By: Wilford H. Hooper - Successful America’s Cup defender of 1893 defeated the British Challenger Valkyrie II. Vigilant was a centerboard sloop owned by C....
By: William E. Hitchcock 10-Gun American Privateer c. 1812 Baltimore clipper, c. 1812, sailed as a privateer under government commission. Highly successful both in speed...
By: Michael Costagliola An American merchant brig designed and built by Wm Webb at New York, 1853. She served the “Triangular Trade” from New York/Boston...
By: Bernd Braatz: This model depicts one of the original Revenue Cutters commissioned for the U.S. Navy in Baltimore, circa 1837. She was first built...
By: William H. Eisele With the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Navy’s gunboat class, Congress authorized the construction of two new 16-18 gun ships. The first...
by: Lloyd McCaffery Chesapeake Bay Skipjack of 1899; Full-hull model built in 1987; Glazed case of English ash burl veneer This well-balanced and straight forward...
By: Michael Costagliola "Baltimore clipper" schooner, c 1821, US privateer of 10 guns probably built in Philadelphia. This type ship were the models for later...
By: Erik Ronnberg Sr. The double-ended hull design or ‘pinked stern’ made this weatherly and sea-worthy schooner a successful Mackerel fisheries design from the 1720’s...
By: George R. Bullitt Whether known as Rail-Bird boats, rail gunning skiffs, reed bird skiffs, push skiffs or pole skiffs, Howard Chapelle has called these...