Related Links and Information
Deal Island Labor Day Skipjack Race: September 2, 2024
Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race: September 21, 2024
Books and Publications
Skipjacks:
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks, by Pat Vojtech. 1993, Schiffer Publishing
Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen, by Christopher White. 2009, St. Martin's Press
No Time to Reef, by C. R. Webster
Working Skipjacks of Deal Island, by Brice N. Stump
Memoir of a Skipjack, by Randolph George
Workin' with the Wind, by Doug Stephens
Maryland Historic Trust Register of Historic Places skipjack fleet nomination form
Oysters:
Chesapeake Oysters, by Kate Livie. 2015, The History Press
The Oyster Question, by Christine Keiner. 2009, University of Georgia Press
Stories and Press Releases
The story of one woman's efforts to save George W. Collier (September 2015)
Videos and Photos
Drone video of 2022 Deal Island Skipjack Race.
YouTube overhead video taken of the 2015 Deal Island Skipjack Race.
Race Photos:
Linda Roy Walls Photography
D.P. Martin Photography
Kreative Exposures Photography
50th Deal Island Race Photos
Video of dredging on board Skipjack Kathryn, c.1989, with glimpses of a number of other skipjacks.
Walter Cronkite hosted "The Twentieth Century: The Sailing Oystermen" on CBS, February 7, 1965.
A collection of skipjack photos and listings of old skipjacks from Rosanne Schenck.