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Carolyn’s ChroniclesRamping up to SummerLive Fron Kent NarrowsMornings Amongst The FogCelebrating 50 YearsLife in the Slow LaneModel of the MonthThe Gear LockerRockfish TournamentNational Marina DayLatest News from PurgatoryAdding Cleats It’s Time to Put Your Campbells BoatyardClassifieds

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Carolyn’s Chronicles [email protected]

It’s hard to believe that Me-morial Day is just around the corner. We have a condo in Fenwick Island and although we have always used it year round, Memorial Day always signaled the official start of summer. Our daughter, Jessica, always had to be the first one in the pool, no matter how cold it was. I remember a few times when her lips would literally be blue and her teeth were chattering, but no worries, she still held onto her title of first in the pool.

For boaters, this holiday means the official start of summer. It is time to catch up with boat-ing friends, some of whom you haven’t seen since last season. I sure hope the weather this year is perfect and our waterways are filled with boaters. I have heard rumblings and grumbling about the gas prices. It makes me sad to think that for some it will mean fewer trips in their boats. A part of me thinks that this is just some secret plot to part us from our money since there just aren’t too many things we can do without having to buy gas. Since many of our gas purchases are necessary for traveling, such as work, grocery shopping and the like, it doesn’t always leave a lot of disposable gas money for boating. Truth be told, it kind of ticks me off.

Memorial Day signifies many things to many people, but its true meaning is a day on which we remember those who died while in service for our coun-try. May 5, 1968 was the first officially proclaimed Memorial Day by General John Logan, na-tional commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and ob-

served on May 30, 1868.

In December of 2000, the “National Moment of Remem-brance” resolution was passed. It asks that for all Americans at 3 p.m. local time, “To volun-tarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to Taps.” I cannot think of a better thing for all Americans to do this Memorial Day.

There has been much debate of the death of Osama bin Laden and whether our country was justified in killing this man. I don’t know the answer to this question, but I do believe that the world is better off without the likes of him. This Memo-rial Day, every single American needs to give thanks to the brave SEALs who risked their life on this mission to keep our country free.

I hope that all of you have the best Memorial Day ever. Take a long, leisurely boat ride, drink a cold one, and most definitely enjoy some Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Catch up with old friends, make new friends and spend time enjoying your loved ones. I do not yet how I will spend this weekend, but I know that I am sure looking forward to it.

As always, all of us at Mid At-lantic send out a big thank you to our readers and advertisers. Your loyalty and support means the world to all of us who work to make this publication the best it can be. Till next month, Happy Boating!


Ramping Up to Summer Dick Greenwood

I certainly love this time of year. Those ugly piles of dingy gray snow have flowed into the gut-ters; the grass is working hard to shake off the brown, depressing coloration and find its green tint; and the marinas are starting to come to life. Ladders, buckets, plastic bottles of “wonder clean-er”—guaranteed to clean those scuffed fenders or double your work back—and elbow grease are in evidence at every turn. There’s no doubt about it, we boaters are bullish on Spring.

As I’m wont to do, I took an afternoon and drove down to the Bay so I could get a first hand sense of the goings on. To be perfectly honest, I was wary about what I’d find. Sure, I can project my enthusiasm, but I was a bit

concerned that the state of the economy and the price of fuel might conspire to keep people at home, peering out their win-dows, quietly “tsk-tsking,” and sorting through photos of last year’s cruises. At the moment a quick check on the web (http://www.waterwayguide.com/fuel-pricing1.php?area=cbdb) tells me that as of May 2nd, gas prices were spread out between $3.90 and $4.75 per gallon, with the lower prices coming from the Virginia marinas and the higher prices coming from eastern shore sites. This past weekend I drove through Connecticut and paid $4.38 per gallon for gas for my car, so I’m not optimistic that ma-rinas’ prices are going to get any better as the summer rolls in.

But I don’t want to throw a wet towel on your outlook without some information to back me up; so, as risky as it is, I went to the source and sought some prognos-tications about the coming sea-son. The feedback was a decid-edly mixed bag. My first stop was at The Cove Marina, located high on the Elk River, where my friends, Jeff and Millie Perry keep their Marinette boat. As I might have expected, the Perry’s were up to their gunwales in cleaning potions, getting ready to power wash the boat’s hull and tidy up the cabin.

“What’s your outlook on the com-ing season?” I ask.

Jeff looks at me as if I had just asked a question in ancient Greek.

I reach for clarity—not necessar-ily my strong suit—and say, “I mean, are the gas prices going to keep you off the water.”

Jeff blinks, that deer in the head-lights blink you get when you ask a 5 year-old if he really wants ice cream. Working his way out of the fog I’d ushered in, he says, “Well, the prices might shorten

our cruises, but they sure won’t keep us off the water.” The look in his eye now tells me he’s silently adding “Hey, stupid” to the sentence. In the background Millie, who in spite of Jeff ’s anguished pleas actually admits to being a regular reader of what I write, nods vigorously and assures me that they’ll still get plenty of use out of their boat.

Figuring that anyone who reads my stuff might not be too reliable, I go to the marina office and con-front Dan Stewart, the manager of the marina.“How’s the season shaping up?” I begin.

“Well, it’s off to a slow start, but I think it’s going to be okay,” he says. “There seems to be less of a rush to launch, this year, than in other years; but I suspect that’s just people deciding that they’ll put their time, energy, and dollars into the best days of the season and take a bye on the early, cooler days.” That makes sense to me, so I don’t write anything down lest I make sense to you.

Figuring I should get a wide sam-pling of opinions, I call Haven Harbour in Rock Hall and ask

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for Woody. As Millie Perry can tell you, Woody is the head of maintenance—I think his title is “Grand Woopah of Maintenance and Special Sales Promotions,” but I could be wrong—and he’s a guy I often seek out when I’m looking for something that ap-proximates the true scoop on the boating scene. Unfortunately, Woody isn’t available or won’t take my call. Jennifer, the prime communicator at Haven Harbour, tells me he’s out in the yard, hand lettering signs that promote their “Launch Early – Stay Late for Full Price” campaign. I make a note to take advantage of that sweet deal and move on down to the Sassafras River and its contin-gent of marinas.

Skipjack Cove’s parking lot is still full of boats, but there are lots of folks there, cleaning up, packing stuff, tearing off shrink wrap, gen-erally having a good time getting back to being boaters. At ran-dom, I move around, talk-ing to people and asking their take on the coming season. Jerry Snyder and Mary Ellen, his wife, are there with their dog, Shadow, getting their Maxxum, “IN A MEET-ING,” ready for the com-ing season.

“Gas prices going to keep you off the water?” I ask.

Jerry looks at me, smiles, and says, “They’ll shorten my trips, but they won’t keep us off the water. We’ll do what we like best anyways; we’ll go out on the river and drop the

hook.” Clearly, it’s been thought through and they’ve come up with a good alternative plan.

Next I stop at Duffy Creek Mari-na, on the Sassafras, and talk with Randy Lis. I get pretty much the same response. Randy tells me that last year he only used a half tank of gas for the entire season, and his 24 foot Larson, Malva, won’t run him into poverty this year either. Seems like short cruises are the way to go.

Moving along to Sassafras Ma-rina, I walk the docks, talk to a few folks, and get pretty much the same response: people aren’t keeping their boats on jacks, people aren’t letting the economy or fuel prices dictate their plans. Boating people are going to go boating; boating people are going to enjoy their boats just as they do every year.

It’s an interesting and encourag-ing phenom-enon, this shifting of priorities and adjusting of plans. The consensus clearly sug-gests that the coming summer will be another Chesapeake boater’s sum-mer. It will find folks on their boats, out on the hook, and doing some cruising. Maybe the long cruise will be more of a rar-ity, but any

cruise is a good cruise if you get there and back safely.

As Woody told me when I finally managed to get in touch with

Randy Lis and me hashing out the state of things

him, “We didn’t need this fuel price increase; last year things were showing signs of turning around. Still, boaters are resil-ient, and I think that what we’ll see is folks hopping from one marina to another, taking more short trips and fewer long ones.” My guess is that he’s right and

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Photos by: Dick Greenwood

Snyder takes a break from his prep work


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The gal in the booth next to me, shuffling and scuffing on the carpet she’s trying to sell, delivers her patter for the 20th time since I arrived. I’ve only been in the booth for 40 minutes, but I practically know it by heart. Flash quiz: Where are the carpets made? England. What is the cotton to microfiber ratio? 80:20. Who’s going to scream if she doesn’t stop talking soon? Yours truly.

Like a possessed member of the Riverdance troupe, she clomps and clomps, trying to demonstrate the effective-ness of her product. I try to tune her out and direct my attention to the cluster of boat sales people who shuffle among the boats that are tied up in the slips located across the walkway from the Mid-Atlantic Boating Maga-zine booth. Their boats are beautiful. Cruisers yachts, they’re all over 30-foot in length, cleaned up and ready to be driven off; the only accessory they’re missing are buy-ers.

This is the first boat show I’ve ever worked at. Sure, I go to them all the time, what boater doesn’t, but I’m at the Bay Bridge Boat Show to meet the public and pass out magazines. I’m here to get the word out and get the ad-rich magazines in the hands of the boaters who’ve come to see what’s new and exciting.

But not a lot of people have come. Maybe it’s the weath-er, breezy and chilly for a late April day; maybe it’s the day of the week, a Friday; maybe it’s a sign of the times, also breezy and chilly. Whatever it is, the rug lady isn’t having much luck with sales. She dances her heart out, repeats her spiel over and over, and never snickers or says, “Sure you will, when pigs fly” when she get the oft repeated, “I’ll catch you on my way out.” Time after time the pattern repeats: someone slows down to take a maga-zine, and she asks if they’ve seen her product. They’re usually polite, knowing they’ve been trapped, and stop to listen to her. Maybe they stay for the entire pitch, often they shake their heads politely and do a dance of their own, one that consists of two small steps backwards then hasty movement to the side in any direction that leads away from the presentation. If they’re really uncomfort-able or non-assertive, they’ll deliver a “catch you on my way out.”

In the three hours I work, no one ever catches her on his way out. I theorize that they found a previously undis-covered way out, or maybe their car got magically moved, or maybe on the spur of the moment they gave into im-pulse and bought one of those shiny new boats and took off across the water. The only thing I know for sure is that they didn’t come back.

I feel sorry for the purveyor of multi-purpose, reconfigu-rable, long lasting carpet; I really do. Oh, I don’t feel sorry enough to buy some of her wares, but I do feel sorry for her. But then I feel even more sorry for the boat sales staff who spend the day talking with one another when they really want to be talking to potential buyers. The

fact of the matter is the show isn’t getting the traffic everyone hoped for. I spend part of my time with Andy Wheeler, Mid-Atlantic Boating’s sales person. Andy’s optimism makes the tooth fairy seem like a Grinch, but he recognizes a slow show when he sees it. “Some days you can’t give a free magazine away,” he sighs.

It’s certainly not for a lack of trying. I tend to be shy and wait for eye contact; not Andy. He practically wrestles people to a halt—he’s formidable for his size—in order to foist a magazine off on them. I lis-ten to his rationale and agree that our advertisers want the magazine in the hands of the public, but when he leaves I back off a bit. I manage to give out a ton of magazines, but I don’t use the chokehold Andy recommended.

People come, people go. Some stop, one even buys a piece of carpet—they’re $50 for the small ones, $100 for the larger, even though the larger is 150% the size of the smaller—but mostly they bob

and weave away. As they’re maneuver-ing out of the way, I try to give them a magazine. They elude me, probably fearing the magazine might have a piece of carpet tucked into its pages. I watch them scamper down the walk and smile to myself. There’s no doubt in my mind, they’ll catch me on the way out.

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As Andy looks on, the Riverdance performance goes on. Notice that the gentleman with the bag is already positioned

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The day was supposed to start off normal like every other fishing day had started for Timmy and his father. Things were supposed to happen as followed; wake up, get dressed, have a little bit to eat, grab the hot chocolate, and let’s go fishing. Funny thing is, everything did happen like that this particular morning with the exception of one thing. There was an “intruder” amongst Tim-my and his father. Not just any intruder either. An intruder that is famous for being known as one of the care takers of our glorious planet earth. In intruder that is otherwise known as “mom.” Today’s fishing trip will consist of some new things for Timmy and his father if they were willing to accept them. First of all, Tim-my’s mother had asked the boys if she could join them on the expe-dition this time to spend some time with them. But what she doesn’t know is that this is “man time” and Timmy and his father know that. But “sometimes you have to pick your battles son,” Timmy’s father said to him. The boys didn’t mind that Timmy’s mom was coming along, they just minded that it wouldn’t be the same this week because of her. Timmy thought to himself, “I love the woman I really do, but I’m not taking the fishes off her line if she catches one!” To be honest, I believe that the boys had a generally better morning than what they nor-mally do when they wake up to go fishing. When Timmy’s dad woke up, he was surprised to see Timmy’s mother already out of bed and, for the most part, ready to go. The best part about it was that Timmy’s father could smell something cooking in the kitchen and what he smelled was smelling good. “Bacon,” is what he said to himself out loud and it was the clincher for him to get out of bed. The funny thing about his father smelling bacon when he woke up is that Timmy also woke up to the smell of bacon sizzling in a pan on the stove. Furthermore, when

Timmy’s father walked out of his bedroom door to go greet his wife in the kitchen, he bumped into half-asleep Timmy who could barely open up his eyes and was drooling at the mouth saying “bacon and eggs mmmm.” Not a bad way to wake up they both thought. As they reached the kitchen, the boys sat down at the table and couldn’t believe their eyes. It wasn’t just bacon and eggs which is what they both thought. It was bacon, eggs, homefries, toast, pancakes, scrapple, and for des-sert, homemade chocolate chip muffins. “Dad, this is the greatest fishing day ever,” Timmy said to his father. Both of them grabbed their utensils and started to dig in. First it was pancakes, then on to the eggs and toast, then push-ing on to scrapple and homefries, and last but not least for the main course, the bacon. All of it just as delicious as the last, maybe even a little bit better. “This is how I wanted to say thank you boys for letting me interrupt your father-son bond-ing experience for a day and hang out with you both,” Timmy’s mother said softly. Timmy’s father leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek and to tell her she’s not interrupting anything and she’s always welcome to join. Timmy told her it was fine too. Of course, the boys never minded that she came in the first place, they only minded that they weren’t going to be able to have the same kinds of conversations as they normally would but, who knows they thought, maybe it could even be bet-ter for them. When breakfast was over, Timmy and his father went out to the car to finish packing up the supplies for the days trip.

“Do you think she has ever fished before dad,” Timmy asked. He just laughed and told him that she has fished with him once or twice before Timmy was born. “It just became a guy thing after that,” he exclaimed. To himself, Timmy had just figured that the one or two times that his mother went fishing was too much slime and too many worms for his mom to deal with. He chuckled at the thought of his mother scream-ing “Ewww” if she had to do the ceremonial hooking of the worm with he and his father. The car was packed, Timmy and his father were sitting down with their seatbelts fastened, every-thing was in order and ready to go, on a normal day that is. But like they thought, they were wait-ing on Timmy’s mother to finally be ready. “Timmy, one day you will learn that when a girl says she’ll be ready in fifteen minutes, she really means an hour,” Tim-my’s father said jokingly. After a couple minutes, she came out of the front door holding what appeared to be a tackle box and got in the car with it. “Honey we already have the tackle box and everything in the back,” Timmy’s father said to her. “I know you have the tackle boxes packed, but this is my tackle box,” she replied. “It has everything from wet-naps to toilet paper in here.” Timmy’s father looked at Timmy with a strange look on his face, then looked back at Timmy’s mom and said “Honey, they have bathrooms all around the lake

with toilet paper.” The look on her face at that moment made Timmy and his father burst into laughter. When they got to the lake and picked out a spot to their liking, it was time to unpack the car and get ready to cast out their lines. Timmy and his dad started un-loading the rods and tackle boxes and figured that Timmy’s mom could handle grabbing the chairs. The only problem was that they “thought” she could handle it. She got the first one out no prob-lem. The second one she got out she had no problems with either. But it was the third one that she had a problem with. It wasn’t the size or weight of the chair, oh no. It was her own two feet that caused the problem. She pulled the chair out of the back of the car and took a couple of steps backwards not knowing how close the edge of the water was to her. It wasn’t just an edge either, more like a foot and a half drop to the top of the lake. Ac-cordingly, Timmy’s mother took one too many steps backwards and went crashing into the wa-ter. The funny thing about it is that both Timmy and his father caught sight of her at the last sec-ond, right before she fell and they saw it all happen. As she pops her head out of the water, still grasping the chair in her hands, Timmy’s father looks at Timmy smiling and says to him “You see Timmy, I told you today was go-ing to be a good day.”


Celebrating 50 Years Frank Eberle

Turning 50 has a certain ring to it. If it’s your birthday you might think about staying 49, you might be hoping your fam-ily throws you a big surprise party, or you just might - NOT want to talk about it, you know, maybe it will quietly go away.

In the case of White Rocks Yacht Club, turning 50 will be bittersweet. Some members with a proud chest-pounding mo-tion will shout “Wow we made it.” Commodore Don Monahan will lead the Opening Day weekend celebration with this year’s Theme, “Proud To Be An American - E-Pluribus Unum & In God We Trust.” As our National Anthem and Ceremo-nial Cannon sound across the

Bodkin, WRYC Bridge officers and sister Yacht Club officers attending, dressed in the Uni-form of the Day, will salute to bid a “Smooth Sailing” wish for White Rock Yacht Club’s 50th Cruise season. Dinner and Dancing with bounding cama-raderie and possibly a few liba-tions will round off the evening, with fun for all.

As the sands pass through the hourglass, time closes some windows and sometimes opens others. White Rocks Yacht Club is located at Harry Erbe’s Maur-gale Marina in Pasadena, Md. on the banks of Nabbs Creek just off of Stoney Creek, and past the Draw Bridge to the right. In a little A-framed building that

resembles the larger A-framed restaurant Harry constructed in the style of a ski chalet, WRYC found a home. An avid skier, Harry would tell about ski trips, working as a ski instructor, and rescuing some lovely damsel who twisted her ankle on the slope. A one-time race car driver, Harry, who loved to tell his stories, showed me some old clippings from the local, but long since gone, “dirt track” at Westport Speedway in west Baltimore.

Harry and I walked the other night, it was just after the Club’s R & R gathering on Janu-ary 21st, from our Little Club House. We slowly made our way across the parking lot towards the Restaurant. I listened as he said “ Well nice knowing you, they only give me a couple more weeks.” The weakness in his voice and the slowing of his steps tell me that the Doctors might be right. We talked a bit more, shook hands and looked

into each other’s eyes, “See ya my friend”, we shared with a nod. Harry, who lives at the marina on his “Barge House” wasn’t at this February’s R & R, and the “sands of his hourglass” are few this hour. As I write, he is sleeping in the loving arms of Hospice, at his daughters home. We will miss our friend Harry.

What do the sands have in store for White Rocks beloved “Cute Little Club House?” As Harry’s passing will change the face of the marina, the fate of our club’s home will face changes and raise questions only time can answer, and that time is moving faster and closer. There are those who suggest “the hour for WRYC is at des-tiny’s door.” With membership numbers stagnant and the pos-sible loss of a home location, they predict and/or suggest that this, our 50th year be our last. “Have a big year and end with a big party,” has been soberly suggested (the author of that


remark sure got a few scouring glances).

Hopefully the membership’s combined determination will muster the strength and stamina to push that “hourglass” over to its side and with a strong NEW membership drive, lift that demon of time to a new place on the shelf. We may only be a small club, but we have a big heart. We take our Yachting seri-ous, we take our friendships se-rious, and we take time to work our way. We have made the Chesapeake our home and we plan to stay. We survived reloca-tion back in the 70’s and we can survive another should it come. It’s “attitude and tenacity” with

an unwillingness to give up, that will keep this club afloat. Obvi-ously, a few new active members could help too. Yacht Club membership of-fers many advantages, so why not check us out? Are you into boating, camaraderie, and just plain having fun? If so, here is an invite to check out WRYC or, in fact, any of the other fine Yacht Clubs near where you live or spend your boating fun time. It is not required that you have a boat. In fact, you might find gaining boat ownership educa-tion through the experience of the Club’s members, their activi-ties and cruises to be very eye-opening. If you are lucky you

might even find your next boat waiting there for you.

For information about joining White Rocks Yacht Club go to - [email protected] -or- to Commodore Don - [email protected], you can also find information about other Yacht Clubs at www.yacht-clubsofmaryland.org/ - There is nothing to lose, only fun to gain. Sea Ya on the Bay.

Harry L. Erbe, April 2. 1929 – March 26, 2011 -- Harry, If you are looking down from that Big Yacht Club In the sky we sure could use some great cruising weather and don’t worry, WRYC will look out for “Our Little Club House” and “Thank You” for all that you provided. Frank Eberle, Club member since 1993


Life In the Slow Lane Bob Appleton

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A Been There MomentAt one time or another we all will experience that mo-ment in time that when we look back will be that “been there moment”. It will define a point that will forever be, “not again”.

Having spent over thirty-five years sailing, I must admit that I’ve experienced, for one reason or another, several “not agains”. And, for one reason or another, I find myself repeat-ing an episode or event.

For several weeks, running from the first week in March to early April, my daughter and her husband moved their boat from Key West back home to Rock Hall. Dogged by bad weather, boat issues, and the general problems of the ICW, they were on their last few days coming up the Bay when they had their moment.

The following is an e-mail re-ceived from Zahniser’s Yacht-ing Center on the evening of the arrival.

Hello AlI, Well, at this point I guess you all realize we did not make it home today. We are in Solo-mon’s Island since yesterday afternoon. Not sure what the weather has been for some of you but the weather for us the last couple of weeks has been horrible; only a few good days to travel since we arrived in Belhaven, NC. I think we’ve sat out more days then we’ve traveled these last couple weeks. And, here we sit again.

Yesterday should have been a day to sit out but, anxious to cover some distance, we de-cided to give it a try. So, let me tell you a story. Now as I write this I real-ize some of you have been through much worse weather conditions that we experienced yesterday but this was a first for us. I’m sure you have all experienced a “been there, done that and don’t need to do it again” moment. Yesterday was ours. We left Reedville, VA about 7: 00 am. The winds were about 15 - 20 as we left the protected anchorage (yes, protected anchorage). NOAA and Weather Under-ground were calling for 20 - 25 with gusts to 40 in the after-noon, waves 1 to 2 ft. (remem-ber I said 1 to 2 ft). We thought leaving early enough for Solomon’s we might beat the worst of it (I laugh now). Our thinking was to just stick our nose out and if we did not like what we saw or if only one of us said, “No, I do not feel comfortable about this”, we would turn around and get a slip in Reedville for the next two days.

If you have been to Reedville, while having nice anchorages and a nice restaurant, it’s not an exciting option (Remember Aunt May’s button collection in the last edition?). And an-ticipating another day sitting out with the storms predicted for the bay area we pressed out onto the Bay.

As we passed the last mark and entered Ingram Bay we real-ized that coming about was no longer an option. The winds

were already gusting to 30kts and the 1 to 2 ft waves they predicted were the most omi-nous waves I have ever seen and they were on our beam only 3 seconds apart. Both toe rails were in the water as we rolled on our beam, one side then the other. At this point there was no turning around. I remember storms on the waters when I was younger with my father at the helm in his make shift foulies (trash bag and flip flaps on his hands to steer just in case we were hit by lighting) but, I never remembered the waves, waves that make you feel like wet clothing must feel as they’re

tumbled about in a washing machine only we had no door to open to make it stop.

Later that day we spoke to a couple that came in about an hour after us about their expe-rience…her comment, which I could relate to, “It was like a mechanical bull ride without the cold beer at the end.”

As we moved up the Bay to-ward our destination the 5 - 6 ft waves, with the every so often 7-footer, were now on our stem. There were times I could not even turn to look at David at the helm. The waves and the dinghy seemed to be


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Once we reached the Potomac River, which we thought would be the worst area of the whole day, the waves started to be-come further apart, making for a more comfortable ride. The winds were still 25 - 30 kt SW gusting to above 40, shaking the rigging while the noise was incredible. During our last 10 miles, com-ing around Cedar Point and up the Patuxent toward Solomons Island we had another first, mind you we were under bare pole, a gust came across the port side that heeled us like we had full sails on a beautiful

15 kt day. I asked David not to tell me the speed but he could not hold back, 41.2 kts. Again, another first for us and another “been there, done it and don’t need to do it again”.

I need to mention with great respect, our boat, “Into the Mystic”, handled it all. Every-thing thrown at her these last few months, especially yester-day, she took it and seemed to have pride of getting us through it all. Thank you my friend I have enjoyed every moment with you.

So, with all that said I end this message with the attached pictures.

See you all really soon. Jacki


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Well, it’s been a slow week here in Purgatory Cove. Slow but not quiet. We was takin a break out by the bait shed when we thought we heard thunder in the distance. Trouble was, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. And it kept getting louder and louder. Well pretty soon one of them go-fast boats rumbles up to the fuel dock. You know the kind, the ones with thirty yards of foredeck and a cockpit big enough for two, followed by a stern full of enough engines to drag the back end down. We don’t often get those kind of boats in the cove. It was kinda nice watchin’ the eye candy in the cockpit, though. We don’t often get that here in the cove either. She was blonde and her hair was whipped back like she was goin’ a hundred mile an hour. She had a glazed look on her face, too. The guy was kinda in a hurry, wanted to gas up and get going. Seems he was playing poker with his boat or

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The guy pays Lefty and starts up. The noise shook rust off the old boat shed. Then the guy pushed the throttles forward and shot out of the cove with a startled look on his face. He left behind a cloud of exhaust smoke that had a kinda sweet smell that reminded us of Sam’s special recipe. We heard later than the go-fast guy won whatever he was

doing. In fact he called Sam looking for some of the magic additive. Sam didn’t have a clue what he was talkin about and hung up on him. Just as well, as he wasn’t happy when Lefty admitted why the recipe stock was just about gone, Other than that, it’s been a slow week here in Purgatory Cove.


Adding Cleats Paul Esterle

I didn’t realize how inadequate the cleats were on our 20-footer until I started keeping it at a dock and also anchoring out more. Actually the only cleat, other than the ones for the jib sheets, was a tiny little thing on the fore deck. When I pulled into my assigned slip for the first time, I realized I had to do something. Tying the stern to the dock using a dock line tied around the stern pulpit didn’t look like the best idea in the world.

Docking ConsiderationsBefore I start discussing adding the cleats, let’s look at a typical docking arrangement. If you are tied along side a dock or pier, you need several different moor-ing lines to be secure. The first are bow and stern lines. These go from your boat to the dock and

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Another important consideration is how to cleat off the lines. At my dock, which is a floating dock, I drop the eye end of the dock-ing lines over my cleats and tie the other end of the line off on the dock cleat. This allows me to

quickly cast off and leave the line lying on the dock. When return-ing to my slip, I can easily drop the eye back over the cleat and have all lines remain correctly positioned.

On a fixed dock or in tidal ranges, cleat off the bitter end of the line on your boat. This will allow you to release or adjust the line even when it’s under some tension. With the line under tension, it may not be possible to generate enough slack to remove a docking line eye from the cleat.

The type of line is also important. At the dock in Tennessee, the standard mooring line is yellow polypropylene. I’ve been out on the dock in storms and the break-ing poly lines sound like rifle shots. Most of the aluminum pon-toon boats have battered and bent bows from lines breaking and al-lowing the boat to hit the dock. I use the yacht braid docking lines that can be found at your local boat store. They wear well, stretch a little to provide some give and last a long time. Be sure to inspect them often for wear and chafe.

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Adding CleatsBack to the original problem, my 20-footer didn’t have enough cleats. In fact it only had one dinky little cleat on the fore deck. It was so small; I couldn’t even get the docking line around it. So the first step was to replace this one with a decent cleat.

Luckily, the fasteners of the exist-ing cleat were accessible from underneath, in a small fore peak area. The original cleat was sim-ply bolted through the fiberglass deck with no additional reinforce-ment. Considering the force that can be exerted on a mooring cleat, I had to provide additional sup-port for the larger new cleat. An additional complication was that the deck was curved where the cleat would go

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There are several ways of providing this support, alu-minum plates, additional thicknesses of fiberglass or plywood backing plates. I chose to use three layers of 1/4” birch aircraft plywood for the backing. The ply-wood was available at my local model shop and is wa-terproof. The first layer was smaller, the second larger and the last lager still. The three layers of plywood were more flexible than a single layer of 3/4” plywood. The combination of different sized layers and the flex-ibility of the plywood allowed the plate to conform well to the curve of the deck. When epoxied together, it would form a rigid and strong backing plate.

I laid out and drilled the mounting holes through the deck and the three pieces of plywood. I buttered up the plywood pieces with an epoxy/filler mixture and temporarily bolted them in place. I was sure to coat the temporary bolts with grease so the epoxy wouldn’t bond them in place. Once the epoxy had cured, I re-moved the bolts and cleaned up the holes by drilling them slightly oversize. Several coats of epoxy on the birch plywood and the inside of the holes protected the deck and plywood from water intrusion.

With everything sealed, I reinstalled the cleat using 5/16” stainless steel oval headed machine screws, with SS fender washers and locking nuts on the underside and plenty of sealant on the top side. I initially tight-ened the nuts just beyond finger tight. After the seal-ant had cured, I came back and retightened the nuts, compressing the sealant and forming a better seal.

The cockpit was utterly devoid of any cleats for dock-ing or anchoring lines. I had been tying the boat off with a line around the stern pulpit. I was afraid any major storm or even a large wake might tear the pul-pit loose. I decided to add a cleat on both the port and starboard cockpit coaming. Luckily, I was able to access these areas from inside the boat. On some boats, you may have to go through the stern lockers to get to the underside of the new cleat area.

I again used three pieces of birch in varying lengths and widths to fit inside the coaming. The installation process was exactly the same as the one I used for the new bow cleat. The cleats were a little smaller than the bow cleats since there was less room on the cockpit coaming. They were still large enough to tie of two docking lines or the anchor line.

ConclusionWith new bow and stern cleats I could now tie off to the dock with confidence. The new cleats also made my “Tennessee Moor” easier. The lake I sail on in Tennes-see is a dammed up river valley. The shores are steep and easy to get close to. When I want to spend a night in a quiet cove, I pick a likely looking tree near the shore. As I motor toward the tree, I drop a Danforth anchor off the stern and pay out anchor line as I move in. If I pick the right tree, I can pass a line around it

without getting off the bow.

Once the line is around the tree, I shut down the motor. With one end of the bowline cleated off on the bow, I can pull in anchor line on the stern anchor to move the boat back out into the cove. When I get positioned properly, I cleat off the other end of the bowline as well as the stern anchor line. This keeps me securely in position for the night and away from the shore bugs. The

next morning, I can uncleat one end of the bowline and pull it aboard without having to go back to shore. If I were in Europe, I’d have to call this a Med Moor or Mediterranean Moor.

Decently sized and properly installed cleats will add to your piece of mind, either docked or anchored out. Coupled with decent docking lines and anchor rode, it is cheap insurance.


The fun is about to start again this year. The 8th Annual North-ern Chesapeake Bay Poker Run is on Saturday, June 18th. This is a great event that was started eight years ago by Jack Conrad, one of the owners of Tomes Landing Marina, and his wife Diane. They stepped up to the plate when the town of Port Deposit, MD cut the funding to the Water Witch Fire Company. This has been an outstanding time and has raised thousands of dollars for the Water Witch Fire Company over the last seven years. With the money they raised in the past the fire com-pany purchased two rescue boats to help save lives on our local waters. They are looking to raise

money this year to help them maintain the boats and purchase other much needed equipment.

The event begins on Friday, June 17th with registration and recep-tion at the pool area next to the Susky River Grille from 6-9pm. Saturday includes more boat reg-istrations, captains meeting which is mandatory at 10am with a full breakfast for all, luncheon, din-ner and card drawing. They have overnight docking if needed with reservations. For more informa-tion please visit www.ncbpr.com or visit them on facebook.

The stops this year are at Veasey Cove on the Bohemia River, Fair-

It’s Time to Put Your Cards on the Table Brenda Edwards

lee Creek, Lunch at River Watch in Middle River, Still Pond, Sassafras River and back to Port Deposit. This year the dinner will be at Susky River Grille.

There will be $15,000.00 in cash and prizes (based on 60 boats) to go along with all the fun and boating you can stand in one day. All the proceeds go to the Water Witch Volunteer Fire Company.

All of the money will be used for direct event cost with the remain-der going to support the Fire Company. There are absolutely no corporate or administration fees being charged.

For more information on this great event call or email Joe Fairchild at 717-471-4985 or [email protected]

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Queen size island berth (bed) forward, with custom bed linensFull size berth aft (which can be converted to a nice seating U-shaped area by removing the cushions)Dinette which converts to a single berthHot and cold transom shower Electric windlass (to pull anchor)Sun pads forward and in the cockpitNew custom canvas ($7500) in 2006 - has ALWAYS been removedfrom the boat, cleaned and stored at home during the winterBoat always cleaned and shrink-wrapped prior to winter storageBimini cover

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After doing some research for the article you are about to read, I have to admit to you that I was a little blown away by what I was reading about Campbell’s Boat-yards. Other than the fact that they have three locations that will accommodate you and all your needs whatever they may be, but they actually build custom yachts as well! Not just any yachts either. No matter if it is just a 31’ cocktail cruiser or a 42’ luxury yacht, Campbell’s takes pride in building these with exceptional quality, construction, and their outstanding service.

Not only is the little town of Oxford, Maryland the home of the three boatyards that Camp-bell’s has to offer, but it has also

been the home of Tom and Susan Campbell. Campbell’s Boat-yards have been locally owned and operated by Tom and Susan Campbell for over seventeen years and business couldn’t be better for them. Of course, I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt their business if you decided to take in some of the options that they have avail-able! Both Tom, Susan, and their staff take a lot of pride in offering the above-average personal touch to everybody who comes to their locations. They don’t always look at the business as a money maker, but as customer service, and they are really proving this now. When you pull up to the fuel docks, you will see evidence of this right away.

Campbell’s is not looking to make a lot of money on the fuel they sell, they are using it as a service to their customers. Go to Camp-bell’s as a customer and leave as a friend.The boat that is the total pride of owner Tom Campbell is the hand crafted Campbell 31’ Express Cruiser. It is built on a Duffy hull and powered by a six cylinder, 300 hp Yanmar diesel engine that can cruise at just under 20 knots. A bridge deck settee highlights the comfort and versatility of this cruiser. Designed as a weekender/photo platform, her basic simplic-ity has been finished to a level commensurate with finer yachts, though still rugged and reliable. Tom always puts his total passion in his boat building and it shows

with the outstanding quality, thought and design of his water-craft.

The three boatyards that are amongst the scenic Tred Avon River in Oxford, Maryland are comprised of Campbell’s Town Creek Boat Yard, Campbell’s Bachelor Point Yacht Co., and Campbell’s Boat Yard @ Jack’s Pt. All three of these boatyards are renowned as full-service, high quality marine and boat building facilities. These three locations


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are able to pool their resources and most talented staff together to work on projects with one an-other. Each of the boatyards are unique in their own way but, with that said, each one provides qual-ity service with attention to detail that has become their trademark over the years. Reliability and accessibility have always been of utmost importance at Campbell’s Boatyards. They aim to maintain and service their customers in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, while striving for quality crafts-manship in every project.

Campbell’s boatyards have a vari-ety of services that can range from custom boatbuilding, restoration, repairs to haul-outs, slip rentals,

and winter dry storage. Camp-bell’s well experienced staff “have the knowledge and experience to tackle any size project you have in mind.” The Campbell’s crew are familiar with many types of constructing that can range from composite fiberglass, cold mold-ing, and even carvel planking. Other services include varnish work, interior and exterior paint-ing, bottom paint, and repairs and maintenance of fiberglass and woodwork. Campbell’s is a certified Cummins dealer with certified diesel mechanics on staff for engine installation, repowers, and repairs.

Located at the protected waters of Town Creek, Campbell’s Town Creek Boatyard is a quiet water-front marina at 109 Myrtle Av-enue in Oxford that you can enjoy yourself in. Campbell’s Town Creek Boatyard has forty-two slips available for use accommo-dating boats up to 42’ in length with a 5’ draft. The “shop” at Campbell’s Town Creek Boatyard focuses on their custom boat-building operations. This marina has a variety of different services within that are available to any-one who decides to tie their boat up to the slips. These services include shower facilities, laun-dry facilities, cube and block ice, dinghy storage, custom boatbuild-ing, and wi-fi at the docks during boating season!

Moving on to the mouth of the

Tred Avon River we find our-selves coming up upon the twin jetties of the beautiful Campbell’s Bachelor Point Yacht Co. On an eight-acre basin that holds eighty slips, Campbell’s Bachelor Point Yacht Co. can accommodate boats up to 100’ in length with a 10’ draft. If wildlife is something that you take pleasure in being around, Bachelor Point Yacht Co. is surrounded by fourteen peace-ful acres in which twelve belong to a wildlife sanctuary. This facil-ity includes a 70-ton travel lift and 1.5 acres of dry storage area. An additional 4,000 square foot building has been added to the existing 2,000 square feet of work-shop for maintenance, repowers, and repairs. Campbell’s Bachelor Point Yacht Co. is staffed with experienced refinishers, carpen-ters, and mechanics. Services that are included at this facility range from a swimming pool, spa-cious shower facilities, automatic Laundromat, cube and block ice, picnic areas with grills, dinghy

storage, restoration, repowers, repairs, awlgrip refinishing, broad water sailing adjacent to harbor, and of course, free wi-fi at the docks during boating season.

Last, but not least, we have come to discuss the great things that Campbell’s Boatyard @ Jack’s Pt. has to offer their customers. Campbell’s Boatyard @ Jack’s Pt. is a full-service boatyard located on quiet, picturesque Town Creek. The boatyard’s 56 slips can ac-commodate boats up to 50’ in length and a 5-foot draft. This facility comes equipped with a 20-ton travel lift for haul-out and launch services. Their fuel dock and ships store are open year-round with extended sum-mer hours. The experienced staff of carpenters, mechanics, and varnishers are on hand to assist customers with construction, re-pairs, repowers, and maintenance projects for both of their facilities on Town Creek.

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