The Deltaville Maritime Museum is proud to announce the addition “Jennie May” to the fleet.
The “Jennie May” will get underway from 9am to 1pm on Saturday, June 28, as well as the fourth Saturday of every month through November.
The scheduled Discovery Cruises, which “Jennie May” is a part of, are 30 minutes long, departing from the museum’s dock on Mill Creek to Jackson Creek and the Piankatank River.
The cruises are free of charge, but to help offset expenses, DMM encourages passengers to join the museum or to make donations.
The Deltaville Maritime Museum’s mission is to help preserve the maritime history of the Chesapeake Bay through museum memberships, donations and its dedicated members and volunteers.
After retiring from government service, Captain Pete Cardozo started the Discovery Cruises program in 2010. Since then, the “Jennie May” is the fourth vintage Chesapeake work boat he has commanded for the museum.
Cardozo has had a U.S. Coast Guard 100 Ton Master License since 1974 and has commanded government and commercial passenger-carrying vessels throughout the U.S.
“The ‘Jennie May’ was designed to look like a classic Virginia work boat of the 1950s. With a traditional round stern, t was built in 1986 in Poquoson by David Rollins. She is powered by a Perkins 85-horsepower diesel and is 35-feet in length with an 11-foot beam. She has a cruising speed of 7 knots and 70 gallon fuel tank.
