Sandy (log canoe)

SANDY (log canoe)
Location Sherwood Rd., Sherwood, Maryland
Coordinates 38°45′40″N 76°19′9″W / 38.76111°N 76.31917°W / 38.76111; -76.31917Coordinates: 38°45′40″N 76°19′9″W / 38.76111°N 76.31917°W / 38.76111; -76.31917
Architectural style Tilghman
MPS Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP Reference # 85002253 [1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1985

The Sandy is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe. She measures is a 28'-114" long sailing log canoe with two masts and a racing rig. Log-built, with carvel-fitted rising planks, the boat has a beam of 6'-814". 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. She is located at Sherwood, Talbot County, Maryland.[2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". SANDY (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
  3. "Sandy #7 | CBLCSA". Sandy. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association. 2010-07-24.


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