![[photo, Sailboat on Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/images/i006056b.jpg)
In the Chesapeake Bay area, boating is a favorite pastime. Annapolis is known as America's Sailing Capital. Each October, Annapolis hosts the United States Sailboat Show, and United States Powerboat Show. They are the two oldest and largest shows of their kind in the nation.
Sailboat on Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland,
April 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Sailboats at Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/images/i006155b.jpg)
The Annual Governor's Cup Yacht Race is a 70-mile long overnight race down Chesapeake Bay, up the Potomac River to the St. Mary's River in southern Maryland. Next scheduled for August 3, 2007, the race starts from Annapolis and concludes each year at St. Mary's City.
Sailboats at Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, August 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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