First Turn ( Deal Island 2014 )
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Skipjacks left to right:
FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY, IDA MAY, SOMERSET, CITY of CRISFIELD, NATHAN of DORCHESTER & HELEN VIRGINIA
First Turn
55th ANNUAL SKIPJACK RACES AND FESTIVAL
Deal Island, Maryland 2014
September 1st, 2014 I was a guest photographer on a 38' foot twin diesel powerboat platform named the HAVEN from Allen, Maryland. This photograph was taken on
the First Turn of the race and the following skipjacks are identified left to right.
Skipjack FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY
Dredging license 58
http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=867&FROM=NRMapQU.html
Description: This oyster dredgeboat is a 41.3' long, two-sail bateau, or V-bottom deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She is built by cross-planked construction methods and has a beam of 8' and a depth of 3.6'. The vessel was built in 1904 in Crisfield, Maryland, for the oyster dredge fleet. With a gross register tonnage of 8 tons, she carries a typical skipjack rig--a jib-headed mainsail laced to the boom and carried on wood hoops at the mast, and a single large jib with a club on its foot. The vessel is painted white, with dark tan trim on the caprail. In shape, the vessel has a longhead bow with a straight, almost plumb, stem. Her transom stern is low and sharply raking with a shallow "tuck" at the waterline. The hull is relatively straight-sided, with an overlapped sheer log. The rudder is carried well inboard and a "jig" for the pushboat is centered on the transom. The vessel is flush-decked with a main cabin with an added "doghouse" with three windows. She is fitted out for oystering with winders, a box over the winders, dredges, etc. There is a pushboat suspended on davits over the stern. The single mast is set up with double shrouds and deadeyes. The long boom is jawed to the mast. There is an octagonal bowsprit with wood "runners" along its sides; it is set up with double chain bowsprit shrouds and bobstays. Decorations include carved and painted trailboards with the name FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY in red on a green background, with a shield and arrows motif also in red and green.
Significance: This vessel is significant as being one of the 36 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. Out of a fleet of hundreds of skipjacks that worked Bay waters in the early years of the 20th century, today only this small number remain to carry on the tradition of working sail. FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY is of interest as being one of the older skipjacks still dredging in the Chesapeake fleet. She was built in 1904 in Crisfield, Maryland, following traditional Bay-area design and construction methods. She has worked in the oyster-dredging fleet since her building and is presently based at Deal Island. The vessel is one of the 19 surviving working skipjacks to have been built previous to 1912, although, like the other members of the fleet, she has been much repaired over the years. A recent addition is a "doghouse" added to the top of the cabin to increase the comfort of the skipper. The lines of the FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY were used in 1955 as the basis for the skipjack H.M. KRENTZ, built in Harryhogan, Virginia.
Skipjack IDA MAY
Dredging license 41
http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=871&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Somerset
Description: This vessel is a 42.2' long two-sail bateau, or V-bottom deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She was built in 1906 in Urbanna or Deep Creek, Virginia, using typical Bay cross-planked construction methods, and is a member of the working fleet of sailing oyster dredgeboats. She has a beam of 14.4', a depth of 3.3', and a net register tonnage of 7. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed mainsail and large jib, and has a longhead or clipper bow and a square stern. The wooden hull is painted the traditional white. IDA MAY has a sharp, slightly raking stem with a longhead mounted beneath the bowsprit. At her stern, the chine meets the transom below the waterline in an unusually low "tuck." The transom is steeply raked with a rudder carried on pintles and mounted on an outboard skeg. There is a chock or jig for the pushboat mounted to starboard of the rudder. Guards are mounted on the sides of the hull to protect it from the bumping of the oyster dredges. The single mast is raked somewhat aft, set up with double shrouds, forestay, and jibstay. A topping lift leads to the end of the boom, which is jawed to the mast. Lazyjacks are used for furling both mainsail and jib. The mainsail, laced to the boom, is jib-headed; the large jib has a club on its foot. The bowsprit, braced with headrails (flying wooden braces) is rigged with double chain bobstays and chain bowsprit shrouds. In addition to the sail rig, typical of the skipjack, the vessel carries a motorized pushboat suspended over the stern on davits; this can be "chocked" into the stern in order to push the larger boat. The skipjack is flush-decked. There is a tall trunk cabin aft with a "doghouse" addition with large windows at its forward end, and a companionway slide in the after end. There is also a slant-topped, low cuddy hatch forward, with a slide providing access to the forepeak. The deck is surrounded by a high pinrail around the stern quarters, and a low pinrail atop a lograil at the bows. The vessel carries dredging gear including oyster dredges, rollers mounted on the rails amidships, winders, and a winder engine.
Significance: This vessel is significant as being one of the 36 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. Out of a fleet of hundreds of skipjacks that worked Bay waters in the early years of the 20th century, today only this small number remain to carry on the tradition of working sail. IDA MAY is of interest as being one of the older skipjacks still dredging in the Chesapeake fleet. She was built in 1906 in Deep Creek, Virginia, following traditional Bay-area design and construction methods. She has worked in the oyster-dredging fleet since her building and is presently based at Deal Island. The vessel is one of the 19 surviving working skipjacks to have been built previous to 1912, although, like other members of the fleet, she has been much repaired over the years. She has some modern additions, including a "doghouse" built onto her cabin trunk for the comfort of the helmsman.
Skipjack SOMERSET
Dredging License 34
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019800/019826/pdf/msa_se5_19826.pdf
SOMERSET is a 44.9' long two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard
sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She has a beam of 15.7', a depth of 1.5'
and a gross registered tonnage of 9. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed
mainsail and a single large jib with a club on its foot. Built in 1949 IN Reedville,
Virginia following traditional Bay design and construction methods, SOMERSET is
significant as being one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a
member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. SOMERSET is of
special interest for having been built during the post World War II revival of skipjack
building for the working oyster fleet.
Skipjack CITY of CRISFIELD
Dredging License 44
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019800/019817/pdf/msa_se5_19817.pdf
CITY OF CRISFIELD is a 44.7' long two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She has a beam of 15.8', a depth of 1.7' and a gross registered tonnage of 10. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed mainsail and a single large jib with a club on its foot. Built in 1948 IN Reedville,
Virginia following traditional Bay design and construction methods, CITY OF CRISFIELD is significant as being one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. CITY
OF CRISFIELD is of special interest for having been built during the post World War II revival of skipjack building for the working oyster fleet.
Skipjack NATHAN of DORCHESTER
Dredging License NONE
http://www.baygateways.net/general.cfm?id=110
Single-masted skipjacks were developed in the Chesapeake Bay in the 19th century to dredge for oysters. At one time the fleet numbered over 1,000. Today, a very few are still in commercial use. The Nathan of Dorchester was built to exacting specifications in the 1990s to educate people about the Bay and its maritime history. A volunteer crew takes visitors out for two-hour sails on the Nathan from its home port in Cambridge, Maryland. The Nathan also serves as the maritime goodwill ambassador for Dorchester County, Maryland, and the City of Cambridge. The boat functions as a living classroom for educating visitors about oyster dredging and related ecological topics.
Skipjack HELEN VIRGINIA
Dredging License 53
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019800/019821/pdf/msa_se5_19821.pdf
Skipjack HELEN VIRGINIA is a 43.2' long two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed mainsail and a single large jib with a club on its foot. Built in 1949 in Crisfield, Maryland following traditional Bay design and construction methods, CITY OF CRISFIELD is significant as being one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. HELEN
VIRGINIA is of special interest for having been built during the post World War II revival of skipjack building for the working oyster fleet
She made history by competing in and winning the 2014 Deal Island Skipjack Race with
an all-female crew under Capt. Katarina Ennerfelt.
Photographer Curtis W. Brandt
Easton, Maryland
Ph. ( 410 ) 443 - 9612
Skipjacks left to right:
FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY, IDA MAY, SOMERSET, CITY of CRISFIELD, NATHAN of DORCHESTER & HELEN VIRGINIA
http://www.skipjackphotography.smugmug.com
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