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Chesapeake Fall Sailing
Chesapeake Fall Sailing

L’Escargot is berthed at Herrington Harbour Marina which is about fifty minutes from my DC office. It’s a pleasure to spend some of these Fall days using the boat both as an office as well as for making images like the one above. I am sitll stunned that the Marina has wi-fi so I can spend time near the water in this beautiful Fall weat

Tidewater: Chesapeake in Fall
Tidewater:  Chesapeake in Fall

The light on the Chesapeake is quite extraordinary during these Fall afternoons and I have worked out a new camera kit which is proving quite useful when sailing.  As always, there were some graceful and colorful boats and future versions of Tidewater:  The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs will be richer for the afternoon.

Tidewater Epub on Amazon
Tidewater Epub on Amazon

Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs” is now uploaded to the Amazon website and can be downloaded instantly for your reading pleasure on almost any device. Cool Technology!

TIDEWATER: Classic Yachts
TIDEWATER:  Classic Yachts

It’s been a busy year in Washington, DC but every week, I try to get out on the L’Escargot and capture the beauty of sailing on the Chesapeake. I know exactly which photograph this will replace in the new edition of Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs. This is a classic Tartan 37 cruiser/racer. I’d guess it’s early seventies and in great shape and trim as it sails off Herrington Harbour.

Tidewater: Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater:  Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay

Cool weather brought out hundreds of boats from Herrington Harbour South out on the Chesapeake Bay this weekend and L’Escargot happened to be passing by LaNeve, a restored Cape Dory 31 which my neighbor Jim Evans has been working on.  There were tons of fishing boats which looked to be picking up crabs, flounder and rockfish […]