News for and about cruising sailors, their regional clubs and club directory, the 100-day SpinSheet Century Club challenge, and favorite sailing destinations on the Chesapeake Bay.


I love to charter a sailboat out of Newport, RI, because there’s just so much to experience there. This time we chose to explore Block Island and some of the quaint little towns...
If I am cruising until I am 100 years old, I still may not have explored all there is to offer north of the Bay Bridge. Ahhh… so much Bay; so little time.
Several unique attributes make Rock Hall, Maryland, a worthwhile destination for cruising sailors on the Chesapeake Bay. ~By Steven Toole
I’m sitting in an anchorage surrounded by water so clear and blue that it makes my eyes hurt to look at it too long. No one is nearby except our buddy boat.
When planning your summer cruising vacation, why not consider a Baycation on your sailboat or on a Chesapeake charter sailboat?
Packing the right items for an offshore sailing delivery makes your trip safer, more comfortable, and more fun. 
St. Croix has become truly special to us. It is a little off the beaten path, and we can walk to the scuba shop from the dinghy dock, rent tanks without a guide, and be...
An orca encounther while sailing on the open Atlantic, off Portugal, in a 28-foot Albin Vega, headed for Lisbon. ~ by Duncan Spencer
A Chesapeake sailor's bucket-list adventure doing a transatlantic passage aboard a friend's new catamaran. ~By John W. Robinson

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