CHESTER RIVER
SEPTEMBER 13 - 15, 2025
Early Board September 12
ROCK HALL, KENT ISLAND, CHESTER RIVER, MD
A three-day exploration of anchorages off the Chester River and a visit to a Club favorite marina are the highlights of this relaxed, post-summer cruise. Relatively short distances allow for plenty of sailing, or, if the wind is not in our favor, more time at anchor for swimming and socializing. The bay is still warm enough to swim, and, hopefully, the jellyfish are gone by mid-September.
The Trip
We’ll gather at Haven Harbor Marina on Friday, September 12th. The skippers will check out our boats, then we’ll all get settled on board. Crews will go out to dinner at one of Rock Hall’s restaurants, where the seafood is fresh and the drinks flow.
On Saturday. we’ll depart Rock Hall and sail about 20 miles past Love Point, around Cedar Point, then north on the Chester River to Lankford Creek where we’ll anchor and raft-up. We’ll have a traditional Sailing Club appetizer dinner.
In the morning, we’ll break up the raft and sail south about twelve miles toward Kent Narrows. The short sail will permit us to explore other anchorages and possibly have lunch at anchor. Later in the afternoon we’ll hang a left into Castle Marina and slips for the night. Castle Marina has a great pool and hot tub, and saunas in the bathhouse. Dinner can be aboard, or at the marina’s barbeque picnic area, or there is a restaurant and a pub just outside the gates. Or Kent Narrows many waterside restaurants are a short cab ride away.
On Sunday we’ll depart Castle Marina and sail about twelve miles back to Rock Hall. This additional short sail will give time to exit the Chester and get some sailing on Chesapeake Bay before returning to Haven Harbour to return the boats and head home.
Our Boats
We’ve chartered two sloops in the 40-foot range from Haven Charters in Rock Hall, Maryland. Each offers comfort and ease of sailing at a moderate price. Each boat will have a crew of six.
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The cost of this trip is $765.00 per person (Skippers and Trip Leader - $397.00). The price includes charter fees and one night’s slip fees. Fuel, provisioning, other mooring fees, pump-outs, and any other incidentals are additional and will be handled by each boat’s crew.
The deposit for this trip is $100.00. Please make your check payable to The Sailing Club, Inc. and mail it, along with your completed two-page Reservation/Release Form, to Gary Brubaker at the address below. Reservations will be processed beginning April 14, 2025 with a random draw of those received by that date. All reservations received after that date are on a first come, first served basis. The balance of $665.00 is due on July 30, 2025. The Club’s standard thirty-day cancellation policy applies for this event. Please review the Club’s trip signup procedure and policies in the Trip Information Package.
A pre-trip meeting will be held about a month before the trip, at a time and place to be announced. All crewmembers should make every effort to attend in order to meet your crewmates, plan your meals, and make travel plans.
Trip Leader
Gary Brubaker
1616 Barnegat Avenue
Surf City, NJ 08008
610-299-2035
gary.brubaker@gmail.com
Assistant Trip Leader
Mia McCroskey
19 Manor House Drive, K12
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
845-652-0776
miamc@aol.com
Please note that sailing conditions are dynamic, that your safety, and that of your crewmates, depends on your good physical health and agility.
