Well tomorrow is Feb 1 and only 7 more weeks to the Vernal Equinox. It's time to plan your vacation time around the Chesapeake Bay Cruise! The traditional time of the second full week in June will be adhered to again this year so plan on starting the cruise June Saturday June 12th. The trip generally runs for the week but If you can only stay a couple days come anyway. The sailing is good the camaraderie is great and these areas of the Bay are still pristine. Every trip I make in company of others I learn things I would never have thought of myself. Our largest cruise to date had 13 Montgomery's together at one time. Videos of previous cruises are available for the cost of media and postage. If there is any interest at all send me an email directly, doug_kelch@yahoo.com, and I will add you to the Chesapeake Bay Cruise list. There are two candidate areas for the 2004 cruise, the Chester River area and Southern end of the Potomac river. The Chester river is on the Eastern shore just north of the Annapolis Bay bridge. It is relatively isolated area and there are no restaurants on or near the water except at Kent narrows. There are a couple of marinas with showers, ice and minimal groceries. The area is far enough north on the bay with enough fresh water to keep the sea nettles away. It is an area with numerous sandy beaches with good swimming and clamming and not much boat traffic. Lots of side creeks, coves and bays to explore with enough open water. This area has some of the nicest bucolic anchorages on the bay! We did a Chesapeake Bay Cruise on the Potomac a couple of years ago and had a great cruise. If we go back to this area we would do the St. Mary's river (which we skipped the previous cruise) and then cross to the SW shore of the Potomac to gunk hole and explore the Coan River and the Yeocomico river. I maintain a separate distribution list for these trips so that the we do not clutter up the Mlist with things that are not of general interest. If there is any interest at all send me an email directly, doug_kelch@yahoo.com, and I will add you to the list. Anyone interested should also include a note on their preferred cruising area for this year. Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/