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="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>ANNAPOLIS</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#262626" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <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="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Romain at Baltimore Inner Harbor"><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="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fells Point Thames at Ann Street"><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="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 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 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#AAAAAA" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>Annapolis harbor has been providing anchorage for watercraft of all types for over three hundred years since Thomas Todd opened his shipyard on Spa Creek.  A vital revolutionary war port, Annapolis became a center of the Chesapeake Bay fishing industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Today the City Dock in Annapolis continues to reflect the wide ranging cross section of the various water craft that work the Bay.  Interspersed with increasing numbers of pleasure boats are examples of the working water craft common in the Chesapeake Bay.  Until the late 1960s skipjacks docked here at the end of the winter work day and oyster buy boats were common at sundown.  Crowding soon forced the skipjacks to other dockage such as Kent Island; however, crabbers, tongers and clammers still make their way here in the winter months.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 41 foot </B><B>Endeavor</B><B>, built in 1947 in Deltaville, Virginia for oystering, is an excellent example of the typical deadrise hull design which evolved to meet the very specific needs of the Chesapeake Bay waterman.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>