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They met in person that Saturday at the Deadrise restaurant on Fort Monroe National Monument in Virginia.

Based on a traditional Chesapeake Bay deadrise, the Sea Dog was made to be a family boat: A vessel that took Reason fishing and shuttled him and his wife, Dianne, up and down the Chesapeake Bay.

He noted that while he’s been able to build some smaller skiffs, he’s looking forward to building a Bay deadrise closer to the 28- to 38-foot lengths popular with watermen.

He said that the type he’s building now, a craft called a Chesapeake Bay deadrise, is typically long and narrow with a sharp vertical entry at the bow and the V hull at the front flattening out where the boat widens.

“A deadrise cuts into the sharp chop of the Bay, which is different from the rolling seas out in the ocean where waves come father apart,” said England.