The '' Edmee S. '' is a

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Ea ...

log canoe The log canoe is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from ...

. She was built in the Tilghman Island style from hewn logs by Oliver Duke in the 1930s. She is one of the last 22 Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes, and is actively raced with a crew of nine to eleven people. Her original name was ''Cecilia Mae'', but was renamed for Edmee S. Combs, whose husband funded the restoration. The hull was covered with

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during the restoration. She is owned by the

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site o ...

Saint Michaels, Maryland Saint Michaels, also known as St. Michaels, is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,094 at th2023 World Population Review Growing at a rate of 1.3% annually, its population hit a peak wi ...

and currently skippered by Marshall Patterson.

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*, including photo dated 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust Individual sailing vessels Chesapeake Bay boats Museum ships in Maryland Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum {{commonscat