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.

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.

The fresh mast is destined for the Nathan of Dorchester, the last authentic skipjack built on the Chesapeake Bay. The difference between the two masts is evident not only in color but in age and ...

DEAL ISLAND, MD - History repeated itself today on Deal Island as crowds gathered to watch the 65th annual Skipjack Races. These historic vessels, once the backbone of the Chesapeake Bay's oyster ...

Plans have been released to introduce a passenger ferry service across the Chesapeake Bay. ... there’s not a lot of opportunities to get out on the bay if you don’t already own a boat.

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — Marathon Open Water Swimmer Katie Pumphrey announced Tuesday that she plans to attempt a history-making 24-mile “Bay to Baltimore” swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ...

With shouts of “heave-ho,” eleven Montgomery County Public Schools teachers helped hoist the sails of the Chesapeake Bay skipjack Stanley Norman and set out to study the waters of the ...