Eastport in Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Draketail Peg Wallace

Annapolis Maritime Museum

Draketail <i>Peg Wallace</i> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 10, 2018

1. Draketail Peg Wallace Marker

Inscription. The draketail vessel made its appearance on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1900s. The name "draketail" came from the appearance of its stern which resembles the aft end of a duck. The draketail was the first power-driven workboat used to harvest seafood in the Chesapeake Bay. The early draketails were long and narrow which enable watermen to achieve faster speed using the limited power supplied by early engines. As engines became more powerful, the length and width of the draketail increased until there were boats as large as 50' to 60'. These boats were often known as buyboats.

• Peg Wallace is one of the fewer than twenty known surviving Hoopers Island Draketails, a design that originated on Hoopers Island on Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Built of loblolly pine and white cedar planking on oak frames
• Powered by a 10-15 horsepower gas engine
• Launched: 1925

Dimensions:
Length overall: 37' ½"
Beam: 6'8"
Draft: 2'-4'

Restored and maintained by the Annapolis Museum Wooden Boat Crew

Erected by Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 38° 58.149′ N,

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76° 28.575′ W. Marker is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is in Eastport. It can be reached from Bay Shore Avenue east of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 129 Bay Shore Avenue, Annapolis MD 21403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cap'n Herbie Sadler (within shouting distance of this marker); Harvesting the Bay (within shouting distance of this marker); Deadrise Defined (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Eastport (within shouting distance of this marker); From this spot, you can see 1774 - The "Annapolis Tea Party"

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 10, 2018

2. Draketail Peg Wallace Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); From this spot, you can see 1672 - Providence: Settlement on the Severn (within shouting distance of this marker); From this spot, you can see 1608 - Captain John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages (within shouting distance of this marker); From this spot, you can see 1887 - The Age of Steam (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annapolis.

Additional keywords. Draketail Peg Wallace

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 691 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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