Capt. John Smith's 1608 Chesapeake Voyage 
Sponsors
LANDFALL expedition costs exceed $55,000. North Carolina Arts Council awarded a small stipend for research. Outer Banks Outfitters donated a Raymarine VHF and a Garmin GPS; Hurricane Aquasport a kayak; Doublecase a computer case. Eagle Optics gave binoculars. Walsh Marine, Havelock Signs, Potomac Water Sports, and Wilderness Systems gave discounts. Generous hosts are Jamestown Yacht Basin, Colonial Harbor, Rebel Marine, Horn Point Lab, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Jon Roop, Marine Surveyor, assisted in purchase and preparation of the boat. Christine Wright volunteered her time and experience to design this Web Site.
Susan will gratefully acknowledge all sponsors who help pay the operating expenses of the voyage by free docking, discounts, and donations.
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Capt. Susan Schmidt
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Beaufort, NC 28516
I am grateful to donors-- Outer Banks Outfitters/ Boaters World for Garmin GPS and Raymarine VHF, Southern Skimmer for towing Landfall from Beaufort to Virginia and back, Eagle Optics for binoculars, Doublecase for computer box, Havelock Sign Co. for letters, Bill Fallon for teak cabinet door and a ride from Norfolk, Joe and Emy Christian for their Beaufort dock, surveyor Jon Roop, Chesapeake Boat Basin, and Calvert Marine. My generous hosts include Bill and Diane Booker at Jamestown Yacht Basin, Colonial Harbor, Leeward Marina, David and Lane Briggs at Rebel Marine, Penny and Bowdie Lusk, Claudia and Bill Bagwell, Harry Hill and Cherie Clark, David Pruitt, Somers Cove Marina, Sandy and Russ Brinsfield, CBF centers-- at Tangier and Bishops Head, the Oesch family, Madison Bay Marina, Tom Fisher and Horn Point Lab, Crockett Bros Boatyard, Leonora Bernheisel, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Wye Research Center, Bob and Val Ivins at Mears Point Marina, Washington College Boat Dock, Jay Grigsby, Barbara and Steve Starkey, Tidewater Marina, Havre de Grace Yacht Basin, Jane Belbot at the Currier House Bed and Breakfast; Green Point Marina, Marc Barto, Baltimore Yacht Club, Butch Grzanka at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Living Classrooms Foundation and Center Dock, Katie Gosnell and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at Bay Ridge, Jeff Holland and the Annapolis Maritime Museum, McNasby's, Christina Fiedler, Shipwright Harbor, Karen Stone and Doug Alves at the Calvert Marine Museum, Mark Toole, Cather Marina, Cole's Point Plantation, Lewisetta Marina, Reedville Fishermen's Museum, Candy and Matt Terry, Mary Allen, Windmill Point Marina, Christchurch School, Margaret Broad, Woody Hobbs, Betsy and George Bush, Bess and Ed Haile, Belle Island State Park, Rappahannock River Yacht Club, Liping Liu, Margaret Perritt, Ann and Ray Woodlief, Carl Custalow at the Mattaponi Indian Reservation, Denise, William, and Anna Perritt, Warren Cook at the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, my brother Jeff and sister Sallie Schmidt. I thank Jennifer Castillo for the prayer flags, Doug Andrews and Bob Saveland for vision, my renters Jenn and Pete for reading me my mail. I thank everyone inland in my prayer circle, everyone on the water for local knowledge, and all the angels I encountered unawares.