Announcing! The Chesapeake: Legends, Yarns & Barnacles…in Kindle and paperback
Now available in Kindle edition and paperback at Amazon!
Feb 6 2012 | Posted in This Just In! | Read More »
THE CHESAPEAKE…see the latest on fun, fishing and, of course, nonsense!
This sailing ship ventured up the Potomac River for the Blessing of the Fleet weekend and a crisp wind guided her into Breton Bay. See more and all about how to catch and cook catfish, by Cap’n Larry Jarboe. Mark Robbins entertains with a Thanksgiving tale of sailing adventures. Ellynne Brice Davis brings forth bunches [...]
Oct 27 2011 | Posted in This Just In! | Read More »
Fireboats dip McLean rowers from water after dumping
From NBC 4 Washington: Two crew boats loaded with rowers overturned on the Potomac River Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. near Hains Point in the Washington Channel. About 20 rowers from the crew team at McLean High School in Virginia were dumped into the water. Fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said that [...]
Mar 4 2011 | Posted in Boating/Recreation | Read More »
Potomac Flotilla Searches for St. George Island
The Maryland Dove and the Captain Sam Bailey joined the search for the island over the weekend along with several dozen other boats.
Dec 28 2010 | Posted in Remember when | Read More »
Pandemonium reigned on St. George Island as massive crack separated bridge
After months of expectation and inaction on the part of the O’Malley Administration the Gregorian Fault shifted once again and this time left a 6 foot crack between the end of the St. George Island Bridge and the island making travel by vehicle onto the island for tourists and residents impossible.
Oct 16 2010 | Posted in Remember when | Read More »
Letter from Point Lookout Hotel
Point Lookout was the site of a Union Army hospital and prisoner of war camp during the civil war where more than 3,000 Confederate prisoners died. Dubbed the Andersonville of the North, the camp kept prisoners in tents, many without blankets and medical care as harsh winter storms ravaged the point. A monument to the dead is located nearby.
Oct 14 2010 | Posted in Remember when | Read More »
Sailboat show now open in Annapolis harbor
This tall ship is the Kalmar Nyckel, an educational vessel from Delaware under sail on the Potomac River. THE CHESAPEAKE
Oct 7 2010 | Posted in Tourism | Read More »
St. George Island Indian Casino Gains Support from Commissioners Eager to Balance Budget; Island Soon to Separate from Bridge
PINEY POINT (Special) — In spite of warnings from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the O’Malley Administration has failed to act to secure and safeguard St. George’s Island from drifting away from the mainland at the same time that the local politicians have been conducting secret negotiations with the Mattaponi Indian tribe to use the [...]
Island Shows New Signs of Slippage from Mainland; Indians Set to Turn it Into Casino
ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Md. (SPECIAL) — A serious disturbance in the Gregorian Fault which lies underneath the Potomac River and affects an island attached to the mainland of St. Mary’s County only by a bridge is once again showing signs of shifting. Not since 1989 when the island actually broke loose from the mainland, causing [...]
Boating on The Chesapeake: Potomac River
Boating has never been less expensive to get into in decades as it is now and a cruise through the internet will show literally thousands of boats to choose from, with lots of fine boats available for a fraction of their value. By Kenneth C. Rossignol THE CHESAPEAKE For boaters in the Southern Maryland region [...]