Photo: Steve Earley, The Virginian-Pilot
Last Friday, 39 schooners set off from Baltimore, Maryland sailing 127 miles down the Chesapeake to Portsmouth, Virginia in the 22nd Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. This year the first schooner to cross Thimble Shoal with an elapsed time of 23 hours and 36 minutes was the America 2.0, with Andrew Neuhauser at the helm. The schooner Woodwind, captained by Ken Kaye, won Class A honors, while Adventurer, Mark Faulstick, captain, and the Avelinda, Diane Sternberg, captain, won Class B and C honors, respectively.
Click here for more race results and here for more photos.
Thanks to Tom Russell on the Linked-in Traditional Sail Professionals list for pointing out the photos.
Sadly, the schooner Virginia did not participate in the GCBSC. She sits forgotten by the people of Virginia at a wharf in Norfolk, dying a slow death, exposed to the elements. What a shame !