Chesapeake Bay Deck Boats.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chowning, Larry S.

Series:

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buyboats--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--History.

Buyboats.

Buyboats--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Pictorial works.

Work boats--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--History.

Work boats.

Oyster culture--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--History.

Oyster culture.

Atlantic Ocean--Chesapeake Bay.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

During the 1880s, Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders began constructing small wooden open boats, referred to as deadrise boats, out of planks with V-shaped bows. As boatbuilders created larger deadrise boats, decks were installed to provide more work and payload space; these deck boats also had a house/pilothouse near the stern and a mast closer to the bow of the boat. Deck boats were powered by gasoline engines but also utilized sails and wind. From the 1910s to the 1940s, auxiliary "steadying" sails were raised to help steady the boat when encountering adverse seas. More deck boats were built in the 1920s than in any other decade. Over the history of the boats, several thousand worked the bay in the freight business, were used to buy and plant oysters, worked in the bay's pound net fishery, and dredged for crabs and oysters. Approximately 40 boats are left on the bay. A few still work the water. Some have found new life as recreational yachts, and others are education boats owned by museums and nonprofits. In 2004, boat owners formed the Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association, which holds an annual rendezvous at different ports as a way to educate the public about this unique aspect of Chesapeake Bay maritime history

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. From Sail to Power

2. Log Boats

3. Freight and Passenger Boats

4. Buying and Planting Seed Oysters

5. Oyster and Crab Dredging

6. Runners and Buyboats

7. Pound-Net and Haul-Seine Boats

8. Pleasure and Education Boats

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439670569

1439670560

OCLC:

1245673732