Watch for this cool new sail on the waters near Annapolis
Most regular racers who sail out of Annapolis recognize SpinSheet publisher Mary Ewenson’s spinnaker splashed with the distinctive SpinSheet logo. Now another SpinSheet staffer’s boat will be flying the same logo along with the logo of the EWE Spirit Foundation, which honors Geoff Ewenson, sailing pro, friend, and Mary’s husband, who died unexpectedly in 2020.
Anticipation was palpable on the dock as SpinSheet team member Eric Richardson, his crew, wife, friends, and sailmaker Chuck O’Malley of Chesapeake Sailmakers gathered to watch the hoisting of his uber-cool new mainsail on February 6. Richardson’s boat is the Schock 35 Blinding Fury, which sails out of Back Creek.
Mary recalls, “Geoff only got out on the water with the Blinding Fury team once, but he loved the team spirit. He loved chatting with Eric about how to improve the teamwork and the sails. He’d be thrilled to know the awesome Blinding Fury team has a great new sail to test their skills on, and that it bears the EWE Spirit and SpinSheet logos is just perfect.”
Richardson says, “We’re a relatively simple program—a group of sailors that have become good friends and try to improve a little each time we’re on the water. I am anxious to see what we can do with this new sail. It should help us sail closer to Blinding Fury’s potential, and certainly, it has already added to the fun factor.”
With Richardson at the helm, Blinding Fury has competed in the Eastport Yacht Club Friday night beer can races and Annapolis Yacht Club’s frostbite series since 2017. Crew includes longtime friends, a mainsail trimmer who crewed on the boat with the previous owner, and occasionally Richardson’s brother or a co-worker from SpinSheet.
Learn more about the EWE Spirit Foundation here.
