Virginia W
Virginia W | |
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Location | Knapps Narrows, Tilghman Island, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W / 38.71917°N 76.33389°WCoordinates: 38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W / 38.71917°N 76.33389°W |
Built | 1904 |
Architect | Lewis, Harrison |
Architectural style | Skipjack |
MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
NRHP Reference # | 85001098[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 16, 1985 |
The Virginia W is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Guilford, Virginia. She is a 37.5-foot-long (11.4 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. Her beam is 13.5 feet (4.1 m), and she draws 3.3 feet (1.0 m) with centerboard up, 6 feet (1.8 m) with centerboard down. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. She is located at Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". VIRGINIA W (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
External links
- VIRGINIA W (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
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