Maryland
Boatbuilders, Watermen and Waterwomen - 350 Oral Histories at CBMM
An index to more than 350 CBMM oral histories featuring boatbuilders, watermen, and waterwomen. It provides direct access to voices and experiences that illuminate Chesapeake maritime life.
Messing About in Chesapeake Bay Small Craft
A guide to Chesapeake Bay small-craft material in the digitized archive of Messing About in Boats. It highlights articles, builders, designs, and voyages that are otherwise scattered across decades of issues.
MAIB - A Better Way to Search
A more effective way to search the digitized archive of Messing About in Boats magazine. The guide builds on the preservation work that brought the collection online.
Another Brogan. You can step aboard this one.
A walk-aboard brogan exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum introduces visitors to the form of a small Chesapeake bugeye. The article considers what the reconstruction reveals about the historic type.
Over 4000 Ships Plans by 280 Designers, Builders, and Draftsmen
An index to more than 4,000 ship plans by hundreds of designers, builders, and draftsmen in the CBMM collection. The table makes a large and difficult catalog substantially easier to browse.
How to Build a Seaside Bateau
Edward R. Thieler's model and research document the construction of a Chincoteague or Sinepuxent seaside bateau. Detailed images reveal the hull, framing, rig, and working arrangement of the type.
Searching for Gabriel Moses, African-American Boatbuilder
Research into Gabriel Moses recovers the story of an African-American boatbuilder who worked near Bodkin Creek. Plans, museum records, and the later flattie Opal help trace his legacy.
Your Last Chance to See and Touch a Crabbing Bateau
The surviving bateau cruiser Blue Crab offers a rare physical connection to the once-common crab-scrape bateau. The article explains her significance and urges readers to examine the boat while they can.
How to Build a Crab Scrape Bateau
Edward R. Thieler's Sarah May model preserves the form and construction of a Tangier-area crab scrape bateau. Detailed photographs and documentation make the model a practical resource for understanding the type.
Another Look at the Chapelle Sharpie in Denton
A second examination of a sharpie cruiser found at Denton compares the boat with Chapelle's Plan 119. New observations refine the case for its design ancestry.
I knew Flora Price when she lived in Denton. But where is she now?
A personal account of efforts to preserve the skipjack Flora A. Price while she was based at Denton. The article follows her uncertain later history and asks where the vessel is now.
Crab Scraping Under Sail - A Scrapbook of Watermen's Photos and Interviews
A scrapbook of photographs and interviews documents watermen crab scraping under sail. Edward R. Thieler's research preserves working methods, boats, and firsthand memories behind his historically accurate models.