Minnie V (skipjack)

The Minnie V is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1906 at Wenona, Maryland. She is a 45.3' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.7' and a depth of 3' with a net 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. She is located at Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]

MINNIE V
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Gibsontown Rd. Tilghman, Maryland
Coordinates	38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W
Built	1906
Architectural style	Skipjack
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.	85001092 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1985

The Minnie V is featured as the working Skipjack in the Homicide: Life on the Street television series season 3 episode The Last of the Watermen.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Maryland Historical Trust". MINNIE V (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.

External links

• MINNIE V (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust