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Volunteer, Smith Island Crab Scraping Boat, 2002.
In the shallow waters around Smith Island, watermen harvest crabs in boats like this replica. Dragging a special dredge called a crab scrape behind the boat, they rake up peeler crabs hiding on the bottom. The boats have a low draft, allowing them to get around in shallow water, where blue crabs hide in eelgrass to shed their shells. The low sides on the boat make it easier to pull the crab scrape up over the side.
Built: 2002, St. Michaels, MD by volunteers and staff of the CBMM Boatyard
Length: 29 ft, 4 in (8.96 m)
Beam: 10 ft, 3 in (3.14 m)
Draft: 1 ft, 8 in (0.55 m)
Donations to the Annual Fund generously support the maintenance of Volunteer, as well as our other restoration, education, and exhibition programs.
The group says the popularity of scraper bikes in Oakland has grown, but that they were the originators of the concept. "Oakland has been taken over by scraper bikes," says Stevens. Photo by Jacob Fenston.
From the Rough & Tumble Engineers Historical Association's 61st Annual Thresherman's Reunion, August 12-15, 2009, Kinzers, PA, US.
Flat version (anaglyph also available in my Anaglyphs set)