VIDEO: Icy Dip For Duck Dunkers

The inaugural Duck Dunk was held Saturday morning at the Havre de Grace City Yacht Basin.

If the idea of jumping into the chilly water at the City Yacht Basin didn't deter them, a little winter weather certainly wouldn't stop them. The participants in the first ever Susquehanna Hose Company Duck Dunk hopped in with both feet—and arms, and in some cases, entire bodies—to support the city's volunteer fire department. For more, and to add photos, see this post from earlier in the day. Did you attend Saturday's Duck Dunk? What was the most memorable part? Tell us in the comments.

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Tracey Guilliams

5:55 pm on Monday, January 23, 2012

Sean, I had to go back and re watch to see the pink duck....that's Awesome! That's how to do it!   more ›

From the Editor's Seat

Saturday We Dunk

Patch editor Sean Welsh and his wife are participating in Saturday's Duck Dunk.

  I used to sit on my grandparents' sailboat on Pier 6 at the City Yacht Basin as a kid, watching a dog take flight off the dock at the launch ramp, soaring after a toy thrown by his owner. On Saturday, I'll be the dog. In virtually the same spot the dog used to plunge into the refreshing summer water, I'll be joining a couple dozen dedicated lunatics in taking the plunge—or dunk, rather—for charity. My wife, Liz, and I will be participating in the inaugural Duck Dunk to benefit the Susquehanna Hose Company. Patch is one of the sponsors of the event, too. Look for our logo on the shirts they'll be giving to dunkers and selling to spectators. You might say that Havre de Grace Patch is all-in on the Duck Dunk. I'm just not sure how "all in" …

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City Seeks Proposals for Yacht Basin Dredging

The channel into the city's popular public marina was filled with silt following late-summer storms.

The city is seeking proposals for the dredging of the primary channel into the Havre de Grace Yacht Basin. The main channel into the marina was filled with silt from a series of late summer storms, primarily the flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. According to the request for proposal from the city, the dredging will involve moving 9,000 cubic yards of sediment from the channel to Swan Harbor Farm. Proposals are due to the city no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 9 (see attached PDF). Dredging must be completed by Feb. 14, 2012. At the Oct. 3 City Council meeting, resident Richard Wahl pleaded with the mayor and City Council members to do whatever was necessary to clear the channel into the city's marina at Tydings Park. Wahl purchased a boat this …

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