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Half Hull Boat Model, Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat (Workboat), Small
Buy Boats were go between motorized vessels on the Bay throughout the 1900s, buying the harvest (oysters, crabs, fish) from the watermen and powering the goods back to the docks. This process allowed watermen to maximize their harvesting efforts. Initially seafood-oriented, Buy Boats later handled cargo such as produce, carrying these goods to various ports throughout the Bay. Buy Boats were 45 to 84 in length, wooden construction, with a mast and boom for handling the cargo. Very few Buy Boats remain on the Bay today. Some of the survivors have been converted to pleasure boats.
#HHBB-S Half Hull Details: Buy Boat is cast polyresin (not wood), hand painted, mounted on a mahogany-stained hardwood display board. Boat is 4 long (1/16 = 1 scale). Oval display board is 5 long X 2.25 high. Model can be wall-mounted or used as an ornament.
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