Amy Mister at Whitehaven

<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>Amy Mister at Whitehaven</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="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sandy point"><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="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foot of Broadway1988"><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 & Oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div>      </div> <div> <B>The 58 foot Amy Mister (Official No. 212660) was built in Oriole, Maryland in 1914 and is a typical example of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.   She dredged for oysters from 1914 until the late 1970s and was a regular participant in the skipjack races at the Sandy Point Chesapeake Appreciation Days celebration.  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.  By 1979 the Amy Mister had been abandoned on the banks of the Wicomico River at Whitehaven and remains there to this day.  Ony about 12 skipjacks remain derdging on the Bay today.  Their end will surely come if Maryland ever repeals current conservation laws which permit dredging under power only two days per week; the other days dredging is only allowed in the Bay under sail.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>