Workboats 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>WORK BOATS AT ANNAPOLIS</B></div> <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="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Skipjacks at Annapolis"><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="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Simons Island"><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="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to</B></U></A><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>  16" x 20" Pen & Ink</B></U></A><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B> page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#444444" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Progress has slowly but consistently edged out most the workboats that once filled this small harbor during the summer months.  In the winter, however, some still return to the extent space is available.  Power work boats with hydraulic oyster dredges, and skipjacks rigged for dredging under sail in the Maryland portion of the Bay, are now seen for the most part on the eastern shore of the bay at ports like Tilghman Island and Crisfield.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 46 foot </B><B>Martha Lewis</B><B>, built in Wingate, Maryland in 1955, is typical of the skipjacks which, by Maryland law, are the only vessels permitted to dredge for oysters on Wednesday through Friday of each week; power dredging is only permitted on Monday and Tuesday.  The Martha Lewis is now operated as a tour boat in Havre de Grace, Maryland</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>