Noddy (log canoe)

NODDY (log canoe)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	St. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates:	38°48′5″N 76°13′17″W / 38.80139°N 76.22139°W / 38.80139; -76.22139Coordinates: 38°48′5″N 76°13′17″W / 38.80139°N 76.22139°W / 38.80139; -76.22139
Built:	1930
Architect:	Duke, Oliver
Architectural style:	Tilghman
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR
NRHP Reference#:	85002257 [1]
Added to NRHP:	September 18, 1985

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'-4 1/2". 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.^[2]

She was overhauled in 1999. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.^[3]

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". NODDY (log canoe). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=914&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot. 
3. ^ "Noddy #1". Noddy #1. Chesapeake Bay Log Sailing Canoe Association. 2010-07-28. http://testing.blogcanoe.com/the-fleet/noddy-1/. 

External links

• NODDY (log canoe), Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust