Built in 1902 in Salisbury, Maryland, the Stanley Norman is a single-masted, Bay-built sailing vessel designed to harvest oysters with a pair of dredges that are dragged across the bottom of the Bay.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation acquired the Stanley Norman to play a unique and active role as CBF's most distinctive "floating classroom." Part of Bay history, the skipjack served as an excellent platform for students and adults to learn about oysters, the life of a Chesapeake Bay waterman, and Bay-related issues of the past, present, and future.
CBF retired the skipjack in the summer of 2020.
Skipjack Stanley Norman
Bill Portlock
