E26-Lancaster Farming,, Saturday, August 15,1992
‘Combining’ Oysters Challenges Bay Visitors
Part 1 of 2
ANNAPOLIS, Md.
there. Captain."
With a smile and a hearty hand
shake, Lancaster County Exten
sion Agent Leon Ressler greeted
Captain Don Baugh of the Oyster
Boat Stanley Norman in down
town Annapolis at the city dock.
Two van loads of Lancaster
County fanners set out on a trip
recently into the Chesapeake Bay
to learn more about bay-area farm
ing, and some of the difficulties
bay area farmers face. Ressler was
joined four married couples,
two retired men, a 7-year-old boy,
five straw-hatted Amishmen, Lan
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Captain Don Baug h points out the heartbeat of the oyster
he opened on the Chesapeake Bay tour.
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They all boarded the 80-year
old, SB-foot skipjack, a sloop sail
boat. Two coolers and a water jug
were also hoisted on board to ease
the sting of the warm day in the
making.
Captain Don Baugh first gave a
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said. “The water’s too deep. And
keep your head down—this boom
can swing with the wind and bash
in foreheads. All stay seated aft
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(nautical term for rear) while we’re
sailing out of the harbor, so I can
sec to steer the boat”
As all sat tight, the Captain
barked, “Cast off!”
• First mate Earl White and boats
wain Nancy Merrill slipped the
ropes off the dock posts. The
motor started, and the Captain
revved it up. With a twirl of the
44-inch, 12-spoked cast iron
wheel, the boat headed out of the
harbor.
The Captain said "set sail” as we
entered Severin River. The blue
sail cover, called the gasket, was
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removed, rolled up, and slowed
below deck.
The first mate said, “Now pull
on this rope,” and eight farmers
obliged, so up went the main sail to
the top of the 45-foot mast When
the front, or Jib sail was set, and the
boat came under sail power (a
method of water transportation
about as old as farming), it made
some wonder did the first
Amish settlers sail like this on the
way over from the old country?
The Captain shouted, “Here,
farmer, take the helm. Keep the
boat pointed towards that square
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