Virginia W

The Virginia W is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Guilford, Virginia. She is a 37.5-foot-long (11.4 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. Her beam is 13.5 feet (4.1 m), and she draws 3.3 feet (1.0 m) with centerboard up, 6 feet (1.8 m) with centerboard down. 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 Cambridge, Maryland, Dorchester County.[2]

Virginia W
The Virginia W hauled out of the water in Cambridge, Maryland in 2021
Virginia W is located in Maryland
Virginia W
Virginia W is located in the United States
Virginia W
LocationCambridge, Maryland
Coordinates38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W
Built1904
ArchitectLewis, Harrison
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.85001098[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1985

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 12.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". VIRGINIA W (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
  3. Miller, Cyndy Carrington. "Skipjacks by dredge number". The Last Skipjacks Project. Retrieved 21 March 2022.


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