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The Chesapeake LogFall 2011

A PublicAtion oF the chesAPeAke bAy MAritiMe MuseuM

The Museum’s Volunteer Recognition Reception, held June 16 on Fogg’s

Landing, honored more than 60 members of a corps of 200 volunteers for their dedica-tion and hours of service to the Museum. Several staff members recognized individual volunteers for their work in the education, buildings and grounds, curatorial, museum store, boat yard, boat donations and admin-istrative departments.

Volunteers with more than 100 hours of overall service were also recognized and presented pins. Special recognition was given to volunteers with the highest hours of service, including Rosemary Thomson of St. Michaels, with 9,000 hours; Lorraine Glass of St. Michaels, with 5,000 hours; as well as Bob Perkins and Don Parks of St. Michaels, and Howard Kirchner of Easton, with 3,000 hours of volunteer service each.

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22 CalendarCharity Boat Auction, Boating Party Gala Fundraiser, Concours d’Elegance, Member Nights, Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, OysterFest, the all-new Maritime Monster Mash and the James L. Stewart Memorial St. Michaels Grand Prix

26 Annual Fund Honor RollThank you to all our wonderful donors, whose gifts were received between February 16 & July 24, 2011

3 Chairman’s Messageby CG Appleby

4 Apprentice For a Day UpdateMack Northrop’s Smith Island Skiff and Mary Sue and Bob Traynelis’ Rushton rowing skiff

5 Currents Museum welcomes new board members and officers, new staff appointments, plus event highlights

11 Curator’s CornerThe Log of the Yacht Corrine, owned by Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock, an avid botanist and forester, who toured both the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays in search of natural wonders

12 Lifelines Volunteer profiles featuring Florence Jackson and Mike

Sweeney, plus upcoming docent training

13 Education What’s Fresh? Seasonal Selections from Education

15 Tradition Continues at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft FestivalStory by Marie ThomasThree generations preserving the tradition of small craft

19 The Birthplace of Rosie Parks

Story & photos by Dick Cooper

21 On the Rail: Skipjack Rosie Parks is Coming to LifeStory by Dick Cooper

Photos by Tracey Munson

On the cover:

During last year’s Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, the Museum’s little log canoe Marianne led the fleet of small crafts out onto the Miles River. Photo by Tracey Munson

editors: tracey Munson & Marie thomas

creative Director: Marie thomas

contributing Writers: Dick Cooper, Kate Livie, Sarah Vlasity, Esty Collet, Amelia Howerton, Tracey Munson, and Marie Thomas

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Mission statementThe mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to inspire an understanding of and appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures and connections between this place and its people.

Vision statementThe vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to be the premier maritime museum for studying, exhib-iting, preserving and celebrating the important history and culture of the largest estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay.

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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumNavy Point, PO Box 636St. Michaels, MD 21663410-745-2916, cbmm.org

Pictured front row, from left: Museum Director of Events & Volunteer Programs Melissa Spielman, JoSue Simpson, Audrey Brown, Rosemary Thomson, Mary Jane Fairbank, Lucille Weber, Carol Michelson, Duane Lundahl, Denis Greene, Larry Parks and Frank Hopkinson. Middle row, from left: Mike Sweeney, Ann Sweeney, Rick Kuba, Robin Gordon, John Lindinger, Bob Petizon, Nick Green, Roger Galvin, Gloria Freihage, Ed Alvarado, Chrys Alvarado, Mary Sue Traynelis, Patti Case, Pepper Holmes, Jack Gray, Geoff Holmes, CBMM President Langley Shook and Lloyd Devigne. Back row, from left: Joe Irr, Dick Reilly, John Gillespie, Don Parks, Chip Britt and Bob Traynelis.

Volunteer recognition reception

Opposite page:

(top) Pete Lesher and Langley Shook shake hands with Denis Greene.

(middle) John Lindinger and Joe Irr are pre-sented the Golden Oyster Award by Director of Education Kate Livie.

(bottom) Mike Sweeney and Bob Petizon with Vice President of Operations Bill Gilmore.

CG Appleby, ChairAlan R. Griffith, Vice ChairJoseph E. Peters, Vice Chair

Tom D. Seip, TreasurerMark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary

Paul BerryRichard J. BodorffHarry W. BurtonFrederic N. Cross

William S. DudleyDavid E. Dunn

Jocelyn W. EysymonttAnna W. Fichtner

Howard S. FreedlanderDagmar D. P. Gipe

James P. HarrisE. Brooke Harwood, Jr.Christopher A. Havener

Francis HopkinsonPamela Jana

R. Douglas JurriusRichard H. KimberlyPeter M. KreindlerWilliam C. MillarGeoffrey F. OxnamBruce A. Ragsdale

Henry H. StansburyBenjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.

Alfred Tyler IIBarbara Viniar

Langley R. Shook, President

EmeritiRichard T. Allen

Margaret D. KellerBreene M. Kerr

Charles L. Lea, Jr.D. Ted Lewers

Fred C. MeendsenJohn C. North IISumner Parker

Robert A. PerkinsJames K. Peterson

Norman H. PlummerJohn J. RobertsHenry H. Spire

James E. ThomasJoan Darby West

Donald G. Whitcomb

Board of Governors2011-2012 Administration

Langley R. Shook, President, 4951

René Stevenson, Director of Development

& Assistant to the President, 4950

Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960

Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944

Melissa Spielman, Director of Events &

Volunteer Programs, 4956

Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953

Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake StudiesPete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971

Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947

Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966

Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945

Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972

Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941

Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorst, 4961

Constituent ServicesKatie Willis, Visitor Services Team Leader, 4993

Amelia Howerton, Constituent Services Coordinator, 4991

Emilie Knud-Hansen, Membership/Development

Assistant, 4955

Marty Smythe, Museum Store Manager, 4963

Victoria Alexander, Museum Store Associate, 4942

Jody Andrews, Dockmaster, 4946

Bonnie Bless, Museum Host, 4945

Gloria Condrell, Museum Store Associate, 4962

Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945

Anne Robling, Museum Host, 4945

Maggie Robar, Museum Store Associate, 4962

Pam White, Museum Store Associate, 4962

Boat Yard Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967

Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967

Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance Assistant, 4967

Dan Sutherland, Boat Yard Program Manager, 4968

Jennifer Kuhn, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967

Bud McIntire, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967

FinanceHeather Moore, Vice President of Finance, 4958

Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, 4948

Digie McGuirk, Accounting/HR Assistant, 4957

OperationsBill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949

John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970

Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program Manager, 4942

Donna Fairbank, Facilities Custodian, 4969

Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969

Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969

To contact, dial 410-745, and the number listed.

Museum StaffChairman’s Message

Having grown up around boats my entire life––in my father’s shop as he built boats, out on lakes as a young boy, and for more than thirty years sailing around the Chesapeake Bay, one thing remains constant: the water is an integral part of me. I suspect that we might share that simple love of water because you, too, care about the way the Museum celebrates how people live, work, and play in and around the Chesapeake Bay. The smell of steaming Maryland blue crabs, the sound of sails filling with air, the sight of a nesting osprey or the beauty of a Chesapeake Bay sunrise make this place a marvelous treasure.

After my recent retirement, my horizons have expanded as the Museum’s new Chairman of the Board. Thanks to the dedicated work of our volunteers and staff, along with past chairman Joe Peters and the ongoing leadership of Langley Shook and Pete Lesher, the Museum is experiencing new horizons of its own. Member and overall attendance at special events is up and both daily visitorship and membership remain strong. The Museum is proud of the growth in meaningful partnerships with other like-minded organizations such as the Waterfowl Festival, Talbot County Watermen’s Association, the Avalon Foundation, and the YMCA of the Chesapeake.

A new energy is palpable around our beautiful campus––through projects like the Rosie Parks skipjack restoration (see page 19 and 21 for related stories), educational programs such as our summer sailing and Kids Club camps, and memorable events including the Boat Auction, Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, OysterFest, and a new locally-inspired event, the James L. Stewart Memorial St. Michaels Grand Prix on November 13 (see page 25).

All of this is possible because of you, our members. This Museum has value and presence because of the visitors, volunteers, members, and donors who treasure the Chesapeake Bay. We’re here to ensure the Chesapeake and its stories are preserved and protected for generations to come, and we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm.

I hope you enjoy this issue of The Chesapeake Log. Please visit us soon and often.

by CG Appleby, Chairman of the Board


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. AFAD Update:

Museum volunteer Mary Sue Traynelis speaks to visitors in the boat shop about the Rushton Florida Model Pulling Boat that she and her husband Bob built in the Apprentice For a Day Public Boatbuilding (AFAD) program. After a joint effort with the AFAD crew, the boat was christened this summer.

“J. Henry Rushton designed many beautiful, light, and practical boats. From January to June, we learned and worked along side the AFAD crew. At least 30 people have taken the boat out since it was launched in June, and we hope many more years of rowing pleasure will ensue,” says Mary Sue. The Traynelises personalized the seats of their boats with their own handcrafted Woodsaics ©.

In The Chesapeake Log’s spring issue, we followed the progress on Mack Northrop’s Smith Island Skiff. After months of hard work, Mack’s boat was christened “Keeper II” on May 31, and ventured out onto Irish Creek. The 20-foot skiff has a white cedar hull with white oak framing. The bottom is cross-planked with a bit of Sikaflex between each board to facilitate trailer storage.

Commision AFAD to build your next boat! For more information, call 410-745-4968 or visit cbmm.org.

currents

At its annual meeting, the Museum welcomed new officers and seven

new members to its board of governors.Newly elected to three-year terms on the museum’s board of governors are: Richard Bodorff, William Dudley, Dagmar Gipe, James Harris, Christopher Havener, Francis Hopkinson, Jr. and Alfred Tyler II. Newly elected as board officers are Chairman CG Appleby, Vice Chair-men Joe Peters and Alan Griffith, Treasurer Tom Seip and Secretary Mark Nestlehutt. The board also recognized retiring governors for their service: Bruce Bedford, Stuart Clarke, Joanne Prager, and Bruce Wiltsie. Re-joining the board as emeriti members are Ted Lewers and Bob Perkins.Richard J. Bodorff is a partner with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC, representing radio and television licensees before the Federal Communications Commission. He currently serves as the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation’s vice chairman, and vice chairman of the Academy Art Museum in Easton. Bodorff also serves as trustee of Pickering Creek Audubon Center and the YMCA of the Chesapeake. William S. Dudley is the former direc-tor of Naval History for the United States Navy, former director of the Naval Historical Center, and former curator for the Navy and coordinator of Navy Museums. Dudley is a widely published author in the field of mari-time and naval history. Presently, he

serves as maritime committee chair of the Maryland Historical Society, is on the board of directors of the Naval Historical Foundation, the editorial advisory committee of Sea History Magazine, is the historian general of the Naval Order of the United States, and is an appointed member of the Maryland advisory committee on archaeology. Dudley retired from the Naval Historical Center in 2004, and

currently works as a maritime heritage consultant.Dagmar Dunn Pickens Gipe, who previously served on the board of governors from 2000-2006, was born and raised in Houston, TX. Gipe worked in design and antiques for many years, owning a shop in Virginia. She now focuses on investments, and serves as vice president of the John S. Dunn Research Foundation in Houston.

Museum Welcomes new board Members and officers

James P. Harris retired in February 2010 as senior vice president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, where he was a member of the chemical company’s management committee for more than 15 years. He is a member of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board and the board of directors of the Christus Foundation for HealthCare. Georgia Tech named Harris to the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Graduates in 1996 and the Engineering Hall of Fame in 2011. Christopher A. Havener is the founder and managing director of Royal Oak Capital Management, with 24 years experience in financial markets. Prior to founding Royal Oak Capital Manage-ment, Havener spent five years at Merrill Lynch as a senior vice president and five years at Credit Suisse First Boston as Global Head of the Invest-ment Banking Services Group. Francis Hopkinson, Jr. retired from a career in information technology specializing in telecommunications at AAA Mid-Atlantic. Hopkinson served 12 years with the Pennsylvania National Guard, and is currently a marine surveyor. He is involved with many non-profit organizations in St. Michaels, including the St. Michaels Fire Depart-ment, Habitat for Humanity Choptank, and as a volunteer for the Museum.Alfred Tyler II has more than 20 years experience in the environmental services industry, currently serving as president of Days Cove Reclamation Company, a full service solid waste management firm specializing in reclaiming surface mining and other industrial sites in conjunction with the management of construction and demolition debris (rubble) landfills. Tyler is the immediate past chairman of the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer.

(above) New governors and officers, from left, Chris Havener, Allie Tyler, Dick Bodorff, Secretary Mark Nestlehutt, Vice Chairman Alan Griffith, Treasurer Tom Seip, Vice Chairman Joe Peters, President Langley Shook, Chairman CG Appleby, Dagmar Gipe, Frank Hopkinson, and Bill Dudley. (Not pictured: Jim Harris).

(right) Langley Shook, Bruce Bedford, Joanne Prager, CG Appleby and Joe Peters.


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Richard Scofield of Trappe, MD, has been pro-moted to assistant curator for water-craft after serving as boat yard manager since 2005. He began his full-time work with the museum as a rigger, painter, and shipwright in 1985. In his new role, Scofield will be responsible for interpreting the museum’s Chesapeake watercraft collection—which is the largest of its kind in the world—and advising on watercraft acquisitions, deaccessions, restorations and maintenance. He’ll also continue to be the museum’s first string rigger and rigging teacher in the boat shop.

Kate Livie of Chestertown, MD, has been promoted to director of educa-tion. She joined the museum in 2008 as youth and family programs coordinator before being pro-moted to assistant director of education. Her new responsibilities encompass all aspects of youth, adult and volunteer education programming, exhibit inter-pretation, and partnership development with other educational institutions.

Melissa Spielman of Easton, MD, has been appointed director of events and volunteer programs. Spielman joined the museum in 2005 as its

volunteer admin-istrator, and later served as director of education. In her new role, Spiel-man’s primary responsibility is to manage the museum’s corps of volunteers while supporting the muse-um’s many signature and partner events and the Chesapeake People program.

Emilie Knud-Hansen, of Oxford, MD, joins the Museum as the new assistant to membership and development. Her responsibilities include processing memberships and helping to develop new fundraising projects and events. Knud-Hansen has a college degree in broadcast journalism, and 25 years of experience in radio, television and non-profit event planning.

Returning to the Museum after a 10-month boatbuilding program at the Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, MI, Bud McIntire rejoins the boat yard crew as a shipwright apprentice. McIntire, originally from Winston-Salem, NC, spent 40 years in commercial and residential architecture in Atlanta, GA.

Also joining the Museum are Annie Robling, of Burtonsville, MD, and Bonnie Bless, of St. Michaels, MD, serving as Museum hosts, and Gloria Condrell, as a Museum store associate.

Museum Announces new staff Appointments

Event Highlightscurrents

Maritime Model Expo Saturday & Sunday, May 21 & 22

Elf Classic Inaugural Yacht RaceSaturday, May 21

Antique & Classic Boat Festival Friday, June 17 - Sunday, June 19


(above) The crew of Elf as they near the Museum.

(right) Elf’s Carly Sargent and Rick Carrion with Judge John C. North II and Museum President Langley Shook at the awards ceremony.

(above) Bull, a classic sandbagger (which is sailing out of the Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis this year) took first prize.


Big Band NightSaturday, July 2

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Plein Air-Easton! Competition & Arts FestivalWednesday, July 20

(left) Plein Air-Easton! painter Ned Mueller, of Renton, WA, sits in the shade to paint the Museum’s railway and Hooper Strait Lighthouse.

(right) Plein Air-Easton! painter Ken DeWaard of Viroqua, WI, is painting a selection of boats on Fogg’s Cove from alongside the Museum’s Small Boat Shed. See more photos of Plein Air-Easton! on page 26.

Chesapeake Folk FestivalSaturday, July 23

lifelines

Volunteer Profiles by amelia Howerton

curator’s corner


This installment of Curator’s Corner focuses on a newly-acquired yacht log from 1889, which has a tie to a part of

the At Play on the Bay exhibit. The yacht Corinne was owned by Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock, an avid botanist and forester whose early yachting photos from along the James River are in one of the flip books in the exhibit. Ship’s log, November 1st 1889:

Received letter from Dr. Rothrock and at his orders shipped by express a box of specimens of nuts from the mammoth tree on the James River.

An unusual entry to be sure, but one of several written by Captain F. Boynton to document the scientific mission of the private yacht Corinne, which toured both the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays in search of natural wonders. Two months into the voyage, the yacht had reached the shores of Virginia where, according to the log:

Dr. Rothrock and myself [Boynton] go across the James River to East-Side and Dr. photographs the largest butternut tree or walnut (on the Rowe farm) in North America. Tree 31 ft. 5 inches in circumference, length of longest limb, 67 feet.

An equally impressive species was examined the following day when Dr. Rothrock and Eugene rowed to upper Brandon and photographed several Cypress trees. These log entries are reminiscent of the notes of early naturalists, yet they also reflect a contemporary interest in environmental conservation, a movement in which Rothrock was heavily involved. At the time of the voyage, he was serving as the president of the Pennsylvania Forest Association and leading efforts to promote the creation of state parks and forests in the region. The cruise of Corinne, while undertaken to satisfy personal interest, reflects these professional goals. An unconventional account of scientific pursuits in the late nineteenth century, the logbook offers a unique perspective on early environmen-talism in America. The Museum recently acquired the log of the yacht Corinne with funds generously provided by Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Plummer.

Recent Acquisition:

(top) Entry in the log of the yacht Corinne, dated October 29, 1889, which notes Dr. Rothrock’s interest in Cypress trees.

(bottom) Two men sit on the knees of a Cypress tree along the James River, 1883. Photo by Dr. J.T. Rothrock, courtesy of Dr. J.T. Rothrock, III.

Bay Bounty Tour TrainingSept. 6 & 8, 10am, Van Lennep Auditorium

Bay Discovery Tour TrainingSept. 13 & 15, 10am, Van Lennep Auditorium

Crab Cakes TrainingSept. 21 & 22, 1pm, location to be announced

Oystering on the Chesapeake Program Training Sept. 28 & 29, 1pm, Van Lennep Auditorium

Exhibit Exploration dates for Fall 2011 (in Dodson House meeting room and on campus):

Sept. 20, 10am - Pete Lesher to speak on Rosie Parks, her history, and the restoration project

Oct. 10, 10am - Topic to be announced

Nov. 1, 10am - Topic to be announced

Nov. 22, 10am - Topic to be announced

Log of the Yacht Corinneby Sarah Vlasity Mike Sweeney, a retired

facilities manager for the Central Intelligence Agency, has volunteered at the Museum for the past nine years. He started visiting the Museum in the mid-1980s, and was always interested in boats and maritime history. Working primarily in the boat shop, Sweeney also helps in other departments, including building and grounds, exhibits, and volunteering at festivals.

“There are a lot of opportunities to try different things here,” says Sweeney, who enjoys the variety volunteering at the Museum has to offer.

“I like the people and volunteering here is just plain fun,” he adds. When he’s not at the Museum, Sweeney works part-time in architecture, reviewing drawings and specifica-tions for construction projects. He also enjoys woodworking and building models.

“The Museum is the heart of the community and knowing you are helping gives a sense of accom-plishment,” says Florence Jackson, a Museum volunteer for the past 18 months. Before moving to the area two years ago, Jackson worked as assistant to the board of education with the Howard County Public School System. Jackson volunteers as an organizer for the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, which takes place at the Museum on Sep-tember 25, 2011.

“You receive more from volunteering than what you put in,” says Jackson. Working with Concours enables her to meet interesting people from the East Coast and deal with spectacular cars.Jackson enjoys the Museum’s high energy level, good team-work, and opportunities to meet new people and be in-volved in the community. She enjoys kayaking, biking, and taking advantage of all the activities the area has to offer.

Become a VolunteerVolunteers play a critical role in the Museum’s mission. Whether you donate time at the reception desk, building boats, or leading tours, the Museum appreciates and welcomes any amount of time you are able to offer. Contact Director of Events and Volunteer Programs, Melissa Spielman at [email protected] or call 410-745-4956.

Upcoming Docent Volunteer Training:

Clifton and Florence Jackson at last year’s Boating Party.

Mike Sweeney in front of the boat shop.

The Academy of Life Long Learning (ALL) celebrated its tenth anniversary hosting nearly 100 guests at the

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on June 26th. ALL has shown remarkable growth over the last decade, starting with just a few people taking two courses in 2001 to more than 300 student enrollments in 18 courses in the fall of 2010. Each semester the Academy has attracted a growing number of professionals, scholars, writers, businessmen, and enthusiasts to share their knowledge and experience in the fields of history, literature, religion, politics, science, and more. In early 2000, the management of the Museum began discus-sions on forming a lifelong learning component as part of the Museum’s educational mission. In the fall of that year, several staff members, along with a group of interested volunteers, met to begin implementation of such a program. The 10th anniversary party honored founders of the orga-nization and recognized the invaluable contribution of the Museum’s leadership to the success of the program. ALL President Tom Hollingshead spoke to the group thanking President Langley Shook and past President John Valliant for their support. Courses are offered fall, winter and spring semesters. For more information, call 410-745-2916 or visit cbmm.org/all.

education

ALL President Tom Hollingshead, Museum President Langley Shook, ALL Coordinator Helen VanFleet, ALL instructor John Miller, ALL instructor and CBMM Facilities Manager Jord Ford, and former Museum President John Valliant.


“Dear Maritime Museum,

We liked going into the lighthouse. We saw the bathroom at the lighthouse, it was a hole. The bell on the lighthouse rings to tell the boats to be careful. We liked the beaver skin. We liked the hammer and the plane. We got to go in the oyster boat. We got to pretend to catch crabs. We saw live crabs in the tank. We saw the eel trap and a crab trap. Thank you for teaching us.”

–Mrs. Peggy Ford’s kingergarten class, Chapel District Elementary School, who visited the Museum in June, 2011.

by Esty Collet

ALL Celebrates 10th Anniversary

We had a whirlwind summer on Navy Point! Sailing, Kids Club, drop-in activities, and festivals kept us busy and had the campus and waterfront

teeming daily with happy kids and families learning all about the Chesapeake Bay. Our summer time visitors, young and old, were greeted, toured, and inspired by our cadre of committed volunteers and docents as part of our annual “visitor experience initiative.” On weekends, the Museum welcomed back crab pickers, decoy carvers, and watermen as part of the Chesapeake People program. But, as temperatures cool and we start to anticipate the first calls of migrating geese, we also anticipate the arrival of students and teachers as the school year gets underway. All of these students mean a high demand for tours, and training a new class of docents and volunteers becomes first priority. We’re offering many opportunities to get involved in our docent program this fall, with classes scheduled in September for our themed tours, our new Oystering on the Chesapeake program, and our always-popular Crab Cakes program, as well as Exhibit Explorations in September, October, and November (see page 12). The seasons change but the opportunities to learn, to teach, and to volunteer are year-round at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. To get involved in a program, or for more information on all of your options as an educational volunteer, contact Kate Livie, director of education, at 410-745-4947, or [email protected]

What’s Fresh?Seasonal Selections from Education

by Kate Livie

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Lighthouse Overnight AdventuresDates are filling up fast, register now!

Climb the steps to another era and stay overnight in our 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, where kids ages 8-12 can stand watch on the look-out for ships or fog. Listen to the tales of adventure about lighthouses

of years past and try on the chores and clothes of a traditional lighthouse keeper. The program is offered to Scouts, youth groups, families, and children’s organizations. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in September & October.Register online by visiting the “Learn” section at cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916.

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(top right) Kids Club instructor Martha Hamlyn leads campers on a pirate-themed scavenger hunt around campus, searching for clues to lead to buried treasure.

(bottom right) Participants in the sailing program explore the Miles River in JY sailboats.

Tradition Continues at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival

by Marie Thomas

One hundred and seventeen people, with more than 30 boats, ranging

from an 1895 vintage St. Lawrence skiff, to an innovative, production fiberglass catboat, lay on the shoreline off Fogg’s Cove at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s first official Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival. It is September 30, 1983, and what began the year before as a rather impromptu gathering of boaters with an interest in small rowing and sailing craft has since evolved into a can’t-miss tradition, now spanning three generations. At the time, Fogg’s Cove was a small beach and tropical storm Dean had just made landfall on the Delmarva Peninsula the day before, putting a damper on the festival’s opening night cook-out. Not a single person packed up and left.In a 1983 Soundings magazine article written by Ryck Lydecker (a Washington, DC-based boating writer and one of the founders of the festival) you can almost

imagine yourself sitting at the picnic table with festival-goers.

Elbow-to elbow, around folding tables set up for the evening among the Museum’s collection of Chesapeake small craft, big boat sailors with a soft spot for traditional tenders talked shop with pulling boat people and purists, for whom the only boat is one that starts its life in the forest.

Lydecker’s article describes Whitehall boats, Chesapeake crabbing skiffs, a sprit-rigged Maine peapod, and compares an ocean kayak to a traditional double-paddle canoe. While traditional sorts of small craft dominate the festival, any small boat is welcome from kayaks and canoes to pulling boats and sailboats. The festival has contests with varying categories from year to year, such as best restoration, best amateur construction, best classic replica, and best contemporary replica. Rowing races are offered for kids,

women, men, and mixed doubles, in single and double oared boats, as well as a free-for-all race requiring rowing (or paddling) sailing legs, and a sailing race. Festival attendees enjoy workshops, demonstra-tions, activities for kids, crab feasts, oyster roasts, and most of all, fellowship.For several years prior to the festival’s beginning, Jim Thayer, a boat builder from Virginia, entered his 11-foot Lil’ Pickle sailboat in the annual workboat races at the Museum, racing it against skipjacks, bugeyes, and log canoes. After attending a number of events, such as the Small Craft Weekend in Mystic, CT, Thayer began toying around with the idea of starting a similar event in the Chesapeake region. In September of 1982, Thayer and a few like-minded owners of small traditional sailboats met with Museum Operations Manager Kate McCormick, who threw together a rowing race.

“The way the festival has grown, it’s just been wonderful. What we are, is about preserving the tradition of getting people out in boats, and making boats, and the small craft, and rowing, and sailing, and kayaking. Let’s make people fall in love with boats and maybe they’ll want to buy one, or better yet, they’ll build their own.” -Vera England, Urbana, VA

(top) Last year’s participants head out on the Miles River. (left) One of the festival’s founders, Jim Thayer, sails his 11 foot Lil’ Pickle at MASCF 1987.

(right) Launching Vern Hardesty’s Bolger Folding Schooner from Fogg’s Cove at MASCF 1987.

Photo by Bob HicksPhoto by Bob Hicks


Photo by Tracey Munson

winds in excess of 60mph. “No one was prepared for it. It started as perfect weath-er and changed in a matter of seconds. It was absolutely ridiculous but we had a wonderful time. And of course, Sunday was absolutely gorgeous, so at least we got one good day in. But people didn’t leave––they stayed through the whole thing.”The Museum’s Chief Curator Pete Lesher recalls the first boat he brought to a MASCF weekend––a Delaware ducker, an antique, 15-foot double ended lap-strake boat. “It turned some heads,” recalls Lesher, “even in the year that there were two or three other duckers present. But the antique boats have always been in the minority during this festival.Rather, we tend to see newly built boats to antique designs. What’s particularly fun about the festival is the incredible variety of small boats, from kit-built stitch-and-glue kayaks to one-design classes like Penguins and an old wooden Celebrity. And best of all are the innovative or funky boats—electric boats, a geodesic with Kevlar skin, or anything designed by Phil Bolger, with his often boxy, simple-to-build ideas.”Lynn Davis, of Salisbury, MD, brought a group of teacher trainees to the festival every year to camp out on the Museum’s

replica buyboat, the Mister Jim, providing free activities for all the kids who came.

“I was invited by a friend to go help with the festival. At first I felt out of place because I didn’t know anything about boats, but I could help with the children,” recalls Davis. “Now those kids are bring-ing their kids!” Two of those children, Liz Rutherford, daughter of Karen and Bill, and Adam Blackwell, son of Virginia and Ron, met at the festival all those years ago––and are now married.The Museum’s own Marc Barto, of Chestertown MD, a master shipwright and the project manager in charge of the restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks, attended the festival in 1984. He returned the following year and by 1986, became directly involved with the festival by serv-ing on the steering committee, judging races, and holding various workshops. In 1990, Barto adapted Howard Chapelle’s lines for the 13 ½ foot melonseed skiff and built his first melon seed, adapting it to contemporary working techniques. He has since built 16 skiffs.

“I just thought it was a beautiful little boat, and it was in the scale that, at the time, I could handle. It was very popular and people really liked it,” recalls Barto. After he brought the first one to the festival, everyone wanted one, prompting Barto to prepare the design plans.

“The Small Craft Festival changed my life and got me seriously involved with building boats,” says Barto. The Museum’s Facilities Manager John Ford became involved in the festival in 1990. Largely a “behind-the-scenes” guy, Ford handles all the logistics of the event.

“This festival is probably one of the most, if not the most successful, of its kind in the United States,” explains Ford.

“It started as a very small group of small craft enthusiasts that got together on the weekend with the Museum’s blessing as a way to have fun on their boats. And even though the size of the event since has tripled, that feeling of coming here and messing about in your boat has been maintained. Any kind of boat you can imagine that is less than 20 feet in length is here in St. Michaels each October.”The memories continue at this year’s annual festival, now in its 29th year, with workshops, kids activities and crafts, row-ing races, paddling races, sail races, food, live music, and fellowship. Participant check-in and cookout begins at 5:30pm on Friday, September 30. The festival is open to the public on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2 from 10am to 5pm. Admission is free for museum members or $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $6 for kids ages 6-17, and free for kids under five. For more information visit cbmm.org or call 410-745-2916. Afterwards, Thayer, McCormick, and

Richard Kelly, of Baltimore, MD, got together to begin discussing a more formal, organized event for the following year. Museum Director Jim Holt offered the event its own weekend, and thus the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival (MASCF) came into being.

“I build boats, that’s my thing,” says Thayer, “obviously, I was interested in pushing the festival because I sell boats, I wasn’t wholly idealistic. But I never really pushed that aspect too hard, I was more interested in a chance to have fun. We did some serious sailing back in those days.”After the resounding success of the first year, the festival continued to expand and grow—McCormick and Holt welcomed and encouraged feedback from partici-pants and incorporated their suggestions,

including more activities for children, fewer workshops, and more time to play with the boats. Dan and Robin Muir, of Springfield, VA, like most of the festival’s attendees, have come almost every year since its inception.

“People are pretty open with their boats in St. Michaels, in terms of sharing, and offering their boats to people to take out on the water. The boats go out, they get sailed. You don’t find that in other places,” says Robin, this year’s chairwoman of the orga-nizing committee. All three of the Muir’s children grew up coming to the festival. Vera England and her husband John, of Urbanna, VA, attended MASCF for the first year in 1984, and have come every year since. Their daughters, Hannah and Lacey, have also attended almost every MASCF, and Lacey now brings her

daughter Madeline. “The way the festival has grown, it’s just been wonderful,” says Vera. “What we are, is about preserving the tradition of getting people out in boats, and making boats, and the small craft, and rowing, and sailing, and kayaking. It’s just getting people out there to know that this is what people have done since the begin-ning of men and water.”Vera sums up Thayer’s overall philosophy behind the MASCF. “Let’s make people fall in love with boats and maybe they’ll want to buy one, or better yet, they’ll build their own.”Vera recalls fondly the early years of MASCF––camping in the field on Fogg’s Cove. The Englands, like most of the veteran festival-goers, were at the 1987 MASCF V (“I survived MASCF V”) when a full blown Nor’easter produced

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(clockwise from top) Participants look out over the Miles River at MASCF 1985, when Fogg’s Cove was just a beach. Vera England and her daughter Hannah at MASCF 1985. Marc Barto and his son Aubrey at MASCF 1994. Robin and Dan Muir cut the dock closely at MASCF 1987.

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(left) Participants at MASCF 2010 prepare their crafts to race.

(right) An oyster feast kicked off MASCF 2010’s friday night festivities.

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The hamlet of Wingate is a loose col-lection of homes on the outer edge

of the Eastern Shore where Fishing Bay laps up against the Crapo-Bishops Head Road in southern Dorchester County. The docks at Powley’s Marina, in “downtown” Wingate, are tired. Castoff boat parts, old crab pots and worn-out trailers seem to pile higher every year. The damp air blows through the shells of collapsing vacant houses turned gray by the sun. A half-century ago, Wingate (pronounced WINGit) was a different place. Three seafood factories lined the waterfront. Local stores sold everything from food, to clothing to boat supplies. The B.M. Parks bustling boat shop dominated a large corner lot, 500 feet from the water.

“People kept their houses up to a ‘T’,” says life-long resident William “Snooks” Windsor, who now runs Powley’s.

Mary Parks Harding remembers a tidy community with manicured lawns where people worked together during the week, worshiped in the Methodist church on Sundays and watched out for each other all of the time.

“It was a fun place to grow up,” says the 83-year-old matriarch of the Parks family. The folks who call this part of the Chesapeake Bay home are the descen-dants of pioneers who pulled a living out of the water. Drudgin’ for arsters, haulin’ seine and pulling crab pots kept them alive. But to get those fruits from the sea, they needed boats and Mary Harding’s father, Bronza M. Parks, knew how to give them a vessel that would do the job with form, function, and fashion. Wingate is the birthplace of the Museum’s famous skipjack Rosie Parks, now being restored on campus as a three-year dem-onstration and education project. Bronza Parks built the boat for his brother,

Orville, and named it after their mother. Orville Parks worked the boat for two decades before selling it to the Museum. Although the project is just underway, saving Rosie already has made a major impact on the Parks’ extended family.

“It has brought our family together,” Harding says. “Grandchildren and great-grandchildren are excited about the project.”Several family members have come to the Museum to help master shipwright Marc Barto as he directs the recon-struction of the skipjack. Rosie’s lines, trim and rig came from somewhere in Bronza Parks’ creative and artistic mind. Six years of elementary school education somehow gave him the knowledge he needed to see a boat in three dimensions.

“Dad never worked with drawings,” Harding says. “Some people came to him once and showed him the drawings of a boat they wanted him to build. He

turned them down. He said, he knew how to build a boat and he didn’t need their plans.”

“Dad started building boats with hand tools,” Harding says. “There was no electricity in Wingate. Back in those days there wasn’t five telephones south of Church Creek. His first power tool in the early 1940s was a band saw that had a gasoline engine.”Bronza devised a big-wheeled wagon to transport his finished boats down a gravel lane from the shop to the water. Harding says her father had an old, hand-cranked siren salvaged from a fire truck that was mounted on the shop. When he needed to launch a boat, he sounded the siren and everyone who heard it came to help.

“In the old days, he used a team of oxen to pull the boats,” Harding says. Later he used a tractor or his Ford pickup. The back wheels of the wagon were steered with a long tiller and once the wagon was in place, the boats were launched sideways down logs that had been placed as slides into the water.

“We didn’t have a boat ramp back then,” Snooks Windsor says. But despite the demands of the job, Harding’s father, known to his friends as “Bronzie,” established a reputation for building quality vessels that spread across the Chesapeake region.

When Rosie was built in the mid-1950s, Bronza and the three-dozen men in his large boat shop were turning out gasoline-powered workboats, sailing skipjacks and in one case, a custom-built sailing yacht. Bronza built Rosie, and her sister-ships, the Martha Lewis and the Lady Katie, in succession, but stopped working on the Lady Katie when a young DuPont Company executive from north-ern Delaware, who had always fancied the traditional lines of the skipjack, hired him to build a sailing yacht. Irénée du Pont Jr., now 91, great-great grandson of the founder of the company, has fond memories of Wingate, Bronza Parks, and his family. He says he first met Orville Parks while he was shop-ping for a skipjack to turn into a cruising sailboat for his young family. Orville wanted to sell him his old boat, the Joy Parks, but du Pont thought it was too big. Orville told him that his brother was building him a new skipjack and could build du Pont any boat he wanted.In 1955, the best way to meet Bronza was to be in the Cambridge Acme at 9:30 on a Saturday morning, when he did his grocery shopping. Du Pont says he asked the store clerk to point out Bronza, and when a tall, muscular man walked in, the clerk gave him the nod and du Pont introduced himself.

“He was big. Broad shoulders locomoted by narrow hips,” du Pont recalls. “He was the personification of a man who could build wooden boats with a broad axe.”Du Pont says he arranged to meet Bronza at his shop the following Sunday to talk about building his yacht. Over the next week, a severe storm flooded southern Dorchester County and isolated Wingate. Du Pont drove his 1936 Oldsmobile through the deep water and was the first person to reach the village

in days. (Du Pont still has the Oldsmo-bile in his garage and several other old cars. He explained, “I’m not a car collector, I just never get rid of them.”)When he got to the docks, men were trying to use a mechanical pump to bail a sinking workboat. Du Pont says he realized that the pump’s primer had slipped out of place and he hit it with an oar to right the situation.

“The pump started to gush and I was treated like I had saved the day,” he says.

“By the time I got to Bronzie’s shop, he had already heard about what had hap-pened on the dock.” Du Pont says that their friendship started immediately. “He was so amiable,” du Pont says. “He was also direct in his man-ner of speech. I think he was genuinely in love with his fellow man. He ad-dressed people as ‘honey,’ kind of a quaint thing that people down in Dorchester do, they all call each other ‘honey.’ ” Du Pont visited Parks numerous times while the yacht Barbara Bacthelder, named for du Pont’s wife, was being built. “I remember the first time I went to his house,” he says. “I was going to head home and he said, ‘Come in and have some supper.’ He poured scalding hot coffee into a cup and said ‘You like cheese in your coffee?’”

The Birthplace of Rosie Parks

Story and photos by Dick Cooper

Wingate Harbor, Dorchester County, Maryland

O’Neal and William “Snooks” Windsor in Wingate, Maryland.

Irénée du Pont Jr. holds a framed photo of

the yacht Barbara Batchelder, named for

du Pont’s wife, built by Bronza Parks.


“I had never seen that done. He had some really sharp rat-trap cheese and he put a tablespoon or more in my coffee cup and it melted out right away. That was the greatest drink I ever had.” Du Pont says Bronza never drew up plans for Barbara. “When he finished the hull he had her pulled out of the shop so he could envision her cabin lines,” he says. “He had to stand back and ‘see’ what she would look like. He was a true artist.”Mary Parks Harding remembers walking with her father in the woods, looking for trees to turn into boats. “He knew a lot of arithmetic and geometry and could look at a tree and calculate how many board feet he could get out of it,” she says.Less than two years after the Barbara Bacthelder was completed, Bronza was shot and killed in his boat shop by a customer who was upset over the cost of a boat Parks was building for him.

“That was the worst thing that ever happened in Wingate,” Snooks Windsor says. Parks’ boat shop is gone now. The Lakes & Straits Volunteer Fire Company that Bronza founded stands on its site, just down the road from the Parks homestead. But the Martha Lewis, Lady Katie and Barbara Batchelder are still sailing, soon to be rejoined by the Rosie Parks.


The Rosie Parks is starting to show major signs of recovering from her near-death experience. Board-

by-board, nail-by-nail, the revered old skipjack, once the pride of the Eastern Shore oyster fleet, is regaining her classic lines.Since being appointed project manager for the rebuilding of Rosie Parks, Marc Barto, the Museum’s former vessel maintenance manager, has spent the last few months systematically working to stabilize Rosie’s skeletal remains.With the help of shipwright apprentice Jennifer Kuhn and Museum volunteers, Barto has rebuilt the shapely, wine-glass transom that was first crafted by renowned Dorchester County boat builder Bronza Parks in his Wingate shop 56 years ago. The old rudder was removed and used as a template to build an accurate replacement. Parks never used blueprints or drawings to build his boats and left no records of their design features to help in the reconstruc-tion. The crew just completed repairing and replacing key sections of the “worm shoe,” the planks that help form the

skipjack Rosie Parks is coming to lifeby Dick Cooper with photos by Tracey Munson

(opposite page) Project Manager Marc Barto explains the purpose of a worm shoe to a large group of visitors. (top row, from left) Using a forklift, Barto, along with shipwrights Jenn Kuhn and Seth Walton and several volunteers, remove the rudder. The old rudder sits side-by-side with the new one. Kuhn, Walton, and Barto remove the keelson. The new deadwood is installed. (bottom row, from left) The crew works to complete the transom. During the Rosie Parks Community Work Days Program, Kuhn shows Parker White, the great-great grandson of Bronza Parks, how to make wooden sweet nails. Bronza’s great granddaughter, Katrina Smith, and her husband Greg, paint the worm shoe with anti-fouling paint. Working from the back of the boat forward, the crew now has a new transom in place. (below) Barto hands a young visitor a nail from Rosie Parks. Bronza’s great-great grandson Parker, great-grandson Josh, and his wife Natalie White.

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keel that runs the length of the boat. Barto says the hand-crafted sections of wood that allow the centerboard to pass through the keel were saved and repaired, and the nails that had fastened them to the keel had rusted away. Volunteers using “sweet nails,” wooden plugs glued into the old nail holes, were able to preserve those sections for reuse. The centerboard trunk is next on the rebuilding agenda. Once the hull is stabilized, the shipwrights will begin the more detailed work of repairing and replacing Rosie’s inner framework. On a recent afternoon, a woman and her young son are listening as Kuhn explains the

rebuilding process to Museum visitors. Barto quietly works a rusted nail free from Rosie’s hull. “Here’s a real nail from the Rosie Parks,” Barto says as he hands the nail to the boy.

“Oh, he just loves this sort of thing,” the mother says as her son, speechless, cradles the nail in his hands as if it is a Spanish doubloon.Community members are encouraged to volunteer to help rebuild Rosie from 10am to 3pm every Saturday. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and have an interest in working with wood.

For more information go to cbmm.org and click on

“Rosie Parks” tab or call the Museum at 410-745-2916.

(right) Bronza Parks stands in his boat yard under the bowsprits of the skipjacks Martha Lewis & Rosie Parks in 1955.

(below) Bronza Parks on the deck of the Barbara Batchelder with daughter, Mary, and grandchildren Cande Ruark, Brenda Harding, and Pres Harding, Jr. in May 1956.

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septemberCharity Boat AuctionSaturday, September 3, Labor Day Weekend10am–4pm, auction begins at 1pm

General admission $5 per person until 1:30pm. Afterwards, regular admission rates apply. Free for members and children under 6. (See page 24)

Boating Party Gala FundraiserSaturday, September 106–10pm, $175 per person

The Museum’s annual fundraiser includes cocktails, dinner, and dancing on Navy Point. For tickets, contact Director of Development, René Stevenson at 410-745-4950, or email [email protected].

Log Canoe Races aboard the Mister JimSaturday, September 1010am–12noon, $20 members, $25 non-members

Watch the log canoe races from the water during a two-hour trip aboard the Mister Jim. Includes commentary from an experienced log canoe team member. Space is limited and registration is required. Call Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941.

NEW! Member Night:From the LazaretteFriday, September 166–8pm, free for members

Learn about objects from our collection that aren’t on display. Join Chief Curator Pete Lesher in the Small Boat Shed as he shares his selection of objects and recent acquisitions. Space is limited, please RSVP by September 14 by emailing [email protected], or calling 410-745-2916.

St. Michaels Concours d’EleganceSunday, September 2510am–5pm. General admission $35 non-members, $30 members. VIP tickets $100 (See page 25)

octoberMid-Atlantic Small Craft FestivalSaturday, October 1 & Sunday, October 2(Friday, September 29, participant check-in)10am- 5pm. Free for members or with Museum admission(See page 15)

Maritime Monster MashFriday, October 216-9pm; $10 members, $15 non-membersChildren 12 and under free

Join the Museum for some spooky family fun with judging for the best costumes, games, and ‘trick-or-treats’ at various exhibits. Enjoy live music, roving entertainers, magicians, and costumed maritime monsters, featuring Chessie, the legendary sea monster said to live in the Chesapeake Bay.

CBMM Model GuildBuild a Crabbing SkiffSaturday, October 1 & Sunday, October 2Build a Half-Hull Clipper Model, Pride of Baltimore IISaturday, October 29 & Sunday, October 309am–5pm, Bay History Building$80 for members, $95 for non-members.

Join the Model Guild on October 1 & 2 to create a 10-inch Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff, and on October 29 & 30 to build a half-hull model of the Pride of Baltimore II. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 and up. All tools and materials supplied. Pre-registration required. Call 410-745-3266 to register, or for more information.

novemberOysterFestSaturday, November 510am–4pm. Free for members and children five and under$15 adults, $12 seniors, $6 children ages 6-17

Celebrate the Bay oyster with live music, oysters and other food, children’s activities, boat rides, oyster demonstration and harvesting displays, cooking demonstrations, and an oyster stew competition among local restaurateurs.

For 14 years, Labor Day weekend has meant great deals on boats to boating aficionados and first-time boat

buyers. More than 80 boats––ranging in size and per-formance from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, will be available to the highest bidder at the 1pm boat auction on Saturday, September 3, with all proceeds benefitting the Museum. Beer and barbeque also will be on sale.The Museum’s Boat Donations Program Manager Lad Mills takes donations and resells boats throughout the year, holding aside some of his inventory for the annual auction. Mills travels up and down the east coast working with boat owners and potential buyers wishing to support the Museum’s mission through their boat donations and purchases.

“Beyond taking an unused or unwanted boat off people’s hands, and their receiving a nice tax deduction, the revenue generated by the auction goes directly to help the Museum do work like maintaining its fleet of historic vessels,” says Mills. Returning to the auction this year is a flea market-style tag sale to be held from 10am to 1pm, where visitors will be able to purchase a variety of boating gear, including ground tackle, electrical equipment, hardware, rope or chain, lad-ders, fishing tackle, and motors. There is no need to wait for auction day to see the boats, they can be viewed now by following the “Donate or Buy a Boat” link at cbmm.org. All boats are subject to sale prior to the auction. The vessels also will be available for inspection at the Museum several days prior to the auction. Advance bids can be called in to 410-745-4941 until 4pm on September 2, 2011. To donate a boat or items for the tag sale, contact Lad Mills at 410-745-4942 or at [email protected].

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NEW! The James L. StewartMemorial St. Michaels Grand PrixSunday, November 1312noon–4pmFree for members or with paid admission. $3 discount with canned food donation

Come watch and join in as local residents and businesses compete in a race to unload their cargo of food and beer from golf carts while me-morializing the life of James L. Stewart, known by many before his 2010 passing as the “mayor of St. Michaels.” Proceeds from all cart sales during the event benefit the National Diabetes Foundation. The event is free for mem-bers or with general admission.

“James was loved by so many,” commented event coordina-tor and St. Michaels restaurateur Chris Agharabi.

“We wanted to celebrate his life in a fun and meaningful way, while drawing locals out for a great day of fun at the Museum. Carts will be decorated, drivers will be swapped

at pit stops, and the bribing of race officials— if it means rais-ing more money, might even be encouraged.” James L. Stewart lived in St. Michaels for 17 years. He was a true renaissance man, involving himself in Chesapeake Commu-nity College’s theater, Fall into St. Michaels and Christmas in St.

Michaels, and helping decorate historic properties for house tours. Most of all, James enjoyed racing on Redbeard with his friend Matt Brown Wednesday nights on the Miles River. He dressed the ladies of St. Michaels when he was the manager at Chesapeake Trading company, decorated the houses of St. Michaels when he worked at Petals Flower Shop, and was regarded as the “psychiatrist for St. Michaels” while working behind the bar at Ava’s. A friend to everyone who ever met him, Stewart died of complications from diabetes in August 2010.


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Apprentice For a Day Public Boatbuilding ProgramFall, 2011: Smith Island SkiffSaturdays & Sundays, 10am–4pm

Learn traditional boatbuilding under the direction of a Museum shipwright. The AFAD program gives partici-pants insight into the art and craft of wooden boatbuilding. Through hands-on interactions, the Museum hopes visitors become more aware of the need to keep maritime skills alive for future generations. You can be a part of the whole 17 week process or just sign up for those aspects of building that you want to learn. The work you do depends on what phase of the construction process the boats are in when you participate, and your expe-rience level.The skiffs built are for sale to support continuation of the AFAD program. All of the wooden boats are of tradi-tional design and construction, both practical and built to last. Participants must be 16 or older unless accompanied by an adult. $35 members and $45 non-members. All materials and tools are provided. Advance registration not required. For information, call 410-745-2916 and ask to speak to someone in the boat yard.

Kathy Bernard and Barbara Kline (from the “2BoomerBabes Radio Hour” on National Public Radio) stop by the Museum for the AFAD program with shipwright apprentice Jenn Kuhn.

cbMM Annual Fund honor rollWe’re grateful to supporters whose gifts allow us to continue to preserve and share the stories, traditions, and heritage of the people who have lived, worked, and played along the Chesapeake Bay for centuries. Thank you to all our generous donors, including those listed below whose gifts were received between February 16 and July 24, 2011. Your gifts benefit the children and adults served by our special events and the Museum’s educational, exhibit, and boat restoration programs. Membership dues and paid admissions cover only a mere fraction of the Museum’s expenses. Charitable donations like these have propelled the Museum’s Annual Fund to all-time records for the past and consecutive years. Without this level of support, the Museum simply could not serve its important mission at the high level it deserves. Thank you for your support!

Abacus Technology CorporationDavid AdeyVirginia AlbertRobert Alexander & Brenda FaulknerAnonymousJack & Delores AntwerpenCG & Nancy ApplebyCecil Backus, Jr.Jeffrey & Catherine BarronJohn & Carolyn BeckBruce & Ann BedfordJames & Diane BlairAndy & Susan BillippRobert & Mary Jane BookerJohn & Bonnie BoothDavid & Lydia BoyerScott & Patrice Brickman FamilyRainer & Jayne BrunsHarry & Beth BurtonCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldRick Carrion & Carly SargentJoseph & Susan CassonPeter & Jane ChamblissClassic Yacht Restoration Guild, Inc.Heather CookCorstone CapitalRichard & Joan CrowleyGregory & Debi DevouL. R. & Sherry EmbreyEmbroidered Images, LLCRandall EwellGeorge & Jocelyn EysymonttTom & Mary FirthJohn FoxThe Frederick W. Richmond Foundation

Howard & Liz FreedlanderEarl & Christina FurmanRobert & Patricia GallowayGarden Club of the Eastern ShoreAlbert & Dagmar GipeAndrew GrayAnthony & Nancy GouldClarence GrossAlan HaisSteven & Anna HallAlan & Shannon HammBruce & Sandy HammondsJim & Pam HarrisBenjamin HeilmanAndrew HeissHinckley Yacht CompanyNelson & Martie HoltjeDavid HondowiczFrank & Jane HopkinsonDiane HumphreyThe Inn at Perry CabinClifton & Florence JacksonJerry & Pam JanaRaymond JenningsCharles JesilionisClark Johnson

& Karen Johnson-AmrittPaul & Sonia Tudor JonesRichard & Beverly JonesSheldon & Barbara KatzRonald Kaufman & Sandy PudifinLawrence & Jeanne KellyRichard & Karen KimberlyThe Kresge FoundationSheila Lanahan

Mark Levine & Sara ImersheinJohn & Deborah LindingerRobert & Marsha LonerganRobert LoughheadCharles & Dorothy LowRobert & Alice MantellMax & Ruth MattesonFred & Nancy MeendsenBill & Maxine MillarAlbert & Diane MillerPriscilla MillerPaul Moates & Connie SadlerJoan MurrayDiana & Steve MysliwiecJohn and Rose NorthropBradley & Martha OlsonMargaret OremSumner & Frances ParkerRobert PastranaOdis & Sarah PendergraftBob & Kay PerkinsGale & Mary Christine PetersJoe & Mary Lou PetersJerry & Edna PettitJohn & Melissa PfliegerJohn Pinney & Donna CantorLaurence & Bev PrattDonald & Deborah PuseyBurton & Anita ReinerWilliam & Roselee RobertsJoseph & Usha RobillardDavid & Krista RossDavid & Barbara RouxSailing Club of the ChesapeakeRobert & Helena Savage

Langley & Karen ShookKathryn ShookWilliam & Anne SimmonsNeedham & Lois SmithMatt & Ann SnowlingSparks PersonnelDonald & Joann SparksLucy SpiegelArthur SpinettaHank & Linda SpireWilliam & Nancy StaffordJeff & Diane StaleyHenry & Judy StansburyRene & Tom StevensonTalbot BankAlfred & Betsy TaylorMarie & Stephen ThomasStuart and Catherine ThompsonBen & Margo TilghmanMrs. R. Carmichael TilghmanTom TuttleAlfred Tyler & Cleo BraverVictor Urrutia & Anayansi Lasso-PirotHerbert & Marcy Von GoerresE. K. & Carol WalkerDonald & Ann WalterAndrew & Alex WalworthMichael & Jane WardRussell WardRobert & Mary WatersBill & Amy WhitleyRobert & Carol WilliamsTimothy & Lisa Wyman

The 5th annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance is set for Sunday, September 25. “People really enjoyed seeing

these classic cars on the Museum’s waterfront campus last year,” commented Concours Chairman David North. “So we’re delighted to have the Museum host the event again, and to support their worthwhile mission of sharing the way people have lived, worked, and played on the Bay for centuries and still do today.”The St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance is a celebration of automotive style and excellence featuring Grand Classic automobiles (1900-1942) along with vintage motor boats, art, fashion, and enjoyment. New to this year’s event is an automobile class featuring post-World War II sports and racing cars through 1960.Concours includes several participant-only events begin-ning on Friday, September, 23, with a golf tournament at Harbourtowne Golf Resort and Conference Center in St. Michaels. Saturday, September 24, features a tour of automobiles from St. Michaels to the Robert Morris Inn in Oxford, followed by a gala fundraising dinner.Museum admission for Sunday’s event, which takes place from 10am to 4pm on September 25, is $30 for Museum members and $35 for non-members, with all proceeds benefiting the historic boat restoration and educational programs of the Museum. For participant information, tickets to the gala fundraising dinner, or more information on Sunday’s event, visit smcde.org or call 410-745-4978. (from left) Plein Air Easton! artist David Diaz of Annapolis, MD, paints the museum’s draketail Martha up on the rail. Plein Air Easton! artist Charles

Dickinson of St. Augustine, FL, paints the Rosie Parks.

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CBMM’s Boat Donation ProgramAnnual Charity Boat Auction Labor Day Weekend: Saturday, September 3

10am–4 pm, auction begins at 1pm

Boating experts and novices alike have the same opportunity to bid on the boat of their dreams! Offering everything from wooden rowing skiffs to classic sailboats and modern power cruisers.See page 24 for details!

This rare find is completely rebuilt to very high standards with a new Volvo 40 horsepower Saildrive––a true bluewater cruiser. This

boat includes roller furling, solar charging, wind generator, autopilot, refrigeration, and more. Comes with a 10-foot inflatable dinghy.

The Museum receives donated boats throughout the year, ranging in size and function, from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, from

canoes to crabbing skiffs. Boats donated to the Museum offer buyers boats for a fraction of the cost of buying a new or used one

at retail. For further information about the Museum’s boat donation program, or if you’re looking for a particular boat, contact Boat

Donations Program Manager Lad Mills at 410-745-4942, or by email at [email protected].

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