I've got the weekends of 7/11 and 7/18 "penciled in" on my calendar... 7/11 is likely to be easier for me, but with 5 kids there are often changes in plans. So no guarantees, but many hopes! We'll be at the Dundee Creek Marina with our :mac19: . That's just north of Middle River, and there...

:mac19: The MUCK about sounds fun! We're new to the MAC family, but sailing is a lifelong addiction. Just arranged for marina storage off Middle River/ Sue Creek for the year. We are tied up with other activities July 12th, but with a little luck could perhaps sail across Saturday to join up at Rock...

In reference to the posted Mod (for the Mac 19 -- I'm sure something similar would work in other boats/ models) from earlier this month -- I have tested it in dynamic conditions, underway powering, the extended mast crutch works fine to yield plenty of headroom in the cockpit. It takes about 60 seco...

In Maryland, at least our piece of the bay, the numbers are generally tolerable. The spiders we have seem quite well fed, with all those marina insects populating their webs. So, I like the balance, with bugs getting eaten quite regularly. :) But I could see that above a certain number would be nast...