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Noddy (log canoe)

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Built
  
1930

Architectural style
  
Tilghman

Opened
  
1930

Nearest city
  
St. Michaels

Architect
  
Duke, Oliver

NRHP Reference #
  
85002257

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 1985

Noddy (log canoe)

MPS
  
Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR

The Noddy is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1930, by Oliver Duke in Royal Oak, Maryland, She measures 27'-6" long, with a beam of 6'-412". Her log hull remains unglassed, is painted white, and she races under No. 1. She one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. In 1985 she was located at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.

She was overhauled in 1999. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.

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

References

Noddy (log canoe) Wikipedia