Lancaster County farmers board the Stanley Norman for
a morning on the Chesapeake Bay.
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‘Combining’ Oysters
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The Bay’ is our slogan.
“We teach the public that
runoff, chemicals, and nutrients
getting into the water are polluting
the Bay and explain bow we can
make efforts to improve. This will
make life easier for the watermen.”
The boat, according to Baugh, is
called the Stanley Norman. It was
built in 1902, weighs 26 tons, and
cost $40,000. If made new today it
would cost about $140,000. The
CBP operates two such vessels,
and there are 27 such oyster boats
in use today.
Hacketts Points slid past the
starboard bow. Hundreds of little
Navy training boats, operated by
Navy trainees called “Plebes,’'
sailed into the harbor heading for
the Naval Academy.
The oyster boat is a full-time
sailboat. But for harbor travel and
for cruising on a calm day, a
12-foot dinghy (small boat), outfit
ted with a ISO HP motor, is tied to
the stem and is pushing the oyster
boat, akin to having an overpow
ered garden tractor pushing a 100
HP tractor.
Oyster harvesting is governed
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by laws. All catching must be
under sail power, from November
1 to March 15 only, from sunrise to
3 p.m. five days a week. All the
catch must be stored above deck so
the inspectors can see them.
Captain Baugh said, “There’re
about 4,000 full-time Maryland
watermen making 30-40 grand a
y6ar harvesting whatever the bay
offers. Like farmers, each water
man carefully keeps his secrets
how to bait, where the best oyster
beds are, etc. And there may be
10,000 part-time watermen, mak
ing S-8 grand a year. So a cleaner
bay will help a lot of persons.
“But years ago, there were may
be 50,000 watermen, so like far
mers, watermen ate getting less all
the time.”
First business ofihe day was to
check the crab traps. Several far
mers helped haul up the steel crate
like lures. The first one contained
an oyster cracker, a half toad/half
fish-like critter who eats oysters. It
was quickly stabbed and tossed
overboard. The next trap contained
a nice crab. Second mate Saake
held it up so all could see. “Watch
the claws, they can really pinch,”
said Saake.
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The captain put another fanner
at the helm, and instructed him to
point the bow toward the bay
bridge about 3 miles off the port
bow. The wind was a mere breeze,
the water very calm—what sailors
say is “slickcalm.”
All hands went after oysters. To
the passengers, it was a wonder
how the crew found the beds. The
sun was beating down. The white
deck reflected the heat, and all
were mired in sweat
Saake said, “There’re three
ways to catch oysters. First is to
dredge like we will do. Second is
to put on a diver suit and walk
around down below, shovel them
into baskets, which are hauled up
by a power winch. Third is by long
handled tongs, a grabber-like tool
which works only in very shallow
water.”
Then began the real oyster com
bining. The dredges, which are
steel rod and chain affairs about
bushel-crate size, were chucked
overboard on each side, and the
boat dragged them along. The
motor was shut down and the little
dinghy was pulled out of the water
(the law decrees that all the oyster
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