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Skipjack Wilma Lee - Docking Fee Waiver - For the purpose of waiving the fees for docking the Chesapeake Bay skipjack, Wilma Lee, at the Annapolis City Dock March 31-April 2, 2023, in celebration of "Maryland Day."
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 4-23
Introduced by: Alderman Arnett
Referred to
Finance Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
Skipjack Wilma Lee - Docking Fee Waiver
FOR the purpose of waiving the fees for docking the Chesapeake Bay skipjack, Wilma Lee, at the Annapolis City Dock March 31-April 2, 2023, in celebration of "Maryland Day."
WHEREAS, the Annapolis-based Wilma Lee is one of only a few remaining Chesapeake Bay skipjacks out of an estimated 800 that once sailed the oyster-laden waters along the Maryland, Virginia and Carolina shores and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; and
WHEREAS, skipjacks are the official State boat of Maryland (Maryland Code, General Provisions ? 7-327), noted by the Maryland General Assembly at the time, "Nothing better represents the way of life of Maryland watermen than the historic Chesapeake Boat known as the Skipjack"; and
WHEREAS, the Wilma Lee is a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States, built in Wingate, Maryland, in 1940 by the well-known boat builder Bronza Parks;
WHEREAS, the Wilma Lee was purchased by the Annapolis Maritime Museum from the non-profit Ocracoke Alive in June 2018 to preserve the maritime heritage of Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay region; and
WHEREAS, the Wilma Lee dredged for nearly 55 years before running into the Tilghman Island drawbridge, which struck down her mast, and went through a five-year restoration in 1995, modernizing her with diesel engines, air-conditioning, a generator, and electric refrigeration, enabling her to continue oyster dredging along Eastern Seaboard, then was severely damaged again by Hurricane Arthur in 2014 and restored once again by the non-profit Ocracoke Alive in Ocracoke, No...
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