Ida May (skipjack)
The Ida May is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1906 at Urbanna or Deep Creek, Virginia. She is a 42.2-foot-long (12.9 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 14.4 feet (4.4 m), a depth of 3.3 feet (1.0 m), and a net register tonnage of 7. 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 Chance, Somerset County, Maryland.[2]
Ida May | |
 The Ida May in 2013 | |
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| Location | Upper thorofare, Chance, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°10′10″N 75°56′49″W |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architectural style | Skipjack |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001077 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1985 |
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- M.E. Hayward and Anne Witty (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ida May (skipjack)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
- Blog of Gladden Family's Reconstruction of Historic Skipjack Ida May
- IDA MAY (skipjack), Somerset County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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