Beauty Under the Old Bay - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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Summer 2012
Mission Statement
Campus improvements:
native garden installed
along waterfront, new
look for Navy Point,
new Welcome Center
on Talbot Street
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chairman’s message
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education
by CG Appleby
All that Jazz
by Esty Collet
president’s letter
What’s Fresh?
by Langley R. Shook
Seasonal Selections from Education
currents
One-on-One with
Chesapeake People
by Robert Forloney
Exhibit openings, new staff and
interns, Boating Party Committee
announces upcoming theme, highlights from Frederick Douglass Day,
Maritime Model Expo, Elf Classic
Yacht Race, Museum receives awards.
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Volunteer Profile: Lloyd Devigne
by Katie Willis
by Kate Livie
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An update on the Rosie Parks
restoration project and repairs
to other historic vessels in the
Museum’s fleet.
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features
Boatshop Archaeology:
Finding the right wood
for the Rosie Parks
by Dick Cooper
Beauty Under the Old Bay
by Kate Livie
on the rail
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calendar
Antique & Classic Boat Festival,
Big Band Night, Chesapeake Folk
Festival, Watermen’s Appreciation
Day, visiting vessels, concerts,
exhibit spotlights, free daily
events, and more.
heroes honor roll
CORRECTION: In the spring issue of
The Chesapeake Log, the caption on
page 18 should have read:
CBMM Model Guild Director Bob Mason and
Guild member Bill Price inspect the recently
moved CNC milling machine.
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A special thanks to Museum volunteer
Roger Galvin (pictured standing, right),
who designed, and guided Museum staff
in planting, a native harbor garden along
the administration building’s waterfront.
The garden was installed to hold back the
high tide from the grass area.
Surrounded by a decorative block wall
and cap, the garden incorporates a
drain from the Museum walkway to the
harbor, with an internal check valve to
prevent tidal flow. Plans to continue the
garden along the parking lot of the
Crab Claw to Burn Street are scheduled
for June.
The Navy Point bulkhead is completed,
with the decking under the lighthouse
and the railway finger pier back in place.
The grounds on Navy Point also have a
new irrigation system and sod.
The new Welcome
Center on Talbot
Street opened in
April. A concierge
desk, local brochures,
and a video featuring the events and
programs at the
Museum greet visitors,
with Museum-related
merchandise for sale.
The 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 Statement
The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum is to be the premier maritime
museum for studying, exhibiting, 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 Museum
Navy Point, PO Box 636
St. Michaels, MD 21663
410-745-2916, cbmm.org
On the cover:
A bushel of hot, freshly steamed crabs from
the Crab Claw Restaurant sits on the docks
near the Edna E. Lockwood, ready to be
eaten. Photo by Tracey Munson.
Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas
Creative Director: Marie Thomas
Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher
Contributing Writers:
Dick Cooper, Pete Lesher, Kate Livie,
Langley Shook, CG Appleby, Katie Willis,
Esty Collet, Robert Forloney, Tracey
Munson, Marie Thomas
The Chesapeake Log is a publication of
the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
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Chairman’s Message
by CG Appleby, Chairman of the Board
The beautiful summer season is finally with us,
even though this winter seemed almost nonexistent. Campus is teeming with visitors, volunteers, interns, apprentices, vibrant festivals,
special events; the exhibits are compelling and
crisp—no wonder the town is packed!
I am reminded of the opening of the new Tug
exhibit in late April. Never have I been as proud
of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as
when I stood with 250 fellow enthusiasts on that
glorious evening on Navy Point. The entire community showed up—hard-working tug families,
local watermen, town visitors, shop owners,
politicians, board members, the press corps and most important, lots of interested
members. I remember thinking, as I looked around at the large crowd, people show
up for the good stuff, and there is a lot of good stuff happening at the Museum.
Next time you are on campus, look at the folks who are rebuilding the Rosie Parks
and watch as shipwright apprentices master the craft of wooden boatbuilding.
Sneak a peek at the young sailors learning to right a capsized boat in the Summer
Sailing Program, and immerse yourself in our common heritage at the restored
Mitchell House or in the new Gunning and Tug exhibits. The whole campus is
alive with activity, and the activity doesn’t stop there. We’ve recently opened a
new Welcome Center on Talbot Street to help visitors learn more about the Museum,
St. Michaels, and the surrounding area.
Speaking of good stuff, I am also proud of the Museum’s Frederick Douglass Day
and look forward to the 25th anniversary of the Antique and Classic Boat Festival,
seeing Tall Ships line our docks, watching Independence Day fireworks explode
over the lighthouse on Big Band Night, and celebrations of Chesapeake heritage
at the Chesapeake Folk Festival and Watermen’s Appreciation Day. This year’s
Charity Boat Auction has more boats available for sale than ever before, and I
can’t wait for the annual Boating Party.
All of this good stuff—festivals, exhibits, education programs—are possible because
the Museum is thriving. Attendance is up, contributions have increased, and it’s
mostly due to the fact that you—our members—are active, interested, and involved.
So grab the family, the dog, sunglasses, and some sunscreen, and come see your
Museum—we promise a different and engaging experience every time you come.
Board of
Governors
2011-2012
CG Appleby, Chair
Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair
Joseph E. Peters, Vice Chair
Tom D. Seip, Treasurer
Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary
Paul Berry
Richard J. Bodorff
Harry W. Burton
Frederic N. Cross
William S. Dudley
David E. Dunn
Jocelyn W. Eysymontt
Anna W. Fichtner
Howard S. Freedlander
Dagmar D. P. Gipe
James P. Harris
E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.
Christopher A. Havener
Francis Hopkinson
Pamela Jana
R. Douglas Jurrius
Richard H. Kimberly
Peter M. Kreindler
William C. Millar
Geoffrey F. Oxnam
Bruce A. Ragsdale
Henry H. Stansbury
Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.
Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.
Alfred Tyler II
Barbara Viniar
Langley R. Shook, President
Emeriti
Richard T. Allen
Margaret D. Keller
Breene M. Kerr
Charles L. Lea, Jr.
D. Ted Lewers
Fred C. Meendsen
John C. North II
Sumner Parker
Robert A. Perkins
James K. Peterson
Norman H. Plummer
John J. Roberts
Henry H. Spire
James E. Thomas
Joan Darby West
Donald G. Whitcomb
Museum Staff
President
Langley R. Shook, President, 4951
Cheryl Miller, Administrative Assistant, 4943
Breene M. Kerr Center
for Chesapeake Studies
Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971
Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966
Rob Forloney, Director of the Kerr Center, 4959
Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947
Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945
Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972
Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941
Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorist, 4961
Boatyard
Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967
Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967
Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance Assistant, 4967
India Gilham-Westerman, Shipwright Apprentice
Jennifer Kuhn, Shipwright Apprentice
Ken Philips, Shipwright Apprentice
Chris Sanders, Journeyman Shipwright
Communications & Special Events
Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960
Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953
Melissa Spielman, Director of Events &
Volunteer Program, 4956
Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944
Constituent Services
René Stevenson, Director of Development, 4950
Debbie Collison, Membership Manager, 4991
Katie Willis, Visitor Services Manager, 4993
Emilie Knud-Hansen, Mem/Develop. Assistant, 4955
Marty Smythe, Museum Store Manager, 4963
Victoria Alexander, Museum Store Associate, 4962
Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945
Anne Robling, Museum Host, 4945
Maggie Robar, Museum Store Associate, 4962
Finance
Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958
Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, 4948
Digie McGuirk, Accounting/HR Assistant, 4957
Operations
President’s Letter
by Langley R. Shook, President
As I write this, the Museum is just two weeks
into its new fiscal year that promises to be even
better than the last. Your participation and support last year gave us much to be proud of and
put the wind at our backs heading into the new
year—new exhibits, strong communications and
increased visibility, successful diverse events and
programs, renewed energy and activity in the
boatyard, and the completion of the Museum’s
biggest capital improvement project in years:
a new bulkhead and upgraded landscaping on
Navy Point. Membership is up, attendance is up,
and particularly gratifying is the Museum’s
Annual Fund having just set a new all-time record for the third year in a row.
We comfortably passed our goal that was 10% higher than the year before,
receiving many more gifts, from many more donors, than any time in the
Museum’s 47-year history.
This outpouring of support and generosity from you—donors, members, volunteers,
governors, and staff—drives the Museum’s success. Membership dues and admissions receipts combined provide less than one-third of the revenue necessary to
support the Museum’s operations. Especially in these times of scant government
funding, only with your gifts can the Museum’s important mission be served in
the fashion it deserves, to preserve the legacy and traditions of the Chesapeake
region for current and future generations, children and adults alike.
Those of us who are privileged to spend a lot of time at the Museum feel a sense
of optimism, energy, and pride in being a part of this extraordinary institution.
We barely can wait to continue to build on the positive momentum we’ve all
created together. With your unwavering support, we are committed to continuing
to improve the Museum’s performance of its mission across the board. We have
lots in store this summer and we hope you’ll visit often to enjoy what you’ve
helped to make possible.
I look forward to seeing you at our Museum this summer. Thank you for your
continued support.
Bill 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.
To email, use the first initial, full last name @cbmm.org.
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Opening receptions for new Tug
& Gunning exhibits draw large crowds
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o unveil the new “Push and Pull:
Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats”
exhibit, the Museum invited donors,
staff, and those featured in the exhibit to
a Captain’s Reception on Friday, April
20. This new, contemporary exhibit
showcases life on Chesapeake tugboats
and remains open through 2014.
The opening reception for “Gunning
Among Friends: Chesapeake Waterfowl
Hunting Clubs” welcomed Museum
members and members of the East
Coast Decoy Collectors to the Small
Boat Shed on Friday, April 13. This
exhibit examines hunting clubs by
featuring historic photos, documents,
decoys, and other gunning accoutrements.
(top) Museum Folklorist Michelle Zacks
addresses the crowd and introduces the tugboat
captains and crew featured in the Tug exhibit.
(second row) Sponsors of the Tug exhibit,
Wye Financial & Trust’s Assistant Vice
President of Wealth Management Ronald
Flohr and Senior Vice President Jim Vermilye
pause for a photo on the tug Delaware with
Museum President Langley Shook and Chief
Curator Pete Lesher.
A Star Spangled Night on Navy Point, 1812-2012
Wilmington Trust lead sponsor for 15th Annual Boating Party
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ilmington Trust has been named the lead sponsor to the 15th Annual
Boating Party Fundraising Gala, “A Star Spangled Night on Navy
Point.” The signature, tented event will be held September 8 along the Museum’s
waterfront campus. The Boating Party is the Museum’s annual fundraising
event, with proceeds benefiting the children and adults served by the museum’s
educational, exhibit, and boat restoration programs. Co-chaired this year by
Cynthia and Doug Jurrius and Talli and Geoff Oxnam, the gala begins with
cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a full-course gourmet dinner catered by
PeachBlossoms, live music, and dancing.
Wilmington Trust is a client-focused financial services firm providing a distinct
mix of financial, wealth advisory, and asset management services. With roots
dating back to the founding of Wilmington Trust Company by T. Coleman
duPont in 1903, Wilmington Trust has been serving members of the duPont
family and successful individuals, businesses, and families for generations.
Tickets for the September 8 Boating Party are $175 per person or $1,750 for a
table of 10, with benefactor and corporate sponsorships available. To receive an
invitation or to reserve your table or tickets, contact Director of Development
René Stevenson at 410-745-4950 or [email protected]. More info about
the event can also be found at cbmm.org/boatingparty.
Museum welcomes new staff & interns
Captain Dennis Berg stands in front of a
painting of his tug Quaker with wife Janet
and their daughter Alice Penchenski.
Cheryl Miller, of Easton, MD has joined the
Museum as the new administrative assistant,
supporting the President and the Development
Department. Originally from Providence, RI,
Miller brings many years of experience as an office
manager and executive assistant. The Museum
also welcomes three new summer interns.
(third row) Museum President Langley Shook
with Captain Mike Reagoso, vice president of
Mid-Atlantic operations for McAllister Towing,
one of the sponsors of the Tug exhibit, and his
wife Susan Reagoso.
Julia Flood is a history major from Johns Hopkins
University and will be assisting the education
department. A Maryland native, Flood grew up
around St. Michaels.
Museum Board Treasurer Tom Seip, Board
Chairman CG Appleby, and former Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
(fourth row) Chief Curator Pete Lesher and Joe
Deeter of Guyette & Schmidt, one of the
sponsors of the Gunning exhibit.
C. John Sullivan Jr., addresses the crowd at the
Gunning exhibit as Henry Stansbury, a sponsor
of the exhibit, and Pete Lesher look on.
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From left, Wilmington Trust Wealth Advisory
Services (a division of M&T Bank) Managing
Director Steve Sands, Board Vice Chair Joe
Peters, and Director of Development René
Stevenson recently met at the Museum to go
over plans for this year’s September 8 Boating
Party on Navy Point.
Cheryl Miller
Brittni Landgraf studies anthropology and history at Washington College
in Chestertown. Landgraf will serve as the Folk Festival intern, working to
develop and coordinate the event throughout the summer while pursuing her
interest in historic preservation.
Elisabeth Meier is a history major at the University of Chicago and is joining
the Museum as a curatorial intern. Meier has significant experience in maritime
studies, having participated in the Williams College-Mystic Seaport and Sea
Education Association semesters.
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Museum receives
accolades & awards
ELF CLASSIC
YACHT RACE
May 19
Free
State’S
Finest
marylandl fe 2012
winner!
®
The second annual Elf Classic
Yacht Race was held on Saturday,
May 19. Departing from the
Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis,
the boats sailed across the
Chesapeake Bay to the Museum.
Bull, a classic sandbagger, once
again took first prize.
Maryland Life Magazine readers recently
voted the Museum as the “Free State’s
Finest” in four categories:
(top) The boats are seen on the
Miles River, not far from the Museum. (bottom) Mister Jim takes
passengers out for a cruise as
the boats come in.
Frederick
Dougl ass
Day • May 5
On Saturday, May 5, the Museum held Frederick Douglass Day, in conjunction with the Frederick Douglass
Honor Society. Attendees enjoyed live music, great food, activities for kids, boat rides for the family, fishing,
and more. (top row, from left) Co-Chairs of Frederick Douglass Day Harriette Lowery and Karen Shook congratulate this year’s winner of the Frederick Douglass Essay contest, Easton Middle School eighth grader Cameron
McCoy, pictured with family members. African-American Foodways Historian Michael Twitty gave cooking
demonstrations at the Mitchell House. Young Frederick Douglass (Arnell Limberry) tries his hand at caulking,
a job the real Frederick Douglass did in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
(bottom row, from left) Two young attendees had their picture taken in traditional 18th century garb and then
pasted it into “The North Star,” the newspaper created by Frederick Douglass. Visitors took advantage of the
beautiful weather on a scenic cruise aboard Mister Jim. The Union Baptist Mass Choir of Easton performed at
the Tolchester Beach Bandstand. One of the many kids activities for the day included building a boat and
sailing it around a pond.
maritime
model expo
May 19 & 20
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Thank you to all who voted for us!
Talbot County Arts Council
awards grant to Museum
(left to right) Museum Director of CCS Robert Forloney,
mosaic artists Bobby Malzone and Sue Stockman, Karen
Shook, papier-mâché artist “Mama Girl” Mary Onley, Museum
Folklorist Michelle Zacks, Museum President Langley Shook,
Talbot County Arts Council Board President A.J. Lippson, and
Museum Exhibit Specialist and wood carver Eric Applegarth.
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“Finest Museum,” “Finest Family Fun,”
“Finest Sunrise/Sunset,” and “Finest
Historic Attraction.”
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The Maritime Model Expo on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20
featured demonstrations, live music, family activities, model skipjack
sailing races, and a variety of food on campus.
(from left) Various models were on display throughout the weekend.
Attendees were invited to watch as models cruised around the miniature
pond. Kids activities included making model sailboats and sailing them
around the pond. There was plenty of wind on Sunday for the model
skipjack sailing races.
The Talbot County Arts Council awarded a grant
to the Museum to fund “Stepping Out of the
Boat,” a multi-media sculpture, to be created with
community participation at this year’s Chesapeake
Folk Festival on Saturday, July 28. See page 23
for more details.
10 AM – 4 PM, by appointment
The Avalon Theatre, Easton
Wondering about the value of that family heirloom?
The oil painting behind the couch, the old book from
that long-ago yard sale?
Our professionals can tell you…
Bring up to 3 items.
Tickets: $90
(only $50 for MPT members)
Reservations and information:
(410) 581-4250
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curator’s corner
Barnacle-Encrusted Log Books
by Pete Lesher
Volunteer Profile:
Lloyd Devigne
by Katie Willis
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S
hen you see barnacles on books,
you know there must be a story.
Tugboat owner Dennis Berg used
these daily diaries as log books aboard
Blue Star, one of the two tugs he
owned at the time. When interviewed
for the new Tug exhibit, Berg recalled,
everal years ago as Lloyd Devigne
was reading the local paper, he saw
that the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum was looking for volunteers
and jumped at the chance to become
involved. Devigne and his wife Jo Ann
moved to the Eastern Shore permanently in 2005. Previously, they split
their time between the Jersey Shore and
Sarasota, FL, where they both volunteered for the Mote Marine Laboratory,
known for its shark research. The
Devignes moved to the Eastern Shore
to be closer to family. Their fondness for
boats and the water made the Eastern
Shore an added bonus.
“[The mate-in-training] had been
steering most of the time. The
captain was there, you know,
looking after him, made sure he
did right. Just as they went by
that lighthouse, he decided—he
went down below… and then all
of a sudden,… it sank in just a
few minutes…
I think it was just that guy
steering. I don’t know what he
did wrong. But anyhow, all of a
sudden the rudder went hard over
and [the tug was] running light
[without a barge in tow], so he
turns so far, he keeled over and
filled up with water through the
engine room doors and sunk.
They’re lucky nobody got hurt,
but they all got off and were floating there. Fortunately, they just
passed a boat with some people
fishing a few minutes before that
happened. They saw the tug with
just the pilothouse sticking out
of the water and ran over and saw
them. Well, they were drifting on
down, and picked them up.”
The son of a Georgetown, Maryland,
boatyard owner, Dennis Berg started
on a tug with his older brother, but in
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1974 he acquired his own tug, Quaker,
and went into business as Eastern
Shore Marine. Although just a small,
family-owned company with two tugs
and a few barges, Berg’s Eastern Shore
Marine employed a number of people
as captain, mate, or deckhand, some of
whom are still working in the trade.
Berg sold the Quaker and retired
in 1992, but his name is still widely
known among those in the tugging
business on the Chesapeake because of
the various people who were somehow
connected to him.
Blue Star sank on Sunday, June 19,
1983—in broad daylight on a clear
day. It was probably a mistake by a
new member of her crew who threw
the rudder hard over without cutting
back on the throttle, and the tug sank
quickly. Her 1983 logbook was rescued
with the crew, damp but still legible.
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The earlier logs remained aboard until
the salvage crew brought her back to
the surface, which was clearly long
enough for the books to accumulate
some barnacles and other marine
growth. After Blue Star was raised,
Berg chose to purchase another tug,
Mustang, rather than put the tug back
into shape.
Now Blue Star’s barnacle-encrusted log
books—as well as the 1983 log opened
to the day of her sudden sinking—are
part of the museum’s new exhibit,
Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake
Bay Tugboats, now showing in the
Steamboat Building.
The exhibit is open daily and is free
for members or with paid Museum
admission. For more information
about the exhibit, visit cbmm.org.
After a day trip to the Museum and
a French class with the Academy for
Lifelong Learning, Devigne volunteered to lead adult tours, and became
the Volunteer Association’s vice president
from 2008-2010. In 2007, he began
crewing the Museum’s buyboat, Mister
Jim, and in 2009, Devigne completed
the coursework, test, and sea-time to
become a USCG certified captain.
In 2011, he upgraded his license to
the master level and is now one of
seven captains taking passengers out
on Mister Jim throughout the summer
season. Although Devigne spends most
of his time aboard Mister Jim, he still
likes to lead tours whenever possible.
“I love interacting with Museum visitors.
It’s a blend of my personal and professional life—talking and presenting
to people,” he says. “I love telling the
story of the Chesapeake to visitors, and
presenting the
challenges and
the changes that
its people and
the culture have
faced throughout
history.”
A native of
Glen Rock, NJ,
Devigne attended
Pennsylvania
State University
and New York
University, earning
his MBA in marketing and economics.
Following his graduation, Devigne
joined the Coast Guard Reserve and
was stationed for six months on a tug
near New York Harbor’s Governors
Island during the Vietnam War.
In 1967 Devigne took a job with IBM,
which he held for 25 years, as a sales
and marketing executive. In 1991, the
Devignes married in a ceremony held
on the Eastern Shore, and retired to
both the Jersey Shore and Florida.
When Devigne isn’t at the Museum,
he enjoys traveling and taking trips to
Florida and France. Devigne’s grandparents were born in France and he and
his wife hope one day to take a monthlong visit and completely immerse
themselves in French culture. Devigne
enjoys fishing and boating and has a
strong affinity for power boats.
Devigne says, “I’ve been around boats
all my life. I tend to gravitate toward
maritime things.”
(top) Volunteer docent and Captain Lloyd Devigne.
(bottom) Devigne and volunteer Captain Jerry
Friedman aboard Mister Jim.
Mister Jim is run by a corps of volunteer
USCG-certified captains and their crew,
running Fridays through Mondays,
beginning May 18 and continuing
through the summer season, with cruises
leaving on the hour from 12noon to 3pm.
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education
All That Jazz
What’s Fresh?
Seasonal Selections from Education
by Esty Collet
by Kate Livie
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t’s the summer of renewal for the
Museum—from the new bulkhead
to the restored tug Delaware—there’s
the piney smell of fresh lumber and wet
paint, and in the education programs,
the happy sound of excited kids enjoying brand new ways to learn about the
Bay and its people.
Beginning in May, the education
department welcomed 300 Talbot
County 7th grade students to learn
all about Rosie Parks by swinging a
caulking mallet, counting fingernailsized spat in our oyster nurseries,
and hunkering into the coffin bunks
aboard the E.C. Collier to get a taste
of the life and work surrounding the
iconic skipjack.
Meanwhile, at the Hooper Strait
Lighthouse, several new instructors
familarized themselves with a newlyrestructured Lighthouse Overnight
Adventures curriculum, which features
new hands-on activities focusing on
the legendary lady lighthouse keeper
Fannie Salter. Participants try on work
aprons with the initials “F.S.”
and check the pockets for clues
about Fannie’s life and work,
as well as exploring a ditty bag
containing a lump of coal, wirerimmed spectacles, chalk, and
other artifacts that connect to
Salter’s experiences as the keeper
at Turkey Point Lighthouse.
Designed to align with the new
Girl Scouts’ “Journeys,” the
Museum’s program uses fun
games, costumes, and historic
objects to explore the life of the
first female lighthousekeeper.
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Museum Shipwright Apprentice Ken Philips gives a
caulking demonstration to a group of 7th grade Talbot
County students during the Oystering Legacy Tour.
The updated curriculum can be used
toward badge goals for Brownie,
Junior, and Cadette Girl Scouts, but
the program is open to all youth groups
and their chaperones. The Museum has
teamed up with Sultana Projects to offer
the first kayak paddling programs from
Fogg’s Cove, with two forays leaving
from campus to explore the Miles River
and the wriggling animal life beneath
its surface.
Even our sailing program is getting an
infusion of new energy, as we partner
with the YMCA to provide Easton
children with the opportunity to learn
maritime basics and a love for the wind
and waves onboard a JY sailboat with
our talented sailing instructors.
Check out the Museum’s full calendar
of events on page 21 for more ways
to get on the water, carve wood, fill
sails, explore exhibits, listen intently,
and just plain have fun at the Museum
this summer.
One-on-One with
Chesapeake People
by Robert Forloney
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A guilded eagle from the Lady Maryland with a
rockfish in its mouth, carved by John Garlick.
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ot many people know how to make a dip net. You find even fewer who’ve
worked in a seafood packing house or still carve decoys. Even so, understanding this traditional work is important to understanding the history of the
Chesapeake Bay. The Center for Chesapeake Studies’ Chesapeake People program
offers Museum visitors the chance to talk one-on-one with tradition-bearers as
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he Academy for Lifelong Learning
(ALL) at the Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum is pleased to offer
two programs this summer which will
dovetail with Chesapeake Chamber
Music’s upcoming Monty Alexander
Jazz Festival. On Friday, June 29, ALL
is sponsoring a field trip to the famous
music venue, The Mainstay, in Rock
Hall. Tom McHugh, founder of The
Mainstay, will talk about the history
of jazz in America and the founding of
this popular gathering place of musicians and enthusiasts.
Following dinner in town, the group
will enjoy music by some of the best
jazz musicians in the area. Outstanding
trumpeter Byron Stripling, who has
performed with the Woody Herman
Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, and
the Count Basie Orchestra, will be
the featured performer. On Friday,
August 31, the weekend of the jazz
festival, ALL welcomes Bill Edgar,
PhD, scholar, author and esteemed
they demonstrate their skills, as well as
tell their stories about making a living
on the Bay. Through these enriching
interactions, visitors get a glimpse of a
culture very different than their own.
From Memorial Day through Labor
Day on Saturdays from 11am-3pm,
Museum visitors can meet local wooden
boatbuilders, decoy carvers, and crab
pickers, observing Chesapeake Bay
maritime traditions firsthand. The
program is made possible through a
generous National Endowment for the
(left) ALL’s June 29th trip to The Mainstay in Rock Hall includes a performance by Bryon
Stripling and (middle) an introduction to the history of jazz in America by Tom McHugh, founder
of the Mainstay. (right) On August 31, William Edgar performs and speaks about jazz and the
African-American experience.
jazz pianist at the Academy Art Museum
in Easton. Edgar, who will be introduced by jazz aficionado Al Sikes, will
lead a discussion of the African roots
of jazz, and its growth and metamorphosis in our country over the past
century and a half.
2012 Jazz Festival, to be held at
Easton’s historic Avalon Theatre,
features legendary Grammy-nominated
jazz pianist Monty Alexander, the
Festival’s artistic director and namesake. For further information on the
Monty Alexander Jazz Festival, visit
The program, entitled “Jazz and the
African-American Experience,” will
include various piano selections by
Edgar. The third annual Monty
Alexander Jazz Festival takes place
in Easton on Labor Day weekend,
August 31-September 2, 2012. The
ChesapeakeJazz.org. For information
Arts grant and provides funding for an
artist residency, as well as for the restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks. This
summer’s artist-in-residence is Captain
John Garlick, of Easton, MD. Captain
Garlick is a recognized trailboard carver
whose work graces the Pride of Baltimore
II, the Lady Maryland, and the Mildred
Belle, to name a few.
and 19th centuries. During select days
in June and July (see our calendar of
events on page 21), Captain Garlick will
be on-site offering daily carving demonstrations as well as teaching a series of
classes. He will also be a presenter at
the July 28 Chesapeake Folk Festival.
about ALL’s programs and to register,
please call 410-745-2916 or download
a catalog online at cbmm.org/all. You
can also find ALL on Facebook.
Trailboards—wood carvings that “trail”
along either side of a ship’s bow—are
part of the figurehead sculptural tradition which flourished during the 18th
Stop by the Museum this summer
and visit with our Chesapeake People
demonstrators, and hear their stories
and experiences about life on the Bay.
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BOAT SHOP
archaeology
Finding the Right Wood for the Rosie Parks
by Dick Cooper
I
t is a crisp, overcast morning when Master Shipwright Marc Barto opens
the door of the big, rugged pickup parked in front of the Boat Shop.
Rosie, his yellow lab pup, bounds in and takes her rightful place in the middle
of the front bench seat, her eyes wide with anticipation of the road trip about
to begin. Shipwright apprentices India Gilham-Westerman and Ken Philips
climb into the back seat as Barto fires up the throaty engine of the truck and we
wind our way out of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, towing a tandemaxel f latbed trailer that has seen better days. We are heading to the Paul
M. Jones Lumber Company, located about 80 miles southeast in Snow Hill,
Maryland, to pick up the thick pine planks that will become the new bottom for
the historic skipjack Rosie Parks that Barto and his crew are rebuilding.
“You got to see this place,” Barto says of the Jones complex. “It is bigger than
the museum’s campus with wood stacked everywhere.” Barto has ordered the
planks cut from Eastern Shore pine to make sure the restored Rosie Parks is as
historically accurate as possible.
Almost six decades ago, famed Eastern Shore boatbuilder Bronza Parks went
looking for wood for his bustling business in the Dorchester hamlet of Wingate,
on the banks of the Honga River. He was building three skipjacks, including the
Rosie. Wood was the fabric of his business and he knew it intimately. His
daughter, Mary Parks Harding, said her father would walk though tall stands of
local pine looking for the right trees to make better boats.
“He looked for local wood because the soil and dampness here, it was better quality
wood. I used to go into the woods with my father when he would mark the
trees he wanted,” she says. “He would look up a tree and see how far up the first
branches started. Then he would pace off several steps and he would lie down.
He had me hold up a six-foot ruler at his feet, he was six-feet tall you know, and
he would sight up it and know exactly how high up it really was. I learned a lot
about geometry from my father.”
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Although he never went past the eighth grade,
B ro n z a Pa r k s wa s co n sta n t ly r e a d i n g ,
studying books on boat design and ways to
m a k e boats bet ter , fa ster , a nd lighter .
Parks’ boats also have a certain flair. Where other
builders made their boats strictly functional,
Parks added touches of style and grace.
Rosie’s transom, as an example, has the hour-glass
curves usually reserved for yachts of the day.
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The sun cuts through thick, low clouds as we pull into the Jones lumber yard a
few blocks north of the historic Snow Hill Courthouse. The colonial village,
located at the head of the Pocomoke River, has no snow and there is nary a
mound, let alone a hill. It was chartered in 1686 and settled by Londoners
from the English capital’s Snow Hill section. Logging has always been one
of its staples. Harding says she remembers her father talking frequently about
getting lumber for his boats from the Pocomoke and Snow Hill area.
“He talked about that a lot,” she says. “But that was a long time ago, so I am
just not sure where he got the wood.” A Jones spokesman says they were in
business back in 1955, but there’s no way to tell if they sold wood to Bronza
Parks back then.
Rosie has been sleeping with her head on Barto’s lap for much of the trip, but
as we come to a stop behind the Jones office, she is in a hurry to get out of
the truck. Barto no sooner opens his door and the yellow lab is out dashing
like the big puppy she is—sniffing, scurrying, and running around.
(top) Rosie sits in the truck and waits at the
lumberyard. Master Shipwright Marc Barto
and Kenneth Pusey, owner of the Paul M.
Jones lumberyard, inspect pieces of wood.
Volunteer Paul Rybon measures the annual
rings—the closer they are, the better
quality of the wood. Tightly spaced rings
indicate slow growth, better for boatbuilding. Employees at the Tuckahoe Sawmill
change the carbide tips on the cutter.
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A Jones foreman tells Barto that the bottom planks for the Rosie Parks are
cut and have been sitting in the yard for several weeks. He directs us through
the yard to the staging area near the mill, where great stacks of cut lumber
are in neat rows. Barto is pleased as he examines the neatly piled planks.
“This looks like good, clear wood,” he says.
He has to keep Rosie in the cab because the yard is alive with forklifts and
heavy equipment moving in a random ballet of constant motion. Tractortrailers are lined up carrying a dozen logs each. One by one, they move to
the back lot where logs are offloaded, before moving out in a steady stream.
Heavy mechanical movers with monster crab-like claws pick up the logs and
place them on a conveyor, several stories high. Gravity feeds the logs through
a series of circular and band saws until they drop out on another set of
conveyors at the mill’s end as finished,
squared off pieces of lumber. As Barto
and apprentices India and Ken load the
tandem trailer, the screaming of the
saws and the thump and rattle of the
mill all but drown out conversation.
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Harding recalls her father also regularly bought lumber from the Spicer
Lumber Company in Golden Hill,
15 miles to the north of Wingate in
Dorchester County. The Spicer family
had been cutting and milling lumber
in Dorchester County for several
generations. The extended family
traces its roots back to Jeremiah Spicer
who was born on Taylors Island in
1760. At one point, a hundred years
ago, his grandson, Lingan Travers
“L.T.” Spicer, owned 8,500 acres of
forests, cattle and sheep farms as well
as sailing ships and mills. L.T.’s grandson, Bill Spicer, 85, who still lives in
Golden Hill, says his grandfather
suffered heavy losses in the great
hurricane of 1933 and died the following
year of cancer. Bill Spicer says the family
supplied lumber for boatbuilders up
and down the Bay for the better part
of a century.
“Boatbuilders would come to us, pick
out old-growth trees and we would cut
the wood,” Spicer says. “We could cut
logs up to 42 feet.” Spicer says he first
tried his hand at farming and left that
occupation in 1954 after Hurricane
Hazel pushed saltwater into the
Dorchester County farms, damaging
the soil. He says he had an opportunity
to work at a Cambridge car dealer as a
mechanic but decided to work for his
Uncle Arthur Spicer in 1955.
“I could either go to Cambridge every
day or walk across the street to Uncle
Arthur’s mill,” he says. “I didn’t know
anything when I started and after 41
years wound up owning the place.”
Spicer says he remembers Bronza
Parks working with his Uncle. “We
furnished the lumber for all three of
those skipjacks he built at that time,”
Spicer recalls. “Uncle Arthur had cut
the lumber on the mill set up down in
the woods. He had a planing mill but
it wasn’t working at the time.
“One of the first things I did, we loaded
those sides, those skipjack sides, and
carried them into Cambridge to the
manufacturing company that was
right there were the shipyard is. Got
‘em dressed and took ‘em on down to
Wingate,” Spicer recalls.
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Harding says her father’s wood supply
was ever present and abundant.
“He always had stacks of wood around
the shop, inside and out,” she recalls.
He had the innate and uncanny ability to see a boat in three dimensions.
For Bronza in 1955, boatbuilding was
second nature. He could see the lines,
proportion, and place to make sure
the vessel was sound and swift. “He
built these racks to store the wood and
it was sort of crisscrossed. We used
to play inside them. Dad used to pay
some local boys to stack the wood.
When one of them needed some extra
money, he knocked a pile over and paid
him to restack it.”
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For Barto, getting the lumber from
the same place as Bronza Parks is not
as important as getting it cut in ways
similar to the wood Parks used to build
the Rosie. The long side and bottom
pine planks have a smooth, finished
look and feel. The white oak ribs and
internal supports, however, are cut by
a rougher, circular saw that has left its
teeth marks on the original wood.
To get those pieces cut, Barto turned
to the Tuckahoe Sawmill in Ridgely,
Maryland, 30 miles northeast of
St. Michaels. There, sawyer Kurt
Gant runs a vintage Frick sawmill
similar to those used to cut logs
into lumber since the 1870s. George
Frick, an inventor from southwestern
Pennsylvania, patented several farming and milling technologies during
his long life, including an early
version of refrigeration. Gant’s saw is
a great wheel of sharp teeth that slices
through a log with more brute force
than grace. It gives Barto the historic
look he is seeking.
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Back at the Museum in St. Michaels,
bottom planks are stacked in rows
next to the big white vinyl tent where
Barto’s crew has just completed planking
the sides of the Rosie Parks—giving the
old skipjack a new, wrinkle-free skin.
His dog, Rosie, chases shadows and
sniffs her way around the Boatyard,
gnawing at a favorite stick and then
dashing off. Standing inside the
bottomless hull, Barto points to the
white oak ribs that were cut at the
Tuckahoe Mill and installed next to
some of the original ribs that have
been preserved. Side by side, they are
indistinguishable. The original saw
marks from the Spicer mill are still
clearly visible on the exposed keel log
that runs the length of the boat.
“This is one tree that was 56 feet long,”
Barto says, rubbing his hand along
the grain of the great squared off pine
log. “If this log had been compromised,
we wouldn’t have been able to do the
project, but it is solid as a rock.”
For Barto, the Rosie Parks project has
become as much archeology as it is
carpentry. Recreating the subtle detail
that Bronza Parks put into his boats
has been a challenge. “At first it scared
the heck out of me,” he confesses.
“I was afraid to take anything apart.
But now I am not afraid anymore.
It is all coming together.”
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Beauty Under
the Old Bay
feature
tasty food—the food most commonly
asked for by Maryland visitors, summertime or not. But the “beautiful swimmer”
can seem like a bit of a misnomer until
you poke around under the Old Bay.
There’s a lot more to crabs, the process
that got them to your picnic table, and the
customs surrounding how we enjoy them,
than most of us ever consider or imagine.
Crabs are a symbol of pleasant living, sure,
but they are also a modern-day survivor of
much older Chesapeake traditions, history,
and the Bay environment of the past.
by Kate Livie
Nothing says sum mertime in
Maryland like steaming cr abs
First, take a closer look at a live blue crab
if you want to observe an animal whose
form directly reflects the Chesapeake’s
environment. Sure, the red cooked
carapace is pretty (and rings a Pavlovian
hunger pang in most of us), but that rich,
vibrant blue of the claws, the Bay-toned
camouflage of the top shell, and the
glistening white of the underbelly are like
a tidewater firework. Color-coded to be
invisible from the top, and pearly white
where they touch the Chesapeake’s sandy
bottom, the blue-green kaleidoscope of
their tinted shell perfectly lends to the
crab’s Bay habitat.
piled hot and high on a newspapered picnic
table, ringed by cold National Bohemians and a
throng of hungry people impatient to pick.
Cr a b s a r e a s ym b o l o f t h e
b e st M a ry l a n d t r a d i t i o n
that represents so much about what’s great and
unique about life here; a slower pace, seasonally
working the water, and a close connection
between the brackish tide and the dinner table.
The construction of the blue crab form is
another example of its beautifully-evolved
functionality. Powerful front claws defend,
menace, and form a sort of directional
tiller, while strong backfins propel the
crabs tirelessly from the mouth of the
Chesapeake, where they start their lives as
zooplankton, to the shallow grassy river
bottoms that serve as their sparking spots
and marriage beds.
All these things are embodied in those gorgeously red and viciously
clawed apples of the Chesapeake Bay’s bottom. It’s a slow process,
meant for whiling away long, humid July afternoons with friends
and family. Hands around the table are busy prying the white lumps
of flesh from their thin crab compartments as mouths fill with the
delicate taste of fresh crab meat, alternating with the peppery bite
of Old Bay. Wash it all down with sips of beer or lemonade, sigh, and
start all over again.
“Beautifully evolved” also describes the
centuries-old relationship watermen have
developed working with crabs, observing
their life cycles, eating and mating habits,
watching them scoot off in the water
when they see a shadow, or how they’re
drawn in by the smell of a mature male
or female of their ilk. Watermen have
refined their technique by noting even the
smallest physical changes that indicate
a window for maximum profit.
It might take a few hours to tackle the pile, and even by the end, you
might not be full. It doesn’t matter, though—satiation is not really
the point, it’s all about the process, the savoring, and the conviviality
of a summer gathering.
The translated Latin name for the Chesapeake Blue crab, callinectes
sapidus, hints at some of the other, more subtle characteristics
symbolized by our native sideways swimmer—it means “Beautiful
Swimmer That Tastes Good.” There, right in the name, is the first,
obvious thing we all immediately recognize—that crabs are good,
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Looking for “the sign” is a classic technique, wherein a waterman looks for an
impossibly thin red line on a crab’s backfin
that shows up when a crab is about to
near the end of its molting cycle. This
sign also indicates that hard crab, worth
maybe $1 to $2 retail, is about to transform into a soft crab, doubling its value
to $3 to $5. It’s a bright red little hairline
of pure profit to a waterman who knows
where to look, and it reflects generations of
working summer after summer surrounded
by growing bushels of grabbing, waving,
scrabbling crabs.
The techniques surrounding the crab
harvest can be things of beauty, but so are
some of the traditions developed around
how we enjoy eating them. In particular,
adding flavoring to a pot of crabs while
steaming is a long-standing custom, older
even than the widespread trend of crabs
as the go-to Maryland seafood, which
started in the early 20th century as the
oyster market declined.
Beer and cider, for example, are frequent
additions to the water for steaming—
a foodways holdover from the 18th and
19th centuries. No batch of Chesapeake
blue crabs is complete without the classic
Old Bay spice mix generously frosted over
the whole lot while in the pot, so that it
comes off the red shell in thick sheets as
the biggest crabs are unearthed from the
table’s mound.
Named after the “Old Bay” steamboat line,
Old Bay was trademarked in the 1940’s
by Gustav Brunn, a German immigrant
from Baltimore. At the time, crabs were
so plentiful and ubiquitous that bars
frequently offered them to patrons for free,
and salty, spicy seasonings like Old Bay
were served on crabs to encourage customers
to buy more beer.
The tradition of using spices to add “heat”
to your crabs goes back before the 1940’s.
One particular flavoring, fish peppers,
can be traced to a specific Bay location
and culture.
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on the rail
Fish peppers bear a striped fruit that
packs quite a wallop of heat. Developed
by 19th-century Chesapeake African
Americans in the Washington DC
area, fish peppers were used primarily
as a spice for seafood, and when crabs
went into the cookpot in homes along
the Potomac during the 1800s, a fistful of these vengeful little peppers
got tossed in as well. Over time, this
piquant and delicious custom transcended cultural lines and was adopted
throughout the Chesapeake.
Old Bay and other fiery crab seasonings
reflect the blistering influence of the
fish pepper, and today give reason
to why we prefer our crabs not just
to be served hot, but to taste hot, as
well. Crabs are not just a food in the
Chesapeake Bay, but the conveyance
of a venerable series of traditions that
underscore the fundamental place
seafood and the Bay itself have in our
identity, our culture, and our stomachs.
Delaware
(left) The Tug Delaware, circa 1925 in Laurel, DE. (right) Delaware after restoration in April, 2012, docked along Fogg’s Cove during the opening of
the new “Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats” exhibit.
Work on Delaware continued at a fast pace and included new cabin sides, new sole sections down below, refurbished windows,
the installation of a porthole to bring Delaware back to her original appearance, and various cosmetic enhancements, including
a complete paint job. Delaware was relaunched in April, and is now ready to tour the ports of Maryland in celebration of her
100th birthday.
So, the next time you turn over your
basket of piping hot crabs on a picnic
table, dislodge the biggest and fattest,
and aim that claw meat dusted with
Old Bay towards your eager mouth,
think for a moment about the icon that
is the Chesapeake Blue crab.
Perfectly constructed to swim from the
ocean to a river near you, plucked from
its eelgrass habitat by a waterman who
knows just how it’s done, cooked up in
a brine that our colonial predecessors
might have enjoyed, and sprinkled with
an intense peppery seasoning influenced by the foodways of slaves, the
‘beautiful swimmer’ truly reflects the
legacy of the Chesapeake and its people.
Want more? Come to the Museum
and see the history of crabbing
unfold among many of our exhibits.
Better yet, come to Watermen’s
Appreciation day on Sunday,
August 12 for a crabfeast!
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Around the Boatyard
All the vessels in the Museum’s collection received their
annual maintenance including minor repairs and fresh coats
of paint. In addition, the pushboat for the Edna E. Lockwood
was reattached.
Rosie Parks
Progress continues at a fast pace on the skipjack
Rosie Parks. After completing the planking and
attaching the rub rails, Rosie’s coverboards were
put on. Rosie’s crew has now turned its attention
to attaching the deck planks. Follow Rosie’s
progress by liking us on Facebook, watching
our updates on YouTube, or reading our blog,
Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com.
(top) Shipwright apprentice Ken Philips and volunteer
Bob continue deck work on Rosie.
(left) Shipwright journeyman Chris Sanders and Parks’
family members and volunteers, Greg Smith and Katrina
Kimbro Smith.
Work continues on the Potomac River Dory Boat—the shaft
log has now been fit and the new keelson is being faired to
shape. Once done, the crew can move on to framing.
In the Apprentice For a Day public boatbuilding program,
the North Shore Sailing Dinghy was completed in late May
and is scheduled to be launched in mid-June.
(right) The
AFAD North
Shore Sailing
Dinghy is
nearly finished
and ready to
go in the water.
(top left) Shipwright Apprentice India Gilham-Westerman paints the
inside of Old Point. (right) Vessel Maintenance Manager Mike Gorman
and Gilham-Westerman reattach the pushboat to the Edna E. Lockwood.
Follow the Museum’s progress on historic Chesapeake
boat restoration projects and updates on the Apprentice
For a Day Program. Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com
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calendar
june/july/august
Free Daily Events
Memorial Day through Labor Day
Summer Sailing Program
(with paid admission, free for members)
June – August
Explore the Miles River and learn maritime skills in our Summer
Sailing Program, where new sailors and old salts gain the
confidence to sail a small boat in a fun, safe, and encouraging
environment. Pre-registration required, contact Helen Van Fleet
at 410-745-4941.
Public Tours
Fridays & Saturdays, 11am & 2pm
45-minute highlights tour.
Waterman’s Wharf
Everyday, 11am-3pm
Docent interpretation.
Junior Sailing, ages 8-16
Mon.–Fri., 8:30am–12noon or 1–4:30pm
$200 members, $225 non-members
Visit the “Learn” section of cbmm.org for a list of dates.
Chesapeake People
Saturdays, 11am-3pm
Visit with authentic Chesapeake
People who share their stories.
Adult & Teen Basic Sailing Weekend
Family Drop-ins
Thursdays & Fridays, 2-4pm
Kid themed, hands-on activities
(crafts or tours).
Boatyard Skills
DemonstrationS
Mondays - Fridays, 1:30pm
Learn a traditional boatyard skill from
a trained shipwright.
Community Work Days:
Skipjack Restoration
Saturdays, 10am-3pm
Work under the guidance of a
master shipwright to help rebuild
the skipjack Rosie Parks.
Sailing Saturdays
June 9, July 14, August 11, Sept. 15
with two daily sailing sessions from
10am-12noon, and 1-4pm
$10 per session
Try your hand at sailing our Apprentice
For a Day boats. The boats are perfect
for one or two people, with instructions provided for beginners. Space is
limited and pre-registration is recommended. Call the Welcome Center at
410-745-4965 to reserve, otherwise,
it’s first-come, first-served.
Mister Jim Cruises
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays
12noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm
$10 per person
Climb aboard the buyboat Mister Jim
for a scenic cruise on the Miles River.
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25th Antique & Classic
Boat Festival (ACBF)
Father’s Day Weekend
Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17
Fri., 11am–5pm; Sat., 10am–5pm;
Sun., 10am–2pm. Free for members or with
Museum admission
A collection of antique Silver Arrow Chris-Craft boats headlines the 25th anniversary
celebration of the Antique & Classic Boat Festival at the Museum, to be held over
Father’s Day Weekend. Made in limited production in the late ‘50s, the 19’ Silver
Arrow runabout is considered a collectable treasure today. Powered by a big V-8 Detroit
engine, its unique design combines a wood hull with a sleek and sophisticated fiberglass exterior, distinguishable by the Silver Arrow’s ‘50s-style tail fins. The festival also
includes more than 100 antique and classic boats, as well as building demonstrations,
maritime artists and craftsmen, craft vendors, and a nautical flea market featuring
classic old boats, motors, and more. A selection of regional and grilled foods, beer and
music will be provided throughout the festival.
As an ACBS-judged boat show, the festival brings visitors the opportunity to enjoy
some of the finest antique and classic boats from across the country, displayed in the
water and on land. Wood and early fiberglass classics are highlighted—from runabouts
to yachts, including race boats, work boats, launches, hydroplanes, and utilities. Several
boat models depicting unique, Chesapeake watercraft will also be on display, including
Sea Skiffs, Owens cabin cruisers, and Whirlwind sport boats. The competition
culminates in a Father’s Day award ceremony, where boat owners will be recognized
for their commitment to antique and classic boat preservation and restoration. New
this year is a performance from 2-3:30pm by the 229th Maryland Army National
Guard Jazz Band (pictured above). A festival spotlight includes “The Arts at Navy Point,”
where national artists and craftsmen offer maritime themed items for boat and home.
Children’s activities include boatbuilding craft projects, and a youth judging event that
educates young girls and boys about the award-winning qualities of preserved and
restored classic boats. Along the Fogg’s Landing side of CBMM’s campus, the festival’s
“Field of Dreams” offers an array of restorable classic boats and motors, along with
other items for sale in a nautical flea market.
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Sat. & Sun., July 14-15 and August 4-5, 1-4:30pm
$200 members, $225 non-members
Boater Safety Courses
June 12 & 13, July 17 & 18, August 14 & 15
6-10pm, $25 per two-evening session
Maryland boaters born after July 1, 1972 are required to have
a Certificate of Boating Safety Education. The certificate is
obtained by passing a Department of Natural Resources-approved
course, and is good for life. The course is a great way to become a
more confident and competent boater. Pre-registration required,
contact Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941.
Trailboard Carving Workshops
June 22, 6-9pm, June 23, 9am-5pm, June 24, 9am-3pm, or
July 20, 6-9pm, July 21, 9am-5pm, July 22, 9am-3pm
$40 members, $50 non-members for all three sessions.
Children 12 and up welcome to register with adult chaperone.
Contact Helen Van Fleet to register at 410-745-4941.
Craftsman and Captain John T. Garlick will be leading these
three-day workshops teaching participants the techniques
and artistry of Chesapeake trailboard carving. Garlick has
carved pieces for Pride of Baltimore II, the Lady Maryland, and
the Mildred Belle. Over the course of the program, students
develop the concepts and skills needed to make their own
unvarnished signboard. Basic tools will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own.
june
Pride of Baltimore II Visit
Thursday, June 21 & Friday, June 22
Tours available to Museum visitors
An 1812-era topsail schooner privateer reproduction, Pride of Baltimore II is Maryland’s
working symbol of the great natural resources
and spectacular beauty of the Chesapeake
Bay region.
Vikings on the Chesapeake
Friday, June 22–Sunday, June 24
Free for members or with paid admission
The Leif Ericson Viking Ship Norseman, a
half-scale replica of the famous Gokstad
ship, offers Museum visitors a real-life look
at a Viking ship and the type of people who
sailed them.
Log Canoe Cruise
Saturday, June 23
1pm, $20 members; $25 non-members. RSVP
to Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941
Join Assistant Curator for Watercraft Richard
Scofield for an afternoon watching the log
canoe races on the Miles River from the
Museum’s replica buyboat, Mister Jim. Scofield
will share his own experience racing, building,
and growing up with log canoes.
Big Band Night/Fireworks
Saturday, June 30 (raindate: July 1)
(fireworks raindate: July 7)
7-10pm, Tolchester Beach Bandstand
$5 members, $10 non-members
Enjoy jazzy big band sounds at this special
Independence Day celebration. Stay into the
evening and watch the St. Michaels fireworks
over the Miles River.
Generously sponsored by The Talbot Bank,
Wye Financial & Trust, and Avon Dixon
Insurance Agency.
229th Maryland Army National Guard Band
Tuesday, June 12
7pm, Free, bring chairs & blankets
The acclaimed 229th Maryland Army National Guard Band
performs patriotic music selections spanning a number of eras
and genres. Museum members enjoy refreshments served at a
special VIP hospitality area during the concert.
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Chesapeake Folk Festival
Children’s Art Workshop
Saturday, July 14
$25 members, $30 non-members
RSVP to Helen Van Fleet, 410-745-4941
9:30-11:30am session for 9-12 year olds
1-3pm session for 5-8 year olds
Taught by children’s art teacher and author
of “You Can Draw Me: Chesapeake
Sea Life and More!” Elaine Thompsen.
Each participant will get a work of art
to take home, as well as a signed copy of
Thompsen’s book.
Exhibit Spotlight:
Waterman’s Wharf & Maryland
Crabmeat Company
Thursday, July 19
7pm, free for members, $5 non-members
RSVP to Helen Van Fleet, 410-745-4941
Join Director of Education Kate Livie
for a closer look at Waterman’s Wharf
and the Maryland Crabmeat Company
exhibits. Discover how a waterman can
tell when a crab is a “buster” or a “buckram,” and what it means to their bottom
line. Talk to a real crab picker and hear
stories about her life and the techniques
of the packing house, chat about ghost
pots, Jimmies and Biddies, and working
on the Bay today.
CBMM/Sultana
Paddling Programs
Thursday, July 12 & Thursday, August 9
9am-12noon. $35 per person. RSVP to
Helen Van Fleet, 410-745-4941
CBMM and Sultana Projects team up to
present an interpretive paddling program
on the Miles River. Join Sultana Vice
President and naturalist Chris Cerino
as he explores the history and environment of the Museum and its surrounding
creeks, marshes, and beaches by water.
Personal kayaks are permitted—children
ages 12 and up may attend but must be
accompanied by a parent in a personal
tandem kayak.
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Women’s Woodworking
Saturday, July 28
10am-5pm, free for members
and children under five, $15 adults,
$12 seniors, $6 children ages 6-17
This celebration of the Bay’s people,
traditions, work, and food offers a
unique chance to enjoy a full stage of
live music all day long, hands-on
demonstrations by regional craftspeople,
and interactive activities for festival goers.
“Treasures of the Bay…Hidden in Plain
Sight” is this year’s theme, highlighting
Chesapeake traditions off the beaten
path. Attendees will delve into Bay
customs, from creating an eel pot, to
mending a gill net, to stitching a calico
star on a quilt. Visitors of all ages can explore the stories
and skills of tug and barge workers, learn about the real-life
world of today’s Chesapeake Native Americans, discover the
connections between Mexican posole and
Patapsco hominy, and learn how to make their own tortillas.
Helping the Girl Scouts celebrate their 100th anniversary,
the Festival will feature the summertime games and songs
of yesteryear and today. Grandparents and children alike
can take part in a hawser tug of war and revive themselves
by bobbing for peaches. An artisan’s tent will feature craftwork and fine art from
regional artists, which will be on display and available for purchase.
New to the Folk Festival and highlighting this year’s event is a special hands-on,
multi-media sculpture project which festival goers will be invited to help create.
Made possible by a generous grant from the Talbot County Arts Council, the
“Stepping Out of the Boat” project will be led by noted mosaic artists Sue Stockman
and Bobby Malzone, papier-mâché folk artist “Mama Girl” Mary Onley, and wood
carver Eric Applegarth. People representing the central ethnic groups who have
shaped Chesapeake culture will be represented in the artwork, as well as the flora
and fauna of the Bay. Slices of juicy watermelon and cantaloupe, fresh local corn,
soft crabs, barbeque chicken, ice cream, lemonade, frosty beer, and other food are
available. The historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand will host five bands throughout
the day, including the Royal Oak Musicians, the Northern Neck Shanty Singers,
and the boogie woogie piano sounds of Daryl Davis, accompanied by the voice of
Sombarkin’ founder, Karen Somerville. The day’s music culminates with a performance
by a regional favorite and all-woman group, the Zen Monkeys, who close out the
stage with high-energy folk, rock, and funk with guitar, mandolin, and washboard.
Spanning 18-waterfront acres, the festival provides a mix of indoor and outdoor
activities, including screenings of Maryland Public Television’s Chesapeake Bay
Week programming in the Museum’s Van Lennep Auditorium. Cooling stations
will be set up around campus as well. The event is presented in partnership with
Maryland Traditions and is generously sponsored by Maryland Public Television,
What’s Up? Publishing, and Pepsi Bottling Ventures.
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July 10, 12, 17, & 19, 6-8pm
Cost for all four sessions: $60 members,
$75 non-members. Must be 18 or older
unless accompanied by an adult. RSVP
to Helen Van Fleet, 410-745-4941
Join CBMM’s women shipwrights for a
ladies only class in the basics of woodworking. No prior experience is necessary.
Learn the foundational skills, tools, and
techniques of carpentry.
(top left) The Boat Docking contest always
draws a crowd. (bottom left) Bird Dog and
The Road Kings. (above) Brothers Guy and
Joe Spurry help to serve steamed crabs.
Watermen’s Appreciation Day & Crab Feast
Sunday, August 12
10am-5pm. General admission $25 for adults, $16 for children ages 6-17.
Museum members are $15 for adults, $6 for children ages 6-17. $15 for licensed
Watermen. Admission includes crab feast, hot dogs, hamburgers, soda/water.
Kids under six free.
Meet Chesapeake watermen as they celebrate
their heritage at the 3rd Annual Watermen’s
Appreciation Day & Crab Feast. Enjoy hot crabs,
cold beer, a boat docking contest, and live music
by Bird Dog and the Road Kings.
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John Mock Concert
Wednesday, August 8
7pm, $5 members, $10 non-members
Join musician and photographer John
Mock as he performs an evening of original
compositions on the guitar, concertina,
and tin whistle, all accompanied by a
photographic slideshow documenting the
maritime vistas that inspire his music.
Learn About AFAD
Thursday, August 23
5pm, free. CBMM Boatshop
Join shipwright apprentice Jenn Kuhn for
an informal review of the Apprentice For
a Day boatbuilding program and find out
what’s new and what to expect when you
sign up.
Coming back to this year’s event is reality TV
star Edgar Hansen, from the Discovery
Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.” Hansen, of the
Edgar Hansen and Bozman waterman
P.T. Hambleton, a winner in last year’s
fishing vessel Northwestern—will be available
boat docking contest.
for autographs and plans to be a passenger
aboard one of the boats in the docking contest. The event is hosted by the Talbot
County Watermen’s Association in cooperation with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
15th Charity Boat Auction
Saturday, September 1 • Labor Day Weekend
Museum. Beginning at 11am, you can watch professionals in a spirited “Watermen’s
Gates
open at 8am, auction begins at 1pm
Rodeo” boat docking contest along Fogg’s Cove. Following the boat docking contest,
around 3:30pm, festival attendees can participate in a jigger throwing contest and
Boating Party Gala Fundraiser
Saturday, September 8 • 5:30-11pm
earn bragging rights for the farthest toss. At noon, the day’s catch of crabs will be
steamed and served in a traditional Maryland crab feast, with a live concert featuring
St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance
the Eastern Shore’s favorite band, Bird Dog and the Road Kings. Hot dogs, hamSunday, September 30 • 5:30-11pm
burgers, ice cream, cake, and snow cones will also be available.
30th Mid-Atlantic Small
Craft Festival
Kids and families will enjoy games and activities throughout the day, including
Saturday & Sunday, October 6 & 7 • 10am-5pm
model boat building and more. Free boat rides on the Museum’s replica buyboat,
Mister Jim, will be available every half hour from 10:30 to 4:30pm. You can also bid Maritime Monster Mash
Friday, October 19 • 5:30-8:30pm
on a number of items in the Watermen’s Association’s silent auction alongside the
Museum’s Small Boat Shed, which includes artwork by Marc Castelli. Bids will be
OysterFest
taken until 4:30pm, with proceeds supporting oyster restoration projects on the Bay.
Saturday, November 3 • 10am-4pm
save-the-date
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Heroes Honor Roll
We are extremely grateful to you, our donors, for your gifts to the Museum. Your support makes a huge impact in the lives of children
and adults who visit the Museum and experience the Chesapeake first hand through engaging educational programs, interactive exhibits,
assisting our master shipwrights restore historic wooden boats or taking an ecology tour on our replica buyboat. Donors whose
gifts were received between February 14 and May 4, 2012 are listed below. Thank you for helping us impact more lives with a
deeper understanding and appreciation for the Bay. You are our heroes!
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to
CBMM are deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Please consider including CBMM in your trust or estate plans. Find out how you can leave a
legacy of support for the Museum’s important mission by contacting René Stevenson at 410-745-4950.
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