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Students find not only great sailing on Chesapeake Bay,
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but an almost overwhelming choice of unique and
historic villages and marinas for day trips, weekend and
week-long cruises. Modern, well-equipped marinas and
deserted, quiet coves abound within easy reach in this
cruiser’s paradise. A typical cruising course will pass
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under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on the way to an
overnight anchorage behind Dobbins Island in the
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Magothy River. On the way, the boats pass the Gibson
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Island Yacht Club, home to many famous sailors
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including Carleton Mitchell. The next leg crosses the Bay
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Narrows.
(Below) New owner and former long-time employee, Tim Dowling,
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has taken on the task of continuing to teach sailing in a way that
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The next morning, the fleet goes through the drawbridge encourages fun, hands-on learning.
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and south down Eastern Bay to the Miles River and the
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historic village of St. Michaels, home of the Chesapeake
history of the region. A visit by
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Bay Maritime Museum. A visit to the museum is a
boat or car to Cantler’s Riverside
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fascinating way to spend an afternoon and learn why the
Restaurant on Mill Creek, north of
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village is “the town that fooled the British.” Rhode River
Annapolis, can include a tour of
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on the western shore is the next day’s objective. Arriving
the shedding tanks and other
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after an exhilarating sail across the bay, students anchor
artifacts of the blue crab industry
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in a protected cove close to the unspoiled shores of the
that has made Maryland famous.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. The return
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to Annapolis the next day takes the boat past the historic
City Dock, in downtown Annapolis,
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Thomas Point Lighthouse, the last remaining “screw
is also home to the U.S. Sailing
pile” or cottage style lighthouse and a Chesapeake Bay
Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is
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a comprehensive interpretation of the history of sailboat
racing in the United States. For a more active experience
Sailing school day classes also offer lots of opportunities
of the fun of racing, there are several tour boats that
to enjoy the Chesapeake Bay experience. Annapolis was
take visitors out on Wednesday evenings for ringside
a major port in colonial times and was known as the
seats at the Annapolis Yacht Club’s Wednesday Night
“Athens of America.” Visible evidence of the vanished
Series, where 120 or more sailboats contend for honors.
era of the “Tidewater Aristocracy” includes the largest
collection of original Georgian architecture in the world
The seagoing ambiance and sense of living history, which
and the nation’s oldest state capitol still in legislative
set Annapolis apart, make it a great place to begin a
use. A visit to the senate chamber in the Maryland State
sailing career.
House, where the Treaty of Paris was ratified in 1783,
recognizing the Independence of the United States and
With the recent passing of the school’s founder, the
ending the American Revolution, is a must. After the
ownership of Annapolis Sailing School passed to a new
tour, visitors can dine in several colonial taverns once
generation with the purchase of the school by long-time
frequented by George Washington.
employee Tim Dowling in the summer of 2006. Under
Tim’s leadership, the school’s program has been
Most courses end by 4 p.m., allowing plenty of time to
expanded to include new introductory and advanced
explore the town’s great restaurants and historic sites, courses with an emphasis on modern boat design and
including the U.S. Naval Academy, where history and electronic equipment. The well-established principles,
seagoing tradition abound. A walking tour is the best way which govern the “Annapolis Way” to teach sailing, have
to see “the yard” as the academy is known, and no sailor been enhanced, reinforced and expanded. Jerry Wood’s
should miss a visit to the tomb of John Paul Jones, the original concept that sailing should be taught as a fun,
father of the U.S. Navy. lifetime activity is still the key concept underlying all
that we do. Building on our half-century heritage of
The Annapolis Maritime Museum, located in a converted excellence, Annapolis Sailing School will continue to
oyster packing plant, provides a unique insight into the lead the industry in recreational sailing instruction well
importance of the seafood industry to the economic into the 21st century.
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