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Tuesday, August 09, 2016

EASTERN SHORE BUSINESS KEEPS MARITIME TRADITION ALIVE

Located on the Eastern Shore is the small quaint town of Oxford, where local family business Cutts & Case Shipyard recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

The family-owned business specializes in yacht building, repair, restoration and brokerage services. They are known for constructing custom wooden boats and their unique “Cutts” method, an innovative composite and fiberglass material construction that produces lighter and stronger boats than those with traditional wooden hulls.

Cutts & Case once restored a boat previously owned by photographer Morris Rosenfeld in the 1920’s. Rosenfeld was famous for his photographs that recorded the sport of yachting and he charmingly named his own boat “Foto.”

“The boat was actually found in a swamp around 10 years ago. Now, Foto sits in pristine condition at the shipyard,” said Office Manager Mike Moore. “Ed Cutts Sr. fully restored the boat for his own use.”

Many customers of Cutts & Case keep their boats at the shipyard year-round. While most clients are from Maryland and the surrounding areas, some travel as far as California to enjoy a Maryland summer on the water.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the town. Love the small businesses. And some great folks at the state/fed lab out there.