First Turn ( Deal Island 2014 )
** 12 x 18 single white matted Print framed 18 x 24 - $275.00
12 x 18 single white matted Print framed 18 x 24 - $275.00
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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
![** Possibly showing ** Afternoon of August 1st, 2015 will be hanging at the St. Michaels Library for one (1) month as part of the Friday Morning Artists display.<br />
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** Also, may possibly be showing at the Easton Airport for two (2) months from the afternoon of August 1st, 2015 till the end of September, 2015.<br />
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YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO <br />
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8 x 10 double matted Print framed 11 x 14 - $225.00<br />
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8 x 10 Print - $150.00<br />
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
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Kingdom: Animalia <br />
Phylum: Chordata <br />
Class: Aves <br />
Order: Cuculiformes <br />
Family: Cuculidae <br />
Genus: Coccyzus <br />
Species: C. americanus <br />
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Binomial name - Coccyzus americanus - (Linnaeus, 1758) <br />
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The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging thunderstorms.<br />
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Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow especially on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a yellow ring around the eye. It shows cinnamon on the wings in flight. Juveniles are similar, but the black on the undertail is replaced by gray.<br />
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This bird has a number of calls; the most common is a rapid ka ka ka ka ka kow kow kow.<br />
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Yellow-billed cuckoo<br />
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Long Island, NY, June 1996. By Tony Phillips.<br />
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There is an ongoing debate regarding the taxonomic status of the western race and if it is distinct from those birds in the east. This question is significant to the conservation status of this species in the west, where it has declined to a tiny fraction of its population a century ago.[2][3][4] Populations of this species in western North America are in steep decline. The bird disappeared from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon during the first half of the twentieth century. Eastern populations have declined as well, though not as precipitously. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the western Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of Yellow-billed Cuckoos as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and the service also has proposed establishing 546,335 acres in nine western states as critical habitat for the western DPS of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo<br />
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Their breeding habitat is deciduous woods from southern Canada to Mexico. They migrate to Central America and as far south as northern Argentina. This bird is a rare vagrant to western Europe.<br />
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These birds forage in dense shrubs and trees, also may catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects, especially tent caterpillars and cicadas, but also some lizards, eggs of other birds and berries. Cuckoos sometimes congregate near insect outbreaks or emergences, including outbreaks of exotic gypsy moth caterpillars.[5]<br />
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They nest in a tree or shrub, usually up to 2–12 feet (1–4 meters) above the ground. The nest is a flimsy platform of short twigs placed on a horizontal branch. The 3-4 eggs are incubated for 14 days or less. The chicks are able to climb about with agility at 7–9 days of age. At about this same time, the feathers of the chicks burst out of their sheaths and the young are able to fly. The entire time from egg-laying to fledging may be as little as 17 days.<br />
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Yellow-billed cuckoos occasionally lay eggs in the nests of other birds (most often the closely related black-billed cuckoo), but they are not obligate brood parasites of other birds as is the common cuckoo of Eurasia.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Wednesday-Morning-Artists/i-2hqRMLn/0/41b8789b/Ti/20131013-DSC_4500-Edit%20copy-Ti.jpg)
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CLOSE QUARTERS ( Choptank River )<br />
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L - R Skipjack MARTHA LEWIS, THOMAS CLYDE, NATHAN OF DORCHESTER<br />
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CLOSE QUARTERS <br />
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photographer : Curtis Brandt / Skipjack Photography<br />
Skipjack MARTHA LEWIS<br />
Dredging license: 8<br /> <a href="http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1555&COUNTY=Harford&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx">http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1555&COUNTY=Harford&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx</a> <br />
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]<br />
Description: The Skipjack MARTHA LEWIS is a wooden-hulled V-bottom two-sail bateau built according to traditional methods employed by boat builders and watermen on the Chesapeake Bay. This vessel was built by master shipwright Bronza Parks at Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1955 along with two nearly identical skipjacks, ROSIE PARKS and LADY KATIE. The vessel was constructed by formula and without architectural plans. She is 49’5” long on deck and has a beam of 16’7”. Length on the waterline is 46’2”. With the centerboard raised, the draft is 3’8”. Her present mast is of Douglas fir and rises 65’ above the waterline. Traditional gold leaf ball signifying construction is complete and that the vessel is debt-free tops it. The boom is also formed from Douglas fir and extends 50’ from its fitting to the mast. The ship has a longhead bow and a straight raking stern. <br />
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In keeping with the tradition of an oyster dredge boat, the engine used to operate the boat when not under sail was placed in an accompanying yawl boat. When not in use for power, the yawl boat is suspended from davits athwartships beyond the stern of the skipjack. <br />
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The wooden hull has hard chines and is planked athwartships in a herringbone pattern below those chines. This design minimizes the need for internal frames. Meant to be used for dredging in shallow waters, the hull is stabilized below the water by a moveable centerboard equal in length to the broadest beam measurement of 16’7”. Planking on the flush deck runs fore-and-aft. The present wood planks, installed in 1993, were fabricated from a Central American hardwood because the original planks of pine were seriously decayed. Without the new planks, the boat would not have achieved USCG certification. The plank seams have been repeatedly caulked with traditional cotton, oakum and pitch treatments. <br />
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Above deck structures include a summer cabin just aft of the mast, used to facilitate passage below decks and to provide seating for passengers. A flat hatch cover usually replaces it when the boat is used for oyster dredging. <br />
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The oyster dredging equipment is mounted on the deck aft of the summer cabin. This consists of the original winding gear fabricated of steel. Adjacent to the winding gear is a 1950s 6-cylinder automobile engine rigged to operate the dredge winding gear. The winder engine is enclosed in a wooden box. Side rollers are mounted amidships on the rails<br />
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The main cabin, lying directly in front of the quarterdeck, is paneled with tongue-and-groove pine installed during the initial construction. There is an area for food preparation with updated propane stove, three bunks, navigation equipment, and tool storage plus limited bench seating. The steering mechanism, operated by a metal wheel, lies directly above the rudderpost. <br />
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The hull is painted white above the waterline. This is the traditional color for Chesapeake Bay workboats. Below the waterline, red antifouling paint is used. The color red also appears on the lower hulls of most skipjacks. <br />
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The number 8 is displayed on plaques fastened to the standing rigging on both port and starboard. This is a display of the boat’s original oyster license issued by Dorchester County. She also displays decorative tailboards on both port and starboard. They are mounted on the sides of the longhead bow. These painted and gilded carvings show the name of Martha Lewis set against a blue background. A traditional gilded eagle is also mounted on the underside of the longhead bow. The tradition of carved tailboards on Chesapeake Bay vessels dates to the early 18th century, and seems to be a carry-over from European shipbuilding traditions. <br />
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MARTHA LEWIS also carries two name boards on the hull abaft the bow and above the rub rail. In 1993 the vessel was moved to Havre de Grace, where she was restored and upgraded to USCG standards required for carrying passengers. The boat remains in excellent repair, is still USCG certified, and continues to dredge for oysters<br />
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Skipjack THOMAS CLYDE<br />
Dredge license: 29 <br />
<br /> <a href="http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=883&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx">http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=883&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx</a><br />
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Description: This vessel is a 54.4' long, two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. Built in 1911 in Oriole, Maryland, for the oyster fishery, she continues active as a sailing dredgeboat. The vessel has a beam of 18.2', a depth of 5.3', and a net register tonnage of 21. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed mainsail and large boom. She has a longhead bow with headrails and a square, transom stern. <br />
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Her wooden hull is painted the traditional white. THOMAS W. CLYDE has a straight, slightly raking stem with a longhead. Headrails--wooden braces--extend from the end of the longhead back to the hull. Her square stern is boxy. <br />
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The vessel shows typical Bay-area cross-planked construction methods. Her rudder is carried outboard on the transom with a chock for the pushboat located to one side. There are guards amidships to protect the hull from the bumping of the dredges, and metal ice sheathing at the waterline. The single mast is set up with double shrouds and turnbuckles, as well as a forestay, jibstay, and topping lift. There are lazyjacks on the sails for easier furling. The mainsail is laced to the boom and carried on wood hoops at the mast; the boom is jawed to the mast. A large jib, with a club along its foot, is rigged out to the bowsprit, which is long and octagonal, painted white with brightwork toward the end and a white tip. <br />
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The bowsprit is rigged with double chain bobstays and chain bowsprit shrouds. There are headrails from the end of the longhead back to the hull. <br />
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In addition to the sail rig, the vessel carries a motorized pushboat suspended from davits over the stern. The skipjack is flush-decked, with a wheelbox at the after rail, a tall cabin trunk, and a box over the winder engine. Decks are surrounded with a pinrail forward and a higher pinrail aft, but open with dredge rollers amidships. Dredging gear is carried in season.<br />
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Skipjack NATHAN of DORCHESTER<br />
Dredging License none<br />
<br /> <a href="http://www.baygateways.net/general.cfm?id=110">http://www.baygateways.net/general.cfm?id=110</a><br />
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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.<br />
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http//www.skipjackphotography.smugmug.com](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Wednesday-Morning-Artists/i-9tr5F2W/0/c98868b9/Ti/DSC_0411%20copy%202-Ti.jpg)
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Racing on the Choptank<br />
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L - R Skipjack THOMAS CLYDE 29, MARTHA LEWIS 8, NATHAN OF DORCHESTER<br />
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RACIN' ON THE CHOPTANK<br />
photographer : Curtis Brandt / Skipjack Photography<br />
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Skipjack MARTHA LEWIS<br />
Dredging license: 8<br /> <a href="http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1555&COUNTY=Harford&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx">http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1555&COUNTY=Harford&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx</a> <br />
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]<br />
Description: The Skipjack MARTHA LEWIS is a wooden-hulled V-bottom two-sail bateau built according to traditional methods employed by boat builders and watermen on the Chesapeake Bay. This vessel was built by master shipwright Bronza Parks at Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1955 along with two nearly identical skipjacks, ROSIE PARKS and LADY KATIE. The vessel was constructed by formula and without architectural plans. She is 49’5” long on deck and has a beam of 16’7”. Length on the waterline is 46’2”. With the centerboard raised, the draft is 3’8”. Her present mast is of Douglas fir and rises 65’ above the waterline. Traditional gold leaf ball signifying construction is complete and that the vessel is debt-free tops it. The boom is also formed from Douglas fir and extends 50’ from its fitting to the mast. The ship has a longhead bow and a straight raking stern. <br />
<br />
In keeping with the tradition of an oyster dredge boat, the engine used to operate the boat when not under sail was placed in an accompanying yawl boat. When not in use for power, the yawl boat is suspended from davits athwartships beyond the stern of the skipjack. <br />
<br />
The wooden hull has hard chines and is planked athwartships in a herringbone pattern below those chines. This design minimizes the need for internal frames. Meant to be used for dredging in shallow waters, the hull is stabilized below the water by a moveable centerboard equal in length to the broadest beam measurement of 16’7”. Planking on the flush deck runs fore-and-aft. The present wood planks, installed in 1993, were fabricated from a Central American hardwood because the original planks of pine were seriously decayed. Without the new planks, the boat would not have achieved USCG certification. The plank seams have been repeatedly caulked with traditional cotton, oakum and pitch treatments. <br />
<br />
Above deck structures include a summer cabin just aft of the mast, used to facilitate passage below decks and to provide seating for passengers. A flat hatch cover usually replaces it when the boat is used for oyster dredging. <br />
<br />
The oyster dredging equipment is mounted on the deck aft of the summer cabin. This consists of the original winding gear fabricated of steel. Adjacent to the winding gear is a 1950s 6-cylinder automobile engine rigged to operate the dredge winding gear. The winder engine is enclosed in a wooden box. Side rollers are mounted amidships on the rails. <br />
<br />
The main cabin, lying directly in front of the quarterdeck, is paneled with tongue-and-groove pine installed during the initial construction. There is an area for food preparation with updated propane stove, three bunks, navigation equipment, and tool storage plus limited bench seating. The steering mechanism, operated by a metal wheel, lies directly above the rudderpost. <br />
<br />
The hull is painted white above the waterline. This is the traditional color for Chesapeake Bay workboats. Below the waterline, red antifouling paint is used. The color red also appears on the lower hulls of most skipjacks. <br />
<br />
The number 8 is displayed on plaques fastened to the standing rigging on both port and starboard. This is a display of the boat’s original oyster license issued by Dorchester County. She also displays decorative tailboards on both port and starboard. They are mounted on the sides of the longhead bow. These painted and gilded carvings show the name of Martha Lewis set against a blue background. A traditional gilded eagle is also mounted on the underside of the longhead bow. The tradition of carved tailboards on Chesapeake Bay vessels dates to the early 18th century, and seems to be a carry-over from European shipbuilding traditions. <br />
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MARTHA LEWIS also carries two name boards on the hull abaft the bow and above the rub rail. In 1993 the vessel was moved to Havre de Grace, where she was restored and upgraded to USCG standards required for carrying passengers. The boat remains in excellent repair, is still USCG certified, and continues to dredge for oysters<br />
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Skipjack THOMAS CLYDE<br />
Dredge license: 29 <br />
<br /> <a href="http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=883&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx">http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=883&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx</a><br />
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Description: This vessel is a 54.4' long, two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. Built in 1911 in Oriole, Maryland, for the oyster fishery, she continues active as a sailing dredgeboat. The vessel has a beam of 18.2', a depth of 5.3', and a net register tonnage of 21. She carries a typical skipjack rig of jib-headed mainsail and large boom. She has a longhead bow with headrails and a square, transom stern. <br />
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Her wooden hull is painted the traditional white. THOMAS W. CLYDE has a straight, slightly raking stem with a longhead. Headrails--wooden braces--extend from the end of the longhead back to the hull. Her square stern is boxy. <br />
<br />
The vessel shows typical Bay-area cross-planked construction methods. Her rudder is carried outboard on the transom with a chock for the pushboat located to one side. There are guards amidships to protect the hull from the bumping of the dredges, and metal ice sheathing at the waterline. The single mast is set up with double shrouds and turnbuckles, as well as a forestay, jibstay, and topping lift. There are lazyjacks on the sails for easier furling. The mainsail is laced to the boom and carried on wood hoops at the mast; the boom is jawed to the mast. A large jib, with a club along its foot, is rigged out to the bowsprit, which is long and octagonal, painted white with brightwork toward the end and a white tip. <br />
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The bowsprit is rigged with double chain bobstays and chain bowsprit shrouds. There are headrails from the end of the longhead back to the hull. <br />
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In addition to the sail rig, the vessel carries a motorized pushboat suspended from davits over the stern. The skipjack is flush-decked, with a wheelbox at the after rail, a tall cabin trunk, and a box over the winder engine. Decks are surrounded with a pinrail forward and a higher pinrail aft, but open with dredge rollers amidships. Dredging gear is carried in season.<br />
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Skipjack NATHAN of DORCHESTER<br />
Dredging License none<br />
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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.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Wednesday-Morning-Artists/i-chK87Q6/0/c3373567/Ti/DSC_0430-2-2%20copy%202-Ti.jpg)
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