THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, October 16, 1994               TAG: 9410160075
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

A FLOOD OF SAILS

BILL TIERNAN/Staff

Right: Gaylon Smith of Alexandria, and Caroline Smith of Suffolk, no

relation, rig a sail to the Alexandria, a schooner built in 1929.

The boat was tied up at the Nauticus piers after finishing the 1994

Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race on Saturday.

Below: The Brilliant of Mystic, Conn., pulls into port at Town Point

Park after the race. More than 30 craft were expected to participate

in the race, which began outside Annapolis, Md., on Thursday and

ended off Willoughby Spit on Saturday. As part of the Chesapeake Bay

Maritime Festival and Classic Boat Show, the three largest boats in

the race, including the Alexandria, are open to the public, free of

charge, from noon to 7 p.m. today. The festival ends at 5 p.m.

by CNB