The '' Edmee S. '' is a

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. She was built in the Tilghman Island style from hewn logs by Oliver Duke in the 1930s. She is one of the last 22 Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes, and is actively raced with a crew of nine to eleven people. Her original name was ''Cecilia Mae'', but was renamed for Edmee S. Combs, whose husband funded the restoration. The hull was covered with

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during the restoration. She is owned by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Saint Michaels, Maryland and currently skippered by Marshall Patterson.

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*, including photo dated 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust Individual sailing vessels Chesapeake Bay boats Museum ships in Maryland Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum {{commonscat