We will have all of our boats on display at the Herrington Harbour Open House / Boat Show on May 14th!

We even plan to do some test sailing with customers that are interested in taking our boats out for a spin.

Admission is free, and this is going to be their biggest show EVER!

The show is being held at:

West Marine Parking Lot

389 Deale Rd, Tracys Landing, MD 20779, USA

Come see what Herrington Harbour has to offer, and check out all of our brands!

In the past few weeks things have actually happened in the sailing world! You can no longer anchor a sailboat in Florida, New Zealand won the America's Cup World Series in New York and Around the Cans racing started back up here in the Chesapeake!

I am going to avoid the anchoring issue, as that is political, and I can't be sure you have all had a manhattan (the drink) to ensure the conversation won't be remembered.

The America's Cup World Series standings is as follows:

New York Final Standings:

1. Emirates Team New Zealand - 52 points

2. ORACLE Team USA - 50 points

3. Groupama Team France - 44 points

4. SoftBank Team Japan - 42 points

5. Land Rover BAR - 42 points

6. Artemis Racing - 40 points

Overall standings, after five events:

1. Emirates New Zealand - 244 points

2. ORACLE Team USA - 236 points

3. Land Rover BAR - 227 points

4. SoftBank Team Japan - 201 points

5. Artemis Racing - 201 points

6. Groupama Team France - 194 points

If you missed this event, shame on you. It isn't every day you get to watch sailing on network TV, and its even less frequent where the weather makes it incredibly intense! It was anyone's race because of the wind shifts and bad luck. Heck, the New Zealand boat had a hole in their port hull and their rudder was even hooked to the starting buoy and they still finished first.

I sail on S/V Dianthus out of Rock Creek, it is a CS Merlin 36 from Canada. I suggest everyone keep their eyes glued to their website for race results http://www.rockcreekracing.org/. If you are interested in sailing with us, either on the glorious Dianthus or another S/V in this fleet, please feel free to reach out to me and I will pass your info along to the Commodore.

Saturday May 14th 9 am to 6 pm @ Herrington Harbour North

Saturday May 28th 10 am to 2 pm @ Rocky Point Park

Wednesday June 1st 10 am to 4 pm @ Bayfields Bed and Breakfast.

Bayfields Bed and Breakfast

4701 Bayfields Rd, Harwood, MD 20776

This will be a demo/Q&A with the designer and maker of X-Cat! This would be an opportunity not to miss! This demo is not open to the public, please RSVP to [email protected] we will be providing food and drinks to all in attendance! You can also RSVP on Facebook: X-Cat Demo Day and Boat Designer Q&A

It doesn't look like we will have our MiniCat by the Herrington Harbour show (it's up to customs and they err on the side of slow). We will have our boat by Wednesday May 18th.

Saturday May 28th 10 am to 2 pm @ Rocky Point Park

We are proud to have partnered with Bread Finance. Bread is a new way to pay! You can apply for financing for our boats (up to $5000). If your desired boat or cart total is more than $5000, you can finance up to $5000 and the excess is all you'd need to pay up front!

We currently offer 24 month, and 12 month standard financing, and 6 month same as cash financing!

We think this is a great way to make sure you buy what you really want and pay as you go! This new payment option will help you pay for the things you didn't expect to need when looking for a new boat, such as life jackets, electric inflation pumps, and even outboard motors!

To put this into perspective you can buy a Takacat for as little as $69 a month, or a MiniCat for as low as $204 a month!

You will see a button on each product page, or at checkout to apply!

Click on the images below to select from MiniCat 310 (top left), MiniCat 420 (center), MiniCat 460 (top right), Tiwal (bottom left), or X-Cat (bottom right).

We are still working out the best format for these newsletters. If you would like to see more or less of a certain kind of content please let me know! I like writing about sailing, and you like reading about it. Your feedback is welcome, good or bad!