After many years of record breaking offshore competition, Chesapeake sailor Ryan Breymaier returns home to the Bay to compete in the Annapolis to Newport Race.
The Club's racing heritage spans 130 years, dating back to 1886
"What to Expect: Sails and Rigging" will be held Saturday, January 14, from 10 a.m. until noon
Michael Keyworth has logged more than 200,000 nautical miles as a boat captain.
Starting Under New Format A new starting format for the Annapolis to Newport race welcomed many first-time participants as well as veteran skippers and crew in the 3
This has been a rough ride so far with everything from slatting conditions to powerful squalls. First boat now not expected until this evening.
The whole fleet has started and is headed down the Bay (the first half of the fleet is, for the most part, already out in the ocean just off Chincoteague Island).
And they're off! The first half of the fleet is heading off down the Bay, under dark but not yet rainy skies. We'll see what the afternoon and evening hold...
Jack Lynch, historian down at Annapolis YC, was cool enough to put this together for us. It's incredible just how much the art of sail has changed in the last 50 years.