CBMM Hosts 5th Model Boat Expo
& on May 17-18, Schooner Sultana
Open House on May 17

ST. MICHAELS, MD—Visitors have come to expect small, detailed, hand-built boats, steaming away on a man-made pond or racing on the cove at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's (CBMM) Model Boat Show. On Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18, the model boats return to the Museum, along with a much larger vessel: the Schooner Sultana. The Model Boat Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, rain or shine.

This event is presented by CBMM's Model Guild and the North American Steamboat Modeler's Association (NASMA). The show will feature "live" steamboat models, skipjacks with working sails, speedboats, tugs, and other radio-controlled miniatures.

Modelers will demonstrate the mobility of their highly-detailed and realistic models in a 40' by 70' freshwater pond located near the Museum's Steamboat Building. The Museum's Model Sailing Club will also race five-foot-long skipjacks - replicas of Maryland's official state boat - across the waters of nearby Fogg's Cove, propelled by wind and under the remote guidance of their builders.

Children will have the opportunity to build a simple model and sail it in a small pond separate from the main event. The expo will also feature displays of boat models, and vendors will be on hand with models, kits, and refreshments for sale. The Washington Ship Model Society will be on hand in the Steamboat Building with an astounding display of stationary models.

The Model Boat Show is open to the public May 17-18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is included with the regular price of Museum admission, $13 for adults and $6 for children. CBMM members are admitted free.

The Schooner Sultana will be dockside at the Museum for the entire weekend as well. They will be hosting an "open house" on board the boat on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Sultana is a replica of a Boston-built merchant vessel that served for four years as the smallest schooner ever in the British Royal Navy. Using the British Admiralty's meticulous documentation of the original Sultana, she has been recreated with outstanding detail and offers all who sail aboard her a terrific glimpse of 18th century seafaring life. She was launched in 2001 and is based in the historic port of Chestertown, Maryland.

For more information about the Model Boat Show or to register, contact Model Guild President Bob Mason at 410-745-3266, bmason@bluecrab.org, or NASMA's Tom Ray at 410-820-5036, yogojr@yahoo.com.

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc.
Navy Point, P.O. Box 636, St. Michaels, MD 21663
Phone: 410-745-2916 | Fax: 410-745-6088

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