Annapolis Maritime Museum Finds Dockage for Classic
Bay-Built “Drake-Tail” Workboat

August 9, 2002—The Annapolis Maritime Museum found good neighbors in the King James Landing Association, which has offered to provide dockage at its community marina on the upper reaches of Back Creek for a 1925 “drake-tail” workboat recently donated to the museum.

“The docks at McNasby’s are too exposed to properly protect the boat,” explains the museum’s facilities and fleet supervisor, Capt. Bill O’Gara, “so we’re grateful to have such a well-protected spot to keep this beautiful specimen of a workboat.”

The slip at the King James Landing marina is ill suited for any modern recreational boat, but it’s ideal for the drake-tail, which is 38 feet long, with a beam of only 6’ 8” and a draft of just 14”. The boat will be brought down to the museum’s docks at the McNasby oyster packing house at the Back Creek end of Second Street in Eastport for special occasions.

For more information, call 410-263-9446.

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Museum Seeks Local Dockage for Classic Bay-built
"Drake-Tail" Workboat

The Annapolis Maritime Museum is looking for a business or homeowner along Back Creek to provide dock space for a 1925 "drake-tail" workboat that the owner is about to donate to the museum.

"The docks at McNasby’s are too exposed to properly protect the boat," explains the museum’s facilities and fleet supervisor, Capt. Bill O’Gara, "so we’re hoping to find someone willing to have this beautiful specimen at their dock further up the creek, where it will be better protected, but still easy to bring down to the museum for special occasions."

The boat is 38 feet long, with a beam of only 6’ 8" and a draft of just 14". The boat will be fully insured.

For more information, call 410-263-9446.

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