The ''Stanley Norman'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1902 by Otis Lloyd,

Salisbury, Maryland Salisbury () is a city in and the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Shore of Maryland, the state's Eastern Shore region. The population was 33,050 at the 2020 United ...

. She is in

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with length on deck (LOD) OF two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of , a depth of at the stern with the centerboard up, and a registered tonnage of 7 tons. ''Stanley Norman'' is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and was a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. The vessel was extensively rebuilt, renovated and the process documented from 1976 to 1980. In 1990 the vessel was sold to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and is based in

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, Maryland, used as a teaching vessel. On December 9, 2003, a fire in the cabin caused some damage, though there was no major damage. The vessel was based in Annapolis at either Annapolis City Dock near the

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(as pictured) or the

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City Dock is in the center of historic Annapolis. The Annapolis Maritime Museum is located in the Eastport area of Annapolis at 723 Second Street where th
museum's own historic skipjack, ''Wilma Lee''
is based. and also operated from the

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, exhibitions, and Watercraft, vessels. This interacti ...

in St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland. The teaching program aboard covered history and present issues of the Chesapeake, including the life of the Bay's watermen, and allowed participants to dredge for oysters and conduct water quality tests. The ''Stanley Norman'' was retired from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's fleet in the summer of 2020. On May 9, 2022, the ''Stanley Norman'' was purchased by RDC Inn at Perry Cabin LLC and now resides at Inn at Perry Cabin resort along the Miles River in St. Michaels, Maryland. She was listed on the

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in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 60, and was previously dredge 20.

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''Stanley Norman'' docked at the Annapolis Maritime Museum
(Photo and article)
Stern view photo with tender at Annapolis Maritime Museum

"My Time Aboard Skipjacks" by Michael A. Rawl
*, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust Tourist attractions in Annapolis, Maryland Ships in Talbot County, Maryland Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1902 ships National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub