New Haven Sharpie on Chester River, 1936. Designed by Chapelle.

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New Haven sharpies are not Chesapeake sailing workboats, of course.  But I grabbed this one from the Chapelle Photo Collection at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) because ...  Who knew that Chapelle designed a New Haven sharpie?  For a client in Maryland? 

The name on the bow is Jolly Roger.

I found no other source or date information for this photo besides what's in the citation above.

Chapelle didn't change residence from Massachusetts to Dorchester County until 1941.

Chapelle's first sailboat was a New Haven sharpie, given to him in 1913, at age 12.

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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.