Maryland
Chuck Leinweber, the founder of Duckworks, created a successful GoFundMe campaign to enable the late Bob Hicks, creator and editor of Messing About In Boats magazine, to have the entire MAIB collection digitized and offered online for anyone to freely download. (Read more here.) The MAIB archive he creted is here.
I used AI-driven coding to dig out references to Chesapeake Bay sailing workboats from old issues of Messing About in Boats. Some are simple listings of boats that appeared at small craft festivals. Some are full articles. No ads.
See also my Better Way to Search MAIB.
| Design | Builder | Year Built | Boat Name | Boat or Build Location | MAIB Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27’ Chesapeake sharpie | W. Falmouth, MA | Vol. 7 No. 19, p. 30 | |||
| 34’ skipjack | Jim Richardson | 1963 | Metropolitan NYC area | Vol. 9 No. 5, p. 30 | |
| 32’ skipjack | Joe Zachery | 1988 | Deanna | Vol. 10 No. 16, p. 16 | |
| Chesapeake sailing skiff | Wyndham Riotte | Fernandina Beach, FL | Vol. 20 No. 14, p. 6 | ||
| Chesapeake Bay sloop | Professional builder | 1969 | Woodbury, MN | Vol. 21 No. 4, p. 38 | |
| 16’ Chesapeake Bay crabbing skiff | circa 1960 | Walpole, MA listing | Vol. 9 No. 22, p. 31 | ||
| 18’ Chesapeake crabbing skiff | Maine Maritime Museum Apprenticeshop | 1982 | Vol. 6 No. 1, p. 29 | ||
| 18’ Chesapeake crabbing skiff | Vol. 6 No. 15, p. 31 | ||||
| Chesapeake crabbing skiff / bateau | Owner built by Kevin Brennan | 1993 | Cinnamon Girl | Phoenix, MD; later Choptank River / Fishing Creek | Vol. 23 No. 14, p. 16 |
| Two-sail 16’ crab skiff | Kevin Brennan | 1993 | Cinnamon Girl | Choptank River / Fishing Creek, Cambridge, MD area | Vol. 27, 09-07, p. 30 |
| 18’6” Chesapeake crabbing skiff | Kevin Brennan | 1993 | Cinnamon Girl | Vol. 27, 10-02, p. 57 | |
| Chesapeake crabbing skiff | Derek Van Loan | by 2004 | Syncopation | Mill Valley, CA / Richardson’s Bay | Vol. 23 No. 15, p. 23 |
| 18-1/2’ Chesapeake Bay crabbing skiff | Derek Van Loan | 2003/04 | Syncopation | Mill Valley, CA | Vol. 22 No. 7, p. 18 |
| Double-ended sharpie | Owner built by Bill Doyle | 1989 | Honga | Manokin, MD | Vol. 23 No. 14, p. 16 |
| Crab skiff | Owner built by Brad Faus | 2001/2002 | Frisky Biskit | York, PA | Vol. 23 No. 14, p. 15 |
| Crab skiff | E. H. Hartge | 1977 | Happy Now | Owner Alice Wilson, Silver Spring, MD | Vol. 20 No. 15, p. 8 |
| 16’8” Chesapeake Two Sail Bateau | Owner built by Tom Papell | 1999 | Deer Park, NY | Vol. 22 No. 6, p. 8 | |
| Crabbing flattie skiff | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Apprentice for a Day Program | 2005 | St. Michaels, MD | Vol. 23 No. 14, p. 17 | |
| 16’9” two-sail bateau / Chesapeake crabbing skiff | Kevin Brennan | likely Cinnamon Girl | Baltimore, MD | Vol. 24 No. 23, p. 37 | |
| Smith Island crabbing skiff | Shipwright Company of Annapolis | Annapolis, MD | Vol. 16 No. 10, p. 9 | ||
| 25’ crabbing skiff | 1962 | Beaubassin / formerly Tomcat II | Commercial crabbing boat | Vol. 17 No. 8, p. 12 | |
| Chesapeake Bay crabbing skiff | early 1960s | Beesley’s Point listing | Vol. 17 No. 18, p. 38 | ||
| Maryland crab skiff | Custom-built | 1999 | Vol. 27, 09-10, p. 57 | ||
| Chesapeake Crab Skiff | Doug Hylan design; high quality build | 2012 | Saugerties, NY listing | Vol. 37, 19-07, p. 57 | |
| Crab skiff | CMM Patuxent Small Craft Guild / George Surgent | Pep | St. Mary’s / Patuxent area | Vol. 24 No. 11, p. 10 | |
| Windward 15 | Karl Stambaugh design, developed from 1909 crab skiff built by Bill Reeves | Wingate, MD reference | Vol. 7 No. 10, p. 20 | ||
| 15-1/2’ sharpie skiff based on Chesapeake Bay crab skiff | Owner design | Skidoo | Barnegat Bay | Vol. 10 No. 17, p. 20 | |
| Crab skiff | John C. Harris design | Peeler | Chesapeake Bay type | Vol. 30, 13-03, p. 43 | |
| Bugeye | Reg Townsend, owner built | Rainbow | Built in Indonesia; shown at St. Mary’s | Vol. 24 No. 11, p. 10 | |
| Skipjack / sailing oyster dredge boat | late 19th century design | Dee of St. Mary’s | St. Mary’s, MD | Vol. 24 No. 11, p. 10 | |
| Dovetail / Hoopers Island launch type | Restored at Ruark Boatworks | Hilda | Cambridge, MD | Vol. 25, 16-17, p. 26 | |
| Three-sail bateau / bugeye | Jim Richardson | Ruark Boatworks / Cambridge, MD | Vol. 25, 16-17, p. 26 | ||
| Chesapeake sharpie skiff | Crystal River Boatbuilders Chapter, TSCA | 2010 | Crystal River, FL | Vol. 28, 10-08, p. 9 | |
| Skipjack | Jim and Carol McKelvey | 1974 | Messenger version | Backyard-built; later given to St. Michaels museum | Vol. 28, 10-12, p. 34 |
| 24’ Sharptown barge | Jim McKelvey | Langford Creek | Vol. 28, 10-12, p. 34 | ||
| Half-scale skipjack | Greg Grundtisch | Dreamcatcher | Oriole, MD | Vol. 25, 09-01, p. 42 | |
| Skipjack | Dave Lucas and brother Charlie | 1974 | Helen Marie | Tampa Bay / Florida Gulf coast | Vol. 32, 14-11, p. 36 |
| Chesapeake Bay buyboat | Noah T. Evans | 1920 | Winnie Estelle | Crisfield, MD | Vol. 32, 14-06, p. 27 |
| Skipjack | Bronza Parks | 1955 | Rosie Parks | Wingate, MD | Vol. 32, 14-06, p. 32 |
| Nine-log bugeye | John B. Harrison | 1889 | Edna E. Lockwood | Tilghman Island, MD | Vol. 36, 18-12, p. 5 |
| Dovetail workboat | Bronza Parks | 1934 | Dorothy Lee | Bishop’s Head / Dorchester County, MD | Vol. 34, 17-02, p. 24 |
| Dovetail | Bronza Parks | 1934 | Martha | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum collection | Vol. 34, 17-02, p. 24 |
| Chesapeake Bay deadrise skiff | John England | Deltaville, VA | Vol. 34, 16-08, p. 29 | ||
| Sailing log canoe | John C. North II’s great-grandfather | 1882 | Island Bird | Talbot County / Eastern Shore, MD | Vol. 36, 18-06, p. 8 |
| Log canoe | CBMM Shipyard | 2014-15 | Bufflehead | St. Michaels, MD | Vol. 37, 20-03, p. 40 |
| Log canoe | CBMM Shipyard | 2018-19 | Caroline | St. Michaels, MD | Vol. 37, 20-03, p. 40 |
| Chesapeake deadrise skiff | Owner built from Doug Hylan design | started 2018 | Tidewater Virginia | Vol. 38, 21-02, p. 30 |