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 Cambridge, Maryland, Dorchester County.[2]
Virginia W | |
 The Virginia W hauled out of the water in Cambridge, Maryland in 2021 | |
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| Location | Cambridge, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 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 No. | 85001098[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1985 |
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 12.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". VIRGINIA W (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
- ^ Miller, Cyndy Carrington. "Skipjacks by dredge number". The Last Skipjacks Project. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
External links edit
- VIRGINIA W (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust