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EScows, A Cats, Sneakboxes and Duckboats. Part 2 of 2.

Barnegat Bay and the sailing haven of Mantoloking are our sites for exploring the home-grown Bay classes, Sneakboxes and Duckboats, timeless designs from the 19th century brought forward to the modern running of the Duckboat World Championships

Oil paintings courtesy of Charles Raskob Robinson.

Runnie on raft. "1920s"






























Emily Wesson pilots La Derrierre, Sneakbox #23






























Sneakbox action in the Toms River, 1930s






























John Wesson on his way to the Duckboat Worlds






























The Wesson family Duck, "Buccaaneer"






























To the starting line, World Ducks.






























The all important rooster flag(Chasing Roosters)






























Tom's Barnegat Bay flag






























Charles Raskob Robinson captures the A Cats in oil painting






























A Cats before the wind (Oil painting)

Courtesy of Charles Raskob Robinson

Sneakbox on Barnegat Bay

Courtesy of Charles Raskob Robinson

Audio & Visual Production by Griffin Bengraff