Maryland
Betty Webster - The Last-Built Pocomoke Log Canoe
Sam Webster built a Pocomoke log canoe on his father’s farm in Talbot County and finished and launched Betty Webster at Dickerson Boatyard in Trappe, Maryland, in 1975. Here are photos from CBMM and the article from WoodenBoat #006.
Potomac River Dories Oystering on the Lower Potomac, 1904
Three 1904 Howard I. Chapelle Collection photographs of Potomac River dory boats tonging and working with schooners on the lower Potomac.
Potomac River Dory Boat in St. Mary's County
Four Howard I. Chapelle Collection photographs of Potomac River dory boat MD 9165 DD at anchor in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Someone Calls this a Chesapeake Bay Scull Boat
A circa-1972 Polaroid of a Chesapeake Bay scull boat, read alongside its reverse inscription, CBMM catalog record, and Chesapeake sculling research.
An Introduction to the Seaside Bateau and Seaside Skiff
An introduction to the design and history of the seaside bateau and seaside skiff. These versatile Eastern Shore craft served for fishing, transportation, pleasure sailing, and racing.
Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project
The Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project digitizes historic vessel lists and searches major maritime collections for ships, builders, and records. It provides new research tools for Chesapeake sailing vessels built from 1850 to 1950.
Cinnamon Girl - The Missing Years
Mike Moore recounts owning and sailing Cinnamon Girl between Kevin Brennan's stewardship and the boat's arrival at CBMM. His account fills an important gap in the bateau's history.
Almost the Last Two-Sail Crabbing Bateau - 1942
Howard Chapelle recorded the lines of a two-sail crabbing bateau built by Simmons at Cambridge in 1910. The surviving 1942 documentation preserves a design from the closing years of the working type.
Cinnamon Girl - A New Life
Cinnamon Girl returns to the water after restoration by volunteers at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The article follows the historic two-sail crabbing bateau into a new chapter of use and preservation.
Search "The Ash Breeze", the TSCA Magazine
A guide to searching digitized issues of The Ash Breeze, the magazine of the Traditional Small Craft Association. The project makes decades of small-craft writing easier to discover and use.
Boatbuilders, Watermen and Waterwomen - 350 Oral Histories at CBMM
An index to more than 350 CBMM oral histories featuring boatbuilders, watermen, and waterwomen. It provides direct access to voices and experiences that illuminate Chesapeake maritime life.
Messing About in Chesapeake Bay Small Craft
A guide to Chesapeake Bay small-craft material in the digitized archive of Messing About in Boats. It highlights articles, builders, designs, and voyages that are otherwise scattered across decades of issues.