Maryland
Catalog #: 1994.0027.0041.00
Ship Plan: Brogan, Poquoson, "SHAMROCK"
by W.H. Hall in 1978
for Calvert Marine Museum
Catalog #: 0000.0278.0001.00
Unidentified Brogan on the Patuxent River, Sep 1941
Photo by John G.Earle
Between Log Canoes and Bugeyes
Between log canoes and bugeyes in the development of oyster craft were the brogans, coasting canoes, and cabin skiffs.
Here are all the plans for brogans that I found in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) archives.
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Catalog #: 1994.0027.0041.00
Brogan, Poquoson, "SHAMROCK"
Lines by W.H. Hall, 1978
Inboard Power Boat, Calvert Marine Museum. LOA 26'.
Blueline Print. Condition: Good
Large-format image is here.
Catalog #: 1989.0034.0001.02
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.
Gift of Paul Dix.
This vessel was tranferred from CBMM to private ownership in the 1990s. See a photo of this brogan and read the National Register of Historic Places nomination here.
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:
- Objects, Photographs, Manuscripts, Ships Plans
- Regional Oral History Database
- Books and Periodicals
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.
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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.