Noddy (log canoe)

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NODDY (log canoe)
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Nearest city St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates 38°48′5″N76°13′17″W / 38.80139°N 76.22139°W / 38.80139; -76.22139
Built1930
ArchitectDuke, Oliver
Architectural styleTilghman
MPS Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP reference No. 85002257 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1985

The Noddy is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1930, by Oliver Duke in Royal Oak, Maryland, She measures 27'-6" long, with a beam of 6'-41⁄2". Her log hull remains unglassed, is painted white, and she races under No. 1. She one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. In 1985 she was located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland. [2]

She was overhauled in 1999. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. [3]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". NODDY (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Noddy #1 | CBLCSA". Noddy #1. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association. 2010-07-28.


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