Classic buy boat fitted for worm shoe; maritime artifacts found in post office

摘要

It Cape Charles on Virginia's East-lern Shore, Jerry Pruitt had his 57.8' 18.3' x 5.4' oyster buy boat Delvin up on the blocks in August at Cape Charles Yacht Center.The Delvin K is one of the last commercial buy boats on Chesapeake Bay being used specifically to purchase oysters. The term buy boat has long been applied to a boat used by seafood buyers to purchase seafood from commercial watermen at sea, then used tohaul pay-load back to seafood processing houses. A Tangier Island, Va., native, Pruitt buys oysters in Tangier Sound and elsewhere and delivers to market in Reedville,Va.The Delvin K was there for annual maintenance, which will include painting the bottom with antifouling paint and replacing the worm shoe that has been compromised by Gould's ship-worms.