or call (800) 248-1066 (ext. 1) for a copy of the Johnson documentary.

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s festivals and street fairs go, the Urbanna Oyster Festival in early November has to be one of the biggest on the entire East Coast. In its 63rd year, it supports the Urbanna, VA, Fire Rescue Department for an entire year. Upwards of 75,000 people attend, and exhibitors arrive from nearly 15 states. There were more than 50 food vendors and probably four times that number of arts, crafts, and other vendors. Cruisers flock to this event as well. The town opens itself up for a two-day street party. And the harbor is so full of boats, you can almost walk across it. Every slip is paid for, and every slip in town is committed for often a year in advance. For this one week of the year, slips in Urbanna are at a premium. This year, the weather on Thursday and Friday included a lot of wind and rain. While many boaters with slip reservations chose to position their boats early in the week, the weather seems to have had an impact on the more casual cruisers like us, who planned to cruise in and drop anchor. Friday morning found me at my desk at 7 a.m. hoping to catch a break at work and a break in the clouds. I planned to exit the office at noon, but knowing that the festival was underway on Friday morning, I expected that anchoring would be a challenge at such a late arrival. The morning progressed with rain showers and wind gusts whipping the trees. Debris would sail past the office

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The Siren Call of the Urbanna Oyster Festival by Tom Hale

window. A trash can slid past and was trapped against a parked car. From my desk, it was not looking promising. Just before noon, there was a break in the clouds, and the sun peeked through. The temperature started to climb. This is what you call a weather window. Of course in the 40 minutes it took to get away from my office and the boat underway and out of the creek, the weather window had closed. Not to be deterred, we headed up the Rappahannock with a number of other boats, heavily reefed and dressed for the worsening weather. Within an hour, the wind had let up and the rain had moved out. By the time we reached the Norris Bridge, the boats were all under power motoring the last few miles to Urbanna in the gray but dry

evening skies. With renewed anticipation, we forged our way up river. Entering the creek, we were surprised to see that there were still a few anchoring spots available. Thanks to two days of rough weather leading up to the event, the fleet was smaller. We dropped anchor near the Christ Church School crew dock and settled in for the night. First order of business was a quick dinghy ride over to the town dinghy dock for a quick look at the festival and, of course, to sample a few oysters; fresh, fried, steamed, angels on horseback, oysters Rockefeller, and many other creative and imaginative recipes. A few dozen would tide us over until after the parade. Time was approaching for the big event of the day, the Urbanna Fire Truck Parade. Now most of you have seen a fire truck or two in a parade. But this is different. There are about 100 trucks from the Washington, DC, suburbs of Maryland to Virginia Beach and out to Charlottesville, VA, and beyond. The parade starts at 7 a.m. and runs to nearly 8 p.m. Lest you think, “Oh my, how boring,” let me tell you that they are all running sirens and horns. We had been warned and had ear plugs, plus I wore my engine room ear muffs. I was one of the few people able to watch and take pictures; most everybody else had their fingers in their ears. It was an awesome spectacle. It is hard to express the impact, save to say what all my friends had told me about it: “You have to see the fire engine parade! You won’t believe it!” Man, oh man, were they were right, and next year, we will be back. But probably, I’ll try to leave the office on Thursday. spinsheet.com

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##The Victorian Christmas of Yore in Cape Charles. Photo by Chris Glennon

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##The holiday parade in St. Michaels. Photo courtesy of Maureen Golden

formation on The Solomons Christmas Walk can be found on the Solomons Island website: solomonsmd.com. On Friday, December 6, the town of Cape Charles, VA, presents A Victorian Christmas of Yore, a progressive dinner tour. This walking tour will visit historic homes that are decorated for the holidays, as well as restaurants, which will be serving dinner. Arrive early to shop at the town’s galleries and shops, or extend your stay at one of their beds and breakfast, inns, or hotels. Tickets cost $40 and can be purchased through northamptoncountychamber.com. On December 7, the town will continue its Christmas celebrations with a Grand Illumination in its Central Park and other locations around town. December 8 and 9 is Christmas on Cockrell’s Creek in Reedville, VA. This weekend tour of houses proudly highlights the Northern Neck’s rich maritime heritage. The ladies of the Chesapeake Bay Garden Club will be adding festive seasonal touches to all the homes. A unique feature of the Reedville house tour is a free narrated boat shuttle provided between the

Fishermen’s Museum and the homes on Cockrell’s Creek. On Saturday morning, Santa will arrive by boat for breakfast at the United Methodist Church. There will also be a bake sale and other seasonal events happening throughout the town all weekend. More information can be found at the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum website: rfmuseum.org. St. Michaels will be having three days of festivities at Christmas in St. Michaels December 13 – 15. For more than a quarter century, both ticketed and free events including the Tour of Homes, Holiday Gala, Breakfast with Santa, and largest Holiday Parade on the Eastern Shore have celebrated the arrival of the Christmas season. This is an event which is not to be missed as the whole town is transformed back in time to become an Eastern Shore Christmas Wonderland. More information can be found at christmasinstmichaels.org. The Town of Vienna, MD’s Luminaria Spectacle takes place on Saturday, December 21 from 5-9 p.m. There will be candlelit streets, home and historic building tours, Santa, refreshments, music, and public trams. Tour tickets are available at the Vienna Heritage Museum, and you can call (410) 376-3413 for more information. spinsheet.com

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Winter Wonderland at Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Old Towne Santa visits every weekend in December. Portsmouth, VA

The clipper Oriental arrived at the West India Docks in London The first American vessel to carry tea direct from China to England following repeal of the Navigation Act, 1850.

Maryland Water Monitoring Council 19th annual Conference Maritime Institute, Linthicum, MD.

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Midnight Madness Annapolis. Shops open until midnight. Christmas Walk Open House 6 p.m. At the SMSA Clubhouse

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Holiday Arts Fair Firehouse Art Center, Snow Hill, MD.

Christmas on the Creek Activities throughout Oxford, MD.

A day that will live in infamy... The Japanese Navy bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor, destroying much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1941.

Free Kid’s Holiday Program at the Captain Avery Museum A children’s tree trimming party from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tour the Museum’s 1860’s waterman’s home, create festive holiday crafts, trim the Museum’s Christmas tree with naturally-made ornaments, enjoy light refreshments, and visit with Santa. Free. Children of all ages are welcome. (410) 867-4486

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Baltimore Parade of Lighted Boats Fells Point, Baltimore.

Chesapeake Light Craft Open House 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1805 George Avenue Annapolis, MD. Seminars every hour. Please RSVP on their website. Downtown Hampton Lighted Boat Parade 7:15 p.m. Hampton, VA. (757) 727-1276

Magical Weekend in Cape Charles & Central Park Grand Illumination Central Park and other locations throughout town, Cape Charles, VA.

Midnight Madness St. Michaels, MD. Shopping, holiday spirits, carolers, prizes, and more.

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SMSA Holiday Party 6 p.m. at the SMSA Clubhouse.

Solomons Christmas Walk Solomons, MD will celebrate the season with a boat parade, candlelight tours, live entertainment, the lighting of the Drum Point Lighthouse and more.

Prince William Marina Lighting Ceremony Walk the docks at Prince William Marina to see how the creative slipholders have decorated their docks and boats for this annual celebration. Prince William Marina, Woodbridge, VA Santa Swim Strip down to your swimsuits and dive into the chilly Choptank River to benefit the Care and Share Fund. Afterward, there will be a “survivors” party with hot food, music and prizes. Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort, Cambridge, MD. 10 a.m.

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Christmas on Cockrell’s Creek Homes and the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum will be decorated for the holidays. Tickets are $25.

Annual Snow Hill Lion’s Club Christmas Parade 7 p.m. Market Street, Snow Hill, MD.

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Historic Alexandria Candlelight Tours Tour historic sites in Old Town Alexandria, VA, decorated for the holidays, plus enjoy live entertainment and light refreshments along the way. Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria, VA. Sat. 6-9 p.m.

Lighted Boat Parade Event at White House Cove Marina in Poquoson, VA

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Santa Speedo Run 11 a.m. Annapolis. Benefits Toys for Tots.

Season of the Sailor Concert Join Annapolis duo Calico Jack and traveling duo Pint and Dale for an evening of original and traditional seasonal maritime songs. Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis. 7-9 p.m.

The Boston Tea Party Colonists disguised as Indians, protesting the Stamp Act, boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped the cargoes of tea into the harbor, 1773.

Orville & Wilbur Wright made the first heavier than air flight. In Kitty Hawk, NC, 1903.

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The “Treaty of Ghent,” ending the War of 1812, was signed. 1814.

Christmas “I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!” ~ A Christmas Story

Rudyard Kipling, author of “Captains Courageous” and “The Seven Seas,” was born in Bombay, India 1865.

New Year’s Eve Celebration City Dock, Annapolis. Free fireworks and family fun.

New Year’s Eve Deck Party Ring in the New Year aboard the U.S.S. Constellation and get a great view of Baltimore’s fireworks display, as well as a catered dinner, behind-the-scenes tours and demonstrations. Call for tickets. U.S.S. Constellation, Baltimore. 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rock Hall Crawl Ring in the New Year Mardi Gras-style with a parade of crazy hats, music throughout the night at several venues, a countdown to the New Year and the “Rockfish drop,” and fireworks at midnight. Breakfast will be served at the firehouse at 1 a.m.

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Environmentally Speaking: Watermen and the Bay Will Hemsley shares his insights on the watermen community through excerpts from his film and slides of his paintings. 7 p.m. CBEC’s Education Building, Grasonville, MD (410) 827-6694 or jwink@ bayrestoration.org to register.

The History and Mystery of the Schooner America SpinSheet Magazine co-founder David Gendell has spent years researching the history and mystery of the schooner and her final days in Annapolis. His presentation includes visuals, first-hand accounts, and explorations along the Annapolis waterfront during World War 2. 11:30 a.m. Captain Avery Museum in Shady Side, MD $20 (includes luncheon).

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The Evolution of a Family of Watermen

ohnny Shockley’s family has worked They are marketing the techniques and the water for generations on the technology of aquaculture to other former Eastern Shore of Maryland. watermen and entrepreneurs in Asia and But Johnny, who is 50, finally gave around the world. up dredging for oysters three years ago “We’ve got our own unique system of because the Bay’s shellfish populations had growing oysters, and we are selling that plummeted. His father, Dorsey, hung onto system,” Johnny Shockley says. “We’ve got the family’s tradition for two more years. 12 employees not only growing oysters but But then he, too, finally stopped harvesting building equipment, developing programs oysters last winter at the age of 72. and processes.” Johnny said he did not want his son, Jordan, who is 22, even trying to follow in the family’s line. “There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a waterman. It’s a great lifestyle. The problem is that it’s no longer a way to make a good living,” Johnny Shockley says on the docks in Fishing Creek, on the Honga River. “Looking forward to where the trend was going, by ##Oyster farmers Johnny and Dorsey Shockley. the time he was old enough to get started out, there was to have been nothing left for him.” On their website, cgoysters.com, customBut instead of being swept under by the ers can buy a floating dock with plastic tide of change, the Shockleys learned to silos for growing seed oysters. Price: about ride the tide and profit from it. $8000. Customers can also plug in their Working with his father and son, Johncredit card numbers to buy oyster tanks, ny Shockley launched an oyster farming seed scoops, conveyor belts, and machines business, called the Hooper’s Island Oyster called tumblers that roll the oysters so they Aquaculture Co. It grows a fast-growing end up with a pleasingly round shape that but sterile version of native Chesapeake is easier to sell. oysters in tanks and underwater cages. The Aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. family took advantage of a special lowIn Virginia, the number of aquaculture interest state loan program designed to oysters sold has grown 35 fold over the encourage oyster aquaculture. last eight years, from 800,000 in 2005 to The Shockleys are now selling 25,000 28.1 million in 2012, according to Virginia of their oysters per week to high endInstitute of Marine Science. Maryland’s restaurants from New York to Richmond. industry is not as developed, but is also They market them under the brand name growing. “Chesapeake Gold.” But more interestIn an effort to encourage oyster farming, ingly, the Shockleys are in the business of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s selling the idea of how to grow oysters. Administration three years ago made it

legal to lease river bottom on the Eastern Shore for oyster farming. Since then, the state has approved 85 new leases for aquaculture—half of them to former watermen like the Shockleys, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But it’s not just locally that oyster farming is on the way upward. Johnny Shockley recently returned from an international seafood convention in Hong Kong, where he sold his technology “I think it’s the beginning of the next revolution,” he says. But his father, Dorsey Shockley, is an old school waterman. He admits he viewed aquaculture with some suspicion for the first several decades of his career, because he saw it as competition. But now he’s on board with his son’s business model, and even at the wheel. “I take the boat out on the farm, pull the cages, and separate the oysters,” Dorsey Shockley says, standing beside the gurgling oyster tanks on the docks in Fishing Creek. “I cull ‘em out and keep what we need to sell.” The new wave of oyster farmers has been helped by a growing resistance of oysters to diseases, called MSX and Dermo, according to Mike Naylor, shellfish program director at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Dermo killed 90 percent of the oysters in some parts of the Bay about a quarter century ago, but no longer. “We have the lowest Dermo mortality rates that we’ve had for several decades,” Naylor says. “We are losing roughly 10 percent of our oysters a year, which is in line with all the other causes of oyster mortality.” The oysters are evolving to survive. And so are the watermen.

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

BALTIMORE 1

December 2013 Tides

04:15 AM 0.9 H Sun 10:28 AM -0.2 L 05:10 PM 1.6 H

12:21 AM Mon 05:07 AM 11:15 AM 05:59 PM

0.2 L 0.9 H -0.3 L 1.6 H

01:13 AM Tue 06:00 AM 12:04 PM 06:49 PM

0.1 L 0.9 H -0.3 L 1.7 H

02:04 AM Wed 06:53 AM 12:57 PM 07:40 PM

0.1 L 0.9 H -0.3 L 1.7 H

02:54 AM THu 07:48 AM 01:53 PM 08:32 PM

0 L 0.9 H -0.3 L 1.6 H

03:44 AM 08:44 AM 02:53 PM 09:25 PM

0 L 0.9 H -0.2 L 1.5 H

04:35 AM SAT 09:44 AM 03:58 PM 10:19 PM

0 L 1 H -0.1 L 1.4 H

0 L 1 H -0.1 L 1.3 H

Fri

05:26 AM Sun 10:46 AM 05:08 PM 11:14 PM

06:16 AM -0.1 L Mon 11:52 AM 1.1 H 06:22 PM 0 L

12:09 AM Tue 07:06 AM 12:59 PM 07:38 PM

1.2 H -0.1 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

01:04 AM Wed 07:55 AM 02:05 PM 08:51 PM

1.1 H -0.2 L 1.2 H 0.1 L

01:59 AM THu 08:41 AM 03:08 PM 09:58 PM

0.9 H -0.2 L 1.2 H 0.1 L

02:52 AM 09:25 AM 04:04 PM 10:59 PM

0.9 H -0.2 L 1.3 H 0.1 L

03:43 AM SAT 10:07 AM 04:55 PM 11:53 PM

0.8 H -0.3 L 1.3 H 0.1 L

04:32 AM 0.8 H 10:47 AM -0.3 L 05:40 PM 1.4 H

0.1 L 0.7 H -0.3 L 1.3 H

Fri

Sun

12:40 AM Mon 05:19 AM 11:26 AM 06:21 PM

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

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

01:23 AM Tue 06:03 AM 12:04 PM 06:59 PM

0.1 L 0.7 H -0.3 L 1.3 H

02:38 AM Sun 09:06 AM 03:56 PM 10:14 PM

0.8 H -0.3 L 1.3 H 0.2 L

02:02 AM Wed 06:46 AM 12:43 PM 07:35 PM

0.1 L 0.7 H -0.2 L 1.3 H

03:28 AM Mon 09:54 AM 04:46 PM 11:06 PM

0.8 H -0.3 L 1.4 H 0.2 L

02:37 AM THu 07:28 AM 01:22 PM 08:10 PM

0.1 L 0.7 H -0.2 L 1.2 H

0.8 H -0.4 L 1.4 H 0.1 L

03:10 AM 08:10 AM 02:02 PM 08:44 PM

0.1 L 0.7 H -0.2 L 1.2 H

03:43 AM SAT 08:53 AM 02:44 PM 09:20 PM

0 L 0.7 H -0.1 L 1.2 H

04:16 AM Sun 09:38 AM 03:30 PM 09:57 PM

0 L 0.8 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

04:50 AM Mon 10:26 AM 04:20 PM 10:36 PM

0 0.8 0 1.1

05:26 AM 11:16 AM 05:19 PM 11:18 PM

-0.1 L 0.8 H 0.1 L 1 H

06:04 AM -0.2 L 12:09 PM 0.9 H 06:28 PM 0.1 L

12:05 AM THu 06:45 AM 01:05 PM 07:44 PM

Fri

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis

04:19 AM Tue 10:44 AM 05:36 PM 11:58 PM

05:13 AM 0.8 H Wed 11:35 AM -0.4 L 06:26 PM 1.4 H

0.6 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

05:08 AM 0.6 H Wed 11:23 AM -0.3 L 06:12 PM 1.1 H

1 06:15 AM 3.2 H Sun 12:34 PM -0.2 L 06:33 PM 2.5 H 2 12:32 AM Mon 07:05 AM 01:24 PM 07:25 PM

-0.4 L 3.3 H -0.3 L 2.6 H

12:28 AM THu 05:48 AM 12:03 PM 06:48 PM

0.1 L 0.6 H -0.3 L 1.1 H

3 01:23 AM Tue 07:55 AM 02:15 PM 08:17 PM

-0.5 L 3.4 H -0.4 L 2.7 H

01:06 AM 06:29 AM 12:44 PM 07:23 PM

0 L 0.6 H -0.3 L 1 H

4 02:15 AM Wed 08:46 AM 03:06 PM 09:09 PM

-0.5 L 3.4 H -0.4 L 2.7 H

Fri

12:50 AM THu 06:10 AM 12:29 PM 07:17 PM

0.1 L 0.8 H -0.3 L 1.3 H

01:45 AM SAT 07:13 AM 01:26 PM 07:59 PM

0 L 0.6 H -0.2 L 1 H

5 03:08 AM THu 09:37 AM 03:59 PM 10:04 PM

-0.5 L 3.4 H -0.4 L 2.7 H

01:42 AM 07:10 AM 01:25 PM 08:08 PM

0.1 L 0.8 H -0.3 L 1.3 H

02:25 AM Sun 08:00 AM 02:11 PM 08:35 PM

0 L 0.6 H -0.2 L 0.9 H

Fri

-0.4 L 3.2 H -0.3 L 2.6 H

02:35 AM SAT 08:14 AM 02:25 PM 09:01 PM

0 L 0.8 H -0.2 L 1.2 H

03:05 AM Mon 08:51 AM 02:59 PM 09:12 PM

-0.1 L 0.7 H -0.1 L 0.9 H

03:28 AM Sun 09:22 AM 03:28 PM 09:55 PM

0 L 0.8 H -0.1 L 1.1 H

03:47 AM Tue 09:46 AM 03:52 PM 09:51 PM

-0.1 L 0.7 H 0 L 0.8 H

04:22 AM Mon 10:32 AM 04:34 PM 10:49 PM

-0.1 L 0.9 H 0 L 1 H

04:31 AM Wed 10:44 AM 04:51 PM 10:34 PM

-0.2 L 0.7 H 0 L 0.7 H

0.9 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.2 L

-0.1 L 0.9 H 0.1 L 0.9 H

-0.2 L 0.8 H 0.1 L 0.7 H

12:56 AM 07:28 AM 02:01 PM 08:59 PM

0.8 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

06:09 AM -0.2 L Wed 12:49 PM 1 H 06:49 PM 0.1 L

06:04 AM -0.3 L 12:45 PM 0.9 H 06:56 PM 0.1 L

01:51 AM SAT 08:16 AM 02:57 PM 10:07 PM

0.7 H -0.3 L 1.2 H 0.1 L

0.7 H -0.4 L 1.3 H 0 L

Tue

Wed

Fri

02:48 AM Sun 09:06 AM 03:53 PM 11:07 PM

L H L H

03:46 AM 0.7 H Mon 10:00 AM -0.5 L 04:47 PM 1.4 H

31 Tue

12:02 AM 04:44 AM 10:55 AM 05:41 PM

0 L 0.7 H -0.5 L 1.4 H

04:28 AM Tue 10:43 AM 05:36 PM 11:49 PM

Fri

05:16 AM Tue 11:42 AM 05:42 PM 11:44 PM

H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

28 December 2013 SpinSheet

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

Fri

0 2.6 0 2.2

L H L H

04:02 AM SAT 10:23 AM 04:40 PM 10:48 PM

0.1 2.5 0 2.1

L H L H

0.2 2.4 0.1 2.1

L H L H

04:43 AM Sun 11:00 AM 05:18 PM 11:29 PM

02:14 AM Tue 08:27 AM 02:30 PM 08:47 PM

2.6 H 0.1 L 2.4 H -0.1 L

01:03 AM Wed 07:13 AM 01:12 PM 07:33 PM

2.2 0.3 2.1 0

H L H L

03:21 AM Wed 09:35 AM 03:35 PM 09:44 PM

2.6 H 0.2 L 2.3 H -0.1 L

01:57 AM THu 08:14 AM 02:07 PM 08:26 PM

2.3 0.3 2 0

H L H L

02:55 AM 09:16 AM 03:07 PM 09:23 PM

2.4 H 0.2 L 2 H -0.1 L

03:55 AM SAT 10:18 AM 04:09 PM 10:20 PM

2.6 H 0.1 L 2.1 H -0.3 L

2.8 H -0.1 L 2.2 H -0.4 L

0.8 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

01:09 AM Sun 07:46 AM 02:41 PM 08:57 PM

0.6 H -0.4 L 1 H 0.1 L

2.8 H 0.1 L 2.2 H -0.1 L

02:20 AM SAT 08:35 AM 03:34 PM 09:42 PM

0.7 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

02:06 AM Mon 08:40 AM 03:35 PM 09:53 PM

0.6 H -0.5 L 1.1 H 0 L

03:05 AM 09:19 AM 04:18 PM 10:28 PM

0.7 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L

0.6 H -0.5 L 1.2 H 0 L

03:48 AM Mon 10:02 AM 04:58 PM 11:10 PM

0.7 H -0.3 L 1.1 H 0.1 L Spring L. Ht Range *0.88 1.0 *1.14 1.1 *1.33 1.4 *1.33 1.4

03:23 AM 09:48 AM 04:04 PM 10:09 PM

Fri

2.6 H 0.1 L 2.6 H -0.2 L

01:31 AM 07:49 AM 02:45 PM 08:50 PM

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

9 01:07 AM Mon 07:16 AM 01:25 PM 07:48 PM

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

-0.1 L 2.7 H 0 L 2.2 H

H L H L

2.7 H 0.1 L 2.2 H -0.1 L

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

02:45 AM THu 09:13 AM 03:30 PM 09:31 PM

2.2 0.3 2.2 0.1

04:22 AM THu 10:37 AM 04:37 PM 10:36 PM

diFFerenCes

12:14 AM Tue 06:17 AM 12:23 PM 06:43 PM

Tue

-0.1 L 2.8 H 0 L 2.2 H

0.6 H -0.4 L 1 H 0.1 L

Sun

02:08 AM Wed 08:37 AM 02:55 PM 08:54 PM

2.6 H -0.1 L 2.8 H -0.2 L

12:13 AM SAT 06:55 AM 01:44 PM 07:58 PM

03:04 AM 09:33 AM 04:28 PM 10:46 PM

8 12:02 AM Sun 06:08 AM 12:23 PM 06:48 PM

-0.1 L 2.8 H 0 L 2.2 H

0.8 H -0.2 L 1 H 0.1 L

Fri

01:30 AM Tue 08:02 AM 02:20 PM 08:18 PM

7 05:04 AM -0.2 L SAT 11:25 AM 3 H 05:50 PM -0.3 L

12:39 AM THu 07:00 AM 01:51 PM 07:53 PM

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

05:16 AM THu 11:44 AM 05:53 PM 11:21 PM

04:04 AM 10:30 AM 04:53 PM 11:01 PM

Fri

05:16 AM 11:32 AM 05:31 PM 11:25 PM

06:04 AM 2.8 H SAT 12:20 PM 0 L 06:19 PM 2.2 H

12:09 AM Sun 06:46 AM 01:04 PM 07:02 PM

-0.1 L 2.9 H 0 L 2.2 H

12:51 AM Mon 07:25 AM 01:43 PM 07:41 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

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

05:27 AM 0.3 L Mon 11:40 AM 2.3 H 05:59 PM 0.1 L

Fri

04:54 AM Sun 11:16 AM 05:11 PM 11:16 PM

05:52 AM 3 H Mon 12:12 PM -0.3 L 06:11 PM 2.3 H

12:12 AM Tue 06:47 AM 01:06 PM 07:08 PM

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

-0.6 L 3.2 H -0.5 L 2.5 H

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

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Tidal Current Tables

Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Max Current Speed

0338 0905 1535 2225

+0.4 -0.7 +1.2 -1.1

0210 Mon 0650 1230 1952

0426 0951 1619 2309

+0.5 -0.7 +1.3 -1.1

0255 Tue 0742 1317 2035

0514 1039 1704 2354

+0.5 -0.7 +1.3 -1.2

13 Fri

0601 +0.6 1129 -0.7 1751 +1.3

0038 0650 1223 1840

-1.2 +0.6 -0.7 +1.2

0124 0740 1321 1932

-1.2 +0.7 -0.7 +1.1

0211 0832 1423 2028

-1.1 +0.8 -0.7 +0.9

Sun

Wed

THu

Fri

0338 0835 1407 2119 0419 0932 1502 2204 0501 1032 1601 2250

SAT 0543 1135 1706 2338

0300 0927 1529 2128

-1.0 +0.8 -0.7 +0.8

0028 0711 1347 1937

0351 1023 1637 2232

-1.0 +0.9 -0.7 +0.7

0121 Tue 0758 1451 2058

0444 1120 1747 2339

-0.9 +1.0 -0.7 +0.5

Sun 0626 1241 1819

Mon

Wed

0217 0845 1551 2217

0539 -0.8 1217 +1.1 1853 -0.8

0045 0634 1311 1955

+0.5 -0.8 +1.1 -0.9

0415 1020 1738

0149 0729 1403 2050

+0.4 -0.7 +1.2 -1.0

0030 0514 1107 1826

0249 0821 1452 2141

+0.4 -0.7 +1.2 -1.0

0124 0611 1153 1910

0343 0912 1538 2228

+0.5 -0.6 +1.2 -1.1

0212 0705 1237 1951

0433 1000 1622 2311

+0.5 -0.6 +1.2 -1.1

0255 Tue 0757 1320 2030

0520 1046 1704 2352

+0.5 -0.6 +1.1 -1.1

0335 Wed 0847 1403 2108

0604 +0.5 1131 -0.5 1745 +1.1

28 SAT

0031 0647 1216 1825

-1.1 +0.6 -0.5 +1.0

0109 0729 1302 1907

-1.0 +0.6 -0.5 +0.9

THu 0316 0933 1647 2328

SAT

Sun

Mon

THu 0413 0936 1447 2145

20 Fri

0449 1025 1533 2222

0147 0811 1351 1950

-1.0 +0.6 -0.5 +0.8

0010 0602 1300 1827

-1.4 +1.3 -1.5 +0.9

0226 0854 1442 2036

-0.9 +0.7 -0.5 +0.7

0101 0648 1350 1916

-1.6 +1.4 -1.6 +1.0

0306 0937 1537 2126

-0.9 +0.7 -0.5 +0.6

0019 0708 1352 1932

0347 1023 1636 2220

-0.8 +0.8 -0.5 +0.5

0101 0743 1445 2048

0430 1109 1737 2319

-0.7 +0.8 -0.6 +0.4

0147 0820 1536 2204

0515 -0.7 1157 +0.9 1836 -0.6

0525 1115 1623 2300

SAT

0559 1206 1718 2339

Sun

Mon 0634 1259 1821 Tue

Wed

THu

0020 0602 1245 1933

+0.3 -0.6 +1.0 -0.7

0330 0942 1714

0120 0651 1333 2026

+0.3 -0.6 +1.1 -0.9

0013 0427 1028 1800

0218 0742 1421 2115

+0.3 -0.6 +1.2 -1.0

0104 Mon 0525 1117 1845

0311 0834 1508 2202

+0.4 -0.7 +1.2 -1.1

0402 0927 1557 2247

+0.4 -0.7 +1.3 -1.1

Fri

Sun

0236 0900 1626 2313

Tue

Slack Water Max Current Speed

0148 0623 1208 1930

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

Sun 0318 0937 1611 2120 Mon 0402 1024 1658 2211

0153 0739 1438 2008

-1.7 +1.5 -1.7 +1.0

0243 0830 1525 2100

-1.7 +1.5 -1.8 +1.1

0000 0637 1251 1928

0334 0921 1614 2151

-1.7 +1.5 -1.7 +1.1

6 0058 Fri 0733 1341 2022

0428 1013 1710 2246

-1.6 +1.3 -1.6 +1.0

7 0158 SAT 0833 1433 2119

0531 1110 1810 2347

-1.5 +1.2 -1.5 +1.0

8 0303 Sun 0939 1528 2219

0639 -1.4 1211 +1.0 1909 -1.4

0049 0745 1313 2008

+0.9 -1.3 +0.8 -1.3

0152 0856 1421 2111

+0.8 -1.2 +0.6 -1.2

Tue 0450 1111 1745 2303

Wed 0541 1201 1835

THu

Mon 0418 1050 1630 2320

Tue 0534 1206 1734

Slack Water Max Current Speed

0020 0641 1319 1834

0308 1009 1544 2215

+0.8 -1.2 +0.6 -1.2

0104 SAT 0748 1336 2044

0423 1024 1706 2305

-1.1 +0.8 -1.1 +0.6

0119 THu 0743 1426 1929

0422 1111 1648 2310

+0.8 -1.3 +0.6 -1.2

0148 Sun 0830 1406 2125

0509 1106 1749 2352

-1.0 +0.7 -1.0 +0.5

0510 +0.9 1205 -1.3 1734 +0.6

0234 Mon 0918 1436 2208

0602 -0.9 1150 +0.6 1833 -1.0

0036 0655 1236 1916

+0.5 -0.8 +0.5 -1.0

0120 0749 1324 2003

+0.5 -0.8 +0.4 -1.0

0210 0849 1421 2057

+0.6 -0.9 +0.4 -1.0

0021 0636 1319 1756

0308 0956 1529 2157

+0.7 -1.0 +0.4 -1.1

0110 SAT 0731 1414 1856

0404 1054 1627 2252

+0.9 -1.1 +0.6 -1.3

0201 Sun 0824 1503 1957

0452 1146 1716 2346

+1.1 -1.3 +0.7 -1.5

Wed

Fri

0212 0839 1521 2020

0000 0548 1256 1814

-1.2 +0.9 -1.3 +0.6

0045 0626 1342 1856

-1.2 +0.9 -1.3 +0.6

0127 0706 1422 1939

-1.2 +1.0 -1.3 +0.6

SAT

0301 0927 1608 2106

Sun 0344 1009 1648 2146 Mon 0425 1046 1728 2223

Tue 0330 1011 1509 2250 Wed 0437 1115 1553 2335 THu 0539 1219 1654

27 Fri

0204 0748 1457 2021

-1.2 +1.0 -1.3 +0.7

0238 0829 1528 2101

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.7

0310 0908 1558 2140

-1.2 +0.9 -1.2 +0.6

0252 Mon 0916 1550 2057

0539 +1.3 1238 -1.5 1804 +0.9

0344 0945 1629 2221

-1.2 +0.9 -1.1 +0.6

0040 0627 1330 1855

Tue

0503 1122 1806 2301

Wed 0543 1157 1846 2340 THu 0624 1231 1926

20 Fri

0022 0706 1304 2005

Tue 0342 1005 1636 2154

-1.6 +1.4 -1.7 +1.0

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

Current Differences and Speed Ratios Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor Approach

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay Entrance

Time Differences

Min. before Flood

Flood

Min. before Ebb

Speed Ratios Ebb

Flood

Ebb

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

-3:29

-3:36

-4:08

-3:44

0.4

0.6

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

+0:29

+0:48

+0:06

+0:00

1.0

0.7

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

-1:39

-1:41

-1:57

-1:43

0.4

0.5

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel) +0:05

+0:38

+0:32

+0:19

2.2

1.2

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

-1:05

-0:14

-0:22

-0:20

0.6

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

+2:18

+3:00

+2:09

+2:36

1.2

0.6

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

+0:59

+0:48

+0:56

+1:12

0.6

0.8

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

+2:29

+2:57

+2:45

+1:59

0.5

0.3

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

+2:39

+1:30

+0:58

+1:00

0.6

0.8

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

0.4

0.2

Corrections Applied to Baltimore Harbor Approach

Corrections Applied to Chesapeake Bay Entrance

SpinSheet December 2013 29

December 2013 Currents

0122 0600 1146 1908

Chesapeake Bay Entrance

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The 2013 Barnacle Phenomenon by Art Pine

here had been early signs of the problem at the start of the season, but it didn’t show up big time until one afternoon late this summer. We were sailing up Eastern Bay en route to the Miles River when it became obvious that, with strong headwinds and choppy seas, we weren’t going to make St. Michaels by nightfall unless we turned on the engine. Our fears were not allayed when we finally switched to the iron jib. At full throttle, we were barely making 2.8 knots, compared to the usual four to five we would have expected even under that day’s wind and sea state. Soon the engine began overheating. And when we tried to back into a slip later, we had no reverse propulsion—or control. We quickly went down the list of possibilities: Had we snagged a piece of

##The propeller looked like the Creature from the Black Lagoon—a mass of barnacle crust.

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debris? Was the old Yanmar 2GM engine finally giving out? Could it be the cutlass bearing? We finally made it into St. Michaels at 10 p.m. and sailed home smartly the next day. But clearly something was amiss. On the phone a couple of days later, my longtime mechanic, Mark Miller, didn’t wait for me to finish the sentence. “Barnacles,” he said firmly. “They’ve been far worse than usual this year, and your propeller is probably so heavily encrusted that it isn’t functioning as a prop anymore. Just get the boat hauled out and powerwash the bottom.” As usual, Mark was spot on. I sail every week, so the bottom usually is clean at the end of the year, and there’s only a smattering of barnacles on the propeller, enough to enable us to brag about how little we use the engine at all. But now the propeller looked like the Creature from the Black Lagoon—a mass of barnacle crust. We were not the only sailors on the Bay to experience such problems. Both Miller and Jeff Talarico, the service manager at the Hinckley boatyard at Whitehall Marina, say they’ve been doing dozens of mid-season “short

haulouts” for sailboats whose propellers were too encrusted to function properly. Talarico has the photos to prove it. Dean Benham at Severn Marine Services Marina on Tilghman Island, which serves commercial fishing and crabbing vessels as well as recreational boats, reports that the barnacle problem in that part of the Bay is significantly worse this year. “Every work boat has been hauled out twice this year,” he says. At the same time, the phenomenon has been uneven. Although the greater incidence of barnacles has been noticeable in most parts of the Bay, it’s been decidedly worse in some waters. Portions of the South River and the Potomac River, for example, appear to have been spared the heavy encrustations that have hit others. The question is: why have the barnacles attacked with such a vengeance? And what does that imply for the longer run? No one seems to know the answer. The conjecture among professional mariners is that the rainy spring and unusually cool summer have conspired to reduce the salt content of the Bay, turning it into a sort of Barnacle Heaven—and a barnacle hell for sailboat owners. (Powerboats traditionally attract fewer barnacles because their propellers spin more rapidly and more often.) “We’ve had a couple of hot spells, but overall the water temperature’s been a lot cooler this year, and the water salinity has been a good bit lower,” says Robert T. Brown, Sr., president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association. “A barnacle will hit in low-salinity water, and that’s what’s happened this year.” spinsheet.com

Yet water samples analyzed by the University of Maryland’s laboratory in Cambridge show salinity levels in the northern part of the Bay at 10 or 11 this year—nothing unusual when compared to recent times. They have risen to 12 to 15 in recent weeks, effectively dousing the mariners’ conjecture that lighter salt content may be to blame. Vic Kennedy, a specialist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science muses that several factors may have helped spark a barnacle boom: Nutrients may have been especially plentiful when female barnacles were forming eggs; larvae may have emerged stronger; and barnacle predators may have had an off year. “It’s a very complex system,” says Kennedy Paynter, director of the Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences laboratory at the University. Many of the government and private organizations that monitor environmental developments in the Bay, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, say they don’t track barnacle behavior that closely or haven’t noticed a major change this year. There’s a good reason for that, Kennedy says. Barnacles play such a small role in the overall ecology of the Chesapeake estuary that they don’t rise to the level of a major research topic. An accumulation of outsized barnacle blobs may be irksome to boaters, but from a scientific perspective, “Nobody cares,” he says wryly. To bolster his case, Kennedy cites the 2004 invasion of dark false mussels around Annapolis, which left Severn River pilings coated with the unsightly organisms, and then receded again, never to return in such numbers. Now, Kennedy points out, few people recall it, even though the episode improved water quality in succeeding years. “This is very small potatoes,” he says of the barnacles. There’s also the reality that, as a result of increasingly stringent government regulations, the bottom paint now being used (on hulls and propellers) is far less toxic than it was even a few years ago. While that helps improve the overall water quality in the Bay, it also leaves boat bottoms more vulnerable to barnacle infestation. It’s hard to get to the bottom of the problem—unless you don’t mind hauling your boat out every few months. Follow us!

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Setting Priorities When Sailing Gets in the Way of Life

by Steve Allan

t always puzzles me when one of ker through. I can’t pin down how the my sailing brethren whom I haven’t water gets in, but there must be a 3M seen for a while says, “Haven’t been product that takes care of it. It’s winter down much all season. Life got now, and hurricane season is over. I’ll in the way.” Life got in the way? Of worry about it in the spring. Roofers sailing? How is that possible? To me, I’ve talked to have other opinions sugsailing gets in the way of life. Appargesting more urgency. Thinking like a ently this is only an issue with certain naval architect, maybe it would make a landlubber types who, for the moment nice opening hatch instead. at least, control my destiny. The other aging automobile has a Apparently, I have a hard time sortsuspect transmission, and the thought ing out priorities. Here’s the thing: Strange noises are emanating from my car. I try to ignore them, knowing full well it needs to go into the shop. Turning up the radio helps. But the thing still runs and navigates the Bermuda Triangle of work, home, and the marina. Speaking of home, problems there are worse. There’s a leak in the roof above the second floor bathroom ceiling. But it ##A hole in the ceiling at home big enough to launch a spinnaker through... only leaks when it important enough to skip a sailing day? rains really hard. Like a tropical rain. But how often does that happen? Besides, of the probable cost of repair certainly it’s an old house. None of these things amounts to a year’s worth of slip fees. seem to ever rise to the level of a pressBut it lumbers on, a little shake here ing emergency. and there, and not much to be conThe boat, on the other hand, is in cerned about. Unless of course, you excellent condition, which is to be talk to my mechanic, who thinks this expected because it gets way more atis a job for a transmission shop sooner tention than the house or either of the rather than later. cars. Boats should be seaworthy, right? While my rusty cars and leaky house What I can’t seem to grasp is why there are free falling in various stages of might be something wrong with this. entropy, the boat gets everything she Plenty, according to the non-sailors in needs and right away. The GPS that my life. wouldn’t display anything south of the In an effort to find the source of the Bay Bridge: replaced. The stove that bathroom roof leak, I cut a hole in the stopped working: replaced. The cockpit ceiling big enough to launch a spinnaradio that died: replaced. A new bimini

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and mast track this year. Who says sailors don’t spend money on their boats? Probably folks who spend money on cars and houses. The boat gets all the tender loving care I can give it. And why not? But the biggest impediment of all that sailing interferes with is the day job. Incredible as it sounds, I have bosses who don’t seem to get it that on breezy days, I’d rather be out there than in here. The intials SCA on my calendar followed by a happy face don’t mean Strategic Category Assessment but rather Small Craft Advisory. Dear Employer, if I can’t be excused for SCAs, at least cut me some slack on Wednesdays. Such afternoons should be sacred, as they are meant to be set aside for Wednesday night racing. I don’t race, but I sure love watching those who do as I’m headed out for a night sail after a hard day at work thinking about prioritizing what needs to be done in order to clock out early. Hardest of all, sadly, is my job as a parent. My high-school-age daughter, who keeps a picture of me in her wallet so she remembers what I look like, asked the other day about her college fund. College fund? I have a Roth IRA that could be a college fund, but I’m calling it a boat fund just to keep myself focused on contributing to it. At that point I wake up in a cold sweat. I tell myself I have to suck it up and work on SCA days. Fix the roof. Take the cars to the shop. Keep the boss happy and the home fires lit. Life, it turns out, has to get in the way of sailing for those of us still tied to the land. But not too much.

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Down the Bay by the Light of the Moon

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race by Beth Crabtree

alk to veterans of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (GCBSR) and you’ll quickly learn that this annual 127-nautical-mile race from Baltimore to Portsmouth, VA, is special in many ways. This year’s race brought stiff sailing competition among 35 participating schooners, a significant wind shift mid-race, and an opportunity for some old friends to reunite. Here, four of this year’s participants share their stories from the GCBSR 2013.

Captain Jennifer Kaye of the Schooner Woodwind, second in Class A It was an exciting start because the wind was light, and there were a lot of boats at the line. With the light air, we didn’t pass Thomas Point Light until about 4 p.m., but finally the wind began to build. For about the first two thirds of the race, we had to tack. But for the last third, the wind shifted, and it was a reach to the finish. The neatest part was how competitive many boats were. There were six or seven very close together for the first half of the race. In our class, when the wind shifted, America 2.0 took off. So, it was interesting to see how the different boats performed in different wind conditions. I had the midnight to 4 a.m. watch, and it was the most picturesque night. The sunset had been beautiful, and the full moon was just gorgeous. When it periodically went behind the clouds,

##A little cozy at the start line. Photo by Al Schreitmueller

we realized just how lucky we were to have this big flashlight shining down on us most of the night. When the moon was setting, it looked like a giant orange ball. Then there was a beautiful sunrise. ##Good food, good friends aboard Woodwind. Photo by Mark Talbott

This was one of the most organized races we’ve ever done in terms of prepping and racing. I think everything went smoothly because we tried to be as prepared as possible. This is the 21st year I’ve done this race, and in terms of provisioning, I do the same thing every year, in part because sailors are superstitious, but also as a way to make things seem normal. The more normal the boat and race seem, the easier things will go. However, we did forget eight bottles of wine, which the Woodwind II, a spectator boat, brought to us before the start. At the start and finish, the Baltimore and Portsmouth volunteers were wonderful as always. Some have been working the race for 20-plus years. It’s like a family reunion with a race in between. The camaraderie is like no other race I’ve seen. The real, true spirit of the GCBSR is the camaraderie and getting to know the owners and racers who know and love their boats. I look forward to it because of that. SpinSheet December 2013 33

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race continued... Captain Jan C. Miles, Skipper of the Pride of Baltimore II, first in Class AA The wind started pretty light out of the south, creating a clustering at the start, which was pretty messy, but everyone got away with no big problems. In addition, the current was shifting from

##Mark Talbott, Skipper Ken Kaye, Frank Anderson, and Mike Oh aboard Woodwind. Photo by Jennifer Kaye

ebb just prior to the start, to flood just after, so boats were trying to deal with the current, too. Heading down the Bay, we were on a beat in light air that grew over time. Flogging these boats to windward is a lot of work, and we had 14 tacks, about one every 15 minutes to an hour. We were stretching our lead and holding steady behind Class A, trying to stay along the western shore. After the wind shift, we started to pass the shorter waterline boats; when it comes to a reach, it’s all about the waterline. America 2.0, in Class A, also benefited from the shift. She isn’t good at pointing, so she had sailed more distance, but because she is so well sailed and so fast, she’d held her distance. Then, when the wind changed, she just blew the doors off every other boat. I’ve done almost every GCBSR, and I believe it could be the biggest schooner race in the world. It’s been very competitive, yet very joyful, because it’s in support of the Bay. It’s communityoriented, meaning the community of the Bay, not divided by some territorial

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concepts. It’s not a Maryland phenomenon. It’s a unique story, and there’s an exceedingly comrade-like atmosphere. The proceeds go the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and everyone backs that. The pre-race build-up is well-done, and the post-race activities are great fun. (Read Captain Miles’s log entry for the GCBSR at pride2.org under the blog tab.) Mark Faulstick, owner and Skipper of Adventurer (65), first in Class B Our class had a relatively easy start, and then it was upwind the first seven to eight hours and against the tide as well. The boats were very strategic, tacking based on where they felt the current was less. We stayed with the Pride of Baltimore II as much as possible. Because of Captain Miles and his knowledge, wherever she is, that’s where we try to be. The western shore often tends to be favored, but for this race, we found it wasn’t that much of an advantage. As the wind picked up, the boats with the bigger waterlines pulled away. We continued reducing canvas, though we did not reef the main. Although we

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eventually struck the fore, I never felt overpowered. Because of the full moon, we read the clouds and saw the wind shift coming. We did reasonably well by broad reaching. It was an absolutely gorgeous night after the shift occurred and the clouds diminished. I’ve raced a lot of places in 25 years, and there’s a really beautiful, family-like atmosphere to this race. Everyone has a love of traditional boats and schooners. It’s quite unique and very special. It is enduring because of the sense of community and because of its endearing qualities. So many close friendships have evolved from this race. Shannon Hibberd, experienced sailor and first-time GCBSR crew on Adventurer (65) The biggest difference on the schooner was the number of sails! There’s the main, the foresail, the staysail, and the jib. Plus the fisherman, the topsail, and one called the golleywobbler that we never got to use. Also, hoisting the main is a two-person process, controlling the throat and the peak. I was trimming jib during my watch. I also

did some of the domestic chores like helping “Galley Sally” (Bill, the cook of the crew) with food and cleaning up. And I lent a hand when we did sail changes or other odd jobs. It didn’t take too long to get up to speed. Schooners are very straight forward, once you learn where everything is and what it’s for. The wind was pretty light in the afternoon, and it seemed to take forever to tack our way down the Bay. By evening, the wind was picking up, and we were moving much faster. We had some excitement with a crewmember climbing out on the bowsprit to take down the genoa and connect a smaller jib. The sail change made a huge difference as Adventurer found her sweet spot. By the 4 a.m. watch, we were heading almost directly south with a gorgeous full moon and full sails. It was awesome! Life really couldn’t get any better. And then came the moonset. The crew sat in awe as the full moon disappeared slowly over the horizon. I’ve done a fair amount of night sailing, but never witnessed a moon setting so beautifully.

##The wine pass from Woodwind II to Woodwind. Mission accomplished.

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##A beautiful work in progress in the CBMM boatshop in June 2012.

Rebirth of the Rosie Parks S

by Nathan Bickell

lowed down at age 81, Theodore Cephas, the first mate and last living original crew member of the skipjack Rosie Parks shuffled towards the boat to be the first one onboard since its restoration over 15 years in the making. When his feet touched the newly refurbished Douglass fir decks, he became a new man, striding towards the wheel of the ship with a wide grin on his face. For Tracy Munson, vice president of communication for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, the moment crystallized the importance of restoring the historic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack. “It was like seeing a man at home again, it was so moving,” she says. “It really made our work seem like it mattered.”

##Rosie Parks was built in 1955 and captained by Orville Parks until 1975 when his doctor told him, at age 78, it was time to go ashore.

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The relaunching of Rosie Parks at the museum’s annual Oyster Fest celebration in November drew nearly 4500 people to celebrate. It marked a remarkable transformation for the boat, which had not sailed for nearly two decades and had become an eyesore and continued source of frustration for the museum. Rosie Parks was built in 1955 and captained by Orville Parks until 1975 when his doctor told him, at age 78, it was time to go ashore. Parks sold the boat to CBMM and within 18 months of parting with his prized vessel, he passed away of a heart attack. Captain Parks specified in the Deed of Gift that Rosie Parks should never again be used to dredge for oysters, as he didn’t want

the boat being competition for the few remaining oystermen on the Bay. Still the boat received regular use as a sailing vessel at the museum and regularly raced and won the annual skipjack races contested throughout the Bay. Skipjacks were never built to last forever. Over the years the condition of Rosie Parks gradually deteriorated. Deemed unsafe, Scofield sailed Rosie Parks for the last time in 1998. The mast was removed in 2001, and she was finally taken out of the water in 2007. “We had kids onboard the boat to learn about skipjacks, and one day, a kid put his foot right through the deck. After that we had to cover the deck with plywood,” says spinsheet.com

Richard Scofield, assistant curator of watercraft at the museum. CBMM had all the hopes to begin a complete restoration of the ship, but economic times were hard and the money was not there. Cephas and the Parks family became so discouraged seeing the boat in disrepair that they stopped visiting the museum. Talk began to drift to putting the boat out of its misery and dismantling it. “I told our director Langley Shook, the day you decide to do that, you let me know and you’ll have my resignation on your desk in an hour, because that’s not what we do,” says Scofield. When things looked bleak, the museum received a donation of $200,000 from the will of Richard Grant, who had once sailed with Scofield onboard Rosie Parks. The donation was not specified to go to a particular cause, but it seemed appropriate that it should go toward the restoration of the Rosie Parks. With

##The deck of the decaying Skipjack Rosie Parks in October 2010.

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Charter Notes

Hot Spot: The Grenadines

##Treasure shop on Mustique. Photo courtesy of Dream Yacht Charter

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says Farquharson, whose company is one among many with charter offices there. An island country and commonwealth consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean, Grenada is an English-speaking country that uses the East Caribbean dollar as currency. How’s the sailing compared to the BVI? “When you go through the Grenadines chain, sailing is a little bit more advanced,” says Farquharson. Anyone intimidated by that may hire a captain for a nominal fee on any charter boat, as long as there is room enough for the captain to have a private berth, and you feed (and hopefully tip) him or her. “When you make your way to the Tobago Cays, it is just stunning. Most of the time there is no one

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Calypso’s Odyssey…

You’re Doing What? by Eva Hill

guess you reach a point where you think your weekend cruising lifestyle is so normal that making the decision to extend it is not that big a deal. And if you’re around Annapolis in September and October, you’re surrounded by people doing the same thing, or planning to do the same thing at some point in the future, so that context doesn’t give you a reality check. But go a few miles inland and… Whoa! My husband Rick and I have made a precipitous decision to take a sevenmonth sabbatical and take Calypso cruising, with the goal of reaching the Bahamas. While it’s long been our plan to do this when we retired, we found an opening in our lives and exploited it. But we haven’t had much time to prepare, since the timing of our decision and the conventional wisdom regarding the best times to depart the Chesapeake were awfully close together. Nevertheless, as of late October, Calypso was already in Charleston, SC, awaiting the next leg. Perhaps not having a lot of time to prepare is a good thing. On our part, there is less time to overthink our decisions. On the part of family, friends, and co-workers, there is less time for them to misunderstand what we’re up to! In terms of being misunderstood, we’re quite prepared for that. The questions about our weekends and about chartering have offered a hint of what to expect. First and foremost, most landlubbers think

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we can go much faster than we can, and beyond that, don’t know how dependent our routing is on weather. They also don’t appreciate the distances involved and assume we’re going to hop from country to country—from the United States to Nassau to Charlotte Amalie. In fact, the distance from Annapolis to Nassau is almost the

away from it all—well and truly, on barely inhabited islands, and away from the hustle and bustle of city life and the 24-hour news cycle. We’ll spend time and effort maintaining our “home,” seeking fresh water and provisions, and constantly watching the weather. Of course, the reward for our efforts will be snorkeling, swimming, and sunning—with or without company—and not going to the office every weekday morning, so there is that… At the other end of the spectrum, there are those who fear for our safety. Jokes about avoiding Somali pirates and drug cartels aside, we are doing our best to prepare for the likely perils of our adventure: health concerns, weather problems, boat issues, too much together##The reward for our efforts will be snorkeling, swimming, and ness. We’ll never sunning... and not going to the office every weekday morning. be too far from help; with the proper application same as the distance from Nassau to St. of funds, we’ll seldom be more than a day Thomas—and that’s as the crow flies. away from a charter flight to “civilization.” People are disappointed that we won’t just And we’re not exactly breaking new ground whisk through the Bahamas and pop in here; hundreds have gone before us, lived to visit them while they’re enjoying the to tell the tale, and gone back again and holidays in the Virgin Islands. again. We’ve been practicing for years Then there is the popular perception ourselves. that we’ll be living like cruise ship pasI don’t want to be cavalier, and I have sengers and not like people who are living my own personal apprehensions about aboard and stretching limited resources to this journey. Ultimately, the only way to meet their needs until they can be replenmake this adventure understandable to my ished. While Calypso is a comfortable boat, earthbound cohorts is to do it, and then tell and our budget will allow us to enjoy umthem about it. brella drinks and marina stays from time Click to sabrecalypso.wordpress.com to to time, our hope is that we’ll be getting read more about Calypso’s Odyssey.

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How the Caribbean 1500 Moved to Portsmouth by Andy Schell

s I write this, I’m on a plane to St. Thomas with my wife Mia. Tomorrow we’ll catch the ferry to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, and sometime in the evening the first boat—likely the Hylas 54 Wings, which is currently leading the fleet south—will arrive at the island after just over a week at sea. It’ll be the same conclusion as last year, when Wings took Line Honors in the ARC Caribbean 1500. The only difference is the starting line. A bit of background. Last September in Las Palmas, the host city for the Atlantic Cruising Rally (ARC) start in the Canary Islands, Mia and I were at lunch with Andrew Bishop, the managing director of the World Cruising Club (WCC). “What do you think about the Caribbean 1500?” he asked me. By then we’d already accepted the job of managing the event and running the WCC USA office. It was time for some planning. “I think we should move it,” I said. He agreed. For the past several iterations of the event, it’s been held in Hampton, VA, first under the auspices of founder Steve Black’s Cruising Rally Association and since 2011, with WCC. The event had outgrown the city. The Hampton Public Piers couldn’t accommodate all the yachts, and having them split between two marinas was stressful on the staff and antisocial for the participants. Furthermore, the Salty Dawg Rally, which was formed by a another group of cruisers, took over Bluewater Yachting Center, our ‘overflow’ marina. In short, it was high time to relocate and give the 1500 a fresh start. If any part of the greater Norfolk metropolitan area can be considered a sailors’ town, Portsmouth is it. I first experienced the historic port city after racing down the Bay on the Schooner Woodwind in

2006. We won the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race that year, losing on line honors to only the Pride of Baltimore and the Schooner Virginia. I remember the weekend we spent in the city basin next to the Renaissance Hotel enjoying the High Street restaurants and the festivities put on by the city in the nearby park. I discovered the Bier Garden in town, this authentic little German place run by Mom and Dad as they are known to the regulars. The aptly named Coffee Shop on the corner. The nice running areas in the historic district

owner and founder of the rally’s new host at Ocean Marine Yacht Center, had been the diesel guru during Black’s tenure back in the 1990s, the move became a no-brainer. Bento knew the event; he had influence in the city and recognized the benefits to participants and the city itself of bringing the rally to Portsmouth. The deal was done. The city was onboard. All the local businesses we approached wanted to work with us. Ocean Marine Yacht Center, as the new host marina, presented participants with access to their incredible refit yard. The pre-departure events program quickly came ##The Chesapeaketogether with more support based Sojourner crew ready to take off from and enthusiasm than we’d Portsmouth for the had in recent memory. Caribbean 1500. I’m proud to say it went off better than planned. The pre-departure program included nightly happy hours, a free screening of the film “Captain Phillips” at the historic Commodore Theatre in town, a robust seminar program, and of course the safety demonstrations that the 1500 is known for. Ocean Marine’s staff was that my friend Tiffany and I explored. friendly and efficient, managing everything In 2010, when Mia and my dad brought from fuel polishing and sail repairs to the Arcturus up the Intracoastal Waterway daily parts runs to West Marine and other from Florida, it was that same city basin local chandlers to retrieve any number of in Portsmouth where I met them to trade odds and ends people needed to get their places with Mia. She and Dad had walked boats ready. They even used the Ocean the same streets, had beers at the Bier Gar- Marine van to deliver groceries. den, and watched the traditional military When the weather forced another early ‘tatoo’ music in the same park where the departure, the second in two years (and the Schooner Race prizegiving is held every second of only two times in the 24-year year. history of the event), Ocean Marine, the My immediate reaction was to want city, and the participants rallied to make it to move the event to Portsmouth. In the happen. The yachts crossed the starting line interest of fairness, before last year’s start at 15:10 on Saturday afternoon, after the in Hampton, Mia and I did some reconparade of sail out of Portsmouth, and rode naissance missions to other parts of the a northerly wind across the Gulf Stream Norfolk area looking for a suitable venue, and into the Atlantic. And with that, a new but the outcome was virtually already dechapter of the Caribbean 1500 was in the cided. When I discovered that Jim Bento, books.

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Shipping Home by Lisa Borre

stepped off Gyatso onto the cement pier of the marina in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and was whisked away by taxi to catch my flight home. We zoomed past the towering, Gothic-style cathedral built atop the old Roman city, the main landmark when approaching by sea. I was thinking about how much I was going to miss the ancient architecture, the colorful local markets, and friendly people we’d met while cruising in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. My husband David and I had said our goodbyes dockside. He stayed behind to ## Gyatso alongside the ship that carried her home.

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arrange shipment of our boat to the U.S. It was not how I envisioned bringing an end to our time in the Mediterranean, but after six great years, shipping Gyatso home turned out to be the best option for us. We struggled with the decision of how to get our boat home after circumstances in our lives changed at the end of the 2010 cruising season. We put Gyatso into storage in Turkey and returned to the boat in 2012 with the hope that we would be able to sail or ship the boat home. In the end, we simply didn’t have the time that was needed to sail all the way back to the Chesapeake. Shipment of boats from one cruising ground to the next is still uncommon for long-distance cruisers. We have a few friends who’ve done it, and sadly, with the ongoing threat of pirates in the waters south of the Suez Canal, it’s currently one of the only safe ways for circumnavigators headed west from Southeast Asia, unless they want to sail around the Cape of Good Hope. A friend asked me whether we considered hiring a delivery skipper to bring our boat home, but this option didn’t appeal to us for several reasons. One was the cost. By the time we outfitted the boat for another ocean passage, hired crew, paid expenses, and factored in wear and tear on equipment and gear, the cost approached, or could potentially exceed, the cost of shipping. But for me, it’s about more than these practical considerations. Sailing from one port to the next and crossing oceans is all part of the adventure for us. While cruis-

ing, our boat is our home. It becomes part of our team. After so many adventures, we get emotionally attached. Perhaps I’m overly sentimental, but I couldn’t imagine turning over command of our vessel to someone else until the day comes that we have to sell. And I can’t think of any of our cruising friends who hire delivery crews. It’s just not something long-distance cruisers do. We toyed with the idea of finding friends or hiring crew to join David for segments of the trip that I couldn’t make, and in fact, this is how we’re moving the boat north from Florida as I write. Although we really appreciated the offers of help from some very capable and experienced sailing friends, we came to the conclusion that this wasn’t a good option for us. Having me and other crew commuting back and forth to the boat would significantly increase the cost and complexity of this alternative, but again, the main drawback was emotional in nature. If we couldn’t have the experience of sailing back together, we’d rather not do it. Others have asked us why we didn’t just try to sell our boat in the Med. We fully considered this option, but it has drawbacks, too. Other than our strong desire to cruise with Gyatso closer to home, there’s not a good market for our kind of boat over there. Europeans prefer the European makes they know. And for us to sell a U.S.-registered boat in Europe, we would either have to pay the value added tax (VAT), which is over 20 percent, in order to market the boat as “VAT paid” or drop

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the sale price by the equivalent amount. Either way, the math doesn’t work out in our favor. For all of these reasons and more, we decided shipping was the best option, but it was an expensive one. There are two leading yacht transport companies, Dockwise and Sevenstar, both Dutch-owned with similar pricing. Dockwise has ships specially designed to carry yachts; Sevenstar is merely a broker for deck space on bulk carriers. We ended up using Sevenstar, mainly because their schedule worked out better for us. Most of the other boats on the ship with Gyatso were either world-class racing sailboats moving on the global circuit (specifically, headed for Key West Race Week) with professional crews, or they were motoryachts in a charter circuit of Caribbean in the winter and Med in the summer. Yachts are by far the most profitable things that a ship can carry. Shipping costs that range from $12,000 to $20,000 for the typical cruising sailboat are difficult

## Gyatso being loaded onto the ship in Palma.

to justify for cruisers who don’t charter their boats or have large racing budgets. In addition to the cost of shipping, there are hidden costs, including the requirement to hire agents to handle customs in departure and arrival ports, at a cost of several hundred dollars each. Although the shipment contract provides for insurance, the policy has a $2500 deductible. For several hundred more dollars, a policy can be acquired which has no deductible. “Anyone planning to ship a boat as freight the way we did should count on delays totaling two or more weeks, with

the definite possibility of cancellation of the voyage at any point,” says David from aboard Gyatso in Georgetown, SC. The bottom line is that Gyatso made it from Spain to Florida in less than two weeks and without any serious damage. David says that the boat did acquire two mysterious stains during the voyage: several nickel-sized, black tar-like spots and two softball-sized orange spots. These are minor issues relative to the great sense of relief we feel to have our boat back on this side of the Atlantic again. I already miss the Med but am looking forward to cruising closer to home.

About the Author: Annapolis sailor Lisa Borre cruised full-time for five years with her husband aboard their Tayana 37 cutter Gyatso. The couple recently completed a cruise in the Med and published a cruising guide called “The Black Sea” last year. gyatso.net

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Warm Regards in Winter

s we count down to the shortest day of the year, we count all the events on our calendar before we wrap up 2013. Wow! Lights parades, holiday celebrations with friends, annual club meetings… we have much to do before we watch the ball drop on Times Square. With a few hearty frostbite racing and some lucky long-distance cruising

exceptions, most of the club members who stay in touch with SpinSheet have land-based meetings, pot-luck dinners, speakers, and seminars on the agenda in the next few months. Just because you are not rafting up or eating crabs dockside doesn’t mean that SpinSheet readers don’t want to see pictures of your smiling faces. Next time you have a club event, be sure to take some high-resolution

##PRSA members in hot competition on the Potomac.

photos of your members getting together in winter and enjoying each other’s company. We know that it’s hard to smile sometimes when it’s cold and dark and the boat’s on the hard, but you know what they say: Fake it until you make it! Send your club news, smiling club member photos, and good club interviewee ideas to molly@spinsheet.com by December 10.

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hen most racers are putting boats away for the winter, the laser and sunfish sailors at Cooper River YC (CRYC) in Collingswood, NJ, put on their cold weather gear to continue racing. They compete in the James L. Greenfield Frostbite Championship, which has been a tradition at CRYC since 1987. James L. Greenfield, Jr. has faithfully managed all aspects of this racing series from its inception. Greenfield says, “The regatta began as a fleet project. The Laser sailors wanted to keep racing in the fall, even though the yacht club had basically shut down for the winter.” Eventually, the sunfish fleet followed suit. The series runs from the first Sunday in November to the first Sunday in December, including Thanksgiving Day. Weekly winners

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She’s a Classic

he Tartan 34 Classic (T34C) sailboat was designed by worldclass naval architect Olin Stephens, II whose renowned racing yachts have won the America’s Cup eight times and the Bermuda Race a record-setting 14 times. The T34C was Stephens’s answer to how to bring top-notch stability and beauty to “everyday” sailors. From 1967 to 1978, 526 Tartan 34 Cs were produced. Thanks to their durability and seaworthiness, most are still sailing today. In 2004, a group of Tartan 34 C owners opened a new website dedicated to their beloved sailboat to preserve the

boat’s history, connect with owners worldwide, and share stories, resources and photos. Today, we have more than 100 members in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and throughout the United States. We keep a roster of the hulls that are known to be still sailing, and we are actively searching for our “mystery fleet” of boats for which we have no current information. The association keeps everyone in touch through the website at tartan34classic.org and by regional captains who organize local events. The website includes a calendar of events, technical and descriptive articles, forums, photos,

##Tim Dull flies the storm jib on his Tartan 34 C Skymark at the Tri Service Regatta near Norfolk. Look closely to see the remnants of the genoa rolled up. Paul Schmitt and Russ Mejias hold on to the rail. Action in Tim’s part of the Chesapeake involves racing as well as raft-ups and land-based events. Photo courtesy of Tim Dull

##Indian Summer, sailed by Richard and Sylvie Lariviere on Lake Champlain, is back at her home port after a year-long cruise to LaRochelle, France, and back.

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##Two Tartan 34 Classics raft up together in Aberdeen Creek on a peaceful morning in August. Photo by Ade Chwastyc

a boat yard for sales, and member cruise reports. Recently a description of the complete renovation of the sloop, Snow Lily, has been posted. Details of the work, materials, and photos are available for anyone who has a project boat to bring back to life. So what are T34C sailors up to today? Racers like Tim Dull of Norfolk find plenty of opportunities to show off their speed. Chesapeake cruisers love the threefoot 11-inch draft for exploring hidden gunkholes, and appreciate the centerboard which can be lowered nearly five more feet to improve stability in high winds and waves. Offshore sailors have crossed the Atlantic twice recently on the T34C. In 2003, skipper Jürgen Mohrmann took his Hull #1, Rubicon, across the Atlantic from Hamburg, Germany, to Barbados and the Caribbean. Mohrmann reported that he never once doubted the boat‘s ability to take the tough conditions he encountered. In 2012, Hull # 109, Indian Summer, skippered by Richard Lariviere, circumnavigated the Atlantic. Richard’s greatest accomplishment on that trip was to rescue a fellow sailor whose rudder broke in terrible weather off the coast of Africa. Richard used his 42-year-old Tartan 34 to tow the heavy 36-foot Canadian Sailcraft, Viewfinder, for 34 hours with gusts of 30 knots and waves of 10 to 12 feet, back to Madeira in the Canaries. Lariviere remembers thinking, “If she has survived all this time, she would not let us down now!” He is credited with saving the lives of the skipper, his crew, and their boat. We love new members, so if you sail a Tartan 34 Classic, don’t be shy: Contact us through our website, and we’ll make you feel right at home. tartan34classic.org spinsheet.com

Sailing Like Crazy Since 1973

wo-time past commodore of the Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club, Darlene Forte and her husband Jeff have cruised to almost every nook and cranny on the Chesapeake Bay as well as done several summer-long New England cruises on various boats. They now keep their 1973 Tartan 41 Something Special (they’ve owned since 1995) on a mooring on the West River. How did you get into sailing? Jeff and I started sailing shortly after we moved to Maryland from Ohio in 1973 on a 10-foot Sea Scout dinghy, which we hauled around on our VW Beetle roof top and launched at a ramp in Galesville. Our early years of sailing were mostly trial and error. We have owned a Venture 17, North American 23, Yankee 30, Shamrock 20 (yes, a power boat!), and our Tartan 41. We also own a Laser, Sunfish, El Toro, two windsurfing sailboards, an inflatable kayak, and a SUP.

##Past commodore of the CBTSC, Darlene Forte on one of many big adventures aboard.

What is the best part about being in a cruising club? The camaraderie is the best part. We have some great sailing friends. It’s a whole different world. We understand each other, our passion for sailing. Also, being in a club with members who have boats made by the same manufacturer helps us to learn about the operation, design, and performance of the boat. Do you have a favorite recent club memory? The past year, we had two great events at members’ homes. In August, Debby and Greg Shields (T-3500) hosted the club for a crab feast in Solomons for 34 mem-

bers. We had badminton games and lawn bowling and watched ospreys on a nest nearby. In September, Tartan members in Reedville, Jim and Katie Walker (T-33), hosted our club for the Reedville Antique Boat Festival. On Sunday, Sally and Steve Robertson (T3700) hosted an oyster roast at their house which was across the river from Reedville. in June, we also rented the Wye Island Lodge and had a catered dinner, water balloon tosses, blindfolded dinghy races, a scavenger hunt, and hikes on the trails. Fourteen boats showed up in Granary Creek, and a number of members came by car.

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Having a Blast on the St. Mary’s River

he St. Mary’s River YC (SMRYC) was founded in 1947 to promote sailing and camaraderie on our beautiful river. Club members typically race every other weekend from early April through October, with cruising events scattered throughout the season. SMRYC welcomes visitors to its racing and cruising events. Here are some pictures of SMRYC members doing what they love best. Visit smryc.org to learn more. ##Motley crews at our May Raft Up in Horseshoe Bend.

##Every fall at the start of the new school year, SMRYC hosts a regatta with the sailing team from St. Mary’s College during which SMRYC members and SMC team members swap boats and crew and have a blast.

##At a lunch break in the Destination Race, at a club member’s pier in St. Inigoes Creek off the St. Mary’s River.

##After a five mile (or so) race, three of our Ensign sailors head to a close finish near a club member’s house on St. Inigoes Creek for our June “Destination Race.”

##Ensigns and Hobies sharing the course in one of our Commodore’s Cup Series races.

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What is a Wild Goose Chase Anyway?

ave you noticed that the nights have gotten noticeably colder? The trees are changing color, and many have lost their leaves? The days are shorter. The geese are arriving from their migration flights in large numbers. Fortunately, they are not being chased around the fields of eastern Maryland as some people may think! The “Wild Goose Chase” is the most popular of some 20 cruising activities of the Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-Design Association. The association hass been around for 49 years. This year’s Wild Goose Chase was organized and led by Mike Meinhold on his Alberg Rinn Duin (hull number 272), who planned a visit to the Northern Bay. Our week’s cruise started with a rendezvous at Mountain Point on Gibson Island. Mike and Trish Lehman

of Gilleleje (hull number 505) arranged for the food and beverages for the eighty five Albergers attending the Fall Rendezvous . Our destinations included Fairlee Creek, Georgetown, and Turner Creek,

##Albergers do some serious pumpkin carving at Still Pond during the eight-day Wild Goose Chase in the Northern Bay.

where we held the Alberg soup night for which each participating boat provided a delicious soup. The fourth night found us in the land-locked anchorage at Still Pond.

The anchorage was very dark thus providing a great setting for our annual pumpkin carving contest. Two beautiful days were spent in Swan Creek, one in Bodkin Creek, and finally, we sailed home to our respective ports on Sunday after a wonderful eight-day Wild Goose Chase. ~Jim and Barbara Palmer

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##Back Creek YC commodore John Loving presiding over the Annual Meeting at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis on November 4. Photo by Otto Hetzel

## Two Hunter SA boats that went south locked into the Dismal Swamp Canal at Deep Creek.

##Summer holds a pose on Something Special at the Kids Cruise in June. She is the granddaughter of Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club pastcommodore Darlene and Jeff Forte, who sail their Tartan 41 wherever the wind blows on the Chesapeake and beyond.

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##The invitation to North Point SA’s annual Socks-On Party read “Dress: Black Tie or Sailor Casual.” These three members chose formality. We love it.

##Julep, Uncloudy Day, and Gitana during a Herrington Harbour SA Frostbite Series race November 3.

##A scene from the Northern Star Hunter SA’s fall cruise.

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The Busiest Little Southern Bay Boat Club

he busiest little Boat Club on the Southern Bay” has completed its 2013 season, and a fun-filled season it was! Portsmouth Boat Club (PBC), located on a creek off the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, VA, maintains 60 high-energy members possessed with great volunteer spirit and a cheerful attitude that makes everyone feel welcome. A healthy mix of sailers, powerboaters, and “borrow space on someone else’s” boaters are PBC members. This year, PBC continued to sponsor three series (spring, summer, and fall) of

the Barnacle Races on Friday nights, where everyone was invited to bring their boats to the Portsmouth Seawall for PHRF racing

on the Elizabeth River followed by food and fellowship at the clubhouse. PBC’s cruising program featured group trips

all over the Southern Bay and beyond, with stops in Yorktown, Tangier Island, Urbanna, and Elizabeth City, NC, to mention a few. Additionally, PBC sponsored the 26th year of its “Cock Island Race,” which has become a headlining event for the sailing community and the City of Portsmouth; the Hometowne Regatta; and the finish-line party for the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race participants. What is ahead for 2014? More of the same: sailing, boating, racing, fellowship, and fun! Membership in PBC is not expensive, but is rewarding. portsmouthboatclub.org

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The New Z420

he sailing world has experienced some exciting new designs recently, with the new, impossibly fast AC 72 that won the 2013 America’s Cup. It seems this obsession with speed has hit the college circuit as well, and thanks to LaserPerformance’s new Z420 design, the game is about to get even more exciting.

LaserPerformance has been laboring over how to improve the 420 design used in college racing, compiling complaints from sailors and coaches to pinpoint the weaknesses of the boat. Adam Werblow, coach of the St. Mary’s varsity sailing team for what will be his 26th year, was one of several college coaches to impel design change. He explains that during his college sailing career at Connecticut College, breakdowns on boats during regattas and practices were not only common, but expected. Instead of

waiting for repairs to be made, racers began making precautionary adjustments. “Home improvement” jobs, like replacing the “i-strap” used to attach the vang to the mast with something more industrial, would result in a more reliable but heavier boat. John Storcke, co-head coach of Dartmouth College sailing team, recalls that he had first heard talks of a new design his first year coaching during the fall of 2005. “When there was no wind, coaches would sit around and discuss everything they would

change about the chunky 420. Everyone had about 200 different concepts each. I give LaserPerformance a lot of credit for finally taking the step forward and making all the ideas into a reality.” After years of hearing “what if” and “I wish,” college coaches decided that they couldn’t wait any longer to get the ball rolling. “It’s time to recognize that durability and speed do not have to be a trade off,” says Werblow, and it is around this concept that the new model revolves. LaserPerformance has two new designs, the Z420 and the Omega. While they are similar, the boats are not the same. The Z420 will debut in the collegiate circuit, and only the Omega has a tapered mast and moveable jib leads; although the leads on the Z420 have been moved inboard. The hulls of both boats feature the new enclosed foretank, which is where the most drastic changes have been made. The construction techniques to more evenly infuse the fiberglass with soric and other chemicals makes the boat stronger and will also cut down on weight differences between boats of the same fleet. The structured rib, or “molded keelson,” that runs through the center of the boat adds strength and stiffness to the design. ##Fun and fast, the new Z420. Photo courtesy of LaserPerformance

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Rebecca Dellenbaugh, who is a graduate All-American skipper from Dartmouth and the current PR executive for LaserPerformance, says that many of the structural changes are very helpful, including adjustments to vang and structural rib placement and the stiffness of the centerboard trunks. In terms of safety, the enclosed foretank is designed to help prevent capsizing. When the old design took on water, it would cause the bow to dig due to the extra bow weight. This can be very dangerous, especially in the windy and wavy conditions college sailors love. Of course, capsizes can happen for any number of reasons, so this new design also allows for less bailing time and a quicker return to the race. John Storcke notes that overall, the Z420s are more responsive, and that this could add an exciting aspect to the game. “This lighter weight, more nimble 420 is going to react so much quicker to boat handling both done really well or really

poorly. The margin for error is much smaller.” The main difference that college sailors look forward to is seeing the boat’s speed capabilities. The lighter hull and the ease the Z420 has with planing make the 420 more desirable for both fleet and team racing. The boats are more responsive to puffs and shifty conditions. Mostly, coaches and athletes can’t wait to see how these boats sail, especially in the 2014 National Championships that St. Mary’s will host in their brand new Z420 fleet. Werblow speaks for us all when he says, “I just can’t wait to see how fun this game can become.” The evolution of the 420 is just too exciting to fit into a few paragraphs, so if you’re interested in the technicalities and some more insight from the pros about how this sleek boat will change college sailing, please visit spinsheet.com/z420 for an extended read and some exciting pictures!

About the Author: Following her 2013 SpinSheet summer internship, Rachel Ryan is back to studying and sailing at St. Mary’s College.

##The new Z420. Photo courtesy of LaserPerformance

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ou can tell that winter is upon us just by listening to some of the conversations that happen around the SpinSheet office. We complain about socks. We use “shrink wrap” as a verb. We extol the virtues of hot rum. The one thing we do not do, however, is stop sailing. And why on earth should we? It’s gorgeous out there! There’s some of the best wind the Bay has seen all year! And as it turns out, we’re not alone in thinking it’s a beautiful day for a sail. Sailing clubs up and down the Chesapeake are getting in on frostbite action with racing happening weekly. Want to get involved? Check out our list of regional clubs and call ahead. The Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore has frostbite racing every Saturday from 1-4 p.m. on J/22s in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Frostbiting is included in an annual membership, which is reasonable at $790 for skippers and $340 for crew. Considering you only get the month of March off before racing starts back up in April, that’s a ##Frostbiting in Annapolis means sailing wing on wing. Photo by Al Schreitmueller.

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deal you really can’t pass up. For more information, visit downtownsailingcenter.org Their first series filled up fast, but you can still get involved with frostbiting in Annapolis in February and March by contacting J/World of Annapolis. Racing happens on J/80s (the J/70s will be competing down south) with three students and one instructor. Before racing begins, a chalk talk led by seasoned instructors sets the scene for the day’s competition. $550 jworldannapolis.com In southern Maryland, they’re racing Lasers every Sunday between 1 and 3 p.m. at the Southern Maryland SA clubhouse. They take the months of January and February off, but racing starts back up again March 2 with the Spring Frostbite Series. Visit smsa.com for all the details. And in Hampton, VA, they keep things civilized with a frostbiting series that sums up before the winter gets a little too real. But you can still sign up for next year by visiting hamptonyc.com

on’t assume that frostbiting is just sailing in the cold! There’s an entirely different strategy to it, says J World Annapolis’ director Kristen Berry. “Frostbite racing brings out some pretty cool techniques that challenge many racers. During the summer racing season, it’s normal to round the windward mark and set the chute, reaching your way down the leeward leg. Due to concerns about safety, spinnakers stay in the sail loft during the frostbite season and therefore downwind frostbiters often sail “wing on wing” downwind. With no spinnaker, most boats will sail faster by going directly downwind (or even slightly by the lee) rather than reaching. While the boat generally sails faster on a reach, the extra distance you sail cannot be overcome by the increase in the speed. Your velocity made good (VMG) downwind then is best when you sail directly downwind. During frostbite this happens regularly. Race committees do a good job of picking courses that have a dead downwind (DDW) leg and getting your boat wing on wing can have impressive results. Here are some reasons why:

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Your boat speed doesn’t drop significantly when you sail wing on wing. More to the point, your boat speed doesn’t increase enough when you reach to overcome the extra distance sailed. Point at the mark!

Tactically

Passing downwind has as much to do with position as it does boat speed. If you can position your boat inside another boat, you are entitled to round the next mark on the inside and shorter track. Rounding the windward mark and gybing to a wing on wing configuration will often allow you to gain or protect the inside while the boats that sail wide around the windward mark provide a lane for you to attack. All things being equal, in a port-rounding scenario, gybing to the inside will give you a starboard inside position at the next mark—and that’s powerful!” Want to learn more? Be sure to check out jworldannapolis.com/learning-center spinsheet.com

Big Boat Regatta

nnapolis Match Racing Center and the Storm Trysail Club co-organized this year’s annual Annapolis Big Boat Fall Regatta, with Marc Glimcher’s Catapult and Steve Benjamin’s Spookie bringing home the bling. It was a great weekend to have some amazing boats (from a J/111 to a Ker 40) on the water. For more, visit hprsailing.org.

Big Boat Regatta Results Place

Boat Name

Boat Make

Owner/Skipper

High Performance Rule 1

Spookie

Carkeek 40

Steve and Heidi Benjamin

Meridian X

Far 400

W.S. Shelhorse

Catapult (HPR)

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Marc Glimcher

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Navy Sailing

Anema and Core

TP 52

Ennio Staffini

Catapult

Ker 40

Marc Glimcher

Spookie (IRC)

Carkeek 40

Steve and Heidi Benjamin

Tarahumara

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Jack Greg

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J/122

Paul Milo

IRC

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J/111

Martin Roesch

Convictus Maximus

Farr 42

Donald Nicholson

Anema and Core

JV 52

Ennio Staffini

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Da J/105 North American Championships, Eh? Photos by Dan Phelps.

##Chris Groobey’s Java, ready for take off.

##Don Santa’s Santa’s Reign, Dear setting the kite.

##Canadian boat Hey Jude is the one to beat in the 2014 North American Championships, held in Toronto.

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ocal sailors turned out in numbers to compete in the J/105 North American Championships held in Annapolis October 30 – November 3. And while Annapolis’ Fleet Eight is known as being one of the biggest and most competitive J/105 fleets in the country, this was hardly a local regatta. Six states sent representatives (one coming from as far away as California), and even the Canadians got involved, making this an international Fray on the Bay. The weekend featured all of the unpredictable sailing weather that an autumnal Annapolis is known for. While the first day brought good breeze, the weekend ended with flood tides, 30-degree shifts, and total drifters. A 40-minute time limit on the first leg of one race was a challenge only James Rathburn’s Hey Jude (a Canuck) managed to overcome. “I think that last day, having local knowledge actually hurt us,” says Cedric Lewis, whose Mirage was the top Bay boat, placing third in the regatta. “I’ve sailed on the Bay my entire life, and when the wind and current are both out of the north, you protect the left. Worked out great the first race, but during the second race, that 30-degree shift crushed us. We were protecting the left, and the

boats that started at the committee boat (those hockey players) went right and that worked out.” “It got a little depressing!” says Chris Groobey, the regatta chair whose Java placed 15th in the regatta. “There were all kinds of locals (racing in the regatta), but it’s the fall in Annapolis. Local knowledge was thrown out the window.” In the end, though, the J/105 North Americans ended up being an international summit rather than an international skirmish. “We were really pleased with how many boats traveled,” Groobey says. “Between the economy, the size of the boat, and the time of year, it was great having so many boats come from all over the place. It was a genuine North American Championship, instead of just being that in name.” To their credit, the Canadians showed that they’re just as interested in winning the party as they are in winning the regatta. Pulling out Canadian beer and food (it was more than maple syrup and Molson… we checked) on Saturday night, they reminded everyone present that the 2014 North Americans will be held in the great city of Toronto, and everyone is invited. You can bet money that a few Bay boats will be there.

##Cedric Lewis and the crew of Mirage were the top Bay boat at the J/105 North Americans this year.

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J/24 East Coast Championships

We Came Here to Race!

he 35th annual Hillman Focused Advantage Fund J/24 East Coast Championships blew into Annapolis November 1-3 with all the crazy late-season weather sailors have come to expect out of the Chesapeake Bay. Leading up the pack was Annapolis YC’s own Tony Parker on Bangor Packet, who won with a total of 17 points. Parker has raced in each of the 35 J/24 East Coast Championships, and this is his third win. Will Welles of North Sails finished right behind him with 24 points total. Sailors were either complaining about having too much wind or too little of it (as if that never happens). The first day started out with 40 knots of breeze from the west, and sailors enjoyed sitting onshore in the pouring rain, waiting an hour and a half for the postponement flag to be lifted. When that finally happened, the breeze dropped to 10 knots, and a wicked flood tide kept everyone guessing. The wind kept dropping, and with a knot of current, sailors had to admit that sometimes bobbing is racing, too. There was absolutely no breeze the second day, but there were Dark and Stormies. So all was not lost. The third morning was the charm, though: 20 knots of breeze woke everyone up early and the Race Committee managed to get three races on the books, despite dealing with the difficulty of setting a line with 20-degree shifts. Parker and Welles managed to call the shifts and traded bullets on the final day, but Parker’s results on Day One were enough to nail the coffin shut. For full results and to see more photos, visit j24fleet8.com

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##Tony Parker’s Bangor Packet legs out on the fleet. Photo by Dan Phelps

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J/80 East Coast Championships

hey had good wind and great competition for the 20-fleet J/80 East Coast Championships in Annapolis October 25-27. Leading the pack were Will and Marie Crump with Thomas Klok onboard R80, who pulled in six bullets in the eight races (and two seconds… which had to be disappointing). Also disappointing was a freak accident that happened on the second day or racing. Kristen Robinson’s Angry Chamelon and Ramzi Bannura’s Stacked hooked rigs during the pre-start, catching a backstay on a mast. Luckily neither rig came down, but when the boats couldn’t disentangle, the situation became tricky. “We couldn’t get them released, and it was very choppy and windy,” says Bannura. “We

found ourselves drifting toward the submarine (that was anchored in the area), so we got out our motors and headed back to the dock.” That was a process that took over two hours, since the backstay was essentially jam-cleated to the top of the mast. But Bannura has no complaints about the regatta. “We got eight races in and had fantastic breeze, sunny weather, and 20 participants. It was an opportunity for East Coast sailors to do a dry run for the Worlds, which will be held in Annapolis next year. We even had an international race judge syndicate that came in from Sweden just to prepare.” For full results, see race.eastportyc.org

J/80 East Coast Championship Results Place

Boat

Skipper

Points

R80

Will Crump

USA1162

John White

Church Key

Chris Chadwick

Cold Beer Friday Night

Clarke McKinney

Mango

Ken Mangano

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J/70 Fall Brawl: Big Breeze and Bumpy Seas

eam Young Guns from St. Mary’s College of Maryland won the 2013 J/70 Fall Brawl, held in Annapolis October 19 and 20. The weekend featured moderate to heavy air for the 24 boats who showed up to the line, with a solid southwesterly breeze and bumpy seas giving the fleet a bit of a challenge. “It was all about trying to be consistent and not making too many mistakes,” says John Aras, who placed third in the regatta. “A little mistake could cost you five or six boats pretty quickly.” Victor Diaz de Leon was at the helm of Young Guns, bringing in three bullets in the eight races. Diaz de Leon is an Olympic hopeful from Venezuela, and after a solid day on Saturday he was so far ahead of the fleet that he was able to RAF the day’s final race. For more information and to see the full results, visit race.eastportyc.org.

J/70 Fall Brawl Place

Boat Name

Skipper

Points

Young Guns

Victor Diaz de Leon

USA 179

Jud Smith

364

John Aras

Whiquila

Andrew Criezis

Nostalgia

Blake Kimbrough

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Big Showdown in Little Baltimore

here ain’t no party like a Bmore party! That was certainly the case for the Baltimore City YA’s annual Harbor Cup held October 26. There was good breeze and blue skies, and some of the biggest competitors from CBYRA Regions Two and Three came out for some action. “One of the more entertaining things this year was that we had a

TP52 (Greg Alden’s Irie) sign up,” says Christine Compton, Commodore of the BCYA. “It was great seeing them on the line with the rest of the Baltimore boats.” Afterward, sailors headed to Slainte in Fells Point to close out another great season of sailing in Baltimore. We’re already excited for next spring. bcya.com

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here’s a week each January when the Bay is a little emptier and the bars a little quieter. That’s because the area’s top sailors have a tendency to abandon the Chesapeake for the warmer climes of the Conch Republic, competing in Quantum Key West Race Week (KWRW) the third week in January. This year is no different, with boats already starting the 1200-mile trek south on trailers. There are big boats making the trip down, such as Ennio Staffini’s Anema and Core, as well as the little (yet mighty) boats, such as Kathy Parks’ J/70 Sundog. One Design, PHRF, and IRC fleets will come together for racing in

three circles just off Key West. At the time of printing, the J/70 class has the most entries with 45 boats intending to race, but the J/80s and Melges 32s will also have plenty of boats on the line. Racing starts at 11:30 a.m. And KWRW is a great time for sailors to whisk their families away for little “vacations,” since the Key West vibe is as relaxed and welcoming as you can hope for. This attitude doesn’t translate on the water, however, where the only thing stiffer than the competition is the drink you need afterward. Off the water, KWRW offers some of the best entertainment of any regatta. Shoreside activities include

##The J/70 class debuted at KWRW last year; look for their 2014 numbers to practically double 2013’s. Photo by Shannon Hibberd

##It’s never a bad day on the water. Photo by Shannon Hibberd

panel discussions, crew parties, and of course, a spin on the old Lewmar grinder to test your strength. The party format allows sailors and their mates (or families) to buy reasonablypriced beverages instead of tickets or arm bands, which is always appreciated. Daily weather briefings occur each day to give competitors a heads up on how to analyze the day’s conditions and what to expect in the near future. Are you heading to KWRW? Email us at duffy@spinsheet.com so we can follow your boat, and be sure to post your pictures on our Facebook page. We’ll have all the KWRW details you need in the January issue of SpinSheet.

##Good friends make the best crew. We look forward to seeing everyone at the party! Photo by SpinSheet

##Look for Terry Hutchinson racing onboard Doug DeVos’ TP52 Quantum Racing this year. Photo by Shannon Hibberd

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Island Creek Penguin Frostbite Regatta No. 10

by Paul Hull

he 10th Island Creek Penguin Frostbite Regatta (ICPFR) was sailed by 20 enthusiastic skippers November 2 at the beautiful Cochran estate on Island Creek. The weather cooperated with a lovely southerly gradually increasing to 12 knots and shifting left during the regatta; just enough variety to keep everyone on their toes. Some, like Puckup winner, Sandy McAllister sailing with Jen Edgell were literally on their toes on the bottom of their boat (the bottom of the bottom) with two dips in the creek. This prize was named for Pucky Lippincott who was notably absent while teaching French to son Bobby’s college French teacher. This, a story for a non-sailing summary. Others were luckier with only near misses and minor breakdowns. This normally laid-back end-of-season regatta usually features some high class talent, and the 10th was no exception. Former Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Susan Taylor (crew Jennifer Stumer) could only manage a fifth while three-time International Champ Charlie Krafft, sailing with his wife Cairn, escaped into seventh. Charlie’s longtime crew Donna McKenzie sailed with his son Martin and finished 10th. Current International Champion Jonathan Bartlett and daughter Annie were fourth, edged by Bill Lawson and Colette Preis who have returned to the class after a very long absence. Ex College of Charleston sailor Laura Beigel sailing with little brother Read (imagine the tactical discussions on that boat) finished second, while 2008 International winners Mike and Rachel Hecky won the regatta. Read easily won the crew race. Other long absent Penguin sailors who put in an appearance were Wick Dudley, Andrew with son Spencer Parrish, and Steve Adams who sailed with Dotty Holoubek. Steve probably last sailed a Penguin in Cambridge when he was two or three years old. He and Dotty won a special award for most ancient skipper and crew. Steve, an accountant by trade, disputed the calculation but was overruled by the amateur calculators. John Majane who has not been seen all summer was rewarded with the most experienced (likely a combination award for boat and sailor) award. They were all welcome at this most popular regatta of the year. PRO Tot O’Mara was ably assisted by sister Marge, Bill Lane, and others on Doug Firth’s boat. Steve Reguardt and Victor Dupont ran crash and mark boats, and Joe Fernon helped in his beautiful home-built outboard. Sadly this is the last ICPFR. Our gracious host Kim Cochran is turning over the duties of hosting this great regatta to Jim Thompson who has a very suitable location on Trippe Creek. Many thanks to the entire Cochran family for a wonderful 10 years of ICPFRs. Visit penguinclass.com for complete results.

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The Thistle Class Oyster Roast

he 2013 edition of the Thistle Class Oyster Roast regatta hosted by Severn Sailing Association (SSA) was a marked change from the mostly light air affairs we have had for the past several years. Twenty-nine teams, from New York to North Carolina (plus one using a borrowed boat from California) attended. The five-race series was sailed in a strong northeast breeze on Columbus Day weekend. The Oyster Roast party and dinner organized by Cairn Krafft with assistance from Mary Pat McNulty and help from SSA Fleet 34 was the main draw of the event. The 900 oysters, some steamed over an open fire by Rick Mayer and Rosemary Foltis and others eaten raw by those too hungry to wait for the steamed ones were quickly consumed. Finding room at the oyster tables was the most difficult part of the process. In addition to the oysters, there was a wide range of homemade appetizers, sating those not willing to battle it

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The Thistle Class Oyster Roast continued... out to get room at the oyster tables. The competitors then moved inside and were treated to a steak dinner served by SSA concessionaire Real Foods in the newly renovated clubhouse. The table decorations included candles and pressed leaf arrangements along with seasonal pumpkins and gourds, making for a very elegant setting. Of the 29 boats participating, eight were woodies, including four bright ones. Saturday’s sailing included five capsizes and one serious pre-race collision. Sunday’s conditions looked to be a bit stronger, resulting in only 16 boats sailing. The race committee, headed by PRO Jesse Falsone, moved the course under the lee of the shore in Whitehall Bay, significantly reducing the waves and making the sailing much more manageable than we anticipated. In spite of the dreary forecast, and five-plus inches of rain received on Friday, which made travelling to the event all the more difficult, the event was a great success.

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Benchworks recently named Amanda Skilling to the position of General Manager. Benchworks, a Chestertown, MD-based firm, specializes in the design, production, and launch of complete marketing and branding services and works with multiple marine clients. Amanda joined the Benchworks accounting department in 2008, and was promoted to the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration in 2011. Previously she held positions at an area corporate accounting and tax preparation firm. benchworks.com

New Clean Marinas Announced

The Baltimore Boating Center in Essex and the Hyatt River Marsh Marina in Cambridge are the newest Maryland Clean Marinas certified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The facilities earned their awards after taking the necessary steps to prevent pollution and meet regulations that result in more sustainable operations.

Giving Back The Miles River YC Foundation has made nine grants in its Fall 2013 grants cycle, totaling $17,200, to help support 18 Chesapeakearea non-profit organizations.

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J/70 - 207 (March 2013) Lightly used J/70 with 2 sets of North sails, one set still in box. $55k (443) 822-4161. 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

31’ Tartan ’88 Bora Bora is a nicely kept T31 located at Topping, VA (Regent Point). She has a lot of cruising amenities to offer and is fun to sail! $47,000 (804) 775-3381, www.sailboatlistings.com/view/38773

35’ Young Sun Cutter ’83 Perry designed double ender, Yanmar dsl, radar, Aries vane, water maker, dodger, classic blue water cruiser. Hampton, VA Price Reduced. $47,500 ahaleva@aol.com (407) 488-6958.

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DONATIONS Donate Your Boat to The Downtown Sailing Center Baltimore’s only 503c non-profit community sailing center. Your donation helps us run our community based outreach programs. Contact Traci at 410 727-0722.

26’ Islander ‘77 Slip Paid to April; Ready to sail! 10’ beam; new battery; solar panel; 15-hp Saildrive runs great; bottom paint 2012 $3,000 obo (304) 3821158, deanhinton79@gmail.com 28’ Sabre ’75 Needs work, and a new engine. Great boat for the right person. Bohemia River. $2,000. celeriter7@ yahoo.com, phil.vogler@comcast.net

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 Donations Program. Contact Lad Mills at 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org. Donate Your Boat And help teach at-risk teens to sail. (202) 478-0396, www.planet-hope.org

BOAT SHARING 1/3 Boat Share 32’ Westsail Located in Solomons, MD. Deposit and $246/ month. Contact Aaron: 571-214-9202 or aingebritson@hotmail.co.

SAIL 1995 Laser II Newer design w/ spinnaker chute. Full rig w/ trailer. M-J-S. Spinnaker like new. Never raced. White hull/blue stripe. $3,800 Please call or text Joe @ (410) 991-6333. 19’ Cape Dory Typhoon ’74 Good cond.. Well maintained by current owner. Bottom painted with Micron July 2013. Sails includes main, genoa and jib. Reliable 5-hp Nissan long-shaft. Slip paid thru March 2014. $3450 (301) 920-0300.

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Sabre S28-II ’79 Sloop $12,250 Good cond. 4’8” draught, 9’3” beam. Wheel steering, NEW: batteries, alternator, charger, tachometer, chartplotter/ fishfinder, VHF, cabin lights, head, running rigging. New bimini, sail cover, binnacle cover and jib UV cover. Bottom paint 2011. Furling jib, wheel steering, AC. Volvo MD7-A. 4 sails. 2 anchors. Depth meter. Deale, MD Contact Gary: (303) 775-5453 or gary@sunshineduo. us 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, bgkkmt94@aol.com 30’ Catalina ’94 Mark III Tall Rig Wing Keel 3’-10”, depth, speed, dodger, bimini, Mail Lazy Bag, spinnaker, walkthru transom, 1292 hrs on eng, new vhf, 410-692-0873, In water in Oxford MD $39,500 (410) 215-7360. 31’ Pearson ‘88 Commissioned 1990. Shoal keel. New fully battened main. 110/145 furling jibs, bimini, dodger. New electronics, inc VHF. Great singlehanded. 18HP inboard. Solar ventilation. Lazy jacks. $30,900. 804-221-7290.

35’ Saga ’01 Great short-handed performance cruiser. Excellent cond., well equipped w/updated electronics, new bottom paint, dodger, 12v refrigeration and much more. John Dennison 443-995-8670, john@outerreefyachts.com.

32’ Pearson Vanguard Beautiful classic ready for new skipper to enjoy. ’01 Restoration included Moyer rebuild of Atomic4; New cushions; Awlgripped deck; electronics; Quantum sails. Good Old Boat Regatta winner. Varnished 2012. Located Rock Hall. Head turner w/ great sailing characteristics. Full keel, tiller, roller-furling boom and genoa. $15K obo PearsonVanguardforsale@ gmail.com, https://sites.google.com/ site/vanguard264forsale/home 32’ Sabre ’84 Good cond. tri-cabin, fin keel, Westerbeke 21-hp well maintained, main new, genoa 135 good, jib 110, jib furler, wheel steering, $39,000, Mike 410-703-7986

Tartan 34-2 ’88 Beautiful, well-built, well maintained & well equipped. Dodger, bimini, AC, autopilot, refrig., self-tailing winches, chartplotter, new instruments, full winter cover. Full details and photos at www.tartan34.com, (443) 865-0889..

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’ Morgan ’68 Classic Morgan 38 for sale. Finish the project I started! This is an opportunity to own a sailing classic that has had the majority of the hardwork and dirty work completed. Completely stripped and cleaned bilges painted w/ Awlgrip, Rebuilt Westerbeke 40 engine w/160 Amp Alternator and 5000 Watt Inverter. $7500 OBO email me and I will share extensive Photos. paul63010@me.com

40’ CS ‘92 Wharf Rat is a deep keel, tall mast proven race winner & comfortable cruiser. Clean, well maintained with all the tools. $99,000. More Information & Pictures; http://atlanticsailingexp.com/ WRforsale/WharfRatForSale.htm.

J/35 Rampage ’85 One of the rare J35s with an Original Wheel. Boat includes a large number of sails. (570) 336-0786.

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 42’ Beneteau 423 ’03 Serendipity is sparkling inside and out! Only 400 hours! Come and take a look for yourself. Asking $169,900. Contact Aaron Moeller Aaron@AnnapolisYachtSales. com or 410-267-8181.

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 410-2687171 or e-mail harold@aycyachts.com

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, smitty@aycyachts.com

Grand Soleil 40 ’03 Head south in speed, comfort and style on board this Italian beauty. Lightly used & extremely well priced at $199,000. Please call for complete details & viewing instructions. Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company 410-268-7171 harold@aycyachts.com

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

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www.annapolisyachtsales.com 30’ Baba ‘83 Perry designed classic pocket cruiser. Bones are good and has some great gear. Motivated seller at $39,900. Contact Jonathan 804-4364484 after checking it out on www.annapolisyachtsales.com 33’ Cape Dory ‘84 Absolutely gorgeous CD33. Lots of goodies like A/C, davits etc. Worth the trip to Deltaville to buy for $54,900. Contact Jonathan 804-4364484 after checking it out on www.annapolisyachtsales.com

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44’ Cal 44 ’85 Well maintained; lots of safety gear. Perfect for long term cruising. ICW capable rig and Bahamas draft, she’s ready for your next adventure! $119,000 Contact Tim (410) 267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 50’ Beneteau 50 ’96 Amazing Grace Rare three cabin “Owners” version. Nicely equipped with gen set, AC and beautiful interior. Priced below market at $174,900. Contact Pat Lane 410-2678181 or pat@annapolisyachtsales.com 50’ Celestial 50 ’99 Absolutely stunning boat. Perfect cruiser. On her way back from Europe now, so she will be ready for your next adventure! $288,000 Contact Tim (410) 267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales.com

34’ Beneteau First Class 10 ’85 L’Outrage is a proven race winner. Custom trailer & new genoa await. Price Reduced for a quick sale. $40,000. Call Mariner 36 Well built solid cruising boat Bob Oberg 410-267-8181 or with fin keel & skeg rudder, full Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com enclosure, new mainsail $59,000 36’ Sabre 362 ’01 Really nice boat, 2 www.bayharborbrokerage.com 757large cabins, lots of recent upgrades 480-1073 including Awlgrip topsides and painted 37’ Fisher Motorsailer Excellent cond., spars, with Trinka sailing dinghy. new North sails, Flag blue Awlgrip hull, Recently reduced $145,000. rock solid construction $98,500 see full Contact Keith 410-267-8181 or details at www.bayharborbrokerage. keith@annapolisyachtsales.com com 757-480-1073 38’ Sabre 38 ’85 Turnkey w/upgrades Island Packet 40 ’97 Beautiful boat, fully including new Raymarine C90W equipped for extensive cruising the way chartplotter/GPS, New “ultra thin” TV, you would want it to be $189,500. Full propane BBQ grill, reverse cycle heat/ details at www.bayharborbrokerage. air, more. RECENTLY REDUCED: com 757-480-1073 $64,500! Contact Bob 410-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

40’ Beneteau 40 ‘08 ‘09 Two available from $189,900! Both very clean and equipped with great gear! Fantastic condition! Motivated Sellers! Contact Dan Nardo 410-267-8181 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

53’ Amel Mango ’88 Incredibly strong and simple to handle offshore cruiser. This one has been around the globe and is ready to go out again! Asking $199,000. Contact Harold @ Annapolis Yacht Company (410) 268-7171 or harold@aycyachts.com

43’ Beneteau Sense 43 ’12 Shoal draft, very well equipped, maintained better than new. Commissioned in 2012, sailed to Florida, now is available in Annapolis. $324,900 - Motivated seller! Dan 410-267-8181 or Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

42’ Beneteau 42 CC ‘03 42’ Beneteau 42 CC ’03 One owner boat, lightly used. Only 366 engine hours. Equipped with Generator, A/C, full instrumentation including a 6001 Autopilot. Contact : Patrick Lane 410-267-8181 or pat@annapolisyachtsales.com

42’ Endeavour Center Cockpit ’88 Inboom furling mainsail, large aft cabin, this is a very roomy good sailing boat that has received very good care. RIB with 15-hp outboard. Bottom barrier coated, 2009 AC. $117,000 www.bayharborbrokerage.com

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www.bay-yacht.com www.atlantic-cruising.com 34’ Gemini 105 MC ‘07 $149,000 private owner, Westerbeke 27 dsl. Clean, one owner boat with motivated seller who is moving up to a larger cat. Great bay cruiser. Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 34’ PDQ Power Cat ’03 Fresh water boat, gen/ac, low hours on Yanmar. Owner has bought new boat and needs to sell. 443-949-8051 Try 239K. Bay Yacht Agency (410) 703-5698. Jeanneau 42i ‘07 $224,900 Perhaps the fastest 42i built, North 3DL inventory, deep keel, epitomizes the term, “racer/ cruiser”. Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463 43’ Jeanneau 43DS ’04 Loaded. Try $159,000 Chris Bent 410-703-5698 Jeanneau 45 DS ’10 $298, 000 Chris Bent Bay Yacht Agency (410) 703-5698. Jeanneau 50 DS ‘09 $350,000, stately, comfortable, fast cruiser. Gen/AC, full canvas and electronics. Flag Blue beauty!! Call Bobby Allen 443-603-2463

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35’ Ericson 350 ’98 Built by Pacific Seacraft Well equipped, great performance – coastal and offshore. A performance cruiser built to last with beautiful lines and a functional, spacious layout. $110,000 CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

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49’ Jeanneau 49DS ’07 Well equipped owner’s layout w/convertible aft cabin to a kind single. Chesapeake Bay boat, not chartered. Been considering a new boat - This is the ONE!! Asking $316,00 Schedule an appointment to see her today! 410-269-0939

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 $95,000 crusaderyachts.com

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JUST REDUCED 40’ Pacific Seacraft ’96 ROCKIN’ CHAIR. Standout Crealock design. Meticulous care; many upgrades including Lighthouse windlass, full cockpit enclosure, AIS, cutter rig, twin furlers, 7 sails, etc. Reduced to $245,000. CrusaderYachts.com 410-269-0939

30’ Seidelmann ’80 A proven classic racer/cruiser design with 11 feet of beam, she feels much larger than she is, asking only $9,000. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

‘11 Jeanneau 42DS - $249,000

’08 Jeanneau 42i - $205,000

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JUST REDUCED 40’ Tartan 4000 ’12 New Demo model, Full warranties. Ready for delivery, see her at Newport and Annapolis Shows! Genset, Air, radar/plotters. LED lighting, carbon rig, Epoxy hull PLUS all the luxuries of home. $485,000 Trades considered! 410-269-0939 43’ Saga 43 96 Moonstruck is well equipped and ready for coastal or extended cruising. Many updates, shows well and has recently been reduced to $225,000 - Owner says sell... Offers Encouraged! 410-269-0939

44’ Tartan 4400 ’98 Raised salon layout. All the bells and whistles - Genset, Air(3) Thruster, furling boom and more! Ready for extended cruising now. Recent price reduction - asking $410,000 - Over 700k to replace. 410-269-0939

SELECTED BROKERAGE 40’ Hans Christian Christina ’88 World cruiser with all the safety gear, dingy w/ engine; conveyed, $157,000. She loves the oceans and the Islands. Contact Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

43’ Gulfstar ’76 Recent refit of many systems makes her an excellent buy ! Knowledgeable owner moving up to a Nordhavn. Reduced $52,900 Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

25 Tanzer ’87 .................$ 5,000 260 Hunter ’03.................$ 26,500 28 S2 8.6 ’85 ..................$ 13,900 30 Hunter ‘86.................$ 30,000 31 Hunter ’06.................$ 70,000 320 Catalina ’96...............$ 56,500 320 Hunter ’01.................$ 53,000 326 Hunter ‘03.................$ 69,000 33 Hunter ’82.................$ 18,000 33 Hunter ‘05.................$ 79,000 34 Hunter ’86.................$ 24,000 35 Hallberg Rassy ‘76.....$ 39,900 35 C&C ‘84 ....................$ 24,000 36 Endeavour Cat ‘99....$149,000 36 Ericson ’81 ................$ 35,900 36 Hunter ‘05.................$110,000 36 Hunter ’08.................$149,000 36CC Beneteau ’99 ............$100,000 361 Beneteau ‘00 ............$ 88,000

376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 72,000 376 Hunter ‘97.................$ 70,000 38 Herrishoff Cat ’85 .....$ 72,000 38 Hunter ’06.................$120,000 380 Hunter ’02 Sloop ......$ 95,999 405 Northwind ’86 ..........$ 54,000 41 Hunter ’07.................$185,000 41AC Hunter ’05.................$169,000 410 Hunter ’99.................$119,000 410 Hunter ‘01.................$134,000 42DS Jeanneau ’11 ............$249,000 42i Jeanneau ’08 ............$205,000 42 Morgan ‘70 ...............$ 50,000 426 Hunter ‘03.................$159,000 44DS Hunter ’07.................$219,500 45CC Hunter ’07.................$269,000 456 Hunter ’05.................$205,000 460 Hunter ’00.................$159,000 50CC Hunter ’09.................$362,500

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50’ Gulfstar ’79 One of the nicest available. Rare sloop rigged . Repowered Cummins 6-5hp, bowthruster, new paint. $199,000 Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

51’ Little Harbor Pilothouse ‘96 Well maintained performance cruiser. Beautiful condition. New Yanmar 160hp. $374,500. Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes and Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

56’ Atlantis Yachts ‘02 Proven passagemaker, bow and stern thruster, tender garage, swing keel . $345,000 . Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes and Associates Rob@curtisstokes.net

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34’ Peterson ’78 Striking Spartan lines, cruises in comfort, sleeps 8: genoa, geneker w/ATN sleeve, autohelm. $19,500 Call Tony Tumas cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 35’ Catalina 350s 2 to choose from 2003 In-mast w Air - 104,900 and 2005 In-mast w/Air 119,000 - See our web site for full details - Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

36’ Catalina MKII ’02 Well priced and ready to sail this Catalina offers a great amount of cockpit space and a big roomy interior with 2 staterooms, AC, & more. Priced at $88,500 Call Jay at (410) 9779460 or jay@knot10.com

36’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36i ‘09 Asking $99,000. Comfortable 2 cabin version, sails & points great with fin keel. Secure decks and generous cockpit w/ deep storage lockers. Large head w/ separate shower. 800-672-1327, www. MooringsBrokerage.com.

38’ Catalina 387 ’05 Beautiful - A must See - full batten main w/Antal Track, Air, Raymarine 120 plotter $149,900 Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve) tony@greatblueyachts.com, www. greatblueyachts.com 38’ Hunter 386 ’02 In-Mast, Aire/Heat, pilot, plotter, full cockpit enclosure $109,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

38’ Hunter 386 ’03 The Hunter 386 can be sailed single handed, has huge accommodations below and has ample storage room. Priced at $119,000 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

38’ Hunter ’05 Air/Heat, Gen Set, E80 w/ radar, In-mast, full canvs - Clean $126,500 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 41’ C&C Aft Cockpit Center Board ’84 Fast, fun & ready for racing or cruising $54,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

58’ Farr ’85 Proven circumnavigator built at Dencho Marine, interior by N.A. Bob Smith, incredible boat ! $195,000 Call Randy Walterhoefer 917-478-4944 Curtis Stokes & Associates Randy@curtisstokes.net

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42’ Endeavour 42 Center Cockpit w/ Island double, full canvas, plotter, pilot, radar & more - $69,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com Hunter 456 ’02 $179,900 Exceptionally clean!! In-mast, Air, Gen, and all the creature comforts - Call Tony Tumas (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Email:tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com 49’ Hunter ’08 Air/Heat, gen set, dual radar, In-mast, electric furling & winches, pilot, full canvas - Beautiful $295,000 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 2761774 for complete details. Email: tony@greatblueyachts.com, www.greatblueyachts.com

40’ C&C 121 ’99 The 121 was the flagship of the C&C Express Series and possesses that elusive combination of uncompromising performance and big, luxurious accommodations. Priced at $166,000 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

47’ Bavaria 47 ’00 One of the most Beautiful sloops on the water. Performance and Quality-- Only one available on East Coast $211,000 Call Jay at (410) 977-9460 or jay@knot10.com

39’ Beneteau Cyclades 39 ’07 Asking $99,000. Great cruising yacht, comfortable at anchor and underway. Nav station conveniently by companionway. Sails fast, points well. Professionally maintained. 800-6721327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

41’ Lagoon 410 ’05 Asking $235,000. Innovative yet traditional Lagoon. Galley-salon area opens into cockpit Clean interior, massively airy, light down below, with Lagoon conviviality, 360-degree view. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

43’ Beneteau Cyclades 43 ’06 Asking $115,000. Blue water design, generous interior, large cockpit, dual helm, high tech, craftsmanship. Reliability, comfort, elegant finish. Large capacities for water, fuel, gear & food. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

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7330 Edgewood Road, Suite 1 Annapolis, MD 21403 46’ Leopard 46 ’08 Asking $390,000. 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. 800-672-1327, www.MooringsBrokerage.com. 33’ Alerion Sport ‘11 A wolf in sheep’s clothing. Perfect combo of easy and exciting. This Alerion is in near perfect cond.. Cockpit can be as relaxing or as racing as you want. Call David Malkin at 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com 51’ Beneteau Cyclades 50 ’06 REDUCED! $189,000. 16-foot beam = terrific space—double more traditional 50-footers. Comfort unsurpassed in its class. Five cabins (4 double cabins) generator, aircon. Ideal for regattas, cruising. 800-672-1327 www.MooringsBrokerage.com.

Buy a J/35 & join the fun of a great local one-design fleet. Bzing is one of the best J/35s you will find. This 1984 J/35 has been painstakingly refitted to nearly new cond.. Call Bill O’Malley at 410-703-9058 or bomalley@northpointyachtsales.com

37’ Express ‘88 If you are looking for performance on the race course & comfort for cruising, this Express 37 is right on the money. Competitive racer w/a winning record. Offered at $66,500. Call David Cox at 410-280-2038 or david@northpointyachtsales.com

36’ Catalina MK II ’05 This boat has been well maintained, she is clean & comfortable. Great opportunity to own a boat in excellent cond. Offered at $129,000 Contact David Cox at davidcox@northpointyachtsales.com or 410-280-2038

38’ Alerion - Express ’06 While still faithful to the concept of easy handling, the Alerion Express offers considerably more interior space and head room. Contact Tommy Harken at tommy@northpointyachtsales.com or 843-830-4483

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 30’ Ticon Sloop ‘84 Serenity is a Halsey Herreshoff design built in Canada. Shoal draft 3’11”, Dsl eng., Autohelm, depth, wheel, dodger, Maisail’10, dodger ’11, Batteries ’12 etc. $26,500 OBYS 410-226-0100

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53’ 1984 Mason 53 ......................................$300,000 50’ 1984 Gulfstar SailMaster ......................$215,000 49’ 2007 Jeanneau 49 Deck Salon.............$316,000 44’ 2007 Tartan 4400 Deck Salon ..............$410,000 43’ 2003 Saga 43 .........................................$225,000 41’ 2001 Tartan 4100...................................$195,000 40’ 1976 Bristol Classic / Refit.....................$79,000 40’ 1996 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 40.......$245,000 40’ 2012 Tartan 4000...................................$485,000 38’ 1990 Freedom 38 ....................................$95,000 38’ 1998 Ericson 380 by Pac Sea ..............$129,900 38’ 2011 C&C 115 ........................................$190,000 38’ 1988 C&C 38 Mk III ..................................$74,000 37’ 1999 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37.......$175,000 37’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37.......$160,000 37’ 1989 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37.......$125,000 37’ 1987 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37.........$84,000 37’ 2006 Tartan 3700...................................$265,000 37’ 1979 Tartan 37c.......................................$80,000 37’ 1983 Tartan 37c.......................................$68,500 36’ 2004 Hunter 36 ........................................$79,000 36’ 1980 Pearson 365 ...................................$50,000 35’ 1995 Custom Steel Motor Sailer ..........$127,500 35’ 1998 Ericson 350 by Pac Sea ..............$110,000 35’ 2004 Hunter 356 ....................................$100,000 35’ 1984 Wauquiez 35 Pretorian ..................$75,000 34’ 2001 Legacy 34 Express Jet Drives ....$195,000 34’ 1993 Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 34 .$129,900 34’ 1990 Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 34 .$125,000 34’ 1997 Gemini 105M ..................................$84,000 33’ 1980 Tartan 33.........................................$42,000 32’ 2000 Catalina 320....................................$50,000 32’ 1984 Sabre 32 Tri-Cabin .........................$39,000 32’ 04/06 C&C 99 - 2 Available .....................$99,000 31’ 1994 Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 31 ...$95,000 31’ 1989 Pacififc Seacraft CREALOCK 31 ..$85,000 31’ 1990 Pacific Seacraft CREALOCK 31 ...$75,000 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail DAYSAILOR ...........$98,000 26’ 2014 Tartan Fantail WEEKENDER.......$110,000

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BOATS FOR SALE! SAILBOATS 1984 Freedom 21 Catboat rig. Unstayed mast. Mainsail, jib, spinaker with shotgun mount. 4 HP Yamaha 4-stroke, fairly recent model. $3,950. 1975 Tartan 27 with roller furling and Atomic 4 inboard engine. Hull and deck are sound. Tough, sturdy sailboat that needs work. $2,150

POWERBOATS 1987 Cruisers 28.5 Roomy cabin cruiser with twin inboard engines. Call 1986 President 36.5 Large cabin cruiser. Twin Ford Lehman 275HP inboard diesel engines in running condition. Boat in average condition. $24,000

45.5’ Bristol Center Cockpit k/cb This Bristol has been professionally maintained & has received 2 rounds of extensive upgrades & improvements. Great passagemaker, perfect for the Bay or the Bahamas. Low hrs. Offered at $189,950. Call Rick Casali at 410-2795309, rick@northpointyachtsales.com

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384 Morgan Sloop ‘83 Goombah has been loved and maintained by a very knowledgeable and experienced yachting couple. She is in sail-away condition and well worth seeing. Asking $55,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

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36’ Hunter ‘08 Free Bird is a classic oneowner cruiser with AC/Heat, Electric windlass, GPS/Autopilot & more! $149,000,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 air conditioners, VHF/radio, autopilot/GPS & more! $134,000, 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)7769211, www.nortonyachts.com 42’ Jeanneau ’08 Fandango is a oneowner beautifully maintained cruiser equipped with AC/Heat, bowthruster, 2 heads, in-mast furling, & More! $205,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804) 776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 45CC Hunter ‘07 Partnership is a spacious beauty with Radar/Plotter, autopilot, Bose, generator & more! $269,000, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com 50CC Hunter ‘09 Quiet Wings is a oneowner dream with full options, tons of space! Come see! $362,500, Norton Yacht Sales, (804)776-9211, www.nortonyachts.com

1972 Concorde Express 27 Mercruiser 302 Ford engine, enclosed electric head and stand-up shower, holding tank, sleeps 4, dinette, full galley. Economical cruiser. $5,000 All boats are sold “as is, where is”

36’ Islander sloop ’79 40-hp Yanmar dsl ’00, dodger, bimini, barrier coated bottom, upgraded cushions below etc. Lovely cruising vessel with comfortable interior. Asking $19,900.00 OBYS 410-226-0100

26’ Nonsuch ‘83 Magic is a large 26 footer with 6’1” headroom below. New Yanmar dsl, new teak and holly sole, battery charger ’12, wheel steering, ST winches, bimini etc. $20,000 OBYS 410-226-0100

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Regent Point Marina Full Service Yacht Repair Facility. See our website for details of Winter Wet or Dry storage specials. Call Regent Point Marina Boatyard @ 804-758-4747. yardmaster@regentpointmarina.com 27’ Com-Pac ’92 Celestine 12-hp Westerbeke dsl, Very low engine hrs, extra clean, solid built pocket cruiser, Great Bay boat, Asking:$23,500 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 30’ Catalina MK II ’87 Progress, Cruisair AC/Heat, new 150% genoa, Harken roller furling, 23-hp Universal, great family cruiser, ready to sail away, Asking: $23,900 Call Regent Point Marina @804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 30’ Catalina ’80 Champagne, Many updates including new upholstery, new main w/cover, 150% genoa w/roller furling, 11-hp Universal, autohelm, dodger, bimini. Asking: $18,000 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 34’ Hunter ’86 High Voltage Fresh bottom paint and complete engine service, 25 Yanmar, Profurl roller furling, new Head sail, owner ready for offers, Asking: $18,000 Call Regent Point Marina @804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 36’ Cape Dory ’86 Hunky Dory Clean, Well cared for, Ready to go. Perkins dsl, A/C heat pump, new canvas 2010, potable generator, & much more. PRICE REDUCED: $79,900 Call Regent Point marina 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com 39’ Cal ’81 Coralia Dark blue hull, many features, Set up for serious sailing. 50 HP VW dsl, Ready to GO! Asking: $62,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457 www.regentpointmarina.com

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Mason 44 Cutter ’90 269K Original owner, maintained to the highest standard, absolutely gorgeous high quality vessel, low hrs, AC/Heat, cockpit enclosure, bow thruster, beautiful interior, shows like new! (410) 571-2955.

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Island Packet 27, 29, 31, 32 & 320 We have 12 available. Serious cruising boats that offer comfort, room and storage capacity. From $39,500 to $119,900. S&J Yachts 410 571-3605 or 804 776-0604 www.sjyachts.com

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Island Packet 35, 350, Estero, 370, 38, 380, 41 & SP Cruiser We have 14 available. Blue water mid-sized cruisers for the Bay or the World. Priced from $122,500 to $339,000. S&J Yachts 410 571-3605 or 804 776-0604 www.sjyachts.com

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Gozzard 36 ‘97 Absolutely beautiful condition! Classic lines. Large comfortable cockpit. Well equipped. The finest we have seen! $199,900 S&J Yachts 410 571-3605 or 804 776-0604 www.sjyachts.com

Dufour 38 Classic ‘00 Great value for the performance minded cruiser. Outstanding light mahogany joinery. A/C, new main, dinghy, chartplotter etc. $119,900 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com.

Southerly Yachts Variable draft w/push button swing keel. Blue water cruising boats. Go where others cannot! Several models available 38 – 57 feet from $485,000 to $1,775,000. S&J Yachts 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

Tayana 37 ’85 Classic bluewater cruising yacht. She has an eye-catching black hull and has been lovingly maintained and upgraded. $67,900. S&J Yachts 804 776-0604 www.sjyachts.com

Sabre 386 ‘06 Award winning model. She is in Excellent condition! A/C, power winch, chartplotter, new upholstery, LED lights, new bottom, new spinnaker…$248,500 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

Hunter 420 CC ‘04 Very clean, large comfortable cruiser. Superb aft stateroom w/large centerline berth. Furling main, bow thruster. Easy to handle. $179,900 S&J Yachts 410-5713605 www.sjyachts.com

48’ Cheoy Lee Ketch ’79 Robert Perry design; built for serious cruising. Extensive updating past 2 years. A good looking classic yacht! $84,900 S&J Yachts 804 776-0604 www.sjyachts.com

36’ Catalina 36 MKII Two to choose from! 1995 and 1999 (410) 639-9380, www.saltyachts.com

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Cheers & Spirits, Arnold, MD Dennis Point Marina, Drayden, MD Harbour North Marina, Chesapeake City, MD Calvert Marina, Solomons, MD Intercoastal Marine, Middle River, MD

Moody 425 CC ‘91 Easy handled sailing w/high degree of all-round performance. Well equipped. Popular sugar scoop transom. A fine, family cruiser. $124,500 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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Beneteau 473 ‘06 Very popular performance cruiser. Meticulous owner. 3 cabins. Nicely outfitted: Inmast furling, Generator, A/C, Full enclosure, Radar/ Chart Plotter, Max Prop, more. $284,900 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

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37’ Hunter ‘88 Legion 375 keel sloopcruiser/racer, RF genoa, wheel, inbd dsl, heat/AC, chart plotter, Sea Scouts, $29,500 obo, Steve Alexander, stevedalex@msn.com, 301-646-0805.

John Kaiser, Owner of Yacht View Brokerage LLC Is offering complimentary dockage, electric and weekly professional cleaning for all Power and Sailing yachts from 20’ to 75’, until sold! A USCG 100 Ton Master with 25 years of experience, John has built a strong reputation nationally for excellent service and incredible listing to sale time(Usually less than 45 days!). John’s clients have often purchased multiple boats through him and many have become lifetime friends. Contact John Kaiser to request a referral to his most recent satisfied Sellers and to discuss listing your beautifully maintained yacht! Email: john@yachtview.com, Cell: 443223-7864, Office: 410-923-1400, Website: www.yachtview.com

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Allstate Insurance......................................... 66

Curtis Stokes.................................................. 4

Norton Yachts.......................................... 48,75

Annapolis Accommodations......................... 26

Diversified Marine......................................... 43

Pettit Marine Paint Vivid............................... 60

Annapolis Athletic Club................................ 63

Doctor LED................................................... 69

Planet Hope.................................................. 53

Annapolis Bay Charters................................ 42

Dream Yacht Charters.................................. 11

Pocket-Yacht Company................................ 42

Annapolis Bermuda Race............................. 65

East of Maui................................................. 38

Pro Valor...................................................... 66

Annapolis Gelcoat........................................ 69

Fawcett Boat Supplies.................................. 40

Regent Point Marina..................................... 55

Annapolis Performance Sailing...................... 5

Harbor East Marina...................................... 38

Annapolis Yacht Sales.............................. 8,77

Harken.......................................................... 58

Atlantic Spars & Rigging............................... 37

Herrington Harbour....................................... 24

Atlantis Weathergear.................................... 41

J. Gordon & Co........................................ 43,51

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

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Coppercoat USA.......................................... 49

North Point Yacht Sales................................. 9

Tidewater Marina.......................................... 79

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Crusader Yacht Sales.................................. 78

North Sails Gear........................................... 40

West Marine Rigging.................................... 25

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C HESAPEAKE CLA SSIC by Bill Wagner

nnapolis lost one of the legendary figures on its maritime scene when yacht yard owner and sailor Bert Jabin died November 7 at the age of 83. Jabin, who had been splitting time between homes in Annapolis and Miami, succumbed after a lengthy bout with cancer. “My dad touched a lot of people’s lives around Annapolis. He was an icon for what he developed and was able to achieve,” said Rod Jabin, who bought his father’s boatyard on Back Creek in 1998. Bert Jabin, born and raised in Miami, sailed into Annapolis as a teenager and fell in love with the Chesapeake Bay seaport. He had dropped out of high school to work as a deck-

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hand aboard sailboats. Nicknamed “Red’’ because of his distinctive hair, Jabin helped deliver a boat to Annapolis and wound up staying for a while. Charles Dell, commodore of the Annapolis Yacht Club (AYC) back then, took Jabin under his wing and convinced the wayward teenager to return to Miami to finish school. Jabin earned a high school diploma and after serving in the Korean War, went to college on the GI bill. He eventually returned to Annapolis and worked at Maryland Shipbuilding in Baltimore before deciding to go into business for himself. Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard opened in 1959 on a small plot overlooking Back Creek. It was a completely undeveloped

parcel, and Jabin had to sink pylons, build piers, and clear trees in order to have space to work on dry-docked boats. Over time, Jabin acquired 14 different lots that either adjoined the original piece of property or one another. By the early 1980s, Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard was a sprawling 20-acre complex, the largest facility of its kind in Annapolis Jabin was a stalwart member of AYC from the day he returned to Annapolis until his death. He served on numerous committees and supported club activities. Jabin was also successful as a sailboat racer, beginning in the Alberg 30 class and moving into other designs. He did well with a wooden 36-foot IOR boat

named Rogue’s Roost and then skippered a Peterson 36 and Frers 38 named Ramrod. Upon arriving in Annapolis in 1983, Bruce Farr produced an innovative design for Jabin that dominated the Annapolis racing scene. That Farr 37, created specifically for Chesapeake Bay conditions, earned Jabin an entire shelf of first place trophies. “My dad was wildly successful with the Farr 37, which was really fast,” Rod Jabin said. “In fact, he won so much with that boat it spawned all sorts of rules and rating changes aimed at decreasing the design advantage.” In Jabin’s memory, friends may make donations to the American Cancer Society.

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