St.Michaels Classic Boat Show

We are getting near the end of our stay on the Eastern Shore.  Before crossing back over to Annapolis to put the boat up for sale with a broker, we decided to visit some of our favorite Eastern Shore places and say good bye to a few friends.  Our first stop was St. Michaels where the annual Classic Boat Show was in full swing.  Dozens of wonderfully restored wooden and early non-wooden boats were on display.  The mahogany Chris Craft runabouts with their deep-throated engines and barrel back decks are our favorites.  Of course, sailing vessels were also represented with the Chesapeake Bay skipjacks holding top honors among wind-powered craft.  Their decks were full of people taking advantage of the opportunity to sail on one of these historic craft.  We enjoyed re-visiting the Maritime Museum and learning more about life on the Chesapeake Bay and how it has changed over the many years.  Unfortunately, many of the changes were for the worse due to over fishing and pollution from many sources as the Bay is fed by hundreds of tributary rivers in several states.

Typical Oyster Size Colonial Period Compared to Today

Nice Boat, But Not a True Classic

Workshop on Making a Mast

We stopped by the Lankford Bay Marina on our way back from St. Michaels to Rock Hall.  There we bid farewell to our friends the Mummerts.  We also made a brief stop at the Rock Hall Yacht Club to see who was competing in the weekend regatta.  While there we took some pictures of the sailboat wind mobile.  The wind blowing across the sails causes the sailboats to rotate around the lighthouse.  We haven't seen one like this before and wish we had one ourselves.  Too bad we aren't that skilled at making model sailboats and fabricating with metal.

Wind Powered Mobile