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Today, September 24, 2023, Captain Shawn Ridgley and the Ida May once again won the Choptank Heritage Race in Cambridge MD. We had an able crew of Charles, Lee, and Claire, from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation/the Sigsbee, as well as first mate, Keith Whitelock, Megan on the jib sail, and David, Tara, and Missy as ballast.
Because of Tropical Storm Ophelia, only four skipjacks entered the race, and remarkably, three of them sailed into Cambridge from Deal Island: the Ida May, the Han…
ContinuePosted on September 24, 2023 at 6:18pm — 1 Comment
The skipjack Ida May, captained by Shawn Ridgley and owned by Gordon Gladden, won the 64th Annual Deal Island-Chance Lion's Club Labor Day Skipjack Race again for the second year in a row and the 6th time in 7 years. We had the able crew of Lee, Jenny, Meghan, Ella, Robert, Keith, Bill, David, Tara, Mike, and Tom helping out.
The day was perfect for sailing! There was a light breeze, and on the water, it wasn't too hot. Twelve skipjacks came to Deal Island for the race.…
ContinuePosted on September 4, 2023 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
With Captain Shawn Ridgley at the helm, the Ida May won the Choptank Heritage Race in Cambridge MD on September 24, 2022. It was an exciting race and a perfect day to sail: just enough wind but not too much; 5 to 10 knots. Our start was not very good and we began in last place. The wind died on us when we were trying to make our tack towards the starting line. All our momentum was lost and we were unable to turn. We had to build up momentum again, but again we didn't have enough speed…
ContinuePosted on September 24, 2022 at 7:30pm
On Labor Day 2022, the skipjack, Ida May, again has won the 63rd Annual Deal Island-Chance Lion's Club Skipjack Race with the legendary, Shawn Ridgley, as Captain. This continues her unbeaten streak of four races from 2017-2020 that was only interrupted in 2021 by repairs that left her unable to race that year. Shawn Ridgley is the captain to beat on the Bay, and the Ida May and Shawn will continue on to Cambridge for the race on the 24th of September, where they also have an unbeaten…
ContinuePosted on September 5, 2022 at 6:00pm
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