Competitive boat docking is a tradition that goes back 50+ years on the Chesapeake Bay. The first contest was held in 1971 at Crisfield's hard crab derby - a weekend celebration of everything crab. Dwight Marshall from Smith Island was the first to take the title and now his son and grandson are competing in the Chesapeake Cowboys circuit to carry on the family legacy.
I spent the a Saturday this September at the Brew River competition in Salisbury, Maryland for Thrillist documenting the rivalry between the competitors and the energy of the workboats in motion.
Check out the the link below for more photographs from the event and the story by writer Katie Riley:
