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November 28, 2021

Jack Sherwood

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In-Depth Focus

A forgotten monument

The Jeannette's sinking was dramatically portrayed by the popular French artist George Louis Poilleux.
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Heroism and heartbreak

The Tripper's granddaughter, Claire, is a standout softball player but also a natural on the tiller.
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Softball or sailing? ThatÂ’s an easy one

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Bug-eyed over an old bugeye

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Through the lens of the Square Man

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He passed the test, but there were new challenges

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All is not lost for this solo sailor

This survey photo shows the schooner America in December 1940 shortly after she was hauled.
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The inglorious demise of the CupÂ’s namesake yacht

Rosie was built in 1955 by Bronza Parks and named after his mother.
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A Rosie by any other name is not as sweet

The Cape Henlopen emerges from the fog, returning to Fells Point after a long day's work.
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Brutes of Baltimore: the humble tugboat

After 25 years without stripping, Erewhon's bottom is now in fiine form.
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My money pit: time to correct the neglect

Joe Fernon is quite at home aboard Lilypad, the 20-foot shantyboat he built.
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Redneck Yacht Club? Not for this ‘shantyboat’

The Tripper's granddaughter, Claire, not only got the hang of sailing, but she caught on to the vernacular, as well.
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Sailing 101: Capt. Claire passed with flying colors

Chicken-neckers Angus Phillips (right) and Gene Miller proudly display two of their male 'jimmies' destined for the steam pot.
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Good day on the water: a skiff, crabs, old friends

Sweet and Low is a utilitarian cruiser that Ralph Wiley built as he transitioned out of sailboat racing.
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A homecoming queen and the king who built her

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About that leak I mentioned last month

Jack Sherwood
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Cruising the Sassafras, this time on my terms

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When company time became sailing time

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Ted Williams or Ray Hunt? The choice was simple

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Destinations

On the Bay

Karen Ellison single-hands a Mariner 19 when she's not sailing with her husband aboard their 40-foot Pearson.
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The itch to sail alone and an able mentor

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Stored but not forgotten, a family treasure is revived

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With boats, if it's not one thing, it's another

David 'Budweiser Dave' Sells
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Farewell to a friend and other Annapolis tidbits

'Pat the Diver' prepares to take the plunge.
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Diver down! Erewhon gets a good scrub

When Bay winds vanish, it’s time for gunkholing
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When Bay winds vanish, itÂ’s time for gunkholing

Bill Birmingham, of UK/Scott Allan Sailmakers, helped get the Bay Tripper back on the water.
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I swear I won't neglect my new mainsail

The Bay Tripper had plenty of wind for his first cruise of the season.
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Favorable winds and four days of cruising

Matt Rutherford and his 27-foot Albin Vega both proved able circumnavigators during their non-stop voyage around the Americas.
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An amazing voyage, but letÂ’s not forget about the boat

The Bay Tripper inspects the topside paint job he and son Eric gave Erewhon.
Upkeep

Fresh paint and a boat thatÂ’s ready to cruise

Chuck Holm gave the Bay Tripper's Tohatsu 4-stroke some TLC and showed him how to care for it.
Engine Repair

My newfound interest in outboard engines

Boatbuilder Joe Reid has been doing maintenance and wooden boat repars for the last couple of years, but there has never been 'serious interest' in his Thomas Point 40.
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The scent of a boat shop: a lost treat for the senses

The Bay Tripper recruited Nancy Cronin, a Manhattan account executive visiting Annapolis, to lend a soft touch polishing Erewhon.
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With the boat on the hard, itÂ’s time for that to-do list

Sporting some new Slam foulies, the Bay Tripper was prepared for late-season sailing but not for an encounter with a tug and barge.
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My close encounter with a tug and barge

Norman Gross is memorializing his family's workboats in models. This is his father's boat, Miss Myrtle.
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Workboat models keep a familyÂ’s history alive

Hank Hinckley and his daughter, Sarah, were at the sailboat show with their elegant Great Harbor 26.
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Queen of the sailboat show was a princess

The Bay Tripper's beloved Erewhon, all buttoned up for the surge that never was.
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The conspiracy that killed my cruise

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Destinations

Schnaitman's - Wye Mills, Md.

Baba is right at home at the helm of her Duffy electric launch.
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My fractured fairy tale at Mineral Spring Farm

The Woodwind sisters strut their stuff on the Chesapeake
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Woodwind sail cruises are a family affair

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Season's first cruise had everything but a breeze

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The three Rs of saving a manhandled Morgan

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Maintenance

The maintenance mantra: 'It's always something'

THE SARLES GANG: (Front row, from left) Ed 'Sandman' Parker, Tom Weaver and Knothead, Deb Smith, Lawrence 'Shorty' Franklin; (back row, from left) Dave Hannam, 'Big Steve' Halbrook, Mike Lohr, 'Mighty Joe' Young.
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New life springs from an old boatyard

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A captain straight from Central Casting

Donald Preul, himself a builder of models, cares for the Naval Academy's model ship collection.
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The Age of Sail in meticulous miniature

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Boatwork, the business of winter