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The Skipjacks

The skipjacks included here have been divided into those that originally were built to be dredge boats (whether or not they still serve that purpose), full-size skipjacks that originally were built to be recreational vessels (whether or not they now may work as dredge boats), smaller or "baby" skipjacks originally built as pleasure craft and under about 30 feet on deck, and those boats that have been lost since the Project began. (Only skipjacks that have disappeared entirely since the Project began are listed as "lost." Wrecks with pieces still visible at their last known location are included in the other appropriate categories.)

Also included are some three-sail bateaux. While these generally are not considered skipjacks, some have been converted to skipjacks and there is enough overlap that we finally decided to include some listings of those we come across. We welcome any information on further boats that should be included on this list. Please see the Inclusion Criteria for how boats were selected and categorized.

Since some of the boats have changed names since the Project began, any previous names they have had since 2009 are noted. Former names from further back will be found in each skipjack's backgound description, once completed.

Full-Size Skipjacks Originally Built to be Dredge Boats
Skipjack Name
 Year Built
Home Port/Location
Status
Other Recent Name
1915
Beaufort, NC
Active?
1953
Cobb Island, MD
Active
1949
Deal Island, MD
Restoration
1911
Reedville, VA
Active
1979
Solomons Island, MD
Restoration
1910
St. Michaels, MD
Exhibit
1901
Worton, MD
Active
1904
Deal Island, MD
Active
1907
Cambridge, MD
Restoration/Wreck
1981
Deal Island, MD
Active
Anna McGarvey
1948
Deal Island, MD
Active
1905
Deal Island, MD
Active
1955
St. Michaels, MD
Active
1906
Deal Island, MD
Active
1936
Piney Point, MD
Exhibit
1901
Deal Island, MD
Active
1956
Deal Island, MD
Active
1955
Havre de Grace, MD
Active
1906
Tilghman Island, MD
Active
2016
Madison, MD
Active
1994
Cambridge, MD
Active
1911
Middle River, MD
Restoration
1984
Gloucester Point, VA
Active
1886
Tilghman Island, MD/Madison
Restoration
1911
Norwalk, CT
Active
1955
St. Michaels, MD
Active
1901
Baltimore, MD
Active
1949
Wenona, MD
Active
1902
St. Michaels, MD
Active
1911
Tilghman Island, MD
Active
1904
Deal Island, MD
Active
1940
Eastport, MD
Active

Full-Size Skipjacks Originally Built as Recreational Vessels
Skipjack Name
 Year Built
Home Port/Location
Status
Other Recent Name
1964
Deal Island, MD
Active
1950s ?
Madison, MD
Active
Abbie Ann
1978
Cambridge, MD
Active
1987
Kent Island, MD
Active
1975
Deep Creek, Onancock, VA
Active
Charlotte E. Foster
1978
Unknown
Unknown

Some Smaller or "Baby" Skipjacks
Skipjack Name
 Year Built
Home Port/Location
Status
Other Recent Name
1977
Havre de Grace, MD
Active
1962
Unknown
Unknown
1970
Easton, MD, and
Tylerton, Smith Island, MD
Active
1962
Parksley, VA (?)
Unknown
c.2001
Coxsackie, NY
Active
Dreamcatcher
2000
Unknown
Unknown
1981
Annapolis, MD
Exhibit
1969
St. Michaels, MD
Exhibit
1967
Oxford, MD
Exhibit

Lost Since the Last Skipjacks Project Began in 2009
Skipjack Name
 Year Built Year Lost
1956 2019  
1954 2009  
1906 2010  
1968 2023  
1957 c.2018  
1910 2013  
1900 2020  
1988 ?  
1966 2011  
1949 2022  
1903 c.2015-2022  
1910 2018  
1905 2022  
1984 2021  

Some Three-Sail Bateaux
Skipjack Name
 Year Built
Home Port/Location
Status
Other Recent Name
1959
Chesapeake Beach, MD
Active
1958
Magothy River, MD
Active

Please help keep this information up to date by submitting news or corrected facts about any of these boats and letting us know of skipjacks not yet included on this site.