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''Hilda M. Willing'' is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack. Built in 1905 at Oriole, Maryland she is a relatively small skipjack whose home port is Chance, Maryland . She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994.〔〔 and 〕 The ''Willing'' is one of two skipjacks listed as National Historic Landmarks. The ''Willing'' was listed along with the ''Kathryn'' as one of the few skipjacks built prior to 1943 that remained in good condition. ''Willing'' was particularly noteworthy as an example of a small skipjack with good sailing qualities.〔 ==History== The ''Hilda M. Willing'' was built in 1905 at Oriole, Maryland on the Manokin River off Tangier Sound, in Somerset County, Maryland. Her home port was Crisfield, Maryland. In 1926 her owner was Samuel L. Laird of Oriole. Laird sold her to Thornton Webster of Wenona in 1927, who sold her on to Roland Bozman of Wenona in 1929. Bozman sold the ''Willing'' to R.E. Hoffman, and she was resold to Addie M. Jones by 1941. She was owned by T. Rayner Graham in 1943, who abandoned her in Annapolis. She was purchased for $400 by Leslie Pope of Oxford, Maryland who moved her to Cambridge, Maryland, then sold her to Robert F. "Pete" Sweitzer in 1947 for $1600. Sweitzer owned the ''Willing'' into the 1990s and did much of the repair and maintenance work on her himself.〔 Sweitzer altered the ''Willing'' to suit technological advances. He was the first to use an automobile engine instead of the then-common one-cylinder Hettinger engines to operate the dredge gear. The installation of this engine meant that the skipjack's freeboard could be raised for better stability, as the power assist made the low freeboard of pre-1930 skipjacks less necessary. Sweitzer lengthened the boomdeepened the centerboard and added a small skeg to the keel. He also took the traditional extreme rake out of the mast, making it vertical.〔 In November 2011, Hilda M. Willing was brought home to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and is currently an active dredgeboat under Capt. David Whitelock - www.skipjackpreservation.org. ''Willing's'' sailing qualities are among the best in the skipjack fleet. It is stated that she is the only skipjack that can come about without the use of the centerboad, and that she can dredge in strong winds without a jib.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hilda M. Willing (skipjack)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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