SPRING/SUMMER 2015 Mission Statement Museum Staff The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and exploring the President Guest Services, Development & Museum Store spring/summer 2015 history, environment and people of the Kristen L. Greenaway, 4951 René Stevenson, Vice President of Constituent Services, 4950 contents Jen Matthews, Major Gifts Officer, 4959 Chesapeake Bay. Gambrill Foster, Executive Assistant Debbie Collison, Membership Manager, 4991 & Human Resources Manager, 4955 Museum Values Julie Barnett, Development Administrator, 4995 Relevance. We provide meaningful and Preservation & Interpretation Megan Kennedy, Guest Services & Marina Manager, 4945 Sara McCafferty, Museum Store Manager, 4963 accessible experiences to everyone who Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 Emily Short, Assistant Museum Store Manager, 4962 cares about our Mission—all of our Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 5 18 20 communities and constituencies. Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 Finance Allison Speight, Education Assistant, 4941 Authenticity. We seek genuinely to Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958 Eric Applegarth, Exhibition Specialist, 4945 Craig Atwood, Director of Finance, 4985 represent the people and cultures whose Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 stories we preserve and tell. Patti Miller, Staff Accountant, 4957 Boatyard Stewardship. We value the priceless assets Operations Michael Gorman, Boatyard Manager, 4968 Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949 entrusted to us and accept their preserva- Jennifer Kuhn, Boatyard Program Manager, 4980 John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 tion and enhancement as our paramount Joe Connor, Vessel Maintenance Assistant Lad Mills, Boat Donation Program Director, 4942 responsibility—our collections, our campus Brooke Ricketts, Shipwright Apprentice Todd Taylor, Boat Donation Program Manager, 4990 and facilities, our financial resources and James Delaguila, Shipwright Apprentice Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 the volunteers and staff who perform our Communications & Special Events Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 Mission and make our Museum the rich enterprise it is. Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 Marie Thomas, Communications & Art Director, 4953 Sign up to receive Navy Point News Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & Volunteer Program, 4956 featuring announcements and infor- Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 mation about our programs, festivals, To contact any staff listed above, dial 410-745, and the number listed. exhibitions and more. To email, use first initial and full last [email protected]. Email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list or sign up online at cbmm.org. 2015 Board of Governors

CONNECT WITH US: Richard C. Tilghman, Jr., Chair Lelde Schmitz Henry Stansbury, Vice Chair Richard Snowdon Alfred Tyler, 2nd James P. Harris, Treasurer Carolyn H. Williams Richard J. Bodorff, Secretary Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Diane Staley, Officer at Large 213 North Talbot St. #636 Emeriti St. Michaels, MD 21663 Schuyler Benson 410-745-2916 | cbmm.org Paul Berry Richard T. Allen Harry W. Burton CG Appleby HOURS: William B. Carter Howard S. Freedlander May to October, 9am-5pm William S. Dudley Alan R. Griffith November to April, 10am-4pm David E. Dunn Margaret D. Keller Dagmar D. P. Gipe Breene M. Kerr On the cover: Leeds Hackett Richard H. Kimberly 4 PRESIDENT’S LETTER 11 LIFELINES 27 ON THE RAIL Charles L. Lea, Jr. E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. by Kristen L. Greenaway Meet Your Executive Committee NPS surveys log bottom bugeye, African-American sailmaker Downes Curtis’ Christopher A. Havener, Jr. D. Ted Lewers, MD by Jen Matthews Edna E. Lockwood; Martha, Winnie, sewing machine, bench and tools are featured Robert N. Hockaday, Jr. Fred C. Meendsen Volunteer Profile: Carol Kilbourn and a new log canoe. in our new exhibition, A Broad Reach: 50 Years Francis Hopkinson, Jr. John C. North II CURRENTS 5 by Tracey Munson of Collecting. Digital image by David W. Harp Fred Israel Sumner Parker Chesapeake Swan Song exhibition Robert A. Perkins © Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Richard J. Johnson opens; Chautauqua Summer Series CALENDAR Peter M. Kreindler Joseph E. Peters returns to St. Michaels this July; FEATURES 29 Editors: Marie Thomas & Tracey Munson Deborah Lawrence James K. Peterson 14 Woodworking workshops, Creative Director: Marie Thomas Museum launches new boat rental Elizabeth S. Loker Norman H. Plummer A Broad Reach: log canoe cruises, kayak trips, Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher program; ALL honors exceptional Frank C. Marshall, Jr. Henry H. Spire 50 Years of Collecting Summer Kids Club, Boater members; CBMM welcomes new staff. Contributing Writers: Patrice Miller James E. Thomas by Pete Lesher Safety Courses, Party on the Ann DeMart, Kristen Greenaway, Geoffrey F. Oxnam Joan Darby West Point, Antique & Classic Boat Jen Matthews, Pete Lesher, Bruce A. Ragsdale Donald G. Whitcomb Jay Fleming: Photographing the Festival, Big Band Night, Charity Kate Livie, Tracey Munson. Charles A. Robertson Once and Future Bay Boat Auction and more! The Chesapeake Log is a publication of D. Bruce Rogers by Kate Livie the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. S. Stevens Sands

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by Kate Livie

Reflecting on the changes the Museum has seen since its humble beginnings The story of the evolving in 1965, I have a great deal of respect for the people who have transformed relationship between the this very special place over the last 50 years. People who love the Chesapeake people and swans of the Bay—its way of life and its history—have supported our work as members, Chesapeake Bay will be told volunteers, and donors. In return, we have grown from a few houses and through a curated collection artifacts shared with a handful of guests, to today’s large waterfront campus, of decoys, photographs, and an extensive collection of objects and historic boats, and nearly 70,000 artifacts in a new exhibition, annual guests inspired by our efforts. We have also grown our programming, Chesapeake Swan Song: From with a new on-the-water program being introduced this summer that I am Commodity to Conservation, particularly excited about. opening to the general public On May 23, 2015, CBMM’s Navy Point will transform into festival on Saturday, April 11, 2015 grounds with Party on the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay. Complete and continuing through April with the live Motown sounds of the XPDs, great regional food and drink, 3, 2016. family activities, and boat rides on many of our historic craft—you are The exhibition is generously invited to join the party as we kick off a year-long celebration of the sponsored by Guyette & Museum’s 50th anniversary. Please mark your calendar and make plans to Deeter—the world’s leading bring your family, neighbors, and friends to enjoy the festivities with our decoy auction firm—Judy

PHOTO BY GRAHAM SCOTT-TAYLOR PHOTO Museum community. (You can read more about this festival on page 32.) and Henry Stansbury, and Party on the Point also marks the public opening of a major new exhibition, Gourmet by the Bay in St. A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting, featuring 50 significant objects in the Michaels, MD. Museum’s collection—some never before seen by the public. The exhibition Over the last 150 years, will be presented on both floors of the Steamboat building, and continues the population and perception of swans has dramatically through March 2016. Accompanied by a commemorative catalogue, A Broad changed within the Chesapeake region. These magnificent Reach is sponsored by many of the Museum’s most generous supporters. waterfowl—today valued for their aesthetic beauty and This summer, more people will get out on the water with us in meaningful rarity—were once part of the Bay’s commercial harvest. ways, with expanded, special cruises aboard Winnie Estelle, and the launch Hunted for sport, food, and feathers, the Chesapeake’s of a new boat rental program, lasting all summer long. Now you will have plummeting swan population became protected by the the opportunity to sail, row, or paddle one of our wonderful wooden small Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Since then, PS. Be sure to visit our newly craft for as little as an hour or a full day, for a fun, Chesapeake experience. the Bay’s swans have become treasured ornaments, redesigned website at cbmm.org, Private sailing lessons are also being introduced; for more details about inspiring artists, bird watchers, and photographers. these programs, see page 31. They have also become a source of controversy, provoking offering easier navigation, CBMM donors should feel confident knowing their philanthropic bitter debate in the early twenty-first century as the State updated calendar of events, lists support makes these new programs and many others possible. CBMM is a of Maryland sought to control the proliferating population of boats for sale, and much more. vibrant, growing institution, thanks to the engagement of our staff, volunteers, of invasive mute swans. For thousands of years, two native swan species— (top) Two boys c. 1910 with swan hunted in the Easton, MD area. While there, sign up for our members, donors, and most importantly, our guests. Thank you for your part From the collection of C. John Sullivan. in making these first 50 years so inspiring. As we chart the Museum’s course tundra and trumpeter—have migrated from the Arctic e-newsletter, Navy Point News, (bottom) Decoys like this Barnes/Holly will be joined by other examples for the next 50 years, we know we will need your support. I look forward to to the protected coves of the Chesapeake Bay. Flying from around the Chesapeake Bay. so you’ll always have the latest sharing more of the Museum’s plans in the future. For now, please enjoy this south in white wedges, their arrival signified sustenance information on our programs, issue of The Chesapeake Log, and plan on joining us on May 23, 2015, for our for the Bay’s native tribes and later, for the colonists who new exhibition opening and Party on the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the scratched out a living along the Bay’s tributaries. In the festivals, and exhibitions! Bay. We cannot wait to “wow” you! nineteenth century, equipped with accurate, inexpensive firearms, hunters harvested more swans than ever before, shipping birds to Baltimore for fancy suppers. continued on page 6 4 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 5 currents

The snowy white feathers were in high demand in New York and London, where they were used to decorate STAY CONNECTED Chautauqua Summer women’s hats, and made into powder puffs and foamy slippers. To entice the birds within range, carvers throughout the Chesapeake crafted huge swan decoys, Join our email lists Series returns to from crude to elaborate, that mimicked swans feeding, swimming, and preening. St. Michaels this July The best way to stay up-to-date with the The high demand for swans and ever-more-efficient latest news on CBMM programs and events! hunting techniques took a dramatic toll. The population of the trumpeter and then the tundra swan began to We continually update our schedule of programs, events, and workshops, and while we try to plummet, and their distinctive calls, once booming in From 7-9pm on July 13, 14, and 15, the Chautauqua include as many activities as possible in each concert, became now a rare sound on the Chesapeake’s Summer Series returns for its second year to the campus of This year’s theme features living history performances of athletes Babe issue of The Chesapeake Log, new and frozen waterways. It would take the collaborative effort of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. This Maryland Ruth, Wilma Rudolph, and Jim Thorpe. Illustration by Tom Chalkley. exciting events develop every day. Canada and the United States to protect them, with the Humanities Council (MHC) series presents important two countries creating legislation to protect the region’s historical figures through living history performances, and native swans as part of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Join our email lists! is offered free and open to the public for audiences of all Act. That conservation law, which also protected bald • Visit cbmm.org and sign-up online ages. This year’s theme is “Sporting Lives” and features On your next visit, ask eagles and barn owls, transformed the trumpeter and • email [email protected] for general enews Olympic track and field champion Wilma Rudolph on tundra swan populations from food items to conserved • email [email protected] for member enews July 13, baseball legend Babe Ruth on July 14, and versatile about our guest survey! species, overnight. Swan was dropped from restaurant athlete and Olympian Jim Thorpe on July 15. The menus, and swan feather hats would no longer be on Chautauqua Summer Series at the Museum is generously stylish display along 5th Avenue or Piccadilly. underwritten by Karen and Langley Shook, St. Michaels Throughout much of the twentieth century, the Running Festival, and the St. Michaels Art League. Chesapeake’s native swan population has been protected, A Chautauqua performance is a historical dramatization shot with birders’ high-tech cameras instead of guns. featuring individuals who are part scholar and part actor. But an introduced species from Europe, the mute swan, Each performance is broken into three acts, where the sent ripples through the pond. In 1962, five pet mute performer represents a historical figure in the first person, swans escaped from a Talbot County estate where they then invites audience questions; and in the final act, steps had been introduced as an elegant addition to the pastoral out of character to answer questions the historical figure scenery. The Chesapeake Bay proved an all-too- could not have been able to answer. welcoming environment. The population of mute swans “Chautauqua” was the name for the Chautauqua Lake You can win a two-night stay at the mushroomed in the late twentieth century, and the area in upstate New York, where the movement began prolific, beautiful impostors formed year-round residential in 1874 as a Methodist summer retreat. A wide range of ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN MARINA & SPA! flocks, devouring Bay grasses and dominating shorelines religious lectures and educational programs attracted a Provide your email address to our Welcome Center or that once welcomed native swans arriving from Canada. huge following. As it evolved, the Chautauqua movement Museum Store staff, and after your visit you’ll receive a But the public perception of all swans as treasured presented the latest in thinking in politics, economics, link to an online survey regarding your visit to the ornaments, invasive or not, remained entrenched. Furious literature, science, and religion. MHC launched the Museum. Your responses to the survey remain anonymous. public debate was sparked over the State of Maryland’s modern Chautauqua program in Maryland in 1995. initiatives to control the mute swan population. The Chautauqua Summer Series at CBMM is free and Just for providing your email, you’ll receive a Swans, huge and elegant, have come to represent our open to the public, with guests encouraged to bring chairs 10% discount in the Museum Store. and blankets for seating. All performances are held on evolving ideas regarding the Chesapeake environment. With the submission of a completed survey, From a source of sustenance to a driver of mass harvest, the lawn of Fogg’s Landing, near the Museum’s Steamboat you’re automatically entered to win the two-night stay. a creature of conservation to a provocative invasive, Building. In the event of rain, performances will be held The winner will be announced in January 2016. swans convey the changing story of the Chesapeake’s in the Van Lennep Auditorium. hunting culture. No registration is required. For more information, visit Don’t miss the Members Night Preview Opening of cbmm.org or call 410-745-2916. Additional information For more information about the this new exhibition on Friday, April 10. More details can about the Chautauqua Summer Series can be found at St. Michaels Harbour Inn Marina & Spa, visit harbourinn.com or call 410-745-9001. be found in the calendar on page 29. mdhc.org.

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by Ann DeMart This summer, the Museum will bring more people out on the water with a unique boat rental program that launches June 10. Built over the years in CBMM’s Boatyard through The Academy for Lifelong Learning’s programs have been the Apprentice for a Day program, the fleet of boats includes enhancing the lives of area residents for nearly 15 years. wooden kayaks and traditional rowing and sailing small Members of the CBMM-affiliated organization, enjoy craft that are perfect for one to two people. For partici- pants wishing to sail but without basic sailing experience, courses and field trips on topics as diverse as United States we also offer private sailing lessons. and world history, digital photography, railroads, airships, “We’re a Museum that brings people closer to the assistance. Life jackets will be provided. Sign-ups and newspapers, international affairs, philosophy, gardening, Chesapeake Bay, so getting people out on the water for a payment will be taken at the Museum’s Welcome Center, literature, music, math, and more. first-hand experience makes great sense,” said Museum with walk-ins welcome. Boats will be launched from the All of these programs are conceived, planned, and led President Kristen Greenaway. “Having this program means Museum’s floating docks, located near the Steamboat by volunteers. Their commitment and hard work epitomizes more of our members and guests can enjoy the Chesapeake’s Building along the Fogg’s Cove side of campus. Participation the organization’s mission: to explore ideas, exchange waters for some great fun, while we add one more level of is limited by the number of boats available, with reserva- knowledge, and share experiences. authenticity to our guest experience.” tions also available. Recently, ALL honored its founders and other members Hourly and daily private sailing lessons will also be The seed money for the new program has been funded whose exceptional service have made the organization offered this summer, with CBMM instructors teaching through the generosity of donors to the Jim Greenaway not only possible but also successful. The names of the (top, left to right) Chip Britt, Fred Parker, Bob Feldhuhn, John Valliant, Memorial Fund, named after Kristen Greenaway’s late everything from basic to advanced sailing techniques. honorees are engraved on a plaque, which was presented Tom Hollingshead, John Ford, Helen Van Fleet, Dorothy Parker, Frank father, an avid sailor, furniture manufacturer and boat- Vessels will be provided by CBMM’s boat rental program, Downing, Jerry Friedman, John Miller, Ron Lesher. at ALL’s annual meeting and winter social on January 15, builder, who passed away this January. In his honor, boats with small wooden and fiberglass craft available. Families (bottom, left to right) Stephen Goldman, Sam Barnett, Glory Aiken. 2015, by ALL President Robert Lonergan and Membership in the program will be named after many of those that he with children over the age of 8 are encouraged to partici- built and sailed throughout his lifetime. pate in private sailing lessons. Life jackets will be provided for Chair Beverly Martin. “I was very touched when the donors announced they all participants. Five days advanced registration is required The plaque, which will be displayed at the Chesapeake had set up the fund,” said Greenaway. “My father instilled for sailing lessons. Bay Maritime Museum, includes the names of ALL During the annual meeting portion of the event, ALL a love of the water in me and my siblings while we were founders: Carole Andersen, Neil Andersen, Jim Austin, members elected Sam Barnett as Vice President. He will growing up in New Zealand, so I know he’d be quite PROGRAM DETAILS Frank Downing, Edee Fenimore, Jake Fisher, John serve with other officers: Robert Lonergan, President; proud to see his legacy continuing here along the Chesapeake Boat Rental Hourly Rates: Ford, Marian Frank, Norm Frank, Buck Guthrie, Tom John Ford, Secretary, and Brice Gamber, Treasurer. Bay through this generosity.” $20 CBMM members, $30 non-members for sailing vessels Hollingshead, Jerry Land, Bob Leahy, Annabel Lesher, Members also approved two new board members, Starting June 10 and continuing Wednesdays through $10 CBMM members, $20 for rowing/paddling vessels Peter Max, John Miller, Al Naeny, Dorothy Parker, Fred Glory Aiken and Stephen Goldman, another term for Sundays until August 30, hourly rental reservations can Boat Rental Daily Rates: Parker, Betsy Perry, John Valliant, and Bob Whitlock. Tom Hollingshead, and appointed Helen Van Fleet, who be made from 10am to 4pm, with all boats returning to the $100 CBMM members, $160 non-members for sailing vessels Honor Roll members have served at least six terms had previously served on the board in her role as ALL’s Museum’s docks no later than 5pm. $50 CBMM members, $100 non-member for rowing/paddling vessels on the board or led six courses, or performed a total of registrar. A full list of board and executive committee “You can take one of our boats out for as little as one ten years of any combination of the two services. These members is available on the website, cbmm.org/all. hour to an entire day,” said CBMM Boatyard Program Private Sailing Lessons (up to four participants per session) members are Sam Barnett, Fanita Bartoo, Ron Batistoni, ALL invites the public to its spring social and course Manager Jennifer Kuhn. “For our guests, it’s a great way to $50 per hour presentation on Thursday, April 9, 2015, 4-6pm in the experience some of the nicest, handmade wooden boats in $300 per person for a full-day lesson, from 10am-4pm Art Bounds, Chip Britt, Ted Clark, Esty Collet, Stephen Van Lennep Auditorium. Classes begin April 13, 2015. the world.” Conn, Bob Feldhuhn, Jerry Friedman, John Gillespie, Boat rental participants must be 16 years of age or older, For more information about our boat rental program or Sheldon Goldgeier, Phillip Hesser, Joan Katz, Carol For more information and to receive ALL’s catalogue, with minors accompanied by an adult, unless a boater sailing lessons, contact Allison Speight at [email protected] Kilbourn, Al Kubeluis, Ron Lesher, Bob Lippson, Robyn please call Allison Speight at 410-745-4941. A listing of safety certificate is presented. All participants must also or 410-745-4941. In the event of small craft warnings or Mendelsohn, George Merrill, Margo Miller, Barbara current courses can be downloaded from our website. be physically able to get in and out of a small boat without inclement weather, the programs will be canceled. Reisert, and Helen Van Fleet. ALL is also on Facebook.

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by Jen Matthews

Gambrill Foster of St. Michaels, MD has joined the Museum as Executive Assistant and Human Resources Who are the men and women who contribute their time Manager. Foster’s responsibilities include managing the in support of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum hiring process for seasonal and full-time staff, working by serving on the Museum’s Board of Governors? Over with higher educational institutions for intern and the next few issues of The Chesapeake Log, we will profile apprentice recruitment, and facilitating benefit adminis- members of the Board of Governors. The Board has tration for CBMM staff. Working directly with CBMM fiduciary and governance responsibility for the Museum. President Kristen Greenaway, Foster will also assist with The five-person Executive Committee’s primary function development initiatives, Board relations, community is to guide Board decisions and make recommendations outreach and other activities related to daily operations. for full Board approval. (top, left to right) Henry Stansbury, CBMM President Kristen Greenaway, Prior to joining the Museum, Foster worked in the The Executive Committee is represented by Richard Richard Tilghman, and Richard Bodorff. Not pictured are Jim Harris and philanthropy sector, most recently with Arabella Advisors Diane Staley. (top, left to right) Gambrill Foster, Sara McCafferty, Emily Short. Tilghman, Chair; Henry Stansbury, Vice-Chair; Jim Harris, in their Washington, D.C. office. She spent two years as (bottom, left to right) Todd Taylor, Jen Matthews. Treasurer; Richard Bodorff, Secretary; and Diane Staley, a United States Peace Corps education volunteer in Officer at Large. Karkaralinsk, Kazakhstan. Foster earned her bachelor degrees in Art History and Spanish from the University of Richard Tilghman has been a Board Member since Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. 2009. He graduated from University of Maryland Law where he was responsible for the Global Polymers organi- Jennifer Matthews of Stevensville, MD has joined as School in 1975 and joined the law firm of Piper & Marbury zation. In addition, he oversaw the company’s marketing Major Gifts Officer. Matthews will be working closely Emily Short of Cambridge, MD has joined as Museum in Baltimore a year later, following a clerkship with activities. Harris earned a degree in Chemical Engineering with CBMM President Kristen Greenaway to lead several Store Assistant Manager, where she is applying her ten- Maryland Court of Appeals. In 1981, he became partner from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA fundraising efforts, including spearheading a major campaign plus years’ experience in retail, customer service, and sales. and was co-head of the firm’s Corporate and Securities from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. that coincides with the Museum’s upcoming 50th anniversary. In the position, Short is responsible for managing the Practice Group until he retired to the Eastern Shore at the Harris joined Exxon in 1972, and held a number of Prior to joining the Museum, Matthews worked for five online store, as well as working in customer service, merchan- end of 2005. He currently manages Wye House, the family’s management positions in the company’s Polymers and years in fundraising for Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dising, and inventory. Short first became connected to historic farm near Tunis Mills, where he and his wife, Intermediates businesses in Europe and the United States, organizations. She most recently served as Philanthropy the Chesapeake Bay in 1983, after moving to the Eastern Beverly, reside with their daughter, Elizabeth. including President of Exxon Chemical Europe. Georgia Specialist with Eastern Shore Land Conservancy. Matthews Shore from New Jersey, and later earned a criminal justice Henry Stansbury also joined the Board in 2009, and Tech named Harris to the Academy of Distinguished graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2009, associate of applied science degree from Chesapeake College. has been involved with the Museum since 2001. Stansbury Engineering Graduates in 1996, and the Engineering Hall with a major in Theatre and a minor in Film and Media studies. Longtime yachting professional Todd Taylor of Easton, has been a Director of the Bay National Corporation since of Fame in 2011. He and his wife, Pam, have split their Sara McCafferty of Easton, MD, has joined as Museum MD has joined as Boat Donation Program Manager. In 1999, and a Director of Bay National Bank since 2000, time between homes in Royal Oak, MD, Houston, TX, this new position, Taylor will work closely with CBMM Store Manager, where she will draw upon her retail, where he currently serves on the bank’s Executive Committee. and their South Texas Ranch. Jim’s hobbies include golf, Boat Donation Director Lad Mills to further enhance the customer service and sales experience, including her most Beginning in 1975, Stansbury served as the Chief hunting, boating, and model trains. recent position as the manager of Chico’s in Queenstown, program. Taylor will leverage his industry network to promote Executive Officer of Agency Insurance Company of Richard Bodorff joined the Board in 2011, and has been MD. As Museum Store Manager, McCafferty is responsi- awareness of CBMM’s boat donation program, while Maryland, Inc., a privately owned property and casualty involved with the Museum since 2007. He is a Partner soliciting boat and yacht donations and actively marketing ble for leading all aspects of CBMM’s retail operations, with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., representing those vessels to the public. insurance company. He is Past President of the National including sales and customer service, purchasing, product radio and television licenses before the Federal Communi- development, visual merchandising, inventory management, Taylor became connected to the Chesapeake Bay as a Association of Premium Finance Companies. In 2001, he cations Commission, and specializes in obtaining approval and management of store staff and volunteers. boat captain in the mid-1980s and has been a resident of relinquished his CEO titles to his son, John, yet retains for the purchase and sale of broadcast properties. Bodorff McCafferty earned her liberal arts degree and paralegal the area for the past 20 years. He graduated with honors the title of Chairman. Stansbury is a passionate collector graduated with a degree in English Literature at Denison studies certificate from Chesapeake College. McCafferty’s with a degree in business management from the University of decoys and a member of several decoy collecting clubs. University and a JD from Vanderbilt University School of professional experience includes co-founding and directing of New Hampshire and is a current member of the Tred In addition, he is the author of two books as well as Law. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the sales for Sophisticated Socials of Easton, MD and serving as Avon Yacht Club in Oxford, MD. He has served as a board numerous articles on waterfowl heritage. Regional Program Coordinator with Shore Health System’s member with the Yacht Brokers Association of America Jim Harris joined the Board in 2011, and has been Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation. Shore Regional Breast Center. and the Marine Industry Technical Education Council. involved with the Museum since 1993. He retired in 2010 as continued on page 12

10 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 11 Snapshots to Selfies: In 2016, CBMM is opening 50 YEARS OF CHESAPEAKE SUMMERS an exhibition all about you! Volunteer Profile

Your personal photos and family memories from the by Tracey Munson last 50 summers on the Bay—fishing, sailing, lounging on the beach, catching crabs—will be displayed for the public to enjoy as part of a new exhibition, Snapshots to Selfies: 50 Years of Chesapeake Summers. In the Museum’s earliest days, Carol Kilbourn supported the Museum as a volunteer—a role she continues to hold Snapshots to Selfies submissions must: today, and one that is revered among multiple generations • Document a summer moment in her family. Carol grew up in suburban Philadelphia, • Be taken during or after 1965 and first experienced the Chesapeake Bay while cruising • Feature the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries with family friends in her youth. In the late 1940s, she was • Include a person (no landscapes, please!) dating G. Rex Kilbourn, Jr., who, as a United States Naval • You can be an amateur or professional photographer Academy First Classman, had a yawl command and would often sail with Carol to ports around the Annapolis area, Individuals can submit up to three photos, along with including St. Michaels. a brief explanation of the stories behind your photos. They later married and had four children, and through To become a part of Snapshots to Selfies, bring your a combined love of “antiques and old things,” purchased submissions to our May 23 Party at the Point festival historic Long Point in Neavitt in 1966, an early eighteenth (more information about the event on page 32), or upload century home that overlooks Balls Creek and Broad Creek, them online at cbmm.org/snapshots. Photos may be and in the distance, the Choptank River. They would make submitted through November 30, 2015. Long Point their summer home before moving permanently in 1981. In 1967, Carol and Rex were invited to the Museum as guests of then-President Jim Holt. Holt already knew of Carol’s volunteer work in Philadelphia with Independence Hall, Junior League, and a tutoring program for Volunteer Carol Kilbourn. continued from page 11 Philadelphia’s Public Schools, so when he asked her to Shop the Museum Store help lead a volunteer program for the Museum, Carol your homeport for maritime merchandise and more! showed initial concern with only being in St. Michaels for “Carol has volunteered at the Museum almost as long as Bordorff and his wife, Ellen, own a home off Shipshead the summer months but then promptly agreed, “Sure, I’ll it has existed, and continues to do so today,” said CBMM Creek and have been avid Chesapeake Bay boat owners do what I can.” Facilities Manager John Ford. “The amount of time she for nearly 30 years. Along with Barbara and Hank Luykx, Carol was has invested in CBMM is testimonial enough, but all that Diane Staley has been involved with CBMM since instrumental in starting the Museum’s volunteer program time was spent productively supporting this Museum and 2004, and joined the Board in 2012. Staley has 25 years of that today draws more than 250 individuals from through- its staff in every way she could. I have been fortunate to marketing, advertising, strategic communications, public out the Chesapeake region. Since that time, Carol’s work directly with Carol, to experience first-hand her relations, sales and event experience in corporate and volunteer service has included working as a docent exuberance and dedication, and have benefited greatly advertising agency executive positions. In 2002, she interpreter—with Watermen’s Wharf her favorite from it. She has always been and continues to be a great retired as Senior Vice President, Interactive Marketing for exhibition to share with groups of children especially— friend to CBMM and to all of us who work here.” AOL/Time Warner. as well as in the formation and on the Board of the “I love meeting all the people and helping them to enjoy Staley received her Journalism degree from Purdue shop.cbmm.org Academy for Lifelong Learning. the things that I enjoy,” said Carol. “The Museum fills a University and her MS degree in Public Relations/Mass Books, apparel, jewelry, housewares, burgees, She served as President of the Volunteer Association, wonderful niche and provides an eye for people to see and Communications from Boston University. While at and on the Board of Governors for the Museum, among appreciate the Chesapeake Bay. And volunteering is a Purdue, she was awarded the Eugene Pulliam scholarship keepsakes, and more! Become a CBMM Member other roles. Carol now happily volunteers as the self-pro- great service—it helps kids find focus and older volunteers for the most outstanding student in journalism. She and and receive a Museum Store Discount. claimed “Weekly Weeder,” tending to the gardens and find friends.” her husband, Jeff, live in Bozman, MD and are keen blue landscaping throughout the Museum's campus. Carol also To learn more about volunteering at the Museum, contact water and coastal sailors. Shop in person or online at shop.cbmm.org volunteers with the Talbot Hospice House and Christ Director of Events & Volunteer Programming Melissa Spielman Church in St. Michaels. at 410-745-4956 or email [email protected]. 410-745-4963 | [email protected]

12 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 13 African-American sailmaker Downes Curtis’ bench and tools are featured in the exhibition. Photo by David W. Harp A Broad Reach: © Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 50 Years of Collecting

by Pete Lesher

Sailmakers Albert (left) and Downes Curtis attach sail slides to the mainsail for a Hampton One Design in their Oxford sail loft. Photo by H. Robins Hollyday, 1945, courtesy of Talbot Historical Society.

From gilded eagles to a sailmaker’s sewing machine, a log-built bugeye to an intimate scene of St. Michaels crab pickers, A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting, opening Saturday, May 23, 2015 in the Steamboat Building, showcases treasures of the Museum’s collection from the last half century. The challenge of whittling down a collection containing 60,000 objects, manuscripts, historic photographs, and more to 50 outstanding items was both monumental and delightful. Objects and images were unearthed with white gloves from their protected places in storage, with each assessed for its meaning, beauty, and relevance. In selecting these objects, the Museum looked for artifacts that represent the full breadth of the collection and our mission.

14 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THETHE CHESAPEAKECHESAPEAKE LOGLOG SPRING/SUMMERSPRING/SUMMER 20152015 1515 A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting will feature those with the richest stories to tell, from a humble fire axe to a buxom figurehead. Some will be arresting, some will be transcendent—all will explore the Chesapeake and its changing environment and culture over the last 50 years. Some of the objects in A Broad Reach represent bygone Chesapeake trades that have all but disappeared in recent years. The art of traditional, hand-crafted sailmaking is one of those. Oxford, MD native Downes Curtis learned sail- making as a youth from the town’s old English sailmaker David Pritchard. When Pritchard died, his African-American apprentice, Curtis, took over the business. After rescuing most of his tools from a 1943 fire, Curtis moved his shop to the town’s (top) Boatbuilder Bronza Parks former black schoolhouse, where he continued working constructed Martha in 1934. until his death in 1996. Curtis built sails for some of the Photo 1955, by Robert Burgess. Collection of the Chesapeake Bay area’s best racing yachtsmen, including a number of log Maritime Museum. canoe sailors. (opposite page, top) CBMM Shipwrights While much of his work was done on his sewing move Martha in front of the Hooper machine, Curtis used his sailmaker’s bench and hand Strait Lighthouse at the Museum. tools for specialized jobs, like working a cringle into the Photo 2013 by Tracey Munson © Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. corner of a sail. Curtis’ tools and equipment remind us of the artisanry and skill developed by maritime craftsmen during (opposite page, bottom left) Chesapeake Bay ferryboat captain Daniel G. Higgin’s the years when spirited recreational sailing competition on uniform hat and jacket. Photo by the Bay kept the sewing machines in sail lofts humming. David W. Harp © Chesapeake Bay Of course, those sails also required boats— hardly a Maritime Museum. rarity in the working Chesapeake during the early twentieth (opposite page, bottom right) century. The Museum maintains the largest collection of Captains Gardner F., Edward C., and Daniel G. Higgins c.1950. indigenous Chesapeake Bay watercraft in the world, some Photographer unknown. Collection of the of them still maintained afloat, so several are represented Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Gift in the exhibition. of the Rev. and Mrs. Daniel G. Higgins, Jr. With pretty sterns that looked like motor racers, dove- tail boats were designed in the early 1900s to accommodate gasoline engines. Martha was built by Bronza Parks in 1934 for $350 and named for the owner’s daughter, Martha Lewis. The vessel was used for oyster tonging and trotlin- ing for crabs. A familiar sight in Dorchester County, this Bay Bridge opened in 1952, the Chesapeake Bay Ferry type of boat has many nicknames, and is also referred to System connected the opposite shores of the Bay. Daniel G. as a ducktail, draketail, torpedo-stern, or Hoopers Island Higgins Sr. started working for the ferry in 1919, and three launch, after the island where it originates. Although years later, at age 30, became the youngest ferry captain. Martha was undoubtedly a boat that worked hard, her He wore a blue wool hat and coat as part of his uniform. elegant, long lines and beautifully-finished details make Higgins, the senior captain on the ferry system in its final her an exceptional addition to our A Broad Reach high- years, was allowed to choose which boat he wanted to lights, as a perfect marriage of form and function. captain. Higgins elected to command the smallest and The Chesapeake still supports commercial fisheries and slowest boat in the fleet,Gov. Emerson C. Harrington II, the workboats that service them, but some of the stories which, although not the most prestigious vessel, ran a told in A Broad Reach are of industries and traditions that route to his tiny hometown of Claiborne, MD. Stories are now part of the Bay’s past. Chesapeake ferries, once of the Chesapeake’s ferries evoke the connections among an essential component of regional transportation for people across the Bay over time, but also about the way thousands, are a perfect example. Until the Chesapeake the Bay can isolate the Eastern Shore.

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chesapeake As a CBMM member, you receive tangible benefits, including free legacy or reduced admission, discounts, and boating privileges at our members-only marina. Membership dues cover much of the Museum’s day-to-day operations, so you are helping to keep our lights on and find out how [email protected] exhibitions open.

Inspired by what they experienced on the Chesapeake Bay, the Log of the Rita was created by Baltimore yachtsman Hunt R.M. Thom and his artistic friends in 1897 and 1898. Photo by David W. Harp © Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

The Chesapeake has been a functional highway for From a jewel-like logbook to a rough wool uniform, transportation and industry, but its gentle landscapes and simple objects can convey volumes about the Bay’s people, wide rivers have also acted as a muse for artists, musicians, places, and culture. A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting and authors for hundreds of years. One of our most will feature these stories and more, exploring the way the beautiful objects reflects the Chesapeake’s ability to Chesapeake Bay has and continues to define our art, our inspire and evoke creative emotions. lives, and our legacy. In 1897, Baltimore businessman Hunt M.R. Thom had The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, May planned giving annual fund a logbook custom-made for his new 42-foot naphtha yacht. 23, 2015 in conjunction with a special festival, Party on Throughout the summer of 1898, he cruised the Chesapeake the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay, which kicks off a Including the Museum in your Your donations to the Annual Fund Bay with his young bachelor friends, some of whom were year-long 50th anniversary celebration. Read more about estate plans, or making a major support the Museum’s education, prominent members of Baltimore’s artistic community. Party on the Point on page 32. gift today, leaves a legacy for outreach, exhibitions, and boat Eleven of these artists, including Phillip Boileau, Hugh The exhibition is available during regular Museum future generations to explore and restoration programs, expanding Nicholson, and Irving Ward, contributed drawings or hours and is free for members or with paid admission. appreciate the Bay. Planned giving our impact on the lives touched paintings to Thom’s log inspired by the Chesapeake Bay The exhibition is accompanied by a commemorative can range from a simple bequest, by this special place. Your gifts and sights of their cruise. Poignant, funny, or sometimes catalogue available for purchase in the Museum Store, to other estate planning devices can also target specific projects just lovely, Thom’s logbook bears witness to the incredible featuring photographs of each collection piece. that provide you with current or programs, such as the depth of human sentiment stirred by the Chesapeake’s income and tax savings. Edna E. Lockwood restoration. changing scenery.

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By Kate Livie

The Chesapeake Bay is an undeniably beautiful place, and it’s easy to take a photo that reflects the endless convergence of marsh, water, and sky. But the real challenge is to capture something that’s more than a pretty sunset. Jay Fleming, a young photographer working out of Annapolis, MD, hopes to change the conventional perception of the Chesapeake, one picture at a time. From the traditional fishing culture’s slow disappearance captured in the slumping collapse of the last house on Holland Island in Dorchester County, MD, to the vibrant eruption of silver croakers from a pound net (taken from the fish’s perspective), Fleming depicts a Bay that is working hard to keep its head above water. Bursting with life, color, and dynamism, his photos convey the clear sense that the Chesapeake’s working harbors and underwater terrain are rich, thriving environments. Fleming’s pictures are clear-sighted to the Chesapeake’s charms Photographer Jay Fleming gets up close and and its changes as only a native son could be, looking past the sunsets personal with a pound net full of fish. to a Bay that’s struggling to survive but still has so much magic left. Over a meal at Annapolis’ Factor’s Row restaurant, where his work is prominently featured on the walls, I caught up with Fleming to ask him about his methods, his motivation, and some of the dramatic and dangerous lengths he’s gone in order to capture the most beautiful and fleeting of Chesapeake moments.

KL: So, Jay, tell me about how you got started taking pictures. JF: I’m from Annapolis, and I was born and raised in the area. My father is from Delaware and shot for National Geographic for 15 years, and I would go with him on assignments as a kid. As a teenager I started to use his equipment and when I was around 14 or 15, I submitted a photo to an EPA Wildlife and Wetlands photo contest and won the grand prize, which sparked my interest in wildlife photography and being on the water and taking pictures. I started Nippering for oysters in the shooting stuff I was interested in on the Bay and developed my own Choptank River, November 2014. Photo © Jay Fleming. style that was different than my father’s. 20 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 21 KL: It seems like while some young photographers may expand away from the area where they grew up, you’ve really been dedicated to shooting the Chesapeake. What captures you about the Chesapeake, and why do you want to take pictures here? JF: I would say that the more I look into a particular subject on the Chesapeake, the more I find out, the more I learn, and there are a lot of different photo opportunities for each subject. The thing I love about the Bay is that the deeper you dig into it, the more you find. KL: What do you think is your favorite setting and topic to shoot on the Chesapeake? JF: I love being on the water. I love fish, anything under- water. Watermen, different fisheries, underwater stuff. Those are what really spark my interest. KL: Do you have an example of a favorite experience you’ve had as a photographer? JF: One trip that stands out was a trip to Tilghman Island last year, gill netting. I looked at the weather the night before, with west winds at 20 to 30 knots and snow. Normally, I wouldn’t go out in that kind of weather, but with these watermen, with orange oilskins, fish covered with ice, it was perfect for photography. So we went out, and at first, it was a perfect trip—we caught 2,500 pounds of fish. Toward the end of the day, it got really rough and the weather started getting a lot worse. Everyone was starting to get a little scared, even the captain. Apparently one of the bilge pumps on the stern wasn’t working and we were taking waves over the stern. This was January, so water’s probably in the mid-30s. Needless to say, I was really ready to get off the boat. After the trip, I learned the captain had already sunk two boats, so maybe we were right to be scared. But at the end of the day, it was totally worth it for the pictures.

(top left) Matt Garrett hand tonging aboard Southern Miss, 2010. (top right) The last house on Holland Island, 2010. (bottom left) Cedar Island water house, 2011. (bottom right) An early morning on Tangier Sound as a crap scraper pulls over a grass bed, August, 2014. Photos © Jay Fleming.

22 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 23 KL: Do you think your pictures tell a story? JF: I think they do help people understand more, like the particular topic I’m working on now, which is how people make their living working on the water. I think my photos help people understand that the seafood industry might not be what it was 50 years ago, but there’s still a lot going on. There’s quite a few people making a living off of the Bay and the Bay’s resources. If I can help people gain appreciation for local seafood and the hard working watermen, then I think that’s a great accomplishment. KL: Do you feel that you are able to document the Bay in a way other photographer’s haven’t? What’s different about the pictures you take? JF: I try to approach photos from a different angle than most photographers. I have the versatility of shooting above the water and underwater. I don’t think there are that many underwater photographers in the area, which I think you could say is my little niche.

To get an underwater photo, you have to be willing to When Jay Fleming is not documenting Chesapeake fisheries, he’s out go out when the water is clear, which is usually when it’s casting a line himself. Photo © Jay Fleming, 2012. a lot colder. I’ll get in a pound net to get a picture in a wet suit in November, and it’s pretty chilly. With pound net photos, you also have to think about stingrays. You don’t want to get in a net full of rays and get stung to death. KL: So, it sounds like you’re willing to put yourself in I’ve gotten in the water with a gill net, and got a shot serious discomfort, to get the shots you want. of a guy pulling a rockfish out of the water, with half JF: That’s probably a good way to put it. Because saying the image above and the fish’s tail still in the water. It’s a I put myself in harm’s way for a photograph makes me familiar subject, but taken from my perspective. sound like an idiot. KL: What is the photograph you’re most proud of? KL: How do you think your pictures help to address some JF: I could go back to 2010, when I paddled out to Holland of the issues that are impacting the Bay as it changes? Island. It was my first trip to the island, and I had seen JF: My photographs are helping document what is currently pictures of the house online. I knew the house was going going on in the Bay, whether it is a beautiful sunset or a to fall in soon. I went out there in April with two friends— dilapidated old building on the water, like the house on one in a kayak, the other on a paddleboard— and we Holland Island. But I’m not trying to beautify anything, paddled from Crocheron all the way down to Holland I’m trying to document what’s going on in the Bay, in Island, about 15 miles. Probably not a good idea. somewhat of an artistic fashion. But it was completely flat and glassy on the way out, and KL: I think you also document some of the things most we ended up staying for two days. I shot pictures of the people assume are bygone practices in the Bay and show house when I got there, and its reflection in this beautiful, they’re still alive and well, like nippering for oysters. calm sea. On the day we were leaving, it started blowing 25-30 knots, and we didn’t have any more food or water. JF: Yeah, I had to ask around for weeks to find someone I mean, I guess we could have eaten seagull eggs or who still does it. I finally found a guy and ended up going something. So we ended up waiting for the tide to switch out twice with him. Nippering, there’s only a handful of and we caught the incoming tide. We crossed Hooper’s people left still doing it. Mostly older people, even older Strait in a kayak and paddleboard. The current was so women used to nipper. A friend of mine in Crocheron, his Tilghman Island gill netting, 2014. strong we made it back in an hour and a half, in really grandmother used to nipper. She’d go out and get eight or Photo © Jay Fleming. rough conditions. 10 bushels, whatever she could do to earn a little money.

24 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 25 on the rail KL: How do you think that your age gives you a different perspective or world view on the Chesapeake than some of the photographers of the older generation? NPS surveys log bottom bugeye, Edna E. Lockwood JF: I see some of the things in the past that other people might take for granted, and I see how different ways of life Modern technology meets historic sailing workboat and different communities are falling by the wayside with technology and this new generation. People aren’t really connected to the land like they were, See a video of the NPS at work on they’re not as dependent on the land. I think my pictures take people to a different place and a different time, also. Edna E. Lockwood at bit.ly/Edna_NPS The Chesapeake that once was, and still is, in a lot of ways. Kids my age don’t really get out a lot. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Manager KL: If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you, Jay? Michael Gorman reports the 1889 nine-log bottom bugeye JF: 27… Maybe I shouldn’t call myself a kid (laughs). Edna E. Lockwood was hauled out this winter to make KL: But you’re a kid at heart, though, right? room for the National Park Service to laser scan and JF: Always will be! photograph her log hull. The information is being put together by NPS’s Heritage Documentation Programs KL: Do you think your pictures might change any out- to document the different parts of the hull and how they comes for the future Bay? When you talk about kids today come together as a greater whole. that don’t get out, do you have a hope that you’ll reach people like that? The project is part of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Maritime Documentation Program, with JF: Yeah, I do. I hope they can inspire people to treat the the produced measured drawings added to the HABS/ Bay better, and help protect the Bay, for the environmental HAER/HALS Collection in The Library of Congress to purposes and the cultural purposes as well. Like with the document the last floating oyster boat of her kind. For the watermen photos, a lot of people wouldn’t know half the stuff that I photograph actually happens. Museum, the information will be turned into a 3D model The people in D.C. and Baltimore and Annapolis might to aid Museum shipwrights and apprentices in the resto- not know that people still go out in skipjacks and pull ration of Edna E. Lockwood. oysters off the bottom. They don’t know details about it. Skipper Stoney Whitelock prepares to drop Hilda M. Willing’s oyster In 1889, at the age of 24, John B. Harrison of But being able to see it really brings it out in a different dredge, 2013. Photo © Jay Fleming. Tilghman Island built Edna E. Lockwood, the seventh light. It’s still happening, and there’s quite a few watermen of 18 bugeyes he was to build. Harrison also built the on the Chesapeake Bay. They’re going to hold onto their log canoes Flying Cloud and Jay Dee. Built for Daniel W. way of life and hopefully we can sustain it for the future. Haddaway of Tilghman Island, Edna E. Lockwood KL: I think people tend to read the bad news in the dredged for oysters through winter, and carried freight— newspaper and on TV and they begin to think the Bay is A new exhibition featuring Fleming’s work, entitled such as lumber, grain, and produce—after the dredging beyond all hope, but your pictures document how much is The Unseen Chesapeake: Capturing the Bay’s Wild, Forgotten season ended. Todd Croteau from the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation happening, not just above the water but below it. Landscapes with Photographer Jay Fleming opens at CBMM She worked faithfully for many owners, mainly out Programs takes the lines off the 1889 log bottom bugeyeEdna E. on June 25, 2015. JF: Absolutely. There’s a lot of negative publicity about the of Cambridge, MD, until she stopped “drudging” in Lockwood through photogrammetry and laser technologies. A free public exhibition opening will be held from Bay, and the Bay has its fair share of environmental issues, 1967. In 1973, Edna was donated to the Museum by John The nine logs making up the historic bugeye’s hull need replacing, 6:30-7:30pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium, which have caused a decline in our fish stocks, but there’s R. Kimberly. Recognized as the last working oyster boat with the restoration project planned to begin in late 2015, with all with opportunities to meet Jay Fleming, and purchase still a lot out there that is pretty captivating and productive. of her kind, Edna E. Lockwood was declared a National work done in full public view at CBMM. signed prints of his work. CBMM members can enjoy Historic Landmark in 1994. a special preview and photographer meet-and-greet The nine logs making up the historic bugeye’s hull For more information, visit jayflemingphotography.com starting at 5:30pm. need replacing, with the restoration project planned to begin in late 2015. Just as Native American dugout canoes were formed by carving out one log, this bugeye’s hull is constructed of a series of logs shaped, hollowed out, and drifted together as a unit. 26 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 27 on the rail calendar

programs|member nights|special events Exhibition Opening & Members-only Meet-and-Greet The Unseen Chesapeake: Capturing the Bay’s Wild, Martha, Winnie, and a new log canoe april | may | june | july | august Forgotten Landscapes with Photographer Jay Fleming Thursday, June 25 5:30-7:30pm in the Van Lennep Auditorium. RSVP to 410-745-4991 or [email protected] Several boatyard projects are underway. Martha’s topside MEMBER NIGHTS planks have been replaced and the first coats of paint A free public exhibition opening offers the opportunity to meet applied, with more painting anticipated before her Olds photographer Jay Fleming and purchase signed prints of his Member Preview Opening 455 is refurbished and the 1934 Hooper Island draketail : work. CBMM members can enjoy a special preview and Chesapeake Swan Song: From Commodity to Conservation meet-and-greet, beginning at 5:30pm, with the public arriving splashes this spring. Friday, April 10 at 6:30pm. The 1920 buyboat went up on the marine Winnie Estelle 5:30pm in the Small Boat Shed/Waterfowling Building railway for the first time since the museum acquired her RSVP by April 6 to 410-745-4995 or [email protected] in April of 2014. On one of winter’s warmer days, Winnie’s BOATYARD PROGRAMS zincs were replaced and the bottom painted by museum Join us for a preview of our new waterfowling exhibition. volunteers. Chesapeake Swan Song explores the interwoven story of swans and people on the Chesapeake Bay through a selection of Adapting the lines from a Lambdin canoe in CBMM’s Wednesday Open Boatshop swan decoys, artifacts and photographs from the nineteenth April 8, May 27, June 17, July 8 & August 5 collection, shipwright and apprentices have begun working and twentieth centuries. on a new, three-log sailing canoe. With a hull built from 5:30-8:30pm in CBMM Boatyard $25 members, $35 non-members. Pre-registration three, 26-foot local loblolly pine logs, the canoe is being Blessing of the Fleet required to 410-745-4980 or [email protected] constructed in full public view, with an anticipated Wednesday, April 22 spring or early summer launch. 5pm under the Hooper Strait Lighthouse Members of the public are invited to the Boatyard to work Open daily, the Museum offers guests a great on small projects of their own, or to bring ideas for a future Join CBMM members, volunteers and boatyard staff for a opportunity to see much of this work first-hand. project, and receive the advice of experienced shipwrights ceremony honoring our own floating fleet as well as other Bay and woodworkers. working vessels and pleasure craft. The Reverend Kevin M. Cross from the Church of the Holy Trinity in Oxford, MD will Tool Sharpening Workshop offer prayers for a safe and bountiful season. Public is welcome. (first row, left) Three loblolly pines are ready to be shaped into a Wednesday, April 29 log canoe. 5:30-7:30pm in CBMM Boatyard Members Boating Season: KICKOFF COOKOUT (first row, right)Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman re-saws an $20 members, $30 non-members. Pre-registration required Osage knee for a frame in the new log canoe. Saturday, May 2 to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] 5-7pm on the deck of At Play On The Bay Building (second row, left) Gorman holds the Osage knee and pattern If taken care of properly, edge tools can last generations, showing where it will be fastened in the log canoe. RSVP by April 29 to 410-745-4991 or [email protected] If docking with us overnight, advance reservations are making well-honed tools that can cut like new every time. (second row, right) Grown knees lined up in position in the log required by calling CBMM’s Dockmaster at 410-745-4946. Participants will learn the proper preparation for sharpening canoe, waiting for profile cut to fit. and honing hand plane irons, chisels, gouges and other carving (third row, left) Shipwright Apprentice James Delaguila adzes Come by land or by sea to a Kickoff Cookout welcoming in the tools. Bring your tools, sharpening stones or nothing at all, as out the interior of the log canoe to thickness. 2015 boating season. Chat with fellow boaters and swap the Boatyard can provide for demonstration. (third row, right) The three-log canoe rough shaped and primed seafaring stories or just lounge on the deck of At Play on the to slow the drying out of the wood. Bay while taking in the lovely Miles River vista. BYOB and a Lathe Demonstration Saturday, July 18 (bottom) Crew and volunteers stand behind the rough-shaped covered dish to share. We’ll provide the grill, chefs, burgers three-log canoe, expected to launch this summer. and hot dogs. 1-3pm in CBMM Boatyard $15 members, $25 non-members. Pre-registration required In Concert: Mana Saxophone Quartet to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] Wednesday, June 3 6pm near the Tolchester Beach Bandstand Join us in the Boatyard for a quick look at how to turn an Free with a suggested $5 donation at the door object safely on a lathe (a machine tool that rotates the work piece on its axis). Participants can try for themselves. Hailed as “Saxophone Ambassadors,” the Mana Quartet presents a twenty first-century repertoire and twentieth-century tours de force masterworks on vintage instruments. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the free performance.

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Women’s Woodworking for Beginners CBMM Private Sailing Lessons Saturday, & Sunday, August 15 & 16 ON-THE-WATER PROGRAMS June through August SPECIAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS 9am-4pm in CBMM Boatyard $50 per hour or $300 for full-day lesson from 10am-4pm. $110 members, $130 non-members. Pre-registration required Advanced registration of 5 days required. Private lessons CBMM Boat Rental Program CBMM Signature Event: to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] have a maximum of up to 4 participants per session. For Wednesday, June 10- Sunday, August 30 Party on the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay 10am-5pm, Wednesdays through Sundays at CBMM’s floating more information or to reserve a private lesson, contact CBMM’s women shipwrights are offering a women-only Saturday, May 23 docks on Fogg’s Cove. Walk-ins welcome but guarantee your 410-745-4941 or [email protected] class in the basics of woodworking with no prior experience 10am-5pm. Free for Museum members and children under spot by calling 410-745-4941 or email [email protected] necessary. Power and hand tools will be demonstrated with Want to learn how to sail? Interested in improving some rusty age six or $15 for adults, $12 seniors and students with ID each participant going home with their own handmade mallet Members of the public are invited to get out on the water sailing skills? Private sailing lessons are now available at the and $6 for children ages 6-17. Boat rides and food are an and the confidence to work on projects at home. with our small wooden and fiberglass sailing skiffs, kayaks Museum. Offered by the hour or for the day, our instructors additional cost. and row boats available for hourly and daily rental. Prices vary will teach you the basics or help to advance your sailing tech- Ongoing Boatyard Programs depending on style of vessel rented. Schedule subject nique. Vessels are provided by CBMM’s boat rental program, Kick off our year-long 50th anniversary celebration with this to change and availability. See page 8 for more information. with small wooden and fiberglass craft available. Families with special festival, featuring the opening of a new exhibition, children over the age of 8 are encouraged to attend. plus boat rides, live music, Rosie’s Tavern, regional foods, Apprentice for a Day Boatbuilding Program family activities, and craft vendors. More information on page 32. Saturdays & Sundays CBMM Eco-Cruises 10am-4pm in CBMM Boatyard Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30-3:30pm EDUCATION PROGRAMS CBMM Signature Event: $45 CBMM members, $55 non-members or purchase four Thursday, July 23 at 10-11:30am $15 members, $20 non-members. Pre-registration required 28th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival classes at a reduced rate of $150 members and $200 Father’s Day Weekend to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] Boater Safety Program non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4980 Friday, June 19, 11am-5pm April 15 & 16 or [email protected] Join CBMM Director of Education Kate Livie on the Museum’s Saturday, June 20, 10am-5pm buyboat Winnie Estelle for a personal exploration of the May 20 & 21 Sunday, June 21, 10am-2pm Learn traditional boatbuilding techniques with an experienced Miles River and its unique habitat and ecology. Learn how to June 10 & 11 Admission is good for two consecutive days and is $18 for CBMM shipwright. monitor the water quality of the river, turn your hand at water July 15 & 16 adults, $15 for seniors, and students with ID, and $6 for testing, and explore the critters on an oyster reef. Birders will August 12 & 13 children ages 6-17. Museum members and children under Upcoming Boatyard Programs enjoy the route, known for its eagle and osprey population. 6-10pm in the Van Lennep Auditorium Families with children are encouraged. Register early! six are free. $25 per person. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 For more information about upcoming Boatyard Programs, or [email protected] More than 100 wooden classics and vintage boats will be visit our online calendar at cbmm.org or call Education Watch Log Canoe Races Aboard Winnie Estelle on land and in the water for this ACBS-judged boat show, Assistant Allison Speight at 410-745-4941 or email Saturday, June 27 at 1:30pm Individuals and families with children 12 and over are welcome including a selection of Chris Craft, Owens, Century, Donzi, [email protected] Saturday, July 25 at 9:30am & 1:30pm to participate in the Boater Safety certification program and Glaspar, Whirlwind, Shepherd, Trumpy, Lyman, and more. Saturday, September 19 at 9:30am & 1:30pm learn the basics needed to operate a vessel on Maryland Boats range from runabouts to yachts, including race boats, Greenland Kayak Paddle Two-Day Workshop $25 members, $35 non-members. Pre-registration required waterways. Maryland boaters born after July 1, 1972 are work boats, launches, hydroplanes, and utilities. More info on September 12 & 13, 10am-4pm to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] required to have a Certificate of Boating Safety Education. page 35. Graduates of our two-day Department of Natural Resources- Enjoy a river cruise to watch the log canoe races on the Miles Traditional Kayak Paddle Two-Day Workshop approved course are awarded a certificate that is good for life. CBMM Signature Event: River from our buyboat, Winnie Estelle. Log canoe races are a September 19 & 20, 10am-4pm Big Band Night & Fireworks quintessential Chesapeake past-time, and from a shady spot CBMM’s Summer Kids Club Program on board Winnie’s deck, you’ll get an up close and exciting Saturday, July 4 (rain date, Sunday, July 5) Build a Chesapeake Light Craft Kayak NEW! Expanded to children 8-9 years old look at the action. Amateur photographers, sailing aficionados, 7-10pm at the Tolchester Beach Bandstand September 28 through October 3, 8am-5pm June, July, August or wooden boat enthusiasts will all find something to enjoy. $5 for members, $10 for non-members. After 8:45pm, 9:30am-12pm admission is $2 for those watching the fireworks only Women’s Woodworking, Part II Sultana/CBMM Paddling Program $125 members, $150 non-members. Pre-registration October 10 & 11, October 17 & 18, 9am-4pm In celebration of Independence Day, CBMM welcomes back Thursday, July 2 required to 410-745-4941 or [email protected] The Shades of Blue Orchestra for a live performance. Two 9:30am-12pm at Fogg’s Cove. The Museum’s Kids Club is a half-day long, hands-on vocalists will join the orchestra as they perform from the his- REMINDER: $35 per person. Pre-registration required to Sultana at Chesapeake-focused camp where children learn about the toric Tolchester Beach Bandstand. 410-778-5954 or online at sultanaeducation.org Bay firsthand through fun, Bay-focused activities, stories, Beginning at 7pm, the public is invited to bring lawn Please leave your pets at home during CBMM festivals Join Sultana Vice President and naturalist Chris Cerino as games, and crafts. chairs, drinks, and picnic blankets for an evening of music, and special events, as dogs are not permitted on Museum he explores the history and environment of the Museum dancing, and fireworks along the Miles River. Food, ice cream, 2015 Schedule grounds, with the exception of certified service dogs. and its surrounding creeks, marshes and beaches by water. and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase Learn about the Miles River of today, and 400 years ago as Ages 4-5: June 15-19, July 6-10 and July 27-31 during the event, which is generously sponsored by Eastern Leashed dogs are permitted on Museum grounds you seine, search for arrowheads, and navigate your kayak Ages 6-7: June 22-26, July 13-17 and August 3-7 Shore Tents & Events. during regular business hours. Clean-up bags are located through Fogg’s Cove and Miles Point. Kayaks are provided, throughout campus for your convenience. Thank you! and personal kayaks are permissible. Children ages 12 and up Ages 8-9: June 29-July 3, July 20-24 and August 10-14 may attend but must be accompanied by a parent in a personal tandem kayak. 30 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 31 calendar

May 23 brings Party on the Point festival to St. Michaels

“Today, we host more nearly 70,000 guests annually. Imagine all the children and adults that we’ve served over the past 50 years who now have a deeper understanding of and closer relationship with the Chesapeake Bay. We’re very proud of the huge impact we’ve made, and we’re extremely grateful for the donors and local communities

who have supported us along the way.” –CBMM President Kristen Greenaway

Motown sounds at the Tolchester Beach Bandstand from The Museum’s activities and events in celebration of 1-5pm. Dignitaries, honored guests, CBMM members the 50th anniversary include the new exhibition, and the public are invited to a ceremony A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting, which will open at a commemorating the Museum’s 50th anniversary, scheduled private President’s reception on May 22, 2015, before the to take place at the Tolchester Beach Bandstand at 2pm. public opening on May 23, 2015. A Broad Reach features Party on the Point The Museum was established in 1965, beginning in the 50 significant objects accessioned into the Museum’s historic Higgins, Dodson and Eagle Houses along collection over the past 50 years, and will be accompanied Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay St. Michaels’ harbor, which now serve as the Museum’s by a commemorative catalogue available for purchase administrative buildings. Since then, the Museum has in the Museum Store, featuring photographs of each expanded to over 18-acre waterfront acres and 12 collection piece. exhibition buildings, including the historic 1879 The museum’s 50th anniversary corporate partners Hooper Strait Lighthouse and Small Boat Shed. include PNC Financial Services Group, American Cruise The Museum also exhibits and maintains the largest Lines, Benson & Mangold, Chesapeake Shipbuilding, collection of Chesapeake Bay watercraft in the world. Easton Utilities, Fairfield Inn & Suites Easton, Graul’s On May 23, 2015 the 18-acre waterfront campus of The first 500 festival guests will receive complimentary The Crab Claw Restaurant and Patriot Cruises are also Market, Guilford & Company, Hambleton Inn, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will transform ditty bags from the Museum, which will include a small participating in our 50th anniversary celebrations. The Hawthorn–PNC Family Wealth, Higgins & Spencer, into festival grounds as the Museum kicks off a year- gift, coupons, and other goodies from participating local Crab Claw is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a Patriot Cruises, Tidewater Inn, and The Vane Brothers long 50th anniversary celebration with Party on the Point: area merchants. Items commemorating the Museum’s Friday, May 22 evening event, and Patriot Cruises will Company. Additional 50th anniversary partners include Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay. The festival will feature 50th anniversary will also be available for purchase at the offer special cocktail river cruises on Saturday and Sunday. CBMM’s Academy for Lifelong Learning, St. Michaels the opening of a new exhibition, A Broad Reach: 50 Years Museum Store, with all proceeds supporting the children Additional information on these events can be found on Art League, and Christmas in St. Michaels. of Collecting, plus boat rides, live music, Rosie’s Tavern, and adults served by CBMM’s educational, exhibition, and their websites, thecrabclaw.com and patriotcruises.com. Entry to the festival is free for Museum members and regional foods, family activities, craft vendors, and more. boat restoration programs. The festival is generously sponsored byEastern Shore children five and under, or $15 for adults, $12 for seniors The festival also launches #Snapshots2Selfies and a During the festival, scenic river cruises will be offered Tents & Events, with media sponsors including The Star and students with ID, and $6 for children 6-17. Boat rides time capsule community project that will wrap up in on the Museum’s 1920 buyboat Winnie Estelle, as well as Democrat, What’s Up? Media, 103.1 FM WRNR, 96.7 and food are additional. For more information, follow May 2016. Both projects encourage Museum guests to on a selection of historic boats in CBMM’s floating fleet. WCEI and 94.3 WINX FM radio. The Easton Amateur CBMM on Facebook or visit cbmm.org. share their memories of the Chesapeake Bay and visits to The 1888 classic yacht Elf, maintained by the Classic Yacht Radio Society will also be transmitting live from the event, CBMM over the last 50 years through photographs and Restoration Guild, will also offer dockside tours. Music using the call letters W3M. Rosie’s Tavern is generously other memorabilia. begins at 10am, with the XPDs performing live with their sponsored by the Lyon Distilling Company of St. Michaels.

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CBMM Signature Event: SPECIAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS CONTINUED 28th Antique & Classic Boat Festival comes to Boating Party Fundraising Gala SAVE-THE-DATE! CBMM Father’s Day Weekend, June 19-21, 2015 Talbot County Watermen’s Association Event: Saturday, September 12 6th Annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day To request an invitation, or to reserve your table, call Sunday, August 9 410-745-4950 10am-5pm. Pricing to be announced Join the party night of the year at the Museum’s fall gala This year’s festival features a “watermen’s rodeo” boat fundraiser with cocktails, dinner, and dancing on Navy Point. docking contest, live music, and more. Steamed crabs, beer, Travel back to bygone days among wooden Funds raised support the Museum’s mission to inspire an classics, vintage race boats, and other and other foods and beverages will be available for purchase. understanding of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage antique and Chesapeake Bay-related More information to be announced; visit cbmm.org. of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures, and connections between this place and boats coming to the Museum June CBMM Signature Event: its people. 19-21, 2015 for the 28th annual Antique Charity Boat Auction & Classic Boat Festival. Hosted by the Saturday, September 5 CBMM Signature Event: Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the Antique NEW TIME: Auction begins at 11am Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival & Maritime Model Expo & Classic Boat Society, this Father’s Gates open 8am; tag sale 9 -11am; 12pm beer and BBQ Saturday, October 3 & Sunday, October 4 Day weekend event brings an era of Free for members and children five and under 10am-5pm by-gone days to the Miles River and General admission is $5 per person until 1:30pm Admission is good for two consecutive days and is $15 CBMM’s waterfront campus. Afterward, regular admission rates apply for adults, $12 for seniors, and students with ID, and $6 Scenic Miles River boat rides on the 1920 buyboat Winnie Estelle will be To donate a boat or items for tag sale, or to place an advanced for children ages 6-17. Museum members and children offered by CBMM throughout the bid, contact 410-745-4961 by the deadlines listed below. five and under are free Hundreds of amateur and professional boat builders, model three-day festival. Items commemorating Final preview hours: boat builders and enthusiasts come from all over the region to the Museum’s 50th anniversary will also 2-5pm on Friday, September 2 display their skiffs, kayaks, canoes and maritime models. Check be available for purchase at the Museum out the model pond and boats on land or watch many of these Store, with all proceeds supporting Advance bid deadline: one-of-a-kind vessels race along the Miles River. the children and adults served by 5pm on Thursday, September 3 The event is free for CBMM members or with general CBMM’s educational, exhibition, and Donate boat or item for tag sale deadline: admission and features small craft both on and off the water, a boat restoration programs. demonstration pond, model races, engaging exhibits, children’s More than 100 wooden classics and 5pm on Thursday, September 3 activities, food and more. vintage boats will be on land and in the Our live auction features more than 90 boats—ranging in size CBMM Signature Event: water for the ACBS-judged boat show, including a selection Festival admission includes entrance to the Museum’s and performance from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, and of Chris Craft, Owens, Century, Donzi, Glaspar, Whirlwind, new special exhibitions, Chesapeake Swan Song: From everything in between. CBMM’s Boat Donation Program OysterFest accepts donations and resells boats throughout the year until Saturday, October 31 Shepherd, Trumpy, Lyman, and more. Boats range from Commodity to Conservation in the Waterfowling Building, August 1, at which time boat sales cease in order to prepare 10am-4pm runabouts to yachts, including race boats, work boats, and A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting in the Steamboat for the annual Labor Day auction. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and students with ID, and launches, hydroplanes, and utilities. Owners of some of the Building. During the festival, visitors will have full access The event also includes a flea market-style tag sale from $6 for children ages 6-17. Museum members and children restored yachts and cabin cruisers will offer boarding along to CBMM’s 12 exhibition buildings, including the 1879 9-11am, where guests are able to purchase a variety of used five and under are free. Food and boat rides are an CBMM’s docks, with Saturday noted as the best day for Hooper Strait Lighthouse. boating gear, including ground tackle, electrical equipment, hard- additional cost seeing the most boats, and for walk-on tours. Festival hours are Friday, June 19, from 11am-5pm; ware, rope or chain, ladders, fishing tackle, motors, and more. Along with the East Coast’s largest collection of antique Saturday, June 20, from 10am-5pm; and Father’s Day, Beginning at noon, beer and barbecue will be available for OysterFest is a celebration of the Chesapeake’s oyster, and classic boats, the festival’s signature Arts at Navy Sunday, June 21, from 10am-2pm. The festival includes purchase. Boat sales are on-going throughout the year, with all featuring live music on two stages, boat rides, retriever auction boats subject to sale prior to the auction. Updates at demonstrations, oysters and other local fare, an oyster stew Point pavilion brings 70 juried fine artists, craftspeople, admission to all museum exhibitions where authentic cbmm.org/boatauction. competition and cooking demonstrations, along with and vendors to St. Michaels, offering nautical and maritime- Chesapeake boats, cultures, and traditions are highlighted. children’s activities, oyster demonstrations, harvesting themed items for boat and home. Admission is good for two consecutive days and is set displays and Chesapeake-related documentary screenings. Along the Fogg’s Landing side of CBMM’s campus, the at $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students with ID, or festival’s Field of Dreams features a selection of pre-1976 $6 for children ages 6-17. Entry for Museum members and classic boats for sale, along with other items in a nautical flea children five and under are free. Boat rides and food are an market. A selection of regional and grilled foods, music, additional cost. For more information, call 410-745-2916 and a Pyrat rum bar will round out the event for festi- or visit cbmm.org/acbf. val-goers. Children’s activities will also be available. 34 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 35 Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID - Easton, MD Permit # 72

CBMM BOAT DONATION PROGRAM Donate or buy a used boat!

CBMM’s Boat Donation Program is one of the most reputable, highly-experienced operations in the region, giving you confidence in knowing the donation of your vessel is being handled by seasoned professionals. We accept all manner of craft year round, and unlike other non-profits, offer long-standing boat sales and lease/charter operations, as well as the much anticipated Charity Boat Auction held annually each Labor Day weekend. We conduct transactions quickly and fairly, without the outside assistance or expense of a third-party organization. Whether you donate or buy a boat, 100% of the proceeds go toward supporting the children and adults served by our education, curatorial, and boatbuilding programs. Through your generosity, you are helping to assure the sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for future generations.

To receive a free, no obligation evaluation of your boat for donation purposes, or to inquire about a boat for sale, contact: Lad Mills at 410-745-4942 | [email protected] OR Todd Taylor at 410-745-4990 | [email protected]