Ralph T. Webster (skipjack) explained

RALPH T. WEBSTER
Location:Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, Maryland
Coordinates:38.7128°N -76.3314°W
Built:1905
Architecture:Skipjack
Added:May 16, 1985
Refnum:85001094

The Ralph T. Webster is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1905 at Oriole, Maryland. She is a 47.7' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.3' and a depth of 3.5', with net registered tonnage of 8 tons. She 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 Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[1]

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=876}} Maryland Historical Trust]. 2008-06-14. RALPH T. WEBSTER (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust.