Buy Boat Style:Complete Kit This was a workboat in

This was a workboat in the Core Sound area of North Carolina

The round-stern was able to take the rough water easier

Kent Island Tuck Stern The tuck stern workboat was believed to have originated in Shadyside MD

Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat A buy boat is a large vessel (usually 50' or more) that went up and down the Chesapeake Bay and bought the daily catch from the Skipjacks and other working boats

Hooper Island Draketail The "Hooper's Island Draketail" was named after the small island located in the lower half of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern shore

Buy Boat Style:Complete Kit This was a workboat inChesapeake Bay Buy Boat A buy boat is a large vessel (usually 50' or more) that went up and down the Chesapeake Bay and bought the daily catch from the Skipjacks and other working boats. The buy boats would then take the catch to the market. You might say that these boats were considered the middle men of the water. This practice enabled the other working boats to stay out on the waters longer. These boats still work today, but they also carry seed