Sterling and Yeomac

<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="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>STERLING</B><B> AND </B><B>YEOMAC</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="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="47 Foot Lifeboat at Ocean City Inlet"><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="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Penquin at Solomons 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="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><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="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B>Return to water color and oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Sterling</B><B> and </B><B>Yeomac</B><B> represent a type of Chesapeake Bay watercraft seen infrequently today.  Buy boats are now rarely seen and the heavier fishing craft used when Bay sea life was more abundant have been replaced by the smaller, shallow draft deadrise craft needed to compete in today's market.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 55 foot </B><B>Sterling</B><B>, shown here at the city dock at Crisfield, Maryland, was built in 1928 in Ruark, Virginia.  Following many years in the Bay fisheries she also served time hauling freight on the Bay.  The 60 foot </B><B>Yeomac</B><B> was launched principally as a fishing boat in 1924 in Deltaville, Virginia and was originally named the </B><B>Zella M. Hurley</B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>