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I had a brief digital exchange with Kevin Brooks of the local band the Eastport Oyster Boys yesterday,

which happened to be January 19, a dull and dreary Monday. My desk was lit-tered with Kleenex wads, a cold half-cup of tea, and an unfinished list of things to do. Kevin signed off, “spring is comin’.” I laughed and poked fun at his optimism. “It gets me through,” he wrote.

There are a lot of likeable things about Kevo. For one, he and the Boys wrote a line in a song about SpinSheet providing the only news they needed, which guar-anteed primo real estate in my heart. As one of the founding, flag-waving citizens of the Maritime Republic of Eastport (MRE), he speaks Eastport-a-rican with more vigor than most. The word “boaty” is in his daily vocabulary. I doubt he makes it through a week without saying “Up the Republic!” to a neighbor or passing sailor. If you think he looks happy singing with the Eastport Oyster Boys on stage, you should see him sailing his Cape Dory 27 Pearl with his wife Jan. A sailing Kevin is a blissful one.

When such a cheerful character reminds you that spring is coming, it

forces you to look on the bright side. I rose to the challenge and jotted down a dozen things to love about February.

It’s short. There’s a three-day weekend in the middle of it. There’s at least one holiday for which you might get a box of chocolates. If you’re willing to travel to Punxsutawney, PA, and camp out, there’s at least one holiday for which you may drink beer before breakfast with new friends while waiting for a fat mammal to emerge from a hole to tell you spring is comin’. (You could also just call Kevin, who will say the same and be happy to lift a pint with you.)

The old “there’s nothing to do around here” excuse holds no water. You can go to free boating and seamanship semi-nars, lectures, and concerts more days this month than any other (turn to our calendar on page 22 and to Club Notes on page 46). For reasonable fees, you can take even more boating-related classes (many also listed in the calendar).

February gives you ample time to varnish those wooden parts you took off the boat a few months ago and stashed in the shed; to sew those new boat cur-tains; to fix or replace those nasty boat

cushions piled up next to the wood parts you haven’t touched. Or you could repair your post-holiday-cookie-munching, post-football-season-snacking body; if you did nothing else besides a few crunches and some pushups every morn-ing for 28 days straight, you would feel better about yourself and your sail-trim-ming capabilities come spring.

Wintry weather lends itself well to quality time in your coziest chair to read SpinSheet. Nestled among the bigger features in this February’s issue are a few gems you don’t want to miss: Cindy Fletcher-Holden’s “A Cruiser’s Destination” (page 44), Peter Scheidt’s “It’s All About Family” (page 48), and Dave Gendell’s “Western Wind Eastern Shore” (page 82).

And so we ride February out, appreci-ate the quiet beauty of the season, and turn another page of SpinSheet, the only news we need. My boaty, MRE-flag-waving, sailing-song-singing friend is right. If you keep saying it — spring is comin’ — it does help you get through.

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Chris Charbonneau (Charb) has lived pretty much everywhere, from Italy to Alabama. The Army

brat “grew up all over,” and didn’t stop moving after he turned 18. After graduat-ing from Texas Christian University with a degree in advertising, he worked a series of corporate jobs, allowing him to travel through the States, Canada, Europe, and Southeast Asia. “My Annapolis move was my 14th move,” he says, and a serendipi-tous one at that.

Charb’s first sailing happened on a family vacation to Cape Cod when he was only 10 years old, but he quickly decided he wanted more. “My dad had a Hunter 35, and we sailed that on Greer’s Ferry Lake in Arkansas.” When he signed on with Offshore Passage Opportunities to deliver a 48-foot Pearson from Florida to Boston, he knew he was officially hooked.

Nearing his 31st birthday, Charb decided to ditch a corporate job selling paper and instead moved to the United Kingdom, where he set out to receive his Ocean Yacht Masters certificate. “I was doing some chartering and boat deliveries

when I signed on to become the boat cap-tain of a 55-foot Swann down in the Med. I had some time before the job started, so I decided to go visit my family who was liv-ing at the time in North Carolina.”

But while Charb was visiting his family, the job fell through and he found himself without an immediate Plan B. When a recruiter called and offered him a position where he could work from a home office, he knew he wanted to try someplace new.

“A friend who lives in the area said ‘Why don’t you look at Annapolis? I think it’s kind of your speed.’ And it definitely was, so I moved here.”

Charb quickly made Annapolis his home, and has lived here for longer than any of his other ports of call. A few years later, he met Kate and the fates aligned. Kate had been a sailor with St. Mary’s Col-lege of Maryland, and continued sailing in Annapolis. Their first date was at the Boat-yard Bar and Grill, and their honeymoon was onboard a Sabre 42, cruising around the Chesapeake.

And the couple has been sailing together since. Later this month, the Charbonneaus

will be chartering a catamaran in the Bahamas. He hopes to participate in the LOWISA Regatta on Lake of the Woods on the border of Minnesota and Canada, and is already thinking about next year’s Annapolis to Bermuda Race. “And Croa-tia,” he says. “I’d like to return to Europe and do some more sailing there.”

Because he’s such a great combination of interesting and easy going, you can’t blame SpinSheet for calling him when we had an open position in our advertising team. And as an added bonus, Charb’s corgi, Max, fits in smashingly well with the rest of the SpinSheet hounds.

Welcome, Charb! ~D.P.

Do you have that one family member who loves socializing so much you have to drag her out

of parties? We do, too. Meet our new ad sales representative, Holly Foster. Originally from Philadelphia, for many years, Holly’s been around this region and lived in Hagerstown, Baltimore,

and Bethesda. Her high school beau-turned-husband Ron’s ministry work has kept the couple moving, so we’re happy to report they’ve landed perma-nently in Annapolis, three blocks from the SpinSheet world headquarters.

Holly’s background in advertis-ing, marketing, and financial services prepared her well for magazine ad sales. But you should know that you’re not dealing with an ordinary professional; even before her career started, Holly was the Grove City College Mighty Wolverine mascot for four years. If you’ve met her, you get that the “go team” wolverine thing lives on in her enthusiasm for life and people.

A weeklong girls’ trip to the British Virgin Islands led Holly to a passion for sailing. “I fell in love with it,” she says. “I wasn’t expecting that.” She learned that the West River United Methodist Center hosted youth sailing camps and found a way to adopt a boat there. She adopted and sailed a few of them over the years. Now that she lives so close to

the Bay (and her two daughters, Sara and Christine, have flown the coop), she’s looking forward to getting back into her Catalina 30 Alcor — as well as finding a tennis partner and perhaps taking a run once her knee heals.

What does Holly like about working for SpinSheet? “It’s a fabulous team. Everyone here is terrific,” she says. “It’s wonderful to meet customers and hear how much SpinSheet has helped their businesses. Or even the average guy on the street who sees the logo on my shirt and says, ‘I love your magazines!’” One reader told her, “Your magazines are not like one of those glamorous coffee table ones. Yours is the kind you read in the bathroom, cover to cover.” (Thanks?)

We salute Holly for having the guts to radically change her career from banking to boating and welcome her with open arms. We hope to have to drag her out of parties, boat shows, open houses, and raftups and rendez-vous for many years to come. ~M.W.

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DOCKTALK

Breaking the IceThe winter of 1779-1780 was so

cold that ships carrying supplies for George Washington’s army

in Morristown, NJ, were trapped in the Bay. Virginia’s Rappahannock River froze in November, and people could cross on foot between Annapolis and Kent Island. Today, thanks in large part to four ice breaking vessels available to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the ice rarely shuts down marine traf-fic on the Bay.

One of the four ice breakers is the J.M. Tawes, commanded by Captain Eddie Somers, a Smith Island native who has operated the Tawes out of Cris-field since 1990. “It seems like each generation of watermen has a benchmark winter that stands out to them,” reflects Somers. “For my dad, it was 1936. For my grandfa-ther, it was some-time in the teens. For me, it was 1977. That was the worst ice I’ve seen. No one was working then,” he says, referring to the thousands of oystermen and others in the Bay’s fishing industry, which was essentially shut down by the long, cold winter and resulting ice.

When the Bay starts to freeze, Somers and his crew are a lifeline for the residents of Smith Island, trans-porting food, people with doctor appointments, and kids going to school, among other jobs. “The people we help

are very appreciative, so it’s rewarding in winter. The rest of the year, we do things like put out buoys marking speed limits and fishing restrictions, which some people don’t like much. But in the winter, they’re really happy to see us.” Then he pauses and adds with a chuckle, “Well, except for the kids, I guess.”

Captain Somers and the Tawes are responsible for clearing the waters of Crisfield and the surrounding areas, and maintaining the 10-mile passage to Smith Island. When we caught up with Somers in mid January, he had recently spent several days clearing three to four inches of ice between Crisfield and Smith Island. When asked, he says nonchalantly, “Driving through ice makes the boat shake and vibrate, and

when it’s thicker, you can hear it, too.” But steering isn’t difficult Somers says. “Actually it’s easier, because the ice holds her in a track.”

“When the ferry boat operators or watermen call us in the morning to come over, we cut a track on our way there. If the track stays open, the ferry operators like to go on ahead of us back

to Crisfield, because we move so slowly. But if the ice is more than about three inches thick, or new ice is forming, or the wind shifts the track, then they’ll tuck in behind our stern and fol-low us. Usu-ally we don’t take passen-gers; we just clear the way for the other boats. But if the Coast Guard has issued HP restrictions or the boat captains think it’s not safe

to operate their vessels, then passengers will ride with us. Most of the time, they’re in the other vessels either in front or behind us.”

“Tawes was built in the 1940s as a Coast Guard buoy tender and ice breaker,” says Somers. “She’s 100 feet in length, 24 feet wide, and 167 gross tons, yet draws just five feet, making her ideal for the shallow waters of the Bay, especially around Smith Island.”

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# Ferries lining up behind the ice breaker Tawes at Crisfield City Dock, January 2014, heading out to Smith Island. Photo by Lee Daniels, Maryland DNR


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like a bigger hassle than allowing it to languish unattended. Why not consider donating it to a trusted, local nonprofit? Relinquishing that vessel to a good cause could give you a feel-good factor that goes beyond the value of the resulting tax deduction.

Chesapeake Bay Mari-time Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels has one of the Bay’s most successful dona-tion programs, built over the last 14 years by Lad Mills, program director. Recently CBMM brought aboard Todd Taylor to work with Mills as program manager. Taylor says, “Under Lad’s direction last year, 160 boats were donated and sold through CBMM. They ranged from skiffs and sailing dinghies to power cabin cruisers and larger sailboats. CBMM accepts boats of all kinds, so long as they are in reason-ably serviceable condition. Many are sold at our annual Labor Day weekend boat

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Taylor continues, “At CBMM, we have an established and robust donation program in which 100 percent of the dona-tion dollars go to support the education, restoration, and exhibit programs of the museum. We make the process as easy and

hassle-free as possible. We understand that sometimes a donor just wants or needs to be relieved quickly of the responsibilities and expenses of ownership.”

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working condition. All proceeds benefit CRAB’s programs, which make the thrill of sailing accessible to the physically and developmentally disabled. Boats for sale can be viewed at crabsailing.org. On a smaller scale, Annapolis Community Boat-ing welcomes SUP and kayak donations, and boating gear such as sails, dock line,

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Are you in middle or high school? Are you interested in working in or around boats?Did you answer yes to either of these questions?

If so, you should come to the fifth An-nual Marine and Maritime Career Fair Saturday, February 28 from noon to 3

p.m. at Annapolis High School. Last year, more than 200 students came to learn about career opportunities related to boat-ing. “Providing students with knowledge, awareness, and resources to meet those goals is the purpose of the career fair,” says Pam Ray, co-chair of the Marine and Maritime Career Fair.

This is an opportunity for students to meet and talk to people who work in a variety of fields related to boating. The fair is a great time to explore all the different fields and to decide what interests you the most. To keep track of what you learn, you should bring a pen or pencil, some-thing to write on, and a bag or backpack for carrying all the fun swag, freebies, and cool information from exhibitors.

This year, seminars cover topics such as “Marine Trades in the Chesapeake Bay Region” and “STEM Careers in the Marine and Maritime Industry.” There are also peer to peer sessions where you can talk to other students who went through the same process you are going through.

Sailing coaches and school owners, boat builders and service experts, marine craftsmen, STEM professionals, envi-ronmental scientists, technical training programs, two- to four-year colleges, pub-lication and media (such as SpinSheet and PropTalk staff), local, state, and federal government agencies as well as military personnel will all be there to talk to you.

If you don’t know exactly what you want to do, that’s okay. Exhibitors from fields, such as boat building, rigging, engineering, plumbing, sailmaking, equip-ment and supplies, Bay conservation, environmental policy, product design, and even oceanography will be there for you to explore.

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The fourth annual Safety at Sea Seminar is open to all cruising and racing skippers, crews and their families, recre-ational boaters, and commercial mariners. Topics include emergency communica-tions, damage control, man overboard and rescue procedures, medical care and prevention, the AIS System, Chesapeake Bay weather, and life raft inflation and abandon ship procedures.

The program will be moderated by Captain Henry Marx, owner and presi-dent of Landfall Navigation, who has more than 40 years sailing experience. Joining Marx will be a panel of experts in-cluding Capt. Mark Bologna, Will Keene, Bill Sammler, and Pete Seidler, retired U.S. Coast Guard captain.

The registration fee for the seminar is $85 before February 1 (and $110 after). Mariners’ Museum Members receive $15 off each registration. The fee covers lectures, demonstrations, course materials, U.S. Sailing Near Coastal Safety at Sea Certificate, and a boxed lunch. To reserve space, visit marinersmuseum.org/event/safety-at-sea-seminar.

At the U.S. Naval Academy in An-napolis March 28, the Marine Trades Association of Maryland will offer a Safety at Sea seminar with an optional second day of practical hands-on train-ing to qualify for ISAF certification. The contents of the seminar meet the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations and include the following topics: care and mainte-nance of safety equipment, storm sails, damage control and repair, heavy weather, seamanship, ships/channels and right-of-way, man overboard prevention and re-covery, hypothermia, weather forecasting, life rafts, life jackets, and USCG SAR and communications. The seminar is open to racers or cruisers.

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2 Groundhog Day If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, we will have

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3 Trolling for Serendipity: Maritime Photography Fawcett Winter

Seminar Series with John Bildahl. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

3-9 Boat Maryland – A Course on Responsible Boating

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $15.

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4 Captain John Paul Jones took command of the ship Bon Homme

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5 Clear as Mud: an Introduction to Maryland’s Underwater

Archaeology 2 to 3:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Explore the cultural and historical heritage lying beneath the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. $9. Pre-registration is required. (410) 745-4941.

5 Landing Ship Tanks at D-Day Construction on the Ohio, training

on the Chesapeake, victory at Normandy. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

5 Once Around the World Planning and executing a ’round the

world sailing trip. Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Ward and Judy LeHardy. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

5 The Chapel at the US Naval Academy was dedicated. 1845.

6 Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition Concert

6:30 p.m. Harms Gallery at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, MD.

6-7 Polar Plunge Winter Fest Virginia Beach, VA. Benefits

Special Olympics, VA.

7 Cruiser/Racer Seminar Geared toward non-spinnaker and cruising

class racers. Norfolk YCC. 9 a.m. to noon.

7 Windjammers Lecture Severn School, Severna Park, MD.

Hugh Donald will speak and show photos about racing and sailing on the Bay and Nancy Robson will talk about her life on a tugboat. [email protected]

10 Mariner’s Compass Seminar 7 p.m. Kent Island YC.

Sponsored by Kent Narrows SPS.

10 Traveling the World for National Geographic

Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Lynn, Mari, and Bruce Abercrombie. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

11 Abandoned and Salvaged: A Traditional End for Traditional

Vessels on the Chesapeake 2 to 3:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Discuss the disintegrating bugeyes, skipjacks, and other work boats once left by Chesapeake Bay watermen along remote tributaries. $9. Pre-registration is required. (410) 745-4941.

12 The Modern Chesapeake Waterman: Sustaining a Way of

Life from Resources of the Bay The seafood industry is changing, not vanishing--a photographic story of what’s really going on. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

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12 Yacht Electronics Systems Marine energy systems design

and maintenance. Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Andrew Fegley. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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14 Using GPS Seminar 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Alexandria

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14 Valentine’s Day Kiss a sailor today.

14-22 Marine Weather Course

2-weekend course, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sail Solomons, $395. No prerequisites, sail and power welcome. (410) 326-4917.

16 The frigate USS Philadelphia captured after

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17 Do It Right! ABYC Standards Fawcett Winter Seminar Series

with John Adey, ABYC. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

17 Random Acts of Kindness Day Today is the day to show

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19 Flowers to Honey: Just how Cool is the Honey Bee?

The amazing story of what bees are able to do. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

19 Newport Bound! Cruiser and Racer Preparation Tips on

Safety and Navigation Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Mike Jones. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

21 Near Coastal Safety at Sea Seminar

Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $110.

21 Thru Halls, Seacocks, and Charging Systems Seminar

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Coffee: The World in Your Cup Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA. This traveling exhibition provides a look into the powerful influence of one of the world’s most popular beverages.

23 Assessing Weather Risks Marine Forecaster Lee Chesneau

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24 Maryland Bay Pilots: The View from the Bridge

Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with John Hamill, Bay Pilot Association of Maryland. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

24 The Monterrey Wrecks: Unraveling the Mystery of a

Baltimore Privateer Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico 2 to 3:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Explore the story of three early 19th-century shipwrecks discovered in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011. $9. Pre-registration is required. (410) 745-4941.

25 What’s That Fox Doing in my Backyard?

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26 Family Around the World Adventure Fawcett Winter

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26 The Living, Breathing Ocean: Perspectives from NASA’s Color

Satellites Ocean data applications in a nutshell-carbon cycle, red tides, climate extremes. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

27 National No Brainer Day Give your brain a break.

28 5th Annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair

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28 Basic Weather and Forecasting 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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28 Birdhouse Building Workshop At the Havre de Grace Maritime

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6 Pineapple Cup / Montego Bay Race Florida to Montego Bay, Jamaica.

23-28 RORC Caribbean 600 Skippers briefing,

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3 Blue Water Basics Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with

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3-9 Boat Maryland – A Course on Responsible Boating

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Annapolis Firehouse, 620 Taylor Avenue. Hosted by the USCG Auxiliary. $15.

5 Launching Barren Island Oysters: New York Photographer to

Oyster Aquaculturist Personal journey from successful photographer to oyster production-oysters as a sustainable choice. 7 p.m. Annapolis Maritime Museum.

5 Unfurling the World: The Voyages of Irving and Electa Johnson

Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Gary Jobson with Thanks to Mystic Seaport Museum. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

7 Windjammers Lecture Severn School in Severna Park, MD.

Roger Vaughan on his book “Fishing Gone” about life on Tangier Island.

7-8 Battle of Hampton Roads Civil War-themed beard

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7-22 Coastal Navigation Course

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9 Electronic Navigation Kent Island Volunteer Fire Dept.

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10 Advanced Power Handling Kent Island YC. 7 p.m.

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10 Fitness, Health, and Fine Dining at Sea

Fawcett Winter Seminar Series with Cindy Fletcher Holden and Robert Holden. 7 p.m. 919 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis.

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14 Introduction to Sea Kayaking 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. West River

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14 Racing Tactics with Bill Gladstone

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18 The Frogs of Spring Chesapeake Bay Environmental

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19 Messing about in Boats Fawcett Winter Seminar Series

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21 Common Sense Engine Maintenance Seminar

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21 GPS for Mariners 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis

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21 Medical Emergencies at Sea-Beyond First Aid

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24 America’s Cup 35 Update Fawcett Winter Seminar Series

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28 Paddlesports America 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annapolis

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refresher class at DC Sail and it really felt like I was starting over again.

I was determined to get as much experience as possible while the weather was warm and went sailing regularly at the member and social sails during the weekdays and rentals on the weekend. In June I took an FJ class and started racing dinghies, and that’s where I really caught the sailing bug. Racing brought in a new level of boat handling, sail trim, and wind awareness along with strategy, tactics, and of course, the shear motiva-tion to win.

In order to hone my sailing skills for a variety of conditions, locations and boats, I ventured to Baltimore and took the Basic Keelboat class at the DSC in July. The keelboat class was great, and I got to know the sailing community in Baltimore. I started sailing J/22s at Member Sails and Fun Racing at DSC, so at a certain point I was sailing five to six times a week. I also sailed on 420s at the Baltimore County Sailing Center during their corn roasts and Round the Island Race. Altogether, I logged over 78 days on the water in 2014.

I participated in my first regattas last year at Cantina Cup in August in DC and Ya Gotta Regatta in September, and the Constellation Cup in October in Baltimore. I also skippered my first regatta in October at DC Sail’s Halloween regatta. To top it off, I took a bareboat cruising class with my brother and father in the British Virgin Islands on a Beneteau 51 in November, so 2014 was a

great sailing year for me. And, I intro-duced my family to sailing!

My next goal would be to get more experience on cruisers and sailing longer distances. I aspire to join SpinSheet’s Century club in 2015. I’ve been follow-ing the Volvo Ocean Race and am really inspired to sail across the ocean one day and perhaps around the world.If someone were interested in learning to sail, what would you tell them?If you like the challenge of combining the outdoors with the physical and intellectual demands of leveraging a boat in changing elements, I’d say go for it. Plus, there is always the chance that you may go for a swim.Do you own a boat or dream of owning one? I would like to work towards owning a boat some day. I would like to get more experience on different boats and sailing conditions and when the time is right, find my boat avatar. Did you encounter any obstacles or barriers when you began sailing?When you capsize a dinghy the first few times or foul someone during a race, it can be really discouraging. Getting warning signals from a commercial vessel is defi-nitely daunting. But this is all part of the learning process. You pick yourself up (or dry yourself off), learn from your mistakes, and keep on sailing. That is the only way to get better at anything in life.

Donna ColaçoDinghies, Keelboats, Racing, and

Bareboat Cruising in the BVI, All In One Year


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

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

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

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2 12:19 AM 0 L Mon 5:08 AM 0.7 H 11:29 AM -0.4 L 6:12 PM 1.1 H

3 12:58 AM 0 L Tue 5:54 AM 0.7 H 12:12 PM -0.4 L 6:49 PM 1.1 H

4 1:33 AM 0 L Wed 6:37 AM 0.8 H 12:53 PM -0.3 L 7:24 PM 1.1 H

5 2:03 AM -0.1 L THu 7:18 AM 0.8 H 1:32 PM -0.3 L 7:57 PM 1 H

6 2:32 AM -0.1 L Fri 7:59 AM 0.8 H 2:11 PM -0.2 L 8:29 PM 1 H

7 3:00 AM -0.1 L SAT 8:39 AM 0.8 H 2:52 PM -0.2 L 9:03 PM 1 H

8 3:29 AM -0.1 L Sun 9:20 AM 0.9 H 3:36 PM -0.1 L 9:38 PM 0.9 H

9 4:01 AM -0.2 L Mon 10:03 AM 0.9 H 4:25 PM 0 L 10:16 PM 0.9 H

10 4:37 AM -0.2 L Tue 10:49 AM 0.9 H 5:21 PM 0.1 L 10:58 PM 0.8 H

11 5:17 AM -0.2 L Wed 11:39 AM 1 H 6:27 PM 0.1 L 11:46 PM 0.7 H

12 6:03 AM -0.2 L THu 12:33 PM 1 H 7:38 PM 0.1 L

13 12:40 AM 0.7 H Fri 6:56 AM -0.2 L 1:31 PM 1.1 H 8:46 PM 0.1 L

14 1:38 AM 0.7 H SAT 7:54 AM -0.3 L 2:31 PM 1.1 H 9:47 PM 0.1 L

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2 12:47 AM -0.2 L Mon 7:19 AM 2.7 H 1:31 PM -0.1 L 7:33 PM 2.2 H

3 1:28 AM -0.2 L Tue 7:56 AM 2.7 H 2:07 PM -0.1 L 8:10 PM 2.3 H

4 2:06 AM -0.2 L Wed 8:31 AM 2.7 H 2:40 PM -0.1 L 8:45 PM 2.3 H

5 2:43 AM -0.2 L THu 9:04 AM 2.6 H 3:12 PM -0.1 L 9:20 PM 2.4 H

6 3:19 AM -0.1 L Fri 9:36 AM 2.5 H 3:44 PM -0.1 L 9:55 PM 2.4 H

7 3:55 AM 0 L SAT 10:09 AM 2.4 H 4:17 PM -0.1 L 10:31 PM 2.3 H

8 4:33 AM 0 L Sun 10:44 AM 2.3 H 4:52 PM 0 L 11:09 PM 2.3 H

9 5:14 AM 0.1 L Mon 11:21 AM 2.2 H 5:30 PM 0 L 11:49 PM 2.3 H

10 5:59 AM 0.2 L Tue 12:02 PM 2.1 H 6:13 PM 0.1 L

11 12:35 AM 2.3 H Wed 6:51 AM 0.3 L 12:48 PM 2 H 7:03 PM 0.1 L

12 1:27 AM 2.3 H THu 7:49 AM 0.3 L 1:43 PM 2 H 7:59 PM 0.1 L

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2 3:39 AM 0.6 H Mon 9:55 AM -0.4 L 4:46 PM 0.9 H 10:48 PM 0 L

3 4:23 AM 0.6 H Tue 10:38 AM -0.4 L 5:22 PM 0.9 H 11:26 PM -0.1 L

4 5:04 AM 0.7 H Wed 11:20 AM -0.4 L 5:56 PM 0.9 H



7 1:15 AM -0.1 L SAT 7:08 AM 0.7 H 1:24 PM -0.2 L 7:36 PM 0.8 H



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26 12:11 AM 0.8 H THu 6:38 AM -0.2 L 1:10 PM 1.1 H 8:17 PM 0.1 L

27 1:10 AM 0.8 H Fri 7:39 AM -0.2 L 2:18 PM 1.1 H 9:19 PM 0.1 L

28 2:10 AM 0.8 H SAT 8:41 AM -0.2 L 3:22 PM 1.1 H 10:13 PM 0.1 L

15 4:35 AM 2.7 H Sun 10:56 AM 0 L 4:56 PM 2.2 H 11:04 PM -0.3 L

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25 1:10 AM 2.7 H Wed 7:34 AM 0.1 L 1:30 PM 2.2 H 7:45 PM 0 L

26 2:16 AM 2.6 H THu 8:42 AM 0.2 L 2:38 PM 2.1 H 8:49 PM 0.1 L

27 3:27 AM 2.5 H Fri 9:48 AM 0.3 L 3:50 PM 2.1 H 9:54 PM 0.1 L

28 4:33 AM 2.5 H SAT 10:48 AM 0.3 L 4:53 PM 2.1 H 10:52 PM 0.1 L

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16 2:02 AM 0.7 H Mon 8:31 AM -0.4 L 3:14 PM 1 H 9:27 PM 0 L


18 4:00 AM 0.8 H Wed 10:23 AM -0.4 L 4:54 PM 1.1 H 11:05 PM -0.1 L

19 4:56 AM 0.9 H THu 11:17 AM -0.4 L 5:42 PM 1.1 H 11:52 PM -0.2 L

20 5:52 AM 1 H Fri 12:12 PM -0.4 L 6:29 PM 1 H

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24 3:11 AM -0.3 L Tue 9:44 AM 1 H 3:59 PM 0 L 9:49 PM 0.8 H

25 4:07 AM -0.2 L Wed 10:48 AM 1 H 5:00 PM 0.1 L 10:46 PM 0.7 H

26 5:06 AM -0.2 L THu 11:54 AM 1 H 6:03 PM 0.1 L 11:46 PM 0.7 H

27 6:05 AM -0.2 L Fri 12:59 PM 1 H 7:03 PM 0.1 L

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

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

Current Differences and Speed Ratios

Cove Point, 3.9 n.mi. East

Sharp Island Lt., 3.4 n.mi. West

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

Pooles Island, 4 miles Southwest

Turkey Point, 1.2 n.mi. Southwest

Secondary Stations Baltimore Harbor

Approach

Secondary Stations Chesapeake Bay

Entrance

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

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

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

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

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

Time Differences Speed RatiosMin.beforeFlood Flood FloodEbb Ebb

Min.beforeEbb

Time Differences Speed RatiosMin.beforeFlood Flood FloodEbb Ebb

Min.beforeEbb

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

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

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

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

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

Chesapeake Beach, 1.5 miles North

Chesapeake Channel, (bridge tunnel)

Stingray Point, 12.5 miles East

Smith Point Light, 6.7 n.mi. East

Point No Point, 4.3 n.mi. East

Tidal Current Tables

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

February 2015 Currents

10 315 -0.7 Tue 623 948 0.8 1320 1617 -0.6 1934 2207 0.4 11 40 400 -0.6 Wed 702 1037 0.9 1414 1716 -0.6 2045 2305 0.3 12 128 449 -0.6 THu 745 1128 0.9 1508 1816 -0.7 2154 13 7 0.3 Fri 224 542 -0.6 834 1222 0.9 1601 1913 -0.7 2255 14 108 0.3 SAT 325 639 -0.6 926 1315 1 1652 2005 -0.8 2346 15 204 0.4 Sun 427 736 -0.6 1022 1407 1 1740 2053 -0.9 16 29 255 0.5 Mon 527 832 -0.7 1119 1458 1.1 1826 2138 -1 17 108 343 0.6 Tue 624 927 -0.7 1216 1547 1.1 1910 2221 -1 18 145 428 0.7 Wed 718 1020 -0.8 1312 1636 1.1 1953 2303 -1.1 19 221 513 0.8 THu 811 1112 -0.9 1409 1724 1.1 2036 2345 -1.1

1 36 -1.2 Sun 339 621 0.9 958 1328 -1.3 1631 1848 0.7 2145 2 122 -1.2 Mon 420 701 0.9 1035 1409 -1.3 1709 1930 0.7 2224 3 202 -1.3 Tue 500 742 0.9 1108 1442 -1.3 1745 2010 0.8 2302 4 236 -1.3 Wed 540 820 0.9 1139 1511 -1.3 1820 2048 0.8 2341 5 307 -1.3 THu 619 857 0.9 1209 1537 -1.3 1857 2124 0.8 6 21 339 -1.2 Fri 700 933 0.9 1239 1603 -1.2 1932 2201 0.8 7 100 414 -1.1 SAT 740 1009 0.8 1308 1635 -1.2 2008 2239 0.8 8 140 456 -1 Sun 822 1048 0.7 1336 1713 -1.1 2044 2320 0.7 9 221 544 -0.9 Mon 908 1129 0.5 1402 1758 -1 2123

10 2 0.6 Tue 306 636 -0.9 959 1214 0.4 1431 1845 -1 2209 11 45 0.6 Wed 403 728 -0.8 1100 1301 0.3 1508 1934 -1 2259 12 133 0.6 THu 509 826 -0.8 1205 1356 0.3 1608 2030 -1 2355 13 233 0.6 Fri 611 934 -0.9 1306 1507 0.3 1730 2135 -1 14 51 341 0.8 SAT 709 1037 -1 1400 1614 0.5 1843 2239 -1.2 15 149 437 0.9 Sun 805 1129 -1.2 1448 1704 0.7 1950 2335 -1.4 16 243 526 1.1 Mon 857 1219 -1.4 1530 1751 0.9 2053 17 30 -1.6 Tue 335 614 1.3 945 1309 -1.6 1613 1840 1.1 2151 18 126 -1.7 Wed 426 705 1.4 1030 1357 -1.8 1658 1932 1.3 2246 19 218 -1.9 THu 518 757 1.4 1117 1443 -1.9 1744 2023 1.4 2340

20 259 559 1 Fri 903 1205 -0.9 1506 1813 1 2119 21 29 -1.1 SAT 338 646 1 957 1258 -1 1604 1904 0.9 2203 22 113 -1 Sun 420 734 1.1 1052 1354 -0.9 1704 1956 0.8 2249 23 200 -1 Mon 505 826 1.1 1149 1452 -0.9 1808 2052 0.7 2339 24 251 -0.9 Tue 553 920 1.1 1248 1553 -0.9 1915 2153 0.6 25 34 346 -0.8 Wed 645 1018 1.1 1349 1657 -0.8 2025 2257 0.5 26 134 446 -0.7 THu 741 1118 1 1451 1801 -0.8 2133 27 4 0.5 Fri 241 549 -0.6 841 1219 1 1550 1903 -0.9 2236 28 109 0.5 SAT 349 653 -0.6 943 1319 1 1646 2000 -0.9 2330

20 308 -1.9 Fri 610 848 1.4 1202 1528 -1.9 1832 2112 1.5 21 35 359 -1.9 SAT 707 938 1.3 1249 1615 -1.8 1922 2201 1.4 22 129 455 -1.7 Sun 803 1030 1.2 1338 1708 -1.7 2014 2253 1.3 23 225 558 -1.6 Mon 904 1126 1 1427 1806 -1.5 2109 2349 1.1 24 325 703 -1.4 Tue 1010 1226 0.8 1522 1906 -1.3 2210 25 47 1 Wed 434 809 -1.3 1122 1328 0.6 1629 2008 -1.1 2318 26 149 0.8 THu 546 922 -1.2 1237 1443 0.5 1742 2121 -1 27 28 315 0.7 Fri 654 1032 -1.1 1348 1618 0.5 1849 2232 -1 28 138 448 0.7 SAT 757 1130 -1.2 1447 1714 0.5 1950 2329 -1.1

1 57 326 0.5 Sun 603 903 -0.7 1147 1525 1.1 1852 2207 -1 2 141 415 0.6 Mon 659 954 -0.7 1238 1612 1.1 1934 2250 -1 3 221 500 0.6 Tue 749 1042 -0.7 1326 1655 1 2014 2330 -1 4 258 542 0.7 Wed 837 1128 -0.7 1413 1737 1 2051 5 7 -1 THu 333 622 0.7 922 1212 -0.7 1459 1817 0.9 2127 6 44 -1 Fri 406 701 0.7 1007 1256 -0.6 1546 1858 0.8 2203 7 120 -0.9 SAT 439 740 0.8 1052 1342 -0.6 1635 1940 0.7 2240 8 157 -0.8 Sun 512 821 0.8 1139 1430 -0.6 1729 2025 0.6 2317 9 235 -0.8 Mon 547 903 0.8 1228 1521 -0.6 1828 2113 0.5 2357

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The Midnight Diver

Today we are in Beaufort, NC … We experienced an interesting time in December, when we

were in Elizabeth City, NC.We had a visit from “the midnight

diver,” as we call him. At 3 a.m., he came to our boat to help us because our stern line was wrapped around our propeller shaft. We had no engine power. The evening before we had arrived at Mariner’s Wharf, the free city dock, in a hard rain. No one was around, and we were struggling to go between pilings and tie up at a very short dock perpendicular to the sea wall. The wind was blowing our stern over. We ended up in a cockeyed tie with our bow wedged between pilings that did not match the stern pilings. We tried for over an hour to get aligned but couldn’t get the leverage to do it.

It was dark and raining, and we were wedged in and couldn’t unstick our boat, so we went to bed. In the morning, we called Sea Tow. Captain

Dossey came in his truck in the morning to see what he could do. He backed up to the seawall, attached a towline from the back of his truck to different positions on our boat and skillfully maneuvered the boat into an aligned docking. It took a while. My husband Shel-don got a workout moving the lines on different cleats.

Capt. Dossey is a fifth generation Dossey (and his son makes the sixth gen-eration), going back to the Civil War. All the Dosseys made their homes in the Inner Banks area of North Carolina. Sea Tow captains are professional and knowl-edgeable and have to be able to dive in the water as well, if necessary. It worked out that, indeed, we needed a diver, because our stern

line end had fallen overboard the night we arrived and wrapped around our propeller shaft stopping all movement with the engine. Capt. Dossey said that the water here is very cold. A diver must wear a special immersion wet suit that is thick enough to keep him warm. Capt. Dossey left to try to locate a cold water diver.

It looked as if we were going to have to stay an-other day (and lose time going south) when Sea Tow found an immer-sion diver who dives at night and could come to our boat after midnight. Great. The diver called us and said he would be

by Gail Salzman

at our boat after midnight. The water here is brackish. Since he can’t see under the water, he works day or night with a light. He said he would knock on our hull when he arrived.

Around 3 a.m. we heard a knock, and the diver, with a helper on shore, dove, unwrapped the line that bound the prop shaft, and freed the transmis-sion. The diver said he was a farmer, who was good with his hands and did not mind working day or night in cold, dark water.

It always is something, so they say. We are fine and will be underway when the weather allows.

P.S. I asked Capt. Dossey for a rec-ommendation for a dentist in Eliza-beth City since I needed one. That worked out well, too. We could walk to her office from the dock. She saw me right away, and we did not lose a day. All is well. #

# Captain Dossey backed up to the seawall, attached a towline from the back of his truck to different positions on our boat and skillfully maneuvered the boat.

# The diver said he was a farmer, who was good with his hands and did not mind working day or night in cold, dark water.


Face it: Not everyone has deep pockets when it comes to boats. Many of us just don’t have (or

want) the burden of plunking down a hefty down payment and getting subse-quently saddled with years of boat pay-ments ever afterward, while your trusty steed loses value with every sunrise. For me, I just don’t have the stomach for it. Mortgage debt is bad enough. Further-more, boat debt only serves to make ownership onerous, because it means you have to work to pay the debt. And the more you have to work, the less time you have to enjoy the sport and be really free. It’s a double-edged sword working against you.

To my warped way of thinking, sailing is supposed to be about freedom, and freedom from debt sounds to me like a good philoso-phy to uphold. By starting small and cheap, you can be boat rich without debt. This is not to say you won’t spend untold thousands bringing her up to snuff. A lot of chandleries know my name around the Bay, as I have pretty much replaced all of the systems over a period of time that allows me to invoke Pay as You Go as painlessly as possible.

There are plusses and minuses with new boats anyway. Sure, you get to be the original owner, free to custom-ize the boat specifically to your exact needs. From the moment you place the order, you can be sure you’re getting your choice of trim, cushions, interior layout options, rigging upgrades, and sail plans. But all of that comes at a price. Even then, you don’t get any of the little things that make the boat really and truly ready to sail away. Forget for a moment that we’re even considering a side by side comparison of new versus pre-owned, and assume that you just want to get into sailing on the cheap by purchasing a small cruiser for anywhere from a few hundred upwards to say a few thousand dollars.

The Chesapeake Bay is, compared to the rest of the country, pretty target rich for getting into sailing inexpensively, and we should consider ourselves lucky to be standing on this particular part of the world. There are hundreds of marinas with thousands of slips; this is without counting the myriad waterfront land-owners willing to rent out a pier in their backyard. There are more slips in fact than there are boats wanting them. That simple

rule of economic supply and demand means that prices for slips are down. If you look around enough, you’re sure to find bargains.

Boats are pretty cheap around here, too. As with slips, it’s just a matter of geography and what the market will bear. Flipping through this copy of SpinSheet will reveal a ton of boats for sale, a lot of places to keep them, and a big commer-cial network of chandleries, full service boatyards, skilled craftsmen and riggers, and knowledgeable brokerages. The Bay’s brackish waters and temperate climate aren’t as hard on boats as south Florida or the Gulf coast, for example. On the other hand, longer seasons and exposure to salt water might be a factor in keeping prices

lower than freshwater Great Lakes boats.

Important caveats abound with this approach, not the least of which is if you don’t know what you’re buying, you might end up stuck with a pig in a poke. I bought my boat for $600, after paying a surveyor $598 plus $150 to have her short hauled. Testosteronic pride was breached by doing this, but it sure gave me peace of mind along

with an impartial laundry list of stuff the boat needed and what it didn’t. He didn’t spend much time looking at the sails, and I remembered somebody once saying that when buying a used boat, think of the sails as be-ing absolutely no good. This was probably a good thing, as the sails I got were original to the boat in 1983. The engine wasn’t much good either, so I negotiated it out of the price at the beginning.

Here’s a good reason not to skimp on a survey, even for a “free boat”: Recently someone in California bought a cruiser on the hard for next to nothing, only to discover that the mast wasn’t made for the boat and much of the mast and deck hardware was missing. Now he’s stuck with a mismatch that won’t likely ever

perform and will have to fork over sev-eral thousand dollars for a whole new rig. A good survey would have saved him this costly headache. (Make sure you use one who is NAMS or SAMS certified. See namsglobal.org/find-a-marine-surveyor and marinesurvey.org.)

A good broker would have saved him the trouble as well, but good brokers wouldn’t touch such boats in the first place. They have reputations to uphold as well. In the end, it comes down to what level of risk you are comfortable taking, along with how much work, money and sweat equity you are willing to invest toward the end goal of taking in beautiful sunsets from the cockpit of your new, or new to you boat. #

# Annie’s Rose cost the author $600... plus a $595 survey and a $150 short haul.

newyearThe Pay as You Go Approach

by Steve Allan


Where We Sail by Garth Woodruff

Morbid curiosity must have been the motive. I work in the Department of Agri-

culture at a university with a large farm and dairy. We also happen to be located in a county with agricultural land use well over 50 percent. Much of the county borders rivers, lakes, and streams. So much so that the word I hear is, “no body of water is more than a mile apart.” The university farm snakes along thousands of feet of river and operates a dairy grandfathered to sit on a 100 year flood plain.

I’ve had speculations on the impact of agricultural systems on our wa-terways, and that curiosity drove me to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The activities of the NRCS support farms and homeowners with their impact on our environment. In early December, I gained interviews with two of the leaders at our local office. The amount of agricultural land that borders water in our county assured my education.• In terms of environmental impacts

of farms on waterways, this is what I find:

• The number one concern is erosion and sedimentation

• Over 40 percent of the farms actively implement conservation methods

• The highest culprits in sedimenta-tion are row vegetable farms

• Organic farms aren’t always sediment-responsible farms

• The USDA has lots of cost sharing programs to support farmers.

• Riparian buffers are one of the best ways farms can mitigate sediment.

• Cover crops and no till systems are common practices for retaining soil.

• Farmers still farm to close too ditches, streams, and rivers.

• Social demands aren’t enough to create change we need stronger laws.

• Technology is the future for change, and small farms will struggle due to costs.

• There are copious programs farms can be involved in to demonstrate environ-mental consciousness.

Farms as “the problem” is percep-tion not fact. Farmers need their soil to grow crops, and dumping nitrogen on fields costs them money. Farmers are educated and using conservation practices already. Need they make more progress? Sure, but it’s more likely that construction and homeowners 100 miles away from the Bay are creating the biggest pressures of nitrogen and sediment loading not the farms.

Fast forward to December 23. My mouth went from jingle bells to sailor in the blink of an eye. My poor sons in the back seat were privy to another rant as I passed an apartment complex “remedying” their surface water runoff. This taking place in the “canoe capital of Virginia” not three miles from the Shenandoah River. Building, parking lot, and road water was being directed to swales, culverts, and creeks. These previously grassy swales that managed the watershed must have been taking a beating during deluges. The solution: six-foot wide strips of one-foot riprap.

I believe I blasted something to unsuspecting family like, “Sure, blow a hole in my mountains for stone, truck it down here, and build ugly rivers, void of bio diversity and the ability to naturally filter any surface water” — this scene flooding my mind while I freshly processed interviews from the NRCS. Over lunch I continued the rant,

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Like any good father with interest in mortifying his children, I went back to the crime scene for photos and a walk around. After a tutorial to the boys on the dirty runoff having no natural filtra-tion system with oily, dirty water and silt flowing directly into the river and to the Bay, and how a natural system would not only be cheaper but more ef-fective and much more beautiful, I had a moment of enlightenment. My oldest asked, “What can be done about it”? My answer, “educate.”

So I beg of you, my friends, to spread the word. We are the culprits to the state of our Bay. It’s the little things we do in our communities and back-yards, miles away from our sailing play-ground, that have the largest impact. Before we spend monies on necessary

environmental solutions, let’s consult professionals such as environmental designers, landscape architects/design-ers, NRCS, and the Ag Extension. Your local governmental has walls full of pamphlets on good watershed tech-niques. Their websites are full of proven systems that manage our surface water better and cheaper than the systems of yesteryear: bio-swales, rain gardens, and

native plantings full of biodiversity to name a few. Farmers educate them-selves; now it’s our turn.

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

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Although you may feel wrapped in winter’s grip, it’s already time to start planning summer camps and activities for kids.

Maybe we’re biased, but we think every kid who grows up near the Chesapeake ought to learn to sail, and one of the best ways for kids to try sailing is in a summer camp. On the surface sailing camps teach tacking, gybing, and points of sail. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find that the most important skills kids learn at camp are life skills, such as self confidence, teamwork, and problem solving.

“For us, sailing is a means by which to attract kids to a place where they can expe-rience fun, friends, and faith,” says Andy Thornton, director of West River United Methodist Camp in West River, MD. Thornton points out that there is a wide variety in the kinds of summer programs

that teach kids to sail. He says, “If the fam-ily’s primary goal is to build sailing skills, then a day program at a sailing school or club might be appropriate. At a residential camp like ours there is an entirely different feeling, because the goal is to teach more than sailing. Camps such as ours strive to create a feeling of acceptance and belong-ing, while building lifelong friendships. And in our case, we teach faith, too.”

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# Campers learning to put battens into the sail on the West River. Photo courtesy of the West River United Methodist Center

Thornton continues, “At West River UM camp, we made the intentional decision to teach primarily on bigger boats instead of dinghies in an effort to foster a sense of community, and for safety reasons as well. We have several small boats, but the majority of our fleet is comprised of 24-foot Rainbows, which allow multiple campers and an instructor to sail together.

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As a residential camp, we offer several options when it comes to how much time a camper spends on the water. It can be six hours every day, part of each day, or just occasionally. And for our veteran sailing campers, we offer a five-day, big boat over-night experience to explore the Bay.”

Like West River UM, many of the local residential camps are operated by faith-based organizations, such as Camp Wabana in Mayo, MD, and Chistchurch School camp in Virginia. The YMCA also has several fantastic waterfront camps that offer sailing, tubing, and other waterfront fun. YMCA Camp Tockwogh, on Mary-land’s Eastern Shore, even offers special watersports sessions for kids who want to be on the water all day, everyday.

If you’re looking for a day program, community sailing organizations, such as Planet Hope on Herring Bay in Southern Maryland, DC Sail on the Potomac, the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore, and Sail Nauticus in Norfolk teach kids of all skill levels. Most offer full or half day programs that run for one or more weeks.

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Another place to find a good summer sailing program is a private sailing or yacht club. Most, like Rock Hall YC and Severn Sailing Association, welcome non-member kids into their summer programs and are a good place to find intermediate and advanced skill courses. Still another option is a sailing school, such as Kidship in Annapolis, which runs a tried and true program all summer.

Beyond the typical learn-to-sail experi-ence, kids looking for some high adventure may enjoy a multi-day experience on a schooner. DC Sail on the Potomac and Sultana Projects on the Eastern Shore both offer multiple day schooner camps and other waterfront opportunities. For teens who feel it’s time to “graduate” out of a dinghy into a “big boat,” consider a keelboat course, such as the ones offered at Annapolis YC, J/World Sailing School in Annapolis, or The Sailing Academy in Tracys Landing.

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ing?3. How much time is spent on the water and in classrooms?4. What is your student to instructor ratio?5. Do your instructors use motorized coach boats or skiffs?6. What is the cost?7. What kind of safety instruction do you provide?8. Are your sailing instructors certified?9. How are your counselors selected and trained?

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Connie Ranney, director of the sailing school at Rock Hall YC (RHYC) started out sailing just

like many of her students, at a sailing camp. Connie grew up in New Hope, PA, with parents who had never boated even though they had a beach house in Stone Harbor, NJ. It was there that her passion for boating blossomed. When her parents signed her up for sailing camp one summer when she was 10 years old, Connie devel-oped an “instant love” for boating.

A few years ago, Connie was offered an early retirement package after 25 years as a systems engineer for Lockheed Martin; it coincided with RHYC needing some-one to run the sailing program (following the death of its founder Chuck Parry) as well as a local yacht broker needing help. “I have always been deeply into sailing

and the outdoors,” says Connie. “I’m so much happier now — not that I didn’t like my job before. I’m truly more an outside person.”

In addition to acting as volunteer direc-tor for the RHYC sailing school, Connie is a U.S. Sailing-certified sailing instructor and member of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBYRA) junior divi-sion committee. She also works as a yacht broker for Salt Yacht Brokerage in Rock Hall. On the rare occasion that Connie is not out on the water, you can usually find her doing volunteer work for RHYC or web design in the winter months.

Connie is particularly proud of the out-reach programs at RHYC Sailing School (a 501(c)(3)). In partnership with Camp Dayspring, the Horizons Program, and the Dragonfly Heart Camp, RHYC’s programs

strive to get underprivileged children out on the water. They focus on water safety with rowing and stand up paddleboarding, and if the wind is not too strong, they go out sailing.

“Our outreach programs set us apart from the other schools in the area,” she says. “We had about 90 kids from differ-ent camps come to sail last season. It’s a super accelerated program. Being able to impart sailing to these kids in such a short time and seeing them ‘get it’ in a matter of (four) hours is amazing. The kids’ enthusi-asm to do something new is so contagious. We have volunteers during the camp visits, and everyone leaves all pumped up after a day like that ... We’re hoping to expand the program into a broader community reach this upcoming summer.”

The success of Connie’s students makes her love her job. “My favorite part of my job is seeing a smile and sense of accom-plishment when one of our students sails an Opti solo for the first time.”

Connie lives in Rock Hall with her husband Scott, college-aged daughters Kate and Sarah, two cats, and a frog. Her favorite boating partner is her “crazy rescue dog” Kylie, who loves the water and ac-companies her when sailing, powerboating, kayaking, and stand up paddleboarding. Kylie and Connie spend as much time on the water together as possible on all of their boats.

Today, Connie continues her love of sailing in both Sunfish and Lasers. She now owns a 22-foot Mako, a kayak, and stand up paddleboards. Living on the water allows Connie to experience all aspects of boating in her day-to-day life. Her favorite part about life along the Chesapeake Bay is that it “aligns with her passion” allowing her to “experience the water in different ways.”

While Connie may not have been born into a sailing family, she has definitely cre-ated one. Her entire family enjoys spend-ing time out on the water, as do the many people she has introduced to the boating life. ~edited by Molly Winans

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Whenever my husband Rick and I get a fancy bottle of wine — usually as a gift, because whatever we buy ourselves tends to get consumed fairly quickly

— we hang a tag on it and earmark it for a special occasion. And usually, those tagged bottles of wine end up aboard Ca-lypso. It seems that unless it’s the dead of winter, we celebrate most of our special events on our boat.

Birthday? On the boat. Anniversary? On the boat. Mile-stone? On the boat. While these celebrations sometimes involve guests, it’s usually just the two of us. While home on land is comfortable enough, something about the boat makes it special enough to be the venue for anything out-of-the-ordinary. It may be as simple as the fact that the boat is associ-ated with not working, which automatically makes it an escape.

But it’s more likely the fact that being so close to the water, in an inherently cozy en-vironment, lends itself to quality couple time. Usually, we give ourselves permission to unplug from work. There’s no TV reception to provide a distraction. Even if all of the lights are turned on, the light down below at night is low and flattering. And we’re in close proximity to each other, so we have only each other to focus on.

In most anchorages, certain inhibitions of everyday life disappear. Before-dinner cocktails, during-dinner wine, and after-dinner drinks can be consumed without worry about driving home (as long as we’re comfortable with the set of the anchor). Cooking aboard takes some forethought and planning, and invites more creativity, as well as license to not be so healthy. If the anchorage is remote enough, and the water clean enough, an after-dark skinny dip isn’t out of the question.

My favorite part of a sailing day is the time that follows dropping the anchor. Time seems to slow down, especially in the honeyed light that precedes sunset. Sunset, always romantic, is amplified by its reflection on the water. Without distractions and interruptions, the hours of the evening lend themselves to goofy conversation and inside jokes, as well as solving the problems of the world.

While a dreamy night onboard sometimes works itself out serendipitously, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared with some basics. Some of the basics are tangible: those special bottles of wine, a nice dinner, candles (ours are LEDs), good playlists on the iPod, comfortable cushions. Some of them are atmo-spheric: good weather and a quiet anchorage.

But to me, the most important elements are a good sailing partner and a comfortable rapport as crew. Miscommunica-tion, shouting while anchoring, and constantly re-setting a dragging hook do not a relaxing evening make. Running

aground and waiting for the tow boat brews unhappiness, not warm thoughts. In comparison, a pleasant sail and well-rehearsed routines, with each partner knowing his or her role, are preludes to the rest of the day.

Whenever I have something to celebrate, even if it’s some-thing mundane like just another weekend, I want to share it with my favorite person. And one of my favorite settings for doing that is, more and more often, my boat at anchor.

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often when winter banter turns to Caribbean destinations, the British Virgin Islands or the

Bahamas enter the conversation. An island linking these two hot spots, how-ever, offers its own version of tropical paradise. Welcome to la buena vida in Puerto Rico, the land of plenty: plenty of infrastructure, plenty of provisions, and plenty of amazing places to explore.

La isla del encanto, Puerto Rico provides enchanting options for cruis-ers. Those hopping from the Bahamas to the Virgin Islands can try Bruce van Sant’s recommendations and sail the light winds off the shore in the early hours of the morning from west to east along the southern coast. Cruisers then avoid the customary headwinds of the trades and capture plenty of siesta time in the afternoons. Cruisers and char-

terers may find the affordable flights to San Juan and excellent marinas in Fajardo just the ticket for exploring the Spanish Virgin Islands for a short cruise. Other sailors may opt, as we did, to explore the south coast of Puerto Rico from east to west while making miles back to the East Coast of the United States.

A popular spot and our first destina-tion was the Spanish Virgin Islands. We took advantage of light trade winds to anchor in the sometimes treacherous Bahia Tortuga on the northeast side of Culebrita. During the day, we had a small blacktip reef shark swim under the boat. At night, other than our three anchored neighbors, there were no signs of modern life. No lights, no noise. Just thousands of stars above and the roar of waves breaking nearby. While on Culebrita, we hiked up to the ruined lighthouse, dipped our toes in the Jacuzzis, Culebrita’s frothy version of a bubbly pool, and flipped our dinghy in the impressive surf.

Two miles from Culebrita on the southeast corner of Culebra lies a true gem of an anchorage: Las Pelas, in the Bahia de Almodovar. We made several trips here, enjoying a perfectly calm tur-quoise blue harbor every time. The long, shallow reef protecting the bay cre-ates the impression of an infinity pool stretching all the way to St. Thomas. The water is shallow, the bottom sandy,

the kayaking swift, and the swimming wonderful.

Other memorable anchorages in the Spanish Virgin Islands include the main harbor of Culebra, Ensenada Honda, and its proximity to the charming town of Dewey, Culebra’s main settlement. A short walk leads to Flamenco Beach, reputedly one of the best beaches in the world. Cayo de Luis Pena is home to one of the largest coral reefs we snorkeled. During the week, Isla de Palominos and Isla de Palaminitos impart a beautiful deserted island vibe; they crowd up on the weekends with visitors.

Puerto Rico itself embodies so many contrasts. Fajardo, on the eastern side of the island, boasts Puerto del Rey, a 1000-slip marina offering golf cart rides to and from the slip in addition to a wide range of marine services. The local West Marine is large and well-stocked. And when we stepped into Ralph’s Food Warehouse after three months of shop-ping in typical island stores, our jaws dropped at the American-sized grocery

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store filled with Puerto Rican and Caribbean fare. Fajardo also serves as a convenient base for exploring Old San Juan and the El Yunque rain forest by car.

In contrast, we found many anchor-ages on the south side of the island serene and deserted, especially during the week. Bahia de Jobos, a national estuarine reserve protecting five sepa-rate habitats, beckoned as a hurricane hole with coral reefs, sea grass beds, mangroves, mudflats, and evergreen forests. During our three day stay, only three other boats anchored for the night, and the closest was half a mile away. The mangroves form a maze of creeks and passageways on both sides of the bay. On the south side of the bay, the creeks extend all the way to the reef at the edge of the ocean. We had a wonderful kayak tour poking into narrow mangrove creeks with crabs climbing on mangrove roots and birds calling overhead. A few manatees came to visit while we were there.

The anchorage at Playa de Salinas serves as a convenient stop for reprovi-sioning and resting. The marina wel-comes those anchored out to use the laundry and other facilities. We rented a car, filled it with groceries, and then used it to drive to the Centro Cer-emonial Indigena de Tibes, a mind-boggling archeological site of ruins from Igneri and Pre-Taino cultures still being excavated. Discovered by a farmer after a tropical storm in 1975, the ceremonial site has so far revealed seven ball fields and two plazas built over 1000 years ago. As our guide walked around, he picked up shards of old pottery and sea shells that literally well up from the ground.

Continuing westward, we stopped at the legendary Isla Caja de Muer-tos, or Coffin Island. For years, a rum manufacturer reportedly hosted wild parties on the island. A couple of centuries before that, so the story goes, a heartbroken pirate em-balmed and buried his dead bride in a glass coffin in one of the island’s caves so that he could come to visit from time to time. After his capture and execution, his crew returned to the island hoping to find his “treasure” and in turn found their own deaths. Our own visit was much more peaceful. We found ourselves alone at anchor and had to ourselves the lovely beach, the gorgeous calm ocean, the wind-brushed field above the beach perfect for flying kites, and the breathtaking hike along caves up to the deserted lighthouse.

After Isla Caja de Muertos, we stopped for one night at Gilligan’s Island, a popular Puerto Rican park. A couple of mangrove cays that cre-ate a small bay just east of Guanica form the island. Since we visited at the end of a weekday, the park wasn’t overflowing with fellow visitors. A couple of shallow channels through the cays funneled a strong current. We had fun swimming in place, floating along, and poking into the mangroves to see juvenile barracudas.

La Parguera, the last town on the south coast when heading west, sits inside a shallow bay protected by scat-tered mangrove cays and reefs. Local boaters flock to La Parguera on the weekends. We arrived on Saturday to the zip and buzz of numerous jet skis and power boats. We followed suit

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and zipped around in our dinghy. At the western edge of the bay, man-groves line the shores begging for exploration. A nearby bioluminescent lagoon draws visitors as well.

Boqueron sits on the western side of the island, ready to welcome cruis-ers with quiet hospitality during the week and a hopping beach vibe on the weekend. Supermarkets, fuel, restau-rants, street-side shellfish markets, and book exchanges await cruisers. Our last port-of-call in Puerto Rico, Boqueron kept us as entranced with Puerto Rico as our first ports of call in Culebra and Culebrita. Puerto Rico offers many rich experiences, and, for me at least, the most fulfilling taste of paradise I found in the Caribbean. #

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“Pretty” is not a word that would be used to describe Amora. Neither is “charming.” Don’t even try “idyllic.” Yet Amora is a very popular destination for sailors who are cruising the western coast of Europe. In fact, sailors seem to flock there. It was one of our favorite places

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that we experienced during our two years of cruising.

We discovered the anchorage first, the one that is quite visible at low tide, in our cruising guide. It’s actually in front of a little town called Seixel (pronounced “sye SHELL”) and is free, protected from all weather, and offers a dinghy landing. A

grocery store is within walking distance. We found many fellow cruisers there. Protected, safe anchorages with dinghy access and nearby grocery stores are key things that cruisers seek.

But the real action is past the anchor-age, in a big, old boatyard. Like Oz, at the end of the yellow brick road, Tagus Yacht Center is at the end of a well-marked channel and located in Amora, right next

to Seixal. It is a full-service boatyard of-fering some of the best prices and marine talents in Portugal. Robert and I discovered Tagus while exploring in the dinghy. We ended up there a short time later when our gearbox developed an oil leak and needed professional attention.

We spent over a month at Tagus’s only floating dock waiting to have the gearbox oil pump rebuilt. We also accomplished several other boat chores taking advan-tage of dock power and water and various boatyard machinery.

We met a fellow American sailor, Tony, who had prop trouble and whose boat was hauled out during the same time we were there. We instantly bonded. We also met Rafeal and Sergio, the owners of Tagus Yacht Center. They are cousins, and their fathers’ great grandfathers started a shipyard there generations ago. The shipyard, called Venamar, is still active. In fact, the whole shipyard/boatyard operation is

still an extended family business, and we met them all. We learned that these guys used the extreme tides in the old days to step and unstep masts. They also used these tides to dry dock ships. Now it is a modern shipyard. The fathers of Rafeal and Sergio still come to work every day even though they could have retired years ago. They are loyal to the work, and their love of the business is palpable.

# Happy hour at Tagus.








Rafeal and Sergio decided several years ago to start a business that caters to yachts and small boats. Tagus Yacht Center was born and became a success. The two cous-ins are friendly and speak perfect English, which certainly helps since a majority of their customers are from the U.K.

Besides Tony, we met many sail-ors from all over the world who came to Tagus for some kind of boat work, repair, or winter storage. We had already established a sort of daily happy hour with Tony, gathering boatyard style “chairs” (milk cartons, wood benches, and a few actual chairs) around a small wobbly white plastic table. We shared beers and sea stories. When new cruisers arrived, they joined in, bringing beers, munchies, and more sea stories. We found more “chairs” to gather around the table. With such an international flavor, the atmosphere was priceless.

One guy, Theo from Holland, arrived at Tagus four years earlier and was still there! Theo is a singer and got hooked on Portuguese fado music and acquired a bit of notoriety singing in Lisbon fado houses. He sang in Portuguese with a Dutch accent. We went to hear him one night at a neighborhood fado house, where for $15 you get appetizers, a full entrée, dessert, the fado singing, and all the wine you can drink. Theo was great, and he was a big hit.

Theo also had a full-size, state-of-the-art electric keyboard on his boat and offered it to me for a few days. I played

it for entertainment during our Happy Hours. This morphed into a festive bar-beque one night with us cruisers bringing food, beer, and various instruments. The shipyard guys brought local wines. The Tagus guys provided the grill. We formed the impromptu Cafe Tagus with live musical entertainment.

This all may sound like a typical Friday evening in a funky Eastport boatyard, but what made it extra special were the multiple languages spoken, action-packed tales of sea faring adventures, and the shipyard’s history going back so long ago. This, plus we crossed an ocean to be there.

And then there was the donkey! Right up the dusty road from Tagus, lived a

donkey who we passed on our way to the grocery store. This donkey, a mascot at a local elementary school, was as soft as a kitten, as friendly as a puppy, and had Disney movie eye lashes. We brought him carrots on our way home and stroked his soft fur while he munched in delight. In the evenings, he would honk. Or sing. Or whatever you call what donkeys do. This donkey “music” added to the magic of the Cafe Tagus.

Finally the day came when our gear-box was back on and we were done. We realized we had to leave Amora. And it was hard! We had fallen in love with the people there, the ritual happy hours, the music, the boatyard dogs, and our soft, friendly donkey. There were hugs and tears when we made our farewells to the Tagus/Venamar family and fellow sail-ors. As we motored away into the chan-nel, the boatyard gang lined up along the deck of one of the ships and waved and snapped photos.

We know Amora wasn’t what people would call “paradise.” Not by a long shot. But to us, it was special, and we will never forget the people we met there. In fact, Tony spent the summer here in Annapolis after crossing back by himself, and we bumped into several of the other cruisers and boatyard guys throughout our two years. Tagus Yacht Center gave us new friends and cherished memories. I’d like to return one day. Hopefully not for a repair but for a visit. We’ll bring beer and carrots! #

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As a sailing editor who aims to get more and more people on the water, the three words, “you are invited,” are music to my ears. “Open to the public” is another phrase I like. We were pleasantly surprised in what’s supposed to be the quiet month of January to receive so many welcoming invitations for readers. Here’s a roundup of the

month’s top club invitations. Find more details at the websites listed below and at spinsheet.com/clubs. Don’t forget to send us news for the March SpinSheet, including more great invitations and high-resolution photos,

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Free Lectures. The Windjammers of the Chesapeake (in their last year!) offer two more free lecture evenings: Hugh Donald will speak about racing and sailing on the Bay, followed by Nancy Robson about her life on a tugboat (February 7). Roger Vaughan will dis-cuss his book “Fishing Gone” about life on Tangier Island (March 7). The pub-lic is welcome to these lectures at the Severn School in Severna Park. Contact [email protected] or (410) 439-9340. windjammers-chesapeake.org Reefs and Brunch. Coral reefs in the Chesapeake? Bill Goldsborough of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation makes a powerful analogy about oysters and sav-ing the Bay. Join Singles on Sailboats at the Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis Feburary 22 for an interesting and en-tertaining program. Social hour begins at 11 a.m., with brunch at noon. Cost is $32 per person, and all are welcome. singlesonsailboats.org Join the Fun. Club Crabtowne’s monthly meeting and social will be held Tuesday, February 24, at the Fleet Reserve Club (100 Compromise St. Annapolis, 6-8 p.m.) Meet new friends, sign up for activities, and join the fun. (Active duty military personnel receive a one-year free membership.) clubcrabtowne.org

Help Friends Get Into Sailing. Join the West River Sailing Club and SpinSheet editor Molly Winans March 14 for a Start Sailing Now Q&A and breakout sessions about getting into sailing. Lunch and registration begin at 1 p.m. The free presentation begins at 2 p.m. All are welcome. westriversc.orgOpen House. Selby Bay YC (SBYC) will host an Open House Sunday, March 15 from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m., for boaters interested in a possible membership. Stop by and check out the facility and meet a number of the

officers and members. SBYC: 1116 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, MD. (410) 798-1415. selbybayyc.comBeneteau Sailors in Charm City. Early registration for Beneteau sailors (and powerboaters) ends February 28 for the big summer Rendezvous (June 5-7) in Baltimore. Email [email protected]’ Big 5-0. Dickerson owners past and present should register early for the 50th anniversary celebration race, parade, and special gathering in Oxford June 12-14. Email [email protected].

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“I don’t have a boat, but I love to sail on all kinds of cruising boats,” says Carole Jordan, Singles on Sailboats (SOS) member. Over

the years, she has been a board member, educa-tion chair, and currently, brunch chair. She calls J Port on Back Creek in Annapolis her home port, as she’s worked at J/World Annapolis for many years. Anyone who’s met Carole knows that she doesn’t sit still for long, at work or in life, so we considered ourselves lucky to have fit into her schedule long enough to hear about her sailing life.

How did you get into sailing? When my kids were small, we bought a 12-foot Snark and started sailing as a family. We progressed through lots of other boats (a 22-foot Venture, 27-foot Erickson, 34-foot Catalina, and an 18-foot Buccaneer) and also chartered as the kids grew into good sailors.What’s the best part about being in a cruising club? The best part of SOS is the friend-ships I have made around sailing. By

sailing on different boats, with lots of different crew and skippers, you get to know people in a unique way. I also have had the opportunity with SOS to sail in Vancouver, Australia, Italy, France, and the North Channel of Lake Huron through our bareboat cruising trips.Do you have a favorite recent memory from a club rendezvous or raftup? This past September, we spent a week cruising through the Nivernais Canal

in the Chablis region of France. While this was a barge trip, we still had eight boats of SOS members for each of the two weeks of the trip. It was so much fun!Anything else you would like to share about your sailing adven-tures? My sailing skills have improved greatly in the last 14 years with SOS by just signing up for lots of differ-ent adventures. I have also learned that sailors are really neat people!

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The Scheidt A30 tale is a story of a whole family of active and competitive sailors brought up

with the Alberg 30 family. My father, Melvin Scheidt, started it all sailing a skipjack in the 1920s. In the mid 60s, he found the Alberg 30 just too good to miss, and in 1967, he bought hull number 247. Sue and I crewed regularly on Suzie 2, as she was called, until moving to Alaska in 1970. With the regular crew gone, my dad sold his Alberg in the fall of 1970 and limited his boating to helping me pilot my motor cruiser from Seattle to Sitka, AK, for exploring and adventuring.

In 1973, Sue and I, with our children Da-vid, Karen, and Christina, moved back to Howard County, MD, and sailing was definitely on our agenda. Dad was still active and in-terested in sailing, so we decided to partner in a boat. The Alberg 30 was still the best one-design class for racing and cruising, so we started shopping. One Sunday morning in October 1973, I called on an ad for an Alberg 30 in the paper. The boat began to sound famil-iar. I asked the number of the boat, and it was 247. “We’ll buy it,” I said without asking another question, and we were literally off to the races for the next 25 years.

We decided to rename the boat, and Dave suggested Argo from his studies of constellations and Greek mythology. Over the next five years my dad and I participated in most of the class races. We alternated the helm but always raced together with Sue and our children. We had so much to

learn. I remember stuffing our brand new stiff racing genoa into the sail bag and wondering why it hardly fit, before learning the value of folding sails. Operating on a theory from dad’s fluid dynamics teaching that a little scum on the bottom is faster, we seldom cleaned the bottom until realizing how critically important it is to regularly clean the bottom. It was three years before we won any trophy. Gradually we learned our lessons and got the boat moving. Alberg 30 racing and associated cruising became a fam-ily enterprise.

…In 1979, my parents’ health rapidly deteriorated, and they died the first week of August. We lost both parents and my sailing partner at the same time. Over the next two decades the A30 Association became our extended family.

Our Alberg 30 years were filled with so many adventures and fun times. We especially loved the Hamp-ton Races and associated cruises back. The first one in 1974, after an 18-hour romp down the Bay in a fresh North-erly, took us back up the Western shore where we first encountered those magical names: the Rappahannock, Great Wicomico, and Piankatank.

Then came the Eastern Shore: Smith Island, Tangier Island, and Deal Is-land. The Hampton race also provided a great start for the Delmarva cir-cumnavigation that we did with Bob Marshall and others several years later. Then there was the infamous follow-on cruise to the North Carolina Outer Banks through the Great Dismal Swamp and Ablemarle Sound.

To be sure, the Alberg 30 Associa-tion was central for our family becom-ing a real sailing family. The boat is so sturdy we always felt safe. The A30 community is so warm, welcoming,

and helpful, we al-ways valued their companionship. Learning to sail an A30 fast in such a competitive fleet is a challenge and terrific preparation when moving to race other boats. Our own family and their spouses have been our best crew. We are happy to say that beginning with Argo, our grown children and now their spouses are all active sailors.

The desire to continue to compete as a family with eight active sailors led us to move to our J/35, Maggie.

Often asked how we get good crew, my answer is “breed them,” and also raise them within the A30 family. Now carrying on from the start we got with the Alberg 30, our grandchildren are beginning to sail and race with us. For last year’s racing season, grandson Christian Scheidt has now joined the Maggie “A” crew, schooled for the front of the boat by his two aunts, Karen and Christina, and of course his dad and grandparents.

Thank you A30 Class and Association!

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# The Scheidt family on Argo.


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might not otherwise encounter. And although we have friends with differ-ent kinds of boats, the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association gives us a ready-made group to consult with about our particular boat.Do you have a favorite recent memory from a club rendezvous or raftup? It’s hard to single any particular event out; the days of large (dragging) rafts are past, since we’ve changed our meth-ods, so there are no longer any infa-mous events. The Margaritaville solstice party we host is always a lot of fun; it’s great to see the pink flamingoes, palm trees, and Key West flags on the boats and the loud tropical shirts and leis on the guests.

Anything else you would like to share about your sailing adventures? Sailing clubs are great! We’ve made lifelong friendships that extend well past the sailing season and the Chesapeake Bay. And members of the CBSA have preceded us on our trip down the ICW to the Bahamas, so we’ve had the benefit of their wisdom to help us make our way.

Shared Experience

If you ever see a 1997 Sabre 402 named Calypso sailing out of Annapolis’s Back Creek with a smiling couple onboard, wave hello to Rick and Eva Hill, members of the Chesapeake Bay Sabre Association (CBSA). If their faces

look familiar, that’s because Eva’s clever articles have appeared in SpinSheet for more than a decade (see page 41). You can tell by Eva’s writing that when she and her husband are not sailing, they plan sailing charters and adventures. The Hills have both been commodore and vice commodore of CBSA in the past. Currently, Eva is on the events committee, and Rick is membership chair.

# Rick and Eva Hill, members of CBSA.


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The idea of the Windjammers came about in 1962 when “two old Gib-son Island buddies, Rolfe Pottberg

and Henry Dupont Baldwin, and I (Mar-shall Duer) were sitting in the cockpit sip-ping lemonade.” Soon Chuck Owens got involved, as did Tom Closs, Dick Randall, Ed Hanrahan, John Jenkins, Bill Hill, Laury Dinning, Fred Hecklinger, and others. The stated purpose started out as a fun group of people, “a small group of sometimes 30-50,” as the audience at the Engineering Society on Mt. Vernon Place, where we had some lectures.

In early 1965, a few mem-bers called on Governor Tawes about Crisfield and their many skipjacks and about having skipjack races using Sandy Point. They got his blessing. On August 11, 1965, Owens, Rolfe Pottberg, and Duer incorporated the Windjammers of the Chesapeake Inc., and started the Chesapeake Appreciation Days.

In 1965 a race committee was formed for a one-day race October 30. There were 24 skipjack entries out of nearly 40 in ex-istence. There was also a start for the Al-berg fleet. Many tents and vendors made

being on shore at Sandy Point State Park quite an experience where people came by the car load for $2 each, and enjoyed all the food and the sights. By 1968 there were 2000 spectator and racing boats in the small area above the Bay Bridge and just as many on shore. The Chesapeake

Bay Appreciation Day and Skipjack Races continued through the 1970s.

In 1968, The Chesapeake Bay Founda-tion was started, a “Windjammer prod-igy.” A few years before a fellow Wind-jammer, Arthur Sherwood, led discussions with a small group of Windjammers at the Hamilton Street Club and explored the possibility of creating “a potent force of

concerned, thoughtful citizens of the land of the Chesapeake.” Many Windjam-mers were on the board and as directors. Jesse Malcolm, a Windjammer member, became the executive director.

In 1970, the Windjammers started their Rendevous. The first gathering had

77 boats catering to 300 people. We have continued this tradition since the 70s with the Fall Cruise and Commodore’s Cocktail Party. In 1972, the Richard Randall Memorial race was started at the suggestion of former Commodore Jack Carpenter.

During the years, the Wind-jammers have met at the Engi-neering Club in Baltimore, the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, and Severn School Price Auditorium. We have a strong maritime heritage on the Chesapeake Bay and con-

tinue to have some of the best speakers presenting the latest topics on sailing and seamanship from the Bay and around the globe.

2015 marks the final year of the Wind-jammers after 51 years. All past members are invited to a closing party at Chartwell Country Club after the last lecture March 7. windjammers-chesapeake.org

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Spring Training On and Off the Water

The Sailing Club, Inc., a bareboat charter cruising club devoted to safe sailing while having fun,

prepares for the upcoming sailing season with both training opportunities and great trips. Here are some early 2015 season events/trips.

CPR and First Aid Training (March 14). This all-day class provides certifica-tion with a focus on injuries/accidents on the water. The class is available to 2015 members only and takes place at the Whitehouse Rescue Squad building, Whitehouse, NJ.

Annual Meeting and Luncheon (March 22). Trip leaders will present the 2015 trips, and the new Board of Trustees will be introduced. This meeting is open to members and nonmembers, and it is a good way to learn about the club and its

# Founding Windjammers members: (top row) Marshall Duer, Gordon Dalsemer, and Rolfe Pottberg; (bottom row) Tom Closs, Chuck Owens, and Richard Randall.

maneuvering, and more. The annual on-water training weekend using chartered boats from Rock Hall, MD, will happen April 25-26. This hands-on training class requires club membership and a fee.

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Basic Sailing Skills (two sessions April 18). The on-land skills class is free to 2015 members and held indoors. The class includes navigation, chart reading, standard knots, principles of keelboat

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# The Southern Maryland Sailing Association’s Disco-Glow New Year’s Eve party.

# The Potomac River Sailing Association’s Laser Hangover Regatta. Photo by Carl Schaefer

# Club Crabtowne members on a winter excursion to the ice sculptures at the Gaylord Hotel in DC.

# Chesapeake Bristol Club officers for 2015: Marty Suydam, commodore; Will Hottle, vice commodore; Rebecca Burka, rear commodore; David Burka, treasurer; and Logan Hottle, secretary.

# Burgee exchange between the Back Creek YC and the Hawaii YC. BCYC represented by Otto and Bonnie Hetzel, Club Secretary.

# The Tartan Ladies Lunch: (standing) Bonnie Wood, Carol Reynolds, Debby Shields, Elinor Adensam, and Mary Ina Bourdon; (sitting) Sue Farmer, Mary Swift, Darlene Forte, Lauren Harbom, and Birgit Robberts.


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Quantum Key West Race Week 2015

# Cole Allsopp on Moxie, leading the fleet upwind. Photos by Ken Stanek kenstanek.photography/events/key-west-race-week/

Foiling catamarans and drones hovering around the finish lines made this year’s edition of Quantum Key West Race

Week seem like it was the 2045 edition, and not the 2015 edition. It was a light year for Chesapeake Bay participation, with only a dozen boats sailing with Bay sailors. But the boats that did compete certainly put forth a great showing.

Monday’s sailing had winds starting out at eight to 14 knots out of the north-east, easing some as the day progressed. For the first race, everyone was chomping at the bit. Within the IRC class, boats were within millimeters of each other at the start. At the start of the J/70 fleet, half a dozen boats were hailed as OCS. As the wind continued to wither, all three divi-sions were sent in after two races.

The big news of 2015 is the expan-sion of the Farr 280 class (expect to see six in Charleston in a couple of months).

For Key West, though, the Farrs were racing in a PHRF fleet with several Bay regulars: Robin Team’s J/122 Team-work and John and Linda Edwards’ Farr 30 Rhumb Punch. British skipper Joe Woods, racing on the Farr 280 Red, came out with an early lead in the class by splitting away on the upwind leg and never looking back. For the second race, other boats were ready to put a stop to that: both Stephen Murray’s Decision and Red were called over early, and while Tate Russack’s Diesel with Ian Gordon onboard was leading the first few legs, the Brits managed to make gains and finally take the bullet.

“It’s a great boat, and we’ve enjoyed sailing it so far,” said Shane Hughes, the boat captain for Red.

But there was plenty of excitement in other divisions. On the J/70 course, where the Midwinter Championship

was being held, Chesapeake Bay boats showed up for the first race with some serious determination. Thomas Bowen onboard Reach Around and Cole Allsopp onboard Moxie managed to take second and third places, respectively.

After coming in off the water, J/70 sailors were all talking about Gannon Troutman, the 12-year old skipper of Pied Piper. From Gloucester, VA, Trout-man had his deepest finish at 27th place for the first race and came back with an impressive third for the second race of the day. “I almost fell off the spectator boat!” his mother Robin said of seeing her son heading to the finish line with the vast majority of the fleet behind him. Troutman is an Opti sailor with the Fishing Bay YC’s Junior Race team and is thought to be the youngest skipper in the 28-year history of Key West Race Week. Troutman joined by tactician


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But beginner’s luck wasn’t the case everywhere. In the PHRF 2 class, Gerry Taylor’s Cape Fear 38, Tangent, owned the first day of racing with two bul-lets. He has been sailing together with his crew for 12 years. And in PHRF 1, Robin Team’s Teamwork boasted a crew that has been sailing alongside each other for upwards of 40 years. He man-aged a third in the first race within a Farr 280-heavy fleet.

On Tuesday, racers headed out to the course in five- to seven-knot winds. Monday’s racing brought unusually shifty breeze, with the right side of the course being favored (whereas in the past, the Key West maxim has been “go left, young sailor”). Race commit-tees struggled with setting the course. “The breeze was very dodgy and moving through at 50 degrees,” said Dave Bren-nan, the veteran principal race officer managing the Division Two course. “Prior to Race 4, we had to postpone three times to reset the line.” Brennan said the RC managed to get the Melges 24 fleet started with a heading of 150 degrees, but by the time the J/70s were

in sequence, the wind had shifted 30 degrees.

Bay J/70s responded well to the shifty conditions, though, with Category One sailors making a play at the front of the fleet. Catharine Evans and the crew on-board Mojito came out of the gate swing-ing during Race Three. It helped a little that over a dozen boats were over early, but she didn’t spend any time check-ing to make sure everyone had cleared; instead she led the fleet for all four legs and ended up fourth. During Race Four, Peter Bowe, Todd Jenner, Susannah Jenner, and Mike McNamara onboard Tea Dance Snake did exceptionally well, coming in 14th.

In Division Three, the Farr 280s are having a hard time keeping the British boat Red away from the gun, but Ste-phen Murray’s Decision with Annapolis pro Geoff Ewenson onboard managed to block him out in the third race. Winds picked back up after the weather passed, bringing 10-11 knots for boats to get a race off.

On the IRC course, Race One was abandoned 70 percent of the way through. The 2014 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and Quantum Sails execu-tive vice president Terry Hutchinson was onboard Hap Fauth’s Bella Mente (a 72-foot Maxi) and took first in both of the day’s races, despite the shifty, tricky conditions. Later that night at the Smoking Tuna, Hutchinson had a brush with celebrity when he saddled up to the bar with country singer George Strait. “Apparently we also raced today, but what the heck? I just got to shake hands with George Strait!”

Wednesday, though, Hutchinson wasn’t as happy. A one-hour short delay started the day off on a tough foot. Then, during the fifth race, Bella Mente collided with a submerged object and grounded, forcing a DNF on the boat and doing some damage to the keel bulb.

Around the rest of the race course, it was quiet yet productive. Taylor cement-ed his hold of the regatta, while Hooli-gan/Flat Stanley, a J/70 owned by Trey

Sheehan, came in third place. Hooligan/Flat Stanley had SpinSheet Century Club member Wilson Stout onboard.

To make up for lost time, race com-mittees had boats leave shore an hour early on Thursday. The breeze was rela-tively steady at 13 knots and above, so three races were scheduled. T-Hutch and the Bella Mente crew wasted no time get-ting back into the mix. After seven races, only one point separated them from the second place boat, Numbers.

On the J/70 course, Gannon Trout-man and Pied Piper showed that they could sail the boat to the front of the pack in a big way, taking first place in Race Eight. In PHRF 1, Robin Team and crew had a banner day winning all three races. “Very seldom do you get three races in one day, but we had perfect conditions for our boat, with 12-16 knots of breeze that favored the heavier boats rather than the little, slip-pery boats.” Despite the majority of Farr 280s on the PHRF 1 course, Team was focused on where he stood up against the other J/122, Richard Wesslund’s El Ocaso. “We crossed tacks with them at almost every crossing. Wesslund and his crew are very good sailors, and we just wanted to see how we stacked up with him again this year. There

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# Robin Team’s Teamwork. Some of the crew have been sailing together for upwards of 40 years.

# The Farr 280 Diesel, bringing some moody clouds with her.

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Thursday night on Duval Street was very quiet, as sailors returned to shore with three races under their belts as well as a few bruises. Friday’s forecast promised to be the biggest day of racing, and it did not disappoint. The foiling GC32s were pressed with the challenge of having to foil against both wind and two- to three-foot waves, and dazzled everyone by posting the fastest speeds ever seen in Key West Race Week. At times, the boats were launched up on waves and managed to come out of the water completely. They were completing the downwind leg of the course within only six minutes.

Taylor’s crew onboard Tangent proved that they could sail the boat in any condition and ended the regatta with another set of bullets. Out of 10 races, he managed to rack up only 11

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A total of 40 boats raced in the unofficial Key West Race Week feeder race, the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race. Congratulations to J/World’s Kristen Berry onboard J/120 Euro Trash Girl and Christian Schaumloffel onboard the Hobie 33 Mirage, who both participated. keywestrace.org

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# Annapolis pro Geoff Ewenson calling tactics onboard Stephen Murray’s Farr 280 Decision

points. In PHRF 1, Team’s Team-work pulled out a couple of seconds to finish out the regatta nine points ahead of the third place boat, the other J/122 El Ocaso. While the British Farr 280 won the fleet, Ian Gordon, tactician onboard Rus-sack’s Diesel, had no problem with the sailing. “Friday’s breeze became great planing conditions, and the boats held up well.”

The week-long dog fight hap-pening in the J/70 fleet ended up with Italian boat Calvi Network on top, after the boat consistently placed fourth or fifth in the 11-race regatta and ended up winning Boat of the Week. Pied Piper came in fifth place overall, only 19 points away from first place. Bowen, who raced with pros Ed Norton and Martin Kullman trimming and

wife Anne Hooper on the bow, did very well and came in right behind the ‘tween in sixth place overall. Hooligan/Flat Stanley Racing finished up the top 10.

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Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis, MD, and Stephanie Roble of East Troy, WI, have been named U.S. Sailing’s

2014 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. A total of 10 men and seven women had been shortlisted for the 2014 honors based on nominations submitted by members of US Sailing, with these two sailors then selected for the noteworthy distinction by a diverse panel of sailing journalists.

Hutchinson was named in recogni-tion of a year that saw him atop the leaderboard at major regattas more times than any other American sailor. The 2014 award is Hutchinson’s second; he previ-ously earned the honor in 2008 following his win of the TP52 World Champion-ship

As tactician on Alex Roeper’s Plenty, Hutchinson won the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, capping a successful sea-son that also saw him win the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship and the California Cup and take class honors at the Rolex Big Boat Series. He also reclaimed the World Championship title in the TP52 class, collecting a class win at Quantum Key West Race Week as well as the TP52 U.S. Championship title. His success in one-design classes did not stop there. In the RC44, he won the Oman Cup as tactician; in the J/70 class, he drove to the win of the Fall Brawl in his hometown; and he finished second at the Melges 32 Gold Cup, again as tactician.

“Being awarded the Rolex Yachts-man of the Year Award for a second time

is quite humbling,” added Hutchinson. “It puts me into a group of American yachtsman that I have always respected and admired for their achievements on the water. I am struggling to find the words, as I am incredibly appreciative of those around me. Quite honestly, I am a bit blown away.”

The 46-year-old father of three is a native of Annapolis. He learned to sail at age three in a Dyer Dhow that was at-tached by a line to his parent’s Concordia yawl. Going back and forth on the end of that line set him on a course to becoming a college star at Old Dominion University where he earned Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) All-American honors four times (1987, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90) and was twice recognized as College Sailor of the Year (’89 and ’90).

Roble, a first-time shortlisted nominee, was recognized by the selection panel for her versatility; her accomplish-ments as a skipper and as a crew; and her competitive successes on a variety of platforms, sailing against both men and women.

A member of the Etchells World Championship winning team, Roble also crewed on the seventh-place finisher at the J/70 North American Champion-ship, and the fifth-place finisher at the Melges 20 North American Champion-ship. As a skipper, she won the U.S. Women’s Match Racing Championship and placed third at the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship. Based on her 2014 match racing results, she begins the New Year as the top American match racer, with a ranking of number three in the world.

“The nominees for this year were in-credibly talented, and I am truly honored to be the 2014 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year,” said Roble.

The 25-year-old Roble began her sailing career in dinghies and scows from Lake Beulah YC in her hometown of East Troy. A successful junior sailor, she twice earned ICSA All-American Honors (2010, 2011) while compet-ing for Old Dominion University from which she graduated in 2011. Roble has made the transition to match racing with a goal of winning the Women’s Match Racing World Championship while continuing to compete in the Melges 20, J/70 and Etchells classes.

Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Announced # Terry Hutchinson onboard Bella Mente. Photo by Carlo Borlenghi for Rolex

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As most racers on the Bay probably know by now, the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBYRA)

voting members approved the massive collection of by-law changes and elected a new slate of officers at the Annual General Meeting December 20. The voting on the floor for all of this was unanimously in favor.

How could the voting go unopposed, you might ask yourself, in a room full of racing sailors whose very ethos is to ques-tion everything, from their tactician’s calls to any incident related to the Racing Rules of Sailing?

That’s pretty easy to figure out. CBYRA, led by the enormous efforts

of past president Penny Zahn, went out and asked racers what they wanted. Penny and her cohorts, including her husband Peter, conducted working sessions with sailors from Havre de Grace to Hampton, getting first-person comments, criticism, and suggestions, and then distilling all this information into a set of documents that will change the face of CBYRA for the better in 2015, and hopefully, for decades to come.

What came out of the changes? A leaner, more efficient yacht racing associa-

tion bent on increasing the effectiveness of organizing and promoting the sport of sailboat racing on the bay. An organization where executive officers hold task-oriented positions, not just advisory or reporting roles. And, an organization committed to modernizing the electronic interface with information being broadcast to devices, not just published in a finite number of yearly books.

As incoming president, I want to publi-cally thank Penny and Peter, and also Dan Bowman. Dan skillfully extracted CBYRA from the byzantine snarl of internet con-nections we had with our former internet service provider and got us set up to con-duct business in 2014.

And huge thanks, too, to Mark McGo-nigle, for putting in countless hours over the years, editing the Green Book.

If you see any of these folks in your per-egrinations, on and off the water in 2015, please take a few seconds and shout out a big “THANKS!” I’ve left dozens of others unnamed here, but if you know someone who helped with the reorganization, buy them a drink!

Is our work done? Not by a long shot. For 2015, we already have a commit-ted set of volunteers and officers working

on initiatives such as fleet-building and shorthanded sailing. We want to act as an agent to transition dinghy sailors to larger boats. And we want to connect folks who’ve lacked access to the water with rac-ing sailboats.

There are thousands and thousands of sailboats between North East, MD, and the North Carolina border. An incredibly small percentage of them race. We’d love to persuade non-racers that the RRS and seeming chaos of the starting sequence doesn’t have to be intimidating; that get-ting out of the office for a Wednesday night race can be the highlight of your week; and that coming into work on Mon-day morning, feeling fortified after a magi-cal weekend racing, can be transformative!

See you on the water!~Tim Ford, CBYRA president

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Chesapeake Shorthand Sailing Society Announces Inaugural Racing Season

The Chesapeake Shorthand Sailing Society (CHESSS) has been organized to provide single- and double-handed sailors with the knowledge, resources, and organization

to safely race and cruise shorthanded on the Chesapeake Bay. At present, CHESSS is working to learn and implement best practices for single-handed and double-handed racing with the goal of creating an active racing schedule on the Chesa-peake. The group’s first racing series will start this spring with races initially run by CHESSS and with additional races as single- and double-handed class starts in existing club-sponsored racing.

In the long term, CHESSS plans to seek recognition for single- and double-handed racing as CBYRA-sanctioned classes, and also hopes to provide an organizational frame-work and forum for members to discuss and implement safety requirements and techniques unique to shorthand sailing within the busy Chesapeake sailing environ-ment. CHESSS has been adding new members every few days during the 2014/2015 winter season and is currently looking for additional members and participants in its 2015 racing season. For more information, please e-mail Rich Acuti at [email protected].

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Wait a minute! The skipper who won the sailboat race is, in his ev-eryday life, part of Action Express

Racing, a motor sports racing group in Denver, NC? That is to say, he spends a lot of time helping make racing machines on wheels go very, very fast, and he uses his relaxation time to race the slowest conveyance known to man through the water. While the combina-tion is certainly not schizophrenic, it is a head-scratcher.

Carey Hardesty with his crew of Nick Sawyer, Peter Hunter, and Emory Nemeth, won first place overall in the Dana Dillon Memorial New Year’s Madness Race (DDMNYMR). They sailed Carey’s S2 7.9 Lona to a first overall and, of course, first in his fleet (PHRF C). At the finish, Lona was 57 seconds ahead of the next boat, the Beneteau 36.7 Stardancer, sailed by John and Beverly Blais.

The DDMNYMR is a staggered start pursuit race. Slower handicapped boats start first, and the fastest go last, based on their handicaps. Lona was one of the earlier starters. “I just took [a friend’s] advice: ‘Start first and keep all the boats behind you,” Carey said and

chuckled. He further described the race as including a downwind leg that “was a blast!” As for the finish, he said, “When we turned into Mill Creek ahead, we realized it was only 500 more yards to go.”

It was a really cold and blustery day, but the winning skipper and his crew were oblivious to the conditions. On a day when everyone looked a lot like the Michelin Man, Carey said he felt a lot like Randy, the character in the movie “A Christmas Story” who was so wrapped up he could not move.

For a post-New Year’s Eve party crowd, the racers acquitted themselves well. Twenty boats started the 2015 New Year’s Madness Race, and 17 actually finished the six miles. The course ran from Hampton River through Hampton Roads Harbor and into Mill Creek. The event is fondly billed as the race from Hampton YC Bar (where breakfast buffet is served and the skippers meeting held), around Hampton Bar (the sandbar in the harbor), and into the Old Point Comfort YC bar (for the post-race party and award presentations). And, thus, it was so, and hopefully, as has been for several years now, will be so on January 1, 2016.

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# Leg warmers, balaclavas, and serious hats were the order of the day for racers. Photo by Lin McCarthy

# Lona, overall winner, passes the entrance to Mill Creek and heads for the finish line. Photo by David Baxter/ dbaxterphotography.com

Dana Dillon Memorial New Year’s

Madness Race Overall Winner: Lona, Carey HardestyFleet Winners:PHRF A, Stardancer, John and Beverly BlaisPHRF B, Wham Bam, Dave TaylorPHRF C, Lona, Carey HardestyPHRF NS, Tilt, Cliff PorterCruising, Tempo, Jonathan RomeroEvent Chairman: Mark WolfeOrganized by Old Point Comfort YC and Hampton YC

# Second-place Stardancer (#53670), 3rd Feather (41018), and 4th Wham Bam dice it out on the race course. Photo by David Baxter/ dbaxterphotography.com


It’s Calendar Time!

by Kim Couranz

In addition to some new dinghy sailing gear, did you get a new calendar as a holiday gift? Time to get out a pencil or

pen and put some small boat regattas on it!One of the most talked-about regattas

of the year — and the regatta for which Severn Sailing Association (SSA) won the 2014 U.S. Sailing St. Petersburg YC Tro-phy for excellence in race management — is the Olivia’s Team Racing Invitational Regatta. On the schedule for August 22-23 this year, the Olivia Regatta is a team race regatta where the teams evolve over the course of the weekend. The unique format means that even newbie team racers have a shot at winning. And there’s lots of great music and on-shore fun, too. The regatta is sailed in 420s that are provided by several clubs and organizations around Annapolis. Details will be available soon at severnsailing.org.

With the 2017 505 Worlds slated for Annapolis, the class is making sure to get plenty of time on the Chesapeake to prepare the world’s best 505 sailors for the main event. This year, the 505 North Ameri-cans will be run on the Bay off Annapolis September 16-20, often a great time of year for the breeze those planing machines crave. Track updates at usa505.org.

The Chesapeake will be the center of the nation’s team racing focus in late Septem-ber, as Annapolis YC (annapolisyc.org) hosts U.S. Sailing’s George R. Hinman Trophy, September 26-27. The Hinman Trophy, emblematic of the U.S. team race championship, will be sailed in provided Zim 15s. See ussailing.org/racing/champi-onships/adult/teamracing. Teams must be selected, but if you’re not on the water, you can still enjoy the event; spectators may watch racing in Annapolis Harbor from SSA, which is providing some support for the regatta.

Big turnouts are expected for the Laser and Laser Radial Atlantic Coast Cham-pionships, which will be hosted by Fishing Bay YC, May 16-17. What a great place to sail; check out fbyc.net.

And at least one national championship

will be decided on Bay waters this year: The Soling National Championship will be run out of Severn SA, October 23-25.

Many classes and clubs are still final-izing their schedules; be sure to check in with sailing associations near you to learn of other opportunities.

Some sailors may want to pack up their gear and go for an off-the-Bay regatta road trip, as a number of high-level and elite regattas are within driving distance this summer. Here are some adventures to consider for one-design small boats:

LightningsWorld Championship (qualification

required), Buffalo Canoe Club, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, July 19-25: lightningworlds.com

International Masters Championships, July 15-19, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, July 19-25: lightningworlds.com

Women’s, Juniors’, and Masters’ North Americans, Tawas, MI, August 7-9: 2015wjm.com

North American Championship, New Orleans, October 8-11: lightningclass.org

Lasers and Laser RadialsLaser World Championship (qualifica-

tion required), Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 29-July 8: kingstonlaserworlds2015.com

Laser Masters’ World Champion-ship (selection process applies; age groups and Lasers and Laser Radials), Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 10-18: kingstonlaser-worlds2015.com

Laser, Laser Radial, and 4.7 North Americans, SailNC, Wanchese, NC, July 30-August 2: sailnc.org

Laser, Laser Radial, and 4.7 U.S. Na-tionals, Brant Beach YC, NJ, July 21-24: bbyc.net

SnipesSnipe North Americans, Royal Ham-

ilton YC, Hamilton, Ontario, July 3-5: sciracanada.wordpress.com

Snipe Nationals, Mission Bay YC, San Diego, CA (for serious road trippers only!), August 7-14: snipeusa.com/regattas/us-national-championship/2015-snipe-nationals

ThistlesThistle Nationals, Ft. Walton YC, Ft.

Walton Beach, FL, July 25-31: thistlenationals2015.com

StarsStar Western Hemisphere Champion-

ship, Biscayne Bay YC, Coconut Grove, FL, April 15-19: biscaynebayyachtclub.com

Star North American Championship, Seattle YC, Seattle, WA (another varsity road trip experience), September 1-6: seattleyachtclub.org

Pan American GamesThe Pan Am Games — which include

competitors from countries in North, Central, and South America — take place every four years. In 2015, they’ll run in To-ronto, Canada, July 20-26. Qualification for sailing events has taken place for most fleets, but you can follow along and cheer on your country’s representatives in RSX (men’s and women’s windsurfer), Laser Radial (women), 49erFX (women), Laser (men), Sunfish (open), Snipe (open), Ho-bie 16 (open), J/24 (open), and Lightning (mixed). Follow at toronto2015.org/sailing

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Charlie Iliff has fond memories of the 1983 Annapolis to Newport Race (A2N). “The only boat we remember

beating was Bert Jabin’s new Farr 37. We both went offshore, with the bulk of the fleet along the beach. They sent a Coast Guard helicopter to look for us. We got in a day or so after the awards dinner. We found out on that race that occasionally water bugs can pass a racing sailboat, and that whale breath really stinks.”

Ililff was racing onboard Alaris, a Vitesse yawl designed by Bill Tripp, Sr., a design that later became known as the Block Island 40. And if things go as planned, in June 2015 Alaris will once again sail the Annapolis to Newport race.

The boat was launched in 1958 and Iliff’s father, Charles E. Iliff, MD, bought her the next year andsailed her to a fourth in class in the 1959 A2N. The boat raced several offshore events over the next three decades, including the 1965 and 1983 Newport races and the 1960 and 1978 Newport to Bermuda races, winning her class in 1978 and coming in third overall only to Arnie Gay’s and Dan Strohmeier’s Concordia yawls. By the time of the 1983 A2N, she was owned by Nick Iliff, Char-lie’s brother.

Alaris was owned by three Iliff men between 1959 and 2000: Charles MD

beginning in 1959, Nick starting in 1973, and Jack from 1991 to 2000. Canadian sailor Mike Cranfield came on as her owner in 2000. “She was the first large boat I crewed on,” he says. “I think that most people who get the opportunity to sail on her fall for her, and so when she came up for sale, there was just no question.”

Cranfield came to crew on the boat 30 years ago after a chance meeting with Jack Iliff, an ophthalmologist at the Johns Hopkins. At the time, Cranfield was the veterinar-ian with the Baltimore Zoo, and he reached out to the Wilmer Eye Institute for a doctor to help perform a cataract surgery on one of the zoo’s tigers. When Jack Iliff signed up to assist in the surgery, he said that the procedure simply couldn’t hap-pen on a Wednesday afternoon, since he had to be back in Annapolis in time to go sailing. Cranfield signed on as crew almost immediately, and has been sailing with the Iliffs since.

Although the crew hasn’t changed much over time, the boat has. “Alaris is now a

sloop,” Charlie Ililff writes, “the last of a number of rig modifications, with and without bowsprit.” She races seldom now, but is a regular podium finisher in the annual Constellation Cup Regatta. Alaris has been at home at an Iliff family dock since 1959.

“She still holds her own,” Cranfield says, “and with the Iliffs sailing on her again, it just makes her history even more important.” Char-lie adds: “We’re hoping she remembers the way to Newport. She may have to, since someone listed me as navigator.”

So what made the Iliff brothers want to sign up for another offshore race in a

57-year old boat? “I guess we got tired of talking about what we did back in the day (certainly our family and friends got tired of hearing about it) and wanted to have more up-to-date memories before memory was a thing of the past,” says Nick Iliff.

Nick is referring to, of course, the fact that the Alaris 2015 crew will poten-tially have the highest average age for all competing boats at just above 65. “Two 73-year olds, one almost 71, one 68, a 62 a kid in his 50s, and one baby who’s about to be a grandmother,” says Charlie.

The Iliffs haven’t had the boat offshore since the 1983 A2N, and the boat is unchanged since 1984 with the excep-tion of a roller furling jib. But she’s had a few upgrades. “We had to add some internal ballast this fall to meet stability requirements,” says Nick. “We waited out the past few races, hoping Annapolis YC would add a non-spin class, as our circa 1984-88 spinnakers had been eaten by mice. We were too invested in the idea of doing the race to turn back when we found out otherwise.”

The 2015 race marks the 35th run-ning of the A2N in its present form, and Alaris’s fourth race in four separate decades. To keep track of Alaris, and all the other boats competing, visit annapolisnewportrace.com.

Alaris: After Five Decades Under Sail, the Annapolis to Newport Race

# Alaris under sail today.

# Alaris in 1981.


Chesapeake Racer Profile

Rick Deppe sailed onboard Mary-land-based Chessie Racing in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round-the-

World Race before it was bought by Volvo and became the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) five years later.

A true sailor at the time, living in Annapolis, Deppe would have never predicted that a dozen years later he’d be working out of VOR headquarters in Alicante, Spain, on the media side of the race. In the ensuing years, Deppe became a videographer, producer, and media specialist working on projects such as the America’s Cup and the popular Discovery Channel series “The Deadliest Catch.” His return to ocean racing happened in 2008-09 when he was hired by PUMA Ocean Rac-ing skipper Ken Read to be the team’s media crew member or MCM, an individual who chronicles the race onboard with pic-tures, video, text, and social media; MCMs are not allowed to race or help sail the boat.

After winning the award as the top onboard reporter in 2009, Deppe was hired by the VOR the next year to run the MCM program for the 2011-12 race. For 2014-15, Deppe oversees the production of the daily highlights video on volvooceanrace.com called the “Inside Track.” SpinSheet caught up with Deppe just after the start of this edition of the race.What’s your best memory of racing with Chessie that year? Definitely the christening ceremony in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore … It was a big deal. That’s when you realize that it’s all really happening. But the

Rick Deppeactual moment during the race has to be rounding Cape Horn. It’s the romance of the whole thing. That’s the true sense of achievement. You’ve arrived and are doing this around-the-world trip. For most ocean sailors, rounding Cape Horn is a magical moment.What do you remember most about the Baltimore/Annapolis stopover that year onboard Chessie? I was living in Annapolis at that time. I was George Collins’s boat captain and in charge, so clearly, there were so many friends and family. When you see a lot of familiar faces, it’s extra special.

It also came at a final stage of the race, so we were in a more relaxed state of mind; that’s for sure. We were still in the hunt actually and had overachieved at that point. As the home boat, we felt like the superstars, which is not such a common occurrence in our sport.Tell us how the MCM program has developed from your time onboard PUMA to overseeing the project that is currently being called the Onboard Reporter (OBR) program. Back in the day, we were just happy to get the footage off the boat, really. That was an achievement in itself. You were

just happy to see what you could get back to race HQ for the media and race to provide fans. But the improvements with the satellite infrastructure and the speed at which we can transfer content via Inmarsat’s network have improved dramatically. Tells us about the changes in what’s now called the OBR program. We were determined to look more closely at journalists or multimedia experts, instead of taking sailors and training them (to be a media person). Also, with the one-design boat (de-signed by Annapolis-based Farr Yacht

Design), I’d like to think that the boat was built around the media systems. This is a big improvement for the way the OBR operates. The job is a lot harder because you’re always con-nected to race HQ in Alicante. Even in ‘08-’09, I could go days or even weeks doing my own thing.What was the key in selecting the reporters for this year’s race? Because we were looking for people

we didn’t know, we put the net out wide and received 2500 applications. We whittled that down to about 100 … We looked at people’s show reels. Then the key was tryouts on the boat. By taking people from outside the sailing community, we had to make sure they could handle the environment. You could take the best multimedia report-ers in the world, but if they can’t live on a boat like ours for three weeks at a time, there’s no chance. But we found a great group. We’ve been excited to see all the media they are sending back every day.

# Photo by Jerry Kirby/ PUMA Ocean Racing/ Volvo Ocean Race

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43 Jeanneau DS 2003 ....................................... $214,900 42 Island Packet 420 2002 ............................... $299,900 42 Island Packet 420 2005 ............................... $288,500 42 Moody 425 1991 ......................................... $118,500 42 Endeavour 1985 ............................................ $99,900 42 Southerly 42RST 2011................................ $575,000 42 Tatoosh 1982 .............................................. $120,000 41 Bristol 41.1 CC 1981 .................................. $135,000 41 Rhodes Bounty II 1957 ................................. $52,500 40 Island Packet 1999 ...................................... $188,500 39 Beneteau 393 2003........................................ $99,900 38 Catalina 380 2000 ....................................... $129,900 38 Southerly 2009 ............................................ $399,000 38 Hunter 2005 ............................................... $127,500 38 Island Packet 380 2000 ............................... $219,000 38 Island Packet 380 1999 ............................... $189,00038 Island Packet 1990 ...................................... $139,000 37 Gib’Sea 1990 ................................................. $29,990 37 Island Packet 370 2008 ............................... $273,000

37 Island Packet 1995 ...................................... $156,000 37 Southerly 115 MK IV 2006 ......................... $249,000 36 Island Packet Estero 2010 ............................ $270,000 36 Tashing Tashiba 1986 ................................. $128,500 35 Island Packet 350 1998 ............................... $120,000 35 Island Packet 1992 ...................................... $114,90035 Island Packet 1989 ...................................... $134,000 35 Island Packet Cat 1994 ................................ $152,000 34 Catalina 1993 ................................................ $49,900 34 Hunter 340 1999 .......................................... $59,900 34 O’Day 1983................................................... $39,000 34 Sabre MKI 1980 ............................................ $39,000 33 Tartan 1981 .................................................. $34,500 32 Island Packet ..........................Several from....$79,900 31 Island Packet ...................................3 from....$48,900 30 Allied Seawind 1969 ...................................... $49,500 30 Pearson 303 1986.......................................... $34,900 29 Island Packet ...................................2 from....$59,900 27 Island Packet ..........................Several from....$31,500


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Adirondack Guide Boats ........................................ 23

Allstate Insurance ...................................................58

Annapolis Gelcoat ..................................................49

Annapolis MD Capital Yacht Club ..........................20

Annapolis Performance Sailing ................................3

Annapolis Sailing School ........................................36

Annapolis to Newport Race ....................................57

Annapolis Yacht Sales.......................................42,71

ARC DelMarVa Rally ..............................................54

Atlantic Cruising Yachts............................................4

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

Beta Marine ............................................................53

Block Island Race Week.........................................59

Blue Water Sailing School ......................................20

Boatyard Bar & Grill ................................................22

C & C Yachts ............................................................8

Cape Charles Town Harbor ....................................26

Chesapeake Boating Club ......................................49

Chesapeake Harbour Inc........................................24

Chesapeake Light Craft ..........................................47

Christchurch ...........................................................36

Coastal Properties ..................................................83

Coppercoat USA.....................................................33

CRAB......................................................................76

Crusader Yacht Sales.............................................74

Curtis Stokes ............................................................9

DC sail ....................................................................39

Downtown Sailing Center .......................................38

Dream Yacht Charters ............................................13

Fawcett Boat Supplies ............................................23

Harbor East Marina ................................................53

Herrington Harbour .................................................21

J. Gordon & Co. ......................................................10

J/World ...................................................................39

Leukemia Cup ...................................................24,25

M Yacht Services....................................................19

M Yacht Services Blue Div .....................................44

Mack Sails ..............................................................10

Martek Davits..........................................................49

North Sails ..............................................................84

Norton Sailing School .............................................51

Norton Yachts ....................................................46,73

Paradise Marina .....................................................25

Pettit Marine Paint Vivid .........................................55

Planet Hope ............................................................35

Pocket-Yacht Company ..........................................60

Pro Valor Charters ..................................................47

Quantum .................................................................68

Regent Point Marina ...............................................33

Ribcraft .....................................................................7

Rock Hall Yacht Club Sailing School ......................35

Rondar ....................................................................58

S&J Yachts .............................................................75

SailFlow ..................................................................18

Sailrite Enterprises .................................................16

Scandia Marine Center ...........................................26

Severn Sailing Association .....................................35

Stur-Dee Boat .........................................................39

Ullman Sails..............................................................5

Vane Brothers.........................................................51

West Marine ...........................................................17

West River Sailing Club ..........................................35

Whitehall Marina .....................................................60

YMCA Camp Tockwogh .........................................37

Young’s Boat Yard..................................................23

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C H E S A P E A K E C L A S S I C

In May 1974, Baltimore-based writer, photographer, and sailor Robert de Gast completed a

clockwise lap around the Delmarva Peninsula aboard Slick Ca’m, a lovely and game 22-foot sloop. In the words of his friend, author John Barth, de Gast’s 24-day passage represented “a simple and delightful thing which no one seems to have thought of doing before, at least for the record.”

de Gast covered nearly 700 miles, and along the way he kept a log and carefully framed and captured black and white photos, mostly from the cockpit of the Olin Stephens-penned boat. With a writer’s ear and a photographer’s eye, he recorded what he saw and what he heard.

There were no blog updates, selfies, or tweets posted. There was no access to Doppler radar, WiFi hot spots, or Star-bucks. de Gast’s voyage had no sponsor, and no marketing messages were carried on the hull or sails. No pledges were made, no funds were raised, and no camera crews jumped on and off his boat. de Gast sailed mostly alone. None of his published photographs feature people. Only a handful of the photo-graphs feature manmade objects at all. de Gast recalled that during the voy-age he was “alone — but never lonely.” Barth writes, “This voyager, like the voyage, is quiet, able, self-effacing.”

In 1975 The Johns Hopkins University Press published de Gast’s words and photos as a beautiful and elegiac book titled “Western Wind

Eastern Shore.” The book is long out of print. In 2015, it is difficult, but not impossible, to secure a copy. Copies do turn up at yard sales, used books shops, estate sales. and occasionally, in corners of the Internet. It is a classic worth seeking out.

Barth contributed the book’s forward and in it reports that “Western Wind Eastern Shore” is “neither a sea saga nor a soul-search nor a cruising guide nor

a travelogue nor a coffee table picture book, but a calm circumspection of the Eastern Shore.” The modest de Gast says his book is “…an eclectic collection of remembered sights and sounds.”

As challenging and unnecessary as it is to pin down a description of the book, its influence continues to resonate. Writers, photographers, and those who love simple pocket cruis-ers will find the book compelling

and inspirational. Annapolis-based writer and sailor Jack Sherwood first introduced me to “Western Wind Eastern Shore.” The book and de Gast’s voyage were deeply influential to Sherwood and his colleagues in journalism. Sherwood continues to actively sail his Sailmaster 22, a sister-ship to Slick Ca’m.

It has been possible to circum-navigate the fertile Delmarva Penin-

sula since 1929 when the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was opened. While there were certainly spo-radic recreational attempts to complete the lap in the following decades, it was de Gast’s humble and thoughtful voyage and the ensuing book that helped bring the modern concept of a “Delmarva” into popularity.

At the end of his voy-age, after weathering one final thunderstorm, de Gast steered Slick Ca’m into Mill Creek, near An-napolis, and wryly noted that he had “lost one lifejacket and 15 pounds” along the way.

de Gast reflects on the trip as he tucks away his boat and, like any sailor truly in love with his boat,

his cruising grounds, and the simple joy of being under sail, he looks ahead to his next passage, thinking about “all the rivers I hadn’t sailed, or hadn’t sailed to the end. And about all the towns I hadn’t visited and all the creeks and coves and islands I hadn’t explored … A shallow-draft boat, a sounding pole, and the patience to wait for the tides could be the ingredi-ents of a wonderful cruise.” #

Western Wind eastern Shoreby Dave Gendell

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