Bird Onboard
Sea Gypsy was pulling nicely in a stiff southerly breeze, making close to her hull speed at 6 knots. The early autumn light seemed to carry the shoreline colors out onto the Bay, emphasizing that summer was indeed over . . .
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A Silver Lining on the Bay
Red eye flight from Seattle aside, my September visit to my parents' home in Deltaville, Va., was off to a good start.
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The Sweet Search for Whistler
It was the fall of 2008, and Cathy and I had finally found the boat we wanted . . .
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You've Come a Long Way, Baby
He'd been there at the beginning. My husband's dad was one of the few ready, willing and able to join us as we made our first big leap from land to sea . . .
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Three Hulls on the Potomac
We're beating into the steep chop of the Bay off of Smith Point. Adam is at the tiller . . .
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On the Annie D.
This is my third summer and my tenth trip on the Annie D., and my eighth as captain . . .
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Crabbing with Unk
As a young suburban raised boy in the 1960's who had dreams of being the next Robinson Crusoe, wading for blue crabs with a hand net was exciting and adventurous.
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Waterbaby
At 27, I had been boating for only a couple of years; just a "waterbaby." I was new to the sport and fascinated with "go fast" boating.
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Outbound For Sea
February 5, 2010 held a forecast for a Mid-Atlantic perfect storm that didn't disappoint.
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