Skipjacks at Sunrise

<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="#006666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Skipjacks at Sunrise</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="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shrimp Boats at Jekyll Island"><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="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sallie Bramble"><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="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><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="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><U><B>Return to Water Color & Oil page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#0099CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>The</B><B> 58 foot Amy Mister, built in Oriole, Maryland in 1914,</B><B>  and </B><B>46 foot Sea Gull, built at Crisfield, Maryland in 1924,</B><B> are typical examples of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.  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>This scene shows these two Skipjacks working on a typical early winter morning in the 1950s or 60s.  By 1979 the Amy Mister had been abandoned on the banks of the Wicomico River at Whitehaven.  Sea gull continued dredging for many years after that, however, I do not know what became of her. </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>