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The A.J. Meerwald, a Delaware Bay oyster schooner out of Bivalve, NJ, heads south at the start of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race at dawn on Friday. (Jerry Jackson)

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race was founded to promote awareness of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage and to encourage the preservation of the Bay's natural resources.