Oystering Under Sail -- photo 2

We dredged on Six Foot Knoll that day, east of Bodkin Point and the dredged Craighill Channel to the port of Baltimore. There were three skipjacks and dozens of patent tongers who use hydraulically operated tongs to grab the oysters. The skipjacks use dredges, heavy iron rakes that are dragged over the bottom.

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The First 50 Years: An Alberg 30 History by Mike Lehman A collection of stories about the Alberg 30 and how a bunch of Chesapeake Bay sailors came to buy a bunch of these boats and form an association around racing and cruising them. (Proceeds help support the Alberg 30 Association.)

• Video (on YouTube)
• Annual Dinner 2003, 2010
• February Seminars
• Spring Rendezvous
• Whitbread 98
• Black Tie Party
• Commodore's Champagne party
• Orioles Cruise 2002
• Queenstown race
• Canadian-American Team Races 1993-1998, 2002, 2004, 2015 2022
• Wild Goose Chase 1994-1997, 2001, 2002
• CA Days
• Oystering under sail
• Hurricane Isabel
• contributed photos