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Restoration of the F.D. Crockett

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  • The Buyboat Reunion in Reedville

    This was a particularly beautiful sunrise for the buyboat reunion (as seen from Fred Biddlecomb's dock in Fairport). Our first night included a wonderful dinner hosted by the Fishermen's Museum and their board of directors. Sound effects were...

  • The First Voyage--to Reedville

    Still at the museum docks, John prepares the Crockett for her first voyage. In the morning the Crockett's crew will take her to Reedville for the 2010 Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Reunion. There's an early morning start on July 29. John pilots the boat...

  • F D Crockett with the lights on!

    Last night Chuck turned the deck and running lights on the boat--she's getting ready for her trip to Reedville. We'll be leaving early Thursday morning (July 29) for the reunion festivities at the Reedville Fishermen's Museum on Thursday and...

  • First Fill-up!

    Today the Crocketteers waited for high tide and headed over to Deltaville Marina on Jackson Creek to fill 'er up for the first time. All went well as she took on 180 gallons of diesel. Prior to departure all of the electrical systems were tested....

  • Artist's Inspiration

    Watercolor artist Kathleen Noffsinger, long time supporter of the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, created a lovely painting of the F.D. Crockett at the museum docks for the opening of the museum this spring. Kathleen says on her...

  • Toe Rails, Bulwarks, and Electrical Spaghetti

    During these hot still days the Crocketteers have been hard at work on the toe rails. John shaped them in the boatshop, and he, Fred, Johnny and Gordon have been installing them on the boat. John has finally had time to take a few pictures-- Here they...

  • A painting, and some history

    This watercolor by Bill Allen of Williamsburg, himself a waterman, is painted from a photograph of the F.D. Crockett near the end of her working days. The painting is being reproduced as posters and on polo shirts for sale at the museum. Here longtime...

  • Progress--and Thanks!

    Photo by Bob Walker Plans are underway to ready the F. D. Crockett for her first trip. The end of July Reedville is hosting a Buyboat rendezvous. In preparation for this trip, we thank our friends at Deltaville Boatyard for having completed the design...

  • Wishing and Hoping: Things that are needed to make the Crockett operational-updated June 24

    Equipment Wish List for the F.D. Crockett as of June 24, 2010 After 4-1/2 years of work, the Crocketteers are at the point where wood and hard labor aren't enough to do what needs to be done. Since a lot of people have been asking, they've made...

  • When we think it's going slowly...we remember.....

    Detail work goes slowly---Deltaville Boatyard has finished installing the fuel system,working in the hold during the heat of the last weeks. When we get impatient, we have to remind ourselves that the boat that we now admire because it looks like this...

  • Having some fun!

    Now--this looks like fun--but who's having more--John or the Crocketteers? This week they added the boom and the running lights. They've also gotten the sole in the aft cabin over the engine. Now John can't check his leaks so often! John visits...

  • Cruising back home--with a side trip to the edge of the Bay

    On April 20 the FD Crockett once again was ready to head back to the museum. As John started the engine, Crocketteers and Captain Bill Powell untied lines and fended off of the dock at Chesapeake Marine Railway. Photo by Bill Gieg Then, in the first installment...

  • Ready to head back home

    After about 12 days on the railway, the FD Crockett had a fresh coat of bottom paint and a new waterline. Here she awaits the return home at the CMR docks, where she had a few visitors--including the captain of the Godspeed, the Jamestown replica which...

  • Back on the Railway

    The FD Crockett is back on the rails at Chesapeake Marine Railway--this week she has been prodded and poked and inspected to see how she has fared over the winter. She should go back in the water next week, and back to the museum for the summer and more...

  • The First Trip Under Power--Photos by Tom Chillemi, Southside Sentinel

    These photographs by Tom Chillemi of the Southside Sentinel show the maiden voyage of the FD Crockett under her own power on April 5, 2010. You can see more photos and articles about the Crockett at the Sentinel website www.ssentinel.com and his recent...
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