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Annapolis man sets out on 23,000-mile solo journey
around the Americas

Matt Rutherford left Annapolis in
June aboard 27-foot Albin Vega

Twenty-nine year-old Annapolis resident Matt Rutherford waved to friends he won't see for the better part of a year as he pulled away from his Annapolis dock in June, embarking on a non-stop journey around the Americas that will put some 23,000 miles behind him and his 35 year-old, 27-foot sailboat St. Brendan by the time they return to Annapolis sometime next April or May. Matt's first goal, and one of the most challenging of the trip, was to navigate through the icy Northwest Passage, which he accomplished earlier this Fall, setting a record as the smallest boat ever to do so.

Matt is doing this to raise money and awareness for Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), a local volunteer non-profit group dedicated to making boating accessible to persons with all sorts of disabilities.

On 9/18/11, Matt's trip was featured in a front-page article in the Annapolis Sunday Capital, under the headline "Not-so-smooth sailing". You can track Matt's progress and read his own entries by visiting his blog site at www.solotheamericas.org.

Membership Information

Julien Hofberg
SBYC Past Commodore,
is Membership Chairman

1116 Turkey Point Road

Edgewater, MD 21037
410.798.1415

301.261.7909

membership@selbybayyc.com

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WELCOME TO SELBY BAY YACHT CLUB !

Thanks for visiting!
Dedicated to the enjoyment and enrichment of pleasure boating on and around Chesapeake Bay, Selby Bay Yacht Club is a friendly, private, nonsectarian club located on Selby Bay - at the mouth of the South River - ten miles South of Annapolis, Maryland. Member owned and operated, Selby Bay Yacht Club is home to some 70 boats, both power and sail. We welcome you to have a look around, and we'd be more than happy to answer any questions or comments.

PLEASE read this article!

It's written by Mario Vittone, a native of Bowie, Maryland. Mario joined the Navy in 1983, and spent 5 years with the company of the USS Coral Sea. In 1991, he joined the US Coast Guard and to this day is regarded as one of the services leading experts on immersion hypothermia, drowning, sea survival and safety at sea.

Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning

The new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife.

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OYSTERS TAKEN TO PERMANENT HOME !!
Setting up house in South River sanctuary reef

My, how you've grown!
The oyster cages that have been hanging from our SBYC piers since last October have been hoisted from the water and hosed off for the last time. The young spat that have spent the winter growing on the backs of old oyster shells in those cages were handed over to the care and custody of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Tuesday, May 24th for transport to their permanent homes not far from our club. The CBF has since taken them to a sanctuary reef right here in the South River, where they can continue to grow and develop in their protected neighborhood... off limits to the tongs of oyster harvesters.

When they first took up residence at SBYC last fall, the young spat were only about the size of your little fingernail... barely visible on their host shells. After growing in the waters of our club over the winter, they are now almost the size of a nickel or quarter and about to hit their biggest growth spurt in the warm waters of their first summer. By late next spring they'll be mature and ready to reproduce, and at about 2 to 2.5 inches, about half their fully grown size. By then they'll be doing what adult oysters do... filtering the water of the river and making more baby oysters. We wish them all the best!

For more information on the life cycle of the Eastern Oyster, check out this article.

Oyster Gardening with the CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION

SELBY BAY YACHT CLUB is proud to participate in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Oyster Gardening Program. Check out this video, and find out more about the program by visiting the Chesapeake Bay Foundation website.

SBYC members - log in to the Members' Section for more details on how to get involved in this important effort.