Blogs from Ocean City, Maryland, United States, North America

250,000 marlin fishing families can't be wrong about Ocean City. They're all here enjoying the fishing tournament event of the year. We came here on a 27 hour outside, night passage from Norfolk. It was one of those rock'n roll specials that make you wonder why on earth you ever thought boating was a sane choice for humans. At one point I thought of our crew as two gerbils and a mouse trapped in a jar, being shaken by an energetic godling, perhaps mad at his mother. Early on in the passage we were doing 7+ knots with only the main up, reefed 2 panels. The sail came down in case conditions got worse. They did and they didn't. Nice organized waves turned to compound, complex pounding swells of the grand-daddy version. They came in threes. ... read more

Way back in 2005 and just about every other weekend I made my way to Ocean City, MD and other areas of the East Coast for fun in the sun... http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D171452&entry=20548&mode=date ... read more

I was lucky enough to be able to do the O.C. Cruisin this year while riding around in my buddy's Rat Rod. We did the normal stuff which entailed the convention center parking lot and the inlet parking lot, but by far the most fun was the "Rods and Rockers" car show that we found at the Steer Inn Tavern off of Racetrack Rd. It was a blast! There was a "Lucky 13" fashion show, pinup contest, pin-striper, and some really cool hot rods and rat rods. Let's not forget the $12 deal all you could eat and drink (draft beer or soda) and the Rockabilly band that performed later that night.... read more