Stanley Norman (skipjack)

STANLEY NORMAN

Stanley Norman in 2008
Location Edgar Cove, St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates 38°45′58″N 76°15′37″W / 38.76611°N 76.26028°W / 38.76611; -76.26028Coordinates: 38°45′58″N 76°15′37″W / 38.76611°N 76.26028°W / 38.76611; -76.26028
Built 1902
Architectural style Skipjack
MPS Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP Reference # 85001086 [1]
Added to NRHP May 16, 1985

The Stanley Norman is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1902 at Salisbury, Maryland. She is a 47.5-foot-long (14.5 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 16 feet (4.9 m), a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) at the stern with the centerboard up, and a registered tonnage of 7 tons. 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 St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". STANLEY NORMAN (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.


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