A Publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Log Fall 2011 contents Fall 2011 Mission Statement Volunteer Recognition Reception The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to inspire an understanding of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures and connections between this place and its people.
Vision Statement The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to be the premier maritime museum for studying, exhib- iting, preserving and celebrating the important history and culture of the largest estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay.
Sign up for our e-Newsletter and stay up-to-date on all of the news and events at the Museum. Email Pictured front row, from left: Museum Director of Events & Volunteer Programs Melissa Spielman, JoSue [email protected] to be added Simpson, Audrey Brown, Rosemary Thomson, Mary Jane Fairbank, Lucille Weber, Carol Michelson, Duane to our mailing list. Lundahl, Denis Greene, Larry Parks and Frank Hopkinson. Middle row, from left: Mike Sweeney, Ann Sweeney, Rick Kuba, Robin Gordon, John Lindinger, Bob Petizon, Nick Green, Roger Galvin, Gloria Freihage, Ed Alvarado, Chrys Alvarado, Mary Sue Traynelis, Patti Case, Pepper Holmes, Jack Gray, Geoff Holmes, Don’t forget to visit us CBMM President Langley Shook and Lloyd Devigne. Back row, from left: Joe Irr, Dick Reilly, John Gillespie, on Facebook! Don Parks, Chip Britt and Bob Traynelis. facebook.com/mymaritimemuseum
Follow the Museum’s progress 3 Chairman’s Message 13 Education 22 Calendar on historic Chesapeake boat by CG Appleby What’s Fresh? Seasonal Selections Charity Boat Auction, Boating he Museum’s Volunteer Recognition restoration projects as well as updates for the from Education Party Gala Fundraiser, Concours TReception, held June 16 on Fogg’s Apprentice For a Day Program. 4 Apprentice For a Day Update d’Elegance, Member Nights, chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, Landing, honored more than 60 members of Mack Northrop’s Smith Island Tradition Continues at OysterFest, the all-new Maritime a corps of 200 volunteers for their dedica- The Chesapeake Bay Skiff and Mary Sue and Bob 15 Monster Mash and the James L. Maritime Museum Traynelis’ Rushton rowing skiff the Mid-Atlantic Small tion and hours of service to the Museum. Stewart Memorial St. Michaels Navy Point, PO Box 636 Craft Festival Grand Prix Several staff members recognized individual 5 Currents St. Michaels, MD 21663 Story by Marie Thomas volunteers for their work in the education, Museum welcomes new board 410-745-2916, cbmm.org Three generations preserving buildings and grounds, curatorial, museum members and officers, new staff the tradition of small craft 26 Annual Fund Honor Roll appointments, plus event highlights store, boat yard, boat donations and admin- Thank you to all our wonderful On the cover: donors, whose gifts were received istrative departments. 11 Curator’s Corner During last year’s Mid-Atlantic Small Craft 19 The Birthplace of between February 16 & July 24, 2011 The Log of the Yacht Corrine, Volunteers with more than 100 hours of Festival, the Museum’s little log canoe owned by Dr. Joseph Trimble Rosie Parks Marianne led the fleet of small crafts out overall service were also recognized and onto the Miles River. Rothrock, an avid botanist and Story & photos by Dick Cooper forester, who toured both the presented pins. Special recognition was Photo by Tracey Munson Delaware and Chesapeake Bays given to volunteers with the highest hours Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas in search of natural wonders Opposite page: 21 On the Rail: of service, including Rosemary Thomson Creative Director: Marie Thomas Skipjack Rosie Parks is (top) Pete Lesher and Langley Shook shake of St. Michaels, with 9,000 hours; Lorraine 12 Lifelines hands with Denis Greene. Contributing Writers: Coming to Life Glass of St. Michaels, with 5,000 hours; as Dick Cooper, Kate Livie, Sarah Vlasity, Volunteer profiles featuring (middle) John Lindinger and Joe Irr are pre- Story by Dick Cooper Esty Collet, Amelia Howerton, Tracey Florence Jackson and Mike sented the Golden Oyster Award by Director well as Bob Perkins and Don Parks of St. Munson, and Marie Thomas Sweeney, plus upcoming Photos by Tracey Munson of Education Kate Livie. Michaels, and Howard Kirchner of Easton, docent training (bottom) Mike Sweeney and Bob Petizon with with 3,000 hours of volunteer service each. © The Chesapeake Log is a publication of ...... Vice President of Operations Bill Gilmore. the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
1 fall 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 2 Chairman’s Message Board of Museum Staff AFAD Update: Governors by CG Appleby, Chairman of the Board Administration 2011-2012 Langley R. Shook, President, 4951 René Stevenson, Director of Development & Assistant to the President, 4950 CG Appleby, Chair Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 Having grown up around boats my entire Joseph E. Peters, Vice Chair Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & life––in my father’s shop as he built Volunteer Programs, 4956 Tom D. Seip, Treasurer boats, out on lakes as a young boy, and Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953 Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary for more than thirty years sailing around Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies the Chesapeake Bay, one thing remains Paul Berry Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 constant: the water is an integral part of Richard J. Bodorff Harry W. Burton Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 me. I suspect that we might share that Frederic N. Cross Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945 simple love of water because you, too, care William S. Dudley Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 about the way the Museum celebrates David E. Dunn Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941 Museum volunteer Mary Sue Traynelis speaks to visitors in the boat shop Jocelyn W. Eysymontt Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorst, 4961 about the Rushton Florida Model Pulling Boat that she and her husband Bob how people live, work, and play in and Anna W. Fichtner Constituent Services built in the Apprentice For a Day Public Boatbuilding (AFAD) program. around the Chesapeake Bay. The smell Howard S. Freedlander Katie Willis, Visitor Services Team Leader, 4993 After a joint effort with the AFAD crew, the boat was christened this summer. of steaming Maryland blue crabs, the Dagmar D. P. Gipe Amelia Howerton, Constituent Services Coordinator, 4991 James P. Harris “J. Henry Rushton designed many beautiful, light, and practical boats. From sound of sails filling with air, the sight Emilie Knud-Hansen, Membership/Development E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. January to June, we learned and worked along side the AFAD crew. At least of a nesting osprey or the beauty of a Christopher A. Havener Assistant, 4955 Museum Store Manager, 4963 30 people have taken the boat out since it was launched in June, and we hope Chesapeake Bay sunrise make this place Francis Hopkinson Marty Smythe, Victoria Alexander, Museum Store Associate, 4942 many more years of rowing pleasure will ensue,” says Mary Sue. The Traynelises a marvelous treasure. Pamela Jana R. Douglas Jurrius Jody Andrews, Dockmaster, 4946 personalized the seats of their boats with their own handcrafted Woodsaics ©. After my recent retirement, my horizons have expanded as the Museum’s new Richard H. Kimberly Bonnie Bless, Museum Host, 4945 Gloria Condrell, Museum Store Associate, 4962 Chairman of the Board. Thanks to the dedicated work of our volunteers and staff, Peter M. Kreindler William C. Millar Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945 along with past chairman Joe Peters and the ongoing leadership of Langley Shook Geoffrey F. Oxnam Anne Robling, Museum Host, 4945 and Pete Lesher, the Museum is experiencing new horizons of its own. Member and Bruce A. Ragsdale Maggie Robar, Museum Store Associate, 4962 overall attendance at special events is up and both daily visitorship and membership Henry H. Stansbury Pam White, Museum Store Associate, 4962 Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Boat Yard remain strong. The Museum is proud of the growth in meaningful partnerships with Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967 other like-minded organizations such as the Waterfowl Festival, Talbot County Alfred Tyler II Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967 Barbara Viniar Watermen’s Association, the Avalon Foundation, and the YMCA of the Chesapeake. Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance Assistant, 4967 Langley R. Shook, President Dan Sutherland, Boat Yard Program Manager, 4968 A new energy is palpable around our beautiful campus––through projects like the Emeriti Jennifer Kuhn, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 Rosie Parks skipjack restoration (see page 19 and 21 for related stories), educational Richard T. Allen Bud McIntire, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 Margaret D. Keller programs such as our summer sailing and Kids Club camps, and memorable events Finance Breene M. Kerr including the Boat Auction, Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, OysterFest, and a Heather Moore, Vice President of Finance, 4958 Charles L. Lea, Jr. Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, 4948 new locally-inspired event, the James L. Stewart Memorial St. Michaels Grand Prix D. Ted Lewers Digie McGuirk, Accounting/HR Assistant, 4957 In The Chesapeake Log’s spring issue, we followed the progress on Mack on November 13 (see page 25). Fred C. Meendsen John C. North II Operations Northrop’s Smith Island Skiff. After months of hard work, Mack’s boat was All of this is possible because of you, our members. This Museum has value and Sumner Parker Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949 christened “Keeper II” on May 31, and ventured out onto Irish Creek. The 20- presence because of the visitors, volunteers, members, and donors who treasure the Robert A. Perkins John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 foot skiff has a white cedar hull with white oak framing. The bottom is cross- James K. Peterson Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program Manager, 4942 planked with a bit of Sikaflex between each board to facilitate trailer storage. Chesapeake Bay. We’re here to ensure the Chesapeake and its stories are preserved Norman H. Plummer Donna Fairbank, Facilities Custodian, 4969 and protected for generations to come, and we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm. John J. Roberts Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 Commision AFAD to build your next boat! For more Henry H. Spire Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 I hope you enjoy this issue of The Chesapeake Log. Please visit us soon and often. James E. Thomas information, call 410-745-4968 or visit cbmm.org.
Joan Darby West To contact, dial 410-745, and the number listed...... Donald G. Whitcomb 3 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 4 currents Museum Welcomes New Board Museum Announces James P. Harris retired in February 2010 as senior vice president of ExxonMobil New Staff Appointments Members and Officers Chemical Company, where he was a member of the chemical company’s management committee for more than Richard Scofield volunteer admin- 15 years. He is a member of the Georgia of Trappe, MD, istrator, and later Tech Advisory Board and the board of has been pro- served as director directors of the Christus Foundation moted to assistant of education. In t its annual meeting, the Museum for HealthCare. Georgia Tech named curator for water- her new role, Spiel- welcomed new officers and seven Harris to the Academy of Distinguished craft after serving man’s primary Anew members to its board of governors. Engineering Graduates in 1996 and the as boat yard responsibility is Newly elected to three-year terms Engineering Hall of Fame in 2011. manager since to manage the on the museum’s board of governors Christopher A. Havener is the founder 2005. He began museum’s corps of are: Richard Bodorff, William Dudley, and managing director of Royal Oak his full-time work with the museum volunteers while supporting the muse- Dagmar Gipe, James Harris, Christopher Capital Management, with 24 years as a rigger, painter, and shipwright um’s many signature and partner events Havener, Francis Hopkinson, Jr. experience in financial markets. Prior to in 1985. In his new role, Scofield and the Chesapeake People program. and Alfred Tyler II. founding Royal Oak Capital Manage- will be responsible for interpreting Emilie Knud-Hansen, of Oxford, MD, Newly elected as board officers are ment, Havener spent five years at the museum’s Chesapeake watercraft joins the Museum as the new assistant Chairman CG Appleby, Vice Chair- Merrill Lynch as a senior vice president collection—which is the largest of its to membership and development. Her men Joe Peters and Alan Griffith, and five years at Credit Suisse First kind in the world—and advising on responsibilities include processing Treasurer Tom Seip and Secretary Mark Boston as Global Head of the Invest- watercraft acquisitions, deaccessions, memberships and helping to develop Nestlehutt. The board also recognized ment Banking Services Group. restorations and maintenance. He’ll new fundraising projects and events. retiring governors for their service: Francis Hopkinson, Jr. retired from also continue to be the museum’s first Knud-Hansen has a college degree Bruce Bedford, Stuart Clarke, Joanne string rigger and rigging teacher in (above) New governors and officers, a career in information technology in broadcast journalism, and 25 years Prager, and Bruce Wiltsie. Re-joining the boat shop. from left, Chris Havener, Allie Tyler, Dick specializing in telecommunications at of experience in radio, television and the board as emeriti members are Ted Bodorff, Secretary Mark Nestlehutt, Vice AAA Mid-Atlantic. Hopkinson served Kate Livie of non-profit event Lewers and Bob Perkins. Chairman Alan Griffith, Treasurer Tom Seip, 12 years with the Pennsylvania National Chestertown, planning. Vice Chairman Joe Peters, President Langley Richard J. Bodorff is a partner with Guard, and is currently a marine MD, has been Returning to the Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC, Shook, Chairman CG Appleby, Dagmar surveyor. He is involved with many promoted to Gipe, Frank Hopkinson, and Bill Dudley. Museum after representing radio and television licensees non-profit organizations in St. Michaels, director of educa- (Not pictured: Jim Harris). a 10-month before the Federal Communications including the St. Michaels Fire Depart- tion. She joined (right) Langley Shook, Bruce Bedford, boatbuilding Commission. He currently serves as ment, Habitat for Humanity Choptank, the museum in Joanne Prager, CG Appleby and Joe Peters. program at the the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting and as a volunteer for the Museum. 2008 as youth Great Lakes Boat Corporation’s vice chairman, and vice Alfred Tyler II has more than 20 years and family Building School in chairman of the Academy Art Museum experience in the environmental services programs coordinator before being pro- Cedarville, MI, Bud McIntire rejoins in Easton. Bodorff also serves as trustee serves as maritime committee chair currently works as a maritime heritage industry, currently serving as president moted to assistant director of education. the boat yard crew as a shipwright of Pickering Creek Audubon Center of the Maryland Historical Society, is consultant. of Days Cove Reclamation Company, Her new responsibilities encompass all apprentice. McIntire, originally from and the YMCA of the Chesapeake. aspects of youth, adult and volunteer on the board of directors of the Naval Dagmar Dunn Pickens Gipe, who a full service solid waste management Winston-Salem, NC, spent 40 years in education programming, exhibit inter- William S. Dudley is the former direc- Historical Foundation, the editorial previously served on the board of firm specializing in reclaiming surface commercial and residential architecture pretation, and partnership development tor of Naval History for the United advisory committee of Sea History governors from 2000-2006, was born mining and other industrial sites in in Atlanta, GA. States Navy, former director of the conjunction with the management of with other educational institutions. Magazine, is the historian general of and raised in Houston, TX. Gipe Also joining the Museum are Annie Naval Historical Center, and former construction and demolition debris the Naval Order of the United States, worked in design and antiques for many Melissa Spielman of Easton, MD, Robling, of Burtonsville, MD, and curator for the Navy and coordinator (rubble) landfills. Tyler is the immediate and is an appointed member of the years, owning a shop in Virginia. She has been appointed director of events Bonnie Bless, of St. Michaels, MD, of Navy Museums. Dudley is a widely past chairman of the Pride of Baltimore II, Maryland advisory committee on now focuses on investments, and serves and volunteer programs. Spielman serving as Museum hosts, and Gloria published author in the field of mari- as vice president of the John S. Dunn a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail archaeology. Dudley retired from the joined the museum in 2005 as its Condrell, as a Museum store associate. time and naval history. Presently, he Naval Historical Center in 2004, and Research Foundation in Houston. schooner privateer.
5 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log ...... the chesapeake log FALL 2011 6 currents Event Highlights Antique & Classic Boat Festival Friday, June 17 - Sunday, June 19
Maritime Model Expo Saturday & Sunday, May 21 & 22 Elf Classic Inaugural Yacht Race Saturday, May 21
(above) The crew of Elf as they near the Museum. (right) Elf’s Carly Sargent and Rick Carrion with Judge John C. North II and Museum President (above) Bull, a classic sandbagger (which is sailing out of the Sailing Hall Langley Shook at the of Fame in Annapolis this year) took first prize. awards ceremony.
7 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 8 Chesapeake Folk Festival Saturday, July 23
Big Band Night Saturday, July 2 Photo by Jack Upchurch Plein Air-Easton! Competition & Arts Festival Wednesday, July 20
(left) Plein Air-Easton! painter Ned Mueller, of Renton, WA, sits in the shade to paint the Museum’s railway and Hooper Strait Lighthouse. (right) Plein Air-Easton! painter Ken DeWaard of Viroqua, WI, is painting a selection of boats on Fogg’s Cove from alongside the Museum’s Small Boat Shed. See more photos of Plein Air-Easton! on page 26. Photos by Graham Scott-Taylor, dada-design.com . Photos by Graham Scott-Taylor, 9 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 10 curator’s corner lifelines
Recent Acquisition: Volunteer Profiles by Amelia Howerton Log of the Yacht Corinne by Sarah Vlasity Mike Sweeney, a retired “The Museum is the heart of the community and knowing you are his installment of Curator’s Corner focuses on a newly- facilities manager for helping gives a sense of accom- acquired yacht log from 1889, which has a tie to a part of the Central Intelligence plishment,” says Florence Jackson, Tthe At Play on the Bay exhibit. The yachtCorinne was owned Agency, has volunteered a Museum volunteer for the past by Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock, an avid botanist and forester at the Museum for the whose early yachting photos from along the James River are past nine years. He 18 months. Before moving to in one of the flip books in the exhibit. started visiting the the area two years ago, Jackson Museum in the mid- worked as assistant to the board Ship’s log, November 1st 1889: 1980s, and was always of education with the Howard Received letter from Dr. Rothrock and at his orders interested in boats and County Public School System. shipped by express a box of specimens of nuts from the maritime history. Jackson volunteers as an mammoth tree on the James River. Working primarily in organizer for the St. Michaels An unusual entry to be sure, but one of several written by the boat shop, Sweeney Mike Sweeney in front of the boat shop. Concours d’Elegance, which takes Clifton and Florence Jackson at Captain F. Boynton to document the scientific mission of the also helps in other place at the Museum on Sep- last year’s Boating Party. private yacht Corinne, which toured both the Delaware and departments, including building and grounds, exhibits, and tember 25, 2011. Chesapeake Bays in search of natural wonders. Two months volunteering at festivals. “You receive more from volunteering than what you put in,” into the voyage, the yacht had reached the shores of Virginia says Jackson. Working with Concours enables her to meet where, according to the log: “There are a lot of opportunities to try different things here,” says Sweeney, who enjoys the variety volunteering at the interesting people from the East Coast and deal with Dr. Rothrock and myself [Boynton] go across the Museum has to offer. spectacular cars. James River to East-Side and Dr. photographs the largest butternut tree or walnut (on the Rowe farm) “I like the people and volunteering here is just plain fun,” Jackson enjoys the Museum’s high energy level, good team- in North America. Tree 31 ft. 5 inches in circumference, he adds. When he’s not at the Museum, Sweeney works work, and opportunities to meet new people and be in- length of longest limb, 67 feet. part-time in architecture, reviewing drawings and specifica- volved in the community. She enjoys kayaking, biking, and tions for construction projects. He also enjoys woodworking taking advantage of all the activities the area has to offer. An equally impressive species was examined the following and building models. day when Dr. Rothrock and Eugene rowed to upper Brandon and photographed several Cypress trees. These log entries are reminiscent of the notes of early naturalists, yet they also Become a Volunteer reflect a contemporary interest in environmental conservation, a movement in which Rothrock was heavily involved. At the Volunteers play a critical role in the Museum’s mission. Whether you donate time at the reception desk, building boats, or time of the voyage, he was serving as the president of the leading tours, the Museum appreciates and welcomes any amount of time you are able to offer. Contact Director of Events and Pennsylvania Forest Association and leading efforts to promote Volunteer Programs, Melissa Spielman at [email protected] or call 410-745-4956. the creation of state parks and forests in the region. Upcoming Docent Volunteer Training: The cruise of Corinne, while undertaken to satisfy personal Bay Bounty Tour Training Exhibit Exploration dates for Fall 2011 interest, reflects these professional goals. An unconventional Sept. 6 & 8, 10am, Van Lennep Auditorium (in Dodson House meeting room and on campus): account of scientific pursuits in the late nineteenth century, the logbook offers a unique perspective on early environmen- Bay Discovery Tour Training Sept. 20, 10am - Pete Lesher to speak on Rosie Parks, her history, talism in America. The Museum recently acquired the log of the Sept. 13 & 15, 10am, Van Lennep Auditorium and the restoration project yacht Corinne with funds generously provided by Mr. and Mrs. Crab Cakes Training Oct. 10, 10am - Topic to be announced Norman H. Plummer. Sept. 21 & 22, 1pm, location to be announced (top) Entry in the log of the yacht Corinne, dated October 29, 1889, Nov. 1, 10am - Topic to be announced which notes Dr. Rothrock’s interest in Cypress trees. Oystering on the Chesapeake Program Training Nov. 22, 10am - Topic to be announced (bottom) Two men sit on the knees of a Cypress tree along the James Sept. 28 & 29, 1pm, Van Lennep Auditorium River, 1883. Photo by Dr. J.T. Rothrock, courtesy of Dr. J.T. Rothrock, III. 11 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 12 education What’s Fresh? ALL Celebrates Seasonal Selections from Education 10th Anniversary by Kate Livie
e had a whirlwind summer on Navy Point! Sailing, Kids Club, drop-in activities, and festivals kept us busy and had the campus and waterfront teemingW daily with happy kids and families learning all about the Chesapeake Bay. Our summer time visitors, young and old, were greeted, toured, and inspired by our cadre of committed volunteers and docents as part of our annual “visitor experience initiative.” On weekends, the Museum welcomed back crab pickers, decoy carvers, and watermen as part of the Chesapeake People program.
But, as temperatures cool and we start to anticipate the first calls of migrating “Dear Maritime Museum, geese, we also anticipate the arrival of students and teachers as the school year gets underway. All of these students mean a high demand for tours, and training a We liked going into the lighthouse. We saw the new class of docents and volunteers becomes first priority. We’re offering many bathroom at the lighthouse, it was a hole. The opportunities to get involved in our docent program this fall, with classes scheduled bell on the lighthouse rings to tell the boats to be careful. We liked the beaver skin. We liked ALL President Tom Hollingshead, Museum President Langley Shook, in September for our themed tours, our new Oystering on the Chesapeake program, ALL Coordinator Helen VanFleet, ALL instructor John Miller, ALL and our always-popular Crab Cakes program, as well as Exhibit Explorations in the hammer and the plane. We got to go in the instructor and CBMM Facilities Manager Jord Ford, and former Museum September, October, and November (see page 12). oyster boat. We got to pretend to catch crabs. President John Valliant. We saw live crabs in the tank. We saw the eel The seasons change but the opportunities to learn, to teach, and to volunteer are trap and a crab trap. Thank you for teaching us.” by Esty Collet year-round at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. To get involved in a program, or for more information on all of your options as an educational volunteer, –Mrs. Peggy Ford’s kingergarten class, Chapel he Academy of Life Long Learning (ALL) celebrated contact Kate Livie, director of education, at 410-745-4947, or [email protected] District Elementary School, who visited the its tenth anniversary hosting nearly 100 guests at the Museum in June, 2011...... TChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on June 26th. ALL has Lighthouse Overnight shown remarkable growth over the last decade, starting with just a few people taking two courses in 2001 to more than 300 Adventures student enrollments in 18 courses in the fall of 2010. Each semester the Academy has attracted a growing number of Dates are filling up fast, register now! professionals, scholars, writers, businessmen, and enthusiasts to share their knowledge and experience in the fields of history, Climb the steps to another era and literature, religion, politics, science, and more. stay overnight in our 1879 Hooper In early 2000, the management of the Museum began discus- Strait Lighthouse, where kids ages sions on forming a lifelong learning component as part of the 8-12 can stand watch on the look- Museum’s educational mission. In the fall of that year, several out for ships or fog. Listen to the staff members, along with a group of interested volunteers, tales of adventure about lighthouses met to begin implementation of such a program. of years past and try on the chores and clothes of a traditional lighthouse keeper. The program is offered to Scouts, youth groups, families, and children’s The 10th anniversary party honored founders of the orga- organizations. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in September & October. nization and recognized the invaluable contribution of the Museum’s leadership to the success of the program. ALL Register online by visiting the “Learn” section at cbmm.org or by calling President Tom Hollingshead spoke to the group thanking 410-745-2916. President Langley Shook and past President John Valliant (top right) Kids Club instructor Martha Hamlyn leads campers on a pirate-themed scavenger for their support. hunt around campus, searching for clues to lead to buried treasure. Courses are offered fall, winter and spring semesters. For more (bottom right) Participants in the sailing program explore the Miles River in JY sailboats. information, call 410-745-2916 or visit cbmm.org/all...... 13 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 14 Tradition Continues at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival
by Marie Thomas
“The way the festival has grown, it’s just been wonderful. What we are, is about preserving the tradition of getting people out in boats, and making boats, and the small craft, and rowing, and sailing, and kayaking. Let’s make people fall in love with boats and maybe they’ll want to buy one, Photo by Tracey Munson or better yet, they’ll build their own.” -Vera England, Urbana, VA
ne hundred and seventeen people, imagine yourself sitting at the picnic table women, men, and mixed doubles, in single with more than 30 boats, ranging with festival-goers. and double oared boats, as well as a free- Ofrom an 1895 vintage St. Lawrence skiff, for-all race requiring rowing (or paddling) to an innovative, production fiberglass Elbow-to elbow, around folding tables sailing legs, and a sailing race. Festival catboat, lay on the shoreline off Fogg’s set up for the evening among the attendees enjoy workshops, demonstra- Cove at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s collection of Chesapeake small tions, activities for kids, crab feasts, oyster Museum’s first official Mid-Atlantic Small craft, big boat sailors with a soft spot roasts, and most of all, fellowship. Craft Festival. for traditional tenders talked shop with pulling boat people and purists, for For several years prior to the festival’s It is September 30, 1983, and what began whom the only boat is one that starts its beginning, Jim Thayer, a boat builder from the year before as a rather impromptu life in the forest. Virginia, entered his 11-foot Lil’ Pickle gathering of boaters with an interest in sailboat in the annual workboat races at small rowing and sailing craft has since Lydecker’s article describes Whitehall the Museum, racing it against skipjacks, evolved into a can’t-miss tradition, now boats, Chesapeake crabbing skiffs, a bugeyes, and log canoes. spanning three generations. At the time, sprit-rigged Maine peapod, and compares After attending a number of events, such Fogg’s Cove was a small beach and tropical an ocean kayak to a traditional double- as the Small Craft Weekend in Mystic, storm Dean had just made landfall on the paddle canoe. While traditional sorts of CT, Thayer began toying around with Delmarva Peninsula the day before, small craft dominate the festival, any small the idea of starting a similar event in the putting a damper on the festival’s opening boat is welcome from kayaks and canoes Chesapeake region. night cook-out. Not a single person to pulling boats and sailboats. packed up and left. In September of 1982, Thayer and a few Photo by Bob Hicks Photo by Bob Hicks The festival has contests with varying like-minded owners of small traditional In a 1983 Soundings magazine article categories from year to year, such as best sailboats met with Museum Operations (top) Last year’s participants head out on the Miles River. (left) One of the festival’s founders, Jim Thayer, sails his 11 foot Lil’ Pickle at MASCF 1987. written by Ryck Lydecker (a Washington, restoration, best amateur construction, Manager Kate McCormick, who threw DC-based boating writer and one of the best classic replica, and best contemporary together a rowing race. (right) Launching Vern Hardesty’s Bolger Folding Schooner from Fogg’s Cove at MASCF 1987. founders of the festival) you can almost replica. Rowing races are offered for kids, 15 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 16 feature
winds in excess of 60mph. “No one was replica buyboat, the Mister Jim, providing “The Small Craft Festival changed my prepared for it. It started as perfect weath- free activities for all the kids who came. life and got me seriously involved with er and changed in a matter of seconds. It “I was invited by a friend to go help with building boats,” says Barto. was absolutely ridiculous but we had a the festival. At first I felt out of place The Museum’s Facilities Manager John wonderful time. And of course, Sunday because I didn’t know anything about Ford became involved in the festival in was absolutely gorgeous, so at least we got boats, but I could help with the children,” 1990. Largely a “behind-the-scenes” guy, one good day in. But people didn’t leave–– recalls Davis. “Now those kids are bring- Ford handles all the logistics of the event. they stayed through the whole thing.” ing their kids!” “This festival is probably one of the The Museum’s Chief Curator Pete Lesher Two of those children, Liz Rutherford, most, if not the most successful, of its kind recalls the first boat he brought to a daughter of Karen and Bill, and Adam in the United States,” explains Ford. MASCF weekend––a Delaware ducker, Blackwell, son of Virginia and Ron, met “It started as a very small group of small an antique, 15-foot double ended lap- at the festival all those years ago––and craft enthusiasts that got together on the strake boat. “It turned some heads,” recalls are now married. weekend with the Museum’s blessing as Lesher, “even in the year that there were a way to have fun on their boats. And two or three other duckers present. But The Museum’s own Marc Barto, of Chestertown MD, a master shipwright even though the size of the event since the antique boats have always been in the has tripled, that feeling of coming here minority during this festival. and the project manager in charge of the restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks, and messing about in your boat has been Rather, we tend to see newly built boats attended the festival in 1984. He returned maintained. Any kind of boat you can to antique designs. What’s particularly fun the following year and by 1986, became imagine that is less than 20 feet in length about the festival is the incredible variety directly involved with the festival by serv- is here in St. Michaels each October.” of small boats, from kit-built stitch-and- ing on the steering committee, judging The memories continue at this year’s glue kayaks to one-design classes like races, and holding various workshops. In annual festival, now in its 29th year, with Penguins and an old wooden Celebrity. 1990, Barto adapted Howard Chapelle’s workshops, kids activities and crafts, row- And best of all are the innovative or funky lines for the 13 ½ foot melonseed skiff ing races, paddling races, sail races, food, boats—electric boats, a geodesic with and built his first melon seed, adapting it live music, and fellowship. Kevlar skin, or anything designed by Phil to contemporary working techniques. He Participant check-in and cookout begins Bolger, with his often boxy, simple-to- has since built 16 skiffs. build ideas.” at 5:30pm on Friday, September 30. The Photo by Bob Hicks “I just thought it was a beautiful little boat, festival is open to the public on Saturday, Lynn Davis, of Salisbury, MD, brought a and it was in the scale that, at the time, October 1 and Sunday, October 2 from group of teacher trainees to the festival I could handle. It was very popular and 10am to 5pm. Admission is free for (clockwise from top) Participants look out over the Miles River at MASCF 1985, when Fogg’s Cove was just a beach. Vera England and her daughter every year to camp out on the Museum’s Hannah at MASCF 1985. Marc Barto and his son Aubrey at MASCF 1994. Robin and Dan Muir cut the dock closely at MASCF 1987. people really liked it,” recalls Barto. museum members or $13 for adults, $10 (left) Participants at MASCF 2010 prepare for seniors, $6 for kids ages 6-17, and free their crafts to race. After he brought the first one to the festival, everyone wanted one, prompting for kids under five. For more information Afterwards, Thayer, McCormick, and including more activities for children, daughter Madeline. “The way the festival (right) An oyster feast kicked off MASCF Barto to prepare the design plans. visit cbmm.org or call 410-745-2916. Richard Kelly, of Baltimore, MD, got fewer workshops, and more time to play has grown, it’s just been wonderful,” says 2010’s friday night festivities. together to begin discussing a more formal, with the boats. Dan and Robin Muir, of Vera. “What we are, is about preserving organized event for the following year. Springfield, VA, like most of the festival’s the tradition of getting people out in boats, Museum Director Jim Holt offered the attendees, have come almost every year and making boats, and the small craft, and event its own weekend, and thus the Mid- since its inception. rowing, and sailing, and kayaking. It’s just Atlantic Small Craft Festival (MASCF) “People are pretty open with their boats getting people out there to know that this came into being. in St. Michaels, in terms of sharing, and is what people have done since the begin- “I build boats, that’s my thing,” says Thayer, offering their boats to people to take out on ning of men and water.” “obviously, I was interested in pushing the the water. The boats go out, they get sailed. Vera sums up Thayer’s overall philosophy festival because I sell boats, I wasn’t wholly You don’t find that in other places,” says behind the MASCF. “Let’s make people idealistic. But I never really pushed that Robin, this year’s chairwoman of the orga- fall in love with boats and maybe they’ll aspect too hard, I was more interested in a nizing committee. All three of the Muir’s want to buy one, or better yet, they’ll build chance to have fun. We did some serious children grew up coming to the festival. their own.” sailing back in those days.” Vera England and her husband John, of Vera recalls fondly the early years of After the resounding success of the first Urbanna, VA, attended MASCF for the MASCF––camping in the field on Fogg’s year, the festival continued to expand and first year in 1984, and have come every Cove. The Englands, like most of the grow—McCormick and Holt welcomed year since. Their daughters, Hannah and veteran festival-goers, were at the 1987 and encouraged feedback from partici- Lacey, have also attended almost every MASCF V (“I survived MASCF V”) pants and incorporated their suggestions, MASCF, and Lacey now brings her when a full blown Nor’easter produced 17 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 18 feature
When Rosie was built in the mid-1950s, in days. (Du Pont still has the Oldsmo- Bronza and the three-dozen men in bile in his garage and several other old cars. his large boat shop were turning out He explained, “I’m not a car collector, I gasoline-powered workboats, sailing just never get rid of them.”) skipjacks and in one case, a custom-built When he got to the docks, men were sailing yacht. Bronza built Rosie, and her trying to use a mechanical pump to sister-ships, the Martha Lewis and the bail a sinking workboat. Du Pont says Lady Katie, in succession, but stopped he realized that the pump’s primer had working on the Lady Katie when a young slipped out of place and he hit it with DuPont Company executive from north- an oar to right the situation. ern Delaware, who had always fancied the traditional lines of the skipjack, hired “The pump started to gush and I was treated like I had saved the day,” he says. O’Neal and William “Snooks” Windsor in him to build a sailing yacht. Wingate, Maryland. “By the time I got to Bronzie’s shop, he The Birthplace of Irénée du Pont Jr., now 91, great-great had already heard about what had hap- grandson of the founder of the company, turned them down. He said, he knew pened on the dock.” has fond memories of Wingate, Bronza how to build a boat and he didn’t need Parks, and his family. He says he first Du Pont says that their friendship started their plans.” Rosie Parks met Orville Parks while he was shop- immediately. “He was so amiable,” du “Dad started building boats with hand ping for a skipjack to turn into a cruising Pont says. “He was also direct in his man- tools,” Harding says. “There was no sailboat for his young family. ner of speech. I think he was genuinely electricity in Wingate. Back in those in love with his fellow man. He ad- Story and photos by Dick Cooper Orville wanted to sell him his old boat, days there wasn’t five telephones south dressed people as ‘honey,’ kind of a quaint the Joy Parks, but du Pont thought it was of Church Creek. His first power tool in thing that people down in Dorchester do, Wingate Harbor, Dorchester County, Maryland too big. Orville told him that his brother the early 1940s was a band saw that had they all call each other ‘honey.’ ” was building him a new skipjack and a gasoline engine.” could build du Pont any boat he wanted. Du Pont visited Parks numerous times Bronza devised a big-wheeled wagon while the yacht Barbara Bacthelder, In 1955, the best way to meet Bronza he hamlet of Wingate is a loose col- Mary Parks Harding remembers a Orville, and named it after their mother. to transport his finished boats down a named for du Pont’s wife, was being was to be in the Cambridge Acme at lection of homes on the outer edge tidy community with manicured lawns Orville Parks worked the boat for two gravel lane from the shop to the water. built. “I remember the first time I went 9:30 on a Saturday morning, when he Tof the Eastern Shore where Fishing where people worked together during decades before selling it to the Museum. Harding says her father had an old, to his house,” he says. “I was going to did his grocery shopping. Du Pont says Bay laps up against the Crapo-Bishops the week, worshiped in the Methodist Although the project is just underway, hand-cranked siren salvaged from a fire head home and he said, ‘Come in and he asked the store clerk to point out Head Road in southern Dorchester church on Sundays and watched out for saving Rosie already has made a major truck that was mounted on the shop. have some supper.’ He poured scalding Bronza, and when a tall, muscular man County. The docks at Powley’s Marina, each other all of the time. impact on the Parks’ extended family. When he needed to launch a boat, he hot coffee into a cup and said ‘You like walked in, the clerk gave him the nod in “downtown” Wingate, are tired. sounded the siren and everyone who cheese in your coffee?’” “It was a fun place to grow up,” says the “It has brought our family together,” and du Pont introduced himself. heard it came to help. Castoff boat parts, old crab pots and 83-year-old matriarch of the Parks family. Harding says. “Grandchildren and “He was big. Broad shoulders locomoted worn-out trailers seem to pile higher The folks who call this part of the great-grandchildren are excited about “In the old days, he used a team of by narrow hips,” du Pont recalls. “He was every year. Chesapeake Bay home are the descen- the project.” oxen to pull the boats,” Harding says. the personification of a man who could The damp air blows through the shells dants of pioneers who pulled a living Later he used a tractor or his Ford Several family members have come to build wooden boats with a broad axe.” pickup. The back wheels of the wagon of collapsing vacant houses turned gray out of the water. Drudgin’ for arsters, the Museum to help master shipwright were steered with a long tiller and once Du Pont says he arranged to meet Bronza by the sun. A half-century ago, Wingate haulin’ seine and pulling crab pots kept Marc Barto as he directs the recon- the wagon was in place, the boats were at his shop the following Sunday to talk (pronounced WINGit) was a different them alive. But to get those fruits from struction of the skipjack. Rosie’s lines, launched sideways down logs that had about building his yacht. Over the next place. Three seafood factories lined the the sea, they needed boats and Mary trim and rig came from somewhere in been placed as slides into the water. week, a severe storm flooded southern waterfront. Local stores sold everything Harding’s father, Bronza M. Parks, knew Bronza Parks’ creative and artistic mind. Dorchester County and isolated from food, to clothing to boat supplies. how to give them a vessel that would do Six years of elementary school education “We didn’t have a boat ramp back then,” Wingate. Du Pont drove his 1936 The B.M. Parks bustling boat shop the job with form, function, and fashion. somehow gave him the knowledge he Snooks Windsor says. But despite the Oldsmobile through the deep water and dominated a large corner lot, 500 feet Wingate is the birthplace of the Museum’s needed to see a boat in three dimensions. demands of the job, Harding’s father, was the first person to reach the village from the water. famous skipjack Rosie Parks, now being “Dad never worked with drawings,” known to his friends as “Bronzie,” “People kept their houses up to a ‘T’,” restored on campus as a three-year dem- Harding says. “Some people came to established a reputation for building Irénée du Pont Jr. holds a framed photo of says life-long resident William “Snooks” onstration and education project. Bronza him once and showed him the drawings quality vessels that spread across the the yacht Barbara Batchelder, named for Windsor, who now runs Powley’s. Parks built the boat for his brother, of a boat they wanted him to build. He Chesapeake region. du Pont’s wife, built by Bronza Parks. 19 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 20 on the rail
“I had never seen that done. He had some really sharp rat-trap cheese and he put a tablespoon or more in my coffee cup and it melted out right away. That was the greatest drink I ever had.” Du Pont says Bronza never drew up plans for Barbara. “When he finished the hull he had her pulled out of the shop so he could envision her cabin lines,” he says. “He had to stand back and ‘see’ what she would look like. He was a true artist.” Mary Parks Harding remembers walking with her father in the woods, looking for trees to turn into boats. “He knew a lot of arithmetic and geometry and could look at a tree and calculate how many board feet he could get out of it,” she says. Less than two years after the Barbara Bacthelder was completed, Bronza was shot and killed in his boat shop by a customer who was upset over the cost of a boat Parks was building for him. “That was the worst thing that ever happened in Wingate,” Snooks Windsor says. Parks’ boat shop is gone now. The Lakes & Straits Volunteer Fire Company that Bronza (opposite page) Project Manager Marc Barto explains the purpose of a worm shoe to a large group of visitors. (top row, from left) Using a forklift, founded stands on its site, just down the road from the Parks Barto, along with shipwrights Jenn Kuhn and Seth Walton and several volunteers, remove the rudder. The old rudder sits side-by-side with the new homestead. But the Martha Lewis, Lady Katie and Barbara Skipjack Rosie one. Kuhn, Walton, and Barto remove the keelson. The new deadwood is installed. (bottom row, from left) The crew works to complete the transom. Batchelder are still sailing, soon to be rejoined by the Rosie Parks. During the Rosie Parks Community Work Days Program, Kuhn shows Parker White, the great-great grandson of Bronza Parks, how to make wooden sweet nails. Bronza’s great granddaughter, Katrina Smith, and her husband Greg, paint the worm shoe with anti-fouling paint. Working from the (right) Bronza Parks is Coming back of the boat forward, the crew now has a new transom in place. (below) Barto hands a young visitor a nail from Rosie Parks. Bronza’s great-great Parks stands in his grandson Parker, great-grandson Josh, and his wife Natalie White. boat yard under the bowsprits of the skipjacks Martha to Life Lewis & Rosie Parks keel that runs the length of rebuilding process to Museum in 1955. the boat. Barto says the hand- visitors. Barto quietly works (below) Bronza by Dick Cooper with photos by Tracey Munson Parks on the deck crafted sections of wood that a rusted nail free from Rosie’s of the Barbara allow the centerboard to pass hull. “Here’s a real nail from Batchelder with he Rosie Parks is starting to show major signs of through the keel were saved the Rosie Parks,” Barto says as daughter, Mary, and repaired, and the nails he hands the nail to the boy. and grandchildren recovering from her near-death experience. Board- Cande Ruark, Tby-board, nail-by-nail, the revered old skipjack, once the that had fastened them to the “Oh, he just loves this sort of Brenda Harding, pride of the Eastern Shore oyster fleet, is regaining her keel had rusted away. thing,” the mother says as her and Pres Harding, Jr. in May 1956. classic lines. Volunteers using “sweet nails,” son, speechless, cradles the Since being appointed project manager for the rebuilding wooden plugs glued into the nail in his hands as if it is a of Rosie Parks, Marc Barto, the Museum’s former vessel old nail holes, were able to Spanish doubloon. maintenance manager, has spent the last few months preserve those sections for Community members are systematically working to stabilize Rosie’s skeletal remains. reuse. The centerboard trunk is encouraged to volunteer next on the rebuilding agenda. With the help of shipwright apprentice Jennifer Kuhn and to help rebuild Rosie from Museum volunteers, Barto has rebuilt the shapely, wine- Once the hull is stabilized, 10am to 3pm every Saturday. glass transom that was first crafted by renowned Dorchester the shipwrights will begin Volunteers must be at least 16 County boat builder Bronza Parks in his Wingate shop the more detailed work of years old and have an interest 56 years ago. The old rudder was removed and used as a repairing and replacing Rosie’s in working with wood. template to build an accurate replacement. Parks never inner framework. For more information go to used blueprints or drawings to build his boats and left no On a recent afternoon, a cbmm.org and click on records of their design features to help in the reconstruc- woman and her young son are “Rosie Parks” tab or call the tion. The crew just completed repairing and replacing key listening as Kuhn explains the Museum at 410-745-2916. Photos courtesy of Pres Harding Jr. sections of the “worm shoe,” the planks that help form the 21 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log ...... the chesapeake log FALL 2011 22 calendar NEW! The James L. Stewart Memorial St. Michaels Grand Prix Sunday, November 13 12noon–4pm Free for members or with september october paid admission. $3 discount with canned food donation Charity Boat Auction Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Saturday, September 3, Labor Day Weekend Saturday, October 1 & Sunday, October 2 Come watch and join in as 10am–4pm, auction begins at 1pm (Friday, September 29, participant check-in) local residents and businesses General admission $5 per person until 1:30pm. Afterwards, 10am- 5pm. Free for members or with Museum admission compete in a race to unload regular admission rates apply. Free for members and children (See page 15) their cargo of food and beer under 6. (See page 24) from golf carts while me- 14th Annual Charity Maritime Monster Mash morializing the life of James Friday, October 21 Boating Party Gala Fundraiser L. Stewart, known by many 6-9pm; $10 members, $15 non-members Boat Auction Saturday, September 10 before his 2010 passing as Children 12 and under free 6–10pm, $175 per person the “mayor of St. Michaels.” or 14 years, Labor Day weekend has meant great deals Join the Museum for some spooky family fun with judging The Museum’s annual fundraiser includes cocktails, dinner, Proceeds from all cart sales during the event benefit the on boats to boating aficionados and first-time boat for the best costumes, games, and ‘trick-or-treats’ at various and dancing on Navy Point. For tickets, contact Director of National Diabetes Foundation. The event is free for mem- Fbuyers. More than 80 boats––ranging in size and per- exhibits. Enjoy live music, roving entertainers, magicians, and Development, René Stevenson at 410-745-4950, or email bers or with general admission. formance from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, will be costumed maritime monsters, featuring Chessie, the legendary [email protected]. “James was loved by so many,” commented event coordina- available to the highest bidder at the 1pm boat auction on sea monster said to live in the Chesapeake Bay. tor and St. Michaels restaurateur Chris Agharabi. Saturday, September 3, with all proceeds benefitting the Log Canoe Races aboard the Mister Jim CBMM Model Guild Museum. Beer and barbeque also will be on sale. Build a Crabbing Skiff “We wanted to celebrate his life in a fun and meaningful Saturday, September 10 The Museum’s Boat Donations Program Manager Lad Saturday, October 1 & Sunday, October 2 way, while drawing locals out for a great day of fun at the 10am–12noon, $20 members, $25 non-members Mills takes donations and resells boats throughout the year, Build a Half-Hull Clipper Model, Pride of Baltimore II Museum. Carts will be decorated, drivers will be swapped holding aside some of his inventory for the annual auction. Watch the log canoe races from the water during a two-hour Saturday, October 29 & Sunday, October 30 at pit stops, and the bribing of Mills travels up and down the east coast working with boat trip aboard the Mister Jim. Includes commentary from an 9am–5pm, Bay History Building race officials— if it means rais- owners and potential buyers wishing to support the Museum’s experienced log canoe team member. Space is limited and $80 for members, $95 for non-members. ing more money, might even be registration is required. Call Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941. encouraged.” mission through their boat donations and purchases. Join the Model Guild on October 1 & 2 to create a 10-inch James L. Stewart lived in St. “Beyond taking an unused or unwanted boat off people’s NEW! Member Night: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff, and on October 29 & 30 to Michaels for 17 years. He was a hands, and their receiving a nice tax deduction, the revenue build a half-hull model of the Pride of Baltimore II. From the Lazarette true renaissance man, involving generated by the auction goes directly to help the Museum Friday, September 16 All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 and up. All tools and materials himself in Chesapeake Commu- do work like maintaining its fleet of historic vessels,” says Mills. 6–8pm, free for members supplied. Pre-registration required. Call 410-745-3266 to nity College’s theater, Fall into Returning to the auction this year is a flea market-style tag register, or for more information. Learn about objects from our collection that aren’t on display. St. Michaels and Christmas in St. sale to be held from 10am to 1pm, where visitors will be Join Chief Curator Pete Lesher in the Small Boat Shed as he Michaels, and helping decorate historic properties for house able to purchase a variety of boating gear, including ground shares his selection of objects and recent acquisitions. Space is november tours. Most of all, James enjoyed racing on Redbeard with his tackle, electrical equipment, hardware, rope or chain, lad- limited, please RSVP by September 14 by emailing OysterFest friend Matt Brown Wednesday nights on the Miles River. ders, fishing tackle, and motors. There is no need to wait for auction day to see the boats, they can be viewed now [email protected], or calling 410-745-2916. He dressed the ladies of St. Michaels when he was the Saturday, November 5 by following the “Donate or Buy a Boat” link at cbmm.org. manager at Chesapeake Trading company, decorated the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance 10am–4pm. Free for members and children five and under All boats are subject to sale prior to the auction. The vessels houses of St. Michaels when he worked at Petals Flower $15 adults, $12 seniors, $6 children ages 6-17 also will be available for inspection at the Museum several Sunday, September 25 Shop, and was regarded as the “psychiatrist for St. Michaels” days prior to the auction. Advance bids can be called in to 10am–5pm. General admission $35 non-members, Celebrate the Bay oyster with live music, oysters and other while working behind the bar at Ava’s. A friend to everyone 410-745-4941 until 4pm on September 2, 2011. To donate $30 members. VIP tickets $100 (See page 25) food, children’s activities, boat rides, oyster demonstration who ever met him, Stewart died of complications from a boat or items for the tag sale, contact Lad Mills at and harvesting displays, cooking demonstrations, and an diabetes in August 2010. 410-745-4942 or at [email protected]. oyster stew competition among local restaurateurs. 23 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 24 calendar CBMM Annual Fund Honor Roll
We’re grateful to supporters whose gifts allow us to continue to preserve and share the stories, traditions, and heritage of the people who have lived, worked, and played along the Chesapeake Bay for centuries. Thank you to all our generous donors, including those listed below whose gifts were received between February 16 and July 24, 2011. Your gifts benefit the children and adults served by our special events and the Museum’s educational, exhibit, and boat restoration programs. Membership dues and paid admissions cover only a mere fraction of the Museum’s expenses. Charitable donations like these have propelled the Museum’s Annual Fund to all-time records for the past and consecutive years. Without this level of support, the Museum simply could not serve its important mission at the high level it deserves. Thank you for your support!
Abacus Technology Corporation Howard & Liz Freedlander Mark Levine & Sara Imershein Langley & Karen Shook David Adey Earl & Christina Furman John & Deborah Lindinger Kathryn Shook Virginia Albert Robert & Patricia Galloway Robert & Marsha Lonergan William & Anne Simmons Robert Alexander & Brenda Faulkner Garden Club of the Eastern Shore Robert Loughhead Needham & Lois Smith Anonymous Albert & Dagmar Gipe Charles & Dorothy Low Matt & Ann Snowling Jack & Delores Antwerpen Andrew Gray Robert & Alice Mantell Sparks Personnel CG & Nancy Appleby Anthony & Nancy Gould Max & Ruth Matteson Donald & Joann Sparks Cecil Backus, Jr. Clarence Gross Fred & Nancy Meendsen Lucy Spiegel Jeffrey & Catherine Barron Alan Hais Bill & Maxine Millar Arthur Spinetta Kathy Bernard and Barbara Kline (from the “2BoomerBabes Radio Hour” John & Carolyn Beck Steven & Anna Hall Albert & Diane Miller Hank & Linda Spire on National Public Radio) stop by the Museum for the AFAD program Bruce & Ann Bedford Alan & Shannon Hamm Priscilla Miller William & Nancy Stafford with shipwright apprentice Jenn Kuhn. James & Diane Blair Bruce & Sandy Hammonds Paul Moates & Connie Sadler Jeff & Diane Staley Andy & Susan Billipp Jim & Pam Harris Joan Murray Henry & Judy Stansbury Robert & Mary Jane Booker Benjamin Heilman Diana & Steve Mysliwiec Rene & Tom Stevenson Apprentice For a Day Public John & Bonnie Booth Andrew Heiss John and Rose Northrop Talbot Bank David & Lydia Boyer Hinckley Yacht Company Bradley & Martha Olson Alfred & Betsy Taylor Scott & Patrice Brickman Family Nelson & Martie Holtje Margaret Orem Marie & Stephen Thomas Boatbuilding Program Rainer & Jayne Bruns David Hondowicz Sumner & Frances Parker Stuart and Catherine Thompson he 5th annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance is set Fall, 2011: Smith Island Skiff Harry & Beth Burton Frank & Jane Hopkinson Robert Pastrana Ben & Margo Tilghman for Sunday, September 25. “People really enjoyed seeing CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Diane Humphrey Odis & Sarah Pendergraft Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman T Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–4pm Rick Carrion & Carly Sargent The Inn at Perry Cabin Bob & Kay Perkins Tom Tuttle these classic cars on the Museum’s waterfront campus last Joseph & Susan Casson Clifton & Florence Jackson Gale & Mary Christine Peters Alfred Tyler & Cleo Braver year,” commented Concours Chairman David North. “So Learn traditional boatbuilding under the direction of a Peter & Jane Chambliss Jerry & Pam Jana Joe & Mary Lou Peters Victor Urrutia & Anayansi Lasso-Pirot Classic Yacht Restoration Guild, Inc. Raymond Jennings Jerry & Edna Pettit Herbert & Marcy Von Goerres we’re delighted to have the Museum host the event again, Museum shipwright. The AFAD program gives partici- Heather Cook Charles Jesilionis John & Melissa Pflieger E. K. & Carol Walker and to support their worthwhile mission of sharing the pants insight into the art and craft of wooden boatbuilding. Corstone Capital Clark Johnson John Pinney & Donna Cantor Donald & Ann Walter Richard & Joan Crowley & Karen Johnson-Amritt Laurence & Bev Pratt Andrew & Alex Walworth way people have lived, worked, and played on the Bay for Through hands-on interactions, the Museum hopes visitors Gregory & Debi Devou Paul & Sonia Tudor Jones Donald & Deborah Pusey Michael & Jane Ward centuries and still do today.” become more aware of the need to keep maritime skills L. R. & Sherry Embrey Richard & Beverly Jones Burton & Anita Reiner Russell Ward Embroidered Images, LLC Sheldon & Barbara Katz William & Roselee Roberts Robert & Mary Waters The St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance is a celebration of alive for future generations. Randall Ewell Ronald Kaufman & Sandy Pudifin Joseph & Usha Robillard Bill & Amy Whitley automotive style and excellence featuring Grand Classic George & Jocelyn Eysymontt Lawrence & Jeanne Kelly David & Krista Ross Robert & Carol Williams You can be a part of the Tom & Mary Firth Richard & Karen Kimberly David & Barbara Roux Timothy & Lisa Wyman automobiles (1900-1942) along with vintage motor boats, whole 17 week process or John Fox The Kresge Foundation Sailing Club of the Chesapeake The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation art, fashion, and enjoyment. New to this year’s event is an just sign up for those aspects Sheila Lanahan Robert & Helena Savage automobile class featuring post-World War II sports and of building that you want racing cars through 1960. to learn. The work you do Concours includes several participant-only events begin- depends on what phase of ning on Friday, September, 23, with a golf tournament at the construction process Harbourtowne Golf Resort and Conference Center in the boats are in when you St. Michaels. Saturday, September 24, features a tour of participate, and your expe- automobiles from St. Michaels to the Robert Morris Inn in rience level. Oxford, followed by a gala fundraising dinner. The skiffs built are for sale Museum admission for Sunday’s event, which takes place to support continuation of from 10am to 4pm on September 25, is $30 for Museum the AFAD program. All of the wooden boats are of tradi- members and $35 for non-members, with all proceeds tional design and construction, both practical and built to benefiting the historic boat restoration and educational last. Participants must be 16 or older unless accompanied programs of the Museum. by an adult. $35 members and $45 non-members. All For participant information, tickets to the gala fundraising materials and tools are provided. Advance registration not dinner, or more information on Sunday’s event, visit required. For information, call 410-745-2916 and ask to smcde.org or call 410-745-4978. speak to someone in the boat yard. (from left) Plein Air Easton! artist David Diaz of Annapolis, MD, paints the museum’s draketail Martha up on the rail. Plein Air Easton! artist Charles Dickinson of St. Augustine, FL, paints the Rosie Parks. 25 FALL 2011 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log FALL 2011 26 Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Navy Point P.O.Box 636 St. Michaels, MD 21663 cbmm.org
CBMM’s Boat Donation Program Annual Charity Boat Auction Labor Day Weekend: Saturday, September 3 10am–4 pm, auction begins at 1pm
Boating experts and novices alike have the same opportunity to bid on the boat of their dreams! Offering everything from wooden rowing skiffs to classic sailboats and modern power cruisers. See page 24 for details! Featured Boat: 1984 Corbin 39 Motorsailor
This rare find is completely rebuilt to very high standards with a new Volvo 40 horsepower Saildrive––a true bluewater cruiser. This boat includes roller furling, solar charging, wind generator, autopilot, refrigeration, and more. Comes with a 10-foot inflatable dinghy. The Museum receives donated boats throughout the year, ranging in size and function, from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, from canoes to crabbing skiffs. Boats donated to the Museum offer buyers boats for a fraction of the cost of buying a new or used one at retail. For further information about the Museum’s boat donation program, or if you’re looking for a particular boat, contact Boat Donations Program Manager Lad Mills at 410-745-4942, or by email at [email protected].