About my boat To look at her you might think she is a $200,000 or more yacht but such is not the case. I am not a rich man and could not afford something like that. What you are looking at here is a 38 foot wooden sportfisher made by Post Yachts of Mays Landing, New Jersey. In the world of boating, Post Yachts are very well respected and admired. She was built by hand in the old traditional way in 1969 BF, (before fiberglass). Her hull is carvel planked with a local Northeast American wood, White Cedar, which is impervious to rot and is as good today as when it was fastened over 42 years ago. When I bought her, I saved her from the saws-all and the dumpster. I spent four years restoring this beautiful classic of a boat. I added 100 gallons of epoxy to her hull including inside the hull below the waterline. She runs on her original two Ford 427CI (side oiler) gasoline racing engines which in their day were winning races at LeMans powering the Shelby Cobra sports car. These engines were also the power source for the Shelby Mustang. Both of these Shelby vehicles and the engines that powered them are valued collectors items today although some might argue that, due to the price of fuel these days, the engines might be better used as anchors. When cruising wide open, she'll burn 25 gallons per hour/per engine. Most of the time I'm just trolling at about 2 knots which is much better economically.

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My buddy Ron with a nice Rockfish he caught while we were fishing awhile back... Way to go Ron!!!... Most people call 'em Stripers. We call 'em Rock here on the Chesapeake Bay.

Here I am printin' a few T-Shirts.

Now I'd like to give you some of my interesting fishing history.

I am a private fishing yacht skipper. I am not a U.S. Coast Guard licensed charter or commercial fishing captain. I was never a military Captain either. Because of my lifelong enthusiasm for fishing and boating, and because I used to wear a nautical captain's hat all the time, people have been calling me Capt'n Tom for over twenty years.

I do not mean any disrespect to anyone who holds or has held the title of Captain. The book "Chapman's Piloting, Seamanship and Boat Handling", which is considered an authority on private boating, defines "Captain" as "one who pilots a vessel" and by that description I qualify.

For pretty much all of my life, I have lived and fished the Maryland upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

If you ever find yourself in my part of the world, give me a call and we'll go fishing.

In 1972, I spent a crazy summer in Boulder, Colorado, catching rainbow trout. I used to catch a couple extra limits a day to sell to the passing tourists to have money to drink and chase women at night. It was crazy then. You would have had to have been there to understand.

Colorado

In 1985, I moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which turned out to be a perfect place for a guy like me.

Great fishing! Great weather!

Although I caught plenty of nice fish, like a lot of people in Fort Lauderdale, I ended up spending too much time at watering holes and girlie shows.

Finally, in 1989, I got divorced and moved back to Baltimore. I did get back down to the Florida Keys for a summer in 1992, but I had to move back to Baltimore again to be with my mom.

Capt'n Tom down in the Keys