What country does Susan May and Chesapeake Bay have in common?
Susan May (skipjack) The "Sea Gull" is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at Pocomoke City, Maryland. She is a 46 ft two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.9 ft and a depth of 1.6 ft ; her gross tonnage is 10 register tons. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. She is located at Wenona, Somerset County, Maryland.
Highland Beach, Maryland Highland Beach is a town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 96 at the 2010 census. The town was founded early in the 20th Century by affluent African Americans from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, looking for a retreat on the Chesapeake Bay. The town's incorporated status gave it a unique standing in empowering it to maintain its own police force. Celebrities with homes here have included Alex Haley, Bill Cosby, and Arthur Ashe. Streets there include Crummell, Dunbar, Henson, Augusta, Douglass, Langston, and Washington, named for the famous African-Americans.