As Suzanne and I remain mostly housebound, ashore in Rock Hall this winter, the opportunity to look back at our many "Pirate Files" has...

Ahoy Crew! Happy 2020 to you! St. Augustine, A word of truth Home of the fabled Fountain of Youth Not too hot! Not too cold! The Ancient...

Island Girl at the Indians - BVI

By Captain Mark Float Plan: Thursday October 25th - Depart Rock Hall Oct. 27th - Nov. 3rd - Spend a week in Hampton, Va. with Salty Dawgs...

As we prepare for a November 2018 passage to Bermuda and the Virgin Islands, we look back at some lessons learned from our 2005 passage....

The great visionary, Henry Ford, once said, "Every object tells a story if you know how to read it". Here's a little story about how a...

When you don't have the big bucks to buy Bristol fashion bells and whistles for your boat, you might consider a few cheap and easy...

By Mark Einstein Most people don’t believe me when I tell them that I once raced against Dennis Conner – the world’s most famous and...

The following is an excerpt from our 2005-2006 Sabbatical Cruise, which was actually a dress rehearsal for our post teaching career...

The next few years brought many unexpected changes. I grew tired of the crowds, the traffic and the parking problems in Annapolis. So, in...

THE CRAB CRUISE TO CANTLER'S RIVERSIDE INN - 1994-1998 Blue Crab’s restoration did not involve much more than adding a new dark blue top...

I soon realized that if I wanted to start a charter business in Annapolis, I would need a bigger boat. The “need” for a bigger boat is a...

Blue Crab Chesapeake Charters - Recollections - Celebrating 20 Years! In celebration of my retirement from teaching high school and in...