Half
Hull Boat Model, Chesapeake Bay Draketail (Workboat), Small
Draketails
were the first workboats on the Bay to receive gasoline motors, allowing them
to go faster and travel farther than sailing vessels. Typically 30’ to 45’ in
length and often referred to as “Hooper Island” Draketails, their Chesapeake
Bay deadrise design and narrow beam was perfectly suited for turbulent Bay
waters. Eventually, the draketail stern was replaced by the more popular box
stern seen today on many Bay workboats. In 1988, the Chesapeake Bay Deadrise
was designated the state boat of Virginia.
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Half Hull Details: Draketail is cast polyresin (not wood), hand painted, mounted
on a mahogany-stained hardwood display board. Boat is 3.25” 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.