Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race

    When you photograph skipjacks, anywhere you point the camera you get artistic pictures.  I had never traveled on a skipjack until the invitation was extended to go up the Chesapeake Bay to Havre de Grace, Maryland aboard the MARTHA LEWIS.  Until this boat ride, I didn't fully understand the functionality of the pushboat.  Now after seeing first hand how it works, I have one adjective to describe the concept: dazzling!

David Blackwell        

The pushboat pushin' MARTHA LEWIS along the Choptank River.
Good ole' diesel power.

 

Skipjack THOMAS CLYDE cruising along our port side, heads back to Tilghman Island.

 

Skipjack H. M. KRENTZ on a Sunday ride.

 

The drawbridge at Tilghman Island opens as we pass through Knapp Narrows.

 

The drawbridge slowly closes as we leave Knapp Narrows.

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