Annapolis Maritime Museum

Annapolis Maritime Museum
to host the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester
First Annual Market Day
Sunday, August 10
1 - 4 p.m.

Buying fresh watermelon off a passing skipjack was an everyday event this time of year not that long ago. The wharves and docks of Annapolis would be crowded with workboats hauling farm produce from the shores of South County and the Eastern Shore. Annapolitans could walk to the waterfront and buy fruit and vegetables fresh from the fields.

To celebrate this historic link between regional farmers and the Bay’s traditional watercraft, the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, loaded with watermelon, will sail from Cambridge to the Annapolis Maritime Museum and offer her cargo for sale during the Museum’s first-ever Market Day on Sunday, August 10, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Watermelon won’t be the only fresh Eastern Shore produce available. Arriving aboard their fleet of pick-up trucks, area farmers will also be on hand, tailgating just-picked squash, beans, tomatoes and corn. Them Eastport Oyster Boys and other area musicians will kick up their heels with some down-home home-grown music to round out the afternoon.

The Nathan of Dorchester is the last skipjack to be built on the Bay and sails regularly out of Cambridge carrying passengers and school groups. Volunteers from Cambridge's Richardson Maritime Museum will load the melon and sail her to Annapolis. Proceeds from the melon will help defray the boat's travel costs.

Market Day

Annapolis Maritime Museum to host the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester First Annual Market Day Sunday, August 10 1 - 4 p.m.

Annapolis Maritime Museum
to host the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester
First Annual Market Day
Sunday, August 10
1 - 4 p.m.