Spring 2012 contents Mission Statement The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to inspire an understanding Don’t forget to take advantage of of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, member benefits! cultures and connections between this Renew your membership using the enclosed envelope and receive an additional place and its people. three months of membership free! Vision Statement Members enjoy: The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to be the premier maritime • Free general admission museum for studying, exhibiting, preserving • Free or reduced admission to and celebrating the important history and special events and programs culture of the largest estuary in the United • Docking privileges States, the Chesapeake Bay. • VIP hospitality at special events Sign up for our e-Newsletter and • Museum store discounts stay up-to-date on all of the news • Monthly Member Nights and events at the Museum. Email • Discounts on local lodging, [email protected] to be added to dining, and shopping our mailing list. • Subscription to The Chesapeake Log (some benefits are enhanced at higher Keep up-to-date on Facebook. membership levels) facebook.com/mymaritimemuseum Follow the Museum’s progress 9 23 13 Visit cbmm.org/join.htm for more information about membership levels, or on historic Chesapeake boat contact the membership department at 410-745-4991. restoration projects and updates on the Apprentice For a Day Program. Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com Campus A general forum A message from the 11 education 18 Lifelines and valuable resource of stories, links, and 3 information for the curious of minds. & chairman Step out this spring with the Volunteer Profile: improvements Beautifulswimmers.tumblr.com Academy for Lifelong Learning Model Guild by Langley R. Shook & CG Appleby Watch our Rosie Parks skipjack By Katie Willis By Esty Collete Thanks to Crystal Trust, restoration updates and more at youtube.com/CBMMorg1965 5 Currents What’s Fresh? Seasonal Selections 19 calendar the State of Maryland, and Dan Sutherland remembered, visiting from Education a matching grant from the The Chesapeake Bay vessels, children’s Chesapeake Bay By Kate Livie Frederick Douglass Day, Maritime Department of Natural Maritime Museum Model Expo, Elf Classic Yacht artwork contest, member benefits, Race, Program, Kids Club, Resources, the Museum has Navy Point, PO Box 636 new exhibits, and more. 12 research Boater Safety Classes, Member secured all necessary funding St. Michaels, MD 21663 for the bulkhead project on 410-745-2916, cbmm.org A Revitalized Center for Nights, and more. curator’s corner Navy Point. Hi-Tide Marine 9 Chesapeake Studies On the cover: The Push and Pull of Construction, Inc. of Snow By Robert Forloney 23 on the rail Looking up the mast of the skipjack Hill, MD, broke ground in Workers from Hi-Tide Marine Construction of Snow Hill, Chesapeake Tugboating An update on the Rosie Parks Rebecca T. Ruark, in Tilghman Island. November, 2011 and the work MD continue bulkhead restoration work along Navy Point Photos & Story by Michelle Zacks restoration project and repairs Photo: Tracey Munson 13 features is scheduled to be finished this past January. to other historic vessels in the Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas NEW EXHIBIT: this spring, replacing 681 feet The Real Rosie Parks Museum’s fleet. Creative Director: Marie Thomas Push and Pull: of decayed wooden bulkhead with more durable vinyl sheathing, adding one finger By Dick Cooper By Marie Thomas Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats pier and three spring pilings, and upgrading marina electric and water service. Museum Interns: Contributing Writers: By Pete Lesher Where are they now? 24 annual fund In addition to the bulkhead, a small in the Welcome Center has been removed Dick Cooper, Pete Lesher, Kate Livie, Kelley Allen, Michelle Zacks, Katie Willis, By Marie Thomas honor roll to improve traffic flow and visual appearances, a new merchandise display window is now revealed in the Museum Store, and all of the lights in the Waterfowling build- Esty Collet, Robert Forloney, Tracey Munson, Marie Thomas ing have been replaced with brighter, energy-saving LED lighting. The Chesapeake Log is a publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

1 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 2 Museum Staff A Message from the President & Chairman Board of

President Governors Langley R. Shook, President, 4951 by Langley R. Shook, President & CG Appleby, Chairman Cheryl Miller, Administrative Assistant, 4943 2011-2012 Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies CG Appleby, Chair Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 Joseph E. Peters, Vice Chair Rob Forloney, Director of the Kerr Center, 4959 ou might assume the Museum slows down hope to welcome even more visitors and members to Tom D. Seip, Treasurer Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 during the winter, but that couldn’t be farther campus. After a successful first event in the fall of Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945 Y from the truth. Your Museum continues to be 2010, Frederick Douglass Day returns May 5, along Paul Berry Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 a hub of activity, during even the coldest season. with the Maritime Model Expo and the Elf Classic Richard J. Bodorff Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941 This January a 300% increase in atten- Yacht Race on May 19, followed by the Antique and Harry W. Burton Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorist, 4961 dance from last year, and while the unnaturally Classic Boat Festival, celebrating its silver anniversary, Frederic N. Cross Boatyard warm weather certainly helped, we know the on Father’s Day weekend. William S. Dudley David E. Dunn Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967 Museum’s rich programs and educational Warmer weather also welcomes the return of our Jocelyn W. Eysymontt Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967 opportunities—made possible through your popular education programs including Lighthouse Anna W. Fichtner Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance Assistant, 4967 generous support—played a big role, too. India Gilham-Westerman, Shipwright Apprentice Overnight Adventures, the Summer Sailing program, Howard S. Freedlander Jennifer Kuhn, Shipwright Apprentice A sold-out lecture series and record attendance and the half-day Kids Club summer camps, all of Dagmar D. P. Gipe James P. Harris Ken Philips, Shipwright Apprentice in the ChesAdventures and Academy for which fill up fast. (See our calendar on page 19 for a E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. Chris Sanders, Journeyman Shipwright Lifelong Learning programs had campus President Langley R. Shook Chairman CG Appleby complete list of all upcoming events and programs.) Christopher A. Havener teeming with members and new visitors alike. Communications & Special Events The bulkhead project on Navy Point is nearing com- Francis Hopkinson Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 Our new “Delmarva Days” initiative offered free admission on select weekends pletion with 681 feet to be replaced, a new finger pier and spring pilings, and upgraded Pamela Jana Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953 and holidays, and continues to be a great way to invite neighbors to see what marina electric and water services. All of these events, improvements, and programs are R. Douglas Jurrius Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & makes this place so special. New visitors aren’t the only ones noticing how possible because of your generosity. Your donations and membership enable the Mu- Richard H. Kimberly Volunteer Program, 4956 Peter M. Kreindler special our Museum is—since the fall, we’ve welcomed wide media attention to seum to fulfill its mission of sharing the stories of the Chesapeake Bay and the people Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 campus. The History Channel’s “101 Best Inventions” featured a segment on William C. Millar who have shaped their lives around it. Geoffrey F. Oxnam Constituent Services the keel with Chief Curator Pete Lesher, and the Discovery Channel filmed a Our fiscal year ends April 30 and we are close to meeting our fundraising goal. If you Bruce A. Ragsdale René Stevenson, Director of Development, 4950 segment for its show have not already done so, please consider donating to this year’s Annual Fund, or mak- Henry H. Stansbury Debbie Collison, Membership Manger, 4991 “House Hunters.” Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Katie Willis, Visitor Services Manager, 4993 ing a second gift. As you can see, we promise your gifts will be put to good use. More recently, WBOC’s Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. Emilie Knud-Hansen, Mem/Develop. Assistant, 4955 And don’t forget to encourage your friends and neighbors to enjoy all the benefits of Alfred Tyler II Marty Smythe, Museum Store Manager, 4963 “Delmarva Life” show membership including our upcoming Member Nights, our way of saying “thank you” Barbara Viniar Victoria Alexander, Museum Store Associate, 4962 hosts interviewed Lesher for your unwavering support and encouragement. Langley R. Shook, President Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945 about our winter pro- Emeriti Anne Robling, Museum Host, 4945 grams and the skipjack Please come visit your Museum soon and enjoy all you’ve helped to make possible. Richard T. Allen Maggie Robar, Museum Store Associate, 4962 Rosie Parks restoration Margaret D. Keller project. Lesher was also Breene M. Kerr Finance Charles L. Lea, Jr. Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958 heard on NPR’s Radio D. Ted Lewers Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, 4948 Catskill WJFF speaking Fred C. Meendsen Digie McGuirk, Accounting/HR Assistant, 4957 about the tug Delaware. John C. North II Speaking of boats, be sure Operations Sumner Parker Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949 to turn to page 23 and check As this issue of the Log went to press, we learned of the loss of Daniel Sutherland, Robert A. Perkins John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 out the progress on the our dear friend and much admired boatyard program manager, who passed away James K. Peterson Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program Manager, 4942 restoration of Rosie Parks, on February 18. Those who had the privilege of knowing or working with Danny, or Norman H. Plummer learning small boatbuilding from him, will always remember Danny as an enormously John J. Roberts Donna Fairbank, Facilities Custodian, 4969 and the repairs made to talented craftsman, a patient teacher who generously shared and demonstrated his Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 Henry H. Spire both the tug Delaware skills with old and young alike, and, fundamentally, just a great guy who was fun Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 James E. Thomas and the Museum’s Potomac to be around and who never took himself too seriously. Please see the story about Joan Darby West To contact, dial 410-745, and the number listed. River Dory. As our busy Dan on page 5. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Dan’s family, his two children, Donald G. Whitcomb To email, use the first initial, full last name @cbmm.org. season approaches, we Storm and Skye, and his long-time companion, Patti Diamond.

3 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 4 currents Co-workers laud boat builder’s skill Visiting Vessels: Schooner Sultana, Ship Norseman, & HMS Bounty by Kelley Allen reprinted with permission from the Star Democrat

master boat builder died Saturday, Every weekend, the boat n Sunday, May 5, the Museum February 18, but the legacy of yard bustled with activity welcomes back the Schooner

Ahis craftsmanship remains. Daniel as some people partici- David Harp, chesapeakephotos.com SultanaO for a week-long visit. The Sutherland, boatyard program pated in the apprentice Sultana will be open for boarding to all manager at the Chesapeake Bay program, while others Museum visitors from 2:30-4:30pm on Maritime Museum, for almost five watched. “He really Tuesday, May 8. years, died of apparent heart failure at was an extraordinary the age of 47. man,” Lesher said. Prior The schooner Sultana serves as an on-the-water classroom for learning “He will be sorely missed,” said Richard to joining the Museum, about the history and environment Scofield, assistant curator for watercraft those in certain boating of the Chesapeake Bay. An almost and former boatyard manager. “His circles knew Sutherland for his work, and through exact replica of a British schooner that talent is not replaceable.” A photo from 2011 of Dan Sutherland and a few of his co-workers the annual Mid-Atlantic patrolled the North American coast A fourth-generation boat builder from at the transom of the skipjack Rosie Parks. From left: Richard Small Craft Festival. Scofield, Dan Sutherland, Don MacLeod, and Marc Barto. just prior to the American Revolution, From left, the Schooner Sultana, Viking ship Norseman, and the replica HMS Bounty. upstate New York, Sutherland learned Sultana provides day-long programs for much of his craft from his grandfather, “St. Michaels for one up to 32 participants as well as live- Ernest Sutherland, said Scofield, who weekend is a mecca for people who build, own, sail, cruise...,” “The degree of craftsmanship and finish aboard programs for up to nine guests. worked closely with Sutherland and educational programs for school children. explorer—the first European to set Lesher said. “Dan was a long-time is truly extraordinary.” For more information about the Sultana, had known him for about 20 years. For more information about the HMS foot upon North America. participant there. It was sort of a home Before coming to Talbot County, visit schoonersultana.com. “Danny was extremely intelligent, and a crowd for him ... When he exhibited a Bounty, visit tallshipbounty.org. The ship is based in Wilmington, DE, Sutherland did work for the Antique The replica ship HMS Bounty will be really good boat builder,” Scofield said. boat here, these were the sorts of boats On Friday, June 22, the Viking ship at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard, and Boat Museum in Clayton, NY, the docked along the Museum’s harborside “I was thrilled to death every day to have that would win prizes.” Norseman is landing at the Museum will be trailered to the Museum campus. him working in my boat shop.” Adirondack Museum in Blue from Thursday, June 14, to Monday, for a three-day visit, offering a real- While Maryland is not known for a Sutherland’s work included building Mountain, NY, and the Alexandria June 18, during the Antique and Classic Pete Lesher, chief curator, said it life look at a Viking ship and the type large Scandinavian-American popula- more than 50 boats from John Henry Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, VA. Boat Festival. The is offering brought the Museum great pride to Rushton’s designs. Scofield said he of people who sailed them more than tion, Delaware and New Jersey were the He also owned Sutherland Boat and dockside tours to Museum visitors at bring in someone of Sutherland’s considered Sutherland perhaps the Coach in Hammondsport, NY. 1,000 years ago. Norseman is a 40 primary destinations for thousands of $10 for adults, $5 for children, and free caliber. “Often the boats that he built world’s greatest expert on the boats of foot half-scale replica of the famous 19th-century emigrants from Sweden were so finely finished that you didn’t for children five and under. Rushton, a premier canoe builder in Gokstad ship that represents one of and . Just one look at the boats want to these things,” Lesher New York in the 1800s. The original tall ship is known for the the many types of sailing vessels built on display at the museum will offer said. “So many of them ended up being A memorial service and celebration of infamous mutiny that took place in and designed by . convincing proof that many Viking boat varnished. You didn’t need paint to And Lesher praised Sutherland’s skills Dan’s life was held at the Museum on Tahiti in 1789. The current replica ship designs hold up even today. cover up the putty that most everybody building lapstrake small boats. “I have Saturday, March 10. In lieu of flowers, The Norseman’s crew will be in authen- was built in 1962 for the movie “Mutiny else uses.” Lesher said the Museum a Lapstrake 12-foot cedar canoe, and the family has asked that donations in tic Viking attire and will establish a The Viking visit is made possible by a when it needed restoration I took it to on the Bounty,” starring Marlon hired Sutherland specifically to teach memory of Daniel Sutherland be made small encampment, complete with iron generous gift from Merrilyn & John I. him,” Lesher said. “Nobody I knew Brando, and was more recently featured boatbuilding, which he did through the to the Museum, where they will be and tools, and period F. Knud-Hansen, MD. For more infor- knew better how to repair one of these placed in a Boatbuilding Apprentice in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Museum’s apprentice program. music. The ship is sailing under the mation about the Norseman or the Leif boats than Dan.” Endowment Fund. Donations may Man’s Chest,” starring Johnny Depp. banner of the Leif Ericson Society Ericson Society, visit vikingship.org. “So often, people who have these exact- be sent to PO Box 636, St. Michaels, ing standards don’t have the patience to Lesher also had the opportunity to sail Besides movie appearances, the HMS International, a non-profit organiza- a boat Sutherland built in New York, MD 21663 with a notation that the Bounty sails the country offering dock- teach those who are just learning,” he donation is being made in memory of tion dedicated to promoting truth where Sutherland built boats for museums. side tours and is used to teach a variety said. “But he [Dan] had that.” Dan Sutherland. and understanding of the Viking “It’s like sailing a piano,” Lesher said. of programs, including sail training and

5 Spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 6 currents NEW EXHIBIT: Opens April 14 Children’s Chesapeake Bay PNC Bank’s “Grow Up Great” artwork on display Program awards grant to Museum Free Daily Events Gunning Among Friends: Memorial Day through Labor Day (with paid admission, free for members)

Chesapeake Waterfowl Hunting Clubs Public Tours What: 45-minute highlights tour. When: Friday & Saturday Banding together for a day’s hunt- Time: 11am & 2pm ing is a longtime practice among Waterman’s Wharf those hunting waterfowl for sport. What: Docent interpretation. And when the duck blind is too far When: Everyday from home, remote clubhouses near Time: 11am-3pm the marshy shorelines have provided Chesapeake People a home away from home. Whether What: Visit with authentic populated by wealthy hunters from Chesapeake People another state or working class friends who share their stories. from closer by, waterfowling clubs Student artwork is now on display in When: Saturdays Time: 11am-3pm have formed along the Chesapeake the Van Lennep Auditorium. The show Bay from the Susquehanna Flats in represents 50 young artists from across Family Drop-ins the north to the saltwater marshes the Mid-Atlantic who have qualified What: Kid themed, hands-on along the lower Eastern Shore since as semi-finalists in a “Chesapeake Bay Vice President & Branch Manager of the St. Michaels activities (crafts or tours). the early nineteenth century. Revival Coloring Contest.” branch of PNC Bank Kimberly Kastel, Museum Director When: Thursdays & Fridays of Education Kate Livie, SMCC Director Trish Payne, and Time: 2-4pm An exhibit on these clubs, featuring To enter the contest, students were SMCC Youth Coordinator Pam Phillips stop for a photo historic photos, documents, decoys, Gunning clubs like the Accomack Club in encouraged to create an original piece while taking a tour of campus to discuss plans for the Boatyard Skills Demonstration and other gunning accoutrements, Virginia provided comfortable accommodations of artwork capturing their own inter- upcoming sessions of Kids Club. What: Learn a traditional boatyard skill from a trained shipwright. to members and guests. Museum collection, opens in the Museum’s Waterfowling pretation of the Chesapeake Bay. The When: Monday - Friday gift of Dr. Harry Walsh Time: 1:30pm Building on April 14 with an open- winning poster will be selected in March The Museum has been awarded a grant from PNC ing reception on Friday, April 13. 2012 with input from contest sponsors, Bank’s “Grow Up Great” program, which allows Community Work Days: Skipjack Restoration The exhibit remains open through November 4, 2012, during regular Museum including the Museum. Check our the Museum’s popular Kids Club program to be What: Work under the guidance of a master shipwright to help rebuild Facebook page for the announcement of hours. For more information, see page 20. extended for two extra weeks. Collaborating with the skipjack Rosie Parks. the winners. the St. Michaels Community Center (SMCC), When: Saturdays the Museum will use the additional two weeks to Time: 10am-3pm provide programming for underserved youth in Sailing Saturdays the Bay Hundred area. Journeyman shipwright Chris Sanders welcomed back What: Try your hand at sailing our Apprentice For a Day boats. Boats Kids Club is a half-day, hands-on Chesapeake- range in size from 12 to 20 feet. The boats are perfect for one Chris Sanders, of Newport, RI, rejoins the Museum as a journeyman ship- focused camp for kids ages four to seven, in which to two people, with instructions provided for beginners. Space is wright. Sanders’ work begins on the three-year restoration project of the historic children learn about the Chesapeake Bay firsthand limited and pre- registration is recommended. Call the Welcome Center at 410-745-4965 to reserve, otherwise, it’s first-come, skipjack, Rosie Parks. Sanders previously served as a Museum apprentice from through activities, stories, games, and crafts. first-served. 2008 to 2009, when he worked alongside Boatyard Program Manager Dan “One of the main priorities of the PNC Foundation When: June 9, July 14, August 11 & September 15 with two daily sailing Sutherland to build Vida, a 9-1/2’ tender for the 1888 classic racing yacht, Elf. is to provide educational and developmental sessions from 10am-12noon, and 1-4pm Sanders also worked on the bugeye Edna E. Lockwood and assisted in the opportunities that improve the school readiness of Cost: $10 per session day-to-day preservation of the Museum’s historic fleet of Chesapeake vessels. underserved children,” explains Kimberly Kastel, vice president and bank manager of St. Michaels’ Mister Jim Cruises After leaving the Museum in 2009, Sanders enrolled in the International Yacht PNC Bank, “and our volunteers are really look- What: Climb aboard the buyboat Mister Jim for a scenic cruise on the Restoration School in Newport, RI, receiving his proficiency in yacht restora- ing forward to helping out with the camp this Miles River. tion degree in June, 2011. He also holds a degree in physics from the University When: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays summer,” she adds. of North Carolina. Prior to rejoining the Museum, Sanders worked restoring Time: 12noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm runabouts in Bristol, CT. He currently resides in St. Michaels, MD. For more information about Kids Club, contact Cost: $10 Director of Education Kate Livie at 410-745-4947 or email [email protected]. 7 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 8 curator’s corner Push and Pull: The Push and Pull Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats of Chesapeake Tugboating

Story & photos by Michelle Zacks

n a recent mild December afternoon at the docks of McAllister Towing in ’s North Locust Point Marine Terminal, McAllister tug Robert E. McAllister, a converted Captain Robert Dempsey announces the Robert E. McAllister Navy yard tug, is ready for action at the McAllister Towing of Baltimore docks. Ois heading out in an hour. Moran Towing, another of Baltimore’s three ship docking companies (Krause Marine Towing is the third), has just called in for an assist. The Surrie Moran is docking a container ship so Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake large—more than three football fields in length and nearly one football Bay Tugboats opens in the Museum’s field wide—that three tugs are needed to nudge her into Baltimore’s Building on April 21, 2012. Seagirt Marine Terminal. The Robert E. McAllister’s 4000 horsepower The Chesapeake is a highway for tugs twin diesel engines would come in handy. and barges, and for the large ships aided by tugs in port. Centered around From the bow of this converted Navy yard tug, it’s clear the people and the big compound steam engine that work animating this harbor tell the Chesapeake Bay’s story just as dominates the room—an engine much as skipjacks, crab pickers, and oyster tongers. Since Colonial salvaged from the 1929 C&O railroad times, Baltimore harbor has been the hub of Chesapeake maritime life. tug W. J. Harahan (ex-Chessie, , ship repair, and ship docking provided a backbone for port line handler. As the Robert E. swings next crab pot. By 15, his ex-E l Toro)—the exhibit will explore life and its diverse mix of people. Everything from tobacco to wheat, around to nose her bow into the flank father entrusted him with the variety of ways tugs are used sugar to guano, oysters to watermelons, and coal to petroleum has moved of the Rachele, pushing the container his own boat for winter- around the Chesapeake. in and out of this industrial harbor. ship towards Seagirt, the movement is time crab dredging. Captain Bob directs the Robert E. McAllister out toward the Francis Scott as gentle as the rocking of a cradle. Discouraged by what he Visitors will gain historical perspective sees as harsh regulations on what has changed in the world of Key Bridge, moving at a slow and steady eight knots. Fort McHenry It’s no surprise that many a Chesapeake (top) The harbor launch idles beside the MSC Rachele, lies to starboard while the cranes of Seagirt Marine Terminal loom tributary leads to tug and barge work. making it nearly impos- tugboats on the Bay since their first sible for watermen to make allowing the bay pilot to disembark, as the tug Surrie Moran arrival, and meet some of the captains ahead to port, as the Robert E. passes cruise ships, a Domino sugar A marine biologist by training, Captain approaches. ship, and enormous military vessels. Sometimes, Captain Bob sees Bob’s lifelong love of the water exempli- a living these days, Parks and crews who work—and sometimes (bottom) Aboard the Robert E. McAllister, Captain Robert fies a connecting thread in the tugboat is still extremely satis- live—aboard these hard-working boats. watermen gill netting for rockfish next to the channel. Gulls careen past Dempsey and Deck Utility Steve Marks wait for the MSC and Canada geese stitch Vs across the sky. As the MSC (Mediterranean world. While Bob Dempsey was fied with his tug career. To gather the stories of these men and Working for Baltimore- Rachele to pass under the Francis Scott Key Bridge, ready to Shipping Company) Rachele heaves into view with containers stacked six- “pulled” toward tugboats, for others help dock her at the Seagirt Marine Terminal. women, Museum Folklorist Michelle high, a tiny launch zips out to meet her, letting the harbor pilot climb this line of work comes as a “push.” based Vane Brothers, Parks Zacks went aboard tugs, photographed is the captain of the tug aboard to confer with the bay pilot. Once inside the Key Bridge, the bay Affectionately known as “Tangerines” their work and collected photographs Roanoke, hauling diesel fuel explains “Any given waterman, the pilot disembarks onto the waiting launch, while the harbor pilot begins in the industry, 50 to 60 men from from some of the crews, and conducted up the Wicomico River to Salisbury. things they know is tide and weather… to direct the docking Moran and McAllister tugs. Virginia’s Tangier Island are employed a series of oral history interviews all His experience as a waterman provides also currents, knowing when it’s going to Lying snugly parallel against the port bow of this skyscraper of a ship— on tugs and barges. Kim Parks, better around the Bay. This article will give a great foundation for learning how to be flood tide or ebb tide.” Though he no “on the shoulder” as they say in the business—the Robert E. is posi- known as “Socks,” is one. Most of you a flavor for some of the stories maneuver a tugboat and barge through longer pulls crab pots for a living, he will tioned to connect the two vessels. Steve Marks, the other man on the the men in his family were water- highlighted in the exhibit. the Bay’s tributaries. always be rooted in the ways of the Bay. McAllister tug’s two-man crew, marries the Rachele’s messenger line to men and, following in their footsteps, the Robert E.’s, allowing the ship line to be pulled up. McAllister calls Parks began waterman life at age six When asked how his background “I was a waterman all my life,” he says, Steve’s position “deck utility,” meaning he is both the engineer and by steering his uncle’s boat toward the prepared him for tug work, Parks “Matter of fact, I tell people, I still am.” 9 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 10 education research Photo by Cam McCutchen Cam by Photo What’s Fresh? A Revitalized Center for Chesapeake Studies Seasonal Selections from Education

By Kate Livie By Robert Forloney

s the weather grew colder, the education department

took advantage of the lull to implement new initia- A Chessie and water go together like scrapple and eggs. Atives—volunteer field trips and a volunteer book club. The lecture series, “An Abundant and Fruitful Land: Foodways of The Bay’s Own Breed the Chesapeake,” warmed the intellect and spirits (sometimes n 1996, the Breene M. Kerr Center The moment before release is the most magnifi- with spirits) of those who attended our sold-out programs. cent. Their entire body trembles with intent and for Chesapeake Studies (CCS) was And hardy young souls ventured out onto campus to learn purpose, thick muscles vibrate with contained Icreated to strengthen the Museum’s about winter birds, windy days, and how the Chesapeake energy crawling down the barrel chest to wet, connections with the region’s scholarly Bay was formed from a glacier in our children’s program, muddy hocks shivering with instinct. Each quick institutions while translating significant breath a steamy dragon waft, puffing out in ChesAdventures. white bursts that linger in the frigid morning air. new research into engaging visitor expe- Their blonde eyes pulse from owner to bird and riences. In other words, it would serve as We welcomed an art show, featuring the creative talent back again, watching, waiting in delicious and a think tank for the study of the history of students throughout the watershed in the “Chesapeake terrible anticipation. They were made for this. of the Bay and its people. Over the Bay Revival Art Contest,” offered collaboratively with the They are Chesapeake Bay retrievers. years, the Center has realized notable Chesapeake Bay Trust and a children’s book author. accomplishments such as Oystering on Looking ahead, we’ve got every educational opportunity you by following our new blog and learn about the Chesapeake’s the Chesapeake, the first exhibit designed can imagine: training sessions, workshops, classes, camps, In addition to exploring Museum exhibits, Chesapeake Semester students are put to work raising history, people, and environment on Beautiful Swimmers, at using extensive original research by the sail of the Rebecca T. Ruark, the oldest working skipjack on the Bay, and listening to Captain lectures, and festivals. Keep up with the education department beautifulswimmers.tumblr.org. the Center, and Chesapeake People, a Wade Murphy, Jr. program allowing tradition bearers such as watermen, crabpickers, and decoy carvers to share their experiences and One of the recent initiatives of the Center Spending more than 50 days in the field, This Spring, “Step Out” skills with Museum visitors. is its partnership with Washington students link classroom discussions with Pho Seeking to revitalize the Center, the College’s Center for Environment first-hand experiences in the watershed. t with the ALL c o Museum hired a new director and a & Society. Chesapeake Semester is an During this past fall semester students ou innovative program that entails intensive traveled to 50 different sites and met

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ils tions, enhance the internship program, participants study the complex history, and artists. Connecting students to the

his past winter, The Academy for Lifelong Learning o ecology, and culture of the Bay as a land and water fosters a powerful sense

n and emphasize new research in public (ALL) welcomed nearly 70 members and instructors to its Wy programming—like the new exhibit Push microcosm of the challenges and transi- of place, and gives students a better att annualT meeting at the Museum. Tom Hollingshead, President and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Tugboats. tions confronting coastal communities understanding of the human and social of ALL since 2010, passed the leadership baton to the new around the world. dimensions of diverse issues. president, Ronald Lesher. Robert Lippson will fill the role of Long-time members and new members alike enjoy ALL’s Annual Meeting The Center’s immediate goal is to The Museum hosts student orienta- Students have an opportunity to study vice president formerly held by Bob Feldhuhn, and John Ford and Winter Social. Ronald Lesher, President of ALL, Kate Mann, Dorothy encourage scholars, members, and the Parker, Beverly Martin and Tom Hollingshead. tion while providing research resources, the Chesapeake in depth, explore solu- and Brice Gamber will continue in their roles as secretary public to see the Museum not just as serves as a liaison to watermen, artists, tions, and examine the nexus between and treasurer respectively. Three new members of the executive a repository for objects, but also as a and other collaborators, and assists with policy and people’s everyday lives. This committee were introduced: Sam Barnett of Easton, Kate Chantilly, VA (June 5), two visits to the Naval Academy in center for civic engagement: a place student exhibitions. While on campus, is exactly the kind of interdisciplinary Mann of Royal , and Beverly Martin of Easton. Annapolis (April 26 & May 16), a visit to the Calhoon MEBA where stakeholders—people who love Engineering School in Easton (May 22), and three visits to the Bay—share their perspectives and students examine exhibits, speak with study and innovative collaboration that This spring, ALL will once again offer its popular walking Poplar Island (June 14, July 20 & August 7). use the Museum’s resources, collections, artists and shipwrights, have discussions the Center will develop and expand. tour of the Easton Airport (April 19, May 17 & June 21) in stories, exhibits, and events to help about contemporary issues, and even For more information contact CCS’s which participants learn what a local airport can mean to a ALL offers unique programs of public interest in the fields of make sense of the past while making get a chance to explore artifacts in the Director Robert Forloney at 410-745-4959 community. On May 10, ALL travels to the home of land- history, literature, art, science, religion, leisure, sports, current informed decisions about the future. Museum’s private collection. or email [email protected]. scape designer and sculptor Jane Kirch. Other ALL field affairs and more. Call the Museum at 410-745-2916 for more trips include a trip to the National Air and Space Museum in information, visit cbmm.org/all, or find us on Facebook. 11 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 12 feature

The Real After Rosie’s death, the boys were remembers the 1969-70 oyster season “He stuck her in the mud a little,” he raised with the help of relatives in their when he crewed with Orville. “We were recalls “We got the sail down, launched by Dick Cooper small, close-knit community. Their tied up in Chesapeake Beach,” he says. the push boat and went back into the father later remarried and had five “There were 27 dredge boats tied up in harbor. We got 150 bushels of oysters daughters, Mary Harding says. But there one day. Only three of us went out, that day. He knew enough about the Bay tragedy continued to follow the Parks the rest stayed tied to the pier because it so he knew what he was doing. We family. Robert W. W. Parks was killed was blowing, it was blowing bad.” were the only boat in the harbor that in 1929 in a dramatic accident. “We were the only ones to make it back made money that day.” Rosie Parks “His car stalled on the train tracks down to Chesapeake Beach. The rest couldn’t And then there was the racing. Orville around Pocomoke, and he was hit by make it back in and they ran up to Parks liked to take home the prize the train and killed,” Mary Harding Annapolis,” Tom says. money, and usually did. “He was quite s the historic skipjack Rosie Parks is restored plank by says. “I remember the day, and I was serious about his racing,” Tom says. “He plank, the family tree of the real Rosie Parks is regenerat- only about two at the time, but I remem- didn’t go out there just to sail, he went Aing branch by branch. The descendants of Rosina Todd Parks, ber when they came to the house and told out there to win, so you had to be ready.” a small woman who bore four sons and died young after a hard Dad his father had been killed.” To illustrate how serious he was, Orville life on southern Dorchester County’s waterfront, are keeping But not all of the Parks family stories told his racing crew that when he was their family history alive by retelling stories that have been have sad endings, with tales of life in a young man, he took his father racing passed down for generations. the boatshop and on the water shared with him on a blustery day on the Standing on the doghouse of the skipjack Rosie during a recent among the four generations at the family Potomac River. family reunion at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, the gathering. The reunion started small “Midway through the race, his father real Rosie’s great-grandson, Pres Harding of Chestertown, put when several members and Museum went forward and cut the halyard to the it this way, “This has been a grand thing for the family. This staff began exchanging e-mails about main so the sail fell,” Tom says. “Because project is not only restoring the boat, it is restoring the family.” getting together to share a bushel or two he figured his son was going to sink his Rosie Parks’ famous shipbuilding son, Bronza, built the skip- of oysters during the OysterFest at the boat if that was what it took to win the jack for her famous oysterman son, Orville, in 1955— Museum in early November, 2011. race. He knew he would drive that boat 53 years after she died at the age of 26. Museum shipwright It kept spreading until 57 of Robert under if he needed to, just to win the race.” Marc Barto and his team of apprentices and volunteers are one and Rosie’s offspring showed up, some A story that has been told through the year into a three-year restoration and demonstration project on traveling from as far away as Florida generations is the one about how Orville the skipjack. While the first of the Parks’ family reunions next and New Mexico. Orville’s grandson came to name his boat after his late to the Rosie was a big success in November, family members Tom Parks kept his younger cousins, mother. He was six years old when the are already looking forward to the re-launch in 2013. nephews and nieces enthralled with his real Rosie Parks died and the only one “We were all overwhelmed by what the Museum did for the stories of growing up with the old water- of her four boys who was old enough to family,” says Mary Parks Harding, Pres’ mother and the man. “I used to go out with him during have a clear memory of her. daughter of Bronza Parks. “It was one of the greatest tributes Christmas break when I was seven or He was a soldier in World War I and was to my father that I have ever seen.” Family members posed for eight,” he says. “I got chicken pox when (top) Mary Parks Harding, Bronza’s daughter. on a battlefield in Europe when he was group photos next to a life-size photo cut-out of Bronza during we were out dredging near the bottom of (bottom) Tom Parks, grandson of Orville, helps hit by a German gas attack. While he the reunion. the Choptank River.” shipwrights restore Rosie. was struggling with the effects of the gas, “I had purchased a photo of my father at an auction,” Mary He says his father, who was part of the he told his family, his mother came to Harding says. “I told my son we should donate it to the crew, took him ashore in the skiff but “We were on the Bay and the wind him and said, “Orville, you can make it.” Museum, but when we got there, we found they already had it the houses they went to were unoccupied was from the south and the seas were Orville told his grandchildren, “So that and had made that cut-out of him from it.” summer homes. “We walked to a general running 12 to 14 feet high. We couldn’t is why I named my boat Rosie Parks store in a snow storm where we called launch the push boat because the sea was Bronza Parks was one of the best-known shipwrights on the The real Rosie Parks, date unknown. because I knew my mother would look my mother and she came and got me. too high. Every time we went down a Chesapeake in the mid-1900s. He built hundreds of boats out for me while I was on the water.” One of my earliest memories of the Rosie swell you could feel the centerboard hit in his shop, ranging from crab skiffs to cabin cruisers, before Wesley and Rosina Parks’ four sons in Wingate. He was is getting chicken pox in a snow storm the bottom. We had to sail in between being shot to death by a mentally disturbed customer in 1958. followed by Robert in 1897, Bronza in 1899, and Rosen in at Christmas.” Tom Parks says that his the rock breakwaters at Chesapeake Beach.” His brother, Orville—who was honored by then-Governor 1900. Rosen, the last of the Parks brothers, passed away in grandfather was known around the Bay J. Millard Tawes with the title “Admiral of the Chesapeake” 1989. Mary Harding says family members are not sure what for being one of the most daring of the Tom says they had only a small bit of You can keep up with the for his oystering and sailing skills, retired from a life on the caused Rosie’s death in 1902. Some speculated it was caused skipjack captains. the main up as his grandfather eased the restoration process by visiting water in 1974 at the age of 78. He sold the Rosie Parks to Rosie into the harbor and headed for the by having four babies so close together, but Mary Harding cbmm.org/rosieparks.html. the Museum in 1975 and died in April of 1976 at the age doesn’t think that was a factor because she lived two more “If there was money to be made, he would shallow side of the channel. of 80. Orville was born in 1896, the first of Robert William years. “It must have been something else,” she says. go drudging,” he says. Tom Parks 13 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 14 feature

Paige Martin their restoration. The surveys included place to put her training into practice Education Intern, 2011 Museum Interns: 1 detailed research regarding ownership of and allowed her to work on teaching Hometown: Riverton, NJ the properties, construction of the houses, skills and develop confidence in front and their evolution through time. Hickman When Washington College junior Paige of audiences. Through connections with where are they now? also created measured drawings of each the Museum, she joined St. Michaels’ Martin applied to become an educa- structure for the archives. tion intern, she had already garnered Wednesday Night Race committee and “The staff really took a personal the Museum’s Edmee S. log canoe crew. plenty of experience inside a classroom, interest in our activities both during 2 3 but wanted more experience teaching and after work hours. Everyone was Ferris currently teaches 8th grade social outside of a classroom. willing to include interns in whatever studies at Matapeake in “I was actually able to pick up a activities were taking place. The Stevensville, MD. live blue crab and show kids the personal connections I made at differences between a male and the museum continue to serve me Jonathan Olly a female,” recalls Martin. “That is to this day.” 4 Curatorial Intern, 2004 something you would rarely find Hometown: Hubbardston, MA inside the classroom and it gave Since 2006, Hickman has served as the me a new perspective on teaching.” director of the Penn State University’s After finishing his bachelor’s degree in All-Sports Museum (where he majored history at the University of Massachusetts, Martin worked on a variety of projects in history and political science, graduat- assisting the Kids Club instructor with Jonathan Olly interned at the New Bedford 4 ing in 1998). After his Museum intern- Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, 1 daily lessons for the half-day summer ship and prior to returning to Penn State, and as a sailing apprentice on the camp, creating drop-in activities for Hickman was the curator and develop- Clearwater in Poughkeepsie, NY, before families visiting the Museum, and ment director at the USS Constellation in applying to the Museum. 6 running educational activities at major Baltimore and the curator at the Ameri- summer events. Martin’s biggest project can Merchant Marine Museum in Kings During his Museum , Olly was to create family learning bags for Point, NY. wrote articles for the Museum’s quarterly the Welcome Center. publication, photographed artifacts and “My internship here changed my view of Jill Ferris manuscripts, and helped to pack up and the typical museum and I think it does 3 Education Intern, 2010 transport the Burgess Collection. the same for every visitor,” says Martin. Hometown: Lockport, NY “There’s no expectation of needing Now a Washington College senior, to know a lot about the Chesapeake While fellow classmates were wading Martin is majoring in human develop- or boats, you’re not tied to any one through mounds of paperwork during project, and you’ll come away with a ment with a certification in elementary their summer internships, Jill Ferris better understanding of how to tell 5 7 8 education. She is student-teaching in a was co-leading Kids Club, coordinating stories with objects,” says Olly. 3rd grade classroom, and just taught her volunteers for the Chesapeake Folk first lesson about the Chesapeake Bay. “There were lots of small experiences to by Marie Thomas Festival, and leading school and camp see what various Museum jobs en- tours. At the time, she was working Ken Hickman tailed, whether a curator, registrar, ex- 2 toward her master’s degree in history any recall internships fondly, as the pinnacle of their Regular seminars introduce interns to other departments Curatorial Intern, 1999 hibit designer, or shipwright. I would Hometown: West Chester, PA museum studies in the Cooperstown, college education. Forced out into the “real world,” a as well as the best practices of a variety of museums and NY graduate program. definitely recommend this experience goodM internship will test your mettle and put into practice educational organizations. The Museum’s program stands out to others. Museums that provide After completing an assistantship at While at the Museum, Ferris designed a everything you’ve spent the last few years learning. A quality because interns interact with different audiences, provide various intern housing and a stipend are rare, the University of Delaware’s Center for scavenger hunt and family internship will set you up to enter the workforce with a little visitor experiences, are able to attend professional staff meet- and those with a quality internship Historical Architecture & Design for learning map, and designed two inter- bit of experience under your belt and, if you’re lucky, some ings, and have the opportunity to meet and network with program are rarer still,” he adds. his master’s degree in history/museum pretive panels for features in the front connections to help you along. diverse museum professionals. Internships are a great way to studies, Ken Hickman joined the of the administration offices. Olly, now a graduate student in American Administered by the Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake gain practical experience, with projects completed in research, Museum as a curatorial intern. “I loved that I was able to do mean- studies at Brown University in Rhode Studies (CCS), a CBMM internship is an innovative ten-week collections, folklore, and education at the Museum. Hickman was tasked with conducting a ingful work as an intern and use my Island, is writing a dissertation that experience to address some of the historical survey of the Museum’s three examines how various groups re-imag- program in research and hands-on museum practice. Students For more information, contact CCS Director Robert Forloney Museum’s needs,” recalls Ferris. are given the opportunity to learn from seasoned experts who at 410-745-4959 or [email protected] administration buildings––the Eagle, ined New England’s maritime history in monitor, observe, and guide their professional development. Dodson, and Higgins houses––prior to She adds that the Museum was a perfect the 20th century for tourism and commerce.

15 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 16 feature lifelines Volunteer Profile: “CBMM’s internship offers the Megan Anderson curriculum for ecology cruises aboard Education/Folklife Intern, 2007 experience of dealing with real-life 5 the Museum’s replica buyboat, Mister Jim. constraints, in terms of budgets, Hometown: Detroit, MI “My internship gave me great teaching deadlines, and logistics. It gave me Model Guild experience––developing content and a deep appreciation for the necessary Megan Anderson interned at the Museum presenting it, as well as training docents,” compromises you have to make before her last semester at Michigan in order to translate your grand By Katie Willis says Kraeer. She enjoyed her time at the State University, working on a variety dreams and ideas into real programs,” Museum so much, she returned to take of projects for both the education and says Zacks. part in a grant-funded program aide folklife departments. Anderson created position for several months. Zacks is almost finished with her disser- a training program for volunteer inter- “The Museum really made a point tation for UH and is currently working embers of the Chesapeake Bay preters on “Marshes: The Disappearing to give us projects that matched part-time as the Museum’s folklorist, Maritime Museum’s Model Guild Edens,” exhibit. our own particular interests and focusing on interviews with captains and Mare hardly what you would call retired. strengths,” she adds. She coordinated and expanded the crew of Chesapeake tugs and barges for With the ninth annual Maritime Model Chesapeake People program, youth Kraeer went on to graduate from the upcoming Tug exhibit, in addition to Expo coming up May 19–20, the recent and family programs, and assisted with American University with a master’s planning the Folk Festival for July 28. addition of a machine to campus, the Kids Club summer camp. In addi- degree in biology, where she was able to Julie Broadbent weekend workshops, weekly meetings, tion, Anderson wrote the interpretation and model kit production for the use the teaching experience she acquired 8 Folklife Intern, 2011 for the Edna E. Lockwood. Museum Store, members of the Model at the Museum to teach undergraduate Hometown: Cleveland, OH “I learned so much from my intern- biology. Now, Kraeer is a marine mammal Guild are some of the Museum’s most ship supervisor––invaluable lessons assistant trainer at the National Aquarium As a folklife intern this past summer, dedicated volunteers. over the daily operations of the not only about education and learning, club, running meetings, teach- but also on time management, in Baltimore, where she works specifi- Julie Broadbent helped plan the The Model Guild began in the mid- ing classes, and creating more managing expectations, and working cally with the dolphins, in all aspects of Chesapeake Folk Festival in July, with 1980s as the brainchild of Norman kits for the Museum Store. As through internal politics.” their care and training, including show duties ranging from inviting participants, Stewart, who was offering classes in their operation grew, the Guild’s presentations for the public. to helping design the program and model boatbuilding in the Steamboat (Clockwise from left) Norman Stewart, the Anderson adds that her responsibilities assisting with other educational compo- Building. In 1987, Bob Mason (the meeting area expanded to the Bay founder of the Model Guild, and his wife Millie. Michelle Zacks History building in 2010. The Model Guild’s headquarters inside the Bay and experiences as an intern set her nents of the event. Guild’s current director) and his wife Folklife Intern, 2009 History Building. Bob Mason and Bob Cimba apart from other recent college graduates 7 took an advanced class building a “When this group started, it was just Hometown: Hamden, CT “Besides learning how to pick a crab, with the new milling machine. when applying for jobs––in particular standard workboat, and a passion was four people. Through Bob’s leadership, I learned how crucial events, like the her experience of creating a volunteer sparked. It was around this time that he has expanded our vision,” says Ed As a PhD candidate at the University Chesapeake Folk Festival, are connecting training curriculum, which helped her to then curator Richard Dodds asked Santelmann, the developer of the of Hawai‘i (UH), Michelle Zacks wrote local communities to the Museum,” previously located in Centreville due land her first full-time job. the Guild to create a model depicting Guild’s half-hull model class which her dissertation on the environmental comments Broadbent. “I met a waterman to lack of space at the Museum. The the James Adams Floating Theater he teaches. After attending the Cabin Anderson is a training project coordinator history of the mullet fishery of southwest from Rock Hall who invited me to go milling machine is instrumental in to complement an upcoming exhibit Fever Expo in York, PA, the largest at St. Augustine College in Chicago’s Florida. She wanted experience at a pound net fishing. This was the major helping the Guild create their model which later became so popular it was North American model engineering Institute for Workforce Education’s maritime museum, and CBMM was her leagues of fishing––my singular blue gill kits, cutting small, intricate parts, which commissioned to travel the region as a show in the country, Mason helped Center for Non-Profit Effectiveness first choice. fish was outmatched when 300 pounds are carved into three-dimensional where she conducts outreach to non-profits, mobile exhibit, educating others about to establish the inaugural Maritime shapes from wooden blocks. Zacks was the folklife intern for the first of rockfish, catfish, and perch were creating customized training programs the Museum. Model Expo in 2003. In 2008, Stewart annual Chesapeake Folk Festival, and harvested in less than three hours.” The Model Guild is offering a beginner to help them run more efficiently. Due to the success of this exhibit piece, passed away unexpectedly, leaving official very involved in much of the original model boatbuilding workshop on Broadbent is currently completing her the Guild generated more support, directorship to Mason. Kim Kraeer planning for the scope and shape of March 31 and April 1. See the calendar master’s degree in history museum studies formed a core group, and received addi- “Classes are still offered following the 6 Education Intern, 2007 the event. Zacks conducted research of events on page 19 for more informa- in the Cooperstown, NY, graduate program tional special requests for models. The style and format that Norm [Stewart] Hometown: Denton, MD and field work on women involved in tion. New members with all levels of and is writing her thesis on Eastern Guild began work on acquiring funds to created. We are grateful for the model the work and home life of Chesapeake experience are welcome. Having just graduated from Washington Shore women in the seafood industry. further their mission of supporting the legacy he has created,” says Mason. watermen, on pound net fishing, and on “As I enter the museum field, the For more information on the Model College with a biology degree, Kim curatorial and educational needs of the This past December a computerized other types of net fishing. She helped relationship-building and communi- Guild and its activities, please contact Kraeer was eager to gain some hands-on cation skills I learned at CBMM are Museum and interpreting the skill and numerically controlled (CNC) mill- to coordinate logistics, plan and build Bob Mason at 410-745-3266 or email experience. In addition to helping with proving invaluable,” she adds. art of model boatbuilding to the public. ing machine was delivered to campus. festival exhibits, and write text panels [email protected]. Kids Club during her internship, Kraeer The machine, donated nearly 10 years and program text. When Stewart decided to start taking helped to develop and implement a new his winters in Florida, Mason took ago from Chesapeake College, was

17 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 18 calendar april/may/june Boater Safety Courses april Summer Sailing Program April 17 & 18, May 16 & 17, June 12 & 13 Opening Reception Maritime Model Expo July 17 & 18, August 14 & 15 Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20 June – August Gunning Among Friends: 6-10pm, $25 per two-evening session Chesapeake Waterfowl Hunting Clubs Sat., 10am–4pm & Sun., 10am–3pm Free for members or with Museum admission Explore the Miles River and learn maritime skills in our Maryland boaters born after July 1, 1972 are required to have a Friday, April 13 Summer Sailing Program, where new sailors and old salts gain Certificate of Boating Safety Education. The certificate is obtained 5:30pm, Small Boat Shed Held in conjunction by the Museum’s Model Guild and the the confidence to sail a small boat in a fun, safe, and encour- by passing a Department of Natural Resources-approved course, North American Steamboat Modelers Association, this expo Join fellow Museum members and the East Coast Decoy aging environment. Pre-registration required, contact Helen Van and is good for life. The course is a great way to become a more includes radio-controlled models powered by steam, battery, and Collectors Club for a reception to kick off and celebrate the Fleet at 410-745-4941. confident and competent boater. Pre-registration required, contact wind. Static displays of highly-detailed and realistic models by Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941. opening of this new exhibit. Lite fare served. Special thanks Junior Sailing, ages 8-16 to Judy & Henry Stansbury for sponsoring the reception. Free the Washington Ship Model Society and others will be featured, Mon.–Fri., 8:30am–12noon or 1–4:30pm Kids Club for members. Space is limited, RSVP by April 6 to Helen Van as well as activities for children. $200 members, $225 non-members June – July Fleet at 410-745-4941. The Elf Classic Yacht Race Basic – Offered as an introduction to water safety, , boat $100 members, $120 non-members. Membership rates apply if Member Night Saturday, May 19 handling, and docking, this course is designed for new sailors or those camper’s parent or guardian is a member. Scholarships are available. Race finish 4pm at the Museum (time subject to weather and who need to solidify their skills before starting the intermediate level. Blessing of the Fleet sailing conditions). Free for members or with Museum admission The Museum’s weekly Kids Club is a half-day, hands-on Friday, April 18 at 4pm intermediate – Helps students to learn more complex sailing skills, Chesapeake-focused camp for kids ages 4 to 7, where children including right-of-way rules, boat handling, local navigation, and proper Join Elf and other classic sailing yachts for the Elf Classic yacht learn about the Bay firsthand through activities, stories, games, and Celebrate this year’s boating season with members, volunteers, sail trim. race—a true yachtsman’s race. The Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis crafts. Pre-registration required, contact Helen Van Fleet at and boatyard staff for an official ceremony honoring our own will serve as the departure point. This event is organized by the advanced – Designed for students who have mastered their interme- 410-745-4941. floating fleet of Bay boats, as well as local work boats. Ceremony Classic Yacht Restoration Guild to recreate the sensibilities of diate level skills, this course focuses on boat handling and sail trim. will be held under the Hooper Strait Lighthouse (weather Ages 4 – 5 Ages 6 – 7 yacht racing of the 1880s when the races began on shore, includ- Activities include exploring aspects of dinghy racing and the racing permitting). Refreshments served. Free for members. RSVP by rules of sailing as well as racing starts and tactics. 9:30am – 12:30pm 9:30am – 12:30pm ed the row to the boat on mooring or anchor, making sail and April 17 to Debbie Collison at 410-745-4991. reversing the process at the finish, in this case signing the race log June 25 - 29 July 2 - 6 at the Tolchester Bandstand on the grounds of the Museum. – Junior sailing Basic – July 9 - 13 July 16 - 20 Guided Tour To participate in the event, or to inquire about sponsorships, June 11 – 15 8:30am – noon Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Tugboats or 1 – 4:30pm contact Rick Carrion at [email protected] or visit June 18 – 22 8:30am – noon Apprentice For a Day Public Saturday, April 21 cyrg.org/elfclassic.htm. June 25 – 29 8:30am – noon Boatbuilding Program 11am, Van Lennep Auditorium July 2 – 6 8:30am – noon Member Night North Shore Sailing Skiff, “Miss B” Model Come to the official opening of the new exhibit where Chief July 9 – 13 1 – 4:30pm Rosie Parks Skipjack July 6 – 20 8:30am – noon Sat. & Sun., 10am-4pm. $35 members, $45 non-members. Curator Pete Lesher will lead a guided tour. Light refresh- July 23 – 27 8:30am – noon Journeyman’s special available (any 4 classes: $125 members, ments served. Free for members. Restoration Project Progress Report July 30 – August 3 8:30am – noon $170 non-members). Wednesday, May 23 at 6pm in Museum Boatyard August 6 – 10 1 – 4:30pm Learn traditional boatbuilding under the direction of a Museum may Join master shipwright and project manager Marc Barto as he – junior sailing Intermediate – shipwright. Be a part of the whole 17-week process, or just sign talks about the three-year restoration of the Museum’s skip- June 18 – 22 1 – 4:30pm up for those aspects of building a boat that you want to learn. Schooner Sultana Visit jack Rosie Parks. Board-by-board, -by-nail, learn how the July 2 – 6 1 – 4:30pm Must be 16 or older unless accompanied by an adult. Call Saturday, May 5 – Sunday, May, 13 revered old skipjack is being brought back to her former life. July 6 – 20 1 – 4:30pm 410-745-2916 to register. Open for boarding on Tuesday, May 8, 2:30-4:30pm Free, RSVP by May 22 to Debbie Collison at 410-745-4991. July 30 – August 3 1 – 4:30pm Beginner Model Boatbuilding The replica schooner Sultana will be docked along the Museum’s Saturday, March 31 & Sunday, April1 harbor-side for five days. Read more on page 6. – junior sailing advanced – june 9am-5pm, $80 members, $95 non-members June 25 – 29 1 – 4:30pm Tools and materials supplied. In Concert: July 23 – 27 1 – 4:30pm Frederick Douglass Day The Museum’s Model Guild leads participants step-by-step Saturday, May 5, 2012 229th Maryland Army National Guard 10am-4pm; Free for members, $10 for adults, kids under 16 free Adult & Teen Basic Sailing Weekend to create a half-hull model of the clipper Pride of Baltimore II. Band Band sawed from a two-toned block and carved to the Tuesday, June 12, 7pm Sat. & Sun., July 14-15 and August 4-5, 1-4:30pm Celebrate Talbot County’s favorite son and one of America’s rounded shape of the Pride’s hull, the half-hull model is then most important 19th-century leaders. Enjoy entertainment, food, Free, bring chairs & blankets $200 members, $225 non-members mounted on a baseboard to form a fine wall display. For ages 12 Adult and teen sailors can learn or improve their sailing skills. Learn and up and all skill levels welcome. A special rate for a parent- educational activities, and live music. Read more on page 22. The acclaimed 229th Maryland Army National Guard Band the principles of sailing a small 15-foot boat. Instructors teach small child team can accomodate younger children. Pre-registration performs patriotic music selections spanning a number of eras boat handling, boating safety, and sail theory. required by March 26 by calling 410-745-2916. and genres. Museum members enjoy refreshments served at a special VIP hospitality area during the concert. 19 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 20 calendar HMS Bounty Visit Thursday, June 14–Monday, June 18 Open for boarding with dockside tours Frederick Douglass Day available for an additional fee of $10 adults, $5 for children, and free for Learning from the past, educating for the future children five and under Saturday, May 5, 2012 The replica ship HMS Bounty will be docked along the Museum’s harbor-side during ACBF. Read more on page 6. Vikings on the Chesapeake Friday, June 22–Monday, June 25 Free for members or with paid admission

The Leif Ericson Viking Ship Norseman, a half-scale replica of the famous Gokstad he Frederick Douglass Honor ship, will be at the Museum for three Society (FDHS) and the days. Read more on page 6. TChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum are partnering again to present Frederick The restored Silver Arrow Chris Craft runabout, belonging to Dick Hickman of Wrightsville, PA, will lead the 100 plus boats on display at the Museum for the silver anniversary of the Douglass Day on Saturday, May 5, 2012 Antique and Classic Boat Festival, coming on this Father’s Day weekend. at the Museum. From 10am to 4pm, this day-long cele- 25th Antique & Classic Boat Festival (ACBF) bration features exhibits about Douglass’ Father’s Day Weekend, Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17 life and work, genealogy workshops, Fri., 11am–5pm; Sat., 10am–5pm; Sun., 10am–2pm cooking demonstrations, dance, live (top right) From left, William Wells, young Free for members or with Museum admission music, regional foods, and activities for Frederick Douglass, Mary Thomas, Judge children to learn about the diversity of James Thomas, and Norman Anderson at This annual boat event is the largest of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region, the inaugural Frederick Douglass Day. cultural traditions established in our featuring more than 100 antique and classic boats, boatbuilding demonstrations, early heritage. Shipbuilding techniques (bottom right) Young attendees try their maritime artists and craftsmen, craft vendors, classic used boats, motors, and used by Douglass will also be demon- hand at fishing off the docks of Water- nautical flea market, along with live music, food, and more. man’s Wharf. strated at the boatshop. A special feature this year is “The Arts at Navy Point,” a showcase of juried The first Frederick Douglass Day was artists and craftsmen presenting maritime-themed home, boat, and wall decor held at the Museum in October 2010, culinary historian, community scholar, items. This year features the largest fleet of antique Silver Arrow Chris-Craft families will have the opportunity to drawing more than 500 people to the and living history interpreter focusing boats for ACBF’s silver anniversary, made in limited production for only two see history come alive by chatting with Museum’s waterfront campus and rais- on historic African American food and years. These are rare boats powered by big V-8 engines, with some coming as a young Frederick Douglass interpreter, ing $10,000 for the Frederick Douglass folk culture. Twitty will be holding far away as Florida. This event is hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the creating their own copy of Douglass’ statue unveiled at the Talbot County open-fire cooking demonstrations at Antique and Classic Boat Society International in cooperation with the Museum. newspaper, the North Star, and trying out Courthouse in June, 2011. the Museum’s Mitchell House, which the clothes and tools of a 19th century

In keeping with this year’s theme, belonged to Douglass’ sister. Twitty free black sailor in a vintage photo booth “Learning from the past, educating for involves his audience in discussions about activity. heirloom crops and seeds, wild food, forag- the future,” the Museum and FDHS Donations and proceeds benefit the Mark your calendars have once again partnered with all ing methods, and the cooking techniques that create a uniquely African American Frederick Douglass Endowed Scholarship Talbot County schools to host a county- Fund and Museum educational programs. Big Band Night/Fireworks 15th Annual Charity 30th Annual Mid-Atlantic wide 8th grade Frederick Douglass cultural tradition. Admission is $10 for adults, and free for Saturday, June 30 Boat Auction Small Craft Festival essay contest. Contest winners will read Local food vendors will include Darnell’s museum members and kids under 16. Labor Day Weekend Fri., Sat., Sun., October 5, 6 & 7 their entries at Frederick Douglass Day Grill, Milestone, Sam’s Pizza, Scottish Chesapeake Folk Festival For more information, call the museum Saturday, September 1 and receive gifts and prizes from the Highland Creamery, and BBQ chicken Saturday, July 28 Maritime Monster Mash at 410-745-2916. St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance Friday, October 19 Museum and local organizations. from the Union United Methodist Watermen’s Appreciation Day Church in St. Michaels. In addition to Sunday, September 30 OysterFest New this year is a cooking demonstra- Sunday, August 12 dance, music, and live demonstrations, Saturday, November 3 tion by Michael Twitty, a recognized

21 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 22 on the rail Annual Fund Honor Roll Rosie Parks We are extremely grateful to you, our supporters, for your gifts to the Museum’s Annual Fund, endowment, education programs, bulkhead replacement, Rosie Parks restoration, historic vessel preservation, and those who’ve become Benefactor, Sustaining, and Life members. Your gifts Winter’s mild temperatures allowed for more benefit the children and adults served by our education programs, special events, exhibits, and boat restoration programs, and allow us to preserve the artifacts, traditions, heritage, and stories of the people whose lives have been shaped by the Chesapeake Bay. We can’t do it without your work on the skipjack Rosie Parks, and as a , generosity! Donors whose gifts were received between November 7 and February 14, 2012, are listed below. The Museum’s Annual Fund closes Rosie’s restoration is ahead of schedule. With on April 30, and we are so close to our goal. If you haven’t done so already, please consider donating, or making a second gift—it’s your generosity the chine logs completely replaced and installed, that enables us to impact more lives with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Bay. THANK YOU! the crew turned their focus to the side planking. After clamping the new chine plank into place, Academy for Lifelong Learning Patricia & James Bonan Rebecca & Jeff Chittenden Thomas Donlan Elizabeth Adams Amy Bondurant & David Dunn Sherri Christenson John Dombach the crew worked their way up, installing new Air Products Foundation Anne Marie & John Borneman C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Estate Gregory Dowd side planks on both sides of Rosie. Nancy Aldrich Delores Bowens Robert Clagett Dawne & Lawrence Drake Rosemary & George Aldrich Helen Bower Jill Clark & Stephen Morris Mary Ann & David Draut Follow Rosie’s progress by visiting us online at Joyce & Mark Allen Ann & John Boyden Jo & Ted Clark Carol & Michael Droge cbmm.org/rosieparks.html, watching our Rosie Chrys & Ed Alvarado Angela & Andrew Boyer Lucy & Gary Clarke Bob Drury Judith & Robert Amdur Fran & Phillip Bradley Katherine & David Cockey Robert T. Dryden Parks Restoration Project updates on YouTube, Molly & Peirce Anderson Karl Briers Mary Ruth Collison Teresa & Dixon Duffett reading our blog, Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com, Della & Herbert Andrew Donna & Chip Britt Vera & Paul Colon Virginia & Harry Duffey Lisa & Jim Andrew William Brody Constellation Energy Jane & Joseph Duffy or following us on Facebook. Anonymous Katharine & Stanley Brown United Way Campaign Lynne & Buck Duncan (Top, left to right) The new chine is clamped into place. Antique & Classic Boat Society - Norman Brown Shirley & Harvey Cook Barbara & Irénée du Pont Shipwright Apprentice India Gilham-Westerman attaches Chesapeake Bay Chapter Anne & David Brunson Newbold Cooper Catherine & Walter Eckbreth the chine plank. Nancy & CG Appleby Andrea & Larry Buel Missy Corley Susan & Michael Eckhart Blenda & Bruce Armistead Franz Burda Ann & Robert Corrie Orin Edson (Bottom, left to right) Rosie during original construction Dolores & Edward Arnold Anna & John Burfeind Martha Coven & Paul Frick Susan & John Edson juxtaposed with Rosie under restoration with new Ashby Commons, L.C. JoAnne & Kitridge Buritsch Mary Anne & Dick Cover Rona & Stuart Eisen side planks. Sandra & John Ashworth Carolyn & Brian Burke Linda & Robert Coverdale Street Development Co. Lisa & Steven Asplundh Virginia & George Burke Joan Cox Barbara & Eugene Elrod Neva & Edward Asplundh Claire Burkelman Anne & Doug Croker Peggy & Frank Emmet AT&T Foundation Nancy & Jim Burri Janet & James Crowle Pat & Jak Eskinazi Robert Austin Faith & Bill Bustard Victor Crown Georgiana & Alfred Evans Delaware Cecil Backus Patti & John Butner Crystal Trust ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. David Bailey, Jr. Scott Buzby Christine & Jerry Cully Jocelyn & George Eysymontt Martha & Mark Bailey Colleen & Daniel Callahan James Curran Elinor Farquhar The tug Delaware’s Bank of America Foundation Peggy & Walt Campbell Peggy & Raymond Custard Nancy & Robert Farrell centennial restoration Linda & Tom Barbour Margaret & Nick Cannistraro JoNell & Mike Dann Farvue Foundation continues just in time Katherine & Stephen Bardelman Kathy & Daniel Canzoniero Sylvia & Pete Davenport Brenda & Gil Fauber Donna Barker Danuta & Reno Carbonetta Margaret & Robert Davis Dorothy & Lyle Feisel for the Museum’s new Marc Barto Roberta & John Carey Mary & Anthony Davis Susan & Robert Feldhuhn Push and Pull: Life on Susan Bastress & Peter Behringer Leila & Bruce Carlson P. Davis Anna & Charles Fichtner Lindsay & David Batcheller Carol Carlson Judith & Robert Deakins Andrea & Thornton Field Chesapeake Tugboats Carolyn & Jack Batty Christine & Tyler Carr Ralph Decker Vanessa & Rodger Findiesen exhibit, opening in the Pattie & Mike Batza Richard Carroll Carolyn Decker Gwendolyn & Jay Fink Steamboat building Ardith & Theodore Bayler Susan & Paul Carroll Ruth & Edwin Decker Julia & Andrew Flanagan Elly & William Bayne Patti & Ralph Case Patrisha & Albert Del Negro Ann Marie & James Flood April 21 and running Vessel Maintenance Manager Mike Gorman strips and Vessel Maintenance Assistant Don MacLeod and volun- Jeff Bean Barbara & Frank Cavanaugh Elizabeth & David Derby Alice & James Forbes through 2014. New repaints Delaware’s window sashes. teer Richard Foa work on the Potomac River Dory boat. Theo B. Bean Foundation Ann Marie & Richard Cespedes Linda & John Derrick Darlene & Jeff Forte carlins represent one Barbara & Jerry Bechtle Ashley & Sam Chamberlain Eva Smorzaniuk & Phil Dietz Shirley Foster Jean Marie & Duane Beckhorn Jane & Peter Chambliss Marilyn Di Paolo & Warren Ringler Tom Fountain of the most significant aspects of Delaware’s restoration, along with new Holly & Walter Beckwith Jeff Chandler Helen & Paul Dix Karen & Ben Frana side deck beams, refurbished fuel tanks and new tank brackets. Half of Dory Boat Elaine & Ed Bednarz Candace Chiaruttini & Paul Milne Donna & Tim Dolan Allison & Jon Franke the tug’s existing sole was replaced with southern yellow . In maintaining Ann & Colin Bentley Holly & Bill Bentley the historical accuracy of the restoration project, port holes were cut and The Potomac River Dory’s deadwood and shaft Norma & Donald Berlin installed into the forward topside planking and Delaware’s exterior cabin- Allan Bernard alley have been removed, with the deadwood Cathi & Franklin Berry side beadboard was replaced with custom-milled yellow pine. replaced with white oak, an original match. The Joy & David Best Twelve window sashes have been stripped and repainted, using all original shaft alley will also be replaced with the same Pattie & George Betz Ginger & Marion Bevard materials. Topside and bottom were painted prior to Delaware’s early-March type of wood, before new mid-ship frames Kathleen & Paul Bigelman splash, leaving a few other cosmetic upgrades to be completed once launched. milled at the Tuckahoe are installed. Ellen & Edward Bilinski Marlen & Charles Binder As part of her centennial celebration, the river tug will be outfitted to Restoration of the 1931 boat, built in Banks Alison & Arthur Birney depict what life on a tugboat looked like at the time Delaware worked O’Dee, MD, and once used for oystering, Carole Bishop Mary Parks Harding, daughter of Bronza Parks (builder of the skipjack Rosie Parks), recently sent us a photo of the Chesapeake Bay and her tributaries. This summer you may find the continues with forefoot bottom planking to be William Blades these coins. Mary writes “Uncle Willie and my father owned a packing house together. It was known as L & P Patricia & Tom Bliss Seafood. The pickers and shuckers were given tokens each time they ‘weighed in’ their work. At the end of the 1912 river tug at a nearby event or at one of Maryland’s ports of call as she mapped out with ribbands and later replaced. Ellen & Richard Bodorff week, they cashed in their tokens for their pay.” takes a celebratory centennial tour out on the Chesapeake. Otherwise she’ll Joyce Bolton & Jeff Watkins be dockside in Fogg’s Cove near Waterman’s Wharf. 23 spring 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log spring 2012 24 Suzanne & Richard Hood Linda Laramy A great day on the shores of the Miles River. This is a wonderful Marian Hopkins Maria LaWalt Carla & Mark Todd Judge William Horne Leslie & Charles Leaver experience for anyone—kids through grandparents. Lots of inter- Suzanne & Robert Todd Martha Horner David Lees Margaret Tomlinson Ann & Luke Howard Annabel & Ron Lesher active exhibits in a number of buildings, and the lighthouse is a Nancy Trippe Embry Howell Mariana & Pete Lesher special treat. - Annapolis Gal, Tripadvisor.com Rosemary & Sam Trippe Amelia & Grant Howerton Jerilyn Levi & Dennis Truesdale Vonne & Robert Troknya Martha & Charles Hudson Pat & Ted Lewers Cordy & Luther Tucker Governor Harry Hughes Jean & Robert Lewis Clifton Mumford Mary Ann & Paul Ray Lisa & John Sherwood Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Kathleen & Howard Hughes Susan & David Lewis Jacqueline & William Munch Paula & William Ray Robert Shoemaker Benson & George Tulloch Diane Humphrey Ann & Steve Lindblom Judy & Bill Munn Martha Read Karen & Langley Shook Union United Methodist Church Deanne & Thomas Hutchison Lois & Larry Lindsley Joan Murray Joe Redman Peter Silvia Susan & James Vail Jennie & John Hyatt Joseph Link Diana & Steve Mysliwiec Daphne & Philip Reese Jo Sue & Rem Simpson Irene & Robert Valliant Inn at Perry Cabin Hermine & John Linton Peggy & Jim Nallo Linda & John Regenhardt Katherine Simpson Van Strum Foundation Norma & Charles Irish Diane & Robert Little Kathleen & John Nash Bob Reinbold Nancy Sims Sally & Moorhead Vermilye Gugy Irving Elizabeth Lord Judith Needham & Warren Kilmer Christine & Tom Reinert Joan Sisk & Charles Madary Susan & Herman Viola Pam & Jerry Jana Katherine Lordi Mirna & Conrad Nelson Eleanor Requard John Skocz William Vitale Margaret & Melton Jarboe Harriette & Eric Lowery Revs. Abigail & Mark Nestlehutt Mary Restifo Carol & Scott Smallwood Lorraine Vollberg Sherry & David Jeffery Helena & Horace Lowman Newport News Shipbuilding Deb & Robert Rich Andy & Ed Smith Virginia & William Voorhees From the Museum collection: Collections Manager Lynne Phillips holds up Virginia Jenkins & Thomas Anastasio Linda & Dick Lowry Nancy & Fred Nichols Joan & Robert Rich Carol Smith Jean & Don Wagner a very large fossilized oyster shell, estimated to be several million years Paula Johnson & Carl Fleischhauer Barbara & Ben Lucas Doris & Willard Nielsen Lucy & George Richards Jacqueline Smith & Jerry Hook Leanne Wagner & John Dent old. Found by a donor in Rio Grande, it represents the kind of oyster the Tim Johnson Joan Lunney & William Idler Ceci & Rob Nobel Vicki & Jay Ricketts Jessica & Brian Smith Theresa & Michael Walden Karen Johnson-Amritt & Clark Johnson The Lyric Foundation Ethel & Judge John North Mary & Fritz Riedlin Katie & Dick Snowdon E. K. Walker Chesapeake Bay had, and the size oysters used to reach. Catherine & Richard Jones Linda & James Maciver Joan & David North Robert Riley Arden & Reyn Somers George Wallace Robert Jost Thomas Mackin Molly Nussear & Mitchell Owens Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Ann & Marc Sonnenfeld Victoria & Michael Wallace Linda & Kenneth Joy Luann & Read Madary Carol & John Nyland John Roberts Melissa & Steve Spielman Peggy & Salvador Waller Liz & Howard Freedlander Milton Hall Cynthia & Doug Jurrius Eleanor & John Magee Maureen & Jim O’Connell Carey & James Robertson Linda & Hank Spire Lynn & Joe Walsh Nancy & Edward Frey Virginia & Michael Halloran Phil Kable Robert Malson Nancy O’Connell & Raymond Wiacek Linda & Harlan Robinson Caroline & Charlie Sproule Ann & Donald Walter Susan & Gerry Friedel Thomas Hamilton Fritz Kahn Becky & Dwight Martin Diane & Kevin O’Connor Meg & Joseph Robinson Nancy & Bill Stafford Laura & James Ward Andrew Friel William Hamilton Mary & William Kalis Brenda & Sperling Martin Douglass S. Oeller Norman Robinson William Stamm Joan & Joseph Warren The Friel Foundation Susan & James Handy Jody Katz & Jeffrey Gibbs Marie Martin & Gary Nylander William Ogden Martha & Julius Roe Judy & Henry Stansbury James Washburn SE. W. Friel Jennifer Mainster-Hanna & Richard Julia Kauffman Elaine & Tony Masso Karen & Stephen O’Neill Ellen & Thomas Rogers The Starr Foundation Michelle & Chris Washburn Kimberley Fritts & Francis Turner Hanna Sandy & Ron Kaufman Allene & Edward Masters Margaret Orem Margaret Roggensack Carlina & William Steele Grace & Frank Watkins Berniece & George Fromm Linda & Kirke Harper Fern & Daniel Kecman Carol & Bill May Nancy & John Orzechowski Karen Roth & John Harper Valerie & George Steele Ruth & David Way Christina & Earl Furman Judy & Jack Harrald Margaret Keller Joan & Edward McCall JoAnn & Ralph Osborn Joyce & Donald Rumsfeld Barry Sterling Mary & Richard Weaver Sandra & Walter Ganzi Cuyler Pam & Jim Harris Pat & Dick Keller Harriett & Ellicott McConnell Christine & Hamish Osborne Harriet & William Russell Peggy & Guy Steuart Alicia & Martin Weber Robin & Charles Garber Trish & Brooke Harwood Adine Kelly Constance & Thomas McEvoy Barbara & Ernest Oskin Paul Rust Rosalyn & Ken Stevens Irmy & Phil Webster Sonia & Pedro Garcia Ardoth Hassler & James Short Anne & Robert Kelly Dorcas & Jeffrey McGuiness Rebecca Otter & Paul Moorhead Karen & William Rutherford Rene’ & Tom Stevenson Susan & Andrew Weisburger Mary George & Robert Gast Mark Hasslinger Carolyn & William Kelly Martha & Michael McMahon Marguerite & John Owens Joann & Wayne Rutledge Ann & Rudolph Stewart Cheryl & John Weliver Joanne & Fred Geiger Hattons Garden, LLC Jeanne & Lawrence Kelly Media Zone Norman G. Owens Foundation Teresa & Keith Rutter Evelyn Stewart Joan & Clif West Jane & Robert Gerhard Chris Havener Stan Kelton John Menard Talli & Geoff Oxnam Diana Sable Glenna Stewart Kate Whalen Linda & Ed Gerner Martha & John Hawkinson Richard Kennedy Cathy & Tom Mendenhall Philip Palmer The Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Sigrid & William Stiles Hugh Whitaker Donna & Morton Gibbons-Neff Haydon Bolts, Inc Jill Kent & Mark Solomons Merrill Family Foundation Jeanette & Philip Parish Rhonda & George Salem Mary Ann & William Stockman David White Gloria & James Gibson Carolin Head Bill Kepner Carol & Russ Merritt Andrew Parker Susan Sampson Susan & Jack Stoltz Suzanne & John Whitmore David Gierisch Frederick Hecklinger Carol Kilbourn Susan Merryman Dorothy & Frederick Parker Judy & Mark Sandground Brenda & Don Stone Virginia & Richard Whittaker India Gilham-Westerman Sylvia & Ralph Heidelbach Mary & Charles Kilbourne Donna & Mark Metzger Fran & Sumner Parker Virginia & Kenneth Sappington Sarah Stoner Gail & Robert Wilensky Carolyn & Barry Gillman Ada & Martin Heilman Diane & Edward Kilduff Jill & Jack Meyerhoff Judy & Tom Parks Patricia & Frank Saul Margaret & William Stott Wiley Rein LLP Terri & Bill Gilmore Archer Dodson Heinzen Karen & Dick Kimberly Mary & Kenneth Michael Nancy & Bill Parnell Rose & Clifford Sayre Antoinette & Gregory Strauch Katie Willis Dagmar & Al Gipe Ruth Heltne & Bill Clark Barbro & Kevin Kirk Carol & Bart Michelson Margaret & Jim Pasquarelli Eileen & John Schaffer Jeff Strider Patti & Craig Willis Grace Giraldo Joan & Hunt Hendrickson Joan & Frank Kittredge Mid-Shore Community Foundation Terry & Will Passano Anne & Peter Schellie Patricia & Seymour Strongin Elizabeth & William Winstead Mimi Girard Sonia & Thomas Hendrix Teresa & Paul Klaassen Mary & Thomas Milan Cammy & Tony Passarella The Schluderberg Foundation Sharon & Ric Struthers Michelle & Matthew Wolf Lorraine & Wallace Glass Katherine & Thomas Herbert Margit & Maurice Klein Alice & Richards Miller Marlene & John Patmore Susan & Philip Schnering Margaret Stubee Michele & Albert Woodroof Susan & Edward Glynn Susan & Andrew Hess Jacqueline & Edward Knight Diane & Albert Miller Robin Pender Richard Schubert Josephine & John Stumpf William Woodward Michele & Robert Goodson Darby & Donald Hewes Nancy & Robert Knowles Patrice & Herbert Miller Carol & Jon Petersen Debbie & Chris Schultz Mary & John Swayze Paula & Rogre Worthington Brenda & Dave Goodwin Janet & Bob Hewes Emilie Knud-Hansen Rich Miller Alice & Robert Petizon Betsy & Dale Schulz Ann & Mike Sweeney Jean & James Wortman Mike Gorman Leslie Hill & Dennis Carroll Melissa & John Pflieger Margaret & Richard Schuster Lynda & Chuck Teubner Kathy & Donald Yent Kathryn & John Gorski Ken Philips Jean Sener Shirley & Peter Thatcher Liz & Tim Yost Mary & Barry Gossett CBMM captures the heart of what it means to live and breathe the Elizabeth & Steven Phillips Sener/Johnston Family Susan & Bill Thomas Joyce & Don Young Nancy Graham George Phillips Bruce Shaffer Judy & Jeff Thompson Margaret & Sanford Young Anna & Steve Grant Bay. It doesn’t get any better than the boatbuilding shed, and the Kristen Pironis William Shakespeare Frankie and Jim Thorington Arlene & George Zachmann Suzie & Dick Granville Chloe & David Pitard Donna & Harry Grauel view from the top of the lighthouse! - Jerry D., Tripadvisor.com Judge Jay Plager Elizabeth & Robert Gray Ellen & Norm Plummer Rosemary & John Gray An amazing tribute to the Chesapeake Bay! This is a “do not miss” Diane & William Poole Pam & Tom Green Elizabeth & Tom Hipp John Knud-Hansen Tina & Lad Mills John Porter part of any trip to St. Michaels. Plan to spend at least two hours here Mark Green & Michael Rankin Elizabeth & Worth Hobbs Merrilyn & John Knud-Hansen Karl Moeller Lynne Porter Penny & Alan Griffith Winifred Hobron Gabrielle & Bill Korab Debbie & Gary Molchan Bev & Laurence Pratt to see and experience everything. - Linda, Tripadvisor.com Janet Grissom Laura & Keith Hoffman Alice & Peter Kreindler Linda & James Montague Robert Price Katherine Griswold & Dwight Moore Karen & T. J. 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Your next visit is on us! BUY A BOAT and help support the Museum’s FREE GENERAL ADMISSION Boat Donation Program for two people to the Buy sailing dinghies, cabin cruisers, canoes, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, crabbing skiffs, and more. Donated boats St. Michaels, Maryland cost a fraction of buying a new or used boat at retail. Open 10am daily. Visit cbmm.org Donate a boat and receive a tax deduction or call 410-745-2916 for info. and help the Museum at the same time. Formula 280 BR-2007 Bring this coupon for general admission. Not Contact Lad Mills, Boat Donation Program Manager reedemable for special events. Redeem at the 410-745-4942 • [email protected] Welcome Center. Ticket has no face value. LIKE NEW: Only 42 hours. Lift kept, full canvas, radar and all electronics (refrig- Visit cbmm.org—inventory subject to change. Expires: December 31, 2012 eration, heaters, anchor, windlass). Check our website for current list of boats for sale. The Chesapeake Log, Spring 2012