May 6, 2024
New lease on life for historic skipjack
This 1980s photo of the skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark was taken at Knapps Narrows on Tilghman Island, Md. Larry Chowning photo.
The skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark has recovered from that December. 2022 collision when a truck driven by a drunk driver ran off a pier at Tilghman Island, Md., landed on the deck and damaged the boat.
The crash tore off the starboard aft corner of the boat, taking out the railing, a portion of the stern, davits and GPS system. The boat was repaired and brought back to life in 2023 at Madison Bay Boat Yard in Madison, Md.
The vessel is back at the Madison yard this April to have top decks…
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Larry Chowning is a writer for the Southside Sentinel in Urbanna, Va., a regular contributor to National Fisherman, and the author of numerous books.
