Maryland
Brogan Volunteer at Calvert Marine Museum
in Solomons, Maryland
May 2026
Small bugeyes were often called brogans
The exhibit display board says this:
This land-locked "boat" was built over 2011-12 in the form of a scaled-down classic Chesapeake bugeye. The two-masted bugeye was originally developed in the 19th century for oyster harvesting. Solomons built more bugeyes than anywhere else on the Chesapeake. Small bugeyes were often called brogans, and both types were derived from the earlier log canoe.
The project was funded and carried out by volunteers of the Patuxent Small Craft Guild, under the direction of museum boatwright, George Surgent. As Volunteer, she derives her name from those who built her, and follows in the tradition of an earlier Volunteer, built as a bugeye in Solomons in 1887.
This boat is designed for visitors to explore and enjoy.
See also:
Brogan Plans - Shamrock & Katie D
Every other mention of brogans is here.
I also write
Sail+Oar - Chesapeake Log - Cruising in small open boats on the Chesapeake and its tributaries.
Small Boat Shed - Working with other volunteers to restore and conserve small craft at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Center.