An earlier Coquina, Tony Della Barba at the helm.
This 1973 Pearson 30 was the only sailboat we ever bought
brand new ($16,500 with spinnaker) and was the third boat named
Coquina.

This wooden Dickerson 36 ketch was the 4th Coquina.
Tony Della Barba stands in the cockpit in the top picture
and on the frozen Magothy River in the bottom picture.
The winter of 1976 was cold!

We bought the 5th boat to be named Coquina, the C&C 35 MK I
that is the subject of this site, in the spring of 1977. This photo was
taken in September, 1977 in Worton Creek. Note the original light
blue gel coat color. This also shows the stern of a Penguin we used for a dinghy.
The Penguin sailed and rowed well, but the strain of towing was a bit much
for a wooden boat that was well over 20 years old at that point.

More of Coquina in the summer of 1977.

The Dyer Dinghy we had from 1973 until I sold her in 2002.The spinnaker is also a wind scoop.
To the right is the new dinghy, a Sportis 10.5 foot RIB with a 6 hp Johnson.

Record noon-to-noon run, from St. George's Bermuda toward Annapolis Maryland.
June 29, 1984. As this was written we we were rail down with a triple reefed main and
storm jib.

Coquina on the way to Bermuda. The second picture was taken while fixing the topping lift in the Gulfstream.

Coquina on the way to Saint Mary's in the Governor's Cup race, late 1980s.

 

Coquina runs away from a waterspout, Queenstown Maryland.
(photos by Brian Mercier)

Coquina in the Parade of Lights, Annapolis Maryland.

Coquina and Dream On anchored in the Corsica River and in Weem's Creek

Returning from Rock Hall at night.

Noah Della Barba "Son of a Son of a Sailor" - The third generation to sail aboard Coquina.
He was born June 6, 2001.

Flying the Mylar/Dacron  #1 on the way to Saint Michaels and the Haarstick triradial spinnaker.

Coquina anchored in the Choptank River