Maryland Yacht Club

One Sunday afternoon, one of those unreliable “Naphtha” launches conked out just off a yacht club at Ferry Bar, Baltimore Harbor. They paddled over to the club dock for protection until a storm passed but the storm on the dock was even worse. Uniformed dock boys were threatening to cut their lines if they didn’t leave. Members on the porch were shouting “Get that damn thing away from here before it blows up and kills everybody.” Finally, the storm passed, the engine started, and they cast... more