{"id":51727,"date":"2019-07-10T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=51727"},"modified":"2023-05-08T08:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:13:50","slug":"cruising-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/cruising-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Oxford, <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n
\n The boating life is the beating heart of Oxford, Maryland.<\/span>\n Mark Sandlin<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

The first time I visited Oxford, Maryland, in 2004, I wrote that the place was like \u201ca fly trapped in amber with a fistful of sawdust.\u201d Walking through the town\u2019s streets felt like strolling through some of the coolest pages in the history of boatbuilding. The population was only about 650 souls, and seasoned shipyard characters seemed to be around every corner. Some had hands callused from years of working in wood, or thick glasses from decades spent staring at lines plans. Big brands such as Hinckley had a presence, alongside places like the Cutts & Case Shipyard, which dates to 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

When I was there, Eddie Cutts Sr. was still in charge; we talked for a spell about how he\u2019d spent two years restoring Foto, the 33-foot cedar chase boat that Morris and Stanley Rosenfeld used to photograph America\u2019s Cup yachts in the Golden Age of Yachting. Today, the yard is run by Ronnie Cutts and Eddie Cutts Jr., keeping the family legacy\u2014and the \u00adboatbuilding legacy\u2014alive as Oxford gentrifies into a more tourism-friendly place<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Rick Gordon welcomes customers with a smile at Dockside Boat Rentals, just up the street from Oxford\u2019s ferry landing. Bicycles, \u00adpaddleboards, kayaks and more are available for rent or purchase.<\/span>\n Mark Sandlin<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of a true, honest-to-God working waterfront, now you have flowerbed competitions in the middle of town, festivals here, festivals there,\u201d Cutts Jr. says. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun little town with ice cream and good restaurants and all that kind of stuff. The boatbuilding and the \u00admarinas are all thriving and doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

To visiting cruisers, he says, the place feels upgraded from 15 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody here is fierce about the place not changing too much,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think there will ever be a McDonald\u2019s in the middle of Oxford. It\u2019s a cool little town. I wouldn\u2019t want to be anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford, Maryland is an underrated cruising ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Kim Kavin","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20190710","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"156","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Let us introduce you to a hidden cruising gem: Oxford, Maryland.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Cruising Maryland %%sep%% %%sitename%%","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"2HYHF43KZACBSHZB5FIISZAJHI","arc_website_url":"cruising-maryland\/","custom_permalink":"cruising-maryland\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[193,218,173,587],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}