The Annapolis Sailors Club Sea Shanty Raftup.
Outstanding memories of my first passage, from Bermuda in June, crossing the gulf stream, and arriving in Norfolk. Hot, sticky, and glorious! ~Vicki Hurt
I have sailed all my life but had never skippered a boat flying a spinnaker. I bought a Hunter 23 last year with a spinnaker but didn't have the guts to try it out on my own. Last month my friend Jack Lahr enlisted expert spinnaker handler Bob Gallagher to show me the ropes. In a perfect 10 knot breeze we launched the beautiful yellow/green and white sail (almost) flawlessly. That made me as happy as a dog with a new bone. ~Marc Apter
In August, I signed a lease for a place in Eastport. Instead of living an hour from my boat, I'll now be five minutes away!
~Al Lorman
During the Governor's Cup I was at the helm at 3:00 a.m. as we approached Point Lookout on port tack doing about 7 knots. Because of the darkness, fatigue and the fact I was not on my own boat I had to duck two larger boats approaching on starboard. Also did my first sail from Bermuda to Norfolk. After 52 hours of no wind we went almost immediately to 2 reefs and a staysail for the next 4 days. ~Joel Aronson
Bringing home our new Hunter 340 from Havre de Grace. Great ASC club members volunteering to help us have a stressful and enjoyable run down the Bay. ~Matt Pickering
Helping out on the Shearwater Twilight Race committee boat and watching almost a hundred boats flying spinnakers as they sailed downwind to cross the finish line about 30 yards away. ~Nancy Davis
It was the Sea Shanty raft-up of course! A terrific addition to the July 4 holiday that was fun for my Son Justin, girlfriend Mary, and crew member Jamie. Singing the sea shanties with the ASC members was icing on the cake! ~ Jeff Porter
We covered our competitor, got a good start, third round the first mark, overstood and got to weather passing one of the two boats ahead of us, gained on the lead boat who owed us a bunch of time and finished first in class and first overall by a large margin in the Western Roundup for Dickerson Yachts. What can be more fun than sailing at your best and winning the race? ~Doug Sargeant
