The ''Elsworth'' is a
Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at
Hudson, Maryland. She is a two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 14.3', a depth of 3.1', and a gross registered tonnage of 8 tons. 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 owned by the
Echo Hill Outdoor School
The Echo Hill Outdoor School was founded in 1972 by Peter P. Rice Jr. and is located near Betterton in Kent County on Maryland's Eastern Shore Eastern Shore may refer to:
* Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia), a region
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and used for educational excursions on the
Chester River and
Chesapeake Bay. The Echo Hill School acquired the ''Elsworth'' in 1988 and rebuilt her starting in 1996.
The ''Elsworth'' is kept at the public pier in
Chestertown, Maryland alongside the
Schooner Sultana.
She was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
She is assigned Maryland dredge number 22.
References
External links
ELSWORTH (skipjack), Talbot County including photo in 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
Kent County, Maryland
Skipjacks
Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
1901 ships
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Maryland
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