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Old 12-07-15, 11:36 AM   #12
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Default Chesapeake bugeyes and log canoes

I'm bugeyed over this ol Cheasapeake oyster dredger Edna Lockwood Then of course there's the ultimate: Chesapeake Log Canoe racer such as the Edmee S.seen racing http://www.coastalliving.com/travel/chesapeake-bay-log-canoe-racing
Log canoes really are made of logs, usually three or five fastened together and then hollowed out and shaped to create a hull. A couple of centuries ago, the bay teemed with the sturdy, graceful craft. “They were your family pickup truck,” . Watermen used them to harvest oysters and fish. Farmers filled them with crops to market. And when two or more boats were heading in the same direction, sometimes a trip turned into a race.
Fewer than two dozen log canoes remain, most of them built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. All have retired from their working careers. About half still actively race. Their owners have turned these pickup trucks into sports cars by “overcanvasing”―piling ridiculous amounts of sail onto ever-taller masts―which makes them prone to capsizing. According to the rules of the Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association, the only penalty for sail area is an inability to keep the boat upright. “It’s self-handicapping,”. Oddly, the reliable dog bred to guard the oyster boats is now recognized as the Chesapeake Bay Retriever-my cousin, a renowned HobieCat racer, raises them. The Official dog of Maryland!


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