Martha

Martha (HM2JYG)

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N 38° 47.309', W 76° 13.23'

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Hoopers Island Dovetail

— Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum —

Dovetail boats were built in the early 1900s with gasoline engines and a special stern that looked like a motor racer. Martha was built in 1934 for $350 and was probably used for oyster tonging and trotlining for crabs. She was named after the owner's daughter, Martha Lewis. (While wives may change, daughters and mothers are said to be safe namesakes.)

These boats have many names; and are referred to as ducktail, draketail, torpedo-stern, or Hoopers Island launches, after the island in Dorchester County, Maryland, where they originate.


Built: 1934, Wingate, MD by Bronza Parks
Length: 43 ft, 0.5 in (13.26 m)
Beam: 8 ft, 3 in (2.53 m)


[Caption:]
A waterman crabbing with a trotline in a Hoopers Island dovetail, c. 1967. Photograph by Caryl Firth. Collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. Gift of the photographer.
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HM NumberHM2JYG
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Placed ByChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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Date Added Monday, August 26th, 2019 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 393999 N 4294012
Decimal Degrees38.78848333, -76.22050000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 47.309', W 76° 13.23'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 47' 18.54" N, 76° 13' 13.8" W
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