A Class Act – Chesapeake’s Great Schooner Race
Right after the Annapolis boat shows in October, about 40 salty-looking, two-masted schooners take off from a starting line just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and sail overnight 127 miles to Portsmouth/Norfolk. Welcome to the majestic fleet of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, an annual event skippered by equally salty sailors. A schooner…