Photos by Michael Wootton This curious and rather Dutch-looking spritsail-rigged craft is a recreation of the shallop, a boat from four centuries ago. ‘On June 2, 1608, Captain John Smith and fourteen English colonists set out from Jamestown in a 30-foot open boat or shallop to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay. Travelling over 1,700 … Continue reading A 400-year-old shallop built and sailed again