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Editor’s Note

by Duffy Perkins

Knock on Teak W

e’ve all been warned not to bring bananas onboard a boat. It’s one of those superstitions everyone is supposed to know and follow, usually with a graphic story from a skipper whose whole crew was once ravaged by a flesheating banana bacteria that brought on a storm that threatened to sink his ride and entire crew. I’ve personally heard more than one of those ‘banana bacteria’ outbreak stories.

The banana superstition has been explained a few ways, but perhaps the most plausible is related to the Caribbean banana trade during the 1700s.

Bananas float, so often when one boat would come across the remains of another boat (sunken, shipwrecked, or burnt to the waterline), the bananas would be the only visible cargo, floating in the water like ominous detritus. Sailors decided that if the boat hadn’t been carrying bananas, it would not have sunk.

The story might be true, or it might be false. All I know is that the skipper who told it to me derived way too much pleasure from throwing my banana nut muffin overboard. That was completely unnecessary.

There are quite a few other boaters’ superstitions, some you may have heard of, some that might be new to you. We’ve included them along with an explanation so your muffins won’t be sacrificed in the same way that

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mine was. Have a superstition of your own? Send it to duffy@proptalk.com.

It can’t be any crazier than the ones below.

Avoid Red Heads Anyone who knows a red head understands this one. But yes, avoid red heads, don’t take them out on your boat, certainly don’t let them drive your truck. That’s a horrible idea.

whistle onboard because it is such an annoying habit. Also, don’t smack your gum, chew with your mouth open, or be a mouth breather. The mouth-breathing superstition is really, really bad.

Throw Back Your First Fish This is said to be for luck, but really, it’s just to save face. If you throw back your first fish and you don’t catch another, you come back to the dock empty handed and can ##That hat is disgusting, but don’t tell all your buddies you dare leave the dock without it! This and more boating and you threw them all fishing superstitions. back because you have standards. Come back to the dock with one scrawny fish, you just look like you should have applied yourself more.

Don’t Rename a Boat Unless it’s a really awful name. As much as I got a kick out of “the Seadeucer,” the next guy doesn’t have to keep that name. Buck tradition.

Don’t say the words “Good Luck” The first rule of fish Always Wear the Same Hat club is that there is no fish club.

A good fisherman has a lucky boat hat Don’t Allow Women Onboard that is a permanent fixture on his head Women actually created this superstifor every grip and grin. This is because tion. Funny: they didn’t enjoy inhaling that hat smells like fish guts and bald diesel fumes and fish guts, drinking man sweat, and his wife will not allow light beer for hours without a head. him to wear it in the house. It’s now But now that boats are quite a bit known as “Dad’s boat hat,” and no, nicer, everybody’s on the “My Limit is you don’t want to borrow it.

One” plan, and wine comes in boxes, Christen Your Boat with Wine they’re changing their tune. ApparAbsolutely never waste your beer on ently the new superstition is “Always something so trivial as a boat christenhave one woman and her BFF Barb on ing. Wine coolers, soda, and even malt the boat.” Go figure. liquor will work in a pinch, too.

No Whistling Onboard It’s said that you could “whistle up a storm,” but really you shouldn’t

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apt. Chris Taneyhill of Dirty Blonde Sport Fishing in Annapolis sent us this winning big fish shot for a PropTalk hat and some coozies for the boat. Find the other photo contest entries at proptalk.com/ bigfish. Send us great fish pictures anytime at fishing@proptalk.com

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What’s the Deale?

n the first page of the Boatshop Reports on page 62 of the April PropTalk, the caption read, “Marvin White of Hidden Harbour Marina in Deale, MD, makes some minor adjustments to the new port 502 Mercruiser going into Freedom II.” We misprinted the marina name. White works next door at Harbour Cove Marina in Deale.

Farewell to Friends

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Ronald “Mac” or “Junior” McGlaughlin ~ 1926-2015

onald R. McGlaughlin, Jr, known as “Jr.” or “Mac” of Crapo, MD, passed away on Saturday, January 24. He was 88.

Born on October 21, 1926 on Hoopers Island, MD, Mac graduated from Hoopers Island School with the class of 1943.

After his education, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served in Corpus Christi Texas from 1944-1947.

After his service, he returned home to Hoopers Island and worked on the water and was well known for building boats for area watermen. His skills and abilities took him back to Texas where he continued his craft. Over time, many area folks would ask Mac to build their next boat, all with no blueprints. He would ask them how long they wanted it to be, and he would get to work. He would turn out a finished boat in as little as 46 days.

He returned to Hoopers Island in the late 1970s and eventually made his way to Ruark Boatworks in Cambridge.

Eastern Shore resident George Michaels sent a longer version of this obituary with a PropTalk article about the boatbuilder’s work at Ruark Boat-

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works from August 2010 and a clip from our Boatshop Reports from November 2012. Michaels wrote, “The last boat Junior built, he built for me. Since I was a youngster—about seven years old—I wanted a boat built by Junior but could never afford one of his real boats. I

finally got my boat (pictured here). I’m almost 75, so it took me many years to get one of his boats. Junior told me that the boat he built for me is the most detailed model he ever built. I picked up my boat December 12, 2014, and Junior passed away January 24.”

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he North American Safe Boating Campaign, also known as Wear It!, is a yearlong effort in the U.S. and Canada to promote the wearing of a life jacket each and every time out on the water.

According to recent statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard, drowning was the cause of death in three-fourths of all boating fatalities in 2013. And of those cases, 84 percent were reported as not wearing a life jacket. Because of these glaring numbers, the National Safe Boating Council seeks to educate the public on the easiest strategy to stay safe on the water - simply by wearing a life jacket. The annual campaign kicks off the weekend before Memorial Day with Safe Boating Week and then continues throughout the year.

This year the week will run May 16 through May 22 but will get started Friday, May 15 with Wear Your Lifejacket to Work Day! So naturally we expect all you PropTalk and SpinSheet readers out there to help set the example. Our office dutifully complies each and every year and has a blast while doing it. Just make sure you give your life jacket a bath before putting it on over your suit or skirt…

The sixth annual Ready, Set, Wear It! Life Jacket World Record Day will follow on Saturday, May 16. Last year’s event made history when 6973 people participated in 175 events around the world to raise awareness for this important campaign.

Boating safety educators are asked to host events in their communities where participants will line up to inflate their own inflatable PFD (personal flotation device) or wear a buoyant life jacket to showcase safety topics.

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It can be easy for many of us, especially experienced boaters, to “forget” the life jacket at home.

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ttention, boaters, mark your calendars: The Blue Angels are back in town to celebrate the U.S. Naval Academy’s 2015 graduation. The air show is scheduled for May 20, and the graduation flyover will happen May 22.

The Blue Angels have been entertaining crowds as outreach for the Navy (as well as a recruitment tool) since 1946. Their death-defying flying stunts have them conducting maneuvers at altitudes as high as 15,000 feet and as low as 50 feet, barrel rolling and crowding together in tight formation, often only 18 inches apart.

All of the pilots are Navy and Marine Corps officers, with three of the flyers coming in from the U.S. Naval Academy themselves. The craft is an F/A 18 Hornet.

If you want to watch the diamond rolls happening at hundreds of miles per hour from the comfort of your own boat, be ready to get

out there early. More than 250 boats made themselves comfortable in Annapolis Harbor to watch the show in 2014.

Several tour companies are offering cruise options for watching the Blue Angels, if you want to take a bet on the weather and save yourself the hassle of finding yourself a place in the world’s largest flotilla. Both Watermark Cruises and the Schooner Woodwind will be sending tours out, offering lunch and refreshments between $53 and $96. If you want to book through them, do it soon, though: tickets have already sold out for specific time slots.

If you miss the Blue Angels in Annapolis, you’ll have another chance in 2015. They’ll be performing at the Ocean City Air Show June 13-14 and the NAS Oceana Air Show September 19-20.

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magine the journey of an oyster cage that breaks free on Tangier Island, makes its way down the Bay, out into the Atlantic, and on down the coast to the Carolinas and perhaps beyond. That’s what happened this winter when high winds, ice, and snow caused 170 oyster cages on Tangier Island to break loose and drift off, presumably as part of a large ice flow. Now, they’re being found as far away as Corolla, NC. As PropTalk went to print, approximately 100 of the cages had been recovered and returned to Tangier Island Oyster Company, which owns them.

Chuck Epes of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), which has helped get the word out about the lost cages, says, “Some of the cages are in pretty good condition, but others are not. Similarly, some still have oysters in them and others do not. We don’t know what has happened to the missing oysters. They may have spilled and been lost, or someone may have taken them.”

The cages are approximately three feet long, three feet wide, and two feet deep and are fixed to black plastic floats. Many

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of them washed up at Cape Henry and the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in the Virginia Beach area. They contain market oysters and are part of the Bay’s aquaculture industry. A Tangier Island Oyster Company representative says he doesn’t believe any other companies are using identical cages, and the return of any found cages would be greatly appreciated, as the remaining 70 cages represents a substantial loss.

“CBF’s Tommy Leggett, who has an excellent rapport with the watermen on Tangier, notified the Marine Police from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Virginia Pilot’s Association, and others to be on the lookout. We also used social media to get the word out,” says Epes. “We’re pleased that a large number have been located and returned to the owner.”

If you find any of the missing cages, keep them in water secured to a dock, especially if they contain growing oysters. Then contact Tommy Leggett at CBF at (804) 815-7982 or tleggett@cbf.org.

##170 oyster cages broke free from their piers due to ice and wind on Tangier Island. Photo courtesy of Tangier Island Oyster Company.

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any of us have been glued to our computers these past few weeks, watching the birth of two bald eaglets on the Pennsylvania Gaming Commission’s live eagle cam.

The nest is located near Codurus State Park, in Hanover, PA and is inhabited by eagles Liberty and Freedom.

The first egg appeared on Valentine’s Day of this year, and the second was laid three days later on February 17. A typical incubation period for bald eagles is 35 days, so many of us had been on #eaglewatch until early Tuesday, March 24, when the internet exploded with “WE HAVE A CHICK!” The second eaglet followed soon after on Wednesday morning.

The eagle parents first began drawing attention this winter for faithfully sitting on their eggs while being pummeled by a snowstorm. But thankfully, spring has finally sprung, and we can now watch the proud parents taking turns guarding the nest, and the eaglets duking it out over food as siblings are apt to do.

This particular Hanover nest has been active since 2005, though this is the first year that a live feed has been broadcast to the masses. Of the 10 years on record, eaglets have fledged seven times from this spot, and mostly two at a time. The high definition camera on the site was installed in December of 2014 and is roughly the size of a soda can, with a hard line running down the tree to a control panel on the ground a safe distance away.

According to the game commission, hundreds of thousands of viewers from more than 140 countries have tuned in to the eagle cam this season. With the birth of the first chick on Tuesday, the live feed was so popular that the game commission had to struggle to keep it running smoothly, but luckily the glitches have been resolved.

The live feed can be found at pgc. state.pa.us. The camera is expected to stay online until late June or early July when the fledglings are expected to leave the nest. Faithful readers/watchers of the site have named the chicks Honor and Justice. Now that is an allAmerican family if ever I saw one. ~KJ 22 May 2015 PropTalk.com

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alling all cyclists! Discover the beauty of southern Anne Arundel County and northern Calvert County while cycling through the scenic watershed of the West, Rhode, and Patuxent Rivers, as well as Herring Bay. It’s all part of the annual Ride For The Rivers presented May 9 by the West/Rhode Riverkeeper. After the ride, cyclists, friends, and family will gather on the shores of the West River for a celebration in Galesville.

“Southern Anne Arundel County really is a beautiful place to ride, with scenic, rolling countryside,” says Eric Anderson, program director for the West/Rhode Riverkeeper. “We’re anticipating approximately 100 cyclists and offering two courses. When they register, riders will select one of two challenging courses, a Metric Century Ride or a 40-mile course. Upon registration, riders will be able to set up their own fundraising page to benefit the rivers.”

One of the board members involved in starting the event last year recalls, “Cycling events are fun for participants,

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and the area around the West and Rhode Rivers has some of the most beautiful cycling routes in the region, so it seemed like a natural way to build support for West/Rhode Riverkeeper and introduce cyclists to the waterways we work to protect and their surrounding watershed.”

The day begins at the Carrie Weedon Science Center in Galesville, with registration at 8 a.m. and the ride beginning at 9. The entry fee is $45 during April,

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and $50 after May 1. The cost includes a T-shirt and meal ticket to the after party.

Proceeds help the West/Rhode Riverkeeper keep the rivers fishable, swimmable, and clean. The finish line is at Hartge Yacht Harbor, where there will be a post-ride celebration that includes barbecue, beer, and a family fun zone from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information and registration information is at westrhoderiverkeeper.org.

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##The Boatyard Opening Day Rockfish Tournament has money waiting to be won!

Here, Jim Ahrens collects his check for a 47-inch striper.

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t’s the event you wait for all year long, and finally it’s upon us: the Boatyard Bar & Grill Opening Day Rockfish Tournament happens April 18, and we’re ready for it.

Trophy season on the Chesapeake is unlike anywhere in the world, and this year will be no different. The first “real” day of spring for all anglers, the catch and release tournament is a great way to get out and celebrate fishing on the Bay, but also makes sure we all work together to sustain it.

This year, proceeds from the tourney benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the CCA Maryland, and the Annapolis Police Department’s Youth Fishing Camp.

If you’re ready to get fishing, mark your calendars for a long weekend. Starting Friday night, you’ll slurp a few oysters at the Boatyard where you’ll also pick up your skipper’s bag and meet other captains.

Then, bright and early Saturday, April 18, you’ll head out with your trusty (and fun) crew for a great day on the water. To sustain the rockfish population on the Bay, no fish are brought in to be measured: the winners are determined from the digital

photos of the fish taken next to the official Boatyard Measuring Device. Today, everyone lives.

Head back in to the Boatyard to hang out in the parking lot with 1000 of the Bay’s best anglers. Over 200 boats are set to register for the event, so prepare yourself to hear some wild fishing stories.

There will be a DJ, great food and drinks, and of course, awesome prizes.

Then, on Sunday, you’ll sleep in. Maybe make it to church, maybe just reapply aloe to your sunburn, and hydrate.

In 2014, the first place winner was 47 inches long, caught by Jim Ahrens using a white bucktail off Hacketts Bar. Second place went to Vic Gue, who caught a 43.5-inch rock off Brickhouse Bar on a chartreuse umbrella. Eleven-year old Will Muscatello was fishing with his dad and grandfather when he caught a rockfish measuring 37 and five-eighths of an inch near Bloody Point. We can’t wait to see what everyone pulls out this year.

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And the PropTalk Fishing Challenge is very much underway, with anglers out there keeping busy finding the Bay’s most popular and most elusive species.

The PropTalk Fishing Challenge is simple in theory yet highly challenging in execution. Go fishing. Try to catch 10 different species of fish. Take a picture of yourself with the fish. Send it to us. Party.

We know some of our readers will be able to wrap this up by the time the next issue is out. But for other readers, getting out there 10 times will be enough of a challenge. We get it.

But still give it a try. The lucky Fishing Challenge Club Members will have a party for them at the beginning of 2016 when we can celebrate an excellent year of fishing on the Bay.

The List of Chesapeake Species: • Bass (Largemouth, Smallmouth, Striped, Black Sea, Rock) • Bluefish • Bluegill • Catfish (Blue, Channel, White) • Carp • Chain Pickerel • Channel Catfish • Cobia • Crappie • Croaker • Drum (Black and Red) • Flounder • Gar • Kingfish • Perch (White, Yellow) • Shad • Sheepshead • Snakehead • Spadefish • Spanish Mackerel • Spot • Spotted Seatrout • Tautog • Trout (Rainbow, Brook, Brown) • Walleye • Weakfish Follow us!

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Remember, to encourage everyone to throw their catch back, we aren’t enforcing size limits. This isn’t a trophy hunt.

This is all about seeing what the Bay has to offer…and then sending it back. Take only what you need.

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Living Inventor’s Plotter in Britain’s National Maritime Museum Collection

n response to the request of Britain’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, a Weems & Plath Paralock Plotter (#90) was donated to its collection February 25. The museum has collected more than 3000 navigation and astronomical instruments and 57 parallel rules. The oldest of these dates back to around 1750.

Many of these rules are made of ivory, ebony, silver or brass.

It is believed that this is the first time that the museum has acquired an instrument from its living inventor.

The accompanying photograph shows the inventor, David Young, outside the

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According to the president of Weems & Plath, Peter Trogdon, “The success of the Paralock Plotter is due to the special features it offers the user which are not available with other parallel rules. It has been over 200 years since any significant improvements have been made to the parallel rule.”

The particular inventive step of the Paralock Plotter is the patented locking knob which enables the rule to plot or derive latitude and longitude positions onto or from a paper chart. Secondary advantages are the suitability for small chart tables and the patented finger hole which improves speed and feedback during the plotting process.

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On Sunday, April 26, the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association (MSSA) of Annapolis will be hosting its sixth annual Rock on Warriors event. Members of MSSA contribute all the boats, fuel, fishing equipment, expertise, and food for the outing.

The event takes place each year at Annapolis Yacht Basin and is followed by a delicious catered luncheon at the Fleet Reserve. Last year there were 20 boats donated and 57 participating wounded warriors, their families, and members of the USCG. Larry Muscatello of MSSA Annapolis will be chairing the event for his second year, but he has been highly involved in this venture since its inception five years ago. When asked how the event has evolved over the years, Muscatello commented how it is “harder and harder to get wounded warriors these days, which is a really good thing!” And at the end of the day, Larry and other members of MSSA are proud to donate some of their time to such a worthy cause. “It is a really good day. You come out thinking that was really worthwhile,” Muscatello stated.

Saturday, May 16 (Armed Forces Day), the nonprofit organization Marines Helping Marines will be hosting its seventh annual fishing tournament at Anchor Marina in North East, MD. The organization was established in the spring of 2003 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital though the fishing tournament did not come into being until 2009. Former Marine Sergeant Joby Poster envisioned a way to raise money for the cause, get wounded warriors out of the hospital for the weekend, and expose them to the therapeutic power of fishing, and thus the Marines Helping Marines Fishing Tournament was born.

So if you are looking for a way to get involved with the Wounded Warriors Project, check out woundedmarinefishing.com or email Larry Muscatello at larrymuscat@aol. com of MSSA Annapolis to find out how you can help with these great events. ~KJ Follow us!

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Cherry Blossoms Peak Bloom Forecast Tidal Basin, Washington DC.

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DNR Boating Safety Class 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Hosted by the Bowleys Quarters Junior Fire Brigade. Middle River, MD. $35.

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MSSA Annapolis Chapter Meeting Spring trolling techniques with Gary Richie of Spankin’ Striper Baits. American Legion Post 7, 1905 Crownsville Rd., Crownsville, MD. 7 p.m.

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Rediscovering the World during a 10-year Circumnavigation Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Doann Houghton. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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Tiki Bar Opening Party Solomons Island.

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33rd Annual St. John’s / USNA Croquet Match St. John’s College Campus Front Lawn.

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Boatyard Bar & Grill Opening Day Rockfish Tournament Benefits the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the CCA MD, and the Annapolis Police Department’s Youth Fishing Camp.

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Earth Day Celebration 1 to 4 p.m. Elk Neck State Park, North East, MD.

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Hampton Heritage Day 11 to 4 p.m. Carousel Park in Hampton, VA. A commemoration of the first settlers’ landing in 1607.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Premier Marine Anchor Marina. (443) 617-1850.

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WCC Kumuohu SUP and Outrigger Canoe Race 15K race for outrigger canoes, surfskis, sea kayaks, and SUP. Sponsored by the Washington Canoe Club. Potomac River.

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Discovering Archaeology Day Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard, MD. Free.

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Kent Island Cruisers Car Show Originals, customs, hot rods, muscle cars, all are welcome!

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Earth Day Cleanup 8 to 12 p.m. North Point State Park, Edgemere, MD. (410) 477-0757.

Earth Day Festival Memorial Row, Chestertown, MD.

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EcoAdventures’ Earth Day Extravaganza Live animal interactions, face painting, music, food. $7. 216 Najoles Road, Suite 600, Millersville, MD.

Annapolis Beer Week More than 60 unique brands of beer, a Bicycle to Beer event, beer run, and more!

Unfurling the World: The Voyages of Irving and Electra Johnson Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Gary Jobson. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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SERC’s Mathias Lab 7 to 8 p.m. Learn about the Smithsonian’s greenest building.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Free.

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Bird Migration – Who Passes Through and When 7 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD. $10. Email knelson@bayrestoration.org to reserve your spot.

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Shrimp and BBQ Gala and Dance 5 to 9 p.m. Deltaville Maritime Museum, VA.

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Blessing of the Fleet Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

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MD Boat Act Advisory Committee Meeting 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pip Moyer Community Recreation Center, Annapolis. The public is welcome.

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Captain Zed’s Spring Flounder Tournament Wachapreague, VA.

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Historic London Town and Gardens: Annual Privateer Party 6 to 9 p.m. $100, includes food, drink, music, and live and silent auctions. 839 Londontown Road, Edgewater, MD. (410) 222-1919.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Friday Upper Bay Anchor Marina. (443) 617-1850.

The sloop of war USS Ranger 1778. Commanded by John Paul Jones, engaged and captured HMS Drake, the first man-o-war to strike the Stars and Stripes.

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Carolina Cup SUP Race One of the world’s largest paddle events with four races for every level. SUP clinics and certification opportunities.

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Spring Sailboat Show Annapolis.

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Annapolis Book Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Arts in the Park Festival 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD. Free.

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Betterton Beach Clean Up 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Betterton, MD. Please pre-register by April 11.

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Bike Collection 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A collection of used bikes and old bike parts, sponsored by KI Boy Scout Troop #495, will be held on Kent Island at Thompson Creek Shopping Center for bikesfortheworld.org.

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Earth Day Celebration 12 to 4 p.m. Pocomoke River State Park, Snow Hill, MD.

WineFest at St. Michaels 12 to 5 p.m. Featuring nearly 400 wines from around the globe.

Rock On Warriors 50 wounded warriors, active duty service personnel, and their families will spend the day fishing with MSSA Annapolis club members.

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Maryland Avenue/State Circle Spring Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free parking in state garage at Calvert and St. John’s streets.

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Blue-Water Passagemaking Everything you need to know about taking your vessel into blue water from speaker John Kretschmer. Hosted by CAPCA. Annapolis, MD. Free.

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Hampton Roads Rubber Duck Race 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Intracoastal Waterway at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, VA.

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James River Fest 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eco Discovery Park, Williamsburg, VA. Free.

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Oxford Day All-day family celebration.

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Open House and Fishing Tournament Harbour Cove Marina, Deale, MD.

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Paddle Smart Seminar 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Northern VA Sail and Power Squadron.

West Marine, Alexandria, VA. Free.

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Working Watermen’s Weekend 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Official season opening of the Deltaville, VA Maritime Museum, creek rides, classic workboat exhibits, car show, and concert.

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Grand Opening Weekend Pleasure Cove Marina. Special store sales, raffles, refreshments, onsite marine vendor demos, music and more. Pasadena, MD.

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Solomons Maritime Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Antique boats, master carvers, crafts, traditional music, boat rides. Free.

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Boating Safety Class 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. USCG Auxiliary.

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Cooperative Charting Training 7 p.m. NOAA Atlantic Marine Center. Sponsored by Kent Narrows Sail and Power Squadron. (757) 969-5332.

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Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY.

Turkey Point Fitness 3 to 5 p.m.

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Chesapeake Antique Boat & Marine Engine Show 10 a.m. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD.

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Ecofest Norfolk, VA.

DNR Boating Safety Class Bacon Sails and Marine Supplies. Get your boating safety class card in one weekend. Sponsored by the Annapolis Sail and Power Squadron. $20.

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DNR Boating Safety Class 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the Bowleys Quarters Junior Fire Brigade.

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America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association Spring Rendezvous Sheraton, Norfolk, VA.

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Cinco de Mayo “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” –Robin Williams

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Oyster Day Celebrate these wonderful mollusks by eating them. Maybe you’ll even find a pearl!

##If you want to hang out with a couple hundred friends who like to catch fish, the Boatyard Bar & Grill opening day tournament party April 18 is the right place for it.

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Boat Maryland – A Course on Responsible Boating 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Annapolis Elementary School. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $15.

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The RMS Lusitania Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. 1915.

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Springfest Ocean City, MD.

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Cambridge Beer Festival Celebrate the finest craft brews made regionally on High Street.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Potomac Smallwood. (410) 487-5181.

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Ride for the Rivers 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Metric century or 40-mile ride to benefit the West/ Rhode Riverkeeper. Start/ Finish is at the Carrie Weedon Science Center. Post-ride celebration at Hartge Yacht Harbor.

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Youth Fishing Rodeo 8:30 to 1 p.m. St. Mary’s River State Park, Callaway, MD. Open to kids 15 and under. Free. (301) 872-5688.

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Annapolis City Fair

Mother’s Day Let her dock the boat.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Potomac Smallwood. (410) 487-5181.

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American Boating Congress Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC.

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Frederick MSSA Meeting 6 p.m. 50/50 and prize raffle, speaker and vendors. Frederick Moose Lodge, 828 E Patrick Street, Frederick, MD. Public welcome.

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The colony of Jamestown Founded on the shores of the James River by the Virginia Company. 1607.

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Wear Your Lifejacket to Work Day Get ready to kick off National Safe Boating Week!

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OkoumeFest: A Boatbuilders’

Rendezvous Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis and Matapeake State Park.

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Bay Bridge Boat Show Bay Bridge Marina,

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Dominion Riverrock Sports and Music Festival Richmond, VA.

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A Dark Day After being knocked down by a freak micro-burst, the Baltimore clipper schooner Pride of Baltimore capsized and sank. Her Captain and three crew were lost.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Friday Upper Bay Anchor Marina. (443) 617-1850.

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Commissioning Week United States Naval Academy, Annapolis.

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140th Preakness Stakes Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore.

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Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA.

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Kent Island Day Stevensville, MD.

Life Jacket World Record Day Gather your friends (and friends of friends) to try to beat the 2014 world record of 6,973 life jackets worn and inflatable life jackets inflated!

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Music On The Nanticoke Free Summer Concert Series 4 to 7 p.m. Vienna, MD. Free boat ramp and overnight dockage. (443) 239-0813.

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Marines Helping Marines Fishing Tournament Anchor Marina, North East, MD.

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Secret Garden Tour 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Women’s Civic League of North East, MD. $20. (410) 398-0895.

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SERC Open House 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Register online for free parking.

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Outstanding Osprey 10 to 11 a.m. Observe an osprey nest and then build your own! Annapolis Maritime Museum. $5 nonmembers.

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Discovery Paddle Trip 10 to 2 p.m. Explore Tuckahoe Creek with a CBF naturalist. Hillsboro, MD. $15 nonmembers. Pack lunch.

Register online at cbf.org.

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Nanticoke River Marine Park Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nanticoke River Marina in Blades, DE. Sponsored by NRSPS.

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Becoming an Outdoorswoman Family Workshop Archery, fishing, and outdoor cooking.

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Take Me Fishing 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fish with an expert at Seneca Creek State Park! Gaithersburg, MD. Free. All ages. Over age 16 requires a fishing license.

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Chesapeake Bay BluesFestival Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis.

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Understanding the Land-Sea Connection 7 to 8 p.m. How nutrients enter and damage the Bay. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Free.

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Delaware River Educational Cruise 7 p.m. Visit uspsd5.org for details.

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Blue Angels USNA Air Show US Naval Academy, Annapolis.

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MSSA Annapolis Chapter Meeting “Live Lining for Rock.” Featuring Capt.

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American Legion Post 7, 1905 Crownsville Rd, Crownsville, MD. 7 p.m.

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National Maritime Day Get nauti, PropTalk readers.

USNA Commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Commissioning ceremony. Blue Angels flyover.

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Tea Party Festival Chestertown, MD.

Take Me Fishing 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fish with an expert at Seneca Creek State Park! Gaithersburg, MD. Free. All ages. Over age 16 requires a fishing license.

Brew At the Zoo! Unlimited beer and wine sampling to support the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Do it for the animals.

CBF Coffee Meet-Up 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monthly coffee hour for CBF members and interested nonmembers to discuss local water quality issues. Uptown Coffee, Farmville, VA.

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Soft Shell Spring Fair 12 to 5 p.m. Crisfield City Dock.

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Blackbeard Grand Pirate Ball 7 to 11 p.m. Crowne Plaza, Hampton, VA. $35/ $40 at door.

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HEART Live in Concert!

Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Party on the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

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Crabbing Derby 2 to 3 p.m. Who’s the best crabber in the park? For children 15 and older.

Gear and bait provided. Janes Island State Park, Crisfield, MD.

Memorial Day Remember those who serve today and every day.

Deltaville Seafood Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Deltaville Maritime Museum, VA.

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Arts in the Middle A juried fine arts festival. Hetwick Plantation, Urbanna, VA.

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DNR Boating Safety Class 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the Bowleys Quarters Junior Fire Brigade. Middle River, MD. $35. (410) 800-8420.

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PAYCHECK Bass Tournament Series: Premier Marine Dundee Creek (443) 617-1850.

Hampton Blackbeard Festival Pillage and plunder your way through the coastal seaport city of Hampton, VA. Free.

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Tech It Out

by Capt. Chris D. Dollar

Power-Pole Anchor M

aintaining the Chesapeake’s innumerable channels and other marine construction are continuous operations. Integral to this work, be it dredging channels or building piers, are spud barges.

No doubt you’ve seen them: barges rigged with posts on each corner of the platform. The large, metal sticks can be temporarily sunk into the bottom to hold the barge in place while the crew conducts its work.

Once a section is complete, the spuds can be raised to allow the tender to reposition the barge as needed.

While efficient and secure, it’s also pretty loud.

Now apply the concept of a stable platform to fishing boats, add stealth and ease of operation, and you end up describing the PowerPole anchoring system. Today, the Tampa, FL-based company that makes them, JL Marine Systems, Inc., offers five products in its line of shallow-water anchors.

The Blade works in water up to 10 feet deep and offers the strongest hold of any of the Power-Pole models. It features the company’s Everflex spike that’s nearly indestructible and folds neatly into the pocket design. For anglers operating ultra-light poling skiffs in uber-skinny waters, there’s the John Oliverio Signature Series, named for the brains behind creating Power-Pole. According to JL Marine

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Systems, it represents the latest, most sophisticated design and technology.

Next up is the Pro II. Designed to meet the demands of professional tournament fishermen who are notoriously tough on gear, the two Pro II models can hold bottom in six or eight feet of water, respectively, and are rugged enough for taming multiple bottom structure. The Sportsman II was built with the recreational angler

motor (the others are hydraulic), it will tap into your 12-volt system. No battery on board? No sweat. PowerPole will sell you its Battery Pack and Charger kit.

All Power-Pole models come with a warranty ranging from two to five years, depending on the model. Each model also comes with the wireless CMonster operating system. You gotta love the name. As you might expect, Power-Pole offers the latest in 21st Century technology: A USB connector for software updates and downloads; Bluetooth-ready, and, of course, a smartphone app.

I called Walter George, the owner of Annapolis Boat Sales in Chester, MD, and a PowerPole dealer, for his take. Not only do Power-Poles live up to the hype for fishing applications, ##Photos courtesy of Power-Pole he said, recreational boaters like them as well. “Set the bow in mind, both in features anchor (on the beach or land), and and price point. Durable and drop the Power-Pole for a no-spin lightweight, it is designed to set,” he said, adding that they don’t cover a variety of bottom and tear up underwater grasses, and the should do well on the flats of either the company uses environmentally friendly Susquehanna or Poquoson. hydraulic oil.

The newest member of the PowerDrift socks, stakeout poles, and Pole tribe is the Micro Anchor that, traditional anchors still have a role to according to company literature, “boasts play in many Bay fishing scenarios. a compact, all-electric powerhouse built For fishermen looking to add the next to stop small crafts on a dime.” It sports evolution in anchoring systems to an eight-and-a-half-foot spike that their current light tackle or kayak rig will lock your rig on the fishy spot in or those researching a new skiff (like a blistering seven seconds. It’s gaining yours truly) who want flexibility for popularity among kayak anglers because skinny water fishing, the Power-Pole of its versatility and low weight. As the lineup deserves a good hard look. only Power-Pole model with an electric Learn more at power-pole.com #

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Boat Notes

by Lenny Rudow

Ranger 2510 Bay Ranger

Specifications: LOA: 24’7” | Beam: 8’6” | Draft: 1’1” | Displacement: 3,050 lbs | Max HP: 300 | Fuel Capacity: 97

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ith their excellent fishability, shoal draft, and solid performance, bay boats became popular along the Gulf Coast over a decade ago. Since then we’ve seen a slow but steady encroachment by the bay boat design into our region. And it’s no wonder; as light tackle fishing has become more popular, boats appropriate to it have as well. The downside? Many bay boats simply don’t have the beef and brawn needed to take on a steep Chesapeake chop. Their low deadrise, light build, and minimal gunwale height adds up to a wet, bumpy ride when winds top 10 knots on the open Bay. So if the bay boat design is one you like, choose carefully.

Fortunately, you do have plenty of boats to choose from.

And one that should probably be on your must-see list is Ranger’s newest and biggest bay boat, the 2510 Bay Ranger.

I had the chance to jump aboard one at the Miami boat show and drove it across a very bumpy Biscayne Bay. Why all the bumps? Dozens of sea trials were taking place, all for the show and all at the same time in the same place. You know what that means: the washing machine effect. Steep boat wakes rolled back and forth in every direction on top of the wind-driven chop, and it was tough to run for more than 50 yards without getting hit from port, starboard, ahead, and astern. In other words, it was a magnificent opportunity to put this hull to a rough water test.

Time was limited, so I was not inclined to be gentle. I nailed the throttle at the end of the speed zone and opened up all 300 horses, courtesy of Yamaha.

And if you trust me on nothing else, trust me on this: the 2510 blasted out of the hole like a bullet leaving a gun barrel. My head snapped back, and by the time I straightened it up we were on plane; less than half a minute later I was tweaking out the trim and the (standard, hydraulic) jack-plate to maximize speed. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds, 38 May 2015 PropTalk.com

because by the time we passed 40 miles per hour (which happens at around 4500 RPM), we were going airborne every few seconds as we careened from wave top to wave top.

The bottom line? Running at the top-end of 50 miles per hour isn’t exactly comfortable, but it is do-able even in bumpy conditions. The Bay Ranger has a relatively moderate transom deadrise

of 14 degrees, pretty common for this type of boat (which usually ranges from 10 to 16 degrees). That’s one of the ways it attains its minimal draft and good performance and efficiency (best cruise, at 30 miles per hour, nets you a betterthan-expected three and a half miles per gallon).

But that also means it needs to bull water out of the way, instead of splitting it. Ranger accomplishes this with construction as much as anything else. The 2510 is built with a foam-core stringer grid, high-density urethane core sandwiches, vacuum molding, and pultrusion.

Put them all together, and the boat is exceedingly solid. When you slam into a wall of water, instead of feeling those painful vibrations that rattle up your spine, you feel a muted thud.

Such construction techniques don’t come cheap. The 2510 is in the upper third of the price range for bay boats its size (pricing starts at $71,000). But it does come well-equipped and ready to fish. The fishbox is a highlight, hold-

ing 320 quarts with a 120-quart cooler playing second string. That means you have enough fish-holding capacity to bag a black drum at Stone Rock, catch your limit of stripers, and toss in a mess of croaker as well. The leaning post livewell holds 40 gallons, and three tackle boxes, a washdown with a self-coiling hose compartment, a five-gallon bucket stowage compartment, and locking rodboxes are all integrated. If you don’t opt for the Power-Pole (bad move—light tackle anglers will love it), there’s an anchor locker with a Danforth in the bow.

Unlike most bay boats, the Ranger does have enough space in the console compartment to hold a head. I’m a skinny guy, and it was a tight fit; but hey, it’s there in case you need it. Another comfort boost comes from the aft deck, which incorporates flip-up seating.

This may not be anything new for a bay boat, but what’s cool is the selfdeploying arm rests that also swing up out of the deck. They make kicking back for a long cruise down the Chesapeake far more enjoyable.

Long cruises down the highway will also be pleasant, since Ranger packages it with a tandem-axel, torsion-suspension aluminum trailer. It’s a nice rig, with a swing-away tongue, LED lights, polished aluminum wheels, retractable tie-downs, hydraulic surge disc brakes, a center-swing jack stand, and oil-bath bearings.

Will you want to run the 2510 across the Bay when there are sustained winds of 20 knots? Nah. Will it be a good choice for cruising the family to Kent Narrows for brunch? Uh-uh. But if you’re looking for a light tackle fishing boat that can take on a lot more chop than the average bay boat yet still scoot through shallows from the Susquehanna Flats to the Tangier marshes, the Ranger 2510 Bay Ranger is going to whet your appetite. For fresh fish, that is. #

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Post Returns

by Merf Moerschel

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ew boats have the lines, performance and natural feel of a classic.

A Post is one of them. Russell Post began producing these traditional Jersey sportfish style boats in Mays Landing, NJ, in 1957. Originally in wood, they moved quickly to fiberglass.

By the time production ceased in 2008, more than 750 in a dozen sizes and models had been built. The 42 Post Sportfish was the most popular. Compared to their competition, the 42s were not known for their speed but made up for it with better overall performance, maneuverability, and excellent sea-keeping capabilities.

In December 2011, John Patnovic, owner of Worton Creek Marina, established Post Marine Group, LLC, and purchased the assets of Post including hull, deck, and component molds and spares as well as all the files and records.

These were then moved to and set up in new buildings at Worton Creek outside of Chestertown, MD. According to John, returning Post Yachts to production is in the same tradition of “honesty, passion, and spirit” as the originals. In all, eight models are offered. There are six Convertibles in six sizes: 42, 47, 50, 53, 56, and 66. There is also an Open arrangement for the 42 and 53 models.

Worton Creek is in a strong position to do this. The yard is already well known for remanufacturing classic Follow us!

Bertram 31s. Essentially, they strip out the old 31 and deliver a product with a new paint job, engines, electronics, and interior, with everything new.

The result is a “customized” rebuild.

As Worton is a full service yard, they also have a continually growing order book for repair, upgrade, and re-fit for larger yachts in the 50 to 90 foot range.

Many are Posts. The same customizing techniques, expertise, and quality apply to the Post new builds or refits.

The process for these new Posts will differ only in that new hull and deck units will be laid up and then finished out to the customer’s needs and desires.

Whereas the demands of performance, safety, and sea-keeping must meet basic requisite construction standards, the customers will have considerable flexibility in the general sense in putting together a custom package. Starting with the interior, Posts were known for their superb teak and mahogany joiner work and rich wood finishes. Expect no departure here.

In the Post tradition individual components will be “stick built” and then pieced together rather than the drop-in and tabbed modular process preferred by mass production builders.

The principal choices are on “galley up or down arrangement,” engine access, and saloon and stateroom layout.

A major improvement is that Belkov

Yacht Company of Annapolis will do the interiors relying on their CAD/ CAM technology. The results derived include greater construction efficiency; a reduced build time, and more efficient weight to power ratio.

Customer choices extend to electronics suites, bridge, and tower arrangements, galley configuration and appliances, upholstery, furniture, canvas work, communications packages, and entertainment and sound preferences.

And for the fisherman; fighting chairs, fish wells, and bait stations, tackle lockers, and outriggers.

A major consideration will concern the choice of diesel propulsion options.

Cummings is a good match for the 42 and 47. Cats, Volvos, and Man diesels are possible choices for the larger models. Pod Drives will be an option on some configurations. Maneuverability is enhanced with thrusters. Several genset configurations are also offered.

The Post market includes former owners and of course boaters attracted to the reintroduction of a classic.

Although the original Posts were very popular among off-shore fishing enthusiasts, there were plenty of cruisers who also were attracted to these beauties.

John feels that both these groups will be interested in these new Posts.

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by Mike Edick

here are those rare moments in one’s life where time seems to stand still as your brain goes into overdrive processing everything happening around you, as if some higher power wants you to notice the minutia normally overlooked. I’ve experienced that reaction before, part of the body’s fight-or-flight response caused by adrenaline when faced with impending disaster, to avoid pain through quickened reflexes. By speeding you up, everything else seems to slow down. But this time was different.

We were anchored out far from civilization over Memorial Day weekend in 2014, running the generator and A/C while watching movies below deck until nearly midnight. Probably six to eight hours since his last shore excursion, the family dog let me know he had no intention of going to sleep without emptying his bladder, despite being far from shore.

Though almost completely moonless, jumping into a kayak was relatively easy, thanks to our very bright masthead. I paddled toward shore with the mutt positioned between my knees.

Like a scene from the movie “Apollo 13,” where Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) describes how his airplane almost didn’t make it back, low on fuel with broken electronics at night, no idea where the carrier was until his dash lights failed, allowing him to see a carpet of luminescent algae leading back to the ship, once I paddled away from the glare of our anchor light, the entire universe opened up before my eyes.

Swirls of color emanated around every splash of my paddle; wake from my kayak

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looked like white caps, apparent reflections from my anchor light. Trillions of flashes of light on the surface of the deadflat Chester River appeared to be reflections of the stars I could see overhead… that was until the dog jumped from the kayak near shore.

His splashes were like strobe lights at the best dance club, each paw strike into the water like a photographer’s flash. He was physically illuminated as I watched him run in the darkness, still believing all were reflections from my distant anchor light; that was until I returned to our boat.

Perhaps known to old salts around the Chesapeake and anglers worldwide, I had never experienced phytoplankton in my four decades of boating, and certainly not on this scale. Dragging my wife from bed, I forced her topside (as if looking for a witness to prove I wasn’t crazy) then killed the anchor light and watched the night explode into an unbelievable spectacle.

The wet dog was glowing. My water shoes were glowing. I could see every step I took on the carpet with my bare wet feet. The most dazzling Christmas light display ever seen surrounded us, excited by any movement in the water, propagating like intelligent communication between planets. Water flowing from our generator’s thru-hull was brightly lit as if there were a light bulb inside our muffler, but nothing like the brilliance from the underwater waterfall where our exhaust mixed back in with the surrounding Chester River.

From our perch on the swim platform, we watched huge fish swimming; half a dozen trophies headed in different

directions within 30 feet of the boat, all outlined perfectly in green-blue light as from a Halloween glowstick. My wife freaked as we recognized outlines of snake-looking creatures slithering underwater. We actually developed vertigo as we stood there watching; the water seemed to move beneath us in ways our body and boat weren’t.

Most of the light intensity had subsided by 2 a.m. and we headed to bed, unable to sleep because of what we just witnessed. We never lifted anchor, hoping to catch the light show once again the following evening. Prepared to go topside by 11:30 p.m., we observed a two-hour repeat lightshow performance. Though difficult to capture on film what our eyes easily observed, the photo above is a pole fishing net, simply held in the water as tidal current flowed underneath us.

I still remember my younger days, laughing at how my father-in-law, who was a great man, would spend hours just watching fish or birds; sometimes just the grass. I was always in too much of a hurry to relax and notice those little things alongside him. Now, trying to relive lost moments, my wife and I have tried to catch the phytoplankton every single anchored night since that awe-inspiring weekend, without success. Scientifically, just a combination of weather plus season and stars aligning to create, it took a bunch of coincidences to force us to slow down and observe them, just like Dad, on that Memorial Day. #

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round the Chesapeake Bay, there are three main signs of the advent of spring: the return of osprey fighting over channel markers; the scent of burnt socks floating around boatyards; and (somewhat more happily) the opening of the Bay Bridge Boat Show in on Kent Island in mid to late April.

This year, the Bay Bridge Boat Show (henceforth BBBS) rolls into town April 17-19 and brings with it over 200 new and brokerage boats from leading powerboat

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manufacturers. From trawlers to SUP boards, there’s something for everyone here, depending on what’s in your wallet.

You can always depend on a few things happening at the BBBS: the opening night poolside barbecue party, for one. Onsite parking is a steal at only $3 (a donation to Kent Island High School). Friday night, you can watch the sun go down on the Western Shore while lounging poolside with a drink in hand. Shore Tackle will teach you proper casting techniques, while

Capital SUP will bring their floating “gym on the water” to the show and get you participating in the newest fitness craze.

Seminars provided by Chesapeake Bay Magazine and Annapolis School of Seamanship will teach you everything from diesel engine troubleshooting to waterfront dining. Kids will have a great time jumping around the moon bounce and getting their faces painted. If you get sick of looking at brand new fiberglass boats, get your fix of the classic

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woodies, lovingly restored by the volunteers of the Antique and Classic Boat Society.

New this year is the Demo Dock sponsored by yours truly, PropTalk, which allows you to actually get out on a boat with a professional broker and try before you buy. This isn’t just a docking demonstration, either: take a boat out on the open water and see what she feels like before you decide to get serious. The Demo Dock is open all three days, so feel free to come back with the whole family.

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Southern Bay Destinations

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rom the fresh water sources to the salty sea at the Capes, the Bay has varied atmosphere and character. In the northern half of the Bay are the larger towns and cities. New and varied destinations are close together. Cruisers can cross the Bay from one shore to the other with only a brief exposure to unprotected water. On the Upper Bay, in a week’s cruise one can see Annapolis, Baltimore, Rock Hall, St. Michaels, Cambridge, Solomons, and many fine anchorages such as those found in the Chester River and the Wye. The Upper Bay has activity galore, and the hustle and bustle of modern life is never far. The Southern Bay is thoroughly different.

Once you get south of Solomons, you will begin to notice changes. The Southern Bay is wide. In the center of the Bay, you are out of sight of land. There are hundreds of creeks to explore, but if you are looking for marinas, the daily runs between destinations will be a bit longer than up north. There are fewer boats. It is easy to get a marina slip reservation or ##Tangier shanties.

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find an anchorage with no other boats.

The shores are less developed, anchorages are secluded, and often there are no houses in sight, so the nights are darker and the stars are brighter. You will usually find a better breeze and will be comfortable sleeping at night at anchor.

The water salinity increases as you head south, so the trees hang back from the shores a bit leaving the Bay rimmed with sandy beaches. Sea birds nest on deserted beaches in the sand, because there are no humans to bother them. Pelicans and dolphins will frequently be your companions.

By the time you get south of the Rappahannock, the salinity may get high enough that you will get rid of sea nettles and be able to swim once again.

Solomons is a great destination with good marinas, restaurants, and a marvelous museum; it is also a good staging point for crossing the Potomac. Heading south from Solomons, it is about 40 miles to the next harbor, either Reedville or Tangier. Bay cruisers know that at the mouth of the rivers on the Chesapeake,

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the water can get “lumpy” when the wind opposes the current. The Potomac is the largest tributary to the Bay, and when the current and wind are opposed to each other, the mouth of the Potomac should be respected. Under those conditions, you will find that ducking into Tangier Sound through Hoopers Strait or Kedges Straits and exploring the remote and undeveloped parts of the lower Eastern Shore will make for a more comfortable ride.

There are countless beautiful and secluded anchorages and several small towns such as Deale Island, Onancock, and Crisfield, each of which is worth visiting.

From Crisfield you can enter the pristine Pocomoke River, which winds its way through a cypress swamp deep into the Eastern Shore. This is a magical place. If you shut off your engine, you will not hear any sounds of human activity. This is the wild Bay that John Smith explored more than 400 years ago.

Most of the time, boats headed south from Solomons make the 10-mile crossing of the Potomac with ease and then stop in Reedville or Deltaville. Between these two

WWW.ANNAPOLISYACHTSALES.COM can take your dinghy through the marshes destinations are the rivers and creeks of and out into the Rappahannock River to Virginia’s Northern Neck. Whether you choose the broader waters of the Great get a meal and a drink at Pelican’s Tiki Bar at Windmill Point.

Wicomico or the well-protected shelter No Southern Bay cruise should miss of Mill Creek, you will know right away that you are in the Southern Chesapeake. Dividing Creek has both hurricane holes and anchorages open to summer breezes. Here you will find shore access to the sandy beaches of Huglett Point State Park.

The southernmost anchorage on the Northern Neck is Little Bay at the mouth of Antipoison Creek (where the story has it, Captain John ##The beach near Hughlett Point in Kilmarnock, VA. Smith’s stingray wound was cured by the local indigenous population). This half-mile Tangier Island. For your stay in Tangier, wide anchorage may host five or six boats you will dock at Parks Marina. Milton on a weekend night, but is likely to be Parks has worked the Bay for 75 of his vacant mid-week. Here you have your now 83 years. He is quite the raconteur choice of three long sandy beaches to explore. If you are feeling adventurous, you and has marvelous stories about living and

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working on the water from one end of the Bay to the other. Tangier has only one industry, seafood. Crabbing, oystering, and fishing have driven the economy of this island for 350 years. Tangier Island thoroughfare is lined with crab shanties, many built on stilts out in the water. This is a view of the working Chesapeake that has faded from almost every other harbor.

Electrical power to the stilted outbuildings is supplied by overhead cables. The power is used to pump water to the peeler trays and to refrigerate them immediately after they shed.

Tangier is a major supplier of soft crabs. The Tangier History Museum and Cultural Interpretive Center, perhaps the most important museum about Chesapeake Bay watermen’s lives, was put together by the families of Tangier. It speaks to the dangers, hardship, and lives of the working waterman all over the Chesapeake.

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No visit to Tangier is complete without dinner at Hilda Crockett’s Chesapeake House for all-you-can-eat crab cakes and clam fritters, beets, beans, ham, and corn pudding, all served family style.

Located five miles up scenic Onancock Creek, you will find another charming old Eastern Shore town: Onancock.

Many of the old homes have been restored, and it is a lovely village for a stroll and shopping at the boutiques and art galleries. Mallards at the Wharf is a popular restaurant for cruisers, but the village has several nice restaurants and the Corner Bakery with fresh bread and sticky buns for breakfast.

Below Onancock sits the old railroad ferry terminal town of Cape Charles.

Recent development of high-end homes and a large marina in Kings Creek have swelled the population, and the newly renovated yacht harbor attracts cruisers from far and wide. Check PropTalk’s calendar for upcoming events. The

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##The southernmost anchorage on the Northern Neck, Little Bay, at the mouth of Antipoison Creek

Tall Ships Festival and the Clam Slam Festival and boat docking contests sell out all the available slips. Smitty Dize, the harbormaster, another Bay character, possesses a wealth of knowledge about his town. If you are looking for a meal, a museum, or interesting places to explore, he can help guide you.

A cruise though the Southern Bay should also include a visit to Yorktown.

Whether you stay at the marina or on one of the moorings just outside, this is a town that will provide you with days worth of fun and exploration. The Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center and

the Yorktown Victory Center will each entertain you for a day, and in between, do not miss the Watermen’s Museum.

A cruising ground of great history and beauty, the Southern Bay is larger, quieter, and more remote. As you scan the horizon, even in the middle of the summer, you will only see a handful of other boats. In many anchorages you will be alone with no light from the shore.

You will find historic towns and sandy beaches, but not hustle bustle, noisy crowds, or a city the size of Annapolis or Baltimore until you enter Hampton Roads.

The Lafayette

by Kendall Osborne

##Dolphins in the river behind NIT.

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hen the Jamestown colonists ed in 1803. The bricks were made on site. first explored what is now The windows are blown glass, complete Norfolk, they called the first with wrinkles and bubbles. On the interiwaterway they encountered a river. The or is the seal of the United States, an eagle Elizabeth River. But they called the first with 17 stars, which saved the house from tributary, which branched off to the east, being torched by Union soldiers in 1862. a creek. Tanners Creek. These days, we The soldiers figured anyone with such a think of a creek as something small.

A waterway you can step or wade across. Not so to the English. They considered a creek as something larger than a “cove” but smaller than a “river.” What was Tanners Creek extends for miles inland through Norfolk, and for most of its length you cannot wade across.

In the 1700s, Tanners Creek cut through a rural area between downtown Norfolk and the Chesapeake Bay. In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchased 114 acres of land along Tanners Creek for a park and named it after the Marquis de ##Great spot for fishing.

Lafayette, who was so instrumental in the American Revolution. Rumor has it that federal money for dredging rivers (not creeks) became available in decoration in their home had to be loyal the early 1900s. The “creek” was renamed to the United States. The Talbot family the Lafayette River for money. Dredge later donated the home to the Episcopal money. Today, we have the Lafayette Diocese of Virginia.

River and Lafayette Park, home to the Unable to afford the upkeep, the Virginia Zoo. church has listed the property for sale, The best place to get a glimpse of the which has generated a controversy. One river’s past is at Talbot Hall. Started in group wants to buy the land, divide it into 1797 by Solomon Talbot, it was completlots, and surround Talbot Hall with new Follow us!

homes. This plan includes preserving the old house but cuts it off from the river.

Another group believes the house will not be “saved” unless the clear view to the river is maintained. They accept the need to sell and develop some of the property in order to save the house, but they are calling for a smaller development with no new homes between Talbot Hall and the Lafayette. Stay tuned.

The area is accessible at the end of Talbott Hall Street, off Granby, in Norfolk.

Samuel Goldblatt, an early residential homeowner on the Lafayette, was living in Norfolk during Prohibition. Before he died, he pointed out a cove in the Larchmont neighborhood that was the offload site for smuggled booze in the 1920s. This was undeveloped country at that time, and the booze could be snuck into downtown Norfolk along Quarantine Road.

This road was named around 1855, as it was the route used to transport yellow fever victims out of the city, to be laid to rest in what is now a waterfront residential neighborhood.

You can get a glimpse into the future at the mouth of the river. Norfolk International Terminal (NIT) occupies 648 acres where the Lafayette joins the Elizabeth.

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most efficient cranes in the world. These plete with pups. The owner kindly waited cranes stretch 245 feet over the water and until the pups moved on before sealing off will be able to unload future megaships the entrance. which will be 27 containers wide.

Chris Moore, senior scientist for the Now, around 40,000 vehicles cross the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Norfolk, Lafayette along Hampton Boulevard each describes the Lafayette as a “hidden gem.” week, according to the Virginia Depart“Because the Lafayette is associated with ment of Highways. These commuters are the more polluted Elizabeth River, it traveling between the Navy Base, NIT, tends to get overlooked. And the condiand the rest of the tidewater area. While the traffic zooms overhead, the river itself is amazingly uncrowded. With no public marinas and only one private yacht club on its banks, boat traffic is light even in the peak of summer.

It is a great place to fish, ##Haven Creek boat ramp. as it is amazingly full of wildlife. Birds are abundant. Night herons nest in the residential tion of the Lafayette is steadily improvneighborhoods and are common throughing,” he says. Marjorie Mayfield Jackson, out the warm months. Ospreys occupy executive director of the Elizabeth River every cove. Wildfowl, from canvasbacks to Project, also noted how much the Laloons, take shelter in the river in season. fayette is improving. “So many partners, Otters are on the upswing. One otter large and small, have been working hard couple tunneled from the water into the together for years now to turn around the crawl space of a waterfront home. The health of the Lafayette,” she says. “Algal exterminator, who was called after the blooms are still a problem each summer. owner smelled fish, found the den comWe are working on that, teaching people

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According to Aaron Applegate in a recent Virginian-Pilot article, old but healthy wild oyster reefs have been discovered in the Lafayette. Ten reefs, between three and 17 acres, have been found. They are estimated at 400 or more years old!

The largest concentration of live oysters is between the Hampton Boulevard Bridge and Talbott Hall. Now we know what the Talbott family had for dinner. With live oysters the size of a man’s hand, these reefs are a clear indicator that the Lafayette is alive.

There are three public access areas to the Lafayette, but the best by far is the Haven Creek ramp. Recently renovated by the city of Norfolk, it is located at the corner of Llewellyn and Delaware Avenues. There is a beautiful two-acre site with a new ramp and floating docks, protected from wind and currents. Stop by with your boat or kayak, and explore this unique, urban, but uncrowded waterway. #

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What’s Hot in Electronics?

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he first time that I sailed across the Atlantic, the only electronics onboard were a depth sounder, which ran off an internal large nine-volt battery, and a huge CRT radar, which took ages to warm up from the cold and used prodigious amounts of 12-volt battery power. These

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days even the smallest of boats has some sort of electronics onboard, but making a choice in the fastpaced world of marine electronics can be tough. There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to outfitting your boat with electronics.

Various factors come into play: where and what kind of boating

you do, what size boat you have, and your budget.

Here is a round up of products that that can make your time on the water safer and more enjoyable. The prices shown are manufacturers’ suggested retail prices or where these are not published, from online retailers.

Navionics app

It seems that just about everybody has a smart phone or tablet these days, and the Navionics boating app brings touch-screen navigation to your favorite device. Available as a download for Apple, Android, and Windows devices, the app is free, but for the full experience you really need to buy the fully detailed charts for an extra charge, which varies depending on the device. A drag and drop menu means that you only need to download the charts for your cruising area, but should you expand your horizons, extra charts can be downloaded for no extra charge. Other features include weather and tidal information in addition to marina and boatyard facts and figures. $54.99 for detailed iPad charts. navionics.com

Evolution Auto Pilot

If you spend a lot of time cruising, you know what a godsend a good autopilot can be. The Evolution autopilot from Raymarine has some smarts when it comes to automatically steering your boat. At its heart is what Raymarine calls the ‘sensor core,’ which has a nine axis transducer constantly monitoring such things as pitch and yaw, heading, and magnetic deviation. It self-calibrates for precise navigation.

Various drive options are available to suit both inboard- and outboard-powered vessels with either mechanical or hydraulic steering systems.

With NMEA 2000 integration, full control and integration is possible from a compatible chart plotter or MFD. $1300 approximately, depending on configuration. raymarine.com Follow us!

Standard Horizon Explorer GX1700 VHF

Having a VHF radio onboard is almost essential, but Standard Horizon has taken that one stage further by including not only a separate GPS but also an AIS receiver. The radio is currently available at online retailers for about $250, a very good value considering its capability. In addition to a fully featured VHF radio, the inclusion of the built-in GPS antenna means that the GX1700 does not require connecting to a separate chart plotter or other GPS receiver for the DSC to operate. The owner simply has to enter an MMSI number, which can be acquired for free, and the set is ready to send emergency calls.

The set also has an AIS receiver built in making identification and communicating with ships close-by a cinch. $250. standardhorizon.com PropTalk.com May 2015 55

Rogue Wave WiFi

It seems that having access to the internet is almost essential for many cruisers these days; but WiFi hot spots in marinas often have limited range, and connecting to the internet via the cell networks can be frustrating, slow, and expensive. Rogue Wave is a bridge between WiFi ashore and devices on your boat. Having installed one of these on my own boat, I can attest to their function and usefulness, as I am often able to connect to free WiFi connections several miles away. Set up is easy and straightforward, but for best results the antenna must be mounted on a handrail with a clear unobstructed view (a mounting bracket is included). Connections can be made directly from the antenna, but add a wireless router and everyone aboard can surf the internet. $350. wavewifi.com

Fusion MS-IP700i

Sometimes the sound of the sea swooshing by the bow is all the music you need, but at other times, it can be nice to have music aboard. New Zealand-based Fusion has only been manufacturing marine stereo systems for a little over a decade but it has quickly gained a reputation for reliability, performance, and innovation. The MS-IP700i is just one of the products and is truly a stereo system designed for life afloat.

Water resistant to Ipx5, the stereo can safely be mounted in the cockpit or on the fly bridge without ill effects. It’s stylish, with easy-to-read controls even in low light. What sets the Fusion apart is the flip-down front that opens to reveal a dock for an iPod or iPhone. With the front latch closed, the iPod is perfectly protected from the elements while being charged and maintaining full functionality from the controls on the front of the Fusion unit.

Up to four separate audio zones can be configured.

Add-ons such as subwoofer units, remote controls, and connectivity to an onboard NMEA network are also available options. $430 not including speakers. fusionentertainment.com

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Knowing what’s under your boat is important, especially in skinny waters such as the Chesapeake; but just knowing how deep the water is may not be enough sometimes. You need to know if there are hidden obstructions that can snag a rudder or propeller.

The Simrad StructureScan can display underwater details in outstanding clarity and give the boater a far better idea of the ideal place to drop the hook.

I’ve been on boats with this equipment fitted, and it’s a game changer. You can actually see individual fish, weeds, and rocks, not just immediately below the boat but out to left and right. Like so many pieces of modern equipment, the StructureScan is a black box which interfaces into a boat’s network with the image displaying on the vessels MFD. $499.95. simrad-yachting.com

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ast winter Navico hosted a few days of onboard marine electronics testing in the Florida Keys and introduced PropTalk’s publisher to several new high-tech products. Here’s a sampling of them:

Elite-3x DSI Fishfinder

Lowrance added to its Elite-3x family of value fishfinder-only products, the Elite-3x DSI. Designed to enhance any fishing experience by providing crystal clear images even at high speeds, Lowrance’s patented DownScan Imaging (DSI) allows anglers to quickly and easily view photo-like images of fish holding structure, as well as fish targets.

Easy to operate, the Elite-3x DSI delivers dual-frequency 455/800 kHz DownScan Imaging operation, and features an LED-backlit color display with detailed 320Vx240W-pixel resolution that’s easy to see in full sunlight from wide viewing angles. The page button allows users to quickly switch between sonar frequency views, and dedicated quick keys allow anglers to zoom up to four times the standard view and focus on key fishing areas. The power button also doubles as a backlight control to adjust for daylight or nighttime fishing situations. The Elite-3x DSI’s quick-release, tiltand-swivel mounting bracket makes it easy to adjust the viewing angle or disconnect the fishfinder for storage. $129. lowrance.com

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Lowrance announced its all-new Outboard Pilot for use with the Lowrance High Definition System (HDS) series.

This easy-to-use autopilot system allows fingertip steering of the outboard engine—giving anglers an “extra hand,” so they can focus more on their fishing activity. Featuring integrated control from an HDS Gen2 or HDS Gen2 Touch, the Outboard Pilot can be installed with hydraulic or cable-steered outboard systems all with commands coming directly from the HDS display.

Designed for single outboard set-ups on boats 30 feet or less in length, the Lowrance Outboard Pilot can steer to a selected heading, waypoint, or along a route, as well as execute a selected turn pattern. Users may create routes from saved trails with the touch of a button, giving anglers the ability to retrace previous tracks from a fishing area back to the dock. The new steering interface allows anglers to easily switch between the Xi5 trolling motor and the outboard motor with the push of a button. $999 hydraulic version, $1,499 cablesteer version. lowrance.com

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This spring, Simrad Yachting released the GO7 standalone multi-touch chartplotter and echo sounder. Offering boaters an affordable option for electronic navigation, the feature-packed GO7 is a fit for RIBs, runabouts, and cruisers, providing quick and easy access to the vital information boaters require to safely maximize their time on the water.

The highly customizable user interface allows boaters to easily navigate through displays, even in the toughest offshore conditions. With tap to select, multi-touch; pinch-to-zoom chart and sonar range adjustment; and drag-and-drop functionality for excellent route planning and charting functions, the GO7 is intuitive even for those with little or no experience with chartplotters.

With its accurate internal 10 Hz GPS antenna, the GO7 provides reliable situational awareness at any boat speed. Through its NMEA 2000 networking, WiFi and Bluetooth compatibility, the device also gives boaters immediate access to full engine integration, SonicHub entertainment functions, and complete autopilot control.

Equipped with a crisp, bright daylight-viewable seven-inch widescreen display, the GO7 allows split-screen access to built-in features such as traditional sonar, CHIRP, and DownScan Imaging views. CHIRP sonar produces greater sensitivity, improved target resolution and superior noise rejection for clearer images; while DownScan Imaging provides easy-to-understand, picture-like views of structure and bottom detail. In addition to sonar functionality, navigation information is displayed on the latest electronic charts available from the widest variety of cartography producers.

The GO7 is the first entry-level standalone display with wireless connectivity and full access to GoFree cloud-enabled technology (see below). $799. simrad-yachting.com

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ne of the most dangerous threats you’ll ever face on the water isn’t on the list of the top causes of boating casualties. It’s an onboard fire—either in the open water or at a marina. Accident investigators say most recreational boats aren’t well-enough equipped to detect a fire early, to fight it effectively, or to help crew members escape easily.

That may seem surprising, given the Coast Guard’s annual statistics on boating accidents. The latest report (for 2013) shows the leading causes of boating mishaps are collision, flooding, grounding, and waterskiing accidents.

It barely mentions fires or explosions.

The numbers show only 219 of them, a little more than five percent of all marine casualties that year.

But insurance figures provide a different perspective. The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatU.S.) reports that although explosions and fires constitute only two and a half percent of the claims filed by its policy holders, they cause a sizable-enough amount of damage to rank them high in the total dollar value of claims the company pays.

Captain John McDevitt, a Mid-Atlantic marine accident investigator, who heads the National Fire Protection Association’s watercraft standards effort and has testified as a vessel fire expert in court cases, argues that an onboard boat fire is far more dangerous than

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other maritime threats because there’s less you can do to escape it.

It takes firefighters a long time to reach you if you’re out on the water—if they can get there before your boat burns to the waterline, McDevitt points out. And it’s often more difficult for you to escape from a boat’s cabin than to get out of your home ashore, where you usually have door escape routes and can just cross the street or go next door to get out of harm’s way.

“Boat fires aren’t a big problem statistically, unless they occur on your boat or a neighbor’s vessel,” McDevitt says.

But that isn’t all, McDevitt cautions. Most boaters aren’t adequately prepared for onboard fires. They typically don’t have early warning systems to help detect a fire, don’t carry enough working fire-extinguishers to control a blaze, and don’t have enough hatches to enable occupants to escape.

Many hatches are hard to reach or are blocked by dinghies or other gear. To top it off, government and industry fire-protection standards aren’t as demanding as they should be.

The Coast Guard requires that recreational boats carry B-Type fire extinguishers, designed to put out fires involving flammable or combustible liquids. But most onboard fires stem

from electrical problems, which B Types alone won’t handle. Since small, hand-held extinguishers can run dry in less than 10 seconds, having only one or two may not be enough.

McDevitt points out that the Coast Guard doesn’t require pleasure boats to undergo regular inspections of their safety and fire-fighting equipment.

Most state boating laws simply echo the federal language. Neither federal nor state agencies strictly enforce the standards for recreational boats. It’s up to the boat owner to make sure the vessel is well-equipped.

One reason the government and BoatU.S. statistics differ so sharply is that the Coast Guard accident statistics primarily involve those that occur in open water—not on vessels that are docked or moored, where most boatrelated fires break out. BoatU.S. statistics do count fires on moored vessels, but they’re limited to the company’s own customer claims.

BoatU.S. figures show that 55 percent of onboard fires stem from electrical problems; 24 percent are caused by an overheated engine or transmission; and eight percent come from fuel leaks, especially when a boat is being refueled. The remainder involves miscellaneous mishaps, such as a misdirected flare or spontaneous combustion from a pile of oily rags.

McDevitt has these suggestions for preparing your boat for a possible onboard fire:

• Upgrade your onboard fire-extinguishing

equipment. Buy approved hand-held extinguishers labeled Type A-B-C, which can handle fires caused by combustibles (A), electrical equipment (B), and combustible and flammable liquids (C).

Install more portable fire extinguishers than Coast Guard regulations require.

Place them at key positions in the boat.

• Make sure your engine room fixed fire extinguishers are installed high in the space and away from mechanical and natural ventilation.

• Check to see that crew and guests can easily escape from anywhere on the boat: from the cabin, staterooms, and the engine room. Few people can fit through port lights and small hatches. Where there are hatches, can people actually reach them, or might they need a ladder? Will the hatches open easily in an emergency?

• Equip your boat with battery-powered smoke alarms, just as you have at home.

The best kind are those that set off all alarms at once, so if you’re up on the fly bridge, you can tell that there’s a problem in your engine room. Install new batteries in the spring and test the alarms once a month. McDevitt says there are no commercially produced marineapproved smoke alarms available, but he says even installing household alarms is better than not having any at all. He recommends a wireless version, First Alert One Link. He cautions to be sure to test the alarms frequently. They won’t do much good if they don’t work.

• Keep your boat shipshape, always. Most onboard fires are caused by poor maintenance and housekeeping practices, whether it’s allowing wiring or equipment to corrode or letting oily rags or other flammable materials to accumulate.

• Conduct frequent fire drills. Just as with your man-overboard procedures, you should make sure that your crewmembers are familiar with and have practiced what they need to do when a fire breaks out or an explosion occurs. That should include how to shut off fuel systems and utilities, how to use a fire extinguisher, and how to exit spaces below decks.

McDevitt’s to-do list for when a fire breaks out: Cut off the air supply that feeds the burning space; close all hatches, Follow us!

ports, doors, ventilators; and shut down the boat’s ventilation system, if any. Cut off the boat’s electrical system and fuel supply. Use portable fire extinguishers to fight the fire, aiming the stream at the base of the flames.

Maneuver the boat to minimize the effect of wind on the fire.

Finally: Break out lifejackets immediately! If you are unable to control the fire right away, notify the Coast Guard and neighboring vessels by VHF-FM radio. Use channel 16 and start your message with “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.” Don’t wait to get help.

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he Classic YC of America (classicyachtclub.org) is gearing up for the 2015 cruising season! The Ice Breaker dinner is planned for April 18, at Schaefer’s Canal House, in Chesapeake City, MD. We have a great line-up of cruising venues this year, starting with our Flag Raising event June 5-7 at Skipjack Cove Yachting Resort, Georgetown, MD. This is followed by our Mid-Summer Rendezvous, July 10-12 at Bay Bridge Marina, Stevensville, MD. Our Classic Yacht Festival will be August 21-23 at Haven Harbour Marina, Rock Hall, MD. Finally, the Late Summer Rendezvous is scheduled for September 18-20 at Mears Great Oak Landing Marina, Chestertown, MD. The Change of Watch event is scheduled for October 17 at the Chester River Yacht and Country Club, Chestertown, MD. See classicyachtclub.org/ rendezvous-schedule for more details.

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Festival Highlights

he third annual Nanticoke River Marine Park Festival, sponsored by the Nanticoke River Sail and Power Squadron, will add the exclamation point to the town of Blades, Delaware 100th Anniversary Celebration weekend. The festival is being held on Sunday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will be the culminating event of the great weekend. Held at the Nanticoke River Marina in Blades, DE, the festival will feature all kinds of vendors, boating displays and demos, children’s activities, great food, and musical entertainment throughout the day. For more information, see the Nanticoke River Sail and Power Squadron on Facebook.

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he Chesapeake Bay Grady White Club has geared up for another season of fun and camaraderie. The 2015 club calendar includes monthly social meetings, cruises and special events.

The April monthly meeting will feature a presentation on live lining for striped bass. Our annual Beach BBQ meeting and the Memorial Day weekend cruise to Solomons Island will happen in late May, with our popular Steak and Shrimp Feast and the Rappahannock Rendezvous cruise to Urbanna, VA, happening in June. In August, the club holds its signature Grady Palooza at Knapps Narrows Marina and Inn. All destination cruises are to locations featuring onsite lodging for family members wishing to join in or those with smaller boats. To get involved in our great club, please e-mail me at graybeard1191@msn.com or check out the club website at chesapeakebaygradywhiteclub.com.

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by Tom Crafton and his family on March 7, describing their family’s adventures sailing around the world.

On April 18, club members will be at the St. John’s College Croquet Match where rivals St. John’s College and the Naval Academy will compete for the Annapolis Cup. The BCYC Change of Watch Spring Fling will take place May 2 at the Oyster Cove Clubhouse in Grasonville. May 23 is the start of the club’s Annual Cruise.

Ports of call will include Miles River Yacht Club, Brewer’s Oxford Boat Yard, and Knapps Narrows Marina. backcreekyc.org

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This year there will be monthly cruising days in addition to full moon cruises and we invite everyone to join us. Our crew is mature, experienced and great company. We are in need of more boats so more of us can get out on the water. May 19 and 20 we will be watching the Blue Angels, and in June you’ll most likely find us at Hemingway’s. Power and sail welcome. clubcrabtowne.org.

The Scent of Boaters’ Socks Burning at Old Point Comfort? It must be Spring!

leet 30 joined with Old Point Comfort Yacht Club (OPCYC) in sequential parties celebrating warmer weather with the ceremonial burning of their winter socks March 21 and 28 at the OPCYC Clubhouse on the Marina at historic Fort Monroe.

The Burning of the Socks symbolically unites modern day boaters with the lore of the high seas (and provides a good excuse to have a party). A nod to St. Patrick’s Day added to the Fleet 30 event on March 21. The potluck dinner and camaraderie in the warmth of the clubhouse made up for the un-springlike weather outside.

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##First annual Selby Bay Yacht Club first “Burning of the Socks” event on March 21, 2015.

he boating season is in full gear around Selby Bay YC, where we’ll be holding our Opening Day Flag Raising Ceremony and Fleet Review with Commodore Steve Rudiger, along with a fleet Swap Meet and Picnic. In June, join us for a women-only cruise to Annapolis, with a gourmet barbecue hosted by the men waiting for them upon their return. Our June raft-up happens on the Wye River, and in July we’ll be cruising to Herrington Harbour South. In August, we’re headed to the Baltimore Marine Center to see an Orioles baseball game as a club. If you want to join this family-friendly, member-owned and operated private club located at the mouth of the South River ten miles outside Annapolis, contact membership@selbybayyc.com. To find out more about their great social calendar, visit selbybayyc.com

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this model. This particular race boat came he 1968 Checkmate going wild from its plant in Bucyrus, OH. The in this old photo was out to win a race back in the late 1960s. Her 13-footer was one of several variations that Checkmate built: first a 16-foot modowner/driver was Tommy Bailey, one el, followed by a 15-foot design. When of the racers who had a major impact on the history of outboard boat racing, as many boat builders went to fiberglass instead of wood.

The race was held in front of Captain Sam’s in St. Mary’s, MD. Tommy Bailey is still in Maryland and will be at the upcoming Classic Race Boat Event at the Calvert Marine Muse##Classic 13’ Checkmate brand race boat um listed on these PropTalk powered by a Mercury Marine 50 HP racing pages. Tommy and outboard. Photo by Tom Bailey other members of his race club still have the old boats, a racing rule change allowed for 13-foot lived the action of Chesapeake Bay racracers, Combs, the owner and founder ing at its beginnings, and would love to of Checkmate Boats, came out with this talk with you at that event. length at the same time that E&T Marine Checkmate boats are still in busiin Maryland did. ness, although they no longer make

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There is a rumor that the first Checkmate 16 was very similar to one of the Lone Star Mustang models, but with a fiberglass/balsa core bottom. Neither of these boats look like the 13-foot boat in this article.

Lone Star started building boats in Grand Prairie, TX, but moved to Plano, TX, later.

While Lone Star built boats as early as 1945, its first fiberglass model was not introduced until 1952. Lone Star and West Bend outboards became a part of Chrysler Marine in 1965.

Chrysler eventually sold all its marine businesses in 1979, as a condition of getting a huge government loan.

A 50 hp Mercury Marine two-stroke outboard powers this Checkmate, although it’s a year or two older than the boat’s model year. This class ran about 55 miles per hour wide open in a race, with speeds hitting over 60 mph in some cases.

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ant to see Checkmates (along with Whirlwinds, Allisons, and E&T Marines) in the flesh? Head down to Solomons for the Classic Race Boat event Saturday, May 2. The boats will be on display at Calvert Maritime Museum as part of the Maritime Festival. Southern Maryland Boat Club, the mover and shaker for MidAtlantic outboard powerboat racing between the end of World War II and the 1960s, is bringing in the boats.

The Classic Race Boat event is part of the Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show, which will have roughly 15 boats and upwards of 40 antique and fully restored engines coming from as far away as Louisiana. “We’ll have collectors bringing restored and operated early marine engines from the early 20th century,” says Richard Dodds of the Calvert Marine Museum. “And we tend to get an eclectic group of boats, mostly of them restored post-World War II runabouts, mainly fiberglass. This year, friend of the museum has fully restored a 1957 Mercury Mark 25 outboard with a gas tank, and we’ll be raffling that off.”

For more details on the festival, check out calvertmarinemuseum.com or email southernmarylandboatclub@yahoo.com.

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Racing News Attention adrenaline junkies: Mark your calendars, because racing season is here!

APBA Region IV Tentative 2015 Race Dates Thunder on the Narrows Kent Island, MD: June 27-28 Cambridge Classic Cambridge, MD: July 25-26 Southern MD Boat Club Summer Regatta Leonardtown, MD: August 8-9 Hampton Cup Regatta Hampton, VA: August 8-9 Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta Ohio River, Wheeling, WV: September 4-6 Daniel J. Murphey, Jr. Memorial Regatta Mays Landing, NJ: September 12-13 New Martinsville Records & Regatta Challenge Ohio River, New Martinsville, WV: September 26-27 Wildwoods Hydrofest

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he month of May makes it official: Spring is really here! In-water boat shows, warming temperatures, and longer days bring out the do-ityourselfers. The pace of activity at boatyards and marinas intensifies, and much of the action moves outdoors as it stays warm enough to paint and wax.

Regular readers of this column may note that several winter projects are being revisited as they are completed and delivered to their owners, another sign that the summer boating season is almost here.

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utch Garren, a volunteer for the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons sends us the following. “The Patuxent Small Craft Guild (PSCG) of the Calvert Marine Museum has recently completed restoration of its Poe Skiff in preparation for her re-commissioning. The deck and gunwale were completely replaced along with other items that needed to be rebuilt and replaced.

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seen in action during many of the museum’s activities. This 19-foot oystering and crabbing boat was built in 1983 by Francis Goddard of Piney Point, MD. Although of relatively recent origin, her design is traditional. She is one of the last of her type to be built in Southern Maryland. This bateau, as she is called on the Chesapeake, was used by “Web” Poe at St. George Island, St. Mary’s County, for oyster tonging in winter and trotlining for crabs in summer.”

A Composite Yacht 34 fresh from the paint shop at Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD.

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cott Anderson of Harbour Cove Marina in Deale,MD, tells us that they are completing the installation of the twin 502 Mercruisers in Freedom II, a 1996 Donzi, as well as an additional outdrive replacement job and the big spring re-commissioning push.

Scott’s marina improvement program continues to move forward, as they are replacing an aging dock with a modern floating pier.

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ave Hannam of Classic Watercraft Restoration (CWR) in Annapolis reports that he has completed the coatings and restoration of the 1948 Chris-Craft 17-footer and has put her under wraps and in storage until the owner returns to Annapolis where she will be waiting for him to cruise on the

Bay. Hannam also reports that the little historic 1927 Lyman 14-footer has returned to the shop for a brand new paint job along with some hardware upgrades. CWR is also in the throes of preparing for the arrival of a rare 1948 Chris-Craft Sportsman 25-footer. Five hundred board feet of Honduras mahogany have arrived from Exotic Lumber. They are getting ready to mill for the start of a complete restoration job of this old woody and are looking forward to smelling like mahogany for a few days in the shop!

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here always seems to be something interesting going on at Lilly Sport Boats in Arnold, MD. According to Britt Lilly, a major winter project winding up is the refurbishment of a 44 MTI power catamaran. The winter involved extensive bottom work, solving the surface piercing drive mounting problem, and the reinstallation of two rebuilt

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The first sailing log canoe to be built since 1977 emerges from the boat shop at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.

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eg Roney from Mathews Brothers in Denton, MD, sends us this report. “The spring rush is on! Despite the frigid winter, we started delivering boats the last week of March this year. As of April 1, we’ve had at least two to three boat deliveries scheduled per week and expect that to increase. Meanwhile, in the shop we just completed assembly of a Chesapeake Light Craft Nesting Pram for a customer to have aboard while taking extended cruises around the world on his sailboat. Our varnish team has been working on the maintenance coats for up to three boats per week and has sanded and refurbished the interior of a Whitehall skiff with new varnish. The Whitehall also got a fresh coat of Awlgrip and new bottom paint and will be returning home. Some of our major projects to our storage

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A 1990s Sonic shows off her updated paint scheme at Lilly Sport Boats in Arnold, MD.

1100-horsepower dual supercharged Ron Potter modified, 590-cubic-inch, big-block engines, giving the boat a total of 2200 horsepower. “She should go upwards of 140 miles per hour for sure,” Britt commented. “With all the fine tuning we’ve done this winter, the owner should be a happy customer.”

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harley Quimby of Bay Machine Co. in St. Leonard, MD, sends us the following heads up: “The 26-foot Hacker Gentleman’s Racer that was under construction in June 2013 at my facilities in St. Leonard will be on land display at Calvert Marine Museum May 2-3, weather permitting…” I first saw this classic, red and white runabout while she was still under construction in 2013. “I built this boat from plans,” Charlie explained to me then. “She’s named Miss A.P.B.A. (for the American Power Boat Association).”

He pointed to the drawings and

racey Munson of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels sends us the following update. “The three-log sailing canoe is nearly finished at CBMM, with the build of the spars underway. The museum plans to sew its own sails for the canoe as well.

This is the first Chesapeake sailing log canoe to be built since 1977, with the vessel scheduled to be launched at CBMM’s April 22 Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Details about the event are at cbmm.org.”

Trouper II, a 39-foot 1935 Consolidated, nearing the completion of her restoration at Wooden Boat Restoration in Millington, MD.

tables of offsets spread out on a work bench. “They’re copies from an article in a 1922 issue of Motor Boating Magazine. The gold cup boats were being restricted in length and engine displacement. Racers were finding out that millionaire Gar Wood was dropping larger and larger aircraft engines into his boats and winning all the races. It was becoming ridiculous, so APBA tried to trim it back a little bit to make racing more competitive. They dropped the horsepower and the cubic inches back, and this was the result. This is a John Hacker design described as a 26-foot gentleman’s racer. It can be either a two-place or four-place boat. I put back seats in this one.” A shiny 458 Cadillac V-8 marinized by Charley was installed in the replica. True to her

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second 25-foot hull has been molded and faired and when complete will have a custom-built coffin box, a live well, and a leaning post.

Hacker heritage, all the hardware on the Miss APBA, from the step pads to the steering wheel hub, sport the original Hacker logo.

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cott and Mike Glyphis of Eastern Shore Boat Works in Ocean City, MD, report that they have one custom 25-foot coldmolded, center-console fishing boat in the final stages of completion. A

ancy Noyes shares the following update from Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) in Annapolis. “At CLC, we build boat builders. In March, we also helped build surfboard builders

Apply the future.

Freedom II, a 1996 Donzi, with two new Mercruiser engines awaits reinstallation of her outdrives at Harbour Cove Marina in Deale, MD.

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when Maine-based Grain Surfboards brought their traveling road show to our Annapolis workshop for a fourday build-your-own-surfboard class, the first ever hosted at CLC. Our regular spring class series continues into May in Annapolis before we head out on the road for summer sessions at the legendary WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, ME; the Great Lakes Boat Building School

A 19-foot crab skiff nears the completion of her restoration at Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, MD.

in Cedarville, MI; the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY; and new classes in Toronto, Ontario. We’ll be back in Annapolis with more classes in September, with additional sessions in Port Townsend, WA, and a repeat of last year’s successful class at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in October. A CLC buildyour-own-boat class is a great way to spend a week’s vacation or stayca-

tion—with a take-home souvenir much better than a fading tan and a phone full of photos: a completed boat ready for finishing. See the complete schedule at: clcboats.com/classes.”

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Charley Quimby in his shop at Leonardtown, MD, with Miss APBA, a 26-foot replica Hacker “Gentleman’s Racer.”

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A 25-foot cold-molded, custom fishing boat hull ready for painting at Eastern Shore Boat Works in Ocean City, MD.

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Chesapeake Bay Tide Tables

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

BALTIMORE 1

May 2015 Tides

Fri

5:45 AM 1.6 H 12:34 PM 0.4 L 5:58 PM 1.2 H

17

12:05 AM Sun 6:35 AM 1:47 PM 6:51 PM

0.2 2 0.3 1.3

L H L H

1

4:20 AM 10:40 AM 4:23 PM 10:24 PM

1.4 0.4 1.1 0.3

H L H L

17

18

12:50 AM Mon 7:25 AM 2:41 PM 7:43 PM

0.2 2.1 0.3 1.3

L H L H

2

5:01 AM SAt 11:25 AM 5:03 PM 11:03 PM

1.5 0.4 1.1 0.2

H L H L

18

19

1:36 AM tue 8:13 AM 3:31 PM 8:33 PM

0.2 2 0.3 1.3

L H L H

3

1.5 0.4 1.1 0.2

H L H L

20

2:22 AM Wed 9:00 AM 4:19 PM 9:24 PM

0.3 2 0.3 1.3

L H L H

4

21

3:10 AM tHu 9:46 AM 5:06 PM 10:15 PM

0.3 1.9 0.4 1.3

L H L H

22

0.4 1.8 0.4 1.3

L H L H

2

12:00 AM SAt 6:25 AM 1:20 PM 6:38 PM

0.4 1.6 0.4 1.2

L H L H

3

12:33 AM Sun 7:01 AM 2:03 PM 7:18 PM

0.3 1.7 0.4 1.2

L H L H

4

1:07 AM Mon 7:36 AM 2:46 PM 7:58 PM

0.3 1.8 0.4 1.2

L H L H

5

1:42 AM tue 8:12 AM 3:28 PM 8:40 PM

0.3 1.8 0.4 1.2

L H L H

6

2:19 AM Wed 8:49 AM 4:11 PM 9:24 PM

0.3 1.8 0.3 1.2

L H L H

7

3:01 AM tHu 9:31 AM 4:55 PM 10:10 PM

0.4 1.8 0.3 1.2

L H L H

8

3:48 AM 10:16 AM 5:41 PM 11:01 PM

0.4 1.8 0.4 1.2

L H L H

24

12:01 AM Sun 5:57 AM 12:09 PM 7:15 PM

1.3 0.6 1.5 0.5

4:42 AM SAt 11:07 AM 6:29 PM 11:54 PM

0.4 1.8 0.4 1.3

L H L H

25

12:56 AM Mon 7:04 AM 12:59 PM 7:56 PM

5:47 AM 0.4 L Sun 12:02 PM 1.7 H 7:18 PM 0.4 L

Fri

9

10 11

12:52 AM Mon 7:00 AM 1:01 PM 8:08 PM

1.4 0.5 1.6 0.3

H L H L

12

1:52 AM tue 8:18 AM 2:03 PM 8:58 PM

1.5 0.5 1.5 0.3

H L H L

13

2:52 AM Wed 9:35 AM 3:05 PM 9:46 PM

1.6 0.4 1.5 0.3

H L H L

14

3:52 AM tHu 10:46 AM 4:05 PM 10:33 PM

1.7 0.4 1.4 0.2

H L H L

15

1.9 0.3 1.4 0.2

H L H L

Fri

4:49 AM 11:51 AM 5:03 PM 11:20 PM

16

5:43 AM 2 H SAt 12:51 PM 0.3 L 5:58 PM 1.3 H

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

High –3:47 +3:11 –0:06 –2:14

ChesApeAke BAy Bridge-Tunnel

AnnApolis Fri

5:40 AM Sun 12:08 PM 5:42 PM 11:42 PM

6:18 AM 1.6 H Mon 12:50 PM 0.4 L 6:21 PM 1.1 H

5:19 AM Sun 11:50 AM 5:21 PM 11:20 PM

1.8 0.3 1.1 0.1

H L H L

6:08 AM 1.8 H Mon 12:41 PM 0.3 L 6:12 PM 1.1 H

19

12:08 AM tue 6:56 AM 1:30 PM 7:01 PM

0.1 1.8 0.4 1.1

L H L H

20

12:56 AM Wed 7:43 AM 2:17 PM 7:51 PM

0.2 1.8 0.4 1.1

L H L H

5

12:20 AM tue 6:57 AM 1:32 PM 7:01 PM

0.2 1.6 0.4 1.1

L H L H

21

1:46 AM tHu 8:29 AM 3:03 PM 8:41 PM

0.2 1.7 0.4 1.1

L H L H

6

12:59 AM Wed 7:36 AM 2:15 PM 7:43 PM

0.3 1.6 0.4 1.1

L H L H

22

0.3 1.6 0.4 1.1

L H L H

7

1:41 AM tHu 8:18 AM 3:00 PM 8:30 PM

0.3 1.6 0.4 1.1

L H L H

23

3:29 AM SAt 10:00 AM 4:33 PM 10:29 PM

0.4 1.5 0.4 1.1

L H L H

H L H L

8

0.3 1.6 0.4 1.1

L H L H

24

0.5 1.4 0.4 1.2

L H L H

1.4 0.6 1.4 0.5

H L H L

9

3:19 AM SAt 9:52 AM 4:36 PM 10:20 PM

0.3 1.5 0.4 1.1

L H L H

25

26

1:52 AM tue 8:13 AM 1:50 PM 8:35 PM

1.4 0.7 1.4 0.5

H L H L

10

0.4 1.5 0.3 1.2

L H L H

27

2:48 AM Wed 9:22 AM 2:41 PM 9:13 PM

1.5 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

11

28

3:40 AM tHu 10:25 AM 3:31 PM 9:51 PM

1.6 0.7 1.3 0.4

H L H L

29

4:29 AM 11:23 AM 4:21 PM 10:29 PM

1.7 0.6 1.2 0.4

H L H L

30

5:13 AM SAt 12:15 PM 5:09 PM 11:07 PM

1.7 0.6 1.2 0.4

H L H L

31

1.8 0.5 1.2 0.4

H L H L

Fri

4:01 AM 10:33 AM 5:51 PM 11:07 PM

23

4:57 AM 0.5 L SAt 11:21 AM 1.7 H 6:34 PM 0.5 L

Fri

5:52 AM Sun 1:03 PM 5:56 PM 11:46 PM

Low –3:50 +3:30 –0:10 –1:58

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H. Ht *1.18 *1.59 *0.82 *1.08

L. Ht *1.17 *1.59 *0.83 *1.08

Spring Range 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4

Fri

2:27 AM 9:03 AM 3:47 PM 9:21 PM

4:19 AM Sun 10:45 AM 5:27 PM 11:24 PM

5:26 AM 0.4 L Mon 11:41 AM 1.4 H 6:19 PM 0.3 L

Fri

2:36 AM 9:15 AM 3:48 PM 9:34 PM

4:26 AM Sun 10:47 AM 5:18 PM 11:27 PM

5:25 AM 0.5 L Mon 11:34 AM 1.3 H 6:03 PM 0.4 L

26

12:26 AM tue 6:26 AM 12:22 PM 6:48 PM

1.2 0.6 1.2 0.4

H L H L

27

1:22 AM Wed 7:27 AM 1:10 PM 7:32 PM

1.3 0.6 1.2 0.3

H L H L

12

12:30 AM tue 6:36 AM 12:41 PM 7:12 PM

1.2 0.4 1.4 0.3

H L H L

28

2:16 AM tHu 8:26 AM 1:58 PM 8:17 PM

1.4 0.6 1.1 0.3

H L H L

13

1:35 AM Wed 7:45 AM 1:40 PM 8:03 PM

1.4 0.4 1.3 0.2

H L H L

29

1.5 0.6 1.1 0.3

H L H L

14

2:36 AM tHu 8:53 AM 2:39 PM 8:54 PM

1.5 0.4 1.2 0.2

H L H L

30

3:51 AM SAt 10:13 AM 3:32 PM 9:43 PM

1.6 0.6 1.1 0.2

H L H L

15

1.6 0.4 1.2 0.1

H L H L

31

1.6 0.5 1.1 0.2

H L H L

1.7 0.4 1.2 0.1

H L H L

Fri

3:34 AM 9:56 AM 3:35 PM 9:43 PM

16

4:28 AM SAt 10:55 AM 4:29 PM 10:32 PM

diFFerenCes

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

Fri

3:05 AM 9:21 AM 2:46 PM 9:00 PM

4:33 AM Sun 11:00 AM 4:18 PM 10:25 PM

1

1:11 AM 7:21 AM 1:12 PM 7:38 PM

0.3 2.4 0.3 2.8

L H L H

17

2:11 AM Sun 8:20 AM 2:14 PM 8:43 PM

-0.3 L 2.8 H -0.3 L 3.4 H

2 1:50 AM SAt 7:59 AM 1:49 PM 8:15 PM

0.2 2.5 0.2 2.9

L H L H

18

3:03 AM Mon 9:10 AM 3:03 PM 9:31 PM

-0.3 L 2.8 H -0.3 L 3.4 H

3 2:28 AM Sun 8:37 AM 2:25 PM 8:51 PM

0.1 2.5 0.1 3

L H L H

19

3:52 AM tue 9:58 AM 3:52 PM 10:18 PM

-0.3 L 2.7 H -0.2 L 3.3 H

4 3:05 AM Mon 9:14 AM 3:03 PM 9:28 PM

0 2.5 0.1 3

L H L H

20

4:40 AM Wed 10:45 AM 4:40 PM 11:03 PM

-0.2 L 2.7 H 0 L 3.1 H

5 3:43 AM tue 9:51 AM 3:42 PM 10:06 PM

0 2.5 0.1 3

L H L H

21

-0.1 L 2.6 H 0.1 L 2.9 H

6 4:23 AM Wed 10:30 AM 4:23 PM 10:46 PM

0 2.5 0.1 3

L H L H

22

6:14 AM 0.1 L 12:18 PM 2.5 H 6:19 PM 0.3 L

7 5:05 AM tHu 11:12 AM 5:08 PM 11:30 PM

0 2.5 0.1 3

L H L H

Fri

8

Fri

5:51 AM 0.1 L 11:57 AM 2.5 H 5:58 PM 0.2 L

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

23

12:35 AM SAt 7:01 AM 1:06 PM 7:11 PM

2.7 0.2 2.4 0.4

H L H L

24

1:22 AM Sun 7:49 AM 1:56 PM 8:07 PM

2.5 0.3 2.3 0.5

H L H L

2.9 0.1 2.5 0.2

H L H L

25

2:13 AM Mon 8:38 AM 2:49 PM 9:06 PM

2.4 0.4 2.3 0.6

H L H L

10

1:11 AM Sun 7:37 AM 1:45 PM 7:56 PM

2.8 0.1 2.5 0.2

H L H L

26

3:06 AM tue 9:26 AM 3:44 PM 10:04 PM

2.3 0.4 2.4 0.6

H L H L

11

2:09 AM Mon 8:36 AM 2:48 PM 9:03 PM

2.7 0.1 2.6 0.2

H L H L

27

4:01 AM Wed 10:14 AM 4:38 PM 10:58 PM

2.2 0.4 2.5 0.5

H L H L

12

3:13 AM tue 9:37 AM 3:55 PM 10:12 PM

2.7 0.1 2.7 0.1

H L H L

28

2.2 0.4 2.6 0.4

H L H L

13

2.7 0 2.9 0

H L H L

29

4:21 AM Wed 10:38 AM 5:01 PM 11:18 PM

14

5:27 AM 2.7 H tHu 11:36 AM -0.1 L 6:03 PM 3.1 H

15 Fri

12:20 AM 6:29 AM 12:31 PM 7:00 PM

1:18 AM SAt 7:26 AM 1:23 PM 7:53 PM

H. Ht *0.88 *1.12 *1.33 *1.37

Fri

9 12:18 AM SAt 6:41 AM 12:48 PM 6:53 PM

16

Low +1:40 –1:15 –3:13 –3:47

5:27 AM tHu 11:31 AM 5:29 PM 11:49 PM

diFFerenCes Onancock Creek Stingray Point Hooper Strait Light Lynnhaven Inlet

-0.1 L 2.7 H -0.2 L 3.3 H

4:56 AM tHu 10:59 AM 5:29 PM 11:48 PM Fri

5:47 AM 2.2 H 11:44 AM 0.3 L 6:15 PM 2.7 H

30

12:33 AM SAt 6:35 AM 12:26 PM 6:58 PM

0.3 2.2 0.2 2.8

L H L H

31

0.2 2.3 0.1 2.9

L H L H

1:16 AM Sun 7:20 AM 1:09 PM 7:40 PM

-0.2 L 2.8 H -0.3 L 3.4 H High +3 :52 +2 :01 +5 :52 +0 :47

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

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

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Tidal Current Tables

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Baltimore Harbor Approach (Off Sandy Point) 1

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Slack Water Max Current Speed

418 0.9 1045 -0.8 1647 0.6 2238 -0.7

12

2

131 818 1452 2017

457 1 1128 -0.9 1732 0.6 2316 -0.7

13

3

204 857 1540 2059

535 1 1210 -1 1815 0.6 2354 -0.7

14

238 Mon 935 1627 2140

612 1251 1858

1.1 -1 0.6

15 Fri

5

32 -0.6 650 1.1 1333 -1 1941 0.5

Fri

SAt

Sun

4

tue

6

312 1015 1713 2221

Wed 348 1055 1758 2306

7

tHu

8

428 1138 1844 2354

521 1212 1912

244 -0.6 854 1 1535 -1 2157 0.7

1

23

100 617 1258 1957

341 -0.5 945 0.9 1623 -1 2251 0.7

2

228 1 855 -0.8 1455 0.6 2050 -0.8

24

202 720 1346 2042

441 -0.5 1040 0.7 1713 -0.9 2345 0.7

3

644 1316 1833

318 1.1 952 -1 1553 0.6 2141 -0.8

25

304 Mon 828 1435 2126

544 -0.5 1137 0.6 1803 -0.8

4

16

33 734 1415 1927

407 1.2 1045 -1.1 1648 0.6 2230 -0.8

26

111 -0.6 729 1.1 1415 -1 2025 0.5

17

118 822 1510 2019

455 1.3 1136 -1.2 1741 0.6 2319 -0.8

27

153 -0.5 811 1 1459 -1 2112 0.5

18

204 Mon 909 1601 2112

542 1.3 1225 -1.2 1832 0.7

28

8 -0.8 629 1.3 1313 -1.2 1923 0.7

29 Fri

58 -0.7 716 1.2 1400 -1.2 2013 0.6 150 -0.7 804 1.1 1447 -1.1 2105 0.6

tue

Wed 456 1100 1643 2304 tHu

SAt

Sun

Fri

514 1222 1928

240 -0.5 857 1 1545 -0.9 2201 0.5

19

9

49 608 1309 2012

333 -0.5 947 0.9 1633 -0.9 2253 0.5

20

10

149 711 1400 2055

434 -0.5 1043 0.8 1723 -0.9 2347 0.6

21

253 Mon 825 1452 2137

540 -0.5 1145 0.7 1815 -0.8

SAt

Sun

11

356 943 1547 2220

tue

551 1212 1739 2348

251 955 1650 2206

Wed 339 1041 1738 2302 tHu

428 1126 1825 2359

42 0.7 648 -0.6 1249 0.7 1907 -0.8

22 Fri

136 0.8 754 -0.7 1353 0.6 1959 -0.8

Slack Water Max Current Speed

Slack Water Max Current Speed

307 0.8 1012 -1.3 1557 0.7 2248 -1.1

22

149 Wed 727 1422 2029

417 0.8 1112 -1.4 1704 0.9 2354 -1.3

23

300 -1.2 830 0.6 1454 -1.3 2056 1.1

14

522 0.8 1205 -1.5 1756 1.1

24

20 Mon 651 1150 1838

336 -1.3 911 0.6 1530 -1.4 2131 1.1

15

52 -1.4 615 0.9 1256 -1.6 1843 1.3

25

37 0.7 647 -0.5 1237 0.5 1852 -0.8

5

58 733 1227 1915

412 -1.3 949 0.6 1608 -1.4 2206 1.1

16

148 -1.6 705 1 1346 -1.7 1930 1.4

26

127 0.8 747 -0.6 1337 0.5 1941 -0.7

6

138 Wed 818 1306 1956

451 -1.3 1028 0.6 1648 -1.3 2244 1.1

17

541 1058 1732

241 -1.7 757 1 1437 -1.7 2019 1.5

27

215 0.9 842 -0.7 1434 0.5 2028 -0.7

7

218 903 1346 2041

535 -1.3 1109 0.6 1734 -1.2 2325 1.1

18

3 Mon 632 1146 1820

628 1256 1802

259 0.9 933 -0.8 1528 0.5 2113 -0.7

8

259 952 1430 2130

628 -1.2 1156 0.5 1829 -1.1

19

30

6 710 1351 1851

341 1 1020 -0.9 1618 0.5 2156 -0.7

9

14 1 723 -1.2 1250 0.5 1929 -1.1

20

31

43 751 1442 1939

422 1.1 1105 -0.9 1706 0.5 2238 -0.6

10

108 0.9 817 -1.2 1347 0.5 2030 -1.1

SAt

Sun

tue

402 939 1526 2209

Wed 455 1050 1619 2249 tHu

SAt

Sun

544 1156 1711 2328

SAt

Sun

tue

tHu

Fri

SAt

Sun

11

12

223 -1.1 750 0.6 1418 -1.3 2020 1

13

612 1113 1802

Slack Water Max Current Speed

40 631 1330 1922

Fri

144 -1 712 0.6 1345 -1.2 1945 0.9

459 1001 1701 2304 536 1037 1731 2342

343 1044 1522 2227 433 1140 1633 2330

Mon 532 1238 1805

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

tue

tHu

Fri

255 821 1512 2130 356 915 1600 2225

Fri

SAt

Sun

308 1007 1459 2144 353 1102 1551 2241 439 1200 1654 2344

Mon 528 1257 1806

651 -1.3 1215 0.7 1837 -1.1 24 0.9 746 -1.2 1311 0.6 1935 -1 118 0.8 836 -1.1 1407 0.5 2030 -0.9 210 0.6 925 -1 1507 0.5 2127 -0.8

49 616 1348 1912

305 0.5 1017 -1 1621 0.5 2235 -0.8

152 Wed 659 1432 2010

411 0.4 1105 -1 1722 0.6 2335 -0.8

331 -1.7 851 1 1524 -1.7 2109 1.5

28

511 1144 1801

50 726 1234 1908

418 -1.7 942 0.9 1609 -1.6 2156 1.4

29

138 Wed 819 1322 1959

505 -1.6 1031 0.9 1654 -1.4 2243 1.3

30

21

556 -1.5 1121 0.8 1742 -1.3 2331 1.1

31

SAt

Sun

tue

tHu

450 1008 1648 2315

223 911 1410 2050

tue

tHu

Fri

SAt

Sun

251 739 1512 2104 343 821 1548 2151 427 904 1620 2234 506 948 1654 2315

0.4 -1 0.7

22 -0.9 555 0.5 1218 -1.1 1834 0.8 104 -1 633 0.5 1254 -1.2 1907 0.9 146 -1.1 711 0.5 1334 -1.3 1942 1

205 0.8 912 -1.2 1448 0.6 2136 -1.1

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+4:49

+5:33

+6:04

+5:45

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Virginia’s Tagging Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary

he “Top Taggers” in Virginia’s volunteer angling program were honored this winter as the cooperative tagging program celebrated 20 years of gaining important data from saltwater anglers who participate in the Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFTP).

The program recruits and trains volunteer anglers to help scientists and fishermen learn where fish go and how they grow.

“Most anglers don’t know what happens to the fish they release,” says Susanna Musick, coordinator of the program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). “But by putting numbered tags in the fish they release, they learn about where their fish travel and how much they grow when they are recaptured and reported.”

More than 650 recreational anglers, fishing from boats and piers, have participated as taggers in the program

since it started, making the VGFTP one of the most successful volunteer tagging programs in the United States. The event in February was held at Bass Pro Shops to celebrate the program’s 20th anniversary and honor the past year’s top taggers. Ed Shepherd of Yorktown received the award for most tagged fish, tagging an astonishing 2866 fish in one year!

The tagging program targets 10 species: black drum, black sea bass, cobia, summer flounder, red drum, sheepshead, spadefish, speckled trout, tautog, and grey triggerfish. Here are some highlights: • 250,000: The total number of fishes tagged since 1995.

• 28,000: The total number of recaptures that have been reported.

• 2826: Number of “days at large” (length of time between tagging and recapture) of a tautog.

• 337 miles in 53 days: A flounder tagged at the CBBT on November 18,

2007 was recaptured off Rhode Island on January 10, 2008. A record!

• #27792: The tag number of the fish (a cobia) that holds the longest migration of a tagged Bay fish. Originally tagged at the York Spit (August 22, 2000) it was recaptured off Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico, May 20, 2004.

• 18,000: the number of red drum tagged in 2012.

• 74,529: The number of summer flounder tagged in 20 years.

Coordinated cooperatively between the Marine Advisory Program at VIMS and the Saltwater Tournament program at the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the program is funded in part from recreational fishing license fees through the VMRC Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund, with additional support from VIMS.

CCAMD Hosts Inaugural Catfish Tournament

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aryland fishery biologists have declared open season on the invasive blue catfish, which seems to be just fine with the more than 60 anglers who participated in the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland (CCAMD) central region chapter’s inaugural “Invasive Blue Catfish Tournament.” All blue catfish over 30 inches were handed over to fish biologists from Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources, which partnered with CCAMD, for research purposes.

The smaller fish were barbecued as fish

tacos to demonstrate to participants that blue cats can be good to eat as well as a quality game fish.

The winner was Dale Coon, whose 31.16-pounder bested the field. The father-son duo of Zeljko and Ivan Koetic captured first place in the boat division.

Marco Maldanado won the shoreline division. Anglers mainly fished the Potomac River. One of the main purposes of the single-day event, based at Smallwood Park in Marbury, MD, was to bring public awareness of the damage blue cats can inflict on native fish species.

VA’s Saltwater Fishing Tournament Winners

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ropTalk contributor Dr. Ken Neill and his crew aboard Neill’s sportfisher Healthy Grin garnered 14 species awards for 2014. Stan Simmerman caught the state’s largest wahoo in Virginia in 2014. Dr. Hamish Small caught the largest gray triggerfish in the state. ##Stan Simmerman caught the largest wahoo in Virginia in 2014.

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##Dr. Hamish Small caught the largest gray triggerfish in VA in 2014. Photo courtesy of Ken Neill III, Healthy Grin

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or the second year in a row, the FishAmerica Foundation has been the recipient of a generous donation from the American Snuff Company to help fund the foundation’s mission to promote fisheries conservation and habitat restoration.

“We are honored to receive such a significant contribution” says American Sportfishing Association (ASA) president and CEO Mike Nussman, a resident of Edgewater, MD. “To be selected as a recipient two years in a row is a testament to the important work the foundation does to help conserve our nation’s fisheries and their habitats.”

The FishAmerica Foundation is ASA’s research and conservation arm and provides funding to “help empower local communities to invest in improving sportfishing opportunities and habitat conservation through matching funding and volunteer support. Since 1983, the foundation has invested in more than 900 projects to enhance fish populations, restore fisheries habitats, improve water quality, and advance fisheries research to improve sportfishing opportunities and help ensure fishing’s future.” # Follow us!

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fter an exceptionally brutal winter, I’d imagine that like me you’ve yearned for a steady diet of tranquil days and tight lines. There’s no shortage of fishing options this month. If all goes to plan, you’re reading this month’s edition of PropTalk with just a few days before the opening of Maryland’s 2015 trophy rockfish season April 18.

That’s also the day, of course, of the 14th annual Catch & Release Rockfish Tournament hosted by the Boatyard Bar & Grill and sponsored by PropTalk. Other striper tournaments this month include MSSA’s 32nd annual Championship on the Chesapeake and the Rod N’ Reel’s 34th annual

Pro-Am Rockfish Tournament, both held May 1-3.

A brief soapbox reminder: Maryland’s new striper regulations call for allowing sport fishermen to keep one rockfish per person of 28-36 inches or one rock 40 inches or longer. Rockfish not meeting these requirements will have to be released. Have a game plan set up in advance so stripers not measuring up will be released as quickly as possible with as little stress as possible.

Good luck and good fishing!

Striper fishing is far from being the only game in town. The annual running of the bulls—big red drum that is— should be in full swing on the shoals and inlets of the lower Chesapeake.

Flounder should invade the coastal bays from Oyster, VA, to the flats of Cape Henlopen, DE. By mid May the black drum should also make a showing, both in Maryland and Virginia.

Read on to learn what fish PropTalk’s pros are chasing this month. And if you’re looking to book a charter fishing trip with friends and family, or want to have a great day on the Bay for business associates, be sure to check out PropTalk’s growing charter boat marketplace section (page 85). These pros will take all of the guesswork out of it for you, which means all you need to do is reel!

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“We plan to troll tandem bucktails with some spoons in the mix on some days,” he says. “We’ll fish from the Gas Docks down to Smith Point.” Want to book a trip with Captain Harry or others? See the charter guide section on page 85. apt. Chris Diehl and his mate Big Al will be fishing the charter boat Teaser during the trophy striper season in the Mid-Bay Area.

“We’ll depart from Chesapeake Beach every day during the trophy season,” Captain Chris says. “Teaser will be working the Bay’s waters anywhere from Poplar Island down to the False Channel.

We will be pulling a spread consisting of umbrellas and tandem parachute lures from planer boards and boat rods.”

For the spring trophy striper season, the charter boat Marli will be moored at The Lighthouse Restaurant & Dock Bar, located in Solomons, MD. Captain Mark Hoos will be fishing for the big boys and girls daily beginning Saturday April 18. “With a new paint job completed by Anchor Bay East, all new state-of-the-art touch screen Furuno electronics, and the tournament winning crew, this rig is one of the finest sport fishing vessels on the East Coast,” says the proud skipper. aptain Kyle Johnson of Rock Solid Charters, who sails from Solomons, MD, is ready to troll for trophy striper using planer boards and rods rigged with parachutes, targeting fish in the upper portion of the water column. “I look for fish along the channel edges or in the deep, from Parker’s Creek to Point Lookout depending on the bite. Find some marks

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his spring it will be business as usual for Captain Harry Nield and the crew of his charter boat Kingfish II. And that’ a great thing! Captain Harry runs out of lower Deal Island, an ideal spot to intercept the migrating rockfish.

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and stay on them, eventually they will bite,” he recommends.

“After trophy season we switch gears and get the small boat out hitting some shore edges with poppers and diving baits.

Look for a few feet of water where the current is moving. Fish usually like to tuck in the back side and wait for bait to be pushed by.” y the middle of April, Captain Walt of Light Tackle Charters will wrap up his trips on the Susquehanna Flats for the 2015 Catch & Release Season. “Early May will find me working the Maryland/Virginia Line area of the Chesapeake Bay targeting striped bass and flounder, all the while seeking the season’s first speckled trout,” he tells PropTalk. aptain Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide Charter will split his time between trolling for trophy rockfish and the Susquehanna Flats, which is strictly a catch-and-release area. “The biggest stripers of the year will start filtering up the Bay,” he predicts. “Most of the

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fishing is trolling in the main Bay south of the Brewerton Channel. However don’t be afraid to try jigging or chumming later in the month of April.”

He says another favorite of his this time of year is fishing the inshore migration of flounder along the coastal bays.

“Wachapreague and Chincoteague can be quite productive,” he says. “Drifting squid and minnows or some of the new Gulp! baits can lead to good catches. Be prepared. You never know what the hot spring fishery will be.” id-April for two weeks I’ll be (hopefully) catching big stripers on fly and light tackle at the Susquehanna Flats,” opines Captain Kevin Josenhans. “The last week of April through mid-May I’ll be chasing bull red drum on the flats of Virginia’s lower Eastern Shore. This is world-class red drum fishing when weather and water conditions cooperate.” He says a quality pair of polarized sunglasses (he endorses Costa del Mar) is essential for spotting the cruising drum.

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##This happy angler caught a keeper flounder off Ocean City with Captain Lew. Photo courtesy of Lew’s Fly Angler

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An accomplished tournament angler, he plans to fish the Boatyard Bar & Grill Tourney on Opening Day April 18th and the next weekend will serve as one of the captains for his chapter’s Rock on Warriors Fishing Day. They organize 20-30 boats to take approximately 80 wounded warriors, veterans, and family members for a day of fishing on the Bay. Next up is the MSSA Spring Tourney May 1-3.

A conscientious angler, Kevin told PropTalk he’ll use an efficient Catch & Release station on his boat for the new slot limit. Kevin’s goal is to “expedite the careful release for any (rock)fish that does not qualify as a keeper. My release technique includes using fishing gloves on both hands, supporting the fish at both the head and belly, and then holding the fish with a pincer grip on its lower jaw (held under water) until it clearly shows that it is recovered and

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f there’s ever a constant in this crazy world, it’s that Ric Burnley will know where the fish are in Virginia.

“May is one of the best months for fishing in Southeast Virginia. The red drum run will be in full stampede. Anglers will find drum on the shoals and inlets of the lower Chesapeake. Anchor on the edge of a shoal and fish whole-blue crabs on an 8/0 hook and fishfinder rig. Or, drive the boat around the shoals sight casting three-ounce bucktails to schools of big drum (and striper) on the surface.”

If that’s not enough to get you fired up, Ric says the cobia will start to show up by the end of May. “Look for big brown fish swimming on the surface, or anchor on the shoals and soak cut bait and chum,” he suggests.

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n a normal year we could expect to have summer flounder in the shallow water of the Inland Bays and the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal by mid-April, but this year it will be early May before any decent flounder catches will be made,” predicts veteran fishing writer Eric Burnley.

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While the tog fishing will taper off, by the end of May sheepshead and triggerfish will move onto the pilings and rocks of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) the bridge. “Use a piece of bluecrab, whole fiddler crab or chunk of clam on a 3/0 hook and single-hook bottomrig,” he recommends.

Also at the CBBT should be a flounder bite “for anglers drifting stripbaits on flounder rigs or bouncing a two-ounce bucktail and strip of squid around the pilings and rocks, or drifting over the humps and channels in the lower bay,” he adds.

For the Bluewater fishermen, Ric says the dolphin, wahoo, and tuna will move in off Virginia for anglers trolling skirted ballyhoo and spreader bars.

“Out of Hatteras, dolphin, wahoo, tuna, blue marlin, and whites will be firing on all cylinders,” he says with excitement. “Inshore, anglers will find epic cobia fishing by sight fishing along Hatteras Island.”

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In the ocean the bag limit for tog will drop to three fish May 1, and the season will close May 11. After a short break, the black sea bass season will open on May 19 with a 12.5-inch minimum size and a 15-fish bag limit.

“I suspect it will be late April or early May before we see any rockfish in the Delaware Bay or Atlantic Ocean,” he believes. “The first fish

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Spring Fishing Preview are normally caught in the upper bay once the spawning run is over. This is a bunker chunkin’ fishery. Once the rock begin to move down the bay, you can expect to catch them on the Coral Beds off of Slaughter beach and from the surf at broadkill beach. Cut fresh bunker or bloodworms will be the best baits.” kunks are always possible while tog fishing. Really. It’s not an easy fishery; the very best toggers sometimes get their head handed to them despite folks all around having done well,” so endeth the lesson from veteran skipper Monty Hawkins.

But the captain of the Ocean City-based party boat Morning Star knows from experience there are plenty of days when the bite is on, and that makes it all worthwhile.

He and his fishermen will chase tog only this month, since the sea bass fishery is closed May 15, running through September 18. For those fishermen planning

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ahead it reopens October 18 through December 31. Anglers may keep up to 15 black sea bass per person per day, and the minimum size is 12.5 inches. his month Captain Charlie on Island Queen Charters on Chincoteague Island will continue to target flounder. “(He) will also try for sea mullet, as they should start showing up near the inlet as the water warms through May. Sea mullet are actually Northern Kingfish and are tasty little fish and put up a nice fight on light tackle!” board the charter vessel Fish Bound Charters skippered by Captain Kane Bounds, recreational fishermen will be targeting tautog until the sea bass open on May 15. “Our limit (for tog) per angler in Maryland is four fish at 16 inches,” he says. “This time period is a great time to get in on some tog action.” Once the sea bass season opens, Captain Kane will switch gears for these tasty fish. #

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Taking Care of

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have no idea where you store your tackle during the winter, but if it’s kept on your boat, out in a shed, or (as in my case) in the garage, now is the time to dig it out and get everything ready for the season. You may have a few rods and reels that only see the light of day when one of your guests wants to fish, or you may have an arsenal to rival a small tackle shop. In either case, or anything in between, reels tend to freeze up, lines will deteriorate, and hooks will rust. Better to find that out now, rather than when you want to use the tackle, only to find it unusable.

Reels

These are the most delicate part of your tackle. Most new reels are made of some sort of plastic, so rust is not the problem it once was. But even the newest reels can fall victim to saltwater intrusion. If the bail won’t open or close, if the handle won’t turn, or if the inside of the reel sounds like a coffee grinder when it does turn, you have waited a bit too long to service it. In most of these severe cases replacement is the only cure.

If the reel seems reasonably serviceable, you can probably save it with a little WD-40 and reel grease. Spinning reels are fairly easy to take apart. Re-

move the side cover, and the gears are right inside. Look for any dust, chips, or chunks that may have come from the gears. Finding none, proceed to clean out the old grease and put in new. If you do find damaged gears, refer back to the replacement advice.

Most reel companies make a specific grease for their reels. This may have come with your reel, or you may have to visit a tackle shop to purchase a tube.

With the sideplate back on, check the bail to see if it opens and closes correctly. If not, you may have a broken bail spring. Bail springs are not easy to replace because they go on under pressure, and it takes me several tries

along with a good deal of cussing and swearing before I get the thing put back correctly.

Next you need to check the line on the reel. Monofilament will deteriorate over time, especially if left in the sun.

Pull off a few feet of line and see how it feels. The line should be reasonably soft and not kink up like a Slinky when not under pressure. There should be no nicks or knots in the line, and you should use enough to fill the spool. I strongly urge everyone to replace their monofilament line every year. The stuff is dirt cheap, and new line is going to work much better than old.

Braided line is a different story. It is expensive and should be used until showing signs of wear. I find a 100-yard spool more than enough braid to handle any fishing in the Bay. Back it up with 30- to 50-pound mono and you can keep the spool full while saving some money.

Conventional reels are a bit more complicated. If you have good mechanical skills and the diagram that came with the reel, you can probably service them yourself. If, however, you are mechanically challenged like me, the best bet is to take the reel to a service center. Most reel companies have centers where you can ship the reel, or they may have local repair shops that are authorized to fix their products.

Rods

Rods are easier than reels. Check for broken or missing guides. Test each guide by running a cotton swab around the inside, and if any of the cotton catches on the guide that guide must be replaced. The top guide gets most of the abuse and should be checked very carefully.

Reel seats may crack or work loose causing the reel to flop around or even fall off. Try twisting the seat, and if it moves at all, you are going to be better off by replacing the entire rod.

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Hooks attached to lures can be replaced. Most are attached with split rings. Buy a split ring tool to make the job easier. Match the hook size and weight to the original to make sure the lure will operate correctly.

Some anglers will replace lure hooks with stronger models to keep the fish from breaking off. Others will replace trebles with single hooks that have much better holding power.

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Maintenance

In order to keep your tackle in the best working condition possible, it’s a good idea to perform simple maintenance after every use. I do not wash my tackle with water. I spray everything with WD-40, allow it to sink in, and then wipe the excess off with a clean rag. I have been doing this for years and have some very old freshwater reels used only in saltwater that have no rust and still work perfectly. The water-replacing oil will stick to the surface so it not only cleans, but also protects the area from future exposure to saltwater.

I also spray WD-40 inside the plastic box that holds my selection of hooks. This keeps them rust free even if I put one or two away while still wet. My plugs also get a dose of WD-40 to keep the hooks clean.

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ver the past 20 years, if I had a dollar for every time I asked striper fishermen where they caught that nice rock and heard “Bloody Point,” I’d have, well, a few hundred bucks. In fact, next month marks the 20th anniversary of the current Maryland striper record (Chesapeake division).

On May 13, 1995, then middle schooler Devin Nolan and his dad were trolling over The Hole off Bloody Point when the 67-pound, eight-ounce rockfish inhaled a chartreuse parachute. It took Devin an hour to reel in the cow striper, which sported a 30-inch girth and went 52 inches from snout to tail.

By now most us of know April 18 kicks off Maryland’s 2015 spring trophy rockfish season, and whether Bloody Point gives up another record rock is anyone’s guess. But you can make bets that boats of all sizes will converge on this fishy spot hoping to hook a trophy striper, perhaps one good enough to win the Boatyard Bar & Grill tournament.

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by Capt. Chris D. Dollar of water and marks the entrance to Eastern Bay. Back in the day long before TDs and GPS waypoints, Bloody Point earned its keep with mariners by allowing them to make a straight run to Sandy Point, thus avoiding the shoals off Thomas’s Point and Poplar Island.

For striper fishermen, Bloody Point can be a great place to troll for spring rockfish because it has skinny water, which rockfish use to warm up; yet it’s so close to the very deep, colder, watery highways the big migrant fish use to come and go to their spawning grounds.

The vast majority of fishermen will troll bucktails, parachutes, and umbrella rigs on planer boards. But a few will chum or jig.

Captain Jeff Eichler of the charter boat Southpaw says he likes to work the changes in depth by crisscrossing the natural ledges looking for trophies. “It’s a pretty tight edge with a quick drop off,” he says. “We also like to fish the eastern edge from Buoy 86 to Bloody Point, or sometimes trolling past Bloody Point to the Hill can produce fish as well.”

Another veteran professional skipper who fishes the Bloody Point area quite frequently is Captain Mark Galasso of Tuna the Tide Guide Service. He knows migrating rockfish filtering up Eastern Bay to get to the Chester River (and Miles River), as well as stripers heading up the Bay frequent the Bloody Point area. While he’ll certainly troll traditional spreads of tandem bucktails, parachutes, and umbrella rigs, he’s not afraid to jig with lead-heads tipped with soft plastics.

“It’s a great mixing spot! Rockfish also can be caught jigging. You just have to use a little patience,” he suggests.

Light tackle fishing has certainly become more mainstream in the past 10 years. I’ve caught spring stripers jigging Bass Assassins, and I’m sure BKDs and other soft plastics work, too.

Bloody Point is an easy run from several ports. Fishermen from the Annapolis area—West, South, Severn, or Magothy rivers—make the run regularly.

It’s a bit longer boat ride from Sandy Point State Park, but worth it if the bite is on. The public boat launch at Matapeake on Kent Island is a good choice, as it dumps you a couple of miles north of BP. A word of caution: As the weather becomes sweeter, Bloody Point can draw a lot of boat traffic, especially just south of the light. Keep an eye out for the boaters heading to Kent Narrows or St. Michaels, mainly on weekends.

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While way too much history to delve into here, the fire of April 30, 1960, sparked by an electrical short, caught my imagination. After reading the account of Mark Mighall and Heywood Savage, both under 21 years of age, trying to fight the blaze only to be forced to escape through the flames by lowering themselves into a rowboat, I’ll never look at Bloody Point in the same light again.

On a much lighter note, I think someone at PropTalk HQ told me Bloody Point Lighthouse was used as background in a boating scene from the rom com movie “Failure to Launch.” I feigned interest because a) I don’t know what a rom com movie is, and b) apparently it was a sailing movie. #

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See our Charter Fishing Section online at proptalk.com/charter-fishing To place your charter fishing ad, call Allie at 410.216.9309

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S&J Yachts is pleased to announce that they are now representing Great Harbour Trawlers and the IP L24 Family Launch. Both are proudly built in the USA! Great Harbour Trawlers range in size from 37 to 74 feet and are fully customizable. They have a shallow draft, with an ocean capability as well as an outstanding reputation for quality, cruising comfort, large interior space, and they are unsinkable, providing ultimate safety.

The new L24 Family Launch is built by Island Packet. It is available in an electric or diesel model. With the optional WhisperQuiet diesel generator, the L24e becomes a true hybrid for virtually unlimited run times. sjyachts.com

Port Annapolis Marina is offering two new services for the boating community. With its recently acquired 75-ton Travel Lift, it is now the only marina in Annapolis that can haul out and service catamarans up to 26 feet wide. The new lift can also haul large yachts up to 80 feet long. The marina has also added a trucking service to allow clients to easily move their boats to and from the Annapolis area from distant ports. Port Annapolis offers competitive rates for boats up to 45 feet. portannapolis.com

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New Digs

Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating’s (CRAB) administrative offices are now located at 177 Defense Highway. CRAB’s accessible sailboats will still sail out of Sandy Point State Park. The new phone number is (410) 266-5277 (KRAB). crabsailing.org

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Composite Yacht announced that Rob Hardy has taken over the sales and brokerage department. Rob has been in the industry for roughly 20 years and has done everything around a marina and boatyard. He helped to start the retail department at Composite Yacht, which is owned by his family, and is a top dealer for Shamrock and Cape Horn Boats. Although Rob has moved to the sales and brokerage side of the marina, he assures us he will still be in the shop to help out when needed. compositeyacht.biz

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Dr. John Leader recently joined the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum as director of its Environmental Center. Dr. Leader grew up around Perch Creek in Cecil County. While he has spent most of his career as a science educator, he has worked briefly in other fields associated with the Chesapeake Bay environs, with professional scientists and the general public. John is passionate about the natural resources, people, and history of the Chesapeake Bay. He is experienced in fundraising, grant writing, outreach, organizational skills, and staff training. His pursuits have taken him around the country and overseas; he recently returned to Cecil County with his wife Lesley and sons Ben and Oliver. hdgmaritimemuseum.org

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Clarks Landing is excited to celebrate 10 years of outstanding, dedicated service for assistant parts manager, Karen Mongold. “Karen has been providing Clarks Landing’s loyal customers with exceptional service for over 10 years, says general manager, Jeff Truesdale.

“We are extremely lucky to have such a hard worker managing our parts department at our Shady Side yacht yard.” clarkslanding.com

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Garage kept. All in good condition. $3,400.

Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org 17’ Sea Pro 170 ’00 Center Console w/ 2000 Loadrite trailer. Good boat and trailer. Bad 2000 Yamaha 100-hp 4-Stroke. $2,850. Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org

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Donated boats must be structurally sound & in good cond. Contact Dr. Fred Broadrup (301) 228-2131.

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18’ Boston Whaler ‘01 Dauntless 180 135 Mercury Optimax - low hours. Super Clean one owner, ready to move up.

Bimini, Swim platform trailer, etc - Call Rod 410-269-0939 Asking $19,500 18’ Sea Ray ’10 Sport Single Mercruiser 3.0L MPI Alpha 135hp I/O gas - $17,995 – Contact Mike at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com 19’ Elco 19 Picnic ‘09 Fiberglass, Electric Power, $69,000. Intrinsic Yacht & Ship. Aaron Kelly. 414-712-8556.

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Yacht View Brokerage LLC Wants Your Listing! USCG 100t Master John Kaiser Jr. has been selling only well maintained power and sailing yachts in Annapolis since 1988. We will market your yacht from her current location or ours! We offer select yacht owners complimentary dockage (25’-75’), including weekly cleaning and electric.

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Located in Annapolis, 15 minutes from BWI airport, your yacht will be easily inspected and demonstrated to the prospective buyer. A successful sale in under 90 days is our goal!

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21’ Sailfish ’02 2196 Single Yamaha 2-stroke 150-hp O/B gas - $14,900 Contact Kellie at (410) 604-4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com Romany 21 Classic ‘68 English Cabin Cruiser project. Some major work completed including Perkins 4-108, steering, fuel tanks. No trailer. $8,000.

Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410-745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org Grady White 22 Walk Around ’87 w/ 225-hp Yamaha, VHF, GPS, sounder, bimini. No trailer. $8,995. Call Lad Mills, Boat Donation Director, 410745-4942 or lmills@cbmm.org

24’ Judge ‘05 Chesapeake With a 150-hp Honda. 2011 Load Rite dual axle trailer, located on Kent Island. Asking $24,950. Please call Kate at 410-279-6445, or kchaney@annapolisyachtsales.com

24’ Vanquish 24 Runabout ‘14 Fiberglass, Single gas $144,500.

26’ Crownline 262 CR ’02 640 hrs, Intrinsic Yacht & Ship. Aaron Kelly. 414cruise and fish. Full galley, head, 712-8556. Aaron@intrinsicyacht.com sleeps 5. Radar arch, 10+ rod holders. $18,990.

410-867-9589, 24’ Crownline ’05 240 Express Single campbellrude@gmail.com Volvo DUO 287-hp I/O Gas – $30,489 Contact Paul at (410) 867-9550 or 26’ Sea Ray ’07 260 Sundeck Single pjlash@clarkslanding.com Mercruiser 496 HO 375-hp I/O gas w/ Trailer - $46,440 - Contact 24’ Four Winns 248 Vista ’05 Single Barrie at (410) 320-2038 or Volvo 5.0 GXI 270-hp I/O Gas - $35,000 bdavenport@clarkslanding.com – Contact Mike at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com 26’ Sea Ray ’87 260 Single Weekender Single Mercruiser 454 MAG 24’ Maxum ’03 2400 Single Mercruiser Alpha 330-hp I/O Gas - $10,000 5.0L Alpha 220-hp I/O gas - $15,900 – Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or Contact a salesman at (410) 867-9550 kewing@clarkslanding.com or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com 28’ Cape Dory Hardtop 25’ Bayliner ’13 2550 Single Mercruiser $39,000. Traditional downeast cruiser.

5.0L MPI Bravo 3 260-hp I/O Gas Equipped for day trips or extended $60,953 - Contact Kellie at (410) 604cruising. Bright and comfortable interior 4300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com w/plenty of room. Galley down w/ refrigerator, stove & microwave. Head w/shower and v-berth forward. Powered with Westerbeke dsl. Call P.J. Campbell 410 829-5458.

25’ Parker WA F225 Yamaha, 2004, 900 hrs, very clean boat. Aggressively priced at $35,000. 410-476-4414, martin@compositeyacht.biz 26’ Cutwater ‘13 Volvo Diesel . Recent Trade-in $119,000 Low Hours! PocketYacht (410) 827-5230.

POWER 15’ Little Harbor Rowing Shell, Sweep oars, cover, dolly. In Annapolis. $3,500.

Call Chuck: 410-290-0006 15’ Fiber Glass Lapstrake Style Boat W/big flare on bow...dry boat w/ flotation, 2 swivel seats. Safe and fast.

2012 Mercury 4-stroke O/B, dealer maintained...20-hp. $4,400 Contact Tom @ (410) 269-0607, cell (443) 995-5711.

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23’ Sylvan Signature Pontoon ’12 with Mercury 150. Loaded. Warranty. Ready for the next family outing.$34,995. Call Dave Melvin 410-287-9400 Ext 214 or dmelvin@jacksonmarinesales.com 24’ Bimini Marine 245 Express Sportfish/Trailer Fiberglass, Twin Diesel $82.500. Intrinsic Yacht & Ship.

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26’ Chaparral 260 SSI ’06 Just took in on trade. A well maintained, clean boat.

Included is a 2010 Venture trailer, 5.7 Volvo Penta engine. Asking $32,000.

Located at our Kent Island office. Please contact Ian Dimka: 410-267-8181, Ian@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

26’ Boca Grande 450 Crusader 350-hp, low hrs, teak trim, $27,500, 410-4764414, martin@compositeyacht.biz

28’ Chris Craft Commander ‘72 Completely restored classic Ray Hunt design w/new engines, transmissions, electronics, cushions, new everything!

Ready for the retro boater at $59,995, Call Scott 703-307-5900, smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com 28’ Judge ‘98 Nice “Downeast” design, International dsl eng. 275-hp, depth, GPS, refrig, battery charger, sleeps 2, sm galley etc. Reduced $33,900 Acadia Yacht Sales (410) 226-0100 Jim Reynolds.

28’ Luhrs Open ‘06 $94,000. One owner, like new. Glendinning elec throttles w/ synchronizers. Lift kept/265 hrs. Contact Erik @ 410-279-3027.

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31’ Fjord Dolphin ’87 Twin Volvo dsl AQ-31D I/Os 138-hp 780 hrs, $29,900 Curtis Stokes & Associates Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-1987 or email rob@curtissstokes.net

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28’ Carolina Classic ’04 Fresh water vessel in great lakes, heated storage, Crusader 375HP inboards, hardtop, updated Garmin & Furuno electronics, bait prep and storage center. Asking $82,700 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-5339187 or rob@curtisstokes.net 29’ Hinckley T 29 R ’04 ZD3 is a fast and very responsive Runabout. Perfect for cruising shallow water areas, ZD3 is in Excellent condition. $235,000 Located in Easton, MD. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410)2630095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com 28’ Harris Downeast Cruiser ’83 28’ Harris Downeast Cruiser, 1983, 1993 Volvo 200HP Diesel, Major refit in 2008, $45,000, martin@compositeyacht.biz 410-476 4414 28’ Sea Ray Sundancer 280 ’05 Single 496 c.i. V8, 375 hp-Merc Duo Prop 470 eng hrs. Professionally maintained its entire life. Good canvas, 2 depth finders, fridge, Microwave, Flat screen TV, full head, air, furnace, Wet bar $65,000 Located at Solomons, MD Reason for selling: Health issues. (717) 404-6350.

29’ Back Cove Hard Topo ‘04 Single 315-hp Yanmar dsl with 662 hrs, elec windlass, bow thruster, AC, genset, Radar, AP, GPS chart platter etc.

Asking $125,000.00 Jim Reynolds (410)-226-0100

29’ Seabird ‘79 Coastal Fisherman Project boat, out of water 15 years. Complete boat. $2,500.00.

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31’ Formula Bowrider ’08 Black metallic Imron hullsides, upgraded 375hp 496s, all options. Lift kept, one owner, local boat in great shape. Only asking $99,500 Call Ned Dozier, 443-9950732, ned@grandeyachts.com

29’ Luhrs 290 Open ’94 Twin 170-hp Yanmars.

New electronics and batteries. Spacious helm with bridge.

Above average condition and priced to sell. $39,000. Contact Jimmy Mackey at Dozier Yacht Sales, 804-241-4130.

29’ Sea Ray ’98 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 5.7L EFI Alpha 260-hp I/O Gas - $26,950 -Contact Mike at (410) 867-9550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

32’ Travers Chesapeake Bay Deadrise ‘81 Lovely vessel built in Trappe, Md. And is glass over wood construction with a 3126 CAT dsl. AC, depth, radar, GPS etc. Asking $31,900.00 Jim Reynolds (410) 2260100 31’ Sea Ray 310 ’12 Loaded w/great gear & on land at Kent Island until sold.

Owners are very anxious & will accept any reasonable offer. Save thousands over buying a New Sea Ray!!

Asking only $159,900. Call Dan at 410-570-8533 or email Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 31’ Silverton 310 ’84 Convertible Twin Chrysler 5.2L 235-hp I/O - $2,500 Contact a salesman at (410) 867-9550 or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com

30’ Regal 3060 ‘05 LOADED, Blue Hull, Twin Mercruiser 5.0 OSi 260-hp gas engs, 250 hrs. Kohler generator, full cockpit enclosure, full Raymarine electronics, ice maker.

Priced to sell $61,000. Deltaville, VA. Call Jonathan at 804-776-7575 or Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com 30’ Pursuit ’99 3000 Express Twin Crusader 350 330-hp I/B Gas - $44,647 Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

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Call Mike - Asking $124,900 / Offers.

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31’ Stamas Express ’94 This boat is immaculate and has been refit, call or email for information and a list of work done! $38,500 Josh@dozieryachts.com 804-824-3606

32’ Phil Jones Custom BayBoat ’06 Single Cummins turbo dsl w/1100 hrs.

Fresh, raw water washdowns, Furuno NavNet electronics w/Sirius, Bose speakers. Custom rocket launcher. $149,000, Call Scott 703-307-5900, smacdonald@bluewateryachtsales.com

Campbell 31 This Express Cruiser is built on a Duffy hull and powered by a 300hp Yanmar dsl. 17 to 18 knots.

Designed as a weekender/cruiser. $149,900 Call P.J. Campbell 410-8295458.

32’ Sea Ray 320 ’03 Asking only $74,900 What a boat!! She is our trade and we want to sell her now. Absolutely spotless & has had only one owner. Bring us an offer NOW!!! On land at Kent Island office. Call Dan at 410-570-8533 or email: Dan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

31’ Bertram Classic Flybridge Cruiser ‘74 2008 Repower and paint with Hinna diesels and dsl generator.

Cabin and electronics updated in 2012. $149,000, Call Jud 757-846-7909

Silverton 31 ’92 Convertible w/twin 305 crusaders. A/C, heat full galley. Private stateroom with head. $25,000. Contact Dave Melvin 410-287-9400 Ext 214 or dmelvin@jacksonmarinesales.com

32’ Trojan F32 ’88 Re-powered with twin fuel injected Marine Power 350s.

New generator and lots of upgrades. $24.900. Contact Jimmy Mackey at Dozier Yacht Sales, 804-241-4130.

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 32’ Wellcraft 3200 ’89 St. Tropez Twin Mercury 7.4L 340-hp I/B Gas - $9,900 Contact Paul at (410) 867-9550 or pjlash@clarkslanding.com

34’ Pursuit Express ‘00 This boat has it all! Lightly used, never fished. Twin 7.4 Crusaders, Well maintained and it shows. $98,000. Call Bob Wagner, 484832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

34’ Formula ’07 Rugged construction yet designed for luxury and comfort. This low hour beauty is lift kept. Call John McDevitt, Bluewater Yacht Sales 610-220-5619

34’ Sea Ray Sundancer ‘99 Clean and turnkey. One owner, lightly used. Twin Mercruisers 454 Horizons. 140 hrs. Too much to list! Our trade. $55,000. Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

34’ Legacy 34 ’01 Custom build Hardtop, Island bunk, Genset, Thruster, twin 370 Yanmar w/ Jet Drives. Red Hull White & Tan Deck - This is a very special boat, a real looker! Owner ready for offers. Ask $155,000 CrusderYachts. com or 410-269-0939

33’ Rinker Twin Mercs 5.7 Liters 810 hrs asking $45k Curtis Stokes & Associates call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 rob@curtisstokes.net

34’ Mainship Trawler MK I ’78 Single Chrysler dsl, fresh water vessel, great cond., full keel, forward V-berth, extended hard top. Asking $44,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates or rob@curtisstokes.net

33’ Sea Ray ’96 330 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 7.4L 330-hp I/B Gas $41,159 - Contact Mike at (410) 8679550 or mike.s@clarkslanding.com

33’ Sea Ray Express Cruiser 330 ’99 New twin 7.4 Merc 310-hp engines, loaded with options, gen set, mechanically she’s a 10, soft goods and canvas in great shape. Asking $58,500, Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 or email rob@curtisstokes.net

34’ Mainship Trawler MK I ’78 Single Perkins dsl 200-hp, Gen set, fair cond., needs some TLC Asking $17,900. Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates or rob@curtisstokes.net

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35’ Sea Ray 350 ’09 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 8.1L 375-hp I/O Gas $229,000 - Contact Kellie at (410) 6044300 or kmoody@clarkslanding.com

34’ Pursuit 3400 Express ’00 Twin gas 7.4L MP’s 320-hp, always fresh water, inside heated storage, located on Lake Erie. Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 Asking $110,000. Call Rob Dorfmeyer Curtis Stokes & Associates or rob@curtisstokes.net

35’ Tiara 3500 Open ‘00 $135,000 35’ Tiara 3500 Open 2000 $125,000, 35’ Tiara 3500 Open 1999 $135,000, Ready to cruise or fish. Cummins dsls.

Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

35’ Tiara 3500 Sovran ‘12 Nearly perfect. Volvo Penta® IPS dsls, Joystick.

82 hrs. Helm A/C . Garmin electronics, Wetbar, Aft lounge. Sleeps 6. Our trade. $310,000 Call Bob Wagner, 484-8323331, bob@grandeyachts.com

35’ Carver 350 Marine SE ’03 Living and cruising pleasure w/high visibility & comfort. Well maintained w/attention to outfitting & details. A “bring your gear and go” boat. $109,000 S&J Yachts 410571-3605 www.sjyachts.com 35’ Cruisers 3575 ’99 New canvas & upholstery, service records available.

360 hrs. on 7.4 MPI Mercs. Gen, GPS, A/C and windlass. $59,900 Call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

35’ 356 Aft Cabin Motor Yacht ’00 7.4L Mercruisers, 420 hrs. 2 strms, 2 heads. Large enclosed aft deck. Well maintained and priced to sell. $79,000 Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com 35’ Marlago ’04 $79,500. All new cockpit seating just completed, many more available. Sky Blue hullside Awlgrip, Yamaha 225 Four Strokes, hard top, lift kept in covered shed. Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@grandeyachts.com

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35’ Sea Ray 350 ’12 Sundancer Twin Mercruiser 350 Axius 320-hp I/O Gas - $259,900 - Contact a salesman at (410) 604-4300 or boatinfomd@clarkslanding.com

Nauset 35 ’85 Striking green hull and beautiful Downeast styling.

Only 260 hrs. Nicely laid out for comfortable cruising and entertaining. $74,500 . S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

36’ Carver 366 Motor Yacht ‘03 2 Brand new factory Re-Built Mercruisers. 2 staterooms, 2 heads, Great Layout! Nice 36’ Aft Cabin! Our trade. $119,000. Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

Ned Dozier • 443.995.0732 Located at Bay Bridge Marina 301 Pier One Road, Suite 101 • Stevensville, MD 21666

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2006 Sea Ray 340 Sundancer Twin 8.1 Merc – 225 Hrs, Gen, Very Clean, Meticulously Kept, all options. Owners purchased new boat and want this one sold.

Showing at Bay Bridge Boat Show. $134,500

36’ Legacy 36 ‘16 New model on order for late summer arrival. Time to make modifications to specs. Galley up, convertible dinette below, great island owners cabin. Single Cummins dsl, upgraded to 520-hp. Genset, Thruster and MORE! Call CYS Broker today for more info. 410 269-0939.

36’ Tiara Sovran ‘05 Cummins dsls, 480 hp, 240 hrs! Beautiful, well maintained yacht. One owner, hardtop, bridge air, teak interior. Great cruising boat. $235,000 Call Bob Wagner, 484-8323331, bob@grandeyachts.com

36’ Carman Sportfish ’08 Eastern Shore VA, ready for bay/offshore fishing, Cummins power, 1000 hrs., all electronics. Call Pete: 757-710-4069 before 8PM. Pics/specs at www.shorethingchartersva.com

36’ Carver Mariner ’06 Roomy cockpit & bridge for open-air entertainment.

Custom covers for exterior seating.

Complete instrumentation, full bridge enclosure. Well loved. Reduced to $118,000 S&J Yachts 410-571-3605 www.sjyachts.com

Call or email Aaron today to list your boat for sale or to purchase 414-712-8556 Cell 410-263-9288 Office

36’ Cruisers Yacht 3650 ’95 VERY CLEAN! T/310 HP Mercruiser $59,900.

Please call Stephen K. Parker 443-5532518 or (410) 287-9400 x212 sparker@jacksonmarinesales.com

36’ Little Harbor Whisper Jet ’98 Jet drive boat w/generator and air conditioning. Clean and ready to go.

Located in Jabins Yacht Yard. $177,500.

Contact Bob Oberg (410)-267-8181 or Bob@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

36’ Marine Trader Sundeck ’90 Ford Lehman 135-hp single diesel, AC/ Reverse Heat, full galley, new soft goods, two stateroom, aft full beam master, asking $69,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net 37’ Egg Harbor SportYacht ‘08 T-Cummins QSB 5.9, generator, hardtop w/enclosure, Outriggers.

Spacious salon & galley, two staterooms & head w/stall shower. Never fished.

Professionally maintained. $359,000.

Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales.

Call Joe (410)-708-0579

37’ Great Harbour ‘06 Largest 37ft trawler available. The ultimate live aboard!

Stable, stoutly built.

Tremendous storage. Large master stateroom. An elegant home! $399,900 S&J Yachts 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

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36’ Composite Yacht Custom Deadrise Cruiser 480 Cummins QSB, bow thruster, Galley, head w/ shower, AC. Like new. Well appointed & very low hrs. $219,000, 410-476-4414, martin@compositeyacht.biz

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37’ Formula ‘02 PC Lift kept, low hrs, cleanest on the market. Aggressively priced at $84,900. Come check it out!

Call Scott 443-373-6313, ssteffy@bluewateryachtsales.com Campbell 37 A true downeast sedan cruiser designed by Spencer Lincoln and built by Campbell’s Custom Yachts.

Cummins QSC54OHP diesel. 16 to 20 knots. Call P.J. Campbell 410-829-5458 38’ Carver Aft Cabin ‘89 Two stateroom, 2 head floorplan. Updated interior 2012. Large aft deck w/wet bar and refrigerator.

Powered by T-MerCruiser. Comfortable live-aboard. $54,900 Call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022.

38’ Ocean Yachts 38 Super Sport ‘86 Fiberglass, Twin Diesel $79,500.

Intrinsic Yacht & Ship. Aaron Kelly. 414712-8556. Aaron@intrinsicyacht.com 38’ Bayliner 3788 ’97 New shafts, rebuilt steering, props serviced, This boat is an excellent Bay Boat. Great for the family on the weekends or extended voyages. Josh@dozieryachts.com or 804-824-3606

38’ Bertram 38 III Convertible ’81 Great cond., well maintained, high quality fishing boat. Fresh bottom paint.

Great value at $79,900. Contact Ian Dimka 410-267-8181 or Ian@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

38’ Carver Super Sport ’06 565 hrs, Crusaders, bow thruster, Sport package, AC, Gen set, 2x staterooms, Garmin electronics, standing tall. $159,900 Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-5339187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

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38’ Chris Craft Corinthian ’84 Twin Merc 340-hp gas inboards, gen set, perfect live aboard, located in Baltimore, asking $36,000 Rob Dorfmeyer 216533-9187 Curtis Stokes & Associates rob@curtisstokes.net

‘04 29’ T 29 R ZD3 $235,000

38’ Evans Custom Deadrise ’09 s/Cummins 490-hp common rail, A/C, queen berth stateroom, original owner! Asking $195,000.

Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com 38’ Marine Trader ’80 Recent survey, very clean & well maintained, Ford Lehman dsl, great cruiser or livaboard, ac/ heat, priced to sell, $63,500, Call Josh Clark 804-824-3606 or josh@dozieryachts.com

38’ Sabre Express ’06 Twin Yanmar 440-hp dsls with 580 original hrs. Lift kept, maintained with an open checkbook, lowest priced on the market $338,900, Call Chris 757-509-0742, challiv@bluewateryachtsales.com

‘06 42’ Hinckley SC 42 Black Watch Edition ALICE MARIE Greatly Reduced to $549,000 | Located in Stuart, FL

‘12 48’ Hinckley Talaria 48 Motoryacht MODERATION $1,995,000 | Located in Naples, FL

Carver 38 Aft Cabin - $39,900 Spacious Carver motor yacht with 2 strms, private showers, and a convertible dinette. Wellequipped galley Command bridge topside w/seating for 8 and an aft deck complete with full-enclosure. Call P.J. Campbell 410 829-5458.

39’ Carver 396 Aft Cabin ‘03 Fiberglass, twin gas $157,500. Intrinsic Yacht & Ship. Aaron Kelly. 414-7128556. Aaron@intrinsicyacht.com

2008 T 44 Flybridge BLUE ANGEL $735,000 | Located in Annapolis, MD

High end listings always welcome!

39’ Cruisers Yachts 385MY ‘06 Stunning boat. Elaborately and tastefully decorated. Only 195 hrs & perfectly maintained. Simply the best anywhere.

Sharp price! $189,900. S&J Yachts 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com

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BROKERAGE & CLASSIFIED 39’ Carver 396 ES ’03 One owner, shed kept, fresh water ACMY. Spacious, open floor-plan. 8.1 Volvo engines w/low hrs.

Bow thruster, electronics plus much more. Priced to sell $134,900. Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022 40’ Silverton Aft Cabin ‘86 Twin 454 Crusaders, 812 hrs, Gen, AC. Asking $28,000 Please contact Jason Whitson at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x215 or 484-994-4244 jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.com

40’ Formula 40 PC ‘05 Hardtop version.

Loaded with everything you need. VERY low hours - Amazing opportunity for super clean, ready for spring ride!

Contact Rod Rowan 410-269-0939 Asking $188,000 NEGOTIABLE Trades Considered?

40’ Carver 405 ’97 Aft Cabin Twin Caterpillar 3116s dsls, loaded Asking $92,500 Please contact Jason Whitson at Jackson Marine Sales 410-287-9400 x215 or 484-994-4244 jwhitson@jacksonmarinesales.com

40’ Mathews Brothers Robbin ‘06 Custom-built Chesapeake Bay deadrise. Fully loaded w/electronics, low-hr Yanmar 480-hp single dsl w/bow thruster, asking $375,000, call Mark 757-406-1673, mconnors@bluewateryachtsales.com

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40’ Carver 405 MY ’97 T-Crusaders 7.4XLI, Less than 500 hrs. Kohler 6.5 Gen. GPS, radar, Trac-Vision, new bridge carpet. Great live-aboard, cruising yacht. $89,900. Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022

40’ Formula SS ’01 beautiful boat, open-checkbook maintenance, many recent upgrades. Owner moving up. $99,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-9950732, ned@grandeyachts.com 40’ Sea Ray ’94 400 Express Cruiser Twin Mercruiser 7.4L 310-hp IB - $49,500 - Contact Paul at (410) 3402750 or pjlash@clarkslanding.com

40’ Tiara 4000 Express ’99 Local boat, Cat 3208s with all services done, hard top, great condition, owner moving up.

Asking $179,500. Call Ned Dozier, 443995-0732, ned@grandeyachts.com 40’ Trojan 12 Meter Convertible ’90 Twin 671Ts. Well cared for and shed kept. $64,900. Contact Jimmy Mackey at Dozier Yacht Sales, 804-241-4130.

Silverton 40 AFT Cabin Motor Yacht ’90 Well maintained, spacious, Crusader 454s, 800 hrs., 7.5Kw generator, upgraded interior, new canvas, carpet, exhaust, GPS, stereo, TVs and more. Great live aboard.

Dundalk, Bear Creek. $54,900. (412) 974-7475 Website: www.boattrader. com/listing/1990-Silverton-40-MotorYacht-639147

42’ Grand Banks Classic ‘96 T/300-hp CATs, 8.5 knots @ 3.5 Gallons/hr!

Beautiful condition Two boat owner! Asking $299,000!

Call Chuck 703-999-7696, cmeyers@bluewateryachtsales.com 42’ Ocean Yachts Super Sport ‘93 Fiberglass, Twin dsl. $159,500. Intrinsic Yacht & Ship. Aaron Kelly. 414-7128556. Aaron@intrinsicyacht.com

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Regal 52 Sport Coupe ‘08 $550,000

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Carver 410 Sport Sedan ’02 $149,000

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Electric or Diesel Elegant mini-yacht Seating for up to 12 Galley unit w/sink, refrig.

Head compartment Bimini or remote hard top Full enclosure Generator A/C Many more options

Great Harbour N47 ‘08 $595,000

Sterling Atlantic 45 ‘06 $299,000

Great Harbour 37 ‘06 $399,900

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42’ SeaRay ‘05 Sedan Bridge $325k Very Clean. Low Hours.

Beautiful.

Contact Scott @ 410-703-0263.

42’ Silverton Convertible ‘05 Cummins 430s. Fiberglass steps to flybridge!

Innovative interior layout offers maximum space! Priced to sell quickly.

Excellent condition.

Call Jud 757-846-7909

42’ Beneteau Swift 42 ’04 Located at Jabins Yacht Yard!! She has a beautiful red hull & tons of custom additions Freedom Lift, custom main salon & much more. She is loaded!!! $249,900 Contact Todd Corbett (410)-757-7075 or email Todd@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

42’ Hinckley SC 42 Black Watch Edition ’06 Alice Marie. Her 800-hp MANs push her to very comfortable 32 kt cruise & wide open throttle of 40 knots.

Hardly any expense spared in her build, now at reduced price of $549,000, ready to go fishing. Located Stuart, FL. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410) 263-0095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com

43’ Astondoa ’14 Volvo IPS 600s, bow thruster, tender garage, all options, gorgeous boat. Compare to Azimut, etc. She cost $933,000 in August 2013, now asking only $499,000 Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@grandeyachts.com

44’ Carver Cockpit Motor Yacht ‘01 Spacious, well maintained yacht. 2 staterooms, 2 heads. 370HP Cummins dsls, new bow thruster, dinghy with Mercury 4 stroke $159,900 Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

44’ Marine Trader ‘80 One of a kind “Bristol” Far Eastern Model Tri Aft Cabin.

Twin Ford Lehman dsls, Sleeps 6.

Pristine Condition. $98,000.

Call Bob Wagner, 484-832-3331, bob@grandeyachts.com

44’ Nova Marine Motor Yacht ’88 Excellent cond., Caterpillar dsls, large enclosed aft deck. Great live aboard or Bay cruiser. Ready to go, Reduced to $89,000. Call Tom 443 880 2765

44’ Regal 4460 ’06 FRESH WATER BOAT! T/440HP Yanmar dsl, Bow thurster, Must see. $234,000.

Please call Stephen K. Parker 443-553-2518 or 410-287-9400 x212 at Jackson Marine Sales. sparker@jacksonmarinesales.com

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47’ Bertram MY ’80................ $79,000 43’ Californian ’85................. $99,500 43’ Mainship ’01 .................. $175,000 42’ Grand Banks ’74 refit ..... $99,000 40’ Marine Trader ’86 ............ $64,900 40’ Bestway ’88 ..................... $69,900 40’ Robbins Deadrise ’96 ... $174,500

42’ Sea Ray ’05 $325,000

40’ Tiara ’95 ......................... $145,000

45’ Beneteau Antares 13.80 Flybridge Sedan ’06 Gorgeous, well-maintained, 3 strms, 2 heads. Low hrs & clean throughout. Generator, Raymarine electronics & new KVH satellite tv receiver. $259,000.

Call Keith Mayes at 410-793-4100 or Keith@AnnapolisYachtSales.com.

39’ Mainship 390 ’01 ........... $149,000 38’ Mariner Orient ’02 ......... $157,000 36’ Jarvis Newman ’85 ....... $139,900 36’ Saberline ’98 ................. $119,000 34’ Mainship Pilot ...(3) from $89,000

41’ Cruisers ’07 $230,000

34’ Rinker Fiesta Vee ’02...... $45,000 28’ Luhrs ’06.......................... $94,000 24’ Century ’06 ...................... $55,000 24’ Edgewater 245 ’07 .......... $54,900

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45’ Florida Bay Cruiser ’91 Unique opportunity to purchase one-owner, Florida Bay Coaster. Small-ship pilot house, upper-deck queen master, twin foc’sle, tile heads and a basement laundry! Irish Rover is best live aboard on the market, ready for your touches. $299,500 (443) 324-4938, Dann@ islandPilot.com www.YachtWorld.com/ FloridaBayCoaster

47’ Great Harbour N47 ‘08 Range, comfort, safety – make your cruising dreams come true. Stable, 3’ draft, stand in engine room, spacious interior, large deck Unsinkable! $595,000 S&J Yachts 410 639-2777 www.sjyachts.com 47’ Formula Yacht ’07 Pristine! Lightly used high quality cruising Yacht.

Loaded; washer/dryer, hydraulic swim platform, Raymarine electronics, bow thruster and more. T-Volvo dsls. $299,000 A must see, call Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales (888) 221-5022 47’ Jarvis Newman-Lyman Morse ’79/’99 A truly striking downeast style vessel with all the right pedigree from the builders to designers to the Wilbur yard that did the total refit. Ready for extended cruising. Asking $385,000 Jim Karr (410) 310-3045

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Harris Marine Financing Stevensville, MD

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Joe’s Grog House Port Deposit, MD

Island Tackle Chester, MD

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46’ Jefferson Motor Yacht ‘86 Sundeck Cruiser Perfect for Great Loop, twin Lehman 200-hp, hydraulic stern platform for dinghy launching, recent bottom job, all ports replaced, new salon furniture. A steal at $94,500! Deltaville, VA. Call Jonathan at 804-776-7575 or Jonathan@AnnapolisYachtSales.com

46’ Jefferson M/Y Aft-Cabin ’87 New Listing CATs 3208, a great live aboard, needs some TLC asking $29,700. Curtis Stokes & Associates. Call Rob Dorfmeyer (216) 533-9187 or rob@curtisstokes.net

47’ Riviera Excalibur ’03 Twin Yanmar dsls= 19 GPH at cruise! Just detailed and serviced, many upgrades, boat is turnkey. $159,500 Call Ned Dozier, 443995-0732, ned@grandeyachts.com www.grandeyachts.com 48’ Navigator Pilothouse ‘03 $289k $289k. 3 Staterooms 2 heads w/ stall showers. Volvo diesels. Low hours.

Bow thruster. Contact Dan @ 757-813-0460.

48’ Glass Boat Works Custom Chesapeake Downeast 3 helm stations, great layout, original owner, very custom, offered at a fraction of replacement. $249,000.

Call Ned Dozier, 443-995-0732, ned@grandeyachts.com www.grandeyachts.com 48’ Sea Ray ’07 Sundancer Twin Cummins TVD-QSC 540 517hp I/B Diesels - $419,000 – Contact Kim at (410) 604-4300 or kewing@clarkslanding.com

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48’ Hinckley Talaria 48 MY ’12 MODERATION - an opportunity to take immediate delivery of a beautifully custom built Hinckley T48 motor yacht.

Nearly new and ready to go. $1,995,000 Located in Naples, FL. Offered by Hinckley Yachts, contact Jack Erbes (410) 263-0095 or jerbes@hinckleyyachts.com

56’ Chris Craft Salon Model ’57 2x Cummins 555, she is a real classic, bottom & hull totally refurbished summer ’13, 6kw Gen set, many upgrades, $99,900. Curtis Stokes & Associates, Call Rob Dorfmeyer 216-533-9187 rob@curtisstokes.net

62’ Neptunus Flybridge ‘08 OUR TRADE, amazing boat, Caterpillar C18’s, fuel polisher, hydraulic platform.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Acadia Yacht Sales...................................... 99 Annapolis Maryland Capital Yacht Club...... 54 Annapolis Watersports................................ 46 Annapolis Yacht Sales.................. 12,50,90,91 Automotive Training Center......................... 71 Baltimore Marine Centers............................ 15 Bands in the Sand..................................... 107 Bay Shore Marine................................... 52,62 Beacon Light Marina................................... 54 Belmont Bay Harbor.................................... 58 Bert Jabin Yacht Yard.................................. 27 Black Dog Propellers................................... 20 Bluewater Yacht Sales................................. 89 BoatU.S.................................................... 9,23 Boatyard Bar & Grill..................................... 29 BOE Marine.......................................... 77,108 Campbells Boatyard.................................... 61 Cape Charles Town Harbor......................... 58 Charter Captains.................................... 85,86 Chesapeake Harbour Inc............................ 64 Chesapeake Whalertowne.......................... 77 Clarks Landing.................................. 19,24,30 Cobe Marine................................................ 32 Composite Yacht......................................... 70 Coppercoat USA.......................................... 66 Crusader Yacht Sales.................................. 93 Curtis Stokes & Associates........................... 3 Cypress Marine........................................... 67 Deltaville Dealer Days................................. 67

Diversified Marine........................................ 66 Doctor LED.................................................. 56 Dozier Marine Group................................... 33 Eastport Yacht Center................................. 63 Electronic Marine......................................... 57 Fawcett Boat Supplies................................. 64 Ferry Point - Trappe.................................... 26 Freedom Boat Club..................................... 45 Grande Yachts........................................ 94,95 Hamilton Marine.......................................... 25 Harbor East Marina..................................... 61 Harbour Cove Marina.................................. 80 Harbours at Solomons................................... 7 Herrington Harbour...................................... 31 Hidden Harbour Marina............................... 78 Hinckley Yachts Annapolis........................... 97 Intrinsic Yacht & Ship.............................. 35,96 J Gordon...................................................... 59 Jackson Marine Sales................................. 47 Judge Yachts............................................... 79 Kompletely Kustom Marine...................... 6,74 Leukemia Cup............................................. 36 Marine Development & Research PEP....... 26 MarineMax................................................... 41 Maritime Solutions....................................... 80 Martin Bird & Associates........................... 100 MESCO....................................................... 44 Moeller Marine............................................. 22 Moorings........................................................ 4

National Marine Underwriters...................... 82 Orca Green Marine...................................... 46 Paradise Marina.......................................... 63 Pettit Paint........................................... 5,19,68 Pocket-Yacht Company............................... 11 Podickory Point........................................... 78 PortBook...................................................... 86 Regent Point Marina.................................... 34 Riverside Marine......................................... 13 Rocksgiving Tournament............................. 75 Rod N Reel Tournament.............................. 28 S&J Yachts.................................................. 98 Sail Baltimore Summer Funraiser............... 34 Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales......... 51 Scandia Marine Center................................ 17 Sea Hawk Paints......................................... 21 Selene Yachts Annapolis............................. 48 Smart Marine Electronics............................ 56 South River Boat Rentals............................ 79 St. Michaels Harbour Inn and Marina.......... 10 Steven’s Battery Warehouse....................... 48 Stur-Dee Boat Company............................. 84 Sudbury Boat Care Products....................... 70 Suntex Marinas........................................... 42 Tidewater Yacht Service Center.................. 82 Upper Bay Boat Show................................. 49 US Powerboating.......................................... 2 Vane Brothers.............................................. 84 Wooden Boat Restoration Company........... 71

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by Kaylie Jasinski ##1879 Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge across Susquehanna River.

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The B&O Railroad

he Baltimore and Ohio was not the first railroad in the U.S., but it was the first common carrier railroad and the first to offer scheduled freight and passenger service to the public. It was also the first intercity railroad in the country. For that, it is often thought of as the “Railroad University of the United States.”

Construction on the B&O Railroad began July 4, 1828 with the laying of the first ceremonial stone (now housed in the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore) by 90-year old Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. The first official passengers rode in horse-drawn carriages on wood rails, but by August of 1830, the railroad switched to steam power.

In 1835, as more tracks were laid, the railroad reached Washington, DC, and on January 1, 1838, U.S. mail 106 May 2015 PropTalk.com

began to be transported by railway.

The B&O reached Cumberland, MD, in 1851 and by 1852, the “West” was opened with the extension of the line into Wheeling, VA (now WV). A trip that once took several days could now be reached in only 16 hours.

During the Civil War (1861-1865), the B&O helped to transport Union soldiers and supplies, but because of this was subject to numerous Confederate attacks. However, this eventually led to the restoration and continued modernization of the line. Construction for the first bridge across the Ohio River began in 1868 and took a whopping 37 months to complete. But more bridges continued to be built, and by November of 1874, the B&O finally reached Chicago.

By the end of the 19th century, the B&O railroad had built more than 5800 miles of track and connected

some of America’s greatest cities, including Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York City. Over the years, improvements continued, more bridges and even tunnels were built, and in 1925, the first diesel locomotive was acquired.

But after World War II, the country began to see an increase in truck traffic, and the railroads fell on hard times. On New Year’s Eve 1962, after losing 61 percent of its line to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, the B&O was forced to merge with the C&O Railroad.

Over the next 20 years, more changes and mergers would occur in the railroad world, most importantly, the creation of the CSX Corporation (under C&O) in 1980. And only six years later, CSX would merge all of the railroad lines into CSX Transportation, and finally put to rest the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

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