More than 100 plans were pinned to our 2025 Summer Sailstice World Map and we randomly drew numbers to award our fabulous donated prizes!
Thanks to our generous donors and congratulations to the winners:
Alphabet Boats Book/Latitude 38: Craig Scuttlebutt
Pair of Annapolis Sailboat Show Tickets:
Ken DeGroot, Jess Gregory, Lynn Radbill Crosby, Tom Fox, Tim Cossairt
Bob Bitchin Autographed Book: Melissa Pike
Course Change Book/Latitude 38: Gerrit Rickwalt
Latitude 38 Hat & Subscription: Lisa Leib, Lewis Gridley
made+ Nautical Footwear: Pat Pytlak
Sailing Alone Book/Richard J King: Jeffrey Spieker
Sailors for the Sea Swag Bag: Lee Wilson
3-Day Sausalito (California) Boat Show Pass: TJ Crowley, Jon Price, Louis Ben, J104Chinook
ROPE Book/Tim Queeney: Pasco Sailor
Individual Forecasting Package by Weather Routing Inc.: Sal Sclafani, Gregory Ashby, Tim McKenna, Phill Decker
All winners have been notified by email. Please email Heidi@SummerSailstice.com with any questions.
We also awarded prizes to our Contest winners:
WinchRite by Sailology: Best Photo, Dennis Berke
Sun Powered Yachts 1 x 100 watt solar bundle: Best Raft Up, Chatham Sailing Club
Weather Routing Inc. Forecast Package: Best Raft Up Honorable Mention, Chesapeake Bay Tartan Sailing Club
Weems & Plath OGM Series LED KIS Light: Best Video, Carol Barger of Chatham Sailing Club
Latitudes & Attitudes One-Year Subscription: Best Video Honorable Mentions, Nathan Arndt, Dave Bloch and Tyton Zepp.
Tektite/TEKNA SOSeFLARE: Best Restore-an-Old-Sailboat: Jason Sigmunstad
Weather Routing Inc. Individual Forecasting Package: Best Restore-an-Old-Sailboat: Dennis Schmalzel
For all the details on our Contest winners, click HERE.
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Pictured at top: 2nd Place, Best Photo: Submitted by Patricia Pytlak of her Mirage 35, Monarch, carrying eight delighted guests on a dramatic solstice sunset sail following Genesee Yacht Club's Summer Sailstice Sail-a-Bration.
Pictured below: Summer Sailstice Crew Favorite Photo, submitted by Lynn Radbill Crosby of the "Rascal" team out on Chesapeake Bay. Their day included swimming by White Rocks, sailing by the star spangled buoy and flying the spinnaker on the sail back to the dock in Baltimore, MD.