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Chesapeake Bay Skipjack
Monday, February 1st, 2010
This kit by Midwest measures Overall Length: 21″ Height: 20-1/2″ Beam: 4-1/2″. The “Skipjack” is the last working sailboat to ply the American waters in any significant numbers. Perhaps the best known vessel connected with the Chesapeake Bay, these vessels possessed a highly raked mast and a large amount of sail area, giving them the power necessary to haul the dredging equipment used to collect oysters. This model represents a 48 foot long vessel known as an “Oyster Pirate”. Op (more…)
