The restoration of the Edna E. Lockwood
at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
in St. Michaels, Maryland.
HISTORY
Launched October 5, 1889 in Tilghman Island, the Edna E. Lockwood is an example of a Chesapeake Bay nine-log bugeye. John B. Harrison was commissioned to build the boat, which joined the hundreds of oyster dredgers on the Chesapeake for 78 years. She holds the legacy as the last of her kind to dredge oysters on the Bay. READ MORE.
WHAT IS A BUGEYE?
The bugeye is a distinct type of Chesapeake Bay sailboat developed for dredging oysters and is the predecessor of the skipjack. READ MORE
