This Father’s Day weekend, more than 60 juried maritime artists and craftspeople from around the country will be showing and selling their beautiful works of art along the Miles River and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The June 15-17 Arts at Navy Point is part of the 31st Annual Antique & […]
Continue ReadingThe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., has announced four recent additions to its staff. Joining the team are Barry Raymond as Assistant Guest Relations Manager, Laurel Seeman as Programs Administrative Assistant, Tom Shephard as Charity Boat Donation Program Associate, and Taylor Williams as Shipwright Educator. A current Easton resident who grew up […]
Continue ReadingThe thrill of log canoe racing—four to 18 people in choreographed motion, balancing the strain on the rig, calling out puffs and lifts, eyeing the competition, sailing low on the water with enough horsepower to exceed theoretical hull speed in optimum conditions—is an experience seldom equaled, and one that is explored in a new book, […]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering two more sessions of its Family Boatshop program, on Saturdays, May 12, and August 4, 2018. Participation is limited, with advanced registration needed. Held from 10am–4pm, participants are invited to join Jenn Kuhn, CBMM’s shipyard programs manager, in the Boatshop for a family experience […]
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Miles River cruises aboard the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Winnie Estelle will begin running for the 2018 season on Friday, May 18, 2018. Guests can enjoy a 45-minute scenic cruise aboard the authentic 1920 Chesapeake buyboat May through October on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, departing from CBMM on the hour from noon to 3:00 […]
Continue ReadingThe public is invited to attend Easter Sunrise Service on the Miles River at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Coordinated and led by Bay Hundred Covenant Churches, the service is scheduled to begin at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand, as shown here. Officiating […]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s small craft rental program launches for the 2018 season on June 2, 2018 and will continue on select weekends through October. Sailing vessels, kayaks, and rowboats will be launched from CBMM’s floating docks along Fogg’s Cove and the Miles River. Participation is limited by the number of boats available, with […]
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Richard Scofield of Royal Oak, Md., has retired from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum after more than 30 years of service. Working on boats since he was 12 in his hometown of Stamford, Conn., Scofield has been connected to the Chesapeake region his entire life. Spending summers on the family farm in St. Michaels, he […]
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Pete Lesher, the chief curator for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will be the Lunch & Learn speaker for the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library on Monday, March 5, 2018 at noon. Lesher will give an illustrated talk on the stunning black-and-white work of Dutch-born photographer Robert de Gast. His photography […]
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Editor’s Note: This year’s May 12 Elf Classic Yacht Race from the Eastport Yacht Club to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is being postponed. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum says that the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild, the race’s organizers, the event will be restructured and rescheduled to a later date in the year. ##### (Contributed) […]
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