Discover the history and beauty of the Miles River aboard PATRIOT! We are closed for the season. Please check back for our 2026 cruise schedule!
Enjoy a Narrated Historical Cruise or Happy Hour Cruise!
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Join Us!
Discover history while soaking in the sights along the Miles River. Catch a glimpse of 200-year-old historic mansions and diverse wildlife on a 70-minute Narrated Historical Cruise or let the music sweep you away on a Happy Hour Cruise. Save with a combo ticket offering Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum general admission and a cruise!
Location
213 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels, MD 21663
A St. Michaels tradition since 1969, Patriot Cruises is docked at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum with free parking available in CBMM’s lot. Your Chesapeake adventure begins here!
Contact Us
For cruise information, rescheduling, and general questions, contact patriotcruises@cbmm.org. For scheduling Private Charters and Groups, contact Sales & Operations Manager Joyce Gauthier at jgauthier@cbmm.org. You can also reach out by phone at 410-745-3100, and we will get back to you within one business day.
Plan Your
Private Charter
Host your next unforgettable event on the water with a private charter aboard Patriot Cruises. Our spacious, comfortable vessel is the perfect setting for corporate events, family reunions, birthday celebrations, weddings, rehearsal dinners, receptions, class reunions, theme parties, and cocktail gatherings.
Follow Us
Spend Presidents Day with us! Closing out the holiday weekend, we are open 10am-4pm today (Monday, Feb. 16). Join us to explore the Bay`s history, environment, and culture on our waterfront campus, including the final stages of the refit of 1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat Winnie Estelle in our working Shipyard!
Even better? It`s also the final day of our Members & Friends Sale in the Museum Store. Stop by to discover store-wide savings—35% off for CBMM members and 25% for everyone else—on our unique selection of mission-inspired merchandise! (Please note this discount does not apply to work on consignment and cannot be combined with any other discounts.)
Plan your visit at cbmm.org
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Introduced to recreational crabbing as an adult, Rachel Fazenbaker quickly fell in love with working the water and hasn’t looked back. The Denton, Md., waterwoman has been crabbing commercially for a little over a decade and has more recently added in dredging for oysters through the winter.
Fazenbaker will share more from her life on the water at our rescheduled Watermen`s Story Swap next Wednesday, Feb. 18. We have sold out of in-person tickets, but you can still register to join us virtually for this sure-to-be entertaining panel moderated by local historian and author Brent Lewis.
Learn more & register: link in bio!
📹 Oral history interview by Brent Lewis, May 6, 2024 (OH 531).
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We’re thrilled to introduce our two newest Shipwright Apprentices, Ben Heyer and Roland Payabyab.
As they begin the CBMM Shipyard`s state-certified apprentice program, Ben and Roland are building a Lighthouse Skiff under the guidance of Shipyard Educator Walter Atkins. This 14-foot vessel, a modified Todd Point Skiff, was designed at CBMM in the 1990s by Winslow Womack, Richard Scofield, and Tom Howell, and a series of models demonstrating the step-by-step build of one hangs on the wall in CBMM’s Boatshop.
Stop by the Shipyard soon to meet Ben and Roland and watch their introductory project take shape!
Learn more at cbmm.org
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