Monday May 12-Tuesday May 13, 2025
We left the island of Tangier to make our way to Crisfield, MD. It was only a couple of hours. We found a great anchorage right in the harbor. It is very well protected from the wind and Chesapeake Bay. This town is known for being the crab/seafood capital of the world. Many watermen make their living crabbing and/or oystering in the bay. There are still many processing plants and crab packing plants here.
We were here too before the season really gets started and on top of that, it was rainy. We anchored in the protected harbor and made our way in to walk around the town and check it out. Super quiet, but I can see how it can become much busier during the season. It was a good place to have seafood, ride out the crappy wind and weather and then move on.
The chimney on James Island near Crisfield, often called “the Stack,” is all that remains of a former menhaden fish processing plant. The plant, located on the south end of the island, operated from 1908 to 1929, initially processing fish and later making fertilizer. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1932, leaving only the chimney standing. This town had a very well done museum. Small but mighty! Worth the visit.
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