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Let me know ahead of time Barb, and I'll guide you to her!


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Great! I am often in the DC or MD area for soccer tournaments. I will let you know.

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Winnie Estelle drops anchor at her final home

On Monday April 1st, The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in Maryland, USA received its newest edition to its fleet of historic vessels. The Winnie Estelle, a Chesapeake Bay buyboat, made her homecoming to the town where she first started some 94 years ago.

In April 2012, The San Pedro Sun wrote an article about Winnie Estelle, a vessel built in 1920 in Crisfield, Maryland USA by Noah T. Evans. While Winnie Estelle served as a buyboat for over 50 years along the Maryland Bay where she freighted oysters and fish, she was later bought by Watson "Shug" Marshall and son Eugene Marshall in 1960, whereby she was used as a buy boat for the last time in the USA.


Winnie Estelle, 1968

In 1976 Winnie Estelle was sold and brought to the Caribbean where she was used to transport pine lumber from Honduras to Belize. Winnie Estelle eventually found her way to Ambergris Caye where she was used for cruises and even trips to the Blue Hole. After a long life, the vessel eventually succumbed to its years of service and was left to sink. Roberto Smith eventually pulled up the vessel and restored her with new life. The boat eventually departed the country and found its way back to the Bay she originated from years later in 2012 when she was purchased by Michael Whitefield.

On April 1st, the 65- foot vessel made its way to The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum , which will be her final home. According to a release from the official Facebook page of the museum "Winnie Estelle will be used by CBMM for drop-in public cruises, student ecology tours, a floating classroom, private charters, weddings, and more. Beginning in May, scenic Miles River cruises on the Winnie Estelle will be offered Fridays through Mondays. Four, thirty-minute cruises will be offered daily at $15 for non-members, $10 for CBMM members and $5 for children under six. Same-day tickets will be issued at the museum's store or welcome center."

The San Pedro Sun is happy to report that after years of service, Winnie Estelle has approached her final harbor.


Winnie Estelle, Final voyage





CBMM President and Michael Whitefield

San Pedro Sun


Here is a little more of the history of this fine boat!


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OMG - what memories. So glad this wonderful vessel is still on the water bringing joy to many.
Gives me goodbumps.
Where is Capt. Roberto?

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I chatted with him a couple months ago, he was in Honduras…

Circa 1920 Crisfield-built buyboat Winnie Estelle joins Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's floating fleet


The historic 1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat "Winnie Estelle" arrives in St. Michaels to provide for scenic Miles River cruises and a wide variety of on-the-water educational programs. "Winnie" was used around Smith Island as a workboat for more than 40 years, carrying seafood and produce to market across the Chesapeake Bay. It recently worked as a platform for divers in Belize before being sold and returned to the Eastern Shore.

ST. MICHAELS - The historic 1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat Winnie Estelle has arrived at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels where she will remain as the new workhorse of CBMM's floating fleet for scenic Miles River cruises and a wide variety of on-the-water educational programs.

The Winnie Estelle joins CBMM's floating fleet of historic boats, which includes the recently restored 1955 skipjack Rosie Parks; the 1889 nine-log bugeye, the Edna E. Lockwood; the 1912 river tug Delaware; the 1909 seven-log crab dredger Old Point, the 1934 dovetail Martha; the 1931 Potomac River dory boat; and the 1961 tuck-stern, Jackson-built Pot Pie skiff. The authentic buyboat replaces the museum's replica buyboat Mister Jim, which has operated as a passenger boat since 1982. The museum currently has the Mister Jim for sale.

"About a month ago, we began fundraising to acquire the Winnie Estelle," said CBMM President Langley Shook. "We are so fortunate that a generous donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, stepped right up to purchase her for an undisclosed amount to donate her to the Museum." CBMM will engage in fundraising to build an endowment to cover ongoing and long-term maintenance of the historic buyboat.

Over the next few weeks, the Winnie Estelle is expected to receive her U.S. Coast Guard designation as a charter vessel to carry up to 45 passengers. A volunteer corps of USCG-certified captains and their volunteer crew will operate the vessel, with the museum's boatyard handling Winnie's upkeep and maintenance.

The Winnie Estelle will be used by CBMM for drop-in public cruises, student ecology tours, a floating classroom, private charters, weddings, and more. Beginning in May, scenic Miles River cruises on the Winnie Estelle will be offered Fridays through Mondays. Four, thirty-minute cruises will be offered daily at $15 for non-members, $10 for CBMM members and $5 for children under six. Same-day tickets will be issued at the museum's store or welcome center.

"Imagine a special birthday party, a sail for your kids or grandchildren, or a sunset cocktail cruise before a wedding rehearsal dinner," commented Shook. "This is a great opportunity to get out on the water for an authentic Chesapeake experience."

The Winnie Estelle was built in Crisfield by Noah T. Evans in 1920. She's nearly 65' in length overall, with a 17-foot beam and a 3-1/2-foot draft, making her easily maneuverable in shallow water destinations. She displaces 42 tons of water and is powered by a Caterpillar diesel.

Winnie was used as a workboat on the lower Chesapeake for more than 50 years, carrying seafood and produce to market across the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, she made Belize her port of call, where she operated as an island trader, carrying lumber from Honduras to Belize, and later as a charter boat for divers. In early 2012, Michael Whitehill of Centreville, MD, purchased the boat, returning her to the Chesapeake Bay on June 17, 2012 with a first stop in Deltaville, VA, where she was greeted by a cheering crowd of onlookers.

A Chesapeake Bay buyboat was historically used for buying and selling seafood. Buyboats purchased oysters or fish from watermen in remote parts of the Chesapeake and carried the fresh catch to city markets or seafood packing houses. According to Larry Chowning, author of the book Chesapeake Bay Buyboats, beginning in the early 20th century, motor buyboats were generally about 40 to 100 feet in length, with a mast and boom forward of the hold, a pilot house aft, and the hull decked over. Depending on their function, similar boats were called freight boats, run boats or crab dredgers, and also called deck boats or mast boats. With her bottom built in deadrise fashion like most other wooden workboats used by the watermen and historically used for buying crabs and fish, the Winnie Estelle is a typical example of the type - though she is rare for surviving in such an unaltered fashion.

"The Winnie Estelle is the finest restoration of a Chesapeake Bay buyboat that I have ever seen," commented Naval architect Melbourne Smith when he visited Belize and sailed aboard the Winnie Estelle. Melbourne Smith was the overseer of the construction of the sailing vessels Californian and Pride of Baltimore II. Melbourne came to Belize seeking the same Belize lumber utilized on the Winnie Estelle for these ships.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland is dedicated to preserving and exploring the history, environment, and people of the Chesapeake Bay. With 18 waterfront acres in the historic town of St. Michaels, the Museum offers changing exhibits, demonstrations, boat rides on the Miles River, and annual festivals that celebrate Chesapeake Bay culture, boats, seafood, and history. Learn more by visiting CBMM in St. Michaels or at www.cbmm.org.

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Ecology cruises aboard Winnie Estelle offered this summer


From 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, children and adults are invited to join Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum educators aboard buyboat Winnie Estelle for an up-close and personal exploration of the Miles River and its unique habitat and ecology.

The cruise will be offered again from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, and from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8.


During the ecology cruise, participants will learn how to monitor the water quality of the river, perform water testing and explore the critters on an oyster reef, all while cruising in the breeze on CBMM's buyboat. Birders will enjoy the route, which features a route near Long Point Island, known for its eagle and osprey populations, and heron rookery.

Built in 1920 by Noah T. Evans - a native Smith Islander - Winnie Estelle was used as a workboat on the lower Chesapeake for more than 50 years, carrying seafood and produce to market across the Bay. In the 1970s, it made Belize its port of call, where it operated as an island trader, carrying lumber from Honduras to Belize and later as a charter boat for divers. Winne Estelle returned to the Chesapeake in 2012.

Winnie Estelle runs four daily cruises on Fridays through Mondays beginning each May and continuing through October, with same-day tickets purchased at CBMM. Cruises also are offered to watch Miles River log canoe races on June 23 and 24, July 28 and 29, and Sept. 8, 15 and 16. For details, visit cbmm.org.

Boarding passes for the CBMM's ecology cruises are $16 for members and $20 for nonmembers, with registration required at cbmm.org/onthewater. For more information about Winnie Estelle or CBMM, visit cbmm.org.

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Roberto Smith: Winnie Estelle , still out there working, making people happy!

On select dates in June and July, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's 1920 buyboat, Winnie Estelle, will take passengers out to watch the Chesapeake's iconic sailing log canoe races along the Miles River.

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