European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 3 dredging for oysters in sailing work boats some of the last work boat sailing Fleet in North America the Chesapeake Skipjack skim out of toward the Oyster Beds they and their predecessors have dredged for More than a the Ellsworth left and the lady Katie right dredge in the Choptank River near the Mouth of the tred Avon at Crew members of the Collier separate oysters from trash hauled up with the the Collier dredges under Power two Days a week and under sail the rest of the with John Cummins below left at the below Cook pee wee Phillips dishes up a hot lunch aboard the with the shortage of some watermen Are predicting a return to sail this Fleet was shaped by the demands of dredging oysters in the Chesapeake shallow the skip jacks feature a retractable Center Board keel and a shallow v shaped Hull that allows them to operate in Only a few feet of photos