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.