Shipwright Apprentice
October 2010 - March 2011
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of the Chesapeake Bay and the communities shaped by its working waterfront. Its operating boatyard focuses on the restoration of traditional wooden vessels using historic methods and materials.
As a Shipwright Apprentice, I worked alongside Master Shipwrights restoring the museum’s historic fleet. My primary project was the restoration of the Edna E. Lockwood, a 54-foot oyster schooner built in 1889 and the last remaining log-built bugeye. This work involved traditional joinery, large-scale timber handling, and meticulous repair of historic fabric, contributing to the preservation of a vessel central to the Chesapeake Bay’s maritime heritage.
