page_title: Bugeye
section_title: Decline of the type
hierarchical_section_title: Bugeye / Decline of the type
caption_attribution_description: English: Edna E. Lockwood, Chesapeake Bay bugeye, from the lighthouse at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Saint Michaels, Maryland Français&#160;: Edna E. Lockwood, bugeye de la baie de Chesapeake, depuis le phare du musée maritime de la baie de Chesapeake, Saint Michaels, Maryland, États-Unis
context_page_description: The bugeye is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay for oyster dredging. The predecessor of the skipjack, it was superseded by the latter as oyster harvests dropped.
context_section_description: Construction of bugeyes closely paralleled the oyster harvest, which peaked in 1884.  As the catch declined, the skipjack became more popular, as it was smaller and cheaper to build.  Bugeye construction dropped to almost nothing shortly after the turn of the century.  Many of the survivors gave up dredging and devoted themselves to the buy boat business, in which case the sails were no longer wanted.  In a typical conversion the bowsprit and main mast were removed entirely, and the fore mast shortened and modified into a derrick for hoisting.  A stern cabin for the wheel and an engine for power completed the transformation. (The William B. Tennison is a surviving example of such a conversion.) As a result of such conversions, and simple attrition, surviving bugeyes are extremely rare, and only one (the Edna E. Lockwood) survives in its original form. The plan was however taken up as a pleasure craft, and new versions for that purpose continue to be built.
caption: Edna E. Lockwood on display at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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