Screwpile Challenge

With names like Gremlyn, Black Widow, Dark Star and Blade Runner, some might think the Southern Maryland Sailing Association's annual Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge involves inviting a coven of shadowy figures to Calvert County. But the names belong to the majestic sailboats that will ply the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay during the three-day racing competition, July 22-24, 2007. With billowing spinnakers in rainbow colors and stalwart crews that race for prizes and year-long bragging rights,... more