boat builders

last weekend i drove to cambridge in the rain to visit the maryland boat builder's show.

there were some great new deadrises...

this beautiful chris craft (visiting from detroit, i guess)...

some vintage boats like this '73 jester.

 a hand carved number...

a great mathews brothers...

but this composite really caught my eye!

sweet!

boat show

i am headed to cambridge tomorrow for the maryland boat builder's show.

boats for sale

i found a great website today: deadrise4sale.com. they broker chesapeake bay style boats.

whatever floats your boat

i love to hotdog around in my boat, but not this much! the creativity of boat builders appears to be limitless!

boat builder's showcase

go to higgins yacht yard to meet modern boat builders working in the 400 year old traditional style of workboats on the chesapeake bay. the boat builders showcase in st. michaels will feature deadrise and other work boat styles built by Broad Creek Marine, Composite Yacht, Eastport Yacht Co., Judge Yachts,and Mathews Brothers til 8 tonight and 10-6 saturday...its free

boat yard fire

now that the flames are out, tiffany yachts will start the rebuilding process. a total of four boats were lost as well as two buildings. such a tragic interruption of tiffany's 70-year old-plus great american boat building tradition. above is 'miss nancy', renovated and rebuilt by tiffany's and owned by some friends on the great wicomico river, directly across from tiffany's boat yard. here is some video from the fires with the owners of tiffany yachts.