Woodwind II Sails to Hollywood! Actually, Hollywood came to the Eastern Shore of Maryland for the filming of the romantic comedy, "The Wedding Crashers" starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachael McAdams and Jane Seymour. In the movie, Wilson and Vaughn are friends that decide the best way to meet women is to crash high society weddings. One of the weddings they crash is the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, played by Christopher Walken, where they fall for his other two daughters. He invites them to go sailing on his gorgeous sailing yacht, played by our lovely- Woodwind II. So… we spent 4 to 5 days in May, early June 2004 filming a couple of scenes with the cast and cameramen, soundmen, make-up artists, directors and marine coordinators onboard (over 25 people in total). The helicopter shots of us sailing are amazing! We have terrific stories, great photos (we have these photos aboard, but we can't display them on the web), and our "Woodwind" poster autographed by the cast and crew! To visit the website and see the trailer: http://www.weddingcrashersmovie.com

Available now on DVD

Our Photo Contest has a winner. Congrats to Melissa Augustino (age 13!) of Gaithersburg. Send in your favorite picture of Woodwind or of your sailing experience aboard Woodwind and you might win a Boat & Breakfast Package (for two) aboard Woodwind in the 2007 sailing season. Go to http://www.schoonerwoodwind.com/photocontest.asp to see this year's winner and entries and to read the rules to enter.