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Presentation: Maynard Lowery & Chesapeake Catboats

  • Tilghman Volunteer Fire Company 5979 Tilghman Island Road Tilghman Island, Maryland, 21671 United States (map)

The Chesapeake Catboat Association invites the community to a special presentation celebrating the legacy of Maynard Lowery, one of Tilghman Island’s most respected woodenboat builders.  

Guest Presenters  

  • Rich Scofield – Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (Ret.) 

  • Marc Cruder – CDR, USCG (Ret.) - former Chief of Inspection, Baltimore; former CCBA Commodore  

Program Highlights 

  • Firsthand insights into the catboat builders who shaped our region’s maritime identity 

  • Unique features of Maynard’s catboats 

  • Rich and Marc will share stories and rare photos connected to Maynard Lowery 

  • A display of halfhull models built by Maynard Lowery and his friend and fellow catboat builder Joe Liener who was from Wittman  

  • Presentation of a Fenwick Williams 16 Catboat half-hull model to Tilghman Island Watermen’s Museum

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