Cape Charles Yacht Club

Mark Henry loves being in and around water --   A licensed USCG Master of 100 GT for 45 years, he has been a passenger boat captain in the Washington, D.C. area and on the Chesapeake Bay, a yacht delivery captain, and has enjoyed a lifetime of watersports, including SCUBA diving.  Mark has found Cape Charles the ideal place to live.  After years of motorboating, he purchased S/V No Rush a few years ago and currently enjoys sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.

Rob Harris grew up boating on the Long Island Sound. He loves sailing but became a motor boater when he moved to Virginia Beach in 1995. He and his family boated all over the Lynnhaven, Broad Bay, Linkhorn and Chesapeake on their 22' Grady White. Recently, Rob upgraded to his current 40' Sabre - Yikes! Since moving full-time to Cape Charles in 2017, Rob and Patsy have been cruising all over the bay. 

A former Marine Corps Officer and retired Steel Company Executive, Bob and his wife Linda moved full time to Cape Charles in 2018.  Raised at the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia as a rower since the age of 15. Bob became a Master Oarsman, Rowing Coach, a Dock Master and Boat Club Manager prior to settling here in the Bay Creek section of Cape Charles. We are a water family and look forward to working with the CCYC,

Walter Childs grew up sailing in the area of Annapolis, Maryland. He has served as a crew member on races and has cruised between Carter Creek and Philadelphia.  Walter has been a crew member on friends’ sailboat deliveries between Annapolis and New England and has chartered sailboats in Greece and the BVIs.

Bob Panek moved to Cape Charles in 2005 after retiring from the Department of the Navy. Bob was also a Naval Reserve officer and was licensed as a Third Mate in the merchant marine. He and his wife Sue enjoy kayaking, paddle boarding and cruising around in their small power boat.

Tom served as CCYC Commodore in 2020

Rob served as CCYC Commodore in 2019.  

Captain Rob has spent his entire life boating on the Chesapeake Bay.  Born in 1962, his first memories are of fishing with his father, grand-father, and uncles around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.  Spot, Croaker, Trout, and Flounder were often lunch and / or dinner.  Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs also crawled onto the table often.  His boating started small with a 12-foot aluminum boat powered by a 6HP Evenrude outboard.  Over the years, the boats grew to a 14-foot center console, a 21-foot deep-V, 25-foot cuddy cabin, and a 28-foot cuddy cabin.  Most recently a 40’ Deadrise.  He and his wife Nancy love boating, kayaking, beaches and sunsets in Cape Charles!

Stuart Smith began sailing in 1983 and spends the majority of his sailing time on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife Jean. He was a crew member on Strong Medicine in May 2016 to Bermuda on the outbound leg.

Debra is a native of Pennsylvania and worked over 20 years for Bachman snack foods in Reading Pa. She worked in Production Management and as a Director of Quality Assurance.  After her husband's retirement, they moved to Deep Creek Lake in Maryland for 10 years where she taught Business classes as an adjunct professor at Garrett College. They moved to Cape Charles in 2018 where she is  currently retired and enjoying life on the shore.

Keith Stone is originally from Jacksonville Florida where interest in boating started and has continued in Chesapeake Bay area.   Keith works supporting IT systems globally, but best part-time job was Search and Rescue (SAR) in Coast Guard Reserves at Station Mayport for six years where there was almost always action.  His boating range includes the Florida Keys, St. Johns River, St. Augustine, Hawaii, Intracoastal and all over Chesapeake Bay.  Having sailed most boating years has owned sailboats like a 37’ Hunter Legend, 42’ Whitby, but for now has a 24’ Yamaha Jetboat to fish, ski and set out to some good anchorages.  He enjoys long distance biking, motorcycles, scuba, spear fishing and most of all sailing.

I grew up on Long Island and spent most all of my spare time on the great South Bay and Atlantic Ocean beaches. That is where my love for water activities was instilled.  In my younger years I owned a commercial Downeast novi-style 32' and a 21' Grady White Chesapeake, which I fished Long Island Sound out of Mount Sinai.  When I retired from a corporate flight department in maintenance management, I promised myself to be near the bays and ocean. So here we are, my wife Karrie and I, living in Bay Creek for about a year now and enjoying all this area has to offer!  We have recently acquired a 19' Carolina Skiff that we trailer, looking forward to use of it more in 2021.

Ron and his wife, Sherry, both retired in June 2006 and found the perfect place here in Cape Charles.  Besides photography (http://easternshoreimaging.com), Ron's other hobbies include golf and poking around the yard and gardens.  It is amazing how much satisfaction one can derive from destroying a big weed … !!!  Where better than Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to pursue these retirement dreams?

Norm Mitchell grew up in the Fingerlakes Region of New York and enjoyed swimming, fishing, sailing and             powerboating at an early age as members of the Ithaca Yacht Club. Norm and his wife Cindy retired in 2016, joined the Cape Charles Yacht Club and truly love life here on the Bay.

John should be proclaimed "Beverage Captain for Life"; he has excellent credentials to be Captain of Beverages .. :-)

Paul & Nicki Tiffany have always been working to protect and take care of the environment. We love canoeing and kayaking, as well as hiking and birding. On all of our adventures, picking up trash is always a big part of them.  We are excited to be the new Captain and First Mate of Road Clean-Up, and hope a lot of other members will join us for our clean-up days.