Box Stern Style:Plans & Instructions Only

Box Stern Style:Plans & Instructions OnlyThis type of boat is also known as a Deadrise. Its the most popular work boat on the Chesapeake Bay to this day. The Box Stern is used for oystering, crabbing and fishing, and plain old enjoying the Bay. Kit Contains: Wood base for finished modelFull size blueprintsInstruction ManualSelected precut partsDimensions: 20 inches long6" Wide8"Tall

In the early 1900's

There are only a handful of these graceful boats left

maybe even a few years earlier

17 inches tallSkill level – Intermediate to advanced

Hooper Island Draketail The "Hooper's Island Draketail" was named after the small island located in the lower half of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern shore

A Bugeye is a two-masted sailing vessel used for dredging oysters

Kit Contains: Basswood framing & sides Hardware & rigging supplies Pre-routed base Pre-cut keel & stern Cedar bottom planking Instructions & Blueprints Dimensions: 21in LongModel done in 1/2in scale

This practice enabled the other working boats to stay out on the waters longer

but is captained by its present owner Tilghman Hemsley

Basic Tool Kit Kit Contains: See Through Case Sandpaper Clothes Pins 1 – clamp CA Glue Wood Glue 8 inch Ruler # 2 Pencil # 5 Multi Purpose Knife with Blade Saw Blade

Kit Contains: Basswood framing & sides Hardware & rigging supplies Pre-routed base Pre-cut keel & stern Cedar bottom planking Instructions & Blueprints Dimensions: 20in Long 6in Wide Model done in 3/4in scale

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