Buy Boat Style:Complete Kit Smith Island Crabbing Boat The

Smith Island Crabbing Boat The Smith Island Crabbing Boat is actually known as a crab scraping boat

Hooper Island Draketail The "Hooper's Island Draketail" was named after the small island located in the lower half of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern shore

Kent Island Tuck Stern The tuck stern workboat was believed to have originated in Shadyside MD

The skiff was pushed around in the marshes with a long pole

Kit Contains:Wood base for finished modelFull size blueprintsInstruction ManualSelected precut partsDimensions:20 inches long6" Wide8"Tall

Buy Boat Style:Complete Kit Smith Island Crabbing Boat TheChesapeake Bay Buy Boat A buy boat is a large vessel (usually 50' or more) that went up and down the Chesapeake Bay and bought the daily catch from the Skipjacks and other working boats. The buy boats would then take the catch to the market. You might say that these boats were considered the middle men of the water. This practice enabled the other working boats to stay out on the waters longer. These boats still work today, but they also carry seed