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Buyboat Rendezvous runs July 30-Aug. 8; starts at Urbanna Town Marina

by Larry Chowning     

The buyboat Thomas J enters Urbanna Creek during the 2018 Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Rendezvous. This year’s 17th annual rendezvous will start in Urbanna. The boats are scheduled to arrive together in Urbanna Creek on Friday, July 30, around 2 p.m., will be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will leave Sunday morning for their next stop at Tangier Island. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

The Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association will present its 17th annual buyboat rendezvous from July 30-Aug. 8. The tour will start in Urbanna at the town-owned marina at the foot of Virginia Street on Urbanna Creek from July 30-Aug. 1 and end on Aug. 6-8 at Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina in Port Haywood. The last time the boats came to Urbanna was in 2018.

During the week, the boats plan to visit Tangier Island (Aug. 2), Cape Charles (Aug. 4) and Poquoson (Aug. 5) for overnight stays and to greet the public interested in seeing and learning about the boats.

The annual cruise brings together private owned boats converted to pleasure boats and museum and nonprofit owned education boats that have been left in the workboat style. The cruise is designed to educate…

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