Noddy (log canoe) explained

NODDY (log canoe)
Nearest City:St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates:38.8014°N -76.2214°W
Built:1930
Architect:Duke, Oliver
Architecture:Tilghman
Added:September 18, 1985
Refnum:85002257

The Noddy is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1930, by Oliver Duke in Royal Oak, Maryland, She measures 27'-6" long, with a beam of 6'-4". Her log hull remains unglassed, is painted white, and she races under No. 1. She one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. In 1985 she was located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.[1]

She was overhauled in 1999. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[2]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{MHT url|id=914}} Maryland Historical Trust]. 2008-06-14. NODDY (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust.
  2. Web site: Noddy #1 | CBLCSA. 2010-07-28. Noddy #1. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association.