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Yes! I would like to give to the Rosie Parks Restoration
Fund Follow Rosie's Progress by visiting our Facebook Page, reading our Chesapeake Bay Boats Blog
Help restore a skipjack with CBMM's Community Work Days Saturdays, 10am-3pm The Museum is offering the public a rare opportunity to be a part of the Rosie Parks skipjack restoration project with its recently launched Community Work Days Program. As part of the program, the Museum will be opening its campus every Saturday from 10am - 3pm to community members wanting to volunteer while learning the art of boatbuilding from CBMM's Master Shipwright, Marc Barto. Volunteers will assist in activities like tearing ou tthe keel, stem, and centerboard while learning how to build and install new ones. All skillsets are welcome and women are encouraged to participate. Pre-registration is accepted, but not required.
Click here to see photos of the Parks Family Reunion at the November 5 OysterFest.
NEW: Rosie Parks Video Update, August 8 - October 31
Read the "When Worlds Collide" by Dick Cooper, featured in the Star Democrat's Life section, October 30, 2011. Click on the image below to view pdf.
NEW: Rosie Parks Video Update, June 22 - August 8
Rosie Parks Update
Skipjack Rosie Parks is Coming to Life by Dick Cooper The Rosie Parks is starting to show major signs of recovering from her near-death experience. Board-by-board, nail-by-nail, the revered old skipjack, once the pride of the Eastern Shore oyster fleet, is regaining her classic lines. Since being appointed project manager for the rebuilding of Rosie Parks, Marc Barto, the Museum’s former vessel maintenance manager, has spent the last few months systematically working to stabilize Rosie’s skeletal remains.
Check out the new feature story on Rosie:
by Dick Cooper The hamlet of Wingate is a loose collection of homes on the outer edge of the Eastern Shore where Fishing Bay laps up against the Crapo-Bishops Head Road in southern Dorchester County. The docks at Powley’s Marina, in “downtown” Wingate, are tired. Castoff boat parts, old crab pots and worn-out trailers seem to pile higher every year. The damp air blows through the shells of collapsing vacant houses turned gray by the sun. A half-century ago, Wingate (pronounced WINGit) was a different place. Three seafood factories lined the waterfront. Local stores sold everything from food, to clothing to boat supplies. The B.M. Parks bustling boat shop dominated a large corner lot, 500 feet from the water. Download full story
Rosie was featured on WJZ Channel 13 news on Monday, July 12, 2011. Click here to watch!
Update: Rosie Parks Restoration, March-June, 2011
Help restore a skipjack with CBMM's Community Work Days this Summer The Museum is offering the public a rare opportunity to be a part of the Rosie Parks skipjack restoration project with its recently launched Community Work Days Program. As part of the program, the Museum will be opening its campus every Saturday from 10am - 3pm to community members wanting to volunteer while learning the art of boatbuilding from CBMM's Master Shipwright, Marc Barto. Volunteers will assist in activities like tearing ou tthe keel, stem, and centerboard while learning how to build and install new ones. All skillsets are welcome and women are encouraged to participate. Pre-registration is accepted, but not required.
Marc Barto Named Project Manager for Marc Barto, of Wittman, MD has been named project manager for the three-year restoration of the Museum's skipjack, Rosie Parks. Built by Bronza Parks of Wingate, MD, Rosie Parks is one of the least altered historic skipjacks still in existence, making her one of the best examples for interpretation of the fleet's work. The three-year restoration project will be done in public view at the Museum, and is funded through philanthropic support.
CBMM Announces Major Restoration Project for the skipjack Rosie Parks
Download Press Materials & High Resolution Images of the Rosie Parks username: rosieparks@cbmm.org password: maritime
Skipjack Rosie Parks Sails Again!
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CBMM's Rosie Parks Restoration
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced a three-year major skipjack restoration project which will be done in public view at the Museum’s boat yard. Funded through philanthropic support, the restoration process will provide hands-on shipwright experience and serve as a prime attraction for the Museum visitor as a dynamic and interactive exhibit.