After a full, nutty day at the Annapolis Sailboat Show, I headed over to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michael’s, Maryland, for the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival. I pulled into the entrance, lined with a tent city full of small boat enthusiasts; I felt right away that compared with the bustle of Annapolis, the change of energy suited my needs.
Here are some photos from my visit there. It was Sunday, the day after the big race and regatta, and so things were packing up, slowing down, and moving on due to a lightly threatening forecast.
Our Fearless Editor, Chris Cunningham, has traveled to this gathering in the past, and we plan to re-establish our connection with this fantastic gathering in 2018. A workshop? A beer social? We’re not sure yet, but get excited.
The campsites at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
A relative of the Pumpkinseed design, packed to go home.
A fine pile of boats ready to go home.
A very lovely Delaware Ducker built by the Lewes Historical Society.
A very lovely Delaware Ducker built by the Lewes Historical Society.
A very lovely Delaware Ducker built by the Lewes Historical Society.
SHADY SIDE almost ready to go home.
SHADY SIDE almost ready to go home.
MARGALO
MARGALO
MARGALO
WoodenBoat Forum enthusiast Steven Bauer rigs his family’s nutshell pram for a friend to use one last time before cartopping. His daughter Holly built it.
A thick rope gunwale guard looks good and protects both tender and mothership.
A thick rope gunwale guard looks good and protects both tender and mothership.
Wonderful handmade detail: a smart-looking disc fender.
This is an Oru Kayak, which folds down to suitcase-size. It’s made of rigid, strong corrugated plastic and is easier to assemble than other folding kayaks we’ve seen.
WoodenBoat Forum enthusiast Steven Bauer rigs his family’s nutshell pram for a friend to use one last time before cartopping. His daughter Holly built it.
Carol Knickman’s FISH, a lovely standup paddle board.
Carol Knickman’s FISH, a lovely standup paddle board.
Carol Knickman’s FISH, a lovely standup paddle board.
Carol Knickman’s FISH, a lovely standup paddle board.
This is an Oru Kayak, which folds down to suitcase-size. It’s made of rigid, strong corrugated plastic and is easier to assemble than other folding kayaks we’ve seen.
The boxy nesting tender to CARLITA, B&B Yacht Design’s Core Sound 17.
This Herreshoff Coquina just needs her mizzen and she’s ready to sail. The rudder is controlled by a long line that loops around the inside perimeter of the boat.
Graham of B&B Yacht Designs gets CARLITA, his Core Sound 17, ready for the road. He’s been everywhere with her this summer, and figures he’s done about 17,000 miles zigzagging across the country.
I also happened by the relaunching and re-christening of BELLE, a Herreshoff 12 1/2-inspired small sailing boat designed and built by Daniel Gonneau. With her more open layout inboard and with no internal ballast, she’s quite different from the design of her keelboat cousin, but no less gorgeous. Her new owner first saw her in the Calendar of Wooden Boats and thought she’d be just the boat for him. When she came up for sale, it was a dream come true for him.
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