Features (Boating)

Article - Boating; , Good Living; , News; , People; by Kathy Knotts - 6/7/18

Paddling to Italy

Local club goes international for second chances and full lives

A group of local breast cancer survivors wants to change the notion of surviving cancer into thriving after cancer. Their method of transformation is the paddle.

The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club invites survivors and supporters to the ancient sport of dragon boat racing to help them heal from the ravages of both disease and treatment.

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Article - Boating; , Good Living; , People; , Places; by Keri Luise - 5/31/18

Sailing Heals

A day on the Bay is therapy at its best

A sunhat on her head and a content grin on her face, Fran Eppig takes a deep breath and relaxes.

“This is perfect. Just beautiful,” she says to her fellow sailors on the 43-foot Fountaine Pajot catamaran Dreamweaver.

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Article - Boating; , News; , People; , Places; 5/3/18

Dock of the Bay: May 3-9, 2018

Severn River Bridge; Pigs & Pearls update; Helly Hansen NOOD; Boater Safety; Rivers Edge Restaurant; Goldman Environmental Prize

Easing Backup on the Severn River Bridge

Additional eastbound lane now open

If the Bay Bridge is the gateway to the Eastern Shore, the Severn River Bridge, five miles to the west, is the gateway to the Bay Bridge.

At peak driving times, that gateway turns into a major bottleneck.

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Article - Boating; , News; , People; by Steve Carr - 4/5/18

The Sea Takes a Life

John ‘Fish’ Fisher overboard in the Volvo Ocean Race

In covering the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race through the years, I met sailing legends who seemed larger than life: Torben Grael, Mike Sanderson, Paul Cayard, Ian Walker and Bouwe Bekking, who is skippering Team Brunel in the current race.

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Article - Food and Drink; , Boating; , Eating Out; , Arts and Culture; , Good Living; , People; , Places; by Kathy Knotts - 4/4/18

When Can We Go Out to Play?

Come April 20, the outdoor calendar starts filling up

Spring is on the calendar. We had another lovely taste of warm weather last week. Yet the forecasters say not to pack away the winter gear as the thermometer struggles to reconcile with our expectations of spring.

Prepare your sacrifices to the weather gods, for as April moves forward, more and more outdoor events call us out of hibernation.

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Article - Boating; , Good Living; , News; , People; , Features; by Kathy Knotts - 2/22/18

Hooked on Marine Trades

Career expo sets sights on teenagers

Do you know a teen who loves boats or spending time on the water? Who loves technology, science or math?

Local employers are looking to hook such teens with a career in the marine and maritime trades.

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Article - Boating; , Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; , Fishing; by Dennis Doyle - 2/15/18

Chesapeake Anglers’ Alert

Fishing resumes with yellow perch

Now is the time.

One of the better tasting fish (tied with white perch for first place), yellow perch are making their spring spawning run as you read. This is the best time to go after them, indeed probably the only time of the year when they are concentrated enough to make them your target.

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Article - Boating; , News; , Features; by Kathy Knotts - 1/11/18

Dreaming of Warm Weather?

A “little taste of summer" drops anchor at the Baltimore Boat Show

Why wait until spring to indulge your inner boat fanatic? Head to the 2018 Baltimore Boat Show to see what’s in store for this summer’s boating adventures.

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Article - Boating; by Tom Hall - 11/9/17

Hall of Fame Sailing to Newport

Struggling to raise funds in Annapolis, project pulling anchor at City Dock

Plans to relocate the National Sailing Hall of Fame from Annapolis to Newport, Rhode Island, are gathering new momentum, with terms of the move expected to be final by Thanksgiving.

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Article - Boating; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 10/5/17

The Biggest Show in Town

Bay Weekly’s Guide to the Boatshows

The United States Sailboat and Powerboat Shows are the biggest in the country, and probably the world.

This year’s shows are bigger than ever, show president Paul Jacobs says, with “the largest sailboat show we’ve ever had and the biggest powerboat since the 2008 recession.”

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