Stanley Norman (skipjack)

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STANLEY NORMAN
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Edgar Cove, St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°45′58″N 76°15′37″W / 38.76611°N 76.26028°W / 38.76611; -76.26028Coordinates: 38°45′58″N 76°15′37″W / 38.76611°N 76.26028°W / 38.76611; -76.26028
Built/Founded: 1902
Architectural style(s): Skipjack
Governing body: Private
MPS: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
Added to NRHP: May 16, 1985
NRHP Reference#: 85001086

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The Stanley Norman is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1902 at Salisbury, Maryland. She is a 47.5 foot long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop.She has a beam of 16', a depth of 4' at the stern with the centerboard up, and a registered tonnage of 7 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 located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/. 
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". STANLEY NORMAN (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=881&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot. 

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