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ELSWORTH

ELSWORTH ELSWORTH - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Elsworth is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at Hudson, Maryland. She is a two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 14.3', a depth of 3.1', and a gross registered tonnage of 8 tons. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

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