Kermit Travers, 78, one of the last African-American skipjack captains, reflects on his nearly 60 years harvesting oysters on the Chesapeake Bay.

A look at the Chesapeake Skipjack's legacy. A sentimental look at the history and legacy of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack -- a tough oystering work boat whose crews have become the stuff of legend ...

Through regulation and preservation, Maryland’s oysters and its official state boat, the skipjack, ... By the early 2000s, the oyster party on the Chesapeake Bay was all but over.

Anything and everything can be sold online these days from cars to boats including Maryland’s gem of the sea, the skipjack. Skipjacks are boats that leap in and out of the water, very much li… ...

The Annapolis Maritime Museum takes the historic skipjack Wilma Lee out for a watch party for the start of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Thursday, October 6, 2022. The boats approach the ...

A March gale sank the Claud W. Somers, and that’s not all it destroyed. It ended a tradition of Black skipjack captain-owners on the Chesapeake Bay.

ST. MICHAELS, Md. (WJZ) -- Rosie Parks was built in 1955 and was one of the most famous skipjacks to ever sail the Chesapeake Bay. But now she desperately needs repairs. Ron Matz has more from St ...

Schooner: These Colonial-era workhorses were used for everything from hauling cargo to tormenting the British. The sleek, typically two-masted sailboats are feted every October at the Great Chesapeake ...

The skipjack could be used for a six-passenger tour boat, private sailing vessel or could be set back up to dredge, Conrad said in the ad. The $10,000 asking price is firm, "or make an offer.

DEAL ISLAND, Md. (AP) -- The skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark has come out on top again in an annual race held for the iconic Chesapeake Bay work boats. Capt. Wade Murphy sailed the skipjack to her 11th ...

For centuries, Chesapeake Bay oysters were harvested by skipjacks, those tall, sleek, singled-masted sailboats. The skipjacks are mostly gone now, replaced by more efficient, less majestic ways of ...

Kermit Travers, 78, one of the last African-American skipjack captains, reflects on his nearly 60 years harvesting oysters on the Chesapeake Bay.