Maryland Dove at CBMM September 19, 2020

I took my third trip to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to observe progress on the construction of the new Maryland Dove about 2 months after my previous visit. If you haven’t already catch up on my first two visits to see the Maryland Dove on January 12, 2020 and July 26, 2020.

I made a beeline to the museum’s shipyard to get a look at the Dove.

I did not notice many changes from the last time I saw the construction but I know a lot of detail work goes into such a creation.

I hope some of my viewers can spot the changes. According to the construction schedule the work has mainly been frame construction and installation.

If on schedule then coming up this fall will be planking and rigging.

Going past the stern I noticed she has a neighbor on the marine railway, the crab dredger Old Point undergoing annual maintenance.

After getting some photos from this side I decided to visit parts of the museum I hadn’t looked at before and some that I had.

In front of the shipyard building is some of the construction equipment used in construction and maintenance of watercraft.

Coming around the other side of the shipyard Old Point can be seen next to another museum project, the river tug Delaware.

Located near several structures around the property are these gel hand sanitizers which is very welcome. I wish they also had one outside the exit of the museum as two door handles need to be touched in order to exit, but I can understand only having them on museum property.

I took a look through their Waterfowling exhibit, a building I’d never been in before in all my visits to the museum.

The have fascinating exhibits on various types of decoys

as well as the guns used during commercial hunting.

I moved on to the Oystering on the Chesapeake exhibit which I walked though in my January visit. I had a peek back then in the underbelly of the skipjack E.C. Collier which is now the centerpiece of this exhibit but this time I stepped aboard her to have a look around.

She serves as a fascinating exhibit of what tools and equipment were used aboard these boats.

You can also get a glimpse into what life might have been like on board.

On the way back to the center of the museum I saw a big chunk of what I believe is an Osage orange tree that had been donated after having been taken down for safety reasons and now being used to help construct the Maryland Dove. Check out this Chesapeake Bay Magazine article for more info.

Looking across the central yard I noticed the Patriot departing. I took a ride aboard her during my previous visit to St. Michaels. Click here to read about it – be sure to include a ride on her as part of your next trip to the area!

I also noticed Watermark‘s Lady Sarah at dock on one of her periodic cross bay trips from Annapolis to St. Michaels. It has been many years since I have been on this boat but I recall that I have done so at least twice, once on the same trip she was here for and another for her trip on the Chesapeake Bay to visit 3 lighthouses.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a beautiful and large museum. I always love coming here and there’s always something new to discover and learn about. Be sure to check out more photos I took this day by clicking here!