Let the Frostbite Races Begin
Despite the cold, locals sail on for love of the sport.
The first week of the annual Annapolis Yacht Club Spring Frostbite Series starts Sunday (Feb. 6). Just as bitter as it sounds, this sailing series will entice the most fervent of sailors to shake-off the snow and emerge from hibernation to race sailboats each Sunday for a regular sailboat racing series. Sailing in February may seem like a remarkably bad idea, but cold weather sailing is a prevalent (albeit frigid) part of the pervasive local yachting culture. Frostbite sailing events are held in the off season, cold weather months, throughout the bay. Sailing clubs on the Magothy, in Baltimore, near Centerville, and in Southern Maryland all hold events for boats of all sizes, designed to keep their members actively engaged in the sport …
