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Oyster Boats Alive: Saving the Chesapeake's Skipjack Fishing Fleet |
| Section: CULTURE / PATTERNS |
| Author: Photography and text by Peter Holden |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/2003 |
| Size: 662 Words, 4,078 Characters |
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It's the Thomas Clyde's turn on the boatyard railway in St. Michaels on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The old sailboat sits high on an iron and wood pedestal. Work crews carefully replace rotting planks and caulk the seams on its hull. The Thomas Clyde is one of thirteen skipjacks slated for a refit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's boatyard. The repair work is an attempt by the State of Maryland to sav...
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...when they stopped fishing and began charters," says Chris Richards, captain of the schooner Lady Patty. "There was a lot of animosity and snickering. Then the leaders got involved and made it legitimate." Now many watermen are attuned to the possibilities of a thriving tourist industry, both as a means of supplementing their traditional sources of income and a way to keep the skipjack fleet alive.
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