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Chesapeake Bay Magazine - ArticlesNAUTICAL KNOW-HOW: The Lowdown on LinesLook at the wall of any marine-supply store, and you'll find a dizzying array of lines to choose from. Here's what you need to know to make the right choices for this critical boating gear. The News from Newport NewsIt may look like nothing but big-port muscle and sinew, but don't let that throw you; there's charm aplenty, if you know where to look, in good ol' New Port Newce. Scraping ByAdmire it now, while you can, because Smith Island's graceful scrape boat is rarer than the skipjack and closer to the vanishing point. The Next BIG ThingTwo travelers on a small sailboat try to put the whole National Harbor experience into perspective. Jamestown's Big BangJamestown’s 400th anniversary gives birth to a universe of activities across the Bay. Of Time & TideWhen an unusually low tide revealed a treasure trove of empty bottles, the neighborhood kids saw cash on the barrelhead. Good Men DownThe 1977 sinking of the Claud W. Somers left six men dead and an island community puzzling over what happened and why. Sailing with PrideIt was all hands on deck—even the blistered ones—aboard the Pride of Baltimore II in last year’s Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Oldies but WoodiesThere’s plenty of life left in these wooden thoroughbreds of the waterways, and plenty of people happy to keep them in their stable. Beating The Inner BimboWomen & boating.
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