Skipjacks at Annapolis

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>SKIPJACKS AT ANNAPOLIS</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dove at St. Marys"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workboats at Annapolis"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 11" x 14" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Until the early 1970's, many Chesapeake Bay skipjacks ended the winter workday of oystering at Annapolis City Dock.  Since then increasing numbers of pleasure craft have forced them to lay over at ports on the eastern shore of the Bay such as Tilghman island.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 46 foot </B><B>Sea Gull</B><B>, built at Crisfield, Maryland in 1924, and the larger 58 foot </B><B>Amy Mister</B><B>, built in Oriole, Maryland in 1914, are typical examples of this Chesapeake Bay boat type.  While the numbers of these craft has remained stable for a couple of years they are slowly but continually disappearing as rising operating costs make them less profitable.  Their end will surely come if Maryland ever repeals current conservation laws which permit dredging under power only two days per week, Monday and Tuesday.  On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday dredging is only allowed in the Bay under sail.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Amy Mister</B><B> no longer dredges for oysters.  Today, mast still in place, she lies abandon on the banks of the Wicomico river at Whitehaven, Maryland.   </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>