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ack in the days when the words “land line” meant nothing to you, and there was only one shared phone in the house, you might have told a friend, “We’re sailing to St. Michaels this weekend.”

You may have been making ham and swiss sandwiches as you chatted on the phone, as that was the era when the receiver fit nicely wedged between shoulder and ear, facilitating multitasking (and neck pain). Those were the old days when—barring a tropical storm, accident, or death— your friend would not hear about your sailing excursion until the following week.

Welcome to the new world of hyper-connectivity. A brave, strange world where the possibilities of sharing (and over-sharing) the details of your St. Michaels sailing trip with your close friends, your 147 Facebook “friends,” your Twitter followers (a million if you are Ashton Kutcher), and anyone else “connected” on the planet seem endless.

You might speed-dial your best friend from the dock to say, “I forgot to tell you [fill in random fact]… We’re throwing off the lines now. I’ll call ya’ tomorrow.”

Just as you’re motoring out to open water, you spy an osprey on the channel marker.

Why pass up a photo opportunity when you have your phone in your pocket, right? You snap a mobile photo and text it to your kids with a message, “will miss u call 2morrw.”

Time to stash the phones and put up some canvas. Time to cut the engine. Yes! This is the moment you’ve been craving during your busy week of meetings and emails. Ah, the Bay. You sail along gently in a light morning breeze. You kick back in the cockpit and put some sunblock on your nose and your spouse’s neck. For an hour, you relax. You talk. Or not. You enjoy the breeze, the sun, the sound of waves, the rocking motion.

“I need a few days of this—really, a week,” you say. “Wouldn’t it be great if we could sail like this for a month or better yet, a year? Honey, let’s run away to the islands!”

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Mid-fantasy, you go down to the galley to get some water and an apple. And the camera, because you’re just about to pass Thomas Point Shoal Light. You think you should snap a picture from your phone to send to “friends.” Then your spouse may want his phone, too, to send the guys at work an “eat ur heart out” mobile e-mail.

While passing the lighthouse, you snap multiple photos via various gadgets to send out to social websites or save for your “Flickr” photo-sharing web-page.

To the un-initiated, this may sound exaggerated, but the many who have crossed over to the new connected world know that I have only scratched the surface of what can be “shared” in an instant. This imaginary couple may each post the lighthouse photos on their Facebook pages for friends to comment on or to their Twitter followers to be “watched” or to their blog for friends. A YouTube video of the skipper drinking his first beer of the day in those silly orange swim trunks can be produced, sent, and posted on the Internet in moments from right there in the cockpit.

This may sound like “kid stuff” to some, but I assure you, I have seen Facebook updates from friends in their 40s and 50s that read, “Sailing on the Bay, yay!” I’ve seen mobile phone pictures of rum punches on distant bars posted live at various hours of the day. Texting, e-mailing, Facebook-

ing, Twittering, and blogging while under sail have become mainstream in a stunningly short period of time.

When used in a controlled, moderate fashion, there is value in a few of these practices. Greg Leonard and the winning J/120 Heron crew blogged live every few hours from the boat during the Annapolis to Newport Race in June. The crew had great fun with it, and coupled with Annapolis YC’s online race-tracking system, found it to be a worthwhile tool for sharing their adventure with family (see page 74). To be able to broadcast brewing storms and where the fish are running is beneficial to those of us who play on the Bay. Certainly, the capability of instantly sharing specifics about onthe-water accidents is priceless.

What concerns me are the mad texters, the “crackberry” and iPhone addicts, those who get sucked in and can’t disengage from this pretend, digital world long enough to enjoy a real, live afternoon on deck. When I see a Facebook post that says, “I’m having a blast on the Bay!” I think, Really? Then why are you typing on your phone? If you’re texting, you are ignoring your sailing mates—you are also ignoring the sky, the Bay, and the motion of the boat—if even for that 30-second spell. I worry about people who spend so much time recording moments, they forget to savor them.

With the summer solstice and this extended monsoon season behind us (knock wood), I hope that hyper-connected sailors will stop and ask themselves what percentage of the remaining sailing season they want to spend with their phones in hand. I dare Chesapeake Bay sailors to disconnect for a few hours while sailing. Try sending only messages that are urgent or helpful to fellow sailors. Don’t completely quit your blog or Facebook—those things are fun.

We’re into them, too. Just tone it down while underway. Take a break. You might find that turning off the phone will mean reconnecting with sun, sky, wind, and sailing friends.

Update us on Monday. We’ll still be here.

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SpinSheet Readers Write…

In the year and a half since we revitalized our letters section, never have we received so many letters, phone calls, and sailing invitations as we have since we printed an editor’s note on multihulls, a racing cat photo spread, and a feature on chartering in the islands in the June issue of SpinSheet. Clearly, we have been remiss in covering the multihull craze. With a little help from our new friends, we will work to improve such coverage moving forward. Thank you for your letters, kind words, and loyal readership. See you on the water! ~M.W.

Not Just for Weirdos I was delighted to find your thoughtful and entertaining editorial, “What the Hull?” in the June SpinSheet. Twenty years ago, the occasional multihull was easily dismissed by traditional monohull sailors as a quirky, dangerous boat for weirdos. The production processes, materials, and technology have come a long way since then.

As you noted, the other, more difficult barrier to acceptance is the odd aesthetic of a multihull. “They just don’t look like a boat,” is an oft-heard critique at boat shows. Today, many of our members are those same traditional sailors lucky enough to have experienced the joy of quick comfortable sailing in modern production boats with all the go-fast sail materials and rigging now found on the more progressive racing multihulls. They have overcome their own predjudice about what a boat should look like and how it should behave between wind and water, and most have grown quite fond of their “sleek, spaceship things.”

I have asked our members to get you aboard a variety of these boats this season and to stay in touch with SpinSheet about our activities this season and beyond.

Were my own multihull not on the hard this late in the season, I would invite you aboard and with cocktail firmly in hand, go for a tHriLL Ride in Baltimore Harbor. Hope to send you an invitation before the season’s end. Again, many thanks for your editorial.

Jim Nealy Commodore of the Chesapeake Multihull Association (CMA)

Tri It, You’ll Like It I am the current rear commodore and newsletter editor for the CMA and owner of triangle, a Corsair F31 trimaran..

I just wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your editorial “What the Hull?”

Though we had a flurry of e-mails among our membership over your article, I took the liberty of copying the page and inserting it in our newsletter in hopes that anyone who missed it will now have the opportunity to read it. If there is anything I or CMA as a club can do to help support SpinSheet, please let us know.

Gary Spesard Belmont Bay, VA

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eet the newest member of the SpinSheet crew, our advertising sales representative Emily Monaco. A native of Syracuse, NY, Emily was raised a mountain kid. “I grew up among hikers and backpackers,” she says. “My parents were relentless. I had a 20-pound pack on my back when I was eight years old… the mountains brought me peace. Now, the water does.”

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After graduation from Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, Emily came to the Washington, DC area for a fellowship in forensic psychology at the National Institutes of Health. Five years into a graduate program she disliked immensely, a “phenomenal” offer to enter into an independent IT/media venture came Emily’s way and altered her career path.

The friend who convinced her to join the successful small business venture was the same one who became a partner with Emily and her husband Chris in a whimsical purchase of a Cal 25 for $500 on craigslist.com.

Although they had never sailed before, they were quickly hooked and drove to Annapolis every weekend to sail. They reversed their commute and settled

here in 2005. “We have fallen in love with sailing and the Chesapeake Bay, “she says.

When the IT company was sold, and Emily had a baby, she was faced with the choice of going back into a field she wasn’t crazy about or seeking out another small business opportunity. “I used to ask myself, ‘If I wasn’t doing this, who would I want to work for?’ Because I’d been a reader for a long time, the answer was always SpinSheet.”

When she’s not helping SpinSheet customers or taking care of her eight-monthold baby Luke—which she’ll admit is the deal for awhile—Emily loves to run (as she did competitively in college) and travel.

“I came from the online world, so it’s challenging and exciting to learn about print media,” she says. “I love meeting new people. That’s the part I enjoy the most.

This is a great office with great people.

And the view ain’t bad either.”

We hope our decidedly non-techie atmosphere does not blow our new team member’s mind, as we plan on picking her entrepreneurial brain… as well as enjoying life along the Bay with her this summer.

Welcome to SpinSheet, Emily! ~M.W. spinsheet.com

Addicts Only If you like sailing, sailing a tri is like crack. Once you try it, you’re hooked.

Rob Blessé Flying Circus Port Tobacco, MD

A Thrill Like No Other I was very pleased to see the editorial on multihulls in the June issue of SpinSheet. Isn’t it funny how sometimes you notice something and assume it is an overnight success, when in fact, it has been gaining steadily over many years?

Here at Performance Cruising, we have been building the Gemini catamaran and Telstar trimaran steadily for 28 years. We build about 50 boats a year and ship them all over the world. We attended the second ever U.S. Sailboat Show in

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Annapolis in 1973 when there were only about three other multihulls.

Now when you look at the show, they appear to be taking over!

The rise in popularity is simply due to one thing; they are a better choice for the way many people sail. Fast sailing without the heeling and roomy interiors are appealing for a wide range of sailors. The speed with which a trimaran can move through the water is a thrill like no other. We took our Telstar trimaran out on Sunday and reached 15.6 knots without even trying!

If you ever want to get out on the water in either a catamaran or a trimaran, just give us a call, and we’d be happy to take you out and show you the products we build right here in Annapolis. Again, thanks for noticing and great job on the issue, as usual.

In response to our boat name competition (deadline July 10), Cam Simmons sent in this photo of his Seawind 1160 Double-Wide.

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Dock Talk More Than Just Fireworks: Norfolk Harborfest 2009 by Michelle Bosserman

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njoy Fourth of July weekend by attending the 33rd Norfolk Harborfest and celebrating the grand opening of Town Point Park. There will be plenty of exciting entertainment—for free—at Virginia’s largest summertime festival. Multiple stages will provide various musical acts from local, regional, and national areas for you to sing and dance along with on all three days.

There will be a Parade of Sail starting at noon on Friday offering viewers an up close and personal chance to see more than 700 boats and ships sailing down the Elizabeth River to downtown Norfolk. From massive cruise liners and battleships to fireboats

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and tall ships, the Parade of Sail is the perfect way to get a look at ships or boats you might have never seen before. Not only will visitors get the chance to see these ships, but tours of some of the tall ships are available as well. If you have little ones, or you are a kid at heart, you can play “pirate for a day” and dress up like a pirate while made-up pirates tell tales that will shiver yer timbers.

If arts and crafts are more your thing, don’t fret, there’s something for you too.

There will be many talented local artists on the scene with their unique pieces showcased for you to browse. New to the Harborfest this year is the tug of war between the Norfolk fire department and the Norfolk police department. Don’t miss the sure to be entertaining power struggle between the two rescue teams full of pride and honor. There also will be a free corn hole tournament, presented by the Virginia Beach Cornhole Association, with winners receiving cash and merchandise prizes!

Also on the Fourth will be the second

annual Lazy Lizzy River “Anything-ThatFloats-But-A-Boat” race where contestants build a craft out of anything but boat parts and try to make it down the river. Registration required, so remember to register before you get to the festival to participate in this outrageous race.

Of course, plenty of carnival food will be available; perhaps the most difficult thing you will face all weekend will be deciding what to eat! If you want to switch it up and try something new other than hamburgers and hot dogs, you could always try the turkey legs, roasted corn, or even fried Twinkies. There will also be wine tasting of fine Virginia wine for all you adults out there.

What is Fourth of July without fireworks? There are three opportunities to catch the fireworks show during the Harborfest: Friday at 10 p.m., Saturday at 9:30 p.m., and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Harborfest hours are noon to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday. hamptonroads.com

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Oyster Wars to the Sailing Glory Years: Local Author Pens Maritime Annapolis

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nnapolis author Rosemary Frietas-Williams first became interested in writing about maritime history when Cardie Templeton Hannon hired her to research and install a timeline tracing the 70-year history of the boatyard property at 222 Severn Avenue in Eastport. “In the process, I heard first-hand accounts of boatyard life way back when. I was hooked,” says Frietas-Williams.

When History Press approached her about writing a book, she says, “At first I wanted to do a book on just boatyards, but we agreed to expand it.” The result is Maritime Annapolis: A History of Watermen, Sails and Midshipmen, which chronicles the state capital’s maritime history from violent skirmishes among outlaw oyster poachers to the crabbing rage of the 20th century and beyond to the city’s

evolution into a sailing capital. In a series of vignettes, Williams reveals the locals’ deep connection to the Chesapeake Bay. Although more well-known on her home turf as a watercolorist whose work is displayed in local galleries and in the biannual Art Between the Creeks shows, Williams is an Emmy-award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience, including working as an executive producer for MSNBC. She has freelanced for several Annapolis-based publications, including SpinSheet.

When asked about the process of researching and writing about the place she calls home, the author says, “It was a fabulous, fabulous experience. I’m really excited to share it. Everyone’s in love with the history of Annapolis!”

To learn more, visit maritimeannapolis.com.

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sprey, bald eagles, and wildlife… oh my! The Annapolis Maritime Museum offers museum members and non-members a chance to get out on the Patuxent River and see the wildlife on the water July 1. The trip will be on a pontoon boat, so there will be plenty of space for small items, such as coolers or backpacks, but not enough space for a lot of people. Reserve your spot today, and you will get the chance to see the birds in action.

Ospreys are known as sea hawks because they stalk their prey (mostly fish) and zoom in for the attack. It’s exciting to see these birds swoop gracefully in and above the river. Jug Bay, off the Patuxent, holds more than 30 osprey platforms to make it easier to see the osprey in action and will be the primary location of the trip. Also along the way and visible from the boat are a couple of bald eagle nests. Celebrate July Fourth early by seeing the nation’s bird in its natural habitat.

Bring cameras, bottled water, sunglasses, and sunscreen, if necessary. Come to the Patuxent River Park Visitor’s Center by 10 a.m.; the boat leaves the dock at 10:30.

Intended for children over 12 years old, the trip costs $40 for members and $60 for non-members. Spaces fill quickly so call Mary Ostrye at (410) 295-0104 to make reservations. Directions to Patuxent River Park can be found at amaritime.org. —by Michelle Bosserman

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ormer SpinSheet columnist, pro sailor, and video commentator Tucker Thompson and his business partner, former pro sailor Bruce Nairn, are pleased to have won the 2009 Aegis Award for their T2Productions (T2P) video coverage of U.S. Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR. The Aegis Award process is a longtime, respected competition featuring peer judging by producers, directors, cameramen, editors, and other film and video professionals. T2P won the category of Sports Reporter (Thompson’s forte) in 2007 for their coverage of U.S. Sailing’s Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship. This year’s award was for Sports Producer (Nairn’s specialty).

“The reason that’s exciting is that we’ve won on both sides of the business, for oncamera and production. It’s a compliment all the way around,” says Thompson.

“Bruce and I started out match racing together. We realized we both viewed the industry the same way and wanted to get into marketing and sponsorship. We recognized there was a void online—no one had put sailing video online more than eight years ago when we got started.”

Since then, T2P has covered hundreds

of regattas and broadcast more than 500 shows on their online sailing network t2p. tv. T2P’s niche is same-day production.

Each of the three complete shows produced during the Miami OCR event was shot, produced, and broadcast all in one day.

“Dick Franyo at the Boatyard Bar & Grill was our first client. The idea was to improve upon the Annapolis Wednesday Night video coverage Marmadukes Pub had done. The rest is history.”

Thompson remembers how Franyo would ask him if and when he hit the “bigtime” at the America’s Cup, would he keep coming back to film Wednesday nights in

Annapolis? When that dream came true in 2007, the answer was and remains, “Yes.” Thompson says, “That’s where our hearts are.”

Did doing America’s Cup television coverage change the way they do business? “Not really,” says Thompson. “We’ve trained ourselves out of necessity not to make mistakes. Our production style is so fast; there are no chances for second takes.

Everything I had done before the America’s Cup was live on camera. It was as if everything up to that point had trained me for it. Even writing for SpinSheet helped me with the Cup and explaining the very basics of sailing.”

Nairn says, “Winning this award is proof positive that eight years of creating and fine tuning an efficient production model supported by good talent produces great results. It’s really gratifying.”

While others in the marine industry are cutting back, T2P is “keeping the pedal down,” says Thompson, hiring new employees and doubling its office space and video content. To see a new T2P product, a video press release, click to t2p.tv/files/ aegis09.wmv. Check out the latest video of Block Island Race Week at t2p.tv.

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SpinSheet photographer Al Schreitmueller won first place in the post-race category for his photograph, “Canvas on Canvas” in the 2008 St. Mary’s College of Maryland Governor’s Cup Yacht Race Photography Competition.

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(L-R): Northern Virginia Sail and Power Squadron Commander Francis Williamson presents the Educational Achievement Award to Sea Scout Andrew Scheuermann and J. J. Fitzgerald.

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ndrew Scheuermann (above) recently received the U.S. Power Squadron “Educational Proficiency Award” from the Northern Virginia Sail & Power Squadron (NVSPS) for completing the squadron’s marine electronics, engine maintenance, cruise planning, and sailing courses.

Talk about busy… Scheuermann is a full-time mechanical engineering student at Northern Virginia Community College, works full-time at West Marine’s Alexandria, VA store, and crews on the dinner cruise ship, Celebrity.

One of the most decorated Sea Scouts in America, this 20-year-old is the youngest member to have earned so many awards, including Quartermaster Sea Scout, Eagle Scout Award, Venture Silver Award, Raymond A. Findley Jr. Sea Scout Service Award, Venture Outdoor “Ranger” Award, Venture “Leadership” Award, First Place “Kiwi Cup Division” for the national small boat sailing Sea Scouts “Koch Cup” championship.

J. J. Fitzgerald, NVSPS’s assistant education officer and the leader of the Squadron Sea Scouts, also recently received the Educational Proficiency Award (nvsps.org).

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his season, several sailors have experienced technical difficulties with non-working pumpout systems at a few marinas on the Middle Bay. And, some are certified Clean Marinas. We won’t name names; but, you know who you are. We visit you for fuel, and the fuel docks are always working. Why not let us pumpout at the same time we donate countless bucks to the oil gods each season? In the end, it saves everybody time and money and helps out our Bay. Maybe it takes too much time and trouble to provide consistent pumpout services. Maybe you don’t have enough staff for docking, fueling, and pumping. Maybe it’s just too yucky a job to stand doing for long.

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Here’s the good news. The SpinSheet crew can personally attest to the fact that Annapolis Landing Marina, Herrington Harbour North, St. Michaels Marina, and the Tides Inn offer up great pumpout services every time we visit them. We congratulate them! We also know that the Honey Dipper operated by the West/ Rhode Riverkeeper provides excellent sucking services. The best, in fact, that we have used on the Bay… ever. You don’t have to dock; he sidles right up next to you, shows you how to use the pumpout, and lets you know how much you’ve contributed to his tank when you’re done. The $5 service is easy, clean, and fast.

Throughout the season, keep us posted when you have a glorious experience with a pumpout system on the Bay. Send your stories to ruth@ spinsheet.com. We’re happy to promote those facilities that clean up their acts.

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eptember 19-20—The 2009 Maryland Lighthouse Challenge will celebrate the state’s 375th birthday and the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s 20th year and promote blue crabs, skipjacks, Chesapeake Bay retrievers, and Black-Eyed Susans. The driving tour showcases the Chesapeake Lightship, Concord Point, Cove Point, Drum Point, Fort Washington, Hooper Strait, Piney Point, Point Lookout, Seven-Foot Knoll, and Turkey Point. cheslights.org

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A recent Heritage Awards ceremony in Dorchester County (above L-R in back): Sen. Richard Colburn, John Creighton [Outstanding Project Awardee], Linda Prochaska of Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s office, Pat Lewis [Outstanding Project Awardee], and Chief Sewell Winterhawk Fitzhugh [Individual Achievement Awardee].

(L-R in front): Jackson Browhawn, Caroline Cline, Delegate Addie Eckardt, Midge Ingersoll, Amanda Fenstermaker, and Delegate Jeannie Haddaway. Also, the Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance received the Organizational Excellence Award. Photo courtesy of tourchesapeakecountry.com

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Noyce Yachts, LLC has been named a dealer for Stur-Dee Boat Co. of Tiverton, RI, now selling these New Englandstyle Dorys, skiffs, catboats (above), and tenders. Heidi and Mackenzie Reid, daughter and granddaughter of founder Ernest C. Gavin continue the tradition of building fine boats known for their ability to take rough water. Noyce Yachts is also a dealer for Tayana sailing yachts, Nautitech Catamarans, and more. Photo courtesy of Rick Casali of Noyce Yachts/ rickc@noyceyachts.com • Bobby Childs recently signed on as operations manager for LetsGoCruising.com in Annapolis, a luxury charter company that is part of the Bay Yacht Group. “In town, we like people to think of us as their floating home away from home,” says Childs with a grin. “Why stay in a hotel when you can play on a sailboat in Annapolis Harbor, go sailing, do some entertaining, and see the sights all from the comfort of your slip? We host a bunch of fun events, such as cocktail parties, group sails, weekend getaways, corporate and family events, adventure cruises, guided flotilla trips, and more.

And, every year, my wife and I host the French team for the Santa Maria Cup; it’s a kick! This year, in addition to fleets in Solomons, along the East Coast, and in the Caribbean, we are opening up a 22 July 2009 SpinSheet

new base in the Abacos for winter charters.

Bareboat, captained, sailboats, power or sailing cats, you name it. We have it. Oh, yeah, we even offer ASA-approved courses.

Check us out at letsgocruising.com.” Above, step aboard and make yourself comfortable on one of Letsgocruising.com’s party platforms in Annapolis.

• On the prowl for some marine accessories? This June, Jay Stockmann, formerly of Lewmar USA, became the new executive vice president of Vetus and Maxwell America. Vetus America’s headquarters are in Hanover, MD, and its Maryland distributor is Fawcett Boat Supplies in Annapolis. vetus.nl/us • Just in time for summer... Anchorage Marina in Baltimore recently upgraded its pier system, refurbished its pool, added 50 new offsite weekend parking spaces at 2001 Aliceanna Street, launched a new online newsletter for customers, and hosts Ahh, camp time. Relaxing with friends and swapping stories.

Doing absolutely nothing of substance and loving every minute of it. Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD was the setting May 29-31 for the Camp Beneteau Rendezvous hosted by Annapolis Yacht Sales and Service. More than 70 sailboats dotted the upper reaches of the Rhode River. The dinghy dock burst at the seams as Beneteau owners flocked to the compound for food, fun, and friends. Photo courtesy of Kate Hichens of Annapolis Yacht Sales

Saturday morning yoga classes. Gary Jobson filmed twice at the marina covering the Volvo Ocean Race and Animal Planet will be film at the marina about a shark attack victim from Baltimore. anchoragemarina. com

• Gill North America is continuing its 16 year partnership with U.S. Sailing by becoming the technical clothing sponsor for three National U.S. Sailing Youth Racing Programs, including the Junior Olympic Series, National Youth Championships, and Junior National Championships.

Gill has established a relationship with Annapolis-based pro Terry Hutchinson— the 2008 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and TP52 Med Cup and World Championship winner on Quantum Racing—to provide the best technical clothing to highprofile international racing campaigns that Hutchinson will be involved in this year on the TP52, Farr 40 and Melges 24. gillna. com

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Racer and coach Ben Armiger (right) is a new yacht broker for Salt Yacht Brokerage Company in Rock Hall, MD. For five years, Armiger was the waterfront director at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum where he taught everything from advanced navigation to learn to sail camps. He has worked as a delivery captain up and down the New England Coast and currently owns a classic Tartan 34. SpinSheet has featured Armiger as a coach for the Gunston Day School and Rock Hall YC. He’s also the lead singer for Chester River Runoff, a great local bluegrass band. saltyachts.com

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Turner Marina on Back Creek in Annapolis hosted an Open House May 17, which attracted people from Baltimore and Washington, DC to celebrate our rich maritime history and traditions. Participants shared some good “ole fashioned camaraderie” with fellow boaters and established new friendships. The marina plans upgrades this year, including a new building and facilities. A new Maritime Education Center is slated for 2010 to honor the late James and Evangeline Turner. Shown here (above right) during the open house: Ray Williams, facilities manager, and Antoinette Riddick, senior operations manager for Turner Marina. turnersmarina.com

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he Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBYRA) Red Book, which contains just about anything you would like to know about junior sailing regattas and the Corum Cup is available in a downloadable, printable online version at cbyra. org/juniorsailing. The choice to go digital and eliminate the expensive, time-consuming hard copy version was one based on parent and junior sailor feedback about online being more convenient. Before the decision was final, CBYRA charged $5 for the bound Red Book. Anyone who would like a reimbursement for that should e-mail office@cbyra. org. You may also consider allowing CBYRA to transfer the $5 fee to the Fund for Chesapeake Sailors, which assists sailors pursuing dreams on a national and international level. (It’s tax deductible.)

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Nerves, Sunshine, and Excitement: A Sailor’s First Weekend by Michelle Bosserman

there were no injuries and he was safe, it ny sailor, no matter what his level of experience, will probably be able was okay to chuckle, and from that point forward all the nerves I experienced earlier to tell you one thing not to feel on seemed to disappear. After all, even if I the boat is nervous. Being nervous leads to tacked unexpectedly or stalled the boat, it feeling queasy, which I can attest to since wasn’t I who fell into the water!

I recently had my very first sailing experience. With sailing classes at Chesapeake On the second day of class, the weather Sailing School all lined up, I came prepared was absolutely gorgeous. The sun was out, to learn with a backpack full of rain gear, and the wind was blowing at five to 10 my lucky ballpark hat, and bottled water. knots, ideal weather conditions for our I also came with an unwanted bundle of second day of learning. Since the condinerves in my stomach, which made my first tions were a bit different, and we had a new adventure out on the water an uneasy one. instructor, the day was a wholly new expeWhile the instructor, the married couple, rience. Sailing with the same group from and the enthusiastic single sailor I was set to sail “Seeing every sailboat in the with for the day rigged immediate area rush to help the boat, I, the nervous came as a bit of a shock to inexperienced SpinSheet intern, tried not to think me. It’s not that I minded about being on the water helping. Of course I was willwith a nauseous stomach. ing to rush to their rescue, but The first thing I did I was just used to the on land after we rigged the boat ‘car-accident’ approach.” was inform the others of the way I was feeling, my way of warning them in case the nauseous feeling made me seasick.

The first couple hours out on the water were tame, with wind ranging from zero to five knots and clouds blocking the sun. This meant that our Tanzer 22 felt like it was going virtually nowhere, which might sound bad to the experienced, but it was easier weather to deal with for the previous day, along with our instructor us newbies. As a nervous beginner, I was Jim, a Navy retiree, I was able to determine relieved that at least the boat was not rock- the right points of sail, which boats had the ing back and forth to the extreme. In those right of way, and how to administer tacks first hours, I could barely concentrate on and gybes while at the helm and as part of the tacks and gybes we were learning; but the crew. For the most part, anyway, I am I hung in there. To the relief of my fellow still a beginner. beginners, I did not get sick.

While we were out on the Chesapeake After a brief lunch on land and more Bay, I witnessed the selflessness of sailors words of encouragement from the instrucfirsthand. One of the handicapped sailtors, we headed back to the boats. After boats’ masts actually broke and fell down our instructor mentioned he had only seen completely onto the boat, which left the one person fall in the water while getting sailors onboard struggling to fix it. Jim had into the boats, we witnessed one of the us newbies tack around to see if everyone new sailors from another boat fall into the was alright and if there was anything we water. After double-checking to make sure could do to help. We were not the only 26 July 2009 SpinSheet

ones to rush to help; three other sailboats during that time came over to see if there was something they could do. Fortunately, it turned out everyone on the boat was safe, and since they had an engine, they were able to turn it on and return to the docks.

Seeing every sailboat in the immediate area rush to help came as a bit of a shock to me. It’s not that I minded helping. Of course I was willing to rush to their rescue, but I was just used to the on land “caraccident” approach. By this I mean while driving a car, plenty of cars drive by other cars that are parked on the side of the road, regardless of whether it looks like they need help. In the water, it cannot be like that; if a boat really is in trouble, those onboard need assistance as soon as possible or they could go under.

After the brief scare with the broken boat, we continued on with the lessons. Spending an entire day on a boat under the sizzling sun can be brutal and very tiring, especially if you are not used to it, but I found it exciting. After working for weeks with people who are passionate about sailing, I finally felt like I was starting to become one of them! I certainly could see what they all liked about it; it was a lot of work but an overall gratifying experience, especially when we were sailing fast at close-haul and the wind would whip my hair, and the water misted over to cool me off. I cannot wait for the next time I get to go back out on the water again!

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nnapolis sailor Robert Wray died on May 15 of a heart attack. He was

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Born and raised in Chicago, IL and a graduate of Loyola University, Wray earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and served the next four years in the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps. As a lawyer with a specialty in finance, over the years his clients included boxer Muhammad Ali (when he was known as Cassius Clay), baseball’s American League, and Miss Universe.

In 1969, President Nixon appointed Wray as general counsel to the Agency of International Development. He later worked for TRW Incorporated, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and a couple of Washington law firms before starting his own firm in 2003.

A late bloomer when it came to sailing, Wray began in the mid-1990s. “I had no idea how old he was until he died.” says longtime crew and friend Scott Nixon. “He acted like he was 25, but he wouldn’t tell us how old he was.” Wray started out in a Melges 24, an odd choice of a starter boat, following a friend’s advice. “This would be like buying a Yamaha racing motorcycle when you don’t know how to ride a bicycle,” says Nixon. His mistakes were notorious and many, but he stayed determined not only to understand the sport, but to win. He Chesapeake Bay Sailing

made many sailing friends along the way, all ready to help him improve.

Five years ago, Wray purchased his Etchells Stingwray, which was a better fit for where he was in his sailing career, and began to sail with Olympic silver medalist Mike Wolfs to help him get up to speed.

He, Nixon, and Wolfs sailed locally and later in the Jaguar Regatta circuit in Florida against top teams.

Nixon says, “He was one of the funniest men I’ve ever met.” He relates what for many sailors would be a “disaster” story: Wray collided with a competitor at the race start at a Miami Etchells regatta and knocked a hole in his boat. After an allnighter repair, the Stingwray team sailed into and knocked a hole in the transom of another boat the next day. Out of 80 boats in the fleet, the two knocked-about teams happened to each be sailed by brothers from England. Rather than be mad at Wray, they all became great friends over the years, “in normal Robert fashion,” says Nixon.

“There were not many days when we did not have a great time on the water. Robert’s last few years in racing were really impressive. His hard work and determination started to really pay off. His days of being in the back of the pack were over, and he was developing into one of the top amateur helms in the class. Just last year, he finished 10th at the 2008 World Championships in Chicago out of a strong field of Olympians, America’s Cup veterans, and other top sailors.”

In April, out of his home club, Annapolis YC, Wray finished second in class at the 2009 Annapolis NOOD Regatta. Nixon adds, “He was one of the most well-respected sailors and a regular top boat on the Etchells circuit.

More importantly was the fact that he was even more respected off the water. This is where is generosity and kindness really came through. Stingwray, we will miss you.”

Wray is survived by three children, Jennifer Wray Potter, Edward Keogh Wray, and Hillary Wray Johnson; three brothers; two sisters; and four grandchildren.

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Exhibition The Circle Gallery, Annapolis.

Maryland Federation of Art’s photography show depicts the Chesapeake Bay. mdfedart.org/gallery.htm

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International Rules of the Road First Go into Effect, 1897

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La Bikini Is Introduced in Paris, France, 1946 Ohh, la, la!

John Paul, a.k.a. John Paul Jones, Born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland,

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America’s Cup Is Presented to the New York YC as a Perpetual Challenge Trophy, 1857

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Mom n’ Me Blue Crabs and Crabbing Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Kids ages three to five years will meet a live blue crab, learn about Bay critters, and then go crabbing! serc.si.edu

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James River Runoff Rundown Traverse the 340 miles from the headwaters at Iron Gate to the mouth at the Chesapeake Bay. Organized

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Pirate Invasion Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House, Havre de Grace, MD. Pirate camps, high jinks, and gala. lockhousemuseum.org

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S.S. Carpathia Is Sunk by German Submarine U55 en Route to Boston from Liverpool, 1918 All but five of 220 crew and all 57 passengers were rescued by the sloop HMS Snowdrop.

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Dog Days of Summer 1 to 5 p.m. First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach. Bring your pooch on a leash for dog demos, a canine fashion show, crafts, exhibits, and more. dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/fir.shtml

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James River Raft Race and Summer Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Two-mile race, game station, river races, car show, and live music. dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/jam.shtml

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Tug Boat Parade Honoring N.S. Savannah Baltimore’s Museum of Industry. Demos, arts and crafts, tours, food, music, and more. Co-sponsored by the Tug Baltimore Group and Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company. Proceeds support the Tug Baltimore. steamtug.org

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St. Clements Island History and Heritage Day 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Clements Island Museum, Colton’s Point, MD. Bring your camera and picnic lunch and enjoy scenic views, lighthouse tours, and kids’ games. stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums

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Australian Navy Frigates Sail Baltimore hosts two Australian Navy Frigates; HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat at 453 and 390 feet, respectively. sailbaltimore.org

Anchoring: It Shouldn’t Be a Drag 9 to 10:30 a.m. Rock Hall Fire Hall. Workshop presented by the Wilmington Sail and Power Squadron. wilmingtonpowersquadron.org

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Chesapeake Folk Festival 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Live music, food, maritime demos, boat rides, and craft vendors. Free with museum admission. cbmm.org

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Dies in London, England, 1834

Resolute Defeats Shamrock IV in 14th America’s Cup, 1920

Free Concerts at Waterman’s Park 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Annapolis Maritime Museum. Hear original Eastern Shore bluegrass by Chester River Runoff. amaritime.org

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Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival Norfolk’s annual love-fest with New Orleans’ special spirit and unique Bayou culture. Carrie B Bayou Cruise on a replica Mississippi Paddlewheeler will feature Louisiana Artists sharing their stories. festeventsva.com

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U.S. Sailing Junior Women’s Double-Handed Championship Hampton (VA) YC hosts the prestigious “Ida Lewis” this year. ussailing.org

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Leukemia Cup Regatta Hosted by Fishing Bay and Stingray Harbour YCs in Deltaville, VA. Exciting races, fun, good food, entertainment, auctions, and more all to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. leukemiacup.org/va

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AYC Annual One-Design Regatta J/22s, J/24s, Etchells, and Melges 24s. race.annapolisyc.com

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BCYA/MRSA Annual Race to Baltimore Baltimore City Yacht Association and Magothy River Sailing Association. Benefits Downtown Sailing Center. bcya.com

Scene from 2008 Leukemia Cup off Annapolis. Thanks to EYC and AYC, the Leukemia Cup Regatta returns to the Middle Bay July 13. The fun runs in Virginia July 10-12 out of Fishing Bay and Stingray Harbour YCs leukemiacup.org. Photo by Mary Ewenson/SpinSheet

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CBYRA Area USA Junior Olympic Festival This event counts double toward the CBYRA High-Point Trophies for the junior class boats. Baltimore County Sailing Center hosts. bcsailing.org

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Maryland State Champs at Gibson Island YS Junior Regatta Counts 1.5 times to CBYRA Junior High Point Awards. gibsonislandys.org

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Solomons Island Invitational Regatta Best way to get from Annapolis to Solomons for Screwpile. race.eastportyc.org

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Frank Nelson Charity Regatta New Castle, DE. Open to centerboards and multi-hulls under 22 feet, and hosted by the New Castle Sailing Club.

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Governor’s Cup Yacht Race St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Race then party with live music, food vendors, and awards ceremony. Sleep is highly overrated! smcm.edu

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Free Evening Concerts 7 p.m. Thursdays. Annapolis Maritime Museum. Talented locals sing sea songs by the Bayside. Free. Bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets. amaritime.org

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Paddle for the Bay Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk, VA. cbf.org USCG Celebrates 219 Years! uscg.mil

Full Moon Party Boatyard Bar & Grill, Eastport. Lively music, good food and beverages, and friends. boatyardbarandgrill.com

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Free Demo Sail 3 to 6 pm Free 30-minute sail with Sail Solomons in conjunction with Calvert Marine Museum’s First Free Friday. sailsi.com

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Children’s Day 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Clements Island Museum, Colton’s Point, MD. Enjoy games, crafts, demos, food, music, a magic show, and more!

Water taxi ride for kids! Free. stmarysmd. com/recreate/museums

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Rock Hall’s Pirates and Wenches Fantasy Weekend Rock Hall, MD. Ahoy! Buccaneers and landlubbers of all ages! Come by land or sea for mayhem, raft-ups, grub, and grog. rockhallpirates.com

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USCG Auxiliary Boating Safety Course 7 to 10 p.m. August 10, 14, and 17. Annapolis Fire Department, Taylor Avenue. ngardner@sensitivesystems.com

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Crab Feast on the Queen 7 to 10 p.m. Annapolis.

A fabulous evening of cracking crabs and watching the Wednesday night races. watermarkjourney.com

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Liberty Ship in Baltimore Visit the Inner Harbor to see S.S. John Brown, a 441-foot Naval Liberty Ship. sailbaltimore.org

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Sail the Sultana 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. Chestertown, MD. For the full schedule, visit sultanaprojects.org.

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Annapolis Art Walk 5 to 9 p.m.

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Denise Dumont’s “Restoration” won the South Street Art Gallery Award for Best New Artist to Plein Air-Easton 2008. To learn more about this year’s event July 20-26, visit pleinaireaston.com.

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North Beach 2009 Bayfest Noon to 6:30 p.m. North Beach, MD. Arts, crafts, good music, good food, and good fun for the whole family! Don’t miss the Waterman’s Association’s Crab and Shrimp Fest. Free!

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National Hard Crab Derby and Fair Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD. Crab racing, beauty pageants, parades, crab cooking and picking contests, crafts, games, rides, swim meet, fireworks, and more! Come by boat! crisfieldchamber.com/events.htm

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2009 Snipe North American Championship Hosted by Erie YC, PA. snipeus.org

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J22 Mid-Atlantics Hosted by SSA, Eastport. severnsailing.org

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Virginia State Champs at Fishing Bay YC Annual Junior Regatta Regatta counts 1.5 times toward the CBYRA Junior High Point Awards. fbyc.net

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Calling All Dog Lovers

e all know that boats and dogs go together. Every boatyard seems to have a resident dog, and many boat owners love their boats almost as much as they love their dogs (or is it the other way around?). But along with dogs comes dog poop. And, oh my, there is a lot of poop.

My dog Hanna is a 50-pound snugglepuppy. I’d estimate that Hanna produces about a half pound of, err, deposits every day—roughly 180 pounds every year. At present, Hanna’s dung all goes inside some sort of a bag and on into a landfill, as (aside from being smelly and icky) simply leaving pet waste puts far too big a toll on the Chesapeake and the critters that live in the Bay. Nutrients from this waste flow into the Bay, helping to fuel algae blooms, which deprive Bay waters of the oxygen fish and other animals need to survive. Ammonia in poop can kill fish and aquatic organisms, and waste can carry disease harmful to humans.

Responsible pickup and disposal should be automatic for dog owners. I used to repurpose plastic newspaper bags, but I no longer receive home delivery (and the accompanying plastic bags). I have reused plastic grocery store produce bags after they carry my apples home from the store. But plastic hangs around for an incredibly long time, so tons of plastic-entombed poop are piling up in our landfills.

We can put someone on the moon; surely we can figure out how to deal with dog doo. A handful of companies offer products to tackle this challenge. For example, Scoopies uses new technology to produce a bag that is “oxo-degradable.”

“Traditional plastic can only be recycled a finite number of times, and at some point, you’re still stuck with the plastic,” notes Heather McLeod, president of Scoopies.

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To create a product that will, in two to four BioBag Dog. For a while, we have been years, degrade into nothing, chemists have using BioBags, which are made from corn, created the kind of plastic used in Scoop- for our kitchen trash. The bags are 100 peries. “Scoopies will degrade in the landfill, cent biodegradable and compostable. By the water, or even in open air. It doesn’t need a end of the experiment, this bag had signifibiologically active environment.” Meaning cantly started to deteriorate, letting precious it will just no longer exist. cargo seep out into the flower pot. BioBag For my experiment, I populated a shallow Dog bags are available online at about 13 tin with samples of Hanna “deposits” in five cents per bag. different bags—including some listed as No-name biodegradable bags. I pursomehow “degradable.” The bags were left chased these from a chain drugstore. They out in the elements (rain, were the cheapest at roughsun) to see what happened ly eight cents per bag, but to them. How quickly do no degradation had taken variety of dog waste bags bags start to degrade? place by the end of the exare available online or from periment. your local pet store.

More Plastic bag made from information on the bags I tested 100 percent recycled postFlush Doggy. Flush is available at: industrial plastic resin.

Doggy produces bags Scoopies: scoopies.com Poop in this bag just mumdesigned to be flushed BioBag Dog: biobagusa.com mified as the sun baked it. down the toilet. I live in Flush Doggy: flushdoggy.com Absolutely no degradation a hundred-year-old house If you have more ideas on the with fragile plumbing, so topic, please send them to I wasn’t about to test the kcouranz@yahoo.com. flushability factor. But I did include a Flush Doggy sample in the backyard to the bag bag challenge. The Flush Doggy side of the over the flower pot was definitely the grossest at the course of a end of the experiment, showing dramatic month. This degradation of the bag (it is designed to disis a pretty solve in water). Cost is similar to the biocheap option— degradable bags at 13 cents per bag when free as long as purchasing in bulk. you purchase Bottom line is that a variety of products your fruits and are available, and each suits unique needs veggies from a and situations. Personally, I’m all in for store that uses the new bag products. I figure I used to pay recycled plastic about 25 cents per day for my newspaper for these bags. delivery, and that was only one bag a day.

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Nothing discernable had happened at the end of one month—but Scoopies are designed to About the Author: Kim Couranz is an Annot degrade right away so they have a shelf napolis resident who writes on Bay-related life before use. I purchased a box of 30 at a topics. A member of Severn SA, she enjoys local pet boutique for $4.50…15 cents per racing on one-design boats including her Labag. ser. She welcomes story ideas or questions at

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By Eva Hill

ur old C&C 26’s traveler track There are some injuries that are readcurrent arc across the ring and melt part ran across the cockpit, just aft of ily identifiable by a fellow sailor. Just of it. The current’s path was traced along the companionway. One afteras a pedicurist identifies my gnarled the ring, and the ring’s former residence noon, I was leaning against the bulkhead, and calloused toes as those of the tennis on his finger was marked by a second dozing away during a particularly unexplayer, telltale bruises across the backs degree burn. Fortunately, both the finger citing downwind sail with the mainsheet of women’s calves (men’s are too hairy and the ring were salvaged, but the scars hanging slack, dangerously close to my to see the bruises) tell me they’ve been are something of a badge of pride. face. At one point, my husband Rick sailing. That’s just the height of the lock Fortunately, practice and familiarity had to pull in the mainsheet, but unfortu- on the cockpit locker and in the tight save us. Although the beginning of the nately my face got caught in the action, confines of the area near the wheel, perseason can be a bit rocky—salvaged resulting in a friction burn down the side by my beloved bumper-carof my nose. The next day at work, when esque Keen sandals with toe asked to explain my rather noticeable protection—within a few injury, I enigmatically told people days on the boat, I know it was rope burn. Rather than my way around. Though boring them with the details I certainly wouldn’t want of how it happened, I let to try it blindfolded, my their minds wander. But, body (mostly) remembers really, how on earth would which blocks and cleats to one get rope burn on her step over, which shrouds face? to pivot around, and which The nature of our sport doorways to duck under. and our sporting equipment, Lack of familiarity as a risk almost certainly guarantees factor is most amply demonsome sort of minor injury every strated when on an unfamiliar time we venture out. Decks boat. When chartering, I most littered with obstructions, vital certainly sustained brain damage components tucked in virtually given the number of times I bopped inaccessible corners, seas litmy noggin in the head of a Hinckley tered with wake-making motor(the price of those beautiful wide decks) boats, unpredictable winds, and and left plenty of marks on the dodger spurts of activity after periods of a center cockpit Beneteau when I of inactivity neglected to limbo conspire to create “We do things to protect ourselves, but there’s only so much just so. an environment While civilians that can be done short of staying home.” in which toes will can and do approbe stubbed and heads will be banged. We haps a cockpit table, and that lock hasp; priate some of the accoutrements that do things to protect ourselves, but there’s our calves just get in the way. accompany the sailing life, they wisely only so much that can be done short of do not attempt to mimic our peculiar Wont as we are to tell sailing tales, staying home. stigmata. So while the facial tan line particularly visible injuries simply beg Most of our injuries aren’t unique, and for a colorful explanation. When Rick from sunglasses won’t distinguish the few are severe. Rick’s bloodied knuckles left the office one Friday with his wedpretenders from the practitioners, our could just as easily have been obtained peculiar rope burns and bruises most ding ring on and returned on Monday while doing construction or working on a with no ring and a bandage in its place, certainly will. car as from servicing seacocks. (He hard- a story was required, lest anyone think About the Author: Eva Hill is a corpoly considers it boat work unless blood is we’d had an especially incendiary marirate lawyer at Whiteford, Taylor & Presdrawn.) But the way Rick addresses his tal spat. He’d begin his explanation by ton in Baltimore. She and her husband more visible wounds is uniquely nautical. noting, deadpan, that gold is an excellent Rick sail their Sabre 38 Calypso out of Rather than reaching for the well-stocked conductor of electricity. An ill-advised Annapolis. Eva is Vice Commodore of first aid kit I keep in a galley locker, Rick examination of an alternator problem led the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association. grabs something more handy, albeit far to Rick accidentally touching the alterna- Her e-mail address: less sanitary: white rigging tape. tor with his ringed finger, only to have lattitudes2@hotmail.com.

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fter the coldest and wettest spring the electric line before you rig (I didn’t). mile across and forever upstream, ringed by I can remember, the thought of Now, about the cowboy sailing. Let me rugged, treed, granite outcroppings. On a putting oneself in water is finally make this perfectly clear: this part of the weekday it is quiet. The trees hide all signs appealing. When my thoughts turn to world is not about sailing. The pond is the of civilization, and the distant bend in the watery fun, and I don’t feel like schlepping land of bass boats, water skiing, and jet river promises endless adventure. Every down to Baltimore, there’s always cowboy skis, and of course, the pontoon boats that time I am filled with reverence for the sailing to be had on Susquehanna “pond,” are tied up at most of the cabins that ring power of this mighty river that stretches to as the locals call it. the pond. Most of these party barges are Upstate New York and for the history that The pond is an impoundment of 150 underpowered with outboard motors. They pervades it. We are sailing over the remains billion gallons of fresh water behind the putt, putt, putt out to swim, fish, and raft of countless Indian grounds and the ruins Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam, just up up with others, dehydration warded off of the old riverside town of Conowingo— river from from the Susquehannock “at “They putt, putt, putt out to swim, fish, and raft up with oth- the rapids”—flooded when the Havre de Grace. ers, dehydration warded off by that libation that tastes like dam was built in 1928.

Now purAll is serene and bucolic water over which the word “beer” has been whispered.” ists will until a nor’wester comes whissay that tling down the river. I don’t the Susquehanna River is not know if this is NOAA-approved, but I part of the Bay, but I’ll assert think that weather is attracted to water. I some artistic license and say do know that summer storms use the river it is, near as dammit: without like a sliding board to get to open water. its massive infusion of water, It takes about five minutes for a 20-knot there’d be no Chesapeake breeze to incite the zephyr-lapped pool Bay which is formed by the into frothy two-foot seas that rage against river’s sunken and flooded the shore. I swam in one such tempest bed. And do you think water after a soul-numbing day at cares about our silly distincwork, letting the wind and tions? Or do we when it’s hot the wild water make me and we’re looking for water sane again. As I struggled to sail our dink? and spat my way upwind, I The land around the pond is owned by was passed to starboard by a Excelon, the power company that owns windsurfer, beating to windthe dam. The company leases the land ward, heaving and pitching to folks who put up summer cabins and in the steep seas. Cowboy play, fish, and cavort in the water. It’s sailing.

Harford County’s Riviera. We are talkBut the ranks are growing rustic here—rutted steep roads with ing. The first ever sailing the not occasional wash-out. When I visit by that libation that tastes like water over regatta was put together by Dave Wallace my friends on the river, I always drive my which the word “beer” has been whispered. last year. “A rag tag bunch that included four-wheel drive truck. In most places, the “Actually, very few of us take sailing sesome Sunfish, sailboards, and a couple of land falls away steeply to the water; dirt riously at all,” says my friend Peg who has a sailboats I couldn’t identify,” says Judge paths wend their way down to the river’s cabin on Broad Creek. “Most of us hit the Gary. “There were good sailors, bad sailors, edge, so launching anything bigger than a sail boards or jump onto our aging sunfish rookie sailors, and non-sailors. After makLaser requires Plan B. This may be a trip when real boats are low on gas or it’s too ing it perfectly clear that I was open to to the very commodious launch pad at the rough to ski. If the wind dies, or we stray bribes—a cold beer in the middle of the power plant, if the notion of sailing next too far from home—don’t laugh, most of hot day worked—we awarded the winner to an atomic reactor does not deter you. It us only know how to sail with the wind to a piece of driftwood suitable for mantle shouldn’t: if you are sailing anywhere in the our back—we just wave down a pontoon mounting. I’d say it was a roaring success.” vicinity, and the plant blows, you’re toast boat and get a ride back to the creek.”

Look out Annapolis, you may soon be anyway. Glen Cove Marina offers Plan From Peg’s place, you wend your way challenged as sailing capital of the world.

B1, but don’t fiddle around too long at the past a motley medley of cabins and exit About the Author: Stephanie Stone sails launch; the fishermen are hungry. Plan B2 the creek into the breathtaking expanse: J/22s in Baltimore and beyond. E-mail comis a ramp off Flintville Road, but check out the flooded Susquehanna River stretches a ments and story ideas to sstone@jhu.edu.

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Just Right

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“I love all boats—the good, the bad, even the ugly.”

ohn Kretschmer, a sailor-writer friend of mine, wrote that line in his book Flirting with Mermaids, and I have to agree with him.

The world is full of sailboats, each as unique as its owner’s personality. As an Annapolis sailor, I’ve grown accustomed to the fleets of J/Boats out racing on Wednesday and Thursday nights, the cruising boats moored in the harbor, the ubiquitous silhouette of the Schooner Woodwind on the horizon—the images that typify Bay sailing to me. Yet as a traveler, I continue to be fascinated by the unique boats I encounter in the far-flung places I’ve been lucky enough to visit.

In Stockholm (which I’ve claimed as my home away from home during the past two years), there is a small waterway called Årstaviken, part of the larger archipelago

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that stretches from the Old City before opening into the Baltic. Several small marinas are situated on either shore, and there is a wonderful stone path that I jog on, almost daily, to admire the boats.

But the marinas along Årstaviken and the boats tied up to them do not resemble a typical Chesapeake marina. For the most part, the boats are much smaller, on average about 28 feet. Many of them are wooden, and all of them are full of character—small varnished folk boats, heavy-duty double-enders, incredibly sleek meter-class racers, sailing canoes, runabout powerboats, liveaboard cruisers—an eclectic mix of designs to say the least. I’d often stop to walk the docks, getting a closer look at the boats. I had a hunch that the marinas around Årstaviken were typical of the rest of Sweden, that something was markedly different from the Bay when it came to sailing in Scandinavia.

In May, I traveled to Göteborg on Sweden’s West Coast, open to the North Sea, and discovered the same phenomenon there, only on a larger scale. Yards were filled with 25- to 35-foot boats, all of them rich with character and lovingly cared for. I spoke with a friend of mine, Roger Hollander, who lives in Göteborg and is a professional sailor and a proud boat-owner himself: “We have a word in Swedish, ‘lagom’ (pronounced LAgohm). Quite simply, it means ‘just right.’ I think this concept is what you’re seeing in many Swedish boats. Swedes are by nature very humble, yet simultaneously proud. Our boats are not big and fancy, but they suit our needs, and we care for them—they are, quite simply, ‘lagom.’”

A few days later, I was back on the East Coast, strolling along the waterfront in Enköping, a small village outside Stockholm. Several boats were moored along the seawall: a traditional lapstrake-andvarnish folk boat, a small but stout double-ended cruiser,

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and a few small motorboats. I was studying the double-ender, when the name on the hull caught me by surprise. The boat, no kidding, was actually called Lagom, and not surprisingly flew the Swedish flag. I had to speak with its owner.

Kalle Bergstrom was sitting in Lagom’s small cockpit, enjoying the endless afternoon sunshine of springtime at 60 degrees North, when I introduced myself.

Kalle was immediately friendly and invited me onboard straightaway. He’s a retired ship captain, who ran cargo to the United States on the Sweden & Chicago line after World War II, and was excited to tell me about his boat. Lagom was designed for the North Sea by a Swede, Arvid Laurin, as the L32—a 32-foot double-ended cutter built in Sweden in the 1960s. She looked as good as new, and it was obvious that Kalle was a proud captain. He and his wife live aboard for the summer season, a paltry three months, then go back to “hibernating,” as Kalle put it, for the winter in their Stockholm home.

I asked Kalle about the boat’s name, relating my hunch. He said, “We named her Lagom, because she is just perfect for the two of us—not too big, not too small, easy to handle and maintain, and she can take us around the world!” She is functional on deck and cozy down below, not fancy by any means, but well loved and lived in. Her name says it all.

I left Kalle and Lagom with a sense of satisfaction and an appreciation of the serendipitous situation I’d fallen into. As it turns out, my hunch was right, in a way.

Sailing in Scandinavia is a sport governed by a much humbler philosophy than here on the Bay—not better, but decidedly different, especially the boats. I’ll always be keen on scoping out marinas around the world, and I feel privileged to have met people like Roger and Kalle. As in life, it is the differences within our sport that make it interesting.

About the Author: Andy Schell is a professional captain and freelance writer who lives aboard his yawl Arcturus in Annapolis and travels extensively. He runs sail training programs in Annapolis with his father, also a captain. Register for their upcoming Celestial Navigation Workshop at fathersonsailing.com, or contact them at andy@fathersonsailing.com.

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ot long ago, I decided my boat needed a few more horn cleats installed here and there. I gathered up my drill, bits, screw drivers and wrenches, and a tube of caulk, and set out for the boat. While I knew precisely where I wanted to install these cleats, I decided to lay them out on the cockpit combing and cabin top and mark their footprint with a soft-tipped pen first. Drilling into your boat demands the same adherence to the “measure twice” criterion that cutting anything requires.

Some people “It was like an think that “dark ‘The Ballet energy” is a cosmic phenomenon. Getting closer to home, some think the black ooze on the bottom of the Bay has “dark energy.” You know what I mean if you‘ve ever dropped your hook in it and then rode out a squall. Getting one’s anchor back aboard can truly require a cosmic feat.

What I am referring to is the Chesapeake Bay’s unusual propensity to swallow anything, anywhere, on one’s boat that is yet to be bolted down. So, I took extra care to make sure that the new cleats didn’t get dropped in the drink when I laid them out to mark the drill holes. All went well with the installation of the first two cleats just forward of the sheet winches. I then moved into position to drill the holes for the last cleat on the cabin top. With the holes marked and the drill at the ready, I took off my sunglasses as it had become cloudy.

I wanted to get the best view of the exact spots I was going to drill.

Now just about every sailor I know has, at one time or another, lost various kinds of glasses while sailing. Go into any marine store, and you are bound to see some kind of display of all the strings, ties, chains, clasps, and similar devices designed to keep

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your glasses around your neck and not in the drink. Ever since I lost my first pair of glasses overboard many years ago, I have religiously used one of these devices, which like sunscreen, I don’t particularly care for.

They really do keep my glasses on while changing sails, bending over to pick something up on the rail, leaning over to grab a dockline, anchoring, or doing any of the many ordinary chores that sailors routinely do—and which can and often do result in glasses slipping off one’s nose and drown-

I grabbed my crab net and started fishing around in the water hoping to rescue them. It soon became clear that the water in the slip was too deep for my relatively short-handled net. ‘Aha,’ I thought, ‘I’ll just tape the boathook to the handle of the net and bingo, I’ll grab the glasses.’ A few hours later, after having dredged the entire starboard side of my slip, I gave up.

Over a lot of years of sailing, I’ve ceded (I refuse to use the word “dropped“) the following items to the many varied and avaricious Gods out-of-body experience with me watching of the Sea and Universe: of the Glasses’ in slow motion. Yikes.” winch handle, hat, cell phone, ing themselves. An entrepreneurial sailor tools, and the keys to my car. In all the needs to invent glasses that float. cases except the hat, I thought I knew I lay down my glasses, complete with their exactly where the lost item would be on the restraining strap, on the top of the cockpit bottom. I even figured in some Kentucky where I thought they would be secure, windage (waterage?) for how the item picked up the drill and began drilling the might veer off course on its way down. I first hole, when I noticed my glasses doing have never recovered an item lost overwhat appeared to be a slow and deliberate board, save the hat, which had the good waltz down the slope of the cabin top. I sense to float. quickly laid down the drill and tried grabLike most sailors, I have learned from bing them as they marched, as if by magic experience. I now keep extra everything— or other unknown forces in the universe, hats, keys, glasses, and floating winch toward the side deck. With my fingers only handles—on the boat and have added a few inches from the strap, I felt I would lanyards to just about everything I may use certainly cheat Mother Nature from her that isn’t screwed into the deck. Yet, that bounty. It was not to be. very same experience tells me, it ain’t over The glasses continued their movement, yet. At some point in the future, probably approaching the rail, as if they were selfwhen I least expect it, the Chesapeake Bay powered. Panic began to set in. Just as I will reach up—or the cosmos will reach thought I might grab them, they did a one down—and dark energy will grab someand half-gainer over the side and dropped thing right out of my hand. I know I’m not into the water beside the boat. It was like alone. Such is the life of sailors. an out-of-body experience with me watching “The Ballet of the Glasses” in slow About the Author: Warren Milberg is a motion. Yikes. long-time SpinSheet contributor. He sails a Looking directly at the spot where they Hunter 28.5 from Herrington Harbour in dropped into the water and correlating it Deale, MD. He has been sailing and losing to a place next to the waterline on my boat, gear for a long time. Feel free to commiserate with him at imcrewzen@hotmail.com.

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Living the Mid-Summer Dream 2009

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low down. Pay attention. A Blue Heron is perched on the jetty. A tour boat just sounded its departure horn in the harbor. Stick your toe into the Bay. It’s warm. Cracking crabs sounds like a good dinner plan. Your dockmate is playing that same round of Jimmy Buffett tunes you’ve heard since Memorial Day. It won’t get dark until 9 p.m. tonight.

If you can think back to a grey, February day, you’ll know that today was the kind of day you were dreaming about back then. When it comes to a mid-summer dream, you’re living in it. Here are seven SpinSheet-tested methods for savoring the pleasures of the season on the Chesapeake Bay. Don’t let summer 2009 slip away without checking a few or all of them off your list...

1. Go Sailing! Sorry to be so predictable, but as the Chesapeake’s sailing magazine, we couldn’t put this one any lower on the list. There’s a warm, afternoon southerly blowing up the Bay right now—go!

2. Paddle Around. Even if you don’t have your own kayak or canoe, we’ve noticed an increasing trend of paddling opportunities up and down the Bay. Here is a sampling of what we’ve seen and tried: • American Chestnut Land Trust’s Guided Paddle Tours: Situated 20 miles north of Solomons, the lovely Parker’s Creek wends through miles of protected forest and wetlands to a scenic, sandy shoreline on the Bay. This cannot be beat for a two-hour excursion (for a $10 donation), especially if you enjoy peace, quiet, and salt marsh wildlife—including bald eagles, blue herons, and wildflowers. Call (410) 414-3400 or e-mail info@acltweb.org to get more information or to make reservations.

• Sultana Project’s John Smith Trail Expeditions: Paddle the Sassafras, Chester, Nanticoke, or Pokomoke Rivers, following the Bay’s original explorer’s “wake.” $30 for a half-day guided tour. (schoonersultana. com/jspublicpaddles.htm)

• Smithsonian Educational

Research Center: Paddle the shores of Muddy Creek and the Rhode River to learn about this tributary and look for wildlife, birds, reptiles, and more. $12.

Call (301) 238-2737.

3. Stand-Up Paddleboard.

Where Tom Sawyer and Hawaiian surfing technology meet, stand-up paddleboarding—or SUP as the cool guys call it—consists of balancing on a fiberglass surf or windsurf board, and you guessed it... paddling! For fitness (building upper body strength), fun, and from what we can see, a little showing off and making new friends in the harbor on a summer’s evening, this is all the rage. For lessons, rentals, and boards, contact East of Maui Annapolis by visiting eastofmauiboardshop.com or calling (410) 573-9463.

4. Beachcomb. MSNBC recently voted Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs State Park’s beach as one of the top 10 shelling beaches in the country. To learn more, visit dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/ southern/calvertcliffs.html. For other ideas about what to do in the Solomons area, turn to our Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge section on page 78.

5. Crank Your Engines. Few dedicated powerboaters admit to sailing, but most of us sailors

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like to venture to the dark side now and then, particularly when there’s no wind.

Waterskiers, wakeboarders, sport-boaters, fishermen, and dock bar junkies may want to pick up or click to the July edition of our sister publication, PropTalk, to find faster fun that the July breeze may provide us sailors. (proptalk.com) 6. Relax and Enjoy the View. Whether it’s a sunset zip around the harbor in an inflatable during Wednesday night races or watching log canoe races from the seawall, sometimes it’s fun to watch our sport as well as participate. For a list of spectator-friendly and photo-worthy Chesapeake Bay log canoe races, turn to page 48. To read a local’s take on sailing a log canoe, turn to “Can You Canoe?” on page 46.

7. Go Out and Play. Remember how as a kid, all it took was one row boat or one inner-tube to make a day on the water fun? Get back to your roots—find that which brought you joy on the water as a kid, and go do it! Here’s how one Bay sailor rekindled his playful side...

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Back to the Board and Lovin’ It

am a lifelong sailor and have been an active racer on a high level for most of my adult life. Recently, I made an effort to represent the U.S.A. in the Olympics in China. Having just missed out on that dream and having invested a lot of time and money to do so, I was left feeling kind of empty and without direction when it was all over.

There are so many different aspects of sailing that I love, and I had spent the better part of the last six years focusing almost entirely on windward-leeward racing in a singlehanded dinghy. It was time to make a change and get back to having a blast in and on the water. I was looking to do something that didn’t involve roll tacks and didn’t involve eking out an extra half percent of speed to beat my competition. I wasn’t necessarily looking to compete at all.

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I wanted to get back to the childhood fun of simply playing on the water and ending the day with a smile. I wanted to go fast!

I considered getting into beach cats, but given that I had a very limited supply of cash, I wasn’t going to be able to get a catamaran that would meet my needs. My wife, who’s always a good source for problemsolving, suggested that we consider getting sailboards and learning a new game.

In the middle of the summer of 2008, we finally took delivery of our new Starboard Rio boards and the associated gear (sail, mast, boom, and harness). As you probably know, the water here on the Bay is plenty warm in the summer, so it wasn’t a problem that we were going to spend a lot of time in the water. The guys at East of Maui in Annapolis set us up with gear that met our needs and gave us the tools

that would see us through the beginner stage and up to the more intermediate level where we are today.

The beauty of sailboarding is that we could leave the gear on the roof of the truck, wait for the perfect day to arrive, and then head down to any one of three “spots” and spend a few hours splashing around— falling down, getting up, and harnessing that occasional “perfect” blast across the Bay. Just thinking about getting to the back of the board and locking in for a quick blast in a puff is enough to bring a smile to my face as I write this. There are no marks that I am trying to negotiate, and I am not pushing to get an overlap on anyone. I am simply getting back to having fun and playing on the water. For my wife and me, that’s what summer is all about. See you out there!

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by Elizabeth B. Wrightson

o there I was at the Miami Boat are listed, but only about 12 to 14 of them seat in the house) I tied the mainsheet Show trying to explain Chesapeake are active. Some are guarantees on the line, around my right foot in intricate configuraBay Log Canoes to a bunch of others are still on blocks hidden in the tions, and the jib trimmer was known for Floridian dealers. When I got to beam and woods, and a few have disappeared. wearing multiple long-sleeved shirts as she sail area, their laughter drowned out my As you read this, one of the smallest took wraps around her elbows, arms and stats. “It’s true!” I said. “Seven-foot six-inch and oldest hulls in the fleet (127-year-old back. It is not wise to tie things down on beam to 1500 square feet of sail.” More Island Bird from St. Michaels) is being a log canoe. One puff and you’re screwed. laughter. Luckily, I had an old Eastern scrutinized by some naval engineers at the Five sails can be up at once, with the kite Shore native pal transplant to Miami Naval Academy to figure out a) why she at the top catching the upper most reaches Beach at my side whose family owned a stays afloat but often not upright, b) how of puffs that can smack a boat down in no canoe to confirm the bad math. Still more she moves through the water, and c) how time; hence that sail’s nickname “The Caplaughter. What do they know? These boats she ever finds suckers to crew (perhaps not sizer.” This is why you will see “crash boats” belong to us. the latter, but this boat flips with regularfollowing the fleet during every race. Once I am a third-generation log a log canoe flips and the Boardcanoer/abuse enthusiast who not men are catapulted into canvas, The author in a red hat on the only understands and appreciates it’s time to grab a beer and unrig, Billy P. at the 2008 Oxford Regatta the history, but knows the thrill loading parts and people onto that doing a unique climb-over and torture of sailing one of these crash boat, race over. manuever. Do not try this at home.

Photo by Molly Winans/SpinSheet anomalies. I did not, however, quite An important detail is the realize their mystique until I moved ballast. Due to the lack of a keel, away and tried to describe the way people of some constitution are I wasted my weekends all summer sitting on thick-ish boards to long. Consider the bumblebee—acwindward making the boats stay cording to the laws of physics, they upright. Don’t call the Boardmen are too big to get off the ground… ballast—they are touchy about and yet they do. Canoes are too their role with a few forming tippy and overcanvased for rational unions to fight the power holding people to sail, but irrational people ropes and tillers. Boardmen want race them all summer long. to be recognized for keeping the “It has been said that getting married Our Chesapeake Bay Log “Rope Holders” from getting wet. ruins a Boardman’s career—spouses Racing Canoes, it is believed, are Their life span is short; takes a don’t care much for their hubbies direct descendants of the Powhatan young’un with a strong back to Tribe’s fleet of working canoes. The throw a heavy plank across the being away all weekend and coming closest thing there is to our native hull during a tack. home Sunday evening broken.” species is the Bahamian Skiff. Since There is much movement up the 19th Century, they have been and down the boards, so one plowing the Bay for oysters after must be able to move like part English settlers took the canoe depanther and part crab. During a sign and rigged them with sails. Normally, ity, and its crew is building an immunity tack, they pick up feet and slide into the three to nine logs, burned slowly from the to sea-nettle stings that the military should boat, throwing the board to windward and inside with ashes scraped out, were used to look into). making sure it’s stuck under the gunwale. form the hull.

Most log canoes are known for their au- It has been said that getting married ruins Most were built in backyards without thenticity: no frills like cleats, no tools (save a Boardman’s career—spouses don’t care plans, which explains why each from the the occasional rusty hammer or rolling much for their hubbies being away all current fleet (some over 100 years old) has pin), no Dacron or niceties. But some have weekend and coming home Sunday evedifferent specs and require true local crafts- been spiffed up to the point of contention. ning broken. men for repairs and refits. Pick-up races Concerning some overhauls, rumblings The beauty of crewing on a log canoe among the oyster fleet led to official races have been heard about heritage, historic is manifold: skill, surprise, cheap thrill, in the late 1800s when the Chesapeake integrity, rules… are other skippers jealous? willingness to sit in bilge water, and history Bay YC was founded. The Chesapeake Bay Or is it the fact that no blocks/cleats for all come into play on board. Competing Log Sailing Canoe Association got started the multiple gigantic sails being trimmed in a Wednesday night race against Js (rare, in 1933 and remains the sole governing make you better sailors and a better boat? but it has happened) is even better, since body for the current fleet. In this fleet, 21 As I sat on the outrigger off the stern (best the other boats are so scared of you they

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get out of your way. Watching canoes from the comfort of a stable boat is the best. The best seat in the house next to the main trimmer’s seat on the outrigger is on a cruiser following and watching with the rest of the pack (because there is almost always a pack of spectators). Bring a picnic over to the Eastern Shore with some inland friends and follow a race with your camera at the ready. You will not be disappointed.

For up to date race info, go to blogcanoe.com. For some history, go to logcanoes.com.

About the Author: A native of Oxford, who now lives, works, and sails regularly on big boats in Annapolis, Elizabeth B. Wrightson sometimes still holds a rope on the Billie P.

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Because capsizing is not an uncommon or simple matter on log canoes, each boat races with its own chase boat standing by... some are more fun than others. Rumor has it that this one used to have a television on top! Photo by Molly Winans/SpinSheet

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In a World Where Eight Knots Rock!

If you are not hearty or beefy enough to crawl up and down the boards on one of the Chesapeake Bay’s signature log canoes, you can always just show up to watch and take photos. It’s one of the best spectator sports in the summertime on the Bay.

The Remaining 2009 Log Canoe Race Schedule: July 11-12 Chester River Yacht &

Country Club Series Centreville, MD July 18-19 Rock Hall YC Series

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July 25-26 Governor’s Cup

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Heritage Series

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Sept. 12-13 Miles River YC

Labor Day Series

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Sept. 19

Miles River YC Series St. Michaels

Sept. 20

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Series St. Michaels

To learn more, visit blogcanoe.com.

Unless otherwise noted, photos are by John Bildahl. Fine art shots of log canoes and more can be found at bildahlphotography.com

Photo by Molly Winans/SpinSheet

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Kruisin’ with Kids

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hinking of taking your young ones along on a sailing trip but worried about the logistics of it all? When it comes to entertaining small fry on sailing adventures, surely Cherie and Steve Yelton, currently land lubbers living in Arnold, MD, could teach anyone a thing or two. The two started out childless, setting sail from Galveston, TX in their self-built Corbin 39, and headed to points south and east. They ended up sailing much of the world.

Along the way, Cherie gave birth to their two children.

Casey, now age 19 years, was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and their 16-year-old son Cooper made his debut in Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain.

Cherie found it wonderful raising babies on the boat. “To put them to sleep, we’d go for a ride in the inflatable. We also had a bathing suit with a built-in inflatable ring so we could swim and snorkel with them like that.”

The children grew quickly, and keeping them busy was never a problem. They soon had their own chores and were very involved with family life—everyone had to pitch in. They hunted for seashells on the beach, explored, collected hermit crabs, and played with Duplos, dolls, and even clothes pins. “Often,” Cherie observes, like many other mothers, “when you give a clothes pin to a girl, it becomes a baby doll. Give it to a boy, and suddenly, it’s a gun.”

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19-year-old Katie, when they were little.

Sandy is the author of The Ship’s Log for Kids and The Boat Book of Fun. “Simple pre-planning makes all the difference,” she says of sailing

the ‘down below’ to be created. Take out library books on stars, fish, and weather facts.”

Sailors Po and John Martin of Annapolis are experts at keeping kids occupied. Their girls, 13-year-old Jamie and 10-year-old Skylar, have spent half their lives aboard the Martins’ Catamaran—a 46-foot, five-cabin Leopold fixed-keel performance cruiser.

The girls have been home-schooled on the boat since they were ages three and five years. Both of them love to read and have wiled away Dinner is served! Cooper, Casey, and many an afternoon Steve Yelton. Photo by Cherie Yelton with a book. They are also into navigation, and each has a list of chores they are responsible for. They are now eagerly learning kiteboarding.

“We do a lot of family things,” says John, “like hiking and swimming. The girls have learned different constellations. They love to fish and look for sea life. Watching dolphins swim or encountering a whale enchants everyone for an hour.”

Clothes are overated. Photo by Cherie Yelton “They still go off and make up games,” with kids. Her books combine fun, educaPo adds. “They haven’t been exposed to tional, and interesting activities. ‘cool’ kids and have not experienced a lot of “Just give a child a sheet of aluminum peer pressure to limit their imaginations.” foil and watch a fleet of boats, a family of The whole family is into beachcombing, dolls, or a creative sculpture emerge. Paper inspired by their friend Deacon Ritterbush, and crayons can go far if you ask a child Annapolis author of A Beachcomber’s Odto design his own boat or how he’d want yssey: Treasures From a Collected Past. As spinsheet.com

Taking the family car out for a spin. Photo courtesy of Po and John Martin

“Dr. Beachcomb,” Deacon teaches local beach-combing classes and is a passionate advocate for outdoor exploration for children and adults.

The Martins have all taken Deacon’s beachcombing workshops and have learned how to identify and collect Chesapeake Bay fossils, sea glass, sharks’ teeth, and other fascinating objects free for the picking up.

“Beachcombing is a much more all-encompassing experience than just picking up some random object on the shore,” Deacon explains.

“When you learn about the context of the shoreline—the history, geology, anthropology, the culture of that particular stretch of beach, then you have a much better grasp of what the treasures are or where they might have come from or been used for. You can learn how to identify an old versus a new piece of beach glass. You can do that by the color or graininess of the glass or if there are bubbles in the glass (it’s old!).

Even the shapes of bottle lips can send off clues as to age, origin, or purpose.

“The same with fossils; it surprises people to learn that some shells or fossils they find along Chesapeake Bay or the Atlantic Coast are actually seven million to 17 million-plus years old. Seen in this light, beach treasures suddenly become more precious, and beachcombing then becomes an avenue that draws you into contemplating some of life’s most compelling stories: how old is the water we swim in? What is sand made of? How did a vintage European fishing float (which Skylar Martin discovered) travel across the vast Atlantic and arrive intact on an isolated beach in the Caribbean?”

“Wherever we anchor, we’ll usually spend some part of the day beachcombing, then return to the boat to compare or trade artifacts, such as pottery shards, coins, seaglass, and so many things,” says Po. “We’ve discovered that beachcombing touches all facets of our sailing or boating adventure. And not only are our beach treasures beautiful, but, as Deacon says, they are also ‘memory tokens’ that can take you Chesapeake Bay Sailing

back to special beaches or special times in our lives.”

All of these sailing parents agree that cruising experiences taught their kids to play like kids have always played, using a few simple props and their vast imaginations; so refreshingly different from the techno-toy reality of modern suburban and urban dwellers.

What would the kids tell you about their experiences? Casey Yelton expressed her memories in a school assignment: “There are no cities around; no lights to interrupt the midnight sky. Every constellation you have ever heard of, and ones that haven’t yet been discovered… When we get to the beaches, the sand is white and hot and soft below my feet. We go on adventures through the islands where no people live. In some places, there are iguanas.

They are dirty and mean and don’t like people. They chase us away. We find baby hermit crabs and collect them in glass bottles that were once used to send messages across the ocean. We walk along sandbars. We search for shells that look like the sunrise.

We find conchs and smooth, beady shells. We collect all of them.”

Casey added, “Sunsets in the Caribbean are like a miracle in the sky. Every brilliant color painted together to form a masterpiece, unique for every sunset.

To know that type of beauty, you have to see it with your own eyes.”

Sailing with kids? Not for everyone, nor is it for the faint of heart. But it will always be a unique experience, one that will color their lives forever with fascinating memories of beauty, discovery, and adventure.

About the Author: Sydney Petty is an occasional but enthusiastic sailor. She is a freelance writer/ editor who lives in Annapolis and loves to write about health, the arts, children’s topics, parenting, and other human interest issues.

Katy, John, Travis, and Sandy Travis Bildahl.

Arrr, me matey! Cooper and Casey Yelton. Photo by Cherie Yelton

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everal summers ago I began a tradition of vacationing with the Pert clan aboard their Palmer Johnson New York 40, Kalevipoeg, on Block Island, RI. Some years I simply camped out on board for a few days of clamming, beach combing, and exploring the natural beauty of “The Block.” Other years I signed on as crew for various legs of the journey between “The Block” and Kalevipoeg’s home berth in Annapolis.

These offshore trips always proved unpredictable.

Weather, engine trouble, and unfamiliar waters frequently derailed our itinerary.

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As I rode Amtrak to New London, CT, the winds were holding steady at 30 knots, and rain was coming down all over the northeast. When I called skipper Agu Pert to confirm my arrival time, he warned that I would have no welcome party at the ferry dock, seeing as the weather was “atrocious,” boats were breaking free of their moorings, and he was having difficulty completing his last-minute boat errands.

Five hours later, I was on a high-speed ferry, plowing through the waves on Block Island Sound. The seas were rough, and the other passengers were queasy. A couple of teenage boys behind me were laughing at the sight of a ketch battling the swells in the rain. It was an ominous harbinger of the weather that would plague our journey.

“There was much talk about the deadly, rushing currents that could carry a boat down the East River at speeds greater than eight knots. Instead, we were treated to front-row seats at the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and a rather esoteric art installation..”

Island to New York leg, I found myself surrounded by seasickness. It took all of my resolve to focus on knot-tying while my compatriots heaved over the rail. Later, a gale swept across Long Island Sound, bringing winds in excess of 40 knots, and forcing a hasty take-down of the main. Another year a cruise from Provincetown, MA to Martha’s Vineyard was interrupted by a clogged intake valve on the Volvo Penta, resulting in a tow through the Cape Cod Canal. We never made it to the Vineyard, but we did have the pleasure of passing four days in Onset, MA, a little-known hamlet at the top of Buzzards Bay. Despite these experiences, I eagerly volunteered to help bring the boat all the way home to Annapolis this year. I knew enough to approach the trip with a free spirit, an open schedule, and vague expectations. There would be a boat; foul weather gear was important; and the company would be entertaining. Beyond that, there were no guarantees.

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I made it aboard safely that night, and our crew of five cast off at 6 a.m. the following day. The skies were clear, and we caught sight of a seal frolicking in the surf, all good omens. Our first objective was to make it to the “Race,” a four-mile gap between Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound, before the changing tides forced millions of gallons of water through the channel, creating a standing wave and rushing current.

We passed through the Race unscathed, and even hooked ourselves a couple of bluefish for lunch. I was eager to man the gaff, and speared the second one clear through the gills. He was a fighter. By the time we had him subdued, blood and scales decorated the cockpit.

With the Race behind us, we put up the sails and were making a respectable nine knots on a course to Oyster Bay, NY, home of Teddy Roosevelt (and more recently, Billy Joel). About halfway there, spinsheet.com

the wind picked up, and suddenly, we were surrounded by thunderstorms. Down came the sails; on went the motor. Our fearless navigator ducked below to “check the charts,� while another crew member asked if that was indeed a water spout on the horizon.

Fortunately, we were spared the experience of conducting 300 kilovolts of electricity and were safely moored in Oyster Bay by midnight. The skipper had big plans to reunite with his high-school sweetheart the next day, so we were on our own. Seeing an opportunity for some much-needed shore leave, the navigator and I made an attempt to locate the home of Teddy Roosevelt, which ended in a local tavern.

Sometime before dinner, we restocked the beer, collected our sixth crew member, took a quick dip, and enjoyed a stunning rainbow on the heels of a brief thunder shower. Not bad for a Friday afternoon.

We crept out of Oyster Bay under the cover of darkness and were en route to New York City before dawn. There was much talk about the deadly, rushing currents that could carry a boat down the East River at speeds greater than eight knots.

Instead, we were treated to front-row seats at the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Lib-

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erty, and a rather esoteric art installation, consisting of four mechanical fountains created by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson.

After securing our slip at the aptly named Liberty Landing Marina, exhaustion took over, and most of the crew opted for a shower and lunch, followed by a nap; though we rallied for dinner in Chinatown.

The next day opened with powerful thunderstorms sweeping across the Jersey coast, effectively blocking our path to the

Delaware Bay and home. The skipper contemplated spending another night in New York. One of the crew just happened to know of some abandoned docks in Brooklyn where we could tie up without incurring additional slip fees. I wondered if my dry clothes would stretch for another few days. The navigator, having been on the boat for two weeks longer than the rest of us, decided to jump ship.

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“Nothing goes to weather like Amtrak,” he declared, as he hopped over the lifelines.

Given that five was much more comfortable than six, we bid him a hasty farewell and motored across the harbor.

Our destination: a collection of rotten pilings, rusty cleats, and crumbling concrete, severed from land and littered with the sun-bleached bones of small animals.

Someone asked, “Do you think rats will climb aboard while we sleep?” “Oh, sure.

They hank on with their little claws, and scamper right up the lines,” quipped the captain in his usual off-hand tone.

We survived the night without rodents, and spirits were high as we hoisted sail in a light breeze off the Jersey coast. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” blasted from the speakers, and “cold ones” were handed out just as lightning and thunderheads moved offshore... again.

“I’ll take the wheel so you can lower the sails,” someone suggested. Seeing as I had no desire to come into contact with the mast, otherwise functioning as the largest lightning rod in a 30-mile radius, I declined. Somebody else thought to drown out the thunder with music, and we soldiered on to Cape May, NJ. Meanwhile,

our former navigator thoughtfully shared with me, via email, the details of his luxurious shore-side accommodations.

Beyond sighting a pod of dolphins and a lone sea turtle in the Delaware Bay, the last leg of the trip was relatively uneventful. The one oddity I noted as we motored into the Chesapeake, a mere six days after departing Block Island, was my heightened sense of smell. A distinctly chemical odor wafted over from Baltimore, while a gentle breeze brought earthy scents from the Eastern Shore.

It was with sadness, padded by relief, that I spotted Thomas Point Shoal Light down the Bay. I was officially out of dry underwear. There was an unpleasant odor in the icebox, and nobody had slept for more than three hours at a stretch. But, give me a shower, a nap, and a hot meal, and I’d be ready to go again.

About the Author: Leslie Toussaint is a freelance writer living in Columbia, MD. She got her start sailing a Cape Dory 22 as a teenager, and is a frequent competitor in CBYRA regattas. Her email address is L2saint@gmail.com.

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Rainbow stretching over historic Newport Harbor. Photo courtesy of Newport Visitors Bureau/gonewport.com

Ah, to Summer in New England…

antucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Block Island—such storied and sometimes chilly destinations sound like heaven in the hot, hazy, humid days on the Chesapeake Bay. Anyone who has ever bobbed the weekend away praying for a breeze on the Bay understands the appeal of a northern jaunt. The New England sailing season is shorter than most, but July and August make up prime time.

Although Annapolis touts itself as America’s Sailing Capital, few dispute Newport, RI as America’s Yachting Capital—great as a starting point or a destination for charter sailors. Chowder at the Black Pearl or other famous watering holes, shops, museums, mansion tours, and wineries are among the options for visitors.

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BSC lists five possible trip itineraries for sevenday excursions on its website (bareboatnewport. com). All trips leave from Newport, and among the destinations are: Jamestown, RI (Newport’s quiet, quaint brother across the bridge); Cuttyhunk, Woods Hole, Quicks Hole, Edgartown (Martha’s Vineyard), and Nantucket, MA; and Montauk, NY. If none of the suggested trip itineraries piques your fancy, there are 75 other destinations within sailing distance of the starting point. Blank personally recommends trip number five, which goes to Block Island and Shelter Island, NY, where sailors can enjoy Sunset Beach, a famous, family-friendly resort and restaurant.

These popular New England destinations are more than just beautiful places to anchor. The appeal of a charter sailing vacation is that once on the dock or at anchor, you can do as much or as little as you want.

As well as scenic streets to meander, Nantucket offers wildlife boat tours, whale watches, and even seal cruises. Some nights in the summer on the island are movie nights, including a blockbuster movie under the stars right by the beach. As well as just soaking in the scenery at anchor or taking a stroll, on Martha’s

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Horizon Yacht Charters has bases in the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Martin and the Grenadines and a large fleet of multihulls and catamarans. To learn more about charter vacations and how you can win one, visit horizonyachtcharters.com.

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The country’s oldest carousel resides in Martha’s Vineyard for those nostalgic for a little Americana in summer. On the threeby seven- mile stretch of land that is Block Island, walking anywhere is a cinch, and various activities from bike or moped rental to horse-back riding are available.

Despite the brevity of the New England sailing season, charter sailors tend to return year after year and either go back to beloved spots or find new routes. BSC offers weekend, week-long, skippered (for an extra fee), and bareboat charters on 42- to 57-foot boats—all with a personal touch to ensure charter sailors return, according to Blank, who is happy to discuss such trips with potential charter sailors anytime. To learn more, call (800) 661-4013 or click to bareboatnewport.com. For more information on New England destinations, visit nantucket.net, gonewport.com, mvol.com, or blockislandinfo.com.

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Cruising Club Notes Sailing on a Summer Breeze

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h, dear! As a testament to the happy busy-ness of summers on the Bay, we (well, I, actually) inadvertently left the Chesapeake Bay Bermuda 40 and Chesapeake Catboat Association out of the June edition of SpinSheet’s Club Notes. Please accept our sincere apologies. For July, our clubs are up to their old summer tricks again, and they have photographic evidence. Thank goodness. Check out their cruise news, sporty attire, surprise guests, and plans for the Fourth of July and beyond. Now, before I forget, let’s see what the Bermuda 40s and Catboats have to say.

—Ruth Christie/ruth@spinsheet.com

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Fifty Years for Forty Footer

hesapeake Bay Bermuda 40 Association sailors are sponsoring a six-day cruise on the mid-Bay to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launching of the first Hinckley Bermuda 40. The cruise will start August on the West Wye River and conclude with a dinner September 3 at the Gibson Island Club. Stops will include St. Michaels, Oxford, the Rhode River, and Annapolis. Our group has 76 members, from Maine to Singapore, but most of us are concentrated on the Chesapeake (richardcooper28@verizon.net). —by Richard Cooper

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Sailing Legacies

he Chesapeake 20 Association thanks Heather Ersts of the Annapolis Maritime Museum (AMM) for her wonderful article in the June SpinSheet about Chesapeake 20s. Contrary, Gracie, Endeavor, Mischief, Picardy, Stormy, and Spirit have enjoyed several races so far. The group exhibited Legacy to the Bay for the Hartge family June 19 at AMM thanks to the efforts of Pam and Clay Taylor, and the Worlds June 20-21 were out of this world. —by Ted Weihe 58 July 2009 SpinSheet

Cruise-Crazy Cats

hesapeake Catboat Association (CCBA) members will launch their 2009 CCBA Annual Long Cruise June 7 from St. Leonard Creek on the Patuxent. The fleet will head south to the Potomac, with Colonial Beach and the Nomini Creek areas as the ultimate distance destinations. It’s a week earlier this year, and we’ll hopefully have 10 boats participating, with some remain-

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ing on St. Leonard Creek for the annual PAX River Shootout June 20. This year, the wind gods will hopefully help us out with the race. Many will be participating in these events having traveled by water on catboats as small as 18 feet (not something you do with your average sailboat) or via trailer based on distance, weather, etc. (chesapeakecatboats.org).

—by Maria and Butler Smythe

Revel Without a Cause

orinthians Annapolis Fleet aficionados completed their Spring Cruise of the northern Chesapeake with 20 boats participating. The first of three races was from Baltimore Light to Middle River with a strong wind on the nose, gusting to 30+ knots. Konrad Woermann on his 38-foot X-Yacht, Fortuna, won this race and the overall trophy for first place. The fleet gathered on the Sassafras River for a pig roast and music by Calico Jack.

Two nights were spent in lovely and welcoming Havre de Grace, where all gathered for a Bloody Mary Potluck Breakfast and the Fleet Dinner at MacGregor’s. We trundled to Worton Creek for a night of reverie on the hook. After a short race, the fleet continued to Baltimore for two final nights. A tour of Fort McHenry and a cruise dinner highlighted the week. Thanks, Julian Bigden, for arranging this fun week of sailing and Fortuna shined on the Corinthians Annapolis Fleet’s cruising and revelry (tom@berrybest. racing scene this past spring. com). —by Tom Berry

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ue to high winds, more than 200 boats in the 2009 Stingray Harbour YC Shakedown Cruise stayed put at Stingray Point Marina, Deltaville, VA. We fly a blue stingray burgee memorializing Captain John Smith’s fateful run-in with a stingray in July 1608 off Stingray Point on the Rappahannock River. Our cruising schedule offers a variety of opportunities for adventuring throughout the Bay. Our June summer cruise explored points north, and the annual Summer Sailstice took us to Little Bay June 20-21. This year, we’re introducing “Anchoring Out” events for cruising fun at TBD locations depending on the wind (stingrayhyc.com). —by Pat Anderson

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Anchoring Shouldn’t Be a Drag

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odd and Leanne Berget led a group from the West River Catamaran Racing Association to Crisfield, MD for Memorial Day weekend. The Somers Cove YC and Somers Cove Marina sponsored a Pork Pull on Saturday and the 17th annual Crisfield Soft Shell Spring Fair on Sunday. Two Nacra 20s attracted much attention in a town better known for its fleet of workboats (wrcra.org). —by Fran Campbell

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o celebrate National Safe Boating Week, the Wilmington (Sail and) Power Squadron held a Land and Sea Rendezvous at the Turner’s Creek Pavilion May 16. About 20 members celebrated with appetizers, drinks, and BBQs. Our workshop on anchoring skills will be July 25 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Rock Hall (MD) Fire Hall. A $5 per sailor donation to the Fire Hall is suggested (wilmingtonpowersquadron.org). —by Harry S. Anderson II

May The Force 5 Be With You

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ew Castle Sailing Club members are organizing the 22nd Annual Frank Nelson Charity Regatta July 25 off Battery Park in New Castle, DE. The regatta is open to all classes of non-keeled sailboats, 22 feet and under, including Buccaneers, Capris, Flying Scots, Force 5s, Lasers, Lightnings, Sunfishes, Thistles, V15s, and Windmills. The post-race BBQ Dinner and Awards Ceremony will feature a live auction to benefit the March of Dimes (newcastlesailingclub.org). —by Kathy Leef

Who Wants To Hold the Barnacle Cup?

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eptember 12 will draw Barnacle Cup Racers to the second annual Leonardtown Wharf Waterfront Celebration Sailboat Race at the new wharf in Breton Bay, MD. High school teams, small boats, and large boats will vie for top honors ((888) 560-0213). —by Robert “Buzz” Ballard

WRCRA members enjoyed soft shells, oysters, and cool beverages during the 17th annual Crisfield Soft Shell Spring Fair.

The Fun Is Mandatory

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he Pearson Sailing Association of the Chesapeake Bay enjoyed some nice sailing and good camaraderie over Memorial Day weekend at the Maryland YC and during our annual Race to Dun Cove June 20 with the Rhode River Boat Club (RRBC). The summer cruising schedule includes a mandatory fun rendezvous in July (TBD), the Wye Island Raft-Up and Crab Feast with RRBC August 28-20, and a September (hurricane) rendezvous on Swan Creek (cbpsa.org).

—by John Martin

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he Windmill National Championship Regatta at the Rock Hall YC (RHYC) July 13-16 will draw boats from all over the country. RHYC’s Log Canoe Regatta July 18-19 is a must-see event, with gorgeous vessels sailing in the Chester. July 23 will bring the Optimist Green Fleet Regatta and Clinic to RHYC for all Opti Green Fleet sailors. We’ll have a great set of races in protected Langford Bay, then a sailing clinic, and of course, some serious pool time (rockhallyachtclub. org). —by Connie Ranney

Stories Around the Campfire Stormy weather during the 2009 Beneteau Rendezvous off Camp Letts.

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Windmills, Log Canoes, and Optimists?

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ay 30-31 found Club Beneteau Chesapeake Bay joining other Beneteau owners at the 2009 Beneteau Rendezvous at YMCA’s Camp Letts. Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Sales and Service (AYS), summer campers from more than 80 boats were treated to a good old-fashioned thunderstorm Friday night (below). Saturday featured presentations on local ecosystems, treating medical emergencies while at sea, knot tying, dinghy maintenance, rocking chair etiquette, a sumptuous dinner, and dancing. Thanks to Garth Hichens and his staff at AYS for the well-organized fun. We also enjoyed the Rhythm on the River Raft-Up June 13-14 at Hartge Yacht Harbor and are looking forward to the Ladies Only Raft-Up July 11-12 (cb2. org). —by Sue Brown spinsheet.com

A Summer BOOST!

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or Beneteau Owners and Others Sailing Together (BOOST), the hospitality of Vuki and Arif Hodzic on 3 Pearls was abundantly clear June 1314 during their Park Creek Party Raft-Up off the Magothy. Crews indulged in fabulous food, storytelling, dancing, Karaoke, and live music by The Sandbox Kings. Sue Brown and her daughter Jen Thorpe (White Wave) verified there’s no generation gap when it comes to having fun. Scott Nichols (Nichols Quarters) charmed everyone with his handsome tenor tones. Gerry Hunter and Mary Fisher (Vagabond) and Dave and Myrna Gibson (Paloma) set off on Sunday for a week of exploring the Bay. Several crews will gather for July Fourth. Scott and Nan Nichols are hosting our July 11-12 Raft-Up on Old Man Creek. Others will sail to Maine and Norfolk (boostannapolis@aol.com). —by Myrna Gibson

Sailing With the Wind

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he Chesapeake Sailing Club’s (CSC) sailing season began with the Memorial Day weekend cruise to the Eastern Shore with beautiful winds and weather. A club race the next day led nicely into the twoweek summer cruise to the Lower Bay. CSC’s new “sail with the wind” approach—easily implemented with a cruise sign-up and a cell phone tree—has made for more enjoyable sailing days and good choices for anchoring on stormy nights. We rafted up on the Severn June 27-28 and will meet for fireworks at Purdy Point on Gibson Island July 4 (chesapeakesailing.org). —by Eve-Marie Lacroix

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES Learning a Thing or Two

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hesapeake Area Professional Captains Association members will welcome Susan Zellers, executive director of the Marine Trades Association, July 27 at Annapolis Elks Lodge 622 in Edgewater, MD (capca.net). —by Captain Ken Binnix

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Shrimp and Key Lime Pie!

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he Pentagon Sailing Club (PSC) held two Basic Sailing Classes and has three more classes scheduled. During our annual Memorial Day Raft-Up on Reed Creek off the Chester, seven boats shared shrimp-based dishes and key lime desserts. On Sunday, we sailed to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor East Marina to gather with three more boats and several land yachters. On Sunday evening, we enjoyed a catered BBQ and party on the marina’s dock (pentagonsailing.org). —by Don Hupman

ore than 20 Hunter Sailing Association (HSA) members visited Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to watch the Orioles host the Atlanta Braves this June. We celebrated the Summer Sailstice in Cambridge, MD. Over Independence Day weekend, we will catch the fireworks in Oxford July 3 and do an informal pointto-point race to Solomons for more fireworks. Our Fleet Captain’s Cruise will kick off July 19 with an overnight sail to Cape Charles, VA. We will spend the next week working our way back up the Bay with stops in Mobjack Bay, Fishing Bay off the Piankatank River, Tangier Island, and Crisfield (hsa1.org). —by Carl Reitz

Ready for the Rendezvous

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niversal Sailing Club members hosted their fourth annual Paul Cuffee Regatta on Memorial Day weekend, starting at Craighill Channel Light at the Patapsco’s mouth and ending near Rock Hall, MD with a rendezvous at North Point Marina. Jameel (Lemart Presley’s Tartan 34), Soukous (Marcus Asante’s Tartan 30), and Healer (Michael Campbell’s Cal 9.2) earned top honors. The club’s ROOTZ Regatta July 4 is a point-topoint race from Baltimore to Annapolis (universalsailingclub.org). —by Baxter Smith Universal Sailing Club commodore Howard Kea (right) enjoys a laugh with club members after the Paul Cuffee Regatta on Memorial Day weekend. Photo by Nicola Smith-Kea

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Roving Revelers

he Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club (CBTSC) has something for everyone. Join Becki and Ned Lawson on Mill Creek off Whitehall Bay for A Midsummer Mooring July 11-12 and Sue and Chuck Gladding in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor July 18-19. You’ll get up close and personal with the tugs and container ships that cross our wakes in the Bay while enjoying food, night life, and baseball. That same weekend, several members will start their cruise led by Peter Kreyling to join the Tartan Owners of North-East for their rendezvous in Bristol, RI July 24-26. From there, they will explore the coast of Maine and return home by August’s end. The Heilmans’ Crab Feast/Tartan Family Reunion will take place August 1-2 at their home on Cattail Creek off the Magothy. Come by boat and raft up (cbtsc.com). —by Grace Holt

Learning To Sail

he West River Sailing Club in Galesville, MD offers classroom and on-the-water instruction to help people become confident and comfortable in small sailboats. Great physical strength isn’t required to adjust the sails or steer; this keeps things fun. Small boats provide immediate feedback to all of your actions, so you learn faster (westriversc.org).

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CBTSC members overlook Poplar Island this April. Imagine how different this place will look in a few more years as the work to restore the land, wildlife, and shore plants is done. Photo by Darlene Forte

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Work Is Overrated

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ingles on Sailboats (SOS) started the season with an IRS Cruise to Galesville and a Shakedown Cruise. Over Memorial Day weekend, 27 boats headed to the Choptank for an extended cruise and ended up in Granary Creek the next weekend for a delightful Parrothead Party, featuring the Chesapeake Bay Steel Band and a Buffett concert (on screen). Another 21 boats joined us for the event packing the creek with fun and dinghies. SOS is known for our circle rafts, and anyone in Round Bay June 13-14 may well have seen our Spring Flowers Cruise.

June 20-21 brought our 31st Anniversary Cruise/Party at the Maryland YC. We host daysails and regional Happy Hours to escape the work week (singlesonsailboats.org).

—by Charlotte O’Conor

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Pyrotechnics Plus

even Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) aficionados will flock to Camp Letts for the 23rd Annapolis Gam September 25-27. Don’t miss the Doyle Chesapeake Cocktail Party, donuts and coffee courtesy of St. Brendan’s Isle Mail Forwarding Service, and SSCA’s cruising seminars, roundtables, demos, nautical flea market, camaraderie, great food, and fun. You don’t have to be an SSCA member to attend. World cruising author Beth Leonard and Ralph Naranjo, technical editor of Practical Sailor, will be among the speakers. Pacific Seacraft owners have a special invitation to attend the Gam, thanks to Nancy Cann of Crusader Yacht Sales in Annapolis. Pacific Seacraft President Steve Brodie will be on hand to meet and greet you. Register early and get a free copy of the SSCA Potluck Cookbook while supplies last (ssca.org). —by Barbara Theisen

A previous Annapolis Gam. Photo courtesy of SSCA

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he Jewish Navy will celebrate the Fourth of July with a rendezvous in Rock Creek to dine and “ooh and aah” over a multitude of pyrotechnic displays. Plans are being finalized for a Jewish-Navy-Kol Shalom Raft-Up in Saltworks Creek to provide participants with opportunities to solve world problems, nosh on great cooking, and engage in the game of “Jewish geography.” Members welcome those who would like to share their enjoyment of boating, their boating knowledge, and their sense of humor. Overheard at a recent event was a discussion regarding the wisdom of not sitting in the front row at a bris. If you can relate to this kind of wisdom, and if you have additional cultural customs and “bubbe manses” to add to the mix, contact jewishnavy@ jewishnavy.org and join our next event. —by Adiva Sotzsky

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CRUISING CLUB NOTES They Are Always on the Lookout

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artan 34 Classic Association vessels are part of the sailing action throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Here on the Chesapeake, we look forward to racing and cruising with sailing buddies from near and far. We hope to complete our roster of these classics and encourage all sailors to be spotters wherever they sail (t34classic.org). —by Grace Holt

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A Perpetual Party

he Chesapeake Bristol Club’s (CBC) whirlwind 35th anniversary season opened with the Spring Splash Luncheon at Pirate’s Cove Restaurant in Galesville, MD, followed with a Shakedown Safety Seminar and Cruise with the West River YC, Memorial Weekend fun and games at Wye Island with the Eastport YC and Magothy River Sailing Association, and the Spring Cruise on the Choptank with an End of Cruise Party in Whitehall Creek. This June, CBC’s 35th Anniversary Gala at Herrington Harbour South drew 75 members, old and new. The

An Ambitious Apache?

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ver Memorial Day weekend, Ambitious, Apache, Reflections, Third Star, and Wind Spirit from Catalina 34 Fleet 12 joined 10 boats from the Great Wicomico Cruising Club (GWCC) for a joint Happy Hour in Mill Creek off the Great Wicomico. Ambitious and GWCC’s catamaran Kalila-R III rafted into a nice party platform. On June 6, Apache, Avanti, Bay-Tripper, Blue Horizon, Boomer, First Point of Aries, Irish Lady, and Junco created two Fleet 12 raft-ups in Mill Creek off Whitehall Bay and dinghied over to Cantler’s Restaurant. Even though one dinghy was taking on water and continuously bailing, it was able to safely tow another dinghy whose outboard finally gave out after years of faithful service. On Sunday, 12- to 15-knot winds provided an enjoyable return sail as we dodged sailboat races off Annapolis. Please note my new email: freemanr@rcn.com. —by Rich Freeman

Fourth of July will feature our traditional Rock Hall Fireworks and Fun Race and Commodore’s Breakfast in Langford Creek. During our (In)Famous Sunflower Raft-Up in Mill Creek July 18-19, the theme will be Under the Sea—which might mean hearing about a Yellow Submarine and sighting a mermaid or two while snacking on some seaweed salad. On July 31, we’ll tour and picnic at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD. Newcomers and nonBristols are always welcome (cbclub.info).

—by Deb Coons

Charm City Cruisers

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he Downtown Sailing Center (DSC) recently celebrated the 89th annual Inner Harbor Raft-Up for the third year running. The cruising crew is growing; several enthusiastic cruising skipper candidates are becoming qualified to lead open sails, accessible sailing events, and various summer cruises. The Spring Flower Cruise June 6-7 featured a wonderful sail from the Inner Harbor to a raft-up on the Magothy River. Future cruises are planned to St. Michaels, Rock Hall, Chester River, Annapolis, Mill Creek, and beyond. Several cruising boats are participating in the Sail for Kids Regatta July 11 to benefit DSC’s accessible sailing, Kids Camps, and other programs for those who rarely have the opportunity to sail. (downtownsailing.org). —by Curt Weist

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He Sings Songs by the Bayside

ongs and stories about boats and beaches will again fill the Southern Maryland Sailing Association clubhouse August 16 when Scott Kirby returns to Solomons with Dave Edmisten on guitar. The concert begins at 4 p.m. and is co-sponsored by Solomons Holiday Inn Select. After playing to a packed show

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Raft-Up Pros

or 21 boats in the Chesapeake Catalina YC, June 6-7 brought the Full Moon Raft-Up in the Rhode River. Next came a raft-up in Solomons June 13-14 to kick off a two-week cruise on the Bay. As soon as everyone returned, we began preparing for Fourth of July fun in St. Michaels. Then it’s across the Bay July 25-26 for a rendezvous in Baltimore (sailccyc.org). —by Michael Davis

last year, Kirby says “The intimate SMSA clubhouse was the best venue I have played on the East Coast. People paid attention and were into it, and the acoustics were good. And Solomons is such a beautiful spot with great views right out SMSA’s windows.” A native New Englander, Kirby has owned sailboats since he was age 19

years and has crewed on a wide variety of boats, giving him plenty of song-writing material. He now splits his time between Key West and New Hampshire, while touring the eastern half of the country.

His music can often be heard on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius Radio’s channel 31 (smsa.com).

—by Tim Flaherty spinsheet.com

A Regatta To Remember

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es Greenfield was one of several founding members of Cooper River YC (CRYC), which was established in 1946. He was an active member, past commodore, and life member of the club.

In 1990, we renamed the Memorial Day weekend regatta the Les Greenfield Regatta. This year, GP-14s, Lasers, Sunfish, Windmills, and an open class fleet sailed in the event. Greenfield’s wife, Ginny, and his son, Jim, also a past commodore and active member, presented the Les Greenfield trophy May 25 to Art Littleton representing the Sunfish fleet, the largest fleet sailing in the regatta (cooperriveryc.org). —by Gene and Ellie Raffensperger

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Classy Cruises

nnapolis Naval Sailing Association (ANSA) members have completed two skipper checkout sails, a Piloting and Navigation Course, and part of the Senior Crew and Watch Captain Courses. Members have booked a Solomons Cruise over

the Fourth of July weekend. July 18-19 will bring a two-day Down the Bay and Back Cruise for student training.

We have a Moonlight Cruise and three weekday evening cruises planned for July. Come join us for some great sailing (ansa.org). —by Tom Warrington

Taking It All In

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est River Sailing Club cruisers are looking forward to their annual All You Can Eat Crab and Corn on the Cob and All the Beer You Can Swig under the tent August 1. Grab a table for your friends and family and enjoy the food while overlooking the West River in Galesville. The $35 feast begins at 1 p.m. and includes satisfying burgers and tasty hot dogs (westriversc.org).

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That’s What Friends Are For

e can’t get aboard your boat to do the work. A duck has nested under your dodger, and she won’t let anyone come aboard. Thus, the hostage situation began in early spring.

Mama Crane, my mature C&C 38, had a surprise guest, a female Mallard, who had laid three eggs on top of a sail bag under the dodger.

She wouldn’t get off her nest, and I wouldn’t move the nest or eggs. Am I such a true sailor, environmentalist, and someone who is respectful of Mother Nature? Or am I slightly moved by the thought of that $10,000 fine that protects the nest and eggs by the Migratory Bird Act? It’s a combination of all

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une for Herrington Harbour Sailing Association (HHSA) sailors was punctuated with overnight cruises, patriotic cruises, race cruises, a Twilight Race to Sharpe’s Island, and our annual HHSA Integrity Yacht Sales Invitational Regatta. July will welcome in more fun and sun with our annual Fireworks Show, a Saturday Night Fever Cruise, and our Double-Handed Race. We plan events for nearly every type of sailor (hhsa.org).

—by Keith Morgenstern

Ahh… Twilight Sails

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hearwater Sailing Club members held their annual Twilight Race May 30. Racers and cruisers-turned-racers enjoyed an idyllic early summer evening.

PRO Tom Stilter designed a challenging course down the Bay, with a picturesque sunset and a finish up the Severn. The next big event will be our annual Crab Feast in August (shearwatersc.org). —by Jim E. Tompert

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he Back Creek YC’s (BCYC) Memorial Day Weekend Cruise to Lankford Bay Marina featured grilled food, a catered dinner, trolley trips to Chestertown’s Tea Party reenactment, and bocce ball. We rafted up on Reed Creek off the Chester June 13 and held a medical educational evening and social hour with Dr. Terry Bidnick at the Annapolis Double Tree Hotel June 19. Beginning June 27, our Weeklong (Freestyle) Cruise will venture to the Maryland YC on Rock Creek, Great Oaks Marina on Fairlee Creek, Georgetown Yacht Basin on the Sassafras, Worton Creek Marina, and Haven Harbor Marina on Swan Creek (gobcyc.com).

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Sailing with the Stars

by Mark Einstein

ost people don’t believe me and controls, and perhaps the fastest-lookconfidence, I set my sights on the prewhen I tell them that I once ing hull design in existence. Watching the mier Star regatta in the United States, the raced against Dennis Conner— skippers and crews of the West Jersey Star Bacardi Cup, held annually at the Coral once the world’s most famous and successfleet inspired me. Before I knew it, I had Reef YC in Miami, FL. The only thing one ful racing sailor, known for his success in a boat of my own and was quickly learnneeds to do to qualify is show up with a Olympic events, the America’s Cup, many ing how easy it is to finish in last place! I Star boat, and even though I knew I would different offshore races, and two Star Class soon began to make new friends with the be way out of my league, I felt like I was world championships. One might wonder hope of sharpening my skills and gaining entering the Indianapolis 500. how a mediocre club racer such as I could confidence.

Practically every sailing celebrity in find himself sailing neck and neck against Most one-design fleets are eager to inthe world was there—Cayard, Blackaller, such a yachting legend—as if I were a troduce new members to the sport, and the Reynolds, Brun, Buchan, and even Dennis weekend golfer teeing off against Tiger top sailors are usually enthusiastic to menConner. Intimidated, yes, but attending Woods. the regatta alone was a dream come For many of us, when we dream true to me, notwithstanding whatevof learning to sail, we envision ourer might happen once I got my boat selves behind the wheel of a luxury into the water. By the second day of sailing yacht, carelessly cruising to the five-day event, I found myself the far side of the world, perhaps experiencing what may have been beyond even our wildest and most the proudest moment of my life. I distant horizons. Then we wake was sailing neck and neck—eyeball up! The good news is that through to eyeball—with the fastest sailor in one-design and local club racing, the world. Dennis and I—mano a many of our sailing dreams can be mano! Surging through the water, realized right within the confines hiked way out over the side, I was of our everyday lives. An aspiring nose to nose with “Mr. America’s sailor, even on a budget, can actually Cup” himself. What a thrill indeed launch his or her sailing dream by it was to be a part of a sport where becoming active in one of such a feat is possible! the many one-design fleets As it turned out, 10 seconds “Before I knew it, I had a boat of my own and was easily accessed throughout later, the starting gun went quickly learning how easy it is to finish in last place!” off, and I never saw Dennis the Chesapeake Bay region.

By becoming involved in a well-organized tor novice sailors. Moreover, many fleets Conner again. Nevertheless, the fact reclass association, a beginner can readily award a trophy to the novice competitors mains, no matter who you are, one-design find a boat, crew, spare parts, and best of as a way of encouraging them to stay in the and club racing provide unbeatable ways to all, a camaraderie that will lead to the most game. The social aspects of club racing and achieve the confidence and experience that important aspect of making any sailing one-design sailing are at least as rewarding are necessary to start making your sailing dream come true—experience. as the sailing itself. One does not need to dreams come true. To find out more about Riverton YC (RYC) on the Delaware be a champion to be a part of the fraternity, the one-design fleets in your area, check River in New Jersey is one of the oldest but by hanging out with the experts, one out SpinSheet’s Club Directory at spinsheet. yacht clubs in the country, and some of the can learn much more than is possible by com, our Club Notes section on page 58, best-known sailors in the world have raced simply taking sailing lessons. and in Racing News on page 68. You will there. Legendary names such as LippinOne of the distinct advantages of be amazed at how easy it is to get started cott, MacCausland, Menkart, Wright, and one-design sailing is the ability to travel and you might even find yourself sailing Martin are just a few whose achievements to “away” venues where the social and with the stars. are forever etched into the many perpetual networking potential becomes limitless. trophies that the club has awarded through Not long after I had acquired my own Star, About the Author: Mark Einstein no longer races but now devotes his sailing time to the years. Still a dreamer myself during the I began to travel with the fleet to many cruising and captaining sailing charters early 1980s, I began to take an interest in of the excellent Chesapeake Bay regattas, where “everyone’s a winner.” Mark and the Star class, having seen a few regattas such as Oxford, St. Michaels, Gibson Ishis first and only mate, Suzanne, operate Blue at RYC. To me, the Star is “king of the land, and Annapolis, meeting more people Crab Chesapeake Charters from Waterman’s keelboats” with its huge, deck-sweeping and gaining priceless experience with every Crab House in Rock Hall, MD. Contact him mainsail, a plethora of multi-colored lines race. Finally, after I had built up enough at bluecrabcharters.com.

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Eric Schwab's Five Speed crew on the rail. Photo by David Gibbings David Clark’s (Fishing Bay/ Mechanicsville, VA) J/105 Corryvreckan crew, who had held “big dog” position for the first two days of the regatta, finished in second.

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A parade at the leeward mark at Southern Bay Race Week May 29-31. Photo by David Gibbings

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Healthy Competition, Hampton Hospitality: Southern Bay Race Week 2009

ne challenging day of fluky winds sandwiched in between two steadily breezy racing days—the last one being particularly memorable—made for a successful Southern Bay Race Week May 29-31. Pete Hunter (Kill Devil Hills, NC) and his Wairere crew took home the overall award, the Gosling’s Black Seal Cup, scoring four bullets, a couple of seconds, and a third. Sledd Shelhorse’s Meridian II crew put up a valiant fight against the winning team in PHRF A1, even winning the fleet on the last day, but was unable to overcome Wairere’s overall lead in the end.

Hunter says, “The regatta was excellent. Hampton YC is just about the friendliest place in the world. They just open the doors and do every thing to make sure you have slips, breakfast, you name it. They make it easy and fun.”

When asked if anything unusual or funny happened at the event, he says, “Saturday was one of those drifter crap shoot days. We went from being 200 yards behind to 200 yards ahead, which was all about being in the right place at the right time. We’re usually on the other end of that.”

Winner in the J/24 class, Tripp Behm notes, “There were a lot of sailors who stayed for the regatta after the Down the Bay Race. It’s good to have sailors from ‘outside’ the usual local boats in the mix.

Hopefully, it’s a trend that will continue. It makes for better competition.”

Behm’s thoughts on the overall regatta were echoed by many competitors, “The atmosphere was upbeat. Hampton YC always puts on a great regatta.”

Annapolis sailor John White was concerned about making the trip to

Hampton with just a small outboard on the Beneteau FC10 he owns with Tom Ballard. He says, “We glued up a removable mount that was wide enough to hang three outboards across the transom to speed the delivery and return.

It worked well, even in big waves.” He adds, “Sailing out of Hampton was great. Very nice town, yacht club, and regatta. Everyone there was extremely nice to us. We hope to do Southern Bay RW again.”

Sea Star, Hampton sailor Dave Eberwine’s J/36 and White’s and Ballard’s unnamed purple boat went at it hammer and tong all three days of racing. The two teams did a masterful job of employing match-racing tactics within the PHRF A2 fleet, exchanging the lead throughout the event. Sea Star sailed its best in the first race of the last day to take a bullet that turned out to be the linchpin for the top spot in PHRF A2.

White comments, “We tried our best to beat them. They sailed a great series.”

In the J/105 one-design fleet, Richmond sailor Mike Karn and his Inevitable team hammered the fleet on day three with three bullets to take the top spot from David Clark’s (Fishing Bay/ Mechanicsville, VA) Corryvreckan, who had held “big dog” position for the first two days of the regatta.

In PHRF B1 one of two Tripp 26s, A Parent Tripp, Annapolis sailors Brett Harrison and John Yeigh, gained the lead in the first race of day three and kept their hold on first over Dennis Hannick, Goin’, and Ben Week’s and Michele Cochran’s J/29, Rumble (Yorktown, VA). Rumble had a brilliant first day (1-2-1) and was only one point out spinsheet.com

of the lead after day two, but A Parent Tripp put together a consistent performance to keep the top spot and win the fleet.

As well as commenting on Hampton YC’s warm welcome and “excellent” communication with visiting boats (and Dark and Stormies thanks to Gosling’s), Yeigh says, “The race course is very nice and a wide open three-mile circle with almost no powerboat chop about an hour from the harbor. There is a bit more tide than Annapolis, but the sea breeze comes in much earlier.”

Cool Change, Hampton sailor Rusty Burshell’s J/30, and Strega, Neal Garrett’s S2 9.1 were tied for the lead in PHRF B2 going into the last day, when a protest cost Strega a DSQ and eventually bumped her to third in the final standings.

Among the J/24 one-design fleet, Tripp Behm and his Hampton-based crew aboard #193 did what they had to do, win both races on the final day of the regatta and take the first place spot away from leader, Virginia Beach sailor Mike Veraldi on Quicky, In PHRF C, the top two contenders flipflopped the lead after each of the first two days of racing, and a first in the first race of the final day of racing gained the overall win for Bumps Eberwine’s Hampton-based Olson 25, Spray, over Greg Miller (Washington, NC) and his tough team on his Lindenberg 26, Essobee.

In the PHRF NS-2 fleet (double headsail allowed), Hampton sailor Lewie Lewis’s Olson 30 Incentive+ won each of the first two

Richmond sailor Mike Karn and his Inevitable team hammered the J/105 fleet on day three with three bullets.

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Chuck Monsees’s Rockette on Jake Brodersen’s Midnight Mistress in PHRF B1. Photo by David Gibbings

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Annapolis sailors Brett Harrison and John Yeigh on A Parent Tripp put together a consistent performance to keep the top spot and win the fleet in PHRF B1. Photo by David Gibbings

days and tied on the third with second place overall finisher Leo Wardrup (Virginia Beach) and team on his Irwin 38-1 Black Widow.

Puff Card, a Tartan 37-2 sailed by Norfolk sailor Walter Boatwright and crew, dominated the PHRF NS-1 (single headsail only) fleet by winning five of six races. The Edge, a C&C 35-2 skippered by Mark Baldridge from Surf City,

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NC, finished a strong second overall in the regatta.

In the Cruising Division, Tom Pantelides’s Hampton-based Sabre 34, Mazi, won both races the last day to bump Rick Carroll’s Virginia Beach-based Beneteau Oceanis 351, Sur Le Vent, to second overall by one point.

“Excellent” was how competitors described the committee work for the three-day event. Thanks go to race chair, Jack Pope; PRO and signal boat volunteer John McCarthy; Buckroe course race officer Glenn Giles; and signal and mark boat volunteers Brian Deibler, Nick Worth, Bill Gibbings, Dave Hamilton, Jerry Olson, and Marshall Findley.

Sledd Shelhorse's Meridian II team put up a valiant fight and topped the fleet on the last day, however unable to overcome the lead of the overall winning crew on Pete Hunter's Wairere. Photo

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The Behm family at the Down the Bay Race 2009.

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Family Traditions… All the Way Down the Bay

oats, sailing, sailboat racing, and service to Hampton YC (HYC)— these are family traditions in the Behm family, which were celebrated recently in a very special way. Entered in the Down the Bay Race held last month were past commodore Dr. Irving Behm, along with his son, past commodore Vince Behm, and his grandchildren David Halliday, Will Halliday, Tripp Behm, and Chris Behm. What a wonderful expression of family unity and competitive spirit for these guys to join together in this revived popular race from Annapolis to Hampton, and they won their class in the process. Dave McConaughy provided the boat, a J/30 renamed Family Tradition (usually White Boat) for this auspicious occasion, and was joined by friend

Glenn Gates to complete the crew.

Dr. Behm celebrated his 87th birthday and completed the long overnight race with a heart condition, which he chose not to mention for fear that he would miss the race. He is doing fine after a change in medicine. Congratulations to Dr. Behm and his family for this achievement and for giving HYC yet another reason to be proud of its collective family.

Family Tradition finished sixth overall and first in PHRF B in the 60th Down the Bay Race. The crew started at 10:45 a.m. on May 22 and finished in Hampton at 13:58 May 23.

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hirty-five boats completed the 60th running of the Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cup from Annapolis to Hampton May 22-23. “It blew on the nose for 24 hours,” says Pete Hunter, skipper of Wairere, who finished fourth in PHRF A. Crews had 10 hours or so of solid 15-knot breezes, and then the wind lay down a bit in the night. Tides and currents were a challenge for all with changes every six hours in such a long race.

Jim Muldoon’s Donnybrook captured line honors and first in PHRF A, followed by Annapolis sailors Sandford and Alex Richardson and crew on Kahuna. The Behm family on Family Traditions took PHRF B with Ben Cuker’s Callinectes team in second. Casey Martin’s Bowmovement topped PHRF C, and Leo Wardrup’s Black Widow won the nonospinnaker class. Find full results at hamptonyc. com and downloadable photos at spinsheet.com.

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Picture Perfect Racing: Annapolis to Miles River Race and Back 2009

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he weather was beautiful with the promise of a weather finish for the Annapolis to Miles River Race and Back May 23-24. If you could order a better day for the Saturday race, who knows what would be on your shopping list. The morning start managed by West River SC (WRSC) went off without a hitch in an orderly manner. After the start, the breeze built, and the racers, undaunted by a brief start delay, finished in the early afternoon. The Race Back featured a downwind start and an unusual second day of great wind. The straight line track to the finish on Sunday provided an opportunity for skippers to get the most out of their boats.

The raft up at Miles River YC (MRYC) created a beautiful portrait of the health of the sailing community with 70 of the 130 entrants finding a place to spend the night. Underneath that seemingly flawless execution, some mistakes were made. Race chair Bob Bennett says, “I would like to apologize to the sailors that did not get what they expected from this process. We are a team of volun-

teers, and communications are not always as accurate as we anticipate. It is kind of like yelling to a foredeck from the wheel in a 30-knot breeze sometimes.”

The party was great, and it was only exceeded by the friendly and courteous nature of the sailors. There were some sur-

Sailors are getting the feeling that they are welcome here and that we are serious about getting it right.”

Two highlights to the event worthy of note: The first contest to our knowledge of the new PHRF Corinthian Class went very well with the club giving first, second, and third place trophies to promote the class regardless of participation. The sailors responded with eight entries. The winning boat was Scrimshaw with their skipper Charles Deakyne, who won his first regatta as a young man in 1935.

Another hightlight was the first presentation of the Ernie Becker trophy to the winner of Catalina 27 class. Becker is the former sail chair at MRYC and a former Catalina skipper. The trophy will George Watson’s Avita team took top honors in the J/30 class at the sunny, breezy Annapolis to Miles River be a perpetual award for this race and Race May 24. Photo by Dan Phelps/SpinSheet will be displayed in the MRYC trophy room along side of the historic log canoe prises, such as free regatta T-shirts for the awards. skippers and a brief, but brilliant awards Thank you to Suellen Gargalli (race opceremony delivered with the focus on the erations), Sharon Miller (scorer), Suzanne sailors. Bennett says, “This regatta has Lentine (PRO), and chair Bob Bennett had its ups and downs over the years, but (who was responsible for the weather). we have had three good events in a row.

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Bay Breeze, Whales, and a Full Moon: the 2009 Annapolis to Newport Race

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ith 62 year old roots, the biennial Annapolis to Newport Race is one of the most historic and well-known of the U.S. East Coast blue water races. This year’s edition, contested June 5-9, offered the varied weather conditions, currents, marine life, and excitement that offshore racers sign up for again and again.

A steady northeast breeze made the Chesapeake Bay leg of the trip ideal. In his fourth Annapolis to Newport Race, Rick Born, skipper of the Annapolis-based J/120 Windborn, who captured second place in PHRF II, says, “We were first in our class out of the Bay and to Chesapeake

Light with our fastest times ever: 12:44 a.m. at the bridge tunnel, 2:44 a.m. at Chesapeake Light [following a noon start off Annapolis].”

Having done a dozen offshore races together, Born’s crew is in synch. He says, “We all know who snores and who leaves stuff lying around, and we laugh at the same jokes year after year.” Their main challenge this time around was facing “the most adverse current” they had encountered during this particular race, which when becalmed, made for a few miles of backwards sailing.

Greg Leonard, skipper of the winning J/120 Heron, noted the fog, particularly off New Jersey and Delaware. “It was kind of odd,” he says. “We could see the ships on the computer but not on deck. One passed

by so closely, we could hear its engine. We knew we were at a safe distance, but it was eerie not to be able to see it.”

Leonard’s crew members have been sailing together for a long time, some as long as 10 years, with one exception, a dinghy sailor, who was the new guy. “He fit in great,” says the skipper. “We rehashed the same jokes we tell every June.”

Navigationally, few boats reported anything out of the ordinary. “We just kept our bow pointed as close to Newport as possible,” says Leonard.

A highlight of the Heron crew’s race was trying something new: live blogging during the race for which they posted updates every few hours with pictures. “While we did post the standard course and speed stuff, most of what we

Life down below... Henry Morgan, skipper of the J/42 Dolphin, at the nav station as his off-watch crew relaxes. Photo by Andy Ulak

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The J/42 Dolphin Makes New Friends

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side from the empathic cry of “All hands!” by the watch captain, there is little that will get the offwatch side of a racing boat’s crew up on deck faster than the proclamation that a pod of bottlenose dolphins has joined the voyage. On this year’s edition of the Annapolis to Newport Race, the crew of Henry Morgan’s J/42 Dolphin encountered a sizeable pod of dolphins and a pair of large whales off the coast of New Jersey. Fortunately, the whales, nearly the length of the boat, kept a comfortable distance as they circled the boat. The dolphins took a decidedly more inquisitive posture and swam inches from the boat for the better part of an hour.

The bottlenose dolphin is perhaps the best known member of the marine mammal family. We East Coast offshore passage-makers can expect to encounter bottlenose dolphins as far north as Nova Scotia, with the greatest population density from New Jersey to North Carolina. Considered one of the most intelligent animals on the planet, the bottlenose dolphin communicates, navigates, and hunts through a series of clicks, whistles, and grunts, which form a system of sonar echo location.

With minimal drag over their sleek skin and an immensely powerful tail, these creatures cruise at three to seven miles per hour and have been reported to reach burst speeds of 25 miles per hour. They are also able to launch themselves 15 feet out of the water. Feeding on smaller fish, squid, and shrimp, the bottlenose dolphin can consume up to 30 pounds of food a day, with opportunistic feeding behind deepwater trawlers not uncommon. Typically five to 15 in number, pods of dolphins often hunt for food as a pack, either surrounding it, or driving the school into the surf where they feed on the injured fish swept off the beach by the wave action. They range in size up to 12 feet and can weigh in excess of 1000 pounds, with the average size of the mature dolphins found in the Atlantic weighing in at 400-500 pounds and eight to nine feet in length. The lifespan of the bottlenose dolphin is approximately 20 years with maximum age of 45-50.

From the apocryphal tales of pods of dolphins leading sailors away from danger to the dramatic tales of life at sea in pursuit of whales, these animals continue to mesmerize even the saltiest of sailors—including the crew of Dolphin.

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Many of the crews noted exceptional whale and dolphin sightings. Born says, “One whale was maybe 50 feet behind the boat and exposed his entire dark brown back. He looked as long as our boat and wider. Many others were around blowing geysers of spray, with visible backs and fins.” As if that weren’t enough to make the journey worthwhile, he adds, “The race featured a full moon that played in and out of the clouds.”

David Askew, skipper of the Annapolisbased Flying Jenny VI, took top honors in a hotly contested IRC II fleet. He says, “It was a nail biter. We had a wild ride down the Bay... We knew from the start that Upgrade and Fearless, both Farr 395s would be our competition, so we kept that in mind during our tactical discussions and decided to sail our own race and not cover. We made the decision to gybe out and head away from Block Island anticipating the breeze coming from the East later on.

What we didn’t plan on was three hours of nothing before that shift. It was quite tense at times when we knew the other boats were closer to shore.” Obviously, the risk paid off.

With a strong history of participation in this event the extended family of the Gibbons-Neffs spread out into four classes in the 2009 event. Skippering his Farr 395 Upgrade along with his daughter Lyndsey as crew, Peter Gibbons-Neff was first over the line in IRC II but corrected to third. His son Peter, a Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy sailed on the NASS entry, Seawolf, finishing third in PHRF I. Sewall, whose mother is Peter’s cousin, sailed on Amadeus in PHRF II. Henry and his son Henner competed in PHRF III on Prim, a modified Owens 41. Prim sailed in her first Annapolis to Newport Race 54 years ago, and the 2009 event marks her twelfth.

Other noteworthy Chesapeake Bay boat finishes were Oxford sailor Sean Callahan’s Bingo crew’s victory in PHRF III and Jim Muldoon’s Annapolis-based Donnybrook team’s win in PHRF I. Midshipment led

by Josh Hinshaw on Tomcat placed second in the same class. Jim Wilson took third in the double-handed division on Ceol Mor; Michael Brennan’s Sjambok scored third in IRC I; and Jim Praley’s crew placed third on Shinnecock in PHRF II. For complete results, visit race.annapolisyc.org.

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Santa Maria Cup by Carrie Gentile

urrent world champion match racer “The weather gods were not shining Claire Leroy won the 2009 Boat U.S. on us, but the race committee did a really Santa Maria Cup held in Annapolis good job of running as many fair races May 27-30. Texas native and 2005 Quanas possible,” says Tulloch. This was her tum Sailor of the Year Genny Tulloch took first time competing in the Cup. She and second place, while the Australian team her team beat some very experienced and helmed by Katie Spithill placed third. In all, talented crews.

10 international all-female teams partici“We had good communication and pated, including Annapolis skipper JoAnn maintained good speed throughout the Fisher.

Although this is Leroy’s first win at the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) Grade 1 Santa Maria Cup, it came as no surprise. The French skipper, who has competed in four previous Santa Maria Cups, was the one to beat at this women’s keelboat match race regatta; she has maintained the ISAF women’s match rankings top spot for the last four years.

“We knew which side of the course we wanted to be on, and we managed to position ourselves well on the starts,” says Leroy.

Of her 12 starts, Leroy and her crew won 11 of them, including the final race when she beat Tulloch. Although Tulloch had good boat speed, she fouled twice and failed to complete her second 360 before the finish line.

Despite earlier forecasts of 15-20 knots for the final day, Saturday’s race saw only about five knots of wind. But, Leroy took advantage of the unusually light winds. “Our goal was to improve the communication on the boat in Former BoatU.S. Santa Maria cup winner and Severn SA member Liz Baylis and her team (including SpinSheet writer light conditions. This regatta was Kim Couranz) led the French team around the mark. Claire perfect for that.”

LeRoy and her team (in pink) won the regatta overall. Photo Leroy is using this win as

by Joey Smith/SpinSheet momentum for the match racing week,” says Tulloch. world championships held in Sweden this The Santa Maria Cup match race comJuly. Both Leroy and second-place finisher petitors raced 15- to 20-minute windwardTulloch are campaigning for the 2012 leeward courses in a head-to-head compeLondon Summer Olympics where women’s tition. Five races make up a flight, and nine keelboat match racing will make its debut. flights make a round robin. Typically, there Tulloch was in a three-way tie for third are two round robins (every team sails every coming into the final day but won herself a other team twice) before the semi-final spot in the finals after defeating Liz Baylis in the last flight of the round robin in what and final round. All the crews compete on equalized J/22s that are rotated among the Tulloch called “challenging racing conditeams. tions.”

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Unlike past Santa Maria Cup regattas, all four days of this year’s regatta were riddled with light, shifty winds and pop-up thunderstorms that frustrated competitors.

The temperamental winds only allowed for completion of one round robin, omitting the second round and the semifinals before the final race on Saturday.

“The wind has never been like this in the 16 years I’ve run this race,” says Mark Murphy, principal race officer.

A weather system hung over head, bringing fluky light winds. “It’s been frustrating.”

Annapolis resident, Snipe sailor, and SpinSheet columnist Kim Couranz raced with Liz Baylis, who won the Santa Maria Cup in 2003. Baylis came in fourth this year.

“The wind shifted so often that I lost track of the number of times we put the chute up and down during the same leg,” explains Couranz during a race that brought significant wind shifts on the windward-leeward course.

“It was a confluence of the Eastern Shore breeze and the weather lingering from the system that had just gone through.”

After completing the last flight, Murphy attempted to begin the semifinals on Saturday but was plagued with lots of postponements. When the northwesterly breeze filled in, he moved the course toward the mouth of the Severn River and began the final round.

This was Baylis’s 11th straight year competing at the Santa Maria Cup. “I love this race. Usually there is a variety of good conditions, but this was the worst I’ve ever seen.”

Baylis and her crew are currently ranked sixth in women’s match racing and had a lead early on in the regatta. By the end of Thursday, her record was 6-1, and she won a head-to-head with Leroy.

“With match racing, the luck can either roll your way or not. The last two days, the luck card eluded us.”

For full results, go to santamariacup.org.

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Summer = Solomons!

Eastport YC’s Solomons Island Invitational July 17-18 Southern Maryland SA’s Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge July 19-21

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ne month before the Eastport YC (EYC) Solomons Island Invitational, 149 boats have already signed up. We’re not surprised. We’d be lying if we didn’t say that here at SpinSheet, the Solomons races are the axis upon which our summer turns, and it seems we’re not alone. Two of the best regattas of the summer—many argue, the best—are shaping up to match and exceed their reputations in 2009.

One of the major overnight races on the Chesapeake, the 29th annual EYC Solomons Invitational is a 55-nautical-mile run from Annapolis to Solomons, starting at 6 p.m. with boats arriving at the final destination in the middle of the night through the morning, depending on wind speed. This year’s post-race awards ceremony will be at the Holiday Inn Select, followed by a post-race party. To learn more, visit eastportyc.org.

As the Solomons racers straggle in and cat nap, Southern Maryland SA (SMSA) organizers are running their regatta camp already at the Holiday Inn Select in preparation for their signature, three-day Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge.

The Screwpile, as competitors tend to call it, has been blessed with unusually solid July breezes for the past three years; race organizers (and sponsors such as SpinSheet) are doing what they can to pray for more of it in 2009. In the meantime, no matter the weather, three nights of post-race parties with live music and daily awards are on tap in the courtyard area by the pool.

There is no fee to enter the parties—it’s pay as you go at the tiki bar from 6-9 p.m. (extended hours to keep racers and more than 100 volunteers happy), featuring Mt. Gay Rum, of course. The 25th Hour will play live music on Sunday night and Round Midnight, Monday. Back by popular demand, before and after the Tuesday night final awards ceremony will be The Screwpilers.

New in 2009 will be a one-design start for the Farr 40 class. Between seven and 10 boats are expected.

New starts in the Multihull (a healthy group of Corsair 31s are on the list) and Sport Boat classes (for sixto seven- meter boats) will add to the diversity and competition of the always memorable regatta, known for its competition, camaraderie, and currents…

Entries are welcome up until July 15; entries after July 1 will pay a $75 late fee. Downloadable entry forms, sailing instructions, and last year’s results and photos are on the website screwpile.com.

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ipping drinks by the pool after racing isn’t for everyone. Well, maybe it is for most, but just in case… for those who may need a break from racing and regatta tent madness who have the time to explore beyond the Screwpile regatta festivities, Solomons has more to offer than its quaint and quiet waterfront suggests.

Especially for visitors willing to drive a few miles or rent a boat, bike, or paddleboard, there’s a good week’s worth of activities to keep even non-sailing visitors busy and happy.

Check out the Cliffs. MSNBC recently voted Calvert Cliffs State Park as one of the top 10 shelling beaches in the country.

Although you can’t climb on the cliffs anymore, you can hunt for fossils on the beach of the 1400-acre state park with plentiful hiking trails—only a few miles away from regatta headquarters. dnr.state.md.us/baylinks/15.html Paddleboard, anyone? Within walking distance of the Holiday Inn Select, Patuxent Adventure Center rents bikes—including tandem bikes—kayaks and stand-up paddleboards. Call (410) 394-2770 or visit paxadventurecenter.com.

Wine, Don’t Whine. Solomons Island Winery offers an award-winning selection of white and red wines and is open for tours and tastings from 12 – 5 p.m. on weekends and during the week by appointment. Closed on Monday. Call (410) 3941933 or visit solomonsislandwinery.com.

Wander the Calvert Marine Museum (CMM). Visiting the screwpile-style Drum Point Lighthouse, which is restored and furnished with early 20th century furnishings permanently exhibited at CMM, is an easy walk and an appropriate side-trip for Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge sailors. calvertmarinemuseum.com Rent a boat. Solomons Boat Rental offers rental options ranging from a 15-foot center console powerboat to a pontoon boat. boat-rent.net Play golf. Chesapeake Hills Golf Club is a public, 18-hole course, located seven and a half miles from Solomons. chesapeakehillsgolfclub.com spinsheet.com

Get back to nature. Wooded trails, a fishing pier, and a broad public beach popular among sharks teeth hunters await you at Flag Ponds Nature Park, which is just up the road from Calvert Cliffs. calvert-county.com/flagpond.htm Stretch your legs. Visit Annmarie Garden, a sculpture park and arts center, on a 30-acre property with walking trails and activities for kids, two and a half miles from Screwpile regatta central. annmariegarden. org Hang around a mansion. The Sotterly Plantation, a national historic landmark— older than Monticello and Mount Vernon—and the only tidewater plantation in Maryland open to the public. The plantation is less than 10 miles from Solomons. sotterly.org.

Take a drive. Have you been to St. Mary’s City lately? Maryland’s first capital is only about a 30 minute drive. Click on stmaryscity.org. Beyond it is Point Lookout State Park, rumored to be well worth the trek. dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html Go out to dinner. A number of restaurants are staying open on Monday just for visiting racers. See our Screwpile Daily for restaurants and phone numbers.

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Back to the Waterfront: the Governor’s Cup Regatta

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he oldest and longest continuously run overnight race on the Chesapeake, the 37th annual St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, sets sail from Annapolis on Friday, July 31 at 6 p.m. and runs through the night to St. Mary’s City.

As boats begin to arrive at the college Saturday morning, sailors and the public are invited to a post-race party on the waterfront beginning at 10 a.m. with food and live entertainment. After two years of construction on the new boat house and the James P. Muldoon River Center, a shady expanse of lawn is open along the shoreline for party-goers to relax and mingle. The race attracted 150 entries in 2008, and organizers hope that returning to party to the waterfront will attract more sailors in 2009. Entertainment includes the Nautical Wheelers from noon to 4 p.m. and Key West Race Week performers Joe Bachman and the Crew 7-11 p.m. Entrance to the party is free.

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The Governor’s Cup was conceived and founded in 1973 by three SMCM students and has been sailed every summer since. The first race, held in 1974, attracted only 47 boats.

The start gun was a sawed-off shotgun, and the start shapes were handmade out of cardboard boxes covered in plastic and beach towels.

At 4:30 on Saturday, an awards ceremony will be held under the tent on the waterfront for winning yachts and the top photographers from last year’s photo contest. A skipper’s dinner will begin at 6 p.m. under the tent in front of St. Mary’s Hall.

Amateur photographers may enter the photo competition—a popular one, especially for dramatic sunrise finishes. Winners

in several categories will take home a trophy, $250, and the opportunity to be featured in a number of regional publications. To hitch a ride on a competing boat or the photo boat at the finish, contact Marc Apter at (301) 904-3690 or by e-mail at mlapter@smcm.edu.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a public honors college with an enrollment of 2000 students, was founded in 1840 as Maryland’s “monument school” commemorating the state’s first capital. The school’s waterfront campus along the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland is home to the 2009 National Intercollegiate Sailing Association co-ed champions.

Find more information or register for the Governor’s Cup at smcm.edu/govcup.

Governor's Cup 2008 PHRF A0 winner Meridian from St. Mary's.

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An Epic Battle: St. Mary’s Seahawks Win National Dinghy Title

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n a June day in San Francisco, CA, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) won the 2009 ICSA/GILL Co-ed National Dinghy Sailing Championship, the Superbowl of intercollegiate sailing. Yale University came in second, followed by Georgetown University in third.

Stanford University co-hosted the championship with and out of St. Francis YC on Stanford’s fleet of FJs. Warm air and sea conditions, good breeze, and a close contest between frontrunners SMCM and Yale made for an impressive race. When all was said and done, after 36 races over three days with 123 sailors from the most competitive 18 schools in the nation, the St. Mary’s Seahawks captured the title.

St. Mary’s sophomore skipper Michael Menninger (Newport Beach, CA) and crew took first place in B Division to lift SMCM to the overall victory. With the breeze gusting into the 20s, Menninger and senior crew Jennifer Chamberlin (see page 87) posted a 6-1 to the 14-16 of Yale, earning St. Mary’s the win by 20 points.

“All’s well that ends well. It is a long haul, though,” says St. Mary’s coach, Adam Werblow. When asked about how he and Chesapeake Bay Sailing

fellow sailing coach Bill Ward trained the team, he says, “We knew we were headed to San Francisco, so we set out at the start of the year with that in mind.”

Noting that it isn’t always easy for Chesapeake Bay teams to train for San Francisco’s consistently heavy air, he says,”

We had a mindset that we were going to be the best in breeze.”

Werblow notes that he and Ward are blessed with an exceptional team, and the fun for them lies in watching sailors evolve and exceed their own goals and expectations. “It was quite the epic battle—all the teams did very well.

We had strong captains in Jen Chamberlin and Ted Hale (of Annapolis). They set the bar to determine that we were going to be ready and in control.”

St. Mary’s College has a long history of sailing excellence. In 2007, the Lady Seahawks Sailing Team won the 2007 The 2009 ICSA National Co-ed Dinghy Champions, the St. Mary’s Intercollegiate Sailing Seahawks: (back row): waterfront director Adam Werblow, team captain Jennifer Chamberlin, Jesse Kirkland, Megan Magill, MiAssociation (ICSA) chael Kuschner, and sailing director Bill Ward; (front row): Michael Women’s National Menninger, Kelly Wilbur. Photo by GTS Photos/gtsphotos.com Championship, in NorWe tried to take advantage of the windy folk, Virginia. Since 1991, the College has days. We trained at Point Lookout State won 14 national sailing championships and Park, where it’s windier and wavier. Then produced more than 100 ICSA All-Ameriwe hit the gym during the week. We knew can sailors. smcm.edu at the very least, we’d be in good shape.

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(Bottom row right) Severn SA's Kim Couranz (in black) and skipper Carol Cronin (bare feet) took top honors at the Women's Snipe National Championships last month. Both sailors have won four national titles, two on the same boat. Annapolis sailor Joni Palmer and crew Kaye Voss placed third. Full results are on severnsailing.org.

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he 10th annual Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) Cup, June 6-7, was hosted once again by the Annapolis YC (AYC), its host since the Cup’s inception.

The Crab Cup is a competitive race conducted by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, a non-profit that offers boating opportunities to the disabled.

AYC’s Race Committee Chairman Chip Thayer and Race Judge Ron Ward have officiated at all ten CRAB Cups. AYC’s Jack Lynch has not missed one, either. All of the volunteers have shown a deep interest in and friendship with CRAB sailors.

The CRAB Cup turned the tables on the weatherman who had predicted likely rain and possible thunderstorms both days. For eight races, variable winds ranged from eight to 15 knots with nary a dead spot. All races went on with no crashes, no protests.

Lance Hinrichs, a quadriplegic from Falls Church, VA, took the Crab Cup for the second time in a row with

six bullets. Rob Klein, also a quadriplegic, from Washington, DC, edged out veteran Don Backe, a paraplegic from Annapolis, for second place.

Fourth place was Annapolitan Caryl Weiss, who has a spinal cord injury.

CRAB’s racing program has been shepherded by CRAB members Bridget Shea and Tom Walsh. They have created an intramural racing program on summer Sundays at the Sandy Point State Park location of CRAB’s fleet and have organized clinics on racing rules, starts, and racing strategy.

CRAB’s next big event, the Boatyard Bar & Grill Regatta to benefit CRAB, will be held at the Eastport YC on Sunday, August 29. This event is in its third year; a hundred boats are expected. The regatta is open to all sailors, giving disabled sailors an opportunity to compete directly against able-bodied sailors. The reverse start (“pursuit start” to some) really spices up the competitive race.

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Sail for Kids

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ne thousand five hundred. That’s the number of inner city Baltimore children the Downtown Sailing Center (DSC) wants to get out on the water this year—which would cost about $50,000.

That’s where the July 11 Sail for Kids Regatta and Fundraiser Celebration comes in.

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Oxford Regatta: A Sailing Tradition

wonderful reunion time for spectators and competitors, the 78th Annual Oxford Regatta is set for the weekend of August 7-9. 2009 marks the return to a Friday morning start for the cruising classes, starting in Annapolis and making the 31- mile sail down the Bay to the Choptank and up the Tred Avon River to a spectacular finish at the Tred Avon YC (TAYC) in Oxford.

What sets the Oxford Regatta apart from most of the summer regattas is what takes place on days two and three of this regatta. On Saturday and Sunday, there is action all over the Tred Avon and Choptank Rivers with boats racing on five different courses, from the cruising fleet, to the small one-design boats to the very graceful log canoes, which begin their three race series with a 10:30 a.m. start. The one-design fleet includes the Club 420, Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist, Penguin, Snipe, Comet, and Star and, for the first time, the Shields.

The Oxford Regatta is hosted by TAYC and The Chesapeake Bay YC. The regatta is an open, CBYRA-sanctioned event. For Coming in the August SpinSheet Block Island Race Week Recap additional inScrewpile Lighthouse Challenge Exclusive formation, call Hospice Cup Scoop TAYC at (410) Preview of Annapolis Race Week 226-5269 or Northern Bay Race Week Wrap-Up visit tayc.com.

program, which instills the values of responsibility and teamwork through sailing programs for disadvantaged and at-risk youth, whether able-bodied or disabled.

The fundraiser features a CBYRAsanctioned distance race, sponsored by Baltimore City YA and the Magothy River SA, from Baltimore Light off the Magothy River to the finish line at Tide Point in Baltimore and an LOD race for J/22 and

Sonar sailboats outside Fort McHenry.

Tickets to the waterfront, post-race party, $25 in advance and $30 at the door, include food and drink, live music, door prizes, and a silent auction. For more information or to sign up for the race to Baltimore, visit bcya.com. To sign up for the LOD race, buy tickets to the party, or donate to the program, visit downtownsailing.org and click on the Sail for Kids page. spinsheet.com

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ou know you’re in the world of dinghy sailing when a trim, fit woman feels the need to specify, “I’m the heavy crew,” without batting an eyelash or explaining. Such has been Jen Chamberlin’s world of late.

A native of Chestertown, MD, the All-American Collegiate sailor grew up racing log canoes with her family (where she was definitely not “heavy air crew”) and began the junior program at Tred Avon YC (TAYC) at the age of nine. Rather than join the sailing team in her one year at Gunston Day School and three years at King County High School, Chamberlin played lacrosse was also a competitive figure skater.

When she began her life at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the athletic freshman faced a choice between two of her passions: lacrosse and sailing. Considering the college’s stellar sailing record--14 national championship titles—she admits, “It was a little intimidating, but I’d sailed on a 420 race team before, so I tried it.” As it turns out, one of her former TAYC coaches was a St. Mary’s alumni. Although Chamberlin didn’t learn that fact until later, she considers it a sign that her college sailing career was meant to be.

Her freshman year started with a bang as she “had cool opportunities” such as racing in the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World for team and TheChampionships Log Canoe Mystery, built inracing 1932 of fivesailing on the women’s team with logsthree-time in Oxford, racing on the Miles RiverCollege in All-American and 2007 Sailor of the Year, Adrienne September, 2006. Photo by Don Biresch, Patterson (Newport, CA). In her sophomore year, Chamberlin’s team www.dbconsultants.com/dbphotos/ won the Intercollegiate SA (ICSA) Women’s National Championship in Norfolk, VA and the ICSA Team Race Nationals held at the U.S. Naval Academy.

As Team Captain in 2009, this Seahawk team member had an outstanding senior year, winning the 2008 ICSA Atlantic Coast Championships with skipper Michael Menninger (who hails from Newport Beach—having Californian teammates is a trend and seemingly, a good luck charm). The pinnacle of her sailing career came at the end when, in breezes gusting above 20 knots, Chamberlin and Menninger beat Yale in a tight final battle at the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championships. “We knew it would be cold, breezy, and wavy,” says Chamberlin. “We trained for it for a long time. It was really exciting.”

While coaching sailing at Annapolis YC this summer, as she has on Long Island Sound and out of Cape Cod, MA and Newport Beach, CA through college, Chamberlin is figuring out how to utilize her economics degree for a career in business management… but for now, it’s still about full-time sailing.

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My dad, Diana Mautz and my instructors at Tred Avon YC, and Bill Ward and Adam Werblow at St. Mary’s.

What is your best sailing memory of the season thus far?

In my last college race, I got to steer over the finish. We won both the race and the division!

What is your favorite place on the Bay? There are so many of them, but I’d have to say the St. Mary’s River. I fell even more in love with the school and the sport there.

What kind of music do you like?

Classic rock, reggae—my iPod has thousands of songs on it, all different stuff.

What sports teams do you follow?

The Washington Capitals and the Baltimore Ravens.

Do you have any non-sailing passions?

I’m learning how to windsurf. I like to travel.

Do you have a routine you follow the morning of a race?

I’m pretty strict on boat set-up and having the rig set properly. They were big on that at St. Mary’s. It was funny how sometimes we were the last ones off the docks.

What is your advice for young racing sailors?

Remember that you’re having fun with it, even when it’s intense.

Joke about it. Make friends. Don’t take it so seriously.

What are your sailing goals?

I’d like to race on bigger boats and do some women’s match racing.

What gear do you depend upon?

Kaenon sunglasses, Aigle zip-up boots, Under Armour layers, wet suit shorts, and Atlas fleece-lined gloves.

If you won the lottery, what kind of boat would you buy?

A nice cruising sailboat I’d keep somewhere down south, somewhere warm.

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There’s a First Time for Everything!

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veryone remembers their first time.

It was exciting. It was a little scary. It wasn’t what you expected. You were putting yourself in someone else’s hands.

You got wet, and you were a little sore and bruised afterward. But, after that, you were hooked! Sailboat racing is about the new and the unexpected.

That’s what keeps us all coming back, right?

Now it’s time to return the favor. Have you ever looked across a crowded bar to see a tall, muscular guy who was the perfectly proportioned 185? Hello, trimmer!

And what about that 135-pound girl with the great shoulders? She’s just what you need on your dance floor. But, how do you approach them? You turn to the bartender to order a round of courage, and “poof,” your quarry has left the building. Missed opportunity. Back to the drawing board.

Like any successful military unit, your boat, your crew, your fleet, and the entire sport of sailing depend upon proactive and directed recruiting efforts. You must act without hesitation. You must muster the courage to invite someone sailing. And you must proffer the patience to train and mold those who are newer to the ranks.

You are only as good as the people around you, but that does not mean that you should build a crew of veterans. Craft a team from fresh stock. Take a chance to harden a softy.

Seize the opportunity to foster greatness. Recruit and teach new sailors.

Just think how gratifying it would be to watch a young athlete bloom and grow under your tutelage. The satisfaction of a winning season will be that much sweeter.

What about that “more mature” stock? Sure, maybe they’ve taken a day trip or two. But, what about an all-nighter? You’re just the one to break them in. How about the Eastport YC Solomons Island Invitational? The St. Mary’s Governor’s Cup? Just think: you could rock someone’s

“You must muster the courage to invite someone sailing. And you must proffer the patience to train and mold those who are newer to the ranks.” world. You could be their first. Go forth and find yourself a newbie. Your sport will thank you for it.

Still not sure? A couple of Thursdays ago, about 20 sailors—many of them from very successful teams—were hanging out drinking after racing J/ Boats in the summer series. A young sailor approached the group and asked if anyone needed crew. He ended up getting a couple of takers.

Somehow, the conversation shifted to earlier days, when the collective experience was considerably less. Stories were recounted about “first times.” Then, out of the blue, someone asked, “Hey, who here has sailed on L’Outrage?” Every single hand went up.

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Annapolis sailor Bruce Gardner is a great example of a skipper who has welcomed crew, young and old, green and wizened. Overall, his program has had great success over the years. And there are countless sailors on the Bay who have benefited from their time sailing “under Gabby” (a battle flag dedicated to a past trimmer).

Some of the best sailors in Annapolis have honed their skills on OPB (Other People’s Boats), including Gardner in his earlier days. All it took was a willing skipper to welcome them.

In the summer months when clubseries racing, annual regattas, and distance races are in full swing, one can literally race six days a week. In one summer, a new sailor, with the right kind of encouragement, could gain as much as 270 hours of on-water sailing experience.

And that’s not even counting what they can learn in the banter that follows on-shore, either at the parties or at the bar or by the lift and trailers in the lot. Where else could so many have learned about tuning a rig from Buddy Melges, finding zephyrs from the late Star sailor Trapper Lippincott, or taming tides and currents from Severn SA’s Stuart Walker?

The future of our sport awaits your overture.

Editor’s Note: SpinSheet’s online crew listing service is a great way to find crew. As always, it is free. (spinsheet.com) Anyone interested in getting into the sport should check out our new sailor guide at startsailingnow.com.

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Fully tax deductible. Free boat surveys provided. Free hauling/ transport. Also accept cars, trucks, and other items of value. Also seeking volunteer sailboat and powerboat instructors. (410) 5919900 BOAT SHARING

Partner Wanted to Share Equally in a sailboat up to about 32’ for cruising the Bay. Boat and marina to be determined with partner. E-mail: bkt1@prodigy. net..

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GO ELECTRIC 14’ to 22’ Duffy Electric Boats - No Gas No Smell No Noise, 5 mph, 9 hours, 6+ People. It’s a lifestyle you will love. (757) 481-4560, www.duffyboats.com 28’ Fast Trawler, Cape Dory Flybridge ’89 Down East hull, 30’ l.o.a. single engine, bow thruster, AP, freshwater flush.

Engine replaced ’04. Boat surveyed in ’07. Asking $66,000. jerry@ downtownsailing.org 90 July 2009 SpinSheet

14’ Stur-Dee Cat ’09 Lovely, new catboat w/ centerboard, Marconi rig, outboard well, large comfortable cockpit & cuddy; 7-foot beam; Stable & fast. $14,995. Contact Rick Casali 410-279-5309 or rickc@noyceyachts.com 16’6” Bigfish ‘06 Beach-type sailboat by Island Packet; room for 2 adults or 3 kids. Exc. cond. with cover and Seitech dolly. $3200 OBO. David: (520) 490-3004, gantz@law.arizona.edu.

Exceptional 18 foot Skiff White Red & Black. Built in Australia by Bethwaite. With trailer, sails, & spare. Now in Edgewater, MD. Call Lucas at (703) 626-6786.

22’ Hunter ’84 Excellent cond., ready to go. 2000 Mercury runs well. Sleeps 4, galley and head, new depth finder and safety netting. $3,500. Trailer available.

Call (410) 745-9672.

26’ S2 ’79 Full keel w/swing keel, 5 sails, sleeps 4, galley & head, 10-hp Merc., elec. start, IB. Needs work. Middle River, MD. $3,700 (570) 538-5422, andrewspublish@windstream. net

26’ Seafarer ’78 Keel Cruising Sloop 8-hp Yamaha OB, wheel steering, nicely appointed interior, Sea Scouts, $4,900 obo, Steve Alexander (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@msn. com, Steve Nichols (703) 4723145, sailnichols@hotmail.com 27’ Catalina ’85 Dsl, RF, selftailing winches, all lines run to cockpit. New main ’08, bimini.

Just detailed & waxed. Absolutely gorgeous. $11,000 obo (703) 9633496.

27’ Catalina ’76 Keel Sloop, good cond., 9.9-hp OB good cond., main & jib good cond., Sea Scouts $2,900 obo. Steve Alexander (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@msn.com or Doug Yeckley (410) 326-4291, douglas.yeckley@comcast.net 27’ Coronado ’73 Cruising Sloop Keel, roomy, 15-hp Johnson. Just serviced. Price slashed to $1,400 obo, Steve Alexander (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@msn.com

28’ O’Day ’86 Very good cond., beamy & beautiful inside & out, have to see! Ready to sail immediately. $18,000 l_wise@ usa.net, (717) 201-6973.

28’ Sabre ’73 Very good cond., 3 sails, Harken RF, lazy jacks, AP, depth & knot meter. Extremely well built classic sailboat, fixed keel, tiller, spinnaker gear. $9,000.

Middle River, Call Lee (570) 6505360.

29’ C&C MKII ’85 Exceptionally good cond., low engine hrs, many upgrades, $22,900, (804) 3642960.

Etchells USA 294 Ready to race w/trailer New North light/ medium. Recent (9k) of work done in 2003 by Ontario Yachts, Canada: Keel, rudder. $9,000. Call (410) 353-6688.

29’ Mirage ’88 Avg cond.,14-hp Volvo dsl w/less than 300 hrs, new RF genoa, new head, $12,000. Call Mark (240) 418-9112.

27’ Hunter ’79 Shoal draft, low hrs. ’96 Yanmar 1GM10 diesel, like-new sails, bimini, depth, interior needs work. Motivated seller, price reduced to $2,900. All offers considered. (410) 939-2320 or stevej124@yahoo.com

30’ Cape Dory Cutter ‘78 Rare one of 3 tiller models built.

Proudly own renowned quality/ seaworthiness.

Very recent sails. $26,000 obo. Pictures/ list @ picasaweb.google.com/ capedorycutter, (717) 426-4735.

27’ O’Day ’73 Keel sloop, good cond., 15-hp ’02 Yamaha, new standing rigging ’94, new running rigging ’03, sails good, mains’l new, tall rig, lead keel shoe, inflatable dinghy, fast in light air, Sea Scouts, Reduced! $2,900 obo, Doug Yeckley (410) 326-4291, (C) (410) 610-6895, douglas.yeckley@comcast.net, Steve Alexander, (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@msn.com

30’ Catalina ’88 Tall rig, wing keel, good cond., well maintained, low engine hrs, $23,900 (443) 546-3242, (240) 380-5340 (c), johnbooher22@yahoo.com

28 1/2’ Hunter ’86 Dsl Yanmar engine, new mainsail, new cabin floor teak & holly, good cond. In Perryville, MD $11,500 (610) 3567679.

30’ Catalina ’80 Tall Rig Dsl, engine & drive train replaced, wheel steering, new bottom paint, RF genoa, Sea Scouts, Price slashed to $12,900 obo, Steve Alexander (301) 646-0805, stevedalex@ msn.com, Steve Nichols (703) 472-3145, sailnichols@hotmail. com

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30’ Catalina ’81 One owner, exceptionally fine cond., new sails, new dodger, many upgrades.

Dinghy w/motor. Sleeps 6. A pleasure to sail. Sailing lessons included. A Must See! $24,000 (301) 262-4985.

30’ S2 ’85 Center cockpit, 3’11” draft, 2 double & 2 single berths, Yanmar 3 GM dsl, RF, dodger, bimini, tender, etc. SO MD $19,900 (301) 481-6399.

Cape Dory 330 ’88 Cutter Full keel ready to cruise. Excellent cond., Engine in warranty. See for yourself. Lying Annapolis. $65,000 obo. Call (410) 757-5759 or Email: cd330forsale@comcast.net for details.

33’ Morgan Out Islander ’73 2004 makeover. Cruise equipped, life raft, dinghy davits, solar panels, RF headsail, lazy jacks, AC, autohelm, very good cond., cruise ready, Perkins 108, new fuel tanks & system, $27,000, (443) 9943509.

33’ Pearson ’70 Keel with swing centerboard, Atomic 4 engine, Masthead rig. Tiller, Five berths, 175,155,125, blooper head sails, Equipped for cruising. Asking $8,400 Call (804) 272-5781.

33’ Raider - Cherubini Design Cruiser/racer, shoal keel, Yanmar dsl, Lewmar winches, Edson wheel, 5 sails. Strong & fast - Flyer available Reduced to $16,500. (717) 632-5266.

Tartan 34C ’74 Sloop rig, spinnaker, sleeps 6, dark blue hull, Atomic 4. Ready to go. Kent Island.

Reduced to $15,750. Can see Blue Macs on ablboats.com (410) 643-6666.

35’ Young Sun Cutter ’83 Perry designed, double ender, Yanmar dsl, radar, Aries vane, watermaker, dodger. Classic bluewater cruiser. Hampton, VA. $65,000. ahaleva@aol.com, (407) 488-6958.

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Bayfield 40 Ketch ’83 Beautiful condition, new standing rigging, new sails, new canvas with full enclosure, new upholstery. Davits, windlass, A/C, Radar, GPS. http://picasaweb.google.com/p icasajfk/AdventuressPictures# $108,500 (201) 960-1866 bayfieldketch@yahoo.com

41’ Beneteau 413 ‘00 For Sale or Co-ownership. One owner; impeccably maintained; 3-cabin layout 2 heads; 50hp Yanmar Diesel; Slipped on Back Creek Annapolis, MD; Ralph Johnson (571)276-3568 www.annapolischarters.net

J/105 ’98 has earned a welldeserved reputation as the largest class of cruiser/racer sailboats in the US. This boat is immaculately kept and professionally maintained and Race Ready. New instruments and sails in 07. Offered for $93,000 Robert at (410) 562-1255 or Robert@santacruzannapolis. com Santa Cruz 37 ’08 Sail Magazine’s “Sail Boat of the Year”.

A cutting edge performance sailing boat with full interior including bunks for 6. Demo boat Sail-a-way price of $329,000 including options, instruments and North sails. Tate or Robert at (410) 505-4144 or info@ santacruzannapolis.com

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Wauquiez Centurion 40S ’04 is an elegant performance cruiser with quality of workmanship above that of any other production boat. She is amazingly fast having won the Governors Cup. Offered for $225,000. Tate or Robert at (410) 505-4144 or info@ santacruzannapolis.com Passage 42 ’97 large two master cabin design with center cock and stainless steel arch.

Perfect for relaxing at the pier or underway. Many extras and equipped for off shore sailing.

Offered for $159,000. Tate or Robert at (410) 505-4144 or info@ santacruzannapolis.com

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www.annapolisyachtsales.com Beneteaus, Beneteaus, Beneteaus!! All sizes and prices available. Great selection available in or near Annapolis. Call Dan Nardo, your Beneteau man for any info 410-267-8181 or dan@ annapolisyachtsales.com 33’ 33’ Hunter ’04 Cleanest, best equipped Hunter 33 on the market!

Equipped with A/C & heat, A/P, chartplotter, dodger & bimini and much more. Only 324 hrs on the engine, shows like new!! REDUCED $89,000 Call Denise at (410) 267-8181 or e-mail denise@ annapolisyachtsales.com 35’ Tartan 3500 ‘04 Now in Annapolis! Striking Mahogany colored hull, Ultra Suede fabric in main salon, Radar/Chart Plotter/ GPS @ helm, AP, Flat screen TV, Inverter/Battery Charger & more.

Asking $215,000. Call Charles (410) 267-8181 charles@ annapolisyachtsales.com.

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37’ Beneteau 373 ’07 Immaculate cond. Lightly used, fully loaded w/electronics & all the amenities that earned this popular design Boat of the Year. Recent Price Reduction to $144,900 Call Dave (410) 267-8181 or dave@ annapolisyachtsales.com

47’ Beneteau First 47.7 2 available. Now in Annapolis. Both of these great Beneteau First designs can be raced or cruised in comfort. Starting at $284,900. Call Dan Nardo for more information.

410-267-8181 or dan@ annapolisyachtsales.com

40’ Tashiba ‘87 If you’re looking for a blue water, Bob Perry designed, classic boat that will take you anywhere, you must see Agur’s Wish. Just arrived in Annapolis, equipped to sail away.

Call Denise (410) 267-8181 or denise@annapolisyachtsales. com

47’ Beneteau 473 ‘06 3 cabin version in turn key cond. Well equipped with $20,000 Raymarine electronics package. Yanmar 76HP Turbo dsl - Westerbeke 8KW Gen Set – Heat & Air – Gleaming Black hull w/fresh bright work. Priced under the market at $230,000 Call Paul 410-267-8181 or paul@ annapolisyachtsales.com

41’ Beneteau 411 ‘99 Gorgeous Beneteau 411 w/nice equipment and at an unbelievably low price $139,900. She is the finest production sailboat in this size & price range in the MidAtlantic region. She won’t last long! Call Tim (410) 267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales.com 42’ Hallberg Rassy ‘84 Atalhea has many upgrades and is ready to cruise. Motivated owner says “Sell!” Currently $189,000 but call for a great price! Call Jonathan (804) 776 7575 or email jonathan@annapolisyachtsales. com 42’ Whitby ‘82 Chesapeake Eagle is a one owner boat in immaculate cond. Ketch rig, bowsprit, davits, dinghy, o/b.

Reduced to $99,500. Call Jonathan (804) 776 7575 or email jonathan@annapolisyachtsales. com 44’ Gulfstar 44 Cockpit ’80 Nicest, best equipped Gulfstar 44 on the market. Perfect live aboard or Caribbean cruiser. Sharp blue hull, gorgeous woodwork. All the electronics needed to sail you anywhere. Call Tim (410) 267-8181 or tim@annapolisyachtsales. com

65’ Kanter / Bedford ’87 Custom aluminum pilothouse sloop built by Kanter Yachts of Ontario Canada. Well equipped & maintained. Estimated replacement cost is 2.3 Million. Great value at $495,000 Reduced to $470,000 Call Paul Rosen (410) 267-8181 or paul@annapolisyachtsales.com

27’ S2 ’86 Well maintained, low hrs on dsl. $12,000. Coastal Yacht Sales (757) 285-7059 30’ Catalina ’93 Tall rig fin keel with walk thru transom, super clean and well maintained $37,500. Coastal Yacht Sales (757) 285-7059.

30’ Hunter 30T Walk thru transom, new cushions, new Harkin RF and more. $36,900. Coastal Yacht Sales (757) 285-7059.

356 Hunter ’04 In Mast Main furler super clean and well maintained $124,900. Coastal Yacht Sales (757) 285-705.

36’ Islander ’72 RF, Yanmar dsl, radar, new cushions, chart plotter. $25,000. Coastal Yacht Sales (757) 285-7059.

34’ Prout Catamaran ’94 cutter rig ’01 Yanmar dsl, cruise equipped, Island ready. Bay Harbor Brokerage (757) 480-1073 bayharborbrokerage.com 39’ Grand Soleil ’85 Very well built, offshore capable, many upgrades including rebuilt dsl and new cushions $105,000 bayharborbrokerage.com (757) 480-1073.

40’ Tartan ’88 Dark blue hull, air & generator, 5’6” draft, excellent cond, $150,000 bayharborbrokerage.com (757) 480-1073.

44’ Brewer ’88 Center cockpit fully equipped cruising boat. in mast furling, generator/ air ready to go south $175,000 bayharborbrokerage.com (757) 480-1073.

Pacific Seacraft 31 & 40 NEW Immediate Delivery Full Warranty. Legendary US built bluewater cruisers designed by W.I.B. Crealock. Priced to sell NOW! Crusader Yacht Sales (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com 33’ Bavaria ’06 AIS 32 mile radar, weather fax, wind generator, solar panel, CARD radar detector, refrigeration, Tsunami software for the globe, Trans Atlantic veteran $89,000 Crusader YS (410) 2690939 www.crusaderyachts.com spinsheet.com

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2005 Beneteau 323 $94,900

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1997 Caliber 35 $114,900

2006 Sabre 386 $295,000

2002 Hunter 460 $194,000

1978 Palmer Johnson NY40 $69,000

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Tartan 33 '79 $34,500 Aloha 10.4 '84 $39,500 Beneteau 343 '07 $134,900 Beneteau First 10R '06 132,000 -159,000 Catalina 34 MkII '01 $99,900 Etap 34s '01 $139,000 Hunter 34 '83 $24,500 Pearson 34 C/B '85 $37,000 Sabre K/CB 34 '84 $36,500 Beneteau 35s5 '90 $59,900 Beneteau 351 '96 $79,000 C aliber 35 '97 $114,900 Contest 35s '90 $89,000 Tartan 3500 '04 $215,000 Wauquiez Pretorian 35 '85 $74,900 Albin Trawler 36 '88 $98,500 Beneteau 36.7 '03 $117,900 Cheoy Lee 36 '69 $69,900 Sabre 362 '01 $225,000 Sabre 36CB '85 $85,000 Beneteau 373 '07 $144,900 O'Day 37 '84 $44,000 Tartan 37 '82 $83,500

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While some sectors of the market are very slow, we have experienced brisk brokerage sales. If you have been waiting to sell your boat, or are realizing that you want to sell this year -

45’ Freedom ‘88 Roomy center cockpit. Easy to sail. 5’3” draft.

Lots of updated cruising gear. $225,000. Crusader YS (410) 2690939, www.crusaderyachts.com

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Sabre MK I`82 $37,500 Pacific Seacraft`98 $149,900 Bavaria`06 $89,000 Ericson Racer/Cruiser`82 $34,500 Sea Sprite`84 $35,750 Ericson`83 $19,500 Pacific Seacraft Dana`90 $55,900

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55’ TAYANA ’98 Spotless!

Absolutely glistens. 3 cabin sumptuous light honey teak interior. Excellent navigation, entertainment & communication systems. $560,000 Crusader YS (410) 269-0939 www.crusaderyachts.com

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31’ Pearson ’88 Main, Genoa, RF, dodger, Yanmar dsl, clean & ready to sail $ 29,900 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or eve), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email:tony@ greatblueyachts.com 35’ Hunter Legend 35 ’88 Very clean, new sails 2001, new GPS, AP, knot, depth, flat panel TV, Carry-on Air, dodger, bimini many recent upgrades, exceptional cond $45,250 Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 553-5046 (day or evening), Office: (800) 276-1774 for complete details. Email:tony@ greatblueyachts.com O’Day 37 ’82 Many recent upgrades, very clean, New main, new RF, New transmission, Engine upgrades, New interior cushions, Unique split cabins with 2 heads $39,000 Visit www.greatblueyachts.com for complete details & photos or Call Tony Tumas Cell: (443) 5535046 (day or evening), Office: ( 800) 276-1774 or email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com

43’ Philip ‘76 Built by Philip & Son Beautiful blue water cruiser/ racer – ready to sail “Boat of the Year” London Boat Show ’76 Cutter rig, wind steering, AP, life raft, newer sails, rebuilt Perkins – a must see! $ 79,900. Call Tony day or evening for complete details 443-553-5046 email: tony@ greatblueyachts.com

37’ Hunter Legend ’89 Yanmar 30hp dsl, centerline owner’s berth, new int’r cushions, radar, AC, jib furl, Dutchman main, 5 sails, canvas, safety gear, moderate wing keel draft, excellent sailer. $59,000. Tim, (443) 9898900, troy519@aol.com 44’/’62 Pilot Schooner ’65 Lovely sheer, clipper bow. Top notch construction, very solid.

Dsl, sleeps 6, tan bark sails. A true head turner! Great to cruise or as a successful day charter boat. $79,000 Tim, (443)-989-8900, ttroy519@aol.com 47’ Vagabond Ketch ’83 Totally upgraded & re-equipped w/top gear since ’97. New A/C, heat, Perkins Engine, generator, refrig, full canvas & epoxy bottom.

Superbly equipped & maintained to cruise anywhere! $295,000.

Tim, (443)-989-8900 troy519@ aol.com 60’ Open 60 ’89 - ’98 Several available. All upgraded, new gear.

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30’ Seidelmann ’84 30T, Yanmar 13hp dsl, RF, shoal $14,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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J/80 '94 Hull #57. Very fast J/80 and ready to start winning races. Located in Annapolis.

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30hp dsl, radar, inverter, R/F $88,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300 40’ Hunter ’95 Yanmar 50hp, elect., self-tailing main, full batten main w/Dutchman, Air, AP, inverter $129,500 Lippincott Marine (410) 827-9300.

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43’ Columbia ’71 Worldcruiser. Newer mast rigging & sails. Perkins dsl. Great roomy liveaboard. Fast sailor. $34,950.

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19’ Trophy ’02 Brand New 2009 130 HP ETEC Evinrude. SS Prop. Complete re-rig. $28,500.

Call Matt at (410) 533-6946.

C&C 115

J/105 ’98 Known for performance, one-design racing and fantastic short handed daysailing. The owner of this boat has taken excellent care and it shows almost as new. Offered at $99,900. Contact Paul Mikulski at (410) 280-2038 or Paul@northpointyachtsales.com

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Tartan 3500 '97 ideal size for a family cruising boat. Excellent Condition and fully equipped.

Offered at $119,000 Contact Ken at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com

J/109 '05 This J/109 is one of the best cruiser racers on the market. The J/109 features the popular carbon fiber retractable bowsprit and asymmetric spinnaker system and a cruisable 2-cabin interior layout with standing headroom.

Excellent condition and list of upgrades. Offered at $185,000.

Contact Ken at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com

C&C 115 ’06 is a wonderful cruiser racer. This is in like new cond. and has a long list of options. She is painted claret red and is ready to go for you to enjoy.

PRICE REDUCTION $209,000.

Contact Ken at (410) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com

Pearson 39 Yawl ’77 is a particularly handsome boat, accented by her sweeping sheer line, tumblehome topside and dainty reversed transom. She offers solid construction, great cockpit and a large, sensible interior with unusually generous storage throughout. Offered at $ 54,900. Call David Malkin @ (410) 280-2038 or email at David@northpointyachtsales.com

J/120 ’94 NEW PRICE! Antares has a white hull w/red boot stripe, and buff two tone decks that are in great cond.

Some of the features are Carbon mast, factory rebuilt NKE instruments & updated AP, Furuno radar, tan canvas, propane stove, refrigeration.

Offered at $179,900. Contact Paul Mikulski at (410) 280-2038 or Paul@northpointyachtsales.com

Beneteau 423 ’06 is in superb cond. and has a comprehensive inventory.

Totally equipped for cruising and built for any sea w/comfort & amenities second to none. No options left out including AC, gen set, flat screen TVs, AP linked w/radar & chart.

Don’t miss this superb chance to purchase a beautiful 423 for a great price! Offered at $249,000 Contact Ken at (410 ) 280-2038 or Ken@northpointyachtsales.com

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J/42 ’00 lightly used and stunningly beautiful w/carbon mast, standard keel, B&G’s, water maker, custom canvas and all the right factory options make this a very desirable boat for you to consider for serious cruising.

NEW PRICE - $252,000. Contact Paul at (410) 280-2038 or Paul@northpointyachtsales.com

Beneteau 461 '00 Two cabin cruiser with traditional exterior lines complement an incredibly spacious, bright and well-ventilated interior. NEW PRICE $184,995. Contact Ken Comerford at (410) 280-2038 or

Ken@northpointyachtsales.com

ASA Sailing School

804-776-9211 Marina RD • Deltaville, VA

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41 Hunter ‘06 Aquadoc Generator, AC/Heat, In-Mast Furling, Upgraded Engine 54hp Yanmar, Inverter, Autopilot 6000, ST60 Wind, Freezer, Cockpit Cushions, Supreme Shades, Dinette Table/Leaf, TV/DVD, 3 Burner Stove with Oven, Quiet Flush Head System, Bimini, Dodger & Connector. $215,000 Norton’s Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com 456 Hunter ‘02 Alcyone 8KW Generator, ST60 Wind, ST60 Tridata, A/C, GPS, davits, dinghy, two tvs/dvds, cockpit cushions, bowthruster, Autopilot ST7001+, RayMarine chartplotter RL70+. $249,000 Norton’s Yacht Sales (804)776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

31’ Southern Cross Cutter ‘80 Nice little pocket cruiser.

Though she is simple and lightly equipped she is priced so that she can be outfitted with the latest gear. Lovely canoe stern, full keel & offshore capable. Reduced to $19500. OBYS (410) 226-0100.

Hunter 340 ’00 Jus My Imagination is a lightly used vessel with only 411 hrs on the engine.

In-Mast furling, refrigeration, selftailing winches, and an interior that shows little use. $74,000 Norton’s Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

35’ Pearson Sloop ’81 Wonderful shoal draft cruiser.

Universal dsl eng., Main sail is 5 years old with light use, RF head sail, holding tank & a warm & inviting interior & much more. Reduced to $31,000.00 and looking for offers.

OBYS (410) 226-0100

27’ Hunter ‘05 Lil’ NudgeThis boat is just like brand new and loaded with AC/Heat, In-Mast Furling, Garmin GPS, Autopilot, Bimini and Dodger and much more. $60,000 Norton’s Yacht Sales (804) 776-9211 www.nortonyachts.com

36’ Allied Princess Cutter ’79 This is a very rare and desirable Cutter Rig. Courtship has been loved and well maintained. This is a wonderful extended cruising vessel. She is well equipped and ready to go. $48,900 OBYS (410) 226-0100.

42’ CT Center cockpit Ketch ‘78 Custom interior layout and a new Yanmar dsl eng. Great live-aboard! Asking $40,000 and looking for offers. OBYS (410) 2260100. spinsheet.com

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www.regent-point.com 30’ Cape Dory Intrepid 9M Verdandi One of only 50 built, stable and fast, lazy jacks, 4 sails, 15 hp Yanmar dsl, New Lewmar 40 ST winches, Ready to sail away.

Asking: $14,900 Call Regent point Marina @ (804) 758-4457 www. regent-point.com 30’ Catalina ’87 Prelude 23 HP Universal dsl, fully equipped, very clean, ready to go, Asking: $20,900 Call Regent Point Marina @ (804) 758-4457 www.regent-point. com.

32’ Seaward Eagle ’03 with Trailer Unique Retracting Keel System, New Harken Roller Furler, Many Extras, Boat Can Be Relocated, Asking: $91,990 Call Regent Point Marina @ (804) 7584457, www.regent-point.com 35.5 Hunter Legend ’88 Ladybug 27 HP Yanmar dsl, A/CHeat Pump, Ref, Auto Helm, RF, dodger, bimini, Many features.

Asking: $49,950 Call Regent Point Marina @ 804-758-4457, www. regent-point.com.

36’ Cape Dory Cutter ’79 PRICE REDUCED! Pelican’s Perch 50 hp Perkins, dodger, bimini, H/C pressure water, big sail inventory: Asking $43,900, Call Regent Point Marina (804)-7584457, www.regent-point.com 37’ Hunter Legend ‘87 Ready to go cruising, all the extras like radar, chartplotter auto helm, AC/ HT, ref/fr, RF and much more, Asking: $57,900 Regent Point Marina (804) 758-4457 www. regent-point.com

Rogue Wave is a unique brokerage firm dedicated to helping sailors spend their hardearned money wisely on high quality, ocean-going vessels of substance and character. If you want a good solid boat, or you want to sell your blue water boat, call RogueWave (410) 571-2955 for an appointment and VISIT US at www.RogueWaveYachtSales. com or at Port Annapolis Marina!

Think Beyond the Bay! Bristol Channel Cutter 28 ‘95 Classic Lyle Hess BCC equipped to the max for world cruising complete refit in 07 stem to stern, new rigging, new electronics, dsl heat, water maker, everything…

Just go! $219K RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

Morris Justine 36 Cutter ’90 Classic Chuck Paine design. New full batten mainsail and Doyle stackpack, all lines led aft, easy to sail, wonderful! Responsive! Bring offer! Rogue Wave Yacht (410) 571-2955.

Tayana 37 Ketch ‘88 Very nice. Lightly used. No teak decks.

New Schaefer in-boom furling Quantum full batten mainsail, electric winch, new dinghy, low eng hrs. Only $99K RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

Fast Passage 39 ’00 ’2000 This is the last Fast Passage ever built. Beautiful two-stateroom boat.

Great engine access. Outrageously low hrs and use! RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

Shearwater 39 ’91 Made famous by the voyages of Itheca, this is a real boat. If you have $200K plus and want to sail, buy this boat. Great boat! Great equipment. Perfect. RogueWave Yacht Sales. (410) 571-2955.

Catalina 36 MKII 1996 Wing Keel, davits, A/C, heat, radar, AP, Garmin GPS, more! $88,500

30’ 1969 Cal / Jensen Atomic 4, tiller 30’ 1980 S2 dsl, wheel steer, shoal draft, DF

$ 13,500

31’ 1983 Dufour 3800 Volvo dsl, wheel. Call/OFFERS

$ 23,500

34‘ 1980 Gale Force Yanmar 38hp, full keel, cutter rig 36’ 1979 Islander Freeport 36, Plan A, Perkins DSL, R/F

SOLD $ 33,900

36‘ 1982 Moody Motorsailer, sloop,Volvo 62hp, RF, aft cabin $ 51,000 36’ 1996 Catalina MK II Univ 30hp dsl, radar, inverter, R/F $ 88,500 40’ 1995 Hunter Yanmar 50hp, A/C, AP, Inverter

$129,500

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Valiant 40 ‘91 Bernie’s own V40 and one of the last 40s built, beautiful teak interior, well equipped, all amenities. $240K RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

42’ Cabo Rico ’07 Brand spanking new! Chuck Paine design. Gorgeous cutter. Offshore equipped. In boom furling, genset, water maker, AC/heat, Espar, great electronics, electric winches, bow thruster, life raft. Further Reduced to $475K, RogueWave YS, (410) 571-2955, www.

RogueWaveYachtSales.com Dufour 45 Classic ‘98 Modern, sleek, fast, fun, & low maintenance, this 3 cabin, 2 head layout is a great family boat for the Caribbean voyage you are planning. $199K REDUCED! RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

Sunward Center Cockpit Ketch 48 ’89 Perfect family voyager S&S designed, American built, 3 staterooms, wonderful ctr cockpit, completely equipped, ICW friendly, voyager. $229K RogueWave YS (410) 571-2955.

Hallberg Rassy 49 ‘88 Incredible 3 stateroom center cockpit, world voyager. Complete comfort w/centerline queen aft cabin & spacious salon. Reduced $295K RogueWave Yacht Sales, (410) 571-2955.

Valiant 50 ‘02 One of the ultimate bluewater cruisers, 2 staterooms, 850 hrs, all amenities, fresh water boat, looks brand new! $555K RogueWave Yacht Sales (410) 571-2955.

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27’ Catalina ’88 A great buy at $13,900. Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

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32’ Kirie Elite ’84 at $19,900 she is listed way below market value. Call Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

33’ Pearson ’86 Pearson quality, great cruiser, very clean boat. $38,900 Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

36’ Squadron ’82 Boat is in pristine cond. Price reduced to $49,550. Call Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

37’ Hunter ’96 This boat feels like a much larger sailing vessel than 37 ft. $89,900. Call Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

40’ Palmer Johnson ’78 Traditional ocean racer, ready to go. $59,900 Call Sailing Associates (410) 275-8171.

42’ Endeavour Center Cockpit ’85 This world cruiser has many recent upgrades. At $109,000 she is a good value.

Sailing Associates (410) 2758171.

35’ Tartan 3500 ’98 Ready to cruise Tartan 3500, air, davits, radar and more…$149,000 Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 6399380, tom@saltyachts.com 36’ C&C 110 ’05 Shoal draft version, great performance cruiser or club racer. Less than 60 hrs!... $163,000 Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 639-9380, tom@saltyachts. com 42’ Pearson 422 ‘84 Roomy center cockpit, huge queen centerline aft! tons of upgrades ready to go…$130,000 Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 639-9380, tom@saltyachts.com 45’ Jeanneau two to choose from! ’05 SO45 Excellent cond., making money in a successful charter operation on the Upper Bay…. $299,000, ’02 45.2 Excellent cond., NEVER chartered, one owner, loaded...$269,000, Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 6399380, tom@saltyachts.com Tartan C&C Yacht Sales Annapolis (410) 263-6111

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29.9’ Bristol Wonderful Condition…$27,500 Contact: Tom Lippincott 410 639-9380, tom@ saltyachts.com 30’ Lippincott ’83 Newer Yanmar, lots of upgrades $24,500 Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 6399380, tom@saltyachts.com 35’ C&C 35 ’84 mkIII Very well equipped and maintained, loads of sails, baltoplate bottom, Fast yet set up to cruise comfortably…Now $49,900, Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 639-9380, tom@saltyachts. com

Beneteau 343 ’06 Our Trade.

Bimini, AP, Air & More. Freshwater /Lightly used – New bottom paint, ready to cruise in comfort! asking $124,000 – Make an offer – MUST GO SOON! Call Mike Titgemeyer (410) 263-6111 or mike@tartanccannapolis.com

Tartan 3400 – 2007 & 2008 Two to Choose from 2007 is very lightly used, owner is going power and wants her sold, asking 179k - 2008 is new dealer demo... management says it must go - Call for Details on boats boats - Great opportunity compared to new order!!!

(410)263-6111 or any of our brokers, Tom L, Scott, Mike or Tom S www.tartanccannapolis.com

Tartan 3500 ‘00 Has it all! Air, Windlass, Dodger, Bimini, Autopilot, Radar Plotter. Just needs a destination. Very clean, well cared for and ready to go. Owner is going power, great opportunity! Listing Broker - Mike Titgemeyer (410) 263-6111

Tartan 3700 – 2008 Dealer Demo, needs a good home.

Excellent incentives on this boat only, Hull # 143. Located at our Annapolis Office. Test Sails available. Management says she has to go. Give us a call to find out what an excellent opportunity she is! Call any of the offices / Brokers for details. www.tartanccannapolis.com

35’ Caliber 35 ’93 Proven capable, stout cruising boat, radar, chart plotter, B&G autopilot…

Takeoff! $79,000 Contact: Tom Lippincott (410) 639-9380, tom@ saltyachts.com

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C&C 115 ‘05 INFRINGER Well equipped for racing or cruising. New 3DL inventory and original Doyle inventory, faired foils, new saildrive, refer, autopilot and more. Located here in Annapolis – Contact Scott Dodge listing broker asking $190,000 (410)263-6111 or www.tartanccannapolis.com

41' Bristol Aft Cockpit '81 Good condition Bristol with lot's of equipment, and a proper asking price of $145,000 Call Frank Gary (410)703-4017 www.walczakyacht.com

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43' Eastbay HX '06 one owner T/500 Yanmars, the best of everything and stunning condition. Annapolis $595,000 (410) 268-1611 www.walczakyacht.com

Beneteau 367 ‘03 Shallow Draft version of Farr Design Team’s Boat of the Year. 3 Cabin with Air Cond. Lightly used fast and fun. Call Chris at Walczak Yacht Brokerage Service 410-268-1611 or email walczakyacht@yahoo.com

40’ Catalina 400 MKII ’00 2 Cabin/2 Head complete w/ Heat/Air Bimini-Dodger GPS and Chartplotter. Clean Yanmar 56 Hp low hrs. Best Price in North America! Call Chris for details.

(410) 268-1611 www.walczakyacht.com

Boats for Sale:

43’ Saga ’03 priced to sell, asking $267,000. "BANDIT" has two sleeping cabins, Queen forward, two heads, cherry interior, good electrical and navigation equipment.

Call Frank Gary (410) 703-4017

www.walczakyacht.com

44’ Hinckley Talaria ‘00 T/Yanmars with Hamilton jets.

Only 790 hours. All systems updated and serviced as needed.

Dry sailed most of her life. $650,000. Call Frank Gary ( 4 1 0 ) 7 0 3 - 4 0 1 7 www.walczakyacht.com

15' Designer’s Choice daysailer (1993) Main, jib, free trailer. $700 17' Waverider trimaran/kayak (1997) Lightweight performance craft.

A single seat rocket ship. $1000 22' Hunter 22 (1984) keel model. 2 Mains, r/f jib, 8 hp Electric start Longshaft 4cycle Tohatsu ob, autohelm. $2000 23 ft Spirit 23 (1979) Keel/cb sloop. Main,Jib, Jenny. Stove, anchor, 9.9 hp long shaft Evinrude OB, EZ Loader dual axle trailer (boat weighs 2800 lbs) $2500 25' Cal 25 (1970) Recent Main, Genny, w.jib, Spinnaker, Bimini, s/s grill, 9.9 hp OMC Yachttwin OB. In sound condition, ready to go $1200 27' C&C 27 (1971) w/Atomic 4, Main, R/F Genny, w/jib, Bimini.

Clean, ready $5500 30' Catalina 30 (1984) Wheel, Diesel, R/F. Turn key. $14,000 Coming in: 30 ft Frers 30 (1987) Diesel, racing sails. Call 34 C&C (1979) good condition, atomic 4, 7 sails. Call POWER BOATS 17' Ebb Tide (1986) 4-cyl Mercruiser I/O boat cover & trailer $2500 34' Chris Craft Crowne 34 (1995) twin 454 ci Volvos straight drives, 338 hrs. Available for long term charter

(410) 626-0273 crab-sailing.org For more information on these and other boats call Don Backe, (410) 626-0273. Proceeds from these sales support Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), a not-for-profit group which provides sailing opportunities for people with disabilities. CRAB accepts boat donations.

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34' Kaiser Gale Force ´81 Otter is a beautifully maintained and constantly upgraded yacht.

Rare to the market, the Gale Force 34' is a heavily built and semicustom offshore sailing yacht built in Wilmington Delaware by Kaiser Yachts. $88,900 Photos @ www.yachtview.com (410) 923-1400 or (443) 223-7864 John Kaiser/cell anytime

34' Kaiser Gale Force ´82 Edelweiss is a bargain! Priced for immediate sale! Well-rigged, set up to singlehand. Great shape, has almost new engine, sails, paint, rigging. On land in St. Lucia.

Survey Available. $59,900.

Photos @ www.yachtview.com (410) 923-1400 or (443) 223-7864 John Kaiser/cell anytime

41’ Bristol ’82 Valkyrie is a very well maintained and recently upgraded Bristol 41.1, shallow draft, centerboard, center cockpit.

Upgrades include all electronics, 60 HP Yanmar diesel with stainless shaft, a Vinylester barrier coat and a re-varnished interior!

Recent survey $145,000 Photos @ www.yachtview.com (410) 923-1400 or (443) 223-7864 John Kaiser/cell anytime

30’ Grampion ‘72 Well maintained Sea Scouts vessel, Atomic 4, Main, RF 150 jib, spinnaker, depth, knot, wind speed, wheel autoheim, many upgrades. $9900 obo. John Dombach, (717) 808-0043 johndombach@juno. com

13’ Hobie Wave Catamaran ’03 Great cond. Fast & Fun $2,700 (443) 223-5058 quacker@mallard.com

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Cape Dory 36 For charter by the day, weekend or week. Bareboat or w/capt. Located in Deale, Md. Call Dave (301) 642-8095 or email hatter11@verizon.net.

J/34 Daily, Weekly, or Weekend Charters Bareboat or w/captain. Sleeps 6, dsl, nice galley. Great boat for cruising the Chesapeake.

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CHESAPEAKE CLASSIC A Half Century of Learning to Sail The Annapolis Way

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in its log books. In 1996, the school added KidShip, a comprehensive junior sailing program for young sailors aged five to 15.

“The Sailing School,” as graduates and local alumni instructors (SpinSheet’s founding and current editors among them) know it, resides on a 2.5-acre campus at the mouth of Back Creek. The school’s facilities include three floating docks, two classroom buildings, a full time maintenance staff, and a fleet of 65 boats ranging from 12-foot Lasers to 36-foot Hunters. When the wind pipes up, the school’s well-situated docks offer immediate access to the wide waters of the Chesapeake Bay—through five decades, that much has remained the same.

n the summer of 1959, Annapolis sailor Jerry Wood began a small sailboat rental business in the Eastport section of Annapolis on Back Creek. A classified ad in the Washington Post soon had potential sailors arriving at Wood’s door. Most of them had little or no sailing knowledge. Since he found himself teaching his clients how to sail anyway, the next step was to hang out a shingle as the Annapolis Sailing School.

From these modest beginnings was born the nation’s first commercial adult sailing school. The ideal location on the Chesapeake Bay and Jerry Wood’s vision of sailing as a relaxing, recreational sport, available to everyone, coincided with the explosive growth and availability of lowcost, low-maintenance fiberglass boats. A revolution in sailing was underway.

The “Annapolis Way” developed as a non-technical, low-key introductory approach to the sport, emphasizing handson learning. Wood’s learn-by-doing approach still permeates all the courses offered by Annapolis Sailing School, from introductory to advanced.

To learn more about the Annapolis Sailing School, visit annapolissailing.com.

Photos courtesy of Annapolis Sailing School

As the pioneer in sailing instruction, Wood’s organization was responsible for many firsts in the industry, including: the development of the Rainbow, the first fiberglass sailboat specifically designed as a training vessel; the first flotilla cruises; the first live-aboard cruising courses offered on a per-person basis; and the first nationallyrecognized bareboat chartering preparation course.

Although Wood and his wife Kathy, who ran the operation for many years, passed away in the early 2000s, the Annapolis Sailing School continues into the new century with more than 210,000 satisfied graduates

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