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[October 22, 2018]

The Shape of Water

The last vestige of a vanished fleet lives on through the art of Chesapeake boatbuilding.

by Lydia Woolever for Baltimore Magazine

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[August 3, 2018]

1889 oyster boat nears final restoration phases

ST MICHAELS — Edna Lockwood, a boat used to dredge oysters, was craned from its spot on the yard Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Shipyard to its marine railway in preparation for October’s relaunch, officials said.

by Kayla Rivas for The Star Democrat

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[July 17, 2018]

Listen: Radio Interview with Joe Connor

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Shipwright Joe Connor updates WCEI radio listeners on the progress of the Edna Lockwood restoration project.

Matt Spence for WCEI


[May 9, 2018]

Restoration project underway for the last sailing bugeye left in the world

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has the last sailing bugeye left in the entire world.

Justina Coronel for WMDT

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[February 20, 2018]

Listen: Radio Interview with Joe Connor

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Shipwright Joe Connor updates WCEI radio listeners on the progress of the Edna Lockwood restoration project.

Matt Spence for WCEI


[November 30, 2017]

SkyCam16: Edna Lockwood

WBOC's Amy Lu lifts off with SkyCam16 to have a look at Edna Lockwood, the last known bugeye sailboat, a historic boat in Talbot County that is being fully restored at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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[September 27, 2017]

Edna Lockwood Presents Restoration Challenges

Take a close look at the Edna Lockwood sailboat today and you'll notice the red frames hanging from her top - a lot like rib bones.

That's because the world's last known bugeye sailboat is undergoing major surgery that Chesapeake Maritime Museum visitor, Annette Kane, has been eyeing for months.

Amy Lu for WBOC

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[May 16, 2017]

Listen: Radio Interview with Michael Gorman

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman talks with WCEI about the progress on Edna Lockwood's historic restoration. 

Matt Spence for WCEI


[April 25, 2017]

Listen: Radio Interview with Joe Connor

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Shipwright Joe Connor sits down with WCEI to share information on historic restoration of Edna Lockwood

Matt Spence for WCEI


[March 21, 2017]

Listen: Radio Interview with Michael Gorman

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman gives another progress update on the restoration of Edna Lockwood

Matt Spence for WCEI


[February 23, 2017]

Edna E. Lockwood preparing for a brand new bottom

For 78 years, the Edna. E. Lockwood, a nine-log bugeye, worked dredging oysters on the Chesapeake Bay. She was the last of her type, a two-masted sailboat, to engage in oyster dreging. 

by Bob Ruegsegger for the Gloucester-Matthews Gazette-Journal

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[February 21, 2017]

Listen: Radio interview with Michael Gorman

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman gives a progress update on the restoration of Edna Lockwood

Matt Spence for WCEI


[January 12, 2017]

VIDEO: Ship’s Bottom Going Up

Edna E. Lockwood, queen of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is in the middle of a two-year restoration that will bring her back to her original condition. 

Soundings Magazine

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[December 1, 2016]

Log Canoes in the Chesapeake 

Part of Michael Gorman's intent was to add another racing Log Canoe to the Chesapeake Bay's dwindling fleet, but the ultimate cause was to use the project as a training exercise for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's staff and volunteers, who would later restore Edna E. Lockwood, the world's last remaining sailing Bugeye and National Historic Landmark. 

by Ridge Turner for Sailing World

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[November 18, 2016]

Small Talk: Old-fashioned boat building is alive and well

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is rebuilding the queen of its fleet, the 54-foot Edna E. Lockwood. You can watch the ongoing project to restore the hull, while asking the workers questions.

The old oyster boat or “Bugeye” has two masts and three sails. During the winters of 1889 through 1967, it worked the oyster beds of the Chesapeake Bay. It was later used as a family boat and then donated to the museum in 1974.

by Bill Rettew Jr. for Daily Local News

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[November 15, 2016]

Edna E. Lockwood: Last Of Her Kind

You’d have a tired bottom, too, if yours were 127 years old. That’s the case with the Edna E. Lockwood, an historic, log-bottom Chesapeake Bay sailing bugeye that’s getting a new lease on life at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland.

by Gary Reich for Soundings Magazine

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[October 19, 2016]

Shipwrights launch Edna Lockwood restoration

ST. MICHAELS - The pines that stand at attention on the road to St. Michaels are mere toothpicks compared to the massive loblolly timber young shipwrights are shaping to restore new life to the world's oldest Chesapeake Bay oyster-dredging bugeye, Edna E. Lockwood. 

by Connie Connolly for the Star Democrat

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[October 15, 2016]

CBMM welcomes new shipwright and apprentices for Edna Lockwood restoration

ST. MICHAELS –  The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has recently welcomed Michael Rogers of Trappe, Md. as a shipwright, along with three professional shipwright apprentices to work on the 2016-2018 log-hull restoration of the historic 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood. Joining Rogers on the project are apprentices Spencer Sherwood of Newport Beach, Ca., Lauren Gaunt of Pleasant Ridge, Mi., and Michael Allen of Barrington, R.I. The two-year restoration project is being managed by CBMM Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman and Shipwright J. Maris (Joe) Connor, rounding off a dedicated team of shipwrights, apprentices, and volunteers.

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[August 24, 2016]

Machipongo pines anchor boat restoration

Logs from Shore trees used to restore historic bugeye at St. Michaels museum

by Philip W. Tankard for Eastern Shore News

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[March 6, 2016]

WBOC 16 Delmarva, interview with CBMM President Kristen Greenaway & Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman on the delivery of logs for the Edna Restoration Project.

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[March 6, 2016]

Logs arrive for bugeye restoration

ST. MICHAELS - On Saturday, March 5, loblolly pine logs were delivered to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, officially beginning the pre-restoration process of the Edna E. Lockwood.

by Chelsea Linder for the Star Democrat

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[February 26, 2016] 

CBMM hosts March 11 forum on restoring Edna E. Lockwood 

ST. MICHAELS - On Friday, March 11, 2016, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will convene a panel of maritime preservation experts for a public forum on its planned 2016-2018 restoration of the National Historic Landmark Chesapeake Bay bugeye Edna E. Lockwood.

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