Notes on Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
Author | : Howard Irving Chapelle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Oyster fisheries |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Howard Irving Chapelle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Oyster fisheries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780870334511 |
In the 1900s, skipjacks were a familiar fixture in every port on the Chesapeake. Their captains and crews were tough, hardy souls who earned a living in the harsh conditions of the wintertime Bay, dredging for oysters under sail. The author has gone among skipjack captains, gathering stories of exciting events in their lives and reminiscences of how it was in the good times when oysters were healthy and plentiful. They told too about the bad times, when storms endangered their lives, or ice threatened their boats, the times when harvests were meager or the price they could get for oysters was too low to cover their expenses. Throughout, the author threads the history of the skipjack, from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century when dredging by sail was the only legal method, to the 1990s when the twin scourges of disease and water quality threatened to put an end to the country's last commercial sailing fleet.
Author | : Carvel Hall Blair |
Publisher | : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Berry |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2008-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531633769 |
Chesapeake is an Algonquian word meaning "great shellfish bay," and for decades, the oyster was the undisputed king of Chesapeake Bay shellfish. Early settlers reported them to be as large as dinner plates, and the reefs or rocks in which they lived were large enough to be hazards to navigation. In 1884, fifteen million bushels of oysters were harvested and shipped around the world. The skipjack was the perfect vessel for sailing into the Chesapeake Bay's shallow waters and dredging for oysters, and each winter, hundreds of these wooden craft set out across the bay's cold waters. The oyster population of the 21st century is a fraction of what it once was, and the skipjacks have disappeared along with them. No longer economically viable, the boats have been left to rot in the marshes along the bay. Only 25 boats are still operational, and fewer than five still dredge.
Author | : David A. Berry |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008-05-26 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 143963551X |
Chesapeake is an Algonquian word meaning great shellfish bay, and for decades, the oyster was the undisputed king of Chesapeake Bay shellfish. Early settlers reported them to be as large as dinner plates, and the reefs or rocks in which they lived were large enough to be hazards to navigation. In 1884, fifteen million bushels of oysters were harvested and shipped around the world. The skipjack was the perfect vessel for sailing into the Chesapeake Bays shallow waters and dredging for oysters, and each winter, hundreds of these wooden craft set out across the bays cold waters. The oyster population of the 21st century is a fraction of what it once was, and the skipjacks have disappeared along with them. No longer economically viable, the boats have been left to rot in the marshes along the bay. Only 25 boats are still operational, and fewer than five still dredge.
Author | : Randolph George |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781628062113 |
Skipjacks remind us of an age when a robust oyster industry enabled a unique way of life along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1993 Dr. Randolph George found an aging skipjack named Martha Lewis, and what followed became a labor of love and a discovery of the histories, places, and people deeply connected to that time.
Author | : Brice N. Stump |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781532315466 |
Author | : C.R. Webster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2013-05-16 |
Genre | : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) |
ISBN | : 9781483972220 |
This book is about the Maryland State Ship, the Skipjack. They are working boats that work on the Chesapeake Bay. They were first built in the late 1800's with a fleet of 1500. Now there are less than 25. These Skipjacks dredge for oysters or "drudge" as the Captains call it. They make their living dredging and I never knew what hard work was involved or the upkeep expenses which explains why many ships are no longer working vessels. The scenes are centered on the Tangier Sound, where I was raised. My Dad and grandfather were waterman. My Dad had a severe injury on the Claude Somers, captained by Captain Zack Taylor, when his arm got caught in the winders that pull of the dredges that drag the bottom of the Bay. He survived but was unable to work on the water. I still remember that day. There are many small chapters in this book, information taken directly from surviving captains or their families. Each year the Skipjacks race in the Deal Island Chance Lion's Clubs Annual Skipjack Races. The Skipjacks are as old as 100 years. One of the Captains is 91 and the youngest is 41. They told me tales of close calls, of blinding storms and ice treachery. I found it to be fascinating, a heritage passed on to their families. This book is a keepsake for them to have forever.
Author | : Christopher White |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2011-12-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1442210885 |
In Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains, each at the helm of a wooden oystering sailboat unique to the Chesapeake Bay, in what has become the only wind-powered fishing fleet in America.