A Publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
The Chesapeake Log
Spring 2011
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3 Chairman’s Message
9 Education
Summer Sailing Program, Safety
Courses, Kids Club, What’s Fresh
in Education, and Academy for
by Joe Peters
4 President’s Letter
by Langley Shook
5 Currents
Lifelong Learning.
11 Professional Shipwright
Apprentices
State of the Museum highlights,
new Member perks, new staff,
and other news.
7 Curator’s Corner
Illuminating the Sea: The
Marine Paintings of James E.
Buttersworth, (1817-1894)
and Rising Tide Expands.
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15 Museum Boatshop
Building More Than
Just Boats
A young man and his boat.
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The Boat Yard artisans and
our new apprentices have
been very busy this past
winter. Turn to page 26 to see
some before and after shots.
Calendar
Member Receptions & Exhibit
Previews, Lecture Series, Home
Winemaking Workshop, Maritime
Model Expo, and more.
What Does Your
Donation Buy?
CBMM Annual Fund Honor Roll
Where are they now?
James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894). Yachts and other vessels off Newport. Mystic Seaport Collection.
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On The Rail
(above) The deck of the Edna E.
Lockwood, August, 2011.
An update on the ongoing
maintenance of the Museum’s
historic floating fleet.
(right) The deck of the Edna E.
Lockwood, February, 2011.
18 Lifelines
Volunteer profiles featuring
Pat Scott, John Lindinger,
and Jody Stumpf.
Did you see this sign on Talbot Street?
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contents
Mission Statement
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:
On the decks of the Edna E. Lockwood sits
a clamp, anti-fouling paint, and 14 of the
16 bronze drift pins used to attach Edna’s
yellow pine trunk to the bezel. Photo by
Tracey Munson.
Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas
Creative Director: Marie Thomas
© The Chesapeake Log is a publication of
the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
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Chairman’s Message
by Joe Peters, Chairman of the Board
In our last newsletter, we announced
plans to restore the skipjack Rosie Parks––
an announcement that was met with
overwhelming encouragement and positive
feedback from both our members and the
general public. Already, several substantial
gifts for the Rosie project have offered
a promising beginning. While this is a
wonderful start, the project is a long-term
commitment and further support is needed
as the restoration work begins on this
historic vessel.
One of the most appealing aspects of the
Rosie project is the concept that it will
serve as a major “living exhibit,” both while
under construction, and after its completion.
President Langley Shook and our Executive
Committee are currently organizing the
team that will manage this momentous restoration. Stay tuned for further information on
how you––our members and volunteers––can participate.
One of the Museum’s primary goals for 2011 is to increase membership and the best way
to do that is for you, our members, to inform others about all of the wonderful benefits the
Museum has to offer. I would be remiss if I did not remind everyone that our fiscal year
ends on April 30th. If you have not already done so, please consider donating to this year’s
Annual Fund––there is still ample time left. As you know, the Annual Fund is a critically
important source for the Museum’s day-to-day operations. (See our infograph on page 21
to See What Your Donation Buys)
While financial contributions are always needed and welcome, I’d like to call special
attention to all of our volunteers. One cannot help but be impressed by the sheer number
of hours our volunteers contribute to the Museum. They work in many different capacities
on almost every exhibit, program and event throughout the year.
One outstanding activity on campus is the Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL).
Planned and carried out by volunteers, ALL offers a variety of interesting and informative
classes and adds an important dimension to the Museum’s community outreach. The
dedication and commitment of all of our volunteers is an inspiration. This past year, more
than 300 volunteers logged over 28,839 hours of service. On behalf of Museum staff and
the Board of Governors, we would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you that do
so much for our beloved Museum.
Board of
Governors
2010-2011
Joseph E. Peters, Chair
C G Appleby, Vice Chair
Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair
Tom D. Seip, Treasurer
Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary
Bruce P. Bedford
Paul Berry
Harry W. Burton
Stuart A. Clarke
Frederic N. Cross
David E. Dunn
Jocelyn W. Eysymontt
Anna W. Fichtner
Howard S. Freedlander
E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.
Pamela Jana
R. Douglas Jurrius
Richard H. Kimberly
Peter M. Kreindler
William C. Millar
Geoffrey E. Oxnam
Joanne W. Prager
Bruce A. Ragsdale
Henry H. Stansbury
Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.
Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.
Barbara Viniar
Bruce B. Wiltsie
Langley R. Shook, President
Emeriti
Richard T. Allen
Margaret D. Keller
Breene M. Kerr
Charles L. Lea, Jr.
Fred C. Meendsen
Hon. John C. North II
Sumner Parker
James K. Peterson
Norman H. Plummer
John J. Roberts
Henry H. Spire
James E. Thomas
Joan Darby West
Donald G. Whitcomb
Museum Staff
Administration
Langley Shook, President, 4951
René Stevenson, Assistant to the President
& Director of Development, 4950
Nicole Dull, Membership/Development
Assistant, 4955
Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources
& Acting Store Manager, 4948
Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944
Tracey Munson, Director of Marketing
& Media Relations, 4960
Diane Taylor, Volunteer & Intern
Coordinator, 4959
Marie Thomas, Marketing Technician, 4953
Breene M. Kerr Center for
Chesapeake Studies
Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971
Melissa Spielman, Director of Education, 4956
Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945
Kate Livie, Assistant Director
of Education, 4947
Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972
Helen Van Fleet, Education Assistant & Reservations Assistant, 4941
Boat Yard
Richard Scofield, Boat Yard Manager, 4966
Marc Barto, Vessel Maintenance
Manager, 4967
Dan Sutherland, Boat Yard Program Manager, 4968
Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance
Assistant, 4967
Finance
Heather Moore, Vice President
of Finance, 4958
Digie McGuirk, Accounting/Human Resources Assistant, 4957
Operations
Bill Gilmore, Vice President of
Operations, 4949
John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970
Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program
Manager, 4942
Jody Andrews, Dockmaster, 4946
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.
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President’s Letter
by Langley Shook, President
Spring is a season of transition. As
winter’s frigid winds begin to wane,
spring creeps in bringing her warmer
temperatures. Each day lends just a little
more daylight, and the subtle fragrance
of blooming plants permeates the air.
Spring also is a time of rebirth, renewal,
and regeneration––and just like spring,
and all she represents, your Museum has
infused a breath of fresh air into this
quarterly publication.
With a new look, and a new name,
we hope you’ll find this issue of The
Chesapeake Log both enjoyable and informative. The new name has a double
meaning. It evokes thoughts of both this
region’s famous log canoe and a ship’s
journal––a record of activities, triumphs,
and tribulations. As a member, this is
your Museum. With each issue we’ll keep you up to date on our special events and
programs while also relaying what we see at Navy Point every day. We want to share
the story of the father and 12 year-old son who’ve come to our Boat Yard every weekend since last June to build a boat from scratch, and the lifetime memories they’ve
created right in front of our eyes. We want to share with you how proud we are of our
dedicated volunteers and all they do to make this such a special place.
Our Rosie Parks skipjack restoration project will begin this spring with the selection of
a project manager soon to be announced. We’ve received several generous donations
for the Rosie project already, and we’re well on our way to funding Rosie’s restoration
and long-term maintenance. Historic boat restoration, of course, is a core part of our
mission. Rosie Parks is just our most recent project. We’re establishing a fund to cover
the rest of our floating fleet as well. Be sure to stop by the Museum regularly to witness
firsthand Rosie’s progress, or stay in touch through our website and Facebook page.
I’d also like to remind you that our annual appeal goes through April. It’s because
of you and your support that people can come to the Museum and create memories.
Because you care, third grade students in Talbot County can experience our awardwinning Chesapeake’s Best Crab Cakes program, a Girl Scout troop can stay
overnight in our Hooper Strait Lighthouse, and aspiring young men and women
from all over the United States can enroll in our renowned Shipwright Apprentice
program and carry Chesapeake boatbuilding techniques into a new generation. Come
visit your Museum this spring.
I hope to see and talk with you on campus.
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currents
State of the Museum
Highlights
Museum wins
“Free State’s Finest
Museum” Award
O
Jennifer Kuhn of Seattle, Washington, has
n Saturday, January 29, the Museum hosted a “State of
the Museum” members reception and exhibit preview
of Marc Castelli: The Art of the Waterman, The Simison
Collection. More than 300 guests attended the event, which included addresses by President Langley Shook and Chief Curator
Pete Lesher, along with a tour of the exhibit with a narrative by
artist Marc Castelli.
During the “State of the Museum” address, Shook recalled how
the Museum has grown to an 18-acre waterfront campus with ten
exhibit buildings from its beginnings in 1965, when the Museum
was housed in one building with a handful of donated artifacts.
Today, the Museum hosts 50,000 annual visitors with nearly 6,000
members and 250 volunteers. He commented that while admissions are down from their peak in 2005, the Museum is doing
better than most Museums in today’s current economic climate.
Shook cited a recent Williams College study that concluded the
Museum supports over 134 full-time equivalent jobs in the
local community and injects more than $10 million into the local
economy. He also shared that in a recent, independent visitor
survey, the Museum ranked at the very top among 115 participating museums for making a big difference in our community.
In his address, Shook shared some of the Museum’s hopes and
aspirations for the future, which include a possible new boat house
being built on campus for youth sailing programs and an archeological exhibit from work that may be done by the Smithsonian
Institution along Ashcraft Point. In addition, the Museum has
plans to participate in the 200th anniversary celebration of the
War of 1812.
Tom Seip, (left) with the artist Marc Castelli. Alexa and Tom Seip provided their
support for the Members Reception and Preview Exhibit of Castelli’s work.
She most recently led a women’s woodworking
class at the Center of Wooden Boats in Seattle. As a shipwright apprentice, Kuhn is
primarily working on the restoration of the Museum’s bugeye, the Edna E. Lockwood.
During her one-year apprenticeship, Kuhn is living in St. Michaels.
April 29–30, 2011
Marc Castelli, left, explains to the crowd the process he uses for creating his
watercolors of watermen.
T
hanks to the generous merchants of St. Michaels, you now have added benefits as a
Museum member through our updated Members Perks program. If 10% to 25% discounts,
a slice of key lime pie, a fly-casting lesson or even a free massage piques your interest, visit
cbmm.org/join.htm to download and print what discounts you can receive just by showing
your membership card at local inns, spas, restaurants, retailers and area attractions.
And please help thank these generous merchants by making them your preferred places in
St. Michaels to eat, drink, shop and be merry! Need a membership card? Contact Membership
Assistant Nicole Dull at ndull@cbmm.org.
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joined the Museum as a shipwright apprentice.
Prior to joining the Museum, Kuhn earned her
applied science degree from Seattle Central
Community College’s marine carpentry program
and her BA in fine arts and education from
Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg,
Maryland. Through work with Seattle Shipwrights, Kuhn helped repair and restore a variety
of boats including longliners, commercial tugboats and the 54’ 1930s Stevens-built Sea Dog.
Discounted Tickets
to WineFest at
St. Michaels for
Museum Members
New Merchant Discounts
for Museum Members
Spring 2011
Maryland Life Magazine recently
introduced its first-ever “Free State’s
Finest” awards program which recognizes
excellence across the state. The Museum
was voted the “Free State’s Finest
Museum in the upper Eastern Shore.”
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New Shipwright Apprentice Joins
the Boat Yard
S
t. Michaels WineFest, 2011 is
gearing up to be another fabulous
town-wide event, and Museum
members can take advantage of special
discounted tickets.
When you purchase WineFest tickets
online at winefestatstmichaels.com
you’ll have an opportunity to enter a
promo code at the ticket purchase window.
To receive a one-day, $3 ticket discount
enter CBMM1. For a two-day, $5 ticket
discount, just enter CBMM2.
Held in conjunction with WineFest is the
Museum’s Home Winemaking Workshop
from 10 am to noon on Saturday, April 30.
(See page 19 for information)
Museum Store Spring Cleaning Sale
50–75% off selected items
jewelry, clothing, books, games, toys, mugs,
coasters, art keepsakes, and more!
Free gift with purchase of $75 or more, while supplies last.
Through April 30
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curator’s corner
Illuminating the Sea
The Marine Paintings of James E. Buttersworth, 1817 – 1894
A major retrospective exhibition highlighting the work of
famed 19th-century marine artist James Edward Buttersworth
(1817-1894) opens on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The show is
organized by Mystic Seaport, a leading maritime museum
in Stonington, CT, and will be on view in the Museum’s
Steamboat Gallery through Sunday, October 16, 2011.
A ship portraitist who meticulously illustrated America’s
Golden Age of Sail, Buttersworth captured a realistic view
of sea and sky while incorporating the human element into
his work. James Edward Buttersworth has long been recognized as a premier maritime artist distinguished by his story
telling prowess, as well as his meticulous attention to detail
with the brush and palette. He began his career in England
studying under his father, Thomas, a respected marine artist.
The younger Buttersworth immigrated to the United States
in the late 1840s, at the height of the Golden Age of Sail
and steam transportation, and became immersed in chronicling
the maritime world of New York. In illuminating American
maritime history on canvas, Buttersworth became one of the
most prolific marine artists of the nineteenth century.
(left) Ocean Scene, “Henrietta” Scudding by James E. Buttersworth,
(1817-1894) Mystic Seaport Collection.
His paintings detailed packet ships, ocean steamships, clipper ships, naval frigates, harbor craft, and most especially,
the world of American yachting. In the 1850s, Buttersworth
contributed numerous paintings and sketches to Currier &
Ives depicting famous vessels and marine disasters for their
popular lithographs. Like his contemporary “luminist” and
Hudson River School artists, Buttersworth excelled in the
dramatic renderings of sea and sky, elevating the precisely
detailed renderings of ships beyond document to art.
Paintings in the exhibition span Buttersworth’s entire career,
beginning with his early British period works and ending
with the 1893 America’s Cup series, completed a year before
his death. The exhibition features 24 paintings, some of
which were part of a gift to Mystic Seaport.
In 2006, Donald C. McGraw Jr., grandson of McGraw-Hill
Inc.’s cofounder, bequeathed his private collection of 25
Buttersworth paintings to Mystic Seaport. This bequest
brought Mystic Seaport’s total number of Buttersworth
paintings to more than 50, making it the largest single public
collection of the artist’s work.
This exhibit is funded in part by the Maryland Historical Trust,
a part of the state Department of Planning. See page 20 for
details on our April 16 Members Preview.
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A Rising Tide in the Heart of the Chesapeake — Expanded
by Pete Lesher
The Museum’s special exhibit on the forces of change in the
Chesapeake’s low-lying island communities has been expanded
with new images, new videos, and new stories. The exhibit
showcases stories of people from three islands—Hoopers,
Smith, and Holland—and focuses on the loss or threatened loss
of their cultures. The threats are multiple: erosion, flooding, and
the temptations of a more promising life ashore to children of
families that grew up in these tightly-knit communities.
Bushels of number one “jimmies” are fetching a paltry $30, dockside. Harvey’s
wife will pick these, selling the meat for a decent profit. Photo by David Harp.
Photographs by David Harp and text by environmental writer
Tom Horton combine to tell the stories. New to the 2011
exhibit are stories of the Smith Island Crabmeat Cooperative,
a business enterprise of watermen’s wives who pick and sell
meat from the crabs caught by their families. Another addition is
the story of a father-son crab potting team, Harvey and Brian
Corbin, whose livelihood has been impacted by new crab
harvesting limits.
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education
What’s Fresh?
To register for these upcoming educational
programs, contact Helen Van Fleet at
410-745-4941 or email hvanfleet@cbmm.org.
Seasonal Selections from Education
Summer Sailing Program
by Kate Livie
June - August
Explore the Miles River and learn maritime skills in our
Community Sailing Program, where new sailors and old
salts gain the confidence to sail a small boat in a fun, safe,
and encouraging environment.
The pace of programming at the Museum is kicking into high
gear as the busy season approaches. The CBMM Lecture
Series begins in March and continues through June, covering a
variety of compelling Civil War topics and historical figures.
(See page 19 of our calendar for detailed information.)
Junior Sailing, ages 8-16
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am–12 noon or 1– 4:30 pm
$175 members, $200 non-members
Basic
As an introduction to water safety, rigging, boat handling, and
docking, this course is designed for new sailors or those who
need to solidify their skills before starting the intermediate level.
June 13 – 17
June 20 – 24
June 27 – July 1
July 4 – 8
July 11 – 15
July 18 – 22
July 25 – 29
August 1 – 5
August 8 – 12
8:30 am – noon or 1 – 4:30 pm
8:30 am – noon
8:30 am – noon
8:30 am – noon
1 – 4:30 pm
8:30 am – noon
8:30 am – noon
8:30 am – noon or 1 – 4:30 pm
1 – 4:30 pm
Intermediate
The intermediate course helps students learn more complex sailing
skills, including right-of-way rules, boat handling, local navigation, and
proper sail trim.
June 20 – 24
June 27 – July 1
July 4 – 8
July 18 – 22
1 – 4:30 pm
1 – 4:30 pm
1 – 4:30 pm
1 – 4:30 pm
Advanced Level
The advanced level is designed for students who have mastered their
intermediate level skills, and will focus on boat handling and sail trim.
Activities may including exploring aspects of dinghy racing and the
racing rules of sailing as well as racing starts and tactics.
July 5 – 29
1 – 4:30 pm
Adult & Teen Basic Sailing Weekends
This class focuses on providing adult and teen sailors with the opportunity to learn or improve their sailing skills. Challenge yourself
by learning the principles of sailing a small 15-foot boat. Instructors
teach small boat handling, boating safety, and sail theory. This course
is designed for those with little or no sailing experience.
July 16 – 17
August 6 – 7
9
1 – 4:30 pm
1 – 4:30 pm
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Boater Safety Courses
April - August
6 – 10 pm both evenings, $25
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 Resourcesapproved course, and is good for life. The course is also a
great way to become a more competent boater. Families
with kids ages 8 and up are welcome to participate.
April 12 &13
May 17 &18
June 7 & 8
June 25 & 26
July 5 & 6
July 30 & 31
August 9 & 10
August 23 & 24
Kids Club
June - July
The Museum’s weekly Kids Club is a half-day, hands-on
Chesapeake-focused camp for kids ages 4 to 7, where
children learn about the Bay firsthand through activities,
stories, games and crafts.
Members $100 per week, non-members $120 per week.
Membership rates apply only if camper’s parent or guardian is
a member. Scholarships are available.
Ages 4 – 5
Ages 6 – 7
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
June 13 – 17
June 27 – July 1
July 11 – 15
June 20 – 24
July 4 – 8
July 18 – 22
The Museum is seeking a head sailing instructor for
the Summer Sailing Program. Contact Kate Livie at
410-745-4947 or email klivie@cbmm.org.
In preparation for the influx of hundreds of Maryland students
participating in Chesapeake-themed guided school tours and
the Museum’s popular Crab Cakes program, the education department is in the process of docent recruitment and training,
which has been extended from three to four weeks, followed by
specialized program training that focuses on the Crab Cakes
program, ecology cruises, themed school tours, and more.
In response to the overwhelming success of the Saturday for
Kids sessions this past winter, we’ve extended the Kids Club
summer camp from four to six weeks, giving participants an
extra two weeks to explore a lighthouse, investigate the living
shoreline, and ogle crabs in the shedding tanks.
Recent graduates from the fall docent training program pause for a picture.
(from left) Tom Carlson, Assistant Director of Education Kate Livie, Mary Jane
Wyant, Mary Sue Traynelis and returning docent Paul Carroll.
The Community Sailing Program is tailored specifically for all
skill levels and is complemented by the Boater Safety Courses
that run from April through August. Lighthouse Overnight
Adventures for the spring/summer season are filling up fast,
with only a handful of dates left. We strongly encourage
pre-registration well in advance by calling Helen Van Fleet at
410-745-2916 or by emailing hvanfleet@cbmm.org. Visit our
website to stay up to date on upcoming programs, classes, and
docent training.
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Academy For Lifelong
Learning Plans
Spring Semester
Dr. Viola will recount the
many adventures of this expedition including shipwrecks,
encounters with cannibals,
wholesale desertion, and
other perils of ships under sail.
The Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) continues its
ten-year anniversary celebration with plans for a varied and
exciting list of courses in the spring/summer semester. On
April 14, ALL welcomes Smithsonian Institution Curator
Emeritus Dr. Herman J. Viola, who will give a two-hour presentation entitled “Magnificent Voyagers, the amazing yet little
known story of the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1841
that discovered Antarctica, collected artifacts from all over
the world, and led to the establishment of the Smithsonian
museum to house these artifacts.”
The semester will also include
courses in literature, science,
sailing, gardening, architecture, current events, meetings
with local authors and tours
of Poplar Island and the
Easton Municipal Airport. A full listing of courses will be
in the spring/summer catalog and online at cbmm.org/
all. The Academy is proud to be a part of the Museum’s
mission to provide education to our community and
welcomes new members.
For information on ALL, to receive a catalog or register for
courses, call Registrar Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-2916.
Museum members receive a reduced membership rate.
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Professional
Shipwright Apprentices
Where are they now?
Building wooden boats, especially large working boats for the
Chesapeake region, is a time-honored, traditional craft proudly
passed down through generations. Some men and women are
shipwrights to continue a treasured family tradition, while others
acquire their passion. Either way, shipwrights aren’t just practicing a
craft; they are perfecting an art form. The professional shipwright
apprentice program at the Museum provides the hands-on experience
necessary to transform novice builders into skilled professionals,
capable of spearheading projects, interacting with the public, and
building and restoring wooden boats to their glory.
The prestigious apprenticeships are awarded to deserving applicants using a rigorous interview and selection process. Once
accepted, apprentices engage in restoration and maintenance
work, as well as training to interact with the public. During
their Museum apprenticeships, this knowledge is put to the test
and nurtured, as the Museum’s master shipwrights share established
skills and explain the nuances of transforming wood into a maritime
work of art.
Upon completion, shipwrights move forward into successful boatbuilding careers and other related professions. Over the years,
these young shipwrights spread their knowledge of Chesapeake
boatbuilding techniques all over North America, sustaining and
promoting an integral part of this region’s cultural heritage.
by Tracey Munson
Dave Youngs
Anne Needham
Gloucestershire, England
Annapolis, Maryland
Dave Youngs first came to the Museum in 2004 from his native
England and briefly volunteered with
the Museum’s boat donation program.
During a return trip to England,
Youngs helped a friend plank and
frame a 25 foot boat and the course
was set for Young’s return to the Museum
as a boatbuilding apprentice.
After graduating from the Northwest
School for Wooden Boatbuilding
in 2003, Anne Needham joined the
Museum and worked on several AFAD
skiffs, as well as on other larger vessels.
She worked on the bugeye Edna E.
Lockwood’s pushboat re-engine and
restored the planking and mast partner
on a privately-owned skipjack.
While at the Museum, Youngs worked
mostly on Old Point and helped build
smaller boats like the Pete Culler
designed “Good Little Skiffs” in the
Apprentice for a Day program, (AFAD)
which he managed in the summer of 2006.
“My one-year apprenticeship
at the Museum gave me a lot of
confidence in the skills learned at
Northwest,” said Needham.
“The exposure to a wide range of
tools and techniques, plus the history and modern-day experience
of boating on the Chesapeake has
served me well in my chosen home
and career.”
(2003-2004)
(2005-2006)
“It’s very rare to see big wooden
boats,” commented Youngs.
“My work at the Museum really
helped open the doors for many
other opportunities.”
After his apprenticeship, Youngs went
on to work at Ashmar Boatworks in
Cambridge, MD, and Choptank Boatworks in Denton, MD, before enrolling
in the Landing School in Kennebunk,
ME. He is a graduate of their small
boats program and is currently enrolled
in their marine system’s program.
Heron Scott
(2002-2004)
Haines, Alaska
Prior to his apprenticeship, Heron
Scott attended the Northwest School of
Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock,
WA. During his time at the Museum,
Scott worked on Old Point as well as
several privately-owned skipjacks.
“The Museum gave me great
exposure to large craft restoration,
which is unique today,” reflected
Scott. “For someone like me making
a career in non-profits, my apprenticeship was a great benefit.”
After his Museum apprenticeship,
Scott moved to Seattle and began
working as the capital projects manager
and lead boatwright for the Center for
Wooden Boats.
During his tenure, he also served as
the interim executive director for a
brief time in the summer of 2010.
Scott has most recently started his
own consulting business with a focus on
project management of heritage boats.
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After taking a hiatus to help her brother
open a bed & breakfast in Puerto Rico,
Needham went on to work at a boatyard in Annapolis, before transferring
her boat carpentry skills into a career
in home renovations, where she still
works today.
exhibits
Chris Sanders
Mark Donohue
Newport, Rhode Island
Short Hills, New Jersey
Chris Sanders has carried his love of sailing vessels from a very
young age. Living along the east coast his entire life, Sanders comes
from a family of craftsmen. His grandfather was an accomplished
carpenter, who passed on many of the tools used by Sanders
today. Before applying to the International Yacht Restoration
School (IYRS) in Newport, RI, Sanders was encouraged by the
school’s program director to gain some hands-on experience.
Following this advice, Sanders worked as an apprentice alongside
the Museum’s Boat Yard Program Manager Dan Sutherland in
building Vita, the 9-1/2’ tender for the 1888 racing yacht Elf.
Mark Donohue sailed and raced many different boats long
before he knew how to build them––including Bluejays,
Lightnings, M-scows, Lasers and Catboats. By the time he
turned 13, Donohue was working at Johnson Brothers Boatworks in Point Pleasant, NJ, admiring the hand tools the old
timers used to plank boats.
(2008-2009)
Karnell Hillscan
(2003-2004)
San Francisco, California
With a certificate from the Arques School of Traditional
Boatbuilding in Sausalito, CA, Karnell Hillscan soon became as
much a teacher as a boatbuilder during his apprenticeship. He
went from working on skipjacks and the Museum’s Old Point to
teaching schoolchildren during field trips about small boats and
leading participants and volunteers in the AFAD program.
As an AmeriCorps representative, he led a group of high school
students in an after-school program, where they built a railbird
gunning skiff over a two-week period.
“Most of the boat shop tours with kids usually came to
me,” recalls Hillscan, who considers his work managing
volunteers as one of the most valuable experiences in
his apprenticeship. “My training allowed me to get a job
without a degree and opened many opportunities for me
in my profession.”
After his apprenticeship, Hillscan spent some time traveling the
world and running a Meals on Wheels program, which included
managing a cadre of volunteers. He now works in the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park‘s boat shop and small craft
department, maintaining and restoring more than 100 boats.
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As a shipwright apprentice, Sanders worked on several projects,
including removing and replacing the patent stern of the Edna
E. Lockwood. He also assisted Vessel Maintenance Manager
Marc Barto with the day-to-day preservation of the historic fleet
of Chesapeake Bay boats.
“The greatest advantage I have is being taught by the
best. I really value the proficiency with tools and the
confidence I gained in working in the boatbuilding
process,” says Sanders.
After his one-year apprenticeship, Sanders enrolled at IYRS in
September 2009, where he continues today in his second year.
He is pursuing a degree in proficiency and yacht restoration construction. Sanders expects to graduate from the school in June, 2011.
(2002-2004)
Taking a semester off from the University of Vermont, Donahue
served as a shipwright and rigger apprentice at the Museum
and worked on a variety of boats including several privatelyowned skipjacks and Old Point. Restoration work on the former
U.S. Presidential yacht, the 1925 Trumpy Sequoia and the 1951
Owens Cruiser Nomad, for the Museum’s At Play on the Bay
exhibit rounded out his Museum apprenticeship.
Don MacLeod
(2003-2006)
Bar Harbor, Maine
Don MacLeod left his position at a boat yard in Rockland,
ME, to work at the Museum one week after Hurricane Isabel
wreaked havoc on the East Coast in 2003. Prior to that, he
earned his wooden boatbuilding certificate and diploma from
America’s oldest boatbuilding school, The Boat School at
Washington County Vocational Technical School in Eastport, ME.
While a Museum apprentice, MacLeod’s work included helping
replace frames on the skipjack Fannie Dougherty. He also worked
with volunteers and participants in the AFAD program, building
flat-bottom rowing and sailing skiffs as well as other small craft.
When his apprenticeship came to an end in 2006, MacLeod
landed a job as the Museum’s vessel maintenance assistant and
has since spent each day inspecting the condition of the Museum’s
boats – insuring bilge pumps are working, lines are tied and the
boats are in overall good shape. Now living in Royal Oak, MD,
MacLeod continues to take pride in the traditions of boatbuilding and representing the value of craftsmanship and work.
“It might not feel like it when you’re in the bilge all
day,” he commented. “But there really is a sense of glory
and romance in building wooden boats.”
“Learning from a master shipwright and a master rigger
was a great experience,” reflects Donohue. “I gained
skills that enabled me to grow as a person and as a
boatbuilder. It was a great and influential part of my life
which continues to this day.”
Since that time, Donohue has worked as a shipwright, rigger
and caretaker at various places throughout the mid-Atlantic
region, including the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation,
Sea Island Boatworks, and the Independence Seaport Museum
in Philadelphia, PA. Now living in Virginia Beach, VA, Donohue
is working through the Coastal Heritage Alliance as a rigger and
shipwright on the skipjack Caleb W. Jones, currently berthed at
the Museum.
Photo by Nikki Davis
feature
Along a misty
harbor on a cold
winter’s morning,
the Museum’s boat shop is turning out more than
just traditional Chesapeake wooden boats. As the
saws spin and the fire crackles in the wood burning
stove, the shop is also turning out a legacy of memories
for the Northrop family. While many kids are playing video games or watching television, 12-year-old
Mackenzie Northrop––or Mack as he’s known to
family and friends––is up early with his father, eager
to head to the boat shop to build a Smith Island flat
bottomed skiff. It’s all part of the Museum’s Apprentice
for a Day public boatbuilding program, and in this
case, the finished product will be a boat that Mack
calls his own.
Museum Boatshop
Building More Than
Just Boats
Story by Tracey Munson
Mack and John Northrop arrive at the Boat Shop bright and early on the weekends.
“Mack’s been crabbing on a 12-foot Jon boat since he was nine,”
explains his father, John Northrop. An only child, Mack relishes his
time trotlining for crabs on Royal Oak’s Irish Creek. Logan Hammon, a
friend and fellow 7th grader at St. Michaels Middle School, often
accompanies Mack on his fishing trips. “The boys will crab every weekend, all summer long. They’re both true Eastern Shoremen,” says John.
The Museum regularly sells the boats built through its Apprentice
for a Day Public Boatbuilding Program as a way to support
the non-profit Museum. “We usually sell the boats at fair market
value,” commented Boat Yard Program Manager Dan Sutherland.
“It’s a great way to pass on the traditions of wooden boatbuilding
to the public, and it’s a lot of fun.”
A financial consultant with RBC Wealth Management in Easton,
MD, John came to the boat yard in April 2010 with hopes to commission the Museum’s shipwrights to craft a larger boat for Mack.
“The Museum had just been commissioned to build a Smith Island
flat bottomed skiff for someone,” recalls John Northrop. The buyer
stipulated that he wanted kids to be primarily involved in the
construction of the skiff, with work commencing over the summer.
The programs run year-long on Saturdays and Sundays, with
individuals participating for just a day or throughout the whole
boatbuilding process. Experience is not necessary. Kids under 16
must be accompanied by an adult. Led by Sutherland and docent
volunteers like Dr. John Hawkinson and Mary Sue and Bob
Traynelis––all the work is done as Museum visitors ask questions
and roam about the boat shop.
(left) Mack Northrop and Logan Hammon paint the bottom of Mack’s
crabbing skiff in the Apprentice for a Day Public Boatbuilding Program while
Boat Yard Program Manager Dan Sutherland and John Northup look on.
Since June, John and Mack have come to the boat yard every
weekend to learn all the steps of traditional, wooden boatbuilding.
“I also come for Mr. Bob’s donuts,” added Mack.
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lifelines
Volunteer Profiles
by Marie Thomas
John Lindinger
“Docent jobs are just really great because
you’re always expanding on what you
already know,” says volunteer docent John
Lindinger. Originally from Newark, DE,
John retired to the Eastern Shore three
years ago. Before moving to the Shore,
John worked as an instrument process control
technician at the Delaware City Refinery.
Pat Scott
(From left) Boat Yard Manager Richard Scofield, Boat Yard Volunteer Dr. John “Doc” Hawkinson, Boat Yard Program Manager Dan Sutherland, Mack Northrop, Boat
Yard Volunteer Mary Sue Traynelis, Floating Fleet Assistant Don McLeod, Shipwright Apprentice Jennifer Kuhn, Vessel Maintenance Manager Marc Barto (standing),
Shipwright Apprentice Joe Green, and John Northrop, in front of the Museum’s skipjack Rosie Parks. Photo by David Harp/ChesapeakePhotos.com.
The Traynelises bring homemade bakery treats to share with Mack
and the others each weekend. Mack’s friend Logan occasionally
helps in building the boat as well. The second skiff also came with
some customization, at the request of Mack himself.
“He thought he needed more room,” explains Sutherland. “So Mack’s
boat is two feet longer––20 feet, and has wider washboards for
Mack’s crab baskets. We worked together to make it all happen.”
Two-station steering and a small cabin up forward have also been
added. “Mack is basically designing the layout of the boat and the
cabin, with our guidance.”
Immersed in the project, Mack often stops by the boat yard after
school, and has helped on other boats like the Museum’s bugeye,
the Edna E. Lockwood. “We love Mack,” said Vessel Maintenance
Manager Marc Barto, who is leading repair work on Edna through
the spring. “He’s come on board to help paint and do other jobs
and is accepted as one of the crew.”
Mack’s experience also extends beyond the Museum’s bulkheads.
At home in Royal Oak, he’s using what he has learned to craft
model workboats out of Popsicle sticks.
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“Mack finally ‘gets’ why it’s so important for him to learn and
understand math and science since it all goes hand in hand with his
boatbuilding,” commented his mom, Laura Northrop. “In fact, a
couple of his teachers have used boats as examples in their lessons
to keep Mack engaged in his classroom studies.
They see him drawing boats and he has even brought his Popsicle
stick boats into the classroom to share with his teachers and friends,
so they also know of his love of boats and boat building.” Laura
went on to say that what started out as building boats has ended
up building a lifetime of memories for the entire family. “We’re so
grateful for this experience.”
Mack’s boat is expected to be ready to launch this spring. Just in
time for this year’s crabbing season. Mack adds, “I’m looking
forward to being able to go out further in the river than I was able
to go in my Jon boat.”
Gift certificates are available––Museum members $35 and non-members
$45. To find out more about the Apprentice For a Day Public Boatbuilding
Program, visit cbmm.org/l_boatyard.htm or call 410-745-2916 and
ask to speak to someone in the Boat Yard. You can also email questions
to dsutherland@cbmm.org or rscofield@cbmm.org.
Pat Scott and her husband moved to
Easton from Berwyn, PA this past summer after visiting the Eastern Shore
regularly for over 25 years. “Everything
is much more relaxed on the Shore and
it’s incredibly beautiful,” says Pat. After
hearing about the Museum from a
friend, Pat wanted to find out more and
thought it’d be a good way to give back
to the community.
A retired real estate agent, Pat helps
out with visitor services, manning the
reception desk, answering phones, and
helping the membership department
when needed. Pat is currently attending the docent training and is looking
forward to giving tours of the Museum
in the future. Pat and her husband also
enjoy volunteering for the Museum’s
special events.
“I enjoy working in visitor services because
I get to meet everybody. It’s really the
hub with everyone passing through all
the time,” says Pat.
“I’ve kept a sailboat in Cambridge for 25
years, so I was familiar with the area and
this Museum. I’ve always thought it was
a special place––different from other Museums––it’s much more hands-on,” comments
John. Shortly after moving, an article in the paper about docent training at the Museum
caught his eye, and he decided to give it a try. John now leads both adult and youth tours,
mainly Bay Bounty Tours and Ecology Cruises, as well as lending his former professional
skills as an electrician to help out when needed in the Boat Yard.
Jody Stumpf
As spring approaches and the Museum is once again
filled with hundreds of school children, you’ll most
likely find docent Jody Stumpf walking through
campus, trailed by a large group of eager third-graders.
Specializing in youth tours and programs, Jody enjoys
assisting with the Crab Cakes program, ecology
cruises, Bay Bounty, and Bay Discovery tours.
Before becoming a volunteer at the Museum, Jody
chaired a nursery school and worked as a buyer and
consultant for a floral design company. Jody and her
husband John (who also volunteers at the Museum)
moved to St. Michaels from Westchester County, NY,
10 years ago. The Stumpfs began spending their summers on the Eastern Shore more than 20 years ago.
“One of the very first things we did was to come to
the Museum and we decided that when we did retire, that’s where we wanted to put in
some time,” recalls Jody. “Right after moving to St. Michaels we began volunteering and
in the process met friends––other docents––who were very much interested in the same
things we were. So it really was a great way to meet people and a wonderful introduction
into the community,” says Jody.
Here at the Museum, we are fortunate to have a talented and dedicated cadre of volunteers who sustain us and help us to do the
important work of telling the stories of the Chesapeake Bay. To this end, we are always looking for new volunteers to join our
team. Whether you would enjoy helping with special events, leading a tour, working in the library, interacting with kids, assisting
with staff projects or spending time in the Museum store, we have a volunteer opportunity for you. For further information about
volunteering, contact Diane Taylor, 410-745-2959 or dtaylor@cbmm.org.
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calendar
CBMM Lecture Series
Maritime
Model Expo
Van Lennep Auditorium
$8 for members and $10 for non-members
Pre-registration required, contact Helen Van Fleet at
410-745-4941 or email hvanfleet@cbmm.org.
Saturday, May 21
& Sunday, May 22
Bound for the Promised Land:
Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
with Kate Clifford Larson
Monday, March 28, 2 pm
Historian Kate Clifford Larson brings to life Civil War spy, abolitionist,
humanitarian, and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman.
Dr. Larson’s 2003 biography of Harriet Tubman, Bound for the Promised
Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, was one of the first
non-juvenile Tubman biographies published in six decades. Larson is the
consultant for the Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study of the
National Park Service and serves on the advisory board of the Historic
Context on the Underground Railroad in Delaware, Underground
Railroad Coalition of Delaware.
So Ends This Day: The Life and Times of the
USS Monitor from 1861 to Yesterday
with Anna Gibson Holloway
Friday, April 6, 2 pm
Although the USS Monitor may have ended her career in a gale off Cape
Hatteras in December 1862, her story does not end there. Discovered
in 1973, and the subject of recovery operations by NOAA since then,
the “cheesebox on a raft” still has stories to tell. Anna Gibson Holloway
is the Vice President of Museum Collections and Programs at The
Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, VA, where she oversees the
Curatorial, Collections Management, Education, Conservation and
Exhibition Design functions of the Museum, and also serves as curator
of the USS Monitor Center.
Maryland Voices of the Civil War
with Charles Mitchell
Friday, April 8, 2 pm
Charles Mitchell brings to life the voices of the Civil War by using a collection
of first-hand accounts, letters, diaries, journals and newspaper accounts
which focus on the divided loyalties of the Civil War in Maryland. Mitchell,
a native Marylander and author of Maryland Voices of the Civil War, is an
editor and travel writer in Baltimore. Mitchell earned a bachelor’s degree
in 1978 in history and political science from Pennsylvania State University,
and a master’s degree in international relations with an emphasis on
Soviet politics from the University of Maryland in 1984.
1861: The Civil War Awakening
with Adam Goodheart
Friday, June 3, 6 pm
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Members Opening Reception
Ronnie Newcomb, Henry Stansbury, and Pete Lesher with Dorchester County
Decoys. Photo by David Harp/Chesapeakephotos.com
Members Preview
& Reception
Decoys of Dorchester
Friday, April 8
5:30 pm
Waterfowl Building
Join fellow members for a wine and cheese reception to celebrate the
opening of Decoys of Dorchester, featuring hunting decoys from the
private collection of East Coast Decoy Collectors Club Members, as
well as the Museum’s permanent decoy and artifacts collection. Enjoy
wine, beer, and light hors d’oeuvres. The exhibit continues through
October. Also, don’t miss the 9th Annual Buy, Sell, and Swap on
Friday, April 8th & 9th at the St. Michaels Best Western.
A special thank you to Judy & Henry Stansbury for underwriting this
event, and to Guyette & Schmidt of St. Michaels, America’s leading decoy
auction house.
Home Winemaking
Member Workshop
with Ron Sasiela
Saturday, April 30
10 am - 12noon
Steamboat Gallery’s Van Lennep Auditorium
Author, teacher and master historian, Adam Goodheart shares the
dramatic and little-known story of how a courageous group of slaves at
the beginning of the Civil War launched a revolution by the shores of
the Chesapeake – a revolution that would ultimately lead to Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation. The story unfolded exactly 150 years ago,
in May and June of 1861. Goodheart is the author of 1861: The Civil War
Awakening, to be published in April 2011. He is a regular online columnist for the New York Times Civil War series, “Disunion” and teaches
American studies and history at Washington College.
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Sat., 10 am - 12noon
& Sun., 10 am - 3 pm
Free for members or
with Museum admission
“Magic” in New York Harbor.
James E. Buttersworth,
(1817-1894). Mystic
Seaport Collection.
Held in conjunction with WineFest at St. Michaels, 2011, this workshop introduces participants to both the art and science of home wine
making. Ron Sasiela, of Easton, has put together a “101” level session
for participants that includes information about federal regulations,
simple needed equipment, resources for juice, procedures, and ageing
and bottling. Participants are strongly encouraged to register early
since attendance is strictly limited to the first 60 registrants. Free to
Museum members. To register, contact Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-4941
or email hvanfleet@cbmm.org.
Illuminating the Sea: The Marine Paintings of
James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894)
Saturday, April 16
2 pm
Steamboat Gallery
Members are invited to the official opening of the new exhibit with
Chief Curator Pete Lesher, who will lead a tour of the exhibit.
Light refreshments will be served in the Van Lennep Auditorium.
Reservations not required.
Held in conjunction with the Museum’s Model Guild, the North
American Steamboat Modeler’s Association, and the Washington
Ship Model Society, this expo features radio-controlled models
powered by steam, battery, and wind. This event presents an
opportunity for radio-controlled steamboat modelers to sail in a
fresh water pond, and for R-C model sailors to race or just sail their
craft in Fogg’s Cove.
Children’s activities include selecting, building, and sailing a simple
model they can keep. Advanced registration is requested. Bring your
own table for setup around the pond or rent one for $15 each.
Contact Model Guild Director Bob Mason for information at
410-745-3266 or email bobmason@atlanticbb.net.
Flower Show
The Elf Classic
Inaugural, 2011
Across the Miles –
Conserving our Rivers,
Bays and Waterways
Wednesday, June 1
Saturday, May 21
Easport Yacht Club, Annapolis to Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum, St. Michaels
1–5 pm
Van Lennep Auditorium
Join Elf and other classic sailing yachts for the inaugural “Elf Classic,”
a true yachtman’s race. Organized by the Classic Yacht Restoration
Guild (CYRG), the event seeks to recreate the sensibilities of yacht
racing of the 1880s when the races began on shore, included the row
to the boat on mooring or at anchor, making sail and reversing the
process at the finish––in this case signing the race log at the Tolchester
Beach Bandstand. Interested yacht owners or sponsors should contact
Rick Carrion at the CYRG by emailing elf188@earthlink.net.
The Talbot County Garden Club will host a Garden Club of America
Flower Show featuring judged, themed-based floral arrangements,
horticultural displays, photography, and conservation and educational
exhibits. The Flower Show is open to the public and free for Garden
Club and Museum members, or with Museum admission. For more
information, contact the Talbot County Garden Club, PO Box 1524,
Easton, MD, 21601.
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Mark Your Calendars
June 17, 18 & 19
Antique & Classic Boat Festival
August 14
Watermen’s Appreciation Day
September 25
St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance
July 2
Big Band Night
September 3
Boat Auction
October 1 & 2
Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival
July 23
Chesapeake Folk Festival
September 10
Boating Party Gala Fundraiser
November 5
OysterFest
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$100
$1800 provides an early-
$200
education specialist to teach a
4-week summer children’s program
provides
one child
with a
week-long
experience
in our
$1325
Kid’s Club
buys diesel fuel for
Mister Jim for one season
$2,800 provides a
certified sailing instructor
We extend our sincere appreciation to our donors for their gifts to the Annual Fund from May 1, 2010 through February 14, 2011. Your
gifts to the Annual Fund are the foundation of everything we do at the Museum. They provide the catalyst to fuel all our projects,
special events, education programs, new exhibits, working boat yard and maintenance of our historic Chesapeake Bay boats. We
simply couldn’t function without these gifts to our operating fund. We sincerely hope that all our members and supporters will consider a
gift to the Annual Fund prior to April 30, 2011. Every gift, no matter how large or small, is important and greatly appreciated. A special
thanks to the Tidewater Camera Club for taking such beautiful photos of campus.
$200
covers the
cost of a
week of
sailing for
a beginner
student
$350 purchases 10 Stearns Youth Life Jackets
$110
EDUCATION
$4,500 purchases a JY vessel for the Summer Sailing Program
$300 covers the program
fees for 32 local Head Start
students to participate in our
donation
$15,000
repaints the
Eagle House
and $8,000
repaints the
Dodson House
$100 - fuels
our trucks for
one week
$7,500 replaces
10 feet of bulkhead
on Navy Point
Spring 2011
3,700
exhibit panel
$5,000 sponsors a Members
$350 pays for one shipwright
apprentice for a week
$300 covers one year of United States Coast
Guard inspection fees for the Mister
buys a spool $300 buys 4 gallons of red primer for
of 5/8” nylon wood protection on the collection boats
to replace
worn dock
$700 buys the sail
lines
for a melonseed
covers
skiff built by AFAD
instructor
$400
60
buys the screws
needed to fasten the new decking
on Edna Lockwood
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oral
history
new changing exhibit
cedar to plank a rowing skiff in AFAD
$500
recorded
$1,000 prints graphics for a
$1000 buys192 board feet of white
$250 buys
board feet of white oak
for restoration work
of a
Reception and Exhibit Opening
buys?
it takes
visitors at full price
to pay the electric
bill each year
$700
heirloom
vegetable
garden
$35,000 paints the Knapps Narrows Bridge
plants the
$400 cuts the grass one time
KEEPING CAMPUS BEAUTIFUL
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$500
each year
mounts a new
Ever wonder
what your
paints the outside of the
Hooper Strait Lighthouse
50 $210
preserves
historic photos in transcribes
archival materials
one hour
$300 prints and
Ecology Cruise
$10,000
CBMM Annual Fund Honor Roll
EXHIBITS
allows a Chesapeake
Person to teach the
history and techniques
of decoy carving
$500
buys a spool
of 1/2”
dacron line
to replace
worn rigging
and shop
costs for
AFAD
for one
weekend.
Jim
BOAT YARD
Cecil & Jill Adams
Elizabeth Adams
Theodore & Lottie Aepli
Virginia Albert
Mark & Joyce Allen
Mark & Sally Allen
Thomas & Hannah Alnutt
Chrys & Ed Alvarado
An Untangled Web
Peirce & Molly Anderson
Herbert & Della Andrew
Jody Andrews
Antique & Classic
Boat Society
C G & Nancy Appleby
Eric Applegarth
& Michele Zacks
Bruce & Blenda Armistead
James & Linda Arnold
Edward & Neva Asplundh
Steven & Lisa Asplundh
Steve & Susan Babinsky
Cecil F. Backus, Jr.
Back Creek Landing
Bettie Baer
Malcolm Bahrenburg
William & Joan Bailey
Bradley & Jody Baker
Bill & Nancy Baker
Furlong Baldwin
Roy Bands
Donna Barker
Hugh Barteman
Marc Barto
Lynn Bartosz
David & Lindsay Batcheller
Jack & Carolyn Batty
Mike & Patricia Batza
Edward & Annette Bautz
Theo B. Bean Foundation
Jerry & Barbara Bechtle
Duane & Jean Beckhorn
Bruce & Ann Bedford
Edward & Elaine Bednarz
Jill Bemis
Fred & Sonya Bennett
John Bentivoglio
Colin Bentley
Thomas & Carolyn Berger
Donald & Norma Berlin
Franklin Bernard
Paul & Amy Berry
Marion & Ginger Bevard
Arthur & Alison Birney
Bernard Bise
Carole Bishop
William Blades
Photo by Roger Maki, Tidewater Camera Club
Thomas Blake & Marie Zinninger
Norm Blakeney
Robert & Virginia Blatchley
Tom & Patricia Bliss
Richard & Ellen Bodorff
Don and Mike Boesch
Richard & Mary Helen Bogan
Bill and Ruth Boicourt
Sylvester & Mary Bollinger
Perry & Aurelia Bolton
James & Patricia Bonan
John & Bonnie Booth
Mark & Alice Bower
Helen Bower
Stephen and Arlene Bowes
William & Rose Marie Bowles
Richard Boxall
John & Ann Boyden
David & Diane Bradt
Beth Brainard
John & Elizabeth Breyer
Harold & Donna Britt
Thomas & Victoria Broadie
Harry & Meredith Brooks
Paul & Jennifer Brooks
Cameron & Theresa Brown
Norman & Dorothy Brown
Omer & Sandy Brown
Stanley & Katharine Brown
Rainer & Jayne Bruns
William & Anne Brunson
Larry & Andrea Buel
Franz Burda
John & Anna Burfeind
Terrence & Sherry Burke
George & Virginia Burke
Steve and Julie Burleson
Jim & Nancy Burri
Harry & Beth Burton
John & Patti Butner
Brian & Andrea Butz
S. H. Buzby
Eleanor Baker Cadwalader
Daniel & Colleen Callahan
Loudon Campbell
Walt & Peggy Campbell
John Carey
Bruce & Leila Carlson
Steve & Nancy Carns
Josephine Carr
Paul & Susan Carroll
Dennis Carroll & Leslie Hill
Wayne & Connie Carstens
Ralph & Patti Case
Sam & Ashley Chamberlain
Pete & Jane Chambliss
Lynne Cheney
Charitable Fund
Manson & Durrie Chisholm
R. W. Christy
C. Thomas Clagett, Jr.
Robert P. Clagett
Bill Clark & Ruth Heltne
George & Joanne Clark
Lawrence Clark
Capt. Iris Clarke
Katherine Clovis
Robert & Viola Clum
Adam & Dolores Cockey
David & Katherine Cockey
Philip & Carolyn Cohan
Alan Coho
Alex & Joan Collins
George & Diane Conniff
Heather Cook
Wilbert & Janice Cook
Henry & Kathryn Corbin
Joan Cox
Doug & Anne Croker
Stephen & Virginia Croker
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Photo by Graham Scott-Taylor, Tidewater Camera Club
Fred & Jane Cross
Crozier Family Fund
James & Janet Crowle
Richard & Joan Crowley
John Csady
James Curran
Tucker & Hynda Dalton
Craig Damon & Lolli Sherry
David & Olive Damon
Mike & JoNell Dann
Anthony & Mary Davis
Robert & Margaret Davis
Robert & Judith Davis
Jack & Ann Davis
Louise Davison
Robert & Judith Deakins
Jean DeBell-O’Neal
John & Patricia DeBone
Edwin & Ruth Decker
Ralph Decker
Albert & Patrisha Del Negro
William & Audrey Demas
William Dempsey
& Elizabeth McGrory
Delia Denny
John Derrick
John & Susan Devlin
Phil Dietz
& Eva Smorzaniuk
James Dillon
Michael & Maureen Dodd
John & Mary Doetzer
John Dombach
Christopher & Ann Dome
Thomas Donlan
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Thomas & Elizabeth Donohue
Betty Doolittle
Joseph Doyle
Lawrence & Dawne Drake
David & Mary Ann Draut
Laurence & Bethany Driggs
Ronald Drucker
Dixon Duffett
Harry & Virginia Duffey
Joseph & Jane Duffy
Thomas & Sara Dugan
David & Marsha Dulaney
Matthew & Nicole Dull
David & Amy Dunn
Jay & Sarah Eastman
John & Susan Edson
James & Julia Egbert
Gary & Charlotte Ehlig
Duane & Sharon Ekedahl
Lawrence & Nancy Englert
Robert Estes
Keister & Judy Evans
George & Jocelyn Eysymontt
Randy & Dana Fairbank
Sam & Donna Fairbank
Mary Fairbank
Chris Faranetta
Elaine Farquhar
Robert & Nancy Farrell
Joseph & Rosemary Fasolo
Brenda Faulkner
& Bob Alexander
Robert & Susan Feldhuhn
Edward Ferns
Charles & Anna Fichtner
the chesapeake log
Thornton & Andrea Field
Tom & Mary Kay Finan
Paul & Holly Fine
Alfred Fittipaldi
& Patricia Coleman
Peter & Susan Flaherty
Andrew & Julia Flanagan
Ralph & Charlotte Fleischman
David & Carolyn Flood
James & Anne Marie Flood
John & Peggy Ford
Tom Fountain
Lyle Fowlkes
John Fox & Suzan Brice-Fox
John Fox
Tom & Karen Frana
Robert & Mary Frank
Jon & Allison Franke
Howard & Liz Freedlander
Jerry & Barbara Friedman
Peter & Marcia Friedman
Andrew Friel
Edward Gabriel
& Kathleen Linehan
Robert & Patricia Galloway
Greg Gannon
Charles & Robin Garber
Garden Club of the
Eastern Shore
Pedro & Sonia Gracia
Fred & Joanne Geiger
Sandra Gerstung
David Gierisch
George & Doris Gilfillan
John Gillespie
& Robin Gordon
Bill & Terri Gilmore
Christopher & Kathy Gilson
Albert & Dagmar Gipe
Madeline Girard
Wallace & Lorraine Glass
Julie Goldsborough
Shirley Gooch
Donald & Judi Goodliffe
Robert & Michele Goodson
John & Kathryn Gorski
Thomas & Judith Gould
John Graffigna
& Celie Baussan
Richard & Suzie Granville
William & Donna Grauel
Donald & Katherine Gray
John & Rosemary Gray
Joe Green
Thomas & Pam Green
Alan & Penny Griffith
George Gronde
A. J. & Rita Gupta
Frederick & Gabrielle Haab
Leeds Hackett
Hudson & Beverly Haile
Nate & Nadine Hall
Stephen & Jane Halpin
Thomas Hamilton
William Hamilton
Bruce & Sandy Hammonds
Walter & Jane Hansen
Donna Hanson
John Harper & Karen Roth
Andrew & Sylvia Harris
Jim & Pamela Harris
Brooke & Trish Harwood
James & Maybelle Hash
Albert & Kelley Hawk
John & Martha Hawkinson
Haydon Bolts, Inc.
David & Mary Ann Hazen
James & Ida Heelan
Martin & Ada Heilman
Archer Heinzen
Andrew & Joan Heiss
Carl & Catherine Helwig
Hunt & Joan Hendrickson
Andrew & Susan Hess
Donald & Darby Hewes
Robert & Janet Hewes
Nancy Hickey
Higgins & Spencer
Allen & Dorothy Hilburn
Howard Hill
Tom & Cathy Hill
Robert & Susan Hillenbrand
Bryan & Hanna Hines
T. J. & Karen Holland
Tom & Teri Hollenshade
Patricia Holloway
Nelson & Martie Holtje
Jerry & Jacqueline Hook
Porter & Pati Hopkins
Frank & Jane Hopkinson
Judge William Horner
Martha Horner
Embry Howell
Joseph & Louise Huber
Gordon & Elizabeth Hughes
Hon. Harry Hughes
Dixie Hughlett
Diane Humphrey
John & Yvonne Hutchison
Thomas & Deanne Hutchison
John & Jennie Hyatt
Joseph & Mary Irr
Fred & Lesley Israel
Clifton & Florence Jackson
Lehr & Julie Jackson
Jerry & Pam Jana
David & Sherry Jeffery
Suzanne Jenkins
Raymond Jennings
Richard Johns
Clark Johnson
& Karen Johnson-Amritt
Howard Johnson
Pearlie Johnson
Richard & Laurie Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Bruce Jones
Richard & Beverly Jones
William & Gail Jones
Doug & Cindy Jurrius
Phillip Kable
William & Mary Kalis
Joan Katz
Richard & Marilynn Kaufmann
Daniel & Fern Kecman
Margaret Keller
Adine Kelly
Robert & Anne Kelly
William & Carolyn Kelly
Fred & Marcia Kieser
Carol Kilbourn
Warren Kilmer
& Judith Needham
Richard & Karen Kimberly
Brooke & Lynne Kinney
Jerome & Mary Kinney
Frank & Joan Kittredge
Robert Klamm
& Cecilia Hayes
Maurice & Margit Klein
John & Cynthia Knable
Edward & Jacqueline Knight
William & Gabrielle Korab
Peter & Alice Kreindler
Photo by Jack Upchurch, Tidewater Camera Club
Jennifer Kuhn
Byron LaMotte, Jr.
Ray & Shirley Landon
Ed & Linda Langley
Rick & Bonita Lankford
Thomas & Deborah Lawrence
Charles & Kathleen Lea
Keith & Barbara Lembo
Ron & Annabel Lesher
Pete & Mariana Lesher
Mark Levine & Sara Imershein
Ted & Pat Lewers
Ronald & Simma Liebman
Larry & Lois Lindsley
Kate Livie
Leslie Londeree
Paul & Mary Long
Elizabeth Lord
Van & Peggy Lott
William & Mary Ellen Love
Robert Loughhead
Dorothy Low
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Joan Lunney & William Idler
Don MacLeod
Charles & Joan Madary
Charles & Luann Madary
John & Eleanor Magee
Russell & Norah Mail
Jennifer Mainster-Hanna
Robert Malson
Joel & Debi Maness
Charles & Sherry Manning
Robert & Alice Mantell
Kelly Marley
John & Robin Marrah
Frank Marshall
Sperling & Brenda Martin
Virginia Martus
Carla Massoni Gallery
Robert & Carolyn Mattingly
John & Diana Mautz
Bill & Carol May
William & Mary Lou McAllister
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Lou McFadden
Jayne McGeehan
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Paul & Digie McGuirk
Rob & Tami McIntire
Clyde McKinney
Jonathan McLane
Steve McPhail
Gregory McVeigh
Fred & Nancy Meendsen
John Menard
Thomas & Cathy Mendenhall
Eleanor Merrill
Susan Merryman
Jack & Jill Meyerhoff
Frank & Anne Mickey
Eric & Elizabeth Mihan
William & Barbara Millar
William & Maxine Millar
Dick & Alice Miller
Richard & Ann Miller
Ladson & Tina Mills
Paul & Candace Milne
Edward & Suzanne Mitchell
Howard Mitchell
Paul Moates & Connie Sadler
Maurice Montaldi
Shane & Heather Moore
Elizabeth Moose
Rick & Elizabeth Morgan
Stephen Morris
Raymond & Margaret Munsch
Tracey Munson
John & Christine Murray
Photo by Gigi Halloran, Tidewater Camera Club
Photo by Fran Saunders, Tidewater Camera Club
James & Margaret Nallo
Albert Naeny
Conrad & Mirna Nelson
Janis Nesterak
Mark & Abigail Nestlehutt
Mark & Eugenia Newberg
Mike & Suzan Newnam
Willard & Doris Nielsen
Bob & Ceci Nobel
Jack & Pemmy Noble
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Norfolk Charitable Trust
Douglas & Mildred North
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Margaret Orem
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John Orndorff
Robert & Pamela Ortiz
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Mark & MaryAlice Pacious
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Robert Peterson
Gerald & Kathleen Petitt
Henry & Gale Petronis
Chuck & Betsy Petty
Christine Phillips
Lynne Phillips
Steven & Elizabeth Phillips
Ginger Pickle
Ronald & Patricia Pilling
John Pinney & Donna Cantor
David & Chloe Pitard
William & Elizabeth Platt
Norman & Ellen Plummer
William & Diane Poole
John Porter
Lynne Porter
Laurence & Beverly Pratt
Robert Price
& Nancy Hammond
Gary & Kathleen Pritchard
Robert & Catherine Prouse
Angela Pungello
Donald & Deborah Pusey
Gary Quinn
Bruce Ragsdale
& Richard Scobey
Gene & Joyce Rall
Carole Ratcliffe
Carol Raulston
Samuel & Linda Ray
Martha Read
Norma Redelé
Joe Redmond
Bryon Reilly
Robert Reinbold
Robert & Alice Reinbold
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Margaret Rennels
Eleanor Requard
Mary Restifo
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Robert Rich
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Claire Richardson
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Robert Riley
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Nancy Robson
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Thomas Rodgers
Martha Roe
Robert & Desne Roe
Art & Joyce Roerink
Thomas & Ellen Rogers
Margaret Roggensack
Paul & Susan Rohrkemper
David & Krista Ross
Evelyn Rossbach
the chesapeake log
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Photos by Joseph Soares, Tidewater Camera Club
Lee & Anne Roxbrough
Adrienne Rudge
Joseph & Marge Rue
David Sabourin
Stevens & Rosa Sands
Edward Santelmann
A.G. Schmitz
Keith & Marietta Schreiber
Richard Schubert
Richard & Margaret Schuster
Charles & Catherine Schutt
Richard & Robin Scofield
George Seger
David & Mary Segermark
Tom & Alexa Seip
Jean Sener
Dennis Seymour
& Bernadette Benik
Wayne & Josephine Shaner
Michael & Marcia Shannon
Hon. Christopher
& Betsi Shays
John & Lisa Sherwood
Kathryn Shook
Langley & Karen Shook
Nancy Shook
Robert & Anna Shuman
Alfred & Martha Sikes
Gerald Silverstein
& Abby Siegel
Peter Silvia
Salvatore & Elizabeth Simoncini
Katherine Simpson
Rembert & Jo Sue Simpson
Nancy Sims
Edward & Nancy Sipes
Luther & Marjo Smith
Bowen & Janet Smith
Barry Smith
Richard & Catharine Snowdon
Fred Snyder
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Mark Solomons & Jill Kent
Reynolds & Arden Somers
Harrison Somerville
Lucy Spiegel
Steve & Melissa Spielman
Arthur Spinetta
Henry & Linda Spire
Edward St. John
William & Nancy Stafford
Diane Stager
William Stamm
Henry & Judy Stansbury
James & Brenda Stansbury
Thomas & Christine Stauch
George & Margaret Steffens
Don & Sharon Steinwachs
Guy & Peggy Steuart
Kenneth & Rosalyn Stevens
Richard & Dorothy Stevens
Warren & Barbara Stevens
Tom & René Stevenson
Barbara Stewart
Glenna Stewart
Roger & Sally Stobbart
William & Mary Ann Stockman
Jack & Susan Stoltz
Kenneth & Margaret Strassner
Jefferson Strider
Dan Sutherland
David Sutter
Hobart & Janis Swan
Michael & Ann Sweeney
Mario & Elaine Tama
Diane Taylor
Ted & Betsy Taylor
Walter & Amy Teesdale
Peter & Shirley Thatcher
Marie & Stephen Thomas
Susan Thomas
Wayne Thompson
Rosemary Thomson
James & Frankie Thorington
Enos & Muriel Throop
Ben & Margo Tilghman
Mary Tilghman
Richard & Beverly Tilghman
John Todd
Mark Todd
August & Nancy Tolzman
Scott & Julie Tompkins
Hon. Russell & Aileen Train
Sam & Rosemary Trippe
Lester Trott
Paul Truelove
& Linda Thompson
Robert Turner
Francis Turner
& Kimberley Fritts
Alfred Tyler & Cleo Braver
Union United
Methodist Church
James & Susan Vail
John & Lise Valliant
Robert & Irene Valliant
William & Karen Van Evans
Helen Van Fleet
Robert & Mary Van Fossan
Van Strum Foundation
Todd & Rachel Vecchio
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Clint & Sandra Vince
Barbara Viniar
William Vitale
Lorraine Vollberg
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Scott Wagner
Josephine Wagoner
E. K. Walker
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George Wallace
Salvador & Peggy Waller
Wilmer Waller
Richard & Laura Ward
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Arthur & Nancy Waxter
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Donald Webster
Leon & Marysue Wechsler
Andrew & Susan Weisburger
Kendall & Melinda Wellman
Annette West
Clifton & Joan West
Douglas & Susan West
Henry & Rita Whaley
Jean Wheeler
William & Margaret Wheeler
Hugh Whitaker
David Whitworth
David White
January & Pamela White
Eunice Whitney
Carl & Pam Widell
The Widgeon Foundation
Ann Wiley
William A. Williams
Robert & Carol Williams
Darrell & Deborah Wilson
Bruce Wiltsie
David & Crissi Winans
John & Barbara Wing
William & Elizabeth Winstead
Peter & Hanna Woicke
Women’s Club of
St. Michaels
David & Janet Wood
Barry & Ann Wood
Thomas Wood
Albert & Michele Woodroof
Charles & Veronica Work
Frederick Wyman
Tim & Lisa Wyman
David Young
Donald & Joyce Young
Roslyn Young
Sanford & Margaret Young
Linda Zeigler-Lake
Linda Zimmer
Leonard & Karen Zuza
on the rail
Up on the rail
In summer 2010, the Boat Yard staff began restoration work on the bugeye Edna E.
Lockwood. Three deck beams, the mast partners, hatch trunk and several deck planks
were in need of replacement. Built in 1889 by John B. Harrison of Tilghman Island,
Edna dredged for oysters before being acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum in 1973. She was dismantled down to her nine logs in 1975 and rebuilt over
the next several years. In 1994, Edna was declared a National Historic Landmark.
Back in the water
By February 2011, shipwrights and their apprentices
have completed all of the structural work on Edna
and have begun painting the decks. The new main
boom and other spars, hardware and rigging are
due to be installed over the spring.
Photo by Janet M. Kerr, Tidewater Camera Club
the chesapeake log
the chesapeake log
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