Maryland
Clarence Kugler's Crab Skiff, Deal's Island
Plan by Josef W. Liener
[ CBMM Cat. No. 2004.0028.0203.01 ]
What you couldn't find by googling
When it was time to build another crabbing skiff, I was looking at the Smith Island double-ender – Figure 1 in Chapelle's Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. I wanted more information about its history and construction details. But when I googled it, nothing came up. Zero.
About the same time, I happened upon the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) online search. I tried it for Smith Island crabbing skiffs and immediately found what I was looking for:
Smith Island Skiff
1940, Deal's Island
[ CBMM Cat. No. 0000.0901.0272 ]
Smith Island Skiff
Plan by Howard Chapelle
[ CBMM Cat. No. 1994.0027.0099.00 ]
But to find this from the start, you first had to know that CBMM exists, and that you can search its collection online. You could not get to this by googling.
I was excited by what I found with CBMM online search. Then a little obsessed. I wanted to turn this into data to assist my own amateur research and writing about sailing workboats. I selected plans and photos of boats under 30 feet and copied over 400 CBMM online records into an Excel table. Then I categorized them so I can filter by CBMM item type, workboat type, size, year built, or builder.
CBMM gave me permission to publish the results here. So you can google them at last.
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Found what you need? Leave a comment or see my notes below about how to contact the CBMM Archives staff to go deeper.
| Catalog # | Type | CBMM Title | CBMM Description |
| 1964.0002.0001.00 | Ship Plans | Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 - Description : Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab skiff with stickup jib, 1901, built by Major Johnson, Dorchester County, Lines are taken from Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" Pencil drawing of both deck, hull and sail plans. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Dim-Eng : 15.500in x 17.500in |
| 1964.0002.0002.00 | Ship Plans | Drawing of a deadrise Crab Skiff (tonging). Plans | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 - Description : Drawing of a deadrise Crab Skiff (tonging). Plans of a deadrise crab, tonging skiff built in 1911 by Wm. Reeves, Dorchester County. Pencil drawing. Lines taken from Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Dim-Eng : 12.000in x 22.000in |
| 1964.0002.0003.01 | Ship Plans | Drawing of cabin skiff "Dr. Johnson" c. 1912. | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 - Description : Drawing of cabin skiff "Dr. Johsnon" c. 1912. Lines are taken from C. Lowndes Johnson's photo in M.V. Brewington's "Chesapeake Bay." A/B) 13" x 9" pencil drawing on yellow legal paper. C) 14" x 7.5" pencil drawing of hull and deck plan D) 12" x 14" pencil drawing of sail. Drawn by donor in 1964 for the Talbot County Historical Scoiety. |
| 1964.0002.0010.00 | Ship Plans | Drawing of Brogan log boat. Log bottom, washboard | Artist-Maker : Gibson, R H Creator Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 - Description : Drawing of Brogan log boat. Log bottom, washboard decks, circa 1880. Lines after Brownless in Brewington's "Bugeyes"Pencil drawing sail, deck and hull. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Dim-Eng : 14.000in x 16.500in Credit Line : Gift of R H Gibson |
| 1966.0022.0001 | Ship Plans | Deadrise Bateau Skiff - Ghost | |
| 1966.0022.0002.00 | Ship Plans | Plans for CRABBING/SAILING SKIFF "GHOST"; DEADRISE | Description : Plans for CRABBING/SAILING SKIFF "GHOST"; DEADRISE BATEAU TYPE, BUILT BY ED LEATHERBERRY OF GALESVILLE, WHO BUILT MANY SKIFFS OF THIS TYPE. BOAT HAS SOLID CHUNK BOW WITH "U"-SHAPED BOTTOM. CROSS PLANKED, TOWARDS THE STERN THE PLANKING ASSUMES A HERRING BONEPATTERN. SINGLE SAIL. 146SQFT SAIL AREA. Materials: WOOD (PINE) Colors: GRAY, WHITE,RED Place Made: GALESVILLE, MD Negative #: N1086 R3,N2017 R3Copy in CSC FF 63. Credit Line : Gift of Mrs Milton Offutt Place Made : No Address Kent Narrows Queen Anne's Eastern Shore MD 21639 |
| 1969.0074.0001 | Ship Plans | Deadrise Sailing Skiff - Lark | |
| 1969.0074.0002.00 | Ship Plans | PLANS FOR A CHESAPEAKE BAY CRABBING SKIFF. BUILT | Description : PLANS FOR A CHESAPEAKE BAY CRABBING SKIFF. BUILT SHORTLY AFTER WWI. TYPE DATES FROM THE 1880S. SLOOP RIGGED, ORIGINALLY HAD THWARTS, INSTEAD OF U-SHAPED SEAT PRESENTLY IN IT. Copy in CSC FF63. Credit Line : Gift of Roy P Elbourn |
| 1970.0015.0001.01 | Ship Plans | Ships plans of sailing bateau LARK, owned by CBMM. | Description : Ships plans of sailing bateau LARK, owned by CBMM. Dim-Eng : 34.000in x 24.750in Credit Line : Gift of R D Hutchins |
| 1970.0082.0001 | Ship Plans | Pound-Net Skiff | |
| 1972.0031.0001.00 | Ship Plans | Smith Island Crabbing Skiff | |
| 1972.0031.0002.00 | Ship Plans | Line & offsets of Smith Island Crabbing skiff | Description : Line & offsets of Smith Island Crabbing skiff in CBMM collection. Dim-Eng : 32.000in x 20.000in Credit Line : Gift of M/M Jackson Ray Todd |
| 1974.0012.0001.00 | Ship Plans | Double-Ended Crabbing Skiff | Lines taken off by S. Kaighn Says built about 1930 |
| 1974.0012.0002.00 | Ship Plans | Lines off crabbing skiff from boat in CBMM collect | Description : Lines off crabbing skiff from boat in CBMM collection Copy in CSC FF 73. Dim-Eng : 32.000in x 20.000in Credit Line : Gift of John M Barroll |
| 1975.0025.0001 | Ship Plans | Smith Island Power Crabbing Skiff | |
| 1975.0025.0002.00 | Sail Plans | Plan for Smith Island style crabbing skiff 1975.25 | Circa 01/01/1925 - Description : Plan for Smith Island style crabbing skiff 1975.25.1. Copy in CSC FF73. Dim-Eng : 32.000in x 20.000in |
| 1976.0042.0043.00 | Ship Plans | Little Choptank Flattie | Date Made : 01/01/1954 - Description : Little Choptank Flattie from builder's dimensions. Built 1906, Hudson. Les Seward, boatbuilder. 1/2" scale. Condition: Fair. Material: Pencil on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 17.000in x 33.500in |
| 1976.0042.0044.00 | Ship Plans | JESS WILLARD crabbing skiff. Built Oriol, Md. 191 | Artist-Maker : Geoghegan, William C Creator Yarnell, Wayne Creator Chapelle, Howard I Creator Date Made : Circa 01/01/1951 - Description : JESS WILLARD crabbing skiff. Built Oriol, Md. 1915. Lines taken by W. Geoghegan, Wayne Yarnell, and HIC from hulk. Condition: Fair. Material: Blueline copy. Dim-Eng : 15.000in x 34.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0045.xx | Ship Plans | Sinepuxent Bay Skiff | |
| 1976.0042.0046.00 | Ship Plans | Double ended crabbing skiff, sharpie, Hooper's Island | Prob CBCS Fig. 8 Artist-Maker : Chapelle, Howard I Creator Date Made : Circa 01/01/1941 - Description : Doubel ended crabbing skiff, sharpie, Hooper's Island, 1926. Condition: Good, no tears. Material: Ink on tracing paper. 3/4" scale. Dim-Eng : 18.500in x 23.500in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0047.00 | Ship Plans | Crabbing bateau built at Wingate, Md. c. 1906 | Date Made : Circa 1942 Description : 17 ft crabbing bateau built Wingate, Md. about 1906. 3/4" scale. Condition: Good, no tears. Material: Ink on drafting vellum. Published as Fig. 6 in Chapelle, "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs." Dim-Eng : 22.500in x 18.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle Subjects : Documentation Bay Craft Exhibit Label: Naval architect and maritime historian Howard I. Chapelle played a pivotal role in collecting and documenting designs of vernacular American watercraft. In 1943, he published a two-part article titled “Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs” in Yachting magazine, which remains the standard reference on the subject. This drawing of a 17-foot trotline skiff used for crabbing at Taylor’s Island was prepared for that publication. Chapelle noted that except for an unusual miniature knighthead just behind the stem for a small anchor line, this skiff was otherwise a typical example of boats used in that region. |
| 1976.0042.0048.00 | Ship Plans | Smith Island Crabbing skiff, built 1904. Plans by | Artist-Maker : Appleton, J L Creator Chapelle, Howard I Creator Date Made : Circa 01/01/1940 - Description : Smith Island Crabbing skiff, built 1904. Plans by HIC and J.L. Appleton at Deal Island.. Scale: 1". Condition: Good, small tears. Material: Ink on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 19.000in x 24.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0049.00 | Ship Plans | PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON, | Artist-Maker : Johnson, Major A Designer Chapelle, Howard I Creator Date Made : Range,Exac 01/01/1941 - 12/31/1941 Description : PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON, BISHOP'S HEAD MD., 1897. PLANS DATE TO 1941. This plan appears as figure 2 in Chapelle, Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Materials: PAPER Associated Place: BISHOP'S HEAD, MD Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0167.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: New Haven Sharpie, built about 1896, | Description : Ships plan: New Haven Sharpie, built about 1896, with notes on sharpies by HIC. Lines taken at Mystic, 1944. REVERSE: New Haven Sharpie, built by Lester Rowe, c. 1900. Taken at Fairhaven, 1928, HIC. Scale of Rowe Sharpie: 3/4". Condition: Fair, some tears, large tear right side. Material: Ink on drawing paper. REVERSE: Pencil and ink. Dim-Eng : 18.000in x 43.500in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0169.01 | Ship Plans | A) 18' sharpie, profile and sailplan. Complete pl | Description : A) 18' sharpie, profile and sailplan. Complete plans with building specs and instructions. B) Profile, deck and lumber specs, and hardware. C) Profile, deck and body, table of offsets. 3/4" scale. Condition: Good, some yellowing and wear on edges. Material: Pencil on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 18.000in x 20.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0170.01 | Ship Plans | Ships Plans: A) 14' sharpie based on a skiff meas | Description : Ships Plans: A) 14' sharpie based on a skiff measured at Coan, Va. 1849 [sic] 1949. Profile with sails, spars construction detail and deck. B) Sharpie, profile with spars at waterline, deck, body, table of offsets. Condition: Very poor, had been glued to something, torn. Material: Ink on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 16.500in x 13.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0171.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Northport Oyster sharpie, 24', by Mer | Date Made : Circa 01/01/1953 - Description : Ships plan: Northport Oyster sharpie, 24', by Merrill. 3/8" scale. Condition: Fair. Material: blueprint copy. Dim-Eng : 14.000in x 14.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0172.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Northport oyster sharpie, c.1936, by | Date Made : Circa 01/01/1954 - Description : Ships plan: Northport oyster sharpie, c.1936, by Merrill. Condition: Fair. Material: Blueprint copy. 3/4" scale. Dim-Eng : 13.500in x 14.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0256.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Key West Sharpie sloop spronger. 23' | Description : Ships plan: Key West Sharpie sloop spronger. 23'. As taken off and drawn on 1/2" scale from Fish Commision Field Survey. Built c.1889, strong sailor. Body, deck and profile. By HIC. 3/4" scale. Condition: Good, some tears at right bottom, paper thin. Material: Pencil on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 13.500in x 26.250in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0299.01 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Upper left: Ohio River yawl, built 1 | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1949 Description : Ships plan: Upper left: Ohio River yawl, built 1944, at Racine Ohio by Bell Brothers, named LADY GRACE, 18' 2". Owned by Fred Wayne. HIC, "Fig. 31". Lines taken 1949, at servickley, Pa. Upper right: Garvey or fishing skiff taken off Lewes, Delaware, 1941, 15' 2", with details. Bottom: River yawl 1889, Iowa River from an old drawing of U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers. HIC, "Fig. 32" details. Reverse: Square stern racing sharpie, 36', c.1884. Redrawn from 1 of 3 Huntington drawins. "Plate 1". Condition: Good, some pencil faint. Material: Pencil on manila. Dim-Eng : 20.000in x 36.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0303.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Sharpie, No. 15, Fred Martin design. | Description : Ships plan: Sharpie, No. 15, Fred Martin design. Condition: Fair. Material: Photostat. Dim-Eng : 10.000in x 14.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0306.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Sharpie sail plan, Fred Martin design | Description : Ships plan: Sharpie sail plan, Fred Martin design. Condition: Fair. Material: Photostat. Dim-Eng : 10.000in x 14.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0309.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: WABUN, 1892, and sharpie PELICAN, 2 d | Description : Ships plan: WABUN, 1892, and sharpie PELICAN, 2 drawings (?) by HIC. 1/2" scale. Condition: Fair. Material: Pencil on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 14.500in x 22.000in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1976.0042.0315.00 | Ship Plans | Ships plan: Drafting of Smith Island Crabbing ski | Artist-Maker : Appleton, J L Creator Chapelle, Howard I Creator Date Made : Circa 01/01/1940 - Description : Ships plan: Drafting of Smith Island Crabbing skiff. Figure 5 in 'Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs'. Lines taken off 1940 at Deal Island, HIC and J.L. Appleton. Owner was Walton Horner of Wenona, MD. 1" scale. Condition: Fair, tear and scotch tape mend in lower right corner. Material: Ink on tracing paper. Dim-Eng : 18.750in x 23.750in Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle |
| 1981.0011.0001 | Ship Plans | Maryland Crabbing Skiff | |
| 1981.0011.0002.00 | Ship Plans | Plans for CHESAPEAKE BAY CRABBING SKIFF, BY APPLEG | Description : Plans for CHESAPEAKE BAY CRABBING SKIFF, BY APPLEGARTH Dim-Eng : 35.000 x 29.500 |
| 1981.0032.0019.01 | Ship Plans | SHARPIE. A) Lines & offsets B) Construction plan | Date Made : Circa 01/01/1948 - Description : SHARPIE. A) Lines & offsets B) Construction plan C) Hull profile, cabin layout LOA: 60-5 x 52-6 x 12-8 x 3-0. Condition: Fair. Material: Blueprints. Designed for Mr. J.C. Rockwell. Credit Line : Gift of Mary Wiley |
| 1982.0014.0001 | Ship Plans | Seaside Skiff - Bessie Lee | |
| 1982.0014.0001.02 | Ship Plans | Plans for Seaside bateau BESSIE LEE | Description : Chincoteague skiff BESSIE LEE. See 82.14.01A. For boat in CBMM Collection. B) Sail & rigging plan - c'board. C) Lines & offsets - construction info. Condition: Good. Material: Pencil on drafting paper & Sepias & bluelines. Subjects : Documentation Bay Craft |
| 1983.0004.0001.01 | Ship Plans | Plans drawn by C. Lowndes Johnson of a boat built | Artist-Maker : Johnson, Charles L Creator Date Made : Circa 01/01/1942 - Description : Plans drawn by C. Lowndes Johnson of a boat built by Quilla price, 1889. Boat is supposed to be one Johnson used to build the WIDGEON (87-27-1). "Sailing Row Boat built 1889 by Quilla Price, Easton Point, Talbot Co., Md. and lasted about 45 years." A) body, deck and profile, and statons #4 and X. Material: Ink on tracing paper. Scale 1.5" = 1'. B) Sail plan. Scale: 1" =1'. Material: ink on tracing paper. C) Sail plan. Material: Ink on drawing paper with pencil notes and additions. Copy in CSC FF 73. Dim-Eng : 18.000in x 24.000in Credit Line : Gift of John Earle |
| 1984.0018.0001 | Ship Plans | Sharptown Barge by John Groslee | |
| 1984.0034.0001.00 | Ship Plans | Pencil tracing of lines of a Sharptown shadbarge | Date Made : Exact 12/12/1984 - Description : Pencil tracing of lines of a Sharptown shadbarge, done by the donor and dated 12/12/84. Boat is 22ft. LOA, 4'9" beam. Drawing includes sail plan and table of offsets. Donor obtained information from talking to builder of shadbarge in our collection (84-18-??) and from examination of boat. Dimensions similar to shadbarge in collection. Condition: Good. Material: Pencil on paper. Copy in CSC FF 63. Dim-Eng : 36.500in x 18.000in Credit Line : Gift of Josef Liener |
| 1988.0043.0001 | Ship Plans | Potomac River Dory | |
| 1989.0034.0001.02 | Ship Plans | Plans for FIVE LOG BROGAN CANOE "MUSTANG" | Description : Plans for FIVE LOG BROGAN CANOE "MUSTANG", PROBABLY BUILT IN SAXIS,VA., IN 1907 BY E.BARNEY MOORE AND E.JEETER MOORE. IN 1919 SHE WAS REBUILT AS A POWER CANOE, WITH A SMALL PILOT HOUSE AFT, AND A SMALL MAST FORWARD SETTING A GAFF SAIL, AND KNOWN AS "KATE D."EXTENSIVE HISTORY IN ACCESSION FILE. LOCATION; IN YARD BEHIND RAILROAD AVENUE STORAGE Credit Line : Gift of Paul Dix |
| 1993.0001.0099.01 | Ship Plans | Deal Island Crabbing Skiff plan. A) Lines and off | Description : Deal Island Crabbing Skiff plan. A) Lines and offsets (unfinished) B) Construction plan (unfinished) C) Sail & rigging plan (unfinished). Condition: Fair. Material: Pencil on vellum. Credit Line : Gift of Philadelphia Maritime Museum |
| 1993.0067.0017.01 | Ship Plans | A)Lines for "Johnson's old rowboat", built by Quil | Description : A)Lines for "Johnson's old rowboat", built by Quilla Price which ultimately became "WIDGEON" as designed by C. Lowndes Johnson. B)Lines for "old row boat", "WIDGEON", designed by C. Lowndes Johnson. No scales noted. Condition: A)fair, tearing and staining B)good, some staining. Material: A)Pencil on paper B)Black ink and pencil on paper. Dim-Eng : 20.000in x 30.000in Credit Line : Gift of Annabel E.& Ronald Lesher |
| 1993.0067.0096.02 | Ship Plans | B) Lines of old rowboat built by Quilla Price | Date Made : Exact 03/12/1939 - Description : B) Lines of old rowboat built by Quilla Price and later WIDGEON, lines taken off by John G. Earle and C. Lowndes Johnson. C) Profile of "Johnson's old rowboat" drawn by John G. Earle. Scale: B) 1.5" = 1' C) no scale Condition: B)Fair, stained C) Poor, stained, torn, creased. Material: B&C) Pencil on paper. Age: B)3/12/39 C) no date. Dim-Eng : 8.500in x 26.500in Credit Line : Gift of Annabel Lesher: In memory of John G Earle John G Earle |
| 1993.0067.0097.01 | Ship Plans | A) Details of the sharpie MEADOW LARK enlarged fro | Date Made : Exact 02/12/1962 - Description : A) Details of the sharpie MEADOW LARK enlarged from 33' LOA to 35'9" LOA, designed by John G. Earle. B) Lines of enlarged MEADOW LARK, designed by John G. Earle. Scale:A) 3" = 1' B) no scale. Condition: A) Good. B) Fair, tearing. Material: A&B) Pencil on paper. Dim-Eng : 13.000in x 24.000in Credit Line : Gift of Annabel Lesher: In memory of John G Earle John G Earle |
| 1993.0067.0218.00 | Ship Plans | Lines drawing from a model of a crab skiff built b | Date Made : Exact 12/01/1936 - Description : Lines drawing from a model of a crab skiff built by John Bradford in Inverness, traced by John G. Earle. Condition: Good, some staining. Material: Black ink on paper. Dim-Eng : 13.500in x 20.000in Credit Line : Gift of Annabel E.& Ronald Lesher in Memory of John G. Earle John G Earle |
| 1994.0027.0003.01 | Ship Plans | Plan Sailing Rowboat "Pigwitch" Chesapeake Bay Cr | Description : Plan Sailing Rowboat "Pigwitch" Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff Type. Flat bottom, Transom Stern, Side Deck, C-board, Single Sails Two Sheets: Lines, Construction & Sail plan. See 1981.0027.0001 "WIDGEON" built from orginal plans Condition: Fair. Designed by C. Lowdes Johnson. Credit Line : Gift of John Earle |
| 1994.0027.0041.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Brogan, Poquoson, "SHAMROCK" 1 sheet, lines | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1978 - Description : Plan: Brogan, Poquoson, "SHAMROCK" 1 sheet, lines and offsets only. No description, Round Bottom, Doubled Ended, Inboard Power Boat, Calvert Marine Museum. LOA 26'. Blueline Print. Condition: good. Subjects : Bay Craft Documentation |
| 1994.0027.0057.00 | Ship Plans | Sharptown Shadbarge plan. Ink on posterboard | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1984 - Description : Sharptown Shadbarge plan. Flat bottom, transom, stern, narrow beam sailing skiff. 1 drawing by Joe W. Liener LOA 22'0" ink on posterboard. Condition: good. |
| 1994.0027.0058.00 | Ship Plans | Skiff plan, Chesapeake Bay. Modified sharpie - Li | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1943 - Description : Skiff plan, Chesapeake Bay. Modified sharpie - Lines taken H.I. Chapelle, 1943. 1 sheet, lines, offsets, construction plan, sail plan, notes LOA 19 1.5" Blueline Print. Condition: poor. |
| 1994.0027.0059.00 | Ship Plans | Skipjack Plan {wrong}, (two sail bateau) plan by J.W. Lien | Date Made : Exact 01/01/1979 - Description : Skipjack Plan, (two sail bateau) plan by J.W. Liener, 1979. 1 sheet, lines, offsets, construction plan, sail plan, notes LOA 16'8" Blueline print (2). |
| 1994.0027.0060.00 | Ship Plans | Skipjack Plan, (two sail bateau) plan by J.W. Lien | Artist-Maker : Designer Date Made : Exact 01/01/1979 - Description : Skipjack Plan, (two sail bateau) plan by J.W. Liener, 1979. 1 sheet, lines, offsets, construction plan, sail plan, notes LOA 16'8" Blueline print (2). |
| 1994.0027.0076.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and | Description : Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and offsets, sail paln - 1 sheet, no names. Pencil on drafting paper, 1 blackline print, 3 blueline prints. Condition: fair. |
| 1994.0027.0096.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's | Description : Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's drawing, published as figure 2 in Chapelle's booklet "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Builder Major Johnson. Blueprint Condition; poor. Dim-Eng : 17.500in x 19.500in |
| 1994.0027.0097.00 | Ship Plans | Plan; two sail crabbing skiff. print published as | Title : Plan; two sail crabbing skiff. print published as Description : Plan; two sail crabbing skiff. print published as figure 4 in H.I. Chapelle's booklet, "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs." Blueprint. Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 18.500in x 24.000in |
| 1994.0027.0098.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Crabbing Bateau. Print published as figure 3 | Title : Plan: Crabbing Bateau. Print published as figure 3 Description : Plan: Crabbing Bateau. Print published as figure 3 in H.I. Chapelle's booklet, "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs." Blueprints. Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 22.500in x 18.250in |
| 1994.0027.0099.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: crabbing skiff, Smith Island Print published | Description : Plan: crabbing skiff, Smith Island Print published as figure 1 in H.I. Chapelle's booklet "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs" See orginal 1976.042.315. Blueprint. Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 24.500in x 18.250in |
| 1994.0027.0103.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Crabbing Bateau "Caroline" Print published a | Description : Plan: Crabbing Bateau "Caroline" Print published as figure 11 in H.I. Chapelle's booklet, "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs." Blueprint. Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 30.750in x 13.000in |
| 1994.0027.0106.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: knockabout bateau, proposed. Sketch by H.I. | Description : Plan: knockabout bateau, proposed. Sketch by H.I. Chapelle's of proposed knockabout bateau for Capt. F.L. Browning. Blueprint. Conidtion: poor. Dim-Eng : 30.000in x 9.500in |
| 1994.0027.0107.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Deal's Island Bateau "Rosa Lee" Print by H.I | Description : Plan: Deal's Island Bateau "Rosa Lee" Print by H.I. Chapelle published as figure 12 in Chapelle's booklet "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs" Bluprint Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 29.500in x 9.000in |
| 1994.0027.0108.00 | Ship Plans | Plan: Oyster Dredge Bateau "Champion Girl" | Artist-Maker : Chapelle, Howard I Creator Description : Plan: Oyster Dredge Bateau "Champion Girl" Print by H I Chapelle Blueprint Condition: poor. Dim-Eng : 29.500in x 9.000in |
| 1994.0060.0001.00 | Ship Plans | 17' two sail crabbing skiff with modifications for | Date Made : Circa 01/01/1950 - Description : 17' two sail crabbing skiff with modifications for an outboard motor. Pencil on vellum. Condition: fair. Dim-Eng : 21.000in x 42.000in Credit Line : Gift of M/M Gus Van Lennep |
| 1996.0001.0003.00 | Ship Plans | pencil on drafting paper of Lighthouse skiff | Artist-Maker : Howell, Thomas Creator Scofield, Richard Creator Womack, Winslow Creator Date Made : Exact 01/28/1993 - Description : pencil on drafting paper of Lighthouse skiff, this plan has been used by CBMM in boat building class, lines taken by Tom Howell, Richard Scofield Winslow Womack. Condition: good Dim-Eng : 33.250in x 20.750in Credit Line : Gift of CBMM Boatshop |
| 2004.0028.0040.00 | Ship Plans | No 133, 10' Bateau, lines, some construction plans | Date Made : Exact 01/22/1974 - Description : No 133, 10' Bateau, lines, some construction plans. Pencil on paper. Condition: good, lower right corner torn off. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 16.000in x 41.000in |
| 2004.0028.0107.00 | Ship Plans | No 200, 19'-6' Chesapeake Bay Crab Skiff, double e | Date Made : Exact 12/31/1977 - Description : No 200, 19'-6' Chesapeake Bay Crab Skiff, double ended, lines, sail plans. Pencil on vellum. Condition: good. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 22.063in x 36.250in |
| 2004.0028.0108.00 | Ship Plans | No 201, 28' New Sharpie, lines, offsets, sail plan | Date Made : Exact 01/02/1978 - Description : No 201, 28' New Sharpie, lines, offsets, sail plan. Pencil on vellum. Condition: fair, a little creasing. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 22.563in x 36.313in |
| 2004.0028.0111.00 | Ship Plans | No 204, 50' Sharpie Hull, lines and offsets. Penci | Date Made : Exact 01/06/1978 - Description : No 204, 50' Sharpie Hull, lines and offsets. Pencil on vellum. Condition: good. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 22.500in x 36.250in |
| 2004.0028.0127.00 | Ship Plans | No 220 1909 Crabbing Bateau, sail plans, offsets, | Date Made : Exact 03/16/1978 - Description : No 220 1909 Crabbing Bateau, sail plans, offsets, lines. Pencil on mylar. Condition: good, paper taped to it. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 22.000in x 34.000in |
| 2004.0028.0152.01 | Ship Plans | No. 247, Two Sail Bateau, offsets, lines, some con | Date Made : Exact 08/04/1979 - Description : No. 247, Two Sail Bateau, offsets, lines, some construction and sail plans. Pencil on paper, mylar, and photocopy. Condition: A,C) good B) some damge on top and sides. Dim-Eng : 17.813in x 34.000in Credit Line : Gift of Mrs. Lillian Liener Subjects : Bay Craft Oystering |
| 2004.0028.0182.00 | Ship Plans | No. 285, Sharptown Barge, lines and offsets. | Date Made : Exact 12/12/1985 - Description : No. 285, Sharptown Barge, lines and offsets. Pencil on paper. Condition: good. Drawn by Joe Liener Dim-Eng : 17.688in x 34.000in Credit Line : Gift of Mrs. Lillian Liener |
| 2004.0028.0198.00 | Ship Plans | No 301, Pot Pie Sailing skiff built by George Jack | Date Made : Exact 09/10/1987 - Description : No 301, Pot Pie Sailing skiff built by George Jackson, offset, lines, preliminary drawings. Pencil on paper. Condition: good. Drawn by Joe W. Liener Dim-Eng : 17.000in x 22.500in |
| 2004.0028.0203.01 | Ship Plans | No 308, Kugler's Crab skiff lines, offsets. Ink on | Date Made : Exact 01/01/0942 - Description : No 308, Kugler's Crab skiff lines, offsets. Ink on paper, bluelines. Condition: A-C) creases along fold lines D) Small tear on left side. Drawn by Joe Liener. Dim-Eng : 30.375in x 43.438in |
| 2018.0001.0018.00 | Ship Plans | Lines, 28 foot bateau | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950 Description : Lines for 28-foot beateau with table of offsets, 1/2" = 1'. Designed by Owen Davis, Kennedy Brown Associates, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Pencil on vellum. Dim-Eng : 16.500in x 21.500in |
| 2018.0001.0018.00 | Ship Plans | Lines, 28 foot bateau | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950 Description : Lines for 28-foot beateau with table of offsets, 1/2" = 1'. Designed by Owen Davis, Kennedy Brown Associates, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Pencil on vellum. Dim-Eng : 16.500in x 21.500in |
| 2018.0001.0019.00 | Ship Plans | Lines for 28-foot beateau | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950 Description : Lines for 28-foot beateau: section plans, sheer plan and half-breadth plan. Pencil on vellum. Designed by Owen Davis. Dim-Eng : 18.000in x 23.000in |
| 2018.0001.0020.00 | Ship Plans | Lines for 3-sail deadrise beateau | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950 Description : Lines for 3-sail deadrise cruising beateau: half breadth, body plan and sheer plan. Ink on coated linen. Designed by Owen Davis. Dim-Eng : 15.500in x 26.750in |
| 2018.0001.0021.00 | Ship Plans | Lines for 3-sail cruising beateau | Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950 Description : Lines for 3-sail deadrise cruising beateau: half breadth, body plan and sheer plan. Pencil on vellum. Designed by Owen Davis. Dim-Eng : 16.675in x 26.250in |
| 8888.0177.0000 | Sail Plans | Haarstick-North Sails documentation | 1980s-2000s Description : Eight boxes containing printed and hand-drawn sail plans, from Haarstick Sailmakers and North Sails, for numerous classes of cruising and racing sailboats. Both Haarstick and North used computer driven equipment to cut the sails and many folders contain the information used to load computers with the data needed to precisely cut the sails for the many types of vessels and various sails required. |
More about CBMM Collections
Items that are not exhibited around the CBMM campus are kept in the Norman & Ellen Plummer Center for Museum Collections. This is a climate-controlled facility that was expanded and modernized in 2023.
You can search all the collections online here. Look for the links at lower left to search these collections separately:
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- Regional Oral History Database
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See my CBMM Collections Search Tips.
The collections and library are accessible only by appointment. Email collections@cbmm.org or visit the Library and Research page.
More about Small Boats
I also write about volunteer work in small boat conservation at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: Small Boat Shed Volunteers
And about sail-and-oar cruising in small open boats on the Chesapeake and its tributaries: Sail+Oar – Chesapeake Log.