Working skipjacks are now a thing of the past on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
The sole remaining waterman who captained one of the wooden oystering sailboats is calling it quits because of the major die-off of Upper Bay oysters.
Capt. Barry Sweitzer has put his skipjack Hilda M. Willing - a treasured sight on the Magothy River - up for sale.
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I was not aware of anything alive in the Magothy river.
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