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THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE Official Preview Program 17th Annual Race October 11-15, 2006 Baltimore to Portsmouth/Norfolk 43 Participating Schooners Race Program Produced by The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Welcome to Port Annapolis Marina Over 30 years of excellence Port Annapolis, the jewel of the Chesapeake’s marinas, is just minutes away from historic Annapolis, with its quaint shops, fine restaurants, night life, the renowned “Ego Alley” and home to the United States Naval Academy. Whether you decide to take one of our complimentary bikes for a ride into town, enjoy a special event at our beautiful pavilion, or just relax on the deck of the pool; you will be sure to enjoy your stay at Port Annapolis. Just some of the other things you’ll find here: • Complete Yacht service • Two Travel Lifts 50 and 25 Ton • Fiberglass and Gelcoat Repair • Engine Repair and Sales • Rigging • Winter Land Storage • Brokerage Storage • 270 Slips 25’ to 75’ • Wet Dog Café 7074 Bembe Beach Road • Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Phone: 410-269-1990 • www.PortAnnapolisMarina.com The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE Racing to Save the Bay October 2006 Dear Friends of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race: The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race celebrates its 17th Anniversary in 2006. The schooner fleet races down the Bay to promote awareness of the Chesapeake Bay’s maritime heritage and to encourage the preservation and improvement of the Chesapeake’s natural resources. The proceeds of the race are used to support the future preservation of the Bay though youth education programs. Executive Committee David Junkins Chairman Lane Briggs Founder & President Nan Nawrocki Vice President George C. Treiber Treasurer Elizabeth Buckman Secretary Virginia Race Office Larry Bryant Race Chair P.O. Box 8176 Norfolk, VA 23503-8176 Phone & Fax 757/480-4402 [email protected] Maryland Race Office Nan Nawrocki Race Chair P.O. Box 38154 Baltimore, MD 21231 Phone: 410/458-7489 [email protected] Our annual race has donated over $87,000, which has provided more than 2000 children an “on the water education experience.” The children and The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race thank you for making this possible. Whether you are new to the race or have participated many times, you not only have become a stable steward for the Chesapeake Bay, but you keep alive the traditional sailing community. The race events begin in Fells Point, MD and conclude in Portsmouth, VA. We invite you to visit and see the schooner fleet that races to make this event possible. On behalf of the board members, our sponsors and volunteers, and all the communities along the Bay, we thank all of you for your commitment to and sponsorship of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race for 2006. We would like to invite you to be a partner with us as an active custodian of our great resource, The Chesapeake Bay. Sincerely, Larry Bryant VA Race Chair Nan Nawrocki MD Race Chair Visit our home page at www.schoonerrace.org The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Inc., is a non-profit organization under IRS 501 (c)(3) The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Sponsor Clubs .........................................................5 Thank You to Our Sponsors ................... 6-8 Maryland and Virginia Events ...................9 Education Outreach ........................................10 A Brief History of the Race ......................... 11 Schooner Descriptions .......................... 12-21 2006 Schooner Entry List................. 22 2005 Official Race Results .........................23 This program was produced by: SpinSheet Magazine, a proud sponsor of the Race SpinSheet, 612 Third Street, Suite 3C, Annapolis, MD 21403 ©2006, SpinSheet Publishing Company On The Cover: the schooners Lady Maryland and Sultana in the opening moments of the 2005 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Right: 2005 Class AA winner, the Boston-based Liberty Clipper at the start of the race. Photos by Dave Gendell / SpinSheet In Memoriam Captain Lane Briggs Founder, The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Captain Lane Briggs, Founder of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Captain of the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race T he 2006 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race takes a time out to remember our founder, Captain Lane Briggs, 1932-2005. Lane was a charis- matic person who brought people of all ages and dispositions together. While born of modest circumstances, Lane rose to the status of father, captain, business founder, creative spirit, and friend to all who knew him. His vision for waterfront development in Norfolk spawned the downtown waterfront renaissance that is a model for other jurisdictions. His commitment to youth drove him to offer shelter, work, and guidance to the many young people he befriended. While the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race originated as a personal challenge between Lane’s “Tugantine” Norfolk Rebel and the Pride of Baltimore II, it was his commitment to the maritime heritage of the Chesapeake and his love of schooner-rigged sailboats that drove the event. As more than 40 schooners participate in the 2006 Schooner Race, it is important that we remember the legacy that Captain Lane Briggs bestowed on all of us. We “Race to Save the Bay” but know that it is all about the captains, crews, volunteers, and sponsors who carry on this mission and gather on the Chesapeake each year because of Lane. Lane, we thank you. Norfolk Rebel at the start of the 2005 race. THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE S P O N S O R I N G C LU B S Town Point Yacht Club (TPYC), modeled after its sister club, the Fells Point YC, was founded in Norfolk in 1991 by the late Captain Lane Briggs, primarily to cosponsor the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner race. In keeping with Captain Briggs’ unique personality, TPYC is not your ordinary club. For starters, TPYC has no clubhouse facility, and a large proportion of members do not own boats. What TPYC does have is a group of members with a keen interest in boating, the waterways, the environment, and the maritime heritage of Norfolk and the entire Hampton Roads area. The club is also committed to vessel hospitality. Tall ships calling on Hampton Roads are traditionally greeted by a TPYC member with a welcome basket and perhaps an invitation to attend an evening of sea chanties at Rebel Marina. These baskets contain a pineapple, an international symbol of hospitality among mariners, and the symbol of TPYC and its official burgee. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at Mo & O’Malley’s Irish Pub, Granby Street, Norfolk. Fells Point Yacht Club (FPYC) had its inception in 1979 at the Whistling Oyster. By 1980 it was established as an active force in the Fells Point community. In addition to providing organization and hospitality for the schooner fleet every October, its members are active in a variety of Baltimore’s maritime events. Some of the organizations that benefit from FPYC members’ participation are: The Baltimore Parade of Lighted Boats, SAIL BALTIMORE ships visits, SAR (Sailing Aboard Recovery), and Volvo Ocean Race. The FPYC members continue to host the Annual Pumpkin Cruise for children, our first community focused event. FPYC’s original mission has been faithfully respected: camaraderie, love of boating, water safety education, and hospitality. For more information on the club, check out the website at www.fpyc.net Portsmouth Boat Club (PBC) was first established in 1905, and for many years enjoyed a fine reputation as a leading boating organization. Two World Wars and an aging membership took their toll. But in 1991, the club was reborn, and it has continued to grow and prosper. PBC members help host the schooner race every year, staying up all night to roast the pigs. As with TPYC and FPYC, club members take pride in their habit of planning cruises for power and sail vessels together; the love of boating is their common thread. Today, the club sponsors events such as the Barnacle Regatta, Merrimac Memorial Regatta, Mile Marker Zero Rendezvous, Cock Island Race, Barnacle Cup, and the Little Bay Challenge. Meetings are open to all and held at 1830 the first Tuesday of every month in their newly renovated clubhouse at 20 Elm Avenue in Portsmouth. Come see just how much fun this club knows how to have. Broad Bay Sailing Association (BBSA) was formed in 1958 by sailors looking for informal racing on Linkhorn Bay and Broad Bay (Virginia Beach) in various types of small boats. They built or purchased a few Penguins and Comets along with some Hampton One Designs. Their emphasis was on Sunday afternoon racing, monthly meetings in members’ homes, and frequent cookouts. Gradually members moved up to larger vessels—25-footers which could get under the bridges and out to the Chesapeake. The club hosted large regattas for many classes. They now sponsor two different weekly regattas during the summer in two locations in addition to several major annual races like this one. The Broad Bay Juniors have grown into a large and very active youth group with rigorous training and their own Sunfish fleet. Best of all, BBSA contributes its expertise to the Race Committee to assist with race management, handicapping, classing, and results, and many members serve as volunteers on the Ops Team. The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE T H A N K YO U T O O U R S P O N S O R S Mainsail ADVENTURER 56 DAVE AND ANN JUNKINS CAROL AND AL ROPER ANN ELIZABETH LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION SPINSHEET MAGAZINE PAM PAHL TANNER’S CREEK WHALERS ANN ELIZABETH CONSORTIUM BACON & ASSOCIATES REBEL MARINA CAPE GRAPHIX ANN AND SCOTT RIPLEY SARAH HANSEL-PERRY RML CLOCKS HOWDY BAILEY YACHT SERVICES ROGER BROWNS S/V HAMPSHIRE ROSE THE LATIN PALACE USNA WATERFRONT SUPPORT Foresail ADVENTURER 65 JOHN AND PEGGY KING RESSER’S FOOD SERVICE JACK AND DEBBIE AINSLIE KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS ROSEMARY RUTH AMERICAN ROVER DON AND PAM LARUE SCARANO BOAT BUILDING ANDERSON AND WRIGHT JEWELERS BILLIE LUCKIE AND BILL WROTON SHIP’S COMPANY JANE AND FRED BASHARA MAID RITE FOOD BLUE CRAB BAY COMPANY JOE MANISCALCO SYSCO FOODS BLUERIDGE GENERAL, INC. BILL MELLEN AND MARY MOORE COBB’S MARINA MIKE AIKEN MUSIC THE CRESCENT IN FELLS POINT EFFINGHAM STREET YMCA FAREWELL GEORGIA PACIFIC PAPER IN HONOR OF THE WRIGHT AND BURGESS-VAIL WEDDING NIMBLE MID-ATLANTIC BOAT SALES NORFOLK REBEL IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN LANE BRIGGS SMITHFIELD FOODSERVICE THEM EASTPORT OYSTER BOYS GEORGE AND NINA TREIBER VIRGINIA FOOD SERVICE GROUP WOODY’S RUM BAR & ISLAND GRILL POCAHONTAS FOODS Jib BALTIMORE HARBOR MASTER PATRICIA BRIGHAM AND LAWRENCE GEMMA TOM AND JUDY DOUGLAS BALTIMORE MARINE CENTER HAWLEY AND KATHRYN BROOKS FRANK DUNBAUGH AND BELINDA ARRINGTON BAYWATCHER LARRY BRYANT DON BECKER BOBOLYN III² PRESTON AND SHERRY CARRAWAY FELLS POINT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BEV AND JIM BORBERG CAT’S EYE PUB CLIPPER CITY CHUCK AND VAL BOYLES RED AND TRISH DAVIS DEB AND SKIP BRADSHAW CHRISTINE DIEHLMANN The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race FELLS POINT MARITIME MUSEUM LESLIE FRIEDMAN GIBSON EQUIPMENT HANK AND STEVIE GIFFIN ANNE GUPMAN PAUL, BRIAN AND JOSEPH HEIM DENNIS AND MICKEY HENDERSON HENDERSON’S MARINA CAROLYN HOFFMAN HORIZON HRSD INNER HARBOR EAST MARINA THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE T H A N K YO U T O O U R S P O N S O R S Jib continued... LEO F. JOHNS CONTRACTOR MUÑEQUITA ROGER AND DONNA JUNKINS NAN NAWROCKI THOMAS KALTZ PAUL AND KATIE KROP LAW OFFICES OF DAVID M. THOMAS BOB LAYTON AND BB SCHENK LIBERTY CLIPPER JIM AND MARCIA MERRINS MIKE AND FRANKIE ANN MONTEITH RICH MORGANTE AND ED MCHALE MYSTIC WHALER LORD GRAHAM NICHOLSON ONE-EYED MIKE’S ARNOFF AND KAY PANTELIDES QUARNSTROM MARINE ELECTRIC R. CHOBERT DECORATING CO. VIKKI’S FELLS POINT DELI BEVERLY AND PHILLIPS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SHUCKERS ED AND PEGGY POE SINGING GYPSY PROM QUEEN VDH CAROL RICHARDSONSPIRITS TWO BILL RIPLEY EMILY AND RON PRIMM THE INN AT HENDERSON’S WHARF RESURGENCE BRYN JOYCE AND NANCY PATOOSKA SUSAN B. MERRYMAN IN MEMORY OF JOHN HEGEMAN HOWARD WEBB LYNN WEISS AND NOELLE JOEL SAIL BALTIMORE CAROL WOLKENSDORFER JIM SIMPSON WOODWIND SNOW JR. AND KING MERIEL AND SONNY WRIGHT Waves ADVENTURE RAY AND MARTHA EMBREY FRAN AND JACK HUENERBERG RENAISSANCE PORTSMOUTH HOTEL SCOTTY FOLGER MAURY JACKSON RESOLUTE JACK BROCKMAN HENRY GARRISON CHRIS BUSCH AND BILL BEACH GOETZE’S CANDY KENNEDY-COLIE CONSORTIUM BUFORD AND CAMILLE ROWLAND CY GRANDY AL AND BRENDA CATLETT GREEN DRAGON ANN KIRK AND JOE MENDES WEB AND MARGE SEWELL LIBERTÉ JOANNE SMITH JO AND BRUCE CLARKE CHARLIE HAWKS ARTHUR LILES DALE STILES LOUP DE MER DON AND BERYL WADE MAYOR OF RMS IN MEMORY OF LANE BRIGGS JIM AND ARLENE WALSH ANTONINA BRITANYA BILL AND HELMA COFER DAILEY NESTOR HOMES LLC DELIGHT BRIAN AND COLLEEN DONLIN DOROTHY JUNE LYNN DUTTON TOM AND MAGGIE GUNN HERON-MD HERON-NJ PATRICK AND KOLLETTE HILLARD HOLIDAY INNPORTSMOUTH DAVID HOLMES AND CLAIRE PUCKETT WATERSIDE MARINA SCOTT MCGINLEY OFFICE DEPOT-NORFOLK BECKY AND JIM OWENS PEACE IV JOHN EGINTON The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE T O O U R VO LU N T E E R S W I T H O U T W H O M T H E R E W O U L D B E N O R A C E …T H A N K Ginny Alberts Carl Engel Ed Laube Mary Rowe Darlene Alexander Linda and Paul English Billy and Eleanor Lawrence Rob Sanger Garland and Peggy Alexander Sylvia Envers Tim and Diane Leighton Paul Schaub Jim and Mary Lee Backus Suzanne Farace Sarah Linden-Brooks Bob Layton and BB Schenk Jack Fay Dick and Donna Litchfield Don Scott Jim Forrester Dave and Judy Lockwood Mark Shapiro Mary Ann Furgison Toni Manning Harry and Marilyn Sharpe Wilson and Linda Garland Betsy McMahan Walter and Maggie Short Casey and Shirley Garns Bob McMichael Brian and Val Siatowski Kathi Gochal-Nichols Linda and Mike Meakes Jim Simpson Catherine Grogan Cray and Suzanne Merrill Zollie Simpson Alan Gunzelman Carolyn Mollenkopf Neil Smith Anne Gupman Michael Monteith Pam and Charlie Smith Parke Guthner Bill Mellen and Mary Moore Tom Smith Sarah Hansel-Perry Ray and Roz Moore Jimmy Sollner Ed and Debra Harbour Donna and Todd Mulvenney John Spence Bill Harper Nan Nawrocki David Stacklin Phil and Ginger Harrison Trell Nix Bear and Brenda Stankavich Ray and Mark Haywood Bob Old Jean Steffanelli Dennis and Mickey Henderson Ricky and Terrie Olson Frank Stewart Pat and Kollette Hillard Joan Ordman Dale Stiles Gil Ortiz Lilly T. Stone Rodney Paice Deni Tabor Arnie Pantelides Dave Thomas Dave Perry Thom and Joyce Thorton Ron and Sue Peterman George and Nina Treiber Debbie and Ralph Phinney Steve and Brenda Turner Robert W. Pond David Ullrich Elizabeth River Project Don and Beryl Wade David Holmes and Claire Puckett Dave and Jan Washbourne Art and Marie Quarnstrom Bill Wheary Booty and Joyce Baker Dave and Hye-Yun Bennett Fred and Phyllis Bilskis Bill Blanchard Ed Bonilla Maureen Booth Jim and Bev Borberg Jan Borchardt David Briggs Bob and Barbara Brittingham Jack Brockman Larry Bryant Meriel Burgess-Vail Holly Carter Russell and Deborah Chandler Virginia Chauncey Ben and Dee Gee Cherry Rose and Rupert Chobert Art Christensen Susan and Wilson Cocke Bobbi Coggins Lonnie Courtney Doug Creecy Joe and Linda Creecy Greg DeCowsky Becky and Josh Dempsey Dip DiPaolo Brian Donlin Colleen Donlin Mitch and Jade Doughtie Robin Dunbar Bill and Caroline Ellsworth YO U ! Michael and Shirley Hiser Lisa Holden Lola Howard Jay and Jenny Irwin Richard Jeffers Ellsworth and Brenda Johnson Dorothy Jones Anne and Dave Junkins Nancy Kline Bobby Koch Carol Kocis Jim Kocis Bob and Frances Krezel John Kristich Erick Larson Pam and Don LaRue The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Walter Reese Carol Richardson Tommy Richardson Cathy Roberts Scott Rogers Al Roper Bob and Kathy Werneke Michael Wileman Donnie and Teresa Wilfong THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE M A RY L A N D A N D V I R G I N I A E V E N T S Maryland Virginia Wednesday, October 11 Friday, October 13 0930 Expeditionary Learning Experience aboard Volunteers will be on call overnight until all participants are in. selected schooners. Students from neighborhood schools will board a few racing schooners for a special learning opportunity. Kids will tour the schooners and connect to past and present life aboard a working vessel. 1400 Skippers’ Briefing & Safety Meeting on the pier near the Norfolk Rebel. This informal gathering is a chance for captains to get together. Plans for special contingencies (it’s hurricane season!) will be discussed 1600 Cast-off for the Parade of Sail. A chance for the city to see all the beautiful participants in the race. Our generous sponsors will be glad to host you for the show. 1930 All Hands Party at Latin Palace (invitation only) This party for crew, sponsors, and volunteers is not open to the public until after 2130. 2200 Sailors’ Evening on the Clipper City in Fells Point. Crews and friends gather for an old-fash- ioned gam, sing some chanteys, and get to know the competition. 1830 until ? Friday Night Rendezvous at Roger Brown’s - Olde Towne, 316 High Street in Portsmouth for early arrivals. Saturday, October 14 1000 Deadline for calling in finish time. See racing instructions. 1300 Awards Ceremony/Pig & Oyster Roast (Invitation Only) begins at North Landing Park followed by announcement of results and awards ceremony. 2100 Sailors’ evening and sea chantey sing-along at North Landing Park. Sunday, October 15 Skippers’ Meeting & Breakfast at Roger Brown’s Schooner Captains and crews meet to discuss the race results, share some sea stories and say a fond farewell to volunteers and sponsors. Thursday, October 12 0800 Skippers’ Meeting on Broadway Square. ALL participating schooners must have formal representation or risk disqualification. Captains may not delegate attendance. Detailed starting procedures will be given. Watches will be synchronized to GPS time. We will review the weather, too. 0900 Cast off for the start The distance from the Fells Point docking area to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Annapolis and the starting line area to its south is about 21 NM. Please hail “Schooner Race Committee” on VHF 01 with your ETA if you’ll be late for your gun. See Racing Rules for details. 1330 RACE START—First Warn- ing Gun—Just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE E D U C AT I O N O U T R E A C H Educational Outreach is one of the ways we fulfill our mission to educate children about the Bay. This program reinforces our mission to teach children that live near the Chesapeake Bay how they help to contribute to the health of the bay. Our education program also gives the students the opportunity to learn first hand about the maritime heritage of the schooners and their impact on the history of the Bay as they visit the schooners during their time in Baltimore and Portsmouth. Students will study the following topics before their field trip to visit selected schooners: • Life in the 18th century before electricity and gas powered engines • Schooner captains • Recruiting crew • Schooner history • Ships logs • Life aboard • 18th century Maryland economy • Fells Point history • Navigation, longitude, latitude, depth, and speed • The Chesapeake Bay • African American experience • Sailing fundamentals 10 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Also before the field trip to visit the schooners, our resource captains will provide an opportunity for students to ask them questions and view some of the items used by the schooner crews as the schooners sail the Bay. The field trip activities are highly experiential with a focus on critical thinking and writing. The crew of the Schooner Sultana has shared its materials, which have been adapted for the Great Chesapeake Schooner Race outreach. We thank them for their generous sharing of materials. On the day of the trip, students will be provided a tour of the vessels and the local maritime museum. Each student also receives a schooner crew tee-shirt and lunch. The culmination of all the education outreach activities occurs as the schooners’ crews involve students in a wide variety of learning experiences while aboard their historic vessels. Below: On deck aboard the Schooner Sultana. Photo by Mark Talbott / SpinSheet THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE A B R I E F H I S T O RY S chooner racing on the Chesapeake Bay is rooted in the trade rivalry between Baltimore, at the northern end of the Bay, and Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA, at the southern end. The fastest sailing vessels delivered goods and people to their destinations and often garnered the best price for their cargo by beating other slower schooners into port. Over the years, commercial schooner designs evolved for the Bay’s routes – taking into consideration shallow waters, local crops, and regional needs, with speed being a primary concern to beat competitively loaded vessels into port. These schooners also played a critical role in our nation’s early wars. While there are no cargo-hauling schooners now working the Bay, there are a considerable number of schooners still in use as cruising vessels and privately owned boats. In 1988, when the City of Baltimore launched her flagship modeled on those earlier vessels, Captain Lane Briggs of the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel—the world’s only sail-powered schooner-rigged tugboat—challenged the Pride of Baltimore II to a race from Baltimore to Norfolk, reviving an historic rivalry between schooners, captains, and cities on the Bay. With the challenge accepted, the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race was born. By 1990 a weekend in October had been set aside for what had become an annual event, and yacht clubs at the northern and southern ends of the race had volunteered to support the schooners and crews in their efforts. Over the 17 years of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Phillips_1/2Page_Revised 9/8/06 2:52 PM Page 1 there have been some incredible races with schooners going to the wire to win. Harsh weather conditions in some of the races have tested the mettle of the vessels, crews, and captains. As many as 42 schooners have signed up for a single race, and more than 100 – with vessels from as far away as California – have enjoyed the fall race on the Bay. The 2005 race was one of the most memorable in this long series. With strong following winds the several schooners set new records for both elapsed and corrected time. The schooners Imagine! and Resolute set new records for elapsed time to the finish line at Thimble Shoals Light beating the old record by almost an hour. Many other schooners bested their previous records as everyone continues to “Race to Save the Bay!” Forty-three schooners have signed on to be part of the 2006 race. To read a complete history of the race, visit www.schoonerrace.org. With the growth of the event and the resulting focus on these vintage sailing craft, the organizers and sponsors elected soon after the start of the event to maximize the value of the Race in very special ways. The Race brings focus to the maritime traditions of schooners on the Chesapeake and brings focus to the environmental issues facing the Chesapeake. All net proceeds of the Race are donated to support youth education efforts aimed at saving the Bay. This is why the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race is proud to say that we are “Racing to Save the Bay!” Over the years, almost $80,000 has been donated to youth education efforts – for every $50 raised, one young person can spend a day on the Bay learning how the decisions he or she makes can affect the quality of the Chesapeake Bay, the United States’ largest inland estuary. We welcome your support through tax deductible donations to the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, PO Box 8176, Norfolk, VA 23503-8176. Phillips Annapolis Harbor D o w n t o w n C i t y D o c k • 4 1 0 - 9 9 0 - 9 8 8 8 • w w w. p h i l l i p s s e a f o o d . c o m The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 11 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S ADVENTURE-47 Class C Rated Length: 24.01 • Sec/Mi: 264.46 Former Name: Pharaohs Home Port: Annapolis Owners: David and Charly Holmes Captain: David J. Holmes III Web Page: www.schooneradventure.com Previous Races: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 A survivor of Hurricane Ivan in Grenada (her hull is made out of steel), Adventure was built in early 1988 by Brian Alcock in Hout Bay South Africa, a suburb of Cape Town. She is ADVENTURER-56 Class A Rated Length: 42.90 • Sec/Mi: 153.42 Former Name: Blue Max Home Port: Annapolis Owner-Captain: Art Birney Previous Races: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Adventurer-56, a Cherubini 48 designed staysail schooner, was purchased in 1998 in Mississippi. Built in 1984, she was rebuilt in 1999. ADVENTURER-65 Class B Rated Length: 32.07 • Sec/Mi: 205.06 Home Port: Connecticut River Owner-Captain: Mark Faulstick Previous Races: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 Adventurer is a John Alden-Malabar VI with a 39.9-foot waterline, 11.6-foot beam, and sparred length of 65 feet. With a traditional gaff fore and main, she has a main topsail on a jack-stay in sail inventory, and often sets it for light to moderate wind sailing. Built and launched in Mystic, CT for Dr. Albert Whit- AMERICAN SPIRIT Class B Rated Length: 33.82 • Sec/Mi: 195.06 Former Name: Freya Home Port: Washington, DC Owner: National Maritime Heritage Foundation Captain: Duncan Hood Web Page: www.nmhf.org Previous Races: 2004, 2005 This restored 62-foot custom steel schooner designed by Meigs and built of steel in 1991 on Cape Cod, serves as a floating classroom for students through its nonprofit NMHF mari- 12 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race one of the Hout Bay class boats designed by Dudley Dix. Among her sisters are the Hout Bay 50 Cape Rose and Doubloon in St. Thomas USVI. A more recent near sister is the Liberté, a 64-foot modified schooner rig working out of Annapolis. Originally intended to be Alcock’s personal boat, an offer was made during construction that he could not refuse. Within weeks of launch she embarked on her first transatlantic passage to Ft. Lauderdale. After a succession of owners, Dave and Charly Holmes bought her in 2000. After much time spent in Trinidad repairing her after Hurricane Ivan, her owners are now cruising the Eastern Seaboard. In her GCBSR debut, Capt. Birney included William Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in his crew. Capt. Birney now serves on the schooner race board and has been a longtime supporter of the race. Adventurer-56 did very well in her first race, beating a sister ship, Principles, by nearly an hour elapsed time. After taking line honors at Thimble Shoal and the perpetual trophy in the 2000 race, she retired from the 2002 race with steering problems. In 2005 she proved her mettle and placed third. ney, she was commissioned in 1926, and continuously sailed and raced by six previous owners. In 1932 she placed second in the Bermuda Race. Mark Faulstick, her current owner for more than 20 years, had her extensively rebuilt in 1992, and has been a participant in the GCBSR nearly every year since 1995. With five firsts, two seconds in class B, and one overall in 2001, Captain Mark has commented that the only disappointment he ever feels is having to leave the wonderful cities and people of the Chesapeake after the race and ‘hang a Louie’ at Cape Charles, goin’ back to face winter in New England. time education program. American Spirit offers three-hour educational tours exploring the maritime life of Washingtonians in the 1800’s. She functions as a learning museum, presenting the critical role sailing vessels played in early American development. Students help the crew raise the sails and then are transported back in time while sailing for Baltimore, St. Michaels, Norfolk, and other ports of call on the Chesapeake. NMHF, is also building a replica of the Spirit of Enterprise, a 140-foot topsail schooner commissioned by George Washington nearly 200 years ago, which will function as the tall ship of the nation’s capital. Note: this is a Preliminary Listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change. ANN ELIZABETH Class C Rated Length: 20.78 • Sec/Mi: 297.48 Former Name: Celebration Home Port: Annapolis Owner-Captain: Dave Junkins Previous Races 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 The Ann Elizabeth is hull number 17 in the Ted Brewer-designed Lazy Jack 32 series of fiberglass production schooners. Built in 1977 by the Ted Hermann Boat Shop, she was originally sold to John Kendall in Media, PA, as a sail-away kit boat. The Ann Elizabeth was purchased in 1992 by Ann and Dave Junkins of Whitehall Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She took third in C2 In 1999 and in 2002 placed third in a fleet of 15, which endured high winds for 12 hours. In 2004 she placed third. Dave and Ann have been and continue to be among the most committed fundraisers of the race. ANTONINA Class B Rated Length: 38.82 • Sec/Mi: 170.32 Former Name: Robert Emit Home Port: Townsend Inlet, NJ Owner-Captain: Vincent J. Archetto Previous Races: 2005 This is the second race for this John Cherubini designed fiberglass staysail schooner built in 1986. Her length overall is 58 feet, and she was built in Riverside, NJ. Antonina spent the winter at Marsh Harbor, Bahamas. She then set sail in mid-June for Bermuda and then went on to Townsend Inlet, NJ, her home port. BONNY ROVER Class B Rated Length: 31.89 • Sec/Mi: 206.14 Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owners: Mark and Ray Haywood Captain: Ray Haywood Previous Races: All but 1994 and 2000 Originally her designer/builder’s primary residence, Ray and Mark are the second owners and live on her part time. They have completely rebuilt her and added quite a few personal touches that one might not expect to see on a boat. She is a frequent participant in Hampton Roads nautical events, often with a crew of kilted bagpipers, and drummers. She took first place in 1990 and 1991. Bonny Rover is a ferro cement update of a design of an eighteenth century revenue cutter. The design was also used for cargo vessels. BRITANYA Class B Rated Length: 34.15 • Sec/Mi: 193.26 Home Port: Lusby, MD Owner-Captain: Ed Kern Previous GCBS Races: none This is the first race for this 44-foot fiberglass Freedom designed by Hoyt and built in Rhode Island in 1982. CASHIER Class C --Not Yet rated-Home Port: Bivalve, NJ Owner-Captain: Royce Reed Previous GCBS Races: none Designed and launched in 1849 at Duffield Yard, Cedar Creek, Cedarville, NJ, her primary use during her continuous working life from 1849 to 1999 was the harvesting of oysters on Delaware Bay. She is a vital link to the spirit and heritage of Delaware Bay oystermen. She did not acquire her first engine until 1915; her final engine was installed in 1954. Her masts were sharply raked, and a high topmast extended above the mainmast allowing a working topsail in light winds. Fifty four foot Cashier, the oldest schooner in the United States and the holder of NJ Oyster License No. 1, will be racing with us in spirit only as she is in the process of being restored. Schooner Image Not Available The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 13 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D Schooner Image Not Available 14 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race CUCHULAIN Class C Rated Length: 28.43 • Sec/Mi: 228.74 Home Port: Pasadena, MD Owner-Captain: Bill Durkin Previous Races: 2002 The 44-foot steel Ted Brewer-designed Cuchulain, pronounced “Coo-K-who-Lin,” was built by Captain Durkin in his father’s back yard in Silver Spring, MD. It took Bill 10 years to build Cuchulain. DELIGHT Class C Rated Length: 22.17 • Sec/Mi: 282.38 Home Port: Cape Charles, VA Owner-Captain: David Kabler Previous Races 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Delight is a Saugeen Witch design from Tom Colvin’s drafting board. Built of Cor-ten steel by Tom in 1970 in his boatyard in Miles, VA, Delight was first raced by Greg and Laura Lohse. She was acquired by David Kabler in 2000. Delight is a perennial entrant and placed first in her class in ‘97 and ‘99. DOROTHY JUNE Class C Rated Length: 34.95 • Sec/Mi: 189.01 Former Name: Captain’s Gig Home Port: Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, VA Owner: Kathy Hill and Joe Braun Captain: Joe Braun Web Page: www.dorothyjune.net Previous GCBS Races: none This odd-looking, fiberglass Roughwater 58 hybrid was designed by Ed Monk Sr. and built by Chung Hwa Boatbuilding in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the owner’s retirement home. They found her neglected at a dock in St. Augustine, FL in 2004 and delivered her to Rebel Marine a few weeks later in the middle of a major storm in the Gulf Stream. They have since replaced all wiring, plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems, and bad fiberglass. Along with some major remodeling they then added paravanes, rig, and sails. ESTRELA Class C • Rated Length: 28.38 • Sec/Mi: 229.10 Former Name: Proud Mary Home Port: Prudence Island, RI Owner: Bruce Davies and Sandi and Steve Atwood Captain: Bruce Davies Previous Races: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Fifty-six-foot topsail schooner Estrela, was designed by George Stadel and built in the winter of 1974-75 by Atlantic Boatworks in East Boothbay, ME. In 1989 she incurred $90,000 in damage from hurricane Hugo. Her present owners purchased her for $10,000 and rebuilt her in St. Thomas over the next year. She was re-launched in 1991 and since then has made many trips up and down the Eastern Seaboard from New England to St. Thomas, Bermuda, and Florida. Note: this is a Preliminary Listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change. FAREWELL Class C Rated Length: 26.48 • Sec/Mi: 243.39 Home Port: Baltimore Owner-Captain: Linda Meakes Previous Races: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Peter Van Dyne traded this design with Andy Merrill in return for guitar lessons. Andy built her of fiberglass in his back yard in Annapolis and launched her in 1972, living aboard for the next 10 years. Then his son chartered her out GAZELLA Class AA --Not Yet Rated-Former Name: Gazela Primeiro Home Port: Philadelphia Owner: Philadelphia Preservation Guild Captain: Ed Stemmler Previous GCBS Races: none As race founder Capt. Lane Briggs used to say “if the mast in front is shorter than the mast behind it” then that boat is a schooner. Hence this year’s fleet includes the 177-foot barkentine Gazella, the ghost ship Lion, the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel, and the catamaran Peace IV. Gazella was built by JM Mendes in HERON-MD Class A Rated Length: 38.49 • Sec/Mi: 171.80 Home Port: Solomons Island, MD Owner-Captain: Aram Nersesian Previous Races 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Heron, a 57-foot aluminum custom one-off staysail schooner designed by Dominique Presles and built by Chantiers Pouveau in La HERON-NJ Class B Rated Length: 32.47 • Sec/Mi: 203.70 Home Port: Port Monmouth, NJ Owner-Captain: Robert Pulsch Previous Races: 2003, 2004, 2005 of St. Michaels and raced her in local events never placing less than second. In 1994 she was purchased by Gale Browning who had Class C firsts in 1994, 1995, and 1996. In 1998, her corrected time at Thimble was a record for the Windmill fleet. Farewell’s ownership changed in 1999 and she took with a third place finish. In 2000 Linda Meakes got her first win in a race plagued by light air. Under a variety of conditions Linda placed second in 2001, third in 2003, second in 2004, and third in 2005. Setubal, Portugal with Portuguese stone pine on her decks and masts and spars of Douglas fir; her records date her to 1901, but there is good evidence that many of the timbers used in her construction are from the ship Gazella built in 1883. Built to carry fisherman to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, every spring she left Lisbon with 35 dories, about 40 men and a hold full of salt. Her last trip to the Banks was in 1969. She was purchased for the Philadelphia Maritime Museum by William Wikoff Smith in 1971. In 1985 she was transferred to the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, which maintains and operates her as Philadelphia’s Tall Ship. Rochelle, France was completed in 1984. She has been under her present ownership since 1996 and is now located in Aram’s front yard on Mill Creek near Solomons Island off the Patuxent River. He requests schooners passing by ‘give a shout to say hi’ but not during the race─as he will not, of course, be there. Heron won Class A in 2001 beating Woodwind on corrected time. In 2004 and 2005 Heron placed second. Heron was reconstructed by Robert Pulsh in his back yard over many years. She is a 1911 wooden schooner designed by B.B. Crowninshield and built by R.T.Green & Company in Chelsea, MA. Robert is a past Commodore of the American Schooner Association, which is in the process of developing a mid-Atlantic chapter. Heron placed first in Class B in the 2004 race. The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 15 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D HORIZON Class C Rated Length: 19.32 • Sec/Mi: 315.06 Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner-Captain: Howdy C. Bailey Previous Races: 2005 Not only has the owner of this 39-foot schooner been a very generous sponsor of the race over many years; but he is the builder of 11 schooners, five of them—Norfolk Rebel, Patricia Devine, Ocean Star, Liberté, and Flut- JACOB JONES Class C Rated Length: 14.26 • Sec/Mi: 395.64 Home Port: New Yarmouth, MD Owner: Kris Younger Captain: John Baker Previous Races: 2005 Jacob Jones is a 31 foot Chuck Paine designed ‘downeast’ topsail schooner. She was built in 1983 of fiberglass by Mark Marine, NH. LADY MARYLAND Class AA Rated Length: 50.00 • Sec/Mi: 129.11 Home Port: Baltimore Owner: Living Classrooms Foundation Captain: Rich Hilliman Web Page: www.livingclassrooms.org Previous Races: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 ca of a Chesapeake Bay Pungy schooner, was designed by Thomas Gillmer. Primarily used as workboats Pungy schooners sailed the Bay in the 1800s and were famous for their speed under sail with perishable cargo. Lady Maryland is pink and green because this is the traditional color of the Pungy schooner. Lady Maryland offers flexible educational programs for more than 7000 students each year. She has berths for 32 passengers on day trips and up to fourteen cadets on overnights. She won Class AA in 1997, 1999, and 2002. Built in Baltimore by Peter Boudreau from 1985-86, the Lady Maryland, a 104-foot repliLIBERTĖ Class B Rated Length: 32.47 • Sec/Mi: 202.70 Home Port: Annapolis Owner: Liberté, the Schooner, Inc. Captain: Chris Tietje Web Page: www.TheLiberte.com Previous Races: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Liberté, a three-masted staysail schooner with 1700 square feet of sails spread over 6 sails, is 74 feet long and has an 18.5 foot beam. As 16 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race terby—have raced in the GCBSR! Schooner Horizon was built in 1959 by Newburg & Wallace, Rockport, Maine and designed by Crocker. Donated to Howdy Bailey by a client he has been working on bringing her back to life over the past three years. Howdy Bailey is also the builder of schooners Rising Sun, Pilgrim, Tropic Rover, Beau Ideal and the Eagle and he is the maker of one of our biggest awards, the Howdy Bailey Belt Buckle. an excursion schooner offering educational and historic presentations, sunset cruises, theme parties, and other functions and events for up to 49 guests, she sails out of Falmouth and Annapolis with the seasons. Her crew is knowledgeable about the area’s environment, and her cargo is the history, lore, and traditions of the era. Although Liberté is unable to join us for the run down the Bay, she always attends the start with passengers on board. Part of the proceeds of her charter are donated to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, as in previous years. Note: this is a Preliminary Listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change. LIBERTY CLIPPER Class AA Rated Length: 62.47 • Sec/Mi: 96.93 Home Port: Boston Owner: Schooner Liberty Clipper, Inc. Captain: Rob James Web Page: www.libertyfleet.com Previous Races: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 005 Designed by Charles Witholtz and built of steel by Blount Marine Corporation in Warren, RI, the Liberty Clipper, a recently reno- vated gaff-rigged schooner, is a replica of the renowned Baltimore Clippers, ships made famous over a century ago for their speedy and safe rounding of Cape Horn on expeditions to the California Gold Rush. Completed in 1983 this 125-foot schooner clipper ship is licensed by the Coast Guard to carry 115 passengers, which she does in Boston in the summer and Key West in the winter. The schooner is available for charter, has a state of the art galley, modern accommodations for up to 20 guests, and a newly adorned grand salon. LION Class C Rated Length: 17.74 • Sec/Mi: 336.47 Former Name: Copperhead Home Port: Hancock’s Resolution, MD Owner: Ship’s Company Captain: Steven Lampredi Webpage: www.shipscompany.org Previous GCBS Races: none This is the first GCBSR race for this 30-foot topsail schooner. MARTHA WHITE Class B Rated Length: 31.97 • Sec/Mi: 205.66 Home Port: Chestertown. MD Owner-Captain: Bob Kay Previous Races: 2005 fastened with trunnels (4000 handmade locust pegs, ends split with 8000 wood wedges). With hardware and sails made in Lunenberg, she proudly glorifies her famous predecessor. Construction was a 14-year single-handed labor of love. She was launched in 1973 and sailed and lived aboard for another 14 years. Acquired recently by Bob Kay, she will be used as a waterfront stage for playing bluegrass music with friends. Martha White finished the race last year in good spirit with a broken main, top mast and gaff, and a much appreciated tow from the Norfolk Rebel. Martha White, a 65-foot, double gaff-rigged, all wooden schooner fashioned after the Bluenose of Nova Scotia, was built by Capt. Earle Williams as a backyard project after years of research and teenage model building and under the watchful eye of the Massachusetts Coast Guard. Her ribs and planks are constructed from 200 year old long leaf yellow pine and MUÑEQUITA Class A --Not Yet Rated-Former Name: Principles Home Port: St. Petersburg, FL Owner: Charles Evans Captain: Mike Lawrence Previous GCBS Races: none This is the first GCBSR for this fiberglass 56foot Cherubini 48 built in 1990-91 in Delran, NJ. She is a sistership to Adventurer-56 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 17 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D MYSTIC WHALER Class AA Rated Length: 52.31 • Sec/Mi: 122.29 Home Port: Mystic, CT Owner-Captain: John Eginton Web Page: www.mysticwhaler.com Previous Races: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 The Mystic Whaler is a tribute to the coastal trading schooners that plied New England’s waters a century ago. Built in 1967 and rebuilt in 1993, she is stable and comfortable with many passenger amenities. In addition to char- NORFOLK REBEL Class C Rated Length: 26.75 • Sec/Mi: 241.27 Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner: Steve and Jesse Briggs Captain: Steve Briggs Previous Races: ALL! Tugantine Norfolk Rebel is a 59-foot steel sail-assisted workboat designed for towing and salvage. Built by Howdy Bailey Yacht Services and designed by Merritt Walter, her design was commissioned to use clean, renewable wind power. A friend to traditional craft PAQUITO Class A Rated Length: 41.11 • Sec/Mi: 160.52 Home Port: Baltimore Owner: Jim Fanjoy Captain: Bill Fanjoy Web Page: www.paquitoadventure.com Previous Races: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 A 69-foot custom steel schooner, Paquito was built in Cape Town, South Africa, by Paquito Marine Engineers. She was started in 1981 and launched in 1987. The design was supposedly by Bruce Roberts but apparently does not match any of his designs. She is built of steel PATRICIA DIVINE Class B Rated Length: 33.19 • Sec/Mi: 198.57 Home Port: Annapolis Owner-Captain: Helmut Hawkins Web Page: www.classicsailing.com Previous Races: ALL! The Patricia Divine is a steel 65-foot gaffrigged topsail schooner. She has participated in every single Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. In 1992, she completed the course under fore only after she suffered damage to her mainsail rig. 18 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race tering, Mystic Whaler is part of the Clearwater program’s Classroom of the Waves, which provides educational sailing trips for students along the Hudson River. The Mystic Whaler measures 83 feet on deck, with an extreme length of 110 feet. Displacing 100 tons, she carries 3000 square feet of sail. The Mystic Whaler placed third in 2003, second in 2004, and third in 2005 everywhere, she sometimes works as escort to the Tall Ships, and participated in OpSail 2000 Festivities. In 1984 she circumnavigated Virginia and was featured at the New Orleans World’s Fair. Sadly her first captain, Lane Briggs, the founder of this race, passed away in September of last year. Capt. Briggs worked tirelessly to promote this race and a cleaner Chesapeake, while encouraging sail training and promoting the Harbor of Hospitality, Norfolk, VA. Today his sons, Steve and Jesse, are carrying on with this tradition. The Tugantine has a removable bowsprit. plates and frame. Her deck is teak laid over steel plating. She initially cruised between Cape Town and Venezuela and settled in Trinidad where the Fanjoys found her. They brought her to Annapolis for restoration in the spring of 2002, and she participated in her first Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race in 2002. From there the family set sail from Annapolis for an eight month adventure in the Caribbean. By July, 2004 she had raced in the Antigua Yacht Classic Regatta and had sailed over 5,000 miles. She is now based out of Baltimore and ready for charter. Patricia Divine offers luxury charters and sail training opportunities for up to 24 passengers. Her amenities include rare woods, tapestries, orientals, and bronzes, with state of the art electronics and accommodations. As a crew member on Bonny Rover wrote during the first race, “Oh Patricia Divine is a lady with class, and 14 antennae on each of her masts, and stainless steel winches, each modern device for to float down the Bay with martinis on ice.” In 1999, 2004, and 2005 Patricia Divine placed second in Class B. Note: this is a Preliminary Listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change. PEACE IV Class Catamaran Rated Length: 49 • Sec/Mi: 132.21 Home Port: Swansea, South Wales, United Kingdom/Providence, RI Owner-Captain: Ann and Neville Clement Previous GCBS Races: none As you can see from her picture, the gaff schooner catamaran Peace IV is not your typical schooner and is in a class by herself. Built PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II Class AA Rated Length: 73.18 • Sec/Mi: 76.14 Home Port: Baltimore, MD Owner: Pride of Baltimore, Inc, Captain: Jan C. Miles Web Page: www.marylandspride.org Previous Races: 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Designed by Thomas Gillmer to represent a 19th century Baltimore Clipper and built by Peter Boudreau, Pride of Baltimore II is a sailing memorial to her predecessor, Pride of Baltimore, which tragically sank in a freak squall north of Puerto Rico in 1986. by her owners of marine plywood, fiberglass, and West System epoxy in a rented barn on a pig farm near Bath, Britain, she is a James Wharram Tiki 46 prototype. Launched in Bristol, England in 2003, she immediately crossed the Atlantic and has enjoyed the seasonal north and south migration from Rhode Island to the Bahamas since then. The Clements live aboard and have quite a few sea stories to tell. During the War of 1812 over 200 of these sleek, fast and maneuverable Baltimore Clippers, well armed and privately owned, ran the British blockade of US ports and brought desperately needed supplies and munitions to American troops. They also preyed on enemy merchant ships, greatly disrupting British commerce during the war. Chasseur, the largest and most successful, earned the nickname ‘Pride of Baltimore,’ following a daring voyage to England where she captured 17 British ships. Today she serves as a goodwill sailing ambassador for Maryland and the Port of Baltimore: sailing globally to foster international economic ties, to encourage tourism and to serve as an educational platform via the Internet. PROM QUEEN Class B Rated Length: 33.68 • Sec/Mi: 195.83 Home Port: Cambridge, MD Owner-Captain: Roger Worthington Previous Races: 2003, 2004, 2005 Designed by Dominique Presley and built in France by Naval DeBoit in 1977, she is a Chamthers Campamella. Fifty-six-foot Prom Queen placed third in 2005. RESOLUTE Class B Rated Length: 30.55 • Sec/Mi: 214.43 Former Name: Grey Fox Home Port: Washington, DC Owner-Captain: John Slade Previous Races: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Resolute is a Ron Holland and Gary Hoyt designed fiberglass Freedom 39 Pilothouse schooner. A sistership of Saorsa and Goodwind (who placed second in 2005), she was built by Tillotson Pearson-Rhode Island in 1984. She is fast and has an unusually efficient cat rig. Last year she took first in Class C, she received Line Honors for First at Windmill Point, and she was the winner of the Howdy Bailey belt buckle for Best Corrected Time at Windmill Point. ROSEMARY RUTH Class C Rated Length: 24.14 • Sec/Mi: 263.27 Home Port: Jersey City, NJ Owner-Captain: Richard Hudson Web Page: www.issuma.com/rhudson Previous Races: 2005 Rosemary Ruth had been ashore for seven years during an unfinished refit when Richard bought her in St. Helens, OR in October, 2004. A great deal of labor went into the construction of this boat. This is not the first race for her owner, Richard Hudson, who raced the 35-foot steel Orbit II in 2000, which was subsequently lost off the coast of Iceland in rough seas in 2002. Check out Richard’s website for the details. This is the second race for this 36-foot Tom Colvin Yin Yang pinky-designed steel schooner built by McConnell Marine in Port Colborne, Ontario in 1979. The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 19 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE PA R T I C I PAT I N G S C H O O N E R S C O N T I N U E D SALLY B Class B Rated Length: 36.81 • Sec/Mi: 189.74 Former Name: Yargo Home Port: Galesville, MD Owner-Captain: Daniel MacLeod Previous Races: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Schooner Image Not Available SERAPH Class B Rated Length: 34.43 • Sec/Mi: 226.82 Former Name: Golden Girl Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner-Captain: Jim Cook Previous Races: 2004 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race This is the third schooner race for the 59-foot fiberglass Seraph, formerly Golden Girl. She was built in Baltimore from 1981-1986 by her owner. SHANTY Class B Rated Length: 34.30 • Sec/Mi: 192.45 Former Name: Free Spirit Home Port: Norfolk, VA Owner: Scott Rogers Previous Races: 2004, 2005 This steel 50-foot Merritt Walters Merry Rover-design was launched in 1995 in Panama City, FL by John Vinning. Purchased in 2002 by Scott Rogers, she was brought to her new home in Norfolk, VA. This is Shanty’s third year in the schooner race. SINGING GYPSY Class C Rated Length: 23.52 • Sec/Mi: 269.02 Former Name: Sanderling Home Port: Suffolk, VA Owner-Captain: Karla Smith Previous Races: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Her owner adopted her in 1999 as a sail training vessel for Girl Scouts on Chuckatuck Creek. Her shallow draft and leeboards enable her to explore small bays and creeks along the James River. She remains a lovely sight, true to L. Francis’s intentions, and true to Capt. Smith’s and Capt. Briggs’s dedication to sail training for our youth. Her best showing in the race was in 1999 when she finished at Windmill Point in 17 hours—last. Often her biggest challenges is sailing to Baltimore in time for the race start. They will not race this year but plan to do Sail Training with the Girl Scouts on the way to the Portsmouth end of the race. Singing Gypsy is an L. Francis Herreschoff Meadowlark ketch built by Alan Vaitses and re-rigged as a schooner by Lane Briggs to enter the race in 1995. She was built to be an economical family gunkholer: cheap, and easy to build and to sail. Today only a few of these classic sharpies are still afloat. 20 Sally B almost raced with us in 1997 but was sidelined with a blown engine at the last moment. In 1999, she placed fourth in her class. In 2001 she placed second. She officially placed third in 2003 and 2004. However, Sally B actually placed first in Class B in 2004 but did not receive an award due to a transcription error. Her owner accepted this graciously, and we thank him for that. In 2005, Sally B placed fourth. Her owner lives aboard this 65-foot steel J. Murray Watts design built in Norfolk by Spivey in 1970. Note: this is a Preliminary Listing. Fleet and handicap ratings subject to change. STELLA POLARIS Class C --Not Yet Rated-Home Port: Galena, MD Owner-Captain: Thomas and Joyce Meers Previous Race: 2000 A gaff-rigged replica of a Grand Banks fisherman, 44-foot Stella Polaris was designed, built and christened by Peter Van Dine in Annapolis in 1978. Her hull and deck are foamcored fiberglass with teak on glass decks. Her SULTANA Class B Rated Length: 31.7 • Sec/Mi: 207.28 Home Port: Chestertown, MD Owner: Sultana Projects, Inc. Captain: Bob Brittain Webpage: www.schoonersultana.com Previous Races: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 A replica of a Marblehead topsail schooner, Sultana was originally designed and built in 1767 to be used by the British Royal Navy to WHEN AND IF Class A Rated Length: 42.26 • Sec/Mi: 152.05 Home Port: Vineyard Haven, MA Owner: Cindy and Paul Ruitenberg Captain: Ian Thomas Web Page: www.schoonerwhenandif.com Previous Race: 2005 Designed by John Gale Alden and built for Colonel George S. Patton by F.F. Pendleton of Wicasset, ME and launched in 1939; Patton bid farewell to his wife as he went off to war, saying “when and if I return, we’ll sail around the world.” General Patton’s dream ended with his death in a jeep accident in Germany shortly before the end of World War II. But his family sailed her until the 1970s, then they donated the vessel to the Landmark School WOODWIND Class A Rated Length: 47.88• Sec/Mi: 135.80 Home Port: Annapolis Owner: Ellen and Ken Kaye, Running Free, Inc. Captain: Jen Brest and Ellen and Ken Kaye Website: www.schoonerwoodwind.com Previous Races: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Former teachers, Ken and Ellen Kaye, hired Scarano Boat Building to design and built 74-foot Woodwind for the charter trade. In July 1998, the Kayes welcomed sistership Woodwind II. The Woodwinds are the only two identical schooners in the world sailing from the same city. These cedar cabins have been replaced with mahogany, and her spars are hollow wood. With her former owners she has cruised the Eastern Seaboard, Bermuda, and Bahamas. Tom and Joyce Meers found her in East Haddam, CT in 1998, well used and in a sorry state. They fell in love, trucked her home, and have been working on her ever since. Almost eight years later she was launched on June 30, 2006 at Gregg Neck Bend yard in Galena MD, her new home. Her interior is partially finished, and upon completion the Meers hope to cruise extensively. enforce the notorious tea taxes in the years preceding the American Revolution. Designed by Benford Design Group and built by John Swain in Chestertown of white oak and framed with osage orange, she relaunched in the spring of 2001. More than 8000 students of all ages take part annually in an educational experience encompassing sailing the Chesapeake and exploring the life of an 18th century sailor during classroom outreach. In 2004 Sultana won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Maritime Education. north of Boston. For more than 20 years she was used in a training program for dyslexic children (Patton himself was dyslexic). In 1990 she broke loose from her mooring during a gale and landed on the rocks in Manchester by the Sea, MA. She was declared a total loss, but the owners of the land on which she was hauled refused to allow her to be cut up on their lawn. They appreciated the historical significance of When and If. The refusal to allow her to be cut up gave her admirers the time necessary to secure her survival. She was barged to Gannon and Benjamin’s yard on Martha’s Vineyard, a haven for wooden schooners and boats, and for the skilled craftsmen necessary to repair her. She is now available for charter—licensed to carry 17 passengers plus three crew. 48-passenger vessels hold private parties, corporate charters, match racing, two hour scheduled public trips, and Boat & Breakfast—for up to eight on overnights. Christopher Walken can be seen steering the Woodwind II in the hit movie “The Wedding Crashers.” The Woodwinds sail out of Pusser’s Landing at the Annapolis Marriott from May to September. Woodwind has a reputation as a fast light-wind boat and has finished well up in the fleet in all her races. Finishing second after losing her main halyard for two hours in the brisk breezes of ‘02 shows she can do well in heavy air, too. Woodwind’s web site provides an excellent history of the race. Woodwind won first over the finish, first in Class A, and first overall on corrected time in 2003 and 2004. The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 21 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE 2006 5 R A C E E N T R I E S / R AT I N G S Rig Schooner Captain Rating Sec. per Mile Class AA Rated (Greater than or equal to 50 feet), Racing to Thimble Shoal Light, 127 NM (Five Schooners) Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Lady Maryland Mystic Whaler Liberty Clipper Pride of Baltimore II Virginia Rich Hilliman John Eginton Rob James Jan Miles Nicholas Alley 50 52.31 62.47 73.18 74.06 129.11 122.29 96.93 1st Place 2005 76.14 74.63 2nd Place 2005 Class A Rated (40 feet to less than 50 feet), (Six Schooners) Marconi Marconi Marconi Marconi Staysail Marconi Heron - MD Paquito Adventurer 56 When and If Woodwind Muñequita Aram Nersesian Bill Fanjoy Art Birney Ian Thomas Ken Kaye Mike Lawrence 38.49 41.11 42.9 43.26 47.88 ---Not yet rated--- 171.80 2nd Place 2005 160.52 153.42 152.05 135.80 Class B Rated (30 feet to less than 40 feet), Racing to Windmill Point Light, 80 NM (16 Schooners) Fully Battened Resolute John Slade 30.55 214.43 1st Place 2005 Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Staysail Marconi Gaff Marconi Marconi Fully Battened Staysail Marconi Marconi Marconi Sultana Bonny Rover Martha White Adventurer 65 Heron - NJ Liberté Patricia Divine Prom Queen American Spirit Britanya Shanty Seraph Sally B Dorothy June Antonina Bob Brittain Ray Haywood Bob Kay Mark Faulstick Robert Pulsch Chris Tietje Helmut Hawkins Roger Worthington Duncan Hood Ed Kern Scott Rogers Jim Cook Daniel MacLeod Joe Braun Vincent J Archetto 31.7 31.89 31.97 32.07 32.36 32.47 33.19 33.68 33.82 34.15 34.3 34.43 34.81 34.95 38.82 207.28 206.14 205.66 205.06 1st Place 2005 203.35 202.70 198.57 2nd Place 2005 195.83 195.06 193.26 192.45 226.82 189.74 189.01 170.32 Class C Rated (Less than 30 feet), Racing to Windmill Point Light, 80 NM (15 Schooners) Gaff Jacob Jones John Baker 14.26 395.64 Gaff Gaff Marconi Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Gaff Lion Horizon Ann Elizabeth Delight Green Dragon Singing Gypsy Adventure-47 Rosemary Ruth Farewell Norfolk Rebel Estrela Cuchulain Cashier Stella Polaris Steven Lampredi Howdy C. Bailey David Junkins David Kabler Al Bezanson Karla Smith David J. Holmes III Richard Hudson Linda Meakes Steve Briggs Bruce Davies Bill Durkin Royce Reed T. and J. Meers 17.74 19.32 20.78 22.17 22.9 23.52 24.01 24.14 26.48 26.75 28.38 28.43 ---Not yet rated--- ---Not yet rated--- 336.47 315.06 297.48 282.38 275.01 269.02 264.46 263.27 243.39 241.27 229.10 228.74 Class Catamaran, Racing to Windmill Point Light, 80 NM (One Schooner) Gaff Peace IV A. and N. Clement 49 132.21 All ratings are tentative and subject to change at the race committee’s discretion. 22 The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 002624.ML.BFS.1106.18 9/13/06 4:10 PM Page 1 THE GREAT CHESAPEAKE BAY SCHOONER RACE 2 20 00 05 5O OF FF FIIC CIIA AL L R RA AC CE ER RE ES SU ULT LTS S BOAT SALES Class AA, 127 nm 1. Liberty Clipper 2. Virginia 3. Mystic Whaler 4. Lady Maryland 5. Sultana Rob James Robert C Glover John Eginton Peter Bolster Bob Brittain Boston Norfolk Mystic Seaport Baltimore Chestertown DNS: Harvey Gamage Stefan Edick Islesboro, ME 1. Imagine…! 2. Heron, MD 3. Adventurer 56 4. Woodwind 5. When And If 6. Alliance Mike Bagley Aram Nersesian Art Birney Ken Kaye Ian Thomas Greg and Laura Lohse Annapolis Solomons Island Annapolis Annapolis Vineyard Haven, MA Yorktown, VA DNF: Paquito Mistress James Fanjoy Glenn McCormick Edgewater, MD Key West Class A, 127 nm DNS: Leopard Specializing in trailerable, shallow draft, pilothouse, sail and powerboats. 24'7" Nimble Nomad - A unique trailerable trawler w/cockpits fore & aft. 32' Nimble Wanderer. Available in sail & trawler versions. We have brokerage boats available and are taking orders for new Nimbles. 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Adventurer 65 2. Patricia Divine 3. Prom Queen 4. Sally B 5. Antonina 6. Heroni, NJ 7. Martha White 8. Shanty Mark Faulstick Helmut Hawkins Roger Worthington Daniel MacLeod Vincent J Archetto Robert H Pulsch Bob Kay Scott Rogers Norwalk, CT Annapolis Cambridge Galesville, MD Townsend Inlet, NJ Port Monmouth, NJ Chestertown Norfolk Reported Late: American Spirit Duncan Hood Washington, DC DNS: Liberté Bonny Rover Chris and Jane Tietje Annapolis Mark and Ray HaywoodNorfolk (410) 956-5778 e-mail: [email protected] Class B, 80 nm WATERSIDE MARINA Downtown Norfolk, VA Class C, 80 nm 1. Resolute 2. Goodwind 3. Farewell 4. Adventure 5. Ann Elizabeth 6. 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