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October 2015 upperbayboating.com FREE Boating Your Local Guide to Happy Boating! TEST RIDE YOUR FAVORITE BOAT TODAY! 410-686-1500 LAST BIG TEST RIDE & BUY SALE FOR 2015 ! October 23rd – 25th Friday, Saturday, Sunday • Test Rides - 10am – 4pm • Refreshments DEMO DAYS! Call Ahead for Convenient Day and Time 410-686-1500 NEW MODELS For 2016 Sportsman Open 312 CCS • Sea Star Optimus 360 joystick system • Huge Console with Port Light Hatch • Dual 12” Simrads Bayliner Element F18 Fish Boat • Center Console • Baitwell and Livewell • Helm Seat with Cooler and • Electric actuated bow table Flip-Flop Backrest • T-Top Mounts to Console • 30 Gal Built-in Fuel Tank • Large LP with Tons of Storage Self-Bailing Cockpit – • The 2016 Models have Arrived – Save on a 2015! 600 Riverside Drive Essex, MD 21221 410-686-1500 / 800-448-6872 www.RiversideMarine.com • [email protected] October 2015 3 Upper Bay Boating P.O. Box 353 • Forest Hill, MD 21050 410-937-6866 • www.upperbayboating.com For advertising opportunities call Dave at: 410-937-6866 or email [email protected] October 2015 Event listings from non-profits and advertisers are free. Listings may be sent to the above address or emailed to: [email protected] all are welcome, there is no charge for charitable events. 6 Welcome Publisher: Dave Bielecki 8 Have A Safe Season’s End by Wendy Gilbert Editor & Graphic Designer: Hutch Features Editor: Wendy Gilbert Winterizing Your Captain by Alan Keene Photography: Donna Bedell, Tom Scilopoti, 10 Dick Greenwood, Colleen Smart 12 The Winter Lay-up by Peter Messikomer We are members of the Baltimore Co. Marine Trades Association & Upper Bay Marine Trades Association 13 Boat Dog 14 Boat Storage by Wendy Gilbert Upper Bay Boating, published by TLC Services, Inc., is published 7 times a year, and distributed around the waterfront of the upper bay, along with Pasadena, Kent Island, N. Delaware, and SE Pennsylvania. 16 Settin’ The Hook by Dave Kilby Neither the publication nor any of the company’s employees are responsible for the advertising or advertising claims contained herein. The publisher disclaims any Upcoming Boating Events liability regarding product pricing, claims, descriptions, availability, or condition. We 18 exercise reasonable care in checking copy for accuracy. However, no warranty is expressed or implied by the company or its employees regarding product errors, 20 Winter-Eyes Your Boat by Brenda Dawson omissions or misprints. Opinions of writers not necessarily those of the publisher. No material in this publication may be used without prior permission from the with George Waters publisher. Copyright 2015, TLC Services, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Contact us at 21 On the Waterfront 410-937-6866, or email: [email protected] 24 Capt’n Pauley by Dick Greenwood 26 Sea Tow- Hurricanes 28 Scuttlebutt 32 Phillips Wharf EC by Tim Cambell 34 The Classic Corner 36 Bowers Beach Antenna U.S. Coast Guard 38 Intro to Sonar by Captain Mark Galasso, AP 40 Upper Bay Classified Ads 42 Live Aboard by Don & Gail Elwell Business Owners - Why not join our new advertisers and promote your message in photo by Jim Walsh Upper Bay Boating? If your customer base lives or boats on the upper bay, you should take a look at the Upper Bay Boating for your advertising needs. Our magazine and website offer the only targeted editorial based marketing opportunity for this region. Try us today! [email protected] 410-937-6866 ...ON THE BEAUTIFUL SASSAFRAS RIVER Unsurpassed Activities Bath Houses Crab Cakes Pool Fuel Dock Service Department COME SLIP WITH US IN 2016 150 SKIPJACK ROAD t GEORGETOWN, MD 21930 t 1-800-BOAT-SLIP WWW.SKIPJACKCOVE.COM October 2015 Ad:2562961-1; Format(184.13mm x 247.62mm) 5 Date: 07/21/2015 15:14 EST We lc ome Dave Bielecki, Publisher Our Inaugural Season Well folks, we find ourselves at the end of the due out in January, 2015 boating season, a sad time for many. Boats and then you can are put on the hard, days become shorter, holidays pick up your copy of come and go, and we wonder what to do with our- Upper Bay Boating selves for several months. The staff at Upper Bay every month during the Boating will keep busy planning for our second year boating season. Eight of publication. That’s right, with the October issue, FREE issues in all, our Inaugural Season is complete… WE DID IT! thanks to the support I am pleased with the reception that UBB re- of the advertisers. If ceived from most of the boaters and businesses on you appreciate having the Upper Bay. It worked out as planned thanks to a publication that is all the loyal advertisers, writers, and readers. We are about the Upper Bay, now established, and will be around for some time please support them. covering only your favorite part of the bay. I deliv- On behalf of Wendy Gilbert, our Features Editor ered on what I promised, and will keep the mission and Paul Hutchins, our Chief Editor and All-around the same for 2016. Cool Graphics guy. A BIG thank you to all for your Don’t forget that we have a website and Face- support; we look forward to serving you in 2016. book page; you can stay in touch with us during the off season. We will have a winter boat show edition Happy Boating, Dave Remember last winter? Stop for a minute and think about whether you can be 100% confident that your boat won’t sink if you leave it in the slip, or that you have the proper skills to ensure when you start it up in the spring, you can have a trouble-free season. If not, don’t do it. Call the marina and have the boat hauled, winterized, and covered up. UBB has several advertisers that can store, cover, and service your boat. There are some mobile service companies that can help you out as well. In this issue Wendy mentions that the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting anoth- er rough winter, so be prepared. Also in this issue you should read Peters tips on taking care of projects during the winter that can improve your boating season next year, The Dawsons have a check list of what to do that will eliminate issues that may happen while storing the boat, and Alan has an off season check list for the captain. If you insist on doing the work yourself, UBB suggests that you check out the Boat US 15-page Boat- ers Guide to Winterization. Years ago I learned my lesson- while winterizing the boat I missed something. It wasn’t a big expense to correct in the spring, but because the shop was busy, it cost me three weeks of boating time. photo From then on, my boats were pro- courtesy of fessionally serviced and maintained, Sea Tow and my days on the water were more enjoyable. 6 Upper Bay Boating 410-275-1144 2 George Street Georgetown, MD 21930 www.sassafrasharbormarina.com Visit our website and check out the monthly specials in our Harbor Marine Store and Heron’s Nest Gift Shop. We are open 7 days a week year round for all your boating needs. Sassafras Harbor Marina Yacht Sales 42’ Post Sport Fisherman ’76, 40’ Burns Craft ACMY ’87, 38’ Cruisers 385 MY ’06 37’ Egg Harbor Sport Yacht ’08, T-454 Merc. 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They all had one thing in common: None of them thought anything or the last few weeks I’ve seen a whole lot of sailing going bad was going to happen on. It does the soul some good to spend some peaceful F to them that day.” hours on the water. It might just be my imagination or even Ziegler is absolutely my foothold on the Elk Neck Peninsula, but it seems to me right. No one gets on- that there are more and more folks sailing every year. One of board a boat thinking that, my favorite places to peruse the comings and goings is at the but perhaps more of us very tip of Elk Neck State park at the end of the lighthouse should. walkway. During a recent walk out that way, I was delighted And it’s not a matter to see several boats taking advantage of the opportunity to of a lack of enforcement. sail. Quite a few of my neighbors are pretty much out of the DNR patrols were stepped social circles in September and October as they venture out up on weekends at the end of the season.