Catalina 25, Fleet 8

On the Chesapeake at Middle River

We are a sailing club with interests in cruising, racing, fun, learning, and safety.
 


"The Big One" Our 13 boat raft Sept 3, 2005

2009 - Week-long to Choptank and other
(Updated May 11, 2009)

Dates: June 20 thru June 27

Please keep Joe Rolfes, Cruise Director, advised of your plans. (sailboat25*aol.com)

Boats Signed On:

Warr de Mar (Updike) Woodwind (Wood)
First Light (Pulyer) Lady Z (Decker)
9th Daughter (Braddick) Cheri Lynn (Conner)
Papillon (Rapkins) Tide Chaser (Smith & Stone)
Salty Dog (Bozzone) Isabel (Knox @ Walls)
The Illy Bay (Holland) Pallas Athena (Kittka & Kittka)
Adventure (Stumpp) Southern Cross (Rolfes)
Deo Gratias (McFadden)  
   
   

Destination(s): Note: all legs have been designed to be no more than 20km to allow more time to enjoy our destinations.

Sat 6/20 - Gray's Cr. (A) Magothy R.
Sun 6/21 - Tilghman on Chesapeake (M) Tilghman Is.
Mon 6/22 - Trippe Cr. (A) Tred Avon R.
Tue 6/23 - Cambridge (M) a new(ish) town marina
Wed 6/24 - La Trappe Cr. (A) Choptank R.
Thu 6/25 - Herrington Harbor (M); Some to North, some to South
Fri 6/26 - Whitehall Cr. (A) Whithall Bay off Severn R.
Sat 6/27 - Home Port

Note: Waypoints provided as a general routing guide only. Not to be used for navigational purposes. Always consult a current chart, USCG Notice to Mariners and visual sightings.

Departure & Rendezvous:

6/20 Leave Maryland Marina before Noon for Magothy R.

Marina Plans: Boats staying at Herrington Harbor must call to confirm their reservation.

Tilghman on the Chesapeake Yacht Club 1-800-RELAXED 410-886-2389
Camgridge Municipal Yacht Basin 410-228-4031
Herrington Harbor So. Resort & Marina 800-213-9438
Herrington Harbor North Resort & Marina 800-297-1930

Special Plans:

 

Communications: Fleet 8 monitors and uses VHF channel 78 as a working channel

Monitor channel 9 for hailing
Monitor channel 16 for hailing, emergency & distress

Click here for full chart of VHF Channels

Links:

Tides: Find tides at NOAA's tides-online

NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CO-OPS,) has changed to www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov

Weather: www.weatherunderground.com Enter Zip code for specific areas.,
OR.... Get it all from the horses mouth at...

Tolchester Bouy: Click Here for current conditions

Or go here: NDBC Chesapeake Bay Map
Then, click on the bouy you want to see.

Dial a Data Bouy directly on your cell phone:

(Note: as of April 17, 2007 "Dial a Data Buoy" is now BACK IN SERVICE.)

Call 888-701-8992 then, when prompted, "1" then Station ID (below)
(program this on your cell phone for use on the water.)

For Tolchester, Station TCBM2, dial "82262#"
For Baltimore, Station BLTM2, dial "25862#"
For the complete list of real-time data buoys, Click Here

Coast Pilot 3 - 38th Edition, 2005, current version from NOAA: http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot3.htm

Light Lists from USCG Nav. Center (Note: the Light List publications are not corrected. Use the link for the corrections to obtain the updates for the latest version of the publication.) http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/LightLists.htm

NOAA Raster Navigational Charts (Free)
http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/index.htm