Crabbing Skiff

by Bob Comet
Member 12-Aug-1994 to 12-Dec-2010

Build Type: Scratch

Country: United States

Era: 1815-1914

Length Range: 000-20 feet (0-6m)

Model Material: Wood

Model Type: Static

Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail

Scale: 1:16 (3/4″ = 1′)

Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing

Model Images

  • Model of a crabbing skiff - view from starboard quarter
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - view from port
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - man at the tiller
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - view from above
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - mast and yard
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - rudder
  • Model of a crabbing skiff - showing bottom planking

About the Vessel

Example of a 17′ skiff built in Wingate about 1906 and used for crabbing at Taylors Island. This was a very weatherly design used for crabbing with trot-lines. This information is as recorded in Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs by Howard I. Chapelle.